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THE MOTION PICTURE
ALMANAC
Reference Book of the Industry
1931
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Publication Offices
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New York City
icago Offices
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COPYRIGHT, 1931
By Tht Quigley Publishing Company
1790 Broadway
New York City
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HE Motion Picture Almanac is published for
the service of the working minds of the institution of the screen,
from the studio to the theatre.
This volume comes annually as an instrument of reliable and
convenient reference presenting the basic facts and the complete
background of the contemporary period of the industry. Its pres-
entations are brief, concise and convenient.
The Motion Picture Almanac is also a document represent'
ing this art and industry of the motion picture to the general
public. Its pages tell the story of now and today to the whole wide
audience of those who are in anywise concerned with the conduct
of the business, through the entire gamut of commerce from the
newspaper to the banking house.
In its biographical pages The Motion Picture Almanac is a
complete "who's who" of the screen world, with a wealth of infor-
mation on the careers and attainments of that great array of able
personalities who labor in the cause of the world's supreme
amusement.
MARTIN QUIGLEY.
e MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
published by
The Quigley Publishing Company
publishers of
Motion Picture Herald
Motion Picture Daily
Hollywood Herald, and
Better Theatres
The Industry at a Glance
Development of the talking picture, and its subsequent popularity throughout
the world, has brought a half billion dollar increase in capital investment in the
motion picture industry, the present invested capital being estimated at
$2,500,000,000.
Eighty per cent, or $2,000,000,000, of the world capital is invested in the
United States.
A survey of the motion picture industry discloses the following figures:
Total capital investment $2,500,000,000
Invested in the United States $2,000,000,000
Approximate new investment in the United States due to sound $ 200.000,000
Gross annual admissions in United States $1,560,000,000
Production cost for 1931-32 $ 200.000,000
Annual advertising expenditure throughout world $ 100,000,000
a. Expenditure in United States $70,000,000
aa. Newspapers, magazines, etc $55,000,000
bb. Billboard $10,000,000
cc. Accessories $ 5,000,000
b. Expenditure in other parts of world $30,000,000
Invested studio capital in Hollywood $ 78,000.000
Annual Hollywood Payroll $ 85,000,000
Weekly payroll $ 1,600,000
Total employed in industry in United States 290,000
a. In production 30,000
b. In distribution 10,000
c. In theatres 250,000
Number of extras registered at Central Casting Bureau 17,541
Number of studios in United States 32
a. In Hollywood 26
b. In New York 6
Number of advertisements placed daily in various meda 15,000
Approximate world attendance of newsreels per week 300.000,000
Approximate world attendance of other forms of film entertainment per
week 250,000,000
Approximate attendance in United States per week 90.000,000 to 115,000,000
Approximate number of theatres of the better type in United States 14,500
a. Circuit controlled 3,465
Publix 1,013
Fox 601
Warner Bros 402
Loew's 1 1 7
RKO 119
Other circuit-owned houses 1,213
b. Individuallv owned 11.035
Total seating capacity : 12,143.761
Theatres equipped for sound 83 percent
Production of motion pictures in United States as compared to world pro-
duction—
Estimated by volume 65 percent
Estimated by value 85 percent
Approximate amount of film manufactured and used annually, linear ft 6.000,000,000
Total expenditure in theatre construction in 1929, 1930. 1931 $ 345,476,000
a. In 1929 $163,559,000
b. In 1930 _ $ 97.580,000
c. Estimated for 1931 $ 84.337.000
Annual expenditure for theatre accessories (new and replacements) $ 25,000,000
Exports of motion picture films from the United States
during the year 1930 Lineal Feet
Quantitv Value
Sensitized, not exposed 87.5 31.862 $1,920,977
Exposed motion picture films 274.351.341 8.118.736
Negative films, silent 4,164,711 348,087
Negative films, sound 8.190.647 983.519 ,
Positive films, silent 83,749.717 2.046.843
Positive films, sound _ 178.246.266 4.740.287
Next to pictures made for the English speaking countries, the greatest market for United
States films lies in countries where Spanish is the native tongue. Next in rank are German
speaking countries, primarily the former German Empire. Next in line comes France.
(Dutu from Motion Picture Producers and Distribu'ors of Amer-
ica, Inc., Architectural Forum, and original sources)
Newspapers of general circulation may
reproduce any material in this volume if
proper credit is given Motion Picture
Almanac.
Reproduction by all other publications
without written permission forbidden.
Corporate Structure
of the
Motion Picture Industry
The Motion Picture Almanac
presents For the First time in
the annals oF the trade an ex-
haustive analysis oF the corpo-
rate structure oF the industry,
Including the complete roster
oF each company, the state in
which it is incorporated, details
of corporate organization, the
authorized number oF shares oF
stock and their market value,
preferred and common, bank-
ing affiliations and earnings
statements.
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1931
Sound Survey of U. S. Theatres
100% Survey of Theatres in U. S.
Total Theatres Reported in Textbooks, book* Total
etc 28,826
Theatres Found Dismantled, Demol-
ished, Duplicated, etc 10,927 37.9
Net Theatres Existing in Country . . 17,899 62.1
SUMMARY OF NET THEATRES
Sound Houses % to Net
Theatres
Western Electric Equipped 4,430 25.3
RCA Equipped 1.189 6.6
Pacent Equipped 478 2.6
DeForest Equipped 543 3.0
Miscellaneous Equipped 4,913 27.4
Total Theatres Equipped .... II ,553 64.9
Silent Houses
Operating 3,134
Closed but May Reopen ... 3,212
Total Silent Houses 6,346 35.1
SUMMARY OF CLOSED HOUSES
Equipped Houses Closed 696
Closed for Summer Only . 100
Closed for Protection 33
Closed but May Reopen . 563
% to Total
Silent
Silent Houses Closed 3,212 50.6
Survey of Central Territory
(Comprises 17 States)
Total Theatres Reported in Textbooks,
etc 14,884
Theatres Found Dismantled, Demol-
ished, Duplicated, etc 6,290
Net Theatres Existing in Territory. . . 8,594
SUMMARY OF NET THEATRES
Sound Houses
Western Electric Equipped 1,734
RCA Equipped 457
Pacent Equipped 151
DeForest Equipped 307
Miscellaneous Equipped 2,760
Total Theatres Equipped 5,409
Silent Houses
Operating 1,642
Closed but May Reopen 1,543
Total Silent Houses 3,185
SUMMARY OF CLOSED HOUSES
Equipped Houses Closed 350
Closed for Summer Only. . 63
Closed for Protection 7
Closed but May Reopen. . 280
Silent Houses Closed 1,543
% to Text-
book Total
42.3
57.7
% to Net
Theatres
20.2
5.3
1.7
3.5
32.1
62.8
37.1
% to Total
Silent
48.4
Survey of Western Territory
(Comprises 11 States) °/o to Text-
Total Theatres Reported in Textbooks, book Total
etc 3,400
Theatres Found Dismantled. Demol-
ished, Duplicated, etc 840 24.7
Net Theatres Existing in Territory. . . . 2,560 75.3
SUMMARY OF NET THEATRES
Sound Houses % to Net
Theatres
Western Electric Equipped 682c 26.6
RCA Equipped 205 8.0
Pacent Equipped 47 1.8
DeForest Equipped 42c 1.6
Miscellaneous Equipped 557 21.7
Total Theatres Equipped . 1,533 59.7
Silent Houses
Operating 361
Closed but May Reopen 666
Total Silent Houses 1,027 40.1
SUMMARY OF CLOSED HOUSES
Equipped Houses Closed 105
Closed for Summer Only 2
Closed for Protection .... 14
Closed but May Reopen . . 89
% to Total
Silent
Silent Houses Closed . . . 666 64.9
Survey of Eastern Territory
(Comprises 20 States and D. of C.) °/o fQ Text-
Total Theatres Reported in Textbooks, book Total
etc 10,481
Theatres Found Dismantled, Demol-
ished, Duplicated, etc 3.797 36.2
Net Theatres Existing in Territory. . . . 6,684 63.8
SUMMARY OF NET THEATRES
Sound Houses % to Net
Theatres
Western Electric Equipped 2,014 30.1
RCA Equipped 531 7.9
Pacent Equipped 279 4.1
DeForest Equipped 194 2.9
Miscellaneous Equipped 1,587 23.7
Total Theatres Equipped .... 4,605 68.7
Silent Houses
Operating 1,111
Closed but May Reopen 968
Total Silent Houses 2,079 31.3
SUMMARY OF CLOSED HOUSES
Equipped Houses Closed 238
Closed for Summer Only 35
Closed for Protection . . 12
Closed but May Reopen 191
% to Total
Silent
Silent Houses Closed 968 46.6
Financial Growth
The motion picture industry stands
more firmly entrenched financially than
ever before in its history with the ew
trance of powerful ban\ing interests
into the field — VJor\ing capital reaches
$214,174,710— Heed of improved
product is recognized — Film records for
1930 show largest gross and net in-
comes in the history of the trade — In-
crease of stockholders to 118,000 re
fleets attractiveness of earning power.
Entrance into the motion picture
business of powerful banking interests,
maintenance of earnings in the face of
widespread business depression and
changes in control and management of
leading units in the field made the past
year one of the most significant finan-
cially in the history of the film
industry.
Following the transition from silent
pictures to dialogue and subsequent
popular appeal, the motion picture in-
dustry demonstrated its permanence
and stability enough to attract the in-
creasing attention of financial interests
which theretofore backed only the
older industries.
The step, however, was not made with-
out shakeups and the trend for passing of
control of the industry from strictly film
to banking hands was accentuated by such
incidents as the Fox battle and indications
are that financial surveillance of the busi-
ness is ever on the increase.
In the face of the general business de-
pression in 1930 the industry ran up the
largest gross and net incomes in its history,
at a time when earnings in other lines of
activity were suffering severely.
This demonstration of earning power
whether business is good or bad has not
failed to attract the increasing attention of
the investment and speculative fraternity,
and stockholders in motion picture compa-
nies increased from 49,258 in April, 1928,
to the present total of approximately
112,000.
On top of all this the industry has come
to recognize the necessity for putting out
a better product to maintain earnings now
that the novelty of the talking picture had
worn off and competition among the lead-
ing units is keener than it ever has been.
With this recognition, the events of the
past year or so indicate, has come a more
conservative business management that left
the industry at the end of 1930 with a
working capital of $214,174,710, compared
with $209,686,974 in 1929 and $177 774-
666 in 1928.
With a more strongly entrenched finan-
cial position than it has ever had and a
product recognized as more or less of a
necessity in every civilized country of the
world, the motion picture industry is in
comparatively good shape to withstand the
effects of a further prolongation of the
economic setback. Earnings, of course, are
beginning to reflect the extended business
depression, but, in comparison with other
fields, the decreases are small and the future
income, it is indicated, will depend more
on the quality of product than on the
fluctuations of the purchasing power of the
public, which has given evidence that it
will go to motion picture theatres whether
times are good or bad.
Among the individual units. Fox Film
was much in the public eye as a result of
a series of events leading down from
a change of control to General Theatres
Equipment, Inc., withdrawal of the Gov-
ernment anti-Clayton act suit and shifting
around the Loew's holdings to a change
in the company's banking lineup and sub-
sequent upheaval in the board of directors.
April, 1930, witnessed the closing scene
in William Fox's dramatic battle to retain
control of the enterprise he had built up
from a nickelodeon to one of the biggest
amusement units in the world when Fox
Film Corporation passed into the hands of
General Theatres.
Change of control took place through
sales to General Theatres by William Fox
of the latter's 50,101 shares of class B
stock, together with the entire 100,000
shares of corresponding stock of Fox Thea-
tres Corporation for a reported $16,000,-
000. Agreement with Fox at that time
provided that he should remain with the
company as a director and chairman of the
advisory board for five years at an annual
salaiy of $500,000.
At this time $5 5,000,000 notes were
issued to provide for details connected with
the change in control, which included
transfer of control of Loew's, Inc., and
flotation of this financing led to some
interesting developments in the company's
financial affairs when the notes became due
a year later on April 15, 1931.
Following an audit of the company's
books, Halscy, Stuart and Co., which be-
came the company's principal bankers when
control passed out of the hands of William
Fox, withdrew from the syndicate negotiat-
ing the refunding operation to meet the
$5 5,000,000 notes falling due and Chase
Securities Corporation became the com-
pany's leading bankers.
Harlcy L. Clarke, president of Fox and
General Theatres, then recommended a
virtually new directorate to be voted on
at the company's annual meeting, which
was scheduled for April 15 but was post-
poned three times to June 10 due to delay
in making up the annual report. New
directors included members of the banking
interests that replaced Halscy, Stuart and
Company in Fox's affairs.
Withdrawal of the Government's anti-
Clayton act suit which, was based on the
acquisition by Fox of control of Loew's
and which had been in litigation for more
than two years, was a direct consequence
of the refunding operation of April, 1931,
in the process of which a new corporation
was formed, known as the Film Securities
Corporation.
Fox transferred to this new corporation
its Loew's holdings consisting of 660.900
shares. Subsequently, it was reported.
General Theatres Equipment purchased
100,000 shares of preferred stock of the
Film Securities Corporation, the holding
company for the Loew's stock.
Paramount, which set up for itself an
enviable earnings record during the year,
had its name changed in April, 1930, from
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation to
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Paramount Publix Corporation. The chief
feature in the company's operations during
the year was the strengthening of its finan-
cial position to where it was recognized as
one of the most stable in the industry.
RKO is another company that has
worked itself up into one of the leading
positions in the business financially, a step
that was furthered by the purchase, com-
pleted in January, 1930, of all the studios
and principal assets of Pathe Exchange,
Inc. Retaining only its 49 per cent inter-
est in the Du Pont Pathe Film Manufac-
turing Company, Pathe sold these assets
to R K O for $4,630,789, payable in notes
maturing over a period of about five years.
Outcome of the deal was formation of the
RKO Pathe Company.
The long decline in stock market values
since the autumn crash of 1929 took its
toll among the motion picture shares, of
course, but a significant change of financial
opinion regarding the stocks of some of
the leading companies has taken place as
a result of the industry's demonstration of
growing power and stability.
While the average motion picture stock
is still given a speculative rating among the
Wall Street fraternity, shares of a few
major units have attracted an investment
following as is attested by the increase in
number of stockholders over a period of
three or four years.
In comparison with the deflation in other
groups of stocks over last year or so, the
motion picture shares in most instances
showed smaller depreciation in market
value than most of the other leading
groups and, when market conditions war-
ranted, were quick to respond to any
improvement in the general tone.
Fluctuations, of course, have depended
largely on individual conditions. Thus, the
recent difficulties in Fox affairs dropped
the shares of that company and of General
Theatres, together with affiliated bonds, to
new record low levels, but it must be
remembered that declines of this character
occurred in a market when such premier
and seasoned stocks as United States Steel
were being forced down to new low
ground and the general group of amuse-
ment shares suffered minor damage in
comparison with other sections of the list.
Dividend payments on the stocks of
leading motion picture enterprises have, of
necessity, been cut, a step which has been
found essential among shares of every other
industry and mostly to a larger extent than
was the case in the film group. The
Warners dividend was passed in the fall
of 1930 due to a large decrease in earn-
ings, while Paramount cut its dividend from
$4 to $2.50 annually in May, 1931.
Downward revision of the Fox dividend
was expected as the end of the first half
approached.
In view of the general speculative cloudi-
ness the outlook for picture stocks is nat-
urally uncertain, but with most of the
shares having about discounted the pros-
pects of decreased earnings for 1931, it
may reasonably be expected that the group
will appreciate readily when general market
conditions improve. Not a few of the
shares have attracted large followings by
the industry's growing powers and, with
improvement in general business, these may
be expected correspondingly to increase.
Corporate Structure
Associated British Cinemas, Ltd.
Controlling interest is held by
British International Pictures, Limited
Head Office: Heddon House
149/1 SI Regent Street
London, W. 1.
CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR
John Maxwell
SECRETARY
E. Lightpoot
DIRECTORS
VV. D. ScRIMGEOUR, C. A.
Sir Clement Kinlock-Cooke, Bart.
J. Denny Bright.
DATE OF INCORPORATION
January, 1928, under the laws of England.
NUMBER OF SHARES, COMMON
4,000,000 authorized par value 5/
3,500,000 issued, par value 5/
NUMBER OF SHARES, PREFERRED (7'/2%
cumulative )
1,000,000 authorized, par value £1.
842,340 issued, par value jCI.
Associated British Cinemas, Ltd., own or control 130
cinemas in the United Kingdom.
Big 4 Film Corporation
(Los Angeles, Cal.)
Paramount Building
1501 Broadway
^iew Yor!{ City
PRESIDENT
John R. Frpuler
SECRETARY
C. A. Stimson
TREASURER
E. N. BoNAVIA
DATE OF INCORPORATION
October, 1928, under the laws of New York State.
NUMBER OF SHARES, COMMON
30,000, no par value.
British International Pictures, Ltd.
Film House
Wardour Street
London, W. 1.
Studios: Boreham Wood, Elstree, Hertfordshire
CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR
John Maxwell
GENERAL MANAGER
J. C. A. Thorpe
SECRETARY
Geo. H. Gaunt
DIRECTORS
A. Dent, managing director of Wardour Films,
Ltd., and B. [, P. (Export), Ltd.
W . D. Scrimgeour, chartered accountant and di-
rector, Associated British Cinemas, Ltd.
Sir Clement Kinlock-Cooke, Bart., director of
Associated British Cinemas, Ltd.
J. Dennt Bright, director of Associated British
Cinemas, Ltd.
J. C. A. Thorpe, director of Wardour Films, Ltd.,
and B. I. P. (Export), Ltd.
DATE OF INCORPORATION
March 20, 1926, under the laws of England.
NUMBER OF SHARES, COMMON
4,000,000 authorized, par value 5/-
3,000,000 issued, par value 5/-
NUMBER OF SHARES, PREFERRED (8% Cumu-
lative)
500.000 authorized, par value £1.
250,000 issued, par value £1.
B. I. P. (Export), Ltd.
Subsidiary of
British /nternalional Pictures, Limited
Head Office Film House
Wardour Street, W. /.
CHAIRMAN
John Maxwell
MANAGING DIRECTOR
M A. Dent
SECRETARY
F. Alven
DIRECTORS
A. HunRicH
Geo. Gaunt
J. C. A. Tiiorpp.
DATE OF INCORPORATION
May JO, 1920, under the laws of England.
NUMBER OF SHARES, COMMON
100,000 authorized, par value £1.
50,000 issued, par value £1.
NUMBER OF SHARES, PREFERRED (7% cumi:
lative)
100,000 authorized, par value £1.
2 issued, par value £1.
Elstree Film Laboratories, Ltd.
Subsidiary of
British International Pictures, Limited
Head Office: Film House
Wardour Street, W. I.
Laboratories: Elstree, Boreham Wood, Herts
CHAIRMAN
John Maxwell
SECRETARY
Geo. H. Gaunt
MANAGER
C. Parprey
DIRECTORS
J. C. A. Thorpe
M. A. Dent
DATE OF INCORPORATION
August 13, 1921, under the laws of England.
NUUMBER OF SHARES, COMMON
3,500 authorized, par value £1.
3,024 issued, par value £1.
Pathe Freres Cinema, Ltd.
Subsidiary of
British International Pictures, Limited
Head Office: Film House
Wardour Street, W, I.
CHAIRMAN
John Maxwell
SECRETARY
Geo. H. Gaunt
DIRECTORS
M. A. Dent
J. C. A. Thorpe
DATE OF INCORPORATION
March 16, 1911, under the laws of England.
NUMBER OF SHARES, COMMON
20,000 authorized, par value £1.
100 issued, par value £1.
NUMBER OF SHARES, PREFERRED (7% cumu-
lative)
80,000 authorized, par value £1.
75,000 issued, par value £1.
The Caddo Company, Inc.
c/o United Artists Studio
J 04 1 ?\\ Formosa Avenue
Hollywood, Cal.
Principal place of business — Los Angeles, Cal.
PRESIDENT
Howard R. Hughes
VICE-PRESIDENT
Col. G. W. Hardy
SECRETARY
N. Dietrich
DIRECTORS
H. R. Hughes, president, Hughes Industries Com-
pany, Ltd.
Noah Dietrich.
Col. G. W. Hardy, attorney.
Col. R. C. Kuldell, president of Hughes Tool
Company of Texas.
Neil S. McCarthy, attorney.
DATE OF INCORPORATION
1912, under the laws of Louisiana.
NUMBER OF SHARES, COMMON
100, par value $100.
BANKING AFFILIATIONS
Bank of America, 7179 Santa Monica Boulevard,
Hollywood, Cal.; Security First National Bank.
75th and Spring Streets, Los Angeles, Cal.; First
National Bank, Houston, Texas.
Columbia Pictures Corporation
729 Seventh Avenue
7*[cw Torl( City
PRESIDENT
Joe Brandt
VICE-PRESIDENT
Harry Cohn
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Jack Cohn
ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND TREASURER
A. Schneider
DIRECTORS
S. S. Goddard, Goddard and Company.
Leo M. Blancke, Hemphill Noyes and Company.
Joe Brandt, Columbia Pictures Corporation.
Harry Cohn, Columbia Pictures Corporation.
Jack Cohn, Columbia Pictures Corporation.
A. Schneider, Columbia Pictures Corporation.
Nathan Burkan, attorney.
DATE OF INCORPORATION
January, 1924, under the laws of New York State.
NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES, COMMON
300,000 issued 156,908, no par value.
NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES,
PREFERRED
25,000 issued 18,092, par value $30.
BANKING AFFILIATIONS
Underwriters: Goddard and Company, Inc., New
York.
Darmour Productions Corporation
5823 Santa Monica Boulevard
Hollywood, Cal.
PRESIDENT
L. J. Darmour
SECRETARY
Paul S. Denton
TREASURER
Mark Hyman
DATE OF INCORPORATION
1927, under the laws of New York State.
BANKING AFFILIATIONS
Chase National, New York; Bank of America, Los
Angeles.
SUBSIDIARIES
Standard Cinema Corporation, 1560 Broadway,
New York.
Walt Disney Productions, Ltd.
2719 Hyperior Avenue
Los Angeles, California
PRESIDENT
Walter E. Disney
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Roy O. Disney
DATE OF INCORPORATION
December 16, 1929, under the laws of California.
NUMBER OF SHARES, COMMON
10,000, no par value.
BANKING AFFILIATIONS
Security First National Bank, Vermont and Holly-
wood Branch, Los Angeles, Cal.
Eastman Kodak Company
83 Montgomery Street
Jersey City, ?\\ J.
PRESIDENT
William G. Stuber
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Walter S. Hubbell
Frank W. Lovejoy
Lewis B. Jones
ASSISTANT VICE-PRESIDENT
Adolph Stuber
SECRETARY
Thomas J. Hargrave
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Mrs. Alice K. Hutchison
TREASURER
Rudolph Speth
ASSISTANT TREASURERS
J. L. Gorham
M. B. Folsom
P. W. Turner
DIRECTORS
George Eastman, chairman
Frank W. Lovejoy
William G. Stuber
Walter S. Hubbell
Lewis B. Jones
James S. Satson
George W. Todd
Daniel E. Evarts
C. E. K. Mp.es
George H. Clark
Rudolph Speth
Thomas J. Hargrave
DATE OF INCORPORATION
October 24, 1901, under the laws of New Jersey.
NUMBER OF SHARES, COMMON
2,261,320, no par value.
NUMBER OF SHARES. PREFERRED
61,657, par value $100.
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Educational Film Exchanges, Inc.
1501 Broadway
7\ew Tor); City
PRESIDENT
E. W. Hammons
VICE-PRESIDENT
Bruno Wevers
SECRETARY
Charles F. Catlin
TREASURER
D. L. Faralla
DIRECTORS
E. W. H.\mmon's, Educational Pictures, Inc.
Charles F. Catlin, Educational Pictures, Inc.
Bruno Weyers, Educational Pictures, Inc.
H. J. Carr, Educational Pictures, Inc.
DATE OF INCORPORATION
About January 21, 1930, under the laws of New
York State.
NUMBER OF SHARES. COMMON
20,000, no par value.
NUMBER OF SHARES. PREFERRED
5,000, par value $100.
BANKING AFFILIATIONS
Chemical National Bank, 1501 Broadway, New
York City; Chase National Bank, 115 Broadway,
New York City.
Electrical Research Products
(Subsidiary oj Western Electric Co.)
250 West 57th Street
T^ew Tor); City
PRESIDENT
John E. Otterson
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Whitpord Drake
H. G. Knox
H. M. Wilcox
SECRETARY
F. B. GlLMORE
TREASURER
R. E. Anderson
Film Fire Prevention Co., Inc.
1201 Chestnut Street
111 Commonwealth Building
Philadelphia. Pa.
PRESIDENT
V, E. Scott
VICE-PRESIDENT
M. ScHEIN'FELD
secretary
e. t. Mullen-
treasurer
Ross Davis
CORPORATE DIRECTORS
W. E. Scott, president and chief electrical engineer
M. Scheinfeld, engineer
E. T. Mullin, industrial engineer
Ross Davis, chief fire engineer
DATE OF INCORPORATION
1930, under the laws of Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES
1,000, no par value
BANKING AFFILIATIONS
Liberty Title and Trust Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
First Division Pictures, Inc.
630 Ninth Avenue
Hew Tori; City
PRESIDENT
Harry H. Thomas
VICE-PRESIDENT
Ml 'RRAY RoSENBLUH
SECRETARY
Otto Lederer
TREASURER
Harry H. Thomas
DATE OF INCORPORATION
April, 1927, under the laws of New York State.
NUMBER OF SHARES. CAPITAL STOCK
750, par value S100.
First National Pictures,
321 West 44th Street
New Tori; City
PRESIDENT
Herman Starr
VICE-PRESIDENTS
G. E. Quicley
Sam E. Morris
SECRETARY
R. W. Perkins
Inc.
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES
I. Levinson
E. K. Hessberg
TREASURER
S. Carlisle
DIRECTORS
W. S. McDonald
R. W. Perkins
Herman Starr
Albert A. Waine
H. M. Warner
DATE OF INCORPORATION
November 4, 1929, under the laws of Maryland.
NUMBER OF SHARES. COMMON
I, 000, par value S100.
SUBSIDIARIES
First National Productions Corporation; First Na-
tional Distributing CorDoration.
Fox Film Corporation
350 Tenth Avenue
New Tor); City
PRESIDENT
Harlf.y L. Clarke
VICE-PRESIDENTS
W. C. Michel
Winpield Sheehan
S. R. Burns
J. R. Grainger
SECRETARY
S. R. Burns
TREASURER
W. C. Michel
DIRECTORS
Harley L. Clarke
Matthew C. Brush
Charles W. Higley
Oscar L. Gubelman
Winpield Sheehan
William Fox
W. S. Hammons
John L. Kuser
Dryden Kuser
W. F. Ingold
Murray W. Dodge
Charles B. Stuart
Fox Theatres Corporation
850 Tenth Avenue
New Tot); City
PRESIDENT
Harley L. Clarke
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Oscar S. Oldknow
Winfip.ld Sheehan
W C. Michel
S. R. Burns
S. R. Rogers
SECRETARY
S. R. Burns
TREASURER
W. C. Michel
DIRECTORS
Harley L. Clarke
William Fox
Otto E. Koegel
Arthur F. Lafrent;
Samuel W. Fordyce
Robert C. Winmill
A. E. Gilbert
Walter R. Herrick
C. E. Hetrick
Montgomery Clark
Hughes-Franklin Theatres Company,
Ltd.
7051 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood. Cal.
Principal place oj business: Los Angeles. Cal.
PRESIDENT
H. B. Franklin
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Joseph M. Schenck
Neil S. McCarthy
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Noah Dietrich
DIRECTORS
H R Hughes, president, Hughes Industries Com-
pany, Ltd.
Joseph M. Schenck, president. United Artists
Corporation.
H. B. Franklin, formerly president. Fox West
Coast Theatres.
Neil S. McCarthy, attorney.
Noah Dietrich.
DATE OF INCORPORATION
1931, under the laws of Delaware.
NUMBER OF SHARES, COMMON
10,000, no par value.
NUMBER OF SHARES, PREFERRED
50,000, no par value.
BANKING AFFILIATIONS
Bank of America, 7179 Santa Monica Boulevard,
Hollywood, Cal.
Loew's, Inc.
PRESIDENT
Nicholas M. Schenck
VICE-PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
David Bernstein
VICE-PRESIDENTS
David L. Loew
Arthur M. Loew
E. A. Schiller
SECRETARY
Leopold Friedman
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nicholas M. Schenck
David Bernstein
David L. Loew
Arthur M. Loew
Leopold Friedman
Harley L. Clarke
Harry M. Rice
Daniel E. Pomeroy
David Warfield
Charles M. Schwab
Wm. A. Phillip
J. Robert Rubin
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Corporation
PRESIDENT
Nicholas M. Schenck
VICE-PRESIDENTS
J. Robert Rubin
Louis B. Mayer
Irvinc Thalberg
Harry Rapp
David Bernstein
Edward Bowes
SECRETARY
J. Robert Rubin
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES
Jesse T. Mills
Wm. M. Gulick
S. S. Braumberg
TREASURER
David Bernstein
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Chas. K. Stern
C. C. Moskowit:
R. Lazarus
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nicholas M. Schenck
J. Robert Rubin
Louis B. Mayer
Irving Thalberg
Harry Rape
David Bernstein
Leopold Friedman
Arthur M. Loew
David L. Loew
Multicolor, Ltd.
7000 Romaine Street
Hollywood. Cal.
PRESIDENT
A. A. MacDonald
VICE-PRESIDENT
Neil S. McCarthy
SECRETARY
Noah Dietrich
TREASURER
Noah Dietrich
DIRECTORS
A. A. McDonald.
pany of California
Neil S. McCarthy,
McCarthy.
Noah Dietrich, financial secretary
Hughes.
Rowland K. Lee.
William J. Worthington.
DATE OF INCORPORATION
July, 1930, under the laws of California
manager, Hughes Tool Corn-
law offices of Neil S.
Howard H.
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
PRESIDENT
Adolph Zukor
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
Jesse L. Lasky
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SECRETARY
Elek John Ludvigh
GENERAL MANAGER
Sidney R. Kent
TREASURER
Ralph A. Kohn
ASSISTANT TREASURERS
Emil E. Shauer
Eugene J. Zukor
Harry M. Goetz
ASSISTANT TREASURER AND GENERAL
AUDITOR
A. John Michel
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES
Norman Collyer
Frank Meyer
Wilfred J. Pineau
Albert A. Kaufman
Melville A. Shauer
DIRECTORS
Frank Bailey, chairman. Prudence Company, Inc.
Jules E. Brulatour, Eastman Films.
William H. English, director, Irving Trust Com-
pany.
Daniel Frohman. theatrical manager.
John Cecil Graham, general foreign representative.
Felix E. Kahn.
Gilbert W. Kahn, banker.
Sam Katz, president, Publix Theatres Corporation.
Albert A. Kaufman, assistant secretary.
Sidney R. Kent.
Ralph A. Kohn.
Jesse L. Lasky.
Elek John Ludvigh.
Emil E. Shauer.
Casimir I. Stralem, Hallgarten and Company,
bankers.
Sir William Wiseman, Kuhn, Loeb and Company.
Herman Wobber.
Adolph Zukor.
Eugene J. Zukor.
PLACE OF INCORPORATION
Incorporated under the laws of New York State.
BANKING AFFILIATIONS
Kuhn, Loeb and Company.
Paths Exchange, Inc.
35 West 45th Street
Hew Tori; City
VICE PRESIDENT
Lester D. Burton
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Norman D. Bauer
TREASURER
A. B. Poole
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Norman D. Bauer
DIRECTORS
J. J. Murdock.
Frank Callahan.
Paul Fuller, Jr., Coudert Brothers.
Jeremiah Milbank.
Elisha Walker.
Richard C. Hunt, E. H. Rollins and Sons.
Lester D. Burton, Lyon Pruyn and Company.
Huntington D. Sheldon, Bancamerica-Blair.
Charles G. Cushing, Bancamerica-Blair.
Charles A. Stone.
Joseph P. Kennedy.
Stuart W. Webb, Pathe Exchange.
Lewis Innerarity, Pathe Exchange.
DATE OF INCORPORATION
1914, under the laws of New York State.
NUMBER OF SHARES, COMMON
950,884, no par value.
NUMBER OF SHARES, PREFERRED
251,768 (Class A), no par value.
8,043 (8% preferred), par value $100.
BANKING AFFILIATIONS
Bancamerica-Blair
Radio Corporation of America
233 BlniJ|/,iV
Hew York. City
PRESIDENT
David Sarnopp
VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
William Brown
VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL ATTORNEY
Manton Davis
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF THE PATENT
DEPARTMENT
Otto S. Schairer
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF PACIFIC
COAST ACTIVITIES
G. H. Porter, San Francisco
SECRETARY
Lewis MacConnach
TREASURER
George S. De Sousa
DIRECTORS
Chairman, Gordon Abbott, Old Colony Trust Co.,
17 Court Street, Boston, 7, Mass.
Cornelius N. Bliss, Room 51, 2 Wall Street, New
York City.
Arthur E. Braun, president, Framers, Deposit Na-
tional Bank, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Paul D. Cravath, 15 Broad Street, New York City.
Albert G. Davis, vice-president. General Electric
Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
H. P. Davis, vice-president, Westinghouse Electric
Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
John Hays Hammond, Jr., c/o Hammond Radio
Research Laboratory, Gloucester, Mass.
James G. Harboard, Radio Corporation of America,
233 Broadway, New York City.
Edward W. Harden, Room 1403, 52 Wall Street,
New York City.
Frank A. Merrick, president, Westinghouse Electric
and Mfg. Co., 50 Broadway, New York City.
DATE OF INCORPORATION
October 17, 1919, under the laws of Delaware.
NUMBER OF SHARES, COMMON
15,000,000 authorized, no par value.
13,160,750.2 issued, no par value.
NUMBER OF SHARES, PREFERRED
500,000 "A" authorized, par value $50.
395,597.4 "A" issued, par value $50.
I, 500,000 "B" issued, par value $50.
1,500,000 "B" authorized, no par value.
803,375.1 "B" issued, no par value.
R. C. A. Photophone, Inc.
411 Fifth Avenue
'Hew Tori; City
PRESIDENT
David Sarnofp
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Alexander E. Reoch
E. O. Heye
SECRETARY
Lewis MacConnach
TREASURER
John H. Tingle
DIRECTORS
Chairman: James G. Harbord, Radio Corporation
of America, 23 3 Broadway, New York City.
Cornelius N. Bliss, Room 51, 2 Wall Street, New
York City.
Edward W. Harden, Room 1403, 52 Wall Street,
New York City.
James R. Sheffield, 80 Maiden Lane, New York
City.
Owen D. Young, chairman of the board. General
Electric Company, 120 Broadway, New York
Citv.
Paul D. Cravath, 15 Broad Street, New York City.
Frank A. Merrick, president, Westinghouse Elec-
tric and Mfg. Company, 195 Broadway, New
York City.
Gerard Swope, president. General Electric Com-
pany, 120 Broadway, New York City.
Harry P. Davis, vice-president, Westinghouse Elec-
tric and Mfg. Company, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Andrew W. Robertson, chairman of the board,
Westinghouse Electric and Mfg. Co., 150
Broadway, New York City.
David Sarnoff, Radio Corporation of America, 23 3
Broadway, New York City.
' DATE OF INCORPORATION
April 4, 1928, under the laws of Delaware.
NUMBER OF SHARES, COMMON
200,000 authorized, no par value.
140,000 issued, no par value.
NUMBER OF SHARES, PREFERRED
100,000 authorized, no par value.
RCA Victor Company, Inc.
Camden. H- J.
CHAIRMAN OF BOARD
David Sarnopp
PRESIDENT
E. E. Sheumaker
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
J. R. Mc.Donouch
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF ENGINEER-
ING AND MANUFACTURING
W. R. G. Baker
VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
I. E. Lambert
TREASURER AND COMPTROLLER
E. C. Grimley
SECRETARY
F. F. Kane
ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER
P. G. Mc.Collum
ASSISTANT TREASURERS
R P. Alexandlr
E. F. Haines
Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation
J 564 Broadway
Hew Yor\ City
PRESIDENT
Hiram S. Brown
VICE-PRESIDENT
B. B. Kahane
SECRETARY
William Mallard
TREASURER
Herman Zohbel
DIRECTORS
David Sarnoff
Owen D. Young
Herbert B. Swope
James G. Harbord
Edward W. Harden
Edwin M. Herr
Paul D. Cravath
John J. Murdock
H. P. Davis
M. H. Aylesworth
Hiram S. Brown
Monroe Gutman
Paul M. Mazur
E. C. Mills
Arthur Lehman
Elisha Walker
Edward F. Hayes
Maurice Goodman
B. B. Kahane
Joseph Plunkett
Mrs. C. L. Kohl
Walter P. Cooke
Louis E. Kirstein
Richard C. Hunt
Cornelius N. Bliss
DATE OF INCORPORATION
October 25, 1928, under the laws of Maryland.
RKO Pathe Pictures
PRESIDENT
Lee Marcus
VICE-PRESIDENTS
C. J. Scollard
Ned E. Depinet
SECRETARY
Wm. Mallard
TREASURER
Herman Zohbel
ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Amos Hiatt
Recording Laboratories of America,
Inc.
Affiliated with
William M. Brown ii Company. Inc.
220 East 38th Street, Hew York
PRESIDENT
Jess Smith
CHIEF STUDIO EXECUTIVE
Jess Smith
CHIEF ELECTRICIAN
James Hanley
CHIEF PROPERTY MAN
Edward Kane
SOUND STAFF
Percy R. Glenn
Andrew Weber
Henry Kuehnel
Charles R. Rcgers Production, Inc.
Universal Studios
Universal City. Cai.
PRESIDENT
Charles R. Rocers
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
J. F. Kearns
DIRECTORS
Charles R. Rogers
Helen Weiss Rogers
Ingle Carpenter, attorney
J F. Kearns
DATE OF INCORPORATION
May 25, 1927, under the laws of California.
NUMBER OF SHARES, COMMON
4,583, par value $100.
SUBSIDIARIES
Rogers Productions, Limited, producing company
for pictures released through RKO Distributing
Corporation.
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Ross Federal Service, Inc.
919 Horth Michigan Avenue
Chicago. 111.
Principal place of business — 230] Palmolive Building
PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
Harry A. Ross
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Claud Saunders
Densmore A. Ross
SECRETARY
Frank X. Miske
DIRECTORS
Harry A. Ross
Claud Saunders
Densmore A. Ross
DATE OF INCORPORATION
April 15, 1930, under the laws of Illinois.
NUMBER OF SHARES, COMMON
500, no par value.
BANKING AFFILIATIONS
" Upper Avenue Bank, Chicago; Chase National Bank,
New York; Cleveland United National Bank,
Cleveland; First National Bank, Detroit.
Ross Federal Service, Inc., renders to clients an
accounting of the admissions and attendance at
places of exhibition of every name and nature
where a fee or an admission is charged. It also
undertakes to render a service to commercial in-
stitutions, generally where national contact dis-
tribution or numerical reports enter into their
business scheme.
Sono Art-World Wide Pictures, Inc.
J 501 Broadway
Hew Tor\ City
PRESIDENT
Bruno Weyers
VICE-PRESIDENT
A. S. Kirk Patrick
SECRETARY
Chari.es F. Catlin
TREASURER
D L. Farali.a
DIRECTORS
Chairman: E. W. Hammons, Educational Pictures,
Inc.
Bruno Weyers, Educational Pictures, Inc.
A. S. Kirkpatrick, Educational Pictures, Inc.
D. L. Faralla, Educational Pictures, Inc.
Charles F. Catlin, Educational Pictures, Inc.
DATE OF INCORPORATION
September 6, 1929, under the laws of New York
State.
NUMBER OF SHARES. COMMON
200, par value $100.
BANKING AFFILIATIONS
The Chemical National Bank, 1501 Broadway. New
York City; Bank of America, 1451 Broadway.
New York City; Federation Bank and Trust
Company, Eighth Avenue and 34th Street, New
York City.
Syndicate Pictures Corporation
723 Seventh Avenue
Hew Tori; City
PRESIDENT
W. Ray Johnston
VICE-PRESIDENT
Trem Carr
SECRETARY
M. S. White
TREASURER
J. P. Friedhopp
DIRECTORS
W. Ray Johnston, president, Rayart Pictures
Corp., Continental Talking Picture Co., Big
Productions Film Co.
Trem Carr, president, Trem Carr Productions,
Ltd.
J. P. Fricdhoff.
DATE OF INCORPORATION
1929, under the laws of New York State.
NUMBER OF SHARES. COMMON
10,000, no par value.
NUMBER OF SHARES, PREFERRED
20,000, rar value $10.
SUBSIDIARIES
Raytone Talking Pictures, Inc.
Talking Picture Epics, Inc.
II West 42nd Street
Hew TotI( City
PRESIDENT
Frank R. Wilson
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
Georoe Palmer Putnam
SECOND y ICE- PRESIDENT
M. J. Weispeldt
SECRETARY
Lewis L. Delafield, Jr.
TREASURER
N. P. Rathvon
ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND TREASURER
J. F. Thomson
DIRECTORS
Chairman: Daniel E. Pomeroy, director of the
Bankers and Trust and of the New York Trust
Company.
George D. Pratt, 26 Broadway, New York.
H. P. Davison, Jr., of J. P. Morgan and Com-
pany, 23 Wall Street, New York.
Arthur H. Lockett, 14 Wall Street, New York.
Lewis L. Delafield, Jr., 49 Wall Street, New York.
N. P. Rathvon, 44 Wall Street. New York.
George Palmer Putnam, the publisher.
Frank R. Wilson.
M. J. Weisfeldt.
PLACE OF INCORPORATION
Incorporated under the laws of New York State.
Tec-Art Studios, Inc., of California
5360 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles. California
PRESIDENT
Alfred T. Mannon
VICE-PRESIDENT
J. Boyce Smith
SECRETARY
Irving Meiliken
TREASURER
J. Boyce Smith
Technicolor Motion Picture
Corporation
110 Brool^linc Avenue.
Boston, Mass.
PRESIDENT
Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus
VICE-PRESIDENT
Wm. Travers Jerome
SECRETARY
S. M. Core ki n
TREASURER
Harland B. Tibbetts
ASSISTANT TREASURER
S. M. COREKIN
DIRECTORS
Wm. Travers Jerome, 15 Broad Street, New York.
Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus, 110 Brookline Avenue,
Boston, Mass.
William H. Coolidge, Sr., Coolidge and Hight,
50 Congress Street, Boston, Mass.
C. A. Hight, Coolidge and Hight, 50 Congress
Street, Boston, Mass.
A. W. Enckson, McCann-Erickson, 285 Madison
Avenue, New York.
Harland B. Tibbetts, Tibbets, Lewis and Rand, 15
Broad Street, New York.
Victor Morawet:, 15 Broad Street. New York.
DATE OF INCORPORATION
November 19, 1915, under the laws of Maine.
NUMBER OF SHARES, COMMON
329,700, par value $1.00.
BANKING AFFILIATIONS
National Shawmut Bank of Boston; First National
Bank of Boston; Chemical Bank and Trust Com-
pany, New York; Security-First National Bank,
Hollywood.
Universal Pictures Corporation
730 Fifth Avenue
New Yor\ City
PRESIDENT
Carl Laemmle
VICE-PRESIDENT
R. H. Cochrane
SECRETARY
H. E. Huches
TREASURER
C. B. Paine
DIRECTORS
Carl Laemmle
R. H. Cochrane
C. B. Paine
P. D Cochrane
Phil Rcisman
O. C. Binder
A. Sieklcr
DATE OF INCORPORATION
April 30, 1912, under the laws of New York
State.
NUMBER OF SHARES, COMMON
7.000,000 authorized, par value $100.
4,859,250 issued, par value $100.
BANKING AFFILIATIONS
National City Bank, New York; Liberty National
Bank and Trust Company, New York; Bank of
America, New York and Los Angeles.
Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaf t
(UFA)
Kochstrasse 6-8
Berlin SW 68
PRESIDENT
Ludwig Klitisch
DIRECTORS
Paul Lehmann
Alexander Grau
Ernst Hugo Correll
Wilhelm Mrydam
Hermann Grieving
Bcrthold von Treocald
Hermann Zimmer
DATE OF INCORPORATION
1117.
CAPITAL SHARES
45,000.000 marks.
BONDS
15,000,000 marks.
The VanBeuren Corporation
1600 Broadway
Hew fork. City
PRESIDENT
Amedee J. Van Beuren*
VICE-PRESIDENT
B. B. Kahane
SECRETARY
Clayton J. Heermancb
TREASURER
Herman Zohbel
ASSISTANT TREASURERS
Frank M. Snell
O. R. McMahon
DIRECTORS
Amedee J. Van Beuren, president. The Van Beuren
Corporation
Hiram S. Brown, president, Radio-Keith-Orpheum
Corporation.
Joseph Plunkctt, manager of theatre operations,
Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation.
B. B. Kahane, vice-president, Radio-Keith-Orpheum
Corporation.
James Turner, assistant to president, Radio-
Kcith-Orphcum Corporation.
Clayton J. Hecrmance, member of law firm,
Hulbcrt, Hecrmance and Landon.
Frank M. Snell, assistant treasurer, The Van
Beuren Corporation.
DATE OF INCORPORATION
October 16, 1938, under the laws of Delaware.
NUMBER OF SHARES. COMMON
125,000, no par value.
Wafilms, Inc.
729 Seventh Avenue
Hew Tor(( City
PRESIDENT
Walter A. Futter
VICE-PRESIDENT
Charles McDonald
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
William Rubenstein
DIRECTORS
Walter A. Futter
Charles McDonald
William Rubenstein
DATE OF INCORPORATION
1926, under the laws of New York State.
SUBSIDIARIES
Futter Productions, Inc.
Record Pictures, Inc.
Wardour Films, Ltd.
Subsidiary of
British international Pictures. Limited
Head Office Film House
Wardour Street. W. I.
CHAIRMAN
John Maxwell
MANAGING DIRECTOR
M. A. Dent
SECRETARY
Geo. H. Gaunt
DIRECTOR
J. C. A. Thorpe
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DATE OF INCORPORATION
October 28, 1916, under the laws of England.
NUMBER OF SHARES, COMMON
50,000 authorized, par value XI.
50,000 issued, par value XI.
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc.
32 J West 44th Street
J^ew Tor\ City
PRESIDENT
H. M. Warner
VICE-PRESIDENTS
A. Warner
J. L. Warner
S. E. Morris
H. Starr
SECRETARY
A. C. Thomas
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES
H. L. Bareford
P. A. Chase
F. K. Hessbee
TREASURER
a'-. Warner
ASSISTANT TREASURER AND COMPTROLLER
S. Carlisle
AUDITOR
T. I Martin
ASSISTANT AUDITOR
H. M. Doherty
DIRECTORS
Walter E. Sachs
Richard F. Hoyt
Albert Warner
H. M. Warner
Jack L. Warner
A. C. Thomas
Henry A. Rudkin
Waddell Catchings
Moe Mark
Morris Wolf
DATE OF INCORPORATION
April 3, 1923, under the laws of Delaware.
NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES. COMMON
7,500',000. Shares outstanding 3,769,000, no par
value.
NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES,
PREFERRED
785,604. Shares outstanding 103,107, no par value.
SUBSIDIARIES
Vitagraph, Inc.; The Vitaphone Corporation:
Warner Brothers Theatres. Inc.; First National
Pictures, Inc.; DeSylva, Brown and Henderson,
Inc.; Harms, Inc.; Remick Music Corporation;
Brunswick Radio Corporation.
118,000 Stockholders
The motion picture industry now be-
longs to not less than 118,000 stockholders
as indicated by a survey of the lists of lead-
ing enterprises completed in May, 1931.
Thirty-five years ago the industry belonged
to one man.
Increase in the number of stockholders
has been specially marked in the last two
years. Observers credit this increase to a
number of influences; among them a con-
siderable public recognition of the motion
picture as among the more stable industries
in a period when many classes of invest-
ment have been put to the test by the gen-
eral business depression.
The continuous gain in the lists of stock-
holders has taken a market upturn since
the advent of the sound picture, which with
its revolution of the technology and equip-
ment of the art has required large amounts
of new capital. Also along with this devel-
opment another influence has appeared in
the policy of some of the major units to
make acquisitions of theatres and other
properties leading to expansion in the lists
through exchanges of stock.
Thus, stockholders in five of the leading
motion picture enterprises — RKO, Para-
mount, Warners, Fox and Eastman Kodak
— increased from 49,258 in 1928 to 79,000
in 1929 and to the present total of approx-
imately 112,000. Meanwhile, proportionate
increases have taken place among less ex-
tensively capitalized companies, showing
that public participation in the film indus-
try has more than doubled in that short
period.
Most rapid growth in the number of
stockholders of the major units is shown
by RKO. From a total of 1,500 in 1928,
the number rose to about 10,000 in March,
1930. and, as a result of exchange of stock
and issuance of rights, now stands at ap-
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proximately 21,000, a gain since 1928 of
some 19,500 stockholders.
Paramount has had a wide expansion in
number of shareholders, as revealed by the
latest annual report, which shows that at
the end of 1930 these totaled almost 21,-
000. This compared with approximately
14,000 in 1929, 9,000 in 1928, 5,000 in
1927. 4,000 in 1926, 3,000 in 1925 and
2.000 in 1924. Again the sharp rise since
1928 is brought out, the number from that
year to 1930 rising about 12.000, while the
increase in the preceding four years was
only 7,000.
Stockholders in Warner Bros, rose from
10,000 in 1928 to 32,167 in 1931, while
Fox, early in 1928, had 758, jumping to
2.342 in October of the same year. In
December. 1929, Fox books revealed
6.590 holders, increasing to 9,000 in April,
1930, and to 10,000 on April 15, 1931.
Eastman Kodak shareholders have shown
a steady increase from 1923. At that time
they amounted to about 10.000, from
which the figure rose to 12.000 in 1924,
20.000 in 1925, 24.000 in 1926. 26.000 in
1927, 28,000 in 1928, 32,000 in 1929 and
34.000 in 1930.
The last couple of years also have shown
a steady increase in number of stockholders
in smaller units, including Columbia. Con-
solidated Film, Technicolor and Trans-Lux,
indicating the investment and speculative
fraternity is not blind to the motion pic
ture industry's demonstration of compara-
tive stability in the current business
depression and, despite temporary setbacks,
its future possibilities as a result of the
recent trend toward stronger financial man-
agement in the major film companies.
FAMOUS PLAYERS-CANADIAN
Annual statement of Famous Players-
Canadian Corp. shows gross operating in-
come for the year ending August 30, of
$4,268,893, almost $1,000,000 greater than
last fiscal year, when $3,376,844 was earned.
Surplus amounted to $3,217,681. or
$200,000 greater than the previous year's
balance, due to sound installations. Ap-
proximately $2,000,000 was available for
dividends.
RCA EARNINGS
Earnings per share of Radio Corporation
of America and subsidiaries for the first
quarter of 1931 equaled those of the full
year of 1930. with 2 cents a share for the
period ended March 31. Net income for
the three months was $1,566,519 after all
charges such as depreciation, amortination
and taxes, equal, after dividends on the
"A" and "B" stocks, to 2 cents a share on
the 1 3,160.750 shares of common out-
standing.
Net income for 1930 amounted to
$5,526,293, which was equal to 2 cents a
share after preferred dividend requirements.
The company did not publish its first quar-
ter earnings last year.
The total gross earnings for the first
1931 quarter were $24,843,371 and the
balance after all charges and dividends on
A and B preferred was $263,647. The
balance was carried to profit and loss sur-
plus totaling $30,274,185 March 31 of this
year, compared with $30,010,537 at the
close of last year.
Over $20,000,000 is invested in the German film
industry, according to a February estimate. The
total increased about 7Vi per cent in 1930.
1926 Sound pictures become a com-
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over the Western Electric Svstem
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1927 Dialogue is successfully synchronized
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Financial
Earnings
The motion picture industry in four
years has grossed $1,164,007,537, netting
$287,364,607, based on income of 16 com-
panies in the equipment and film fields.
The increase in 1930 over that of 1927
reached $253,866,704 gross income, or
from $168,060,696 for 1927 to $421,-
927,400 for 1930, establishing a record
which by far surpassed any other major in-
dustry. Net income of the industry rose
$49,614,997, from $45,218,670 in 1927 to
$94,833,067 for 1930.
Gross earning of Paramount and East-
man Kodak, which are not revealed in com-
pany financial reports, would swell the four-
year total to about $1,500,000,000, on the
basis of an estimated $770,000,000 gross
for 1930.
Successive expansion in earning power
was climaxed in 1930 when the combined
group reached its peak, doubly remarkable
in view of business recession which gener-
ally played havoc with net and gross earn-
ings of practically every other line of
business activity.
While financial circles admit an expected
recession from last year in 1931 the 1930
results clearly indicate that motion picture
earnings have been sufficiently powerful to
resist reactionary influences of the business
depression longer than any other large in-
dustry, with but one exception, and that
of public utilities. By being aligned with
the public utility group in this depression-
proof category, the industry once again
throws sharply into relief the fact that its
product has become a most important
every-day necessity, which is further borne
out by theatre attendance records during
periods of economic setbacks.
For 1927, nine leading film companies
reported gross income of $168,060,696,
while 12 companies reported $236,084,596
for 1928 and an equal number reported
$337,934,845 for 1929 and $421,937,400
for 1930.
The figures would be swelled many addi-
tional millions were gross income included
of major units which do not publish gross
earnings, notably Paramount and Eastman
Kodak.
Net income for 1927, as reported by 12
companies, was $45,218,670, while 15
companies reported $56,25,716 for 1928.
For 1929, 16 companies had net of $91,-
059,154, while an equal number reported
$94,833,067 for 1930.
Enviable earnings increases were marked
up by major units of the industry in the
four-year period, the compilation shows.
While the 1930 report for Fox has not yet
been issued, the company's gross for that
year has been estimated at $102,000,000
and met at $13,000,000. This compares
with $40,068,258 and $9,469,051, respect-
ively, in 1929, $29,328,690 and $5,957,218
in 1928 and $22,847,132 and $8,120,557 in
1927.
RKO increased its gross from $42,624,965
in 1928 to $71,357,831 in 1930 and the
net from $877,334 to $3,385,628. War-
ners, Loew's, Paramount and MGM were
among the other large gainers in the four-
year period.
RECAPITULATION OF EARNINGS, 1927-1930
NO. OF NO. OF
YEAR GROSS COS. NET COS.
1927 $168,060,696 9 ■ $45,218,670 12
1928 236,084,596 12.... 56,253,716 15
1)29 337,934,845 12 91,059,154 16
1930 _ 421,927,400 12 94,833,067 16
TOTAL 4 YEARS' GROSS... $1,164,007,537 TOTAL 4 YEARS- NET $287,364,607
GROSS, NET AND PER SHARE EARNINGS OF FILM COMPANIES, 1927-1930
— 1930
1929
—1928
-1927
Per
Per
Per
Per
Gross
Net
Com.
Gross
Net
Com.
Gross
Net
Com.
Gross
Net
Com.
Company
Income
Profit
Share
Income
Profit
Share
Income
Profit
Share
. Income
Profit
Share
Fox
'$102,000,000
5$13,000,000
C)
$ 40,068,258
$ 9,469,051
$10.28
$29,328,690
$5,957,218
$6.47
$22,847,132
$3,120,557
$6.24
Paramount
Not stated
18,381.178
$6.15
Not stated
15,544.544
6.36
Not stated
8,713.063
4.22
Not stated
8.057,998
'10.83
RKO
71,357,831
3,385,628
1.44
51,696,861
2,523,559
.92
42,624.965
877,334
Warners
=52.892.84 1
27, 074, 621
22.27
31,248,270
14.514.628
5.23
Not stated
2,044,842
4.98
Not stated
30.427
'121,706,159
•14,600,332
' J9.65
116,201,937
10,985,790
7.28
99,260,303
8,568,162
5.69
79,597,031
6,737,205
5.T3*
Univers?l
Not stated
*1, 047, 821
49.47
29,1 1 1,380
134,003
.66
27,180,352
856,097
2.69
28,635.718
1,493.988
4.61
Columbia
4.355.063
1,029,958
6.12
2,374,752
555,763
3.55
2,377.437
276,319
1.17
1,365,054
163,622
.54
Pa the
14.581.209
"2,007,771
18.166,877
501,992
1.74
17,265,321
187,436
.47
17,553,528
*2, 151, 882
M-G-M
34,492,858
9,924,869
659.81
27,199,265
7,154,398
640.32
Not stated
4,800.260
631.22
Not stated
2,750,134
"16.67
Total earnings of
61m companies
$401,385,961
$67,396,586
$316,067,600
$61,293,728
$218,037,068
$32,280,731
$149,998,463
$22,353,93 1
EARNINGS OF COMPANIES IN EQUIPMENT AND ALLIED FIELDS
-1930
1929
— 1928
1927
Per
Per
Per
Per
Gross
Net
Com.
Gross
Net
Com.
Gross
Net
Com.
Gross
Net
Com.
Company
Income
Profit
Share
Income
Profit
Share
Income
Profit
Share
Income
Profit
Share
Gen. Thcat. Equip.
. '$8,050,397
3$3. 105,530
$1 1 ,250,330
$2,899,639
$1.72
$8,723,223
$1,527,661
$8,775,580
$1,189,885
Eastman Kodak
Not stated
20,353.789
$8.84
Not stated
22,004.916
9.57
Not stated
20.110.440
$9.60
Not stated
20,142.161
$9.61
Con Film Indus
9,665,317
2,309,311
2.50
9,644,799
2,685,878
4.47
7,051.715
1,776,866
2.51
7.830,622
1,321,906
1.35
1.880.636
676.475
1.31
Not stated
1,173,980
2.29
Trans-Lux
787.371
475.606
.62
827,274
525.387
.67
487,965
258.746
.35
National Screen
Not stated
515.756
5.46
Not stated
475.626
4.32
1,646.128
2,99.272
2.72
1,456.031
210.987
l"92
Sentry Safely
157,718
14
.01
144.842
Ml. 359
4.08
138.497
40.549
«.27
Total earning*.
Equip. Co.'s....
. $20,541,439
$27,436,481
$21,867,245
$29,765,426
$18,047,523
$23,972,985
$18,065,233
$22,864,938
Grand Total
. $421,927,400
$94,833,067
$337,934,845
$91 .059^ 54
$236,084,596
$56,253,716
$168,060,696
$45,218,870
■Year ended August 31. 'Deficit. "Preferred stock. "Net loss.
'Year ended August 30. 'Estimated; official report not as yet 'On old stock split 2 for 1 in 1928. 'Not as yet reported.
•Nine months ended Sept. 30, 1930. made public.
1931
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PARAMOUNT
THE 1931-2 BUY WORD!
22 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1931
REASONS FOR
THE MIGHTY DEMAND
FOR PARAMOUNT ARE
EASY TO STATE
Exhibitors know it was never more vital than now to tie up with the
industry's one and only real dependable leader.
PARAMOUNT presents a 20-year record of quality product, profitable
to theatres, that can't be approached by anybody else in this business.
PARAMOUNT IS TOPPING THIS RECORD IN 1931-2 WITH THE
BEST BOX OFFICE PROGRAM OF PICTURES IN SHOW WORLD
HISTORY!
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Bringing boom times to theatres with product such as: "The Smiling
Lieutenant"', "An American Tragedy", "A Farewell to Arms", "Monkey
Business", "24 Hours", "No One Man", "Huckleberry Finn", "Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde", "Secrets of a Secretary", "The Road to Reno", "Lives
of a Bengal Lancer", "Break Up" and many others.
Today the most popular stars and most promising future bets are with
^one company — PARAMOUNT.
Such seat-selling personalities as: Harold Lloyd, George Bancroft,
Marlene Dietrich, Maurice Chevalier, Four Marx Brothers, Ruth
Chatterton, Gary Cooper, Nancy Carroll, Clara Bow, Fredric March.
Claudette Colbert, Richard Arlen, Tallulah Bankhead, Clive Brook,
Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Jack Oakie, Carole Lombard, Paul Lukas,
Miriam Hopkins, Jackie and Robert Coogan, Carman Barnes, Charles
Rogers, Charlie Ruggles, William Boyd, Helen Johnson, Eleanor
Boardman, Frances Dee, Kay Francis, Stuart Erwin, Wynne Gibson,
Mitzi Green, Anna May Wong, Jackie Searl and many more.
PARAMOUNT produces the cream of the quality shorts.
GOne- and two-reelers like these have real drawing power: Paramount
Sound News, Headline Acts, Dane -Arthur Comedies, Charlie Ruggles
Comedies, Ford Sterling Comedies, Smith and Dale Comedies, Al St.
John Comedies, Lulu McConnell Comedies, Billy House Comedies, Para-
mount Screen Songs, Talkartoons, Paramount Pictorial.
Great stories, great production minds, great directors — guarantees of
a great pictures, PARAMOUNT has the best in the industry.
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GREATEST NAMES IN SHOW BUSINESS
HAROLD LLOYD
With "Feet First" still packing
'em in, the King of Comedy is
now working on a great comedy
production by a well known
author for release in 1931-2.
Produced by Harold Lloyd Corp.
A Paramount Release
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GREATEST NAMES IN SHOW BUSINESS
2?
Richard Wallace
Director
"The Right to Love"
"Man of the World"
"The Road to Reno"
Paramount
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GREATEST NAMES IN SHOW BUSINESS
elena, Montana, boy
makes good . . . former
cowboy now famous
Mot on Picture Star.
Educated in Helena public
schools ... at Dunstable,
England and Grinned Col-
lege . . . Paramount actor . . .
continues to make steady
gain as one of outstanding
box-office names in entire
industry. . .
Such successes as . . . "The
Virginian" . . . "Morocco" . . .
"City Streets" and " I Take
This Woman" . . . are indica-
tive of his merit . . .
GARY
COOPER
Now Starring In Special
Feature Productions for
Paramount Publix . . .
Gary Cooper is a name and
personality that means
money at the box-office . . .
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GREATEST NAMES IN SHOW BUSINESS
Eddie Dowling
and
Ray Dooley
in
"Honeymoon Lane"
A Paramount Release
28
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GREATEST NAMES IN SHOW BUSINESS
G. Edwin Stewart
Chief Recording Engineer
PARAMOUNT
East Coast Studios
Larry Williams
Cinematographer
Sap from Syracuse
Follow the Leader
The Tarnished Lady
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PARAMOUNT
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GREATEST NAMES IN SHOW BUSINESS
oQjB/TSCff.
"THE
SMILING LIEUTENANT"
(J^aramountJ^roductioru
Rouben Mamoulian
Director
"Applause"
City Streets"
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GREATEST NAMES IN SHOW BUSINESS
Regis Toonney
Paramount Featured Player
. . . Was born and educated in Pittsburgh
He came to Hollywood from the stage where he had
played in many Broadway successes including . . .
"Rose Marie" . . . "Little Nelly Kelly" . . . "Twinkle
Twinkle" . . . and "Hit the Deck." . . . His perform-
ance in the latter won him a strong supporting role in
"Alibi." . . . Following this he was signed by Para-
mount on a long term contract. . . . Toomey is a grad-
uate of the University of Pittsburgh ... a member of
Sigma Chi fraternity. . . . Among his latest screen hits
are . . . "Scandal Sheet" . . . "The Finger Points"
and "Kick In" ... all of which are marked by his fine
acting. . . . Toomey is one of Paramount^ best bets.
. . . Watch him go. . . .
Norman Foster
Paramount Featured Player
. . . Hails from Richmond, Indiana . . . where he at-
tended grammar and high school . . . when not work-
ing on the local newspaper as a reporter His
college days were spent at Carnegie Tech . . . where
he studied for a stage career. . . . Upon leaving college
he went to New York where he played in vaudeville.
. . . He later got a role in "The Goose Hangs High."
. . . After this he played in such noted stage successes
as . . . "The Poor Nut" . . . "The Barker" . . . "The
Racket" . . . "Carnival" . . . "Tin Pan Alley" and
"June Moon." ... In the latter his work was so fav-
orable that Paramount put him under contract. . . .
His first picture role was in "Gentlemen of the Press"
. . . then came "Young Man of Manhattan" . . . "No
Limit" . . . "It Pays to Advertise" . . . "Up Pops the
Devil" . . . and "Confessions of a Co-Ed" . . . Fos-
ter is married to Claudette Colbert. . . . He spends his
spare time writing plays. . . . Paramount plans big
things for this youthful player.
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GREATEST NAMES
IN SHOW BUSINESS
•
NORMAN TAUROC
Directed
SKIPPY"
Paramount
DCI\ 1 II v_/LLJ V ILK 1 LL
Now Directing for
PARAMOUNT
Dwight Taylor
VENTURINI
Originals - Adaptations - Dialogue
wrote
"NUMBERED MEN"
(Jail Break)
FIRST NATIONAL SPECIAL
Adaptation and dialogue of "Secrets of a Secretary-'
starring Claudette Colbert
Paramount
Paramount New York Studio
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GREATEST NAMES IN SHOW BUSINESS
Victor
Heerman
ANIMAL CRACKERS
with the
Four Marx Brothers
for
Paramount
Norman Z. McLeod
Director
Paramount
Stuart Erwin
Paramount
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33
D* A* Doran, Jr*
Scenario Editor
PARAMOUNT NEW YORK STUDIOS
Aubrey Scotto
Writing — Directing
m
PARAMOUNT NEW YORK STUDIO
William Slavens McNutt — Grover Jones
in collaboration
Screen Plays
The Mighty"
"Young Eagles"
"Light of Western Stars"
"Tom Sawyer"
"The Light That Failed"
"The Conquering Horde"
Dangerous Paradise"
"Burning Up"
"Typhoon Bill"
"North of 36
"Gun Smoke"
"Huck Finn
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1
GREATEST NAMES IN SHOW BUSINESS
John Cromwell
Director
Paramount
MITZI GREEN
Paramount Featured Player
Mitzi was great in:
"Tom Sawyer"
"Finn and Hattie"
"Skippy"
and
"Dude Ranch"
— but wait until you see her in —
"Let's Play King"
"Huckleberry Finn"
and
"Tom Sawyer Detective"
— She's GREATER than ever—
GEORGE ABBOTT
"Manslaughter"
"Secrets of a Secretary"
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FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
Balaban 8C Katz Corp. (Controlled by Paramount-Publix Corp.)
Comparative consolidated balance sheet of Balaban 8C Katz Corp., Chicago
theatre circuit, for 1930-1929-1928, follows: (Years ending December 27, 31
and 28, respectively)
Consolidated Balance Sheet, 1930-29-28
ASSETS
1930
Theatre properties $19,165,810
Deposits to secure contracts 676,617
Investments and advances 2,375,002
Current assets (cash, etc.) 1,477,467
Deferred charges 389,527
Goodwill 684,678
1929
118,458,147
641,612
1,236,116
2,372,970
443,174
684,678
1928
$16,929,402
738,200
1,394,510
722,824
559,221
690,127
TOTAL $24,769,101 $23,836,697 $21,034,284
LIABILITIES
Capital stock, preferred and common 9,456,450 9,456,450 9,456,450
Notes and mortgages 5,592,633 6,103,167 M.794,376
Current liabilities 1,412,635 1,298,078 1,537,688
Reserve for contingencies 48,318 12,028 70,139
Advance payments (self-liquidating) 57,864 62,827 14.516
Surplus 8,201,201 6,904,147 5,161,115
TOTAL $24,769,101 $23,836,697 $21,034,284
'Mortgage obligations of $1, 099*012 due to be retired on or before May 1, 1929, including
thereon, of which $1,004,636, in special funds, had been deposited in bank for payment thereof; thus
leaving a total of $94,376 in balance and to be carried under liabilities.
Comparative Profit and Loss Account for 1930-29-28
Net profit from operations before de-
ducting interest charges, provision for
depreciation, amortization and Federal
income tax $3,860,406 $3,777,990 $2,705,746
Add— Miscellaneous income 218,132 727,738 615,536
Together $4,078,538
Deduct:
Interest charges $ 387.995(a)
Provision for depre-
ciation and amorti-
zation 1,090,006
Provision for Federal
income tax 311,274 1,789,275
$4,505,728 $3,321,282
$ 393.846(b) $336,813(c)
1,063,318
298,322
Net profit carried to Surplus A/C be-
low $2,289,263
1,755,487
$2,750,241
865,361
258,310
1,460,484
$1,860,796
(a) Inc. bond discount and expense of $45,985. (b) Inc. bond discount and expense of $46,438.
(c) Inc. bond discount and expense of $12,646.
Comparative Surplus Account for 1930-29-28
-1930-
Surplus paid in at organization
(net) $777,568
Earned Surplus:
Balance $6,126,578 $4,383,546
Add — Net income for
fiscal year ended in
December (of each
year) _ 2,289,263 2,750,241
-1929
$777,568
-1928-
$777, 56
Deduct:
Dividends paid —
On preferred
stock $199,591
On common
stock 792,618
$8,415,841
$7,133,787
$3,346,958
1,860,797
$5,446, 632(e)
$199,591
792,618
$199,591
792,618
$992,209 $7,423,632
TOTAL SURPLUS
CARRIED TO BAL-
ANCE SHEET $8,201,201
$992,209 $6,126,578(d)
$6,904,146
$992,209 $4,383, 546(f)
$5,161,114
(d) Including premium on 1st mortgage bonds, $15,000 (retired May 1, 1929).
(e) Including:
Add — Proportion of earnings accrued to January 1, 1928, applicable to company's
investment in subsidiary company which was wholly acquired as of that date $ 52,740
Add — Adjustment in respect to prior years' depreciation and Federal taxes (net) 133,272
Add — -Adjustment in respect of dividends received on investments previously credited
to relative investment account in prior years 52,863
(f) Including deduction of $70,877, for loss in disposition of sundry theatre properties
(net).
British International Pictures Limited
Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 1930
LIABILITIES
£
Share Capital:
Authorised:
500,000 8% Cumulative Preference Shares of £1 each.... 500,000
4,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 5/- each..._ 1,000,000
s. d.
s. d.
REPORTS
CONSOLIDATED FILM
INDUSTRIES
Report of Consolidated Film Industries, Inc., for
the year ended December 31, 1930, shows net profit
of $2,309,31 1 after depreciation, federal taxes, etc.,
equivalent under the participating provisions of the
shares, to $2.86 a share on the average combined
806,243 shares of $2 no-par participating preferred
and common stocks outstanding during the year and
to $2.49 a share on 924,97 3 combined shares out-
standing at end of the year. This compares with
$2,389,373 or $3.41 a share in 1929 on 700,000
combined shares outstanding at end of that year.
Total sales in 1930 were $9,665,317, almost iden-
tical with the 1929 gross, yet Consolidated spent
approximately $340,000 more for costs, expenses,
depreciation, etc., in 1930 than in 1929. Total
income for 1930 reached $2,730,940, as against
$2,810,867 in 1929, "deductions" and federal taxes
bringing the net intake $70,000 lower in 1930 than
for the previous year.
At December 31, 1930, the company's assets
totaled $6,116,899 and current liabilities. $1,995,308.
a ratio of current assets to current liabilities slightly
in excess of three to one. This compares with
current assets of $4,967,529 against current liabilities
of $2,375,478 on December 31, 1929, or a ratio of
slightly better than two to one existing at that date.
Among the outstanding projects was the under-
taking of construction of Safety First Film Laboratory
at Fort Lee, N. J.
In October, 1930, the corporation acquired all of
the preferred stock and over 99 per cent of the com-
mon of American Record Corp., which is engaged
in the manufacture of popular priced phonograph
records and other moulded products. The net worth
of this company at the time of its acquisition was
$2,306,592, in exchange for which the corporation
gave to the stockholders of American Record, 124.973
shares of its common stock.
American Record manufactures the following brand
of records, obtainable in most chain stores: Perfect,
Banner, Regal, Romeo, Jewel, Challenge and Con-
queror.
Cinema Patents Co., Inc., was organized in 1930
and is a wholly owned subsidiary. Consolidated
states that "this company owns and controls basic
patents covering practically all developing and
processing machines, appliances or apparatus used or
employed in this branch of the motion picture indus-
try. Since its incorporation, some of the largest
interests in the motion picture industry have signed
contracts with the Cinema Patents, which provide sub-
stantial royalty payments; and negotiations are now
in process towards the end that all the companies
using machines or apparatus coming within the scope
of our patents, shall pay royalties to Cinema Patents.
Patents are basic and involve a fundamental arm of
the industry."
EASTMAN KODAK
With the exception of the record-breaking year of
1929. all previous annual earnings were surpassed by
Eastman Kodak in 1930.
Net income amounted to $20,35 3,789, equal to
$8.84 a share on the common, compared with
$22,004,916, or $9.57 a share in the previous year.
Total surplus at the end of 1930 aggregated $84,675,-
404, against $82,780,537 at the close of 1929.
A generally sttong condition was revealed in the
balance sheet, which showed total assets of $167,*
135,319 at December 27, 1930, compared with
$163,467,508 at the end of 1929. Current assets of
$86,559,184 compared with current liabilities of
$1 3,415,573. while at the close of 1929 current
assets were $93,764,138, against current liabilities of
$15,134,401.
Preferred dividends paid by the company during
1930 amounted to $369,942, the same as in 1929.
while common stock dividends amounted to $17,861,-
380, compared with $16,858,1 12 in the previous
year. The company has no bonded debt.
NUMBER OF STOCKHOLDERS
£1,500,000 0 0
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
37
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PARAMOUNT
Net profits of $18,381,000 in 1930 by Paramount
Puhln Corporation arc shown by the annual statement.
The record earnings for 1930 were 18 per cent ahead
of 1929, previous record year, when the net reached
$15,544,000. and are more than double the 1928 net
of $8,713,000.
Earnings of 1930 equalled $6.15 per share. Fourth
quarter profit equalled $1.55 per share.
Comparison of profits per share yearly since 1928
follows:
Av. No. Shares Earnings
Year Profits Outstanding Per Share
1930 $18,381,178 $2,986,829 $6.15
1929 15,544,544 2.445,304 6.36
1928 8,713,063 2,062.857 4.22
The company during the year paid out in dividends
Issued:
250,000 8% Cumulative Preference Shares of £1 each,
3,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 5/- each, fully paid
Secured Loan
250,000 0 0
750,000 0 0
Note. — This Loan is secured by Debentures constituting a fixed
and floating charge over the assets of the Company.
Subsidiary Companies:
Current and Loan Accounts
Associated Companies:
Current and Loan Accounts _
Sundry Creditors, Bills Payable and Accrued Charges
Property Depreciation Reserve:
Amount appropriated at last Annual Meeting _
Amount transferred from Profit and Loss Account:
Investment Reserve:
Amount transferred from Profit and Loss Account
General Reserve:
Balance per last Accounts _ „
Amounts appropriated at last Annual Meeting _.
Less: Xew Share Issue, etc., Expenses written off, as con
firmed at last Annual Meeting
Add: Amount transferred from Profit and Loss Account-
Less: Amount written off Film Productions per contra
Profit and Loss Account:
Balance as at 31st March, 1929
Less: Appropriations confirmed at last Annual Meeting includ-
ing Directors' Fees amounting to £1,687 10s. and balance
of Income Tax _
Add: Balance of Profit for year to 31st March, 1930, after
appropriations to Reserves _ _
Less: Preference Dividend paid for year to 31st March, 1930..
Note. — There are contingent liabilities at the date of this
Balance Sheet in respect of bills discounted and guarantees
amounting to £16,041 19s. 3d.
15,000
0
j
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0
0
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2
7
290 000
o
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2
7
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11
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11
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8
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0
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0
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53,544 19 4
500 0 0
92,327 9 1
30,000 0 0
15,000 0 0
250,000 0 0
94,510 7 6
£1,935,882 15 11
We beg to report to the Shareholders of British International Pictures Limited that we have
audited the Books and Accounts of the Company for the year to 31st March, 1930, and that we
have obtained all the information and explanations required by us.
In our opinioni the foregoing Balance Sheet is properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and
correct view of the state of the Company's affairs as at 31st March. 1930, according to the best
of the information and explanations given to us and as shown by the Books of the Company.
WILSON, STIRLING & CO.,
Chartered Accountants,
London, 6th August, 1930. Auditors.
ASSETS
Land and Buildings, Furniture, Fittings, Plant and Machinery and
Equipment — at cost less Plot of Land sold £1,980 _
Film Rights, Stories, Scenarios, etc. — at cost _
Stock of Materials, etc. — as certified by Company's officials
Film Productions — at cost less Amortisation and Advances
Less: Transferred from General Reserve per contra
Subsidiary Companies:
Investments therein at cost
Current and Loan Accounts _ _
Associated Companies:
Investments therein at cost _
Current and Loan Accounts ...
Sundry Debtors, Bills Receivable and Prepayments
Expenses of Increase of Capital, etc „
Less: Amount written off per Profit and Loss Account-
Cash at Bankers and on Hand _ _
JOHN MAXWELL, ) ft>
W. D. SCRIMGEOUR, J utrec'ors-
£
s.
d.
541,982
9
1
100,000
0
0
837,341
18
11
16,142
6
5
84,310
13
3
59,655
15
4
6,687
10
'
6,687
! :
0
360.628
7.774
9,995
441,982 9 1
853,484 5 4
143.966
79,462
38,589 6 8
£1,935,882 15 11
Statement pursuant to Section 126 of the Companies Act, 1929.
Profits of Subsidiary Companies to the extent to which they have been declared in Dividends,
have been included in the Accounts of the Company. No losses have been made during the year
by Subsidiary Companies.
JOHN MAXWELL } n. ,. ,
W. D. SCRIMGEOUR { "srtctors.
Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 31st March, 1930
Dr.
To Expenses of Increase of
Capital, etc., written off _— 6,687 10 0
To Investment Reserve: Amount
transferred 15,000 0 0
To Property Depreciation Re-
serve: Amount transferred 15,000 0 0
To General Reserve: Amount
transferred - 37,862 8 5
To Balance, being net Profit for
year, carried to Balance Sheet.. 103,398 3 0
£177,948 1 5
By Trading Profit and Dividends
on Investments, after provid-
ing for Income Tax to 31st
March, 1930 _ 177.643
By Registration Fees.— 304
Cr.
s. d.
11 11
9 6
£177,948 1 5
38
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
Columbia Pictures
Annual Statement Year Ended June 28, 1930
1930 1929
. ...$4,249,428 $2,287,018
Operating Income _ 105,635 87,734
Other Income , _ 4,355,063 2,374,752
Total Income - .... 2,714,971 1,585,793
Amortization of Film r™";r 429,618 145,462
Amortization of Film Distributor, Rentals 139^00 75,000
Federal Taxes 41,016 16,675
Interest Charges ... 1,029,958 551,822
Net Income -- ... 70,254 14,390
Preferred Dividends 58,841
Common Dividends 98,427
Reserve _ 26,381
Transfer to Reserve 802,436 511,051
Surplus for Year 1,744,008 941,572
Profit and Loss Surplus Earned per share
$56.93 $22.07
Preferred Stock ~ 6.12 4.78
Common Stock
Comparative Consolidated Balance Sheet
(Including Subsidiaries)
Assets: June 28. '30 June 29, '30
, „.„ ,.„, H^nreciation) $1,340,316 $ 839,890
tLand, buildings, equipment, etc. (less depreciation; * , 2_.^_
License rights - 249^800
Film rights purchased 80,897
Investments 120,743
Stock subscribers received 17 26g
Advanced to co-producers . i ~ 89,142
Prepayments
Current Assets: 516 292
Cash - ;
Notes received ....... - 631 934
Accounts received (less reserve) 37 244
Due from employment 2,667,430
Inventories --- : 18 900
Cash surplus value life insurance °' -
$3,871,800 $1,912,529
Total current assets - * ' ' *
_ , $5,797,651 $3,142,582
Total assets -
Liabilities: _ $2,487,948 $ 887,948
JCapital stock - - 37,500
Mortgage payments 188,426 145,139
Advances ; - _ 40,000 100,000
Reserve for contingencies 45 4go
Deferred income - "~ 85;681 93,461
Capital surplus 1,744,008 941,572
P. & L. surplus
Current Liabilities: 314,770 140,661
Notes payable TTZZZm^~1££^s ------- 700,600 758,801
Accounts payable and accredited expenses 13 719
Due to officers 139^500 75,000
Tax reserve
, . ■•____ $1,168,589 $ 974,462
Total current liabilities *
_. , ,. ..... $5,797,651 $3,142,582
Total liabilities - $2,703,211 $ 938,067
*Net working capital
♦ Based on current assets and current liabilities as above.
tDenreciatior T reserve amounted to $281,893 in 1930. and not reported in 1929
iRe^e'enVed by 18.092 preference and 156.908 common shares m 1930, and 2x
ana 100,000 common shares in 1929, all of no par value.
187,010
80,150
437768
79,235
388,488
3,000
303,766
75,257
1,142,081
000 preference
Three-Year Comparison
Consolidated Income Account of Consolidated Film Industries, Inc.
as of December 31, 1928-29-30, follows:
*1930 J1929 1928
$ 9,665,317 $ 9,644,799 $ 7,051,715
Sales --7-;—"^"" 7,334,740 6,995,735 5,525,259
Costs, expense and depreciation ' _______
„,„-, $ 2,330,577 $ 2,649,064 $ 1,526,456
Operating profit 400,363 161,803 206,863
Other income
_ , . $ 2,730,940 $ 2,810,867 $ 1,733,319
Tota income - 260,200 296,505 200,900
Federal taxes 161,429 124,989 45,449
Other deductions '__
$ 2,309,311 $ 2,389,373 $ 1,486.970
Balance * ' 88 996
tProfit predecessor co '__
$ 2,309,311 $ 2,389,373 $ 1.575,966
Net profit
~~ Mndudes operation of American Record Corp. from October 1, 1930 (date of acquisition), to
DetCpmbfitr tor period January 1. 1928, to January 19, 1928, of predecessor company included in
intincrudrePs1Uoperations of Bennett Film Laboratories from April 20, 1929 (date of acquisition), to
December 31, 1929.
Consolidated Balance Sheet of Consolidated Film Industries, Inc.
as of December 31, 1928-29-30, follows:
1930 1929 1928
ASSETS
•Land buildings, machinery and equ.pment $ 5.837,236 $ 3 46. ,29 $ 2.567.524
Goodwill, patents, etc 1,145 153 1,265,286 80,152
Other assets 845,753 543,690 232,1 10
^krtahle securities :: 531.880 543.201 618.672
approximately 66 per cent of its net income and its
earned surplus account increased from $26,764,000 at
the end of 1929 to $33,004,000 at the end of 1930.
All items in the asset column of the balance sheet
showed increases over 1929 and 1928, current assets
rising to $39,579,378 from $37,053,395 at the end of
1929, and $35,312,723 at the close of 1928. Net
working capital gained from $22,092,712 at the end of
1929 to $23,497,831 on December 27, 1930.
In spite of increased taxes and appearance of addi-
tional items in the liabilities column, total current lia-
bilities rose only $1,120,864 during 1930 and the
ratio of current assets to current liabilities at the end
of the year 1930 was 2.46 to 1, against 2.47 to 1 at
December 28, 1929.
Maintains Strong Position
Paramount has maintained the strong working cap-
ital position which it has built up over the last few
years by the policy of making most of its acquisitions
through share exchanges, thus conserving cash and
other assets to the fullest extent. During 1930, prop-
erty and plant account was heavily added to, fixed
assets at the end of the year totaling $233,419,188,
compared with $174,838,176 at the end of 1929 and
$106,872,337 at the close of 1928.
Total assets of $306,269,158 at the end of 1930
compared with $236,710 at the end of 1929 and
$170,631,704 at December 29, 1928. Decreases in
accounts payable, money due to subsidiaries, purchase
monev obligations, serial payments and appropriated
surplus were shown in the liability column.
Although net profit for 1930 established a new high
record, per share earnings were slightly smaller,
amounting to $6.15 a share in 1930, against $6.36 a
share in 1929, due to a larger number of shares out-
standing. Consolidated earned surplus at the end of
the year amounted to $33,004,167, against $26,764,-
025 last year.
Funded Debt Increased
Funded debt of the corporation increased during
1930 as a result of the issuance in August of $15,-
000.000 20-year 5'/2 per cent sinking fund gold bonds
for the purpose of providing funds for theatre acqui-
sitions. In 1930 Paramount's subsidiaries acquired
additional theatre interests in Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
In addition, consolidated subsidiaries started opera-
tion of 19 theatres newly constructed in 1930 with a
total seating capacity of 33,000, while partially owned
companies opened seven newly built houses seating
12,000. By the end of the year Paramount and af-
filiates operated theatres in 422 cities and towns in 44
states.
Foreign distribution made the best showing in the
company's history, the report said, gaining nearly 20
per cent over 1929, the previous record year. This
resulted in construction of a studio in Paris and, in
conjunction with the New York and Hollywood stu-
dios, productions were made in French, German,
Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Hungarian, Czechoslovakian
and other languages, totaling 96 features and 96
shorts.
Consolidated Income
The profit and loss account and balance sheet, re-
spectively, for the first time disclosed profits of $31,-
000.000 before Federal taxes and depreciation of fixed
assets and a segregation of fixed assets into two items
— the first. "Land," carried at $69,000,000, and the
second, "Building, Leases and Equipment," carried at
$138,000,000 after depreciation. Depreciation against
fixed assets amounted to $12,400,000 for the year.
$1,700,000 of which was capitalized and written off
as film exhaustion.
Comparative consolidated income account for the
pas: three years follows:
Operating
Dec. 27, '30 Dec. 28, '29 Dec. 29, "28
Profit $31,130,374 Not stated $15,300,525
Depreciation.. 10,731,548 3,040.317
Fed. Taxes.... 2.017.647 $1,992,903 616,530
Balance __S18.381.178 $15,544,544 $8,713,063
Paramount's list of holders has increased from ap-
proximately 12,500 in 1929 to 20,778 at the end of
1930, an increase of 13.000, the largest for any year
of the company's operation.
Stockholders now on Paramount's books are located
in every state of the Union and 2 3 foreign countries
and U. S. possessions, further indicating that the
public's interest in amusements and its stock issues is
widespread.
Approximately 2.000 stockholders were listed on the
books of Paramount at the end of 1924, indicating a
19.000 increase in six years. Between 1924 and 1927,
the increase was slow, the number only jumping in
that period from 2,000 to 4.200. Following years,
however, saw a sensational rise, with the list increas-
ing from 8,050 at the end of 1928 to 14.000 at the
close of 1929.
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
39
Paramount Surplus A/C
At December 27, 1930
Surplus at December 28, 1929 $26,764,025.02
Add: Profit for twelve months to De-
cember 27, 1930, after providing for
Federal taxes 18,381,178.00
$45,145,203.02
Less: Dividends on common stock (paid
in 1930) 12,141,035.32
Surplus at December 27, 1930 $33,004,167.70
Paramount Dividend Record
Dividends and Rights on Stock
Year
Paid in
Cash
Paid in
Stock
Rights
1917 $10.00
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928..
1929..
1930..
5.50
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00f
■75f
3.00J
4.00J
$2.00
2.00
$6.56*
4.81*
1.88*
Total
$10.00
5.50
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
14.56
14.81
11.88
8.00t
• 75f
3.00$
4.00J
'Rights valued at average of highest and lowest
market price.
fFour dividends of $2.00 each paid on old stock;
first quarterly dividend of 75 cents on new stock,
which had been split three for one, paid December 29,
1928.
JOn new stock.
RKO
RKO's financial statement for 1930 revealed a net
profit for 1930 of $3,385,628, after all charges and
taxes. This compares with a 1929 net of $1,669,-
564, and a net loss of $45,743 in 1928. The 1928
loss, however, would have mounted considerably
higher if the company had not benefited by a "non-
recurring" profit of $1,134,827, earned when Keith-
AJbee-Orpheum sold a large block of Pathe stock
which at that time was being carried on the books
with the value of $1. It was marketed at approxi-
mately $8.50 per share, bringing $1,134,827.
More than $2,000,000 of the total net is under-
stood to have been earned by the company's film
interests, RKO-Radio Pictures, theatres contributing
the rest.
RKO's theatres grossed $50,646,182 in admissions
in 1930, while the cost of vaudeville, film rentals,
salaries and other expenses at company houses
amounted to $30,500,450. Other charges bring the
net income from theatres down to approximately
$1,385,000, according to an analysis. The film
company grossed $16,466,344 on film rentals, but
spent $10,083,634 to make pictures and $3,141,490
in distribution. The result is a $2,000,000 net on
picture operations.
Radio-Pathe refinancing does not in any way enter
the financial picture of the parent Radio-Keith-
Orpheum Corporation in its current financial sheet.
The Pathe deal was closed after RKO's fiscal year
had expired on December 31, 1930.
The $3,385,628 net is an increase of $1,716,064
over the 1929 net of $1,669,564 and represents a
jump exceeding 102 per cent.
RKO, however, computes the gain to be nearly
193 per cent, arriving at this figure by including in
the 1929 net an item totalling $525,035, representing
non-operating profits, as against a similar item of
$36,197 in the 1930 statement.
In 1930, the company earned $1.45 per share on
each of the 2,328,250 shares of Class A outstanding
in "public" hands at the end of the company's finan-
cial year. The A outstanding totals 2,381,398 shares
of which 5 3,148 were in the corporation's treasury.
In 1929, only 92 cents per share was earned on the
1,808,409 Class A shares outstanding.
It is estimated that the total value of RKO stock
in the hands of the public, at current market prices,
was more than $46,000,000 on March 15, 1931.
The total gross in 1930 reached $71 ,357,83 1; in
1929. RKO grossed $51,696,860, and in 1928,
$42,624,964.
Expenses and operating costs for 1930, 1929 and
1928, respectively, were: $62,474,604, or an oper-
ating profit of $8,883,227 in 1930; $46,080,872,
representing an operating profit of $5,615,988 in 1929;
and $39,506,090, or an operating profit of $3,118,874
in 1928. The operating profit in 1930, therefore, in-
creased $5,764,353 over 1928.
RKO and its subsidiaries, at the close of the last
fiscal year, are said to have had cash oti hand total-
ing $2,5 36,145. This compares with $1,490,404 at
Notes trd., accpt.
Inventories
Deferred charges
and acct. pay 4,035,039
704,227
357,530
3,583,168
297,492
186,934
3,253,087
288,987
98,899
Total $16,761,527
$12,665,087 $ 9,950,671
LIABILITIES
Capital stock t$9
Notes payable
Accounts payable
Dividends payable
Accrued payroll, interest, etc
Federal taxes
Notes pay. of subsid. co
Spl. bank loan pay. secrd 1
Bal. of purchase price of subsid. co. cap. stock
Deferred income
Trust deed note, etc
Real estate mortgages
Reserve for contingent
Reserve for fire damage
Reserve for purch. min. int
Initial surplus 2
Earned surplus 2
1930
,000,000
733,262
428,770
462,486
92,873
277,917
20,000
,000,000
40,223
55,000
55,000
"23,506
""l ,000
.191,005
.380,491
1929
6,000,000
1,140,095
451,362
350,000
31,273
303,249
1,040,000
63,902
24,583
99,'SOO
75,'bbo"
1,774,887
1,911,236
1928
6,000,000
732,544
493,620
150,000
21,064
237,051
60,000
63,715
105,500
1,170,207
916,970
Total $16,761,527
$12,665,087 $ 9,950,671
*After depreciation.
tRepresented by 400,000 no-par shares of $2 cumulative participating preferred and 524,973
no-par shares of common stocks.
Eastman Kodak Company of New Jersey
and Subsidiary Companies
Consolidated Balance Sheet, December 27, 1930
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash in bank and on hand $16,878,605.59
Marketable stocks and bonds 19,280,439.04
(Market value $19,314,293.42)
Accounts and bills receivable (Jess reserve) 14,439,410.90
Inventories of raw materials, supplies, work in process and finished
product at cost or market, whichever is lower 35,960,728.12
Land, Buildings, Plant and Machinery, at cost less reserve for depre-
ciation, together with investments in and advances to affiliated
companies
Good-will and Patents of Parent Company and Subsidiaries
Deferred Charges to Future Operations:
Unexpired insurance, etc
$ 86,559,183.65
79,742,284.46
Nil
833,850.50
$167,135,318.61
LIABILITIES
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable, including provision for Federal taxes $ 8,857,927.09
Dividends payable:
Preferred— No. 114 of llA% $ 92,485.50
Common — No. 114 of $1.25 per share 2,790,725.00
Extra— No. 116 of $.75 per share 1,674,435.00
4,557,645.50
General and Contingent Reserves
(Including refund of Federal income taxes for the years 1918 to
1923 inclusive, received during the year.)
Capital Stock and Paid-in Surplus:
6% Cumulative Preferred Stock — $100 par value:
Authorized— 100,000 shares
Issued — 61,657 shares _ $ 6,165,700.00
Common Stock — No par value:
Authorized— 2,500,000 shares
Issued —2,261,030 shares
at stated value of $10 per share $22,610,300.00
Paid-in surplus 28,782,600.00
51,392,900.00
Note: Of the foregoing shares of common stock, 28,450 are claimed
by the Alien Property Custodian and the issue thereof is in litiga-.
tion. (Amount equal to dividends on this stock, subsequent to
regular No. 92 and extra No. 94, is included in the general and
contingent reserves.)
Surplus, as per annexed statement
13,415,572.59
11,485,741.96
$ 57,558,600.00
84,675,404.06
$167,135,318.61
Consolidated Profit and Loss and Surplus Account
For the Year Ending December 27, 1930
Surplus at December 28, 1929 $ 82,780,537.33
Net income from operations $24,073,525.62
Other income - 3,977,937.57
$28,051,463.19
Deduct:
Provision for depreciation $ 4,874,325.50
Other charges (net) 190,926.59
5,065,252.09
$22,986,21 1.10
Provision for United States and foreign income tax 2,632,422.37
Net profit for the year ending December 27, 1930 $20,353,788.73*
40
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1931
Deduct: »
Dividends on Preferred Stock: Nos. Ill to 114 of
154% each $ 369,942.00
Dividends on Common Stock: Nos. Ill to 114 of $1.25
each per share 11,163,362.50
Extra dividends Nos. 113 to 116 of $.75 each per
share 6,698,017.50
Reserve for dividends on Common Stock in litigation 227,600.00
■ 18,458,922.00
1,894,866.73
Surplus at December 27, 1930 - $84,675,404.06
*Equal, after dividends on preferred stock, to $8.84 per share on common stock outstanding at
December 27, 1930.
Fox Film Corporation
(And Subsidiary Companies^)
Comparative Consolidated Balance Sheet
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Inventories
Pre-paid expenses
Noles receivable
Cash value life insurance
Leasehold and rental deposits
Miscellaneous assets
Deferred charges
Dec. 27, 1930
June 30, 1930
Dec. 28, 1930
$ 5,308,943
5,650,834
21,627,176
1,118,725
$ 6,965,126
3,564,633
19,914,362
$ 2,492,599
2,203,614
17,712,351
292,269
107,413,012
53,661,979
852,207
1,202,599
583,873
114,151,145
43,876,642
652,109
723.480
2,102,943
1,000,000
489,828
60,436,219
37,563,876
618,397
1,624,269
1,726,832
$201,354,475
$192,524,313
$124,243,716
Total Assets
LIABILITIES
Current Liabilities:
Notes payable $ 1,429,371 $ 1,589.500 $ 10,223,342
Accounts payable and current expenses 7,987,169 5,486,587 4,482,480
Dividends payable 2,525,560 2,525,560 920,560
Tax reserve 225,268 747,937 1,119,641
Funded debt due 4,528,261 2,202,549 12,000,000
Due associated companies 1,515,932
Liabilities in acquisition of investment 14,173,975
Deferred credits 710,356 _.
•Liabilities to be refinanced 65,000,000
Funded debt of subsidiaries 11,988,721 (A) 68,816,369 (A) 15,202,980
Reserve for contingencies 2,999,398 5,990,706 3,250,000
Preferred stock of subsidiaries 46,000
Capital stock — 90,780,000 90,780,000 42,605,000
Surplus 11,618,002 13,627,806 19,929,809
Advance payments film service 757,299 335,929
Total Liabilities $201,354,475 $192,524,313 $124,243,716
*These liabilities have since been liquidated.
(A) Total funded debt.
Following is the consolidated earned surplus and profit and loss account,
as reported by Touche, Niven SC Co. and comparisons with the preceding
year:
lus and Profit and Loss Account
52 Weeks Ended 52 Weeks Ended
Dec. 27, '30 Dec. 28, '29
Film sales and rentals $ 96,446,346 $
Rental stores and offices 1,469,828
Dividends from investments 2,439,068
Other income 1,648,767
Surplt
Total Income $102,004,009 $83,184,112
Income Charges:
Operating expenses 54,563,268 42,739,674
Amort, production costs 27,305,357 24,158.544
Depreciation 3,873,560 2,678,761
Interest funded debt 1,548,330 1,672,652
Minority interest 790,057 1,199,430
Interest on 6 per cent notes 2,290,250
Amortization of discount notes 1,133,106
Taxes ! 248,254 1,266,000
Net Profit from operations 10,251,827 9,469,051
Non recurring expenses 1,046,393
Net Profit carried to Surplus 9,205,434 9,469,051
Dividends declared 10,102,240 3,682,440
Deficit $ 896,806 *$5, 786,610
Net Working Capital Position
Dec. 27, 1930 June 30, 1930 Dec. 28, 1929
Current Assets $33,705,678 $31,017,994 $23,898,392
Current Liabilities 18,211,560 12,552,133 42.919,998
Net Working Capital _ „ 15,494,118 18,465,861 19,021,606
•Excess of current liabilities over current assets.
Loew's Incorporated
and
100% Owned Subsidiary Corporations
Consolidated Balance Sheet, August 31, 1930
ASSETS
Current :
Cash and Call Loans $ 6,637,370.34
Cash Reserved for Construction _ 1,489,944.44
$ 8,127,314.78
the end of 1929, and $1,589,546 on the corresponding
1928 date.
Not a dollar was received from investments or ad'
vances in 1930, although $66,108 appeared in 1929
and $446,241 in 1928. However, the company paid
out in investments and advancements to affiliated com-
panies, a total of $3,963,297 in 1930. and nearly
$5,500,000 in each of the two preceding years.
"Other investments and deposits" in 1930 cost
$5,253,581. as compared with $3,643,564 and
$2,376,935 in 1929 and 1928, respectively.
Federal taxes jumped from $69,000 in 1928 to
$250,000 in 1929 and $575,000 in 1930.
Assets Total 17,796,076
RKO and all subsidiaries (with exception of RKO
Pathe have combined assets of $117,796,076. In
1929, assets were $91,163,087 and, in 1928, $71,-
397,699, which represents an increase of $46,000,000
in assets in three years.
An unusual revelation is made in the comparison
of certain 1930 entries with 1928, when the financial
sheet of the latter period revealed $330,000 due tc
officers, while on the 1930 statement, $23,988 is
listed as being due from officers.
An inventory of $8,842,1 14 on the 1930 balance
sheet was revealed in the analysis as being high for
RKO. More than $3,230,000 of this figure is repre-
sented by "productions in progress." "Cimmaron,"
however, was listed in that entry to the amount of
$1,000,000.
PATHE
Pathe (now RKO Pathe) showed a net loss of
$1,043,267 for the 40-week period ended October
4, 1930, on a gross sales and rental intake reaching
well over $11,200,000. In the same period in 1929.
Pathe had a net profit of $554,231.
Ratification by stockholders at a meeting in January.
1931, gave company executives the final word on the
sale of all Pathe assets to RKO for $4,630,789.
Net loss for the third quarterly period, the twelve
weeks beginning October 4, 1930, reached $386,236,
the financial statement revealed. This includes profit
and loss credits in the amount of $57,714, repre-
senting income on pictures which were previously the
subjects of charges to surplus and/or special reserve
because of excessive book values as of April 21, 1923.
The net loss for these 12 weeks compares with a net
profit of $29,894 in the 12 weeks ending Oct. 5.
1929. in which period there was charged against
surplus and/or special reserve $129,397 in excessive
book value of pictures as of April 21, 1928.
Net profit or less is after all charges, including
provision for depreciation interest, taxes, amortization
of debt discount and oganization expenses, etc.
The figures on the forty-week loss of $1,043,267
included profit and loss credits in the amount of
$154,45 1, representing income on pictures which
were previously the subject of charges to surplus
and/or special reserve because of excessive book
values as of April 21, 1928. The net loss for these
40 weeks compares with a net profit of $554,231.01
in the 40 weeks ending October 5, 1929, in which
period there was charged against surplus and/or
special reserve $964,313.11 in excessive book value
of pictures as of April 21, 1928.
UFA
The widespread activities of Ufa, German company,
are shown in the following analysis of departmental
personnel and output.
Production
Managing director: Ernst Hugo Corell.
Two production plants, the largest of which is Neu-
babelsberg, with an area of 400,000 square meters.
Nine sound stages in four buildings. Number of em-
ployees (excluding production staff and artists): 600.
Total production capacity: 100 pictures per year. In
addition, four studios at Berlin Tempolholf. All Ufa
studios are equipped with Klangfilm apparatus.
Theatres
Managing director: Alexander Grau.
In Germany, Ufa holds 100 theatres with a seating
capacity of about 100,000. Besides, the Ufa has the-
atres in Zurich, Switzerland: Amsterdam, Rotterdam,
The Hague. Holland; Warsaw, Vienna, and three in
Budapest.
Distribution
General managing director: Wilhclm Meydam.
Headquarters Berlin, branches in every renting dis-
trict. Foreign distribution (Director von Theobald).
Own renting establishments in Holland, Poland.
Czecho-Slovakia, Austria, Hungary and U. S. A. In
France and Belgium Ufa holds majority in A. C. E.
(Alliance Cinematographique Europeenne). Own
agencies in Australia, Scandinavia, Spain. In all
1931
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other countries of the world Ufa has long established
relations with leading distributors.
Educational Department
Managing director: Herman Grieving.
Three modern stages at Neubabelsberg. Microscopic
station. Two biological stations with animal park.
Sound productions in up to eight languages.
Ufatone Newsreel with most modern sound equip-
ment, sound trucks, transportable equipment for trop-
ical regions, etc. Correspondents in all parts of the
world .
Ufa Handelsgeselischaft m.b.H.
Sale of all sorts of photo and cinema apparatus, re-
production equipment, studio cameras, all sorts of ac-
cessories, theatre equipments, etc. Sound reproduction
machinery, wiring, screens. Modern cinemas in Ger-
many with few exceptions have been and are being
equipped by this Ufa branch.
Industrial and Advertising Department
Manager: Joseph Coboeken.
Industrial and advertising films (silent and sound)
in every language desired. Trick films, advertising,
comedies, all sorts of propaganda on screen.
Laboratories
Manager: Kurt Waschneck.
Afifa Printing Plant at Tempelhof prints 10,000
meters positives per day. produces 10,000 stills per
day. employs 500.
Neubabelsberg printing plant has most modern sound
and color laboratories; develops 20.000 meters nega-
tives per day. prints 60.000 meters of positives and
60.000 meters ot negatives per day.
UNIVERSAL
Net loss of $2,047,821 was reported by Universal
in the financial statement for the year ended Nov. 1.
1930. The report, which covers the parent company
and its 4 3 subsidiaries, foreign and domestic, reveals
total gross income of S25.J19.119, as compared with
$29,111,380 in 1929, and $27,180,352 in 1928.
The two-million 1930 loss compares with net profit
of $491,358 in 1929. and $1,004,645 in 1928.
When color-musicals fell from favor with the pub-
lic in the spring, the company took a loss of $1,000.-
000 on Paul Whiteman's '"King of Jan."
Almost simultaneously, the company met a serious
obstacle in the nature of foreign antagonism to "All
Quiet on the Western Front." Germany's ban lost
$500,000 in gross rentals.
Another highly important item, which placed
$700,000 on the red side of Universal's 1930 ledger,
was the long-drawn out plagiarism suit brought by
Anne Nichols on "Abie's Irish Rose." which, it was
charged, formed the story basis of Universal s
"Cohens and Kellys" feature series.
The suit cost Universal $200,000 to defend, of
which sum only $20,000 was recouped when the
court awarded that sum to Carl Laemmle's company
as "additional counsel fees." The charges of Miss
Nichols fell fiat, and Universal was the victor. The
financial statement, therefore, included an item of
$500 000. which was ordered held in escrow pending
a decision in the $3,000,000 action. The favorable
decision came too late for crediting the $500,000 on
the 1930 statement. The half-million will be trans-
ferred to surplus on the 1931 statement.
These more or less uncontrollable factors which
influenced the unfavorable report represent a total of
$1,680,000. all helping to mount the net loss to
$2,047,821.
In 1930. Universal's film rentals of $22,107,522
were divided as follows: gross from domestic market.
$13,778,529; foreign rentals, $8,328,993. The
foreign intake, therefore, was 50 per cent of the
total grossed, a surprisingly large amount in view
of the general impression prevalent in the industry
that foreign markets had dwindled to practically noth-
ing since sound's invasion.
Nearly half of $971,965 or $422,658, obtained in
accessory sales, was realized abroad. The domestic
intake on accessories totaled $549,307. Universal's
accessory intake is understood to be proportionately
larger than many of the other major distributors.
Although Universal has sub-leased all but two of
its string of "exploitation-show window" theatres here
and abroad, the company grossed $2,239,63 1 in 1930
from rentals on these leases, and from box-office in-
takes of the two houses still operated directly, the
Alhambra at Milwaukee, and Rialto, Washington.
A total of $15,376,790 is charged off under "cost
of sales and service" to "film exhaustion and ex-
pense." This represents the cost of making pictures,
plus the cost written off immediately upon completion,
before a dollar is earned, on all pictures costing less
than $500,000. Universal is practically the only
large producer-distributor which still adheres to the
Receivables :
Accounts Receivable _ $ 2,532,731.21
Notes Receivable _ _ 355,712.61
Due from Affiliated Corporations 1,462,120.66
Inventories — At Cost:
Film Productions in Process, Completed and Released (after
Amortization) $26,952,236.81
Film Advertising Accessories 646,831.81
Theatre and Studio Supplies. 261,283.43
Advances :
To Motion Picture Producers, Secured by Film Productions $ 765,538.35
Mortgage and Interest Payments _ 256,001.04
4,350,564.48
27,860,352.05
1,021,539.39
Total Current Assets _ _ $ 41,359,770.70
Investments:
Stocks and Mortgages of Affiliated Corporations $12,365,821.18
Deposits on Leases and Contracts 844,622.84
Miscellaneous _ 1,611,375.16
Property — 100% Owned:
Land $24,671,225.03
Buildings and Equipment 55,249,371.04
Leaseholds 2,251,740.57
$82,172,336.64
Less Reserve for Depreciation 13,233,637.54
14,821,819.18
68,938,699.10
Deferred _ 3,513,072.81
$128,633,361.79
LIABILITIES
Current:
Accounts Payable ~ $ 5,630,833.58
Notes Payable _ 193,296.28
Federal and State Taxes „ _ _ 1,427,483.33
Accrued Interest _ _ _ 716,911.17
Advances from Affiliated Corporations 230,267.93
Debenture Sinking Fund Payments, etc. (Net) 1,048,500.00
9,247,292.29
Subsidiary Corp. Dividend Payable Sept. 15th _ 69,124.00
Accounts Payable — Long Term _ 210,500.00
Fifteen-Year 6% Debentures, Due 1941 _ _ _ 11,695,000.00
Bonds and Mortgages of Subsidiary Corporations 13,872,870.42
First Lien 6% Bonds of Subsidiary Corporation — Due 1947 10,125,000.00
Subsidiary Corporations' Stock Outstanding (Metro-Goldwyn, etc.. Preferred) 4,938,445.57
Deferred Credits _ - _ _ _ 972,918.59
Reserve for Contingencies „ _ „ 500,000.00
Capital Stock:
Preferred Stock, No Par Value, $6.50 Cumulative:
Issued and Outstanding, 146,763 shares _ _ 13,869,103.50
Common Stock, No Par Value:
Issued _ _ _ 1,569,725 Shs.
Less Held by Trustee for Holders of Stock Purchase Warrants 156,15154 Shs.
Outstanding _ _ 1,413, 573*4 Shs. 34,348,805.64
Surplus 28,784,301.69
$128,633,361.79
Operating Statement
Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 1930
Including All Subsidiary and Affiliated Corporations
Gross Income:
Theatre Receipts, Rentals and Sales of Films and Accessories $121,706,159.27
Rentals of Stores and Offices 4,571,605.90
Booking Fees and Commissions 1,286,291.39
Miscellaneous Income 1,956,973.16
— $129,521,029.72
Expenses:
Theatres and Office Buildings $ 61,264,478.64
Film Distribution 14,744,161.25
Amortization of Films _ 23,872,047.50
Film Advertising Accessories 698,238.56
Producers' Share of Film Rentals „ 6,541,687.83
107,120,613.78
Operating Profit before Depreciation and Federal Taxes _ $ 22,400,415.94
Depreciation of Buildings and Equipment _ $ 3,470,573.26
Federal Taxes _ 1,893.137.57
5,363,710.83
Net Profit all Corporations $ 17,036,705.11
Minority Interests' Share, Affiliated Corporations 2,094,687.90
Loew's Incorporated Share after federal Taxes _ $ 14,942,017.21
Consolidated Surplus Account
Surplus, September 1. 1929 - _ _ $ 20,725,083.86
Operating Profit as above - 14,942,017.21
$ 35,667,101.07
Less:
Undistributed Share Affiliated Corporations _ _ $ 707,029.52
Dividends Paid and Declared:
Subsidiaries Preferred (Metro-Goldwyn, etc.) 341,684.77
Loew's Inc. Preferred _ _ 953.963.34
Loew's Inc. Common _ 4,817,121.75
6,882,799.38
Surplus, August 31, 1930 - .. _ $ 28,784,301.69
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1931
Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
and
Subsidiary Corporations — 100% Owned
Consolidated Balance Sheet, August 31, 1930
ASSETS
Current:
Cash $ 2,014,592.39
Receivables:
Accounts Receivable $ 2,160,854.40
Notes Receivable 145,839.52
Due from Affiliated Corporations 75,633.00
2,382,326.92
Inventories (at Cost) :
Film Productions in Process, Completed and Released (after
Amortization) $26,952,236.81
Film Advertising Accessories 646,831.81
Studio Materials and supplies 203,170.31
27,802,238.93
Advances:
To Motion Picture Producers, secured by Film Producers 765,538.35
Total Current $32,964,696.59
Investments:
In Affiliated Corporations $ 2,258,652.88
Deposits on Leases and Contracts 216,676.11
Miscellaneous 145,167.70
2,620,496.69
Property 100% Owned:
Land $ 3,324,862.05
Buildings and Equipment 11,293,139.41
$14,618,001.46
Less Reserve for Depreciation 4,173,661.96
10,444,339.50
Prepaid and Deferred 1,482,535.43
$47,512,068.21
LIABILITIES
Current:
Accounts Payable $ 4,340,859.69
Federal Income Taxes 1,101,167.86
$ 5,442,027.55
Dividend on Preferred Stock Payable Sept. 15th. 78,149.31
Due to Loew's Incorporated 27,009,000.00
Deferred Credits 627,032.54
Mortgages of Subsidiary Corporations 1,800,629.42
Capital and Surplus:
Capital Stock — Authorized and Outstanding:
Preferred— 165,395?^ Shares at $27.00 Par $ 4,465,675.13
Common — 620,000 Shares 3,100,000.00
* 7,565,675.13
Surplus:
August 31, 1929 $20,382,590.47
Net Profit for Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 1930 9,924,869.44
$30,307,459.91
Dividends Paid and Declared on
Preferred Stock $ 317,905.65
Common Stock 25,000,000.00
25,317,905.65
Surplus, August 31, 1930 4,989,554.26
$47,512,068.21
Operating Statement
Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 1930
Net Operating Income $34,492,858.08
Miscellaneous Income 834,401.10
$35,327,259.18
Less:
Amortization of Negative and Positive Cost $23,872,047.50
Studio Depreciation 476,885.14
■ 24,348,932.64
$10,978,326.54
Federal Taxes 1,053,457.10
Net Profit After Taxes $ 9,924,869.44
Paramount Publix Corporation
Comparative Consolidated Balance Sheets for 1930
ASSETS
Dec. 27, '30
Dec. 28, '29
Dec. 29, '28
Cash, including call loans
$ 8,366,189.63
$ 7,971,133
$ 6,155,119
6,356,297.00
7,528,001
7,585,893
Inventories
23,691,660.30
20,564,091
19,454,003
Securities
1,165,231.88
990,170
2,117,708
Total Current Assets
$ 39,579,378.81
$ 37,053,395
$ 35,312,723
Deposits to secure contracts
$ 3,290,688.01
$ 2,962,100
$ 2,729,166
Invest, in subs, and affil. cos. (not consolidated)
22,392,693.19
16,473,111
10,399,129
Fixed Assets (land, bldgs., etc.)
233,419,188.65
174,838,176
106,872,337
7,587,210.16
5,383,625
5,033,816
Total Assets
$306,269,158.82
$236,710,407
$170,631,704
(Continued on
pape 55, column 2)
old method of writing off negative charges before
they begin to earn. The 1930 cost of "sales ani
service" is only $200,000 in excess of 1929, but is
$2,000,000 more than in 1928.
The company spent $7,668,962 for operation of
foreign and domestic exchanges, the latter costing
$4,961,742, of which $797,310 was paid to the
three independent exchanges which distribute "U"
product. Foreign exchange expenses were $2,707,220.
In 1929, exchanges and distribution cost $8,850,188,
and in 1928, $8,487,654, indicating economies in
1930.
First preferred dividends in 1930 totaled $175,448.
as compared with $186,330 paid in 1929, and
$191,928 in 1928.
Total deficit, after payment of preferred dividends
in 1930 was $2,223,269. This compares with a
$305,330 surplus in 1929, and a $812,717 surplus in
1928.
Total assets at the close of the last fiscal year
were represented by $17,077,670. In 1929, the
company had assets totaling $19,372,184, in 1928,
$20,5 12,471, and in 1927, $19,384,268.
Although cash on hand as of Nov. 1, 1930, total-
ing $959,575, was considerably lower than on the
corresponding date in 1929, when the company had
$1,383,651, it is higher than for similar periods in
1928 and 1927, when Universal had cash of $875,090,
and $880,461, respectively.
The sale of Universale laboratory to H. J. Yates,
of Consolidated Film Industries netted a profit of
$616,372 over and above the book value of the plant.
This sale was made, it is said, to raise necessary
immediate cash last year.
FOX EARNINGS
Growth of Fox's assets and earnings
since its organization 15 years ago is shown
in the tabulation which follows:
Total
Gross
Net
Assets
Income
Profit*
1915
$ 2,420,000
$ 2,181,000
$ 523,000
1916
3,177,000
4,113,000
365,000
1917
4,023,000
6,849,000
593,000
1918
4,567,000
8,110,000
270,000
1919
6,426,000
11,266,000
2,028,000
1920
9,892,000
15,525,000
2,029,000
1921
9,739,000
17,552,000
1,946,000
1922
13,106,000
18,547,000
3,005,000
1923
14,584,000
16,966,000
2,006,000
1924
16,542,000
17,797,000
2,224,000
1925
26,642,000
22,133,000
2,835,000
1926
33,309,000
22,707,000
3,372,000
1927
36,840,000
25,543,000
3,370,000
1928
74,003,000
66,525,000
6,470,000
1929
124,244,000
83,184,000
10,735,000
1930
al92, 524,313
bl02,000,000
cl3,000,000
TOTALS
$440,998,000
$54,771,000
*Before Federal income tax.
a — As of June 30, 1930.
b — Per statement by Fox Film.
c — Estimated, after Federal income tax.
NBC Gross
M. H. Aylesworth, president of National
Broadcasting Company, in his annual report
to the advisory council, stated that more
than 2,000,000 letters were received from
the radio audience in 1930, an increase of
at least 1,000,000 over 1929. Gross rev
enue for the year amounted to $22,000,000,
compared with $15,000,000 in 1929. There
were 263 sponsors who used the company's
network during the period.
The completion of the new studios in
Chicago offers provision for the time when
television emerges from the laboratory and
becomes an accomplished fact. Six stations
were added to the three networks operated
by N. B. C, bringing the total to 74, re-
quiring 34,500 miles of program wire lines.
LOEW'S EARNINGS
Comparative earning statement of Loew's
Incorporated, for the 28 weeks ended
March 13, 1931, showed a loss over the
corresponding period last year of $1,363,'
624, the two figures being $8,243,584 for
1930 and $6,879,960 for 1931.
The same period of 1929 showed a net
(Continued on fagc .55, column 1)
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BOX OFFICE
FACES
WARNER BAXTER
GEORGE O'BRIEN
MYRNA LOY
WILL ROGERS
SPENCER TRACY
FINDER of
FACES
SETTER of
PACES
1931
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VIRGINIA CHERRILL
46 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1931
THE VOICE OF THE WORLD
Rul ers, statesmen, scientists, writers and thinkers
— such are the personages who project their
world messages through Fox Movietone News.
HERBERT HOOVER
President ol U.S.A.
KING ALFONSO XIII
of Spain
CALVIN COOLIDGE
Ex-President ol U.S.A.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
THE PRINCE OF WALES
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER. Sr. PAUL VON HINDENBURG
President ol Germany
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
Ex-Prime Minister of Great Gritain
RAMSAY MacDONALD
ARISTIDE BRIAND
KING ALBERT
Prime Minister o( Great Britain French Minister ol Foreign Affairs
of Belgium
BENITO MUSSOLINI
Premier ol Italy
KING CAROL II
ol Roumania
R. B. BENNETT
Prime Minister ol Canada
GEN. JAN SMUTS
ol South Africa
STANLEY BALDWIN
Ex- Prime Minister ol Great Britain
GERADO MACHADO
President ol Cuba
KING HAAKON VII
ol Norway
WILLIAM MIKLAS
President ol Austria
KING GUSTAF V
of Sweden
KING CHRISTIAN X
ol Denmark
IGNATZ MOSCISKI
President ol Poland
EMPEROR HIROHITO
of Japan
ORTIZ RUBIO
President ol Mexico
FOX FILM CORPORATION
David Butler
Director
48 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1931
F«X F«X F«X F«X F«X F «X
Warner Baxter I
^| "The Squaw Man"
(forMGM)
Just completed:
'Daddy Long Legs"
(Fox)
3
^ Connecticut Yankee 3
Sunny Side Up Just Imagine M
F«X F«X F#X F«X F«X F«X
1931 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 49
vx vx vx vx f«x i< ex
Bradley King I
Son of the Gods — First National
East Lynne
Three Girls Lost
Sob Sister
Kd J1
Fox
IN PRODUCTION
Wild Beauty — Paramount
Joseph Landau
Film Editor
FOX - - - F. N. M-G-M
% John G. Bly stone
F«X I «X F«X P «X I »X F«X
50 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1931
3
Courtenay Terrett
At Fox
Dialogue and Continuity
of
ft ' Quick Millions '
and
The Marked Woman" ^
*
William Conselman
Adaptation and Dialogue
Connecticut Yankee
Young Sinners
Minute Man
Not Exactly Gentlemen
FOX R
VX VX VX F«X vx wx
1931 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 51
MK VOK VX P«X F#X VUK
Director — Writer
'Doorway to Hell"
'Quick Millions"
'Yellow Ticket"
Playwright
White Cargo
^ The Piker
Garden of Weeds
Blue Eyes
The Poppy God
Rowland Brown ^
FOX ^
£ 5
Leon Gordon
Under contract to Fox — Current Release
2 Affairs of Annabelle"
r«x f«x r «x f#x f«x i «x
52
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F«X raxraxraxraxrax
WILLIAM K.
HOWARD
Directing
"Transatlantic"
Fox
Fred Burke
Composer
Love Is Blind
Dreaming of You
My Love Is Waiting
Gloria
Stars Won't Tell
Good Bye
n
rax rax rax rax rax rax
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53
(Continued from pa<je 42, column 2)
profit after depreciation and taxes of
$5,251,958. Operating profits for the three
years before deduction of depreciation and
tax figures, was: 1931, $9,765,410; 1930,
$10,893,962; 1929, $7,376,267.
Current Loew earnings were equal to
$4.49 a share on the 1,419,217 shares of
common outstanding, as compared with
earnings of $5.56 a share on the 1,363,993
shares outstanding for the same period of
the preceding fiscal year.
COMPARATIVE EARNING STATEMENT
28 Weeks 28 Weeks 28 Weeks
Ended Ended Ended
Mar. 13, '31 Mar. 14, '30 Mar. 10, '29
Operating
Profit $9,765,410 $10,893,972 $7,376,267
Depreciation
and Taxes.. 2,885,450 2,650,388 2,124,309
(Continued from page 42, column 1)
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable $ 3,661,436.16
Due to subs. cos. (not consolidated) 288,635.99
Unsecured trade accept, disc, by foreign subs 675,718.32
Excise taxes, payrolls and sundries 4,491,202.19
Owing to outside producers 1,113,488.16
Purchase money obligations maturing in 12 mos 2,253,455.32
Serial payments on investments due in 12 mos 1,377,610.92
Federal taxes (est.) 2,220,000.00
Accruals
Total Current Liabilities $ 16,081,547.06
Purchase money obligations maturing after 1 year....$ 7,480.935.48
Serial payments on investments due after 1 year 4,426,018.31
Mortgages and bonds of subs, cos 76,859,795.23
20 year 6% sink;ng fund gold bond 13,363,000.00
20 year 6'/2% sinking fund gold bonds 14,756,000.00
Advance payments 1,373,754.38
Appropriated surplus and other reserves 7,918,853.53
Minority Interest 7,534,939.72
Capital Stock 123,470,147.41
Surplus 33,004,167.70
4,278.262
367,377
1,086,651
2,588,236
1,313,239
•2,380.000
2,946,918
$ 14,960,683
5,776,913
59,030,217
''i'4,'323,000
836,983
9,310,996
6,728,415
98,979,175
26,764,025
2,941,262
148,222
1,797.593
2,412,035
1,218,166
♦920,000
2,209,627
11,646,905
7,294,143
41,607,802
"14,885,000
666,388
2,107,808
5,686,624
68,187,331
18.549,703
Net Profit $6,879,960 $ 8,243,584 $5,251,958
STRONG WORKING CAP-
ITAL IS INDUSTRY'S
PRESENT BOON
The motion picture business as a whole
is currently in the strongest working capi-
tal position in its history, according to a
compilation by Motion Picture Herald in-
cluding April, 1931.
The film industry was then operating
with a net working capital of approximate-
ly $214,174,710, the compilation shows.
This is an increase of $4,487,836 over 1929
working capital and $36,400,144 above the
figures for 1928, when capitalization of
most units first started taking on major
proportions.
The compilation, based on the latest bal-
ance sheets of fifteen motion picture
producing, distributing and exhibiting com-
panies, shows four of the units increased
their working capital in both years, while
two showed successive declines in this all-
important item on the balance sheet.
Eight of the companies in their latest re-
ports showed gains over 1929 and an equal
number had larger net working capital in
1930 than in 1928. Four companies' work-
ing capital decreased from 1928 to 1929
but subsequently picked up in substantial
volume.
Warner Bros., which in 1928 reported
net current liabilities of $1,525,827, had net
working capital of $1 1,323,401 in 1929 and
$12,507,630 in 1930. Eastman Kodak's
working increased $27,862,000 from 1928
to 1929 showing the largest individual gain
in the compilation, but fell off in the follow-
ing year.
Radio-Keith-Orpheum, whose working
capital in 1928 amounted to only $2,015,
showed $3,618,674 in 1929 and $9,498,134
in the latest report. Net working capital
of Loew's, Inc., dropped $9,294,913 from
1928 to 1929, but gained $3,110,185 in the
subsequent year.
Another company whose working capital
increased in 1930 was Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer, which lost from 1928 to 1929 but
in the next year increased $4,942,964 to
$3,497,337 above the 1928 figures. Para-
mount Publix increased its working capital
from $22,092,712 in 1929 to $23,497,831 at
the end of 1930, where it closely approxi-
mated the 1928 total.
Fox's working capital successively de-
clined, amounting to $18,465,861 in the
latest balance sheet, compared with $22,909,-
917 in 1928. Figures for General Theatres
Pathe Shows #1,043,267 Loss
Report for 40 Weeks in 1930 and Comparison with 1929
40 Weeks 40 Weeks
To 10-5'29 To 10-4'30
Gross Sales and rentals $13,896,571.95 $11,236,401.12
Deduct: Cost of sales, rentals, selling, administrative expense 14,247,463.93 12,037,555.39
Less: Amounts transferred from special reserve and from surplus by
by resolutions of Board of Directors, to absorb excess costs of sales
over normal costs as estimated by management 964,313.11
$13,283,150.82 $12,037,555.39
Operating income 613,421.13 *801,154.27
Other income 288.368.88 224,179.19
Balance 901,790.01 *576,975.08
Settlement of litigation with an outside producer 127,500.00
Interest on funded debt and amortization of discount 347,559.00 338,791.97
Total income charges 347,559.00 466,291.97
Net Profit and Loss 554,231.01 *1, 043,267. 05
•Loss.
Note. — In last year's report for the first 40 weeks depreciation on home office and branch
equipment was treated as an income charge. In this report it is included in selling and admin-
istrative expense. The amount of this depreciation was $45,389 for the first 40 weeks of 1929
and $53,345.01 for the first 40 weeks of 1930.
Report for Last 12 Weeks in 1930 and Comparison with 1929
12 Weeks 12 Weeks
To 10-5-'29 To 10-4-'30
Gross sales and rentals $ 3,783,516.33 $ 2,985,078.80
Deduct: Cost of sales, rentals, selling, administrative expense 3,818,692.11 3,365,984.71
Less: Amounts transferred from special reserve and from surplus by
resolutions of Boards of Directors to absorb excess costs of sales
over normal costs as estimated by management 129,397.02
Net cost of sales, rentals, expenses 3,689,295.09 3,365,984.71
Operating income 94,221.24 *380,905.91
Other income 35,232.17 97,246.08
Balance 129,453.41 '283,659.83
Interest on funded debt and amortization of discount 99,559.05 102,576.84
Net Profit and Loss 29,894.36 '386,236.67
•Loss.
Note. — In last year's report for the third quarter, depreciation on home office and branch equip-
ment was treated as an income charge. In this report it is included in selling and administrative
expense. The amount of this depreciation was $13,962 for the third quarter of 1929 and $15,474
for the third quarter of 1930.
Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation
and Subsidiary Companies
Consolidated Balance Sheet, December 31, 1930
ASSETS
Current and Working Assets:
Cash $ 2,536,145.53
Marketable securities 1,652,494.18
Notes receivable, less reserve 452,222.58
Accounts receivable, less reserve 1,015,759.67
Accounts receivable from officers and employees 23,988.41
Accrued interest, etc 102,629.52
Advances to outside producers, less reserve 575,260.23
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Inventories:
Completed pictures, not released, at cost $ 642,623.37
Released pictures, at cost, less amortization 4,124,873.16
Productions in progress 3,239,832.86
Accessories and supplies 250,364.71
8,257,694.10
Scenarios and continuities, at cost, less reserve 584,420.59
Capital Assets:
At sound values as appraised, together with subsequent additions
at cost, less reserves for depreciation and amortization:
Land owned $26,046,112.58
Buildings and equipment on land owned and partly leased.... 33,942,704.13
Leasehold improvements and equipment 22,576,392.62
Leaseholds, goodwill and contracts 7,242,655.29
Investments In and Advances to Affiliated and Other Companies:
Equities in capital stocks of affiliated and other companies, based
on appraisal $ 1,323,375.95
Capital stocks, not appraised, as valued on books 1,394,700.00
Advances to and bonds of affiliated companies 1,245,221.09
Other Investments and Deposits and Other Assets:
Bond sinking fund deposits $ 1,290,086.12
Deposits under leases and sundry advances 2,684,162.85
Mortgages receivable 648,886.62
Class A stock and Orpheum Circuit, Inc., preferred stock held
for resale (at cost) 626,951.56
Sundry investments and deposits , 3,494.42
Deferred Charges:
Unamortized bond discount and expense $ 701,229.24
Property maintenance and improvement expenses deferred 515,905.53
Prepaid insurance and expenses 1,142,653.77
Development expenses deferred 404,898.27
Film production charges and unahsorbed studio overhead 475,184.13
Organization expenses deferred 330,847.46
$ 15,200,614.81
89,807,864.62
3,963,297.04
5,253,581.57
3,570,718.40
$117,796,076.44
$ 5, 702, 481. C
LIABILITIES
Current Liabilities:
Notes payable and debentures $ 919,956.79
Accounts payable 2,396,914.57
Deposits on sales of investments, etc 50,000.00
Accrued taxes, interest and expenses 2,335,609.72
Deposits:
Deposits to be liquidated by film service $ 314,128.01
Rent and other deposits 176,082.13
490,210.14
Deferred Accounts and Debentures Payable 407,640.26
Funded Debt:
B. F. Keith Corporation, first and general refunding, twenty-year,
6% gold bonds (less in treasury) $ 6,907,500.00
Other mortgage bonds of subsidiary companies 17,722,150.00
Mortgages payable 15,721,950.00
(Funded debt maturing within one year — $2,517,650.00)
Reserves:
For uncollected billings $ 28,223.94
For taxes and contingencies 1,866,054.13
For abandonment of unnecessary properties and rehabilitation of
theatres (charges during year 1930 amounted to $1,020,204.87
for rehabilitation expenditures and net loss on sales of capital
assets and investments in affiliated companies) 2,007,034.13
Preferred Stocks of Subsidiary Companies:
Keith-Albee-Orpheum Corporation, 7% cumulative convertible pre-
ferred stock — 43.089 shares of $100 each $ 4,308,900.00
Orpheum Circuit, Inc., 8% cumulative convertible preferred stock
— 60,103 shares of $100 each 6,010,300.00
Capital Stock and Surplus:
Class A capital stock, without par value (less 53,148 shares held in
treasury) — 2,328,250 shares outstanding, including shares re-
served for stocks of subsidiary companies not yet exchanged $46,934,768.84
Class B capital stock, without par value — 500,000 shares 1.00
Initial surplus 4,633,670.26
Operating surplus, per statement attached 5,055,192.66
Contingent Liability:
Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation is a party to a jc'nt and several
guaranty to insure the repayment of a loan of $400,000.00 by an
affiliated company.
Commitment for repurchase of £50,500 Australian exchange for
$202,000.00.
Class A stock options are outstanding for $155,000 shares at $30
or more per share.
40,351,600.00
3,901,312.20
10,319,200.00
56,623,632.76
$117,796,076.44
Consolidated Detailed Statement of Profit and Loss
For the Year Ending December 31, 1930
Income :
Theatre admissions $50,646,182.46
Film rentals and sales 16,466,344.56
Rents, concessions and other income 4,245,304.00
Expenses:
Artists' salaries, other salaries and film service $30,500,450.78
Cost of film sales and service 10,083,634.03
Film selling and general expenses 3,141,490.67
Other operating and general expenses 18,749,028.37
$ 71,357,831.02
$ 62,474,603.85
$ 8,883,227.17
Equipment showed a decline of $3,259,204
from 1929 to 1930.
Universal's Profit
Universal and subsidiaries report a profit
after all charges for the quarter ending Jan-
uary 31, of $1,045,326. This profit is
described as abnormal clue to the adoption
by the company from November 1, 1930,
of the standard method of write-off of pic-
ture costs by amortizing such costs over the
income-producing life of the pictures. This
change was started with the pictures of the
present season's releases. There was, there-
fore, included in the income for the quarter
ending January 31, revenue on pictures of
prior season's releases, the costs of which
already had been completely written off.
If the company had also revalued the
prior season's release at November 1, 1930,
it is stated, profit for the quarter ending
January 31, would have b;en $90,432, and
the surplus at the beginning of that quarter
would have been increased by $1,165,342.
FOX
Fox Film's 1930 gross of $102.004 009,
and a net operating profit of $10,251,827
broke all previous records, the increase
being attributed in part by "acquisition of
additional properties, but much more to
the fundamental stability and steady growth
of the industry."
"Hardly another industry of this magni-
tude could be mentioned in which growth
has been so nearly uniform, or in which the
ratio or gross income to costs has been so
nearly constant," the report said. "The
explanation of this experience undoubtedly
lies in the fact that the industry satisfies
universal human needs scarcely less essen-
tial than food and clothing. In fact, re-
ports appear to indicate that the present
depression has affected more seriously the
demand for food and c'othing than it has
the demand for amusement, recreation and
instruction."
The $102,004,009 gross for 52 weeks
ended Dec. 27, 1930, compared with $83,-
184,112 for 1929, a net of $10,251,827
compares with $9,469,051, but an item of
non-recurring expenses brought the net
profit carried to surplus down to $9,205,-
434. This was equal to $3.64 a share on
2,525,660 shares of stock outstanding, com-
pared with $10.78 a share on 920.660
shares at the end of 1929. Net 1930
operating profit before non-recurring ex-
penses amounted to $4.06 per share.
The much discussed differences in meth-
ods of writing off of production cocts be-
tween the method used by Touche, Niven,
the corporation's accountants and that em-
ployed by Price, Waterhouse, who repre-
sented the bankers in the April refinancing
program are discussed by Harley L. Clarke,
president of the corporation. He says:
"If the proposed new write-off table of
Price Waterhouse were used, the difference
between amortization obtained and that set
up by the company, as determined and cer-
tified by Touche, Niven, would be $894,-
261 for 1930, and the net would be re-
duced by this amount. It is to be noted,
however, that the effect of the change
would be simply to add to the write-off
against the income during the past year
and to decrease by the same amount the
write-off to be deducted from the income
of subsequent years."
1931
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This would reduce the net to $8,311,-
173. Amortization, as contained in the
Touche, Niven report, amounted to $27,-
305,3 57, compared with $24,158,544 in
1929 and depreciation on plant and equip-
ment, exclusive of studio property, was
$3,875,560, against $2,678,761.
Other differences between the company's
report and that prepared for the bankers
were the methods of auditing depreciation
and including subsidiaries. Regarding de-
preciation the difference between the basis
used by the company and that of the bank-
ers amounted to $805,607 for 1930. The
company's method of including assets and
liabilities of subsidiaries in the balance sheet
has been to carry its interest in all prop-
erties not 100 per cent owned as invest-
ments. If properties more than 85 per
cent owned were included, as in the bank-
ers' audit, the property account would be
increased by $2,500,000 and the funded
debt by $1,700,000.
In the income account the company in-
cludes all American subsidiaries controlled
regardless of the percentage of ownership,
while the bankers' audit includes the pro-
portionate part of net profits of companies
in which Fox's interest exceeded 50 per
cent. In the case of companies owning 50
per cent or less the bankers' report included
only those actually received by Fox as
dividends.
Readjusting the surplus and profit and
loss statement to the accounting principles
of the bankers' auditors, Touche, Niven re-
ported a reduction in earned surplus of
about $6,047,169, of which $2,688,974 is
applicable to 1930 and $3,358,195 to prior
years. After deduction of $2,688,974 from
the 1930 profit, this would leave $6,516,-
461, or $2.58 a share on the stock.
Explaining the company's stand on the
two methods of amortization controversy
over which de'ayed the annual report almost
two months, the report said the company
continued to write off its inventory during
1930 in exact harmony with the method
recommended and accepted by public ac-
countants for the sound films released in
1929.
"In spite of the substantial values of
many pictures long after the 52 weeks of
'life' accorded them," the report said, "it is
now the practice of Fox Film to write off
completely the cost of all feature pictures
at the close of 52 weeks after their do-
mestic and foreign release dates."
The item "non-recurring expenses" in the
income account also came in for an ex-
p'anation in the report. This, the report
said, includes a considerable number of ex-
penses which the management has cleared
up and disposed of, some of which could
have been written off at the close of the
preceding year. The largest item ($382,-
622), the report said, consists of aban-
doned unprofitable theatre leases, while the
remainder is made up of organization ex-
penses, salaries in discontinued depart-
ments, fire losses, legal fees, and royalty and
contract settlements of prior years.
A comparison of the company's balance
sheet as of Dec. 27, 1930, with that of
June 30, 1930, and that of Dec. 28, 1929,
shows a steady increase in total assets, the
latest figures for this item being $201,-
354,475.50, compared with $192,524,313
on June 30, and $124,243,716 on Dec. 28,
1929.
Remarkable improvement in the net
working capital position was brought about
Deduct :
Depreciation of capital assets and amortization of leaseholds 3,343,069.21
Add :
Dividends received on investments in other companies $ 386,332.51
Commission from outside theatres 40,000.00
Interest earned _ 409,938.57
Profit on sales of investments and capital assets 36,197.50
Forfeited deposits 94,413.36
Sundry other income and credits 651,551.42
Deduct:
Interest and discount $ 2,357,520.14
Sundry other deductions 52,861.02
$ 5,540,157.96
1,618,433.36
$ 7.158,591.32
2.410,381.16
$ 4,748,210.16
Deduct — Provision for Federal income tax 575,000.00
Net Profit before dividends $ 4,173,210.16
Less — Dividends paid to public on preferred stocks of subsidiary companies 787,581.75
Net Profit for the year available for dividends on Class A Stock 3,385,628.41
Operating Surplus
Balance at January 1, 1930 $ 1,669,564.25
Net Profit for the year ending December 31, 1930, as above 3,385,628.41
Balance at December 31, 1930 $ 5,055,192.66
Consolidated Income Account of Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation
For Year 1930 — Compares as Follows
1930 1929 1928
Income _ $71,357,831 $51,696,860 $42,624,964
Exp. costs, etc 62,474,604 46,080,872 39,506,090
Oper. profit $ 8.883,227 $ 5,615,988 $ 3,118,874
Dept. and amort, of lsehlds., etc 3,343,069 2,438,684 1,914,383
Balance $ 5,540,158 $ 3,177,304 $ 1.204,491
Other income *1,618,433 *1, 564.859 2,020,623
Total income $ 7,158,591 $ 4,742,163 $ 3,225,114
Invest., advances, etc 66,108 446,241
Int. and disc 2,357,520 1,843,587 1,472,827
Sundry other deduct 52,861 58,910 359,713
Federal taxes 575,000 250,000 69,000
Profit $ 4,173.210 $ 2,523.558 $ 877,333
Pfd. dividends of subs 787,582 853,994 t923.076
Net profit $ 3.385,628 $ 1,669,564 t$ 45,743
•Includes $36,197 profit on sale of investments and capital assets in 1930 and $525,035 in 1929.
t Preferred dividends and minority interest requirements applicable to capital stocks of subsidiaries
outstand as of December 31, 1828, not to be acquired.
tLoss.
Three- Year Comparison of R K O'S Consolidated Balance Sheet
Consolidated Balance Sheet of Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corp. and Subsidiaries
as of December 31, 1928-29-30, Compares as Follows:
ASSETS
*Bldg., land, impr., leaseh., gdwl. and contracts
Inv. and adv. to affil. cos
Oth. invest, and deposits
Deferred charges
Cash
1930
$ 89,807,865
3.963,297
5,253,581
3,570,718
2,536,145
1929
$70,894,833
5,478,623
3,643,564
2,733,554
1,490.404
900,000
954,789
150,366
93,867
85,032
4.738,055
1928
$56,035,482
5,467.722
2,376.935
2,036,514
1,589.546
Notes and accts. rec
Marketable securities
1,491.971
1,652.494
924,087
Accrd. int., etc
Adv. to outside prod
Inventories
102,630
575,260
8,842,115
50,549
57,433
2,859,431
Total
$117,796,076
$91,163,087
$71,397,699
LIABILITIES
Keith-Alb-Orph. Corp. 7% pfd. stock $ 4,308,900 $ 5,075,700 $ 5,755,400
Orph. Circ, Inc., 8% conv. pfd. stock 6,010,300 6,107,000 6,165,500
Class A stock t46,934,769 30,433,752 20,301,460
tClass B stock 1 1 1
Notes and accts. payable 3,316,871 3,204,845 3,894,175
Dividends payable 240,299
Due to officers 330,000
Dep. on sale of inv., etc 50,000 175,000 400.000
Accrd. taxes, int. & exp 2,335,610 1,173,695 858,886
Deposits 490,210 486,204 859,581
Def. accts. and deb pay 407,640 777,874 1,339,000
Funded debt _ 40,351,600 32.765,750 22,116,370
Reserves 3,901,312 5,173,789 6,035,785
Int. of min. stkhrs. in sub 2,173
Surplus 9,688,863 5,549,178 3,339,368
Total $117,796,076 $91,163,087 $71,397,699
'After depreciation and amortization. tRepresented by 2,328,250 no-par shares, excluding 53,148
shares held in treasury and including shares reserved for stocks of subsidiaries not yet exchanged.
tRepresented by 500,000 no-par shares.
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The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
Technicolor, Inc., and Subsidiaries
December 31, 1930
ASSETS
Cash and Call Loans: $ 417,572.58
Accounts Receivable (Less Allowance) 300,757.36
Merchandise Inventories 133,827.25
$ 852,157.19
Other Assets - 3,090.76
Land, Buildings, Machinery and Equipment $3,063,151.56
Less: Allowance for Depreciation 546,981.85
2,516,169.71
Research, Development, Patents and Goodwill $3,668,961.18
3,521,143.46
Less: Allowance for Amortization 147,817.72
Deferred Charges 47,000.10
$6,939,561.22
LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable $ 55,288.67
Accrued Accounts, including Federal and State Taxes 136,348.41
Mortgage Payable — due February 21, 1931 15.000.00
$ 206,637.08
Customers' Deposits on Contracts for Future Delivery 1,218,639.42
Minority Interest in Technicolor Motion Picture Corp 2,520.19
Preferred Stock — 80c per share Cumulative
No Nominal or Par Value
Authorized 100,000 shares
Issued and held in treasury 17,425 shares 0
Common Stock — No Nominal or Par Value
Authorized 600,000 shares
Outstanding 517,548 shares 3,872,447.05
$3,872,447.05
Surplus — of which $174,250.00 has been appropriated for the purchase
of Preferred Stock in Treasury 1,639,317.48
5,511,764.53
$6,939,561.22
Condensed Consolidated Income and Expenses
for the Year Ended December 31, 1930
INCOME
Net Sales
Less: Cost of Sales (including $68,799.62 for amortization of Research, Developments
and Patents)
Gross Profit
EXPENSES
General and Administrative $ 374,395.60
Selling 662,068.41
Net Profit from Operations Before Provision for Income Taxes..
Other Income:
Interest Earned _...$12,499.12
Less: Interest Paid 9,651.97
$5,925,916.00
4,045,280.00
$1,880,636.00
1,036,464.01
$ 844,171.99
Other Deductions:
Bad Debts $46,649.77
Less: Bad Debts Recovered 1,917.60
State Taxes _
Loss on Sale of Permanent Assets
Adjustment of Accounts Receivable..
$44,732.17
4,203.86
1,507.60
100.20
2,847.15
50,543.83
Net Profit Before Provision for Income Taxes
Federal and State Income Taxes — Estimated
Net Profit for the Year (after capitalizing expenditure of $172,438.70 deemed
47,696.68
796,475.31
120,000.00
to be Research, Development and Patent Costs) $ 676,475.31
Trans-Lux Daylight Picture Screen Corp.
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1930
ASSETS
Current:
Cash on Hand and in Banks $106,137.94
Investment in Bonds 270,588.87
Notes Receivable 26,387.50
Interest Receivable 3,845.49
Accounts Receivable
Western Union $ 92,586.93
Others 24,066.46
$1 16,653.39
Less: Reserve 705.67 115,947.72
Inventories 98,526.11
TOTAL CURRENT $621,433.63
Investment in Affiliated Companies 150,000.00*
Fixed:
Land _ $ 33,150.00
HuildinK, Machinery, Equipment $ 73,002.15
Furniture and Fixtures 17,258.12
$ 90,260.27
Less: Reserve 36,008.94 54,251.33 87,401.33
in the year. At the end of 1929 Fox had
an excess of more than $19,000,000 in cur-
rent liabilities over current assets, while as
of Dec. 27, 1930, there was a net working
capital of $15,494,118. Cash on hand at
the end of 1930 amounted to $5,308,942,
which, while off slightly from the June 30,
1930, figure, showed a substantial increase
over the $2,492,599 cash reported as of
December 28, 1929.
During the year, the report states, the
production department of the business was
put under budget control for the first time,
and savings of at least $3,000,000 were
expected to result therefrom in 1931.
During 1930, Fox Film declared divi-
dends at the rate of $4 a year a share, to-
taling $10,102,240. This amount was
barely covered by net operating profit be-
fore non-recurring charges, but is not cov-
ered by net after that charge. Further, it
■s $3,585,778 over the income if it had
been calculated on the basis suggested by
the bankers' accountants.
In recent years Fox has had an even
more rapid increase in theatre receipts than
it has had in film rentals. The following
table gives an outline of the growth of this
part of the Fox business so far as it re'
lates to American theatres:
Year No. Theatres Gross Receipts
1927 2 $ 2,054,700
1928 249 33,923,783
1929 455 39,962,044
1930 ^32 51,414,002
This gives the number of theatres con-
trolled by Fox Film but does not include
theatres operated by Fox Theatres Corp., an
affiliated company. The last column in-
cludes the receipts only from the dates of
control of the various theatres and hence
not necessarily the total receipts of the
theatres during the year. The corporation
owned or had an important interest in
1.013 theatres of which 532 are in the
United States, 395 in Great Britain and
86 in Australia. (Fox Theatres properties
are in addition.)
Revenues from Movietone News and the
other Fox news services increased 21 per
cent in 1930 over 1929, and 14 per cent
during the first three months of 1931, as
compared with the corresponding period of
1930.
Investments in Movietone City, the
Hollywood studio, laboratory, studios of the
Movietone News, and the home office in
New York exceed $14,750,000.
The total number of employees in all
its departments is now 12,888.
The total cost of administration and the
distribution of films has been a steadily
declining percentage of film rentals, with
the lowest relative costs last year in the
history of your company. In 1930 the
administration and distribution costs were
more than 45 per cent lower in comparison
with film rentals than they were in 1925,"
Clarke stated.
In this report there is a condensed con-
solidated statement of profit and loss. The
first item of $96,446,346 includes $45,032,
344 received from film sales and rentals,
about two-thirds of which was from do-
mestic sources and about one-third from
foreign sources. It also includes $51,414,-
002 from theatre receipts, of which there
were minority interests in the case of 141
theatres. It will be observed that a mi-
nority interest in profits of $790,057 is
deducted near the center of the statement.
The other items of income are self-ex-
planatory with the exception of "Other in-
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
J 7
come." This item consists of income from
a great variety of sources, the largest of
which is interest on bank deposits and pay-
ment discounts of bills for purchases, these
two together amounting to nearly $300,000.
In the first deduction under "Expenses"
the largest item is $44,440,870, the cost of
operating the theatres, office buildings, tech-
nical laboratories, etc., of your company.
The next largest item is the expense of
maintaining film exchanges throughout the
world.
"There is one remaining material differ-
ence between the audit as of September 27,
1930, and the present report," Clarke
said. "Subsidiaries of Fox having acquired
isolated and small groups of theatres at vari-
ous times, inherited special accounting prac-
tices pertaining to these properties, among
which was the custom in some of them of
setting up depreciation on theatre equip-
ment (not buildings) of from 15 per cent
to 22.? per cent per year. This is not only
regarded as excessive for properties ade-
quately maintained, as those operated by
your company are maintained, but some of
this property has already been fully de-
preciated, although it is yet in good con-
dition and in use. Consequently, in its
consolidated statement, your company sets
up depreciation for these properties, until
they are completely written off, at a rate of
10 per cent on their cost, or precisely the
rate at which it sets up depreciation for
other similar properties, and a rate that is
common in the industry. The difference in
depreciation between that on the basis used
in this audit of September 27, 1930, and
that in this report, as determined and cer-
tified to by Touche, Niven amounts to
$805,607.
"There are no other differences of im»
portance between the methods used in the
audit as of September 27, 1930, and those
used in the preparation of this report," he
said. "It is the position of your company
that its statement as here presented gives
an accurate and true account of its opera-
tions during the period covered by this
report and of its condition at its close. In
any case, the difference taken from the
profit of the past year would reduce by the
same amount the deductions to be taken
from the profit of subsequent years."
In connection with the annual statement,
Touche, Niven, company auditors, stated
that "Referring to the bankers' offering cir-
cular, dated April 10, 1931, relating to the
issuance by Fox of five-year six per cent
gold debentures in the principal amount of
S30,000,000, we have made a supple-
mentary examination of the books of the
corporation with particular reference to
the accounting principles adopted by the
accountants, engaged on the special audit
for the bankers, and find that the applica-
tion of adjustments necessary to reflect the
earnings on the basis adopted by the said
accountants would involve a reduction in
surplus, as at December 27, 1930, of ap-
proximately $6,047,169, of which $2,688,-
973.92 is applicable to the year (52 weeks)
then ended, and $3,358,195.08 is appli-
cable to surplus at the beginning of the
year, comprising, respectively, the follow-
ing items:
Applicable to
year 1950
Increase in the provi-
sion for amor, of
prod. co»t $894,260.56
Increase in the provi-
sion for dep. of the-
atre equip, of sub.
co. of Wesco (whol-
ly owned sub.) 805.606. 5-! 1,065,6:9.36
Applicable to
prior years
$2. 527. 417. 45
Invested:
In Machines on Rentals and Installations $769,322.90
Less: Reserve 131,465.04
$637,857.86
In Other Equipment _ 37,050.04 674,907.90
Sinking Fund:
Finance and Trading Corp. — Cash for redemption of notes 6,580.30
Deferred Charges 404,503.01
Patents _ 5,009,846.06
$6,954,672.22
LIABILITIES
Current: I
Accounts Payable $32,191.92
Accruals '. _ 3,766.27
TOTAL CURRENT $35,958.19
Five Year 6'/2% Sinking Fund Gold Notes 1932 — Outstanding 6,500.00
Capital Stock
Authorized 1.000,000 Shares (Stated value $7.50 per Share) $7,500,000.00
Less in Treasury 210,938 Shares 1,582,035.00
Outstanding 789,062 Shares 5,917,965.00
Surplus 994,249.03
$6,954,672.22
•Note: The Corporation is obligated to invest an additional $200,000.00 in stock of Jrans-Lux
Movie Corporation, when, as and if called for.
Statement of Income and Profit and Loss for the Year Ending
December 31, 1930
Gross Sales $ 52,011.41
Less: Returns, Allowances, etc 6,578.08
Net Sales $ 45,433.33
Cost of Sales _ „ 27,640.99
Profit on Sales $ 17,792.34
Rentals $1,614,452.64
Less: Cost of Rentals 844,873.83
Profit on Rentals 769,578.81
Profit on Sales and Rentals $787,371.15
Less Expenses:
Selling $ 176.191.29
Administration 137,805.58
Development and Experimental 24,960.59
338,957.46
Profit from Operations $448,413.69
Other Income 33,517.82
Total Income $481,931.51
Deductions from Income 6,324.99
Net Profit $475,606.52
Year end
Nov. 3, '28
$27,180,352
16,170,198
8,487,654
1,666,403
t$
.' 1 7
t$
856,097
238,548
t$
1,094,645
90,000
t$
1,004,645
191,928
Three- Year Comparison of "U'S" Income Account
Year end Year end
Nov. 1/30 Nov. 2. '29
Increase from operations $25,319,119 $29,111,380
Cost of sales and service *18,460,260 18,237,061
Selling and branch expense 7,668,961 8,850,1S8
General and administration expense 1,805,741 1,890,128
Operating loss $ 2,615.843 t$ 134,003
Loss on leaseholds, etc 283,340
Loss $ 2,899,183 t$ 134,003
Other income 851,362 357,355
Loss : $ 2,047,821 t$ 491,358
Federal taxes _
Net loss $ 2,047,821 t$ 491,358
First preferred dividends 175,448 186,028
Deficit $ 2,223,269 t$ 305,330
•Includes $15,376,790 film exhaustion and expense. tProfit. tSurplus.
Consolidated Balance Sheet of Universal and Subsidiaries
ASSETS
Nov. 1, '30 Nov. 2, -29 Nov. 3, '28
tFixed assets $ 4,994,673 $ 5,155,072 $ 3,332,788
Investment and advances to affiliated com-
panies 1,119,918 2,260,667 3,425,846
Cash 959,575 1,383,651 875,090
Market securities 1,200 1,200 1,200
Notes and accounts receivable 1,363,996 1,298,109 1,603.514
Inventories 7,563,913 7,883,904 10,008,830
Lease and depreciation 272,681 275,901 346.108
Advances to producers 265,506 400,723 205,234
Def. chfs., etc 320,838 425,295 589,087
tMerchandise in transit 77.869 150,161 124,773
Good will, etc 137,501 137,501 1
Total $17,077,670 $19,372,184 $20,512,471
LIABILITIES
Nov. 1, '30 Nov. 2. '29 Nov. 3, '28
First preferred stock $ 2,174,100 $ 2,231,100 $ 2,386,100
t$ 812,717
Nov. 5, '27
$ 3,2S4,458
1,769,593
880,461
1,750
1,481,726
10,652,985
367,798
114,095
648,943
182,458
1
$19,384,268
Nov. 5, '27
$ 2,467,600
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1931
Second preferred stock 2,000,000
'Common stock and surplus
♦Common stock 4,173,951
Real estate mortgages 1,000,000
Six per cent, notes
Notes payable 1,636,313
Advance payments 288,199
Accounts payable 2,236,429
Conting. res '. 616,806
Rentals received on pictures
Federal tax res
Surplus from revaluation of studio land 1,354,000
Earned surplus 1,597,872
2,000,000
4,1 73,951
1,000,000
li275~39S
387,868
1,902,440
623,549
67,043
1,354,000
4,356,838
2,000,000
8,780,019
55,000
2,373,000
1,694,397
457,377
1,605,377
751,463
319,738
90,000
Total $17,077,670
$19,372,184 $20,512,471
2,000,000
7,904,402
557600
2,500,000
1,274,330
380,625
1,605,147
1,027,164
~7ojoo6
$19,384,268
'Represented by 250,000 no-par shares. tAfter depreciation and amortization. JTo foreign office.
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc., and Subsidiary Companies
Condensed balance sheet for 13 weeks ended Feb. 28, 1931, and comparisons
with quarter, ended Nov. 30, 1930, and quarter ended March 1, 1930:
ASSETS
Feb. 28, '31 Nov. 30, '30
Land, Bldgs., etc $169,027,797 $164,614,464
Goodwill 8,745,076 8,435,915
Notes Rec, etc 691,612 1,017,032
Accts. Ret 4,191,798 3,698,722
Adv. to Prod 947,615 1,231,828
Inventories 22,024,417 22,275,763
Rts. & Scenarios 1,168,068 1,287,542
Mortgages Rec 526,937 555,625
Special Deposits 2,523,428 2,432,321
Invest. & Adv 7,443,193 7,525,203
Def. Charges 3,649,648
Unamort. Bonds disc, and exp 890,546
Unamort. dev. exp 337,564
Prepayments 2,245,418
Elimination of undis-
tributed earnings of
theatre cos., stocks
of which are owned
50 per cent or less
although effectively
controlled 130,032.89
Provision for poss.
loss on investment
in and advances to
subs 879,451.53
Elimination of net of
misc. deb. and cred.
adjustments 444,666.02
Reduction of income
taxes by reason of
foregoing adjustmts. 204,977.84
Mar. 1,
$120,054
8,277
528
3,030
49
25,095
1,168
735
2,381
7,183
3,948
30
068
666
978
.341
,566
237
062
841
,198
,012
203
Totals $225,878,987
LIABILITIES
Feb. 28, '31
Funded Deb. & Mtge $106,225,057
Notes payable 3,006,425
Accts. payable 9,387,029
Purch. money oblig 2,207,005
Due ami. cos 79,199
Royalties payable 835,373
Deferred Income 408,637
Fed. Tax Reserve
Adv. payable 815,328
Minority interest 1,883,378
Remitt. from affil. cos
Res. for Conting 2,046,062
Capital stock 87,848,629
P. & L. surplus 9,007,220
Construe. Oblig
$228,414,032 $178,871,939
Nov.
$104.
3
to
1
29, '30
140,586
555,000
714,436
909,614
84,330
888,051
425,405
260,000
992,284
870,605
,268,995
848,629
504,559
,187,000
Mar. 1, '30
$ 72,686,739
5,947,012
8,660,503
2,727,638
79,368
948,568
1 ,400,000
1,545,892
4,443,129
61,368,639
16,976,576
Totals $225,878,987
$228,414,032 $178,871,939
Comparative Consolidated Profit and Loss Account
Quarter Ended
Feb. 28, 1931
Net income before providing for amortization and deprecia-
tion of properties, interest and miscellaneous charges and
Federal income taxes $11,021,092.19
Deduct :
Amortization of film costs (exclusive of
depreciation of studio properties) $7,495,901.51 ]
Amortization and depreciation of all prop- )■
Quarter Ended
Nov. 29, 1930
$13,518,966
erties 2,524,327.63 ]
Interest and discount expense 1,631,397.50 )
Provision for investments in affiliated com- I
panies 50,865.74 f
Miscellaneous charges 48,997.75 J 11,751,490.13
.9,731,217
.1,899,655
Loss from operations
Deduct — Other incsme:
Interest and discount earned
Dividends received from affiliated com-
panies 147,998.19
Miscellaneous income 22,400.00
.$ 730,397.94
11,630,872
95,249.51
Loss before minority interests
Add — Proportion of net earnings applicable to Minor-
ity Stockholders
Net Loss for the thirteen weeks ending February 28, 1931
'Net income.
265,647.70
$464,750.24
35,316.20
$500,066.44
51,673
•$1,576,421
Surplus Account
November 29, 1930 (subject to the realization of the face value of trade accounts
receivable, less reserves, and cost of inventories, less reserves, of the radio and
record division) $12,504,559.72
Deduct — Loss for the thirteen weeks ending February 28, 1931 500,066.44
Deduct — Adjustments in respect of inventories and accounts receiv-
able of radio and record division $3,073,368.53
Loss on capital assets 84,663.72
Less
$3,158,032.25
-Reduction of reserve for Federal income taxes 260,000.00
$12,004,493.28
2.898,032.25
$9,106,461.03
99,240.49
Dividends paid on preferred stock (to and including March 1, 1931)
EARNED SURPLUS— FEBRUARY, 28, 1931 $9,007,220.54
260,483.17
41,931.98
251,403.40
NOVEMBER 29, 1930 $12,504,559
MARCH I, 1930 $16,976,576
$2,688,973.92 $3,358,195.08
In the assets side of the balance sheet,
the items listed under "Current Assets" are
self-explanatory with the exception of "In'
ventories" which has been discussed in
earlier paragraphs.
The major item included under "Invest'
ments securing 6 per cent gold notes" is
the investment in Loew's were transferred
to Film Securities April 1-5, 1931, and in
connection with this financing the holdings
of stock by Fox in Loew's, were trans'
ferred to Film Securities Corp., in con-
sideration of which Fox received $28,800,'
000 in cash and 462,000 shares of the Class
Securities has outstanding senior to the
Class A stock $20,000,000 two-year 6 per
cent Secured gold notes and 100,000 shares
outstanding shares of Class A stock. Film
of $7 Dividend Cumulative Preferred stock.
A stock of Film Securities, being all the
The only other item under this head is the
investment in theatre properties in Eng-
land, amounting to $19,030,929.
The item "Investments in respect of
which proportionate shares of profits are
included" consists of the investment in
theatres in the United States. The item
"Other Investments" consists largely of an
investment in Fox Hearst Corp. and invest-
ments in foreign theatres. The item "Land,
buildings, leaseholds, equipment, furniture
and fixtures" includes over $14,750,000 in-
vested in studios, home office and labora-
tories, and over $34,500,000 in theatre
properties. All these values in fixed assets
are after the deduction of reserves for de-
preciation of over $13,900,000. The item
"Deferred charges" consists of bond dis'
count and uncompleted projects.
All items listed under "Current liabili-
ties" are self-explanatory. The secured 6
per cent gold notes, referred to under lia-
bilities to be refinanced, were retired on
April 15, 1931, from the proceeds of the
sale of $30,000,000 five-year 6 per cent
convertible gold debentures and from the
funds secured as a partial consideration for
the transfer of Fox's interest in Loew's, to
Film Securities. The note payable of
Wesco Corp. was paid from part of the
proceeds of the sale of $15,000,000 two-
year 6 per cent gold notes of Wesco. The
portion of the funded debt maturing in
1931 is also to be retired partially from the
proceeds of the same financing. The item
"Funded debt of subsidiary companies"
consists of the funded debt maturing later
than 1931.
The item "Appropriation from surplus"
is a temporary reserve for realization of
inventories, set aside from earned surplus
on the advice of the auditors to reflect the
possibility that unexpected economic con-
ditions during the natural life of the films
may result in their bringing in less than the
normal rentals for such pictures. At the
close of the period this appropriation will
be returned to earned surplus, and it will
in no way affect future earnings of the
company.
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
59
WARNER RROS.
d VITAPHOXE
PICTURES
The Dependable Product!
WM K. WELLS
Writing Exclusively
for
Warner Bros.-First National
a* dorian otvos
author
year with
warner bros.-vitaphone
studios
sam sax
general prod. mgr.
murray roth
director-in-chief
ALF GOULDING
Directing
Warner-Vitaphone
Shorts
Sam Sax
General Prod. Mgr
Murray Roth
Director-in-Chief
ROY DEL RUTH
Director
Warner Brothers-First National
"Side Show"
"Maltese Falcon"
"The Life of the Party"
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THEATRES CIRCUIT
DAN MICHALOVE
General Manager
1931
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The \jreatest
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In The Mightiest
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"Vifaphone" is the registered trade mark of
the Vitaphone Corp. designating its products.
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Warner Bros. * First National Vitaphone Productions
Waldemar Young
First National
1931
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ADVENTURES IN AFRICA
(Series of 12 2-Reelers)
BOBBY JONES
(Series of 12)
S. S. VAN DINE's
detective mysteries
(12 2-Reelers)
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[Series of 13 "Believe It Or
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BIG STAR COMEDIES
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1931
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In State Legislatures
More than 200 bills adverse to the mo-
tion picture industry were defeated in legis-
latures of 44 states at sessions that convened
after January 1, 1931. These bills included
tax, censorship and blue law measures.
Not only were Sunday closing bills de-
feated but in at least five states the public's
legislative representatives displayed their
trend toward liberalism by adopting bills
granting shows on the Sabbath. States
included are New Mexico, Arkansas, Mary-
land (for Baltimore only, with a referen-
dum to be held), Ohio, and Idaho. Several
cities were granted home rule on the
question.
Forty-four states were included in the
April survey. Twenty of these legislatures
adjourned without passing any adverse
legislation. At the time of the survey
there was no apparent danger in 1 1 other
states. In 13 states serious matters were
pending.
Th ree Year Gain in Five Companies Stockholders
No. of
Company April, 1928
Eastman Kodak 28,000
Fox 758
Paramount 9,000
RKO 1,500
Warner Bros 10,000
Totals 49,258
Stockholders
April, 1931
34,000
10,000
21,000
21,000
32,000
118.167
Gain in
3 years
6,000
9,242
12,000
19,500
16,000
62,742
Bill for 15 Millions
The industry owes $15,000,000 to Elec-
trical Research Products as the balance for
theatre and studio sound equipment. The
original bill for work by Erpi in switching
the industry from silent to sound is under-
stood to have reached between $22,000,000
and $25,000,000. This sum does not cm-
brace service charges, it is said, which ap-
proximate $5,000,000 yearly. Nor does it
include charges for parts.
The $25,000,000 sum is payab'e on a par-
tial payment plan covering a period of ten
years, at which time the equipment reverts
to the Western Electric subsidiary.
Sixteen- Year Summary of Fox Films Production Costs and
Gross Rentals
Ratio of
No. of Gross Costs to
YEAR Pictures Negatives Rentals Rentals
1914 4 $ 53,250 $ 3,208,201 23.9%
1915 36 767,243 4,244,558 30.4 "
1916 52 1,289,785 7,118,172 41.6 "
1917 70 2,964,696 7,300,301 44.0 "
1918 _ 73 3,212,689 9,380,883 31.2 "
1919 69 2,929,069 272,401 19.5 "
1920 71 4,317,403 12,609,725 34.2 "
1921 _ 65 4,783,210 13,715,000 34.9 "
1922 66 4,350,083 12,327,957 35.3 "
1923 51 4,821,456 11,242,629 42.9 "
1924 46 3,610,433 9,926,025 36.4 "
1925 _ 42 5,226,809 11,750,515 44.5 "
1926 51 8,328,252 14,274,234 58.3 "
1927 _ 46 8,558,101 17,012,875 50.3 "
1928 55 10,379,365 22,626.747 45.9 "
1929 53 16,142,216 30,803,974 52.4 "
Total 851 $81,734,055 $187,810,297 43.5%
(In the foregoing table the column "Gross Rentals" includes all rentals from pictures released
during the respective years, regardless of the fact that these rentals were received over a period of
about two years. The table cannot include the pictures released in 1930 because they are still being
exhibited. In fact, on the date of this report 20 pictures had not been released in foreign countries,
from which 33 per cent total gross rentals are received.)
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Skilled in Native and Interpretive Dances . . . Speaks Spanish and all Dialects
CURRENT RELEASES
"Behind That Curtain" — Cummings — Fox "Wings of Adventure" — Thorpe Tiffany
"Morocco" — Von Sternberg — Paramount "Derelict" — Lee — Paramount
"The American Tragedy" — Von Sternberg — Paramount
Production
Investment in studio proper-
ties, buildings and equipment
in Hollywood alone is esti-
mated at two hundred millions
— 17,500 individuals are reg-
ularly employed — Another
ten millionsare being added to
the physical assets of the Film
capital this year — Sound
brings investment of 65 mil-
lions in equipment alone.
A CODE REGULATING
PRODUCTION OF MOTION PICTURES
{Formulated by the Association of Mo-
tion Picture Producers, Inc., and the
Motion Picture Producers 8C Distributors
of America, Inc.}
Motion pictures recognize the high trust
and confidence which have been placed in
them by the people of the world and which
have made motion pictures a universal form
of entertainment.
They recognize their responsibility to the
public because of this trust and because
entertainment and art are important influ-
ences in the life of a nation.
Hence, though regarding motion pictures
primarily as entertainment without any ex-
plicit purpose of teaching or propaganda,
they know that the motion picture within
its own field of entertainment may be
directly responsible for spiritual or moral
progress, for higher types of social life, and
for much correct thinking.
During the rapid transition from silent
to talking pictures they have realized the
necessity and the opportunity of subscrib-
ing to a Code to govern the production of
talking pictures and of reacknowledging
this responsibility.
On their part, they ask from the public
and from public leaders a sympathetic un-
derstanding of their purposes and problems
and a spirit of cooperation that will allow
them the freedom and opportunity neces-
sary to bring the motion picture to a still
higher level of wholesome entertainment
for all the people.
General Principles
1. No picture shall be produced which
will lower the standards of those who see
it. Hence the sympathy of the audience
should never be thrown to the side of
crime, wrong-doing, evil or sin.
2. Correct standards of life, subject only
to the requirements of drama and enter-
tainment, shall be presented.
3. Law, natural or human, shall not be
ridiculed, nor shall sympathy be created for
its violation.
Particular Applications
I. — CRIMES AGAINST THE LAW.
These shall never be presented in
such a way as to throw sympathy
with the crime as against law and
justice or to inspire others with a
desire for imitation.
1. Murder.
a. The technique of murder must
be presented in a way that
will not inspire imitation.
b. Brutal killings are not to be
presented in detail.
c. Revenge in modern times
shall not be justified.
2. Methods of crime should not be
explicity presented:
a. Theft, robbery, safe-cracking,
and dynamiting of trains,
mines, buildings, etc., should
not be detailed in method.
b. Arson must be subject to the
same safeguards.
c. The use of firearms should
be restricted to essentials.
d. Methods of smuggling should
not be presented.
3. Il'egal drug traffic must never be
presented.
4. The use of liquor in American
life, when not required by the
plot or for proper characteriza-
tion, will not be shown.
II. — SEX. The sanctity of the institu-
tion of marriage and the home shall
be upheld. Pictures shall not infer
that low forms of sex relationship
are the accepted or common thing.
1. Adultery, sometimes necessary
plot materia', must not be ex-
plicity treated, or justified, or
presented attractively.
2. Scenes of passion.
a. They should not be intro-
duced when not essential to
the plot.
b. Excessive and lustful kissing,
lustful embracing, suggestive
postures and gestures, are not
to be shown.
c. In general, passion should be
so treated that these scenes
do not stimulate the lower
and baser element.
3. Seduction or rape.
a. They should be never more
than suggested, and only
when essential for the plot,
and even then never shown by
explicit method.
b. They are never the proper
subject for comedy.
4. Sex perversion or any inference
to it is forbidden.
5. White slavery shall not be
treated.
6. Miscegenation (sex relationships
between the white and black
races) is forbidden.
7. Sex hygiene and venereal dis-
eases are not subjects for motion
pictures.
8. Scenes of actual child birth, in
fact or in silhouette, are never
to be presented.
9. Children's sex organs are never
to be exposed.
III. — VULGARITY. The treatment of
low, disgusting, unpleasant, though
not necessarily evil, subjects should
be subject always to the dictate of
good taste and a regard for the
sensibilities of the audience.
IV. — OBSCENITT. Obscenity in word,
gesture, reference, song, joke or by
suggestion (even when likely to be
understood only by part of the
audience) is forbidden.
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V.— PROFANITY. Pointed profanity
(this includes the words, God, Lord,
Jesus, Christ — unless used rever-
ently—Hell, S. O. B., damn,
Gawd), or every other profane or
vulgar expression however used, is
forbidden.
VI.— COSTUME.
1. Complete nudity is never per-
mitted. This includes nudity in
fact or in silhouette, or any lech-
erous or licentious notice thereof
by other characters in the picture.
2. Undressing scenes should be
avoided, and never used save
where essential to the plot.
3. Indecent or undue exposure is
forbidden.
4. Dancing costumes intended to
permit undue exposure or inde-
cent movements in the dance are
forbidden.
VII. — DANCES.
1. Dances suggesting or represent-
ing sexual actions or indecent pas-
sion are forbidden.
2. Dances which emphasize indecent
movements are to be regarded as
obscene.
VIII. — RELIGIOM-
1. No film or episode may throw
ridicule on. any religious faith.
2. Ministers of religion in their
character as ministers of religion
should not be used as comic
characters or as villains.
3. Ceremonies of any definite re-
ligion should be carefully and
respectfully handled.
IX.— LOCATIONS. The treatment of
bedrooms must be governed by good
taste and delicacy.
X.— NATIONAL FEELIHGS.
1. The use of the Flag shall be
consistently respectful.
2. The history, institutions, promi-
nent people and citizenry of
other nations shall be represented
fairly.
XI. — TITLES. Salacious, indecent, or
obscene titles shall not be used.
Xll.—REPELLEHT SUBJECTS. The
following subjects must be treated
within the careful limits of good
taste:
1. Actual hangings or electrocutions
as legal punishments for crime.
2. Third degree methods.
3. Brutality and possibly gruesome-
ness.
4. Branding of people or animals.
5. Apparent cruelty to children or
animals.
6. The sale of women, or a woman
selling her virtue.
7. Surgical operations.
STUDIO
INVESTMENTS
Studio investment of each major
company swells the represented capital
at Hollywood to an estimated increase
of $110,655,000 in the past five years
— Each company's share in the total of
investment increase is presented to-
gether with the roster of the studio —
More than one hundred stages are
added as a direct result of the intro-
duction of sound.
Two hundred millions of dollars is
the estimated investment in motion pic-
ture properties, buildings and equip-
ment in Hollywood, the capital of the
film production investment in the
United States, as a part of the world
investment of two and a half billions
in all phases of the industry and two
billions in the United States.
In the past five years the industry
has invested $110,655,000 in new
property, buildings and equipment,
this marking the greatest half-decade
of expansion in history. It is estimated
that during 1931 another $10,000,000
will be added to physical assets.
The fipure of $110,655,000 includes
only studios and does not take into
consideration the capital invested by
subsidiary and inter-relatcd industries.
Charles Chaplin
Charles Chaplin has invested $50,000 in
his studio over the five-vear period. An
additional $25,000 went fo' studio equip-
ment. It is expected that during the com-
ing year he will erect several new stages,
and it aNo was reported that Chaplin
would build a five-stage studio on another
site.
Columbia
Columbia has spent $2,000,000 on its
Gower street propertv, for building con-
struction alone, and $1,500,000 for equip-
ment. Additions of sound stages, labora-
tory buildings, cutting rooms, projection
room, carnenter shons. mills. ?nd electrical
machine shops have been on the program.
Fox Studio Investment
Fox Film Corporation has invested $25.-
000.000 in Movietone City, and $2,500,000
more is being spent by this organization
in the current three-months period. All
of Movietone City, which lies in West-
wood, has been constructed in two years.
Thirty-nine buildings have been con-
structed, and thirty-six more will be com-
pleted by December 1. 1931.
The property includes administration
building, five sound stages, scenic studio,
scenario studio, bungalows, test stage, music
studio, dressing rooms, cutting rooms, gen-
erator plant, school, mill, propertv build-
ings, canvas shop, blacksmith and tin shop,
wardrobe, plaster shop, miniature shon.
sound device building, garage, pol'ce and
fire departments, vaults, cafe and other
smaller buildings.
Hal Roach
Hal Roach studios spent $150,000 for
construction during the period and $350,-
000 for equipment. The majority was for
sound stages.
It is interesting to note that sound has
been responsible for most of the major
construction operations, and that the great-
est activity in development has been since
the advent of talking pictures in 1927.
Mack Sennett
The Mack Sennett studios have been
constructed entirely during the past five
years and the outlay has included $2,000.-
000. There are 26 buildings on the Mack
Sennett properties.
Since Pathe (now RKO Pathe) took
over the De Mille studios at Culver City
it has invested $1,250,000 in expansion
and improvements. There are 66 acres of
land, some of which has been purchased
during the last five years and represents
an invesement of $95,000.
New building construction includes ward-
robe, property and draperv departments,
five sound stages, office building, dressing
and store rooms.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is said to have
spent $5,000,000 in five years, and the
expansion program for this year, due to
increased production, calls for the spend-
ing of at least $2,000,000 more. Foreign
version pictures are mainly responsible for
the enlarged 1931 plans.
Recent additions include six sound
stages, remodeling of five other stages for
sound reproduction, new projection and
cutting rooms, an industrial center half a
mile long and other smaller buildings.
Metropolitan
Metropolitan has put $1,000,000 into its
Los Palmas avenue property. For 1931
the company planned the erection of a
new administration building. Work of re-
construction of various buildings is com-
pleted or underway.
Paramount
Paramount-Publix Corporation is spend-
ing a large sum for the construction of a
four-story administration building, two
sound stages, assembly plant and several
projection rooms. During five years, it has
invested $20,000,000 in expansion. More
than $2,000,000 recently was expended for
2,670 acres on Ventura boulevard. This
is the world's largest acreage holding de-
voted to film work and owned by one
motion picture company.
With two new sound stages, Paramount
will have twelve.
Radio Pictures
Radio Pictures has spent $6,000,000 in
construction during the period.
In addition to this, $3,000,000 has been
invested in equipment. Approximately
$1,000,000 will have been spent by the end
of 1931 on the Gower street property.
Construction work over the period includes
administration building, makeup depart-
ment and dressing room building, camera
building, a cafe and six sound stages, and
a film laboratory costing $750,000.
Tec-Art
Tec-Art has spent $200,000 in building
and $400,000 in equipment. Several addi-
tional stages and office buildings are on
the program this year.
Tiffany
Tiffany took over its present studios in
19?.7, with ensuing expenditures of $370,-
000 on new buildings and $485,000 in
equipment. The 1931 plans called for the
erection of two stages, ah administration
building with 36 offices, and a scene dock,
involving the expenditure of $800,000.
United Artists
Seven sound stages, administration
huildings, carpenter and electrical shops,
wardrobe buildings and property shops and
casting offices have been built at the United
Artists properties during the five year
period, at a cost of $1,500,000, and an-
other million has been invested in equip-
ment. Constant improvements are being
mad^.
Warner-First National
During five years Warner Brothers has
spent $17,000,000 which includes seven
sound stages and technical equipment, and
it is expected that millions more will be
(Continued on page SI, column 3)
INVESTMENT MADE BY STUDIOS IN FIVE YEARS, 1925-1930
Covering mor.e than half the total investment in properties and equipment in Hollywood
by the industry
Columbia Pictures Corporation # 3,500.000
First National Productions 13,000,000
Fox Film Corporation 25.000,000
Hal Roach Studios 500,000
Mack Sennett, Inc 2,000,000
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 5,000,000
Metropolitan Sound Studios 1,000,000
Paramount-Famous-Lasky 20,000.000
Pathe Studios, Inc 1,250,000
Radio Pictures Studios 9,000,000
Tec-Art Studios 600.000
Tiffany Productions 805,000
United Artists Studio Corp 2,500,000
Universal Pictures Corporation 3,000,000
Vitagraph 1.500,000
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc 17,000.000
Other studios 5.000,000
#110 655,030
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STUDIO
PERSONNEL
ROSTER__
The total number of individuals regu-
larly employed in production at Hollywood
has been estimated as high as 25,000, but
the generally accepted figure is approxi-
mately 17,500 persons. Wide variations
from this total occur according to the time
of the production year, with its slowing
down during the summer months.
Following is a listing and classification
of regularly employed personnel of lead-
ing studios, including players:
Charles Chaplin
Charles Chaplin Productions, La Brea and
De Longpre Avenue, Hollywood, regularly
employ 40 persons.
The studio roster follows:
Three featured players, 1 contract player
not featured, 1 director, 3 cameramen, 1
publicity man, 1 auditor, 3 administrative
executives, 1 bookkeeper, 3 property men,
1 grip, 1 cutter, 1 writer, 3 transportation
men, 2 gatemen, 4 carpenters, 2 laborers,
1 watchman, and 8 unclassified workers.
Universal City
Universal City, Cal, employs 1,250 per-
sons.
Included on the Laemmle payroll are 4
stars, 7 featured players, 95 contract play-
ers, 100 sound men, 9 directors, 5 associate
producers, 2 comedy supervisors, 1 serial
supervisor, 26 cameramen, 300 clerks and
employees of the business department, 200
technical workers, 16 writers, 50 transporta-
tion men, 600 gatemen, policemen, car-
penters, laborers and watchmen, and 100
other workers.
Fox Film Corporation
Fox Film Corporation, Sunset boulevard
and Western Avenue and at Fox Hills, Cal.,
at the beginning of 1931 had 2,100 em-
ployed. The list included 60 featured
players, 150 contract players, 30 sound
men, 24 directors, with 31 assistants and
2 second assistants, 5 supervisors, 72 cam-
eramen, including first, second, assistant
and still, 25 publicity employees, 2 auditors,
40 bookkeepers, 25 administration execu-
tives, 25 writers, 25 technical workers, 40
transportation men, 10 gatemen, 30 police-
men. 500 carpenters, 200 laborers, 150
painters, 75 plasterers, 400 electricians, 20
grips, 25 sound cablemen, 50 wardrobe
men, 6 special wardrobe men, 20 property
men, and 100 miscellaneous workers.
RKO Pathe
RKO Pathe Studios at Culver City em-
ploys between 500 and 750 persons, the
payroll range being due to temporarily
slack or rush periods.
The lineup is as follows:
Twenty-seven featured and freelance
players, 12 stars, 11 directors and 6 assis-
tant directors, 15 cameramen, and 12
assistants, 7 publicity employees, 7 admin-
istration executives, 22 in the acounting
department.
Twenty-three writers, 23 soundmen, 36
property men, 16 cutters and assistants, 7
laboratory employees, 2 construction engi-
neers, 21 art department employees and
draftsmen.
Thirteen unit managers and assistants, 4
casting office employees, 20 in the design-
ing and wardrobe departments, 116 studio
electricians. 40 painters, 58 grips, 285 car-
penters and laborers, 38 in the police and
fire patrol, and 62 miscellaneous in the
operating department.
The remainder are bit players, extras and
special workers.
Trem Carr
Trem Carr Pictures at 6048 Sunset
boulevard, employs 60 persons regularly,
including:
Three featured players, 5 soundmen, 3
directors, 2 supervisors, 6 cameramen, 1
publicity man, 1 auditor, 1 bookkeeper, 2
executives, 2 grips, 2 property men, 2
cutters, 3 writers, 3 transportation men, 1
gateman, 14 carpenters, 10 laborers, 1
watchman.
Educational
Educational Studios, 7250 Santa Monica
boulevard, employs regularly 110 individ-
uals.
Seven are in service of the sound depart-
ment; one star is listed; there are 2 direc-
tors, 1 supervisor, 2 administrative execu-
tives, 3 bookkeepers, 1 auditor, 3 camera-
men, 12 grips, 6 property men, 4 cutters,
2 projectionists, 2 artists, 8 painters, 3
mechanics, 4 transportation men, 1 gate-
man, 20 carpenters, 15 laborers, 2 watch-
men, 1 janitor, 1 groundkeeper, 3 stenog-
raphers, 1 script clerk and 2 assistant
directors.
Columbia
Columbia Pictures Corporation, 1438
Gower Street, regularly employs approxi-
mately 500 persons. Included on the list
are 10 featured players, 6 stars, 4 others
under contract, 50 soundmen, 6 directors,
3 supervisors, 12 cameramen, 4 publicity
employees, 30 administration executives,
bookkeepers and auditors, 150 technical
workers, 8 writers, 10 transportation men,
and from 200 to 800 manual workers as
occasion arsises.
Paramount West Coast Studios
The West Coast studios of Paramount
Publix Corporation, 5451 Marathon
street, employ 1900 on the average the
year around. These include twelve stars,
50 featured players, 97 sound employees,
30 directors, 4 supervisors, 48 cameramen
and assistants, 42 publicity employees, 47
accountants and clerical workers, 43 gen-
eral office employees, 73 grips, 44 prop-
erty men, 48 cutters, 134 stage electricians,
50 writers, 27 gatemen, police and watch-
men, 199 carpenters, 167 laborers, 17 art
plasterers, 25 property makers, 46 scenic
department employees, 48 electrical con-
struction men, 45 mechanics and 6 engi-
neers, 50 in the transportation department.
Paramount New York Studio
Personal of the Paramount New York
Studio averages 500 weekly. Players, di-
rectors and scenarists are exchanged with
the Paramount Hollywood studio and the
number varies almost from day to day.
On March 18, 1931, for example, the stars
assigned to the New York studio were
Tallulah Bankhead, Clive Brook, Nancy
Carroll, Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Col-
bert, Frederic March, and Smith and Dale;
featured players were Miriam Hopkins,
Frank Morgan, Ginger Rogers and Charlie
Ruggles.
Western Electric recording equipment is
used and the standard recording is on film.
Metropolitan
Metropolitan Sound Studios, at 1040 Las
Palmas avenue, Hollywood, employs on an
average 200 workers. The number of fea-
tured players varies with the number of
pictures being made. None is on contract.
The sound department employs 45; there
are 10 directors, 14 cameramen, 2 in pub-
licity department, 35 in administration, 8
technical workers, 12 writers, and 8 in the
transportation department. The other
workers are employed as watchmen, labor-
ers, carpenters, gatemen, and so on.
Hal Roach
Hal E. Roach Studios, Culver City, em-
ploys approximately 150 at all tirh'es. In
the production department there are 2
supervisors, 4 directors, 4 assistant direc-
tors, 3 cameramen with 2 assistants, and 3
starred players. There are 2 starred units,
"Our Gang" and "Boy Friends." There
are 2 persons in the casting department,
5 in wardrobe, 12 in property, 9 in elec-
trical, 9 in transportation, 4 painters, 4
grips, and 10 carpenters, 1 artist. In the
sound department are 12, in publicity 7, in
operations 16, and in film laboratory, 12.
Radio Pictures
Radio Pictures at 780 Gower street, em-
ploys on an average of 2,000 persons
throughout the year. There are 5 stars,
35 featured players, 9 contract players not
featured, 34 in the sound department, 14
directors, 6 associate producers, 39 camera-
men, 15 in publicity department, 50 in
administration department, 125 technical
workers, 18 writers, 17 in transportation
department, 7 gatemen, 15 police, 53 car-
penters, 82 laborers, and 17 watchmen.
The others are extras and unclassified
workers.
UNSEEN WORKERS
Whenever Norma Shearer, Gary Cooper,
Greta Garbo, Warner Baxter, or any other
famous star flashes on the screen in a thea-
tre, it is because approximately 200 per-
sons— persons the audience never saw or
even dreamed of — made it possible.
This is the odd fact based on a survey of
production methods made by engineers at
the various Hollywood studios. The fig-
ures show that it takes the work of ap-
proximately 200 individuals to show an
actor on a screen in a theatre. They
include cameramen, sound technicians,
laboratory workers, assistant director and
production managers, grips, electricians,
property men, carpenters, assistants, cut'
ters, set designers and dressers, makeup
men — and many other callings.
The public knows that a motion picture
is directed from a script or play, but
doesn't know that no less than seven
scripts really are used. The actors only see
one — the one from which they learn their
action. Even the director doesn't see some
of the scripts.
First the "Treatment"
Before the play script was made, there
was a "treatment" or elaborate detailed
synopsis from which it was developed.
This was much in the form of a fiction
story. The treatments of "The Virginian,"
"The Secret Six," "The Front Page," and
others literally could have been printed as
fiction. From the treatment, the contin-
uity as actor and director use it is de-
veloped. Then, from this continuity other
scripts are made — the electrician's plot,
which guides his designing of sets, the
wardrobe plot and the camera plot, listing
all the camera angles.
From the main script, too, is made the
production schedule. Assistant director
and production manager 'break down" each
scene, analyzing it into terms of "time to
shoot," the set used, and the people, props
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THE SYMBOL OF
SHOW BUSINESS
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OR CLOSE BEHIND
THE EIGHT BALL
Don't Look for Alibis. Look for Grosses. Be
a Showman Every Day in the Year. . • Build the
Full Weeks . . . Build the Split Weeks ... If You
Don't, the Outdoor Showman Will Outsell You
Like Grant Took Richmond.
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60,000 Attended the Kentucky Derby at Top
Prices and Shouted Themselves Hoarse.
70,000 Packed the Yankee Stadium to See a
Ball Game Last Week.
Giants and Cubs Drew 55,000 May 9th.
Ringling Show Is Grabbing Plenty.
Outdoor Amusements Look for a Boom Year
Near the Big Cities.
Nothing Wrong With the Public If You Have
What They Want and Know How to Sell 'Em.
Show business is changing with all the bewildering effect of a
kaleidoscope . . . Only the Showman with a punch is packing
away the winning grosses.
This Flashing Era is putting a premium on brains . . . FOR OPEN-
INGS WERE NEVER SO IMPORTANT AS THEY ARE TODAY.
The exhibitor who hangs out a one-sheet, changes the bulbs in
his marquee, plants a reader in his daily paper with a pansy
ad . . . and lets it go at that . . . will take the licking of his life.
RADIO PICTURES URGES EVERY SHOWMAN IN AMERICA TO
TAKE OFF THE WRAPS AND WORK LIKE HELL
There's no such thing as depression in show business for the
man who won't be licked ... If you sold automobiles or yachts
or diamonds there'd be something to cry about.
BUT YOU ARE IN THE GRANDEST BUSINESS IN THE WORLD
♦ . . SELLING ENTERTAINMENT TO A PLANET FULL OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE CRAZY ABOUT AMUSEMENTS.
If you don't sell your public hard, fast and with sure-fire effect
you can bet your last dime that the out-door showman will
out-sell you.
Ditch the old routine . . . pull new stuff. . .write a new act and
sock 'em plenty.
You've got to get openings . . . big openings ... or close behind
dat ol' davil eight ball.
WHEN YOU TIE UP WITH THE RADIO TITANS SENSATIONAL
NEW LINEUP YOU BUY THE GREATEST TICKET SELLING SUP-
PORT THE SHOW WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN
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A TRIBUTE TO THE
SHOWMEN OF AMERICA
RKO-RADIO pays tribute to the showmen of
America who participated in its grand
show smashes of last season.
Hundreds of crack showmen rose en masse and
put "Cimarron" across for record-
smashing results.
One for all . • • and all for one . . . establishing
absolutely unprecedented harmony
and co-operation all along the line!
Needless to say, these efforts will be topped by
the same show people during 1931-32.
RKO-Radio appreciates deeply the spirit of team-
play on the part of all resident
managers and big circuit chiefs and
advertising men.. .all working
together in a community of interests
the like of which show business had
never known before.
The New Lineup of Titan Shows Presents Fabulous
Opportunities for the Same Dynamic
Showmanship
THE SHOWMEN OF AMERICA
WILL NOT BE FOUND WANTING
PICTURES
u. s^p., c». RKO DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION
1931
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Howard Estabrook
"CIMARRON"-^™
Screen Version and Dialogue
"THE WOMAN BETWEEN" —Radio
Screen Version and Dialogue
"ARE THESE OUR CHILDREN" —Radio
(working title)
Screen Version and Dialogue
"Hell's Angels"
"The Bad Man"
"Kismet"
"Street of Chance" "The Virginian"
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"Echec au roi"
(The Royal Bed)
"Line femme h'bre"
(The Woman Between)
"Nuit d' Espagne "
(The Next Corner)
H. de la FALAISE
Associate Producer in charge
of French Production
RADIO PICTURES
Doris
Anderson
Now Writing for
RKO
Max
Steiner
Musical Director
RKO
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»•«. U. Pot. Off,
William A* Seiter
Director
"SUNNY" with Marilyn Miller
"THE BIG BUSINESS GIRL"
with Loretta Youm
WARNER BROS.-
FIRST NATIONAL
PRODUCTIONS
HIS FIRST TWO
PRODUCTIONS
FOR RADIO PICTURES:
"TOO MANY COOKS"
with Bert Wheeler
"FULL OF NOTIONS"
with Wheeler-Woolsey
Mark Sandrich
Contract Director
Chic Sale Series
Ned Sparks Series
Broadway Headliners
mm
PICTURES
Rea U. S.W Pot. Off.
Louis Brock
Producer of two-reel
comedies
for
Radio
RADIO-
KEITH-
ORPHEUM
CORPORATION
1560 Broadway NEW YORK
q RKO THEATRES EVERYWHERE
FKOM COAST TO COAST — THE HOMES OF
RKO RADIO PICTURES
RKO PATHE PICTURES
RKO VAUDEVILLE EXCHANGE
1564 Broadway
<I RKO FILM BOOKING DEPT.
1560 Broadway
C{ RKO CLUB DEPARTMENT
PRIVATE ENTERTAINMENT 1564 Broadway
TUNE IN— EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT
"R K 0 THEATRE OF THE AIR"
Over N. B. C. Nationwide Network
At 10:30 P. M., E. S. T.
1931
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PRODUCTION
FORECASTS^
Production forecasts for 1931-32 indicate
that there will be an unusual amount of
comedy. It will be manifest not only in
short subjects to a greater extent than in
other years, but will be the theme of a
much larger number of feature length pic-
tures than before. It will pervade even the
heaviest dramas. Producers state that the
reason for the flood of comedy is to satisfy
a desire on the part of the public for
amusement during a period of general
economic stress.
A compilation of statistics to determine
the advantages of the foreign market for
talking pictures is already underway in
major studios, and the struggle to retain
the foreign markets established by Ameri-
can-produced silent pictures will be one
of the outstanding developments during
the year. Next to pictures for the English
speaking countries, our greatest market lies
in countries where Spanish is the native
tongue. Next in rank are German speak-
ing countries, and after these, countries
where French is spoken.
Producers indicate that they will pro-
duce almost as many foreign versions as
English. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with a
schedule of 52 foreign versions, leads the
list and at the opening of 1931 had more
than sixty foreign players under contract.
English speaking players with a command
of foreign languages also are being pressed
into service. First National has just con-
cluded an extensive production schedule
for foreign pictures. Carl Lacmmle, Uni-
versal producer, is in the fight for foreign
markets and is doing French, German and
Spanish versions of his important features.
Fox, Columbia, Paramount and other
major companies are following in line.
RKO Pathe is the only major company
which has not devoted time to foreign
versions other than to synchronize music
to major productions.
Radio Pictures is starting production of
foreign versions slowly. Paramount, with
studios at Joinville, near Paris, is in the
midst of experimental work. This employ-
ment of foreign talent is adding to the
Hollywood payroll, is stimulating business
and is making possible the employment of
thousands of workmen in construction.
Rentals from foreign-version sound films
also are swelling Hollywood producers'
assets.
Indications are that there will be less
music in pictures during 1931, the wave
of musical comedies and theme songs hav-
ing passed. Stage technique slowly is be-
ing changed and there will be a general
tendency to eliminate dialogue as much
as possible, to get out into the open and
away from the artificiality of sound stages,
and to restore the art of pantomime to
more prominence than it has had on the
sound screen. With the perfection of
sound recording, the limits at first imposed
are being eliminated, and producers are
taking their casts into the open air again.
Production policies of major companies
with regard to the type of picture to be
dominant in 1931-32 would seem to be
divided basically into two fundamental
classifications, first, those concentrating on
stars rather than stories, and secondly,
those who are playing up the stories them-
selves rather than the featured names of
certain players in the star category.
Warner Bros, and First National are,
in cooperation, concentrating on the star
value of 66 featured names. The public
wants stars and youth, says Lee Marcus,
president of RKO Pathe.
Fox, on the other hand, will concentrate
on stories and pictures in a diversified pro-
gram. Universal will follow that trend
also, making a particular effort as well to
feature popular novels and plays in its
schedule.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer promises fewer
gangster, war and costume stories this year,
with the emphasis placed on melodramas,
adventure pictures and on themes which
will have a more or less definite tieup with
current events, politically and socially.
Paramount will make a further effort to
interest the children, which policy is being
generally taken up, and will emphasize
mystery pictures rather than gangster films.
An effort here, too, will be made to obtain
the most popular novels and plays currently
before the public. Slapstick will be em-
phasized in the comedy output.
A survey reveals that film exchanges
will handle approximately 30,000 miles of
film a day. During the year, almost 280,-
000,000 feet of film will be shipped abroad.
Six billion linear feet of film will be con-
sumed in the manufacture of talking
pictures.
The industry will produce this year
product valued at approximately $200,000,-
000 and will employ 75,000 persons in
production, 17,500 of whom will actually
be on studio payrolls. Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer alone will employ more than 3,000.
Paramount about 1,800 and Fox approxi-
mately 2,500. The annual Hollywood pay-
roll will approximate $1,600,000 a week,
or $85,000,000 a year. Twenty-six studios
will be in operation.
Columbia will release in 1931-32, 36 fea-
tures and 117 short subjects.
Fox plans 48 features.
M-G-M expects to turn out 48 features
and 93 shorts, a decided increase over last
year in the latter category.
Paramount will make 70 feature length
films, and 132 short subjects.
Radio raises its total to 36 for the year
in features, and 56 in the short classi-
fication.
RKO Pathe will produce 27 features
and 139 short subjects, including the Van
Beuren series which it will release, as in
the past*
United Artists plans 15 feature pictures,
each, of course, the vehicle of a particular
star.
Universal plans 40 features, including 14
"action" films, and 134 short subjects, on
which some $18,000,000 will be expended.
Warner and First National will produce 35
features each, while Vitaphone, the Warner
short subject unit, which produces in New
York, will release 150 subjects, for the
most part in series.
Indications are that Tiffany will offer 25
feature films, and handle approximately 16
features from independent producers. The
final figures for Tiffany, Educational and
Sono Art-World Wide, however, were still
undecided at the time of going to press,
because of the triple merger under the
leadership of Earle W. Hammons, president
of Educational.
Darmour plans the expenditure of $500,-
000 on short subjects, to be released
through Radio.
The following tables show the actual
production figures, for 1931-32, as com-
pared to 1930-31, for both features and
short subjects.
FEATURES
1931-32 1930-31
Columbia 36 34
Fox 48 48
M-G-M 48 50
Paramount 70 63
Radio 36 23
RKO Pathe 27 9
*Sono Art
•Tiffany
United Artists 15 16
Universal 40 25
Warners 35 35
First National 35 35
*Final figures not decided at press time, due
to merger with Educational.
SHORTS
1931-32
Columbia 117
•Educational
Paramount 132
M-G-M 93
Radio - 56
RKO Pathe 139
•Tiffany
Universal 134
Warner (Vitaphone) 150
1930-31
104
110
157
72
47
194
83
200
•Final figures not decided at press time, due
to merger with Educational.
The following tabulations indicate the
number of people employed by the studios
of all companies, noting the number in
each department, as well as the total figure.
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDIO EMPLOYEES
Executives, writers, directors, stars, fea-
tured players, players 2 542
Production — camera men and assistants,
unit managers, casting. designing,
wardrobe, property, electricians, grips,
carpenters, painters - 8.3C0
Music 484
Sound— engineers, etc 949
Publicity 431
Operating, accounting, stenogs, etc 1 303
Laboratory 1,274
Construction — engineers, carpenters, elec-
tricians 2,331
TOTAL STUDIO EMPLOYEES 17,614
Extras — registered 17,541
Free lance players 3,000
TOTALS BY COMPANIES
Executive
and
Creative
PARAMOUNT 170
M-G-M 225
FOX 233
WARNERS H6
FIRST NATIONAL 106
UNIVERSAL 126
UNITED ARTISTS 103
RADIO 184
PATHE 101
TIFFANY 82
METROPOLITAN 127
HAL ROACH 42
MACK SENNETT 22
EDUCATIONAL 12
JAMES CRUZE 21
TEC-ART 79
DARMOUR 22
Total
1,791
1,716
1,920
1,663
808
1,687
1,028
961
752
328
495
155
85
51
n
286
66
INVESTMENTS
(Continued from page 71, column S)
spent improving the Warner-First National
properties at Burbank, Cal.
First National came into being March
28, 1926. It comprises at present 78 acres
within the grounds proper and a fenced-in
ranch of 1,100 acres. There are 54 build-
ings on the lot, with an aggregate floor
space of 515,100 square feet.
These buildings include twelve sound
stages, three administration buildings,
dressing rooms, wardrobe, property and
property store buildings, experimental sci-
ence building, operating department build-
ing and many others.
Improvements on the property include
four miles of paved street, twenty-one miles
of lead-covered cable and eighteen miles
of standard conduit for lighting. The cost
of the studio building alone is estimated at
higher than $3,000,000. Equipment is
listed at $10,000,000.
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SOUND
LOCATION
COSTS
"Making pictures on 'location' was
rated as a welcome 'vacation,' a break in
studio routine, eighteen years ago. Today,
going outside a film plant means a definite
increasing of the burden of hard labor.
And it is all due to the insatiable public
demand for 'better pictures." "
The speaker was Cecil B. DeMille, the
pioneer producer-director.
"I can make my comparison definite,"
stated De Mille, "by contrasting conditions
in 1913, when I made 'The Squawman'
initially as a silent picture; in 1918 when
I made it again, still in silent form, and
today, 1931, when it has been done as a
talker.
"In 1913 we made all of the picture,
except a few necessary interiors, on loca-
tion; at a big mansion in Pasadena, in the
garden of that mansion, and on an open
section of rolling hills at Chatsworth, about
forty miles from Hollywood.
"We carried our 25 people, cast, car-
penters, cameramen, and so on, in three
passenger cars. The meager amount of
equipment went on a single one-ton truck.
Triple Investment in 1918
"In 1918 we had increased our staff and
players to 50 people, and nearly tripled
the amount of equipment. It now took
several trucks to haul it. We needed the
added people to carry reflectors, making
sunlight shots more beautiful; and to bring
an electric generator and electric lights
to 'boost' photographic light values on
cloudy days, and prevent delays which
always cost money.
"For 'The Squawman,' talker style, 1931,
I needed a staff of 72, and it took a special
train of eleven cars to transport all our
dunnage to our location in Arizona.
"In the first place, of course, it cost
much more to take the 'troupe' to another
state than it did to film the original scenes
in the first 'Squawman.' But it frequently
rains in California in the winter time. In
1913 a day's delay from rain meant little
loss; today it is a terrific item. Therefore
we chose a spot where it rains sometimes
in the summer, but very, very seldom in
the winter!
Sound Is the Big Factor
"Our increase in personnel was largely-
due to the coming of sound. It takes a
number of trained men and laborers to
handle the bulky sound equipment. In
fact the huge portable recording trucks,
weighing nine tons, which we have to have
to record dialogue on location, are by far
the biggest single thing.
"And then it is necessary to hold the
attention of the public on a scene by
heightening the dramatic action by new
and clever methods of photographing. In
'The Squawman,' for example, we have a
scene where Warner Baxter greets Roland
Young at an automobile, and walks with
him across a yard, through a door, and
into the living room of a house where he
sits down. In 1913 we would have had
to break the continuity of this march sev-
eral times. In 1931 we do it with a
specially constructed 'camera crane' twenty-
five feet long which can stick its long neck
about with remarkable facility. But this
crane, called 'Gertrude' because of its
fancied resemblance to Gertrude the dino-
saur, of the newspaper cartoons, weighs
several tons and cost time, money and
effort to transport!
"Yes, the steady demand of the public
for 'better pictures' has taken all the picnic
qualities out of going on 'location.' "
UNSEEN WORKERS
(Continued from page 72, column 3)
and other details, so that no material
needed in the scene may be overlooked.
From this schedule actors are called,
props and sets ordered, lighting checked
and camera angles arranged. The produc-
tion schedule is written on a series of
celluloid strips which may be changed
about in a frame, so that scenes in the
same sets are placed together and calcu-
lated together.
Example of a Scene
Here is an example of a scene as de-
scribed in the production schedule.
"Scene 94. In Jail. Medium closeup.
Beery asks Jean Harlow to ensnare John
Mack Brown. Cameras — one. No truck-
ing. People — Beery and Harlow. Time
of shooting, fifty feet. Props — cigar and
lighter."
After the picture is filmed and cut, there
is a "cutting continuity." The film is mn
off in the projection room, and a stenog-
rapher notes every detail and every action,
making a running description of every foot
of film. Often there are little changes
from the script during the shooting. These
are all noted in this "cutting continuity."
On the set, too, every time a scene is
filmed a stenographer takes all dialogue
verbatim. Often actors substitute words.
Wallace Beery and some others "ad lib"
lines of their own in a scene.
Enormous Clerical Work
The clerical work involved in "shooting"
a picture is enormous — considering the
work on the set by the script clerk, the
cutting continuity, and the various props
and scripts — to say nothing of prelimi-
nary treatments or outlines.
One man the audience doesn't see, who
means much to the picture, is the "mixer"
or sound technician sitting behind glass
windows and manipulating delicate controls
to modulate the voices. And there is the
microphone boom man, who keeps the
microphone at just the right distance from
the actor. There is the electrician on the
light bridge, who directs his spotlight to
get a highlight on Lily Damita's hair, per-
haps, or some shimmering costume.
A division of the motion picture dollar, as given
herewith, has been compiled by film executives with
a view to giving exhibitors and the public an idea
of how the production budgets out of the money re-
ceived at the box offices throughout the world arc
spent.
As it is estimated that the world attendance at
motion picture theatres each week is 2S0.000.000, the
item assumes even greater importance. In the United
States alone, 1 IS, 000, 000 is the estimated attendance
at motion picture theatres each week.
Gross admissions in the United States over a period
of a year are estimated at $1,560,000,000.
The division of the motion picture dollar follows:
Players' salaries $ .25
Director, camera men and assistants 10
Scenarios and stories - .10
Sets (manufactured) W
Studio overhead (including management, assem-
bling, cutting, and titling of film) 20
Costumes and gowns - 03
Locations (rent of grounds and properties and
transportation) 08
Raw film _ OS
TOTAL SI 00
An opinion in no way official is that the chief
changes talking pictures might make in this table
would be an increase of perhaps S per cent in studio
overhead, necessitated by use of talking equipment,
and the balancing decrease in cost of locations and in
cost of manufactured sets.
This opinion, however, does not take into con-
sideration the number of millions of dollars placed in
equipment, nor does it include experiment and re-
search which is now underway.
That there has been a definite slowing down of pro-
duction due to the use of sound, thus increasing gen-
erally the overhead, also is not revealed. The junking
of old talent, the creation of new. the exploitation and
the development of this talent, cannot be computed
in definite figures.
STUDIO
SLANGUAGE
A
"A" BATTERY. Battery supplying current to
heat the filament of a vacuum tube.
ABERRATION. In a lens, generally refers to
Chromatic Aberration. May also refer to
spherical aberration, a blurring of the focus,
due to the spherical shape of the lens faces.
ABSORPTION, ATMOSPHERIC. See At-
mospheric Absorption.
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT. See Coeffi-
cient.
A C, GIVE 'EM! See Give Em A C!
ACETATE FILM. Film whose Base is com-
posed principally of cellulose acetate.
ACHROMATIC LENS. Compound lens so de-
vised ("corrected") as to have no chromatic
aberration for two or more wave-lengths
(colors), and very little aberration for all
other visible wave-lengths.
ACOUSTICS. (1) Science of sound. (2)
Acoustics -of an enclosure: refers to hearing
conditions within the enclosure, due to reflec-
tions and absorptions of sound.
A-C PICK-UP. Undesirable sound in the re-
cording system — specifically, hum due to in-
duction from neighboring a-c circuits.
ACTING RAYS. Rays having the property of
effecting chemical changes, particularly on
photographic emulsions. Genera. ly only t.ie
rays to which ordinary emulsions are strongly
sensitive are spoken of as actinic; these in-
clude green, blue, violet and ultra-violet. All
visible and invisible rays are more or less
actinic, however.
ADDITIVE PROCESS. Any color process in
which various hues are obtained by the addition
of two or more of the spectral regions compris-
ing white light. In cinematography, such a
process involves both (1) the storing of color
values in the film (on successive frames, or
separate portions of the same frame, or on
different films) by the use of two or more
color filters in photography, and (2) the re-
production of colors by the use of color filters
again in projection. The film itself is gen-
erally not colored at any time; each frame or
portion simply contains a black and white
record of a certain limited color group. Com-
pare SlBTRACTIVE PROCESS.
AEOL1GHT. (Aeolight.) Type of glow Dis-
charge Tube which varies the intensity of its
emitted light in accordance with small varia-
tions in the electric current flowing through
it. (First syllable pronounced to rhyme with
"day." )
AERIAL IMAGE. See Image, Aerial.
A. F. Abbreviation for Audio Frequency.
AIR CONDENSER. See Condenser, Air.
ALL BOTTOM. Sound in which low frequen-
cies predominate.
ALL TOP. Sound in which high frequencies
predominate.
AMPERE HOUR. (Quantity of electricity equal
to that carried by a one-ampcre current in one
hour. Equals 3,60(1 coulombs.
AMPLIFICATION, POWER. See Power Am-
plification.
AMPLIFIER. A device for increasing the
amplitude of electric current, voltage, and/or
power of a large amount of power supplied
power, through the control by the input by a
local source to the output circuit. Specifically,
(1) a vacuum tube used for this purpose: (2)
the whole circuit of which such a tube is the
essential element.
AMPLIFIER, AUDIO-FREQUENCY. See
/■iudio'- Frequency Ampliher.
AMPLIFIER, BRIDGING. See Bridging Am-
plifier.
AMPLIFIER, CONDENSER TRANSMITTER.
See Condenser Transmitter Amplifier
AMPLIFIER, GAIN. See Gain Amplifier.
AMPLIFIER. PHOTOELECTRIC-CELL. See
Photo-Electric-Cell Amplifier.
AMPLIFIER, POWER. See Power Amplifier.
AMPLIFIER, PUSH-PULL. See Push-Pull
Amplifier.
AMPLIFIER RECORDING. See Recording
Amplifier.
AMPLITUDE. The maximum height, or maxi-
mum depth, of a wave, measured from its base
line or middle position. One-half the distance
through which each part of the medium carry-
ing the wave will vibrate from the time a
Courtesy of Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences, Hollywood, California.
crest passes to the time the next trough
passes. The energy contained in a wave
varies as the square of the amplitude of the
wave.
ANCHOR BOLTS are used to fasten machines
to their foundations.
ANGLE OF INCIDENCE. Angle between a
ray and the normal (perpendicular) to a sur-
face it strikes.
ANGLE OF REFLECTION. Angle between a
reflected ray and the normal (perpendicular)
to the reflecting surfaces.
ANGLE OF VIEW See View, Angle of.
ANGLE SHOT. A photographic view taken
obliquely. See Camera Angle.
ANODE. Positive terminal of an electric de-
vice (cell or tube), at which the current (in
the conventional direction) enters the de-
vice.
APERTURE. Opening in a partition; part'eu-
larly, (1) the oblong opening at which each
individual frame of a motion picture film is
situated during exposure, printing, or project-
ing, as the case may be.
(2) See Aperture, Limiting.
APERTURE, EFFECTIVE. Diameter of the
imaginary aperture equal to the real diaphragm
aperture multiplied by a factor to correct for
the reduction in apparent size produced by the
front lens. Equals the apparent diameter of
the lens viewed from the position of the
object against a diffusely illuminated back-
ground such as the sky.
APERTURE, LIMITING (sometimes simply
"aperture"; but see Aperture). Whatever
opening in an optical system limits the maxi-
mum size of the image.
APERTURE, RELATIVE. Equals the effective
aperture divided by the focal length of the
lens. Thus a relative aperture of f:8 means
that the focal length is eight times the effec-
tive aperture. A measure of the speed of
the lens.
APERTURE PLATE. Plate of metal, contain-
ing the aperture in a projector, printer, or
camera.
APOCHROMATIC LENS. Achromatic lens
corrected for three colors.
APPLE (Colloq.). Audio-frequency vacuum
tube.
AQUARIUM (Colloq.). Booth in which mixing
is done.
ARC. Column of very hot, light-emitting gas,
carrying an electric current sustaining this
condition.
ARC, MIRROR or REFLECTOR. Projection
arc with a concave mirror placed back of it
to reflect and concentrate the light.
ARE WE PHASED? See Phased.
ARMATURE. Device of iron or steel, around
or along which are usually wound a number
of coils the entire device being placed within
a magnetic field so as to concentrate the mag-
netic flux through itself. Its purpose is to
produce currents within itself (as in a gener-
ator) or to rotate or vibrate in a desired
manner (as in a motor, vibrator, or galva-
nometer).
ARTICULATION. A measure of the intelligi-
bility of speech.
ASH CAN (Colloq.). A large multiple arc lamp
swung from overhead.
ASTIGMATISM. A lens defect which causes
blurring (lengthening, broadening, or both) of
images.
ATMOSPHERIC ABSORPTION. Absorption
of energy (sound or light) by air.
ATTENUATION. Weakening of intensity.
AUDIO FREQUENCY. Frequency of vibra-
tion within the limits of good hearing, 20 to
about 10,000 cycles per second. Abbreviated
a.f.
AUDIOFREQUENCY AMPLIFIER. Magnifies
currents whose frequency of alteration lies in
the audio-frequency range.
AUDION. Three-electrode vacuum tube.
AUTOMATIC SHUTTER. See Shutter, Auto-
matic.
AUTOTRAN SFORMF.R. Type of transformer
in which primary and secondary coils are part-
ly identical, instead of separate as in the
usual type.
AXIS, LENS or OPTICAL. See Optical Axis.
AXIS OF PROJECTION. See Projection,
Axis of.
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"B" BATTERY. Battery (of comparatively high
voltage) supplying electromotive force for the
plate circuit of a vacuum tube.
B. A. Abbrevation for Bridging Amplifier.
BABY. A small spotlight arc or incandescent;
but generally a "Klieg Lilliput," a small light
more portable than regular Kliegs.
BABY TRIPOD. A small, easily portable cam-
era tripod.
BACK FOCAL LENGTH. The distance from
the back of the lens to the film in the gate
while the image is in focus on the screen.
BACK-FOCUS. Distance from the principal
focus of a lens (behind the lens) to its nearest
face.
BACKLASH. "Play" or looseness of a screw
or bolt in its fitting.
BAFFLE. A portable wall or block for the ab-
sorption or reinforcement of sound.
BAFF. Contraction of Baffle.
BAFFLE BLANKETS. Felt, muslin-covered
sheets, hung about a set to absorb sound.
BAFFLE BOARD. Resonating board in a
Dynamic Cone.
BAG, CHANGING. See Changing Bag.
BALSAM, CANADA. Transparent gum used
in cementing lenses.
BAND PASS FILTER. See Filter, Band Pass.
BAR. A pressure of one dyne per square centi-
meter is called a bar.
BARREL, LENS. See Lens Barrel.
BARREL, DISTORTION. Lens defect which
causes the image of parallel lines to bulge
outward.
BARRIER. The thin blank track between sound
track and pictures.
BASE. (1) Celluloid component of film. This
is the usual meaning of the word in cinema-
tography.
(2) In chemistry, a hydroxide.
BATH. Any chemical solution used in treating
photographic materials.
BATTERY, "A," "B," and "C." See respec-
tive letters.
BEATS. Vibrations produced by interference
between two or more wave-lengths.
BEL. Equals ten Decibels.
BINAURAL. Pertaining to both ears.
BLANKET, MIKE. See Microphone Blanket.
BLEEDING. Distortion of image, due to
spreading of colors, in tinting or toning film.
BLIMP. Soundproofed covering built around
the camera. Interchangeable term for Bunga-
low.
BLOOP, noun. Dull thud emitted in sound
reproduction, due to a poorly made Bloopino
Patch.
BLOOP, verb. To prepare a Blooping Patch.
B LOOPING PATCH. Triangular or oval black
section introduced over a splice in the posi-
tive sound track, to prevent the noise which
the splice would otherwise cause during re-
production. The patch effects a relatively
gradual diminution in the transmitted light,
followed by gradual restoration to the original
value. The sound frequency due to a prop-
erly blooped patch is too low to be heard
but see Bloop.
BLOPS, O. K. ON THE. See O. K. on the
Blops.
BLUE GLASS. A monocle-shaped glass of spe-
cial blue tint used by cinematographers to
determine color values of a set, when photo-
graphing on Orthochromatic emulsions, or
to judge the lighting conditions on the set
when photographing with Panchromatic emul-
sions. (In the latter case the glass is not
necessarily blue; any glass of low transmis-
sion, with which the cinematographer has had
experience, will do.)
BLUE LIGHT. In certain studios, signal that
monitor man is ready and standing by for a
take.
BOOM, MICROPHONE. See Microphone
Boom.
BOOMY. Same as All Bottom.
BOOTH, CAMERA. See Camera Booth.
BOTTOM. Low-frequency sounds.
BOUNCE. Same as Brilliance, particularly
with regard to the factor of reverberation.
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BREAKWAY. A prop or set that has been
especially prepared to fall apart or fracture
easily
BREAKER, CIRCUIT. See Circuit Breaker.
BREEZING. Said to occur when projected pic-
ture is blurred as a result of distortion of
focus in camera, printer, or projector — due to
uneven slninkage of negative or positive, or
to perforations of uneven pitch.
BRIDGING AMPLIFIER. Any amplifier of
relatively high input impedance, so that a
number of such units may be connected in
multiple across a relatively low impedance
circuit without materially affecting its elec-
trical condition and without reaction on one
another. Abbreviated B.A.
BRIGHT. Refers to Brilliance.
BRILLIANCE. A sound record possesses bril-
liance if it contains plenty of high frequencies
and is therefore rich in overtones, and if
it is recorded in adequately reverberant sur-
roundings.
BROAD, BROADSIDE. Type of incandescent
flood lamp
BROMI DING. As a Developher is used over
and over, bromide is deposited in it by the
emulsion developed. The presence of th:s
bromide increases the Inertia of the devel-
oped film.
BUCKLING. Jamming of film in camera,
printer, or projector, usually due to intense
heat, or to improper threading up.
BUG. An insect that flies across the set while
the camera is operating, usually requiring that
the scene be done over again.
BULL SWITCH. Electrical switch for con-
trolling lights.
BUMPS. Low-frequency sounds, heard in re-
production, due to irregularities in the sound
track.
BUNGALOW. Same as Blimp.
BURNED UP. Over-exposed.
BUTTERFLY. Silk cloth on frame used to
soften light when making exteriors. See
Diffuser.
BUZZARD. Bad photographic take.
B. X. Same as Conduit.
BY-PASS CONDENSER. Condenser used to
separate alternating and direct components of
current.
"C" BATTERY. Small battery ordinarily used
for supplying negative potential in the grid
circuit of a three-element vacuum tube.
CABLE. Heavy, well-insulated bundle of wires
for conducting electricity.
CAM. In general, a non-circular rotating piece
in a mechanism. In the intermittent move-
ment of the film in a motion picture camera,
printer, or projector.
CAMERA, ANGLE. Angle of view taken by
the motion picture camera. Usually refers to
the horizontal angle but occasionally refers to
vertical angle
CAMERA BOOTH. Soundproof booth, contain-
ing cinematographer and his equipment. The
camera is operated in this to prevent noise of
camera mechanism from reaching microphone.
Camera booths are not now in general use,
the camera being placed in a Blimp.
CAMERA LINES. The boundaries of the re-
gion which is in good focus for the camera
lens being used.
CAMERA MARKER. Marker (q.v.) for the
camera.
CAMERA MOUNT. Any kind of camera sup-
port other than a tripod.
CAN. (1) Metal container for film. (2) Ear-
phone used for monitoring (cf. Monitoring,
(D.)
CANADA BALSAM. Transparent gum used in
cementing lenses.
CANARIES. Unidentified high-frequency noises
in the recording system.
CANDLE. Abbreviated form of Candle-Power,
(2).
CANDLE-POWER. (1) Luminous intensity of
a lighi source, measured in luminous flux
emitted per unit solid angle.
(2) Unit of candle-power, (I), equal to the
luminous intensity of a certain type of stand-
ard candle burning under certain standard
conditions.
CAPACITANCE. The measure of the quantity
of electricity a condenser can hold. It equals
the quantity stored divided by the voltage
(pressure) storing it.
CAPACITY. Same as Capacitance.
CAPACITY, CARRYING. Current a conductor
can carry without becoming overheated.
CAT WALK. Narrow overhead bridge.
CATHODE. Negative terminal of an electric
device (cell or tube), from which the current
(in the conventional direction) leaves the de-
vice.
CENTER LENS. In a three-lens condenser,
the middle one of the three lenses.
CENTIMETER. Unit of length in the metric
system. Equal to 0.393.7 inch. Abbreviated
cm.
CHANGE-OVER. In projection, the act of
changing from one projector to another (pref-
erably without interrupting the continuity of
projection); or, the points in the picture at
which such a change is made. .
CHANGING BAG. Light-tight bag, used in
changing undeveloped Alms.
CHANNEL. A complete set of recording equip-
ment from microphone to film or disc record-
ing units, inclusive.
CHARACTERISTIC, C H A R A L 1 E K I ST I C
CURVE. Graph showing the essential fea-
tures of the performance of a photoelectric
cell, vacuum tube, photographic emulsion, or
other piece of apparatus. For a film, the
curve shows how transmission, or density,
varies with exposure (see Exposure.)
CHOKE, CHOKE COIL. Coil of wire wound
on an iron core and thus possessing high
inductance.
CHROMATIC. Relating to color.
CHROMATIC ABERRATION. The production
of color fringes in the image formed when
white light is passed through a lens, due to the
fact that the lens bends the light rays of dif-
ferent colors by slightly different amounts.
CHUTE, DOWN THE! Order to send sound
into the amplifier room.
CINCHING UP. Tightening a roll of firm by
holding the center and pulling on the outer
end. This is liable to injure the film.
CINOPHOT. Pocket photometer for determin-
ing the proper exposure for film.
CIRCLE IN. Same as Iris In.
CIRCLE OF CONFUSION. Round image of
a point of light not in focus. The c.rcle of
least confusion of a lens is the smallest circle
of confusion obtainable with the lens by the
best possible adjustment of focus.
CIRCLE OUT. Same as Iris Out.
CIRCUIT-BREAKER. Switch which opens a
circuit automatically when the circuit becomes
overloaded (or else, for some types of break-
er, underloaded).
CLAW. Type of mechanism for intermittent
movement. Cf. In-and-Out Movement.
CLEAN recording channel is one which has prac-
tical no unwanted noises in its output.
CLICK YOUR HORN! See Horn, Click Your.
CLICKS, O. K. ON THE! See O. K. on the
Clicks!
CLIP. Form of snap fastener for making elec-
trical connections.
CLOSE-UP. Picture taken showing characters
or objects at a short distance. Lenses for
close-ups have generally a focal length greater
than three inches.
cm. Abbreviation for Centimeter.
COCHLEA. Part of the inner ear in which the
auditory nerves terminate.
COEFFICIENT OF SOUND ABSORPTION.
When sound energy strikes any substance, it
is partly reflected, partly transmitted, and
partly absorbed (converted into heat). The
percentage of energy absorbed by a given
object is the object's absorption coefficient.
COLLECTING LENS. In a three-lens con-
denser, the lens nearest the light source.
COMMUTATOR. That part of a dynamo that
changes direction of currents, so that the
current flowing in the outside circuit will re-
main d. c.
COMMUTATOR RIPPLE. Small alternations
in the emf. produced by a d-c. generator, due
to the operation of the commutator. This
ripple is the chief cause of arc hum.
COMPENSATOR. (1) Device for regulating
speed for a film-carrying drum in certain types
of sound-recording and reproducing devices.
(2) Device regulating voltage supplied to a
motor.
COMPO BOARD. Contraction of composition
board, a common building material in studios.
COMPOUND LENS. See Lens, Compound.
CONCAVE. Curved inward.
CONDENSER. (1) A device for the temporary
storage of electric energy, consisting of two
conductors (or else one conductor and ground)
separated by an insulator, or of a number of
such elenunts combined to act as a unit.
(2) A lens or set of lenses used to focus
light upon the aperture of a motion picture
projector or into an intense spot of light for
use in a motion picture studio.
CONDENSER, AIR. Condenser in which the
dielectric (insulator) is air.
CONDENSER, BY-PASS. See By-Pass Con-
denser.
CONDENSER, DISC. Kind of Condenser,
Variable.
CONDENSER, PAPER. Condenser in which
the dielectric (insulator) is paraffin paper.
CONDENSER, STOPPING. Condenser used
to block flow of d-c. in a circuit.
CONDENSER, VARIABLE. Condenser whose
capacitance can be varied at will between cer-
tain values.
CONDENSER LOUDSPEAKER. Loudspeaker
in which the mechanical forces producing the
sound are obtained by varying the voltage be-
tween two electrodes of a condenser forming
a part of an electrical circuit.
CONDENSER MICROPHONE. Microphone
which transfers sound waves into variations
of electric current by acting as a variable
condenser.
CONDENSER TRANSMITTER AMPLIFIER.
A voltage amplifier designed to operate on
tiny variations of electric current, and there-
fore placed directly behind the condenser
microphone in a recording system. Abbre-
viated C.T.A.
CONDENSING LENS. Same as Condenser.
(2).
CONDUIT. Metal tubing containing two con-
ducting wires insulated from one another and
from the tubing.
CONE, DYNAMIC. See Dynamic Cone.
CONTINUOUS PROJECTOR. (1) Projector in
which the film travels past the aperture with
constant velocity, instead of continually start-
ing and stopping as in the intermittent pro-
jectors in general use.
(2) Also, a projector which automatically
shows the same film over and over w.thout
rewinding.
CONTINUOUS WAVES are those having a
constant amplitude.
CONVERGING LENS. In a three-lens con-
denser, the lens nearest the objective.
CONVERTER. Machine which employs me-
chanical rotation in changing electric energy
from one form to another, as (1) from d-c. to
a-c., or (2) from d-c. to d-c. of different volt-
age, or (3) from a-c. to d-c, or (4) from
a-c. to a-c. of different number of phases,
or (5) from a-c. to a-c. of different frequency.
CONVEX. Curved outward.
COOKED. Over-developed.
COOLING PLATE. Shield placed between light
source and mechanism, to prevent mechanism
from becoming overheated.
COOPER HEWITT (Cooper Hewitt). Common
type of mercury vapor arc.
COOPS. Slang for Cooper Hewitt arcs.
COULOMB. Unit of quantity of electricity;
equals the quantity of electricity flowing in
one second past any point in a circuit carry-
ing one ampere of d-c.
COUPLING. When two electric circuits are so
placed or interconnected that energy may be
transferred from one to the other, they are
said to be coupled. The circuits need not be
physically connected; their magnetic fluxes
may link, as in a transformer.
c. p. Abbreviation for Candle-Power.
CRATER. Depression that forms in the posi-
tive electrode of a carbon arc.
CRESCENDO. Climax of sound.
CROSS LINES. Fine lines engraved on glass,
used in testing for accurate focussing of
lenses.
C. T. A. Abbrevation for Condenser Trans-
mitter Amplifier.
CUT OVER (or OVERCUT). Said to occur
when the cutter on a disc recording machine
jumps over from one groove to another, due
to the application of excessive energy.
CUTTER. In disc sound recording, the instru-
ment which cuts the grooves on the wax disc.
CUTTING ROOM. Room where the film is as-
sembled or cut.
CYCLE. One complete set of the changes of
a wave (or other periodic phenomenon), as
from crest to trough and back to crest again.
May refer to waves of sound, or alternating
current, or any other waves or vibrations.
Always relative to a second of time; thus
"cycles" means 60 cycles per second.
CYCLE, PICTURE. See Picture Cycle.
D
DAILIES. Film which, photographed one day,
is developed and printed overnight and
screened the next day for the benefit of the
director and assistants. Synonym, Rushes.
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DAILY. Cf. Dailies.
DAMPING. (1) Gradual steady decrease of
wave amplitude, and consequent steady de-
crease of volume of sound or of electric
waves.
(2) Removal of echoes or reverberation in
a set by use of sound-absorbing materials.
DARK ROOM. Room in which film is devel-
oped.
db. Abbreviation for Decibel.
DEAD. (1) Of electric wires, disconnected from
circuit.
(2) Of sets, enclosed by materials which ab-
sorb almost all sound from within the set.
(3) Of other apparatus, not functioning.
DECIBEL. Unit of gain and loss of energy,
intensity, loudness. Equal to ten times the
logarithm (to the base 10) of the ratio I/Io
where I is final intensity and Io is initial in-
tensity in a transmitting system, or (when the
decibel is used as an absolute unit) Io is a
standard intensity. Other names and abbre-
viations are db, SU, sensation unit, TU, trans-
mission unit. Note: the logarithm of 2 is 0.3
very nearly, therefore intensity is doubled
for each gain of 3 db.
DENSITOMETER. Apparatus for measuring
densities, as of photographic films.
DENSITY. (1) Logarithm (to the base 10)
of capacity; capacity is the reciprocal of trans-
mission (see Transmission). Thus a film
transmitting 100% of the light has density 0;
transmitting 10%, density I; transmission
1%, density 2; etc. To add a density of 0.3
is to cut transmission in half.
(2) Mass of a substance divided by its volume.
DENSITY, DIFFUSE. See Diffuse Density.
DENSITY, ENERGY. See Energy Density.
DENSITY, SPECULAR. See Specular Den-
sity.
DEPTH OF FIELD. The range of object dis-
tances within which objects are in satisfactory
sharp focus in a photograph.
DEPTH OF FOCUS. (1) Same as Depth of
Field. (2) The range through which a photo-
graphic plate can be moved forward and back-
ward with respect to the lens while maintain-
ing satisfactorily sharp focus on an object at
a given distance.
DEUCE. Piece of lighting equipment for hous-
ing 2-kilowatt incandescent lamp.
DEVELOPER. Chemical solution having the
property of resolving latent photographic
images on exposed film into metallic form.
DEVELOPMENT. Process of chemically treat-
ing an exposed photographic emulsion to make
the latent image visible. For details, see first
Emulsion, then Exposure; also see Fixing.
DIAPHRAGM. Thin plate, generally metal. In
a camera, the iris-like device consisting of
movable curved blades which may be adjusted
to control the limiting aperture. (See Aper-
ture, Limiting.) In a microphone, the front
vibrating plate.
DIELECTRIC. The insulator in a condenser.
DIFFRACTION. Bending of waves around
an obstacle.
DIFFUSE DENSITY. The value of Density
obtained when transmisison is measured for
diffuse light — e.g., light transmitted through
the negative in a contact printer.
DIFFUSER. Device of silk or gauze placed
over lights to diffuse the rays. For exteriors,
a frame of similar material to diffuse sun-
light.
DIMMER. Rheostat to regulate intensity of
incandescent lamps.
DISC CONDENSER. Kind of Condenser,
Variable.
DISCHARGE TUBE. A closed tube (generally
glass) from which most of the air and other
gas has been pumped out, and into which a
small amount of inert gas is introduced. This
gas is capable of conducting an electric cur-
rent when voltage is applied to the tube ter-
minals, and, in doing so, will emit light more
or less in proportion to the amount of cur-
rent flowing.
DISSOLVE. The gradual change of one
scene into another, made by lapping the fade-
in of the one on the fade-out of the other.
If accomplished by double exposure or double
printing on the same strip of film it is known
as a lap-dissolve.
DISTORTION, BARREL. See Barrel Dis-
tortion.
DISTORTION, PILLOW. See Pillow Dis-
tortion.
DOG LEG. Kink in the starting spiral on a
disc record, due to an imperfection in the
spiral-cutting mechanism.
DOLLY. Any small rolling platform. Some-
times, specifically, one large enough to carry
the camera, cameraman and director, and used
to permit the camera to approach or recede
from the scene being photographed.
DOUBLE EXPOSURE. Exposure of a nega-
tive film at two separate times before develop-
ment. Two images will then appear combined
upon the film when developed.
DOUBLE MAGAZINE. A magazine for a cam-
era through which two negatives are to run
simultaneously. In such a camera each maga-
zine must have two compartments.
DOUBLE PRINTING. Exposure of a positive
under two negatives prior to its development.
DOUSER. (1) Manually or (generally) elec-
trically operated door, to cut off the light
from the projection lamp from reaching the
film.
(2) Any door to prevent light from leaving
the projection booth or other lamp-house.
DOWN THE CHUTE! Send sound into ampli-
fier room!
DROP THE HORN. To decrease the volume
of sound from the loudspeaker.
DROP THE MIKE. To lower the position of
the microphone.
DRUM. Huge wooden wheel on which film is
spun in the drying process after develop-
ment.
DRUM, RECORDING. See Recording Drum.
DRUM DEVELOPMENT, or DRUM SYSTEM.
In this method of developing, films are wound
spirally on cylinders which are revolved with
the lower surface dipping in troughs of de-
veloper.
DRUM MEMBRANE. Membrane closing the
inner end of the trumpet formed by the outer
ear.
DRUNKEN SCREW. See Screw, Drunken.
DUBBING. Re-recording of all or part of a
sound record for the preparation of a new
master record, for editorial purposes, for
changing volume levels or frequency charac-
teristic, or for changing the recording medium
(as from film to disc, or disc to film). Dub-
bing may or may not involve Scoring, partial
or complete.
DUPE. Negative made from a positive.
DURALUMIN. A very hard alloy of aluminum
with small amounts of copper, iron, magne-
sium, silicon and manganese.
d v. Double Vibration. Same as Cycle, for
sound vibrations.
DYNAMIC CONE. Type of Loudspeaker in
which the modulated electric current passes
through a coil placed in a magnetic field. The
coil and an attached paper cone vibrate and
thus generate sound in accordance with the
modulations of the current.
DYNAMITE. An open connection box danger-
ous if stepped on, into which the studio lamps
are plugged.
DYNAMO. Machine to convert mechanical into
electrical energy.
DYNAMOTOR. Type of Converter. (2).
DYNE. Unit of force in the metric system.
Approximately 450,000 dynes equal one pound
of force. 68,944 dynes per square centimeter
equal one pound per square inch.
E
EAGLE. (1) An insect that flies across the
set while the camera is operating, usually re-
quiring that the scene must be done over
again. (2) A perfect photographic take.
EAR MUFFS. Rubber cushions attached to the
monitoring ear phones ("Cans") to shut out
extraneous noises.
ECONOMIZER. Step-down transformer.
EFFICIENCY, PHOTOGRAPHIC, of a light
source, is the ratio of that part of the light
flux which the photographic emulsion will
record, to the total light flux emitted.
ELECTRODE. Terminal of an electric device
such as a cell or vacuum tube.
ELECTROLYTE. Liquid conductor of electric-
ity, as in a battery.
ELECTRON. Unit of negative electricity, and
smallest particle of matter, next to the proton.
Radius, about 2x10-" cm. (i.e., 0.000,000,000,-
000,2 cm.). Mass., 9-10-=s gram. Negative
charge, 1.6x10— 19 coulomb.
ELECTRON TUBE. Generally, same as Va-
cuum Tube, Thermionic. May also refer to
Photo-Electric Cell.
ELECTROPLATING. Process of depositing a
metal on another metal by making the latter
the cathode of a suitable solution through
which an electric current is sent. The solu-
tion must contain a salt of the metal to be
deposited.
ELECTROSTATIC. Pertaining to electric
charges at rest.
ELEPHANT EARS. Small Gobos.
EMULSION. The light-sensitive substance on a
photographic film or plate, consisting of a
gelatine containing a silver halide or nitrate.
For its action, see Exposure, and Develop-
ment, and Fixing.
ENERGENCY DENSITY. Quantity of energy
contained in a given volume, divided by
volume.
EQUIVALENT FOCUS or FOCAL LENGTH.
See Focal Length, Equivalent.
ERG. Unit of work or energy in the metric
system. Approximately 13,560,000 ergs equal
one foot-pound of work.
EXCITER LAMP. Light source used in re-
producing sound from film.
EXPONENTIAL HORN. See Horn, Expon-
ential.
EXPOSURE. The placing of a photograph
emulsion under the action of light. Quantity
of exposure varies very nearly as the product
of time and light intensity. The quantity of
exposure determines the amount by which the
silver halide or nitrate in the emulsion will
be chemically changed ("reduced") to sliver
when the emulsion is developed. See Emul-
sion and Development.
EXPOSURE, DOUBLE. See Double Exposure:.
EXTENSION. Stage cable with lugs on both
ends.
EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT. Same as Den-
sity, (1).
EYE-PIECE. Lens to which the eye is applied
in any optical instrument such as a telescope
or microscope.
F
"F" SYSTEM. System of marking lens dia-
phragm stops in terms of the focal length.
Thus an F:6.3 stop has a diameter equal to
1/6.3 of the lens focal length.
FADER. Potentiometer used to control volume
of sound in reproduction, also that used to
control intensity of the printer light.
FARAD. Unit of capacitance. Capacitance of
a condenser in which one coulomb will be
stored by one volt. (The microfarad is the
unit commonly employed in practice.)
FAST. Cf. Speed.
FAST FEED. Mechanism used on a disc-re-
cording machine to produce the starting spiral.
FEAR PROCESS. Method of recording and
projecting wide pictures, by photographing on
standard film through an optical system that
turns the image through a right angle, so that
the image of each frame lies along the length
of the film instead of across the film. The
frames can be longer than standard, thus per-
mitting a width and height of picture greater
than standard. In projection, another optical
system is used to reverse the 90° rotation.
FEED REEL. Reel of film which has not yet
passed the aperture.
FIELD, MAGNETIC. See Magnetic Field.
FIELD OF VIEW. See View, Angle of.
FIELD RHEOSTAT. See Rheostat, Field.
FILAMENT. Heated wire from which elec-
trons are emitted in a vacuum tube.
FILAMENT BATTERY. Same as "A" Bat-
tery.
FILAMENT RESISTANCE. Rheostat control-
ling current through the filament of a vacuum
tube.
FILM (noun). A celluloid strip coated with
a light-sensitive photographic emulsion.
FILM (verb). To reproduce a scene or series
of scenes on film.
FILM GATE. Movable element which when
in operating position, holds the film in proper
position against the aperture plate.
FILTER. An apparatus or instrument to re-
move or weaken certain frequencies in a
beam of sound, light, radio or alternating-
current waves or mechanical vibrations. Par-
ticularly (1) colored glass or celluloid used
in photography to filter out certain rays of
light; or (2) a selective circuit network, de-
signed to pass currents within a continuous
band or bands of frequencies or direct cur-
rent, and substantially reduces the amplitude
of currents of undesired frequencies.
FILTER, BAND-PASS. A filter designed to
pass currents of frequencies within a con-
tinuous band limited by an upper and a lowei
critical or cut-off frequency and substantially
reduce the amplitude of currents of all fre-
quencies outside of that band.
FILTER, HIGH-PASS. A filter designed to
pass currents of all frequencies above a criti-
cal or cut-off frequency and substantially re-
duce the amplitude of currents of all fre-
quencies below this critical frequency.
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FILTER, LOW-PASS. A filter designed to
pass currents of all frequencies below a criti-
cay or cut-offf requency and substantially re-
duce the amplitude of currents of all frequen-
cies below this critical frequency.
FIRE-TRAP. See Magazine Valve.
FIRST PHASE. Initial interlocking of all re-
cording machine and camera motors, so that
they will be synchronized.
FIXING. After development of a photographic
emulsion, it is fixed, i. e., immersed in a solu-
tion (generally Hypo) to remove the unre-
duced silver salt, thus making the emulsion
immune to further effect from light. See
Exposure and Development.
FLAT. Same as Tormentor.
FLICKER occurs when the number of pictures
shown on the screen per unit time is not
sufficient to insure complete Persistence of
Vision.
FLICKER SHUTTER. See Shutter, Flicker.
FLUTTER. A type of pulsation of intensity
in reproduced sound. See Wow-Wows for
explanation.
FLUX, LIGHT or LUMINOUS. See Lumi-
nous Flux.
FLUX, MAGNETIC. See Magnetic Flux.
FOCAL LENGTH. Distance from the center
of a lens to the focal point.
FOCAL LENGTH, BACK. See Back Focal
Length.
FOCAL LENGTH, EQUIVALENT. Calculated
focal length of a combination of lenses or of
a thick lens. Equals the focal length of such
a simple thin lens as would give an image (of
a distant object) the same size as the combi-
nation or thick lens gives.
FOC L PLANE. The plane perpendicular to
tii' optical axis of the lens at the focus.
FOC-L POINT. Point at which a lens forms
th sharpest image of a very distant object.
FOl JS {noun}. The point at which a lens
p . duces the smallest image of a point object
a a given distance. Also used for Focal
fi'iNT or for Focal Length.
FCCUS {verb). To adjust the position of a
trnse so as to secure the sharpest possible
mage of an object.
FkjCUS, BACK. See Back-Focus.
FOCUS, EQUIVALENT. See Focal Length
and Focal Length Equivalent.
FOCUS, DEPTH OF. See Depth of Focus.
FOCUS, OUT OF. Of a camera lens: not prop-
erly focused, producing a distorted image.
FOCUS, PRINCIPAL. The focus for an ob-
ject at an infinite or very great distance.
FOCUS, SOFT. Device to obtain an image
not sharply defined, by (1) placing gauze on
the camera lens, (2) use of a specially ground
lens. .
FOG. Darkening of photographic film due to
its exposure to undesirable light, or due to
poor emulsion or to improper development.
FOOTAGE. Film length measured in feet.
FOOT-CANDLE. Unit of illumination of sur-
face. The average illumination of a surface,
measured in foot-candles, equals the Lumi-
nous Flux (expressed in Lumens) falling on
the surface, divided by the area of the surface
in square feet.
FRAME (noun). A single rectangle of the
series on a motion picture film.
FRAME (verb). To bring a frame into regis-
ter with the aperture during the period of
rest in recording, printing, or projection.
FRAME LINE. Dividing line between two
frames.
FRAME LINE NOISE. Noise in reproduction,
due to the displacement of the film to the
right in the projection machine, so that the
beam of light for the sound track shines
through part of the picture area as well, and
cuts the frame lines. This noise is a type of
Motor-Boating.
FRAMING DEVICE. An attachment on the
projector which allows the operator to Frame
the picture properly.
FREAK. Slang for Frequency.
FREE PATH, MEAN. See Mean Free Path.
FREQUENCY. Number of cycles (complete
vibrations) per second in a wave or other
regular recurring phenomena.
FREQUENCY, AUDIO. See Audio Fre-
quency.
FREQUENCY, NATURAL. See Natural Fre-
quency.
FREQUENCY, RADIO. See Radio Frequency.
FRILLING. Separation of the emulsion from
the Hase at the edges.
FRINGE. Refers to overlapping of colors in
color photography.
FROZEN. Of carbon electrodes, means fused
together so that lifting mechanism cannot
pull them apart and so strike the arc.
FRYER. A large electric lamp, usually used
in connection with color photography.
FUNDAMENTAL. Lowest natural frequency
of oscillation for a sounding body or for an
electric circuit.
FUZZY. (1) Of sound track on visual inspec-
tion: lack of sharpness. (2) of reproduced
sound: characterized by distortion, particularly
of high frequencies. The distortion may have
been introduced in recording, processing or re-
production.
G
GAFFER. Electrician in charge of a group of
electrical workers.
GAIN. Gain of energy in an apparatus is ratio
of output to input energy.
GAIN AMPLIFIER. Any amplifier which
handles comparatively small amounts of en-
ergy, as in the initial stages of a sound re-
cording system. Specifically, the first amplifier
used in disc reproduction for amplifying the
varying current from the magnetic pickup or
the first amplifier after the photoelectric cell
amplifier, for the purpose of further amplify-
ing the varying currents, in sound-on-film re-
production.
GAIN CONTROL. Device for varying the gain
of an amplifier.
GALVANOMETER. An instrument for meas-
uring electric current strength (or for detect-
ing a small current, and determining its direc-
tion), generally by the deflection of a needle
due to the magnetic field caused by the cur-
rent.
GALVANOMETER, STRING. Utilizes a con-
ducting wire or ribbon vibrating in a strong
magnetic field according to the variations or
the conducted current.
GAMMA. Slope of the straight portion of the
Characteristic Curve of a photographic emul-
sion; measure of the contrast of the emul-
sion.
GARGLE. A type of pulsation of intensity in
reproduced sound. See Wow-Wows for ex-
planation.
GATE, FILM. See Film Gate.
GATE, SOUND. See Sound Gate.
GENERATOR. See Dynamo.
GENEVA MOVEMENT. Intermittent move-
ment (produced by a cam-and-star wheel) used
in most projection machines.
G. E.'S (Colloq.). Generally, same as Inkies.
GIVE 'EM A C.! To start synchronization of
camera and recording motors.
GLASS WORK. Trick photography in which
pictures on glass are used to replace parts of
the setting.
GLOW LAMP. Lamp containing gas which,
when the voltage across the lamp reaches a
certain ("critical") value, conducts an elec-
tric current and in doing so emits light.
GOBO. Portable wall covered with sound-ab-
sorbing material. Not intended to be photo-
graphed.
GOESOVER. A shield for a camera lens to
protect against top light.
GOVERNOR MOVEMENT. Mechanism which
controls the automatic shutter. See Shutter,
Automatic.
GRAINS. Refers to the tiny clustres of silver
grains on a developed photographic film. See
Development.
GRAM. Metric unit of mass. Approximately
454 grams equals one avoirdupois pound.
GRANULARITY. Coarseness in the silver
grains in a developed photographic image.
GRAPHITE (noun). Soft form of carbon.
Used as a lubricant.
GRAPHITE (verb). To cover a surface uni-
formly with graphite (which is a conductor)
so that the surface can be electroplated.
GREEN LIGHT. In certain studios, signal that
stage is ready for a sound take.
GRID. In a vacuum tube, the frame of wire
gauze between the filament and plate. Small
changes in the electric potential of the grid
circuit produce far greater changes in the
electron flow from filament to plate.
GRID BATTERY. Same as "C" Battery.
GRID LEAK. Very high, non-inductive resist-
ance, usually connected across a condenser in
the grid circuit of a three-electrode vacuum
tube, to stabilize the action of the condenser
(in making the tube more efficient) by per-
mitting excess charge to leak off.
GROUND GLASS. Glass ground or sand-
blasted on one side, so that it is no longer
transparent, although still translucent (i. e.,
transmitting light diffusely); used for a focus-
ing screen.
GROUND NOISE. Undesirable noise appearing
in reproduced sound, due to film grain, am-
plifier noises, etc.
H
HALATION. Blurring about a brightly-lit part
of the picture, due to the lateral spreading of
light in the film, or to reflection, or to im-
proper dvelopment.
HAL1DE. May mean bromide chloride iodide,
or (though not generally) fluoride.
H AND D CURVE (H and D Curve). The
Characteristic Curve of a photograph. c
emulsion. (Hurter and Driffiel Curve.)
HARD. Of a vacuum tube, thoroughly evacu-
ated.
HARD LIGHTS. (1) Arc lights. (2) Illumi-
nation from arcs, in general. Refers to the
sharp shadows cast.
HARDENER. Solution used to harden photo-
graphic emulsion.
HARMONIC. Same as Partial.
HARMONIC CAM MOVEMENT. Common
type of intermittent movement for motion
picture cameras.
HARVEY METER (Harvey Meter). Mechani-
cal calculator designed to give the correct ex-
posure when set for the various conditions
which effect the quantity and quality of light.
HAT, HIGH. A very low camera stand.
HEAD, SOUND. See Sound Head.
HEYDE METER (Heyde Meter). Light meter
»for determining desirable exposure.
HIGH HAT. A very low camera stand.
HIGH LIGHT. Object, scene, or picture hav-
ing low color saturation^ that is containing
a large proportion of white.
HIGH-PASS FILTER. See Filter, High-
Pass.
HOOD, LENS. See Lens Hood.
HOOK-UP. Diagram of an electrical circuit;
or, the construction of such a circuit.
HORN. Loudspeaker of either horn or cone
type.
HORN, CLICK YOUR! Tickle the playback
needle (before starting a playback; to pro-
duce clicks in the horn as a test of whether
or not the circuit is complete).
HORN, DROP THE. See Drop the Horn.
HORN, EXPONENTIAL. Type of loudspeaker
horn in which the cross-section area increases
exponentially with the axial distance from the
diaphragm, so that cross-section areas, taken
at equal intervals along the axis, have a con-
stant ratio each to the next.
HOT. Electrically charged, particularly when
dangerous.
HURTER AND DRIFFIELD CURVE (Hurter
and Driffield Curve). Characteristic curve of
a photographic emulsion. See Characteristic
Curve.
HYPER. Prefix meaning excessively.
HYPO. Sodium thiosulphate, used for fixing
photographic emulsion. See Fixing.
I
IMAGE. The effect produced by a definite
aggregation of light rays coming directly or
indirectly from an object or group of objects,
and determined in form and color by two
factors: the original object, and the mediums
which have transmitted the light rays. A
mirror forms an image of any suitably placed
object; so does a lens, so does any Optical
System. Images may be larger or smaller
than the object; may be inverted or not; and
may or may not have various distortions. The
human eye can see by virtue of the fact that
the eye is an optical system which forms a
Real Image on the retina. (This image is
actually inverted, but is re-inverted by the
brain in the process of interpretation.) Com-
pare Imace, Real, and Image, Virtual.
IMAGE, AERIAL. Image in space formed by
an optical system.
IMAGE, LATENT. See Latent Image.
IMAGE, REAL. Image through which the light
rays actually pass, such as the image formed
by a lens on the ground glass or photographic
film of a camera. Compare Image, Virtual.
Real images are always inverted.
IMAGE, VIRTUAL. An image through which
the light rays do not actually pass, e. g.,
the image formed by an ordinary plane mirror
behind the mirror, the rays being reflected
from the mirror in such a manner that they
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THANKS, BOYS
for getting
"—but I've been doing
a little research
myself —turn over the
page and I think
you'll be interested—"
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I ANALYZED
THE BOX-OFFICE
RECORDS for 6 years-
An impartial survey covering the receipts in 1,000 theatres shows that
business on M-G^M pictures averaged so much better than all pic-
tures of other companies that there is no comparison!
AND WHEN IT COMES SOLELY TO
OUTSTANDING HITS—
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past 6 years. M-G-M had 85
of this total, or 35%.
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WEAR IT in 1931-32
and REST EASY!
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CROWNING GLORY
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GENE MARKEY
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Edgar Allan Woolf
with M-G-M
"A TAILOR MADE MAN"
(for Wm. Haines)
"THE GREAT LOVER"
(for Adolph Menjou)
Additional dialogue for "Parlor. Bedroom and
Bath"
Bess
Meredyth
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appear to the eye to come from behind the
mirror. Such an image cannot be shown on
a ground-glass screen as can a real image (cf.
Image, Real), nor can it by itself produce
photographic action. (You can photograph
the virtual image formed by a mirror, but you
have to use an additional optical system —
you cannot simply put the film behind the
mirror where the virtual image is.) Virtual
images are never inverted.
IMBIBITIOX. Absorption of dye by gelatine
on a film, in color printing.
IMPEDANCE. (1) Effective opposition of a
circuit to current, due to the resistance and
reactance of the circuit. Equals voltage di-
vided by current. In a d-c. circuit, impedance
equals resistance. (2) Similarly, a load or
opposition to the transmission of mechanical
or sound energy.
IN-AND-OUT MOVEMENT. That part of the
intermittent movement in a motion picture
camera which moves the claws in and out of
the film perforations.
INCIDENCE, ANGLE OF. See Angle of In-
cidence.
INDEX OF REFRACTION. See Refraction,
Index of.
INDUCTANCE. (1) Magnetic flux of any part
of an electric circuit, divided by the current
producing the flux. A measure of the mag-
netic opposition to any growth or decay of
current. Inductance is of two kinds: self-
inductance, due to the current in the circuit
itself, and mutual inductance, due to currents
in other nearby circuits. See also Reactance,
Inductive.
(2) A choke coil, or other device possessing
high inductance.
INDUCTION. Phenomenon of changes of elec-
tric current in a circuit due to changes in the
magnetic flux cutting the circuit. See Induct-
ance.
INDUCTION COIL. A type of Transformer,
Step-Up.
INDUCTOR. (1) Any electrical apparatus, or
part of one, which acts inductively (see In-
duction) on another or the same circuit.
(2) Step-down transformer.
INERTIA. (1) Measure of sensitivity (see Sen-
sitivity) of a photographic emulsion. The
value of exposure at which the straight part
of the characteristic curve would, if prolonged,
cut the axis of exposure.
(2) Measure of opposition to mechanical move-
ment of a mass.
INFRA-RED rays are invisible rays beyond the
red end of the spectrum. Their photographic
action is negligibly small. All hot bodies give
off large quantities of infra-red rays, which
in turn produce heat when absorbed by other
bedies.
1NK1ES. Incandescent lamps.
INTENSITY. (1) Energy crossing a given
area in a given time, divided by the product
of area and time.
(2) Sometimes used for electric current (quan-
tity per unit time).
(3) For light: intensity of illumination is de-
fined as (1) referred to light energy; but for
"luminous intensity" of a source, see Lumi-
nous Intensity.
INTERFERENCE. Meeting of waves in such
a manner as to reinforce or to lessen or can-
cel one another's effects.
INVERSION. All real images, such as are pro-
duced by a photographic lens, are inverted up-
side-down and right to left.
IONIZATION. Phenomenon which enables a
gas to conduct electricity.
IRIS (noun). An adjustable lens diaphragm.
IRIS (verb). Same as Iris-Out.
1R1S-IN. To open a diaphragm, somewhere
before or behind the photographic lens in a
camera, gradually until the full area of the
recording frame is exposed. The diaphragm
used for this is not the regular lens dia-
phragm, which has a very rapid movement,
but an additional one.
IRIS-OUT. To obliterate the image formed in
a camera, by reversing the "irising in" proc-
ess. See Iris-In.
J
JACK. Hole terminating an electrical circuit,
into which a plug may be inserted to continue
the circuit. Can be seen on almost any tele-
phone switchboard.
JELLY. Colored gelatine screen placed before
electric lamps to change their color values.
JENNY. An electric generator of portable
character used on the set.
JOCKEY WALL. Same as Wild Wall.
JUICE. Electric current.
JUICE GANG. Electricians operating lights.
JUICER. An electrician.
K
kc. Abbreviation for Kilocycle.
KEYHOLE. Camera mat shaped like a key-
hole.
KICK 'EM. Order to electricians to jar arc
lights previous to shooting.
KILOCYCLE. Equals one thousand Cycles.
Abbreviation, kc.
KILOWATT. Equals one thousand watts. Ab-
breviated kw.
KINETIC THEORY. Theory of the motions
of the molecules of which matter is com-
posed.
KLIEG LIGHT. Same as Broad.
KNOB TWISTER. Uncomplimentary slang for
Monitor Man.
kw. Abbreviation for Kilowatt.
L
LABRATORY. Usually means place where
films are developed and finished.
LACQUER. Varnish, either colored or trans-
parent, with which nearly all camera parts
are coated for protection and finish.
LAMBERT. Unit of brightness. Equals the
average brightness of a surface which emits
or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
of surface.
LAMINATED. Formed of a number of thin
sheets.
LAP-DISSOLVE. See Dissolve.
LARYNX. Organ of voice, situated at upper
part of windpipe. Consists of a box across
which are stretched the vocal cords which,
by vibration, produce sound.
LATENT IMAGE. An invisible image, on a
photographic emulsion, which exists due to
the chemical reaction produced in the emul-
sion by exposure to light.
LATITUDE. Range of exposure obtained by
projecting the straight-line portion of the H
and D curve onto the exposure axis. A meas-
ure of the range of exposure for which the
value of gamma is valid.
LEADER. That part of the print from the
beginning to the first frame of picture.
LEAK, GRID. See Grid Leak.
LENS, CENTER. See Center Lens.
LENS, COLLECTING. See Collecting Lens.
LENS, COMPOUND. Combination of a num-
ber of simple lenses.
LENS, CONVERGING. See Converging Lens.
LENS, OBJECTIVE. See Objective Lens.
LENS, PROJECTION. See Projection Lens.
LENS, RECTILINEAR. See Rectilinear
Lens.
LENS, SIMPLE. Lens consisting of but a
single piece of glass or other transparent
medium.
LENS, TELEPHOTO. See Telephoto Lens.
LENS, WIDE-ANGLE. Short-focus lens which
takes in a wide field of view, from 70° to
100°. See View, Angle of.
LENS, AXIS. Same as Optical Axis, for a
lens.
LENS BARREL. Metal tube in which a lens
is mounted.
LENS BOARD. That part of the camera on
which the lens is mounted.
LENS HOOD. Tube or box designed to pro-
tect the lens from light not wanted in the
image, such as strong side lights or direct sun-
light.
LENS MOUNT. In many cameras the lens is
also the focusing device.
LEVEL. Refers to loudness. See also Sensa-
tion Level.
LIGHT FLUX. See Luminous Flux.
LIGHT-VALVE. An apparatus for transform-
ing small variations in an electric current into
variations in the width of a beam of light
transmitted by the apparatus.
LINE OF FORCE. See Magnetic Field.
LINEAR. Two quantities are said to have a
linear relation when multiplying one by a
given factor automatically multiplies the other
by the same factor. Thus, there is a linear
relation between the distance a car travels
and the number of times its wheels revolve.
LIVE STAGE. (1) Stage enclosed by materials
which do not absorb much of the sound from
within the stage.
(2) Stage in use or held for use, and usually
so marked.
LOAD. The amount of electric power being
drawn from the generators or mains.
LOADED. Of sound or camera magazines:
filled with film.
LOADING COIL. Type of inductance coil.
LOCK 'EM UP. Generally a command to close
up camera booths with cameras and men in-
side so noise will not affect microphones.
LOGARITHM. If x raised to the y-th power
equals z, then the logarithm of z, to the base
x, is y.
LOGARITHMIC INVOLUTE. A kind of spiral
curve, as on a phonograph record.
LOGARITHMIC RELATION. If multiplying
one quantity by a given factor automatically
multiplies another quantity by the logarithm
of that factor, the relation between the two
quantities is logarithmic.
LONG-SHOT. A scene photographed, utilizing
the entire angle of the view of the camera
lens, with the lens focused for objects at prac-
tically infinite distance. Long-shots include
scenes which are general in their character
— scenes of wide scope; the general assemble;
the full room with all characters included;
full length exterior scenes; landscapes with
characters included; etc. For long-shots, lenses
of short focus — from two inches to about one
inch — are generally used.
LOOPS are left between the two sprockets, in
photography, printing, or projection, to per-
mit the part of the film which is being ex-
posed to have the necessary intermittent
motion.
LOSS. (1) Any piece of apparatus which de-
creases the energy output of the circuit in
which it is placed.
(2) Ratio of output to input energy, in such
a case.
LOST. (Colloq.) Not functioning.
LOUDSPEAKER. Device which, receiving an
amplified varying electric current, transforms
the current variations into mechanical vibra-
tions, thus setting up sound waves.
LOW-PASS FILTER. See Filter, Low-Pass.
LUG. Metal wire terminal.
LUMEN. Unit of luminous flux. A source,
whose luminous intensity in all directions is
one candlepower, emits 4 n- lumens.
LUMINOSITY CURVE. For any light source,
a curve showing the variation of emitted light
with wave-length (color) along the spectrum.
LUMINOUS FLUX. Equals amount of lumi-
nous energy flowing per unit time. Luminous
energy represents light energy evaluated ac-
cording to the luminous sensation produced
in the human eye.
LUMINOUS INTENSITY. The luminous in-
tensity of a light source in any direction, is
the luminous flux per steradian (unit solid
angle) in that direction.
M
m. Abbreviation for Meters.
MAG. Playback horn.
MAGAZINE. Camera or projector camera com-
partment (necessarily light-tight in a camera)
holding the roll of unexposed film; also the
compartment holding the roll of exposed film.
MAGAZINE VALVE, or MAGAZINE VALVE
FIRE-TRAP. Narrow opening, formed by
two rollers, through which film passes in or
out of projector magazines. The opening is
so tight that no air can pass; hence the valve
prevents flames from entering the magazine
in case of fire.
MAGNASCOPE (Magnascope). An extra lens
attachment to enlarge the image thrown from
the projector.
MAGNET, PERMANENT. Magnet that retains
its magnetism; contrasted with electromagnet.
MAGNETIC FIELD. Region of magnetic in-
fluence surrounding a magnetic pole, and
traversed by magnetic "lines of force," so
that a magnetic needle (if free to move) will
take up a definite position along a line of
force.
MAGNETIC FLUX. "Lines of magnetic force"
flowing from a magnet, proportional to its
magnetic pole strength.
MARKER. Device for making the negative,
either photographically or mechanically, for
locating points of synchronizism between pic-
tures and sound.
MASKS. Opaque or semi-transparent plates of
various sizes or shapes, used in cameras or
projectors to limit the effective area of the
picture. Example, Keyhole. A mask may
also be used to cover the sound track when
desired.
MASTER NEGATIVE. Same as Matrix.
MASTER POSITIVE. Same as Mother.
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SOUND
IN PRODUCTION^
The introduction of sound into motion
pictures so far has caused the investment
of approximately $65,000,000 in equipment
and untold millions in other expenditures.
It has changed the style of production,
the style of product, has caused the con-
struction of more than 100 sound stages,
the installation of equipment valued at
millions of dollars, the elimination of old
talent and the introduction of new talent,
and the addition of approximately 5,000
employees in the studios.
Sound holds the stage in 1931, with the
exception of one major picture, Charles
Chaplin's "City Lights" (which embodies
sound effects and music, though no
dialogue.)
On January I, 1931, there was in no
major studio any production of any major
silent picture.
During 1930 it was estimated that 99
per cent of all pictures produced were made
in sound or were all talking.
Types Used by Studios
At the present time, Electrical Research
Products, Inc. (Erpi), manufacturing sub-
sidiary of Western Electric, producing
sound recording apparatus of the variable
density type, has equipped the following
major studios:
Paramount-Publix
United Artists
Warner Brothers
First National
Fox Pictures Corporation
Metropolitan Sound Studios
Universal Pictures Corporation
Radio Corporation of America with
Photophone, built on the principle of
variable area, has equipped:
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Radio Pictures
Pathe
Tiffany
About twenty-five independent produc-
ers of sound apparatus are seeking recogni-
tion on the market and their products are
being used mainly by small independent
producers. A survey reveals proportion-
ately more sales of sound reproducing
apparatus to exhibitors by independent
manufacturers than of sound recording
apparatus to producers.
Films recorded by either Western Elec-
tric or RCA equipment are interchange-
able, and can be used by any exhibitor.
The variable density principle involves
the shading of the sound track with dark
lines. The variable area principle is util-
ized by widening or narrowing the sound
track to vary the light impulse, which, in
turn, is turned into sound.
Estimates have been given that the costs
of making a picture under the all-talking
regime at the present time is from five
to seven times the cost of making an all-
silent picture. No definite figures have
been given by any major studio to afford
a comparison.
The increased cost of production in-
volves the installation of new equipment
as overhead, the employment of new talent
and the loss of value of some of the old
box office names, the employment of addi-
tional writers, purchase of new kinds of
equipment, loss of time through experi-
mentation, and the use of more film.
Outdoor Film Tendency
The 1931 tendency toward outdoor pic-
tures is evident, and has come with the
perfection of microphones, attachments
and accessories, and the realization by tech-
nicians that outdoor work may be done
successfully. At the end of 1930 "The
Great Meadow," "The Big Trail," "Cimar-
ron" and "Billy the Kid" were examples
of the development from sound stage
technique.
At the present time a survey reveals
that 60 per cent of all exhibitors are using
the sound track method of projection,
while 40 per cent are using the disc.
Until late in 1930, Warner Brothers and
First National were producing all pictures
on disc only, but by the beginning of 1931
a switch to doth disc and sound track was
underway.
The change from disc to sound track is
laid chiefly to the claim that the disc is
cumbersome and hard to handle. It was
also pointed out that more operations are
necessary to get the sound onto disc than
to get it onto the sound track.
Directors are swinging away from music
in films, and will continue to do so during
1931, the survey indicates. There also is
a tendency to swing from dialogue to
silence in many sequences. During the
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MAT. Same as Mask.
MATRIX. Impression obtained by electroplat-
ing of wax disc containing original sound
record.
MEAN FREE PATH. Average distance which
a wave (or particle) travels before encounter-
ing any object.
MEGOHM. Equals one million ohms.
MEMBRANE, DRUM. See Drum Membrane
METER. (1) Unit of length in the metric sys-
tem; equals 100 centimeters or 39.37 inches.
Abbreviated m.
(2) Measuring instrument (e.g., voltmeter,
frequency meter).
METER, HARVEY. See Harvey Meter.
METER, HEYDE. See Heyde Meter.
mfd. Abbreviation for Microfarad.
MICROFARAD. Equals one one-millionth of a
Farad. Abbreviated mfd.
MICROPHONE. Device for converting sound
waves into variations in an electric current.
See also Condenser Microphone.
MICROPHONE BOOM. Crane-like device for
supporting and manipulating microphone.
MICROWATT. One one-millionth of a watt.
MIKE. Slang for Microphone.
MIKE, SCRATCH THE. To rub the finger
over the metal screen in front of the micro-
phone, in order to enable the mixer to find
which line the mike is connected to.
MIKE, SLICE THE. See Slice the Mike.
MIKE STEW. Undesired sounds heard by
mixer.
MIL. One one-thousand of an inch.
MIL, CIRCULAR. Area of a circle one mil in
diameter.
MILLI. Prefix meaning one one-thousandth.
MILLIMETER. Equals 1/10 centimeter,
1/1,000 meter, or .039,37 inch. Abbreviated
mm or m/m.
MIRROR ARC. See Arc, Mirror.
MIX. To operate the Mixer (1).
MIXER. (1) In recording, the apparatus which
terminates the circuits from all microphones,
and contains controls so that the recording
apparatus will receive proper intensities from
the various microphones.
(2) The operator of Mixer, (1).
mm. Abbrevation for Millimeters.
MODULATE. To cause to vary from a nor-
mal valve.
MONAURAL. Involving only one ear.
MONITORING. Listening, by means of moni-
toring horn or receivers, to sound being re-
corded for purposes of control of volume and
quality.
MONITORING LOUDSPEAKER. Loudspeaker
for Monitoring, (1).
MONITOR MAN. Same as Mixer, (2).
MONOCHROMA TIC. Single-colored.
MOTHER. Impression of Matrix obtained by
electroplating.
MOTOR. Almost always refers to an electric
motor.
MOTOR REGULATOR. Adjustable rheostat
used to vary motor speed.
MOTOR-BOATING. Of a recording system,
producing sounds like a motor-boat exhaust,
due to low-frequency oscillations in an am-
plifier circuit.
MOTOR-GENERATOR. Motor and generator
connected together. The motor, driven by an
electrical circuit, drives the generator for an-
other circuit using a different voltage.
MOVEMENT, IN-AND-OUT. See In-and-Out
Movement.
MOVIOLA. Mounted peep-sight projection ma-
chine, in which the picture is seen through
a small glass window and the sound is heard
by means of ear-phones. Used by film cut-
ters to expedite their work.
MOVIETONE (Movietone). (1) A method of
variable density sound recording utilizing a
slit of constant width and an Aeolight.
(2) (movietone). Any variable density metbod
of sound-on-film recording.
MOVING PERIOD. That portion of the pic-
ture cycle (in recording or in projection)
during winch the film at the aperture is in
motion, expressed in degrees of revolution of
the controlling flywheel (360° = 1 cycle).
M. Q. Abbreviation for metol quinol, active in
gredient of a commonly used developer.
MULTICOLOR (Multicolor). A type of sub-
tractive process for obtaining color films. Two
negative films are used, or else a Sandwich
Film negative; the front one records the blue
and green components of the scene; a dye
permits only the orange and red components
to pass to the back negative, which is panchro-
matic. The negatives are developed and
printed in the normal manner on two sides
of the same film. The two prints are then
chemically converted respectively, blue-green
and orange-red, in such a manner as to ap-
proximate the original colors; the print is
then varnished for protection.
MULTIPHASE. Same as Polyphase.
MUTUAL INDUCTANCE. See Inductance.
N
NATURAL FREQUENCY, NATURAL
PERIOD. A Frequency and Period at which
a certain body (or a certain electric circuit)
vibrates most readily.
NEGATIVE. (1) Film developed after exposure
in the camera. On the negative, dark and
light are reversed from the objects photo-
graphed.
(2) By analogy, a disc record in which the
groove waves appear on relief, instead of in-
dented as in the final record.
NEON ARC. Resembles Neon Lamp but is a
long tube utilizing high voltage and high
current.
NEON LAMP.. Small bulb containing no mat-
ter except a little neon gas and two electrodes.
When current is passed through this, the tube
glows with a red light. It is very sensitive
to small changes in current, and varies its
brightness accordingly.
NIGGER. Black panel suspended from a boom
or bar and used to shield the lens from cer-
tain high lights. A type of Gobo.
NITRATE FILM. Film whose Base is com-
posed mainly of cellulose nitrate.
NO BOTTOM. Sound deficient in low fre-
quencies.
NO TOP. Sound deficient in high frequencies.
NON-LINEAR RESPONSE. See Linear.
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OBJECTIVE. In a system of lenses, the lens
nearest the object being viewed or photo-
graphed. In projection, the lens nearest the
screen.
OBSERVATION PORT. Opening in the wall
of the projection room through which the
projectionist observes the screen.
OFF THE LINE! Throw switches to disconnect
all recording machine motors.
O. K. ON THE BLOPS. Sound-on-film repro-
ducing system is complete.
O. K. ON THE CLICKS. Sound-on-disc re-
producing system is complete.
ON THE LINE! Switch all recording machine
motors into circuit.
ONE BELL. At certain studios, signal for si-
lence at beginning of a take.
OPACITY. Reciprocal of Transmission (i.e.,
equals unity divided by transmission).
OPTICAL AXIS. Straight line through the
centers of the light source, lenses, diaphragm,
etc., of an optical system, to which their planes
are in general perpendicular.
OPTICAL PRINTER. See Printer, Optical.
OPTICAL SCRATCH. Defect on sound track,
occurring as a line parallel to the edges of
the film, due to a particle of dust or mechani-
' cal imperfection in the slit through which light
was sent to the sound track.
OPTICAL SYSTEM. Any apparatus which
transmits and alters rays of light.
ORDER WIRE. Interconnecting telephone net-
work for one channel.
ORDINAL RESPONSE, or ORDINAL RELA-
TION. Said to occur when increasing one
quantity automatically increases another, and
decreasing the one automatically decreases the
other. An ordinal relation is not necessarily
linear.
ORTHOCHROMATIC EMULSION or FILM
is sensitive to yellow and green as well as
blue and violet, but not appreciably sens tive
to red.
ORTHOCHROMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY. Pho-
tography in which colored objects are rendered
in monotone according to their true visual
brightness.
OSCAR. Slang for Oscillations.
OSCILLATING CIRCUIT. Electric circuit
which offers very little opposition to the es-
tablishment of an oscillating current of the
frequency to which the circuit is tuned.
OSCILLATIONS. Waves, particularly of high-
frequency alternating current.
OSCILLOGRAM. The record produced by an
Oscillograph.
OSCILLOGRAPH. The device used for re-
cording vibrations.
OUTSIDE LINES. The area beyond the cam-
era's visual angle.
OVERALL. Involving all factors which enter
into a process.
OVERCUT. See Cut Over.
OVERDONE. Badly overdeveloped.
OVERSHOOTING OF SOUND. See Sound
Overshooting.
OVERTONE. Any vibration of higher fre-
quency than the fundamental. Generally one
whose frequency equals the fundamental fre-
quency multiplied by an integer (whole num-
ber).
PAM or PAN. Contraction of Panorama.
PANCHROMATIC EMULSION or FILM is
sensitive to all visible colors.
PANEL. Heavy sheet of insulating material
on which electrical apparatus is mounted.
PANORAM. Same as Panorama Head.
PANORAMA. Rotation of a motion picture
camera in the horizontal plane, without chang-
ing the position of the tripod.
PANORAMA HEAD. Revolving device on
camera tripod, to permit taking of panoramas.
PAPER CONDENSER. See Condenser, Paper.
PARTIAL. Same as Overtone, in the usual
sense of the latter.
PATCH-BAY. Relay rack in which the cir-
cuits from all recording positions (either on
the stage or outside) terminate. Any trunk
may be connected with any other through
the equipment of the patch-bay.
PEC or P. E. C. Contraction of Photoelectric
Cell.
PERIOD. Time occupied by one cycle of a
wave. The reciprocal of frequency.
PERIOD, NATURAL. See Natural Pediod.
PERIOD, MOVING. See Moving Period.
PERIOD, PROJECTION. See Projection
Period.
PERIOD, STATIONARY. See Stationary
Period.
PERMEABILITY. A quantity measuring the
susceptibility of a substance (generally con-
taining iron) to magnet'zation.
PERSISTENCE OF VISION. Property of the
human eye which causes an impression of an
image to persist for a short time after the
light causing the image has ceased.
PHASE. Degree to which a whole wave or
vibration is displaced from a standard posi-
tion.
PHASE, IN. Coinciding in vibration or rota-
tion.
PHASE, FIRST. See First Phase. ,
PHASE, SINGLE. Generated and distributed
a c involving only two wires and a. single
voltage wave.
PHASE, THREE. Generated and distribute.l
a c involving three or four wires, employing
three currents whose waves are not in the
same phase.
PHASE, TWO. Same as three-phase, but in-
volves only two currents.
PHASED. Ready to start in synchronism —
said of motors for driving sound — and picture-
recording equipment.
PHOT. Metric unit of illumination. Equals
intensity of illumination on a surface in
lumens, divided by area of the surface in
sq cm.
PHOTOACTIVE. Sensitive to light, as pho-
tographically or photoelectrically (cf. Photo-
electric Effect).
PHOTOCELL. Contraction of Photoelectric
Cell.
PHOTOELECTRIC CELL, PHOTOELECTRIC
EFFECT. Certain chemical elements emit
electrons when exposed to light of certain
wave-lengths (colors), the number of electrons
emitted depending on the intensity of the
light. This effect enables us to transform
light into electricity, since electrons in motion
constitute an electric current. In a photo-
electric cell, a piece of such an element is
used as a cathode; the freed electrons flow to
a plate (the anode) and a current flows in
the external circuit. These cells do not con-
tain air, which would chemically attack the
sensitive element. Abbreviation, Pec.
PHOTOELECTRIC-CELL AMPLIFIER. Am-
plifier which first amplifies the small current
from a photoelectric cell.
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PHOTOELECTROXS. Electrons liberated by
light when the photoelectric effect takes place.
PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFICIENCY. See Effi-
ciency, Photographic.
PHOTOMETER. Any device for measuring
light intensity.
PHOTOPHOXE (Photophone). A variable
area method of recording sound on film; also
the method of reproducing the sound.
PICK-VP, A C. See A C Pick-Up.
PICK UP, SOUND. See Sound Pick-Up.
PICTURE CYCLE. Entire series of mechani-
cal operations which takes place between the
positioning of one frame of film and the posi-
tioning of the next frame.
PILLOW DISTORTION. Lens fault which
causes the images of parallel lines to curve
inward toward one another.
PIPE IT DOIVX! Same as Down the Chute.
PITCH. (1) That property of sound which is
determined by the frequency of the sound
waves. See Frequency.
(2) Distance from the center of one perfora-
tion on a film to the next; or from one thread
of a screw to the next; or from one curve
of a spiral to the next.
PLATE. The anode of a vacuum tube or pho-
toelectric cell.
PLATE BATTERY. Same as "B" Battery.
PLAYBACK. (1) Reproduction of a sound
taken from the wax disc for critical purposes.
(2) Special, extremely light reproducer, for
use on the original wax record before the
disc is electroplated.
PLUG. Terminal of an electric wire, made for
insertion into jacks.
PLUG 'EM IX! Take the second step in pre-
paring cameras and recording machines for
synchronization.
POLARIZING VOLTAGE. Voltage determin-
ing the direction of current in a circuit.
POLYPHASE. Includes Two-Phase, Three-
Phase, and higher numbers of phases, in a-c
circuits.
PORT, OBSERVATION. See Observation
Port.
POSITIVE. (1) Film onto which light is sent
through the negative, in order to print densi-
ties corresponding substantially to dark and
light on the original objects. (CF. Negative.)
(2) By analogy, a disc record in which the
grooves are indented (as in the final record
instead of raised).
POST-SCORING. Addition of music and/or
dialogue to a picture which has already been
photographed.
POTENTIAL, Level of electric pressure.
POTENTIOMETER. Device controlling or
measuring the electromotive force (voltage)
across one or more circuits, by placing each
of these in parallel with a variable part of a
fixed resistance.
POWER. Rate of doing work or producing
energy. Equals work or energy divided by
time taken to produce it.
POWER AMPLIFICATION (of an amplifier).
The ratio of the alternating-current power
produced in the output circuit to the alter-
nating-current power supplied to the input
circuit.
POWER AMPLIFIER. (1) An amplifier
capable of handling large amounts of electri-
cal energy.
(2) Specifically any of the amplifiers used to
magnify the currents obtained from the gain
amplifier.
POWER STAGE. The final stage of amplifi-
cation.
POWER TUBE. A high-output vacuum tube.
PRESCORING. Preparation of a sound rec-
ord to correspond with a scene not yet pho-
tographed.
PRIXT (noun). The Positive after exposure
and development.
PRINT (verb). To produce a Positive film.
PRINTER. Machine for the exposure of Prints.
PRINTER, CONTACT. In this type of
Printer the positive and negative are in di-
rect contact as each frame is exposed.
PRINTER, OPTICAL. In this type of Printer
the light transmitted by the negative passes
through an optical system before reaching the
positive it affects. (Compare Printer, Con-
tact.) Such a printer permits various ef-
fects such as changes in apparent speed of
recorded motions, or variations in size of
image.
PRINTER LIGHT. In Printinc, the source
lamp.
PRINTING. Process of making a positive from
a negative.
PRINTING, DOUBLE. See Double Printing.
P ROB US PAINT has a high resistance to
chemical action, and is therefore much used
for painting tanks and trays used in photo-
graphic development.
PROCESSIXG. Generally means all treatment
of a fi!m subsequent to exposure.
PROJECTIOX, AXIS OF. Straight line from
center of aperture to center of image on
screen.
PROJECTIOX BOOTH. Booth containing pro-
jection equipment. See discussion under Pro-
jection Room.
PROJECTION DISTANCE. Distance from
projection lens to screen.
PROJECTION LENS. In projection, the ob-
jective lens.
PROJECTION PERIODS. Total fraction of
the picture cycle during which the picture is
being projected. Cf. Moving Period, Sta-
tionary Period.
PROJECTION ROOM. There is some confu-
sion in the use of this term. It is common
studio practice to refer to the small viewing
rooms or theatres on the lot where dailies
are shown as projection rooms. Projection-
ists, however, use the term to apply speci-
fically to the room in which the projection
equipment is located. The word projection
booth is virtually obsolete.
PROJECTOR. Machine used to project motion
pictures.
PROJECTOR, CONTINUOUS. See Continu-
ous Projector.
PUSH-PULL AMPLIFIER. An amplifying ap-
paratus, employing two amplifier tubes, de-
signed to obtain greater amplification with
less distortion.
Q
QUALITY. That characteristic of sounds pro-
duced by some particular instrument or voice,
by which they are distinguished from sounds
of the same loudness and fundamental pitch,
produced by other instruments or voices.
QUARTZ lenses transmit ultra-violet light (to
which most glass is opaque) and therefore
have high speed; but the images are soft,
so that such lenses are unsuitable for obtain-
ing sharp detail.
R
RACK. Frame upon which film is wound for
tank development.
RADIO FREQUENCY. Any frequency above
about 10,000 cycles per second.
RAINBOW NEGATIVE. An Orthochromatic
(more sensitive to green than normal ortho-
chromatic negative), dyed red. Used as the
front negative in Multicolor photography.
RAISE. Opposite of Drop.
RATTLE, LOUDSPEAKER, is . something
heard in reproduction due to the vibration
of an element within the loudspeaker unit,
usually occurring when the sound volume is
large.
RAW. Of positive or negative film, means un-
exposed.
REACTANCE. An electric circuit opposes a
varying current not only by virtue of resist-
ance, but also by virtue of its tendency to
oppose the variation in the current. React-
ance is a measure of this latter tendency. It
involves no loss of energy, but simply causes
a displacement in time between variation in
voltaie and variation in current. Reactance
is of two sorts: inductive reactance, due to
inductance; and capacitative reactance, due to
changes of electric charge in any condensers
which are in the circuit. The greater the
frequency of a c the greater the inductive
reactance of the circuit, and the less the
capacitative reactance.
REACTOR. High-inductance coil. See Induct-
ance.
REAL IMAGE. See Image, Real.
RECORDER. (1) Apparatus for recording
sound.
(2) Essential element of such an apparatus.
(3) Sometimes used for Recordist.
RECORDING AMPLIFIER. The Power Am-
plifier used to operate the sound-recording
device (wax cutter, Aeolight, light-valve, or
Photophone galvanometer, as the case may
be).
RECORDING DRUM. Drum over which the
film runs as it is exposed in the recorder.
RECORDIST. Person engaged in recording
sound.
RECTIFIER. Apparatus to change alternating
to pulsating direct current.
RECTILINEAR LENS. Lens which produces
undistorted images of parallel lines.
RED LIGHT. (1) (Red Bull's Eye.) In cer-
tain studios, signal that everything is ready
for the action to commence.
(2) (Refer to small red light on the same
panel as (1).) Signal that the recorder is
ready.
REDUCE. In chemistry, refers to a chemical
action such as the change of s.lver bromide
to silver.
REDUCER. Solution for reducing the density
of a photographic image.
REDUCTION FACTOR. Factor less than
unity.
REEL. (1) Flanged metal spool on which film
is wound.
(2) Unit of motion picture length, about
1,000 feet of film.
(3) Short play about one reel (2) in length.
REEL, FEED. See Feed Reel.
REEL, SPIRAL. Developing rack which holds
the film in a spiral.
REEL, TAKE-UP. See Take-Up Reel.
REFLECTING POWER of a surface, is the
ratio of reflected to incident intensity of
light.
REFLECTION, ANGLE OF. See Angle of
Reflection.
REFLECTOR ARC. See Arc, Reflector.
REFRACTION. Bending of a wave of sound
or light when it passes from one medium to
another of different density.
REFRACTION, INDEX OF, of a given ma-
terial, is the ratio of the speed of light in a
vacuum (or, for practical purposes, in air)
to the speed of light in that medium. The
index determines the amount of bending which
light rays will undergo when entering or leav-
ing the materal. The greater the index
(above 1), the steeper will an entering light
ray be bent toward the perpendicular; on leav-
ing, the ray resumes its original direction.
REGULATOR, MOTOR. See Motor Regula-
tor.
RELAY. Device by means of which electric
power in one circuit controls electric power
(generally greater) in another circuit.
RELOAD. To replace an exhausted camera
magazine or sound magazine with a full one.
RELUCTANCE. Opposition to magnetic flux.
RE-RECORD. To make one sound record from
another, electrically. Cf. Dubbing.
RESOLVING POWER. Ability to distinguish
detail.
RESONANCE POINT. Same as Natural Fre-
quency or Natural Period, as the case may
be.
RESONATOR. Body or circuit characterized
by resonance, particularly one which has a
variety of resonant frequencies.
RETORT. Same as Magazine.
RESONANCE. Response of a vibrating body,
or of an electric circuit to vibrations im-
pressed upon it, particularly to those which
have the same frequency as a NATURAL
FREQUENCY of the body or circuit. Vi-
brations at such a frequency tend to have a
greater amplitude than vibrations at any other
frequency; consequently the body or circuit
re-radiates a comparatively large amount of
energy at that frequency, and re-enforces any
waves (sound or electrical, as the case may
be) of that frequency which reach it.
REVERBERATION. Persistence of sound in
an enclosed space, due to reflection from the
walls.
REVERBERATION, TIME OF. Time required
for a reverberating sound to die away to one
one-millionth of the intensity of the original
sound.
REWIND. To reverse the winding of a film,
usually so that the end to be first projected
shall lie on the outside of the roll.
REWINDER. Machine for rewinding.
RHEOSTAT. Instrument placed in an electric
circuit to supply a resistance (generally a
definite known resistance) variable at will.
RHEOSTAT, FIELD, controls the field current
of a generator or motor, consequently con-
trols the magnetic field acting, and thus regu-
lates the output of the machine.
RIBBON. Refers to the loop of tape in a
Light- Valve.
RIFLE. One-bulb lamp with corrugated mirror
reflector.
RING, TUBE. See Tube Ring.
ROTARY. An arc lamp in which carbon elec-
trodes are revolved and kept at the desired
distance apart by means of an auxiliary motor.
rmp. Abbreviation for revolutions per minute.
rps. Abbreviation for revolutions per second.
RUNAWAY. Abnormal speed of a motor at
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starting, due to some abnormal condition in
its circuit.
RUNOUT. That part of the print from the
last frame of the picture to the end.
RUSHES. Same as Dailies.
RUSTLE, VALVE. See Valve Rustle.
s
SAFETY I'ILM has a base of acetate which is
slow-burning, and so is less inflammable than
ordinary nitrate film.
SANDWICH FILM. Either positive or nega-
tive film having two sensitive emulsions on
one side of its transparent base, the two
emulsions being separated by a sub-stratum
of a transparent, or dyed, gelatin. Used in
Multicolor printing.
SATURATION OF COLOR. Ratio of white to
Monochromatic Light in a mixture which
appears identical with the color in question.
SCALE. Portion of the density axis which cor-
responds to the straight portion of the H and
D curve. A measure of the range of densi-
ties for which the constant value of gamma
is valid.
SCOOP. Hanging or suspended Broad.
SCORING. Preparation of a sound record
(usually musical) separately from the picture
which is to accompany it. See Post-Scoring,
Pre-Scoring.
SCRATCH. Optical or Shadow. See Optical
Scratch.
SCRATCH FILTER. A choke coil and con-
denser used to filter out very high frequency
sounds or ground noises — usually the needle
scratch in wax reproduction.
SCRATCH THE MIKE. See Mike, Scratch
T#E.
SCREEN GRID TUBE. A modified type of
vacuum tube with high amplification. A
fourth electrode — the screen grid — is used to
reduce the electrostatic effect between grid
and plate.
SCREW, DRUNKEN. , Irregular tongue or
groove, on the cam of the intermittent camera
movement, which forces the claws in and out
of the perforations in the film, to draw the
film past the gate.
SENSATIONAL LEVEL. Refers to loudness
of sound, in decibels, compared to the inten-
sity of sound of the same pitch which would
be just barely audible in quiet surroundings.
SENSATIONAL UNIT. Same as Decibel.
SENSIBILITY. Ability to detect small differ-
ences in energy.
SENSITIVITY. Ability to detect small amounts
of energy.
SENSITOMETRY. Measurement of response
of light-sensitive substances (photographic
emulsions, the eye, etc.) to radiation.
SHADOW SCRATCH. Same as Optical
Scratch.
SHOULDER. Over-exposure region of the
characteristic curve of a photographic emul-
sion.
SHREDDED WHEAT. Film which has been
badly cut due to having buckled and run off
the sprockets.
SHUTTER. Generally means Shutter, Flicker.
SHUTTER, AUTOMATIC. In a projector, a
fire prevention device which falls into place
between light source and film whenever the
motor stops.
SHUTTER, FLICKER. Moving (usually ro-
tating) device, which intercepts the beam of
light in a motion picture camera, printer, or
projector, once during each picture cycle. A
different device from Shutter, Automatic.
SILK (noun). (1) Piece of soft silk placed
over a light to soften it.
(2) A Wind-Gag.
SILK (verb). To put the silk in place.
SIMPLE LENS. See Lens, Simple.
SINE WAVE. Simplest natural shape of wave,
as pictured on page — .
SING. Undesirable high frequency oscillations
in the recording circuit.
SINK. Synchronization.
SLICE THE MIKE. To place the microphone
at an angle to the source of sound (instead
of directly facing it).
SLOW. Cf. Speed. -
SOAK. To soak batteries is to charge them
heavily.
SOFT. (1) Of a vacuum tube, containing a
little residual gas.
(2) Of a focus, see Focus, Soft.
SOUND GATE. Gate, similar to that used in
picture projectors, through which the sound
track is pulled past the reproducing light beam
in gate-type machines.
SOUND HEAD. Compartment on the projector
which contains sound-reproducing systems and
mechanism for guiding and driving film.
SOUND OVERSHOOTING. In variable area
recording, this refers to the condition where
the peaks in the sound track extend beyond
the limits of the track and are therefore cut
off during reproduction. In variable density
recording, this refers to excessively dense
areas on the track. In either case, the qual-
ity of reproduced sound is affected.
SOUND PICK-UP. Device or system for re-
producing sound. In disc reproduction, an
electromagnetic device which transforms the
waves in the grooves of the disc into varia-
tions of electric current. In film reproduc-
tion, an optical-electrical system contained in
the sound head.
SOUND TRACK. A narrow band, along a
film (on the left side of the picture) which
carries the sound record.
SOUNDING BOARD. Board whose forced vi-
brations increase the intensity of sound from
any vibrating body attached to the board.
SOUP. Slang for Developer.
SPARK GAP. Short break in an electric cir-
cuit, forming an air condenser. If the volt-
age across it becomes sufficiently high, a spark
discharge will take place across it.
SPEAKER. Contraction for Loudspeaker.
SPECIFIC GRAVITY of a substance is the
ratio of the weight of a given volume of that
substance to the weight of an equal volume
of water.
SPECTROGRAM. Photographic representation
of energy distribution along a spectrum.
SPECTROPHOTOMETRY. Science of measur-
ing the distribution of energy along the spec-
trum.
SPECTROSCOPE. Instrument for analyzing
light into its component colors.
SPECTRUM. Any arrangement of waves in the
order of their frequencies. For light waves,
the order of the spectrum, beginning with the
highest frequencies, is: ultra-violet, violet, in-
digo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, infra-
red. If these were taken in the order of
wave-lengths, beginning with the highest, the
order would be reversed from that just given.
SPECULAR DENSITY. The value of density
obtained when transmission is measured for
highly collimated (and therefore mostly par-
allel) light — as in optical printing or in pro-
jection.
SPEED. (1) Of an emulsion: measure of the
emulsion's sensibility to light. (See Sensi-
bility. Inversely proportional to Inertia.)
(2) Of a lens: measure of the amount of light
the lens can collect. Proportional to the
square of the Effective Aperture.
SPIDER. Portable electric switch and contact.
SPIRAL REEL. See Reel, Spiral.
SPLICE. To join the ends of film by cement-
ing.
SPLICE BUMP. Same as Bloop.
SPOOR-BERGGREN. In this Wide Film sys-
tem the film width is 63.5 mm.
SPOT. (1) Illuminated area on the cooling
plate of a projector.
(2) Contraction for Spotlight.
SPOTLIGHT. Lighting unit which projects a
concentrated spot of light.
SPROCK. Slang for Sprocket Hum.
SPROCKET. Toothed cylinder engaging the
perforations in the film.
SPROCKET HUM or SPROCKET NOISE.
96-cycle note produced when the film runs
through the pickup mechanism out of line so
that the exciting light beam for the sound
track passes through one edge of the sprocket
holes.
STAMPER. Impression of Mother, obtained
by electroplating. Used in a hydraulic press
to stamp out the final playing records.
STANDARD FILM has a width of 35 mm.
STARTING BOX. Rheostat used to control
current supplied to a motor during starting,
to prevent damage to the motor winding.
STATIONARY PERIOD. That portion of the
picture cycle during which the film at the
aperture is stationary, expressed in degrees
of revolution of the controlling flywheel
(360° = 1 cycle).
STEP PRINTER. Machine which prints a posi-
tive, a frame at a time.
STEP-DOWN and STEP-UP TRANSFORM-
ERS. See Transformer.
STEREOSCOPIC. Giving the illusion of look-
ing into depth, as the two eyes perceive in
actuality.
STEW. Undesired sounds (usually produced
by defective equipment) particularly those
heard in reproduction.
STILL. Ordinary photograph, as distinguished
from a motion picture.
STILL MAN. The photographer who makes the
stills.
STINEMANN (Stinemann). System (named
after inventor) of developing motion picture
film in portable laboratory apparatus.
STOCK. Unexposed photographic film.
STOP. Lens diaphragm opening.
STOPPING CONDENSER. See Condenser,
Stopping.
STORAGE BATTERY. A battery which can
be re-charged (i.e., have its electromotive
force restored) by running a current through
it in the direction opposite to its electromotive
force.
STRAIGHT-LINE PORTION. Refers to that
of an H and D Curve.
STRETCH. To introduce additional frames,
during printing, in order to slow up the re-
production of the motions pictured.
STRING. (1) Ribbon of a light-valve.
(2) Suspension of a photophone galvanometer.
STRING GALVANOMETER. See Galvanom-
eter, String.
STYLUS. Sharp cutting point.
SU. See Decibel.
SUBSTANDARD FILM has width less than
the standard 35 mm.
SUBTRACTIVE PROCESS. Color process in
which various hues are obtained by the ab-
sorption, in varying degree, of one or more
of the spectral colors comprising white light.
In cinematography such a process utilizes
colored prints. Compare Additive Process.
SUN ARC. Type of Sun Lamp. An arc using
high intensity elements. Generally made in
mirror diameters of 24, 36 and 60 inches
and consuming a current of about 150 am-
peres.
SUN LAMPS. A large larmp (Sun Arc or
Sun Spot) reflecting its light by means of a
parabolic mirror.
SUN SPOT. Incandescent type of Sun Lamp.
Power sizes are 2,000. 5,000, and 10,000 watts:
generally made in mirror diameters of 18, 24
and 36 inches.
SYNCHRONIZE. To make synchronous; in par-
ticular, to add new sound effects or dialogue
in synchronism with a picture which has pre-
viously been photographed with sound.
SYNCHRONOUS. Simultaneous; corresponding
in time. In particular refers to accompani-
ment of a picture of action by the proper
sound corresponding to the action.
SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR. Type of motor
whose speed is governed by the standard fre-
quency of the alternating current supplied to
it.
SYSTEM, "F." See "F" System.
SYSTEM "U." See "U" System.
SYSTEM, UNIFORM. See Uniform System.
T
TACHOMETER. Instrument for measuring
speed of rotation, as of a motor.
TACK. Slang for Tachometer.
TAKE (verb). To photograph or record a
scene.
TAKE (noun). (1) Process of recording part
of a motion picture, without pause. Refers to
the period from the moment when the camera
and sound recorder start operating to the
moment when they stop.
(2) The corresponding portion of film, or of
sound record.
TAKE-UP. Mechanism by means of which a
film is wound upon a reel after passing the
aperture (in photography, printing, or pro-
jection); also, to wind it thus.
TAKE-UP REEL. Reel on which film is taken-
up.
TANK. (1) Portable Camera Booth.
(2) Large container in which films are de-
veloped.
TANK SYSTEM. Development in a Tank (2)
for a time calculated according to the tempera-
ture.
TEASER. Same as Tormentor.
TECHNICOLOR (Technicolor). A subtractive
color process in which an optical system
throws two or more separate images on two
or more successive frames of the same film,
these being photographed simultaneously
through different color filters (as red and
green). The alternating frames are printed
separately; the prints are dyed, and then arc
treated in such a manner that correctly col-
ored images are transferred by Imbibition to
another (single) positive print.
TELEPHOTO LENS. Long-focus lens which
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gives the effect of a close-up although the
camera is at a distance. Cf. Telescopic
Lens.
TEST. Operation of determining quality or
quantity. Specifically: (1) A try-out with
camera and/or sound to determine a player's
fitness or suitability for a part; or (2) a
piece of film made to test the condition of
exposure and/or development, or else to de-
termine how a given scene will photograph.
THERMIONIC VACCUM TUBE. See Vacuum
Tube, Thermionic.
THIN. Having a thin or transparent silver
image — said of a negative or positive.
THREA DING-UP. Operation of starting the
film through the camera, printer, or projector,
as the case may be.
THREE-WIRE SYSTEM of distributing elec-
tricity. For alternating current, such a sys-
tem will be two or three-phase. For direct
current, the voltage between one wire and
the second ("middle") is approximately equal
to that between the third and middle wires;
and the middle wire is generally connected to
ground.
THROW. Same as Projection Distance.
TILT. To rotate a motion picture camera par-
allel to the direction of film motion and in
a vertical plane through the optical axis.
TIMBRE. Same as Quality.
TIME OF REVERBRATION. See Reverbra-
TION.
TINTING. Coloring of film in whole or part,
formerly usually accomplished by dyeing the
gelatine side. Now usually done by printing
on film with a colored base.
TOE. Underexposure region of the character-
istic curve of a photographic emulsion.
TONE. Musical sound of definite frequency.
TONING. Coloring a film by chemical action
on the silver image.
TOP. High-frequency sounds.
TORMENTORS. On sound stages: Large mov-
able panels covered with various materials for
controlling acoustics, and so placed in a set
that they will not be photographed.
TRACK, SHOW THE. To remove the sound
track mask, in projection, so as to permit
an image of the track to appear on the screen
besides the pictures.
TRACK, SOUND. See Sound Track.
TRAILER. Piece of blank film attached to
the end of a picture series.
TRANSFORMER. Apparatus used in an a-c.
circuit to raise (Step-Up) or lower (Step-
Down) to voltage. Consists (in its simplest
form) of two coils of wire and a laminated
iron core, all insulated from one another.
Current in the primary coil sets up magnetic
flux around the core; the variations in this
flux, due to the variations in the primary
current, set up a similarly alternating current
in the secondary coil. In general, the volt
age across each coil is proportional to the
number of turns on the coil; the current in
each coil is inversely proportional to the
voltage.
TRANSMISSION. Ratio of intensity of light
or sound transmitted by a substance, to the
amount of intensity originally falling on it.
TRANSMISSION UNIT. See Decibel.
TRANSMITTER. Same as Microphone.
TRICOLOR RATIO. Ratio between inertias
of an emulsion for violet and blue, green and
yellow, and red.
TRIODE. Three-element electrode vacuum
tube.
TU. See Decibel.
TUBBY reproduced sound predominates in low
frequencies, and sounds as though it origi-
nated inside of a tub or barrel.
TUBE RING. Undesirable ringing noise in the
recording system, due to vibration of an am-
plifier tube.
TUNING. Process of adjusting frequency of
vibration to secure maximum response, as in
a radio.
TURN 'EM OVER. Order to get cameras and
recorder into synchronous action.
TURNTABLE. Rotating device on which disc
records are mounted.
TWINS. Double arc lamp used in lighting set.
TWO BELLS. At certain studios, signal that
preceding take may he broken, and silence is
no longer necessary.
u
"U" SYSTEM. See Uniform System.
UTRA VIOLET light rays are invisible rays
beyond the violet end of the spectrum. I hey
act strongly on photographic emulsions in the
same way as visible light does.
UNDER-MODULATED. Of a sound record;
not utilizing enough of the possible recording
range of volume.
UNIFORM SYSTEM. System of marking lens
diaphragm stops in numbers corresponding
though not directly) to their relative speeds.
An increase of 1 in the U. S. number cor-
responds to a 50% decrease of speed, i.e., a
doubling of exposure to give the same photo-
graphic result. An aperture of F:4 (see
"F" System) corresponds to 1 in the U. S.
system.
UNMODULATED TRACK. That part of a
variable density sound track on which no den-
sity variations due to sound modulations have
been impressed.
V
VACUUM. A space from which nearly all
matter has been removed.
VACUUM TUBE, THERMIONIC. Evacuated
tube containing a wire filament, a metal plate,
and often other electrodes. An electric cur-
rent is passed into the tube and through the
wire filament; the filament becomes hot and
electrons are boiled out of it. A positive volt-
age being applied to the plate, the electrons
flow across the vacuum onto the plate, and
thus set an electric current in the outside
circuit connected to the plate. In tubes for
most purposes there is a third element known
as a Grid.
VALVE. Device to .regulate flow (as of water,
or of a beam of light).
VALVE, LIGHT. See Light Valve.
VALVE, MAGAZINE. See Magazine Valve.
VALVE AMPLIFIER. Three-electrode vacuum
tube amplifier.
VALVE RUSTLE. Rustling noise heard in re-
production, due to clashing of the light-valve
ribbons in the course of recording.
VARIABLE AREA RECORDING. Method of
sound recording in which the sound track is
dark on one side and transparent On the
other, the irregular boundary line between
dark and light sides representing the loudness
and frequency of the recording sound.
VARIABLE CONDENSER. See Condenser,
Variable.
VARIABLE DENSITY RECORDING. Method
of sound recording in which the sound is
recorded as a number of parallel lines per-
pendicular to the edge of the sound track
and extending across its full width. The
distance between lines is determined by the
frequency of the recorded sound; the density
of the lines is determined by the loudness.
VELOCITY CONSTANT. Measure of speed
with which an emulsion develops.
V. I. Abbreviation for Volume Indicator.
VIBRATOR. A vibrating body. In particular.'
a device used in the RCA Photophone system
of sound recording.
VIEW, ANGLE OF. Angle, under which the
diameter of the circular area covered sharply
by a lens appears from the center of the
lens.
VIEWING ROOM. One of the several small
theatres on the lot principally used for the
showing of Dailies.
VIOLET RAYS. Sometimes used, incorrectly,
for Ultra-Violet Rays.
VIRTUAL IMAGE. See Image, Virtual.
VITAPHONE (Vitaphone). The Warner Broth-
ers system of disc recording and reproduc-
tion of sound.
VOLUME. Same as loudness of sound.
VOLUME INDICATOR. Device for measuring
the loudness of sound. Abbreviated V. I.
w
WATT. Unit of power (see Power). Power
employed to do ten million ergs of work in
one second. Power produced by a one-ampere
current falling through a potential difference
of one volt. 746 watts equals one horse-
power.
WAVE, CONTINUOUS. See Continuous
Waves.
WAVE-FRONT. Crest of an advancing wave.
WAVELENGTH. Distance between crests
along a wave.
WAX STEW. Undesired sound heard on wax
record.
WEAK. Of a film, same as Thin.
WHERE IS THE t Applied to a recording
or variable instrument, means "What is the
reading of the "
WHISKERS. A type of pulsation of intensity
in reproduced sound. See Wow-Wows for
explanation.
WHISTLE BOX. A movable device, usually
only a choke coil, for electrically filtering out
the hum in arcs and lamps for sound studios.
WHITE LIGHT. In certain studios, signal that
re-recording operator is ready.
WIDE FILM has a width greater than the
standard 35 mm.
WIDE-ANGLE LENS. See Lens, Wide-Angle.
WILD WALL. A movable wall, covered with
sound-absorbing material, and suitable to be
photographed.
WIND-GAG. Silk cloth placed over a micro-
phone to prevent disturbance by wind pres-
sure.
WIRE GAUGE. Diameter of a wire, in one of
various systems arranged for convenient
designation.
WOW-WOWS. A type of pulsation of inten-
sity in reproduced sound, due fundamentally
to change of speed of the sound track during
either recording or reproduction. While this
change of speed produces a change of pitch,
the latter, when the fluctuation is rapid is
generally not perceptible but the phenomena
of interference of sound waves in the theater
cause this change of pitch to produce a rapid
periodic change of intensity. Wow-wows cor-
respond to a variation in speed of, say, up
to six cycles per second; Flutter, to a varia-
tion of about six to thirty cycles; Gargle,
30 to 200 cycles; and Whiskers, over 200
cycles.
X
X-BACK. Negative film coated on the back with
gelatine, to eliminate frictional electricity,
which causes marks on the film.
SOUND
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first few months of the sound era, there
was a tendency to crowd as many words
as possible into production and to forget
the old art of pantomime.
At present, there is a reversal. Directors
are removing as many words as possible
and are endeavoring to restore pantomime,
registering with the public through the
eye primarily, rather than the ear.
Production heads describe shooting
sound pictures as "more work, slower prog-
ress, with much time wasted." However,
with the establishment of technical routine,
work is being speeded, losses are being cut
and, at the same time, attention can be
centered on innovation and improvement.
Following is the division of the cost of
making one sound picture that called for
a total expenditure of approximately $375,-
000, with 26 shooting days and 70 hours
of retakes:
Direction $26,000.00
Production manager and assistants 1 ,733.32
Assistant director and clerks 2,435.42
Cameramen and assistants 7,122.71
Editors and cutters 6,558.38
Cast — Stock company (contract) 24,994.70
Cast — Picture talent (outside) 26.204.90
Cast — Music (orchestras) 13.639.77
Cast — Extras, salaries and casting bureau
fees 15,259.42
Story, book, continuity, treatments, script,
gags, musical compositions _ 40.411.89
Sets — Designing, construction, alteration, ef-
fects, etc 34.426.71
Sets — Striking, rentals, props 978.81
Props 3.782.80
Wardrobe 13,309.80
Lighting 3,734.72
Automobiles, trucks 1,364.17
Travel, meals, lodging 1,818.89
Restaurant meals for extras 1,434.70
Location expense - 1.88
Negative raw stock (218,535 feet) 8,724.70
Negative laboratory 1,071.42
Positive raw stock (181,590 feet, 313,173
feet) sound 4,947.63
Reprints (162.615 feet, 40.680 feet) sound 2,032.95
Positive used as negative (279,590 feet) 2,795.95
Positive, laboratory expense 25,292.92
Technicolor - 3,986.29
Titles — writing, raw stock, printing 6,009.90
Publicity — salaries and expenses 1,025.57
Workmen's compensation (based on pay-
roll) - 1.497.10
Special (process) shots 1,791.46
Miscellaneous - 32,484.94
•General overhead 39,500.00
Recording sound 19,326.47
•General overhead is figured as $1,250 a day for
26 days and $100 an hour for 70 hours.
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United Artists Releases
For 1929, 1930 up to
and including May, 1932
t "COQUETTE"
* "ALIBI" (t)
* "Bulldog Drummond"
» "THREE LIVE GHOSTS"
» "THE TRESPASSER"
t "Taming of the Shrew"
« "THE LOCKED DOOR"
x "CONDEMNED"
* "NEW YORK NIGHTS"
f "LUMMOX"
x " PUTTIN' ON THE RlTZ " ( t )
« "BE YOURSELF"
* "HELL HARBOR"
* "THE BAD ONE"
* "One Romantic Night"
* "RAFFLES"
« "EYES OF THE WORLD"
» "THE LOTTERY BRIDE"
t "WHOOPEE" (t)
* DU BARRY m Woman of Passion
» "WHAT A WIDOW"
* "LINCOLN" (t)
* "HELL'S ANGELS"
* "THE BAT WHISPERS"
> "One Heavenly Night"
" "Reaching for the Moon"
" "THE DEVIL TO PAY"
x "KIKI"
* "CITY LIGHTS" U)
* "THE FRONT PAGE" (t)
t "INDISCREET"
* Film Daily Beit Pictures of the Year
t Honorable Mention
* Other United Artists Pictures which made good in a Big Woy
X Rated as "Four Star" attractions by the Leading Critics
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1931
1932
Years of great promise — Years of great achievements
and sensible progress.
We firmly believe that the coming seasons of 1931-
1932 will see many new records established in picture
production and theatre profits.
The objective that United Artists' producers have set
as their goal for these seasons forecasts the most ambi-
tious program of " Public Appeal " entertainment ever
attempted by this leading company.
Approximately fourteen productions will be released
during that period, with stories of sure-fire box-office
strength, most of them produced by Samuel Goldwyn,
who will be in charge of production for United Artists,
in addition to producing Samuel Goldwyn Pictures.
Follow the lead of the country's leading showmen
and set in UNITED ARTISTS PICTURES as the "backbone
service of your year's programs".
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D. W.
GRIFFITH
United Artists
Lewis Milestone
Director
The Front Page"
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ACADEMY OF MOTION
PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences unites into one body — for the
welfare of the industry as a whole — artists
and craftsmen participating in all branches
of motion picture production. The Acad-
emy serves and represents the cultural, tech-
nical and professional aspects of motion
pictures. It now includes six hundred lead-
ing actors, directors, producers, technicians
and writers.
The story of the Academy during the past
year is one of greatly increased acivity, in-
fluence and effective service. In the brief
life of the institution, four years since its
organization, May 11, 1927, its progress has
developed in direct response to definite de-
mands made upon it.
Within the industry the Academy pro-
vides a common meeting ground for the
conciliation of internal differences, for
friendly interchange of ideas and for the
solution of problems to the general benefit.
It is both a forum for the specialized crafts
within the industry and the instrument of
their harmonious relationship.
The organization is charged with main-
taining equitable employment relations be-
tween the producing companies and all
actors, except extras, not under long-term
contract. The Academy Minimum Contract
for Artists, several times revised to meet
changing conditions, is in its third year as
the standard contract of the Hollywood
studios.
To better administer the operations of the
Actors Adjustment Committee and to ex-
pedite the consideration of inquiries, com-
plaints, and general information for the
benefit of actors and producers, the board
of directors of the Academy established a
department for this purpose and appointed
William Conklin as the Academy*s repre-
sentative. The department has functioned
with excellent results.
In addition to the special arrangement
for actors and marking a most significant
development in relations between employer
and employee, complaints regarding disputes
or injustices may be filed by any person or
company in the motion picture production
industry against any other, whether mem-
bers of the Academy or not. Matters of
dispute which cannot be adjusted informally
are referred to the executive committee of
the branch concerned, with an appeal allow-
able to the Conciliation Committee.
The Conciliation Committee of the Acad-
emy has continued to function in a manner
that reflects great credit on the Committee
and on the Academy. It has been called
the supreme court of the production indus-
try and its decisions have come to be held
in great respect. As time has gone on the
cases brought before the Conciliation Com-
mittee have lessened in number for the reason
that certain disputed points which have been
settled no longer come up for adjudication.
Although the Academy majors on concilia-
tion and technical matters, art and technique
developments, etc., a reasonable proportion
of time has also been given to developing
helpful and friendly contacts between the
public and the Academy, promoting under-
standing between the creative artists of the
screen and the theatre-goer, through the dis-
semination of facts and information.
The cultural course in "Introduction to
the Photoplay," sponsored by the Academy
in 1929, proved so definite a success at the
University of Southern California that the
course was repeated during the spring of
1930, and has been made a permanent part
of the curriculum. Leaders in the various
branches of the industry served as lecturers
for the course, with the co-operation of the
Academy Committee on College Affairs. The
late Milton Sills, as chairman of this com-
mittee, gave generously and effectively of
his energy in forwarding the Academy's
college program.
The different branches of the Academy —
Actors, Directors, Producers, Technicians
and Writers — have continued to function
under their respective executive committees
as occasions have arisen.
An important development within the
Directors Branch has been the formation of
an Assistant Directors Section. Active first
assistant directors of high standing are ad-
mitted to this section and a share in the
privileges of Academy membership.
A series of symposium meetings has been
sponsored by the Art and Technique Com-
mittee and important negotiations proceeded
from the activities of the Writers Special
Committee.
Awards of Merit are bestowed each year
by the Academy for the purpose of recog-
nizing distinguished achievements in the arts
and sciences of motion pictures as judged by
the workers themselves, and to encourage
advancement in such arts and sciences.
Awards for the year ending July 31, 1931,
will be conferred at a dinner of the Academy
membership in November. Voting on all
Awards will be by nomination from branch
voting with a final balloting of the entire
Academy membership, except for the sci-
entific or technical award, which will be
decided by a board of expert judges, ac-
cording to rules to be recommended by the
Technicians Branch.
When the final balloting of the Academy
results within three votes of a tie on any
Award, two Awards will be conferred, the
first a gold trophy statuette and the second
a bronze trophy.
The Awards for 1929-1930 were bestowed
November 5, 1930, at a banquet attended
by 600 members and guests.
Determined by ballot of the Academy
membership, based on feature pictures re-
leased in Los Angeles during the year end-
ing July 31, 1930, the awards were as
follows:
Performance by actress: Norma Shear-
er for "The Divorcee."
Performance by actor: George Arliss
for "Disraeli."
Achievement by director: Lewis Mile-
stone for "All Quiet on the Western Front."
Outstanding production: "All Quiet
on the Western Front," Universal Studios.
Cinematographic achievement: "With
Byrd at the South Pole," William Van Der
Veer and Joseph T. Rucker, jointly.
Art direction achievement: "King of
Jazz," Herman Rosse.
Sound recording achievement: "The
Big House," Award to the Sound Depart-
ment of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.
Writing achievement: "The Big
House," Frances Marion.
Will H. Hays, President of the Motion
Picture Producers and Distributors of Amer-
ica, Inc., was a guest speaker. There was
also an address through the medium of a
talking picture of Thomas A. Edison, who,
with George Eastman, has been elected to
honorary membership in the Academy.
Awards conferred the previous year for
the period ended August 1, 1929, were to
the following: Warner Baxter for acting
in the picture "In Old Arizona"; Mary
Pickford for acting in "Coquette"; Frank.
Lloyd for directing "Weary River," "The
Divine Lady" and "Drag"; Cedric Gibbons
for art direction of "The Bridge of San Luis
Rey"; Clyde De Vinna for cinematography
of "White Shadows in the South Seas."
Hans Kraly for writing "The Patriot";
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for the outstanding
production of the year, "The Broadway
Melody."
Awards for two years ago, or the year
ended August 1, 1928, were Janet Gaynor
and Emil Jannings for acting; Frank Bor-
zage and Lewis Milestone for direction;
Benjamin Glazer, Joseph Farnham, and
Ben Hecht for writing; Charles Rosher
and Karl Struss for cinematography; Wil-
liam C. Menzies for art direction, and Roy
Pomeroy for engineering effects. "Wings"
and "Sunrise" were declared to be the most
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outstanding pictures of 1928 and special
prizes were awarded to Warner Brothers
for "The Jazz Singer" and to Charles
Chaplin for "The Circus."
TECHNICAL BUREAU
The Technical Bureau of the Academy is
devoted to advancing the technical perfec-
tion of the motion picture. The Bureau
handles such specific technical projects of a
practical nature as will benefit from coop-
erative research and investigation. These
projects are in general based upon surveys
of current practice and development, coupled
with an analysis of results obtained by pres-
ent and proposed methods.
The Bureau recognizes that technical
progress requires that the technicians in
studio, laboratory, exchange and theatre be
brought to understand the viewpoint and the
work of one another. It therefore aims to
develop this mutual understanding as a
basis for carrying out the specific technical
projects which contribute to better show in
the theatre. Policies are determined by the
Producers-Technicians Committee, of which
Irving G. Thalberg has been chairman dur-
ing the past year.
The Bureau is managed by Lester Cowan,
executive secretary of the Academy.
Six major problems have been taken up
in 1930:
Standardization of release prints.
Silencing of arcs.
Silencing of cameras.
Acoustic properties of set materials.
Release print quality.
Screen illumination and print density.
Additional problems of industry-wide im-
portance will be handled during the com-
ing year.
In addition to the periodic reports of
technical committees, and the publication of
papers by studio engineers, the bureau sup-
plies special reports on current develop-
ments affecting the industry, and inter-
changes non-competitive information among
the studios, thus saving duplication of re-
search.
Among the outstanding activities of the
bureau during the past year has been the
standardization of makeup of release print6,
and theatre practice for changeover from
reel to reel, resulting in simplified handling
of prints and reduction of print muti'ation,
and annual savings of many thousands of
dollars to the industry.
An industry-wide technical coordination
of studios, laboratories, theatre circuits, pro-
jectionists, and service organizations has
been created for the establishment of the
Release Print Standard.
Every production studio in Hollywood is
now using the Standard for pictures cut
after the Standard went into effect. All
major circuits have organized affiliated
theatres.
An educational campaign designed to
reach every person handling prints facili-
tated the introduction and use of the Stand-
ard. More than 30,000 instruction book'ets
and 25,000 instruction cards were dis-
tributed.
Salient features of the new standard are:
Standard nomenclature for different types
of prints, as well as for the units compris-
ing each reel.
Standard inscription for identification.
Standard synchronizing marks.
Standard methods for changeover from
reel to reel.
The Projection Advisory Council, national
organization of projectionists, is participat-
ing in all aspects of the establishment of the
Standard. Among other groups cooperating
are the Film Boards of Trade, the American
Projection Society, Electrical Research Prod-
ucts, Inc., and RCA Photophone, Inc. The
Standard was arrived at after months of
survey, study of practices, production of
test materials, and experimentation with
various methods.
The participation of the motion picture
industry has been pledged over a period of
years to the program of the U. S. Army Sig-
nal Corps for the production of talking pic-
tures for army training purposes. The Holly-
wood studios will train selected Signal Corps
officers in the technique of picture making.
These officers eventually will superintend a
sound department which the army plans to
set up as an extension of its present in-
structional motion picture studios at Wash-
ington.
The first officer assigned to study in
Hollywood was Captain F. W. Hoorn, Sig-
nal Corps, who arrived in October to begin
a nine months' course with the aid of the
Technical Bureau.
The program is under the personal super-
vision of General George S. Gibbs, Chief
Signal Officer of the Army.
The major publishing activity of the
Academy during the past year was the com-
pilation of an authoritative book on the
technical processes of sound recording and
reproduction. This was .published in May,
1931, through the McGraw-Hill Book
Company.
When sound came to Hollywood, it
brought a fundamental change in the job
of every man in the industry. The motion
picture the public sees is the work of a
number of closely inter-related crafts in
studio, photographic laboratory, and theatre.
The need of internal cooperation in each
studio was never greater than in the first
year of sound; yet the possibilities and lim-
itations of the new equipment and technique
were a mystery to the regular employees,
who thus found their hands tied for effec-
tive cooperation with one another and with
the sound experts.
To meet this situation, the industry took
action through the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences, the joint associa-
tion of technicians, directors, actors, writers
and producers. The initial step was the cre-
ation of the Academy School in Fundamen-
tals of Sound for studio employees; and to
this school a number of outstanding sound
experts contributed their services as instruc-
tors. Classes were held in the various studios
to which a selected group of 900 employees
were admitted.
For the benefit of the students, and of
the hundreds more in the studios whom the
school could not accommodate, the lecture?
were published by the Academy as individ-
ual papers in the Academy Technical Digest
series. (These were printed periodically in
Exhibitors Herald and Exhibitors Herald-
World, on release.) It was the feeling of
the Academy board of directors, however,
that this material should be collated in more
permanent form and made available to all
creative workers and technicians in studios
laboratories, and theatres as a common text-
book to promote the mutual understanding
and coordination which is vital to the growth
of the industry. The lecturers, meeting to
discuss the plan of publication, decided upon
a policy of expansion and revision to render
the book complete and authoritative in sub-
jects and in detail.
The Academy has collaborated with the
publishers in assuring presentation of the
chapters in clear and graphic form. More
than two hundred diagrams, charts and
photographs of studio operations illustrate
the four hundred pages which will make
up the volume.
Following is an out'ine of subjects dis-
cussed in "Recording Sound for Motion
Pictures":
Foreword, by William C. dc Millc, President of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Preface, by Carl Dreher, Director 0/ the Sound De-
partment, RKO Studios.
The Ancestrv op Sound Pictures, by H. G. Knox,
Vice-President m Charge of Engineering, Electrical
Research Products, Inc.
The Nature op Sound, by Prof. A. W. Nye, Pro-
jessor of Physics, University of Southern California.
SOUND RECORDING EQUIPMENT
Introduction to Recording, by Lester T. Cowan,
Manager of Technical Bureau, Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences.
Recording Sound on Disc, by Col. Nugent H.
Slaughter, Chief Engineer m Charge of Recording
for Warner Brothers Vitaphone Productions.
Sound Recording by RCA Photophone System, by
Ralph H. Townsend, Supervising Engineer, RCA
Photophone, West Coast Studios.
Sound Recording dy Fox Movietone System, by
E. H. Hansen, Chief Engineer, Sound Department,
Fox Movietone Studios.
Sound Recording by the Light-Valve System, by
Dr. Donald MacKenzie, Consulting Engineer, Elec-
trical Research Products, Inc.
Transmission Circuits — Theory and Operation, by
John K. Hilliard, Research Engineer, United Artists
Studio.
Accessory and Special Equipment, by L. E. Clark,
Technical Director of Sound, Pathe Studios.
Dubbing, by Kenneth F. Morgan, Recording Man-
ager, Electric Research Products, Inc.
THE FILM RECORD
The Film as a Recording Medium, by Emery Huse,
Manager, West Coast Division, Motion Picture
Film Department, Eastman Kodal; Company.
Photographic Requirements of Variable-Density"
Recording, by Wesley C. Miller, Chief Engineer,
Sound Department, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.
Laboratory Technique for Sound Pictures, by
Frank E. Garbutt, Laboratory Manager, RKO
/Studios.
Cutting and Assembling the Sound Picture, by
I. James Wilkinson, Technical Supervisor. Para-
mount-Publix Corporation, ?\cu» Torlj. and Earl W.
Reis, Release Supervisor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Studios.
STUDIO ACOUSTICS AND TECHNIQUE
The Illusion op Reality in Sound Pictures, by
Wesley C. Miller, Chief Engineer, Sound Depart-
ment. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.
Introduction to Acoustics op Theatre and-
Sound, by Dr. Vern O. Knudsen, Associate Pro-
fessor of Physics. University of California at Los
Angeles. Vice-President , Acoustical Society of
America.
Sound Stages, by Ralph H. Townsend, Supervising
Engineer, RCA Photophone West Coast Studios,
and A. P. Hill, Acoustic Consulting Superintendent,
Electrical Research Products, Inc.
Technique op Recording Control for Sound
Pictltres, by J. P. Mnxficld, Consulting Engineer,
Electr cal Research Products. Inc.
Sound Rccordinc Practice, by Albert W. DeSart,
Technical Director of Sound, Paramount-Publix
HoIIyioood Studios.
Sound Personnel and Organisation, by Carl
Dreher, Director of Sound Department, RKO
Studios.
SOUND REPRODUCTION
The Western Electric Reproducing System, by
S. K. Wolf, Acoustic Consulting Manager, Electri-
cal Research Products. Inc.
Theatre Reproduction by the RCA Photophone
System, by John O. Aalberg, Reproduction Super-
visor, RKO Studios.
Practical Aspects op Theatre Acoustics, by F. L.
Hopper, Acoustic Consulting Engineer, Electric Re-
search Products, Inc.
Practice avd Problems of Sound Projection, by
R. H. McCullough, Supervisor of Projection and
Electrical Equipment. Fox West Coast Theatres.
APPENDIX
A Glossary op Motion Picture Terms.
ACADEMY CONTRACT
The Minimum Contract for Artists ad-
ministered by the Academy has continued
in successful and harmonious operation the
past year.
The terms have been further clarified by
a minor change and several interpretations.
By formal action of the actors and producers
the provisions of the twelve-hour minimuin
rest period between calls have been con-
tinued in the contract for the remaining four
years covered by the basic agreement.
The actors and producers stand side by
side in a cooperative effort to enforce not
only the letter but the spirit of the contract
and guarantee fair dealing and equitable
terms to the acting profession and the pro-
duction companies of Hollywood.
When the basic agreement of the produc-
ers and artists went into effect Feb. 13,
1930, it was understood and agreed that the
Minimum Contract for Artists, which be-
came the recognized contract beginning
March 1, 1930, should continue in opera-
tion for one year without change.
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It was further agreed that if at least two-
thirds of the members of the Artists Com-
mittee, comprising twenty-one players of the
Actors Branch of the Academy, voted to
amend this contract by substituting in lieu
of paragraph 12 the provisions for a fifty
four (54) hour cumulative week, such an
amendment would take effect beginning
March I, 1931.
On Jan. 14, 1931, a meeting of members
of the Actors Branch was held in the Acad-
emy Lounge, Roosevelt hotel. One hundred
and seventeen were present. Sam Hardy,
chairman of the Actors Branch Executive
Committee, presided, there being also pres-
ent the other four members of the Executive
Committee: Conrad Nagel, Richard Tucker,
George Irving and Lois Wilson.
The following resolution was moved, sec-
onded and unanimously carried:
That it is the sense of this meeting that
the provisions of the twelve-hour rest period
in the Minimum Contract be continued from
and after March I, 1931, according to the
terms of the Basic Agreement.
On Feb. 2, 1931, a meeting of the Actor-
Pioduccr Conference Committee on Mini-
mum Contract was held at the Academy
offices. President William C. de Mille pre-
sided. There were also present for the pro-
ducers: Irving Thalbcrg, M. C. Levee,
William LcBaron, Sol Wurtzel and Fred
Bectson. For the actors: Vice President
Conrad Nagel, Lawrence Grant, Mitchell
Lewis, DcWitt C. Jennings, Frank Reicher,
Monte Blue, Richard Tucker, Jean Hersholt,
Sam Hardy, Lloyd Hughes, Reginald Denny,
Hallam Coolcy, Antonio Moreno, Lois Wil-
son, Mac Murray, Frank Woods, Lester
Cowan, Assistant Secretary George W.
Cohen, attorney, and William Conklin,
actor-producer relations, were also present.
The resolution of the Actors Branch was
reported and a general discussion followed
in which were considered possible changes
and amendments to be made in the Mini-
mum Contract.
The point was raised that employment
conditions of players receiving $65 a week
or less arc regulated by the Industrial Wel-
fare Commission and the practice of using
the Minimum Contract for them tended to
conflict with the state labor laws and thus
create confusion. Studios were instructed
not to use the Minimum Contract for these
players.
To take care of occasional emergency situ-
ations and strengthen the protection of the
12-hour rest period for the actor, the follow-
ing resolution was passed:
RESOLVED: That it shall be the duty
of the producers to report to the Academy,
within 24 hours after the fact has occurred,
each and every occasion on which an artist
has been recalled for wor\ within a period
of less than twelve hours after the time of
his dismissal for the day and that such re-
port shall state the reason for recalling the
artist to wor\ within the lesser period than
said twelve hours.
The action of the Actors Executive Com-
mittee in making the Actors Contract Com-
mittee a permanent advisory board for
consultation on matters pertaining to the
contract was reported.
A formal opinion with regard to the pro-
visions of subdivision (a) of Paragraph (5)
of the Minimum Contract was asked by the
producer representatives who explained the
possible bearing of these provisions in the
contract upon the economics of foreign pic-
ture production. The following resolution
was offered by representatives of the actors
and unanimously carried:
RESOLVED That it is the sense of this
meeting that the provisions of subdivision
(a) of Paragraph (5) of the Minimum Con-
tract be so construed as to permit the pro-
ducer to manufacture foreign language
versions under the provisions of that sub-
division.
By the terms of the Basic Agreement,
authority to revise the Minimum Contract
is vested in a committee of five members of
the Actors Branch and five members of the
Producers Branch. As all but one member
of this committee were among those present
Feb. 2, the clarification of the clause on
payment for retakes was discussed infor-
mally. On Feb. 23, the following revision
was drawn up and put into legal effect:
"The third sentence of paragraph 2 of
said Minimum Contract shall be and the
same is hereby stricken from said Minimum
Contract. In lieu and instead of thereof,
there shall- be inserted in said Minimum
Contract, as the third sentence of paragraph
2 thereof, the following: 'Services in con-
nection with retakes, added scenes, 'trans-
parencies,' trick shots, 'trailers,' and/or
changes, if such services are commenced
within six (6) months after the expiration
of the term hereof, shall be at the same rate
of compensation as herein set forth, except
that compensation for such services shall be
paid for the days on which the artist is
actually so employed, and except also that
the 'Conditions Governing the Employment
of Players Employed on a Daily Basis at a
Salary in Excess of $15.00 per Day' as
approved by the Academy of Motion Pic-
ture Arts and Sciences, shall apply to the
computation of time in connection with
such services. It is agreed, however, that if
prior to the commencement of the rendition
of such services, the producer shall have
agreed in writing to guarantee the artist at
least one ( 1 ) week's work or one ( 1 ) week's
compensation in connection with such re-
takes, added scenes, 'transparencies,' trick
shots, 'trailers' and/or changes, then and
in that event, the artist's services in connec-
tion therewith shall be upon the same terms
and upon the same rate of compensation as
elsewhere in this contract set forth, such
compensation to be paid from the time when
the artist's services are first rendered in con-
nection with such retakes, added scenes,
'transparencies,' trick shots, 'trailers' and/or
changes, until the completion of the artists's
services in connection therewith."
The foregoing amendment became effec-
tive March 1, 1931.
Following is the text of the Minimum
Contract for Artists, each company printing
blanks for itself in its own form:
MINIMUM CONTRACT FOR ARTISTS
CONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT— WEEKLY BASIS-
WEEKLY SALARY — ONE WEEK MINI-
MUM EMPLOYMENT
Effective March I, 1930
THIS AGREEMENT made this day of
193 between
Corporation (hereinafter called "producer") and
_ (hereinafter called "artist").
WITNESSETH:
1. The producer hereby engages the artist to ren-
der services as such in the role of „
in a photoplay the working title of which is now
" " at a salary
of Dollars ($ )
per week. The artist accepts said engagement upon
the terms herein specified.
2. The term of employment hereunder shall begin
on or about the dav
of _ 193 and shall
continue thereafter until the completion of the photo-
graphing and/or recordation of said role. If after
the expiration of the term hereof the producer should
desire the services of the artist in making retakes, or
in making added scenes, or in making any "trans-
parencies" or trick shots, or in making "trailers," or
in making any change or changes in said photoplay, or
in making any foreign version or versions of said
photoplay, then and in either of said events, the art-
ist agrees to render such services in connection there-
with as and when the producer may request, unless
the artist is otherwise employed, but if otherwise
employed the artist will cooperate to the fullest extent
in the making of such retakes, added scenes, "trans-
parencies," trick shots, "trailers," changes, and/or
foreign versions. Services in connection with retakes,
added scenes, "transparencies," trick shots, "trailers."
and/or changes, if such services are commenced within
six (f>) months after the expiration of the term hereof,
shall be at the same rate of compensation as herein
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set forth, except that compensation for such services
shall be paid only for the days on which the artist
is actually employed, and except also that the "Con-
ditions Governing Employment of Players Employed
on a Daily Basis at a Salary in Excess of $15.00 per
day" as approved by the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences, shall apply to the computation of
time in connection with such services. (See introduc-
tory discussion for change made later. — Ed.) It is
agreed, however, that if prior to the commencement
of the rendition of such services, the producer shall
have agreed in writing to guarantee the artist at least
one (1) week's work or one (1) week's compensation
in connection with such retakes, added scenes, "trans-
parencies," trick shots, "trailers" and/or changes,
then and in that event, the artist's services in connec-
tion therewith shall be upon the same terms and upon
the same rate of compensation as elsewhere in this
contract set forth, such compensation to be paid
from the time when the artist's services are first ren-
dered in connection with such retakes, added scenes,
"transparencies," trick shots, "trailers," and/or
changes, until the completion of the artist's services in
connection therewith. The phrase "on or about" as
hereinabove used shall allow a latitude of forty-eight
(48) hours (exclusive of Sundays and holidays) either
prior to or after the date hereinabove specified as the
commencement of the term hereof; it being agreed that
the exact date for the commencement of the term
hereof is to be specified by the producer and is to be
not earlier than forty-eight (48) hours before the date
hereinabove specified, nor later than forty-eight (48)
hours after the date hereinabove specified (exclusive
of Sundays and holidays). The term "role" as used
in this agreement shall be deemed to refer to said
role as now written and/or as it may from time to
time hereafter be written and/or lengthened and/or
shortened by the producer in the exercise of its sole
discretion and judgment.
3. The artist agrees to be prompt in appearing for
work as required by the producer, to perform services
hereunder in a conscientious and painstaking manner
and in accordance with the reasonable instructions of
the producer, and to abide by the reasonable studio
rules and regulations of the producer. The producer
shall have the exclusive right to the services of the
artist during the term hereof, and the artist agrees
that during the term hereof the artist will not render
any services of any kind to or for any person, firm,
or corporation other than the producer without first
obtaining the express written consent of the producer.
4. The term "photoplay" as used in this agree-
ment shall be deemed to include motion pictures pro-
duced and/or exhibited with sound and voice recording,
reproducing and/or transmitting devices, radio devices,
and all other impiovements and devices which are now
or may hereafter be used in connection with the pro-
duction and/or exhibition and/or transmission of any
present or future kind of motion picture production.
The producer shall have the right to photograph
and/or otherwise produce, reproduce, transmit, exhibit,
distribute, and exploit in connection with the said
photoplay any and all of the artist's acts, poses, plays
and appearances of any and all kinds hereunder, and
shall further have the right to record, reproduce, trans-
mit, exhibit, distribute, and exploit in connection with
said photoplay the artist's voice, and all instrumental,
musical, and other sound effects produced by the
artist in connection with such acts, poses, plays and
appearances. The producer shall likewise have the
right to use and give publicity to the artists's name
and likeness, photographic or otherwise, and to record-
ations and reproductions of the artist's voice and all
instrumental, musical, and other sound effects pro-
duced by the artist hereunder, in connection with the
advertising and exploitation of said photoplay. The
rights in this paragraph granted to the producer shall
inure to the benefit not only of the producer, but also
to the benefit of all persons who may hereafter acquire
from the producer any right to distribute, transmit,
exhibit, advertise, or exploit said photoplay.
5. The producer agrees that it will not "dub" or
use a "double" in lieu of the artist, except under
the following circumstances: (a) when necessary to
expeditiously meet the requirements of foreign exhibi-
tion; (Sec introductory discussion for amendment. —
Ed.) (b) when necessary to expeditiously meet cen-
sorship requirements, both foreign and domestic; (c)
when, in the opinion of the producer, the failure to
U6e a "double" for the performance of hazardous acts
might result in physical injury to the artist; (d) when
the artist is not available; and (e) when the artist
fails or is unable to meet certain requirements of the
role, such as singing or the rendition of instrumental
music or other similar services requiring special talent
or ability other than that possessed by the artist. The
artist does^ hereby agree that under cither or any of
the conditions hereinabove in subdivisions (a) to (e),
both inclusive, of this paragraph 5 set forth, the pro-
ducer shall have the right to "double" and/or "dub"
not only the acts, poses, plays and appearances of the
artist, but also the voice of the artist, and all instru-
mental, musical, and other sound effects to be pro-
duced by the artist, to such extent as may be required
by the producer.
6. Where the services of the artist arc required to
be performed outside of the City of Los Angeles or
its environs, the producer shall transport the artist
and the reasonable personal baggage of the artist, and
pay all necessary traveling expenses of the artist, in-
cluding reasonable charges for board and lodging.
7. If the production of said photoplay be neces-
Barily prevented, suspended, or postponed during the
course of production, by reason of fire, accident,
strike, riot, act of God, or of the public enemy, or
by any executive or judicial order, no salary need be
paid the artist for the first week's prevention, sus-
pension, or postponement. If the production of said
photoplay be prevented, suspended, or postponed by
reason of the illness of any other member of the cast
or of the director, full salary shall be paid the artist
for the first week's prevention, suspension, or post-
ponement. It shall be the duty of the producer during
the first week of any prevention, suspension, or post-
ponement to notify the artist in writing whether the
producer will entirely discontinue the production or
further suspend or postpone it, and in the latter
event the producer shall pay the artist half salary dur-
ing such further suspended or postponed period. At
the end of five (5) weeks from the date on which
the producer has stopped production the artist may
terminate this employment if the artist so elects, unless
the producer continues thereafter to pay the artist full
weekly compensation. If the production of said photo-
play is prevented, suspended, or postponed for any
reason hereinabove in this paragraph provided, then
and in that event the producer may terminate this
employment at any time after the commencement of
such prevention, suspension, cr postponement. If the
producer elect to terminate this employment by reason
of the illness of any other members of the cast or of
the director, then the producer shall be obligated to
pay the artist such balance, if any, as is then unpaid
for services theretofore rendered by the artist, and
also one week's compensation, upon the payment of
which the producer shall be discharged of and from
all liability whatsoever hereunder. If such termination
be based on the happening of any other cause herein-
above in this paragraph set forth, then the producer
shall be obligated to pay the artist only such balance,
if any, as is then unpaid for services theretofore ren-
dered by the artist, and upon the payment of such
unpaid balance, if any, the producer shall be dis-
charged of and from all liability whatsoever hereunder.
The producer need pay no salary during any period
that the artist is incapacitated, by illness or other-
wise, from performing the required services hereunder,
and in the event of such illness or incapacity the
producer, at its option, may terminate this employ-
ment without further liability.
producer
8. The artist agrees to furnish all modern
wardrobe and wearing apparel reasonably necessary for
the portrayal of said role; it being agreed, however,
that should so-called "character" or "period" cos»
tumes be required the producer shall supply the same.
Any loss of or damage to costumes, wardrobe, and
other property furnished by the artist necessarily aris-
ing through the performance of the artist's services, or
through lack of due care on the part of the producer,
shall be paid for by the producer to the artist. All
costumes, wardrobe and other property furnished by
the producer shall belong to the producer and be re-
turned promptly to it, and any loss of or damage
thereto arising through lack of due care on the part
of the artist, or not necessarily arising through the
performance of the artist's services, shall be paid for
by the artist to the producer. Any loss of or damage
to wardrobe, for which either party hereto may be
liable, shall be computed on the basis of depreciation
schedules to be furnished from time to time by the
American Appraisal Company.
9. The producer may terminate the artist's em-
ployment at any time, either prior to the commence-
ment of production of said photoplay or during the
course of production; provided, however, that if the
producer elect to terminate the artist's employment
hereunder more than thirty (30) days prior to the
starting date hereinabove in paragraph 2 specified,
then and in that event the producer shall be free
from all liability of every kind whatsoever; but pro-
vided further that if the producer elect to terminate
the artist's employment hereunder at any time within
thirty (30) days prior to said starting date, or at any
time thereafter, or during the course of production of
said photoplay, the producer shall be obligated to pay
the artist such balance, if any, as is then unpaid for
services theretofore rendered by the artist, and also
one week's compensation, upon the payment of which
the producer shall be discharged of and from all lia-
bility whatsoever hereunder, subject, however, to the
provisions of paragraphs 7 and 1 1 hereof.
10. If during the first or last week of the artist's
employment hereunder the artist shall have actually
appeared before the camera or been on call less than
six (6) full days, then the artist's salary for such
week shall be prorated, and for this purpose one day's
salary shall be one-sixth (1/6) of the weekly rate.
If the services of the artist at the commencement of
the term hereof arc to be rendered at a place which
can be reached from the producer's studio within
twenty-four (24) hours of travel by ordinary means
of transportation, then and in that event compensation
shall not begin to accrue to the artist until the artist's
first appearance before the camera at such place or
until the artist is first put on call at such place; pro-
vided, however, that in any event compensation must
commence to accrue to the artist not later than forty-
eight (48) hours after such place has been reached;
and compensation shall accrue to the artist during the
time reasonably required to return the artist to Los
Angeles. If the services of the artist at the com-
mencement of the term hereof are to be rendered at
a place which cannot be reached from the producer's
studio within twenty-four (24) hours of travel by
ordinary means of transportation, then and in that
shall
event compensation shall not commence to accrue to
the artist during such travel period and prior to the
artist's first appearance before the camera at such
place, or prior to the time when the artist is first
put on call at such place; provided, however, that in
any event compensation must commence to accrue to
the artist not later than forty-eight (48) hours after
shall
such place has been reached; and compensation shall not
accrue to the artist during the time reasonabily re-
quired to return the artist to Los Angeles. A week
shall be deemed to start at 12:01 a.m. on _
and end at 12 o'clock midnight of the succeeding
_ If, during any week the
artist shall have actually appeared before the camera
or been on call each day, the artist shall receive one
day's additional compensation for the services ren-
dered by the artist on Sunday, and for this purpose,
also, one day's salary shall be one-sixth (1/6) of
the weekly rate. Compensation to the artist here-
under shall be payable on - for
services rendered up to and including the preced-
ing _ _
11. The producer guarantees that it will furnish
the artist not less than ( )
weeks' employment hereunder; and if the foregoing
blank is not filled in, then the producer shall be
deemed to have agreed to guarantee to the artist that
it will furnish the artist not less than one (1) week's
employment hereunder. The guarantee in this para-
graph 11 set forth shall be subject, of course, to the
rights of suspension and termination hereinabove in
paragraph 7 granted to the producer. The producer
agrees, that upon request of the artist, it will ad-
vise the artist, if and when able to do so, of the
estimated date on which, in the opinion of the pro-
ducer, the artist's employment hereunder will termin-
ate, it being understood, of course, that such estimated
date of termination shall not be binding on the pro-
ducer, but that the producer in good faith and to the
best of its ability will endeavor to advise the artist
of such estimated date of termination as far in advance
of the actual date of termination as the producer may
be able to estimate the same.
12. If the artist shall be dismissed for the day,
the artist shall not thereafter be recalled for work
within a period of less than twelve (12) hours after
the time of such dismissal for the day. (See introduc-
tory discussion for amendment. — Ed.).
13. If this agreement is not executed by the pro-
ducer and available for delivery to the artist at the
producer's studio, or if the same is not executed by
the producer and mailed to the artist, on or before
the close of business on the next succeeding business
day after this agreement has been executed by the
artist, then this agreement, at the option of the artist,
shall be null and void. Should the artist elect to
exercise the right of termination under the provisions
of this paragraph 13, the artist must do so by written
notice to be served upon the producer before twelve
(12) o'clock, noon, of the second business day after
the execution hereof by the artist.
14. All notices which the producer is required or
may desire to give to the artist may be given either
by mailing the same addressed to the artist at
, Los Angeles, California, cr
such notice may be given to the artist personally,
either orally or in writing.
15. THE ARTIST MUST KEEP THE PRO-
DUCER'S CASTING OFFICE OR THE ASSIS-
TANT DIRECTOR OF SAID PHOTOPLAY
ADVISED AS TO WHERE THE ARTIST MAY
BE REACHED BY TELEPHONE WITHOUT UN-
REASONABLE DELAY.
16. Should any dispute or controversy arise be-
tween the parties hereto with reference to this con-
tract or the employment herein provided for, such
dispute or controversy shall be referred for deter-
mination to a committee consisting of five foundation
members of the Actors' Branch of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which committee
is to be selected by the Executive Committee of the
Actors' Branch of said Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences. Either party to such arbitration
may appeal from the decision rendered by such com-
mittee, and in such event the dispute or controversy
between the parties hereto shall be determined by the
Conciliation Committee of said Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences. Any arbitration hereunder
shall he conducted in accordance with the by-laws of
said Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and
in accordance with such rules as may from time to
time be formulated by said Academy of Motion Pic-
ture Arts and Sciences.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have
executed this agreement the day and year first above
written.
By..- - — .
(artist)
THIS MINIMUM CONTRACT TO BE ADMIN-
ISTERED THROUGH THE ACADEMY OF MO-
TION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES HAS
BEEN ESTABLISHED BY A BASIC AGREEMENT
SIGNED BY A LARGE MAJORITY OF REPRE-
SENTATIVE ARTISTS IN LOS ANGELES AND
BY THE COMPANY MEMBERS OF THE ASSO-
CIATION OF MOTION PICTURE PRODUCERS.
INC.. TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR A PERIOD OF
FIVE YEARS FROM MARCH 1. 1930. SUBJECT
TO REVISIONS AS PROVIDED IN SAID BASIC
AGREEMENT.
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
PRODUCTION AND
STUDIO EXECUTIVES
105
,eA?H.R\W,LLIAM FISHER: b. Oil Citv. Pa.. July
JS. lost'; h. 0 feet 2 inches; grey hair and blue eyes-
w. 20o pounds; p. Clara Ellsworth and Charles Edwin
Adler. non-professionals; e. Maywood. 111. high school
and the Lewis Institute of Technology; m." Jane Abbev
non-professional; hy. porcelain collecting, spceializiri'
in Oriental china. Twenty-six years in the motion
picture business. Became vice-president and chief engi-
neer for Colorart Synehrotone Corp.. Ltd.
ALGIER, SIDNEY H.: Production manager and
director; b. Shamokin. Pa.. December 5. 1889; h. 5 feet
bife inches; brown hair and eyes; w ICO pounds- p
Elise and Allan Algier. non-professionals; e. Brook'line
high school; m. Wava Roberts, professional; hv. golf
and all outdoor sports. Stage experience covered a
period of about 10 years during which time he appeared
in light opera: -The Princess Chic." in 1904: two
seasons with -' Babes in Toyland"; in the musical com-
fSi The Tourists." in 1906; from 1907 to 1908 in
The Alaskan'; in 1909 "A Night for a Dav"; in
burlesque from 1910 to 1911 and in vaudeville 1911-14
^',ere^„ "IT Kreswin, 1913 an<1 plav,d s«-o"d comedv
parts to Rube Miller in short reel subjects, writing
them himself, editing and cutting same Later he
became assistant director and then production manager
which vocation he has been following to date Also
has co-directed and directed 17 productions. With
Liberty Productions.
ASHCRAFT, JAMES M. : Theatre manager- b St
Georges Del.. July 22. 1879: h. 5 feet 10 inches;' gray
hair and eyes: w. 170 pounds; p Marv Louisa Ash-
craft; e. Philadelphia. Advance agent and companv
manager for various dramatic and musical shows- at
various tunes publicity representative for D. W Griffith
inc.. Inited Artists Corporation. Warner Bros • for two
if,?r<!PlQS.maL re«"«™««ive of D. W. Griffith; on
July 8 1929. he was appointed director of publicitv for
delphVa roductlons; now a theatre manager in Phila-
BACHMAN. J. G. : Producer: b. Russia. May 1 1891-
married and has three children. Lawrence. Dorothy and
Lucille: e. New York City. Was formerly a ce'rtifltd
public accountant. Entered picture business in 1916
produced or supervised for Paramount: "The Last Com-
mand " "Easy Come. Easy Go." "Sporting Goods "
Sawdust Paradise." "Warming Up." "Moran of the
.Marines. ■ - Docks of New York." "Interference." ■ Sins
of the Fathers." "Redskin" and others. Forming own
company to produce pictures with Maude Adams.
BAILEY, B. BEX: CutlDJ director. RKO Radio
Iictures; b. Baileyton. Tenn.. December 7. 1901- p the
late W. It Bailey and Cora A. Bailey; e. high school
at Greeneville. Tenn.. and three years at Tus< ulum Col-
lege at Greeneville; m. Fay Evans; no children. Started
in motion pictures as an extra. Obtained a position
ES, ( *'ntral Casting Corporation in 1926. Went to
11KO as assistant casting director in September l'i'K
l!?os WaS promo,ed 10 casting director in February.'
BAKER. C. GRAHAM: b. Evans-.ille. Ind. ; h 5
reet 6 inches; reddish-brown hair and blue eyes- w
150 pounds; e. Boys high school. Brooklyn; m non-
professional; hy. tennis. Screen experience as ' writer
and director. Did scenarios for "The Little Minister"
in 1835; "Broken Hearts of Hollywood." "Mv Official
Wife," "Millionaires" and "Just Suppose" "in 10°G-
"Finger Prints." "White Flannels." "Irish Hearts "
"Girl from Chicago." "Slightly Used." ' Husbands for
Rent." "Third Degree." "Mat nee Ladies" and "Heart
of Maryland" in 1927: and "The Singing Fool " "Con-
quest." "Alimony Annie." "She Knew Men." "Fancy
Baggage" and "The Air Circus" in 1928. "Sonny Bov."
"Glad Rag Doll" and "Honky Tonk." Became co-ex-
ecutive in charge of production at First National
studios.
BARAVALLE. VICTOR: Music director; b. Italv;
came to America when lie was 7 years old and at the
age of 9 was requested to give a concert at the
Academy of Music; this appearance was followed by a
period of instruction in the Damrosch Conservatory.' At
10 he was concert maestro for the Shuberts. and later
became conductor. Mas been conductor and musical
director for Charles B. Dillingham, the Shuberts and
Ziegfeld on such productions as "Sally." "Whoopee."
"Rio Rita." Ziegfeld's "Follies." and "Mnvtime."
"Rio Rita." "Hit the Deck." "Street Girl." "The
Selected to head the entire musical deirartment for
Radio Pictures and personally has directed and con-
ducted all musical numbers for "Rio Rita." "Hit the
Deck." "Street Girl." "The Cuckoos." "Dixiana."
BERMAN. PANORO S.: Vice president in charge of
productions. RKO Radio Pictures. Hollywood: b. Pitts-
burgh. Pa.. March 28. 1905: h. 5 feet 7 inches: brown
hair and eves: w. 145 pounds; p. Julie and the late
Harry M. Herman, general manager of Universal and
FBO: e. DeWitt Clinton high school and elsewhere in
New York: m. Viola V. Newman, non-professional; hy.
golf and tennis. Spent five years with FBO as assist-
ant director for Tod Browning. Ralph Ince. Al Santell
and Mai St. Clair: also film editor for FBO film and
title editor at Columbia Studios. Chief film editor of
RKO Productions, and at present assistant to William
Le Baron.
BERN. PAUL: Producer. Metro-Goldwyn-Maver Pic-
tures Corporation. Culver City. Cal. : b. Germanv.
December 3. 1889: e. New York City public schools and
Academy of Dramatic Arts: not married. Was stage
manager and director of theatrical productions from
1911 to 1915. Wrote "The Marriage Circle," "The
Christian." "Name the Man." "The Beloved Rogue."
"The Dove." and others. Directed "Open All Night."
"Tin Dressmaker from Paris." "The Flower of Night."
Is now a producer with MOM and has made "The
Rogue Song." "The Divorcee." "Let Fs Be Gav." "It's
a Wise Child" and "The Southerner."
BISCHOFF. SAMUEL: Production supervisor. Co-
lumbia Pictures Corporation. Hollvwood: b. Hartford.
Conn.. August 11. 1890: h. 5 feet 7H inches: black
bair and brown eves: w. 155 pounds: p. Morris Bischoff.
non-professional: e. Hartford high. Hartford. Conn., and
Boston Cniversity. Boston. Mass. ; m. Harriet Wisgel.
non-professional: hy. golf. Produced 36 comedies in
1923-24 for Grand Asher. 36 comedies in 1924-25 for
Bischoff. Inc.. six features in 1926 for Bischoff Produc-
tions, four features in 1927 for Gotham Productions,
four features in 1927 for Bischoff Productions Has
been in the capacity of production supervisor since
1928 for Columbia Pictures. Production supervisor
Universal Pictures.
BLOCK. RALPH: Associate producer. Fox Film
Corporation. Hollywood: b. Cherokee. Iowa. June 21
1889; p. Dons Chraplewski and Siegfried Block, non-
professionals; e. University of Michigan. Ann Arbor,
Mich. ; m. Mary Grcenacre. non-professional. Stage
experience on advisory board. New York Theatre Guild
1921 to 1923. inclusive. He was production editor for
I aramount in 1923. managing editor in 1924-5-6. and
supervising editor in 1927. Then became associate pro-
ducer for Pathe in 1928 and 1929. and now is with
Fox Film Corporation.
BOASBERG. AL: Producer, with RCA Photophone
and Louis Brock, of the series of 12 two-reel Radiant
Pictures for 1929. Became associate producer of
RKO Radio Pictures in 1930.
BOYCE-SMITH. JOHN: Vice president and treas-
urer of Tec-Art Studios, Hollvwood; b. New York City.
August 15. 1881: h. 5 feet 8 inches; brown hair arid
blue eyes; w. 135 pounds; p. Mary Fisher Kilpatrick
and John Boyce-Smith. non- professionals; e. Collegiate
school. New York City, Columbia University, college
and law; m. Harriit Mather Illsley. non-professional;
hy. golf, tennis and riding. Vice president and treas-
urer of Inspiration Pictures. Inc.. and one of the or-
ganizers of the company in 1920. Produced "Tol'able
David." "Fury." "Classmates." "White Sister " "Ra-
mona." "Resurrection." and "Hell Harbor." Since
1927 has been vice president and treasurer of Tec-Art
studios. Director and treasurer of the Breakfast Club
of Los Angeles, and treasurer of Theta Delta Chi Club
of New York City.
BRISKIN. SAMUEL J.: Assistant general manager,
Columbia Pictures Corporation. Los Angeles. Cal ; b
Russia. February 8. 1896; e. grade and high schools.
New York City. College of the C.ty of New York; m.
Sarah Myers: has two sons. Gerald and Bamett. Five
years with C. B. C. Film Sales Corporation, two years
with Banner Productions, Inc., five years with Colum-
bia Pictures Corporation.
BROUGHTON. CLIFF: West Coast representative of
George W. Weeks of Sono Art-World Wide Pictures:
b. Walnut. Iowa. July 20. 1897; h. 5 feet 1H4 inches;
brown hair and blue eyes; w. 168 pounds: p. Jennie
Packard and Thomas Henry Broughton. non-profes-
sionals: e. Walnut high school: m. Lena Mae. non-
professional: hy. hunting and tennis. Manager for Mrs.
Wallace Reid Productions from 1923 to 1928 and pro-
duced the following: "The Red Kimono." "The Earth
Woman." "The Satin Woman." and "Linda." and in
1928 produced "The Road to Ruin." also supervised the
Ruth Roland picture. "Love and the Law." In Septem-
ber. 1929. he became associated with Mrs. Wallace Reid
in the production of one of the first 100 per cent talk-
ing pictures produced at Metropolitan Studio. "The
Dude Wrangler." using Western Electric system. No-
vember 10th he was named vice president in charge
of production of United Sound Producers. Inc. In
1930 he produced "The Rogue of the Rio Grande" at
Mitropolitan Studio for Sono Art-World Wide Pictures.
Inc. Joined Sono Art as associate producer. In 1931
was appointed West Coast representative of George W.
Weeks, executive vice president and general manager
of Sono Art-World Wide.
BURR. C. C. : Independent producer. Hollywood; b.
Brooklyn. N. Y.. January 30. 1891: h. 5 feet 8% inches;
black hair and gray eyes; w. 185 pounds: p. Anna
Louise and Richard Ogden Burr, non-professionals: e.
Hackensack high. Bethlehem Prep. Nazareth Hall. Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania: m. Clemence Amy Burr, non-
professional: has four sons; hy. polo and pictures.
Entered the University of Pennsylvania (class of 1911)
after attending several preparatory schools, then be-
came a newspaper reporter and worked on publicity
for the New York Times. Later went to New York
Edison Companv and MeCall Company, and then re-
turned to the Times.
Paramount Pictures was just starting and Zukor was
making feature films. Zukor and Hodkinson paired
and brought in Jesse Lasky and Cecil DcMille. and
later took in Bosworth Film Company. Burr be-
came a member of the company in the latter part of
1913. and after Ave years became assistant general
manager, holding that post for two years, when he left
and started making his own pictures, having had the
id-a to make the Sewell Ford's Torchy stories. He
saw Johnny Hines and used him as actor for the role.
His first film was sold to the Strand theatre in N. Y..
and it opened there February 3. 1920. A contract
was arranged with E. W. Hammons. who was about
to start a distributing company for short subjects later
to he known as Educational. Burr waited six months
for Hammons to get started rather than release through
existing companies. The Torchy comedies continued
for three years until the star was placed in long
features.
Key of Abbreviations
b. born
div. divorce
e. educated
h. height
hy. hobby
m. married
p. parents
r. n. real name
w. weight
Burr then produced all star comedies featuring
Charlie Murray and Raymond McKee. Hodkinson-Pathe
release. Also made four features yearly in addition to
the Hines features. "Restless Wives," 'Youth for
Sale." and "I Am the Law" were Burr's outstanding
money-makers. He selected many girls for the Torchy
comedies who became celebrated stars. The leading
women in the first Torchies. in the order named, were
Billie Dove, Jacqueline Logan, Dorothy Mackaill. Jobv-
na Ralston. Norma Shearer. Dolores Costello. Clara Bow
and others. He took Johnny Hines, then an obscure
young comedian, built him via the two-reel route to
stardom with First National and kept him there three
years. 1925 to 192S. C. C. Burr is one of the leading
independent producers still established and operating
after ten years of independent production.
CAMPBELL, FREDERICK S.: Camera department
head, Pathe Studios, Culver City, Cal. ; b. Charlotte-
town. Canada, in 1896; p. Alexander Sutherland Camp-
bell and Annie Elizabeth Pickard Campbell; e. public
schools, business college and preparatory school; not
married. Has been a camera enthusiast from early
boyhood, but was obliged to take up other occupations
at an early age due to the death of his father. Served
in an executive capacity in a large wholesale metal
house in Boston for more than nine years, and like-
wise a large Boston publishing institution for six years
before going to California to enter the motion picture
industry. Entered Pathe's camera department in 1927
(then De Mille) and has remained there since.
CARDONA. RENE: Vice president and in charge of
production of Hispania Talking Films Corporation. Ltd ,
of Hollywood; b. Havana. Cuba. October 8. 1906; h.
6 feet: brown hair and dark blue eyes: w. 165 pounds;
p. Hermin,a Andre de Cardona and Miguel Cardona.
non-professionals: not married: hy. hunting, auto racing
and tennis. Stage experience with Compania de Santa
Cruz, and appeared in "The Iron Ring." as juvenile
lead. Screen experience as follows: "Our Dancing
Daughters." for Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer, talking "Shady
Lady." for Pathe as technical d.rector and second lead.
"The Dead Line." for Paramount as juvenile. "Gentle-
men Prefer Blondes." for Paramount as the Prince of
Wales, "The Wife of the Toreador." one of the first
talking pictures made by Fox with Haquel Meller. the
juvenile lead. Appeared as the star in "Havana
Shadows," at Tec Art Studios, made in two versions,
English and Spanish.
CARR. TREM: President of Trem Carr Pictures and
vice president of Syndicate Pictures Corporation: b.
Trenton. 111.. November 6. 1891; p. W. T. Carr: e.
University of Illinois; ni. Margaret Carr: has one daugh-
ter. Carmen. Producing for Tiffany Productions, Inc.,
and for Syndicate Pictures Corporation.
CEBALLOS. LARRY: Producer; r. n. Hilarion Ce-
ballos; b. lquique. Chile. South America, October 21,
1887; h. 5 feet 4 inches; black hair and brown eyes; w.
140 pounds; p. Sarah Fergus Ceballos and Teodulo R.
Ceballos. professional; m. Dorothy Smith, professional;
by. golfing, tennis, fishing, yachting and hunting. Made
his first public appearance at the age of 2 years in
Kiralfy's spectacle "Nero." with the Barnum & Bailey
Circus at the Olympia in London. England, in 1889.
Appeared with his father's show as a full-fledged actor
in 1895. in Caracas, Venezuela. South America, to-
gether with his sister Rosalie, doing a tightrope act.
Returned to North America in 1897. In 1900 appeared
with his family with Barnum & Bailey Circus in Ham-
burg. Germany, and toured Europe with that organiza-
tion until 1902. In 1904 appeared in Klaw Erlanger's
Drury Lane pantomime. "Humpty Dumpty" at the New
Amsterdam theatre. New York, remaining until 1906.
From 1907 to 1910 was in Ned Wayburn's "Phantastic
Phantoms"; 1910. Lew Field's "Midnight Sons": 1911.
Lew Field's "Hen Pecks"; 1912. "Passing Show of
1912": 1913. Jesse L. Lasky's "Clownland" ; 1914.
Lasky's "Peaches": 1915. Albert De Corral's "Shell
Out." Comedy theatre. London: 1910. Cochran's "Half
Past Eight." Comedy theatre. London: 1917. John Cort's
"Masked Model" ; 1918. in conjunction with John Mur-
ray Anderson and Morris Green, directed floor shows at
Palais Royale and Rector's cafes in New S'ork City:
1919. directed dances for Andre Chariot's "Bran Pie."
"Buzz Buzz." "Wild Geesee" and "Just Fancy." Lon-
don. England. "The Red Mill." at the Empire theatre.
London: "The Little Whopper." for Grossmith and Lor-
rillard. also in London: 1920. returned to America and
produced for Jones & Green "Jim Jam Jems" : entered
into a partnership with Lew Cantor and produced big
vaudeville acts until 1923 : then directed dances for
John Murray Anderson's "Jack and Jill." Globe theatre.
New York: Jones & Green's "Hitchie Koo." with Ray-
mond Hitchcock: "Greenwich Village Follies." Winter
Garden. New York, and "Sitting Pretty" with the Dolly
Sisters: 1924. Al Jolson in "Big Boy." Winter Garden:
"Greenwich Village Follies," Winter Garden: "Moon-
light" at Longacre theatre, directing dances: "Vogues"
for the Shuberts. Broadhurst theatre: 1925, "Mercenary
Mary." for Clayton & Waller. London Hippodrome.
London; "Greenwich Village Follies" at the Shannon
theatre. New York; "Sweetheart Time" for Rufus Le-
Maire. Imperial theatre. New York: 1926. "The Merry
World." for the Shuberts. Imperial theatre. New York;
.T. P. McEvoy's "Americana" for Richard Herndon.
Belmont theatre. New York; Carter De Haven's "Music
Box Revile." Music Box theatre. Hollywood: 1927. "Oh
Kav." with Elsie .Tanis. Mayan theatre. Los Angeles:
"The Girl from Cook's." for J. L. Sacks. Gayetv the-
atre. London. Produced ideas for Fanchon and Marco
for three months in 1928. On April 1 signed a three
y-ar contract with Warner Bros, to produce the Larry
Ceballos Revues at Warner Bros Hollywood theatre.
Produced revues for one year, then produced ensemble
numbers for Warner Bros, and First National Vitaphone
Pictures, with the exception of three months in 1929.
when he produced dances for "Fifty Million Frenchmen"
at Lvric theatre. New York City. Screen experience:
Produced the dances for the following pictures for
Warner Bros. -First National Vitaphone productions:
"On With the Show." "Gold Diggers of Broadway."
"Show of Shows." "Sally." "Hold Everything." "No.
No. Nanette." "Bright Lights " and many others.
Most recen* was "Man in the Sky." by Jerome Kern
and Otto Harbach.
CHADWICK. I. E. : Producer; b. London, February
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1931
15, 1884; e. Brooklyn. N. Y.. schools. Cornell and St.
Lawrence University, receiving A.B. and LL.B. degrees;
has one son, Lee. Entered picture business in 1910 as
counsel to picture companies. Has produced "Fire
Patrol," "Wizard of Oz," "Paint and Powder," "Lady-
bird." At present not actively engaged in picture
business.
CHAPLIN, CHARLES: President, Charles Chaplin
Film Corporation, producer and star; b. London, Eng-
land. April 1G. 1889; p. Charles and Hannah Chaplin,
professionals; e. public schools of London and provinces;
divorced Mildred Harris and lata Grey ; has two sons,
Charles. Jr. and Sidney. At an early age began his
career as a member of a juvenile troupe (Six Lancaster
Lads). Played Billy the page boy in "Sherlock Holmes"
with William Gillette. Afterwards became a vaudeville
headliner in Great Britain and the United States.
Went into pictures in November. 1913, with Keystone,
then Essanay, Mutual. First National and others. In
1918 constructed his own studios in Hollywood. Is an
owner-member of United Artists Distributing Corpora-
tion and an independent producer of silent comedies.
Among his recent outstanding pictures are "The Gold
Rush" and "The Circus." and the latest is "City
Lights." a pantomimic musical comedy with synchro-
nized music and sound, but no dialog.
CHRISTIE, AL: President. Christie Film Company;
b. London, Ont.; h. G feet 1 inch; blue eyes, medium
brown hair; w. 175 pounds: e. public schools of
London. Ont. ; m. to Shirley Collins. Formerly stage
manager and director with theatrical companies in New
York and Hollywood. Entered pictures in 1909, when
during a summer layoff from stage, he was engaged
to direct for David Horsley's Nestor Comedies at
Bayonne, N. J. ; now producing features for Columbia
release and shorts for Educational release.
CHRISTIE. CHARLES H.: Vice president and general
manager of Christie Film Co. and president of Christie
Realty Corporation; b. London. Ont. Was engaged in
mercantile business in London and also advertising and
traffic work with the Grand Trunk Railroad; entered
picture business in 1915: followed brother. Al. to Cali-
fornia, and in January, 191G. the two organized the
independent Christie Film Company.
CLEARY, MAURICE G. : Producer; b. Everett. Wash ,
September 5, 189G; e. Andrews Academy, Yale, Uni-
versity of Wisconsin; m. May McAvoy. Formerly in
banking business with Merrill Lynch Company, New
York City; entered pictures in 1923 through Douglas
Fairbanks; produced "Fog" and "Wolves" for British
and Dominion Film Corporation in Hollywood.
COHAN, PHILIP: Supervisor of music department.
Paramount, New York, studio; b. Meriden, Conn.. April
17, 1905; h. 5 feet 10 inches: brown eyes and black
hair; w. 150 pounds; e. Meriden high school. University
of Pennsylvania; hy. golf, swimming. Has lived in
Meriden. Philadelphia, New York. Started with Para-
mount upon completion of college course in 1928, Para-
mount selecting men from several Eastern colleges to
train, placing them in the musical department at the
advent of sound pictures due to experience in college
orchestras.
COHEN, MAX: Director and process technician. Uni-
versal Pictures Corporation, Universal City, Cal. ; b.
Pittsburgh, Pa.. November 20, 1889; p. Joseph and
Rachael Cohen; e. public school and Carnegie Tech art
schools; m. Selma Hoffman of Cincinnati. Ohio; has
son and daughter, Lester. 13, and Harriet, 15. Has
been in vaudeville and motion pictures as actor, artist
and technician; was with tiie Kalem and Lubin com-
panies; has been with Universal eleven years as man-
ager of the art title department, trick photography,
special effects, prologues, openings, and so forth.
COHN, HARRY: Vice president in charge of pro-
duction. Columbia Pictures Corporation; b. New York
City. July 23. 1891: h. 5 feel 10 inches: dark brown
hair and eyes: w. 155 pounds; e. New Y'ork City public
schools; hy. making motion pictures for Columbia. One-
third owner in the business with his brother. Jack
Cohn. and Joe Brandt. Has demonstrated his produc-
tion genius with such pictures as "Blood Ship." "Sub-
marine," "Flight." "Ladies of Leisure," "The Crim-
inal Code" and "Tol'able David."
COHN, MARTIN G.: Supervising film editor. Tiffany
Productions. Hollywood; b. New Y'ork City. May 5. 1893;
p. Goodman and James Cohn ; e. New York public
schools and College of the City of New York; m, Anna
Messing; has two children. Joined Great, Northern
Film Company in 1911 and six months later was edit-
ing 500-foot subjects as weekly releases, also 1.000-foot
Bubjects as monthly releases. Was one of the first to
edit a subject of more than one reel in length, this
being released through Motion Picture Sales Company
at 111 East 14th street. New York. Since then he has
been in various fields of the industry but alwavs has
returned to the editing of pictures. Has edited such
subjects as "Wild Geese." "The Cat and the Canary."
"Th- Lost Zeppelin" and "Journey's End." He also
has supervised the editing of more than 100 pictures.
COOPER. MARION COLDWELL: b. Jacksonville.
Fla.. October 24. 1893; h. 5 feet S1^ inches; brown
hair and eves; w. 150 pounds: p. Mary' Coldwell and
John C. Cooper; non-professionals; e. Lawreneeville
high school anil United States Naval Academy; no
stage training; by. reading, aviation, gambling and
exploitation. Co-produccx with Emcst Scboldsacfe of
"Chang" and "Grass."
CORDISH, NAT: Formerly vice president and gen-
eral manager. James Cruze, Inc.
COWAN. JAMES R. : Production executive. Long
Island studio of Paramount; b. Glasgow. Scotland.
August 25. 1889; e. high school and private commercial
schools; first job in a bank. Since 20 years old has
been connected with the theatrical business. Only in-
terruption was during the war when he served in a
machine gun outfit and rose from the rank of private
to first lieutenant. Started with Klaw and Erlnnger
in the d-iys of advanced vaudeville: then went to
booking offices of William Morris and served as travel-
ing representative of tours of Annette Kellerman and
Sir flarfy Lauder. lie was associated with Elizabeth
Marbury in production of "Nobody Home." "Very G >od
Eddie," "Love of Mike" and other shows. In th'it
connection he came to know Walter Wanger and was
associated with him in the product on o' "John Ger-
guson " and the Frank Bacon show, "Five o'Clo-k."
During this same nerlod he was associated with l.ind-
sey Morrison In the production of stock in Boston.
When Paramount took over th" Bilahan & Katz chain
of theatres', be was buying short features for its chain
of houses. Sam Katz put him in charge of the unit
shows being installed in the deluxe houses of the Pub-
lix circuit. He directed the routing, arranged openings
and helped put new productions into shape. In time
he became manager of all the units. He was brougni
to the Long Island stud.o when it reopened and mad-;
head of production of short features. On January 1.
192U, he was promoted to production manager of the
studio.
CURRIER, RICHARD C: Supervisor, editorial de-
partment. Hal Roach Studios, Culver City. Cal.; b. Den-
ver, Col.. August 20, 1892; p. John and Anna Currier:
e. public schools and business course at college; m.
Sarah Cordelia Marsh; one child, a daughter. Has
been in the motion picture industry seventeen years,
having been employed by Universal, Triangle, Selig,
Kalem, and Metro. Prior to entering pictures he was
an accountant.
D'USSEAU, LEON: Associate producer. RKO Radio
Pictures. Hollywood; b. Toledo. Ohio; e. Toledo hi"h
school, St. John's College, University of Michigan; m.
O. Hola Nesmith; has four children. Amaud. Leon.
Andre. Loring.
DARMOUR, LARRY: Producer; b. Flushing, N. Y. ;
h. 5 feet 8 inches; light hair and blue eyes: w. 150
pounds; p. Julia and John Darmour; e. Flushing high
school and Princeton University; m. Alice Darmour:
hy. golf. Has had seventeen years of experience in
the motion picture business. Producer of the Mickey
McGuiie Comedies. Dane and Arthur, Louise Fazenda.
and "Record Breakers" series for RKO release.
D ATI G. FERDINAND A.: Casting director. Para-
mount Publix Corporation. Hollywood; b. Carnegie. Pa..
October 23, 1891; p. August and Cecilia Datig; e. pub-
lic schools until 12: m. Dorothy Patricia Penland : has
one son, 51^ years old. Thirteen years casting director
for Universal, five years with Paramount l*ublix.
DEUTSCH. ADOLPH: b. London, Eng., October 20,
1897; b. 5 feet G inches; blue eyes and brown hair; w.
137 pounds ; e London, Eng. ; specializing in music,
languages and history; m Hermina Selz. professional:
hy. tennis, swimming and walking. Entered pictures in
1928 with the help of Paul Ash, through association
with Balaban and Katz.
DISNEY. WALT: Producer; b. Chicago. 111., Decem-
ber 5, 1901; h. 5 feet 101* inches; light brown hair
and light brown eyes; w. 155 pounds; hy. aviation and
dogs. Engaged in commercial art in Chicago and
Kansas City, 1919 to 1922; produced a series of seven
cartoons for Pictorial Clubs, Inc. ; 1923-2G produced
Alice comedies, a combination of live actors and car-
toons, for Wrinkler Pictures, releasing through state
rights and FBO; began making "Mickey Mouse" car-
toons in sound in May. 1928; released through state
rights until February. 1930. and is now releasing
through Columbia Pictures, including Silly Symphony
Cartoons.
DOWD. MERVYN R. : Studio executive; b. San
Francisco. Cal.. November 30. 1888; h. G feet: brown
hair and blue eyes; w. 173 pounds: p. Vincent F.
Dowd and Katherine Cochrane, non-professionals; e.
San Francisco public schools. University of California,
Harvard Law School and Columbia University; hy. track,
swimming, tennis, music and applied psychology; m.
Geraldine Herrick-Corbett. professional. Newspaper re-
porter during college vacations on the San Francisco
Chronicle. Began law practice in 1915 and became
assistant financial editor of the San Francisco Call-
Post in 1915; in the same year began course of lec-
tures in salesmanship for Golden Gate College, and in
1920 became extension lecturer in salesmanship and
sales psychology for the University of California; in
May, 1927. in conjunction with Raine Bennett, under-
took organization of American Arts Foundation, pri-
marily organized for the purpose of establishing an
eastern outlet for western art — plays, books, and other
productions of western artists unable to go east to sell
their output. Later he joined Colorart Pictures. Ltd..
as secretary and general counsel. Became actively as-
sociated with first feature production of "Mamba." In
conjunction with Brown and Nagel he became studio
executive of Colorart Pictures. Ltd., at the Tec-Art
Studios.
DOWLING, PAT: Manager, industrial division. Met-
ropolitan Sound Studios. Inc., Hollywood: b. Barberton.
Ohio. February 4. 1894; p. Dr. and Mrs. Henry A.
Dowling: e. was graduated from Leland Stanford. Jr.
University in 191G; m. Ruth Moherman: no children.
Was for twelve years with Christie Brothers as adver-
tising and publicity director. For the past year has
been manager of industrial sound production for the
Christie interests.
DREHER. CARL: Director of sound, RKO Radio
Pictures, Hollywood; b. Vienna. Austria. February 1G,
189G; p. Julius H. and Cecilia Dreher: e. Townsend
Harris Hall. New Y'ork. and College of the City of New
York (bachelor of science, 1917): m. Rose Genodman ;
no children. From 1917 to 1923 was wireless operator
for Marconi Company. RCA and others. 1923-28 was
broadcast engineer in charge of WJZ and YVJ X (RCA)
in New York and staff engineer of RCA Photophone.
From 1929 to date he has been in charge of sound for
RCA Radio Pictures. He is a Fellow of the Institute
of Radio Engineers, Acoustical Society of America,
member of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers.
Academv of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and for-
merly vice president of Radio Club of America. Avoca-
tions: writing, contributing to technical radio and
American motion picture publications; stories in S"rib-
ners. American. Mercury. Freeman, The Nation. Yale
Review. Medical Review of Reviews. Forum, Smart Set.
Psychoanalytic Review, and others.
DULL, ORVILLE 0.: Production manager. Fox stu-
dios. Hollywood: b. Lima. Ohio. April 25. 1890; p.
George and Delia Dull; e. public schools, high school
and Ohio State University (short term) : m. Velma
Lefler; has no children. Was an actor on the stage,
and on the screen with the original Thomas H. Ince
Company; was a soldier in France for three years; as-
sistant director with Frank Borzage for six years: direc-
tor with Fox Films for two vears and assistant general
manager of Feature Productions at United Artists for
two years.
DURLING. E. V.: b. New Y'ork City. July 24. 1892:
h" G feet 2 Inches, black hair and gray eyes; w. 210
pounds; p. Lilian Robinson and Charles Durling. non-
professionals; e. Phillips- Andnver Academy, Andover.
Mass.: m. Joan Boisen. magazine writer: hy. golf,
motor boating and horse racing. Scenario department
Famous Plavers Paramount-Selzn ok. editorial super-
visor Darmour-Radio Pictures since organization.
EVANS, PORTER H.: Chief engineer. Eastern stu-
dios, Vitaphone Corporation; e. University of Michigan
(bachelor of electrical engineering. 1914, master of sci-
ence, 1920). Instructor in electrical engineering. Uni-
versity of Michigan, 1915 to 1920. Radio broadcasting.
Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1920 to 1928.
FARJEON. HERBERT: Director of dialogue Hal-
perin Productions; b. San Francisco, Cal., October 27,
1883; p. Samuel and Henrietta Burnham Farjeon; e.
Lowell high school, S. F. U. C. Medical college three
years; m. Claribel Fontaine; has one son. David. 15
years old, pianist and composer. Thirty years on the
stage, with sixteen years alternating on the screen;
played over 1,500 parts on stage and screen; stage di-
rector, diction and dialect expert; author of stage plays;
toured Japan, China. India and played own repertory
in London, England; has directed for Henry Miller,
James K. Hackett. William Faversham and other Broad-
way stage stars. Began his picture experience with
Thomas H. Ince in 1915. Has directed stock in twelve
of the largest United States cities and played fourteen
years on Broadway.
FINEMAN, B. P.: b. New York City, February 22.
1895; p. Gonia Powell and Venis Feinman. non-profes-
sionals; e. New Y'ork college. New York City; not mar-
ried; hy. aviation. Producing for 10 years for
independents. Katliryn McDonald and First National
and FBO for three and one-half years. Now an
associate producer at MGM.
FLOTHOW. RUDOLPH C. : Vice president and gen-
eral manager of Rogell Productions. Ltd., Hollywood;
b. Frankfurt. Germany, November 23, 1895 ; p. Carl
and Lucy Flothow; e. high school in Wiesbaden. Ger-
many, and college in Frankfurt, Germany; m. Martha
Bourne: has a son. 5 years old. Entered the industry
in 1915 in the old Paramount studio in 5Gth street.
New York. Was connected with Fox in its New York
exchange in 1917; Paramount New York exchange. 1918-
20; Robertson-Cole New Y'ork exchange. 1920-22. Free-
lanced foreign sales 1922-25. Was with Tiffany Pro-
ductions, Inc.. 192G-30, as special representative and in
charge of production of all shorts and all talking fea-
tures produced by Tiffany in New York. Formed Rogell
Productions with Albert Rogell in 1930. This company
produces independently four pictures a year for release
through Tiffany.
FORDE. ARTHUR: r. n. Arthur Hanna-Forde: b.
Plymouth. England. July 29, 1876: h. 5 feet G inches;
dark brown hair and blue eyes; w. 130 pounds; p.
Annie and William Hanna-Forde, a doctor of music;
e. Kinton Bond. Plymouth, England, and Cambridge.
England. Stage manager and actor with Chauncey
Olcott. Terrence Sullivan and Harris & Woods; also
in William Faversham's "Siniaw Man." In pictures
he has been both actor and production manager: with
the Nestor Film company as actor: with Lois Weber
as production manager five and one-half years; casting
director at Fox for two and one-half years; and nine
years with Christie Film Company as production man-
ager.
FOWLER, HERMAN: b. Memphis. Mo.: h. 5 feet 5
inches; black hair and hazel eyes; w. 1G0 pounds; p.
Aimee Ralph and Elmer Fowler, non-professionals; m.
Ella Fredericks: hy. hunting and golf. Was scenic
artist nine years ago in various cities of the United
States, including Chicago. St. Louis. Kansas City. San
Francisco, Seattle, etc. Owned and managed eight the-
atres in the State of Washington. Began making
"slides" for theatres at the close of war, 1918. in
Los Angeles, and shipped over 10,000 slides per month
to Chicago, and other citie.s. Was a pioneer in mak-
ing announcement and advance trailers. Began making
motion picture advertising in 1920. Started making
single reel sound shorts with own orchestra and vaude-
ville acts. Is the sole owner of Fowler Studios in
Hollywood.
FREEDM AN. SAMUEL: Supervisor. Universal Pic-
tures Corporation; b. Cincinnati. Ohio. October 7. 1883:
p. Sallie and Joseph Freedman: e. elementary schools
and University of Cincinnati: m. Mary Jacobs; has two
sons and two daughters. Owner and general manager
of Fine Arts Studios, Inc. Sold the studios to Tiffany
Productions and joined the staff of Universal.
FRENCH. LEWIS A.: Assistant general manager.
Hal Roach Studios; b. San Francisco. Cal.. January 27.
1882: p. J. S. and Sarah French; e. high school: m.
Sara T. French: has two children. Has been with Hal
Roach Studios as long as it has been in business about
twelve years, in every capacity from assistant director
and purchasing to his present position.
FRIEDMAN. PHIL M.: Casting director. Universal
Pictures Corporation, Universal City. Cal. ; b. New Y'ork
City. April 9. 1895: p. Samuel and Anna Friedman: e.
New Y'ork public schools. College of the City of New
York and New Y'ork University Law School : m. Belle
Parve; no children. For a number of years prior to
taking up his present duties as casting director he had
been engaged in the managerial end of the motion pic-
ture business, having represented and placed some of the
leading stars.
GAIN, J. J.: Studio business manager: b. Phila-
delphia. Pa.. May 28. 18S8; e. Roman Catholic
parochial and high school ; has four children. John.
Jr.. Edward Robert and Edith. Formerly in auto-
mobile business. 1910 to 1920. Entered pictures in
1920 to organize transportation department for Para-
mount's Long Island studio; since then has been
executive with Paramount's Hollywood Studio and then
with Universal.
GERSHWIN. GEORGE: b. Brooklyn. N. Y. . Sep-
tember 2G. 1898: h. 5 feet 10H inches: black hair
and brown eyes; w. 151 pounds: e. public schools of
New Y'ork and high school of Commerce. Took a
summer course in orchestration at Columbia University;
hy. golf. After leaving school became a song plugger
for a musio publishing house. Studied piano with
Charles Hambitzer and took harmony from Edward
K ilciiyi. Was on the stage as accompanist for Louise
Dresser and Nora Bayes. Soloist with the New York
Philharmonic Orchestra. New Y'ork Symphony Orches-
tra and tho Cincinnati Symphony orchestra. His out-
standing composition is probably "Rhapsody in Blue."
Wrote "Concerto in F." Composed such songs as
"La. La Lucile." "Our Nell." "Swert Little Devil."
"Lady, Be Good " 'Oh Kay." "Strike Up the Band."
"Show Girl," "Tip Toes." "Tell Me More." "Funny
Face." Wrote the music for George White's "Scan-
dals" during the years 1920 to 1924. Composed the
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music for "Primrose." and English productions. Lat-
est hit was "Girl Crazy. "
GESLEY, ERWIN S. : Scenario editor. Columbia
Studio; b. New York City, January 1, 1902; b. 5 feet
9 indies; hazel eyes, red ba.r; w. 144 pounds; e. New
York City; unmarried. Formerly in automobile and
advertising business. Entered pictures five years ago,
through iriendslnp with Walter Wanger; has been con-
nected with scenario departments of MG.M, Paramount.
Universal and Columbia studios.
GIBBONS. CEDRIC: An director. Metro- Goldwyn -
Mayer studios. Culver Cily. Cal. ; b. Dublin. Ireland.
March 28. 1890; p. Austin 1'. Gibbons and Veronica
Fitzpatrick Gibbons; in. Dolores Del Bio; no children.
Studied painting at Art Students League; was a com-
mercial artist, portrait painter, architect. Was art di-
rector. Thomas A. Edison studios. 1914-16; in the
United States Navy. 1917; art director. Goldwyn studios.
1918-23; art director at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios
since l'J24.
GIBSON. GEORGE W.: Producer: b. McPherson.
Kan.. September 11, 1889; h. 5 feet 9 inches: black
hair and gray eyes; w. 160 pounds: p. non-profession-
als; e. Norfolk and University of Nebraska; m. non-
professional ; by. aviation and mechanics. Producer of
numerous short length features, and producer and gen-
eral manager of Fashion Feature Studios. Inc., produc-
ers of "Fashion News" in sound and color.
GOLDWYN, SAMUEL: Producer and owner-member
of United Artists Corporation: b. Warsaw. Poland.
August 22. 1834: divorced Blanche Lasky. sister of
Jesse Lasky. in 1915: m. Frances Howard, professional,
and has one child. Started his business career as a
glove apprentice: later was given an interest in the
concern. In 1910. with Jesse Lasky. he founded the
Lasky company and December 29, 1913, released his
picture. "The Squaw Man." with Dustin Farnum the
star and Cecil B. DeMille the director. In 1917 Gold-
wyn was instrumental in bringing about the S25.000.0on
Famous Players-Lasky merger, as a result of which he
became chairman of the board of directors of that
company. In 1918 with Arch and Edgar Selwyn. he
formed Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, of which he
became president and chief owner. Later sold out his
interest to the Metro company and started again as an
independent producer under his own name, a position
which he has maintained ever since. During 1926 Gold-
wyn allied his independent film producing organization
with United Artists Corporation and through this com-
pany have been released "Stella Dallas." "Bulldog
Drummond." "This Is Heaven." "The Awakening" and
other Samuel Goldwyn productions. On October 13.
1927. he was unanimously- elected as owner- member of
United Artists by the others. Mary Pukford. Norma
Talmadge, Gloria Swanson. Douglas Fairbanks. Charlie
Chaplin. Joseph M. Schenck and D. W. Griffith. Gold-
wyn Is credited with "discovering" such players as
Ronald Colman. Vilma Bankv. I»U Moran. Belle Ben-
nett. Gary Cooper and Walter Byron.
GREENWOOD. MILTON E. : Manager of studio
operation and business manager. Metro-Goldwvn- Mayer
Corporation: b. I«i Place. Ala.. October 15 1SS3: p.
John C. and Marv J. Greenwood: e. self-educated but
for three years in grammar school (fifth, sixth and
seventh grades): m. Magdalena M. Kriecer: has a son.
Started in business at the age of 14 as clerk and sales-
man for an installment sewing machine company and
thereafter successively became a liook and statinnetv
salesman in Alabama and Texas, oil field laborer in
Oklahoma and Texas, railroad worker in Texas. Arizona.
Mexico and Pacific Northwest, a mining prospector
from Alaska to Mexico, and a public accountant in
Washington. Oregon and California. He entered the
motion picture industry in March. 1923. as business
manager of the Louis B Mayer studios On the
mercer into the Mclro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios he be-
came successively personal representative of Loalfl B.
Mayer and then business manager of MOM studios.
GRIFFITH. DAVID WAR K : b. LaGiangc. Ky.,
January 22. 1880; brown hair and gray eyes; w. 190
pounds; p. Margaret Oglesby and Colonel Jacob Wark
Griffith, known locally as "Unarm' Jake" Griffith, during
the Civil War. non-professionals: e. University of Ken-
tucky: not married: hy. reading and music. As a
boy. Griffith worked in the mail room of his brother's
newspaper in a Kentucky town, wrote theatre notes and
night police court reports for "Marse Henrv" Watter-
son's Louisville Courier-Journal and witnessed his first
theatrical performance. Pete Baker in "America's Na-
tional Game." He also saw Julia Marlowe in "Homola"
and promptly decided to become a dramatist: the de-
sire was imparted to the manager of the Meffert Stock
Company, then playing at the Masonic Temple in
Louisville. He appeared on the stage for the first
time in the role of a dunce (using the name of
Lawrence Griffith) in "The District School." Then
followed other roles and he remained with (he Meffert
Stock Company throughout its season at the Masonic
Temple. While working as a stok company actor in
Ixmisville. he also ran an elevator in a dry goods
emporium, worked In a stationery store when not per-
forming on the stage of the Masonic Temple and as a
book agent for the Baptist Weeklv and Encyclopedia
Britannica. for the Baptist Book Concern of Louisville
and ore-shoveler and puddler in a foundry at Tona-
wanda. N. Y.
Then came regular periods of stork and road company
assignments, first with John Griffith's Strolling Players.
David Braytington being the name adopted hy Lawrence
Griffith, because he did not wish to have the same
name as the star; then he joined Ada Gray's traveling
troupe, playing a minor part in "Trilby" and Francis
Lewisohn in "East Lynne." Followed seasons with the
Memphis stock company. Helen Ware. Barney Bernard.
Walker Whiteside. Neill Alhambra stock comoany. J. E.
Dodson and finally with Nance O'Neill. Wt roles in-
cluded those of (he Italian in "The Three Musketeers."
de Maupret in "Hlchelieu." Abraham Lincoln in "The
Ensign" and Sir Francis Drake in "Elizabeth." Hefter-
dlnck In Sudermann's "Mania" presented by Miss
O'Neill at the Hollis Street theatre in Boston About
four years later he began making moving pictures in
Los Angeles. In which Marv and Jack Plckford. Henry
B. Walthall and other Bio-raph players appeared.
Another phase of Griffith's earlv career was that of
playwright and poet. While in Chicago in the fall of
1907. he attended his first picture show and was greatly
Impressed by the long lines waiting for admission Be-
fore he left Chicago he wrote a scenario, a screen ver-
sion of the opera. "I* Tosia " Acted in pi'tures
"Ostler Joe." "When Knighthood Was in Flower" and
other one-reelers. In 1908 became assistant director
to H. M. Marvin, and is credited with developing the
"flash-back." "close-up." "mist-photography." "fade-
out" and a host of other revolutionary ideas which
caused great gasps of astonishment when first flashed
uu the screen. He was also one of the first directors
to make pictures beyond the one-reel length. In 1913
he made "The Battle of the Sexes." following that with
"The Avenging Conscience," a forerunner of all the cur-
rent German art films, "Home Sweet Home" and "The
Escape." "The Birth of a Nation," which is still being
viewed throughout the world, followed these films. In
1916, "Intolerance" was released at the Liberty theatre.
New York. During the war he made "Hearts of the
World." Among the players he helped to develop were
Mary Pickford. Dorothy and Lillian Gish. Blanche
Sweet. Mae Marsh. Owen Moore. Henry B. WalthaL,
Alice Joyce. Lionel Barrymore. Jack and Lottie Pick-
ford, Mabel Normand. James Kirkwood. Harry Carey.
Mack Sennett. Mary Alden. Robert Harron. RiclMrd
Barthelmess and Constance Talmadge. who made her
screen bow in "Intolerance." In 1919 D. W. Grif-
fith. Mary Pickford. Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fair-
banks founded the United Artists Corporation and
Griffith's first picture released through United Artists
was "Broken Blossoms." in which Lillian Gish and
Richard Barthelmess appeared. This was followed by
"The Love Flower." "Way Down East." "Dream
Street." "Orphans of the Storm." "One Exciting
Mi-i,t •> "The White Rose." "America." "Isn't Life
Wonderful" and "Sally of the Sawdust." He then
made "That Royle Girl" and "The Sorrows of Satan"
for Paramount. "Drums of Love." in which Mary
I'hilbin and Don Alvarado appeared, was the first film
made for United Artists by Griffith after an absence
of three years, this being followed by "The Battle of
the Sexes" the same story he made in 1913. this time
with Phyllis Haver. Jean Hersholt. Belle Bennett and
Don Alvarado. In "Lady of the Pavements" Lupe
Velez sang. Griffith's "Abraham Lincoln" was his
first venture in the all-talking field.
GROSSMAN. EUGENE F.: Sound engineer; b.
Davenport. Iowa. January 19. 1897; e. public schools
of Davenport. Iowa. Iowa State Teachers' college: hy.
baseball and billiards. After the war became chief
operating engineer for the National Broadcasting Com-
pany and direct?d the broadcasting of Colonel Lind-
bergh's return to America. Learned telegraphy when he
was eight years old. At 15 years of age became tele-
graph oi>erator for the Chicago. Milwaukee and St.
Paul railroad.
GUMBIN. HERMAN M. : Secretary and treasurer.
Liberty Productions. Ltd.; h. Kalamazoo. Mich.. August
1. 1895: e. high school and two years at coliege: m.
Nettie Rosen; has a daughter 9 years old.
HALPERIN. EDWAR0: Producer: b Chicago. 111..
May 12. 1898: h. 5 feet. 10 inches: brown hair and
eyes: w. 160 pounds; p. Rose and Robert Halperin.
non- professionals: e. McKinley high school. Chicago;
Northwestern university. Evanston. 111. : m Judith
Barrie. professional: hy. horses, golf, swimming. He
is the produce- of the following pictures: "She Goes to
War." "Danc«- Magic." "Party Girl." "Greater Than
Marriage." "Tea with a Kick." "Ex Flame." 1930.
and twenty other silent and talking pictures.
HALPERIN. VICTOR: Producer. Hollywood: b. Chi-
cago. 111.. Aunist 24. 1895: h. 5 feet 10 inches: black
hair and brown eyes: w. 155 pounds: e. University of
Wisconsin and Chicago University; hv. golf. Experi-
enced as stage director and actor. Produced and di-
rected over twnnty features, among them "She Goes to
War." United Artists: director of "Party Girl." 1929:
"Ex Flame." 1930.
HFNIGSON. HENRY: Studio manager. Universal
Pictures Corporation. Universal City. Cal.: b. New York
City. September 22. 1897: h. 5 feet 9 inches: dark hair
and brown eyes; w. 158 pounds: p. Emma and Samuel
Henigson. non-professionals: e. High school of Com-
merce. New York. Started with Universal In 1920. then
to road auditing in 1921 through South America and
United States, next general manager of distribution for
the continent of Europe to October. 1925. then to
Universal City.
HERSHFIELD. BEN: 1> K,n~as City. Mo.. Decem-
ber 7. 1888: h. 5 feet 11U inches: dark brown hair
and blue eyes: w. ISO pounds: p. Sarah Samuels and
Col. Reuben Norman Hershfield: e. Central high school.
Kansas City: hy. golf, fishing, hunting, sailing. Man-
ager of players, directors and writers — Cherokee Build-
inc. Hollywood. Cal. City commissioner of Los An-
geles, senior vice commander of the American Legion,
commander of the Disabled American Veterans, also
state humane officer.
HERZBRUN. HENRY: Resident attorney. West
Coast studios. Paramount Publix Corporation: b. New
York City. February 10. 1885: p. Herman and Pauline
Herzbrun: c. grammar schools in New York and Chi-
cago. DeWitt Clinton high school in New York. New
York Law School: m. Doris Green; two children.
Stephen and Robert. Admitbd to the New York Bar
in 1907. to the California Bar in 192G. Practised law
in New York City from 1907 to 1926. when he entered
(lie employ of Paramount Publix as resident attorney
at the West Coast studios, and has held that position
to dale.
HIRST. HERB: Location manager, RKO Radio Pic-
tures studios. Hollywood: b. England. February 5.
1903; e. Los Angeles city schools and high school at
Venice. Cal : m. Jean Van Dyke: has a son. Van Dvke
Hirst, one year old. Has been in the industry since
1917: starting as a boy actor at Triangle Film Cor-
poration, his first associates in the business being Jack
Conway. Ruth Stonebouse and Jack Gilbert. Has seen
service in all branches, through the eras of "open
stages." "glass stages." "dark stages" and "sound
stages." Is a member of Motion Picture Location
Managers Association.
HOFFMAN M. H.: President of Liberty Produc-
tions Comnanv. Ltd.. and Allied Pictures Corporation.
Ltd.: b. Chicago. III.. March 20, 1881: p. Howard and
Bertha Hoffman: e. College of the City of New York
and New York University, studied painting and sing-
ing, taught languages and practised law: m Mary
Hoffman: has a daughter and two sons. Hermine.
M. H.. Jr . and George F. (adopted). Practiced law
until 1910. when he entered the motion picture busi-
ness; operated theatres in New England: was general
manager of Universal until 1917: founded and orerated
Tiffanv until he sold out his interests to L. A.
S'oung in 1929. Was vice president and general man-
ager of Tiffany. Next organized Liberty Productions
in 1930 and was acting president and general manager.
Without relinquishing his holdings in Liberty he in
1931 organized Allied Pictures, of which he is presi-
dent and M. H.. Jr.. is general manager.
HUGHES. HOWARD: Founder and president of
Caddo Company, also director of Hughes-Franklin
Theatres, Inc.; b. Houston. Texas, December 24, 1901;
p. Alene Gano and Howard R. Hughes (the latter,
who died in 1924. was a brother of Rupert Hughes
the writer, and founder of the Hughes Tool Com-
pany, also one of the outstanding men identified with
the oil industry of Texas) ; e. Rice Destitute, Houston.
At the age of 20 he took over the management of
his father's business. About four years ago he turned
over the management to his associates and went to
Hollywood to invest a portion of his capital and his
abilities in the business of motion pictures. His
first production, "Two Arabian Knights," made for
United Artists release, established Louis Wolheim in
the front ranks of the character actors and won inter-
national recognition for Lewis Milestone, the director.
Then he signed contracts with both United Artists
and Paramount Famous Lasky to release his pictures;
and also signed Thomas Meighan for two pictures and
plactd other prominent stars and players under con-
tract, including Ben Lyon, Raymond Griffith. Lucien
Prival and John Darrow. His second release, "The
Racket," starring Thomas Meighan with Wolheim and
Marie Prevost in the chief supporting roles, was fol-
lowed by "The Mating Call" from the novel by Rex
Beach, also starring Meighan. His "Hell's Angels"
was directed by Luther Reed, the cast including Ben
Lyon. James Hall. Greta Nissen and others; "Front
Page" was a more recent success.
HUNTER. C. ROY: Superintendent of photography
and sound recording. Universal Pictures Corporation,
Universal City. Cal.; b. Oakland City. Ind.. July 2,
1890; p. Wesley and Laura Hunter; e. public schools;
m. Alva Hotem: has two sons. Kenneth and Robert.
Has traveled extensively since he was 14 years of age.
Did photographic, scenic and newspaper work in all
parts of the glolie. Was four years a sailor, and made
a world-circling cruise with Robly D. Brans. 1907-9.
Started with Universal Pictures Corporation in Feb-
ruary of 1915 and completed his fifteenth year with
the company in February.
HUTCHINSON. CRAIG: b. Austin. Minn.: h. 5 feet
10 inches: medium-hair, blue eyes: w. 145 pounds;
p. Minnie B. Parker and Thomas B. Hutchinson, non-
professionals; e. Bethel Military Academy. Virginia
Friend's School. Washington. D. C. Randolph-Macon
College. Virginia : not married. No stage experience.
Author and director of some two hundred comedies for
Universal. Hal Roach. Christie. Century. Fox and Edu-
cational. In 1925 established the Craig Hutchinson
Prod. Inc.. with the following officers: Craig Hutchin-
son. President: Colonel J. .1. MaoManus. Vice Presi-
dent: V. V. LeRoy. Secretary-Treasurer, and W. L.
Hess. Business Manager. Producing romances in color
for First National-Pathe (European) Skylark Comedies
for Bray Pictures corporation, and series of talking
comedies for leading independents.
HYMAN. BERNARD: Production executive. Metro-
Goldwvn-Maver Pictures Corporation. Culver City. Cal.;
b. Grafton. W. Va.. August 28. 1S97: h. 5 feet 6
inches: light hair and blue eyes: w. 160 pounds; e.
New York public schools and Y'ale University.
JACK. NEIL P.: Sound supervisor. Darmour Pro-
ductions, Hollywood: b. Beloit. Wis.. September 19.
1896: p. Edmoiid P. and Fanny W. Jack: e. Los
Angeles Polytechnic High and l.aughlin Engineering
Institute (1914); m. Winifred C. Peroni : has two
daughters and a son. Was in the research and pro-
duction engineering department or Vulcan Oil Company
— X-ray and high frequency appliances. Entered the
motion picture industry in 1916 with Thomas H. Ince
as electrical and experimental engineer. In 1918 with
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as lighting engineer and was
transferred (o .'he photographic department as camera-
man. In 1921 became turn ting engineer for Louis B.
Mayer, and next was assigned to Fred Niblo Produc-
tions as chief electrician. In 1923. entered the radio
field and organized "The Radio Doctors," a service
and engineering laboratory, radio having been his hobby
since 1911. Designed and installed a public address
system used for direction of MoPic-Creco. Inc. In
1925 joined Paramount for installation and operation
of a short wave voice transmitter, used to direct "Old
Ironsides" (Victor Fleming, director), and "The
Roughriders" (Jame Cruze. director). Was with
Paramount as assistant chief electrical engineer until
1927. Designed and constructed a wax recording unit
for Altatone Recording Studios. Remained with Alta-
tone as chief sound engineer until engaged to install
RCA Photophone equipment for Lam Darmour Pro-
ductions in 1928 and has r> mained with this organiza-
tion as sound supervisor and chief recording engineer.
JENNER. WILLIAM H.: Producer and distributor:
b. Evansville. Ind.. March 5. 1890: e. Evansville. Ind :
hy. golf. Formerly stage director, branch manager of
I'nited Artists at Boston. George Kleine. Chicago, and
Pathe. Los Angeles. In 1916 manager of circuit the-
atres in Chicago: latest production work was with
Harrv Langdon-First National unit, when he produced
"Tramp. Tramp. Tramp." "The S'rong Man." "Long
Pants" : now with Wheeler-Jenner Corporation.
JOHNSON JULIAN: Associate producer. Paramount
studio: b. Chicago. 111.: e. public and high schools and
University of Southern California. Formerly n wsnaper
man and general press representative In New York
City, first editor of Photoplay Magazine, associate
editor-in-chief of Hearst Magazine. Entered pictures in
1920: supervised "Beau Geste." titled "The Patriot."
"The Case of Lena Smith." "Abie's Irish Rose." "Beg-
gars of Life." "Betrayal." "The Four Feathers." "The
Wheel of Life."
JONES. BUCK : See male players' biographies.
JOY. JASON: Director of studio relations of Asso-
ciation of -Motion Picture I*roducers. Inc : b. Clayville.
New York. August 7. 1886; P. Dr. and Mrs Eugene
H. Joy: e. Watertown. N. Y.. high school, class of
1904. Oswego State Normal School, class of 1906.
Wesleyan University. Middletown. Conn., class of 1910;
m Jeannette Stevens and has three children Career:
Middle Ranch. Mont . 1910-13: bus ness in New York,
1913-1917: United States Army. 1917-1921 (private at
Fort Niagara— 1917. captain of Field Artillery. Camp
Upton. N. Y.. 191S. major. Field Artillery. Camp Up-
ton 1918. lieutenant colonel. War Plans Division Gen-
eral Staff. 191S. cn'onel. General Staff. 1919. Colonel
of General Staff of Officers' Reserve Corps, ir20).
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1931
executive secretary of American Red Cross. 1920-22.
director of public relations. Motion Picture Producers
& Distributors of America. Inc.: 1922-1920: director
of Studio Relations, Association of Motion Picture
Producers, Inc.. since 1926.
JULIO. DON: Production executive: real name Julio
B. Munoz; b. Honda. Colombia. South America. De-
cember 13. 1898; Q. 5 feet G inches; black hair and
eyes; w. 170 pounds: p. Ignacia and Muriano Munoz.
professionals: e. Peirce college. Philadelphia. Pa.; m.
Maria Balcarel, professional; hy. boxing. Amateur
US pounds champion of South America. 1917 to 1920;
also active in tennis. No stage experience. His screen
experience as producer includes the years 192S to 1930
in the capacity of president of Superior Productions.
KAUFMAN. EDWARD: Supervisor of short subjects.
Universal studio: b. Chicago. 111.. August 20. 1893; h.
5 feet 3 inches: gray eyes; w. 121 pounds; e. Paterson
high school. Paterson, N. J. : is married. Formerly
newspaper man with Philadelphia Times, New York
Press. Baltimore News. Washington Times when all
were under Frank Munsey Syndicate. Entered pictures
in 1915 with American Film Company. Santa Barbara,
Cal.
KEARNS. J. F.: Secretary and treasurer. Rogers
Productions. Ltd.. and Charles R. Rogers Productions,
Inc.. Hollywood; b. San Francisco, January 18, 1879;
p. I. and Helena Kearns; e. high school. San Fran-
cisco, Cal.; m. Kdythe Helen Hollander; two children.
Nadine V. Plough and Audrey B. C. Kearns. Was
in the mercantile Held prior to 1923 and chief account-
ant of Brazilian Meat Company, Rio de Janeiro.
1917-23; comptroller. Peninsular Productions. San
Mateo. Cal., 1924-25; comptroller, Great Western Pro-
ductions. Hollywood. 1925-26; secretary and treasurer
of Charles R. Rogers Productions. Inc.. since 1926 and
of Rogers Productions, Ltd., since 1930.
KEMBLE. WILLIAM H.: Vice president and general
manager of Triangle Film Corporation. Hollywood; b.
Wilmington. Del., in 1887; p. Chamber E. and Anna
M. Hudson Kemble; e. University of Pennsylvania; m.
Emma Knox; has two sons and a daughter. Edward
and William H.. Jr.. and Janet. Connected with the
bond and mortgage department of Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, the bond department of Spencer
Trust Company. New York. W. E. Hutton and Com-
pany, members of the New York Stock Exchange.
Entered the motion picture business as owner of a
number of theatres located in New Y'ork City and
Brooklyn, including the Brighton Beach Music Hall
where he showed "The Birth of a Nation" in the
summer of 1915. Took over the Brooklyn exchange of
Triangle Film, after which he produced a number of
motion pictures. Was connected with Thomas H. Ince
as personal financial representative. Now is engaged in
handling "The Birth of a Nation" (sound version) for
Triangle. Business address: Hollywood Professional
Bldg.. 7046 Hollywood boulevard; residence. 5110 Los
Fcliz boulevard, Hollywood.
KENNEDY, AUBREY MARK: Production execu-
tive; b. Winnipeg. Man., Can.. June 21, 18S7; h. 5
feet 8 inches; gray hair and blue eyes; w. 175 pounds;
p. .Mary and John Kennedy, non-professionals: e. St.
Mary's high school and St. Mary's Academy, Dayton.
Ohio: divorced; hy. fishing and hunting. He has had
22 years of screen experience as a motion picture
executive and playwright. Is the author of "Seeing
Things." a farce produced at the Playhouse. New York
City; "Marie Antoinette." a drama, also produced at
the Playhouse; "The Darling." a farce, at the Ma-
jestic. Los Angeles; "The Tom Cat." also a farce, in
London, England, and "Behold This Dreamer," a
comedy, at the Cort theatre. New York. Was general
manager of Essanay Film Manufacturing Company for
three years; general manager of American Film Manu-
facturing Company, three years; director-general for
Universal Film Manufacturing Company three years;
also director-general for Goldwvn Pictures Corporation
three years. Has also been director and author of
innumerable pictures from one-reel Westerns to eight-
reel super-features. Was appointed executive vice
president in charge of Synchrotone devices.
KOENIG, WILLIAM : General studio manager.
Warner Bros.-First National studios. Culver City, Cal.;
b. .Milwaukee. Wis., in 1885; mother. Mrs. Jennie
Koenig; e. high school; m. Nellie May Loomis; no
children.
KOHNER, PAUL: Supervisor. Universal Pictures
Corporation. Universal City. Cal.; b. Deplitz. Schoenau.
May 29. 1902; h. 6 feet: brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 165 pounds; p. Helene and Julius Kohner. non-
professionals; e. Vienna. Prague; hy. music and tennis.
LAEMMLE. CARL: b. Laupheim. Germany. January
17, 1867; h. 5 feet 2 inches; grav hair and blue eyes;
w. 140 pounds: p. Rebekka and Julius Laemmle. non-
professionals; e. Germany; m. Recha Stern of Flieden.
Germany, non-professional. From 1884 to 1885 he
worked in a drug store in New York, then a depart-
ment store in Chicago, next on a farm in South
Dakota: returned to Chicago and went to work for
Butler Brothers; later was employed as a bookkeeper
for the wholesale jewelry firm of L. Heller & Company;
then became a clerk in the stock yards for Nelson
Morris & Company; also worked for the firm of Otto
Young & Company, wholesale jewelers: thence to Osh-
kosh as bookkeeper in Continental Clothing house, and
after four years was promoted to manager.
Back to Chicago in 1906 and intended establishing
a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores but became interested
in moving picture theatres instead. Opened his first
theatre, the Whiterront. on Milwaukee avenue. Chi-
cago; two months later opened his second theatre on
Halsted street; then established Laemmle Film Service,
Chicago; the next year (1907). he established ex-
changes in Evansv'lle. Memphis and Omaha, and in
June of that year returned to Europe for a visit. In
1908 he established exchanges in Minneapolis. Portland.
Ore.. Salt Lake City, Montreal and Winnipeg. In
April. 1909. he quit the Patents Company and be-
came an independent, organized Imp Company, incor-
porated as Yankee Films Company; released his first
picture. "Hiawatha." 989 feet in length, the second
release being "Love's Stratagem." 954 feet long.
From 1909 to 1912 he fought the Patents Company:
and in May. 1912. Laemmle. R. H. Cochrane. Charles
Bauman. David Horsley. P. A. Powers and W. H.
Swanson combined their interests and formed Uni-
versal Film Manufacturing Company with offices at
1 Union square. New York City. Later that year
Laemmle went to Europe and opened his first American
independent foreign office. Laemmle and Cochrane
bought out P. A. Powers and obtained control of Uni-
versal and in 1924 moved to their present quarters,
Fifth avenue and 57th street; in 1925 Universal Pic-
tures Corporation issued the first stock to the public
and became established on the New York stock ex-
change. In June. 1926. Laemmle was stricken with
appendicitis on board the S. S. Berengaria and
operated upon in London. In December. 1926. he
bought the Thomas H. ince estate near Hollywood and
became a resident of California.
On the anniversary of his sixtieth birthday he was
honored by a great demonstration by all of Hollywood
under the leadership of Mary Pickford and other
celebrities of screen and stage who worked for him.
"All Quiet on the Western Front" and "The King of
Jazz." both completed in 1930. were awarded prizes
by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
"All Quiet" aiso won the Film Daily poll and the
gold meda: of honor of the Faculty of Arts. London,
as the best picture of 1930. In September. 1930.
Laemmle became a grandfather and 'Grand-daddy
Carl" took the place of "Uncle Carl" as the industry's
affectionate nickname for the veteran producer. Fit-
ting observance was made in February, 1931. of his
silver jubilee in the business, and a bound volume of
letters received from exhibitors on the occasion was
presented to him in Hollywood, the presentation being
made bv Martin Quigley and William A. Johnston,
general manager of the West Coast offices of Quigley
Publications. In connection with the silver jubilee, a
biography of Carl Laemmle. by John Drinkwater, was
published this spring in England and America (Put-
nam's).
LAEMMLE. CARL. JR.: General manager in charge
of all production. Universal Pictures Corporation.
Universal City. Ca. ; b. Chicago. 111.. April 28. 1908;
e. boarding school near New York, and Clark School.
Conceived, wrote, cast, supervised and edited the
Universal Junior Jewel Series. "The Collegians." star-
ring George Lewis, and featuring Dorothy Gulliver, as
well as Havden Stevenson of "Leather Pushers." Was
appointed general manager and associate producer of
Universal. West Coast Studios, in complete charge of
all production, in 1929. Some of the photoplays made
under his direction are "Lonesome." "Broadway,"
"King of Jazz." "Little Accident." "Lady Sur-
renders." "Dracula." "Resurrection." "Free Live"
"Seed." and "Iron Man." He produced "All Quiet
on the Western Front." which won the Gold Medal
Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences for the year 1930. as the outstanding picture
produced that year. It also won the Film Daily poll
as the best production of the year.
LE BARON. WILLIAM: Vice president in charge of
production. RKO Radio Pictures: b. Elgin. 111..
February 16. 1883; u. 5 feet 10 inches: light hair and
blue eyes: w. 160 pounds; p. Marv Bundy and John
K. LeBaron, non-professionals: e. high school at Elgin.
111., the University of Chicago and New York Univer-
sity; no stage training: m. Mabel Hollins. non-pro-
fessional; hy. play writing. Wrote "The Echo." "The
Very Idea." "Apple Blossom." "Her Rtgiment." "I
Love Y'ou." "The Yankee Princess," "Moonlight." and
"The Scarlet Man." Now is vice president in charge
of production for Radio.
LASKY. JESSE L. : First Wee president in charge
of production. Paramount I'ublix Corporation: b. San
Francisco. Cal. ; e. high school of San Francisco. He
was one of the first men from the West Coast to go
to Alaska at the time of the earliest gold rush and
one of the first hundred to reach Nome, this after a
brief reportorial experience on the San Francisco news-
paper. On his return from Alaska he became a musi-
cian and leader of the Royal Hawaiian Band of Hono-
lulu. When he came back to the States he capitalized
nis experience by associationg himself with vaudevil'e
enterprises, and presented a number of important mu-
sical acts in association with the late Henry R. Harris.
In fact. Lasky's musical acts are still the recognized
vaudeville standards for that character of entertainment.
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, of which
he was president and which he organized in association
with Samuel Goldwyn and Cecil B. DeMille. began
business in January. 1914. The company produced
several of the famous Belasco dramas, including "The
Rose of the Rancho." "The Girl of the Golden West."
"The Warrens of Virginia." "The Governor's Lady,"
and "The Woman." Among the stars who appeared
under the Lasky banner were Edward Abeles, Edmund
Breese, Thomas W. Ross. Blanche Sweet. Dustin Far-
num. Max Figman. Robert Edeson. H. B. Warner,
the late Theodore Roberts. Edith Taliaferro. Wallace
Fedinger, Edith Wynne Mathison. Victor Moore, Mabel
Van Buren. House Peters, Charlotte Walker, Ina
Claire. Fannie Ward. Donald Brian. Carlyle Blackwell.
Laura Hope Crews. Rita Jolivet and Geraldine Farrar.
When Famous Players Film Company and Jesse L.
Lasky Feature Play Company combined in July. 1916,
Lasky was made first vice president of the new cor-
poration and has continued as such ever since. From
the outset he has been in complete charge of the
company's production, dividing his time between the
big Lasky studio at Hollywood and the home office
in New York, where he is in close touch with the
activities of the Eastern studio on Long Island.
LATH EM. FREDERICK: Born and reared in Eng-
land. Produced shows at leading London theatres,
before coming to New Y'ork. Among the most impor-
tant of the musical comedies and operettas he directed
in this country are "Mile. Modiste." "The Red Mill."
"The Old Town." "The Prima Donna." "The Fair
Co-Ed." "The Slim Princess," "The Red Widow." "The
Enchantress." "The Rose Maid." "The Fire Fly."
"Sybil," "The Madcap Duchess," "Sweethearts."
"Princess Pat." "The Only Girl." "The Century Girl,"
"Eileen," "The Echo." "The Canary." "Apple Blos-
soms." "The Night Boat." "The Half Moon." "The
Punch and Judy." "One Kiss. Caroline." "Love Song."
"The Candy Shop." "Marjorie." Has directed "Bull
Dog Drummond." "General Pose." 'Three Wise Fools."
"The Wandering Jew." "The Lullaby." "The Great
Pursuit." Now a Radio Pictures executive.
LEVEE. M. C: Executive manager. Paramount
West Coast Studio; b. Baltimore. Md.. January 19.
18S9; e. Chicago; married and has two sons, Mickey
and Johnnie. Previous career in merchandising. En-
tered pictures in 1917. joining Robert Brunton at United
Studios; produced "Isle of Lost Ships." "White Moth."
"Sweet Daddies"; held executive positions with First
National. United Artists and Paramount.
LEVEY, HAROLD: Music director. Warner Brotners'
Eastern Studio; b. New Y'ork City; h. 5 feet 10>»
inches; gray eyes and light hair; w. 185 pounds; e.
New York, Russia and Germany, specializing in com-
position and piano; m. non-professional; hy. golf.
Composer of "Magic Ring." "Lady Billy." "Clinging
Vine." "Lovely Lady." "Greenwich Village Follies."
and many more. Entered picture business two years
ago.
LEWYN. LOUIS: Producer. Hollywood: b. Houston.
Texas. December IS. 1892; h. 5 feet 10 inches; light
blond hair and gray-blue eyes: w. 170 pounds; p. non-
professionals; e. high school. Houston. Texas: also
Berlin. Germany; m. Marion Mack, professional; hy.
flving, was awarded Aero Club of America Aviation
Medal of Merit in 1919, for first flight into the Grand
Canvon of Arizona on the U. S. Air Service flight
from the Gulf to the Pacific and return. Produced
his first feature air picture in 1919 in wh.ch su h
feats as changing from plane to plane and plane to
train were shown. This photoplay was produced at
Ellington Field. Texas, and released under the title
of "Sky-Eye," by Sol Lesser, state rights. Originated
a single reel novelty series depicting the life of screen
stars in the studios and homes in Hollywood; this
being released under the series title "Screen Snap-
shots." First series 1920. through state rights, second
series through Federated Films exchanges, third series
through rathe exchanges, following a series through
Columbia Pictures.
He produced a feature picture dealing with the ad-
ventures of a movie-struck girl in Hollywood, under
the title of "Mary of the Movies." and released in
1923 bv FBO as a Columbia Picture. This photoplay
was made in partnership with CBC Film Sales corpora-
tion, and due to the success of this picture. CBC
announced a series of Columbia features and later
changed the name of its selling organization to Colum-
bia Pictures Corporation. He also produced the "Car-
nival Girl." in 1923. released by Associated Exhibitors
through Pathe exchanges, and the two-reel comedy
series, "Alice in Movieland." in 1927; released by
Paramount ; also a series of short subjects, rel. ased as
"Radiograms." 1928. and distributed by Columbia, the
material being written by Ralph Spence. Also has
produced a series of short subjects with RCA Photo-
phone sound entitled, "Station Star."
He also produced "The Voice of Hollywood." for
release by Tiffany. The second series, consisting of
26 single reels, with screen stars broadcasting from
Hollywood direct to the theatre, has an added novelty
with all programs being presented as television broad-
casts. This was the first television novelty series to
be released. Also is preparing new novelty series en-
titled "The Unassociated Press."
LIGHTON. LOUIS D.: Associate producer. Para-
mount Publix Corporation, Hollywood; b. Omaha. Neb.,
in 1S95; p. Mr. and Mis. William R. Lighton; e. Uni-
versity of Arkansas; m. Hope Loring Lighton: one
daughter. Patricia Lighton. Experienced in newspaper
work and in magazine fiction and novels: was scenario
writer; has been associate producer for Paramount for
five years. Wrote or adapted "Wings." "Penrod and
Sam." "Boy of Mine." "Little Annie Rooney." "His
Secretary." "It" and dozens of others. Produced
Clara Bow pictures and "Shopworn Angel." "The
Virginian." "Seven Days' Leave," "Tom Sawyer."
"Skippy" and numerous others.
LIPSCHULTZ. GEORGE MILTON: b. Chicago. 111..
December 12. 1S94; h. 5 feet 6 inches: chestnut brown
hair and blue eyes; w. 1G0 pounds: p. Sari and David
Lipschultz. professional; e. Medill high school and
Chicago university; m. Joan Schirmer. professional:
hy. boxing, swimming, baseball and hand ball. Pres-
entation and stage experience musical director. Head-
lined Pantages circuit and Orpheum circuit as violin
soloist. For five years musical director for Saxe the-
atres. Wisconsin, five years Warfield theatre. San Fran-
cisco, one year Loew State, Los Angeles, Fox theatres.
Portland and Seattle. Musical director of "Katinka."
In charge of synchronization. Fox Studios. Hollywood.
Cal.
LISSNER, RAY: Assistant director. RKO Radio
Pictures. Hollywood : b. New York City. January 10.
1903: h. 5 feet 4 inches: brown hair and eyes: w.
115 pounds; p. Julia Manck and S. H. Lissner. non-
professionals; e. Commerce high school; m. June Heide.
professional. Started in the picture business with
International Film Service. New iork. doing labora-
tory work (December 5. 1919): in 1920 he went with
the Cosmopolitan Studios. New York, as office boy.
then with Fox Film Corporation. New York office, as
personal office boy to William Fox. Later worked as
prop boy, script clerk, second assistant director with the
following directors: Jack Ford. Herbert Brenon. J.
Gordon Edwards and Harry Millard. In 1925 he be-
came chief assistant director and personal business man-
ager under contract to Herbert Brenon to date, on the
following productions: "Dancing Mothers." "Beau
Geste." "Great Gatsby." "God Gave Me 20 Cents."
"Telephone Girl." "Sorrell and Son." "Laugh, Clown.
Laugh." "The Rescue." and "Case of Sergeant
Grischa," also "Beau Ideal." Worked at Cosmopolitan
Studio. Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. United Artists.
Samuel Goldwvn. Inc.. and Iiadio-Keith-Orpheum. As-
sisted Fred Newmeyer. Nick Grinde. Paul Sloane and
others. Member of the first executive committee of
the assistant directors section of the director's branch
of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
LIVADARY. JOHN PAUL: Technical sound director.
Columbia Pictures Corporation. Holbwood; b. April 29,
1899, in Constantinople of French parents but is an
American citizen: p. Paul J. and Marguerite Scott
LeVadari; e. University of Athens. Greece. New Eng-
land Consenatory of Music. Massachusetts Institute of
Technology with degrees of bachelor of science and
master of science from M.I.T. in electrial engineering
and mathematics; not married. Completed his engi-
neering education after being honorably discharged from
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the United States Army. After graduation he studied
manufacturing methods at the West Lynn, Mass., plant
of General Electric Company. Went to Los Angeles
two years later and started his career as a musician
and electrical engineer. After five years as trans-
mission engineer with Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Company and realizing the potentialities of the art of
sound recording (then in its infancy), he joined the
forces of Paramount West Coast Studios as a research
engineer under Hoy J. Pomeroy. One year later was
offered the position of chief sound engineer of Colum-
bia. Has contributed considerably to refinement of
sound recording and is identified with various original
theoretical investigations of problems of the industry.
LORD. ROBERT: Production supervisor and writer.
First National Pictures. Inc.. Burbank, Cat; b. Chi-
cago, 111., May 1, 1902; e. Harvard University; m.
Martha Bliss; has a daughter, Evelyn.
McCORMICK, JOHN: b. Kansas City. Mo.. August
17, 1893; h. 6 feet 1 inch; brown hair and eyes; w.
185 pounds; p. Anne Phtlan and James S. McConnick.
non-professionals; e. Broadway high school. Seattle,
Wash., and the University of Washington; married
to non-professional ; hy. tennis. Began his stage career
as usher in a Seattle theatre; after leaving college he
became treasurer of the Empress theatre in San Fran-
cisco. Realizing the coming popularity of motion pic-
tures, he entered this branch of the show business in
1914: bought rights to "Birth of a Nation" and "Time's
Punctured Romance," for Pacific Northwest territory,
and exploited and sold pictures in that locality: then
became affiliated with Sol Lesser, first as exchange
manager in Denver of All Star Features Distributors,
then as publicity and exploitation manager for the en-
tire organization. After the World war. in which he
was commissioned an ensign in the Navy, he became
publicity director of the newly organized First National
Exhibitors Circuit; was Western head of th.; organiza-
tion as it developed from a two-room (Mice until it
occupied its present two million dollar studio. In 1927
he resigned as general manager of First Na'icnal Studio
to devote his attention to producing Colic -n Moore
pictures for First National release. Retired from
pictures since 1929.
McGUINNESS. JAMES K.: Associate producer and
wrtcr: b. New York City. December 20. 1893: h. 5 feet
ll'/fc inches: gray eyes, dark brown hair: w. 177
pounds: e. New York public and high schools and
New York University; hy. golf: is married. Newspaper
work in New Y'ork and Philadelphia: sport column.
New York Evening Telegram: Sun Dial. New Y'ork
Sun: originated and ran for first year "The Talk of the
Town" in the New Y'orker: contributed to var.ous na-
tional magazines. Entered pictures in Fehruary. 1927.
through Winfleld Sheehan; produced for Fox: "A Girl
in Every Port." "Romance of the Underworld." "Road-
house." "Men Without Women." "Salute." "The Lone
Star Ranger." "Born Reckless."
MclNTYRE. ROBERT B.: Production manager.
Samuel Gofdwyn Productions: b. Philadelphia. Pa.; e.
Philadelphia. Formerly theatrical business manager at
Walnut Street theatre. Philadelphia, and with Wm. A.
Bradv in New Y'ork. Entered pictures in 1913. having
been sent to Peerless Studios in Fort Lee hy Wm. A.
Brady.
MACKINNON. DOUGLAS GEORGE: Member of
of Association of Motion Picture Producers. Inc.. Holly-
wood; b. Mandalav. Burma. India: h. 6 feet 1 inch:
light hair and blue eyes; w. 175 puonds: p. Annie
Allan and Harry Douglas Mackinnon: e. Los Angel* s
high school: m. Ruth Palmer: hy. yachting, polo. golf.
Address: 5504 Hollywood boulevard. Hollywood.
MANNIX. EDWARD J.: Financial comptroller at
MGM studios: b. Fort Lee. N. J.: e. Fort Lee and
Hackensack. N. J. Connected with theatrical profession
for five years as manager of eastern shows and for
fourteen consecutive seasons as manager of Palisades
Park. Entered pictures in 191B. affiliated with Allan
Dwan: gcn"ral connections and association with Jos.
and Nicholas Schenck. Following merger of old Metro.
Goldwin and Mayer, became financial comptroller at
MGM Studios.
MANNON. ALFRED T.: h. Philadelphia, Pa.. De-
cember 22 1897: h. 5 feet 11 inches: brown hair and
tgm: w 170 pounds: p. May Reiff and George Henry
Mannon. nod-prof esskmala : e. Stuyvesant high school.
New Y'ork City, and Columbia college school of archi-
tecture: m Marion It. Hlckson, non-profess onal. He is
a production executive at Tec-Art Studios. Hollywood.
MARKS. JOE: Leasing manager. Warner Bros, and
First National studios. Hollywood and Burbank. Cal.:
b Youngstown. Ohio. July 18. 1886: p. Henry and
Kate Marks; g public schools: not married. Twenty-Six
vears in show business: usher: ticket taker: treasurer:
stage property man: stage electrician : stage grip-assistant
manager summer amusement park: manager, penny-
arcade ; business manaRer. sensational outdoor acts:
theatre manager; theatre lessee: theatre eOBfeaMfaialrei
theatre program publisher: owner, theatre curtain adver-
tising company; state righter of feature pictures: theatre
scout: called the "first casting director to cast talking
pictures": now leasing manager.
MAYER. LOUIS B.: Vice-president in charge of
production. Metro-Ooldwyn-Maver Pictures. Culver City
Cal.: b. Europe. Julv 4. 1885: P. Sarah Meltzer and
Jacob Maver. non-professionals: e. public schools. St.
John. New Brunswick: m. Margaret Shenburg. His
first theatrical venture was the operation of a small
theatre in Haverhill. Mass. The house was in poor
condition, but he renovated It and reopened it with
"From the Manger to the Cross." Having won the
confidence of his patrons, he soon had the leading
theatre in the town. He then decided to give social
attractions such as the Boston Opera Company. "Peter
Pan." with Maude Adams and "The Littlest Rebel."
with the Farnums as the attractions, which was also a
huge success. One hy one all of the five toeatres in
HaTCThm came under Mayer's control. Later he
branched out and with Nat Gordon formed the Gordon-
Mayer theatrical chain, the strongest in New England
at that time. He then became interested in the ex-
change end of the business, and soon was recognized as
one of the biggest buyers of film productions in the
country, as well as enjoying an enviable reputation as a
rare judge of a picture's commercial possibilities. His
background of sound experience and victories made him
logical head of operations when the greatest merger up
to that time In film history brought together the pic-
ture-making forces of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Under
bis management that organization has beci me one of
the greatest film producing organizations in the world,
producing an average of more than 60 pictures each
year.
MEILI KEN, IRVING: b. New York City. June 2.
1902; h. 5 feet Shi inches; brown hair and eyes; w.
137 pounds; p. Joseph, non-professional: e. Morris
High School; m. Claire, non-professional. For the past
ten years he has been with the Tec Art Studios in
Hollywood, as studio manager and secretary of the
corporation.
MENDOZA, DAVID: Musical director. Warner
Bros. -First National Pictures. Burbank. Cal.: b. New
York City. March 13. 1894; p. David and Wilhelmina;
e. pupil at the Institute of Musical Ait, New Y'ork
City, violin with Franz Kneisel, composition with Percy
Goetchins and Rubin Goldmark, also preparatory medi-
cal school; m. Dorothea Schoeps; has two sons. For
two years was first violinist with Russian Symphony
Orchestra, four years with the New York Symphony,
orchestra conductor for the past twelve years. Two
years ago appeared at the Lewisohn Stadium with the
New Y'ork Philharmonic as guest conductor. Nine years
musical director of the Capitol theatre. New Y'ork.
Scored and presented such productions as "The Big
Parade." "Ben-Hur." "The Merry Widow." "White
Shadows of the South Seas." "Dancing Daughters."
"Don Juan" (first Vitaphone production). Did com-
mercial broadcasting for a year and a half, on such
radio hours as Fada. Maxwell House Coffee. Paramount,
Eastman Kodak, Quaker State Green and White. Was
associated with Roxy's Gang and Major Bowes' Family
as musical director. Has been active in radio broad-
casting since its inception.
MEYER. HENRY D.: b. San Francisco. Cal.; hy.
antique furniture. Secretary-Treasurer with James
Cruze, Inc.
M I LLH AUSER. BERTRAM: Associate producer.
R K O Radio Pictures. Hollywood: b. New York City.
March 25. 1892: h. 5 feet ohi inches; brown hair and
blue eyes; w. 135 pounds: p. Bertha and Isaac Mill-
hauser; m. non-professional: hy. Dachshunds. For 10
years a writer of original stories and screen plays for
Pathe. Universal. F B O. Warner Bros., Famous-Players-
I^isky, Fox. Supervised twelve films for Cecil B. De-
Mille. Associate producer for Fox. Now associate pro-
ducer of Radio Pictures.
MITCHELL, PELL: Production manager. Darmour
Productions. Hollywood: b. Fulton. Ky.. December 12.
1884: h. 5 feet 9 inches: brown hair and eyes: w. 145
pounds; p. Mary Elizabeth and Josiah Mitchell, non-
professionals: e. Dixon. Term., and Vanderbilt uni-
versity; m. Pearl Roberts, non-professional: hy. "reading
the Bartenders' Guide. Hostetter's Almanac and O. O.
Maclntyre's column, breeding Boston Teuton, yachting
on Biscayne Bay." Stage experience: l>arnstorming.
Editor of Mutual Weekly and Gaumont News for six
years. Organized Fox News in 1919.
MOOS. SIGMUND: Manager, leasing department.
Universal Pictures Corporation. Universal City. Cal. : b.
Gailingen. Germany. August 25. 1871: p Samuel and
Esther Moos; e. high school. Constanz. Germany, and
University of Geneva. Switzerland: m. Amalia ne
Wachtel. In the United States 3n years and a citizen
since 1900. Manager of the leasing department of the
Universal City studios since 1916. Has made twelve
trips to Europe, particularly Switzerland. Germany.
France. Italy. Spain. Sweden and Norwav. and to
North Africa. Is interested in art and history study.
MOULTON. THOMAS T.: Chief engineer of the
sound department. United Artists studios. Hollywood:
h Wausau. Wis.. January 1. 1896; p. Howard and
Loren" Moulton: e. grammar school, high school, and
university In electrical engineering: m. Eunice M.
Moulton: one daughter Adelia May Moulton. Was
electrical engineer for Pacific Fruit Express Companv.
San Francisco, for four years. Operated his own ice
business and th»n sold it to Union Ice Company. Went
to Los Angeles six years ago and has been actively
engaged in the electric engineering profession ever since.
MURPHY. JOHN LAWRENCE: Production manager
of Harold Lloyd Corporation: b. Chicago. 111.. 1S94: e.
Portland, Ore. ; played professional baseball in the old
Inter-Mountain League just prior to the war: m. Hazel
Connolly. Chicago. Enlisted in the aviation section in
the World war. and immediately following his discharge
went to Hollywood, where he joined Bninton Film Com-
pany: later went with Rolin Film Company, which
was then producing the Harold Lloyd comedies in the
old Bradbury Mansion. Los Angeles. Participated in
the building of the new Hal Roach plant at Culver
City and remained there until Harold Lloyd branched
(Jilt as an independent producer seven vears ago. Went
with the Llovd corporation as production manager. Is
a memher of the WV». Lakeside Golf Club and the
Hollywood Athletic Club.
NATHAN. AL: Producer: b. Chicago. Ill . May 22.
1SS4; h. 5 feet 4 inches: brown eyes, brown hair; w.
165 pounds: e. Chicago, specializing in law and medi-
cine: hy. yachting; is married. Formerly in theatrical
business for 25 years as company manager, advance man
for some of the largest theatrical organizations in New
Y'ork and Chicago; also managed theatres in several
cities for Carl Laemmle. Entered pictures in 1918.
through Harry Cohn. of Columhia. and became vice
president and g°neral manager of Savoy Pictures, then
producing Ha'lroom Bov Comedies with Flannagan and
Edwards: made all of the Carter DeTTaven Comedies and
his own series of Snnkist Bathing G rl Comedies, titled
"Good to the Last Drop."
NEITZ. ALVIN J. : b. Portownsend. Wash.. March 23,
1894: h. 5 feet 1H4 inches: brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 180 pounds: p. Harriett and Joseph Neitz. non-
professionals: e. Los Angeles high school md University
of Southern California : m. Marguerite E. Foss. pro-
fessional : hy. bridge. Stage experience of two years,
with Riley and Woods in "Casino Girls." also with
Edward Winterburn. and as stage manager. Screen
experience since 1911 being with the following com-
panies: two years American Film Co.. Santa Barbara,
four years Thos. H. Ince. two years Dav.d Horsley and
three years Triangle. Producing independently until
June, 1929. and now with Fowler Studios.
NOSLER. LLOYD: Supervising editor and co-
director. Hollywood; b. Portland. Ore.. March 13. 1900:
h. 5 feet 10 inches: brown hair and blue eyes: w. 157
pounds: e. Central high. Spokane. Wash.; m. Josephine
Nosier; hy. polo, tennis and swimming. Joined the staff
of Universal in 1915. Has edited the following produc-
tions: "Ben-Hur." "Flesh and the Devil." "Uncle
Tom's Cabin." "The Cat and the Canary." "The
Temptress." "Thy Name Is Woman," "Strangers of the
Night." "Red Lily." and "The Famous Mrs. Fair."
He held the position of supervising film editor at Uni-
versal, also supervising editor at inspiration. Co-directed
Douglas Fairbanks' picture. "Reaching for the Moon,"
for United Artists.
PIVAR, BEN: Foreign production supervisor. Co-
lumbia Pictures Corporation, Hollywood: b. Manchester.
England. March 23, 1901; p. Adolph and Anna Pivar;
e. business college. Started as assistant editor, then
became film editor, supervising film editor. Next he
was appointed supervisor of American production and
now is production executive in charge of foreign
production.
PIVAR. MAURICE: Supervising film editor. Universal
studio; b. Manchester. England. October 11. 1896; e.
New York public schools and College of the City of
New Y'ork; m. Sue Pivar; hy. golf. Entered pictures
seventeen years ago; productions: "Hunchback of Notre
Dame." "Merry Go Round," "Phantom of the Opera,"
"Man Who Laughs." "Cohens and Kellys." and others.
P0PPE, HARRY T.: General superintendent. RKO
Pathe Studios, Culver City, Cal.; b. Cincinnati. Ohio;
h. 5 feet 10 inches. Theatrical experience as company
manager and advance agent for Baker & Castle Attrac-
tions. "Graustark." and "The Goose Girl": advance
agent for the American tour of the London Symphony
Orchestra: with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and
Heuck and Fennesy theatres. Cincinnati. Foregoing en-
gagements covered the period from 1905 to 1913. Ex-
perience with motion picture productions for five years;
Houdini Picture Corporation; B. A. Rolfe Productions:
Octagon Films; Yorke-Metro Productions lHarold Lock-
wood) and David Horsley Productions. Production
manager, Pathe Studios. Culver City. Cal.. with which
he has been connected since May. 1927. Now general
superintendent of R K O Pathe Studios.
PORTER. FRED. L. : Vice president and treasurer.
Christie Film Company: b. Pennsylvania. June 18.
1870; h. 5 feet Shd inches: blue eyes, brown hair: w.
135 pounds; is married. Entered pictures in Holly-
wood, May. 1915: purchased stock in producing com-
pany and was made general manager.
POST. CHARLES A.: Manager of production. Trem
Carr Pictures. Ltd.. Los Angeles: b. Salt Lake City.
Utah. November 3. 1897; p. C. H. and Clara B. Post:
e. public schools of Salt Lake City; not married. Was
an actor in the Ernest Wilkes Stock Company, Salt Lake
City. 1916-17: went into motion picture acting in 191S.
starting with Mary Pickford in "M'liss." Artcraft. Was
in supporting casts with Wallace Reid. Frank Keenan.
Sessue Hayakawa, Cecil B. DeMille Productions. George
Melford Productions. Famous Players-Lasky Corpora-
tion, two years in Fox Sunshine Comedies, played
Nicholas in King Yidor's "Wild Oranges." was co-
featured with Irene Rich in Vitagraph's "Behold This
Woman." with Corinne Griffith in First National's
"Wilderness." with Josef von Sternberg in Metro-Gold-
wvn-Mayer's "The Escape." with George Fitzmaurice in
First National's "The Tender Hour." and in several
state right productions. Also appeared in many other
pictures. Started as manager of production with Trem
Carr Productions in 1927 and is still associated with
Trem Carr. Has been production manager on approxi-
mately 75 pictures released through Rayart. Syndicate.
Continental and Tiffany.
PUGH. HARVEY M. : b. Lincoln. HI., December 25.
1893: h. 6 feet 2 inches: brown hair and eyes: w. 194
pounds: p. Edith and Charles H. Pugh. non-profes-
sionals: e. Denver high school and University of Colo-
rado: m. Jeanne Mott. non-professional: hy. golf and
flying. Executive with Paramount for the past nine
years.
RAGUSE. ELMER R. : Chief recording engineer.
West Coast. RCA Victor Company, and sound director.
Hal Roach Studios: b. Springfield. Mass.. Mav 9. 1901:
p. Carl H. and Irene Raguse: e. graduate of Perth
Amboy. N. J., high school, and one year in electrical
engineerim; subjects at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute:
m. Ethel U. Burton: has one son. 5 years old. Was a
radio operator of Marconi Wireless Companv. 1919-1921:
was engaced in automatic telephone installation for
Western Electric Company. 1921-22: radio broadcasting
of American Telephone and Telegraph Companv. WEAK.
1923-24 : development and operation of sound recording
equipment. Bell Telephone Laboratories. 1924-25: record-
ing engineer. Vi-tor Talking Machine Companv. Cam-
den. N. J.. 1925-28: chief recording engineer. West
Coast. Y'ictor company and sound director at Hal Roach
Studios. 1928-31.
RAPF. HARRY: Associate producer. Metro-Gold wvn-
Mayer Pictures. Culver City. Cal. : h Denver. Col. : gray
hair, married and has two sons. Began b<a career in
minstrel shows in Denver, was with Gus Edwards for
six years, then resigned to marry. Was in New York
City with a vaudeville agency for seven years, then re-
signed and joined World Film Corporation: became
production manager for Selznick: joined Warner Rros
in 1921: with Louis B. Slayer in 1924. When Maver
joined Metro-Goldwyn -Mayer he became associate
producer.
RAPF. JOE: Supervisor of wardrobes. Metro-Gold-
dyn-Mayer studios. Culver City. Cal. : b. New York Citv.
February 12. 1882: p. Morris and Eliza Rapf: e. hiirh
school: m. Vera Feintuch: has a son. For six vears
has been supervisor of wardrobes; for nineteen vears
before that was in the women's cloak and suit business.
REED. J. T.: Director of sound. United Artists
studios Hollywood: h. Cincinnati. Ohio, in 1887: p.
Elwood M. and Viola Shaw Reed: e. University of
Michigan, bachelor of arts in 1908 and master of
science in 1909; m. Helen Stewart in 1913 and has four
children. Was scenario editor for Douglas Fairbanks
Company from 1918 to 1920. director in 1921. and pro-
duction manager from 1923 to 1928. also having been
production manager for Mary Pickford Company in 1922.
He has been director of sound for United Artists since
1929. Was chairman of the technicians' branch of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from
1928-30. is chairman of the conciliation committee this
year and has been on the executive committee the past
two years.
REEVES. ALFREO: General manager and vice
president of Charles Chaplin Film Corporation. Holly-
wood; b. London. England. December 2. 1876: h. 5
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feet 7 inches; dark gray hair and hazel eyes; w. 135
pounds; p. Ellen and John Reeves, professionals; e.
.London public schools; m. Amy Clara Minister, profes-
sional; hy. photography, first nights and motion pictures.
His career has been entirely professional. In 1895 he
toured Great Britain and France with Frank C. Bos-
tock circus and menagerie; in 1S97 toured as advance
manager for Lord George Sanger's Circus in Great
Britain; in 1900 with Fred Karno's Companies in
vaudeville. In 1905 came to the United States as man-
ager and producer and opened at Hammerstein's in
New York with "A Night in an English Music Hall;"
managed and booked this act and repertory of Karno
sketches until 1914 in the United States. In the spring
of 1910 made a trip to England, coming back to this
country in the fall of that year with the production of
"A Night in a London Secret Society." in which
Charles Chaplin made his American debut at Percy
C. Williams' Colonial theatre in New York City. Sep-
tember, 1910. Played this and repertory acts. "A
Night in a London Club." "A Night in an English
Music Hall." and others until November. 1913. when
Charles Chaplin went into pictures with Keystone. In
1914 again went to England on a theatrical tour and
made appearances in many war entertainments for the
■wounded at Netlet. Aldershot. etc. In 1918 arrived in
Hollywood and renewed connections with Charles Chap-
lin, who had just started his own production studios;
later became president of Chaplin Studios. Inc.. and
general manager and vice president of Charles Chaplin
Film Corporation, which positions he now holds.
ROACH. CHARLES H.: Secretary and treasurer.
Hal Roach Studios. Inc. . Culver City. Cal. ; b. Alexan-
dria County. Va., March 28. 18G0; e. Academy in
Alexandria. Va. : m. Mabel Bally; has two sons John
B. Roach and Hal E. Roach.
ROACH. HAL: President, Hal Roach Studios. Inc.:
b. Elmira. N. Y. , January 19, 1892; married and has
two ch ldren. At 17 years of age went to Alaska,
where he engaged in trucking business; returned to
Seattle in same line of work and from there to Los
Angeles with similar venture. Picture career started
with Universal as stock cowboy at $25 a week ; met
Harold Lloyd and the two raised enough money to
make a picture that sold for $850. Roach studio activ-
ities began at Glendale. then to Santa Monica boule-
vard, where "Lonesome Luke" comedies were made:
final quarters at Culver City, where a big plant was
built in 1919: Hal Roach productions are now released
through MGM.
ROCK, JOE: Producer: b. New York City. December
25. 1893: h. 5 feet 3 inches: blue eyes, dark hair; w.
155 pounds: e New York City. New York Normal
School and Chatauqua Normal; m. Louise Granville,
and two children, Felippa and Philip; hy. basketball,
football, boxing, athletics: paid way through normal
schools by playing professional basketball. Previously
physical director of Pittsburgh Athletic Club. Crafton.
Pa., schools and clubs, vaudeville, carnivals; entered
picture business 1G years ago with Vitagraph; has pro-
duced Stan Laurel series. Three Fat Boys comedies,
and others.
ROCKETT, A. L. : Associate producer. Fox studio:
b. Vincennes, Ind. . September 24. 1889; e. Sedalia, Mo.,
high school. Missouri University; m. Dollie Rockett. and
has one son. Norman. Played piano in first class
nickelodeons for five years: next with American Smelt-
ing & Refining Co. ; entered picture business in 1914 :
together with brother. Ray, produced silent "Abraham
Lincoln" : production supervisor with First National
several years, then to Fox.
ROEMH ELD. HEINZ: General director of music.
Universal Studio: b. Milwaukee. Wis.. May 1. 1901; h.
5 feet 8 inches: brown eyes, black hair: w. 170 pounds:
e. Milwaukee and Berlin. Germany; married and hag
two children. Mary Lou and Elise Anne. Formerly
concert pianist and musical director. Wrote score for
"Captain of the Guards" with exception of two num-
bers by Cadman. entire score for "White Hell of Pitz
Palu." incidental music for "All Quiet on the Western
Front." and other Universal pictures.
ROG ELL, ALBERT S.: Producer and director.
Rogell Productions. Ltd., Hollywood: b Oklahoma City.
Okla.. August 1. 1901; p. Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Rogell:
«. public school and high school. Spokane. Wash., and
Washington State College: m. Marian Douglas: no
children. Business manager of college paper; billing
clerk and salesman; stage electrician: stage carpenter:
stage property man: camera man: cutter; titler; author;
director Has been associated with First National.
Universal. F B O and Tiffany. Started in the industry
in 1916 with Washington Motion Picture Company in
Spokane. Went to Hollywood in the same year with
the old Western Pictures Exploitation Company, then in
1924 with F B O. Next came his Universal days,
directing pictures of every type. For First National he
directed "Shepherd of the Hills" and many others. Now
is producing independently for Tiffany release.
ROGELL SID: b. St. Joseph. Mo.. Jan. 16. 1900;
h 5 feet 9 inches: black hair and gray eyes: w. 170
pounds: p Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Rogell. non-nrofes-
slonals: e North Central high school. Spokane. Wash.:
not married: hv. golf. Producing manager for Harry
J. Brown for two vears. for Chas. R. Rogers three
years, and for Ken Maynard one year. Now with RKO
Pat he.
ROGERS. CHARLES R. : President of Rogers Pro-
ductions. Ltd.. and Charles R. Rogers Productions. Inc..
also vice president in charge of production of RKO
Pathc. Inc.: b. New York City. July 15. 1882: p.
Simon and Ida Rogers; e. high school. Boston: m. Helen
Weiss: has one son, John W. Is a leading independent
producer.
SARECKY. LOUIS A.: Associate producer. RKO Stu-
dios. Inc.. Los Angeles: b. Odessa. Russia. January 26,
1886; e. public school. DeWitt Clinton High School,
New York, New York University: m. Clara M Hirs-h.
Studied law, secretary to Governor Sulzer of New York,
connected with a mining company in Central America,
did newspaper work. Started in pictures with Para-
mount in 1929; first Job was assistant to stage man-
ager, then was location manager, stage manager, gen-
eral production manager and assistant general manager
at the Paramount. New York. Studio. Went out to
the FBO studios in Hollywood with William LeBaron
and stayed with them after RKO purchased that com-
pany. Among pictures handled as associated producer
with RKO are: "Street Girl." "Ride Street." "Vaga-
bond Lover." "Seven Keys to Baldpate." "Lovin" the
Ladies," "Shootin' Straight," "The Cuckoos," "Leather-
necking," "Cimarron."
SAVIN, EDWARD J.: Business manager and pro-
duction comptroller, Warner Bros. -Vitaphone Eastern
studios; b. New York City. July 4, 1892; p. James and
Agnes Sarin; e. St. Alphonsus Grammar School. La-
Salle Academy prep school. New York University; m.
Helen Brosnan; has a son. In 1910 was in business
in an export and import office in Beaver street. In
1911 sailed for South and Central America contracting
with R. Wilcox of Colon to serve as trader on the San
Bias coast, where he was stricken with Chagres fever
and was removed by canoe ISO miles on the Carribean
sea to a Balboa hospital. Left the hospital and was
transferred to San Isobel on the Spanish coast, where
he removed the body of a Brooklyn boy of about 20
years who had died of yellow fever in a ^ine shack con-
structed by himself. In 1914 he returned to the United
States and entered the banking business, finally with
the Guaranty Trust. In 1919 he was employed by First
National Pictures. Inc., to work for Louis B. Mayer
togther with William Leahey (now of Century Play) and
Paul C. Mooney. In 1921 he joined First National
and in 1926 started with Warner Bros, as assistant to
the late S. L. Warner on Vitaphone.
SAX. SAM: Production manager. Eastern studios.
Warner Bros. -Vitaphone; b. Pittsburgh, Pa.; m. Lulu
Adams: no children. Has been in the motion picture
industry fifteen years, with Universal, Robertson-Cole
and Metro, also owning his own producing and dis-
tributing company. Gotham Productions.
SCHLESINGER. LEON: b. Philadelphia. Pa.: h. 5
feet 7t£ inches; dark hair and blue eyes; w. 175
ifounds; e. Park Avenue high school. Philadelphia: m.
Berenice K. : hy. fishing. Started in theatrical busi-
ness at the age of 14 as usher, song book agent, actor
of bits, box office, ahead and back of shows and theatre
manager. Producer of "Looney Tunes." "Merrie Melo-
dies." Musical Cartoons released by Warner Brothers,
Vitaphone song cartoon.
SCHULBERG. B. P.: General manager of West Coast
production. Paramount Publix: b. Bridgeport. Conn..
January 19, 1892; e. high school. New York City, and
College of the City of New York. First position as
reporter on the New York Evening Mail, for two years,
leaving to become associate editor of a magazine. Film
Reports, organized in the interests of independent pro-
ducers and exhibitors of the then exceedingly young
and tender motion picture industry. As associate edi-
tor of Film Reports he built up friendships and con-
tacts that enabled him, a year later, to select the
producer with whom he desired to affiliate. Because
of friendship he accepted a dual post of publicity di-
rector and scenario writer with Rex Pictures Corpora-
tion, New York City, and a year later went with
Adolph Zukor when Zukor launched his Famous Play-
ers Company in 1912. Thus it came about that Schul-
berg exploited the first feature length, big name motion
picture sold in America. "Queen Elizabeth." with Sarah
Bernhardt in the title role. First venture in feature
length was "The Prisoner of Zenda." "Queen Eliza-
beth" was a French film, bought by Zukor for distribu-
tion in America. When Zukor's Famous Players Com-
pany combined with Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Com-
pany in 1915 to become the Paramount corporation.
Schulberg retained his post of double duty. After
several years with Paramount he made the decision to
try his hand at independent production. During this
period he saw the Elmer Clifton film. "Dom to the
Sea in Ships," and playing a minor role, that of a
«tow*wav was a little girl who attracted Schulberg s
attention He immediately wired his associate, who
was in the East, with the result that Clara Bow came
to Hollywood to play in the Schulberg company In
1925 Schulberg rejoined Paramount in the capacity or
associate producer, the first time this title was used
In production circles, later becoming general manager
of all West Coast productions for Paramount.
SCHOEDSACK, ERNEST BEAUMONT: Producer: b.
Council Bluffs. Iowa. June 8, 1893; h. 6 feet 5 inches:
brown hair and gray eyes; w. 190 pounds: p. Ruth A.
and Gustav A. Beaumont, non-professionals: m. Kutn
Rose, professional: hy. motion pictures. Co-producer
with Marian Cooper of "Grass" and Chang Also
co-producer of "The For." Feathers." and producer-
director of "Rango."
SCHUESSLER. FREDERICK EDWARD: Casting
director. United Artists studios. Hollywood: b. Indian-
apolis Ind.. July 22. 1896: p. William and Sophia
Schuessler: e. grammar school and high school: m.
Marie Ankenbrook; no children. For the past nine
vears has been in the casting offices of Universal
Metro-Goldwvn-Maver. Warner Bros, and United Artists.
Previously was connected with the automobile industry
in Indianapolis in clerical capacities.
SELZNICK. DAVID O.: Executive assistant to B P.
Schulberg Paramount West Coast Studio; b. Pittsburgh.
Pa • e New York nublic schools. Hamilton Preparatory
school.' Columbia University: m. Irene Mayer Selznick.
Son of Lewis J. Selznick. motion picture pioneer and
founder of Selznick Pictures, and was trained from
early childhood for motion picture work with view to
eventually becoming executive; was associate producer at
MGM. and then to Paramount.
SHELDON E. LLOYD: Associate producer Para-
mount Publix Corporation. Hollywood: n Springfield.
Mass Mav 27. 1886: p. Eugene and Anna Sheldon: e.
Harvard University, bachelor of arts and master of
arts: m. Fanny Franks; no children. From 1908 to
1910' was a reporter for the New York Globe and N' W
York World: 1910-13. business manager for Charles
Frohman: in 1913 produced two feature pictures in
association with Gilbert Miller: in 1914 was Washing-
ton correspondent for the New York American: from
1915 to 1922 was a freelance magazine and motion pic-
ture writer, contributing several hundred stories and
articles to national magazines and 48 feature pictures
produced by various companies. From 1922 to date has
been supervisor of productions for Paramount, guiding
186 productions.
SPIVACK. MURRAY: Director of sound effects.
RKO Radio Pictures. Hollywood: b. New York City.
September 6. 1900; e. Stuyvesant high school and
College of the City of New York; married. Studied
chemical engineering and worked his way through
school by playing in orchestras; was in orchestras when
sound started and went into the work of handling sound
effects at the Pathc studios in New York, thence to
RKO Radio Pictures In Hollywood.
SHURLOCK, GEOFFREY: Associate producer, for-
eign productions. Paramount Publix Corporation. Los
Angeles; b. Liverpool, England, August 10. 1894: e.
private schools in California; not married.
STEWART, EDWIN G. : Chief recording engineer.
Paramount Publix; b. Yonkers. N. Y.. August 5, 1898;
h. 5 feet pounds; b.ue eyes and brown hair; e.
Union College, Columbia University, specializing in sci-
ence and mathematics; m. ; hy. tennis. Has lived in
Chicago, Cincinnati. Indianapolis, New York. Was
engineer with Western Electric Company. American
Telephone and Telegraph Company and National Broad-
casting Company. Entered picture business in 1928.
STROMBERG, HUNT: Associate producer. Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. Culver City. Cal. : b. Louis-
ville, Ky. ; h. 6 feet; brown hair and eyes; w. 165
pounds; e. Louisville. Following .the completion of his
schooling, he became a newspaper reporter and for five
years did reportorial work and became wellknown as a
lecturer; was sports writer of the St. Louis Times, then
went to New York to accept the post of advertising and
publicity director of the Goldwyn Company, and in
1919 went to California with Thomas H. Ince and
became his personal representative. In 1923 he entered
the independent producing field, starring Doris May in
a series of comedy-dramas which were released through
Metro. He next became allied with Producers' Dis-
tributing Corporation (Pro-Dis-Co. ). producing the
Priscilla Dean and Harry Carey productions and a
number of all-star specials. Among the pictures he
personally directed were "Paint and Powder." "The
Siren of Seville." and "The Fire Patrol." In 1925 he
became affiliated with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as an
associate producer, which position he still is holding.
In this capacity he has been the producer of many well-
known films, including "The Single Standard." "The
Bridge of San Luis Rey." "Our Dancing Daughters."
"White Shadows of the South Seas," "Our Modern
Maidens." "Our Blushing Brides." "Dance. Fools.
Dance." "The Easiest Way." "Torch Song."
THALBERG. IRVING: r. n. Irving Grant Thalberg;
b. Brooklyn. N. Y.. May 30. 1899; e. public, private
and night schools in Brooklyn; m. Norma Shearer,
professional: has one son. Irving. Jr. Began with Uni-
versal as secretary, then became private secretary to
Carl Laemmle, Sr.. and remained in that capacity for
two years. Became general manager and director for
Universal, then joined Louis B. Mayer productions as
production head, and when Mayer and Metro-Goldwyn
affiliated he was named production manager for Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer.
THOMPSON, DAVID H.: Artist's representative.
Hollywood; b. New York City, May 4. 1886; h. 5 feet
10 inches; dark brown hair and eyes; w. 210 pounds: p.
Elizabeth and David Thompson, non-professionals: e.
Morris high school and New York law college; m.
Eleanor G. Thompson, non-professional: hy. boxing,
golf and bowling. Stage experience from 1904 to 1906
with Proctor Stock Company of New York City.
Started his screen career with Edison Film Company in
1910; with Thanhouser Film Company from 1911 to
1914; with Metro from 1914 to 1921 as director and
executive: with Fox 1921 to 1923; with First National
from 1923 to 1928: Fox Movietone. 1928 to 1929. From
1929 to present has been artist's representatives, Holly-
wood. Now in the agency business.
TRACEY. LESTER ANDREW: Chief electrician.
Tec-Art Studios. Inc.. Cal.: b. Fort Lee. N. J..
February 21. 1899; p. Mary and George Tracey: e.
completed Fort Lee grammar school and short course
in electrical engineering at U. S. Navy School : m. Ida
M. Kohberg: no children Has been in studio and
laboratory work since 1915 with the exception of two
and one-half years.
UNGAR. ARTHUR: Associate producer Universal
Pictures Corporation: b. Chicago. 111.. August 27.
1886; p. Emil and Bertha Rosett Ungar: e. public
school No. 103. New York. Morris high school. New
York, and New York University Law School : m. Ella
Mae Bequette. New York. Buffalo. Chicago. Pittsburgh
and Cleveland. Has had experience on dailies, as a
business manager, with burlesque shows and as secre-
tary and general manager of Independent burlesque
circuit: produced shorts in 1912: became general man-
ager of Asher and Goldregen productions in 1913:
managed Van Cuslin theatre. Schenectady, also Or-
pheum. Detroit : own=d and operated Ridgewood Opera
House. Ridgewood. N J., also produ-ed in association
with Wilson Collison. "The G;rl with Carmine Lipe."
at Punch and Judy theatre. New York, and "Sweet
Petunia." on the road. Was with Variety from 1914
to 1930 and also "Clipper " owned bv Variety. Joined
Universal as associate producer in 1930.
VERRICO. ALFREDO: General director of Dominant
Film Productions. Inc. : h. Naples. Italy. October 23.
1897: h. 5 feet 6M> inches: dark brown hair and eyes:
w. 148 pounds: p. Pietro and Ida Verrico. professionals:
e. Naples high school and Naples university: m.
Florence Watwood. publicist: hy. grand operas, sym-
phonies, and arts in general. No stage or screen ex-
perience. At the age of 16 years he was editor of
11 Grido Delia Folia. Italian newspaper, afterward
editor-in-chief of La Riscossa. La Rassegna and 11
Manicomio and general manager of 11 Sotletieo. Is
the author of nine books pubMshed in Italian and
translated into seven other languages: local manager for
the states of New England for the Encyclopedia
Britannica and manager of the Italian d°partment for
the Book of Knowledge: publicity director and advance
manager of San Carlo Grand Opera Company: impres-
sario of Italian Grand Opera Company and general
manager of Boston English Opera. Six years in Holly-
wood, editor of U Cinemateatreo. motion picture maga-
z!ne published in four languages, namely. I'alian.
Fren'-h. Spansh and English. Founded the Verri-o-
gram news agency in Hollvwood. exclusively for motion
pictures, serving 1.760 newspapers and magaz nes
throughout the world. Organized Italotone Film Pro-
ductions. Inc.
WADE. MERLE: Producer; b. Okalahoma City.
Okla.. 1907 ; h. 5 feet 10 inches: blond hair and hazel
eyes : w. 150 pounds : p. Effie Chouteau and James
Wade, non - professionals : e. Wichita (Kan.) high school
and the University of CaV-fornia. Los Angeles; not
married: hy. polo. Stage extierience consists of appear-
ing In stock In New York City: screen experience as a
producer.
WALLIS. HAL B.: Co-executive In charge of pro-
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duction. First National studios, Burbank, Cal. ; b.
Chicago, 111.; e. in Chicago. Entered the motion pic-
ture industry in 1922. To learn the distribution and
exhibition phases of the industry he obtained a position
as manager in a Los Angeles theatre. Later was
plactd in charge of the publicity department of Warn.*,-
•Bros., for a year and left to join Principal Pictures
Corporation, returning to Warner Bros, seven months
later. In charee of studio management of First Na-
tional when Warner Bros, and First National con-
solidated. Held title of studio manager and later asso-
ciate in charge of production at First National Vita-
phone plant.
WARNER, JACK: Vice president in charge of pro-
duction, Warner Bros. -First National Studios, Burbank,
Cal. ; b. London. Ontario, Can. ; p. Mr. and Mrs.
Benjamin Warner, non- professional ; e. Baltimore
schools. When he had finished school he joined his
brothers, Harry and Albert, in the opening of a bi-
cycle shop at Youngstown. Ohio, and in that venture,
being the youngest, he was errand boy, clerk and gen-
eral handy man about the place. Then the time came
when the Warner brothers opened their first theatre
at Newcastle, Pa., where he felt at home, for he had
developed a good tenor voice and used to sing illus-
trated songs. While not thus occupied he did the
usual run of jobs that are necessary around a small
theatre. At the time Warner Bros, opened its exchange
at Pittsburgh and then established Warner Features,
he again found a congenial field. He inspected the
pictures that were being considered and on his judg-
ment Harry Warner, then as now executive of the
firm, rested his decision on them. When the Warners
fell upon hard times and separated. Jack went to
Hollywood and studied the methods of picture pro-
duction.
At the time when the Warner brothers joined again
to produce "My Four Years in Germany," Jack had
begun to find that production was his true field. He
took an active part in the artistic direction of that
picture which set the Warner Bros, on their feet and
started them on the road to success. With the for-
tunes of the firm re-established, the Warner broth' rs
decided they needed a studio on the West Coast and
he went out to take an active part in its direction.
He was later called East, during the development of
Vitaphone, to participate in the perfection of the
talking picture. After the success of Vitaphone was
established and the making of Vitaphone pictures was
moved to the Hollywood Studio, he took charge of their
director and production.
It has been largely due to the artistic vision of Jack
Warner that so many fine pictures have emanated from
the Warner Bros, studio. He is now vice president in
charge of production for Warner Brothers Pictures,
Inc.. and for the Vitaphone Corporation. In addition
to having charge of the large Warner Brothers Holly-
wood Studio he is now also directing the operations
of the First National Studio on the Coast.
WEEKS. H. KEITH: Executive manager. Fox Film
Joseph
Film Editor
Corporation : Fox Movietone Studio. Beverly Hills. Cal. ;
b. New York City: p. Arthur H. and Annabtl Keith;
e. Syracuse University (engineering!. Yale (Ph.D.),
Yale Law School: m. Ruth Manson Day; one daughter,
Olive Keith Weeks. Was mgineer for Andian National
Corporation. Ltd.. Colombia. S. A.. 1925; assistant to
the assistant secretary of the United States Treasury.
1926-27; chief structural engineer. Fox Film Corpora-
tion, 192S. Became executive manager. Fox Movietone
Studio in 1929.
WEISFELDT, M. J.: Vice president and d rector.
Talking Picture Epics. Inc., also general manager of
Martin Johnson African Expedition Pictures Corpora-
tion; b. Milwaukee. Wis.. October 22, 1889; e. in public
schools of Milwaukee; m. Helen Levin. 1915. divorced
in March. 1929. and married Alma Moore Waters in
October. 1929; has a son, Jerome. Was a musician in
his early teens and at the age of 15 left with a
minstrel troupe and band; adopted theatricals as a
profession in his early boyhood days; also trouped in
vaudeville. Later formed a partnership with Will J.
Harris, composer, publishing music. When IS years
of age he opened his first exclusive motion picture
theatre in the state of Wisconsin, locating at Plymouth.
Sold his theatre interests in 1913. and opened the
Majestic theatre, Milwaukee, in 1913. and the Bijou
theatre, Minneapolis, in competition with Samuel J.
(Boxy) Rothafel, who was operating the Lyric in
Minneapolis. Sold his interests in the Bijou, Minne-
apolis, and opened the Empire theatre, Chicago, show-
ing straight pictures. In 1914 produced vaudeville acts
and musical tabloids: then joined Mutual Film Cor-
poration in Minneapolis as special sales representalive.
Advanced to branch manager of Mutual at Omaha.
1915-17: later in 1917 became branch ' manager of
Mutual in Chicago. Organized Wholesome Films Cor-
poration; then produced "Cinderella and the Magic
Slipper." "Little Red Riding Hood." and "The Penny
Philanthropist.'1 In 1918 joined Fox Film Corporation
at Minneapolis as branch manager: in 1921 branch
manager for Fox in Cleveland: in 1922 became assistant
managing director of Fox Film Company. Ltd.. of
Great Britain; in 1923 joined FBO as district man-
ager. Central West; in 1926 became Western sales
manager, FBO, San Francisco; and in, 1927 joined
Frank R. Wilson of New York, talking I pictures and
sound instruments; then became general' manager of
Martin Johnson African Expedition Pictures Corpora-
tion. In 1929, with Frank R. Wilson and Daniel E.
Pomeroy. organized Talking Picture Epics, Inc.. and
was elected vice-president and director. Personally
conceived, edited, and directed, the talking picture
sequences in "Hunting Tigers in India." "Wild Men
of Kalahari." "Lost Gods," Mr. and Mrs. Gifford
Pinchot in "South Seas." "Bottom of the World."
"Let's Sing," Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars Interview
series.
WELSH. ROBERT E. : Producer; b. New York City.
1S93; e. Fordham University; wrote sport material for
New York American while there. After graduation ran
newspaper in Bayonne. N. J. ; took active interest in
politics and assisted strongly with Woodrow Wilson
campaign; left New Jersey in 1913 and joined staff
of New York American. Entered amusement field
through Dramatic Mirror; served in old Kalem Company
as advertising manager; became news editor and then
managing editor of Motion Picture News; next move
was to .Moving Picture World, which he left to accept
position as assistant to the pres dent of Associated
Exhibitors: joined Universal in 1926 as advertising
manager; in October, 1927, was chosen personal repre-
sentative of Carl Laemmle. and in May. 1928. was
appointed to position of general manager of Universal
City, from which position he resigned and returned
to New York: with Frank Shea, has recently formed
Welshay Producers, producing short subjects at Tec-
Art Studio.
WEST. ROLAND : Associate producer. United Ar-
tists Corporation; b. Cleveland. Ohio. 1887 : p. Mar-
garet Van Tassel, professional; m. Jewel Carmen, re-
tired professional. Has been actor, playwright, director,
producer. First experience as an actor in a juvenile
role in "The Volume," at a Cleveland theatre. Ad-
vanced rapidly as a juvenile actor and at the age of
17 had the role of Emmet Corrigan in "Jockey Jones."
The next season he collaborated on a vaudeville sketch,
starring his own playlet for a period of years. Became
a producer of short dramatic acts and comedy skits
for Loew's Circuit; later produced his own acts, booking
them over several circuits. With Joseph Sclienck
produced their first picture, "Lost Souls." which he
directed. Became general manager of the company
but preferred the creative end of the industry and
directed Norma Talmadse in "De Luxe Annie." Left
the picture industry for two years to produce "The
Unknown Purple" on the legitimate stage. Returned
to Hollywood as associate producer with United
Artists. In addition to producing, he writes his own
scripts and directs. Among his successful productions
are "The Unknown Purple," "The Monster." "The
Bat," "The Dove," starring Norma Talmadge, and
"Alibi," his first talking picture, introducing Chester
Morris to the screen. Also directed "The Bat
Whispers."
WHITE, JACK: Executive and supervising director,
also producer of short product; b. Austria, Hungary,
March 2, 1898; e. New York. Vienna. Los Angeles;
m. Pauline Starke, professional; hy. hunting and fish-
ing. Entered pictures in 1910. Made Educational
comedies.
WILLIAMS, ROGER: Production supervisor of
William Miller Productions; b. Berlin, Germany; e.
Denver. Col., Colorado School of Mines ( 1913 1 . Started
with the old Selig Polyscope and has been technical
advisor and production supervisor with various com-
panies up to present time. Has had picture experi-
ence as an actor, director and production supervisor.
YOHALEM. GEORGE: b. New York City. July 15.
1S93; h. 5 feet 8H inches; brown hair and eyes; w.
148 pounds; e. DeWitt Clinton high school. New York;
m. non-professional; h. golf and book collec.ing.
Screen experience; started out with Paramount Famous
Lasky Corporation in 1914.
YOUNG. RICHARD P.: Producing director and
owner. Richard P. Young Productions; b. Maysville.
Ky.. November 17. 1S97; p. Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Young; e. Woodward high school. Cincinnati, and a
short time at the University of Cincinnati and now
is attending sound courses at the University of South-
ern California; also studied law; is not married.
Wrote a number of Christie and Strand comedies, later
a member of the Fox News Reel staff. Was director
of productions for Rommell Motion Picture Company
of Cincinnati, later director for Arbus Enterprises of
Cleveland. Became connected with the Fox Studios in
Hollywood, and now is owner and director of his own
organization, making educationals. Recently was ap-
pointed a member of the advisory committee of the
Industrial and Educational Film Division. D. S. De-
partment of Commerce, by Secretary Lamont.
ZANUCK, DARRYL F.: b. Wahoo. Neb.; h. 5 feet
T& inches; brown hair and blue gray eyes; w. 130
pounds; p. Louise and Frank H. Zanuck; non-profes-
sionals: e. Oakdale. Neb., high school: m. Virginia
Fox, ex-professional ; hy. writing good stories. Asso-
ciated in the production of the following pictures:
■The Broadway Butterfly." "The Limited Mail."
"Eve's Lover." "Hogan's Allev." "On Thin Ice," in
1925; "The Cave Man," "Three Weeks in Paris." "The
Little Irish Girl." "Oh What a Nurse." "Across the
Pacific," "Footloose Widows," "The Better 'Ole." in
1926; "The Missing Lank." "Wolf's Clothing." "Old
San Francisco," "Good Time Charlie." "JIam and
Eggs at the Front." in 1927; and 'The First Auto,''
"Noah's Ark," ' Singing Fool" and "My Man," (In
collaboration! "Tenderloin," "State Street Sadie" and
"The Desired Woman."
ZEHNER. HARRY H.: Assistant general manager
and asisstant to Carl Laemmle, Jr., at Universal Pic-
tures studios. Universal City. Cal. ; b. New York City,
July 25, 1S88: p. Joseph and Louise Zehner: e. New
York City public schools. DeWitt Clinton high schcol
and Miller Business Institute, New York; m. Mary
Terry Pratt; has two children. Was secietary to the
inspector general and chief surgeon. N.H.D.V.S.; as-
sistant credit manager of Armour and Company; assist-
ant manager of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. New York,
for five years; private secretary to Carl Laemmle for
five years; now also assistant to Carl Laemmle. Jr.;
has been with Universal for eleven years; served as
battalion sergeant major in the A.E.F. in the World
war; is president of the 233 Club of Hollywood, a
Masonic club of actors, writers, executives, directors,
and technicians, with a membership of 1.500. Is a
member of Hollywood Lodge 355. F. and A. M. :
Los Angeles Consistory A. A. Scottish Rite. 32d de-
gree; Al Malaikah Te-mple. A.A.O.N.M. Shrine; Uni-
versal City Post 1267. Veterans of Foreign Wars:
Hollywood Post 43. American Legion; colonel. Ser-
geant Post 1. Veterans of the A.E.F (Siberia); Kennel
1. Yellow Dogs of U.S.A.
ZEIEDMAN, BENNIE F.: Associate producer. Holly-
wood; b. Philadelphia. Pa., October 4, 1895; p. Jo-
seph and Gertrude Zeidman: e. Philadelphia public
schools; is married. Was publicity manager for Doug-
las Fairbanks; producer of independent pictures; execu-
tive assistant to the general manager of Universal
Pictures ; executive assistant to Jack Warner, produc-
tion chief of Warner Bros. ; associate producer for
Paramount. Recently resigned as associate producer
for Columbia Pictures Corporation.
ZIEGFELD. FLORENZ: b. Chicago. 1869: m. Billie
Burke, professional. His first enterprise in the amuse-
ment world started when he was sent to Europe by his
father to assemble talent for the World's Fair in
Chicago in 1893. Later he toured with Ringling
Brothers' circus, managing Sandow. the Strong Man.
and after this went to Europe where he discovered
Anna Held. In 1913 he joined with Ned Wayburn
and created the famous "Midnight Frolic." Some of
the most outstanding successes of Ziegfeld are: "The
Follies," "Sally." "Kid Boots." "Louis the 14th."
"Rio Rita." "Rosalie." "The Three Musketeers."
"Show Boat" and "Whoopee." starring Eddie Cantor.
In 1929 Ziegfeld signed with Goldwyn and they have
screened "Rio Rita." "Glorifying the American Girl."
and the immensely successful "Whoopee."
ZIERLER. SAMUEL: Motion picture producer,
president of James Cruze Productions. Inc. (Ltd.):
b. Brooklyn. N. Y.. 1895: marrie'd and has two chil-
dren. Has spent his entire business life in the motion
picture industry. E*arlv experience was with General
Film Company, thence to Universal Pictures Corpora-
tion; resigned as New York branch manager in 1919
to organize his own company. Besides his producing
interests, he is active in theatre owning and financing
companies. He lives in Hollywood (formerly at Wood-
mere, h. I.).
FEMININE
PLAYERS
A
AALBY SISTERS: Appeared in •'Young Man of
Manhattan" (1930). Paramount.
ADAIR, ALICE: Appeared in "The Wild Party"
(1929). Paramount.
ADAIR, JANET: Vitaphone No. 2629. "Here Comes
the Bridesmaid."
ADAMS. DOROTHEA: "Love at First Sight" (1930).
Chesterfield.
ADAMS, MARGARET: b. Mansfield. Pa.; e. Mans-
field State Normal College. Ithaca. N. Y.. specializing
in violin, music and art; h. 5 feet 3% inches; w. 114
pounds; chestnut hair, gray eyes; hy. sports, swim-
ming. Worked in the theatrical production of "Three
Little Girls"; gained the attention of Carl Laemmle.
Jr., and was given a contract with Universal.
ADOREE. RENEE: b. Lille, France: h. 5 feet 1
inch; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 107 pounds; e.
while on the road with parents; hy. dancing. A dancer
in her father's troupe at the age of 10 and traveled
all over Europe with him. Has appeared in such
pictures as ".Made in Heaven" for Goldwvn in 1921;
in "The Big Parade" (1923); "La Boheme" (1926);
"The Show" and "Mr. Wu" (1927) and "Forbidden
Hours" and "The Cossacks" (1928) for Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer; (1929) "The Pagan." Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer, and "Tide of Empire" and "The Spoiler."
Pathe; "Redemption" (19311). "The Singer of Seville."
MG.M ; "Call of the Flesh" (1930). MGM.
ADRIAN. IRIS: h. Los Angeles. Cal. ; e. in Los
Angeles. Hollywood high school. Marta Oatman School
of the Theatre; h. 5 feet 4 inches; w. 110; auburn hair
and hazel eyes; hy. swimming and horseback riding.
First screen work in two- reel Technicolor pictures for
MGM. Then with Educational in Vanity Comedies.
Freshman's Goat," "Tearing to Go."
AHERN. GLADYS: Vitaphone No. 952. "On the
Kancbo."
AHO. BETTY: Appeared in "The Case of Lena
Smith" (1929), Paramount.
AINSLEE. MARGUERITE: Appeared in "Firebrand
Jordan" (1930). Big 4 Corp.
AINSWORTH. CUPID: b. San Jose. Cal.. Oct. 10.
1904 ; h. 5 feet G inches; black hair and hazel eyes; w.
25u pounds; p. Ida and Albert Shumate, non-profes-
sionals: e. Lincoln High School. Portland. Ore.. Mills
College. Oakland, Cal.. University of Washington; not
married; hy. golf. Stage experience: part of "Gussie"
Lillian Albertson's production of "Burlesque." March.
1928; one year single in vaudeville. 1929. Screen career
in the following piitures: Vera in "Big News" (1929).
Bertha in "All for Mable" (1930). Hannah in "Dance
With Me" (1930). for Pathe; "Skinner Steps Out"
(1929) . Universal; Darmour Comedy with Alberta
Vaughn (1929); "Moonlight and Monkey Business"
(1930) . ItKO; Buck Jones pictures. Columbia. Made
series of records; electrical recordings for radio world-
wide distribution called "The Zeppelin Sisters."
ALBA. MARIA: r. n. Maria Casajuana : hails from
Barcelona. Sin in; appeared in "Blindfolded." "Koad
House" and "Joy Street" for Fox.
ALDA, MME. FRANCES: Vitaphone No. 943. "Ave
Maria," No. 805. "The Last Bose of Summer.
ALDEN, MARY: b. New Orlean. La.; e. attended
Art Students League. New York City; h. 5 feet 3 inches;
black hair, blue eyes. File years stage experience.
Entered pictures early in the history of the screen.
Has appeared in "Old Nest," "Milestones," "Cossacks."
"Ladies of the Mob." "Fools for Luck." "Sawdust
Paradise." "Someone to Love."
ALD RICH. MEEKA: "The Boss' Orders" (1930).
Pathe. Folly Comedies, second series.
ALEXANDER. KATHERINE: Vitaphone No. 1036.
"The Hard Guy."
ALLEN. ALICE: Appeared in "Shannons of Broad-
way" (1929). Universal.
ALLEN. ELSIE: b. Philadelphia. Pa.: h. 5 feet
7 inches; brown hair and hazel eyes: w. 125 pounds:
e. parochial school in Atlantic City and Atlantic City
high school; not married; by. swimming, dancing and
riding. Screen career started when she won Atlantic
City "Summt r Girl" contest a year and a half ago.
ALLEN. FLORENCE: Appeared in "Joy Street"
(1929). Fox.
ALLEN, RICCA: b. Victoria. B. C. Can.; h. 5 feet
inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 135 pounds; p.
Kay Russell and John Allen, father a musician: e.
Lincoln high school. Has had stage exiierience in Ijon-
don. South Africa, Egypt, and toured the world with
Nance O'Neil: also with Brady. Shubert and Dillingham
shows. Screen experience in "Close Harmony" (1929),
Paramount: "No More Children," "Itomance of a Gin
Bottle," "Show Boat." Universal.
ALLEN. THERESA: b. Indianapolis. 1ml . Oct. 27.
1912; b. 5 feet 3 inches: bronze hair and blue eyes; w.
112 iKiunds; e. St. Agnes Academy. Indianapolis, and
Cumnock School. Los Angeles; hy. horseback riding,
tap dancing, literature, stray cats and dogs. Won
"Miss Personality" contest ol Southern California and
was given a 40 weeks contract with Fanchon and Marco
Ideas in original Hollywood Music Revue with Lupirto
Lane. Toured Publix circuit with famous Serpentine
Act. Understudied Doris Eaton, the star, and took
the part the last month of the show. Featured in
original Spanish number on Fanchon and Marco cir-
cuit. Entered pictures in 1925. Doubled for and taught
dances to Colleen Moore in ' Twinkletocs." First Na-
tional. Has appeared with Hal Skclly in "The Dance
of Life." "Vagabond King" with Dennis King, and
"The Two Black Crows" with Moran and Mack, all for
Paramount. Was with Fox in "Happy Days." "The
Golden Calf" and "Sevenson's Wild Party." Also
played in "Sweet Kitty Bellairs" and "Scarlet Pages"
for Warner Bros.
AM ANN. BETTY: Appeared in "White Devil."
UFA.
ANORA. FERN: r. n. Baroness Fern Andra Von
Weichs; b. Chicago. 111.: h. 5 feet 3 inches; brown
hair and eyes; w. 110 pounds; p. Tad and Frank St.
Clair: e. Switzerland and Berlin: m. Baron Von Wiicbs;
h. traveling. Stage training, private training under
Professor Ilhlnehardt. Stage experience: "Earth
Ghost*." "The Box of Pandora." "The Command to
Love." all In Euroi>e: "Grounds for Divorce," In
German, for the German, Theatre Guild, in Los
Angeles. Screen experience: star with UFA in Berlin,
Germany, from 1923-192S, appeared in "Queen Isa-
bella," "Fedora." "Genuine." Appeared in London
in "The Burgomeister of Stilemonde," co-starred with
Sir John Martin Harvey. "Spangles," both for British
Film Kraft: co-starred with Percy Marmont in "Intro-
spection." British-made film for independent distribu-
tion. Has appeared in United States in "The Lotus
Ladv" for Audible pictures and "Eyes of the World"
(1930). United Artists.
ANDRIOT. POUPEE: Appeared in "All Quiet on
the Western Front" (1930). Universal.
ANGELUS. BABE: Appeared in "On With the
Show" (1929). Warner Bros.
ARCHER. PATRICIA: r. n Margarite Andrus; b.
Livingston. Mont., June 17. 1909; h. 5 feet 2 inches:
light brown hair and brown eyes; w. 104 pounds; p.
Kathryne Wright and Bert Andrus: e. Poly high school.
Long Beach. Cal.; not married; hy. swimming, dancing,
books and music. With Fanchon and Marco on the
West Coast and winner of a popularity bathing and
personality contest. Appeared in leads, bits and parts
in Christie comedies; two years with Chick Sale on
Movietone for Fox; also at Metropolitan with Harold
Lloyd.
ARM I DA : Born at Sonora. Mexico: h. 4 feet 11
inches; black hair and eyes; w. 90 pounds: e. Sonora.
Mexico, and California. Discovered by Gus Edwards.
Toured Orpheum Circuit. In 1929 entered pictures,
some of which are: "International Kevue." "La Mex-
icana" (MGM): "General Crack." "Under a Texas
Moon." Warner Bros.; "Border Itomance" (1930).
Tiffany.
ARNST. BOBBE: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 913.
ARTHUR. JEAN: b. New York City: h. 5 feet 2
inches: medium brown hair and blue eyes: w. 106
pounds: p. non-professionals; e. New York City high
school : not married : hy. swimming, riding and golfing.
No stage experience. Screen experience consists of
small parts for Fox: leading roles opposite Richard
Dix in "Warming Up": also appeared in "The Canary
Murder Case." the two latter being Paramount pic-
tures: (1929) "Brotherly Lore," Metro-Goldwyn-May. r;
"The Greene Murder Case." "Here Comes the Band-
wagon." "The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu." "The Sat-
urday Night Kid." "Sins of the Fathers." "Stairs of
Sand." "Half Wav to Heaven" (1929). "Paramount
on Parade" (1930). "Return of Dr. Fu Manchu"
(193U). "The Street of Chance" (1930). "Young
Eagles" (1930). Paramount.
ASBURY. ADALYN: Appeared in "Two Sisters"
(1929). Ray art
ASHLEY. MARY: Appeared in "Making the Grade"
(1929) . Fox.
ASHTON. SYLVIA: Appeared in "The Barker" and
"The Crash" (1929). First National.
ASTAIRE. MARIE: h. Chicago. 111.: h. 5 feet 3
inches: hazel eyes and brown hair: w. 120 pounds: e.
Chicago, 111. Screen career: "Lights Out." "Nerve
Tonic." "Dummies." "The Mad Whirl." "The Price
of Pleasure" (Universal): "The Last Man on Earth"
(Fox): "Boobs in the Woods." Polly in "The Grand
Parade" (Radio).
ASTOR. GERTRUDE: b. Lakewood. Ohio, a suburb
of Lima: h. 5 feet 7 inches: blond hair and blue eyes;
w. 128 pounds; not married; hy. horseback riding,
swimming golf, dancing, and is considered the l)est
dressed woman in Hollywood. Stage experience. wh*n
but 13 years of age she joined a stock company in
which she appeared for two years, then returned
to school. Screen experience in such pictures as "The
Boy Friend." "Stage Struck." "The Strong Man."
"The Old Soak." "Dame Chance." "Cheerful Fraud."
"Too Many Women." "The Cat and the Canary."
"Small Bachelor." "Shanghaied." "Ginsberg the
Great." "Synthetic Sin" (1929). "Twin Beds" (1929).
"Two Weeks Off" (19291. First National: "Frozen
Justice" (1929). Fox: "Untamed" (1929). MGM: "Be
Yourself" (1930). United Artists: "Dames Ahov"
(1930) . Universal: "The Fall of Eve" (1929). Colum-
bia: "Live and Learn" (1930). Pathe. Manhattan
Comedies. Second Series; "The Boss' Orders" (19301.
Pathe. Folly Comedies. Second Series; "The Doctor's
Wife." Vitaphone No. 4260.
ASTOR. MARY: b. Quincy. 111.; e. Kenwood Loring
School. Chicago; h. 5 feet 0 inches: auburn hair, brown
eves. Entered pictures with Tri-Art in two-reelers.
Has played in "Don Q." "Don Juan." "Beau Brum-
mel." "Bough Riders." "Two Arabian Knights."
"Dressed to Kill." "Dry Martini." "New Year's Eve."
"Romance of the Underworld." "Woman from Hell."
"Sin Ship." "Ladies Lore Brutes" (1930). Paramount;
"Holidav" (1930) Pathe: "The Steel Highway" (1930).
Warner Bros.
AUBURN. JOY: r. n. Alice McCormick: h. Chicago.
111.; h. 5 feet 4 inches: auburn hair and dark brown
eyes: w. 124 pounds; p. Lucy Kirk and Frank A. Mc-
Cormick. non-professionals; e. Omaha. Neb., high
school; not married. Stage experience, one year with
Ziegfeld: also with Gus Edwards and Shubert shows.
Screen experience of two vears appearing in "Mother
Knows Best." "Blondes Beware." "The Dog Wins."
"Tuxedo Comedy." "The Terrible People" and "Smile.
Brother Smile."
Key of Abbreviations
b. born
div. divorce
e. educated
h. height
hy. hobby
m. married
p. - - parents
r. n. - real name
w. weight
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AULT, MARIE: Appeared in "Kitty" (1929). World
Wide.
AYRES. AGNES: b. Carbondale. 111.: h. 5 feet 4
inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 110 pounds; e.
private school in Chicago; not married; hy. riding, golf
and horticulture. Eight years screen experience and
has appeared in such pictures as "The Sheik." "For-
bidden Fruit." "Tlie Ten Commandments," "The Son
of the Sheik" and "The Lady of Victory," (1929)
"The Donovan Affair." Columbia; "Broken Hearted."
Trinity, and "Bye, Bye. Buddy." Columbia.
B
BACLANOVA, OLGA: b. Moscow. Russia; h. 5
feet 4 inches: blond hair and blue eyes: w. 116
pounds: p. Alexandria and Vladimir Baclanova. non-
professionals; e. Cherniavsky Institute. Moscow, and
received her stage training when she entered the Mos-
cow Art theatre at the age of 16: not married: hy.
tennis. With the Moscow Art theatre, dramatic and
musical, also with Nemirovich-Danchenko's company
presenting the dramatized opera. "Fille de Madame
Ango"; later of "Carmencita and the Soldier." Then
came to America with Morris Gest's production of
"Carmencita and the Soldier" in 1923: later company
returned to Russia after an eight months stay. Bacla-
nova remaining to play the nun in "The Miracle." To
test her photographic qualities and adaptability to
motion pictures, she played her first screen role in a
small part in "The Dove" in 1927 with Norma Tal-
madge. Noah Beery and Gilbert Roland. Mauritz
Stiller then cast her for the role of Annie in Erail
Jannings' "Street of Sin" for Paramount (1927). Since
then she has appeared in Pola Negri's "Three Sin-
ners." "Forgotttn Faces." "Docks of New York "
"Avalanche" and "The Wolf of Wall Street." (1929)
"A Dangerous Woman" and "The Man I Love."
both Paramount: "Cheer Up and Smile," Fox.
BAIRD. ETHEL: Appeared in "Musical Btautv
Shop" (1930). Pathe. Melody Comedies. First Seriis.
BAKER. BETTY: b. Greenville. S. C, July. 1907 : h.
5 feet 2\~> inches; brown hair and green eyes; w. 110
pounds; e. Metropolitan high school. Los Angeles. Cal.
Entered pictures in 1925. "The Galloping Gobs." "The
Skedaddle Gold" (Pathe): "Two Dollars Please." "The
Clean Up" (Universal): piano teacher in "Sound Your
A," Matilda in "Old Arizona" (Fox): "Trail Riders,"
Rayart; "Bar L Ranch" (1930). Big 4 Corp.
BAKER. NELLIE BLY: b. Oklahoma City. Okla..
September 7. 1S95: h. 5 feet \Vt inches: light hair and
blue eyes:; w. 140 pounds; p. Maggie and John Jasper
Baker, non-professionals; e. St. Joseph Convent. Guth-
rie. Okla.. and Kendall College at Tulsa; m. J. H.
O'Brien, professional, technician; hy. reading and
swimming. Stage experience in several plays and
taught elocution. Entered pictures in 1925 with
Charlie Chaplin in "Woman of Paris." and was secre-
tary to Chaplin for seven years. Appeared in "Painted
Angel" and "Footlights and Fools" for First Na-
tional: also "Bishop Murder Case" for Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer; "Love and the Devil" (1929). First Na-
tional.
BAKER. OPAL: Appeared in "China Slaver" (1929).
Trinity.
BALLET. ALBERTI NA : Appeared in "The Holly-
wood Revue" (1929). Mctro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
BALL0U. MARIAN: Appeared in "Night Work."
Pathe.
BANKHEAD. TALLULAH: b. Huntsville. Ala.; e.
Mary Baldwin School. Staunton. Va.. Convent of the
Holy Cross in Washington, D. C. . Fairmount School
for Girls in Washington. First stage appearance at
the age of 1G and a year later played Rose de Brissac
in "Footloose" at the old Greenwich Village theatre;
played in New York productions of "39 East." "Nice
People." "Danger." "Her Temporary Husband" and
"The Exciters." On the London stage for eight years,
playing the lead in fifteen productions. Signed to a
long term contract by Paramount in 1931 and brought
to America; first picture. "Tarnished." made undtr
direction of George Cukor at the New York Studios.
BAN KY, VILMA: r. n. Vilma Banky LaRocque: b.
January 9. 1903. Budapest. Hungary; h. 5 feet 6 inches:
blond hair and blue-gray eyes; w. 125 pounds; p.
Ulbert Katalin and John Baulsy. non-professionals: e.
Zugloi high school and college: m. Rod LaRocque, pro-
fessional: hy. studying. Has plaved in such pictures
as "The Dark Angel." "The Son of the Sheik" and
"The Eagle" with Rudolph Valentino: co-starred with
Ronald Colman in "The Winning of Barbara Worth."
"The Night of Love." "The Magic Flame." "Two
Loves" and starred in "The Awakening." (1929) "This
Is Heaven." United Artists; "A Lady to Love" (1930).
MGM.
BANYARD. BEATRICE: Appeared in "The Voice
of the City" (1930). MGM.
BARRIE. JUDITH: b. Sacramento, Cal.: blond: e.
Berkeley, Cal. After finishing school went to New York
to study art. Modeled for James Montgomery Flagg.
Was offered role in "Party Girl" by Edward Halperin.
a Tiffany picture. Also appeared in "Ex-Flame,"
having a vampire part.
BARRIOS. JEAN: Appeared in "Feminine Types"
Vitaphone No. 2700.
BARRISCALE. BESSIE: Appeared in many earlier
productions. Among her most recent was "Show
People" (1929). Pathe.
BARRYE. EMILY: Appeared in "The Godless Girl"
(1929). Pathe.
BARTLETT. HEDDA: Appeared in "The Lady of
the Lake" (1930). Fitzpatrick.
BASQU ETTE. LINA: b. San Mateo. Cal.. April 19.
1907; black hair and dark eyes; p. Mrs. Ernest Belcher.
Ernest Belcher, stepfather; m. Peverell Marley. cinema-
tographer; hy. dancing, swimming and tennis. Pre-
miere danseuse of the Ziegfeld "Follies" at the age of
16: danced in the "Follies" for three years and also
in "Louis the XIAV Made her debut on the screen
at the age of 9. playing child parts for Universal in
several productions. Left the screen for stage. In 1927
she abandoned the stage and went to FBO and played
in "Ranger of the North": then signed with Paramount
and played opposite Adolphe Menjou in "Serenade":
then selected by Richard Barthelmess for "The Noose"
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The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
at First National; signed by DeMille for "The Godless
Girl"; played "Celebrity" and "Show Folks" for
.Pathe; in 1929 "The Younger Generation." Columbia;
"Come Across," Universal; "The Dude Wrangler"
(1930). Sono Art-World Wide.
BARTHORY, GISELLA: Appeared in "Hungarian
Rhapsody." UFA.
BEATTY, MAY: b. Christ Church. New Zealand, of
-Irish English parentage. Went on stage at age of 7
in her father's theatre. Has played in comedies,
-dramas and musical comedies, leading roles in Gilbert
and Sullivan operas in Australia. In 1906 went, to
London. Later returned to Australia, playing leading
roles in George M. Cohan's plays. Went to Hollywood
about one year ago and was given featured role in
"The Benson Murder Case," Paramount picture
•starring William Powell. Next appeared in "The Bou-
doir Diplomat." tor Universal. Completed part in
"Ex-Flame." for Liberty.
BEAUMONT. LUCY: b. Bristol, England; 1863;
h. 5 feet; iron gray hair and dark blue eyes; w. 110
pounds; p. Helen Coles and Albert Beaumont, non-
professionals; e. Clifton high school. Bath; 27 years
■stage training in New York and London; widow of
Capt. Douglas Begora. British officer; hy. reading and
"walking. Stage experience with David Belasco in New
York City in such productions as "Chu Chin Show";
with the New York Theatre Guild; in "The Champion"
with Sam Harris, and in 1925 "The Little Angel"
and "The Lounge Lizard." Screen experience in such
pictures as "Youth Triumphant," "The Ashes of Ven-
geance." "The Family Secret." "As No Man Has
Loved," "The Greater Glory." "The Torrent" and
"The Old Soak"; also in Warner Bros, talkies "Hard
Soiled Rose," "Greyhound Limited" and "She Knew
•Men"; (1929). "Stool Pigeon," Columbia; "One Splen-
did Hour" and "The Ridin' Demon," Universal.
BEAVER, LOUISE: b. Cincinnati. Ohio; e. Pasadena
high school, Pasadena, Cal. ; h. 5 feet 4 inches; w. 189:
black hair, black eyes; hy. tennis. Stage experience:
singing in musical comedies. Entered pictures in 1921.
Has played in "Gold Diggers." Warner Bros.; "Glad
Bag Doll." "Barnum Was Right." Universal; "Co-
quette." United Artists; "Nix on Dames," Fox; "Back
Pay," First National.
BEDFORD. BARBARA: b. Prairie du Chien. Wis.;
e. Lake View. Wis. ; h. 5 feet 4 inches ; w. 130 ; dark
brown hair, blue eyes. Has played in "The Haunted
House," First National: "Heroic Lover." General Pic-
tures: "The Broken Mask." "The Port of Missing Girls."
"Marry the Girl." "Mockery." "A Man's Past," "The
Girl from Gay Paree," "Brothers," "The Cavalier."
"Smoke Bellew."
BEEBE. MARJORIE: b. Kansas City, Mo., October
9. 1909; h 5 feet 3% inches; red hair and green eyes;
w. 125 pounds; p. May C. Breese and William Beebe.
non-professionals; e. Northeast high at Kansas City
and Belmont high at Los Angeles; no stage training;
not married; hy. horses, swimming, books and acting.
On the screen she has appeared in two reel comedies
for Univeisal and Fox. and in feature productions such
as "Ankles Preferred." "Hills of Peril." "Colleen."
"Rich but Honest," "Thief in the Dark." "Love Hun-
gry." "The Farmer's Daughter." "Homesick"; and
(1929). "Not Quite Decent" and "Speak Easy," Fox:
"Hollywood Star" (1929). and in 1930 in "Bulls and
Bears." "He Trumped Her Ace." "Uppercut O'Brien."
"Match Play." "Honevmoon Zeppelin." "Radio Kisses."
J'Fat Wives for Thin." "Campus Crushes," "The
Chumps," Educational, Mack Sennett Talking Pictures.
BEECHER, SYLVIA: Appeared in 1929 in "Inno-
cents of Paris." Paramount; and "Beyond the Sierras."
JMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
BEHARANO, JULIA: Appeared in "Mexican Rose"
•(1929). Columbia production.
BELLAMY, MADGE: r. n. Margaret Philpott: b.
Hillsboro. Texas. June 30. 1903; h. 5 feet 3 inches:
.auburn hair and brown eyes; w. 110 pounds; p. Annie
Derden and William Bladsoe Philpott. non- profession-
als; e. private tutor; div. Logan Metcalf; hy. literature,
-music and riding. Stage experience in "The Love
Mill." "Pollyanna" anfl "Dear Brutus." Screen ex-
rperience consists of roles in "The Iron Horse." "Loma
Doon " "Hail the Woman." "Bertha the Sewing Ma-
chine Girl." "Ankles Preferred." "Alimony." "Sum-
mer Bachelors." "Verv Confidential." "The Telephone
■Girl " "Silk Legs." "Sandy." "Mother Knows Best."
^'The Play Girl." "Soft Living"; in 1929 'Fugitives."
"Fox: "Tonight at Twelve." Universal.
BELLEW. ANITA: Appeared in "Lummox" (1930),
TUnited Artists.
BELMONT. GLADYS: Appeared in "Redskin"
X1929), Paramount.
BELMORE, DAISY: b. London, England: h. 5 feet
'7% inches; white hair and blue eyes: w. 1G5 pounds;
p. Alice Cooke and George Gelmore Garstin. profes-
sionals; e. private school in Manchester. England: m.
S Waxman: hy. reading, writing, golf and chess.
'Twenty-five years stage experience. Screen experience
started with Famous Players in New York in 1912.
Recent pictures have been: "We Americans." "German
Mother." "Seven Days Leave." "Alias French Gertie"
•with Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon. "Scarlet Pages,
with Elsie Ferguson. "All Quiet on the Western Front.'
"Way for a Sailor." "Nancy from Naples." "Fifty
Million Frenchmen." "My Past" (former title "Ex-
"Mistress") with Bebe Daniels.
BENHAM ELSA: r. n. Elsa Hackmann; b. St.
Louis. Mo., November 20, 1908: h. 5 reet 2 inches:
'brown hair and hazel eyes; w. 110 pounds; e. St. Louis
and Hollywood; m. Kenneth D. Neff. non-professional:
hy swimming and horsback riding. Stage experience
as ballet dancer in Kosloff ballet for James Cruze film.
"Entered films in 1923 playing bits. Played Western
leads for Universal. Appeared in "The Air Patrol"
and other films.
BENNETT ALMA: b. Seattle. Wash.: e. San
•Francisco. Cal.: h. 5 feet 44 inches: w. 118 pounds:
'black hair and brown eyes; m. Harry Springier. Screen
career: has appeared in "My Lady's Past." Tiffanv:
"New Orleans." "Two Men and a Maid" and "Mid-
night Daddies." Sono Art-World Wide: "A Grain of
Dust." "Don Juan's Three Nights." "The Silent Lover."
and in "Hail the Princess" (1930). Educational-Jack
White Talking Pictures.
BENNETT, BARBARA: Appeared in "Mother's
Boy" (1929), Pathe.
BENNETT. BELLE: b. Milanda. Minn.: e. Sacred
Heart Convent, Minneapolis; m. Fred Windermere,
professional; h. 5 feet 34 inches; w. 140 pounds;
blond hair., gray eyes: hy. horseback riding. Began
stage career In father's tent show. later In stock.
.Screen career: has appeared In "Stella Dallas."
"Mother Machree." "Battle of the Sexes." "The Iron
Mask," "Queen of the Burlesque," "Reputation,"
' Molly and Me." "My Lady's Past," "Her Own De-
sire" (1929). MGM; "Courage" (1930). "Recaptured
Love," Warner Bros.
BENNETT, BILLIE: r. n. Mrs. Emily B. Mulhausen;
b. Evansville, Ind. ; h. 5 feet 3 inches ; brown hair and
dark gray eyes; w. 112 pounds; e. Oxford College, Ox-
ford. Ohio. Entered pictures in 1911. Screen career:
role of the tortured maid in "Robin Hood" (United
Artists) ; Marge O'Dooue in "The Courage of Marge
O'Doone." "The Duchess." "The Amateur Gentleman"
(First National); "The Claw," "Night Work" (Pathe);
"Fashions in Love" (1929), Paramount.
BENNETT, CONSTANCE: b. New York; h. 5 feet
4 inches; fair hair and blue eyes; w. 99 pounds; p.
Richard Bennett, professional; e. MisS Shandor's
school, Mrs. Merrill's school and Mme. Balsan's Finish-
ing school in Paris; married and divorced Philip Plant,
non-professional; hy. bridge, living in France and good
books. No stage experience. Screen evperience as
follows: first role in "Cytherea" under Samuel Gold-
wyn; Pathe, "Into the Net" and a five-year contract
with Pathe; Paramount. "Code of the West." "The
Goose Hangs High"; First National. "My Son"; War-
ner Bros., "My Wife and I"; Universal, "The Goose
Woman" and starring contract with Metro-Goldwyn in
"Sally, Irene and Mary." The new Pathe contract
followed a four-year absence from the screen. Since
returning she has appeared in "Rich People" and
"This Thing Called Love" for Pathe and in "Son
of the Gods" for First National; and in 1930 "Three
Faces East," Warner Bros.; "Common Clay," Fox;
"Sin Takes a Holiday." Pathe.
BENNETT, ENID: b. Australia; h. 5 feet 3 inches;
golden hair and blue eyes; m. Fred Niblo; three
children, Louis. Peter and Judith. Stage experience as
leading woman in all English speaking countries. Came
to screen as protege of Thomas Ince. Has appeared in
"Robin Hood." "Red Lily." "Sea Hawk." and many
others. In 1929 was in "Good Medicine," Educational,
Coronet Talking Comedies.
BENNETT, GERTRUDE: Appeared in "Call of the
West" (1930 Columbia production.
BENNETT. JOAN: b. Palisades. N. J.. February 27.
1911; medium height; golden blond hair and blue eyes;
e. private tutors, St. Margaret's Boarding School. Water-
bury, Conn., and at a finishing school, L'Ermitage, Ver-
sailles, France; m. and div. Her stage experience has
been in support of her father in the stage version of
"Jarnegan" in New Y'ork. during which time she at-
tracted the attention of motion pictures, and at the
conclusion of the run of "Jarnegan" she was given her
first film role, that of Phyllis, in Ronald Colman's all-
talking picture "Bulldog Drummond." Was then signed
to a contract by the Art Cinema Corporation, United
Artists' producers, and cast in the principal female
role of "Three Live Ghosts." Appeared in 1929 in
"Mississippi Gambler," Universal, and "Disraeli,"
Warner; in 1930 in "Crazy That Way," Fox; "Puttin'
on the Ritz," United Artists: "Maybe It's Love,"
"Moby Dick." Warner Bros.; followed by "Smilin"
Through" (1931). United Artists.
BERANGER, FRANCES: b. New York City: e.
Horace Mann school in New York City. Columbia Uni-
versity, Sargent's Dramatic School; h. C feet % inch;
w. 130 pounds: black hair, blue eyes; hy. horseback
riding, walking, swimming. On the legitimate stage in
Denver stock and Los Angeles stage plays. Entered
pictures in 1930.
BESSERER. EUGENIE: b. Marseilles. France: e.
Convent of Notre Dame, Ottawa, Can. Stage experi-
ence since early childhood in various stock companies.
Screen career: "The Yellow Lily," "Two Lovers."
"Drums of Love." "The Jazz Singer." "When a Man
Loves." "Flesh and the Devil." "The Fire Brigade."
"Captain Salvation." "The Bridge of San Luis Rey."
"A Lady of Chance." "Madame X." "Fast Company."
"Illusion." "Thunderbolt." "A Royal Romance" (1930).
Columbia production; "Seven Faces" (1929), Fox.
BIANCH ETTI, SUZANNE: Appeared in "Loves of
Casanova" (1929), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
BILLDREW, A. C. H.: Appeared as voodoo woman
in "Hearts of Dixie" (1929). Fox.
BLANDICK, CLARA: Appeared in "Wise Girls"
(1929) , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Men Are Like That"
(1930) . Paramount.
BLANE, SALLY: r. n. Betty Jane Young: b. Salida.
Colo.. July 11. 1910; h. 5 feet 44 inches; light brown
hair and hazel eyes: w. 119 pounds: p. Mrs. George U.
Belzer. non-professional: e. Catholic Girls high school;
received her stage training in school plays; hy. dancing
and sailing. Her screen career consisted of taking the
part of the chum of Dorothy Gulliver, who took the
lead in "The Collegians" series and that of leading
woman in "Wolves of the City" for Universal: as a
Sextette girl, one of the Junior Stars, in "Rolled
Stockings": opposite Wallace Beery in "Casey at the
Bat"; a small bit in "Wife Savers." starring Wallace
Beery and Ray Hatton: Jack Holt's leading woman in
"Vanishing Pioneer"; also leading woman in "Shootin'
Irons" and "Fools for Luck" with Chester Conklin
and W. C. Fields for Paramount. Was also leading
woman in "Dead Man's Curve" and "Her Summer
Hero" for FBO: and in "Horseman of the Plains."
starring Tom Mix. Her 1929 pictures include "Half
Marriage." RKO: "Outlaw." "The Very Idea." "Eyes
of the Underworld." Universal: "Song of Songs." War-
ner; in 1930 in "Little Accident." Universal.
BLANKA. VALERIA: Appeared in "When You Give
Heart Away," UFA.
BLINN, GENEVIEVE: b. St. John. N. B.. Can.;
h. 5 feet 6 inches: light hair and dark blue eyes: w.
138 pounds; p. Annie Williams and William Namary.
father a professional ; e. Alameda high school. Notre
Dame Convent; m. J. L. Blinn. non-professional: made
stage debut at age of 16 with sister May Namary at
Morosco in San Francisco: traveled all over the coast.
After six years returned to stage in New York ; played
stock in New York. Boston. Winnineg. White Plains.
Lynn, Mass.. all over the East: played in "Girl of the
Golden West." "Merelv Mary Ann." "Great Divide."
"Mistress Nell." "White Sister." "Sweet Kitty Bell-
airs," "Trilby" and many others. Leading woman for
the late Ezra Kendall two seasons: two seasons under-
study and leading woman with Bertha Kalich. Played
leads with Wlllard Mack. Ten years doing characters,
playing San Francisco and Oakland. Srreen experi-
ence: first appearance about ten years ago. Went to
the West Indies for Fox. After six months went west
for Fox. working In almost all of Theda Bara's pic-
tures. Appeared In "Common Clay." also for Fox.
BLONDELL, JOAN: b. New Y'ork City; h. 5 feet
4 inches; blond hair and gray eyes; w. 120 pounds; p
Eddie Blondell, stage actor and known as original
Katzenjammer Kid; not married; hy. swimming and
tennis. Has been on stage since childhood, appearing
with family in all major cities of Europe. China,
Australia and Canada. Was in Australia until she
was 18. Upon her return to America joined a stock
company in Dallas. Texas. Later went to New York
where she played in the stage productions of "Tarnish,"
"Trial of Mary Dugan," a season in the "Follies."
"My Girl Friday." "Maggy, the Magnificent." and
"Penny Arcade." First screen appearance was in film
version of "Penny Arcade," renamed "Sinner's Holi-
day," "The Office Wife," featured roles in "The Steel
Highway" (1930); "Illicit." "My Past" (formerly "Ex-
Mistress"), all for Warner Bros. Under contract to
Warner Bros.
BLYTHE, BETTY: r. n. Elizabeth BIythe Slaughter;
b. Los Angeles, Cal., September 1, 1900; h. 5 feet 7%
inches; dark auburn hair and gray eyes; w. 140
pounds; p. Kate BIythe and Henry Slaughter of Ken-
tucky, non-professionals; e. Los Angeles high and
Polytechnic, University of Southern California; not
married; hy. dogs, traveling, swimming, music and
opera. Stage experience with Oliver Morosco Company,
Los Angeles, in "So Long Letty"; with Morris Gest
Company in "Experience"; on RKO circuit. Also spent
five months on the English stage in London and prov-
inces in her own company of players. Began her
career with Vitagraph company in Brooklyn. N. Y. ;
starred with Harry Morey one year in "His Own
People" and others, her first hit being in "Over the
Top." with Arthur Guy; also with World Film Com-
pany. Made six pictures for Universal opposite Frank
Mayo; "Silver Horde" for Goldwyn: "His Wife's Rela-
tions." "Darling of the Rich" and others for Pathe:
"Slander" and "Queen of Sheba" for Fox Film;
"Potash & Perlmutter in Hollywood": and "Nomads
of the North" for First National. In England she
appeared in "Chu Chin Chow," "She." "Southern
Love" and "Jacob's Well."
BOARDMAN, ELEANOR: b. Philadelphia, Pa., h.
5 feet 6% inches; light brown hair and hazel eyes;
w. 120 pounds; e. Germantown high school and the
Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia: m. King Vidor,
director. Has appeared in such pictures as "Souls
for Sale," "Three Wise Fools," "Proud Flesh." "Wife
of the Centaur," "Bardelys the Magnificent," "Tell
It to the Marines," "The Crowd." "She Goes to
War." "Redemption" (1930). MGM; "Mamba" (1930),
Tiffany.
BOARDMAN. VIRGINIA TRUE: Has appeared in
"Barefoot Boy" (CBC). "Girl of the Limberlost"
(FBO), "The Home Maker," "Down the Stretch"
(Universal). "Speedy Smith" (Rayart), "The Lady
Lies" (Paramount).
BOLEY, MARY: Appeared in 1929 in "Woman
from Hell," Fox; "The Dance of Life" and "Dan-
gerous Curves," Paramount: "Lilies of the Field."
First National; "Going Wild." First National: "Moby
Dick," Warner Bros.; "Hail the Princess." Educa-
tional. Jack White Talking Comedies.
BOLTON. HELEN: b. St. Louis, Mo.; e. graduate of
Ward-Belmont, Nashville, Tenn. At 16 studied opera
in Paris at the Conservatoire Internationale. Returned
to New York and featured in musical comedies, includ-
ing: "O. Lady. Lady," "See-Saw," "Golden Girl" and
"Pitter Patter." Leading woman with Eddie Cantor in
"Up She Goes" and "My Girl." Appeared in "Cradle
Snatchers," "The Royal Family" and "The Ruined
Ladv." Appeared in two pictures with Clark and Mc-
Cullough at Fox and in "Dad Knows Best" (1930),
Educational-Jack White Talking Comedies.
BOND, LILLIAN: Vitaphone: No. 1064. "Lost and
Found." No. 1070, "Putting It On."
BONILLAS, MYRTA: Appeared in "Lummox"
(1930), United Artists.
BONNER. MARJORIE: b. Adrian. Mich., July 18,
1907 ; e. public schools in Chicago. University of Mich-
igan; h. 5 feet; w. 105 pounds; blond hair and hazel
eyes; hy. riding, golf and swimming. Started screen
work as an extra. Appeared in "Sinner's Parade."
"Trail of Courage."
BONNER. PRISCILLA: b. Washington. D. C; h.
5 feet 1 inch: w. 100 pounds: blond hair, gray eyes.
Screen career includes "Outcast Souls." "Golden
Shackles," "Broadway After Midnight." "Paying the
Price." "The Prince of Head Waiters," "Long Pants,"
"It," "Three Bad Men." "The Red Kimono."
"Drusilla With a Million." "Girls Who Dare."
BOOTH. EDWINA: b. Provo. Utah; e. Salt Lake
public schools, the Latter Day Saints Academy, East
high school at Salt Lake City and Dixie College at
St. George, Utah; h. 5 feet 7 inches; blue eyes, blond
hair; hy. riding, fishing, swimming and aviation. First
screen work for E. Mason Hopper. Stage experience in
support of Lucille LaVerne in "Sun-Up." In Carter
De Haven's Music Box Revue in Hollywood. Small
part in "Manhattan Cocktail" (Paramount). Then
selected bv W. S. Van Dyke for lone feminine role in
MGM's "Trader Horn."
BORDEN. OLIVE: Appeared in 1929 in "The
Eternal Woman." Columbia; "Stool Pigeon." "Wed-
ding Rings." "Half Marriage" and -,Love in the
Desert." RKO; in 1930 in "The Social Lion," Para-
mount; "Hello Sister," Sono Art-World Wide.
BORDONI, IRENE: b. Island of Corsica in AJaccio:
hy. clothes, swimming and horseback riding. Her stage
career started at the age of 13 when she pranced into
the Theatre Variete, in Paris, and asked the manager
for a Job. She landed one in the chorus. George
Halevy. the noted French writer, discovered her, found
a speaking role for her and she progressed very rapidly.
Her name soon twinkled in electric lights in the
various capitals of Europe. She learned to sing
prettily and Broadway producers began to offer her con-
tracts. In America she was very successful in "Miss
Information." a revue featuring Elsie Janls. Following
this she was besieged with offers and appeared in a
number of successful revues with Raymond Hitchcock.
Sam Bernard and Alice Delysia. Her popularity grew
and she became tho star of her own company. Among
her successes are "Little Miss Bluebeard." "Naughty
Cinderella." "Paris." "Song of Songs" (1929), Warner
Bros.
BORIO. JOSEPHINE: Appeared in 1929 in "Fazil."
Fox.
BOROS. FERIKE: b. Nagyvarad. Hungary. 1880; h.
5 feet, 5 Inches: grayish hair and brown eyes; w. 150
pounds; p. Mark and Rosalia Boros. non-professionals:
1931
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e. Budapest, Hungary, London. England, dramatic
school. Pitman school; not married; hy. nature, music
and art of every kind. Stage training at National
Theatre. Gaiety Theatre, Budapest, London. Has had a
wide stage experience, playing over a thousand parts,
some of which were: with Madame Kalieh in "Kreutzer
Sonata," the part of "Rachel": with Olga Petrova in
"Hurricane"; with Al Woods in "Friendly Enemies";
two seasons with Brady in "The Dreamer"; one season
with Sam Harris in "Chicago"; for six months with
Leo Dietrichstein in "The Great Lover." Starred in
"The World and the Woman." for two seasons; ' The
Dream Song"; "The Devil." and many others. Has
had experience in both silent and talking pictures,
among them: the role of the mother in "Children of
the Ghetto," Fox; "Her Son," Metro; a German part
in "Bought"; a mother part in "Born Reckless," Fox;
a mother part in "Ladies Love Brutes," Paramount ;
"Little Caesar," First National. She translated "Seven
Sisters," which was produced by Daniel Frohman. Has
also written several plavs: "The New Teacher,"
"Bachelor Girls." "The Spy." and "Close Call."
BOURKE. FAN: b. Brooklyn. N. T. : h. 5 feet 8
inches; blond hair and brown eyes; w. 140 pounds; e.
Loretta Convent. Niagara Falls. Can. Specialized in
literature, psychology and history- Was with Jesse
Lasky's "Pianophiends" in vaudeville; Augustus Thomas'
"Mere Man"; Arthur Hopkins' "A Very Good Young
Man." Entered pictures in 1915 through James Cruze.
Wrote story and featured in ''The Master's Model";
"Lummox" (1930), United Artists.
BOW, CLARA: b. Brooklyn. N. Y. : h. 5 feet 3V4
Inches; flery red hair and agate brown eyes; w. 110
pounds; p. Sarah and Robert Bow. non-professionals;
e. Circle high school: hy. motoring, hiking and swim-
ming. Screen experience includes appearances in
"Rough House Rosie." "Get Your Man." "Red Hair."
"The Fleet's In." "The Wild Party." "Three Week
Ends" and "Ladies of the Mob." Her first screen
experience was in "Down to the Sea in Ships." Her
1929 pictures include "Dangerous Curves." "The Fleet's
In" and "The Saturday Night Kid." 1930 in "Para-
mount on Parade," "True to the Navy." Paramount;
"Her Wedding Night," "Kick In," "No Limit."
BOYD. BETTY: r. n. Betty Bovd Smith; h. Kansas
City. Mo.. May 11. 1908; h. 5 feet 5 inches: auburn
ba r and brown eyes; w. 128 pounds; p. Mrs. Boyd
Smith, non-professional; e. Loretta Academy. N. C..
Hollywood high school; received her stage training at
the Hollywood Community theatre and Marta Oatman
school; not married; hy. drawing, skiing, swimming
and dancing. Played leads in Educational comedies
for one year, then featured lead in "A Persian Mar-
ket" for Tiffanv-Stahl. a sound technicolor classic; in
1929 in "The Right Bed." Educational. Coronet Talk-
ing Comedies and in 1930 in "A Royal Romance."
Columbia; "Lilies of the Field." First National; "The
Green Goddess." Warner Bros.; "Vacation Loves."
Educational. Mack Sennett Talking Pictures; "French
Kisses," Educational. Tuxedo Talking Comedies.
BOYD. DOROTHY: Appeared in "Constant Nymph"
(1929), Gainsborough.
BRADFORD, VIRGINIA: Appeared in "One Man
Dog" (1929), RKO
BRADLEY. ESTELLE: b, Atlanta. Ga.. April 5. 1908;
h. 5 feet 3 inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 118
pounds: e. Atlanta. Ga.; hy. tennis: m. Chas. Lamont.
Was "Miss Atlanta" in 1024. S.reen appearances in-
clude: "Queen Wild." "Wild Cat Valley," "Making
Whoopee." "Don't Get Excited" (1S29). Educational.
Tuxedo Talking Comedies; "Johnny' I Week End" (1930),
Educational. Gayety Comedies.
BRAMLEY, FLORA: b. London. England: e. Central
high school. Detroit. Mich.. Clark's College. London.
England. Stage career: "Mercenary Mary." "Cradle
Snatch era." Ixmdon. Screen career: "The Dude Cow-
boy" (FRO) ; "Flirting Widow" (1930) First National:
"College" (United Artists}; "We Americans" (Uni-
versal).
BRAY. FLORENCE: Vitaplione: No. 2C99. "A Cycle
of Songs." No. 2734. "Character Studies."
BRENT. EVELYN: b. Tampa. Fla.. 1899; h. 5 feet
4 inches; brown hair and eyes: w. 112 pounds: e. Nor-
mal training school in New York City; in. Harry Ed-
wards. While still attending Normal school she flatted
the Fort Lee studios and obtained work as an extra,
her first good parts being in support of Olga Petrova
for Metro. Then made a pleasure trip to Europe.
Played in "The Ruined Lady" and remained in Eng-
land about four years, apiiearing in pictures produced
by Stoll. Ideal. Samuelson and other producers. Re-
turned to (he Unilcd Slates and went to Hollywood,
where she played in a series of 14 crook melodramas for
FBO. including "The Jade Cup." "Smooth as Satin"
and "The Flame of the Argentine." While under con-
tract to Paramount she played Feathers in "Under-
world." In which she was featured with George Bancroft
and Clive Brook; Mary Vanbrugh in "Beau Sabreur" .
Natacha In Emil .Tannings' "The Last Command": with
Adolphe Menjou in "A Night of Mystery" and "His
Tiger Lady": with George Bancroft in "The Drag Net":
with Thomas Miighan in "The Mating Call": and in
"Interference." Her 192!> pictures include "Darkened
Rooms." "Fast Company," "Why Bring That Up" and
"Woman Trap." all for Paramount: and "Broadway."
Universal; and In 1930 in "Paramount on Parade."
"Slightly Scarlet." Paramount: "Framed." Radio;
Cherry Malotte in the Alaskan epic (1931). "The
Silver Horde."
BRENT. HELEN: b. Philadelphia. Pa.. September 2.
1908: h. 5 feet 3 Inches; blond hair and blue eves;
w. 9D pounds; e. St. Mary's Academy. Portland, Ore.,
and Villa Maria Academy. Philadelphia. Pa.: hy,
dancing, reading, singing and music. No stage experi-
ence. Her screen experience includes roles in "Feet of
Clay." "The Temptress." "Our Dancing Daughters."
"Four Walls." 'Sawdust Paradise." "The Strong
Man." "The Chaser." "Out of (he Past." "Spring
Fever" and "The Taxi Dancer."
BRIAN. MARY: 1). Dallas. Texas; h. 5 feet 2 inches;
dark hair and hazel eyes: w. 105 pounds; e. in Dallas,
Texas: hy. dancing, swimming, drawing. Shortly after
her arrival in Los Angeles one of her friends entered
Miss Brian's name In a personality contest then being
conducted by a local newspatir. She won the con-
test which brought her to the attention of Albert
Kaufman, manager of the Metropolitan Theatre in Los
Angeles. At. this time Herbert Brenon and the Laskv
studio officials were searching for a girl to play Wendy
In their proposed filming of "Peter Pan" and Miss
Brian was accepted to take the role. She was a great
success, and has appeared in the following Paramount
pictures: "The Air Mail." "The Little French Girl."
"The Street of Forgotten Men." "A Regular Fellow."
"The Enchanted H.ll." "Behind the Front." "Beau
Geste." "Knockout BeiUy," "Running Wild." "Shang-
hai Bound." "Man Power." "Two Flaming Youths."
' Under the Tonto Rim." "The Big Killing." "Forgot-
ten Faces." "Varsity," "Someone to Love" and "The
Man I Love" in 1929 in "River of Romance," "The
Marriage Playground" and "The Virginian," Para-
mount, and in 1930 in "Burning Up." "Kibitzer," "The
Light of Western Stars." "Only the Brave," "Para-
mount on Parade." "The Social Lion."
BRICE. FANNY: b. New York City. October 29.
1891; p. Rose Stern and Charles Borach; e. Newark.
N. J. ; div. m. William Rose, professional. Received
her stage training in Brooklyn theatres, then later ap-
peared in Cohan & Harris revue. Moving to New Y'ork,
she located in Rachel Lewis' vaudeville act: then be-
came a chorus girl in Hurtig & Seamon burlesq.ue
troupe, first as a singer and then as a dancer, and
later became a soubrette. She was sing.ng dialect
songs by Irving Berlin, as one of "Spiegel's College
Girls" in the Columbia burlesque house in New York
Citv when Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.. saw her and promptly
engaged her for the 1910 edition of his Ziegfeld "Fol-
lies." At this time she renamed herself "Brice" bor-
rowing the name of John Brice. an old family friend.
With the exception of two seasons, one spent in "The
Honeymoon Express" and the other in London vaude-
ville, Fannie Brice was a star of the Ziegfeld "Follies"
from 1910 to 1923. It was here in the "Follies" after
10 years that she became famous for her singing of
"Mon Homme." a lvric written by Channing Pollock.
In 1924 she left Ziegfeld and became the star of "The
Music Box Revue." continuing during the 1925 season.
Then, following a brief tour in vaudeville, she was
starred by David Belasco in a play wr.tten for her
called "Fannv." She also appeared on the New York
stage in "Fioretta." Screen career started In 1928
when she made her first film "My Man" for Warner
Bros.; was in "The Man from Blankley's. (1929). and
in "Be Yourself" (1930), United Artists.
BRINKMAN, DOLORES: b. St. Louis. Mo.; h. 5
feet 3 inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 115
pounds: e. St. Louis and Hollywood schools; not mar-
ried: hv. golf, riding, dancing and swimming. No
stage experience. Entered pictures in 1924. playing
comedv and western leads. Appeared in (1929) in
"The Big City." "Mysterious Island." "Telling the
World" and "Alias Jimmy Valentine." Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer.
BROCKWELL, GLADYS: "The Drake Case" (1929).
Universal; "The Argvle Case" (1929). Warner Bros.:
Vitaphone. No. 2235. "Hollywood Bound." Dead.
BRODERICK. HELEN: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
987. "Nile Green."
B ROD Y, ANN: r. n. Ann Brody Goldstein; b.
Poland. August 29. 1884; h. 5 feet; brown hair
and dark brown eyes; w. 170 pounds; p. Ada Brody
and David L. Goldstein, non- professionals : e. Woman's
high school. New York City: not married: hy. work,
musio and books. Stage experience in "Antonio" in
1925: as Rosy Potash in "Potash and Perlmutter":
Mollv Blumberg in "lay Country." and Magnolia in
"The Goldfish." Screen experience with Vitagraph com-
pany in 1912 and has appeared in such pictures as
"My Man" for Warner Bros.: "The Case of Lena
Smith" and "The Wolf Song" for Paramount; and
"Mpine Tale." in 1929 in "The Man from Blank-
lev's." and later in "A Royal Romance" (1930).
Columbia; "Playing Around" (1930). First National.
BRODY. ESTELLE: b. Aug. 15. 1904: e. at schools
in London. New i'ork and Montreal: h. 5 feet 2%
inches; w 108 pounds; black hair and hazel eyes; hy.
tennis. Entered pictures in 1920. Has appeared in
■Week End Wives." "Kitty." "Hinkle Wakes." "Made-
moiselle from Armentieres."
BRONSON. BETTY: b. Newark. N. J.. 1910; e. East
Orange. N. J.. Pasadena. Cal.. and New York City; h.
5 feet; w. 98 pounds: chestnut hair and green eyes; hy.
tennis and horseback riding. No stage experience. In
pictures since 1923. among them "Peter Pan." "Are
Parents People." 'A Kiss for Cinderella." Paramount :
"Companionate Marriage" (19291. First National; "A
Modern Sappho." Gotham; "The Bellamy Trial."
MGM: "The IxicUed Door." United Artists; "One
Stolen Night." "The Singing Fool." "Sonny Boy."
Warner Bros.; and "The Medicine Man" (1930).
Tiffany.
BROOKS. LOUISE: b. Wichita. Kan.. 1900; h. 5
feet 2 inches: w. 120 pounds; black hair, brown eyes.
Stage experience: Two years with St. Denis Dancers.
Ziegfeld "Follies." "Louis the 14th." George White's
"Scandals." dancer. Cafe de Paris in London. Screen
career: "Girl in Even- Port" iFox). "Now We're in the
Air." "The City Cone Wild." "Rolled Stockings."
"Beggars of Life." "The Canary Murder Case" (Para-
mount ) .
BROWN. DOROTHY: Played Toots Nolan in "Girl
from Havana": The Big Party" (Fox).
BROWN. IRENE: Appeared in "The Letter" (1929).
Paramount.
BROWN. JOSEPHINE: b Chicago. 111.: h. 5 feet 2V,
Inches; auburn hair and gray eyes: w. 118 pounds:
p. Alice Street: e. in America and Europe: m. John
Sevorhcard. non-professional; hy. biographies and dogs.
Stage experience sang in opera in Portugal. Plavs the
violin and speaks French and Spanish. Appeared with
John Barrymore in "Uncle Sam." in New York City,
leading woman with William Gillette, played in "Se-
cret Service." and "Sherlock Holmes." Appeared in
"Strange Cargo" and "Tonight at Twelve,' Universal
screen productions. Freelance player
BROWN. LUCILLE: b. Memphis. Tenn. : h. 5 feet 8
inches; blond hair anil brown eyes: w. 105 pounds: p.
non-profcs^ionals; e. public schools in Memphis and
Nalional Park Seminary at Washington. D. C. ; not mar-
ried: hy. cooking. Alter modeling in New York and
Chicago, she studied dramatics in Memphis. Joined
Walton and Pyro. Chicago stock company, as juvenile
and played ingenue roles for six months. Then joined
Richard Bennett in ".Tarnegan." Appeared in a small
role in a picture nude hv Pa the in 1929. Was in
Fox's "Last of the Duanes" (1930).
BROWNE, BETTY: Vitaphone; No. 970, "Let's
Elope."
BROX SISTERS. THREE: Vitaphone No. 2570,
"Glorifying the American Girl." No. 2571. "Down
South." No. 2888. "HeaduV South"; "The Hollywood
Revue" (1929). MOM; "King of Jazz" (1930), Uni-
versal.
BRUCE, VIRGINIA: b. Minneapolis. Minn.; e. in
Fargo. N. D. ; not married. Screen experience in the
following productions for Paramount: "Why Bring That
Up." "Woman Trap." "Slightly Scarlet." "Young
Eagles." "The Love Parade." "Lilies of the Field,"
"Only the Brave" (1930). "Paramount on Parade"
(1930), "Safety in Numbers" (1930). Paramount.
BRYANT. KAY: b. Chicago, 111., Feb. 4 1911; e in
Chicago; h. 5 feet 1 inch; w. 108 pounds: blond hair,
blue eyes: hy. horseback riding, tennis. Stage experi-
ence, dancer and photographic model. Entered pictures
in 1927. Has appeared in "Silly Sailor." "Four Sons,"
"Roadhouse." "The Wild Party" (Paramount).
BUCHANAN. VIRGINIA: b. Kansas City. Mo., July
7, 1910; h. 4 feet 10V. inches; red hair and bluish
green eyes; w. 103 pounds: p. Bertie Gill and Lawrence
Buchanan, non-professionals: e. Central high school ;
hy. dancing, horse back riding and furniture. On
stage for 9 years with Frank L. Newman, Tom Wilkes,
Lillian Albertson, Orpheum and I'antages vaudeville;
on road for years with Albertson "Desert Song," as
"It" girl in show. Music Hall Revue at Majestic
theatre. Los Angeles, in "Nancy." Entered films in
1928 and appeared in Gus Edwards Revues at Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer. also the following productions: "Desert
Song." "Vagabond King." "Pointed Heels." "Para-
mount on Parade." Under stock contract at Para-
mount, specializ.ng in dancing, chorus, ingenue roles.
BUCKLAND, MRS. WILFRED: Appeared in "The
Greene Murder Case" (1929). Paramount.
BUNN. ALICE: "Hard Boiled Hampton" (1929),
Pathe; Manhattan Comedies: First Series.
BURGESS. DOROTHY: Appeared in 1929 in "Pleas-
ure Crazed." "Protection." "In Old Arizona." "Song
of Kentucky." Fox; "Beyond Victory," "Swing High"
(1930), Pathe.
BURKE, MARIE: Appeared in "Unmasked" (1930),
Artclass.
BURMESTER. AUGUSTA: Appeared in "The Greene-
Murder Case" (1929). Paramount.
BURT. BILLIE: "Ranch House Blues" (1930),
Pathe, Rodeo Comedies.
BURT, CHARLINE: Appeared in "Beyond the Rio.
Grande" (1930). Big i.
BUSCH, MAE: b. Melbourne. Australia; e. convent,
Madison. N. J.; h. 5 feet 4 inches; w. 120 pounds:
black hair and grey eyes. Played leads on stage with
Eddie Foy. Screen experience includes "Fazil," "San
Francisco Nights." "The Beauty Shoppers." "Tongues
of Scandal." "The Truthful Sex." "A Man's Man."
"Sisters of Eve" (Rayart). "Alibi" (United Artists),
and "Y'oung Desire" (Universal).
BUSLEY. JESSIE: Vitaphone; No. 10C6. "Seeing
Off Service."
BYRON, EILEEN: Vitaphone; No. 2704. "A Funny
Affair."
BYRON, KATE: Vitaphone; No. 2704. "A Funny
Affair."
BYRON. MARION: r. n. Miriam Bilenkin: b. Day-
ton. O.. Mar. 16. 1911: h. 5 feet; dark brown hair and
blue eyes; w. 95 pounds; p. Bertha and Lewis Bilenkin.
non-professionals: e. public schools in Dayton, Denver.
Detroit and Los Angeles; hy. dancing; received stage
training in Los Angeles: api>earea In "The Patsy" in
Los Angeles, also in "Music Box Revue" with Fanny
Brice: took the lead in "Tip Toes." and featured role
in "Cradle Snatchers" and "Strawberry Blonde."
Screen career: lead with Buster Keaton in "Steamboat
Bill. Jr.," also with Sammy Cohen in "Plastered in
Paris"; featured in Hal Roach Comedies. Her 192fC
pictures: "Broadway Babies." "His Captive Woman"
(First National): "Social Sinners" (Educational-Tuxedo-
Talking Comedies): "So Long Letty" (Warner Bros).
In 1930 appeared in such pictures as "Forward Pass."
"Playing Around." "The Bad Man" (First National);
"Song of the West." "Golden Dawn." "The Matri-
monial Bed" (Warner Bros.).
c
CAINE. GEORGIA: "Good Intentions" (1930). Foxr
"Night Work." Pathe.
CALDWELL. BETTY: b. I.os Angeles. Cal.. Nov. 14.
1909; h. 5 feet 3 inches; blond hair and grey eyes;
w. 120 pounds; e. in California; not married: hy. swim-
ming, dancing, art and music. Stage experience just a
short time in vaudeville. Screen experience started in
1920 and appeared in the following productions: "Her
Father Said No." "The Farmer's Daughter." and "Mid-
night." played the lead in "Straight Shooting."
"Greased Lightning" and "Girl Shy Cowboy." Free-
lance player.
CAMPBELL. FLO: Vitaphone; Nos. 1075-76. "His
Public."
CAMPBELL. MARGARET: Appeared in "Take the
Heir" (1930). Big 4.
CAREW, ORA WHYTOCK: b. Salt Lake City. Utah;
h. 5 feet 2M inches: blond hair and brown eyes; w.
118 pounds; p. Evelyn Carew and Dr. James Whytock;
e. San Francisco high school and Rowland Hall, Salt
Lake City. Utah; not married; hy. all outdoor sports.
Stage experience. Entered pictures in 1929 and ap-
peared in Metro's "The Little Lady of the Big-
House." Jack London story: "Lady Fingers" with Bert
Lytell and "Sherlock Holmes"; also in Fox's "The
Big Town Roundup." with Tom Mix.
CAREWE, RITA: r. n. Violet te Carewe Masm;
h. 5 feet 4'/4 inches: blond hair and blue eyes: w. 124
pounds; p. Mary Jane and Edwin Carewe. father pro-
fessional: c. Connock School of Expression; m. LeRoy
Mason, professional. Has appeared In the following
pictures. "Resurrection" and "Revenge." directed and
produced by Edwin Carewe. released through United
Artists: "The Will of the Woman." and in "High
Steppers," Edwin Carewe. First National: "Radio
Kisses" (1930). Educational. Mack Sennett Talking
Pictures.
CARLYLE. AILEEN: r. n. Ailoen Bauer: b. San
Francisco. Cal.. March 5. 1900; h. 5 feet G inches;
auburn hair and brown eyes; w. 165 pounds: P. Ailecn
L, Day and Chris J. Bauer, non-professional; e. San
Francisco high school, in a college in Paris. France,
and received her stage training in San Francisco: not
married: hy. swimming, dancing, tennis, and Chinese
and Japanese prints. First stage appearance in "Pas-
sions" under David Graham Fisher in 1926; then
played minor roles in Alcazar Stock company in San
Francisco. Iter nicture career started in 1926 In
"Sweet Adeline" under Jerome Storm foT Charles Rayr
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then in "Drums of Love." "Sky Rocket" and "March-
ing On" with Chic Sale in Movietone.
CAROL, SUE: r. n. Evelyn Lederer; b. Chicago.
111.. October 30. 1908; h. 5 feet 3 inches; dark brown
hair and eyes; w. 10S pounds; p Caroline and Samuel
Lederer, non-professionals; e. Kemper Hall and Na-
tional Park Seminary; no stage training; m. Nick
Stuart; by. swimming and golf. Has appeared in
such pictures as "Soft Cushions." "Walking Back."
"Skyscrapers," "Cohens and Kellys in Paris." "Cap-
tain Swagger." "Air Circus" and "Girls Gone Wild."
Her 1929 pictures include "It Can Be Done." Uni-
versal; "Chasing Through Europe." "The Exalted Flap-
per." "Fox Movietone Follies." "Why Leave Home"
(1929) , Fox; and in 1930 in "The Big Party," "The
Golden Calf," "Lone Star Hanger." "Dancing
Sweeties." Warner Bros.; "Check and Double Check."
Radio Pictures.
CARON. PATRICIA: Appeared in 1929 in "Oh.
Yeah," Pathe; "Idaho Red," RKO; "Girl From Wool-
worth's." First National.
CARR, MARY: b. Philadelphia, Pa.; e. Normal Col-
lege. Philadelphia. Stage experience: Girard stock
company. Philadelphia, four years. Screen career be-
gan with old Lubin Company. Has appeared in "Over
the Hill" (Fox), "A Million for Love." "On Your
Toes." "A Swelled Head." "Paying the Price." "Jesse
James." "Special Delivery." "Paramount Novelties."
"Lights of New York." "Love Over Night (1929),
(Pathe): "Sailors' Holiday" (1929). "Some Mother's
Boy" (1929), Rayart; "Hot Curves" (1930). (Tiffany).
CARRINGTON, HELEN: Appeared in "Queen High"
(1930) , Paramount.
CARROLL. NANCY: b. New York City. November 19.
1900; h. 5 feet 4 inches; auburn hair and blue eyes; w.
118 pounds; e. Holy Trinity School; m. Jack Kirkland,
writer. She received her stage training in a dance spe-
cialty in the "Passing Show of 1923." "Topics of 1E23,"
the "Passing Show of 1924," and in "Mayflowers" (at
the Forest theatre) ; in 1928 she appeared in "Nancy"
in Los Angeles, and the "Music Box Revue" in Holly-
wood with Lupino Lane. Then starred by Lou s Macloon
in "Loose Ankles"; and in 1927 appeared in "Chicago"
at the Music Box theatre in Hollywood. In 1927 she
submitted to a test by Fox. which resulted in second
lead in "Ladies Must Dress." starring Virginia Valli.
Paramount then signed her for the role of Rosemary
in Anne Nichols' "Abie's Irish Rose." Following this
she was featured in Richard Dix's "Easy Come Easy
Go"; "The Water Hole" with Jack Holt, "Manhattan
Cocktail" with Richard Arlen; "The Shopworn Angel"
with Garv Cooper; and in "The Wolf nf Wall Street"
with George Bancroft and Baclanova. Her 1929 pic-
tures include "The Sin Sister." Fox; "Close Harmony."
"The Dance of Life." "Illusion." "Shopworn Angel."
"Sweetie"; in 1930 in "Dangerous Paradise." "The
Devil's Holiday," "Honey." "Paramount on Parade."
"Follow Thru," "Laughter," and "Two Against Death."
Paramount.
CARTER. BETTY: Appeared in "Inside the Lines"
(1930). Radio Pictures.
CARTER. KATHRYN: Entered pictures as Kathryn
Hill- m Adolphe Menjou. Her 1929 pictures included
"Outcast." First National: "No Defense." Warner Bros.
CARVER LOUISE: r. n. Louise Spilger Murray; b.
Davenport Iowa. June 9. 1875; h. 5 feet 9 inches: ash
brown hair and hazel eyes; w. 105 pounds; p. Wilhe!-
mina Grunewaldt and Fritz Spilger, father a chief of
lH>lice and mother a German opera singer; e. Davenport
high school: married; h. driving a team of horses.
Made her debut in grand opera in 1892 at the Audi-
torium theatre. Chicago. Did opera work for years;
then impromptu comedienne and was featured in "Hen-
pecks" with Lew Fields, playing Mrs. Beck; in Shu-
bert's "Dick Whittington" ; then leading comedienne
character in "Fifty Miles from Boston." Screen ex-
perience in Mack Sennett's "The First One Hundred
Years Are the Worst": in "The Redeeming Sin." War-
ner Brothers production: "Shameless Behavioi. and in
"Four Married Men." Her 1929 pictures included
"The Sap," Warner Brothers; "Must We Marry,
Trinity.
CASEY. NAOMI: Appeared in "Beach Babies" (1929),
Pathe. Variety Comedies.
CECIL. NORA: b. Ireland; e. in England: h. 5 feet
7 '-a inches: w. 140 pounds; brown hair, brown eyes.
Stage experience: Twelve years in vaudeville and
musical comedy. Screen career includes "The Fortune
Hunter" (Warner Bros.). "The Devil Dancer" (United
Artists) "Born 'o Battle" (Pathe). "The Demi-
Bride" ' (MGM). "The Cavalier" (Tiffany-Stahl). and
in (1929): "Driftwood." Columbia; "Seven Footprints
to Satan." First National; "Seven Days' Leave"
Paramount.
CHADWICK. HELEN: Appeared in 1929 in "Father
and Son." "Confessions of a Wife." Columbia; also in
"Men Are Like That" (1930). Paramount.
CHADWICK. IDA MAY: Appeared in "Pardon My
Gun." Pathe.
CHANCE. ANNA: b. Oxford. Md.. October 25. 1884 :
h. 5 feet 7 inches: brown hair and blue eyes; W. 136
pounds; e. Trenton, N. J.; by. billiards; m. Charley
Grapewin. Was leading woman for Charley Grapewin
on stage. Entered pictures in June. 1929. Played
Dolores Costello's mother in "Second Choice." War-
ner Bros. ; was lead in all Charley Grapewin comedies
for Christie. Has appeared in such pictures as "Jed's
Vaoation" (1929). "That Red Headed Hussy" (1929).
Paramount-Christie Talking Plays.
CHANDLER. ANNA: Vitaphone No. 2739, "Popular
Songs."
CHANDLER. HELEN: Appeared in 1929 in "Salute."
Fox; "Mother's Boy." Pathe: in 1930 in "Rough Ito-
mance." "Sky Hawk." Fox; Outward Bound." Warner
Bros.
CHAPMAN. EDYTHE: b. Rochester. N. Y. ; e
University of Rochester: h. 5 feet 1 inch: w. 135
pounds; blue eyes, gray hair. Leading woman on legit-
imate stage for 20 years. Screen career includes:
"Happiness Ahead," "Shepherd of the Hills." "The
Count of Ten." "Love Hungry." "Up the River"
(Foil: "Navy Blues." "Twin Beds." (First National):
in 1929; "Synthetic Sin" (First National): "The Idle
Rich" (MOM); "Three Week Ends" (Paramount):
"Navy Blues" (MOM); In 1930: "Take the Heir"
(Rig 4 Corp.); "Double Cross Roads" (Fox).
CHARLOT CHORUS: Appeared in "The New Waiter"
(1930), Pathe, George LeMairc Comedies; "Musical
Beauty Shop" (1930), Pathe, Melody Comedies, first
series.
CHASE, ILKA: b. New York City; e. in private
schools in New York City and in Paris, France; h.
5 feet 6 inches; w. 125 pounds; black hair, brown
eyes; hy. dancing, polo. First on the stage in Cincin-
nati. Ohio, in 1924; then with Charles Frohman Com-
pany and Sam Harris enterprises in New York; went
to the Pacific Coast with Henry Miller in "Embers."
"The Grand Duchess and the Waiter" and "The
Swan." First role in pictures was a bit in "Paris
Bound" at Pathe. In 1929 she appeared in "Red Hot
Rhythm." Pathe; "The Careless Age." "South Sea
Rose," "Why Leave Home," Fox. and in 1930 in "The
Big Party." "Let's Go Places," Fox; "Rich People,"
Pathe; "On Your Back." Fox.
CHATTERTON, RUTH: b. New York City. Dec. 24;
h. 5 feet 2% inches; light brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 110 pounds; e. Mrs. Hazen's private school at
Palham Manor; m. Ralph Forbes, professional. Stage
experience as follows: in chorus in Washington. D. C,
in stock company with Lowell Sherman, Pauline Lord
and Leonore Ulric at 15 years of age. Starred at IS
Leading woman for Henry Miller in "Daddy Long
Legs," also appeared in "Come Out of the K.tchen."
"Moonlight and Honeysuckle," "A Marriage of Con-
venience." in which she co-starred with Henry Miller
"Man' Rose," "The Little Minister." produced and
played in "La Tendresse." "The Magnolia Lady," a
musical comedy, for one season. "Changelings." with
Henry Miller and Blanche Bates, "The Man With a
Load of Mischief." "The Green Hat." "The Devil's
Plum Tree." Appeared in the following screen pro-
ductions; "Sins of the Fathers." with Emil Jannings.
"The Doctor's Secret." "The Dummy." "Madame X.'"
for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. "The Laughing Lady." at
Long Island studio for Paramount; "Sarah and Son."
"Charming Sinners" (1929); '-The High Road" (1929).
MGM; "The Lady of Scandal" (1930). MGM; "Para-
mount on Parade" (1930), Paramount; "Anybody's
Woman" (1930), Paramount.
CHEKOVA, OLGA: Appeared in 1929 in "Moulin
Rouge." "Pawns of Passion." World-Wide; "His Latest
Excellency," Ufa.
CHERRILL, VIRGINIA: b. Carthage, 111.. April 12.
1908: h 5 feet 4M; inches; blonde hair and blue eyes;
w. 110 pounds; p. Mrs. J. M. Cherrill. non-professional;
e. Starrett Finishing school, Chicago, 111.; hy. reading
and the study of languages. Signed with Charlie
Chaplin as his leading woman in "City Lights."
CH EV RET, LITA: b. Oakland. Cal. : e. University
of California. Berkeley; h. 5 feet 6>£ inches; w. 127
pounds; dark brown hair and light brown eyes: hy.
riding, swimming. Previous career in dramatic stock
and professional dancing. Entered pictures in 1928
in the first version of Fox Follies. Has appeared in
"Rio Rita." "The Cuckoos." "Pay-Off." "Trader Gins-
burg." "Room and Board" and "Madame Julie."
CHILDERS. NAOMI : Appeared in "Trial Marriage"
(1929) . Columbia.
CHORRE. GERTRUDE: Appeared in "In Old Cali-
fornia" (1930), Audible Pictures.
CHRISTY, ANN: r. n. Gladys Cronin; b. Logansport,
Ind., May 31. 1909; h. 5 feet; dark brown hair and
blue eyes; w. 100 pounds; p. Mr. and Mrs. David
Cronin, non-professionals; e. Logansport high school:
hy. golf. No stage experience. Screen experience in-
cludes year with Christie in leads; with Snub Pol-
lard in "Fire"; with Columbia in "The Kid SLster";
with Hoot G.bson in "The Hell Wrecker." in Para-
mount's "The Water Hole" with Jack Holt, and with
Harold Lloyd in "Speedy." Also in Tiffany-Stahl's
"The Love Charm." During 1929 she appeared in
"Just Off Broadway." Chesterfield: "The Liriat Kid."
Universal: in 1930 in "Goodbye Legs." "Hello Tele-
vision." Educational. Mack Sennett Talking P.ctures.
CHRISTY, DOROTHY: h. 5 feet 6^ inches; w. 133
pounds. Had 4 years stage experience. Has appeared
in the following talking pictures: "So This Is London."
"Extravagance." "Big Money." "She Got What She
Wanted," "Playboy of Paris."
CHURCHILL. MARGUERITE: b. Kansas City. Mo.;
e. in the Professional Children's School in New York
City; entered the Theatre Guild Dramatic School in
New York when she was 14. Was signed by Winfield
Sheehan while playing in "The Wild Man of Borneo"
on the New York stage. First assignment at Fox
was in "The Diplomats." then she was given thQ lead
opposite Paul Muni in "The Valiant." In 1929 she
also appeared in "Pleasure Crazed." "They Had to
See Paris" and "Seven Faces." Fox. and in 1930 in
"Born Reckless," "Good Intentions." "Harmony at
Home." Fox.
CLAIRE BERNICE: r. n. Bernice Jahnigan; b. Oak-
land. California; h. 5 feet 2',4 inches; dark brown hair
and blue eyes: w. 116 pounds: p. Mrs. Adolph Jahnigan,
non-professional: e. dancing from Madame Morosini of
San Francisco, voice study with Emil Polak; not mar-
ried: h. rides, swims and plays golf, and her favorite
author is Joseph Conrad. Her ambition was to be a
writer of Christmas plays for children, but her mother
saw that her voice suggested singing and encouraged her
in that direction. Her first experiences were "Babes
in Toyland." "Mademoiselle Modiste." and "The
Chocolate Soldier." then understudy for the role cf
Margot in "The Desert Song." The illness of the
star put Miss Claire in the role, and she made good.
Her next test was a s-reen test for First National
which was successful. She then appeared in "No. No
Nanette" on the stage and later signed a screen con-
tract with First National. Appeared in "Soring Is
Here." "Song of the Flame." "No. No. Nanette"
(1930) . "Numbered Men" (19301. "Toast of the Legion"
(1930). "Top Speed" (1930), First National.
CLAIRE. ETHALYN: b. Talladego, Ala.: brown
hair and eyes; e. Brenan College. Ga., and Woodburv
Hall. Atlanta; m. Ernest Westmore. Screen career:
"Newlyweds and Their Baby" comedies: "Mike and
Ike" comedies; "Hero on Horseback." "Wild Blood"
(Universal i : "Hev Rube" (FOB); "Pride of Paw-
nee" (RKO); "From Headquarters" (1929). Warner
Bros.
CLAIRE. INA: b. Washington. D. C. ; e. s-hools of
that city and at Holy Cross academy. She made her
first stage appearance in 1907 impersonating Harry
Lauder, then appeared on Orpheum and Keith and
Proctor Circuits. Her next appearance was in "Jump-
ing Juniter." then "The Quaker Girl" and "The Honey-
moon Express." Her next experience was in England
in "The Girl from Utah." and 'The Bell of Bond
Street." She returned to America and appeared in
"Lady Luxury," was a member of the Follies of 1915,
with the Ziegfeld Follies of 191G and as Polly Shan-
non in "Polly with a Past" in 1917 at the Belasco
theatre under the management of David Belasco. The
next two years she appeared in "The Gold Diggers."
and in 1921 as Mona in "Bluebeard's E.ghth Wife."
in 1922 as Lucy Warriner in "The Awful Truth." and
in 1924 as Denise Sorbier in "Grounds for Divorce."
She has also appeared in "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney."
"The Awful Truth." "Negligee," "Royal Family of
Broadway" (1931). Paramount.
CLARK. MARY: Appeared in "Chills and Fever"
(1930), Pathe. Folly Comedies, first series.
CLARKE, MAE: b. Philadelphia. Pa.. Aug. 1G. 1910;
h. 5 feet 4 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 112
pounds; p. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Clarke, father motion
picture organist ; e. Atlantic City Junior high school ;
not married. Stage experience at the following: Strand
Roof. Everglades. Vanity Club. Anatole Friedland Cafe
and Beau Arts. Also appeared in the following stage
shows: "Gay Paree." in the chorus. "The Noose." a
small part, and in George White's "Manhattan Mary."
as featured dancer. Screen experience in "Big Time."
for Fox. and "Nix on Dames." both being in 1929;
"The Fall Guy" (1930). Warner Bros.
CLAYTON, ETHEL: b. Champaign. 111.; e. St.
Elizabeth's Convent, Chicago; h. 5 feet 5 inches: w.
130 pounds; gray eyes, red gold hair. Stage career,
stock. Screen career: "Risky Business." "Sunny Side
Up" (Fox), "His New York Wife" (Preferred). "The
Princess on Broadway." "The Merry Widower" (Pathe).
Mrs. Payne in "Hit the Deck" (RKO). woman in
"Call of the Circus" (Burr) ; "Mother Machree"
(1929). Fox.
CLAYTON. MARION: b. Kimberly. Can.; h. 5 feet
2Mi inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 104 pounds: p.
Ruby May and Walter Clayton, non-professionals; e.
Broadway high school, Seattle. Wash.; not married:
hy. swimming, reading and collecting little brass ani-
mals from all over the world. Received stage training
at Cornish Dramatic School in Seattle. Wash. Had
V& years stage experience appearing in "Lilies of the
Field." with Maroni Olsen Players, with the Seattle
Repertory Companay three years playing leads; Los
Angeles Civic Repertory Theatre; "The Kabitzer." with
Gregory Ratoff; "Mister Antonio," with Leo Carrillo.
Has had one year experience in pictures; appeared in
"All Quiet on the Western Front." Universal.
CLIFFORD, KATHLEEN: b. Charlottesville. Va. :
e. Brighton. Eng. Stage and vaudeville career. Made
debut on screen with Balboa in serial. Among her
pictures: "Sporting Life." (Universal). "Excess Bag-
gage." (MGM).
CLIFFORD. RUTH: b. Pawtucket. R. I.; e. St.
Mary's Seminary', Lay View. R. I.; h. 5 feet 3 inches:
w. 118 pounds; blend hair, blue eyes. Screen work
includes "Butterfly." "Tornado." "Storm Breaker"
(Universal). "Life of Abraham Lincoln" (FN). "Lew
Tylers Wives," "Don Mike" (FBO), "The Devil's
Apple Tree" (Tiffany-Stahl), "Eternal Woman"
(Columbia).
CLYDE. JUNE: b. St. Joseph. Mo.. December 2.
1909: h. 5 feet 1% inches; blond hair and brown eves-
w. 104 pounds; p. Mrs. Dorothy Clyde; e. Galileo high
school of San Francisco; not married; hy. horseback-
riding, tennis, dancing and swimming. Stage experi-
ence as star of Fanchon and Marco Revues, and one
season with the Duncan Sisters in "Topsy and Eva "
Screen experience in "Tanned Legs." for Radio Pic-
tures, featured in Radio Pictures' first Musical Revue
and is now under a long term contract for Radio
Pictures, also appeared in "The Cuckoos" and "Mid-
night Mystery."
COE, ROSE: Appeared in "Melody Lane" (1920).
Universal.
COHAN, HELEN: b. New York City: e. Man-
-Mount Convent in Tarrytown. N. Y.. and studied for
one year in Paris; studied singing, dancing and dra-
matics in New York: h. 5 feet 4V6 inches; w. 103
pounds; light brown hair, gray eyes. Stage experience
in June Moon." Took screen and voice test at Fox
"as S17'ned by Winfield Sheehan to play role of
WO] Rogers' daughter in "Lightnin'."
COLBERT. CLAUDETTE: b. Paris. France; h. 5 fee*
5 inches; brown hair and large brown eves- w 103
pounds; e. public schools of Paris. France Washing-
ton Irving high school. New York City, Art Students
League. Given a part in the play "The W Id West-
cotts" by Anne Morrison, her first appearance on the
stage; then telling Brock Pemberton she bad several
years experience on the ctage she secured the position
of leading lady in his production "The Marionette
Man." Thereafter, with the exception of the time she
appeared in the all-star revival of "Leah Kleshna"
she was always assigned to leading roles, having ap-
peared in "We've Got to Have Money." 'The Cat
Came Back" (an Avery Hopwood play), then with
Lowell Sherman in "High Stakes." In all of these
Plays, she was under the management of A. H
Woods, and for him she also appeared in "A Kiss In
a Taxi." "The Ghost Train" and "The Pearl of
Great Price." (in association with the Sbuberts).
Then, under the management of Charles L. Wagner
in her greatest hit. "The Barker." which she also
played later in London. "The Mulberry Bush." "La
Gringo," "Fast Life" and "Tin Pan Alley" are re-
rent plays in which she has been seen. Her last
appearance on the stage was in the Theatre Guild's pro-
duction of Eugene O'Neill's "Dynamo." Her first
screen appearance in the silent film "Love O'MUte" ;
then in Par amount's "The Hole in the Wall." an
all-talk'nc film, followed with "The Lady Lies" for the
same company; in 1930 was in "The Big Pond."
"Young Man of Manhattan." "Manslaughter." Para-
mount.
COLLYER. JUNE: r n Dorothea Heermanse: b.
New York City. N. Y.. August 19: h. 5 feet 5 inches:
brown hair and hazel eyes: w. 115 pounds; p. Clayton
J. Heermanse. non - professional : e. New York and Knox
Finishing school; not married; hy. bridge, dogs and
motoring. No stage experience. Screen experience, two
years contract to Fox. Appeared in "East Side West
Side." "Four Sons." "Hangman's House." "IU'd
Wine." "Let's Make WIiooikm>" and "Not Quite De-
cent." Was loaned by Fox to Paramount for "Illusion."
"Idver of Romance" and "The love Doctor." "Tho
Pleasant Sin." Independent: "Toast of the Legion"
1931
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(1030). First National: •Three Sisters," Fox: "Beyond
Victory," Pathe.
COLEMAN, CLAUDIA: Vitaphone No. 2244. "Putting
It Over."
COLLINS. KATHLEEN: b. San Antonio. Texas; b.
5 feet 5 inches: brown hair, gray eyes;, w. US pounds;
e. Bon- Avon School; hy. horseback riding, golf. Pic-
tures, Aywon Film. Lumas; "Somewhere in Sonora."
"The Devil s Saddle." First National; "The Valley of
Hunted -Men," Pathe: "Grit Wins" (1029). "The Bldin'
Demon" (1020), Universal.
COLONIAL GIRLS. THREE: Vttaphone No. 2121.
■The Beauty of Old Time Music"
COMPSON. BETTY: b. Beaver. Utah. March 18.
1897; h. 5 feet 2M> inches; medium blond hair and
blue eyes: w. 112 pounds: e. Utah public schools. Salt
Lake high school: d. voiced James Cruze; hy. riding.
Vaudeville violinist at the age of 15. Entered pic-
tures in 191") through Al Christie; engaged to play in
comedies. Pictures include the following: "Miracle
Man," "Woman to Woman," "Docks of New York,"
"Barker." Scarlet Seas." "Weary Biver," "On With
the Show," "Street G.rl." "The Great Gabbo." in 1929
in "Blaze o'Glory." Sono Art-World Wide: "Woman to
Woman." Tiffany: "Skin Deep." "Those Who Dance,"
"The Time. Place and Girl." Warner Bros.; and in
1930 in "Case of Sergeant Grischa." "The Midnight
Mystery." "The Second Wife." Radio; "The Czar of
Broadway," Universal: "Inside the Lines." Itadio.
COMPTON. BETTY: Vitaphone No. 4270-71, "The
Legacy."
COMPTON. FAY: r. n. Virginia Lilian Emmeline
Quartermaine: h. London. England: h. 5 feet 4 inches;
red hair and grey eyes; w. 120 pounds; p. Virginia
Bateman and Edward Compton. professionals, e.
leather Court. Lcatherland. Surrey, England; m. Leon
Quartermaine. professional: hy. riding aJid tennis. Stage
experience, started in H. G. Pelirsia's Follies at the
Apollo theatre. London, then went to New York in
1914 to appear in "Tonight's the Night," playing Vic-
toria, returned to London to play the lead in "The
Only G.rl" at the Aimllo theatre. Since then she has
played the lead In "The Professor's Love Story." "The
Boomerang." "Caesar's Wife." "Tea for Three"
(created) Barrie's "Mary Bose." "Quality Street." "Lit-
tle Minister," "Secrets" and played Ophelia to John
Barrymore's "Hamlet"; also the lead in "The Man
with a I/iad of Mischief." Screen experience in all
English silent Alms until w.th Adolphe Menjou in
"Fashions In Love" in May, 1929, at the Paramount
studios, playing the lead.
COMPTON. JOYCE: b. Lexington. Ky., Tulsa
(Okla.) public schools and Tulsa University; h. 5 fed
5 Inches; w. 110 pounds; red hair, blue eyes; hy. swim-
ming and painting. First role In pictures was in
"Ankles Preferred." Has plavcd also in "Soft Living."
"The Wild Party." "Salute." "The Skv Hawk" and
"The Three Sisters."
COMPTON. JULIETTE: b. Columbia. Ga. : h. 5 feet
7 inches; black hair and blue eves: w. 125 pounds;
e. private schools. First stage experience was with
Fay Bainter in "The Kiss Burglar." Then a season
with Ziegfeld's "Follies." after which John Murray An-
derson selected her to go to England with a group to
appear in C. B. Cochrane Shows. She was starred in
English pictures for five years, during which time she
played in "Nell Gwynn" with Dorothy Gish. Late in
1929 came to America to play in talking pictures and
since has appeared in "Woman to Woman." "Ladies
of Leisure," "Anybody's Woman," and "Morocco."
CONOVER. THERESA MAXWELL: Al and In
"Queen High" (1930). Paramount.
COOPER. EDNA MAE: b. Baltimore. M.I . .Inly 19,
1900; h. 5 feet (H<j inches; brown hair and hazel
eyes; w. 130 pounds; p. Mary Mae Robinson and James
H. Cooper, non -professionals : e. Hollywood high school.
Sacred Heart convent in Maryland and St. Joseph col-
lego in Oklahoma, and received her stage training un-
der Marta Oatman in l,os Angeles: m. Karl Brown, di-
rector: hy. aviation. Stage experience of six months in
stock in San Diego and in vaudeville in Los Angeles.
Entered pictures in 1924 anil bus appeared in such
pictures as "Speedy" with Harold Llovd; "The Good
live Kiss" for Mack Sennett; "The Jealous Husband,"
' love. Honor and Oh Baby." 'The Swim Princess,"
"Changelings." "The Apache" and "Code of the Air."
COOPER. FLORENCE: Appeared in "One Splendid
Hour" (1929). ExeellenL
CORBIN. VIRGINIA LEE: b. PreKOtt. Arts.. De-
cember 5. 1910; h. 5 feet 5 Inches; blonde hair and blue
eves: w. 1 IS pounds; p. Frances V. Cox. and I*'on E.
Corbin. non-professiosals; e. private tutor: not married;
hy. horses, swimming, tennis and dancing. Stage ex-
perience with the Orphcum Circuit for three and one
half years. Screen experience in such pictures as "The
City That Never Bleeps." "The Perfect Sap," "Ladles
at Plav." "Hands Up." 'line Knees" and "Head
of the Family." "Knee High" (1929). Gotham.
CORDA. MARIA: r. n. Maria Korda : b. Deva. Hun-
gary. May 4. 1902; h. 5 feet 4 inches: blonde hair and
blue eyes: w. 13S pounds: p. professionals; e. in Buda-
pest : m. Alexander Korda. professional, First National
director; hy. clothes, music, swimming, tennis. Stage
experience in Budapest dancing school In Royal Opera
Budapest. Screen experience started in 1921 when she
appeared in "Dance Fever" and "A Modem Dubarry"
for UFA. also appeared in the following foreign films:
"I* Danseur de Madame." "Moon of Israel" an I
"Tcsha." She appeared in "Private Life of Helen of
Troy" and "Lore and the Devil" ( 1920). First Na-
tional.
CORDAY. MARCELLA: b Brussels. January; h. 5
feet 7V4 inches: light brown hair and gray eyes; w.
125 pounds: p. mother, sculptress, Belgian father.
French; e. in Geneva and Paris; m Captain Cook, pro-
fessional; (and has one son 14 years of age) hy.
loves music, great reader, all sports, some of which
aie sailing, swimming anil horseback riding Stage
experience as follows: Plavcd in Brussels at Bare the-
atre, also In Geneva. Switzerland, and was with
Jai-uucs Cop|>eau in Paris. Here Otto Kahn bought
out Theatrical du Zieux Colomler and brought the
organization with a repertoire of 25 plays to New-
York to the Garrick theatre. Has also Played with the
Pasadena Players. Screen experience. Plavcd cliar-
acter parts In manv productions, the mn'l noteworthy
being. Mistress Hihhons. in the "S-arlet Letter." with
Lillian Gish. as Soma in "Into Hi- Kingdom." with
Corinne Griffith; as Marie In "When a Man Loves,"
with John Barrymore: as Henrietta Durnbull in
"Quality Street," with Marion Davies; as Marquise
de Brissac in "They Had to See Paris," with Will
Bogers, and as Blanche. French housekeeper, in "The
Trespasser." wtih Gloria Swanson. Freelance player.
COREENE. MARCELLE: Vitaphone; No. 991, "Rural
Hospitality.
CORNWALL, ANN : b. New York City, January 17:
h. 4 feet 10 inches; red hair and brown eyes; w. 95
jiouiids; p. Eleanor Cornwall, non-professional; e. New
York City high school: in. Charles Maigne, ex-pro-
fessional: hy. outdoor sports. Stage experience in New
York City appearing in musical comedy. Entered pic-
tures in 1920 and has appeared in many pictures in-
cluding "The Flaming Frontier" with Hoot Gibson
for Universal; starred at Christie for two and one-half
years; in "Half Back Hannah" and in "Fighting Fan-
nie"; also in "The Heart of the Yukon" for Pathe
with John Bowers; and in "The Splendid Crime," di-
rected by William DeMllle for Paramount; also in
Vitaphone No. 3758. "The Babv Bandit."
CORROW. SUSAN: Appeared in Artclass. "Un-
masked" (1930).
CORBOY. SUSAN: Appeared in "Unmasked"
(1929) . Artclass.
COSTELLO. DOLORES: b. Pittsburgh. Pa.; p.
Maurice Costello, professional; e. private tutor; m. John
Barrymore. one child. In 1924 went on the stage,
dancing in George White's "Scandals." Screen experi-
ence in the following: "The Sea Beast." "Man-
nequin." "Bride of the Storm." "Little Irish Girl."
"A Million Bid," "The Third Degree." "The College
Widow." "When a Man Loves." "Old San Francisco."
"Heart of Maryland." "Glorious Betsy," "Tenderloin,"
"Noah's Ark." "The Redeeming Sin." "Madonna of
Avenue A." "Glad Rag Doll," "Hearts in Exile" and
"Second Choice." "Song of Songs" (1929). Warner
Bros.; "Fame" (1929). First National.
COSTELLO. HELENE: h. New York City; e.
Ladycliff-on-the-Hudson. New York; ni. Lowell Sher-
man, professional. Stage experience in George White's
"Scandals." Screen experience includes: "Don Juan."
"Good Time Charley." "Husbands lor Rent." "The
Fortune Hunter." "Heart of Maryland." "Lights of
N w York." "Broncho Buster." "In Old Kentucky,"
"Broken Barriers." "The Fatal Warning." "When
Dreams Come True."
COURTNEY. INEZ: "Bright Lights" (1930). "Loose
Ankles." "Song of the Flame" (1930). "Spring Is
Here" (1930). First National; "Not Damaged" (1930).
Fox.
CRAIG. BLANCHE: b. Calcutta. Idaho. January C.
1878: b, 5 feet 5 inches; blonde hair and blue eyes;
w. 180 pounds; p. Henrietta Sanderson and Oliver
Sanderson, non-professionals; e. in Boston: hy. dogs,
motor cars. Stag' experience of twenty-two years in
vaudeville. legitimate and stock. Screen experience be-
gan in 1913. when she appeared in "Cinderella."
"Dawn of Tomorrow." "Eagles Mate." "Hulda of
Holland." "B'hind the Scenes." "Dynamite." "Navy
Blues" and "Darkened Rooms." Freelance player.
CRAMER. MARGUERITE: Appeared in "Tile Wild
Party" (1929). Paramount.
CRANE. HELEN: Appeared in "The Hole in the
Wall" (19291, Paramount.
CRANE. PHYLLIS: b. Calgary. Alta.. August 7.
1911: h. 5 feet 1 inch; auburn hair and hazel eyes;
w. 108 pounds; p. Margaret M. and Albert Francis,
mother professional: e. in private schools: not married;
hy. curios, dancing, swimming, riding and clothes.
Stage experience in vaudeville with Pantag s when but
7 years of age; with stock company in Seattle and
Vancouver: with Bay Collins in "A Fool There Was."
also "Why Men Leave Home." "On Trial." and
"Shore Acres." and in a kid act at the Orpheuin.
Screen experience playing ingenue and comedienne leads
in such pictures as "Stolen Kisses." Warner Bros.,
"Coquette" with Mary Pickford. "College Life."
Metro-Goldwyo-Mayer production; "Ticklish Business."
a Jack White production: "Forward Pass." for First
National and in "The Doll Shop" Metro-Goldwvn-
llaver short, and in 193(1 in "The Girl Said No."
MOM; "College Lovers." First National: "Hot and
How." Educational. Jack White Talking Comedies:
"Hold the Babies." Pathe. Rainbow Comedies.
CRAVEN. AURIOLE: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
2118.
CRAWFORD. JOAN: danced under the name. Lucille
Le Sueur, before entering pictures; h. San Antonio.
Tex.. March 28, 190B; h. 5 f-ct 4 inches: dark hair
and dark brown eyes; w. 110 pounds; e. private
schools in Kansas City. Mo. ; m. Douglas Fairbanks.
Jr.. 1929; by. dancing. Stage experience as a dancer
under Erne Young in his revue "Innocent Eyes" in
1922 in Clijcaco: and in Shuhert's "Passing Show" and
the "Winter Garden." New York. Thence to the screen
in Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer'a "Pretty Ladies" (1925):
"Sally, Irene and Mary." "Paris," "The Taxi Dancer"
and "The Unknown" (192(i); "Soring Fever" and
"West Point" (1927): "Four Walls" and "Adrienne
Leoouvreitr" (192S); "Dancing Daughters." "Dream of
Love," "The Duke Steps Out." "The Hollywood Re-
vue" and "Our Modern Maidens." a'l for Metro-Gold-
wvn-Maver (192ft). "Untamed" (19201. MOM; "Mon-
tana Moon" (1930); "Our Blushing Brides" (1930).
CRAWFORD. KATHRYN: b. Wellsboro. Pa.: e.
New Jersey. New York. Chicago and Los Angeles: h.
5 feet 2 inches: w. 115 pounds; hrown hair and grey
eves. Stage experience singing in musical comedies.
Screen experience: "The Kid's Clever." "King of the
Rodeo." "Golden Bridle." "Modern Love." "The Cli-
max." "Red Hot Rhythm." "Safety in Numbers"
(1930) , Paramount, "The Hide Out." "King of Jazz."
"Mountain Justice." "Senor Americano." and "Kettle
Creek" for Universal.
CREWS LAURA HOPE: Appeared in "Charming
Sinners" (1929). Paramount.
CROSBY. JULIETTE: Appeared in "Charming
Sinners" (1929). Paramount: "Paris Bound" (1929).
Pathe.
CROSS. RHODA: Appeared in "Not Damaged"
(1930), Fox.
CROWELL. BUBBLES: Appeared in "Words and
Music" (1929). Fox.
CUMMING. DOROTHY: Appeared in 1929 in "The
Divine Lady." First National: "King of Kinds, " Pathe:
"Kitty." World Wide; "Applause" (1930). Paramount.
CUNARD, GRACE: b. Paris. Fiance; h. 5 feet 4
inches: auburn hair, dark grey eyes; w. 120 pounds; e.
Columbus. Ohio. Stage career: "Dora Thorne."
"Princess of Patches." "College Days." Screen ca-
reer: Universal, First National, C.B.S.. Fox. Pre-
ferred Pictures. Pictures include: "The Return of
the Middle Rider." "The Masked Angel." Milly in
"Untamed."
CURTIS. BEATRICE: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
1039-40. "The Play Boy."
CURTIS, ROXANNE: b. Edgewater. N. J: e.
public schools of Hackenaack, N. J.; u. 5 feet 4
inclies; w. 112 pounds: blond hair, green eves. Played
in stock companies. Under long term contract to Fox.
D
D'AMBRICOURT, ADRIENNE: Appeared in 1929
in "Trial of Mary Dugan." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
D'AVRIL, YOLA: b. Lille. France; h. 5 feet 5
inclies; hrown hair and gray blue eyes; w. 120 pounds;
p. non-professionals; e. Sacred Heart Convent. Paris,
and Lycee Michot, Paris, and received her stage train-
ing in Paris. Lisbon. Barcelona and Brussels; hy.
tennis, painting, dancing and writing. Toured Europe
with a musical comedy "Paris d' amuse" and danced
on the stag* in Canada for about six months. Started
out in pictures hy working as an extra for two weeks;
then in "The Dressmaker from Paris" for Paramount:
later in Christie comedies: in 1929 appeared in "She
Goes To War." United Artists, and "Hot for Paris."
Fox; "Shanghai Lady." Universal; and in 1930 in
"The Right of Way." First National: "All Quiet on
the Western Front." Universal: "Those Three French
Girls." MGM.
DABLE. FRANCES: Appeared in "Constant Nymph"
(1929). Gainsborough.
DADE. FRANCES: h. Philadelphia. Pa.. Feb. 14.
1910; b. 5 feet 5 inches; blue eves; w. 110 pounds;
hy. riding and swimming. In 1926 played important
role in roadshow of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."
Later went into stock and played ingenue leads for 37
weeks in Toronto and 17 weeks in Ann Arbor. Mich.
Also leads in a stock company at Birmingham. Ala.
Appeared in screen version of "Grumpy" with Cvril
Maude for Paramount.
DAGNA. JEANNETTE: Appeared as Katinka in
"The Cockeyed World" (1930). Fox.
DAGOVER. LIL: Has appeared in "Between Worlds."
Weiss Bros.; "Discord." Pathe: "Beyond the Wall."
state rights; "Tartuffe the Hypocrite." "Love Makes
Us Blind." "Two Biothers." "Hungarian Rhapsody,"
"White Devil." UFA.
DALY. JANE: Appeared in 1929 in "The Quit-
ter." Columbia; "The Mysterious Island" and "West
of Zanzibar." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
DALY. MARCELLA: formerly known as Dorothv
Drew: b. Kansas City. Mo.. January 31. 1903; h. 5
feet 5*i inches; brown hair and gray eyes; w. 125
pounds; p. Mary and Patrick H. Daly, non-profes-
sionals; e. Hollywood high school: hy. swimming, boat-
ing and reading. No stage experience. Starred in
five-reelers as Dorothy Drew in state rights productions.
Bill Lackey, producer: appeared with Victor McLaglen
in Fox's "A Girl in Every Port." also with Madge
Bellamy in "Black Paradise." and played the heavy
in the Fox Van Bibber series of comedies. With
George O'Hara and Alberta Vaughn in FBO's "The
Go-Getters": and in Paramount's "Avalanche" with
Doris Hill and Jack Holt, and in "Tong War" with
William Wellman directing.
DAMEREAUX. ELSIE: b. Cologne. Germany. Janu-
ary 26, 1(104: h. 5 feet 2 inches; medium hrown hair
and blue eyes; w. 110 pounds; e. Marlanum Opladen.
Germany, the University of Bonn. Germany, and re-
ceived her stage training in Paris. Ixmdon and New
York: hy. horseback riding, swimming and driving.
Also speaks, reads and writes English, French and
German. Stage experience in student dramatics. Screen
experience with Ufa Film Company. Berlin: Pathe.
Paris: United Artists. Hollywood, under direction of
D. W. Griffith: and with Universal under direction
of Rupert Julian.
DAMITA. LILY: b. Paris. France. September 10.
1904; blonde hair: p. mother, professional: e. Con-
vents in Lisbon. Portugal, Spain and Greece; stage
training, in dancing school in Belgium: speaks Eng-
lish. French. Spanish and German: not married. When
fourteen years of age she danced in the ballet at the
Opera de Paris and later toured Europe with a com-
pany of players organized by her mother, singing
American jazz songs. At 19. she succeeded Mistinguette
as star of the Casino de Paris Revue. In Berlin, Miss
Damlta made her screen debut for the Felner Com-
pany. During the succeeding years she appeared in
German and French films. During the spring of 1929.
while Samuel Goldwyn. the producer, was in Paris!
that she signed a contract which soon took her tri
America and the principal feminine role in Ronald
Caiman's "The Rescue." Since then her chief picture
appearances have been in "The Bridge of San Luis
Rev" and "The Cook-Eved World." In 1930 made a
successful stage appearance In "Sons o" Guns" and
was to appear in a screen version of the same play
with Al Jolson as star.
DANA. VIOLA: Appeared in 1929 In "One Splen-
did Hour." Excellent; "Two Sisters." Rayart.
DANIELS. BEBE: b. Dallas. Texas. January 14.
1902; h. 5 feet 3 inches: black hair and eyes: w 120
pounds; p. Phyllis and John Daniels: profess ona Is : e.
La Canada. California high school. Sacred Heart con-
vent. Los Angeles; m. Ben Lyon, professional: hy. all
outdoor sports. When five years of age worked in
Belas'O theatre for Oliver Morosco; few years later with
Bel as CO and Burbank stock in Los Angeles with Fay
Bainter. Hobart Bosworth. Marshall Neilan and others
until her early teens. Appeared as Harold Lloyd's
leading woman in "Lonesome Luke" coniedies; then
under contract to DeMllle and then with Paramount.
Among her many Paramount pictures are "Senorlta,"
"She's a Sheik." "Swim. Giri. Swim." "The Fiftv-
Fit'ty Girl." "Hot News." "What a Night." and
others; was in "Rio Rita." RKO: and in 1930 with
"Alias French Gertie." "Dixiana." "I/ive Comes
Along." Radio Pictures; "Reaching for the Moon."
United Artists.
DANIELS. THELMA: Appeared in 1929 in "The
Amazing Vagabond." RKO.
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This orchestral director
tried to give his audi-
ences all Bach — no
light melodies.
This doctor decided
that if one dose of
medicine was good
then two should be
twice as good— but his
patients all died.
This chef tried to feed
his patrons nothing but
meat — no soups, sal-
ads, spices or sweets.
This publisher at-
tempted a magazine
containing nothing
but novels— no short
stories, no jokes.
"ENOUGH
IS BETTER
THAN
TOO MUCH"
Though we've said it before, we must repeat again, "All
features and no shorts make any program a dull program."
The pendulum swings from craze to craze and back again*
But the wise man sits on the middle ground and knows
that the keynote of success is proper balance.
Now the handwriting is on the wall, spelling the doom of
the double feature. It is written in bold type in the trade
press — written in shrinking figures in the bank books of
countless theatre owners — and, most surely and clearly of
all, it is written in the minds of the "fed-up" public, drugged
with doubles and starved for a lack of laughs.
" — it is quality and not quantity that brings seekers of
entertainment to the box-office . . . keep away from
double features," says Jack Alicoate in The Film Daily.
Under the banner line "Double Bill Fight To Boost
Shorts" Motion Picture Herald announces "Publix
Starts Building Up Shorts To Counter-balance Double
Shows At Competitive Houses."
The Film Daily says of the short subject program —
. . . ."it is far preferable to the suicide policy of double
features."
Adolph Zukor is quoted in Film Daily as saying,
"Double feature programs work to no one's ad-
vantage."
And according to Felix Feist in Film Daily "
double features help to drive the juvenile trade from
the theatres."
IVERSIFIED PROGRAMS WIN!
CAPITALIZE
ON EDUCATIONAL'S
SHORT FEATURES
— exploit them
-advertise them
You can't beat a well planned diversified program. That'
what your patrons want. It gets them, young and old. Yoi
simply cannot get the kids without the short fast actioi
comedies — pictures that send them home happy and brinj
them back for more.
Happy patrons, balanced programs and full houses ar
inseparable. And there is no better balance for a divei
sified program than one of Educational' 's sparklin;
comedies or novelties.
Capitalize on these Educational Short Features! Tel
your patrons about them in your own advertising! Ex
ploit them in your lobby and on your marquee!
Tiro-Reel Vomedie* One-Reel Pictures
Comedies — Cartoons — Noveltu
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Mack Sennett COMEDY FEATCRETTES TERRY-TOON
MACK SENNETT COMEDIES ROMANTIC JOURNEY
VANITY COMEDIES I / Christie) Mack Sennett RREYITIE
TORCH Y COMEDIES
MERMAID COMEDIES
IDEAL COMEDIES
CANNIBALS OF THE DEE!
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The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
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it
MACK
Sennett
Producer
of
hundreds of
Successful
Shorts
THE SPICE OFTHE PROGRAM"
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DARLING. IDA: Appeared in 1029 in "Love in
the Desert." HKO; in 1930 in "Lummox." United
Artists.
DARLING. JEAN: b. Santa Monica. Cal.. August
23, 1022; h. 47 inches; pale yellow hair and deep blue
eyes: w. 46 pounds; p. Dorothy Hamilton Darling and
R. P. Darling, deceased, mother, professional; by. her
collie dog. On tour with Roach's "Our Gang" kids in
1927 and again in August, September and October. 192S.
Played as an extra in two pictures on Roach lot with
"Our Gang." during October and November 192G. In
January 1927. was made leading woman of "Our Gang"
and appeared In about 25 "Our Gang" comedies.
DARR, VONDELL: b. Los Angeles. Cal.. April 18.
1910; h. 52 inches: blonde hair and Hue eyes; w. 54
pounds; p. Homa Dul'ree and Ralph Darr; by. riding
horseback. She has appeared on the stage in "The
Littlest Rebel." and on the screen in "On Trial." "The
Dummy." "The Pony Express," "The City That Never
Sleeps," "Feet of Clay," "One Glorious Night,"
"The Dummy" (1929). Paramount.
DAUMERY. MME. CARRIE: b. The Hague: h.
5 feet 7 inches; blond hair and blue eyes: w. 125
pounds; e. Brussels and Paris; specialized in concert
and stage. Twenty-five years on the stage. Entered
pictures in 1923. Pictures include: "Comiuering Pow-
er." "Dorothy Vernon of Iladdon Hall." "Paris at
Midnight," "Lady Windermere's Fan." "Garden of
Eden." "Tht Man Who Laughs." "Sins of the Father."
"Ijist Warning." Mme. Frump In "General Crack"
(Warner Bros.); Claire Dcvezac in "Cameo Kirby"
(Fox). *r
D AVENPORT. MILLA: b. Sicily; h. 5 feet 7 Indies:
gray hair and eyes; w. 170 pounds; p. Anna Zetta
and John Davenport, non-professionals: e. in Switzer-
land; m. Harry Davenport, non-professional; hy. art
and music. Stage experience consists of appearances
in vaudeville for 15 years, in burlesque and in reper-
toire. Screen experience in "Daddy Long Legs." "Rip
Van Winkle." ' Stronger Than Death," "Sins of the
Fathers." "Missouri," "You Never Can Tell." "Don't
Trust Your Husband," "Girl From Woolworth's" (1929),
First National.
DAVIES, MARION: r. n. Marion Douras; b. New
Y'ork City. January 3, 1900; h. 5 feet 5 inches;
golden hair and blue eyes; w. 120 pounds; e. Convent
of Sacred Heart, Hastings; by. all outdoor sports. With
"Chin Chin Chow" as a dancer in 191(1. traveling
troupe in New York. Thence to the screen where
she has appeared in "Runaway Romany." for Ardsley
Pathe (1918); "April Folly." "The Restless Sex" and
"When Knighthood Was in Flower" for Lasky (1920-21-
22); in Coldwyn's "Little Old New York" (1023):
and since then with Metro-Goldwvn-Mayer in "Beverly
of Graustark" and "Tillie the Toiler" (1026); "Quality
Street" and "The Fair Coed" (1027): "The Patsy"
and "The Cardboard Lover" (1028); "The Hollywood
Revue." "Marianne." "Show People." "The Gay
Nineties." MOM, (1020); "The Floradora Girl" (1930);
"Not So Dumb" (1930). MOM.
DAVIS. ETHEL: "A Royal Flush" (1930). Pathe
Manhattan Comedies. Second Series: "Redheads"
(1930), Pathe. Folly Comedies. First series.
DAWFORD. BETTY: Appeared in 1029 In "Lucky
in Love." Pathe.
DAWSON. DORIS: b. Goldfleld. Nev.. Apr.l 16, 1909;
h. 5 feet 1 inch; red hair and blue eyes; w. 103
pounds; p. Emma A. Dyche and B. X. Dawson, non-
professionals; e. Miss Gildner's School for Girls, and
the Virginia college, Roanoke, Va. ; no stage training;
hy. swimming, dancing, reading and riding. Screen ex-
perience in such pictures as "The Little Shepherd of
Kingdom Come." "Naughty Baby." "The Little Wild-
cat," Warner Bros, talker: "Do Your Duty." "Heart
Trouble." "Hot Stuff." "Children of the Ritz" (1029),
First National; "Broadway Scandals" (1929), Columb.a.
DAY. ALICE: b. Colorado Springs, Col.; e. in Salt
Lake City. Began pictures with Mack Sennett. Has
played in "The Smart Set." MGM ; "The Gorilla"
First National; "Might Life." Tiffany-Stahl : "Phyllis
of the Follies" Universal; "Little Johnny Jones." First
National; "Red Hot Speed." Universal; "Times
Square." Gotham; "Woman on the Jury." "In the
Next Room." "Skin Deep." "Is Everybody Happy:"
"Little Johnny Jones" (1929). "The Melody Man"
(1029) . Columbia; "The Love Racket" (1929). First
National; "Hot Curves" (1930). Tiffany; "Viennese
Nights" (1930), Warner Bros.; "Ladies in Love"
(1030) . Chesterfield; "In the Next Room" (1030).
First National.
DAY. MARCELINE: b. Colorado Springs. Col.. April
24. 1008; h. 5 feet 3 inches: medium brown hair and
blue gray eyes; w. 110 pounds; p. Irene and the late
Frank Day, non-professionals: e. Venice. Cal.. high
school in 1023, no stage training; not married; hy.
motoring, swimm.ng and horseback riding. Has been
leading woman for Hairy Langdnn. Stan Laurel. Charie
Chase. Hoot Gibson. William Desmond. Edwin Cobb
and Robert Frazer. Pictures in which she has appeared
include "The Beloved Rogue" with John Barrymore.
in "The Wild Party." Paramount": "The One Woman
Idea" and "Trent's Last Case," Fox: and in 1930 in
"Temple Tower." "Sunny Skies." Tiffany; "White Out-
law," Universal.
DAY, OLGA: Appeared in 1929 in "Loves of
Casanova . " Metro- Goldwyn - Mayer.
DAYDE. FRANCES: Appeared in "Raffles" (1930),
United Artists.
DE BORBA. DOROTHY: b. Los Angeles Cal.. March
28, 1925; golden brown curls and big black eyes. Has
been in pictures for three years. Had a part in
MOM'S "Monsieur Le Fox" with Gilliert Roland, di-
reeted by Hal Roach. Has signed five-year contract
with "Our Gang" comedies. Was in Columbia's "A
Royal Romance" (1930).
DE KEREKJARTO. DUCI: Appeared in Metro
Movietone Act No. 622.
DE KIRBY, ANNETTE: Appeared in 1920 in
"Mother Knows Best." Fox.
DeKNIGHT, FANNIE BELL: Appeared in 1929 in
"Hallelujah." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
DE LA MOTTE, MARGUERITE: b. Duluth. Minn..
June 22, 1902; e. in Duluth and San Diego. Cal.
Studied dancing under Pavlowa: h. 5 feet 2 inches:
w. 110 pounds; brown hair and hazel eyes: hy. ten-
nis and hiking. Entered pictures in 1919. With
Douglas Fairbanks in "Arizona." "Mark of Zorro."
"The Three Musketeers." "The Iron Mask," also in
"The People vs. Nancy Preston," "Red Dice," "Mont-
martre Rose."
de LASKY, GERTRUDE: Appeared in "Love Waltz."
UFA.
Do LIGUORO. RINA: Appeared in "Loves of Casa-
nova" (1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
DE MONTEZ. CHIQU1TA: b. Mexico City. Oct. 4.
1911; h. 4 feet, 11 indies; black hair and eyes; w. 98
pounds; e. Mexico City and Polytechnic high school.
Los Angeles. Studied voice in Los Angeles five years
and made stage debut as vocalist with Mexican orches-
tra which toured the world. Screen career; first pic-
ture "Si. Si, S.'nor" (1030). Educational, Ideal
Comedies.
DE PUTTI. LYA : b. near Budapest in Vesce. Hun-
gary; h. 5 feet 2 inches; black hair and dark brown
eyes: w. 105 pounds; p. Countess Heyes and Baron
De Putt] : e. Sacre Coeur convent : m. widow of Count
Louis Christianson. Swedish Embassy in Berlin; hy.
music art and dancing. Danced in vaudeville in
Budapest, also premiere danseuse in Russian classical
ballet at Winter Garden in Berlin. First screen ex-
perience in Germany in 1021. with Ufa in "The Hindu
Tombstone": later in "Variety": thence to the United
States where she appeared in "God Gave Me Twenty
Cents." "Sorrows of Satan." "The Heart Thief."
"Prince of Tempters." "Midnight Rose" and "Buck
Privates." Later she returned abroad and appeared in
"The Informer" (1929), World Wide-British Interna-
tional.
DEANE. VERNE: Appeared in "The Lady Lies"
(1929), Paramount.
DEE, FRANCES: b. Los Angeles, Cal.: e. University
of Chicago; h. 5 feet 3 inches; w. 108 pounds: brown
hair, blue eyes. First work in pictures was for Fox in
a picture of campus life; small part in Paramount's
"Follow Thru" brought Paramount contract: played
feminine lead opposite Maurice Chevalier in "Playboy
of Paris"; featured roles in "Along Came Youth,"
"Caught," "An American Tragedy."
DEERING. PATRICIA: Appeared in "The Lady
Lies" (1929), Paramount.
DEL RIO. DOLORES: b. Durango. Mexico: h. 5 feel
tfl/k inches; black hair and brown eyes: w. 115 pounds:
e. St. Joseph's Convent in Mexico City and later
studied voice in Madrid and Paris (speaks Latin.
Spanish. French. German and English) ; m. Cedric
Gibbons: hy. dancing. First screen part was in 1925
for First National in "Joanna." She continued to
Play small parts until she was cast by Fox as "char-
maine" in "What Price Glory." Her pictures include:
"High Steppers." "Pals First." "The Trail of '98."
"Resurrection." "Ramona." "Revenge*" "Evangeline":
"The Red Dance." Fox: "The Had One." United
Artists, and "Hell's Harbor." a Henry King production.
DELL. CLAUDIA: r. n. Claudia Dell Smith: b.
San Antonio. Tex.. Jan. 10, 1910; h. 5 feet 5 inches:
very blond hair and hazel eyes; w. 116 pounds: p.
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Smith: e. San Antonio high
school, Mexico City school: not married; hy. music,
swimming. First stage experience in Florenz Zieg-
fcld's Follies of 1927; understudied Irene Delroy In-
addition to own role. Went to I^ondon and played
the lead in musical comedy called "Merrv Mary."
S reen career: leading woman In "Sweet Kitty Bel-
lairs" (1930); lead in "Big Boy." with Al Jolson:
1931
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romantic lead in "Sit Tight." Winnie Lightner and
Joe E. Brown special; lead in "Fifty Million French-
men."
DELMAR. ROSITA: r. n. Rosita De Los Angeles;
b. Chihuahua State. Mexico, November 20, 1910; h. 5
feet; black hair and dark brown eyes; w. 104 pounds;
p. Teresa Estavillo and Antonio De Los Angeles; non-
professionals; e. El Centra high school; by. sw.mming,
dancing, singing, books and acting. Dancer in SmarotTs
Revue and also at the West Coast theatres in Los
Angeles lor about six months. Started her screen
career with small parts and bits with Warner Brothers
and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Appeared in "The Tide of
the Empire." Allan Dwan production; "Noah's Ark"
lor Warner Brothers, and "Erik the Great" for
Universal.
DELROY. IRENE: b. Bloomington. 111.; h. 5 feet
2 incnes; light brown hair and blue eyes; p. Delia
and ltoyal Sanders, non-professionals; e. Chicago and
New lork; not married; by. golf and riding. Made
stage debut with Mary Garden in grand opera, singing
and toe dancing. Also appeared in opera with Galli
Ctirci and Bosa Kaisa. Left opera for Keith vaude-
ville offer, played several weeks with Charles King,
then with Tom Patricola for two seasons. First lead
in "Hitchy Koo." musical show; Ziegfeld Follies"
lead; "Follow Thru," "Here's How" and Top Speed."
First screen appearance in "Oh, Sailor Behave"
(1930). also in "The Life of the Party" (1930). "Di-
vorce Among Friends" (1930). all for Warner Bros.;
"Men of the Sky." Jerome Kern's musical picture.
First National.
DENNISON. EVA: Appeared in "His Glorious
Night" (1929), MGM.
DESLYS. KAY: r. n. Kathleen ML Herbert: b.
London. England; e. in England; h. 5 feet iVi inches:
w. 148 pounds; blond hair, blue eyes: by. riding.
Vandeville and legitimate stage since age of live. En-
tered pictures in 1923. Has played in "The Leopard
Lady." "The Case of Lena Smith," "Their Perfect
Day." "Take the Heir" (1930). Big 4 Corp.
DEVAN. DOROTHY: Appeared in "The Peacock
Fan" (1929). Chesterfield.
DEVORE. DOROTHY: b. Fort Worth. Texas: h.
5 feet 1 inch; brown hair and eyes; w. 110 pounds:
e. Fort Worth and Los Angeles. Started stage career
at age of 15. Featured in "Morning After." and in
vaudeville. Featured comedienne with Christie for
four years. "Narrow Street" and "Hunker Bean"
(Warner Bros); featured by Fox. First National.
FBI), Tiffany. Universal. Gotham. Heads the Devore
Comedies.
D EZSOEF FY, LASLO: Appeared in "Melody of
Hearts." UFA.
DIETRICH. MARLENE: b. Berlin. Germany: b.
5 feet 5 inches; red gold hair and blue eyes; w. 120
pounds; e. private school at Weimar and musical
academy in Berlin to study for concert stage. Stage
training at Max Reinhardt's school of drama. First
apivarance in German version of "Broadway." Next
part was in a musical comedy. For the next three
years divided her time between motion picture work
and musical comedy stage. Two pictures released in
United States were "I Kiss Your Hand. Madam."
and "Three Loves." Selected by Von Sternberg to
play opposite Emil Jannings in "The Blue Angel."
for Paramount, also with Gary' Cooiier in "Morocco."
DIONE. ROSE: b. Paris. France; e. Paris: b. 5
feet 8 inches; w. 158 pounds; black hair, hazel eyes.
Stage career: five years with Sarah Bernhardt. Had
own theatre in Brussels. Screen experience: "The
Beloved Bogue." 'Camille." "Mad Hour." First Na-
tional: "Ragtime." "Polly of the Movies." First
Division; "Bringing Up Father." MGM; "His Tiger
Lady." Paramount: "Naughty Baby" (1929). First
National; "One Stolen Night." Warner Bros.; "Women
Everywhere" (1930), Fox; "On Your Back" (1930).
Fox.
DIXON. JEAN: "The Lady Lies" (1929). Para-
mount: Vitaphone No. 980. "Two Rounds of Love."
DONER. KITTY: r. n. Catherine Donobue: b.
Chicago. HI.: light brown hair and blue eyes: w. 103
IKiunds; p. Nellie and Joe Doner, professionals: not
married. Stage experience, eighteen years: has ap-
peared in such plays as "The Candy Shop." musical
show, in 1914 in Los Angeles. Cal.. three years with
Al Jolson's shows; several Winter Garden shows. New
York City; starred In "Lady Be Good." Los Angeles:
vaudeville 'n United Slates and Europe. On screen
appeared in Vitaphone short. "A Bit of Scotch."
DONER. PEGGY: h. Dirty, Mich.: e. University
of Michigan: h. 5 feet 5 inches; w. lift pounds: blond
hair, blue-grey eyes. Upon graduation went to New
York City and was signed hv the Shuhcrts for lead
in the "Passing Show of 1919." Was with the
Shubert organization for four years and with Ziegfeld
for two years. First motion picture was "The Skv
Hawk." Has appeared in "College Racketeer."
'Broadway Scandals." "Personality." "Worldly
Goods.' "Carnival Girl" and "East Is West." Appear-
ing in a series of comedies for Educational with
Lloyd Hamilton.
DORAN. MARY : r. n. Florence Arnot: b. New
York City. Sept. 3. 1907; e Columbia University; h.
B feet 2 inches; w. 108 pounds; auburn hair and
brown eves; hv. dancing, horseback riding. Entered
pictures in 1927. Has plaved in (19291: "The River
Woman." Gotham: "The Broadwav Melodv." "Trial
of Mary Duron." "The Divorcee": In 1930. "The
Richest Man In the World." "Father's Dav." "Sins
of the Children" for MOM. and In "Half a Bride."
Ohetto." the part of Beckv in "Luckv Bov." Ellen
In 'Tonight at Twelve." Connie Bard in "Girl in the
Show." Suzanne in "Their Own Desire." and Daisy
'n "They Learned About Women."
DORE. ADRIENNE: b. Coeur d'Alene. Idaho. May
22. 1910: h. 5 f«et 4 Inches: blonde hair and green-
fray eyes: w. 11.1 pounds; p. Edith Kell and Louis J.
Dore; e. Grammar school In Spokane. Washington, and
Forrest Ridge Convent. Seattle: not married: hy. read-
ing. Her stage experience began at the age of three
years Appeared with Elsie .Tanis In "Oh Kay" at
the Los Angeles Magan theatre. She was chosen Miss
America In 1925. Screen experience with Universal for
fourteen months and Educational for six months and
appeared In the following: "Valley of Hunted Men "
"Wild Party." "Bevond London'! Light " "Adams
Eve." "Happy Days." "Hello Baby" and "Pointed
Heels." and in "Johnny's Week End" (1930), Gayety
Comedies.
DORMAN. SHIRLEY: has appeared in "One Woman
to Another," "Honeymoon Hate," Paramount; "The
One Woman Idea." Fox.
DORRAINE, LUCY: Appeared in "Christiana"
(1929). Fox.
D0RSAY, Ft F I : r. n. Yvonne D'Orsay: b. Asnieres.
France. April 1G, 1907: h. 5 feet 7 inches; black hair
and nazel eyes; w. 128 pounds: p. Blanche and Henri
O'Orsay, non-professionals; e. French Convent of the
Sacred Heart; not married; hy. reading, playing bridge
and horse back riding. Stage career started in 1923
as a chorus girl in the Greenwich Village Follies, same
in 1924. feature player with Gallagher and Shean in
musical comedy in 1925. then w.th Orpheum circuit
two and one-half years. Appeared in "They Had to
See Paris" and "Hot for Paris." and in 1930 in
"Women Everywhere." Fox; "Those Three French
Girls," MGM.
DOUGLAS. MARION: r. n. Ena Gregory; b. Sydnev,
Australia. April 18, 1908; h. 5 feet 2 inches: blonde
hair and brown eyes; w. 107 pounds; p. Jessie Pryor
and Arthur Gregory, non-professionals; e. high schools
in Australia and Hollywood; has had stage training;
m. Al Rogell. director; hy. tennis and swimming.
Stage experience in Australia appearing in "Daddies."
"Jack and Jill." "Puss in Boots" and "Eyes of
Youth." Screen experience covering a period of seven
years, during which time she started in Hal Roach
comedies, about 200 in all; was a Wampas Baby Star;
and appeared in "Shepherd of the Hills." "Palace of
the King." "Power of Silence." "Sioux Blood." "Dev-
il's Trademark" and "The Bush Ranger."
DOVE. BILLIE: r. n. Lillian Bohney: b. New York
City. May 14. 1904: h. 5 feet G inches: brown hair and
hazel eyes; w. 119 pounds; p. non-professionals; e.
New York City; m. Irvin Willat. professional; hy.
athletic sports, dancing, yachting, motor.ng and travel.
Played a Follies girl in Constance Talmadge's "Polly
of the Follies." which was her first role: then under
Lois Weber's direction in "The Sensation Seekers" and
"The Marriage Clause." A screen test later showed
her fitness for color photography, which led to the lead
opposite Douglas Fairbanks in "The Black Pirate" and
in l'aramount's "Wanderer of tne Wasteland." Also
appeared in "The Lone Wolf Returns." another impor-
tant picture prior to her signing with First National.
Her First National stellar pictures are "An Affair of
the Follies." "The Yellow Lily." "American Beauty."
"The Tender Hour." "The Heart of a Follies Girl."
"The Love Mart. "The Stolen Bride." "Adoration":
(1929) "Careers." "Her Private Life." "The Man and
the Moment." "The Night Watch." "Painted Angel"
and in 1930 in "A Notorious Affair." "One N'ght at
Susies." "Other Tomorrow." "Sweethearts and W.ves."
First National.
DOVER. NANCY: r. n. Lucille Kelley; b. Arlington.
Texas. Feb. 2. 1909; h 5 feet 2"^ inches: reddish
brown hair and brown eyes; w. 108 pounds: p. Allie
Mayers and Sam Kelly, non-professionals: e. Forest
Avenue high school. Dallas: not married: by. horse-
back riding and dancing. Stage experience of three
years and appeared in "Sunny." "Connecticut Yankee."
as specialty dancer, and in "June Moon." all in Los
Angeles. Screen experience began in 192S and ap-
peared in seven comedies for Christie, then in "Scan-
dal" for Universal and in "Dynamite" for Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer. Took lead with Harry Langdon in
the following for Hal Itoach: "Skirt Shy." "Head
Man." "Shooting Parson" and "Big Kick." Was In
"Itomance DeLuxe" (1929). Educational.
DRAKE. PAULINE: Appeared in "Her Unborn
Child" (1929). Windsor Pictures.
DRESSER. LOUISE: b. Evansville. Ind. ; h. 5 feet
7 inches: blonde hair and blue eyes; w. 100 pounds;
p. Ida and William Kerlin: e. Evansville high school:
m. Jack Gardner, profess.onal : hy. gardening. Stage
experience includes vaudeville. "Potash and Perlmutter"
and "The Girl Behind the Counter" in New York City.
Screen experience of about eight years appearing .n
"The Goose Woman" for Universal: "Mother Knows
Best" anil "The Air Circus" for Fox: "Padlocked"
for Paramount: (1929). "Not Quite Decent." Fox; "Ma-
donna of Avenue A." and in 1930 in "This Mad
World." (MGM): "Three Sisters." Fox: "Mammy."
Warner Bros.
DRESSLER. MARIE: b. Coburg. Canada: h. 5 feet
7 inches: brown hair and blue eyes: w. 150 pounds:
e. private tutors while on stage. Almost 40 years of
stage, screen, circus and vaudeville experience including
everything from chorus to stardom. She made her
screen debut In "Tillie's Punctured Romance." opposite
Charlie Chaplin. Has appeared in the following screen
production*: for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. "Callahans and
the Murphys." "Bringing Up Father." "The Patsy."
"Anna Christie." "Hollywood Revue": for First Na-
tional. "Breakfast at Sunrise." "Divine Lady"; for
Fox. "Joy Girl": for Christie. "Dangerous Females":
for RKO. "Vagabond Lover." and for United Artists,
"Puttin" on the Ritz." also in 1930 in "Caught
Short." "Chasing Rainbows." "Let Us Be Gay."
"The March of Time." "The Singer of Seville."
MGM : "One Romantic Night." United Artists; "Call
of the Flesh." MGM.
DREXEL. NANCY: r. n. Dorothy Kitchen; b. New
York City. April 6. 1910; h. 5 feet 1H inches: blonde
hair and brown eyes: w. 108 pounds; p. Mr. and Mrs.
George P. Kitchen, non-professionals; e. Cathedral high
school. New York City; hy. horseback riding, dancing,
swimming and driving. At the ace of 8 she played in
George M. Cohan's production. "Royal Vagabond," and
at 10 played revival of the Floradora Sextette. Also
in Shubert production. "Quality Street" and in the
revival of "Bluebird." Screen career began with a one
year contract with Universal und-r the name of Doro-
thv Kitchen. Later she was selected by F. W. Miirnau
to play one of the "Four Devils" and given a contract
by Fox. Has played leads in "The Escape." "Prep
and Pen." "Riley the Cop." and in a Movietone selec-
tion. "Forget Me Not." In these last mentioned pic-
tures she played under the name of Nancy Drexel for
Fox.
DRIVER. ADABELLE: h. in England: e. at Brun-
lev. Lancashire. England, specializing in art. singing
and drama: h. 5 feet Gt£ inches: w. 151 pounds; dark-
brown hair and blue eyes. Previous career in musical
comedy, stock and vaudeville. Entered pictures in
1920. Most recent pictures include: "Blaze o' Glory."
"Kettle Creek." "Ten Nights in a Bar-room" and
'Tne Big Trail."
DU BO IS. GLADYS: Appeared in "The Dance of
Life" (1929); Paramount. ' Battle of Paris." (1930).
DU BREY, CLAIRE: Appeared in "Two Sisters"
(1929), Rayart.
DU PONT. MISS: b. Frankfort. Ky.; e. in Illinois:
h. 5 feet 7 inches; w. 135 pounds; blond hair, blue
eyes. Stage career: stock. Liberty Players. Oakland,
Cal., two seasons. Screen career with Universal,
Warner Bros.. Selznick, Preferred. Vitagraph. Inde-
pendent. MGM. Banner Productions, Dependable
Films. Paramount. Tiffany-Stahl; also in "Wheel of
D«tiny," Rayart.
DUANE, ELSIE: r. n. Elsie Nichols; b. Philadel-
phia. Pa., March 30. 1906; b_ 5 feet G inches; blonde
hair and blue eyes; w. 122 pounds; p. Julia Bates
and George H. Nichols, non-professionals; e. private
tutor; not married; hy. writing, riding, music and
dancing. Stage experience in "Abie's Irish Rose" and
"The Donovan Affair" and screen experience in talking
sketches.
DUDLEY, FLORENCE: b. MaysviUe. Mo., January
28, 1908; h. 5 feet 4^£ inches; blonde hair and blue
eyes; w. US pounds; p. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Peters,
non-professionals; e. at MaysviUe high school, also
Junior college at St. Joseph, Mo. ; not married ; h. art.
music and swimming. Screen career started January
2G, 1927. Worked as an extra for about three months:
then took second lead in "Jesse James." "Making the
Varsity," "The House of Shame" and "The Shake
Down" for Universal; and "The Pace That Kills."
Also took part of the German spy in Mack Sennett's
"The Goodbye Kiss." later appearing in "Broadway"
for Universal.
DUMONT. MARGARET: Appeared in "The Cocoa-
nuts" (1929), "Animal Crackers" (1930), Paramount.
DUNCAN. MARY: b. LuttrellviUe. Va. : e. CorneU
University and studied drama with Yvette Guilbert; h.
5 feet 3^£ inches; w. 11S pounds; brown hair, brown
eyes; hy. tennis. Stage career: "Toto." "Great
Lover." "Shanghai Gesture." Screen career includes
"Four Devils." "Our Daily Bread." Rosalee in "The
River." Viola Manning in "Thru Different Eyes."
Carlotta in "Romance of the Rio Grande" (1929). Fox:
"City Girl" (1930).
DUNCAN ROSETTA: b. Los Angeles. Cal.: h. 5
feet 4 inches; light hair and blue eyes; w. 123 pounds:
e. Los Angeles, specializing in music, harmony, ath-
letics and geography. Began stage career in 1917
with Maude Amber in San Francisco: later with Gus
Edwards' "Kiddies Revue." "Tip Top." "Hitchy Koo."
"Pins and Needles." "Topsy and Eva." Entered
pictures in 192G for Joseph M. Schenck in "Topsv and
Eva": also in "It's a Great Life" (MGM).
DUNCAN. VIVIAN: b. Los Angeles. Cal.; h. 5 feet:
w. 110 pounds: e. Los Angeles, specializing in music,
harmony, athletics and geography: m. Nils Asther.
Began stage career in 1917 with Maude Amber in San
Francisvo. Later with Gus Edwards' Kiddies Revue;
"Tip Top." "Hitchy Koo." "Pins and Needles."
"Topsy and Eva" for Joseph M. Sehenck. and also
apiieared in "It's a Great Life." MGM.
DUNN. EMMA: I.. Cheshire, England; e. private
schools in England: h. 5 feet; w. 130 pounds; brown
hair, blue eyes: hy. walking and swimming. On the
sjieaking stage since her early teens; played with Rich-
ard Mansfield: starred in "Mother." "The Governor's
I*ady" and many others. Entered pictures in lftlft:
was engaged to make the screen version of "Old Lady
31" in which she had appeared on the legitimate
stage. Her most recent roles have been as the Mother
in "Side Street." Mother in "The Texan" and "Broken
Dishes." "Manslaughter."
DUNN. JOSEPHINE: b. New York City. May 1:
h. 5 feet 3\i inches, blonde hair and blue eyes: w. 112
pounds: p. Agnes and Richard Dunn; e. Holy Cross
Convent. New York. Has been on the stage since
14 years of age in about 14 shows: also with Zieg-
feld and Dillingham in New York City. Screen experi-
ence consists of roles in the following: "Love's
Greatest Mistake." "Fireman Save My Child." "Swim.
Girl. Swim" and "She's a Sheik" for Paramount:
"Excess Baggage." "A Man's Man." "All at Sea" and
others for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 192S. Has appeared
in (1929) "A Most Immoral Lady." First National:
"Big Time." "Black Magic" and "The Sin Sister."
Fox; "All at Sea." "Our Modern Maidens" and
"China Bound." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: "Red Hot
Rhythm." Pathe: "Melody Lane." Universal. Miss
Dunn was one of the first Paramount Junior stars
and appeared in the picture. "Fascinating Youth."
was in "A Man's Man" (1929). MGM; "Safety in
Numbers" (19301. Paramount.
DUNNE. IRENE: b. Louisville. Ky. : h. 5 feet 4
inches: w. 115 pounds; e. Loretta Academy in Louis-
ville, convent in St. Louis and was graduated in 1926
from Chicago College of Music. Her first stage ex-
perience was the lead in the musical play "Irene."
She also has appeared in "Lollipops." "Sweetheart
Time." "Tbe City Chap." also with the Metropolitan
Opera. In Ziegfeld's "Show Boat" she scored a hit
and this led to her being chosen for the important
role of "Sabra Cravat" in "Cimarron" for RKO-
Itadio Pictures.
DUVAL. LORAYNE: b. Denver. Col.. Sept. 16. 1909:
e. Belmont high school. Los Angeles; h. 5 feet 5
inches: w. 128 pounds: blue eyes, aubum hair. Stage
experience: dancer with Marion Morgan and West
Coast Theatres. Entered pictures in 192S with Uni-
versal and is under contract to that studio. Played
lead opposite Reginald Denny in "His Luckv Dav."
parts in "The Collegians" and lead in a 100 per cent
talkie for Educational.
DUVAL. PAULETTE: h. Argentina: e. Paris. Was
a dancer in Ziegfeld "Follies." Screen career: "The
Magic Garden." FBO. "Beware of Widows." Universal.
"Twelve Miles Out." "The Divine Woman." MGM.
"Alias the Lone Wolf." Columbia. "Breakfast at
Sunrise." First National.
DWAN. DOROTHY: r. n. Dorothv Smith: h. 5 feet
5 inches: light brown hair and b'ue eyes: w. 120
pounds; p. Nancy and Col. Geo. Smith." non-profes-
sionals; e. Miss Hill's school in Philadelphia: m.
widow of the late Larrv Semon. professional: hv. golf,
swimming and music. Among her pictures: "California
Mail," First National: "The Peacock Fan." Chester-
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field; "The Drifter," RKO," "The Fighting Legion"
(1930), Universal.
DWYER. RUTH: b. Brooklyn, N. T. ; e. New York
City; h. 5 feet 2% inches; w. 120 pounds: blond
hair, brown eyes. Stage career: in musical comedy
two years. Screen career: "A Perfect Gentleman,"
Pathe; "White Pants Willie," "Sailors Wives." First
National; "The Lost Limited." "The Racing Fool."
"The Nest." Excellent Pictures; "A Hero for a
Night." Universal; "Alex the Great," FBO.
E
EAGELS. JEANNE: "Jealousy" (1929), "The Let-
ter" (1929), Paramount. Dead.
EAMES, CLAIRE: Appeared in "The Three Pas-
sions" (1929), United Artists.
EASON. LORRAINE: b. Norfolk. Va.. August 2T,
1906; h. 5 fe-t 3 inches: blonde hair and brown
eyes; w. 115 pounds; e. in Panama. Havana and Cuba;
not married ; hy. most sports. No stage experience.
Entered pictures in 1923. Won contest in Photoplay
Fan magazine and was sent to Hollywood by James
Quirk, editor of Photoplay. Appeared in the "Beauty
Parlor Series." "We're in the Navy Now." "Swift
Shadows." "Temple of Venus" and "Must We Marry."
Freelancing.
EATON. DORIS: Appeared in "The Very Idea"
(1920). RKO.
EATON. MARY: b. Norfolk, Va.. m. Williard Webb,
professional. Started her stage career at the early
age of three and by the time she was nine, she ap-
peared frequently as a dancer at concerts and on the
stage. Took child roles in a local stock company, ob-
taining a minor part in the play "Salomy Jane."
Washington, D. C. and after playing all sorts of roles
in stock companies, both in Washington and Baltimore,
she came to New Tork to play in "The Bluebird."
Her engagement ended. Miss Eaton was taken by Theo-
dore Kosloff into his studio and given dancing lessons
freely after which she made her debut as a solo
dancer in "The Royal Vagabond"; and about a year
later followed Marilyn Miller as premiere danseuse
of the Ziegfeld Follies, being but seventeen years of
age, the youngest premiere danseuse the Follies ever
had. Later she played with Eddie Cantor in "Kid
Boots" and then in "Lucky." While playing in "Kid
Boots" she went to the Paramount studio and played
a bit with Bebe Daniels and other movie stars in
"His Children's Children." Her last stage appearance
is in "The Five O'clock Girl." co-starred with Oscar
Shaw, who also has a featured role in "The Cocoanuts"
in which Miss Eaton appears as the leading woman;
also "Glorifying the American Girl" (1929), Para-
mount.
EBY-ROCKE. HELEN: "The Salesman" (1029),
Pathe. Checker Comedies, first series.
EDDY. HELEN JEROME: b. New York City. Feb-
ruary; h. 5 feet 6 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 128
pounds: p. Katherine Humphrey and Jerome Eddy: e.
Manual Art high school, and the University of Cali-
fornia. Berkeley. Cal. ; not married: hy. outdoor sports
and books. Stage experience with the Pasadena Com-
munity players for many years. Entered pictures in
1919 and has had various roles in "Quality S'reet."
"Two Lovers." "Life" and "Thirteen Washington
Square." Her 1029 pictures include "Blue Ski s."
Fox: "Midstream." Tlffany-Stahl ; Vitaphone No. 3778
"Niagara Falls." No. 3740. "Christmas Knight."
EDDY. LORRAINE: b. Vancouver. B. C. : e. Van-
couver; h. 5 feet 6 inches; blond hair; blue eyes.
Stage carer: work in Seattle with the Duncan Sisters
in "Tnpsy and Eva" also in "Strawberry Blonde."
Entered pictures in 1027 when selected by Al Christie
to play leads in comedies. Has plaved Lucille in
"Carnation Kid." in "Holy Mackerel." "Love Shy."
"Goofy Ghosts." Alice in "Charming Sinners." "Dear
\ man. Paramount.
EDDY. MARION: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 563
with Eddie Conrad.
EDWARDS SARAH: Appeared in "Glorifying the
American Girl (1929). Paramount.
EGAN BETTY: r n. Florence Elizahih Egan: b
Vancouver. R. C. August 5. 1909; h. 5 feet U inch:
hiown hair and green eyes: w. 103 pounds: p. Arabella
Whitney and Tames I,. Eean. professionals: e. Holly-
wood. Cal.. high school, received her stage training at
R Icher's school; not married: hy. dancing and horse-
back ruling. One year with Function and Marco; two
with Puhlix theatres and appeared in a plav with
Fiank Egan at the nge of six weeks. S"reen experi-
ence covering a period of nine years; protege of Mary
Pi'-krord's in "Little I-ord F.iuntlerov." Her work in
pictures also includes Tiffany- Stahl'B technicolor "Girl
of Today": three novelty leads in Universal pictures-
second lead in "The Man in Hobbles," with Johnny
Harron and Ula Lee.
EILERS. SALLY: b. New York City. December 11.
1908; h. 5 feet 3H inches: auburn hair and brown
eyes; w. 107 pounds; p. Paula F. Bilmont and Peter
Eilei-s. non-professionals; e. Fairfax high school; re-
ceived her stage training with Belcher, dancing; m.
"Hoot" Oihson. S-reen experience consists of ap-
pearances in Mark Sennett's "Goodbye Kiss " Warner
Brothers' "Cradle Snafhers." "Slichtlv Used" and
"Trial Marriage." and Fox's "Drv Martini" ; in 1029.
"Broodwav Babies." First National: "Sailors' Holi-
day." Pathe: and in 1030 in "The T»ng Long 1M1."
"Roaring Ranch" "Triecer Tricks." Universal- "She
Cotlldn'l Say No." Warner Bros; "Dough Boys."
EISLER EFFIE: Appeared in "Woman Trap"
(1920). Paramount: "Song O' My Heart" (1929). Fox.
ELDER. RUTH: b. Anniston. Ala.. September 8.
1905; p. Mr. and Mrs J. C. E'der; e. high school at
Anniston and n-ceived her stage training in high
Khooii div. Lvle Womnck; m. Walter Camp Jr.
producer: hy. aviation. Stage experience in vaudeviPe
tour telling of her att-mpted flight to Europe and
wbl'e in I/is Angeles was Invited to the Paramount
studio and iiiven a screen test; as a result of this test
was signed to a contract as a Paramount featured
player. Her first sore n role was in "Moran of the
Marines, " in wlreh 4h" wns leading woman for Rich-
ard l)ix: "The Wlnoed Horsemen" (1920). Universal.
ELEANOR PEGGY: Appeared in "Rich Uncles"
(1930). Pathe. Checker Comedies, first series.
ELDRIDGE. FLORENCE: r. n Florence Eldridge
Ma-Kc-hri'c : b. Brooklyn. New York. September 5.
1904: h. 5 f"ci 4"> inches; light brown hair and brown
eves; w. 110- pounds: p. Clara Eug nie and Charles
James MarKcchnio. non- professionals: e. Girls' high
school. Brooklyn; m. Fredric March, professional; hy.
tennis, horseback riding and home making. On the
stage has made the following appearances: As Mar-
garet Nichols in "Ambush." at the New York Theatre
Guild; the lead in "Cat and Canary." at the Kilbourne
Gordon; as the step-daughter in Brock Pemberton's
production "Six Characters in Search of an Author":
as Nadine Una in "Love Habit"; in "Shubert's
productions "The Dancers"; Herndon's "Cheaper to
Marry"; Carpenter's "Young Blood" and Brady's
"Great Gatsby." Screen experience in the following
Paramount productions: "Studio Murder Mystery."
"Charming Sinners" and "Greene Murder Case," "The
Matrimonial Bed" (1930), Warner Bros.
ELLIOTT, BERENICE: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
3676, "—And Wife," and No. 3942-43, "Reno or
Bust."
ELLIS. DIANE: b. Los Angeles, Cal.. December
20. 1909: h. 5 feet 4 inches; light blonde hair and
blue eyes; w. 106 pounds; p. Ida J. and Walur
Frank Ellis, non-professionals; e. Fairfax high school.
Los -Angeles, and a secretarial course at college ; not
married; hy. horseback riding, swimming and tennis.
Her first real part was in "Paid to Love," with
George O'Brien and Virginia Valli ; later received an
important role in "Cradle Snatchers." playing one
of the three flappers; then played opposite Buck Jones
in "Chain Lightning" and still later seen in "Is Zat
So?" Also layed in RKO's "Hook and Ladder No.
9." Pathe's "The Leatherneck" and in "High Volt-
age (1929).
ELLIS, PEGGY: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 913.
ELLSMERE. EDNA: Appeared in "The Bachelors'
Club" (1929). General Pictures.
EMERSON, EMSLIE: b. Buffalo. N. Y. ; e. at a
private school for girls in New York City; h. 5 feet
6 inches; w. 130 pounds; light brown hair, grey eyes.
Made her stage debut with Hessie Bonstelle in Buf-
falo stock in 1922. First picture work in 1926 for
Edwin Carewe. Has played in "The Iron Mask."
Douglas Fairbanks. "The Awakening" with Vilma
Banky. and "Scandal" with Norma Talmadge. Played
role of "Sarah" in "The Big Trail."
EMERY. AMORA: r. n. Mary Emery Harrison:
b. Monterey. Mexico; e. Ursuline Academy, San
Antonio. Texas; h. 5 feet 3 inches; w. 118 pounds;
brown hair, brown eyes. Entered pictures first in
1919, again in 1928. Has played in "A Prince There
Was," Indian girl in "The Promise." Mexican girl in
"Sundown Slim." slave girl in "Morals of Marcus."
maid in "Geraldine." Pathe.
EMERY. MARY: b. Monterey. Mexico; h. 5 feet 3
inches; dark brown hair and eyes; w. 118 pounds:
p. San Juana Pena and Maximillian Cabazos. non-
professionals; e. San Antonio. Tex., Girls school and
at Lady of the Lake, has had stage training in danc-
ing: not married; hy. art. Stage experience at the
Writers' club in Los Angeles. Has been in pictures
for four years and appeared with Lila Lee and Jack
Holt as the telephone operator in "The Stage Door"
for Paramount: the heavy in Universale "The Mil-
lionaire," with Jack Conway; in the Burton King
production "Divorce Ahead" as the heavy; the stace
part in Melville Brown's "Geraldine"; and the maid's
part in William DeMille's production. "Craig's Wife."
EMMET. KATHERINE: Appeared in "The Hole in
the Wall" (1920). Paramount.
EMMETT. FERN: Appared in "Bar L Ranch"
(1930). "Ridin' Law" (1030). Big 4.
ENGL OLGA: Appeared in "Dancing Vienna"
1029). First National.
ETTING. RUTH: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 1041-42
"Roseland," No. 060, "Broadway's Like That."
EVANS. KARIN: Appeared in "The Last Com-
pany," UFA.
EVANS. MADGE: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 1055-
56. "Many Happy Returns."
F
FAIR. ELINOR: b. Richmond. Va. : h. 5 feet 4
inches; brown hair and dark eyes; w. 120 pounds: e.
in New York City and Los Angeles: div. William
Boyd. Stage experience in vaudeville, musical comedy
and stock on stage. Screen experience began with
Pathe and DeMille and has appeared in "The Yankee
Clipper." "Volga Boatman." "My Friend from In-
dia." "Jim the Conqueror." "Let 'Er Go Gallagh r"
and "Bachelor Brides"; "Sin Town" (1929). Pathe.
FAIRBANKS TWINS: Appeared in "On With the
Show" (1929). Warner Bros.
FAIRE. VIRGINIA BROWN: r n. Virginia Labuna :
b. Brooklyn. N. Y. ; h. 5 feet hi inch: chestnut brown
hair and green eyes; w. 110 pounds: p. Martha Del-
sant and Joseph Labuna: e. Wadleigh high school,
has had stage training: m. : hy. all outdoor sports.
Entered pictures in 1018 and has appeared in such
pictures as "Without Benefit of Clergy." "Omar the
"Tentmaker." "The Temptress." "The Chorus Kid."
"Que n of the Chorus." "The House of Shame";
and in (1029 "The Donovan Affair." Columbia; "The
Devil's Chaplain" and "Hand -tiffed " Ravart : "The
Body Punch" and "Burning the Wind." Universal.
FARLEY. DOT: b. Chicago. 111.: h. 5 feet 5 inches;
blond hair and b'aok eyes: w. 138 pounds: p. Alma
A. Streeter and Eugene Farley, mother professional:
e. University of Valparaiso, and by private tutor: not
married; hy. music, writing, riding and all outdoor
sports. Stage experience at the age of 3: with the
Farley stock company for six years. Screen experi-
ence consists of roles in "The Volga Boatman."
"Celebrity." "Scarlet and Gold." "Lady Be Good "
"So Big." "Grand Duchess and the Waiter." "Mar-
ouis Preferred." and for Al Christie. "Bird in the
Hand." Then followed (1020) "Divorce Made Easy."
Paramount?" "Weak but Willing." Paramount -Chris-
tie; and in 1930 in "Road to Paradise." First Na-
tional; "Harmony at Home." Fox:: "Swell Peop'e "
Pathe: Manhattan Comedies, second scries; "Traffic."
Pathe. Folly Comedies, second series,
FARO. NINETTE: "The Boss's Orders" (1030).
Pathe, Folly Comedies, second series.
FARRELL, NEYNEEN: Appeared in "Frozen Jus-
tice" (1029). Fox.
FARRINGTON BETTY: Appeared in "The Fall
of Ere" (1929). Columbia.
FAWCETT. MRS. GEORGE: Appeared in 1929 in
"Innocents of Paris" and "The River of Romance."
Paramount.
FAYE, JULIA: b. Richmond, Va., S.-pt. 24. 1890;
e. St. Louis, Mo.; h. 5 feet inches: w. 115
pounds; brown hair, brown eyes; hy. swimming and
numg. Enured piclures in 1016 through Christy
t'abanne at Fine Arts Studio. Has played in
"Martha." "King of Kings." "Volga Boatman."
"Feet of Clay," "Ten Commandments." "Godless Girl."
"Chicago." "Main Event," "Corporal Kate." "Turkish
Delight." Marcia Towne in "Dynamite" (1930). "Not
So Dumb" (1930). MGM.
FAZENDA, LOUISE: b. Lafayette. Ind. : h. 5 feet
6 inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 125 pounds; p.
Joseph Fazenda. non- professional ; e. Los Angeles high
school and St. Mary's convent; m. Harold Wallis,
studio manager; hy. swimming, hiking and playing
piano. Stage experience in vaudeville 1921-22. Screen
experience since 1915 and has appeared in Universal's
"Down on the Farm." "Kitchen Lady" and "The
Main Lady" : also with Mack Sennett comedies; and
in Warner Brothers' "The Terror." a talkie: "Noah's
Ark." "Sailor's Sweetheart." "Five and Ten Cent
Annie." "Desert Song" and (1929). "Hard to Get,"
"Hot Stuff." "House of Horror" and "Outcast," all
for First National; "On With the Show." "Stark
Mad." Warner Bros.; "Faro Nell." and in 1930 in
"Bride of the Regiment." "Loose Ankles." "No, No,
Nanette," "Spring Is Here," First National; "High
Society Blues." Fox; "Viennese Nights," Warner Bros.;
"Rain or Shine." Columbia: "Leath rnecking." Radio
Pictures; "The Bearded Lady." "So This Is Paris
Green." Paramount. Christie Talking Plays.
FEALY, MARGARET: b. Memphis, Tenn. ; e. St.
Cecelia Academy. Nashville. Tenn.; h. 5 feet 7 inches;
w. 145 pounds; brown hair, blue eyes. On the speak-
ing stage since fifteen years of age. Entered pictures
in 1929; played lady-in-waiting to the qu en in "The
Love Parade." Lady Helen in "The Return of Dr.
Fu Manchu."
FERGUSON. HELEN: b. Decatur. 111.; e. in public
schools of Decatur, graduated from high school, Chi-
cago Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago; h. 5 feet 3
inmes; w. 116 pounds; brown hair, brown eyes.
Played stock in Los Angeles 1928-1930. Started screen
career with old Essanay at age of 13. Among her
pictures: "Hungry Hearts." "Burning Daylight." "In
Old California." Audible Pictures; No. 3170-80.
"Finders Keepers." Vitaphone short.
FERN, FRITZI: h. Akron. Ohio. September 19.
1901; h. 5 feet 2 inches: brown hair and hazel eyes; w.
116 pounds: p. Halla R. Remy and George W. Fern,
non-professionals; e. Le Conte Junior high. Los An-
geles. Cal., no stage training; not married: hy. base-
ball, aviation and all outdoor sports. Six months
stage experience at the Morosco theatre. Screen ex-
perience includes appearances in the Universal pro-
ductions. "It Can Be Done." "Clear the Decks."
"The Charlatan" and "The Play Goes On."
FERRIS AUDREY: b. Detroit. Mich.. Aug. 30.
1009; e. Los Angeles; h. 5 feet 2 inches; w. 103
j>ounds; light auburn hair; brown eyes; hy. horseback
riding, dancing. Stage career: sang, danced and
played the violin. Entered pictures in 1926. Was
giv- n first chance on account of having won a largo
collection of dancing trophies. Has played in "Be-
ware of Bachelors," Warner Bros.; "Women Thev
Talk About." "The Little Wildcat." "Fancy Bag-
gage." Bertha Fairchild in "Glad Rag Doll," Jean
Gilmore in "Honkv Tonfc." Warner Brothers; Kitty in
"Undertow." Universal; No. 2238. "The Question of
Today." Vitaphone short.
FERRY. MINNA: b. San Francisco. Cal.: h. 5 feet
4 inches: white hair and green eyes: w. 130 pounds;
p. Evelyn Traston and Col. C. P. Ferry, non-profes-
sionals: e. high school in San Francisco and Geneva,
Switz rland; m. Joseph Redman, professional (de-
ceased) : hy. literature and drama. Stage experience
as follows: Made debut with Dan Frawley in San
Francisco; played with Tannhauser Company in Mil-
waukee: in stock in eastern cities. Brooklyn. N w
York, and others; with Key Stock Company in Phila-
delphia and with Henry W. Savage under Woods
management. Screen experience as follows: Part of
grandmother in "Girls Gone Wild"; mother to Mary
Pbilbin in her first starring picture: Bu'ler's mother
in "Temple of Venus." Started the Plavhouse in
Chicago and has played in many of its productions,
such as "Speakeasy" and others.
FIELD. SYLVIA: Anpeared in 1029 in "The Voice
of the City." Metro-Goldwyn-Maycr; "The Exalted
Flapper," Fox.
FIELDING. MARGARET: b. Jersey City. N. J.: h.
5 feet 4 inches: w. 118 pounds; brown hair, brown eyes;
hy. swimming, riding. Went on stage at ag1 of 9.
Child stock star and vaudeville productions. Entered
pictures as a child with Fox. Played Mable in "If
Winter Comes." Fox; "Night Ship." Pathe; "Isle of
Lost Ships." Clara in "Drag" (1929). Brenda Kaley
in "Paris" (1929). First National.
FIELDS. SALLY: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 2147.
"The Hostess."
FINCH. FLORA: b. England: e. private s-hools in
England: h. 5 feet 5 inches; w. 110 pounds; dark hair,
blue gray eyes. Began stage career with Ben Greet
in England, also in vaudeville. Screen experience:
has played in "The Cat and the Canary." Universal:
"Cantain Salvation." "Quality Street." MGM: "Rose
of the Golden West." First National: "The Wi'e's
Relations." Columbia: and in 1929 in "The Fak-r,"
Columbia: "The Haunted House." First National:
"Come Across." Universal.
FISCHER. MARGARITA: h. 5 feet 1 inch: w. 117
pounds: m. Harry A. Pollard, professional: black-
hair and gray eves: hy. tennis. On stage since 8
years of ag\ Entered pictures in 1912. Among
her pictures: "K. the Unknown." "Uncle Tom's
Cabin."
FITZGERALD CISSY: h England: h. 5 feet 4>4
inches; brown hair and eyes: widow; hv. dancing.
Twentv years stage exoerien-e which consists of b Ing
starred flv vers under 'h- mmag-ment of Char'es
Frohman: in "The Foundlinc" and "The Gaiety Girl";
thrc years under the management of Charles Dilling-
ham in "On and Off" : -nd with Cora Angelique in
"The Bell" of New York" and Others. S-reen experi-
ence in "The Winsome W (low " written for her bv J.
S'uart Bla^kton: and in the Fox Movi tone. "Th" Dip-
lomat": alco in "Laugh. Clo<vn T au"h" for Metro -
Goldwyn-Maver. and (1929). "His Lu-ky Dav " Uni-
versal: "Painted Aneol." First National: "Social Sin-
ners " Educational. Tuxedo Talking Comedies.
FITZROY. EMILY: b. London. Eng.: e. London
and Paris: h. 5 feet 64 inches: w. 160 pounds: dark
brown hair, hazel eyes. Twenty-five years experience
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in England and U. S. Screen career: has played
in "Love." 'The Trail of '98." "Foreign Devils."
MGM; "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Paramount; "Love
Me and the World Is Mine," Universal; "No Babies
Wanted." Plaza; Marquesa in "The Bridge of San
Luis Key." MGM; Frau Hofrat in "The Case of
Lena Smith." Paramount: Parthenia Hawks in "Show
Boat." Universal; "Flirting Widow" (1930). First
National; "Song o' My Heart" (1929). Fox; "Queen
of Main Street" (1930). First National.
FLOWERS. BESS: b. Sherman. Texas. 1900: h. 5
feet 8 inches; black hair and brown eyes; w. 128
pounds; p. Cordelia Welch and A. C. Flowers, non-
professionals: e. Duncan. Okla. . grammar school. Ok-
lahoma college for women, and the Carnegie Institute
of Technology; m. Cullen Tate, professional; hy. music
art, flowers and books. Stage experience received in
amateur theatricals Has had roles of leading woman
in "Lone Hand Saunders"; with Lefty Flynn in "Glen-
nister of the Royal Mounted." and with John Bowers
in "Laddie." Also lead with Chic Sale in "Ladies'
Man." a Fox Movietone: and with Stan Laurel and
Oliver Hardy in "We Faw Down."
FLYNN. EDYTHE: Appeared in 1929 in "Nothing
to Wear," Columbia; "Broadway." Universal.
FLYNN, ELINOR: r. n. Elinor Golden Flynn: b. Chi-
cago. 111.. March 1", 1910; h. 5 feel 2 inches: brown
hair and blue eyes: w. 105 pounds; p. L A. Russell,
non-professional; e. St. Xaviers and Loretta Academy.
Chicago: not married; hy. swimming and horsebaci
riding. Stage experience with Gus Edwards in New
York and member of "Criss Cross" show with Dorothy
and Fred Stone on Broadway. Selected by Joseph P.
Kennedy for film and sent to Hollywood. Entered Alms
in April. 1927. and has appeared in "The Royal Pair"
for Universal and numerous other films.
FLYNN. RITA: Has appeared as Tilly in "The
Girl from Woolworth's" (1929); "Sweet Mama"
(1930): "Top Speed" (1930). First National.
FONTAINE. JOSEPHINE: "Rubeville" (1929).
"Rubiville Night Club" (1930). "Crosby's Comers"
(1930). Pathe. Golden Rooster Comedies.
FORBES. MARY: Appeared in (1929). "Her Private
Life." First National: "Thirteenth Chair." MGM:
"Sunny Side Up." Fox; in 1930 in "So This Is
London."
FORD. JANET: Appeared in "The Side Show"
(1929) . Columbia.
FORCE. EUGENIE: b. New York City: h. 5 feet
5 inches: w. 139 pounds: dark brown hair, brown
eyes. Stage career from 1898. with George Monroe.
Chauncey Olcott. William Faversham. Blanche Walsh.
Screen experience: Christie Comedies. Selig. American.
Goldwyn. WiBBl, Educational. FBO. Vitagranh. Fox.
First National. Paramount. "Captain Salvation." MGM.
"Wilful Youth." Peerless.
FORREST. MABEL: "S rappily Married" (1930).
Paramount. Christie Talking Plays.
FORRESTER. ELIZABETH : b. Kansas City. Mo..
November 24. 1907 : e. Westport high school and
Miss Madeira's School in Washington. D. C. : h. 5
feet 6 inches: w. 125 pounds: auburn hair and brown
eyes: hy. golf, tennis and swimming. After leaving
school went on the stage in stock and then to New
York playing In "Ned McCohb's Daughter" for the
Theatre Guild and "Holiday" for Arthur Hopkins.
Entered pictures in April. 1930. Pictures include:
"Holiday." Pathe. "Thundering Tenors" and "What
a Widow." United Artists.
FOSTER. HELEN: b. Independence. Kan : e. Kan-
sas City schools and finishing school in Florida: h.
5 feet; w. 98 pounds; blond hair: gray eyes: hy.
tennis, golf, bridge. Entered pictures in 1924. Has
played in "Hellship Bronson." "The Mating Call."
starred in "Sweet Sixteen." "Should a Girl Marry?."
featured in "Road to Ruin." "Linda." Jean Benton
In "Circumstantial Evidence." Chesterfield: "Harvest
of Hate." Universal : "Hoaflieats of Vengeance." Uni-
versal: "The Sky Skidder." Universal: Violet in "Gold
Diggers of Broadway." Warner Bros . j adopted daughter
In "Painted Faces." Tiffany: Sally Daves in "So Long
Letty." Warner Bros.
FOSTER. PHOEBE: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
1057. "Grounds for Murder."
FOWLER. ALMEDA: b. Florence. Ala.: e. attended
State Normal college. Ala.: h. 5 feet 6 inches: w.
133 pounds: auburn hair, hazel eyes: hy. swimming,
dancing, riding, speed motor boating. Ten years on
stage: three seasons with Nora Bares in "Ladies
First" and "Her Familv Tree": Keith vaudeville with
Vdde Buzzell: "Stella Dallas." with Mrs. Leslie
Carter: two seasons. "The Cocoanuts" : four seas->ns
dramatic stock in 1 ading cities: with Frank Craven's
"19tb Hole" company Entered pictures in 1929.
Has played Maude Lindsay in "Partv Girl." Tiffany :
Lad- Bagshntt in "A Notorious Affair." First National
FOY. MARY: Ap|peared in 1929 in "The Lariat
Kid": in 1930 in "Embarrassing Moments." Uni-
versal; "Dumbbells in Ermine." Warner Bros: "Mind
Your Business." Pathe. Melody Comedies, second
series.
FRANCIS. KAY: b. Oklahoma City. Okla.: b. 5
feet 5 inches: brown hair ami eyes; w. 112 pounds:
p. Katherlne Clinton, professional: e. in convents
Holy Angels of Fort Lee. X. J.. Notre Dame of Rox-
bury. Mass. and Holy Child Jesus. New York City.
Miss Fuller's private school. Ossining. and the Calhe-
dral school. Garden City: known as the best dressed
woman in America. Stage exp rienee in which she took
the part of queen in the modem version of Shakes-
peare's "Hamlet": then a season with the Stewart
Walter Stock Companv. playing Cincinnati. Indian-
apolis and Dayton. Lit r. in New York City, she
appeared in "Venus." "Crime" and "Elmer the Great."
Upon learning that Paramount was seeking a leading
woman for Walter Huston in the all-talking picture
"Gentlemen of the Pr ss" to be made at Long Island
studio, she took a test for the role, and was given a
featured player's contract and sent to the Hollywood
studios. Was then cast in Clara Bow's" Dangerous
Curves." the red-haired star's second all-talking pic-
ture. "Behind the Makeup" and "The Children."
both of which are Paramount New Show World pro-
ductions, alsi in "The Cocoanuts" (1929). "The Mar-
riage Plavcround" (19291. "Paramount on Parade"
(1930) . "The Illusion" (1929). "The S'reet of Chance"
(1930). Paramount: "A Notorious Affair" (1930). FirM
National: "Baffles" (19301 United Artists: "Let's Go
Native" (1930). Paramount.
FRANCIS. NOEL: b Temple. Texas: h. 5 feet 5
inches: blond hair and blue eyes: w. 115 pounds: p.
Maud Francis, non-professional: e. Forest Avenue high
school. Dallas. Texas; Southern Methodist University.
and Columbia: not married; hy. clothes. Stage ex-
reer: several Ziegfeld productions. Ziegt eld's "Follies"
as singer and dancer. "No Foolin'." part of Katie
Bean opposite Wheeler and Woolsey in "Rio Rita. '
"Show Girl." part of Peggy Ritz. all for Ziegfeld:
ingenue lead in Shubert's "Well. Well. Well." Screen
experience: part of Sonya in "Resurrection." for Uni-
versal. Has also appeared in the following pictures:
"Movietone Follies of 1930." "Rough Romance" (1930).
Fox; "Turkey for Two" (1929). Pathe: Checker Com-
edies. First Series: "Her Hired Husband" (1930).
Pathe; Variety Comedies.
FRANCIS. SARA: Appeared in "The Lady of the
Lake" (1930). Fitzpatrick.
FRANCISCO. BETTY: b. Little Rock. Ala.: e.
Little Rock; h. 5 fe*t 414 inches; w. 115 pounds;
blond hair, hazel eyes. Screen career: "Broadway
Daddies." Columbia: "You Can't Beat the Law."
"B°y .of the Streets." Rayart: "The Great Retreat."
Fox: The Gingham Girl." "Uneasy Payments." FBO"
"Too Many Crooks." Paramount; "Broadwav." Uni-
versal: Mrs. Mastick in "Street of Chance." Para-
mount; "The Lotus Lady." Audible: "Smiling Irish
Eyes" (1929). First National.
FRANKEL. FANCHON: "Pick 'Em Young" (1930)
Pathe. Melody Comedies, first series.
FRAN KISS. BETTY: "The New Waiter" (1930).
Pathe. George LeMaire Comedies.
^FRANKLIN. IRENE: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
FRANKLIN. MARTHA: Appeared in 1929 in "The
lounger Generation." Columbia; "Points West" Uni-
versal.
FREDA & PALACE: Appeared in Vitaphone No
2271. "Bartch-A-Kalloop.
FREDERICK. PAULINE: b. Boston. Mass. Stage
experience began in "Rogers Brothers in Harvard" un-
der the management of Ben Teal. This was her onlv
venture into musical comedy, it being one of the earfv
eatravaganzas. also in the following dramas: "Joseph
and His Brothers." "Innocent." "Samson" and "When
Knights Were Bold." On the screen in "ZaZa."
"Madame X." "La Tosca." "Fedora." "Bella Donna."
"Mrs. Dane." "Slave of Vanity." "The Lure of Jade."
"Paid in Full." "Resurrection" and "The Eternal
City." As Warner Brothers star, has appeared in
three all-talking Vitaphone productions, "On Trial."
"Evidence" and "The Sacred Flame."
FREEMAN. HELEN: Appeared in "Abraham
Lincoln" (1930), United Artists.
FREMAULT. ANITA LOUISE: Appeared in "The
Wonder Women" (1929). MGM.
FRENCH. EVELYN: Appeared in "Million Dollar
Collar" (1929). Warner Bros.
FRENCH. GEORGIA: b. Seattle. Wash., h. 5 feet
6 inches: black hair and blue eyes: w. 120 pounds;
p. Ethyl Belee and George B. French, non-pro-
fessionals; e. Hollywood high school: not married: hy.
dancing. horseback riding. No stage experience.
Screen experience began as a bahy at eighteen months
of age with Keystone in Mabel Normand comedies. She
was then with Universal for five years and appeared in
"Cupid Backs the Winner." "Vagabond Soldier."
"Helping Mother." "Behind the Veil." "At Mexico's
Mercy" and for Vitagraph-Jean Page. "Black Beauty."
FREDERICK BLANCHE: r. n. Blanche Friderici
Campbell; m. Brooklyn. N. Y. ; e. in New York City.
Was on the N-w York stage and also a professional
coach for New York players. Entered pictures in 1920
when Lasky filmed "29 East." with the original stage
cast. Pictures include: the role of Mrs. Davidson in
"Sadie Thompson" (also played the original role with
Jeanne Bagels on the stage). "Trespasser" with Gloria
Swanson. "Billy the Kid." "Kismet." "The Cat
Creeps"; "Wonder of Women" (19291. Metro-Goldwvn-
Mayer: "The Awful Truth" (19291. Pathe; also the
following in 1930: "Personality." "Soldiers and Wom-
en." Columbia: "Numbered Men." First National:
"Last of the Duanes." Fox.
FRIGANZA. TRIXIE: r. n. Delia O'Callahan: b.
Grenola. Kan.: h. 5 feet 4"4 inches: white hair and
blue eyes: p. Margaret Friganza and Cornelius O'Calla-
han. non-professionals: not married: hy. music, art and
dancing. In vaudeville fifteen years, and in musical
oomedy ten years. Has appeared on the screen in
"Motor Maniac." ' Mind Your Motor." "Thanks for the
Buggy Ride": " Free and Easy" (1930). "The March of
Time." MGM: "Strong and Willing" and 'My Bag 0'
Trix." Vitaphone shorts.
FUERSTENBERG. ILSE: Appeared in "The Blue
Angel." UFA.
FULLER DALE: b. Santa Ana. Cal. : h. 5 feet
3 inches: black hair and brown eyes; w. 112 pounds:
p. Delia B. Rawson and John Fu'ler. non-professionals;
e. Mills College. Oakland. Cal.: not married: hy. in-
terested in fruit growing and raises dogs. Stage
experience with May Vokes on tour, played stock in
Worcester. Mass.. also vaudeville and musical comedy.
Scr:en experience with Sennett in 1917. and has ap-
peared in all Elinor Glyn films, all von Stroheim
films but one. "B.'n Hur." She has appeared in the
following Warner Brothers productions: "Glad Rag
Doll." "Sacred Flame" and "The Man." and in
"House of Horror" (1929). First National.
FULTON. MAUDE: b. Eldorado. Kan.: e. in public
schools of New Orleans. Was a concert pianist com-
poser, dancer, actress, short story writer and theatre
manager. Stage success: wrote and starred in "The
Big Top." Titled "Don Juan " "Lady Windermere's
Fan." "Last Frontier." Wrote following stage plays.
"The Humming Bird." "Pinkie." "Sonny," "Marv."
Played Stella Foster in "Nix on Dames" (lf29i. Fox.
"G" SISTERS: "Toast of the Legion" (1930). First
National: "King of Jazz" (1930). Universal.
GALE. ROBERTA: b. Pittsburgh. Pa.: moved to
Miami. Fla.. as a child: e. Miami public schools and
St. Joseph's Convent. She was signed for RKO pic-
tures by Joseph I. Schnitzer and has appeared in
"Framed" and "He Knew Women" for that company.
GALLONE. CARMINE: Appeared in "Pawns of
Passion" (1929) World Wide.
GAMBY-HALE and FOSTER GIRLS: Appeared in
"The Cocoanuts" (1929). Paramount.
GARBO. GRETA: b. Stockholm. Sweden. 1906: h. 5
feet 6 inches: golden hair and blue eyes: w. 125
pounds: e. Stockholm. Sweden. Stage career as a
dancer in Sweden. Screen experience in Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer productions. "The Torrent" and "The
T>mptress" (1920): "Flesh and the Devil" and '"Love"
(1927); "The Divine Woman." "The Mysterious Lady"
and others (192S); (1929) "The Single Standard."
"Wild Orchids." "Woman of Affairs." Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer; "The Kiss"; and in 1930 "Anna Christie."
"Romance."
GARDE. BETTY: r. n. Elizabeth Garde; b. Philadel-
phia. Pa.; h. 5 feet 9 inches: light brown hair and blue
eyes; w. 130 pounds; p. Mr. and Mrs. Charles P.
Garde, non- professional: e. Philadelphia high school.
Wellesley College; hy. piano and singing; has had stage
experience in vaudeville and stock. Appeared in such
plays as "Plain Jane," "Six Cylinder Love." "The
Nervous Wreck," "Easy Come. Easy Go." "The Poor
Nut" (leading woman). "Rain" (lead in road com-
panv). In pictures appeared in "The Lady Lies"
(1929) , and "Queen High" (1930). for Paramount.
GARDEN. HELEN: Appeared in "Monte Carlo"
(1930) . Paramount.
GARON, PAULINE: r. n. Marie Pauline Garon; b.
Montreal. Que.; h. 5 feet lVs inches; blond hair and
hazel eyes; w. 96 pounds; p. Victoria Connick and
Piere Garon. non-professionals; e. Sacred Heart con-
vent. Montreal. Canada; div. Lowell Sherman, pro-
fessional: hy. music, art and swimming. Has ap-
peared in the following stage productions, "Buddies."
"Sonny" and "Lillies of the Field"; and in the
screen productions, "Sonny." "Adam's Rib." "Satan
in Sables." "Compromise." "The Gamblers" and (1929)
"Must We Marry." Trinity; in 1930 "Lovers De-
light." Educational. Jack White Talking Pictures:
Vitaphone No. 3825. "Letters."
GARVIN. ANITA: b. New York City. February 11.
1907; h. 5 feet 6 inches; black hair and blue-green
eyes; w. 133 pounds; p. Anita Donovan and Edward
Garvin ; e. Holy Cross academy, and has had four and
one-half years' stage training with Ziegfeld; m. Jerry
Drew, professional: hy. fishing. Stage experience (in
the East) includes "Sally" and "Midnight Frolics" for
three and one-half years. Entered pictures in 1925.
and appeared with Bobby Vernon in Christie comedies;
also In Educational and Hal Roach comedies. Feature
pictures in which she has appeared are "The Play
Girl." "Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl." "Old Wives
for New" and "The Sport Girl"; Cecil B. DeMUle's
production. "Dynamite." for Metro-Goldwvn-Maver :
"The Charlatan" for Universal and (1929) "Red Hot
Rhvthm" (1929). Pathe; "Trent's Last Case" (1929).
Fox: "The Big Jewel Case" (1930). Educational-Mer-
maid Talking Comedies.
GAY. DIXIE: r. n. Helen Jones: b. Brooklyn. N. Y. .
October 4. 1911: h. 5 feet 4 inches; titian hair and
blue eyes; w. 118 pounds: p. Charlotte Peters and
Arthur Jones: e. private tutor, and received her stage
training at Paul Gerson school appearing in a musical
remedy; hy. dancing. Appeared in the chorus of "Side-
walks of New York." Took the part of a stenographer
in Ray Cannon's picture for Fox. "Red Wine": street
walker in James Tinling picture. "False Faces": shop
girl in CoUeen Moore's "Just a Bad Girl": and ap-
peared also in "Two Weeks Off" and "Why Be Good"
(1929). First National.
GAYLORD. JOAN: "Redheads" (1930). Pathe-Folly
Comedies, first series.
GAY NO R. JAJJET: b. Philadelphia. Pa.; h. 5 feet:
red hair and brown eyes: w. 100 pounds: p. Laura
and Frank Gaynor. non-professionals: e. Polytechnio
high school. San Francisco; no stage training: m.
Lydell Peck: hy. golf and swimming. Four years'
screen experience during which time she has appeared
In "Seventh Heaven." "Street Angel." "Sunrise."
"Four Devils." "The Return of Peter Grimm." "Pigs."
"The Johnstown Flood." "Christina." "Lucky Star"
(1929). "Sunny Side Up" (1929). all for Fox: "Happy
Days" (1930). "High Society Blues" (1930). Fox.
GENTLE. ALICE: b. Chatsworth. 111.: h. 5 feet 5
inches: black hair and eyes: w. 135 pounds: m. Jacob
Proebstel. Stage experience: went to New York to fin-
ish vocal training and became chorus girl in the Man-
hattan Grand Opera Company under Arthur Hammer-
stein. Later played operatic roles, the first one being
"Carmen" in San Francisco. Also played Shakespearean
roles, musical comedy and drama. First screen exneri-
ence in "The Golden Dawn" (1930). for Warner Bros.:
"Song of the Flame" (1930). First National.
GEORGE. MAUDE: b. Riverside. Cal.: h. 5 feet
inches: brown hair and hazel eyes: w. lz^H
pounds: p. Delia Simnson and Mills George, non-pro-
fessionals: e. Cumnock Girl's school: has had stage
training: m. Frank Passmore. non- professional: hy.
pictures. Stage experience at the old Burbank theatre
with Duffield and William Desmond: on the Orphsum
circuit in the East and in Canada: and with Moroseo
theatre in Los Ang?les. Entered pictures in 1915 with
Universal: appeared in "The Devil's Pass Key" for
Thomas Ince and Lasky: other pictures in which she
has appeared are "Foolish Wives." "The Wedding
M-roh." "Garden of Eden." "The Woman from Mos-
cow" and "The Veiled Lady."
GERAGHTY. CARMELITA: b. Rushville. Ind. : e.
New York Citv and Hollywood: h. 5 feet 414 inches:
w. 122 pounds: brown hair, brown eyes. Entered
pictures in 1924. Has plaved in "To Have and to
Hold " "Hy Lady of Whims." "Great Gatsby." "Good-
bye Kiss." "Mv Best O'rl." "Object Alimony." Co-
lumbia: Noel Farlev in "Paris Bound " Pathe: "South
of Panama." Chesterfield: "The Mississippi Gambler."
Universal: Alvarez Gu rra in "This Thing Called
T,ove." Pathe: Winifred Blake in "After the Fog."
Beacon: "Fifty Million Frenchmen." Warner Bros.
GIBSON. WYNNE: b. New York Otj: e. Wad'eigh
School for Girls New York City; h. 5 feer 2 inches:
w. 103 pounds: light brown hair and grav-green eves.
P'ayed in stock, vaudeville, revues and musical com-
edies: one year with FieMs: t~ur-d the country as
the flapoer in "The G'ngham Girl": leading role in
"Li'tle Jessie James" on New York stage: "When You
Smile." "The City Chan " "Castles in th» Air." wi-h
Perry Ask»m and Rav Raymond: toured in Europe for
a vear: returned and nlayed in "Oh. Johnny." "The
Cam Dig-Ters." ".Tameean." Made film debut in
"Nothing Bn* the Truth" at Paramount's New York
Studios: to "ollywood in 1930 in "Chi'dren of Pleas-
ure" and "Th» Fall Guv" and "Molly Magdalene":
was signed as gunman's "moll" in "The Gang Buster"
for Paramount : signed to contract wi'h Paramount :
P'ctures include "June Moon." "C»ty Streets." "Man
of the World." and "Kick In."
GILBERT. EUGENIA: h East Orang". N J.: h.
5 feet 4 inches: light brown hair and blue eyes: w.
122 pounds: n. Eug«nia and W R. Gilbert, non-nrofes-
sionals: e. New York City and South Orange. N. J.,
high schools, and Marlborough college. i*os Angeles:
not married; hy. her cabin in the mountains. Was a
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stage dancer. Seven years' screen experience, and has
appeared in such pictures as "Obey the Law," "After
the Storm" and "By Whose Hand." "Courtin' Wild
Cats'" ( 1SI29) . Universal.
GILBERT. FLORENCE: b. Chicago. 111., Feb. 20,
10(15; e. Chicago schools; in. Ashton Dearholt; h. 5 feet
2 inches; w. 115 pounds; hy. horseback riding. Entered
pictures in 1020; was asked to double for Mary Pick-
ford. Has played in "Johnstown Flood," "Desert's
Price and the Van Bibber Series.
GILLIS, MOYRA: "The New Waiter" (1030),
rathe-George LeMaire Comedies; ".Musical Beauty
Shop" (1030). l'athe, Melody Comedies, first series.
GIRACI. MAE: b. Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 22. 1910;
e. Hollywood high school. Hollywood, Cal.; h. 5 feet;
w. 104 pounds; black hair, brown eyes: hy. swimming,
riding. On stage a short time. Entered pictures in
1015. Has played in "Prince Charles." "Lorna
Doone," "Lulu Bett," "Faith Healer," "Secrets."
GIRARD. JEAN: b. New York City. March 10, 1008;e.
private and public schools. New York City; h. 5 feet
5 inches; w. 118 pounds; brown hair, brown eyes; hy.
golf, dancing. Stage career, with Snuberts. "Follies"
and vaudeville. Entered pictures in 1021 to star in "Silas
Marner"; lead in "The Mad Marriage," "The Neck-
lace." "A Man's Past," "The District Doctor," "Girl
with Golden Eyes."
GISH, DOROTHY: b. Dayton. Ohio. 1808: m. James
Rennie, professional; h, 5 feet; fair hair, blue eyes. On
stage since 1902. Screen career: played in "Hearts of
the World." Grfflth; "Fury." "The Bright Shawl."
"Clothes Make the ''irate." First National: "Bomola,"
MGM: "Nell Gwyn." "London." "Madam Pompadour,"
British International.
GISH. LILLIAN: b. Springfield. Ohio. October 14,
1808; sister of Dorothy; h. 5 feet 4 inches; blond hair
and light blue eyes: w. 110 pounds; P. Mary Robinson
McDonnell Gish, mother: maternal great grandmother.
Emily Ward, a prominent poetess of her time; her
maternal great grandfather, Samuel Robinson, an Ohio
State senator and James Lee Gish, father, descended
from the de Guise family of France: e. Dayton. O.,
Baltimore, Md. Made her stage debut at the age of
six in melodrama "In Convict's Stripes" in Rising Sun,
O., s;>ent one winter in New York appearing in sup-
port of Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, executing a little dance.
In 1012 appeared in her first screen production "The
Unseen Enemy" with Mary Pickford and also in David
Belasco's stage presentation "A Good Little Devil."
At the conclusion of this run she returned to motion
picture work appearing for the next several years un-
der the direction of D. W. Griffith. First important
part in pictures was in "The Mothering Heart" : in
the fall of 1913 appeared in the first version of "The
Battle of the Sexes" made by D. W. Griffith with a
cast of such plavers as Robert Harron. Donald Cripp.
Mary Alden and Owen Moore; thence to Fine Arts
Studio in Los Angeles in "Home Sweet Home." In
1914 she took the principal role in "The Birth of a
Nation": in 1916 appeared in "Intolerance"; in 1917
"Souls Triumphant"; then to France where "Hearts
of the World" was filmed. Returning to the United
Ntntcs she appeared in such pictures as "The Great
Love" (1918). "Romance of Happy Valley" (1019) and
"The Greatest Tiling in Life" (1919). also in "Broken
Blossoms" and "The Greatest Question." Then on
location in Florida where she directed her first motion
picture in which she did not appear. Her sister.
Dorothy, was the star in "Remodeling Her Husband."
Paramount distributed the picture, a comedy-drama. In
1921. United Artists "Way Down East" in which
Lillian had the principal role and which D. W.
Griffith directed, was released, following which "Or-
phans of the Storm" was distributed: then to Inspira-
tion Pictures to appear in "The White Sister" under
the direction of Henry King. In 1913 she appeared in
"Romola," again under the direction of Henry King*
then.'e to Metro-Gokhvyn-Mayer where "I* Bohemr"
directed hy King Vidor and with John Gilbert wm
mad*, this picture being released in 1920; later "Th"
Sraret Letter" and in 1927 "Ann;e Laurie" direofpf
by AOhn Robertson; then "The Enemy" directed b"
Frrn Nihlo and in 1028 "Wind" directed by Vioto-
Scastrom was exhibited. In August. 102S. she joiner'
United Artists Corporation. Plaved in "One Roman-
tic Night" (1030). United Artists.
GIVNEY. KATHRYN: Played in "Follow Thru"
(1930). Paramount.
GLEASON, LUCILLE WEBSTER: b. Tasadena. Cal.:
h. 5 feet 6 inches; light brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 140 pounds; p. Alice and Daniel Webster: non-
professionals; e. Troop school in Pasadena. Cal.: m.
James Gleason. professional: hy. domestic. S"i nee.
mystery stories, bridge and whist. "Garden of Eatin"
(1929) . "Fairways and Foul" (1929). Pathe. Golden
Rooster Comedies: "Shannons on Rroadwav" (19291.
Universal: "Don't Believe It" (1930), Paramount,
Christie Talking Plays.
GOLDEN, MILDRED: Appeared in "The Greene
Murder Case" (1029). Paramount.
GOLDIN. BERTINA: Appeared in "East Side Sadie"
(19291. Worldart Films.
GOMBEL. MINNA: Appeared in "Tile Great Power"
(1930) . Bell Pictures, now Syndicate.
GOODALL. GRACE: h. San Francisco. Cal.: e. San
Francisco and New York, also Snell Seminary. Berkeley.
Cal.; h. 5 feet 7 Inches; w. 135 pounds; light brown
hair, blue-gray eyes. Stage career, eighteen years in
stock and New York productions. Screen experience
with Famous Players. Whitman-Bennett, Fox, Realart,
"The Opening Night."
GOODWIN. ALINE: Appeared in "Firebrand Jor-
dan" (1930). Big 4.
GOODWIN. HENRIETTA: Played in "Old English"
(1930). Warner Bros.
GORDON. JULIA SWAYNE: Appeared in (1929)
"The Eternal Woman" and "The Younger Generation."
Columbia; "The Divine Lady" and "The Girl in the
Glass Cage." First National; "The Viking." Metro-
Gold wyn- Mayer: "Three Week Ends." Paramount;
"Scandal." Universal, and in "Dumbbells in Ermine"
(1930), Warner Bros.
GORDON. MARY: Played in "Dance With Me"
(1980), Pathe-Checker Comedies, second series.
GORDON. MAUDE TURNER: b. Franklin. Ind.; h.
5 feet T/i inches: white hair, gray blue eyes; w. 102
pound*; e. Oxford, Ohio. Played in seventeen New
York stage productions. Screen career: "Home Made."
First National: "The Wizard." Fox: "Cheating Cheat-
ers," Universal: "Sporting Goods." "Just Married."
Paramount: Aunt Fairchild in "Glad Rag Doll": May
Gilford in the. "Hottentot." Warner Bros.; Mrs. Wedlev
In "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney," MGM; Mrs. Tenbrook
in "Sally," First National; Aunt Julia Langley in
"Marriage Playground," Paramount.
GORDON. VERA: b. Russia, June 11, 1886; h. 5
feet 5 inches; black hair and eyes; w. 175 pounds;
p. Fannie and Borin Nemirou, non-professionals; e. in
Russia, no stage training: m. Nathan Gordon, non-pro-
fessional; hy. charity. Entered pictures in 1919 and
lias appeared in "Humoresque," "The Good Provider,"
"Cohens and Kellys," "North Wind Malice." "Your
Best Friend," "The Greatest Love." both "Potash and
Perlmutter" pictures: "Millionaires," "Sweet Daddies."
"Private Izzy Murphy," "Kosher Kitty Kelly." "Four
Walls" and "Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City"
(1929), Universal; "Cohens and Kellys in Scotland"
(1030), Universal.
GORE, ROSA: Appeared in "Blue Skies" (1020),
Fox.
GOUDAL, JETTA: b. Versailles. France: e. Versailles,
and Liege. Belgium; U. 5 feet 7 inches; w. 128 pounds;
brown hair, brown eyes. Stage experience, traveling in
repertory stock companies in Europe, also on stage in
the U. S. Screen career: "Forbidden Woman," Pathe-
De Mille: "Fighting Love." "The Bright Shawl,"
"White Gold" and others for PDC and Paramount.
Played Countess Diane Des Granges in "Lady of the
Pavements," UA.
GOULD. DOROTHY: b. New York City, January 15.
1910; h. 5 feet 2 inches; blond hair and hazel eyes;
w. 108 pounds; p. May Rubly and Lewis Gould, non-
professionals; e. Hollywood high school and the Uni-
versity of California, Los Angeles; not married: hy.
reading, music and outdoor sports. Stage experience
with the New York Theatre Guild: 42 weeks on the
Orpheum circuit in "The Godsend" : also with Pan-
tages and West Coast in "What Price Happiness." do-
ing Claire Windsor's part. Was ingenue in Univer-
sale "The Charlatan."
GRALLER. DINA: Appeared in "Prince and the
Dancer" (1029), World Wide.
GRANSTEDT, GRETA: b. Malmo. Sweden: h. 5
feet 1 inch; blond hair and green eyes; w. 106
pounds; p. Emma Stankser and Theodore Granstedt,
non-professionals; e. in Kansas and San Francisco, Cal.;
not married; hy. swimming, dancing and horseback
riding. Stage experience of several years appearing in
the following productions: "From Hell Came a Lady."
"The Bad Woman," "Troupers." "Hotel Rates."
"House of the Left Hand," "Wild Birds" and "Bad
Babies." Screen experience began in 1926. and has
appeared in the following: "Excess Baggage" for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Behind Closed Doors" and
"Mexicali Rose" for Columbia: "Erik the Great,"
"College Love." "Girl Troubles" and "Embarrassing
Moments." for Universal: "Close Harmony" for Para-
mount, and "The Faithful" for First National, "Sunny
Skies" (1930), Tiffany.
GRAVIN. ANITA: Appeared in "Trent's Last Case"
(1920), Fox.
GRAY, BETTY: b. Allen County. Ohio. December
5 1908: e in Lima, Ohio, and Danville. Va. ; h. 5
feet 5 inches; w. 126 pounds; red hair and brown eyes;
hy. golf and football. Four years with "Ziegfleld
Follies." Entered pictures in 1030. Pictures include:
"Welcome Home" with Johnny Hines, "Man Crazy"
and "On Your Back."
GRAY. EVE: Appeared in "Moulin Rouge" (1920).
World Wide.
GRAY. GILDA: Divorced Gil Boag; appeared in
"Piccadilly" (1020), World Wide, and "Aloma or the
South Seas (102G). Paramount.
GRAY. LILLIAN: Appeared in "Life of Beethoven"
(1929). Film Arts Guild.
GREEN. JANE & CO.: Played in Vitaphone No.
2746. "Singing the Blues," and No. 2750.
GREEN. MITZI: b. Bronx, New York City; h. 5214
inches; brown hair and gray eyes; w. 71% pounds:
p Joe Keno and Rosie Green, professionals. Stage
experience at the age of 3 on Orpheum circuit with
parents; Interstate circuit through Texas one season.
Child actress. On scr-en in "The Marriage Play-
ground." "Sarah and Son." "Honey" (1930), "Para-
mount on Parade" (1030), "The Santa Fe Trail"
(1030), Paramount.
GREENWAY. ANN: b. Alexandria, Egypt; h. 5
feet 5 inches; black hair and brown eyes; w. 130
pounds. Stage experience includes: vaudeville Ivad-
liner Orpheum circuit. Ed Wynn's "Carnival." prima
donna of George LeMaire's "Affairs." and prima
donna of Harry Carroll's "Music Box Revue." Screen
experience, prominent singing-acting roles in RKO pic-
tures, "Half Marriage" and "Night Parade." Stellar
singing role in Warner Bros, musical comedy short
subject. "And Howl"
GREENWOOD. CHARLOTTE: b. Philadelphia, Pa.;
h. 5 feet 9 inches; blond hair and blue eyes; e. Bos-
ton, and Norfolk, v., ; m. Martin Broones. Legitimate
stage: starred in "The Man with Three Wives." "Nearly
a Hero." "So Long Letty." "Linger Longer Lettv."
"Let Her Go Letty." "Letty Pepper." Made one pic-
ture. "Jane." in 1918. Re-entered pictures in 1028.
Starred in "Baby Mine." MGM; "So Long Letty,"
Warner Bros.
GREGORY. EDNA: b. Winnipeg. January 25. 1905:
h. 5 feet 6 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 124
pounds: p. Martha Cowdell and Jess Gregory, non-
professionals; e. Winnipeg high school; m. T. W.
Flannery. non-professional: hy. swimming, music, danc-
ing and riding. With the Howland stock company on
the West Coast for six months. Has appeared in pic-
tures for nine years in leads, bits and parts. One
vear at Fox studios in "Desert Flower": two years'
leads in Educational comedies and with Bobby Vernon
at Christie studio Also in "Her Favorite Hubby" with
Charles Lamont directing.
GREY, ANN: Played in Vitaphone No. 2600.
GREY, GLORIA: Appeared in "Lucky Star" (1929),
Fox.
GREY. MADELINE: Apixared in "Nothing But
the Truth" (1929). Paramount.
GRIFFITH, CORINNE: b. Texarkana. Ark.: h. 5 feet
f, inches; brown hair and hazel eyes; w. 118 pounds;
p. non-professionals; e. at Sacred Heart convent. New
Orleans: m. Walter Morosco. producer; hy. motoring,
music and art collections. Had stellar roles in First
National's "Black Oxen." "Single Wives." "Declasse."
"The Marriage Whirl." "Infatuation." "Classified."
"Mademoiselle Modiste." "Into Her Kingdom." "Syn-
copating Sue," "The I^idy in Ermine," "Three Hours."
"Tho Divine Lady." "Outcast" and "Saturday's Chil-
dren"; also United Artists' "The Garden of Eden,"
"Prisoners" (1929), First National; "Back Pay" (1930)
and "Lilies of the Field" (1030). First National.
GRIFFITH. ELEANOR: b. March 20, 1902. Mt.
Pleasant, Tenn. ; h. 5 feet 2 inches; blond hair and
gray eyes; w. 105 pounds; p. Eleanor Cox and James
Griffith, non-professionals; e. Central high school, Wash-
ington, D. C. ; not married ; hy. golf, bridge and making
money. Played in stock in Washington, D. C. (1910);
took lead in "Poor Little Baby Girl" with Lew Fields
(1920); prima donna in Ziegfeld's "Midnight Frolics"
(in 19211; ingenue in "Last Waltz" and "Meet the
Wife," Shubert shows (in 1922-1924) ; also ingenue in
"Sitting Pretty" (in 1925). and lead in "Mercenary
Mary" (in 1925); "Creaking Chair" (in 1920); "The
Spider" (1927-281. and "Women" (in 1028): also ap-
peared in "Night Stick." United Artists' production;
"Alibi" (1920). United Artists.
GRIFFLES, ETHEL: Appeared in "Old English"
(1930). Warner Bros.
GROVE. SYBIL: r. n. Sybil Westmacott Wingrove;
b. Teddington. Middlesex. England. October 4, 1801; h.
5 feet 7'A inches; red brown hair and brown eyes; w.
132 pounds; p. Marian Munro and Edgell Edward West-
macott, non-professionals; received her stage training at
the Academy of Dramatic Art, London, England: m.
George Christopher Wingrove, architect. United Artists
studio ; by. swimming, golf, dancing, music and bridge.
Spent six years on the stage in England appearing in
"The Mollusc," "Joseph and His Brethren," with Sir
Herbert Tree and Marine Elliot; "Look Who's Here" at
the London Opera House with Ethel Levy. etc. ; "The
Lilac Domino" at the Empire theatre. London; and in
various revues and musical comedies; also in her own
vaudeville act. Three years with Eva Moore and H. V.
Esmond company playing second lead in "Eliza Comes
to Stay." "When We Were Twenty-One," "The Dan-
gerous Age," "The Rest Cure" and others. Also seven
years' directing and playing in her own stock company
in the Orient (China), Gilbert and Sullivan Operas,
Shakespeare, "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney." playing Mrs.
Cheyney, and the lead in "Dear Brutus," "The Belle
of New York," "Ann" and "The Best People" and
many others. Three years in Hollywood during which
time she has appeared in the roles of the degenerate
character with. Leatrice Joy and Victor Varconi in De-
Mille's "An Angel of Broadway"; as the comedy char-
acter with Franklin Pangborn in DeMille's "My Friend
from India" : as the old woman in Douglas Fairbanks'
"The Gaucho"; as the French maid in "His Private
Life" with Adolphe Menjou; the old maid in three com-
edies with Lupino Lane; and the lead in "The Piano
Next Door" with Lupino Lane. The old maid in
"Satan and the Woman." Burton King production:
comedy in three other Burton King productions; old
maid character in "Someone to Love" for Paramount
with Buddy Rogers and Mary Brian: also an old maid
character in "Mother," Colorart production; hvavy lead
in a serial for Trent Carr Company with Joe Bonomo;
an old maid heavy in "The Black Pearl." also a Trem
Carr production with Lila Lee: an old maid char-
acter in two Chesterfield productions: "Prince of
Diamonds" (1030), Columbia.
GRUENING, JLKA: Plaved in "Melody of Hearts."
Ufa.
GULLIVER. DOROTHY: b. Salt Lake City. Utah.
September 6; h. 5 feet 2 inches: brown hair and hazel
eyes; w. 177 pounds; p. non-professionals: e. Salt Lake
City high school; m. Chester DeVito. assistant director:
hy. reading, music and all out-door sports. After win-
ning a beauty contest in Salt Lake City she appeared
in the following Universal pictures: "Collegians" and
"Honeymoon Flats" with George Lewis. Also in Hoot
Gibson Westerns; "College Love." "King of the
Campus." Universal: "Painted Faces" (1029). "Troop-
ers Three" (1930). "Under Montana Skies." Tif-
fany: "Mind Your Business" (1930), Pathe-Melody
Comedies, second series; "Big Hearted" (1030), Pathe-
Whoopee Comedies.
H
HACKETT, LILLIAN: b. Chicago. 111.. October 11.
1003: h. 5 feet; blond hair and blue-gray eyes; w. 108
pounds: p. Ann Maddox and William Hackett. non-
professionals; e. private tutor, and received her stage
training with Madame Revillier in Detroit: not married:
hy. music, literature and art. Stage experience consists
of the lead in "Alias the Deacon." and the ingenue
lead in "Demi-Virsin." "They All Want Something"
and "The Ruined Ladv." comedy lead in "Potash and
Perlmutter" and in "Danger."
HAID. LIANE: Appeared in "The Immortal Vaga-
bond." Ufa.
HALE. LOUISE CLOSSER: Appeared in "The Hole
in the Wall (1029), Paramount: "Paris" (1920). First
National.
HALL, DOROTHY: Appeared in "Nothing But the
Truth" (1929). Paramount.
HALL, EVELYN: r. n. Mrs. Charles King ; b. Harro-
gate, Yorkshire. England. December 24: n. 5 feet 6
inches; medium brown hair and dark blue eyes; w. 120
pounds; p. Bessie E. Petley and Edward H. Hall, non-
professionals; e. Bristol. England, high school; m.
Claude King, professional: hy. writing, poetry and
music. Has appeared in the stage productions of "Can-
dida." "Hermione." "The Butterflv on the Wheel,"
"The Man Who Stayed at Home." "Richard the Third."
"Tho Fake" and "The Winter's Tale." Received her
first stage experience with the St rat ford-on- Avon Play-
ers: also associated with the Benson Company and Hal-
deman Company; did. in addition to "Candida." "F.lec-
tra" and "Hippolytus" by George Bernard Shaw.
Screen experience in "Men of Steel." "My Best Girl."
"Hello Angel." "The Divine Lady." "She Goes to
War." "Children of the Ritz." "Nobody's Children,"
"Pomander Walk." "Return of Dr. Fu Manohu"
(1030), Paramount; "Captain of the Guard" (1930).
Universal.
HAMILTON. FRANCES: Appeared in "Naughty
Baby" (1029). First National.
HAMILTON. RUTH: Played in "A Night in a
Dormitory" (1030). Pathe-Melody Comedies, first
series.
HAMMOND. KAY: Has appeared on the screen as
Julia Sturm in "Her Private Affair," Pathe: Flip Mer-
rick in "The Trespasser," and in "Abraham Lincoln"
(1930), United Artists.
HAMMOND. VIRGINIA: Plaved In "Anybody's
Woman" (1930). Paramount.
HANDFORTH. RUTH: b. Springfield. Mass. j„|y
11. 1885: e. Springfield and New Haven, specializing
1931
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in English preparatory to going to Emerson College of
Oratory- in Boston; h. 5 feet 6 inches; w. 135 pounds;
brown eyes, red hair. Spent three seasons with "Mrs.
Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch"; other stage experience
with Una Clayton. Pictures: "Intolerance," "On
Trial." "The Love Song" and "Little Snob."
HARDING. ANN: h. 5 feet 2 inches: blond hair
and blue-gray eyes; w. 106 pounds; married Harry
Bannister, professional. Her first stage experience was
with the Provincetown Players, remaining with them
for a period of eight months. Her next appearance
was in "Like a King," and then she accepted an
offer to play in stock in Detroit. Other stage plays
she appeared in are: "Tarnish." "Stolen Fruit"
"The Woman Disputed." and "The Trial of Mary
Dugan." Screen experience started under a contract
with Pathe. and she played the feminine lead in "Paris
Bound." She also appeared in "Her Private Affair "
"War and Women." "Holiday" (1930), Pathe: "Con-
demned" (1920), United Artists.
HARLOW, JEAN: b. Kansas City. Kansas. March
3. 1911; h. 5 feet 2l& inches; blond hair and blue
eyes; w. 110 pounds; p. Marino Bello. non-profes-
sional; e. Barstow School of Kansas City, and Ferrv
Hall of Lake Forest. Illinois: not married; hy. golf,
dancing, riding and swimming. Stage experience
started in school dramatics in which she special-
ized in voice. She came to Hollywood in 1929.
Howard Hughes was looking for a leading lady
to replace Greta Nissen in the revised version of
"Hell's Angels." She underwent tests and won the
role, and went under contract to the Caddo Company;
feminine lea<l in "Hell's Angels" opposite Ben Lyon
and James Hall; "The Saturday Night Kid" (1929)
Paramount; "The Public Enemy" (1931), Warner.
HARMON, JOSEPHINE: Played in Vitaphone No.
1044. "Harmonizing Songs."
„ HARRINGTON SISTERS: Played in Vitaphone No.
22G2.
HARRIS. MARCIA: r. n. Marcia Harris Burnett-
b. Providence, R. I.. February 14 ; h. 5 feet 8 inches-
dark hair and eyes; w. 135 pounds; p. Marv Pervear
and George Hill, non-professionals; e. Providence higli
school and by private tutor: not married: hv. writing
poetry and bridge. Stage experience in "The Little
Teacher." "39 East" and in musical comedy. Scrten
experience "The King on Main Street." "The Fighting
Blade." "Orphans of the Storm." "Dream Street."
"Isn't Life Wonderful." ' Sorrows of Satan." "Broth-
erly Love." "Saturday's Children" and "The Found-
ling." "The Greene Murder Case (1929). Paramount.
HARRIS. MARION: Appeared in "Devil Mav Care"
(1930), MOM.
HARRIS. MILDRED: b. Cheyenne. Wyo.. November
29. 1902; e. public schools and convent in Los Angeles
specializing in English. French and voice: h. 5 feet
4V6 inches; w. US pounds; dark blue eves, blond
hair: div. Charles Chaplin: m. Everett Terence Mr-
Govern. Entered pictures at nine years of age; played
in "Fools' Paradise," "Price of a Good Time " "Lin-
gerie." "Melody of Love." "Heart of a Follies Girl "
"Power of the Press" (1929). Betty in "No \'n Nan-
nette" (1930). First National: "Hanch House Blues"
(1930). Pathe; Bodes Comedies; Bunnv in "Side
Street." Radio.
HARRIS. WINIFRED: Appeared in "Tile Love Doc-
tor (1929). Paramount.
HARRISON IRMA A.: Appeared in "Alibi" (19291
United Artists; "Vengeance" (1930), Columbia.
nf?7o,RTr. ,1LA,?YS: '•Knrber-s College"
(1929). Pathe-Gcorge LeMa ire's Comedies.
HART. SUNSHINE: b. Indianapolis. Ind.. Julv 5
18*0; h. 5 feet 0% inches; auburn hair and riazei
brown eyes: w. 245 pounds; p. Marv Froman and James
Adams, non-professionals; e. Indiana high schools and
has had nine years' stage training; m. and div - th-
reading. Sewn years in stock with John Hnlden com-
pany, one year with Sbubert shows. Indiana: and one
year in vaudeville. Fifteen years' screen experience:
started in New York; appeared in "The Master Mind"
"White Moll." "The Tiger Club." taking the part of
Polly; In "The Bed Mill." part of Lovey Marv and
"The Student I'rinre": three and one-haif years with
Jack White productions : fire with Mack Sennett; ap-
peared in two Movietones: in "The Man in Hobbles"
"My Best Girl." "Sound Your A's." "The Bride's
Relations."
HARTMAN. GRETCHEN: r. n. Mrs. A'an Hale: by
Chicago. 111.. August 28: h. 5 feet fi inches: brown hair
and eyes; w. 135 pounds: e. private tutor: m. Alan
Hale, professional: hy. horseback riding and tennis.
Stage experience in "Mary' Jane's Pa": with Ben
Brest's Shakespearean Players the part of Cozette in
"Las Miserable*" in repertoire, and in the musical
comedy "Sweethearts." Screen experience of three years
with tin- old Biograph company, having appeared in
"Lea Miserables." "She Goes to War." "Time. Place
and the Girl."
HARVEY. LILLIAN: "Love Waltz" and "When You
Give Y'our Heart Away." Ufa.
HASBROUCK. OLIVE: b. Lewlston, Idaho, January
3. 1907; h. 5 feet 3 inches: red hair and hazel eves;
w. 107 pounds; p. Layd.a Pengre and V. W. Hashrou k.
professionals; e. Hollywood high school; hy. riding,
reading and tennis. Stage experience in vnudevil'e for
about one year: and six years screen experience with
roles in "The Cohens and Kellys." "The Flying Cow-
boy" and "Clear the Deck" for Universal: "Thou Sh-ilt
Not Kill." "The Charge of the QauehOS," "The Sham-
rock and the Rose." First Natonal
HAUSER. BABE: Played in Vitaphone No. 904.
"Blue Streaks of Rhvthm."
HAVER. PHYLLIS: h. Douglas. Kan.; h. 5 feet
414 inches; blond hair and bliK' eyes; w. 124 pounds;
e. Manual Arts high school, Los Angeles: m. William
Seeman. non-professional. April 24. 1929: bathing
beauty on Mack Sennett lot for one year, graduating
to feature comedienne and played comedy feature roles
for two years. In the past two years she has ap-
peared in four Paramount productions, making her
greatest hit in William DeMille's "New Rrooms" ; two
pictures with Marie Prevost at Warners; then signed a
long term contract to Metropolitan pictures, plaving in
"Up in Mabel's Room." "The Nervous Wreck." "No
Control." "The Little Adventuress" and "The Rejuvena-
tion of Aunt Marv " One of her most successful roles
was that of Shanghai Mabel in "What Price Glory" for
Fox. Under DeMille's contract she played featured
leads in "The Wise Wife" anil "The Fighting Eagle":
then starred in "Chicago" as Roxie Hart. Her next
vehicle was "Tenth Avenue." after which she was
loaned to United Artists to play a featured role in
"The Battle of the Sexes" for D. W. Griffith. Her
late pictures for Pathe have been "Sal of Singapore "
"The Shady Lady" and "The Office Scandal." She
was in support of Emil Jannings in "The Way of All
Flesh"; (1929) "Thunder." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer;
"Office Scandal," Pathe.
HAYES, GRACE: Played in "King of Jazz" (1930),
Universal.
HAYNES, MARY: Played in Vitaphone No. 2762,
"The Beauty Shop."
HELLER. ELSA: Played in "The Last Company."
Ufa.
HENDERSON. JEAN: Appeared in "Faces of Chil-
dren" (1929). Zakoro.
HENRY. CHARLOTTE: Plaved in "Harmony at
Home" (1930). Fox; "On Your Back" (1930), Fox.
HENRY, GALE: b. Bear Valley, Cal. ; e. Los An-
geles: h. 5 feet 9 inches: w. 129 pounds; dark hair,
brown eyes. Stage career. Temple Opera Company.
Century theatre, Los Angeles, for three years. Screen
career with Universal for five years starring in one-
reel comedies; began production of own comedies in
1919. Appeared in films for Metro, East Coast. Arrow,
Associated Exhibitors. Chadwick, Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer. Paramount, First National. Educational and
Pathe; latest parts in "Stranded" (Sterling). "Ail
Parts" (MGM) and Mme. Silvara in "Darkened
Rooms" (Par.).
HERRING. AGGIE: b. San Francisco, Cal; e. in
San Francisco: h. 5 feet 4 inches; w. 165 pounds; blue
eyes, red hair: m. Jess Herring. Previous career on
stage, dramatic and vaudeville stock companies. En-
tered pictures in 1914; appeared in "McFadden's
Flats." Mrs. MeGuire in "Broadway Babies" (1929).
Mrs. Haines in "Children of the Ritz" (1929), Mrs.
Dean in "Dark Streets" (1929), Mrs. O'Connor in "In
the Next Room" (1930). Grandmother O'More in
"Smllin' Irish Eyes" (1929). "Kathleen Mavoureen"
and "Do Y'our Duty" (1929). First National.
HI ATT, RUTH : r. n. Ruth Redfern: b. Cripple
Creek. Col.. January 6. 1908; h. 5 feet 3 inches: blond
hair and blue eyes; w. 120 pounds; p. Donna Cook ana
Thomas Redfern. non-professionals; e. San Diego high
school; three months' stage training; not marr.ed; hy.
horseback riding, tennis and swimming. Screen experi-
ence since 1923, appearing in comedies with Lloyd
Hamilton at Educational; starred in Jack White and
Educational, in Harry Landon and Sennett comedies:
featured in "Smith Family" comedies, produced by-
Mack Sennett: the lead with Syd Chaplin in "This
Missing Link," Warner Bros, production; ingenue lead
in "Shanghai Road" with Irene Rich: "Night Work."
Pathe; "Grass Skirts" (1929). "Camera Shy" (1930).
"Honk Y'our Horn" (1930). "Educational -Llnvd Ham-
ilton Talking Comedies: "The Beauties" (1930), Pathe-
Rainbow Comedies: "Carnival Revue" (1930), "Some
Babies" (1930), Pathe- Whoopee Comedies.
HIBBARD: EDNA: Plaved in Vitaphone No. 4097-
98. "An 111 Wind."
HILL. BESSIE: Plaved in "A Royal Flush" (1939).
Pa the- Manhattan Comedies, second series; "Bedheads"
(1930). Pathe-Folly Comedies, first series; "The Beau-
ties" (1930). Pathe-llainbow Coined es.
HILL. DORIS: b. Roswell. N. M„ March 31: h. 5
feet 2H inches; red hair and blue eyes; w. 100 pounds:
p. Mary and William A. Hill, non-professionals; e. Our
Lady of the Lake convent, San Antonio, Texas, St.
Mary's academy, Los Angeles, and received her stage
training in small dancing parts; Ivy. riding and danc-
ing. Screen career cons.sts of roles in "The B tter
'Ole" for Warner Bros.; and in "Avalanche." "Take
Me Home." "Casey at the Bat," "Bough House Rosie."
"Tell It to Sweeney." "Tillie's Punctured Romance."
"Fools for Luck" and "Interference" for Paramount:
(1929) "Darkened Rooms." "Paramount: "The Studio
Murder Case." "Avalanche." "Men Are Like That'
(193H), Paramount; "Sons of the Saddle" (19301.
Universal.
HILL. MAUD: b. St. Louis. Mo.: e. Sacred Heart
Convent. Chicago: h. 5 feet 7 inches: w. 136 pounds:
blue eyes, reddish brown hair. Previous career on
stage. Entered picture business in 1914. Pictures
include: "Blindness of Love." "To Hell With the
Kaiser." "The Sacred Flame." "End of the Road."
■■Tlie Cowardly Way," "Daughter of France." "Puritan
Passions," "Six Cylinder Love." "Thunderclap."
"Lifted Veil." "When Men Desire." "House of Gold."
"Sandra." "A Dangerous Affair." "Blind Alleys,"
"The Headless Horseman."
HILL. THELMA: r. n. Thelma Hillerman: b. Em-
poria, Kan,. December 12. 1906; h. 5 feet 1 inch: brown
hair and eyes: w. WO',2 pounds: p. Gussie Knittel and
Clifford R. Hillerman. non-professionals; e. Salt I>ake
city and Los Angeles high schools; has had a little
stage training but not actual stage experience; hy. ball
playing. Screen experience with Mack Sennett six years
ago appearing in comedies; also in FRO's "Toots and
Casper' series: then in talkies such as "The Old
Barn." "A Finished Actor" and "The Bride's Rein
tions": "The Lunkhead" (1929). "The Golfers" (1929),
Educational-Mack Sennett Talking Pictures; "Two Plus
Fours" (1930). Pathe-Campus Comedies.
HINDS. NINA: Played in Vitaphone No. 2107.
HITTER. JESSIE: Played in "Trying Them Out"
(1930) , Pathe-Cheoker Comedies, first series.
HOBART. ROSE: h. New York City: h. 5 feet 4t4
inches; light brown hair, blue eyes; w. 115 pounds: p.
Marguerite Hobart. professional. Paul Kefer. musician:
e. boarding schools. First stage experience at age of
15 years. First role, child's part in "Cappy Ricks. '
followed by other children's roles in "Liliom" with
Schildkraut and "Lullaby" with Florence Reed. Played
ingenue roles in "What Every Woman Knows." and
work led to leading part in "Crashing Through." Among
recent roles have been "Zeppelin." "Primer for Lov-
ers," "Death Takes a Holiday." Signed Universal con-
tract in April. 1930. Loaned to Fox for lead opposite
Charles Parrel] in "Liliom." Had featured part in
"The Lady Surrenders." Universal.
HOLLYWOOD BEAUTIES: Played in "King of
Jazz" (1930). Universal.
HOLMES. IONE: Appeared in "Jazz Age" (1929).
Radio Pictures.
HOLT. GLORIA: b. Marysville. Mo.. Mav 22. 1912:
e. Hollywood. Cal.; h. 5 feet 4 inches: w. 120 pounds:
hazel eyes, blond hair. Previous career: one season
with Wilkes Stock Company, with Edward Everett
Horton at the Majestic theatre in Los Angeles. En-
tered pictures In 1919; played in "Animated Dust."
"Heart of the Hills," "Women Who Understood,"
"Beckoning Roads." "Lovely Marv.
"Godless Girl," "Walking Back."
"High Hero,"
Appeared in "Faces of
HONYEZ. PI ERRI ETTA :
Children" (1929), Zakoro.
HOPKINS. MIRIAM : b Balnbridge. Ga. ; h. 5 feet;
silver blond hair; w. 100 pounds; m. Austin Parker,
professional ; hy. reading and painting. F.rst stage
experience was in chorus of "The Music Box Revue"
and "The Garrick Gaieties." Has appeared in "Ex-
cess Baggage." "The Camel Through the Needle's
Eye." "Flight" and "Lysistrata. " First screen ap-
pearance in "The Best People"; under contract to
Paramount.
HOPPER. HEDDA: r. n. Elda Furry; b. Hallidays-
burg. Pa., June 2; h. 5 feet 7 inches; brown hair and
green eyes; w. 125 pounds; p. Margaret Miller and
Fred E. Furry, non-professionals: e. Girls Seminary,
Carter's Conservatory of Music, Pittsburgh; m. and div.
Stage experience in New York City in "Be Calm."
"Camilla." "Six Cylinder Love." "The Country Boy"
and "The Quaker Girl." Screen experience covering a
period of 11 years during which time she has appeared
in "Virtuous Wives," "Sherlock Holmes." "Don Juan,"
"Children of Divorce," "Mona Lisa" and "Companion-
ate Marriage": (1929) "Girls Gone Wild." Fox; "His
Glorious Night." "The Last of Mrs Cheyney." Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer; "Half Marriage." Radio Pictures:
"Song of Kentucky," Fox; "Our Blushing Brides"
(1930), MGM; "High Society Blues" (1930), "Such
Men Are Dangerous" (1930). Fox; "Holiday" (1930),
Pathe; Vitaphone No. 2563-4, "Giving In."
HORN. CAMILLA: b. Frankfort-on-Main. Germany,
April 25. 1908; h. 5 feet 5 inches: blond hair and
hazel eyes: w. 120 pounds; p. Martha Bigler and
Wilhelm Horn, non-professionals: e. Frankfort, Ger-
many, and in Switzerland; m. Klaus Geerz, non-pro-
fessional; hy. hiking, swimming and gymnastics. Start-
ed her career as a dancer on the stage: later applied
for a job in Berlin studio and was hired as a bit
player. Pictures in which she has appeared are
"Faust" (Mumau) and "Happy Vineyard" (Fleck) in
Germany: and "Tempest" with John Barrymore. and
"King of the Mountains." also with John Barrymore,
for United Artists; "Eternal Love" (1929), United
Artists.
HORTON, CLARA: b. Brooklyn. N. Y. ; h. 5 feet
2 inches: blond hair and blue eyes; w. 110 pounds:
p. Gertrude Wilcox and Roy Horton. non-professionals;
e. private school in Los Angeles; m. Hvman Brand,
non-profess:onal : hy. horseback riding. No stage ex-
perience. Screen exix-rience since 1919 and has ap-
peared in "The Fortune Hunter" with Syd Chaplin for
Warner Bros. ; in Westerns with the late Fred Thom-
son at FBO; in "The Girl from Outside" for Gold-
wyn: and in a series with George O'Hara at Radio
Pictures.
HOUSTON. JOSEPHINE: Appeared in "On With
the Show" (1929), Warner Bros.
HOWARD. CONSTANCE: Appeared in "Mother
Machree" (1929), Fox.
HOWARD. ESTHER: Vitaphone No. 416S. "Twixt
Love anil Duty." No. 4240. "Who's the Boss." No.
4285, "Ship Ahoy." No. 42S0, "The Victim," No.
4249, "The Woman Tamer."
HOWARD. GERTRUDE: b. Hot Springs. Ark.. Oct.
13. 1892; e. Wilberforce University, specializing in
nursing; h. 5 feet 4!4 inches; w. 195 pounds: black
eyes, black hair; hy. all outdoor sports. Entered pic-
ture business in 1914 through persuasion of friends;
has plaved in "Magnolia." Sis Emmy in "Hearts in
Dixie" (19291. Fox: Lavoris Smvthe in "His Captive
Woman" (1929). First National. "Synthetic Sin"
(1929) . First National: "Mississippi Gambler" (1929).
Universal; Queenie in "Show Boat." Universal: "On
Y'our Toes." Universal; "Guilty" (1930), Columbia.
HOWARD. LORRAINE: Played in Vitaphone No.
902. Wedding Bells."
HOWARD. MARTHA: Played in "Conspiracy"
(1930) , Radio Pictures.
HOWARD. PEGGY: b. Paola. Kan.: h. 5 feet 2
inches: brown hair and gray-blue eyes; w. 104 pounds;
e. Imperial Valley high school, from which she was
graduated four years ago; not married: hy. dancing,
swimming, motoring and horseback riding. Entered
pictures at Chadwick studios in 1928.
HOWE. ANN: Played in Vitaphone No. 2757. "Fair
Days." No. 2758. "The Wild Westerner."
HOWELL. LOTTICE: b. Bowling Green. Ky. ; h. 5
feet 4 inches; dark hair and gray eyes: w. 115 pounds:
p. Clara and J. E. Howell: e Bowling Green high school
and Woman's College at Montgomery. Ala. ; not mar-
ried: hv. reading, riding. Had stage experience in the
American Opera Company (Mozart Operas). "Barbara
Fiietchie." Deep River Music Box Revue, and Roxy's
OaiiL;. In 1929 appeared in "Flower Garden." a short
subject, directed by Marty Brooks, and "Free and
Easy." Buster Keaton production; in 1930 "In Gay-
Madrid. " with Ramon Novarro. all for MGM.
HOWLAND. JOBYNA: b. Indianapolis. Ind.; h. fi
feet; w. 160 pounds; e. Denver. Col. Professional
career started when she was quite young. Has appeared
with many wellknown comedians on the stage. Al Jol-
son, Eddie Cantor and many others. Originated char-
acter of Mabel in "Gold Diggers." starred in "The
Texas Nightingale." and plaved two seasons in "Kid
Boots" in London. Has appeared in such pictures as
■Honey" (1930). for Paramount: "Dixiana" (1930).
Radio Pictures, and later in "Hook. Line and Sinker."
with Wheeler and Woolsey.
HUBERT. MYRA: Plaved in "Eyes of the World"
(1930), United Artists.
HULETTE. GLADYS: Appeared in "Life's Cross-
roads" (1929). Excellent.
HUME, BENITA: Plaved in "High Treason." Tif-
fany; "The Lady of the Lake" (1930). FitzPatrick.
HUME. MARGARET: Appeared in "The Scarlet
Devil" and "The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimiiemel"
(1929). World Wide.
HUMPHREY. ORROL: Plaved in "In Old Califor-
nia" (1930), Audible Pictures.
HUNT, ELEANOR: b. New York City: e. in New
York City: h. 5 feet 4% inches: w. 116 pounds; red
hair, blue eyes. On the New Y'ork stage with Ziegfeld
and with Four Marx Brothers. Brought to the coast
by George M. Cohan to play lead opposite Eddie Cantor
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in film version of "Whoopee" (Samuel Goldwyn). Then
signed by Al Chriitie to appear with Bert Roach in
vehicles for Educational-Christie.
HUNT. MADGE: b. New York City: h. 5 feet 5
inches: brown hair and gray eyes: w. 161 pounds: p.
Annie and James Clark, non-professionals: e. private
teachers; was married to William Hunt, actor and
director on stage: hy. interior decorating and horti-
culture. Stage experience in the East with Robert
Mantell in Shakespearean roles and repertoire; in
"Light of Other Days"; in vaudeville and stock; and
a member of Beverly Hills Community Players. Twentv
years screen experience with the old Reliance company
in New York; with Universal; in "Sins of the Fa-
thers"; in Harold Lloyd pictures: and in "Our Gang"
comedies. Also appeared in "Heart Trouble" with
Harry Langdon: in "Fiddlesticks." "Lorna Doon."
"The Texas Steer." with Will Rogers; "Show Boat";
in the Messenger Boy series, the "Go Getter" series:
and in ' "The Heart of Maryland." "Reputation."
"Queen Kelly."
HUTCHINSON. MARY : Played in "Pick 'Em Young"
(1930). Pathe-Melody Comedies, first series
HYAMS. LEILA: b. New York City. Mav 1; h 5
feet 4*4 inches; blond hair and green eyes; w. i20
pounds: p. Leila Mclntyre and John Hvams; e. Clarks
School and Alenn School in New York City; not mar-
ried; hy. swimming and tennis. On the stage with par-
ents for five years in vaudeville and toured with Wil-
liam Collier. Sr.. in a stage play. Screen experience
began in 1925 and she has appeared in the following:
■Alias Jimmy Valentine." "Crimson City." "White
Pants Willie." "One Round Hogan." "The Wizard "
^Horror Bound." "The Kick Off." "Our Dancing
Daughters." "The Summer Bachelor." "The Brute •
"Forego.ng Age." "Bushleaguer." "Branded Som-
brero." "Land of the Silver Fox." "The Far Call "
"Idle Rich," "Wonder of Women." "Masquerade"
"Spite Marriage." "Thirteenth Chair." "Fresh from
College"; under contract to MGM; "Their Own De-
sire" (19291. MGM: "Father's Day" (1929) MGM ■
and in 1930 in ' The Big House." "The Bishop Mur-
der Case." "The Girl Said No." "The Richest Man
m the World." MGM: "Flirting Widow." "Sweethearts
and Wives." First National: Sins of the Children"
'1930). MGM.
HYMAN. LELIA: Appeared in "Hurricane" (1929)
Columbia.
HYSON. ROBERTA: b. Dallas. Texas. March 27.
1905; e. Los Angeles grammar schools and Manual
Arts high: h. 5 feet 3 inches: w. 122 pounds: hy
bathing and dancing; m. George Hvson. professional
Previous career: cabaret singer and dancer at Vernon
Country Club. Plantation. Sebastian's Cotton Club
Moulin Rouge. Tavern Club in Los Angeles. Entered
pictures in 1928 when Al Cohn saw her dancing and
thought that she would be good for Octavus Roy
Cohen pictures, then getting ready to shoot at Christie-
has played in "The Melancholy Dame." "Music Hath
Harms." "Framing of the Shrew." "Oft in the Silly
Night." "Dadv Fare."
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INGENUES. THE: Played in Vitaphone No. 2572
and No. 2573.
IRVING. MARY JANE: b. Columbia. S. C. October
2(1. 1913; h. 5 feet 5 inches: light brown hair and dark
blue eyes: w. 98 pounds; p. Louise Irving, non-prof -
fessional; e. Hollywood high school: not married: hy.
most sports and dancing. Stage experience at school
Began films at two years of age with Wi'liam S. Hart
in ' Square Dead Man." and has appeared in the
following: "Godless Girl." "Splendid Road." "The
Cradles." ' Shamrock Handicap" and 1929 for Fox in
"I Hear You Calling Me": freelance player.
IVES. CHRISTIANE: Played in "They Had to See
Paris" (1929). Fox.
J
JACKSON. ETHEL M. : b. New York City. Febru-
ruary 4. 1911: h. 5 feet 3 inches; dark brown hair and
hazel eyes; w. 120 pounds; p. Ethel M. and Herbert R.
Jackson, non-professionals; e. private tutors since g-am-
mar school: received her stage training at the Wallis
Dramatic School; not married: hv. tennis, writini:
poetry and dancing Played in Wallis Dramatic School
productions; danced in Fanchon and Marco act in Los
Angeles theatres: played lead in "Kempy" for Beverly
Hills Community players under the direction of A.
Leslie Pearce in May. 192S. and also played in other
Community Theatre plays. Played minor parts for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for one and one-half years; then
given featured part in Norma Shearer's "Latest from
Paris"; with D. W. Griffith's "Drums of Love." in
which she played eight minor roles: thence to Fox
studios, where she played lead in "Up the Hill and
Down." a two-reel novelty directed by Dwight Cum-
min gs.
JACKSON. MARY ANN: b. Los Angeles. Cat.. Jan.
14. 1923: h. 42 -riches; reddisn brown hair and grav
blue eyes: w. 42 pounds; p. Charlotte and Ephraim
Jackson, non- professionals; hy. painting; appeared in
Mack S»nnett's 'Smith Family" comedies, being with
him for two and one-half years, during which time she
made 31 comedies. Also appeared in "When Greek
Meets Greek" for Pint National. Following this she
was under contract with Hal Roach, playing in all "Our
Gang" comedies. Then on tour with "Our Gang."
JANIS. DOROTHY: r. n. Dorothv Penelope Jones: b.
Dallas. Texas. February 19. 1910; h. 5 feet 11 inches:
dfrk brown hair and eves- w 94 pounds; p. Penelope
Mann and the late Fred Hunter Jones, non-profes-
sionals; e lunior and senior high schools. Ft. Worth.
Texas, and Hockaday Girls' S-hool. Dallas. Texas, and
the Elizabeth King School of Dancing. Ft. Worth.
Texas: hy. music and dancing and very fond of eld
or unusual Jewelry'- No stage experience. Two years
screen experience consists of the lead in "Fleetwlng"
for Fox: the Indian girl In "Kit Carson" with Fred
Thomson: lead in "Humming Wires" for Metro-Gild-
Wyn- Mayer. Now playing the lead in "The Pagan"
with Ramon Novarro for Metro-Go'divvn-Mavcr: "The
Overland Te'egraph" (1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer;
"Lummox" (1930). United Artists.
JANIS. ELSIE: React career: musical comedy, vaude-
ville. Entered motion pictures as actresa and to write.
Wrote original story for "Close Harmony." in which
Buddy Rogers and Nancy Carroll starred for Para-
mount. Also appearing in Vitaphone shorts for Warner
Bros.
JENSEN, EULALIE: b. St. Louis, Mo.; h. 5 feet
8 inches; dark brown hair and eyes; w. 155 pounds;
e. Loretta academy, St. Louis, Mo., and college in
Oxford. O. ; hy. outdoor sports, batiking and paint-
ing. Stage experience includes "L'Aiglon" and musi-
cal comedy. Screen experience includes roles in "Wine
of Youth," "Thundering Herd." "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
"Freckles," "Mother Machree," "She Goes to War."
"Baggage Smashers." ' Eyes of the World" (1930),
United Artists.
JIM INEZ. SOLEDAD: b. Santander. Spain, Feb. 28.
1874; h. 5 feet 5 inches; brown and gray hair and hazel
eyes; w. 148 pounds; e. in convents; married; hy. bull
fighting. Has been in pictures nineteen " years. First
appearance was in "The Mission Play." directed by
Raoul Walsh. Has appeared in such pictures as "The
Cock-Eyed World," 'Arizona Kid" (1930). "Romance
of the Rio Grande" (1929). Fox; "The Texan." "Captain
Thunder." - Billy the Kid." "Devil Among Women."
JOHNSON. CARM ENCITA : Appeared in 1929 in
"Blue Skyes," Fox; "Wonder of Women." Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer.
JOHNSON, DOLORES: Appeared in "Strong Boy"
(1929) . Fox.
JOHNSON. HELEN: b. New York City; h. 5 feet 5
inches; blond ha^ *nd green eyes: w. 120 pounds; p.
Margaret Keough and Merle Johnson, non-professionals:
e. Flushing high school and Skidmore College: hy. art
in aU its forms aad manifestations, old books. Stage
experience consists of repertory with New Playwrights.
1928. and vaudjvlle with Sessue Hayakawa in 1930.
Has appeared in such pictures as "Children of Pleas-
ure." the part of Pat; "The Divorcee," part of Dorothy,
for MGM; Helen in "Soldiers and Women" for Co-
lumbia, and "Sin Takes a Holiday," Pathe.
JOHNSON. KAY: b. Mt. Vernon, N. Y.; e. Drew
and American Academy of Dramatic Arts; h. 5 feet
4 inches; blond hair, blue eyes; hy. tennis, riding,
swimming, piano playing; m. John Cromwell. Previous
career on the stage in such outstanding successes as
"R. U. R.." "Beggar on Horseback." "The Free
Soul." "All Dressed Up." "The Little Accident."
"The Silver Cord." Was signed by Cecil DeMille for
leading role in "Dynamite" on account of her work
in the last named play; played Cynthia Crothers in
"Dynamite." Victoria in "This Mad World." Dorothy
Daley in "The Ship From Shanghai."
JOHNSON. PAULINE: English actress. First Amer-
ican appearance in "Would You Believe It" (1930). Big
4 Corp.
JOHNSTON, JULANNE: b. Indianapolis. Ind.. 1900;
e. Hollywood School for Girls; h. 5 feet 6 inches; w.
120 pounds; brown hair, gray eyes. Stage career:
solo dancer with Ruth St. Denis. Keith Circuit, own
dancing act on Pantages Circuit. Screen career. "Good
Time Charlie." Warner; "Her Wild Oat." "The Whip
Woman." Constance Appleton in "Oh. Kay," "The
Younger Generation" (1929), Columbia; Lenke in
"Prisoners" (1929), First National; Goldie Devere in
"Smiling Irish Eves" (1929), First National; Aimee in
"Strictly Modern" (1930), First National: "Name the
Woman." Columbia: Court Ladv in "General Crack."
Warner: "Way of All Men" (1930). First National:
"Golden Dawn" (1930). Warner Bros.
JONES. 3EULAH HALL: r. n. Beulah H. Wyndon :
b. San Antonio. Texas. July 28. 1899; h. 5 feet 7
inches; dark -irown hair and brown eyes; w. 135 pounds;
P. Mattie Lott ai:d James Hall, non-professionals; c.
Manual Arts high school; m. Dr. E. E. Wyndon: hy.
tennis and dancing. Screen experience: "Volcano"
(Laskv). in 1923: "Black Narcissus" 11929). "High
Tone." Pathe; "Cameo Kirby" (1930). "Up the River"
(1930) . Fox.
JORDAN. DOROTHY: b. Clarksville. Tenn., August
9. 1910; h. 5 feet 2 inches; brown hair and blue eyes:
w. 102 pounds; p. Theresa Harrison. Edward Peter
Jordan, non-professionals: e. Clarksville high school.
Southwestern university of Memphis. Tenn.. and Ameri-
can Academy of Dramatic Art in New York City; not
married: hy. reading and horseback riding. Stage ex-
perience, dance and ballets in New York City. Ap-
peared in the following stage productions: "Garrick
Gaieties." "Twinkle. Twinkle." "Funny Face." "Treas-
ure Girl." and Theatre Guild productions. Screen
experience, appeared in "Taming of the Shrew." role
of Bianca. "Black Magic." and for Fox. "Fox Movie-
tone Follies." and for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. "Devil
May Care" and "The House of Troy": under con-
tract to Metro-Go'.dwvn-Maver: "In Gay Madrid"
(1930). "The Singer of Seville." "Call of the Flesh"
(1930). MGM.
JOY. LEATRICE: r. n. L atrice Joy Zeidler: b. New
Orleans. La.; h. 5 feet 2 inches: black hair and dark
brown eyes: w. 125 pounds; p. Dr. and Mrs. Edward
Joseph Z?idler. non-professionaLs ; e. Sacred Heart acad-
emy in New Orleans: m. and div. John Gilbert, profes-
sional : hy. her work and baby. Stag;? experience in
stock for about six months in San Diego. Screen experi-
ence in various roles in such pictures as "Manslaugh-
ter" and "The Ten commandments" for Cecil B. De-
Mille; also in "Java Head." "The Blue Danube" and
"Man Made Woman": (1929) "A Most Immoral Lady."
First National; "Strong Boy." Fox; "The Bellamy
Trial." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
JOYCE. ALIC£: b. Kansas City. Mo.: h. 5 feet 7
inches: dark bravo hair and hazel eyes; w. 122 pounds:
e. public schools of Kansas City and Annandale. Pa.;
married and has two children: hy. traveling, walking
and golf. First s-reen appearances in "The Lion and
the Mouse." »:id "Th» Battle Cry of War " for Vita-
graph: also with Kalem and Distinctive-Go:dwyn.
Later appeared in "S'ella Dallas." "Sorrell and Son."
United Artists: "Dan-ing Mothers." "Beau Geste."
"The Ace of Cads." "So's Your Old Man." Paramount:
"The Noose." First National; "13 Washington Square."
Universal; -"The Small" (193M), First National: "Song
o' My Heart." Fox: "He Knew Women" (1930). "The
Midnight Mvsterv" (19.30). Radio Pictures; "The
(Ire n Goddess" (1930). Warner Bros.
JOYCE. NATALIE: 1). New York City: h. 5 feet
5 inches: w. 120 pounds; black hair, dark brown eyes.
Otief career: Educational shorts. Fox. "Daredevil's
Reward." "A Girl in Ev rv Tort." Fox: "Naughty
Bahv" (1929). First National: "I'als of the Prairie."
FBO: "Times Square" (1929). Gotham: "Lsuvhing at
Death" 11929). Radio Pictu-cs; Virginia Watkins in
"The Man From Nevada," Syndicate: "Sailor's Holi-
day." Pathe.
JOYZELLE: r. n. Joyzelle Joyner; b. Mt. Pleasant.
Ala.. August 27; h. 5 feet 5 inches; dark brown hair
and dark gray eyes; w. 125 pounds; p. L. Anna Bent-
ley and Francis Joyner, non-professionals: e. private
tutor; not married; hy. collecting funny dolls. Stage
experience of 10 years including six months with West
Coast circuit. Screen experience in "Out of the Past."
"Close Harmony," "Dance Madness." "Moran of the
Marines." "Souvenirs" and "The Bride of the Nile."
"The Black Watch" (1929), Fox; "Prince of
Diamonds" (1930). Columbia.
JUGO. JENNY: Appeared in 1929 in "Loves of
Casanova." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Looping the Loop,"
Paramount.
JUNOD. BETTYE: b. Kansas City. Mo.. June 23.
1911; e. in Kansas City. Mo.; h. 5 feet 1% inches;
w. 100 pounds; brown hair and gray eyes: hy. riding
and swimming. Juvenile entertainer in vaudeville and
on the stage. Entered pictures in 1928 from Ziegfeld
Follies. Pictures are: Babs in "Follow Thru." "Show
Boat" and "Fox Follies."
K
KAGNO. MARCIA: Played in "The Hole in the
Wall" (1929). Paramount.
KAISER. HELEN: 1). Buffalo. New York; blond
hair and blue eyes; not married: hy. dancing, orchids
and earrings. Stage experience in "Rio Rita" and
"Three Cheers." On screen in picture version of
"Rio Rita."
KALLINA. ANNA: Appeared in "Prince and the
Dancer" (1929), World Wide.
KAMI. VIRGINIA: b. Akron. Ohio, July 17: h. 5
feet 3 inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 113 pounds:
p. non-professionals: e. boarding school; m. Edward
Kaminasky. artist; hy. dogs. Stage experience in Lon-
don in "Interference." "Hay Fever." "Farmer's Wife."
"Compromising Daphne"; performed before the king,
queen and princess of Belgium. Screen experience in
"The Life of Chopin" in France.
KANE. BABE: b. Chicago. 111.. April 28. 1909: h. 5
feet 2 inches; black hair and eyes; w. 105 pounds; e.
Chicago. Previous career, dancer in roof gardens and
Balaban and Katz circuit. Entered pictures in 1928.
Screen career: The Dance of Life." Paramount; "The
Great Gabbo." Sono-Art.
KANE. HELEN: b. New York City. First stage ex-
perience in the Four Marx Brothers' revue, where she
played two seasons ; then from one revue to another,
from vaudeville acts to night clubs and from night
clubs to musical comedies. Obtained a part in "A
Night in Spain" in New York, and then at Paul
Ash's suggestion was given an opportunity to display
her talents at the Paramount theatre. New York.
Won instant recognition with her "boop-boopa-doop"
and a pout, between each verse singing "That's My
Weakness Now." and her one week's run developed
into a six weeks' contract. Four days after her open-
ing, she was signed as an exclusive Victor recording
artist and the second week, she had her name in
lights in front of the theatre. She then accepted a
part in "Good Boy." gradually increasing until she
was starred in Boston, after a year with that musical
comedy, she signed a contract with Paramount. Ap-
peared in "Nothing But the Truth" with Richard
Dix. and featured with Nancy Carroll and Jack Oakie
in "Sweetie." Paramount New Show World group; in
"Pointed Heels" (1929). and in 1930 in "Dang-rous
Nan McGrew." "Paramount on Parade."
KANE. MARGIE: "The Great Gabbo" (19291. Sono
Art-World Wide: "Border Romance" (1930). "Sunny
Skies" (1930). Tiffany.
KARENNE. DIANA: Appeared in "Marie Antoin-
ette" (1929). Unusual Photoplays.
KARLOV. SONIA: Appeared in "Lucky in Love"
(1929). Pathe.
KARNELLY. LEILA: b. Moscow. Russia, December
9. 1907 ; e. at private schools in Moscow : h. 5 feet 4
inches; w. 115 pounds: blond hair, blue eyes; hy. tennis,
polo, dancing. Has been on the stage. Entered pic-
tures in 1929; while with Edward Everett Horton in
"The Swan" she was asked to work in a picture:
played the role of Olga in "The Cockeyed World." also
in "Married in Hollywood." Fox. and recently in
"Her Man" for Pathe.
KECKLEY. JANE: b. Charleston. S. C; e. Charles-
ton and Georgia, specializing in history; h. 5 feet
6 inches, w. 145 pounds; dark brown hair, blue eyes:
hy. motoring and golf. Previous career: on stage
for 10 years. Entered pictures in 1910; played in
"Country Doctor." "Angel of Broadway." "Craig's
Wife." "Noisy Neighbors." "Auntie Austin." "Walk-
ing Back." Aunt in "Detectives Wanted." Fox: "Dyna-
mite," MGM: "Object Alimony" (1929). Columbia.
KEELER. MARGUERITE: Played in Vitaphone No.
961. "Money. Money. Money."
KEENER. SUZANNE: Played in "Love at First
Sight" (1930). Chesterfield.
KEITH. JANE: b. Kansas City. Mo.: h. 5 feet 2H
inches; blond hair and blue eyes: w. 115 pounds: e.
public and high schools of Michigan City. Ind. two
years at University of Chicago; not married: hy. writing
short stories, horseback riding. First screen experience
in 1929. a small role in "Paramount on Parade." fol-
lowed by second lead in "The Floradora Girl." MGM :
then as a showgirl in United Artist's production of
"Whoopee." Recent pictures are "The Sea Wolf."
sound picture, and "Squadrons."
KEITH. ISABELLE: b. New York City: e. in New
York and Los Angeles, specializing in languages, music,
voice culture: h. 5 feet 6 inches; w. 135 pounds; blond
hair, blue eyes; hy. golf and tennis: m. Richard Well,
writer at Universal Studios. Entered pictures in 1918
with Sennett: played in "Riley the Cop." "Four
Horsemen." "Desert Flower." "Greater Glorv." "Very
Confidential." "Sins of the Fathers." Phoebe O'Dare
in "Barnum Was Right" (19291. Universal. "Their
Perfect Day." Roach: "Anne Against the World"
(1929). Rayart.
KELLER SISTERS: Played in Metro Movietone Act
No. 88.
KELLY. KITTY: b. New York City: e in public
schools and St. Agnes Academy in New York, social-
izing in music, voice and drama learned dancing
and entered musical comedy in Ziegfeld's "Midnight
Frolic." first a chorus girl, then a showgirl, then a
featured a'traction. She also plavcd opposite Hal
Skelly In llainmerstein's show, in "Oak Leaves" with
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Beatrice T.illie and various legitimate stage roles with
Dillingham. Erlanger. William A. Brady and Frank
Craven. Was cast with Irene Rich and other stage
and screen favorites in Radio Pictures' legitimate show
at the Mason Opera House in Los Angeles. "Women
Who Take." and was given a screen test which re-
sulted in a contract with Radio. Her first assignment
was in '"Private Secretary," under the direction of
Melville Brown.
KELLY. NANCY: Appeared in "Girl on the Barge"
(1929) . Universal.
KELTON. PERT: Has appeared as Rosie in "Sally"
(1930) . First National; "Hot Curves" (1930). Tiffany.
KENNEDY. MERNA: b. Kankakee. HI.. 1908: h. 5
feet 2^ inches; bronze titian hair and green eyes; w.
107 pounds: p. Maude Kennedy and John K . non-
professionals; e. in Houston. Texas; not married; hy.
most sports. Stage experience started at the age of
nine when she was doing small parts and singing and
dancing, then with Orpheum circuit. Screen expe-
rience started when Charles Chaplin say her at the
Mason theatre in Los Angeles several years »2o and
gave her a screen test. The result was successful and
she won a role in Chaplin's film "The Circus."
Other films followed, among them being "Broadway."
'3amum Was Right." "Skinner Steps Out" and "Em-
barrassing Moments." for Universal; "King of Jazz"
(1930). Universal.
KENT. BARBARA: b. Gadsby. Alta.. December 16.
h. 5 feet *± inch; brown hair and blue eyes; w.
100 pounds; p. Mr and Mrs. Clowtman. non-pro-
fessionals; e. Hollywood high school: not married: hy.
riding and skating. Entered pictures after winning
title of Miss Hollywood in Santa Cruz and has been in
pictures for four years, appearing in "Stop That Man."
"Now I'll Tell One." "Lonesome." "The Shakedown."
"Welcome Danger" (1929). Paramount; "Night Ride"
(1930). "What Men Want" (1930). Universal; "Dumb-
bells In Ermine" (19301. Warner Bros.
KENYON. DORIS: b. Syracuse. N. T. : h. 5 feet
5 inches: blond hair and blue eyes: w. 125 pounds;
e. in New York City: m. Milton Sills, professional:
hy. tennis. Some stage experience- Has appeared
in the following screen productions: "Valley of Giants."
"Men of Steel." "Ladies at Play." "The Blonde
Saint." "Burning Daylight." "Mismates." "Home
Towners." "Hawks Nest." "Interference." "Thief in
Paradise." "Monsieur Beaucaire" and "Strictly Busi-
ness": freelance player in 1929; "Beau Bandit" (1930).
Radio Pictures.
KERENNE. DIANA: Arieared in "Loves of Casa-
nova" (1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
KERRIGAN. KATHRYN: Played in "Skinner
Steps Out" (1929). Universal.
KING. CARLOTTA: b. Toledo. Ohio; e. in the
East and on the Coast, specializing in English, music
literature, languages; h. 5 feet 1 inches: w. 116
pounds: light auburn hair, hazel eyes: hy. sports,
tennis and riding: m. Sydney King Russell. Previous
career: concert, dramatic stage and vaudeville. Entered
the picture business in 1928 in the leading role of
"The Desert Song" for Warner Bros.
KING. ROSE: Played in Vitaphone No. 1(177. "Tin-
types."
KINGSTON. NATALIE: b. Sonoma. Cal: e. Do-
minican Convent. San Rafael. Cal.. specializing in
literature and history; h. 5 feet 6 inches; w. 126
pounds: golden hair, brown eyes. Previous to the
screen was on the legitimate stage. Entered pictures
in 1921; played in "Street Angel." "Framed." "The
Harvester." "Tarzan the Mighty." Mexico in "The
River of Romance" (1929). Paramount.
KITHNOU: b. Pondichery. Hindustani. India. March
25. 19*14; h. 5 feet 5 inches: dark hair and eyes; w.
120 pounds: e. in France: not married; hy. music,
dancing and horses. French and Asiatic. Has toured
with great success. South America. Italy. Spain and
Egypt in dancing act: also in Paris. During this time
she appeared in several pictures and through Rex In-
gram was given an outstanding part in "Mare Nos-
trum." taking the part of the wife of Antonio Moreno.
Other pictures in which she has appeared are "La
Puissance du Pasaret" with an Italian company:
"Parisette." "L'Orpheline" with Gaumont. and "Kith-
nou." written especially for her in her own ui •»
a story of a young Hindu girl.
KNAPP. EVALYN: b. Kansas City. Kan.: h. 5 feet
4 inches: blond hair and blue eyes: w. \< 5 pounds: p.
S. D. Knapp. non-professional: e. Kansas City high
school and Kansas Junior College: not married: hy.
swimming, horseback riding, reading, ice skating. First
stage experience in high school and college dramatics.
Joined a stock company in Kansas City. Went to New
York, studied elocution, had role in roadshow company
of "The Patsy": played Grace in "Broadway." Upon
return to New York played two roles in Channing Pol-
lock's "Mrs. Moneypenny." Has appeared in 29 short
motion pictures for Warner Bros. Played lead in ' Sin-
ner's Holiday" opposite Grant Withers (1930). Warner
Bros.: lead opposite Charles Bickford in "River's End":
"Mother's Cry" i-nd "Fifty Million Frenchmen." Has
also appeared in "Gentlemen of the Evening" (1929).
"The Tight Squeeze" (1930). Pathe. the late Geo. Le-
Maire's comedies: "Hard Boiled Hampton" (1929).
"Big Time Charlie" (1929). "Love. Honor and Oh
Bibv" (1929). Pathe. Manhattan Comedies: "The
Smooth Guv" 11929). "All Stuck Up" (1930). Pathe
Checker Comedies: "Beach Babies" (1929). "Haunted"
(1929). "Wednesday at the Ritz" (1929) Pathe. Variety
Comedies: "Chills and Fever" (1930). Pathe. Folly
Comedies: "Keeping Company." Vitaphone short. Un-
der contract to Warner Bros.
KNOTT. LYDI A : b. Tyner. Ind. : h. 5 feet 4 inches:
grav hair and blue eves: w 12*1 pounds: e. in Indiana
and Normal School a' Plymouth. Legitimate stage for
manv vears. En'ercd pictures in 1920 Played in
"Woman of Pari" " "Turn tn the Right " "Two
Loves." "Our Dan-ing Daughters." "Guiltv." Columbia.
KNOWLAND. ALICE: Appeared in "Adorable
Cheat" (1929). Chesterfield.
KOCHITZ. NINA: Anpeared in "Lnves of Casa-
nova" 11929). Metro GoMwvn-May r.
KORNMAN MARY: b Hollywood Cal.: is 1« vears
of age: h. 5 fe-t 2 inches: blond hair and blue
eyes: w. 105 pounds: p. Vpma Kornman. non-profes-
sional: e. Beverlv nill« high school. Stage experience
of three years in vaudevill» Screen experience as
feminine lead in Hal Roach's "Our Gang for six
years.
KRAMER. IDA: Appeared in "Abie's Irish Rose"
(19291. Paramount.
KUMMER. CLARE: Played in "Harmony At Home"
(1930). Fox.
KU REN KO. MADAME MARIA: Played in Metro
Movietone Acts No. S7 and No. 100.
L
LA MARR. MARGARET: Appeared in "Red Wine"
(1929). Fox.
LA PLANTE. LAURA: b. St. Louis. Mo.; h. 5
feet 3 inches; blonde hair and blue eyes: w. lis pounds;
e. San Diego high school, and received her stage
training in amateur theatricals; m. William Seiter. di-
rector; hy. reading, sewing and riding. Entered pic-
tures in 1919 for Christie comedies with Neal Bums.
Among her pictures are "Home. James." "Beware of
Widows." "Butterflies in the Rain." "The Cat and the
Canary." "Love Thrill." "Silk Stockings." "Finders
Keepers." "Thanks for the Buggy Ride" and many
others, all for Universal, including "Show Boat." in
1929 in "Scandal." "The Last Warning." "Hold Your
Man": and in "Captain of the Guard" (1930). "The
King of Jazz" (1930). Universal.
LA ROY, RITA: r. n. Ina Stuart: ran away from
her home in Alberta, Canada, after the death of her
father when she was thirteen years old and secured a
minor pan in a stock company where she remained
for three years touring Canada and the Northwest.
After a successful trial at designing clothes she went
to Portland to return to the stage. Her screen ex-
perience has been in such pictures as "Dynamite."
"The Love Trap." "Fashions in Love." and "The
Delightful Rogue." Then she was given a long term
contract with RKO. In 1930 appeared in "Lilies of
the Field." First National: "Conspiracy." Radio Pic-
tures: "Sin Takes a Holiday." Pathe: "Check and
Double Check." "Leathernecking." Radio Pictures.
LA RUE. GRACE: Played in "Listen Lady" (1929).
Columbia. Victor Gems : Vitaphone No. 739.
LA VARNIE. LAURA: r. n. Laura Anderson: b. Jef-
ferson City. Mo.. Mar. 2. 1S53: h. 5 feet 5 inches:
gray hair and light eyes; w. 150 pounds: p. Mary E. and
Curtiss B. Anderson, non-professionals; e. Baptist Col-
lege. Columbia. Mo.: m. Frank La Varnie. professional:
hy. metaphysics snd study of Eastern religions. Has
had 35 years stage experience and has appeared in
"Earls and the Girls." with Shuberts and was with
Eddie Foy for two seasons. She has been in pictures
for 20 years, some of them being: "Kiki" with Mary
Pickford; with Charlie Murray in his first picture:
"Devil's Holiday." with Nancy Carroll"; and "Lum-
mox" for United Artists.
LA VERNE. JANE: r. n. Marv Jane Kutzman: b.
Redlands. Cal.. July 27. 1922: p. Florence Mae Taylor
and Clarence Kutzman. non-professionals: h. 47 1*
inches: light hair and brown eyes: w. 50 pounds: e.
Vine street school, in first grade. Has been in pictures
for over two years, among them "That's My Daddy."
"Imagine My Embarrassment." "Show Boat" and "The
Play Goes On" for Universal: "New Year's Eve" for
Fox: and in Tiffanv-Stahl's "George Washington
Cohen." (19291 "Show Boat." Universal.
LA VERNE. LUCILLE: Stage career: "Sun Up." In
motion pictures DM appeared in "Orphans of the
Storm." "The White Rose." "America." Griffith Pro-
duction: "Zaza." Paramount: "Among the Missing. '
Pathe: "His Darker Self." Hodkinscn: "Sun Up."
Metro; "Abraham Lincoln" 11930). United Artists:
"Sinner's Holiday" d930). Warner Bros.
LAEMMLE. CARLA: r. n. Carla Beth Laemmle: b.
Chicago. IU.. October 20. 1909: h. 5 feet 5 inches: dark
Mue eyes and light hair: w. 109 pounds: e. public
schools in Chicago: hy. horseback riding and hiking.
Studied dancing in Chicago for four years with Professor
Jacobson and entered classes of Ernest Belcher in Los
Angeles. Became one of his star pupils. Then started
lessons in voice culture with Mme. de Zaruba. In 1927
began playing in pictures. Her first work was at Uni-
versal where she played a bit in "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
and other pictures of that period. Getting an oppor-
tunity to appear in principal roles with a light opera
company that was organized about that time, she left
the screen. In this stock company she appeared in
"Sally." "Firefly." "Prince of Pilson." "Nauchty
Marietta," "No. No. Nanette." "WW Flowers." "Me'"
Widow." "Chocolate "old.er." "Aida." "Laokme." and
Carmen." When MGM made its "Hollywood Revu»."
she did a solo dance in it: also, she did a specialty
dance in Universale "King of Jazz." directed by John
Murray Anderson. Appeared in the supporting cast of
"Draeula" and "Seed." for Universal.
LAKE. ALICE: b. Brooklyn. N. Y. : h. 5 feet 2.H
inches: dark brown hair: eyes, one gray and one
brown; w. 108 pound*: p. Carrie Sydney and Emmett
Lake, non-professionals: hy. dancing, swimming and
motion pictures. With Keith-Albee circuit in a one-
act plavlet called "The Bobhed Hair Bandit" and also
the "Magnificent Liar": (1929) "Circumstantial Evi-
dence." Chesterfield: "Twin Beds." First National:
"Frozen Just'ce" (19291. Fox: Vitaphone No. 4200.
"Dining Out."
LAKE. FLORENCE: Appeared in "Through Differ-
ent Eyes" 11929). and "New Year's Eve" (1929). Fox.
LANDIS. JESSIE ROYCE: b. Chicago. DL; e. by
private tutors in music and dramatic art: h. 5 feet
6H inches: w. 132 pounds: reddish brown hair and
dark blue eyes. On the legitimate stage for years as
leading woman with such players as Joseph Schijd-
kraut. Otis Skinner. Ian Keith. Richard Bennett. While
playing with Richard Bennett in "Solid South" he
was contracted by Paramount to make one picture.
"Derelict." with George Bancroft.
LANE. LENITA: Played in Vitaphone No. 1094-95.
"The Compliments of the Season."
LANE. LEONE: b. Boston. Mass.: h. 5 feet 6
inches: black hair and hazel eyes; w. 125 pounds; p.
Hallie M. and Charles T Lane, non-professionals: e.
Brookiine high school, and Brighton Art school. Lon-
don. England: and received stage training in a dancini
act: hv. ten^s. and driving a car. "Three Week
Ends" and "The Cas* of Lena Smith." "The Satur-
day Night Kid" (1929). Paramount.
LANE. LOLA: b. Indianola. Iowa: e. Simpson Col-
lege, specializing in science, music and languages:
h. 5 feet 2 inches: w. 117 pounds: light hair, violet
eyes: hy. tennis. Previous career in vaudeville and
musical comedy. Entered pictures in 1928 after Ben
StolofT. director, discovered her plaving opposite George
Jessel in "The War Song" in New Tork. Pictures
include: Alice Woods in "Speakeasy" (1929). Fox:
"Fox Movietone Follies" (1929); Joan Anders in "Girl
From Havana" (1929). Fox; Marjorie Lorraine in
"Let's Go Places" (1930). Fox.
LANE, NORA: Screen career: "Jesse James." "Kit
Carson." "The Pioneer Scout." "A Night of Mys-
tery." "Marquis Preferred." "Sunset Pass" (1929).
Paramount; "Flying U Ranch." "Texas Tornado."
FBO; "Gun Runner." Tiffany-Stahl: Mary Keiver in
"The Lawless Legion" (1929). First National: Emily
Goodell in "Masked_ Emotions" (1929). Fox: nurse
in "One Hysterical Night" (1929). Universal: "Marquis
Preferred" (1929); "Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic
City" (1929). Universal: Marcia in "Sally" (1930).
First National: "Night Work." Pathe: Emily Parkin-
son in "Lucky Larkin" (1930). Universal; "Rain or
Shine" (1930). Columbia.
LANG. JEANI E: Played in "King of Jazz" (1930).
Universal.
LANGDON. LILLIAN: b. New Jersey. Stage ca-
reer, comic opera, stock. Screen career with Famous
Players. Fine Arts. Vitagraph. United Artists. Uni-
versal. Realart, Robertson- Cole. Fox. American Re-
leasing. First National. Principal Pictures. Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer. Renown. FBO. PDC. Tiffany Produc-
tions: recent pictures: "What Every Girl Should
Know" and "The Cheer Leader."
LANGSNER. CLARA: "Lummox" (1930). United
Artists: "A Perfect Match" (1929). Pathe- Manhattan
Comedies, first series.
LAUREL. JANE: r. n. Helen Cox: b. Houston.
Texas. September 4. 1910: h. 5 feet 3H inches; black
hair and hazel eyes: w. 116 pounds: p. Lady Helen
Brantley and S. R. Cox. non- professionals: e. Central
high school. Houston: received her stage training un-
der Pearl Barber; not married. Screen experience in
Christie comedies: and in First National's "'Children
of the Ritz." and in "Wings" for Paramount.
LAVELLE. KAY: Played in Vitaphone No. 25S9.
"Don't Handle the Goods."
LAVERTY. JEAN: Appeared in 1929 in "Campus
Knights." Chesterfield: "Great Divide." First National;
"Captain Lash" and "Fugitives." Fox.
LAWFORD. BETTY: b. England. 1910; p. Janet
Slater and Emest Lawford. professionals; e. England
and United States: made stage debut in "Henry IV"
at Players Club m New York, later doing excellent
work in "The Lady Lies" at the Little Theatre; ap-
peared in Paramount picture. "Gentlemen of the Press."
"The Night Club." "Return of Sherlock Holmes"
(1929) . "Lucky in Love" (1929). Pathe; " Old English"
(1930) . Warner Bros.
LAWLOR. MARY: Played in "Good News." MGM.
LAWRENCE. GERTRUDE: b. London. England: e.
Convent Sac re Coeur. England, studied dance and
drama under Italia Conti and Judith Espenosa. Made
her first stage experience as a child in "Babes
in the Wood": in 1911 appeared in Reinhardt's "The
Miracle." London, after which she joined the renowned
Repertory theatre. Liverpool: then returned to London
in a principal dancing role in "Fifinolla" which Basil
Dean was then staging. Playing Andre Messager's
"Little Michus" when she attracted the attention of
Leo White, who introduced her to Andre Chariot, in
one of whose revues she eventually visited America.
Leaving Chariot she became a variety artist and toured
the English music halls. In 1921 took the principal
role in Chariot's revue "A to Z" at the Prince of
Wales theatre in London, scoring a huge success and
subsequent starring engagements followed, such as "The
Midnight Follies." "Rats." "Cade" and "London Call-
ing." the latter a Noel Conrad revue. Her first ap-
prarance in America was at the Selwyn theatre in the
1924 Chariot Revue, then again returned to London and
thence to America in the second version of the Chariot
revue which this time journeyed directly to Hollywood
to open at the new El Capitan theatre, after its New
York run had terminated. Then starred in the musi-
cal comedy "Oh Kay" and with "Treasure Girl" in
192S. Upon the completion of this engagement she
signed a contract to appear in Paramount pictures,
her first being "The Battle of Paris."
LAYE. EVELYN: b. London. England. July 10. 1900:
p. Gilbert and Evelyn Froud Lave: e. Folkstone College
and Brighton: received her first stage experience at the
age of two when with her mother she appeared in one
of the scenes of "Charley's Aunt." When fifteen she
obtained her first engagement, a minor role in "Mr.
Wu." Then followed "Honi Soit." "Oh Caesar."
"Goody Two Shoes." "The Beaurv Spot." "Going Up."
"The Kiss Call." "The Shop Girl." "Nightie Night."
"Mary." "Fun -f the Fayre." In Slay. 1923. she
scored a success in a revival of "The Merry Widow."
and later appeared in "'Madame Pompadour" and "The
Dollar Princess." From 192<"> to 1928 she had such
parts as Molly Shine in "Merely Molly." Princess
Elaine in "Princess Charming." Lili in "'Lilac Time"
and George Ann Bellamy in "Blue Eyes." In 1929
when appearing in "The New Moon" at the Dniry Lane
Theatre. Samuel Goldwyn saw her and engaged her to
appear in an American film. In the same vear sh»
scored an immediate success in the leading role of
"Bitter Sweet" on the stage at the Ziegfeld theatre. She
is at present under contract to Samuel Goldwyn.
LE CLAIR. BLANCHE: Appeared in "Jealousy"
(1929) . Paramount.
LeMONT. CONNIE: Plaved in "Call of the West"
(1930) . Columbia.
LE NARR. ADELE: Played in Vitaphone No. 611.
LEE. DIXIE: r.n. Wilma Wyatt: b. Harriman.
Tenn.. November 4. 1911: e. in New Orleans and Chi-
cago: h. 5 feet 3 inches: w. 115 pounds: blond hair,
brown eyes: m. "Bing" Crosby of Gus Amheim's B*nd:
hy. horseback riding and tennis. On the New York
stace in "Good News." Entered motion cicures in
1929. Pictures include: "Fox Follies of 1929" Head
in the fashion number). "Happy Days" (lead in "Crazy
Feet" number). "Cheer Up and Smile." "The Big
Party." "Let's Go Places." "Whv Leave Home." Fox:
and in 1930 in "Harmony at Home." Fox.
LEE. DOROTHY: r. n. Marjorie SDUsap: b. Los An-
geles California. May 23. 1911: h. 5 feet 1 inch:
light brown hair and dark brown eyes: w. 95 pounds:
p. Bess Kmg and Homer Millsap non-professionals:
e. V*r«n. Jr. high school and the Los Angeles Coach-
ing School: not married: hy. collecting toy dogs and
playing ping pong. Has had no stage experience.
S~reen r*l°ases: "Svncoiation." "R;o Rita." "Dixl-
ana" (1930). "Half Shot at Sunrise" (1930). Radio
Pictures.
LEE. FRANCES: r. n. Mto Tibb»tts: b. Eagle
Gr"ve. Iowa. May 5 19AS: h. 5 feet: light brown hair
and blue eyes: w. 9<s pounds: e. University of Minne-
sota. Minneapolis, and received her stage training at
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Miss Noble's School of Dancing. Minneapolis: hy.
horseback riding, dancing and swimming. Stage ex-
perience in a dance act with Billy Dooley on the
Orpheum Circuit. Signed by Christie in 1925 for
leads. Has appeared in such pictures as "Chicken a
la King" and "The Little Snob." for Fox; "The
Carnation Kid" for Chrisfie; and in "Confessions of
a Chorus Girl" series, also Christie: (1929) "Divorce
Made Easy." Paramount; "Song of Songs," Warner
Bros.; "Adam's Eve." "Marching to Georgie," Para-
mount-Christie Talking Plays; "Down with Husbands"
(1930); "The Stronger Sex" (1930).
LEE. GWEN: r. n. Gwendolyn LePinski; b. Novem-
ber 12. 1904. Hastings. Neb.; h. 5 feet 614 inches;
blonde hair and blue eyes; w. 127 pounds; p. Mary E.
Kennedy, non-professional; e. Brownell Hall, and re-
ceived stage training at Omaha. Neb. : hy. art, danc-
ing, music, swimming and working: one year on stage
with Gorhms Follies; has played in such pictures as
"Pretty Ladies," "Twelve Miles Out." "Adam and
Evil." "Diamond Handcuffs," "After Midnight."
"Baby Cyclone." "Lady of Chance" with Norma
Shearer. "Laugh. Clown. Laugh." "Sharpshooters."
"Her Wild Oat." "Orchids and Ermine." "The Duke
Steps Out" and "The Man and the Moment." "Show
Girl"; in 1929 in "Fast Company." Paramount; "Lucky
Boy." Tiffany-Stahl; "Untamed": and in 1930 in
"Chasing Itainbows." "Free and Easy" "Caught
Short" (1930). MGM.
LEE HENRI ETTE: Vitaphone No. 1029. "A Tene-
ment Tangle." No. 998. "Websterian Students."
LEE. JANE: Played in Vitaphone No. 2150.
LEE. JOCELYN: b. Chicago. Screen career started
with PDC and Paramount. "The Love Thrill." Uni-
versal: "Back Stage." Tiffany-Stahl: "Say It With
Diamonds." Chadwick; "Ten Modern Commandments."
"Shanghai Bound." Paramount; "Tile Masked Angel"
First Division; Flora in "No. No. Nanette." "Broad-
way Babies" (1929). Mazie in "Twin Beds" (1929).
"Young Nowheres" (1929). First National; "Drv
Martini" (1929). Fox; Bunny in "The Love Trap,"
Sybil Lullmer in "Marriage Playground" (1929)
Paramount.
LEE. KATHERINE: Played in Vitaphone No. 2150.
LEE. LAURA: b. Brooklyn. N. Y.. July 31. 1910; h.
5 feet 2 inches; brown eyes and blond hair; w. 105
pounds; p. non-professional: e. private schools; made
theatrical debut at age of 12. played role of bov Tarzan
in New York production of "Tarzan and the Apes."
Played Palace in New York with Johnny Doolev. Earl
Carroll signed her to appear with Frank Tinnev in the
Vanities of 1927. Then placed under contract with
Shuberts and appeircd in "Listen Dearie." a musical
comedy: a musical version of "Trilbv"; "Greenwich Vil-
lage Follies." "A Night in Venice." "Broadw.iv
Nights." Last Broadway engagement was Vincent Y'ou-
man's "Great Day." Signed contract for First National
pictures, made screen debut in "Top Speed." Has also
appeared in "Going Wild" (1930), First National.
LEE. LILA: b. New Y'ork City. July. 1905: h. 5 feet
5hi inches: black hair and hazel eyes: w. 118 pounds;
p. Chas. Appel. non- professional; e. private tutors: div.
James Kirkwood, professional; by. swimming, riding and
books. Stage experience began with Gils Edwards.
Screen appearance in the following productions in
(1926): "Broken Hearts" and "New Klondike": (1927)
"One Increasing Purpose." "Million Dollar Mystery."
"Y'ou Can't Beat the Law." "Adorable Cheat." "United
Stat'.s Smith." "Top Sergeant Mulligan." "Just Mar-
ried." "Black Butterflies." "Thundergod." "Bit of
Heaven"; (1929) "Little Wildcat." "Man in Hobbles."
"Queen of Night nubs." "Black Pearl." "Honky
Tonk." "Flight." "Hurdy Gtirdv Man." "Sacred
Flame." "Show of Shows." "Murder Will Out" and
"All the Kings Men"; in "Dark Streets." "Drag."
First National: "Love, Live and Laugh." "The Argyle
Case." Warner Bros. ; in 1930 in "Double Cross
Boads." Fox: "The Unholy Three." MGM : "Those
Who Dance." Warner: "The Gorilla." "Queen of
Main Street." First National.
LEE. MARGARET: r. n. Margaret Lightfoot; b. Fair-
field. Idaho. Mar. 9. 1909; h. 5 feet 1 inch: blond hair
and brown eyes: w. 108 pounds; e. Fairfield and Boise.
Idaho; hy. dancing and riding: was stage dancer. Won
Venus Bathing Beauty Contest. Entered pictures in
June. 1927. First sr reen appearance for MGM in "Bose
Marie." "Love." "Eric the Great." "Keep Laughing."
"Confessions of a Chorus Girl." "Collegians." "Mad
Hour." "Bringing Up Father." "Man. Woman and
Sin." Appeared in 1930 in "Follow Thru" for Para-
mount.
LEE. NORMA: Appeared in "Wise Girls" (1929).
MGM.
LEE. VIRGINIA: Appeared in "Adorable Cheat"
(1929). Chesterfield.
LEIGHTON. LILLIAN: b. Auroraville. Wis.; e.
public schools: h. 5 feet ZVz inches; w. 160 pounds;
brown hair, hazel eyes. Early career, newspaper wo-
man. Stage career: stock, vaudeville. Screen career:
with Selig. Neil Shipman Productions. Metro. First
National. Bockett. Paramount. Goldwyn. United Artists.
Fox. Pathe; "California." "The Fair Co-Ed. " "The
Frontiersman." MGM: "By Whose Hand." Columbia:
Madam Stitch in "The Grand Parade." Pathe.
LEONARD. BARBARA: h. San Francisco. Cal.;
h. 5 feet 2H inches: auburn hair and hazel eves;
w. 108 pounds; p. Doris Famsworth and Charles An-
derson, non-professionals; e. boarding school, also
school in Lausanne. Switzerland, and studied art and
painting at Brera institute in Milan. Italv; not mar-
ried; hy. painting, music, raising canaries, aviation
and languages. First stage role was lead as Mariolaine
Lachcnals in "Pomander Walk." at the Hollywood
Playhouse in 1928. Also ingenue lead as Tessie Sutton
in "Shannons of Broadway" at EI Capitan theatre.
Hollywood. Screen experience as follows: lead in
"Dimples" and featured in "Ladies of the Night Club."
Tiffany-Stahl pictures. Played leads in sevenl Vita-
phone shorts, including "Surprise" and "The Pay
Off." Played opposite Maurice Chevalier in "Para-
mount Revue." also opposite Georges Caroentier for
Warner Bros.; played role of Mitzi in "The Swan"
for United Artists: "The Drake Case" (1929). Uni-
versal: "The Sleeping Porch" (1929). Paramount-
Christie: "Son of the Gods" (1930). First National;
"Monsieur Le Fox" (1930). MGM: Vitaphone No.
3883. "Surprise."
LEONARD. PEARL: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
2107.
LESLIE. DOREE: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 1059.
"Let's Merge."
LESLIE ELINOR: Appeared in "Clear the Decks"
(1929). Universal.
LESLIE. GERTRUDE: b. Detroit. Mich.: e. in Detroit
and at Sacred Heart Convent in Calgary. Alberta.
Can.; h. 5 feet 4 inches; w. 114 pounds: blond hair,
brown eyes. Went to Los Angeles in 1921. First picture
work was with Mary Miles Minter. Since that time has
been under contract to MGM. Warner Bros, and First
National.
LESLIE, LILA: b. 1892. Stage career: stock pro-
ductions. Australia; "Experience" with Elliott, Com-
stoek and Gest, Morosco. Belasco. in "The Boom-
erang." Screen career: early work with Fox. Pathe.
Metro. Vitagraph, Universal, American Releasing Cor-
poration. Robertson-Cole. Pictures include: "The
Huntress." "Why Men Leave Home." "Forever After."
First National; "Black and Blue." "Grandpa's Girl."
"A Fat Chance." "Kid Tricks." "Angel Eyes." "No
Fare." "Navy Beans." Educational; "Being Respect-
able." Warner; "The East Edition." "Skinner's Dress
Suit." Universal; "The First Night." "Getting Gertie's
Garter." "The Secret Studio" and "The Trunk
Mystery." Pathe.
LESLIE. NORMA: "A Royal Flush" (19301. Pathe-
Manhattan Comedies, second series; "America or
Bust" (1930), Pathe-Checker Comedies, second series.
LEWIS. FLO: Played in Vitaphone No. 270S. "Give
Us a Lift."
LEWIS. MARY: b. Hot Springs. Ark. First picture
work was with Al Christie for a short time. Left
Christie to go to New Y'ork and went on the stage and
from there went to Europe to study voice. Has been a
star of the Metropolitan Opera Company and on the
operatic stage in Vienna. Monte Carlo. London and
America. Signed a film contract with Pathe for two
pictures, and appealed in Vitaphone shorts.
LEWIS. VERA: b. New York City; e. Normal Col-
lege. New Y'ork; h. 5 feet 8 inches; w. 154 pounds:
blond hair, blue eyes; hy. motoring. Previous career
on the stage; original "Mme. Sans Gene" with Julia
Marlowe. James K. Hackett; in stock in the East
and in Los Angeles. Entered pictures in 1914. follow-
ing footsteps of her husband. Ralph Lewis; played
in "Intolerance," "Peg o' My Heart." "Long Live
the King." "Resurrection." "Ramona." Mme Peronne
in "The Iron Mask" (1929). United Artists; Mrs.
Calhoun in "The Home Towners," Warner.
LEY. GRITA: Appeared in "Berlin After Dark"
(1929). World-Wide.
LI DWELL. WANNA: b. New York City. March 11.
1912: h. 5 feet 6 inches: blonde hair and blue eyes;
w. 130 pounds; p. Josephine Brown and John Lidwell.
professionals; e. in France: not married; hy. tennis,
bridge, reading, dogs, horses and drawing. Stage ex-
perience includes ingenue leads and small parts in
the following productions: "As Y'ou Like It." ".Tuette."
and "L Homme Grise." in England and "The Old
Shoe." at the Egan theatre in Los Angeles. She went
to Hollywood and entered pictures in the latter part
of 1929. Film appearances include: "The Shanghai
Lady." role of the French girl, for Universal, and
"The Man." in the role of the English girl, for War-
ner Bros. Freelance Player.
LIGETTI. JULI: Played in "Melody of Hearts."
Ufa.
LIGHTNER. WINNIE: Appeared in 1929 in "She
Couldn't Say No"; "Song of Songs." "Gold Diggers
of Broadway" (1929); in 1930 in "Hold Everything."
"The Life of the Party." Warner Bros.; Vitaphone
No. 2391. No. 2592.
LILLIE. BEATRICE: h. Toronto. Can. : e. in a Toronto
convent and at St. Agnes College. Belleville, Can. Went
to England and Mted to go on stage, but was unsuccess-
ful for a number of years. Finally signed a three year
contract and has since become one of the outstanding
stars of the stage on both sides of the Atlantic. Pic-
tures include "Exit Smiling." MGM: and a short
made at the William Fox Studios in New Y'ork. and a
Fox Movietone.
LINCOLN. CARYL: Was Wampus Baby film star
in 1929; m. George Brown, publicity man.
LIVINGSTON, MARGARET: b. Salt Lake City.
Utah. November 25. 1902; h. 5 feet 3 inches: auburn
hair and brown eyes; w. 116 pounds; p. Edith Frome
and John Livingston. non-profts«ionals; e. West Side
high school: no stage training: not married; hy. danc-
ing and riding. Screen experience of three years with
Thomas H. Ince company, appearing in "Lying Lips."
"Water, Water, Everywhere." "House of a Thousand
Candles." "Chorus Lady." "Wandering Husbands"
and "The Busher": then under contract to Fox for two
years during which time she appeared in "Havoc."
"The Best People." "Sunrise" and "Slaves of Beauty":
then freelanced for Columbia, having featured roles in
"The Apache." "A Woman's Way." "The Gangster."
"Judy .Tudd." "Through the Breakers" and "Say It
with Sables"; next in First National's "One Hour,"
and "Wheels of Chance"; in Paramount's "His Private
Life" and "The Canary Murder Case": Universal's
"Charlatan." and in Pathe's "Office Scandal" (1929).
"Innocents of Paris." Paramount: "The Last Warn-
ing." Universal: "Tonight at Twelve" (1929). Univer-
sal: and in 1930 in "Two O'clock in the Morning."
B»ll Pictures; "What a Widow," United Artists; "Big
Money" (1930), Pathe.
LLOYD. DORIS: b. Liverpool. England. Began her
theatrical work in the Liverpool Repertory theatre and
was there for six years. Then went to London and
appeared in numerous plays such as those written bv
Galsworthy. Shaw. Hauptman i>nd John Masefleld.
Came to the United S'ates in 1924. On the stage in
Los Angeles in "The Fog." "Secrets." "Soring Clean-
ing." Her first picture was with Norma Talmadce in
"The Lady." and the next with th» late Lon Chaney
in "Blackbird." Pictures include: "Is Zat So?" Fox:
"Auctioneer." Fox: "Come to My House." Fox: "Pigs."
Fox: "Two Girls Wanted." Fox: "Trail of '98." Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer: "Lonesome Ladies," First National:
"The Careless Age." "Drake Murder Case." "Disraeli."
"Sarah and Son." "Off to Reno." "Old English"
and "Way for a Sailor" starring John Gilbert.
LODER. LOTTI: "Oh. Sailor Behave" (19301. War-
ner Bros.: Vitaphone No. 3931. "Lonely Gigolo."
LOFF. JEANNETTE: r. n. .Tanette Lov: h. Cronno.
Idaho. October 9. 1906; h. 5 feet 2 inches; blonde hair
and blue eyes: w. 105 pounds: p. Inze Loseth. a Nor-
wegian, and Maurice Loff . a Danish violinist ; e. Lewis-
ton high school in Idaho; hy. ice skating, skiing and
snow shoeing, and ice boating. At the age of 11 had
the title role in "Snow White and the S*ven Dwarfs."
At 16, she had a satisfying lyric soprano voice and sang
the leading role in "Treasure Hunters." a local
operetta. Has had small bits in "Yr.ng April."
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" and "The Collegian ." Placed
under long term contract by DeMiUe and made her
first big appearance opposite Rod LaRoque in "Hold 'em
Yale" and "Love Over Night." Was then featured in
Pathe's "Annapolis" and her latest picture was "Ger-
aldine" for the same company; in 1929 ".45 Calibre
War." Pathe; "Racketeer" and "The Sophmore."
Pathe. also in "Party Girl" (1930), Tiffany; "King
of Jazz" (1930). Universal.
LOFTUS, CECILIA: Played in Vitaphone No. 792,
"Famous Impersonations."
LOGAN. JACQUELINE: b. Corsicana, Texas; h. 5
feet 4H inches; auburn hair and gray eyes; w. 116
pounds; p. Marion and Charles A. Logan, mother former
prima donna of Bostonian Opera Company, late Charles
A., an architect, designing plans for some of the Texas
state buildings; e. Loretta Heights Academy. Denver,
and the Colorado college. Colorado Spr.ngs; div. Robert
Gillespie, m. Larry Winston; by. horseback riding and
music. Understudied all feminine parts in the Shu-
bert revival of "Floradora" at the Century' theatre in
1920, without previous experience and jumped into in-
genue role left vacant by Mar got Kelly; also With Zieg-
feld Follies of 1920. Started out as leading woman
opopsite Monte Blue in "The Perfect Crime" for
Paramount directed by Allan Dwan. Other pictures
have been "White and Unmarried." "Salomy Jane."
"Java Head." "Ebb Tide." "Burning Sands." "Light
That Failed." "Man Must Live." "Manhattan" and
others for Paramount: "House of Y'outh." "Playing
With SouLs," etc.. for Ince; "Molly O" for Sennett;
"Gay and Devil. sh" for Robertson-Cole: "The Blind
Bargain" for Goldwyn; "Peacock Feathers" for Uni-
versal: 10 features for Fox during 1925-26, including
"The Outsider," "Thank Y'ou." "Wages for Wives,"
the John Golden plays. Also in "Footloose Widows"
for Warner Bros.: "King of Kings." as Mary Magda-
len, and in "The Cop" and "Power" for DeMille;
"The Wise Wife." "The Leopard Lady." "Midnight
Madness" for Pa the- DeMiUe ; "Stocks and Blondes/
for FBO: "Nothing to Wear." starred in the latter,
directed by Erie Kenton for Columbia: "The River
Woman." co-starred with Lionel Barrymore for Gotham;
"The lookout Girl." starred for Quality: "Stark Mad."
featured. Vitaphone production: and starred in "Ships
of the Night," Itayart production directed by Duke
Woine: (192!)) "The Bachelor Girl" and "The Faker."
Columbia; "The River Woman," Gotham; "King of
Kings." Pathe.
LOMBARD. CAROL: r. n. Carole June Peters; b.
Fort Wayne. Ind.. October 6. 1909; h. 5 feet 6 inches;
blond hair and blue eyes; w. 119 pounds; p. Elizabeth
Jvnight and Frederick C. Peters, non-professionals : e.
Virgil School; hy. riding, boating and outdoor sports.
No stage experience. Screen experience consists of
roles in "The Perfect Crime." "Me. Gangster." "Show
Folks." "Ned McCobb's Daughter," "Power." and
"Dynamite"; in 1929 in "Big News." "H.gh Voltage,"
"Parachute." "Racketeer." Pathe. and in 1930 '.n
"Arizona Kid." Fox; "Safety in Numbers." Para-
mount.
LONG. SALLY: Screen career: "His Darker Self"
(Hodkinsoni : "Men Without a Conscience." Warner
Bros.; "Flaming Flaipcrs." Pathe; "Fifth Avenue."
PDC: "The Fighting Buekaroo." Fox; "The Man in
the Saddle." Universal; "The Border Whirlwind." "Go-
ing the Limit." FBO: "The Kid Sister." Columbia :
"When Danger Calls." Lumas: "The Thrill Seeker."
Super Pictures; "Traffic" (1930). Pathe. Folly Comedies.
LOOMIS TWINS: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 532.
LOPEZ. AUGUSTINA: Appeared in "Redskin" and
"Wolf Song" (both 1929), Paramount.
LORD. MARION: Appeared in "Broadway" (1929).
Universal.
LORRAINE. BETTY: b. Louisville, Ky., June 30,
1908; h. 5 feet 5% inches; auburn hair and brown
eyes; w. 120 pounds; p. Bess Gordon and Edgar Lor-
raine, non-professionals: e. Girl's Collegiate school,
stage training with Keith-Albee: not married; hy.
riding, swimming; appeared in "When Casear Ran
a Newspaper," and in Fox's "Red Wine."
LORRAINE. JEAN: Appeared in "The Wild Party"
(1929). Paramount.
LORRAINE, LOUISE: b. San Francisco, Cal.: h. 5
feet 1 inch; black hair and brown eyes; w. 104 pounds:
e. San Francisco. Screen career began in two-reel
comedies, later featured hy Universal, then was a free
lance player. Pictures include: "Circus Rookies." "Baby
Mine." "The Frontiersman." Warner Bros.; "Winners
of the Wilderness." "Rookies." MGM; "Chinatown
Charlie." First National; "Legionnaires in Paris." FBO:
"A Final Reckoning." Boca in "Hand 'Em Over."
"Mounted Stranger" (1930). "The Lightning Express."
all for Universal.
LOUIE, VIOLA: b. New Y'ork City, August 12, 19u9;
h. 5 feet 4'^ inches: black hair and hazel eyes; w.
127 pounds; p. Fay and Yasha Louie, father theatrical
manager for twenty years; e. Nicholas Senn high
school. Chicago, and Northwestern University at Evan-
ston. niinois; not married; hy. violin and traveling.
Stage experience started in Chicago at Amerigo Gar-
dens as specialty dancer with Ernie Y'oung. Had own
vaudeville act. Fred Fisher, song writer, wrote the
music for the act. Gave up her stage career in 1925
and came to Hollywood. Entered pictures in 1926 and
appeared in the following DeMille productions: "Volga
Boatman." "King of Kings." "Chicago." and "God-
less Girl" and also in "Mr. Antonio," for Tiffany in
1929. Freelance player.
LOUISE. ANITA: b. New York City: e. Professional
Children's school in New Y'ork; blond hair, blue eyes;
hy. tennis, fencing and horseback riding. On the New
York stage in "Peter Ibbetson." "Gloss of Youth."
and "The Greatest Thing in the World." Two of the
first pictures she played in were "The Music Master."
(Fox), and a short feature filmed in Vienna called
"The Life of Franz Schubert." Appeared in "Won-
der of Women" (Clarence Brown). "The Floradora Girl"
with Marion Davies. "What a Man" with Reginald
Denny, and "Just Like Heaven." Tiffany production;
"The Great Meadow," Metro-Golwwyn-Mayer, and also
in 1929 in "Square Shoulders." Pathe, and "The Mar-
riage Playground." Paramount.
LOVE. BESSIE: b. Midland. Texas; e. Los Angeles:
w. 100 pounds: light brown hair, brown eyes. Early
career with Triangle. Vitagraph. Callahan films: has
appeared in "Penny of Top Hill." "Forget-Me-Not."
"Lovey Mary." Metro; "Human Wreckage." FBO:
"The Eternal Three." "Slave of Desire." Goldwyn:
"St. Elmo." "Three Men to Pay." "The Vi'lage
Blacksmith." "Gentle Julia," "Going Crooked." Fox;
"The Ghost Patrol," "Torment." "A Woman on the
1931
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Jury." "Those Who Dance." "The Silent Watcher."
"Sundown." "The Lost World." "Soul Fire." "The
Purple Dawn." "Dynamite Smith." "Dress Parade."
"A Harp in Hock." "Tongues of Flame." "A Son
of His Father." "The King of Main Street." "New
Brooms." "The Song and Dance Man." "Rubber
Tires." "Young April." "The Matinee Idol." "Has
Anybody Here Seen Kelly." "Sally of the Scandals."
Hank in "Broadway Melody." "Hollywood Revue of
1929." Helen Thayer in "The Idle Rich." Charlie in
"The Road Show." MGM. Hattie Hartley in "The
Girl in the Show" (1930). MGM: "The Idle Rich."
"Chasing Rainbows" (1930); "Conspiracy" (1930).
Radio: No. 257 5-76. "The Swellhead." Vitaphone
short.
LOWE. IRMA: Played in "Shanghai Lady" (1929).
Universal.
LOY. MYRNA: b. Helena. Mont.: h. 5 feet fi
Inches; titian hair and green eyes; w. lit pounds: e.
Los Angeles, and Westlake School for G rls; not mar-
ried: hy. sculptoring and dancing. Stage experience
In stage prologues at Grauman's Theatre in Hollywood.
Was discovered by Mrs. Rudolph Valentino and given
part In pictures. Entered films in 1925 in "What
Price Beauty." Since then has appeared in the fol-
lowing: (1926) "Cave Man." "Why G.rls Go Home"
and "Across the Pariflc"; (1927) "Heart of Mary-
land." "Bitter Apples." "Ham and Eggs at the
Front." "If I Were Single." "Girl from Chicago";
(19281 "Beware of Married Men." "Turn Back the
Hours." "Pay as You Enter." "State Street Svdie."
"Midnight Taxi." •'Crimson City": (19291 "Fancy
Baggage." "Noah's Ark." "Desert Song." "Black
Watch." "Hardhoiled Rose." "The S<iuall." "The
Great Divide." "Bride of the Regiment": in MM in
The Naughty Flirt." First National: "Cameo Kirbs."
Fox: "Cock of the Walk." Sono Art- World Wide:
"Under a Texas Moon." Warner Bros.; "Last of tne
Duanes," Fox.
LUCE. CLAIR: 0. Syracuse. X. Y. : h. S feet 3
Inches: blond hair, blue eyes: w. tin pounds: e. In
Rochester by tutor and In the public schools, later took
special courses at Columbia University, studied dancing
from childhood. Made her stage debut in "Little Jes-
sie James" on Broadway. I.ater became a featured
dancer in "The Music Box Rerue." after which -he
went to Paris, where she acted and danced in one of
the big revues. On her return to the I* S. she became
premiere danseuse with Zlegfeld "Follies." Entered pic-
ture* In June. 1930. to play In "Up the River." for rat
LU RAY. DORIS: Played In "Grumpy" (1930). Para-
mount.
LYLE. BESSIE: Appeared In "Illusion" (1929).
Paramrunt.
LYNCH. HELEN: b. Montana. April 0. 1904: h. 5
feet 3*» inches: blond hair and hazel eyes: w. 125
pounds; p. Christina and Henry Lynch, non-profes-
sionala: e. Long Beach high school. Long Beach. Cali-
fornia: m. Carroll Nye. professional : hy. tennis, swim-
ming, hiking and bridge. Stage experience consists of
three years with Jane Murfln's players at Writer-'
Club In Hollywood, played Ingenue leads and small
character parts. Screen experience started twelve years
ago with I'niTersal: then took leads In Jimmy Aubrey
comedies with Vltsgrsph: has appeared in "Fools
First" and "Eternal Three.-- with Mar-hall Nellan
directing. Since then has appeared In "Speakeasy"
for Fox: "Why Bring Ti.at Pp." "The Showdown."
Tlasl II— hi" and "Behind the Make-up." for Para-
mount. Freelancing.
LYNN. SHARON: r n D*AxnffaTM Shar..n I 1
say: b. Wrstherford. Texas: h 5 feet 4 Inches; brume
hair and amber eyes: w. US pounds; p. Loretta
Stanford and Darld Lindsay. non-profcs*lonsls: r. Ful-
Irrton high school: not married: hv polo, dsnnng
playing the piano and singing, also writing music.
Has had several compositions published: most popular
was "Monte Carlo Moon." Stage experience. _a smsll
part In the stage version of "Sunny Side Pp." which
was produced In New York under the direction of
C. B. Dillingham. Screen experience as follows: won
the Los Angeles Kvcni ng Herald picture conti-st and
was given s screen lest st t'nlver-al Worked as extra
girl at the different stud.os Worked In shorts under
llamld Lloyd playing the lead with Edward Everett
Horton In "Dad's Choice " for FBO In "A Flame
In the Sky." and fourteen feature pictures" Played
opposite George Lewis In "Give and Take-- for Unl-
vrrssl. - None Itut the Rraie" and "Bad Wine-- for
Foi for FllO with Tom M.x In "Son of the Golden
West." Then given a long term contract under V v
making appearances In the following: "Fox P"'"'-*-..
"Speak Easy.-- - Sunny Side Up. "Hollywood Night,
-one W-rmn ld.-.i" il'--' »nd In W» In Inn
Way." "Happy Days." "Let-- Go Places. Will
Company." "Man Trimble." all for K-v
LYONS. RUTH: Plavcd in "Night Work." Pathe.
M
MACCLOY. JUNE : k BtsWgfal M 11
Arsdemy for GlrU In Toledo. Ohio, studied singing:
h. S feet 5 Inches: w U« pounds: Monde hslr. blue
Wi'h l.- r.. Wlute's 'Scandal--: Nov 1 ork
night clubs for two years. Made -lion Mattel lot
Paramount titled "Laugh It Off" which brought con-
trsct- first picture was "lb-aching for the Moon";
then In "Night Life-- with Jack Oaklr.
MaeOON ALD. JEANNETTE: b Pin la .l.li>hia Pa :
Philadelphia Through the aid of her sister, then play-
ing In New York r.uslral shows, she obtained a )oh in
the chorus of a Ned Wavburn .how at the Capitol the-
atre Then followed an engagement with "The Night
Boat" company as s (bonis girl and unilersliiilv for the
feminine principals In the cast. The following season
she hsd s small psrt In "Irene" ami later a better part
was given hrr In "Tangerine." Her flr-t real sttcoaas
csme during the billowing sesson when she wss cast for
one of the leading trie* In a Greenwich Village Theatre
production. •'Fantastic Frlcaaaee." and her work In this
brought her io the siten'ion of M.ur\ "-.ly.i*.-. un-
placed her under contract For him she plavcd a lead-
ing role in "The Magic Ring" with Mini and two sea-
sons later was riven the ingenue rrima donna role in
"Tip Toes": following with engagements In "Rubbling
Over." "Yes. Yes. Yvette." "Sunny Days.-- "Ansela"
and "Boom. Boom." Screen experience: appears In an
Important role In "The Wore Parade.-- with Maurice
t'hevaller. directed by Ernst Luhitsch. who h».l -. I.-. -. .I
her for the part from among all other Broadway's mu-
sical stars: "The Vagabond King" (19301. Paramount:
"I/itierr Bride" H930i. Pnlted Artists; "Let's Oo
Nat.vc" (19301 ; 'Monte Carlo" (1930). Paramount.
Mac READY. RE NEE: b. Dublin. Ireland: e. by tutors
in various cities of Continental Europe. Won tirst
prize medal at British national vocal contest when x5
years old. With Daly's theatre in London for three
years. Signed contract with a British film studio,
where she made four pictures. Signed contract* with
Radio Pictures and lias played in "Girl of the Port"
and in support of Richard Dix in "Lovin* the Ladies."
MCALLISTER. MARY: b. Los Angeles. Cal.. May
27. 1909; h. 5 feet 24 inches: blond hair and brown
eyes: w. 110 pounds: p. Violette Craig and William
McAllister, professionals: e. Hollywood high school,
stage training at Belchers for two years: hy. sw.mming.
dancing, music and outdoor sports. With "The Wild
Duck" stage company for one year, and also ap-
peared in "The Little Princess." Screen experience con-
sists of roles in "One Minute to Play." "Wickedness
Preferred." "Devil's Skipper." "Ashes of Vengeance."
"Waning Sex." "Simon the Jester." "The Ace of
Spades." "On the Level." Fox: "Roaring Adventure "
(1929). Universal.
McAVOY. MAY: m. Maurice McCleary; appeared in
"No Defense" and "Stolen Ki— e-" (19291. Warner
Bros., and in Vitaphone No. 2239. "Sunny Califor-
nia."
McCONNELL. GLADYS: b. Oklahoma City. Okla..
October 22. 1907: h. 5 feet 3*4 inches: light blond
hair and blue eyes; w. 116 pounds; p. Harriett Sharp
and William Marshall McConnell. non-professionals: e.
Hollywood high school: ra. Arthur Hagerman. non-
professional: hy. hiking. Screen experience in stellar
roles in two Pathe serials and appearances in "The
Tiger's Shadow" and "The Fire Detective": Cheyenne"
(1929) and "The Glorious Trail '1929). F.rst Na-
tional: "Parade of the West" (1930|. Universal.
McCOY. FRANCES: b Mass York City. Dec. 25.
1911: h. 5 feet 2 inches: light brown hair and hazel
e>es: w. lijo pounds; e. isiblic schools and Theodore
ltoo-«-\elt high school in New York; hy. outdoor sports.
First stage exiterience touring country" with Ben Ber-
nle's Band. I<atcr b-came a night club entertainer
at the Chateau Madrid. Next joined Art Landrv and
band as singer and dancer and appeared at Palace
theatre. Played with Clayton. Jackson and Durante
(or t,-n weeks. Wa- enrertaining at "The Dome."
New York night club, when signed for Fox Films.
Other screen experience consists of several shorts at
Wsmer Bros, studios in New York. Appeared in 193C
in "Wild Company." for Fox.
McCOY. RUBY: Appeared In "Broadway" (1929).
Universal.
MC DOWELL. CLAIRE: b. New York City: e.
Sacred Heart Convent in New York City, specializing
in drawing and drama. Metropolitan School of Art;
h. 5 feet 4 inches: w. 124 pounds: brown hair, brown
eyes: m. Charles Hill Mslles. professional: two chil-
dren. Stsge osreer: four years with Charles Frohnian
Productions, two years In "Way Down East." two
years with the original "Clsnsmsn" Company touring
the South. Entered pictures in 1910 with American
Biograpb Company. Pictures Include: "Something to
Think About." "Midsummer Madness." "Ben-llur."
"Big Parade." Mrs. Abbott in "The Quitter" 11929).
Columbia: "Redemption." MGM: Martha Shelby in
"When Dreams Cnnie True" (19291. Ravart : "Wild
Company" (1930). Fox: "Young Desire" (1930). rni-
eerssl: "The Second Floor Mystery." Wamer Bros.
McGRUGER. MARTHA: Appeared in 'The S de
Show! 19291 . Columbia.
McGUIRE. KATHRYN: b p.-tm. Ill : Monde hslr
snd hszel eyes: ni. George Landy. director of publicity.
First National studio. Stsge experience. learned all
forms of dancing except soft shoe: persuaded to for-
sake dancing for the screen snd has aptcircl in a
series of comedies with Lupino Lane; In "Naughtv
Init Nice." "Ulac Time" and "Synthetic Sin" with
Colleen Moore at Fir-t Nstlonsl: snd In "Children of
UM Ititz" with Dorothy Mackstll and Jack Mulhsll.
also st First Nstlonsl: "The Border Wildcat" (1929i.
Uniiersal; "He Did His Best" (1929). Paramount-
Christie Tslking Plsys: "The Long. Long Trsll" (1930).
Universal.
MrlNTYRE. LELIA: Appeared In "Hurricane"
(192:n Columbia: "On the Level." Fox: "Swell
People" 1 1930 1. Pathe-Manhattan Comedies, second
series; "All for Mabel" (1930). Pathe-Campus Come-
dies.
McKINNEY. MAE: b Hsrlem. N. Y. : h. S feet
3 Inrhes: dsrk hslr snd eyes: w. 12'» pounds: p. Nlns
snd John M-Klnney. non- professionals: e. Hsrlem pub-
lic schools: hr. dancing. Appeared in "Hall luiah."
on the screen for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: under contract.
Met ALLEN. SARAH: Played In Vitaphone No. 94>:.
"Oh Sarah "
MC LAUGHLIN. MYRTLE: b. San Francisco: e.
convents In America and Europe, specializing In music:
h. 5 feet. w. ]0g pounds: blond hair, blue eyes: hy.
reading and swimming. Previous career: opera and
concerts in America and Europe. Entered pictures in
1929.
McMAHON. DORIS: Played In "Hard Boiled Hamp-
ton" (1929). Pathe-Manhattan Comedies, first series.
MeNEILL. THELMA: Appeared In "Seren Foot-
prints to Satan" (1929). First National.
MrPHAIL ADDIE Appeared In 1929 In "Midnight
Daddies." World Wide; "Don't G -t Excited." Educa-
tional: "Three Sisters." Fox: "Night Work" Pa'he;
and in 1930 In "Oh Darling." Educational-Jack
White Talking Comedies; "Peace and Harnioin."
"How's My Bahr." Educational -Mermaid Talking Com-
edies: "Bitter Fri-iid-" Educational-Tux' do Talking
Comedies: "Live snd Leam." Pathe-Manhattan Com-
edies. s.s-.nd series: "Rich Uncles ." Psthe-rheck>-r
Comedies, first series; "The Boss- Orders." Pathe-Fn'ly
Comedies, second series; "Hold the Babies" (1930).
Pathe-Italnbow Comedies.
MABERRY MARY: r n Marv Elizabeth Pttlpos:
h New York City. March 29. 1909: h. 5 feet 3sj
Inrhes: blond hslr snd blue eyes: w 117 pounds: p
Clsra Francis, professional: e. Glendale high school
snd the University of California. Los Angeles: hy.
all sports. No stage experience. Three years' screen
experience: one year under contract to Mack Sennett:
has appeared in "Lightning Speed." "Csntaln Care-
lrss." "Dog Law." "Reckless Youth." "The G--.ll.--
G rl." "Texas Tommy." "IJcading Westward." "I.aw
of the Mounted."
MACK. BABY: Plaved Sybil In "Close Harmony"
(19291. Paramount: Isohel I,ee In "The Ghost Talks."
"Crsxy Thst Wsy" 11930). Fox.
MACK. MARION : r n Joey Msrion Lewyn : b. Eu-
reka. Utsh. April 9. 1905: h. 5 feet 3 Inches; dark
hair and brown eyes: w. lis pounds: p. non-profes-
sions-; e. Tintic high school and University of Utah:
m. Louis Lewyn. producer; hy. horseback, tennis, fly-
ing. No stage experience. Screen experience started
with Mack Sennett comedies. Later played leading
lady in Mermaid comedies for two years, also leads in
Fox Sunshine comedies. Was star of "Mary of the
Movies" for FBO and took feminine lead in "One
of the Bravest" with Ralph Lewis. Sam Sax. Featured
in "Alice of Mov. eland" for Paramount and lead op-
posite Buster Keaton in -The General." for United
Artists. Was star of the "Carnival Girl" for Pathe.
MACKAILL. DOROTHY: b. Hull. England. March
4. 1905; h. 5 feet 5 inches; blond bair and hazel eyes:
w. 115 pounds; p. Florence Pickard and John M.. non-
professionals: e. private schooling and also dramatic
training at Thome Academy. London, and received
her stage training in elocution and dancing from ear.y
childhood: dir. Lothar Mendez. professional: hy. tennis,
golf, swimming, yachting and riding. Appeared in the
Hippodrome chorus in London in "Joybelle." later lead-
ing the famous "Chicken" number. Also acted in
her first picture at this time. "The Face at the Win-
dow." for a British company". When the Hippodrome
closed she went to Paris with the "Chicken" number
in a big revue: also appeared in a French picture in
Paris as ingenue lead. Later on she came to New York
unheralded and unsung and landed in the Ziegfeld
Follies. Thence Into pictures via Marshall Neilan. Has
plaved leads with Barry more in "The Lotus Eater" and
in "Bits of Life"; also opposite Richard Barthelmess
and Milton Sills. Also appeared with Johnny Hines in
"Torchy" comedies: then became featured player with
First National. Her more recent pictures are "Subway
Sadie.-- "Just Another Blonde." "Smile. Brother.
Smile." "The Crystal Cup." "Ladies' Night in a
Turkish Bath." "Man Crazy." "Lady Be Good."
"The Barker." "Waterfront." "Stranded in Paradise"
and "The Whip"; (1929) "Two Weeks Off." "His
Captive Woman." "Children of the Ritz." "Great
Divide." "Hard to Get." "The Love Racket": in 1930
in "Br.ght Lights." "Flirting Widow." "Strictly Mod-
ern." "F.rst National production: "The Office Wife. '
Warner Bros.: "Man Trouble." Fox.
MAGANA. DELIA: b. Mexico City. February 2.
1903: e. Colegio Saleciano. Mexico City: h. 5 feet
2 inches: w. 94 pounds: black hair, black eyes. Pre-
vious career In musical comedy. Entered pictures in
1928. Pictures Include "The Cock-Eyed World." "The
Conquistador."
MAITLAND. ANN: n.iw.l in 'The New Waiter"
(1930). Pathe-George LeMaire Comedies.
MALENA. LENA: b. Berlin. Germany: e. in C.er-
many. specializing in dramatio arts: h. 5 feet 3 inches:
w. 112 pounds; brown hair and brown eyes: by. swim-
ming and tennis: not married. In musical comedy in
Germany and America. Entered pictures in 1926 when
she was selected by C. B. DeMille to play the lead
in "The Fighting Eagle.-- Pictures include: "Dia-
mond Handcuffs.-- "Tempest." -Tropical Maidens."
"Chicago." "Hell's Angels." "Monsieur Le Fox." "The
Lsdy Surrenders." "Redemption" snd "Way for a
Sailor."
MALLORY. KAY: Plaved m "What a Day" (1929).
"Love. Honor and Oh Baby" (1929). Pathe-Manhat-
tan Comedies, first series.
MAL0NE. MOLLY: b. Denver. Col.: e. Denver.
Los Ang les and Johannesburg: h. 5 feet: w. 108
pounds: brown hair, brown eyes. Entered pictures in
1919: played in "It's a Great Life." "Just Out of
College." "Mr. Parol and Company." and leads in
Christie Comedies.
MANES. GINA: Appeared in 1929 in "Napoleon."
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Looping the Loop." Para-
mount.
MANN. BERTHA: b. Atlanta. Ga. : h. 5 feet 4 m h. -:
dark brown hair ud eyes: m. Raymond Griffith. Made
fir-t apis-arance on -tage at age of 13 in "Peter Pan"
with Maude Adams Company. Has plsyed opisvsite
John snd Lionel Barrymore and was Morosco leading
woman both in New York and Hollywood for several
years. First screen appearance about one year ago.
Some of lmiiortant roles played are: "All Quiet on "he
Western Front." "Father's Son." "The Little Acci-
dent." "The Modern Wife" and "Caught Cheating."
with Charles Murray snd George Sidney.
MANN. MARGARET: b. Aberdeen. Scotland. April
I. l-'-s; h. 5 feet 4 4 inches: white hair and gray
eyes; w ICS pounds: p. non-professionals; married
non-professional: hy. none in particular. No stage ex-
perience. Screen experience consists of appearan--e In
the following productions: "Heart of Humanity."
"Once to Even" Woman." "The Right to Happiness."
"The Call of Home." all for Universal: "Four Sons."
"Queen Victor. a." for Warner Bros. Pays mother
parts, and at present Is a freelance player. Was In
The Itivor" (19291. Fox.
MANNERS. MARCIA: h. North Adams Mass : e.
North Adams, and studied music in Paris and Italy: h.
5 feet 4 inches: w. 112 pounds; brown hair and blue
eves Toured with an Italian opera comnanv as "Mimi"
In "La Boheme." Returned to New York In musical
productions *nd took a test at Paramount New York
studios Under contract to Psrsmount.
MANNING. AILEEN: h Denver. Col.: e. Denver:
h. 5 feet 9 Inches: w 150 pounds; brown hair, blue
eyes. Screen csreer with Paramount. Wamer. United
Artists. Associated Exhihitors: "Stella Dallas." "Whole
Town's Talking." "Uncle Tom's Cabin." "Home
Tsnsrs." "Msn. Woman and Sin." Esther Ouinn in
"Dark Swan.-- First National: Great Events Series for
MGM Miss Twill In "Swetie" (19291. Paramount:
"Wedding Rings" (1929). First National: "A Single
Msn." MGM.
MANNING. MARCIA: Appeared in the following
pictures: "End of the World" 1 19291. Pathe- Variety
Comedies, snd in 1930 in "House of Secrets." Ches-
terfield: "Swell People." Psthe-Manhattan Comedies,
second series; "Give Me Action." Pathe-Rainbow Come-
dies: "Half Pint Polly." Pathe-Rodeo Comedies.
MAN0N. MARCIA: Appeared In 1929 in They Had
to See Paris" and "Love. Live and Laugh." Fox.
MARBE. FAY: Played In "Talk of Hollywood"
(19291. Sono Art -World Wide
MARCELLE. MISS: Played In Vitaphone No 71C.
MARCH. VERA : Plsyed In "Dance With M-
(1930). Pathe-Melody Comedies, first series
MARIAN. EDNA: r. n. Edna Hsnnam: b. Chicago.
Ill . December 12. 1908: h. 5 feel 1 Inch: blond hslr
snd gray eyes: w. 107 pounds: p. Edna Mae MrLaugh-
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lin and John Hannam. non-profess.onals; e. private
school. New York; not married; hy. drawing and
horseback riding. Stage experience include vaudeville
in New York and Los Angeles. Screen experience of
four years (started out in 1926) consists of starring
in Stern Brothers comedies for one and one-half years,
second lead in CLr.stie comedies and one year with
Hal Koach opposite Charlie Chase; also ingenue lead in
Univearsal productions and appeared in "The Still
Alarm." "Sinners Paradise" (1929), Columbia; "Skin-
ner Steps Out" (1929). Universal.
MARION. INEZ: r. n. Inez Marion Mclnheran; b
Pueblo. Col., July 3. 1907; h. 5 feet 4 inches; blond
hair and blue eyes; w. 118 pounds; p. Effie Metzger
and Charles Mcllheran, non-profess.onals; e. Manual
Arts high school, Los Angeles; not married; hy. mu-
sic (vocal and piano), dancing and swimming. Modeled
for about three years in New York and California and
has also done night club work in New York. In
comedy leads for Mack Sennett one year; then to First
National with Colleen Moore in "It Must Be Love"
and "Synthetic Sin"; also in "Harold Teen"; with
Thelma Todd in "Seven Footprints of Satan"; and
with Maria Corda in "The Private Life of Helen of
Troy." and with Florence Vidor in "Tong War."
Paramount.
MARIS, MONA: b. Buenos Aires. Argentina; h. 5
feet G inches; i.lack hair and brown eyes; w. 118
pounds; p. non-professionals; e. public schools of
Buenos Aires and French convent near Luders; not
married. First screen experience in Germany with UFA.
Made four pictures in which she was featured, then
came to the United States. First appearance, small
part in Warner Bros.' picture. "Under a Texas Moon";
next "Bomance of the Bio Grande" for Fox, following
which was given long term contract ; also plaved in
"Arizona Kid" (1930), "One Mad Kiss" (1930). "Devil
with Women" (1930).
MARKEY. ENID: b. Dillon. Col.; e. boarding
school in Denver; h. 5 feet 4^4 inches; w. 117 pounds;
dark brown hair, brown eyes. Went into pictures in
1915 for Thomas Ince; pictures include "Civilization,"
"Aloha." "Captive God." "Between Men." "Yankee
Way." "Cheating the Public," 'Tarzan of the Apes."
"Bomance of Tarzan."
MARLOWE, JUNE: b. St. Cloud, Minn.; e. St.
Cloud. Minneapolis, and Hollywood. specializing 'n
art; h. 5 feet 5% inches; w. 110 pounds: brown hail,
brown eyes. Entered pictures in 1925 and has ap-
peared in "Don Juan." The Old Soak." "Alias the
Deacon." "Wild Beauty." "Foreign Legion," "Grip
of the Yukon," "The Life of Riley."
MARQUIS. JOAN: b. Denver. Colo.. Sept. 17, 1907;
h. 5 feet 2M inches; w. 113 pounds: auburn hair,
green eyes; hy. swimming and dancing. WTas a dancer
in musical comedies. "Patsy," "Tip Toes." Music
Box." Entered pictures in 1927, playing in "Slippery
Heels." "Chin Whiskers."
MARSH, JOAN: b. Porterville, Cal. : h. 5 feet 2
inches; blond hair and blue eyes: w. 104 pounds; p.
Lolita H. and Charles G. Bosher; e. public and private
schools; not married; hy. swimming, horseback riding,
tennis, golf. designing animals. Had stage experience
in amateur theatricals. Has appeared in such pictures
as: "Daddy Long Legs." "Pollyanna." Mary Pickford
company; "Young Mrs. Winthrop." "A Woman's
Weapons." Lasky company ; "King of Jazz," "Little
Accident," "Leather Pushers." "All Quiet on the West-
ern Front," and Sid Sailor Comedy for Universal;
"Inspiration." for MGM; and "Eyes of the World," for
Inspiration.
MARSTINI, ROSITA: Screen career, "Shadows of
Paris," Paramount; "The Lover of Camille." War-
ner Bros.; "The Bedeeming Sin." Vitagraph; "Proud
Flesh." "The Big Parade." MGM : "Flame of the
Argentine." FBO; "We Americans." Universal: Fifl's
mother in "Hot for Paris" (1929). Fox.
MARTAN. NITA: Appeared in 1929 in "Twn Beds,"
First National; and in 1930 in "Chasing Bainbows.'
"The Woman Backet." MGM; "Border Bomance."
"Under Montana Skies." Tiffany.
MARTIN. ELEANOR : Appeared in 1929 in "Great
Power," Franklin Warner.
MASON, SHIRLEY: b. Brooklyn. N. Y.. 1901; e.
private tutors; h. 4 feet 11 inches; w. 94 pounds;
brown hair, light gray eyes. Early career; child stage
actress, stage career in "The Squaw Man." "Bip Van
Winkle," "Passers-by." "The Poor Little Bich Girl."
Screen career began with Edison; recent productions.
"So This Is Paris." "Sally in Our Alley." "Stranded,"
"Bich Men's Sons." "The Flying Marine" (1929),
Columbia; "Anne Against the World" (1929), Bayart;
"Dark Skies."
MATTHEWS. DOROTHY: b. New York City: h.
5 feet 3 inches; blond hair and blue eyes: w. 110
pounds; e. Florence Wilde School. Art Students
league. Stage career. Stuart Walker Company. En-
tiled pictures in 1927. Played in "All for a Wo-
man." "Pearl Story." "Girl in Every Port."
"Sweetie"; Alice Hart in "Son of the Gods." First
National; Edna in "Sin Flood."
MATTOX. MARTHA: b. Natchez, Miss; brown hair
and eyes: w. 150 pounds; e. East Mississippi College:
studied dramatic art. Early career on stage. Entered
pictures in 1913. Played in "Hero." "Confli-t."
"Lonely Man." "Torrent." "Cat and Canary." "13th
Juror." "Little Bit of Heaven." "Naughty Duchess."
"Love Me and the World Is Mine." "Montmartre
Bose." Aunt Effle in "Big Diamond Bobbery." FBO:
Mrs. Slade in "Woman on the Jury." First National.
MAUGHAN, DORA: Played in Vitaphone No. 2731.
"The Bad Bad Woman" and No. 2732.
MAURUS, GERDA: Appeared in "Spies" (1929).
MGM.
MAYFA1R. MITZI: Played in "Paramount on Par-
ade (1930), Paramount.
Played in Metro Movietone Act
MAYFI ELD, CLEO:
No. 80.
MEHAFFEY, BLANCHE: b. Cincinnati. Ohio. July
28. 1907 : h. 5 feet 3 inches; red hair and gray-blue
eyes; w. 119 pounds; p. Blanche Bemdt and Edward
Mehaffey. non-professionals; e. private schools and re-
ceived her stage training in the Follies of 1923; m.
and div. ; hy. golf and tennis. Two years stage ex-
perience and five on screen. Has appeared with Hoot
Gibson and Beginald Denny in Universal productions:
in "Smilin" Guns" (1929), Universal.
MEHRMANN. HELEN: Played in "Shannons on
Broadway" (1929). Universal.
MELVILLE. EMELIE: Appeared in "Illusion"
(1929), Paramount.
MERCANTON, JEAN: Appeared in "Venus" (1929),
United Artists.
MERCER, BERYL: Appeared in 1929 in "Mother's
Boy." Pathe; "Three Live Ghosts." United Artists;
"Seven Days Leave." Paramount; and in 1930 in "In
Gay Madrid." MGM; "All Quiet on the Western
Front." Universal; "Dumbbells In Ermine," Wam.r
Bros.; "Common Clay," Fox; "The Matrimonial Bed."
"Outward Bound." Warner Bros.
MERKEL. UNA: b. Covington. Ky.. Dec. 10. 1907 :
h. 5 feet 5 inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 108
pounds; p. Bessie and Arno Merkel. non-professionals;
e. finished high school in Philadelphia: not married:
hy. reading and swimming. Beceived stage training
in dramatic school in New York City. Appeared on
the stage in "Two by Two." starring Charlotte Walker,
"The Poor Nut," "Pigs," "The Gossipy Sex,"
"Couuette." "Salt Water." She has appeared on the
screen in such pictures as "Abraham Lincoln." "Eyes
of the World." and "The Bat Whispers."
MERRIAM. CHARLOTTE: b. Fort Sheridan. 111..
April 5. 190C; h. 5 feet 2V4 inches; blond hair and
blue eyes; w. 115 pounds; e. San Francisco. Entered
pictures at 13 years of age. Boles include. Julie in "So
Big," Mary Trail in "Captain Blood." Vitagraph;
"Danger," "South Sea Pearl." "More Sinned Against":
maid in "Pleasure Crazed." Fox; girl in "Queen of
the Night Clubs." Madge Harcourt in "Second Choice,"
Warner Bros.; Mazie in "The Broadway Hoofer,"
Columbia.
MERTON, COLETTE: r. n. Colette Helene Mazzo-
letti; b. New Orleans. La.. March 7. 1907 ; h. 5 feet
tiM inches: blond hair and gray eyes: w. 130 pounds;
p. Mae Frederick and C. J. Mazzoletti. non-profes-
sionals; e. LTrsuline Convent and Mrs. Finney's Fin-
ishing school, received her stage training with Fanchon
and Marco; hy. dancing and reading. With "The Big
Parade" prologue; Fanchon and Marco's "Gurgle Idea,"
and an amateur in New Orleans College of Oratory.
Has appeared in three series of "The Collegians" for
Universal; the heavy in Denny picture "Clear the
Decks"; in "Walking Back" DeMille production; and
the shop girl part (vamp) in Colleen Moore's "Why
Be Good"; "King of the Campus" (1929). Universal.
MESSINGER. GERTRUDE: b. Spokane. Wash.;
h. 5 feet 3 inches: dark hair and blue eyes: w.
100 pounds; p. Josephine Hone and Henry' Bert Mes-
singer. mother professional; e. Sisters of the Holy Name,
Pomona and Sacred Heart College. Los Angeles, has
had stage training: not married: hy. horseback riding,
swimming and dancing. Stage experience at the age of
14 with Frank Keenan in "Bip Van Winkle" and has
spent two years in musical comedy. Screen experience
since babyhood and has appeared in such pictures as
"Civilization's Back Yard." with Jack Mulhall : in Fox
kiddie pictures and featured in the last one "Alababa
and the Fortv Thieves." Her recent screen experience
has been in "Two Weeks Off." "The Duke Steps Out."
"The Jazz Age" and several all-talkers for Hal Boaeh.
MESSINGER. MARIE: b. Coeur d'Alene. Idaho:
h. 5 feet 3 inches; auburn hair and deep blue eyes;
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maculate Heart college, the Academy of - the Holy
Name and received her stage training as a dancer
and in dramatics, not married: hy. horseback riding,
motoring and specializes in whistling, also aviation.
Stage experence with the Frank Keenan company: two
seasons with Fanchon and Marco, sang for independent
theatres in Los Angiles and is at present on the West
Coast circuit. Co-star in "South of Panama" and also
in "The Duke Steps Out."
METZGER. RUTH: r. n. Ruth Magden: b. Colorado
Springs. Col.. September 10. 1907: h. 5 feet 5 inches:
brown hair and eyes: w. 129 pounds: p. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Magden. non-professionals: e. Colorado Springs
high school: not married: hy. horseback riding, books
and art. Spent three months on stage on the West
Coast in "Whistlers." In pictures for thre? years,
appearing as the Nun in "Argentine" directed t>y
Kelly: a society bit in "Scarlet Dove" directed by
Arthur Gregor: garden bit in "The Little Snob" di-
rected by John Adolphi for Warner Brothers: in stock
for Warner Bros. "Little Snob" and "Noah's Ark."
MEWES. ANNIE: riaved in "Melody of Hearts."
Ufa.
MIDGLEY. FANNY : b. Cincinnati. Ohio. November
26. 1877: h. 5 feet 4V4 inches: w. 120 pounds, gray
hair, blue eyes: hy. reading and gardening. Has lived
all over the world. On the stage for twenty years from
the age of 15: with Henry Miller in "The Great
Divide." Entered pictures with the old Biograph Com-
pany in New York: screen career with Biograph. Ince.
United. Robertson-Cole. Realart. Paramount. Tru-Art.
MGM. Warner. Chadwick. Fox. Artclass. Associated
Exhibitors: "Laddie." "The Harvester." "The Cow-
boy Cavalier." the paralytic in "Civilization." the
mother in "The Lottery Man." "Naughty Baby"
(1928). First National: the Eagle in "Behind Closed
Doors" (19291. Columbia; Harold Lloyd's aunt in
"Welcome Danger."
MILLARD. HELEN: b. Minneapolis. Minn.. Sept.
30. 1906; h. 5 feet 5 inches: light brown hair and
hazel eyes: w. 114 pounds: p. Iva Edith Sargent and
Royal Charles Millard, non-professionals; e. Cumnock
Academy. Cumnock School of Expression: not mar-
ried: hy. horseback riding. Stage training. Cumnock
School. Pasadena Community Workshop. Stage ex-
perience: Norma Drake in "Silence" (1925). opposite
Bert Lytell: Sondra in "An American Tragedy" (1926):
"In Love with Love" (19271. lead opposite Edward
Everett Horton: 'The Hottentot." "The Streets of
New York." with Horton; 1928-29. "Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes." part of Lorelei; Diane in "Seventh Heaven."
"This Thing Called Love" (1929). Mrs. Cheyney in
"The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" (1928): played s'ock in
Salt Lake City. Denver. Houston. San Antonio. Van-
couver. B. C . Portland. Ore. First s'reen experience
in "The Thirtetnth Chair" (1929). Then "Their Own
Desires." with Norma Shearer. "The Divorcee." 'Xet
Us B- Gay." all for MGM: "He Loved the Ladies."
with Tavlor Holmes. Christie: "lawful I^arcenv." with
liOwell Sherman. "The Pay-Off." RKO; "Tonight and
You." with Lois Moran for Fox.
MILLER. LUCILLE: r. n Lucille Williams: h.
Denver. Col.: h 5 feet 2 inches: golden hair and
blue eves- w. 108 pounds: p. Mary and John Williams:
e. St. Mary's high s-hool. Denver: not married: h.
tennis, horseback riding, golf and sailing. Received
stage experience In stock company. Has appeared in
"»r«lf Way to Heaven." plaved a featured role with
Buddy Rogers. Paramount: "Sslly's Shoulders." second
lead with Lois Wilson for RKO: played juvenile lead
l"T Pathe in "Dangerous Youth" and "Breakfast in
Bed."
MILLER. MARILYN: r. n. M.iriUn R»ynoMs: h.
Evansville. Ind.. Septemher 1. 190ft: blond hair and
blue eyes: p. Lyn Reynolds, and mother a professional:
m. Frank Carter, professional, who was killed, and
Jack Pickford whom she divorced: hy. dancing, swim-
ming, golf, tennis ami hors»s. At the age of five she
Joined her mother, step-fither and two older «ist*rs.
and became the fifth member nf the "Five Cnlumtras."
She was then a toe danr**r and billed as "M»ss Sugar-
plum." hut becaus° of her youth the tronoe was not
permitted to play In the hlg cities. The "Five Colum-
hias" toured through France. England. Germany. Spain.
Cuba and Honolulu for seven years. Th*>v returned to
the Pnited States and uno-ared in "Big Time" In
Chicago, which the authorities again stormed because of
her youth In 1914 the familv sailed for England to
appear in the revue "Oh. Joy." under the management
of Sir Oswald Stoll. After breaking their contract
they appeared at the Embassy Club. London's most
exclusive night club. It was here Marilyn was a sen-
sation. Lee Shubert happened to be in London and
offered her a contract to return to New York and
dance at the Winter Garden. Again she was a sen-
sation. She then went in the "Follies" and big musical
comedies such as "Sally" and "Sunny." then with
Charles B. Dillingham she starred in "Peter Pan" and
her most recent success was "Rosalie." Played in
"Sally" (1930). First National.
MILLER. PATSY RUTH: r. n. Patricia Ruth Miller:
b. St. Louis. Mo.: h. 5 feet 1 inch: reddish brown
hair and brown eyes: w. 105 pounds: p. Sadye Lowen
and Oscar W. Miller, non-professionals; e. Visitation
Convent and Man' Institute. St. Louis: m. Tay Gar-
nett : stage experience consists of appearances in "A
Man's Man" at Potboilers: "The Night Stick." a Duffy
production: and "Kempy" with the Beverly Community
Players. Screen experience in Los Angeles for the
past seven years consists of roles in "The Girl I
Loved." a Charles Ray production; "The Hunchback
of Notre Dame" Universal production: "So This Is
Paris." directed by Ernst Lubitsch for Warner
Brothers; "Marriage by Contract" and "The Girl
Who Came Back." Tiffany-Stahl productions, and
many others: (1929) "The Fall of Eve." Columbia:
"Twin Beds." First National: "The Sap." "So Long
I/etty." Warner Bros., and in "The Aviator" (1930).
Warner Bros.
MILLS. EVELYN: Appeared in "Alias Jimmy Valen-
tine" (19291. MGM.
MILLS. MARILYN: r. n. Marv Cecilia Bruning: b.
Enschede. Holland. Nov. 16. 1904: h. 5 feet 3 inches:
black hair and dark eyes: w. 118 pounds: p. Joan
Lemmens and Hubert J. G. Bruning. non-professionals:
e. Hollywood high school: m. J. Charles Davis, pro-
ducer: hy. horses, fishing, motoring, polo and baseball.
Stage career with Constantino's orchestra as master vio-
linist, also with Hollywood high school orchestra, and
in vaudeville tour with her celebrated horses Beverly
and Star. Screen experience started by doubling in
horseback riding for Mary Pickford. Florence Vidor.
Pola Negri. Greta Garbo. Norma Talmadge and others.
Has had a one year contract with Ben Wilson — Arrow
release, co-featured in eight five reel Westerns, and
starred in one serial "Riders of the Plains." Starred
with her horses Beverly and Star in "Tricks" pro-
duced by Marilyn Mills Production. Inc.. also in "Three
Pals" and "The Heart of Paquita."
MISGEN. FLORENCE: b. Prescott. Wis.. March 7.
1904: h. 5 feet inches: red hair and blue eyes: w. ;
135 pounds: p. Annie Clancy and Matthew Misgen: non-
professionals: e. private schools as follows: St. Clara's
college at Sinsinawa. Wis.. Visitation Convent at Du-
huqu». Iowa, and College Mount St. Joseph. Dubuque.
Iowa; not married. Stage career started in 1926 and
1927. with the Chiaego Civic Opera Company in Chi-
cago. Engaged in the fall of 1927 by Shubert for
part of Trilby in musical version of Du Maimer's
"Trilby": prima donna in 1928 edition of Greenwich Vil-
lage Follies. Sailed for Europe for concert and operatic
engagement in fall of 192S. Made extensive study of
repertoire of Italian and French opera in Milan. Italy,
and Paris. France, during 192.8 and 1929. Returned
to this country September 23. 1929.
MITCHELL. GENEVA: b. Medarysville. Ind.. Feb-
ruary 3. 1908: e. in Chicago: h. 5 feet 4 inches: w.
117 pounds: brown hair and blue eves: hy. tennis,
riding and swimming: not married. Nine years on the
stage. Five years with Ziegfeld as a specialty dancer:
ingenue lead in "Sally." Lead opposite Leon Errol
in "Louie 14th." Entered pictures in 1929. Pictures
include: "Her Wedding Night." part of Gloria: "The
Doctor's Wife." "Saferv in Numbers " "No Limit" and
"Son of the Gods" (1930). First National.
MITCHELL. HELEN: Appeared in "Unmasked"
(1929). Artclass.
MOE. ALICE: Appeared in "The Voice of the
City" (19301. MGM.
M0FFETT. FRANCES: b Washington. D. C. : e.
Goucher College. Baltimore, and George Washington
University. Washington: h. 5 feet 4 inches: w. 108
pounds: black hair and brown eves. Worked in stock
companies during vacations and then went to New
York where she enrolled in the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences: first real opportunity when given
role in the Crosby Gaige production of "Blind Mice";
also played major role in "Hello. Francis" ; took test
at Paramount New York studio and given contract.
MONTGOMERY. MARJORIE: b. Sikeston. Mo..
May 27. 1912: e. Orton School for Girls. Hollywood,
specializing in art and music: h. 5 feet 2 inches: w.
92 pounds: light brown hair, hazel eyes: hy. tennis,
horseback riding. Was on the stage. Entered pictures
six years ago; played in "Scaramouehe." "Boy
Scouts." "Born to the West." "Littlest Rebel." "Bride
of the Lamb."
MONTGOMERY. PEGGY: b. Rock Island. 111. Early
screen career: Steiner. Has played in "The Sonora
Kid." "Hoof Marks." "Desert of the Lost." "Saddle
Mates." "Brand of Courage." "Arizona Days" (1929).
El Dorado Pictures: "Bad Man's Money." "On the
Divide." "The Silent Trail." "West of Santa Fe."
MONTE. CHARLOTTE: Played in "In Old Cali-
fornia" (1930). Audible Pictures.
MOOERS. DE SACIA: b. Allesandro. Mojave Desert.
Cal. ; e. St. Gertrude's Convent. Marborough School.
Los Angeles; h. 5 feet 5 inches: w. 131 pounds; ash
blond hair, dark blue eyes. Stage career with Morosco
stock in Los Angeles. Screen career with Samuel
Goldwyn. Selznick. FBO. C. C. Burr. Maritime Pro-
ductions. Fox. Paramount. First National. Columbia:
recent work in "Lonesome Ladies." "By Whose Hand."
"Broadway Daddies," "Back to Liberty." "Just Off
Broadway."
MOORE. COLLEEN: r. n. Kathleen Morrison; b.
Port Huron. Mich.; h. 5 feet 3 inches; reddish brown
hair and brown eyes: w. 105 pounds; p. Agnes Kelly
and Charles Runnels Morrison, non-professionals: e.
Holy Name Convent. Tampa. Fla.. and Detroit Con-
servatory of Music: no stage training; div. John Mc-
Cormick. producer: hy. yachting, fishing, doll house,
for which she gathers furnishings from all comers of
the earth, and has recently taken up photography.
Entered pictures in 1917 with a six months contract
with the old Griffith Fine Arts Company. Her first
picture was opposite Robert Harron in "The Bad Boy."
Steadily progressed until her excellent work in "Flam-
ing Youth" established her as individual star. Among
her other pictures are "Little Orphan Annie" as An-
nie for Selig in 1919: "So Long Letty" for Christie
in 1919: "Dintv" for Neilan-First National in 1920;
"Come On Over" and the "Wall Flower for Goldwyn
in 1921-22: and for First National "Slippy McGee."
1921: "The Huntress." 1922: "Flaming Youth."
"Painted People" and "The Perfect Flapper" in 1923;
"Flirting With Love." "So Big." "Sally" and "The
Desert Flower" in 1924; "We Moderns." "Irene."
"Ella Cinders" and "It Must Be Love" in 1925;
"Twinkletoes" and "Orchids and Ermine" in 1926:
"Naughty But Nice." "Her Wild Oat" and "Lilac
Time" in 1927; and "Happiness Ahead." "Oh Kay."
"Svnthetic Sin" and "That's a Bad Girl." in 1928:
(1929) "Smiling Irish Eyes." "Why Be Good." "Foot-
lights and Fools." First National.
MOORE. HILDA: Appeared in "Jealousy" (19291.
Paramount.
MOORE. GRACE: b. Jellico. Tenn. : e. public
schools in home town and Ward Belmont College in
Nashville. Tenn. Made first public appearance at
National theatre in Washington, sharing program with
Martinelli. First important stage role was "Up in
the Clouds." light operetta. Studied voice with
Marafioti and appeared at same time in the "Music
Box Revue" in 1923-4-5. Also appeared in "Hitchy
Koo." and other light musical roles as well as on
concert platform. In 1928 made debut at Metropolitan
as Mimi in "La Boheme. " During next two years
appeared as Juliette in "Romeo and Juliet." "Mar-
e"te in "Faust," and "Manon." In 1929 made
European tour appearing at Paris Onera and the Opera
rnmique. and opera houses at Cannes and Monte
Carlo. She has a lvric sonrano voice. Is under
contract to MGM. First picture was "A Lady's
Morals."
M00RHEAD. NATALIE: b Pittsburgh. Pa.: blond
hair and blue eyes: p. Anni Katherine Messner non-
professional' e. Peabody high school. Pittsburgh: not
married. Stage exoerien^e with a sto^k company in
Trenton. N. J., with "The Baby Cyclon-*" company:
thence to Hollywood whe"-e she appeared with the
Henry Duffy Players in "The Best People" and "Baby
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1931
Cyclone." Under contract to Fox. 1929, "Through
Different Eyes"; (192U), "Girl from Havana, "Trust-
ing Wives," Educational; Coronet Talking Comedies;
and in 1930 in "Furies." First National; "The Ben-
son Murder Case." Paramount; "Divorce Among
Friends." Warner Bros.; "Manslaughter." Paramount;
'Captain Thunder." Warner Bros.; "Average Hus-
band." Educational; Mack Sennett Talking Pictures.
MORAN, LOIS: r. n. Lois Darlington Dowling; b.
Pitismngli. Pa., March 1. 19U9; h. j feet 2 inches:
a>ii blond hair and dark blue eyes; w. 108 pounds;
I). Mrs. G. E. Moran, Roger Dowling, Dr. T. G. Moran
(stepfather), non-professionals; e. Linden Hall Semi-
nary, Uieensburg. Convent and Lycee de Tours. Fiance;
not married; hy. dancing, cooking, book collecting and
s nging. Danced for two years (1922-24) in the Pans
National Opera in Paris, France. Also appeared in
"Wisdom Tooth" by Marc Connelly in New York.
Appeared in Paris in 1924 in such pictures as "La
Uallene des Moustris" and "Fen-Mathies Pascal."
Then returning to the United States she appeared in
"S.ella Dallas." Samuel Goldwyn production: "Just
Suppose," Inspiration picture; "Reckless Lady" and
"Prince of Tempters" for First National; "Padlocked."
"God Gave Me 20 Cents" and "Whirlwind of Youth"
for Paramount; "The Road to Mandalay" for Metro-
Goldwyn-.Mavei ; "Irresistible Lover" for Universal: and
"The Musio Master." "Publicity Madness," "Sharp-
shooters." "Love Hungry," "Don't Marry," "Making
the Grade." "River Pirate." "Blindfold" and "False
Colors" for Fox. Appeared in (1929) "Joy Street."
"Behind That Curtain." "True Heaven" and "Words
and Music." "Not Damaged." "Mammy." Warner
Bros.; "Song of Kentucky" (1930).
MORAN. POLLY: r. n. Pauline Theresa Moran; b.
Chicago. 111.; h. 5 feet 4 inches; dark hair and blue
eyes; w. 134 pounds; p. Mildred Frances Kelly and
Tom Moran. non-professionals; e. St. Patrick's & Chi-
cago Public Schools; not married: hy. travel. She has
appeared in the following screen productions: "Calla-
hans and the Murphys." "London After Midnight."
"The Enemy," "Buttons," "Hose Marie," "Divine
Woman," "Bringing Up Father," "Telling the World."
"Show People." "Beyond the Sierras." "Shadows, of
the Night." "Honeymoon." "China Bound," "Danger-
ous Females," "Hollywood Revue," "Hot for Paris."
"Chasing Rainbows" ; "The Bishop Murder Case"
(1930). "Caught Short" (1930). MGM ; "Those Three
French Girls" (1930). MGM; Vitaphone No. 2297.
MORENO, ROSITA: b. Madrid, Spain. March 18.
1910; h. 5 feet 414 inches: chestnut hair and brown
eyes: w. 119 pounds; p. professionals; hy. perfume col-
lections and football. Made professional debut as
dancer in Buenos Aires in 1918. Made American
debut as dancer in vaudeville in 1925. Was featured
in "Pleasure Bound," with the Shuberts. Has ap-
peared in several Spanish language films, among them
"Slightly Scarlet." Also in "The Santa Fe Trail."
feminine lead opposite Richard Arlen and with Clara
Bow in "Her Wedding Night."
MORGAN. HELEN: b. Danville, 111.; e. Crane
Technical high school. Chicago, 111.; not married. Early
stage experience in the chorus of a cafe in Chicago,
then to Montreal to study singing and while there
won a beauty contest and was given the title of "Miss
Canada": followed a trip to New York and a meet-
ing with Eduardo Petri, maestro of the Metropolitan
Opera school who became interested in her voice and
permitted her to enter the school, where she studied
for a year. Thrn a season as a member of the
chorus of "Sally." her first contact with Broadway
and then headliner at the Club Montmartre. Chicago.
It was here she attracted the attention of Amy Leslie.
Chicago Daily News dramatic critic, who recommended
more New York experience, and gave her letters of
Introduction to David Belasco and George White and
while singing in the Back Stage club, won a role in
George White's Scandals of 1925; followed with the
stellar role in "Americana." Also appeared with the
Grand Guignol players in Greenwich Village for a
short engagement, then followed a brief vaudeville en-
gagement and was then signed for the role of "Julie"
in Ziegfeld's "Show Boat" in which she appeared for
two seasons, at the conclusion of which she headlined
in the reopening of the Ziegfeld Roof, sharing honors
with Maurice Chevalier, Paramount star, who made his
first personal appearance in America at that time. Her
first appearance on the screen was in "Applause." in
the role of a burlesque queen; next starred in Arthur
Hammcrstcin-'Jerome K< rn's oinretta. "Sweet Adeline."
in pictures again in "Glorifying the American Girl"
(1929). "Roadhouse Nights" (1930). Paramount.
MORGAN, JEAN: b. Port of Spain. Trinidad. West
Indies; h. 5 feet 6 inches; light brown hair and green
eyes: w. 125 pounds; e. in private schools in Boston,
Massachusetts; not married. Selected as "Hollywood's
Most Beautiful Show Girl," by Henry Clive, noted
artist. Was picked from 300 girls in various studios.
She came to Hollywood at the beginning of talking
pictures and has appeared in the following: "Gold
Diggers of Broadway." "Sally." "On With the Show."
"Bride of the Regiment." "Show of Shows," and
many others. Went under contract to First National,
and a member of the Vitaphone Chorus trained by
Larry Ceballos.
MORGAN, MARILYN: b. Port O'Spain. Island of
Trinidad, in the British West Indies. October 17,
1913; h. 5 feet 2 inches; golden brown hair and chame-
leon eyes; w. 10G pounds; p. Leo Krauth and Harriet
Cutler Krauth. non- professionals; e. Private Girl's
school in Trinidad, also attended schools in Spring-
field. Boston, Medi'ord and Hollywood; not married;
hy. swimming and tennis. Has had no stage experi-
ence, but after taking a screen test, signed a contract
with Pathe which gave her the privilege of completing
her education under the guidance of a tutor; in
"Whoopee" (1930), United Artists.
MORRIS. FRANCES: 1). Springfield. Mass.. August
3, 1908; h. 5 feet 4 inches; light reddish brown hair
and dark brown eyes; w. 115 pounds; p. Mr. and Mrs.
Fred G. Morris, professionals; e. Forest Park high
school; m, Russell Parker, professional; hy. working.
Stage experience as follows: lead with Bob Woolsey in
"Honest Liars." in New York, also leads in "Rain."
"Pigs," "The Patsy," "Seventh Heaven," "When Win-
ter Conies," "Irene," "If I Were King." "Judy" and
'Tommy." On the screen she appeared as Molly with
the late Lon Chaney in "Thunder."
MORRIS. KEWPIE: Appeared in "Square Shoul-
ders" (1929). Pathe.
MORRIS, MARGARET: b. Minneapolis, Minn..
November 7. 1903; e. Stanley Hall. Minneapolis, Pine
Manor. Boston, specializing in dramatic art; h. 5 feet
5 inches; w. 118 pounds; titian hair, brown eyes. Was
with Shubett Stock Company. Entered pictures in
1924; played in "Best People." "That's My Baby,"
"Magic Garden." "Moulders of Men." "Mark of the
Frog." "Avenging Shadow." Edna Reed in "The
Woman I Love."
MORRISON. DOROTHY: Appeared in "Hearts in
Dixie" (1929). Fox.
MOSKOWITZ, JENNIE: Appeared in "Mothers
Boy" (1929). Pathe.
MOWRER, LILLIAN: Appeared in "Love Waltz,"
UFA.
MOYLAN. CATHERINE: b. Dallas, Texas. 1910:
h. 5 feet 2',4 inches: blond hair and green eyes; w.
108 pounds; p. Catherine and J. W. Moylan, non-
professionals; e. Bryan Street high school; not mar-
ried; hy, horseback riding and tennis. Was winner of
$2,000 beauty contest in Dallas and as a result was
signed by Ziegfeld as a showgirl. Appeared in tne
"Follies," Rosalie." "Whoopee," and "Rio Rita."
In 1930 appeared in such pictures as "Our Blushing
Brides" and "The Devil's Cabaret," "Way Out West":
also "Easy Going" (1929). MGM.
MUNSON, ONA: b. Portland. Ore.. June 16. 190S:
h. 5 feet 2 inches: brown hair and blue eyes: w. 115
pounds; e. Miss Catlin's school. Portland; m. Eddie
Buzzell. professional. Started stage experience in
vaudeville and then musical comedy. Appeared in
"No. No. Nanette." "Tip Toes." "Twinkle Twinkle."
"Manhattan Mary," "Hold Everything." Screen ex-
perience: has appeared with Joe E. Brown in "Going
Wild" (1930). followed by "The Hot Heiress." with
Ben Lyon, for First National. Has also appeared in
Vitaphone short, "The Collegiate Model." Is under
long term contract to First National.
MURAT. JEAN: Appeared in "Venus" (1929).
United Artists.
MURPHY. EDNA: r. n. Elizabeth Edna Murphy; b.
New York City. November 17. 1904 ; h. 5 feet 2 inches;
blond hair and blue eyes: w. 101 pounds: p. Mary Ann
Gibson and Edward Hugh Murphy, non-professionals;
e. Manual Training high school. Brooklyn, and Bay-
ridge college. Brooklyn: ni. Mervyn LeRoy, director:
no hobbies. No stage training. Screen experience
since 1919 during which time she has appeared in
"Over the Hill." "King of Wild Horses." "McFadden's
Flats. Daughters of Today" and in W' sterns for
RKO with the- late Fred Thomson : (1929) "The
Bachelors Club." General Pictures: "Greyhound Limit-
ed." "Kid Gloves," "My Man." "The Sap" and
"Stolen Kisses." Warner Bros.; "The Man from
Blanklev's" (1929). Warner Bros.: "Little Jolmnv
Jones" (1929). First National; "Lummox" (1930).
United Artists; "Dancing Sweeties" (1930). Warner
Bros.
MURRAY. ANITA: Appeared in "Hot For Paris"
(1929). Fox.
MURRAY. ELIZABETH: Appeared in "Lucky in
Love" (1929). Pathe.
MURRAY. JOYCE: b. Coeur d'Alene. Itaho. January
31. 1911: e. Lady of Lourdes, Spokane. Wash., and
Sacred Heart. Hollywood, college degree from Immacu-
late Heart Convent; h. 5 feet H4 inches, w. 100
pounds; brunette hair, blue eyes; hy. riding, tennis
and swimming. Three years on the dramatic stage.
Fanchon & Marco, with Elsie Janis, specialty dancer
at the Warner Bros, theatre opening. Entered pictures
in "Broadway Melody"; other pictures: "Sally."
"Scandal." "The Jazz Age." "Revue of Revues."
MURRAY. MAE: b. Portsmouth. Va. ; h. 5 feet
4 inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 110 pounds;
e. New York City; married; stage career, Ziegfeld
Follies. Entered pictures as double for a famous star.
Featured in "On With the Dance." "Idols of Clay."
Paramount; "Peacock Alley," "Fashion Row." "Mile.
Midnight." "The Merry Widow." "The Masked
Bride." "Valencia." "Altars of Desire." MGM;
Made tour of West Coast theatres doing Merry Widow
Waltz.
MURRAY, MARY: Appeared in "Lucky in Love"
(1929). Pathe.
MURTAGH. CYNTHIA: Appeared in "The Ware
Case," (1929), First National.
MYERS. CARMEL: b. San Francisco. Cal.. April
4, 19U1; h. 5 feet 4 inches; red hair and green eyes;
w. 120 pounds; p. Mrs. Isadore Myers and Rabbi Isa-
dore Myers (both deceased), non-professionals; e. Los
Angeles nigh school, sang ingenue lead in "The Magic
Melody" for one season in New York City; m. Ralph
H. Blum, attorney. June 9. 1929; hy. tennis, dancing,
playing ukulele and singing her own compositions. Has
played in many Writers' Club productions in Holly-
wood. Entered pictures in 1917 under tutelage of D.
W. Griffith. Her first appearance before the camera
was in "The Matri-maniac" with Douglas Fairbanks:
then followed "Stage Struck." "Might and the Man,"
a lead opposite Harold Lockwood in "The Haunted
Pajamas," after which she signed a two year starring
contract with Universal. "Sirens of the Sea," "My
Unmarried Wife," "All Night" and "A Society Sen-
sation" were some of the pictures made during this
time. Then followed a season on the stage in New
York and another year's contract with Universal. Also
appearances in "The Last Hour," "The Famous Mrs.
Fair." "You Are in Dangir." "The Dancer of the
Nile," "The Magic Skin," now known as "The Slave
of Desire," and then "Law Against Law" for Gold-
wyn. After this came a great part in "Beau Brum-
mel" with John Barrymore for Warner Brothers. She
scored what is possibly her greatest success as Iris in
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer's "Ben Hur. " After that she
made "A Certain Young Man." "The Demi-Bride"
and "The Understanding Heart" for the same com-
pany. Then "Sorrel and Son" for United Artists;
"The Girl from Rio" for Gotham; "Prowlers of the
Sea" for Tiffany-Stahl : "Four Walls" and "The Song
of Love" (which was "Adrienne Lecouvreur") for
Metro-Goldwv n-Mayer. Following this picture she was
signed by Fox for two Movietones. The first was a
two-reel picture with Clark and McCullough in which
she registered so well that she was immediately cast in
Fox's first 100 per cent, all-talking feature length
Movietone, "The Ghost Talks," from the stage play
"Badges" by Max Marcin: (1929) "Careers." "The
Careless Age." First National: "Dream of Love."
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "The Red Sword." Radio Pic-
tures; "He Did His Best" (1929). Paramount-Chris-
tie; "Broadway Scandals" (1929). Columbia: "The
Ship from Shanghai" (1930). MGM; "The Ladv Sur-
nnders" (1930). Universal: "The Stronger Sex" (1930).
N
NASH. JUNE: Appeared in 1929 in "Companionate
Marriage," First National; "Strange Cargo." Pathe.
NEFF, PAULINE L.: b. Altoona. Pa.: h. 5 feet 7
inches; gray hair and gray eyes: w. 135 pounds; e.
private schools in Philadelphia. Wooda College: ra.
Frank Coffyn. professional: hy. tennis and swimming.
Stage experience for a time, last appearance with
James R. Hackett in "A Grain of Dust." Screen ex-
perience started in 1913 and among her pictures are
"Passerby." "Let No Man Put Asunder,'' "No Girls
Wanted." "Women Love Diamonds." "Claw." "Masked
Bride" and others. Freelance player.
NEGRI. POLA: b. Poland: e. in Poland: h. 5 feet
4 inches: w. 120 pounds: black hair, hazel eyes.
Made her first big reputation as star of the Russian
Imperial Ballet in the Czarist regime, as a dancer:
emotional actress of foreign stage. First seen in
America in "Passion." followed by "Gypsy Blood."
"Hotel Imperial." "Barbed Wire." "Woman on Trial."
"Secret Hour." "Three Sinners." "Loves of an
Actress."
NEWBERRY. BARBARA: Played in Vitaphone No.
1045. "Fashion's Mirror."
NEWELL, ELSA: Played in Vitaphone No. 2296.
NEWTON. FLORENCE: Plaved in Vitaphone No.
962. "Wedding Bells."
NICHOLS. NELLIE V.: Appeared in "Playing
Around" (1930). First National.
NILSSON. ANNA Q. : b. Ystad. Sweden; h. 5 feet
7 inches: blond hair and blue eyes; w. 125 pounds:
e. in Ystad. Sweden. She has had some stage experi-
ence, and appeared in the following screen produc-
tions: "Thirteenth Juror." "Too Much Money." "Mid-
night Lovers." "Greater Glory." "Her Second Chance."
"Easv Pickings." "The Masked Woman." "Lonesome
Ladies." "Babe Conies Home." "The Whip." "Block-
ade" and "Sorrell and Son." Freelance player.
NISSEN. GRETA: r n. Grethe Ruzt-Nissen: b Oslo.
Norway. Jan. 30th: h. 5 feet 4 ',4 inches; blond hair
and biue eyes: w. 120 pounds; e. in Copenhagen. Den-
mark; married: hy. swimming. Stage experience in
"Beggars on Horseback." in which she played tiie lead.
She entered films in 192.5 and has appeared in the
following: "Popular Sin." "Butter and Egg Man."
"Blind Alleys." "Une Thief." "Wanderer." "Beggar
on Horseback." "Blond and Brunette." "Lucky Lady,"
"Lad; of Harem," "Fazll." Fox.
NIXON. MARIAN: b. Superior, Wis.: h. 5 feet:
brown hair and dark eyes; w. 10(1 pounds: p. Frederick
Nixon, non-professional ; m. Edward Hi llman. Jr.. non-
professional: hy. bridge, dancing and designing dresses.
Screen experience, prolog in a Minneapolis motion
picture theatre, member of sirls' chorus with vaude-
ville troupe. With this company toured west, coming
to Los Angeles. Screen experience started with a
three-month contract with Mack Bennett, Appeared
in "The Temple of Venus." "Kentucky Days." femi-
nine lead In "Big Dan." "The Vagabond Trail."
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"Cupid's Fireman." "Just Off Broadway." "The Last
of the Duanes" and "Riders of the Purple Sage." for
Fox. At the expiration of the Fox eontract she
signed a contract with Universal and appeared in the
following: "I'll Show You the Town." "Out All Night."
co-starred with George Lewis in "The Four-Flusner."
featured opposite Jean Hersholt in "The Symphony"
and in "Honeymoon Flats." Her latest pictures in-
clude "Geraldine" for Pathe: "Out of the Ruins"
and "Young Nowheres." for First National: "The Rain-
how Man" for Sono-Art Paramount, and "Gentral
Crack." "In the Headlines" and "Little Pal." for
Warner Bros.: "Courage" (1930), "College Lovers"
(1930). First National.
NOBLE. SALLY: Played in "His Operation"
(1929). Pathe. Yariety Comedies.
NOLAN. MARY : r. n. Man' Imogene Robertson: b.
Louisville. Ky.. December 18. 1905: h. 5 feet 5 inches;
blond hair and green eyes; w. 112 pounds: p. Mary'
and Jack Robertson, non-professionals: e. St. Joseph's
convent; not married: hy. her work. Stage experience
in musical comedy as a dancer; has appeared in
"Daffodil" with Arthur Hammerstein: "Lady Butter-
fly" with Oliver Morosco; and with Ziegfeld for two
seasons: then went to Europe. Screen experience in
"Uneasy Money." made abroad and now being re-
leased in New York, and "The Viennese Lover" and
"The Woman God Forgot." she made abroad, and in
"Sorrel and Son" as Molly: the daughter in "West
of Zanzibar." and with John Gilbert in "Thrist" for
Metro-Goldtvvn-Mayer, all produced in Hollywood;
(1929) "Desert Nights." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
"Charming Sinners." Paramount; "Eleven Who Were
Loval." UFA; "Shanghai Ladv" (1929). "Outside the
Law" (1930). "Undertow" (1930). "Young Desire"
(1930) . Universal.
NORMAN. KARYL: Plaved in Vitaphone No. 2662.
■"Types." No. 2603. "Silks and Satins."
NORMAN. GERTRUDE: b. London. England: h. 5
feet 3 inches; gray brown hair and dark blue eyes; w.
124 pounds: p. Georgiana and D.-nham Norman, non-
professionals: e. privately: hy. housekeeping, reading
and knitting. Screen experience starred for ten years in
new versions of "East Lynne" and "Medea" in Lon-
don. She came to the United States in 1SS9 for two
years on tour, eo-starred in "Other Peoples Money"
with Nazimova for one year on Broadway. In films for
nineteen years and has app.-ared in "Laddie" and
"Greene Murder Case" and worked for Edison. Bio-
graph and Vitagraph. Freelance player.
NORMAN, JOSEPHINE: b. Vienna. Austria. No-
vember 12. 1904: e. Wadleigh high school. Miller Busi-
ness. National Academy of Arts, specializing in nurs-
ing, secretarial, painting and drawing: h. 5 feet 3
incites, w. 117 pounds: light brown hair, dark brown
eyes: ny. horseback riding, camping, swimming. En-
tered pictures in 1925: has played in "Fifth Avenue."
"Prince of Pilsen." "King of Kings." "You're in the
Army Now." "Wreck of the Hesperus." "Chicago."
NORRIS. ETHEL: Played in "Her Hired Husband"
(1930). Pathe- Variety Comedies.
NORWORTH. DOROTHY ADELPHI: b Hoboken.
N. J.. March 7. 1895: h. 5 feet 2 inches: blue eyes
arid red hair: w. 125 pounds: e. Brooklyn. N. Y'. : m.
Jack Norworth. professional; has two sons. Jack. Jr..
and Ned: hv. swimming and horseback riding. Has lived
In all principle cities in United States and Europe.
Stage experience on legitimate stage and vaudeville.
Entered pictures in 1928. Played in "Nagger ' series.
NORWORTH. MRS. JACK: Played Vitaphone No.
1014. "The Naggers."
NOVAK. EVA: Screen career: "Irene." First Na-
tional: "No Man's Gold." Fox; "Say It with Babies."
Pathe: "The Medicine Man" (1930). Tiffany.
NOVAK. JANE: Appeared in 1929 in "Redskin."
Paramount.
o
O'BYRNE PATSY: b. Kansas: h. 5 feet 3 inches:
black hair and blue eyes: w. 124 pounds: p. Elizabeth
Quinn and James O'Byrne. non-professionals ; e. Sacred
Heart Content. Peoria. 111.: not married: hy. children,
painting, horseback riding. Started stage career in
N Y Hippodrome but soon gave up same because
parent's objected. Started screen experience with Mack
Sennett 10 vears ago in comedies having appeared in
"Barnum Was Right." "Paris." "Outcast." "Loose
\nkles " "Jazz Queen." for First National: and I on-
demnrd." for United Artists, and "South Sea Rose'
for Fox.
0' DAY. DAWN: Appeared in 1929 in "Mother
Knows Best." in 1930 in "City Girl." Fox. .
O'OAY MOLLY: r. n. Suzanne Dobson Noonan : b.
Bavonne, N. J.. 1911: h. 5 feet VA inches: reddish
brown hair and dark hazel eyes: w. 118 pounds: p.
Hannah Peterson Kellay and F. F. Noonan. mother
professional: e. Xotre Dame content. Trenton Island;
not married: hy. dolls and athletics. Screen experi-
ence of two vears in such pictures as "The Ltttls
Shepherd of Kingdom Come." "The Patent Leather
Kid" and "Hard Boiled HagL-erty." At the present
time on stage with Fanchon and Marco; (1929) On
With the Show." Warner Bros.
O'DAY. NELL: Played in "King of Jazz" (1930).
Universal.
O'HARA. SHIRLEY: Appeared in "The Wild
Party" (1929). Paramount.
O'LEARY. PATSY: Has appeared in "Street Cor-
ners." "Vacation Loves." Educational-Mack Sennett
Talking Pictures.
O'NEAL. ZELMA: b. Rock Falls. 111.: h. 5 feet
2*i inches: auburn hair and blue eyes; w. 116 pounds:
p Glace llclliliv anil James O'Neal: e. public schools
of Chicago: m. Anthony Bushell. professional: hy.
visiting fortune tellers, golf and bridge. Stage ex-
perience in singing and dancing in small Chicago
theatres. Book d over Orpheuni with "Harry Fields
Nine Napanese " in sister act with Bernice O'Neal in
Harrv Carrol Revue. Star of "Good News" and "Fol-
low Thru." In Educational comedies in 1929; "Fol-
low Thru" (1930). Paramount.
O'NEIL. SALLY: r. n. Virginia Louise Noonan: b.
Bavonne N. J.. 1910; h. 5 feet 2 inches; dark brown
hair and dark blue eyes: w. 102 pounds: p. Hannah
Peterson Kellav and F. F. Noonan. mother, profes-
sional: e. Notre Dame convent. Trenton Island: has
had stage training: not married: by. dolls. Screen ex-
|«Tience of three vears and lias appeared in "Mike."
"Frisco Sally Levy." "The Callahans and the Mur-
phvs." "Battle of the Sexes" and in "Siide. Kelly,
Slide": (1929) "The Sophomore." Pathe; "Hard
boiled." Radio Pictures: "Broadway Fever." Tiffany-
Stahl; "Girl on the Barge." Universal: "On With the
Show." Warner Bros.: "Broadway Scandals" (1929).
Columbia: "Girl of the Port" (1930). Radio Pictures;
"Hold Everything" (1930), Warner Bros.
O'NEILL. NANCE: Appeared in 1929 in "His
Glorious Night." "The High Road." MGM: and in
1930 in "The Lady of Scandal." "The Singer of
Seville." MGM; "Ladies of Leisure" Columbia Produc-
tion; "Eves of the World." United Artists; "Call of
the Flesh," MGM.
O'SULLIVAN. MAUREEN: b. Boyle. Ireland. Mav
17. 1911: h. 5 feet 6 inches: dark brown hair and
blue eyes: w. 116 pounds; e. Dublin and London
convents and finishing school in Paris: not married:
hy. raising poultry, tennis, horseback riding. In pic-
tures for two years and has appeared in "Song o'
My Heart" (1929). "So This Is London" (1930).
Fox; "Just Imagine" (1930).
OAKLAND. VIVIAN: Pictures include. "Tony Runs
Wild." Fox: "Love 'Em and Weep." "Tell 'Em
Nothing." Pathe: "Wedding Bells." Paramount:
"Uncle Tom's Cabin." Universal: "The Man iu
Hobbles." Tiffany: "The Time. Place and the Girl."
Warner Bros.; in 1929 appeared in "The Crazy Nut."
and in Educational-Mermaid Talking Pictures: 1930
pictures include: "Personality." Columbia: "Back
Pay." First National; "The Lady SurrendTs." Uni-
versal: "Oh. Sailor Behave." "Matrimonial Bed."
Warner Bros.; "Big Hearted." Pathe. Whoopee
Comedies: "Let Me Explain," Paramount-Christie
Talking Comedies.
OAKLEY. FLORENCE: Appeared in "A Most Im-
moral Lady" (1929). First National.
OAKS. DOROTHY: Played in Vitaphone No. 951,
"A Perfect Understanding."
OLIVER. BETTY: "The New Waiter" (1930), Pathe-
George I^Maire Comedies: "Musical Beauty Shop"
(1930). Pathe-Melody Comedies, first series.
OLIVER. EDNA MAY: Appeared in "The Satur-
day Night Kid" (19291. Paramount: "Half Shot at
Sunrise" (1930). Radio Pictures.
OLLIVETTE. NINA: Appeared in "Queen High"
(1930). Paramount.
OLMSTEAD. GERTRUDE: b. Chicago. 111.: h. 5
feet 2 inches: dark hair and grey-blue eyes; w. 117
pounds: m. Robert Z. Leonard, director. Screen ex-
perience covering a period of several years and has
appeared in "Mr. Wu" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
(1929) "The Lone Wolf's Daughter." Columbia: "The
Passion Song."
OLSEN. NESLO: b. San Diego. Cal.. June 26. 1911:
h. 5 feet 3*4 inches: dark brown hair and eyes: w.
110 pounds: p. Luella Hanwcll and LeRoy Olsen. non-
professionals; e. private girls school and Hollywood high.
U. C. L A. at Los Angeles. Calif. : not married : hy.
flying, bridge, swimming, tennis, horseback riding.
Stage experience began in numerous school plays and
dance specialty numbers, as the boy in "The Toymaker
of Nuremburg." in 1927. "Smiling Thru" and "The
Red Mill." Discovered by Edmund Goulding in 1927
and appeared in comedy and ingenue roles in 15 talk-
ing pictures prior to 1930: was also in "Red Hot
Rhythm" directed by Leo McCarey for Pathe. Free-
lance player.
ONDREA. ANNY: Appeared in "Blackmail" (1929).
World-Wide-British International picture.
OSBORNE. VIVIENNE: Played in Vitaphone No.
1072-73. "The Nightingale."
OSTE R M AN. LYNNE: Played in Vitaphone No.
1051. "Five Minutes from the Station."
OWEN. KATHERINE DALE: b. Louisville. Ky..
July 28: h. 5 feet 4H inches; blond hair and blue
eyes; w. 125 pounds: p. Reba and Robert Owen, non-
professionals: e. Nashville. Tenn. . Springside School.
Chestnut Hills. Pa.. Academy of Dramatic Art. New
York City: not married: hy. swimming and riding.
Stage experience in "Little Women" at Lyceum theatre.
New York. "Happy Go Lucky." the part of Tilly with
O. P. Heggie on the road; "The Mountain Man" with
Sidney Blackmer in New York City. Leads in follow-
ing plays: "Bootleggers." "The Love Set." "White
Collars." "The Whole Town's Talking": with Wm.
Mack in his play "Canary Dutch" for David Belasco;
"Lore City." with Sessue Hayawaka : "The Play's the
Tiling." with Holbrook Blinn — on tour "The Silent
House." in 1928 "Mr. Money-penny." in the part of
Glory. On the screen with John Gilbert in "Forbidden
Woman": under contract to MGM. made "His Glori-
ous Night" (1929). "The Rogue Song." "Strictly Un-
conventional." "The Circle": in 1930 in "Born Reck-
less." "Such Men Are Dangerous." Fox.
OWEN. SEENA: b. Spokane. Wash.: h. 5 feet 8
indies; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 125 pounds: e
Bruno Hall. Spokane. Stage career, legitimate and
stock. Screen career, recent appearances: "The Blue
Danube." "The Rush Hour." Pathe: Yvonne D'Orsy
in " Sinners in Love." FBO; Rose Sellers in "Marriage
Playground." Paramount.
P
PADDEN. SARAH: Appeared in 1929 in "Com-
panionate Marriage." First National: "Wonder of
Women." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: "The Sophomore."
Pathe: and in Vitaphone No. 2246. "The Eternal Bar-
rier." No. 2268. "Souvenirs."
PAGE. ANITA: r. n. Anita Pomares: b. Murrav
Hill. Flushing. L. I.. August 4. 1910: h. 5 feet 2
inches; blond hair and blue eyes: w. 118 pounds; p.
Maude E. and Marino Pomares: e. Washington Irving
high school. New York City: hy. art and drawing.
Appeared in the following Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pro-
ductions. "Telling the World." "Our Dancing Daugh-
ters." "While the City Sleeps." "The FLving Ensign"
and "Tile Broadwav Melody" in 1928. In 1929 in
"The Flying Fleet." "The Hollvwood Revue." "Our
Modern Maidens." "Speedway." "Navy Blu-s" : in 1930
in "Caught Short." "Free and Easy." "Our Blushing
Brides." MGM; "Little Accident." Universal.
PAIGE. PATSY: Played in "Lilies of the Field"
(1930). First National.
PALASKA IRENE: Played in "Married in Holly-
wood" (1929). Fox.
PALLAT. NORMA: Played in "So This Is Mar-
riage" (1929). Pathe-Folly Comedies, first series.
PALMER. CORLISS: b. Macon. Ga. : h. 5 feet 5>A
inches; blond hair and hazel eyes: w. 130 pounds; p.
Julia Farrell. non-professional; e. Lanier high school,
Macon. Ga. ; m. Eugene Palmer, writer and Publisher:
hy. animals. Stage experience in New Y'ork City.
Her screen experience consists of roles in "The Night
Bird." "George Washington Cohen." "Applesauoe."
"Honeymoon Hate" and "A Man's Past," "Broadway
Fever" (1929). Tiffany-Stahl.
PALMER. MABEL: Played in "Dance With Me"
(1930), Pathe-Checker Comedies, second series.
PALMER. PATRICIA: Appeared in "Little Sav-
age" (1929). Radio Pictures.
PALMER. SHIRLEY: Played in "Campus Knights"
(1929). Chesterfield.
PARLO. DITA: b. Germany; black hair, larg- eyes.
Appeared in films in her own country. 'Homecoming''
(1929) . Paramount; "Hearts Melody" (Melody of
Hearts) and "Hungarian Rhapsody." UFA.
PARRISH. HELEN: Appeared in "His First Com-
mand" (1930). Pathe.
PARSLEY. RUBY: Played in "The Marriage Play-
ground" (1929), Paramount.
PATTERSON. ELIZABETH: b. Savannah. Tenn. ; h.
5 feet 5 inches; dark brown hair and dark blue eyes;
w. 115 pounds: e. in Savannah and Mortin college;
hy. collecting antique furniture and jewelry. Stage
experience three seasons with Ben Greet's English
Company in Shakespeare's Washington Square Players.
Also in the following stage plays: "Intimate Strangers,"
with Billie Burke: "Magnolia." with Leo Carillo;
"Gypsy Jim," with Arthur Hammerstein; "Lazy Bones."
"Charm." "Spellbound." "Rope." "Carry On." "Trie
Marriage Bed" and "Man's Estate." She has ap-
peared in the following screen plays: "The Boy Friend."
"Mrs. Harper." "The Return of Peter Grimm," "The
Minister's Wife" and in 1929 — talking short for War-
ner Brothers entitled "The Gay Nineties." Also in
"Words and Music," "Dean of Women." "Lone Star
Ranger." "Erickson." "South Sea Rose," "Sister
Sarah," "Dawn," "Harmony at Home." "Mrs. Hal-
ler." "The Big Party" (1930). Fox.
PATTERSON. HELEN: Played in "Two Fresh Eggs"
(1930) . Pathe-Folly Comedies, second series.
PAULO, CHIQUITA: Appeared in Vitaphone No:
928.
PAULO. PAQUITA: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
928.
PEARSON. VIRGINIA: b. Louisville, Ky.. 1888;
e. in Louisville; h. 5 feet 5 inches, w. 145 pounds;
dark brown hair, hazel eyes. Stage career, stock:
two seasons as vampire in Robert Hilliard's "A Fool
There Was." Faversham's "The Hawk." Screen
career: Famous Players. Vitagraph. Fox. First Na-
tional. Selznick. State Rights. Universal. Ginsberg;
pictures include: "What Price Beauty," "The Big
City." "The Actress." Mrs. Van Smvthe in "Smilin'
Guns" (1929). Universal; "The Phantom of the
Opera" (1929). Universal.
PEERS. JOAN: b. Chicago. 111.. 1911; p. Frank O.
Peers, professional; e. Alta Loma grammar school in
Los Angeles, and Hyde Park high school in Chicago:
not married. Stage career began at the age of two
and one-half. As a child she was a solo dancer with
Chicago Symphony Orchestra. At six she played child
in Tamaka Miura's American presentation of "Madam
Butterfly." Toured with Guy Bates Post in "The
Masquerader," and entered stock. The play "Marry
the Man" took her to New York City. The show
had a short run and she entered pictures. Appeared
in "Applause" for Paramount, also as an extra in
Mary Pickford's "Rosita." and feminine lead in Moran
and Mack's "Two Black Crows." Paramount: "Around
the Corner" (1930). "Rain or Shine" (1930). Colum-
bia.
PENNINGTON. ANN: b. Camden. N. J.: h. 4 feet
11^4 inches: brown hair and dark brown eyes: w. 106
pounds: p. non-professionals; e. Cooper School at
Camden; not married: hy. designing own costumes and
dancing. Stage experience as follows: Two seasons
with Ziegfeld Follies, with "The Scandals." of 1919
and 1928. with "Jack and Jill." company and others.
Screen experience began in 1918 with Paramount, and
has appeared in the following productions: "The
Little Boy Scout." "The Sunshine Man." "Antics of
Ann." "Rainbow Man." "Lucky Horseshoes." "The
Golden Strain." and "Madame Behave." She also
appeared in the following talking productions: "Tanned
Legs." for RKO and "Hello Baby." "Is Everybody
Happy?" and "The Gold Diggers of Broadway." War-
ner Bros.: "Happv Days" (1930), Fox; Vitaphone No.'
3641. "Hello Baby."
PERCY. AILEEN: b. Belfast. Ireland: e. Belfast
and New York City: h. 5 feet 3 inches, w. 118 pounds:
blond hair, hazel eyes; m. Ulric Busch. Stage career
with Ziegfeld and Charles Dillingham. Screen career
with American. Robertson-Cole. Hodkinson. Fox. Uni-
versal, FBO. First National. Selznick. Tiffany. Go-
tham Productions. Chadwick. Pathe: pictures include
"Burnt Fing-rs." "Backstage." "Twelve Miles Out."
"Spring Fever." "Telling the World." Dolly in "The
Broadway Hoofer."
PERDUE. DERELYS: Plaved in "The Smiling
Terror" (1929), Universal.
PERFECT. ROSE: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 940.
PERRY KATHRYN: Appeared in "Side Street"
(1929). Radio Pictures.
PETERSEN. MARIA: Played in "The Last Com-
pany" Ufa.
PETERSON. DOROTHY: b. Hector. Minn.: e. in
Chicago and at Columbia University. New York City:
h. 5 feet 4 inches: w. 120 pounds: blond hair and
blue eyes; not married. She was given a test by B. P.
Fineman at Astoria Studios while playing on the legiti-
mate stage in New York City. The test was taken
to the Coast by Ruth Collier and shown at First Na-
tional Studios. Signed for the part of the mother
in "Mother's Cry."
PETERSON, ELSA: Appeared in "Madame Satan"
MGM.
PHILBIN. MARY: b. Chicago. HL, 1908: h. 5 feet
2 inches; brown hair and gray eyes; w. 100 pounds:
p. non-professionals: e. Chicago: not married. En-
tered pictures in December. 1921. with the Black Mo-
tion Picture Company in a two reel Western. Has
plaved in such pictures as "The Merry Go Round "
"Fool's Highway." "Fifth Avenue Models." "The
Man Who Laughs." "The Port of Dreams" and many
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other minor pictures; (1929) "Girl Overboard," "Last
Performance." "Phantom of the Opera." "Shannons
of Broadway." Universal.
PHILLIPS. HELENA: Played in "The Greene Mur-
der Case" (1929). Paramount.
PHILLIPS. MARY: Played in Vitaphone No. 10G8.
"Stepping Out."
PHIPPS. SALLY: b. San Francisco. May 24. 1909;
e. San Francisco and Los Angeles, specializing in
law and art; h. 5 feet 2 inches, w. 108 pounds: red
hair, brown eyes. Eniered pictures in 1926; has plaved
in "High School Hero." "News Parade." ' None But
the Brave." "Why Sailors Go Wrong." niece in "De-
tectives Wanted." hostess in "Joy Street" (1929); "The
One Woman Idea" (1929), Fox.
PICKFORD. MARY : r.n. Gladys Smith; sister of
Jack and Lottie Pickford. professionals; m. Douglas
Fairbanks, professional. Began her stage career in
her native city. Toronto, Canada, when but 5 years old.
playing a speaking part with the Valentine Stock com-
pany in that city. At 8 years she was already a veteran
actress, going on the road with "The Little Bed
Schoolhouse" and a year later starring in "The Fatal
Wedding." At 13 she played with Chauncey Olcott in
"Edmund Burke" and her first appearance on Broad-
way was made under the auspices of David Belasco in
"The Warrens of Virginia," in which she originated
the role of Betty Warren.
Her first screen api>earance was in "Her First Bis-
cuits" with Florence Lawrence and William Courtright
(who again appeared with her in "My Best Girl"
(1927); then the leading role in "The Violin Maker of
Cremona" for Biograph; thence to Independent Motion
Picture Company, again returning to Biograph. Belasco
succeeded in winning her back to the stage the follow-
ing season and presented her in "A Good Little Devil."
In the spring of 1913 she made a film of the play for
Famous Players and after that she rose rapidly to
her present preeminence in motion pictures. She was
vice president of Mary Pickford Famous Players Com-
pany in 1915 and appeared in the following pictures
for that company: "A Good Little Devil." "Caprice."
"Bishop's Carriage," "Tess of the Storm Country."
"Hearts Adrift," "Such a Little Queen." "Eagle's
Mate." "Behind the Scenes." "Fanchon the Cricket."
"Cinderella," "Mistress Nell." "A Dawn of Tomor-
row." "Bags." "Little Pal." "The Girl of Yester-
day." "Poor Little Pippina," "Madam Butterfly." "The
Foundling." "The Eternal Grind." "Hulda from Hol-
land" and "Less Than the Dust."
In 1916 Miry Pickford Company was organized and
she aoquired one-half interest in the profits of her Alms
which were released through Artcraft Pictures. Among
these films were: "Pride of the Clan." "Poor Little
Rich Girl." "Romance of the Redwoods." "The Little
American." "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." "Little
Princess." "Stella Maris." "Amarilla of Clothes Line
Alley." "M'liss." "How Could You. Jean?" "Captain
Kidd. Jr.." "Johanna Enlists." In 1918 Miss Pick-
ford became an indei>endent producer, making pictures
for release through First National. These included
"Daddy Long Legs." "The Hoodlum" and "Heart
o' the Hills." Early in 1919. Mary became one of
the organizers of United Artists Corporation, which
organization releases her pictures today. "Pollyanna."
her first production for United Artists, was followed bv
"Suds." "The Love Light." "Through the Bick Door."
"Little Lord Fauntleroy." "Tess of the Storm Country"
(directed by John S Bobertson), "Rosita" (directed by
Ernst Lubitsch), "Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall."
"Little Annie Rooney." "Sparrows" and "My Best
Girl." "Coquette." released early in 1929. was her first
all-talking picture. "The Taming of the Shrew." all-
talking picturlzation of Shakespeare's comedy, marked
the first joint appearance of Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks in a film. In 1930 she made "Forever
Yours." and in 1931 "Kiki" for United Artists.
PICON, MOLLY: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 917.
PIERCE. EVELYN: b. Del Bio. Texas. February
5. 1908; e. in Los Angeles: h. 5 feet 4 inches: w.
122 pounds; blond hair and gray eyes; hy. dancing,
horseback riding and swimming; not married. En-
tered pictures in 1925. Has appeared in "Snorting
Venus." "Excuse Me." several leads in Bin-Tin-Tin
pictures, ingenue and leads in "While London Sleeps."
"Once a Gentleman" and "The Parisian."
PILOT. BERENICE: Played in "Hearts in Dixie"
(1929). Fox.
PITTS. ZASU: b. Parsons. Kan.. 1898: h. 5 f et
6 inches: brown hair and blue eyes; w. 110 pounds:
e. In California; m. Tom Gallery, professional, one
child. No stage experience. Appeared in the following
screen productions: "Early to Wed." "IIt Big Night."
"Risky Business." "Casey at the Bat." "Wife Savers."
"Greed." "Buck Privates." "13 Washington Square."
"Sunlight Paris." "Sunny Side Up." "Monte Carlo."
"The Squall." "Wedding March." "Sins of the
Fathers." "The Dummy." "Mannequin." "Old Shoes "
"Her Private Life." "Twin Beds." in 1920 in "Oh
Yeah." Pathe: "Paris," First National: "This Thing
Called I/ive " Pathe; and in 1930 in "The Devil's
Holiday." "Honey." Paramount: "Beyond Victory."
Pathe: "Lottery Bride." United Artists: "Mont'
Carlo." Paramount; "Little Accident." Universal;
"River's End." Warner Bros.
POLLARD. DAPHNE: b. Melliourne. Australia: e.
Australia: h. 4 feet 9 inches; w. 100 pounds; blond hair,
blue eyes; hy. swimming and golf. Previous career
on stage in revues, musical comedy, variety in London.
Paris and United States since 1914: starred at New
York Winter Garden. London Hippodrome and Paris
Folies Bergeres. Entered the picture business in 1927.
when drafted from the stage for comedy; pictures in-
clude "The Slim Princess." "The Girl From Every-
where." "The Girl From Nowhere." "Hit of the
Show," Mabel in "Sinners in Love." "The Lion's
Boar." "The Old Barn." "Loose Ankles" (1930). First
National: "Bright Lights" (1930). First National:
Svbll In "Big Time." Minnie In "The Skv Hawk" :
"Big Time" (1029). Fox: Mrs. Nott In "South Sea
Rose" (1929). Fox: Emma in "Swing High" (1030).
Pathe; "Sky Hawk" (1930). Fox: "Bulls and Bears"
M93ID. "Sugar Plum Papa" (1930). "Honevmoon
Zeppelin" (1930). "Goodbye I*gs" (1930). Educa-
tional-Mack Sennett Talking Pictures; "Amcrl-a or
Bust" (1930). Pathe. Checker Comedies. Second Series:
No. 2554 "Wanted— A Man" and No. 2507 "Cleo to
Cleopatra." Vitaphone shorts.
POTECH I N A. LYDIA: Appeared In 1929 In "Ills
Latest Excellency"; "White Devil." Ufa.
"OULTEN MAREL: Appeared In "Constant
Nymph" (10291. fialnsborough.
POWERS LUCILLE: h San Antonio, Texas. Novem-
ber 18. 1911; e. at Girl's Latin School. Boston. Mass..
and the schools of Spartanburg. S. C. ; h. 5 feet 5%
inches: w. 123 pounds; blond hair, blue eyes; hy.
motoring. Did stock in Spartanburg for a while and
then in Dallas and Los Angeles, where her work won
her a part in "Three Week Ends" at Paramount.
Played in "All Quiet on the Western Front." "The
King of Jazz." and the lead in King Vidor's produc-
tion. "Billy, the Kid."
PREER. EVELYN: b. Vicksburg. Miss.. July 26.
1904 ; e. public schools of Chicago. 111., specializing in
domestic science; h. 5 feet. 8 inches; w. 130 pounds ;
brown hair, brown eyes; hy. tennis, golf and sw.mminn:
m. Edward Thompson. On the stage played the title
role in Oscar Wilde's "Salome." at Frazee theatre in
New York, in David Belasco's "Lulu Belle" and with
Lafayette Players for four years. Entered pictures in
1928, when Christie Film Company signed her because
of her stage work and previous experience in colored
pictures; played the role of JonquJ Williams in "Mel-
ancholy Dame." Mrs. Privacy Robinson in "Framing
of the Shrew," "Music Hath Charms," "Oft in the
Silly Night."
PRESTELLE. MAE T.: b. Iowa; e. in the East; h 5
C inches; w. 138 pounds; brown hair, gray eyes; hy.
horseback riding and walking. Appeared on the stage.
Entered pictures in 1913 with Universal in New York
City; pictures include: "English and Gypsy Love."
"Price of Fame." "Beulah." "One Woman to An-
other," the Nun in "The Awakening," Nun in "The
Iron Mask." Nun in "Queen Kelly." "Dynamite."
"The Royal Lover."
PREVOST. MARIE: b. Sarnia. Ont.. Canada,; h.
5 feet 4 inches; very dark brown hair and blue eyes:
e. Manual Arts high school. Los Angeles; m. and
div. Kenneth Harlaii. professional; hy. swimming and
oi>en air motoring. Played in two reel slapstick com-
edies. First feature picture, a drama. "Old Swimmin'
Hole." in which she played opposite Charles Ray; first
big success was "Tarnish," followed by "The Mar-
riage Circle" and "Kiss Me Again," directed by Ernst
Lubitsch; also appeared in "Recompense" and "The
Dark Swan." Starred under Metropolitan banner in
"Up in Mabel's Room." "Almost a Lady." "For
Wives Only." "Man Bait." "Getting Gertie's Garter."
"The Night Bride." Also starr.d by Pathe-DeMille
in "Girl in the Pullman." "The Rush Hour." "On to
Reno." "Blonde for a Night." and featured in "The
Godless Girl." DeMille special. Also featured in "The
Racket." directed by Lewis Milestone for Caddo and
released through Paramount. Starred in "The Exodus
of the New World." produced by the Pioneer Film Cor-
poration of Salt Lake City and in "The Sideshow"
for Columbia directed by Erie Kenton: (1920) "Divorce
Made Easy." Paramount: "The Flying Fool." "The
Godless Girl." Pa'he: "Ladies of Leisure" (1930).
Columbia; "Party Girl" (1930). Tiffany.
PRICE, KATE: r. n. Kate Duffy: b. Cork. Ireland.
February 13. 1872; h. 5 feet 6% inches; dark brown
hair and blue eyes; w. 210 pounds; p. Mary Steele
and Phillip Duffy, non-professionals; e. Ireland: hy.
swimming. Twenty years stage experience, appearing
in dramatic and vaudeville sketches. Screen experi-
ence cons'sts of roles in "The Cohens and the Kellys."
"Frisco Sallv Levy." "The Godless Girl," "Anybody-
Here Seen Kelly." "Third Degree." "Show Girl."
"Paradise" and "The S -a Hawk": (1929) "Two
Weeks Off." First National: "Cohens and Kellys in
Atlantic City." "Cohens and Kellys in Scotland"
(10301. Universal: "Dancing Sweeties" (1930). War-
ner Bros.
PRICE. NANCY: b. Denver. Col.. June 21. 1918: e.
public schools of Hollywood, specializing in dancing
and music: h. 4 feet. 6 inches; w. 74 pounds; light
brown hair, hazel eyes; hy. swimming. Entered pic-
tures in 1920 at the age of 2 years. Pictures include
the title role in "Eva the Fifth." MGM; "The Doctor's
Secret" (1929), Paramount; Alice in "Three Live
Ghosts."
PRINGLE. AILEEN: b. San Francisco. Cal.; h. 5
fe°t 4 inches; dark brown hair and green eyes; w.
117 pounds: p. Julie Goyhen (French) and George
W. Bisbee; e. Miss Murison's School in San Francisco.
School of the Sacred Heart. Paris, and Miss Mc-
Kenzie's School in London : hy. oriental arts. S'age
experience under the Elliotts nt I/ondon in "The
Bracelet" in 1915. Thence to the screen where she
has app-ared in "Redhead." for Select pictures in
1919: in "Eafhbound." "Souls for Sale." "Three
Weeks." "His Hour" and "Wife of the Centaur" for
Metro-Goldnvn-Maver in 1020-23-24: also in Para-
mount's "Tin Gods" in 1926; and again in Metros
"Adam and Evil." in 1927: "Beau Broadway": "Wall
Street." Columbia: "Prince of Diamonds" (1930). "Sol-
diers and Women" (1930).
PRINGLE. JESSIE: Played in "The Devil's Holi-
day" (1930), Paramount.
PURSELL. JUNE: r. n. Mary Pursell; h. Indian-
apolis. Ind.. 1903; h. 5 feet 4% inches; blond hair,
blue eyes; w. 127 pounds; p. Delia Lindhv. Walter
Pursell. non-professionals; e. Shortridge high school.
Indianapolis: not married: hy. swimming, drawing,
painting, piano, horseback riding, golf. Has had
stage experience on Orpheum circuit in a sing ng act.
Broadcast for five years over radio station KNX. and
also has recorded for Brunswick records. Has ap-
Key of Abbreviations
b. born
div. divorce
e. educated
h. height
hy. hobby
m. married
p. parents
r. n. real name
w. weight
peared on the screen in "The Hollywood Revue." and
"Viennese Nights" (1930), Warner Bros.; and in
Vitaphone short.
Q
QUARTARO. NENA: r. n. Gladys Quartararo; b.
Mexico. March 17; e. New York City; h. 5 feet. 2
inches; w. Ill pounds; black hair, brown eyes; hy.
rid.ng, tennis and swimming. Previous career, on the
stage at various times since five years of age; discov-
ered by D. W. Griffith at fourteen years of age; screen
career, "The Bed Mark." Consuelo in "The Eternal
Woman" (1929), Columbia; "Frozen River" and "Ode
Stolen Night" (1929). Warner Bros.: Mitzi in "The
Redeeming Sin." "The Virginian." "Under a Texas
Moon." "Golden Dawn" (1930). Warner Bros.; "Mon-
sieur Le Fox" (1030), MGM.
QUEDENS. EUNICE: Appeared in "Song of Love"
(1929), Columbia.
QUILLAN. MARIE: b. Philadelphia. Pa.. March 17.
1911; h. 5 feet 2 inches; dark brown hair and blue
eyes; w. 109 pounds; p. Sally Owens and Joseph S.
Quillan. professionals; e. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.
South Philadelphia;; not married: hy. reading, motion
pictures, tennis, football and sewing. Has been on
the stage all her life in family acts. Screen experi-
ence in "Speedy" with Harold Lloyd: (1929) "Cam-
pus Knights," Chesterfield: "Noisy Neighbors." Pathe;
Vitphone No. 2574, "A Little Bit of Everything."
QUIMBY. MARGARET: Appeared in 1929 in "Lucky
Boy," Tiffany-Stahl; "Trailing Trouble" (1930), Uni-
versal.
R
RAISA, ROSA: Played in Vitaphone Nos. 2545 and
2546.
RALSTON, ESTHER: b. Bar Harbor, Maine; h.
5 f^-et 5 inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 124
pounds; p. May Howard and Harry Walter Ralston,
professionals; e. high school in Washington. D. C, and
received her stage training dancing in a family act; m.
George Webb, non-professional; hy. swimming and inte-
rior decorating. Stage experience as a child in Ralston
presentations. Screen experience consists of roles in
"The Phantom Fortune" for Universal and also in Uni-
versal Westerns; for Paramount in "Peter Pan." "Beg-
gar on Horseback," "The Best People." "The Goose
Hangs High." "The Lucky Devil," "The American
Venus." "The Little French Girl." "The Trouble with
Wives." "Wonianhandled," "The Quarterback," "The
Blind Goddess," "Children of Divorce," "Fashions for
Women," "Ten Modern Commandments." "Figur s
Don't Lie," "The Spotlight," "Love and Learn."
' Something Always Happens," "The Sawdust Para-
dise" and "The Case of Lena Smith"; (1029) "Be-
trayal," "The Wheel of Life"; "The Mighty." Para-
mount.
RALSTON, J0BYNA: b. South Pittsburgh, Term..
November 24. 1904; e. Tennessee and Hollywood; h.
5 feet, 1 inch; w. 106 pounds; brown hair, blue eyes;
hy. golf, tennis, swimming; m. Richard Arlen, actor.
Previous career as a chorus girl. Entered pictures in
1021; pictures include "Why Worry," "The Freshman."
"The Night Flyer," "Special Delivery," "Wings,"
"Racing Komeo." "Little Mickey Grogan," "Count of
Ten," "Gigolo." "Kid Brother." "Some Mother's Boy"
(1929), Rayart; Mary in "The Toilers," Doris Marlowe
in "The College Coquette" (1929). Columbia; "The
Power of the Press" (1929), Columbia; "Bough Waters"
(1929) Warner Bros.
RAMBEAU. MARJORIE: b. San Francisco. Cal.;
h. 5 feet 6 inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w.
135 pounds: p. Lillian Burnett and Marcel Bambeau.
non-professionals; e. San Francisco; sports, golf. Stage
experience. 20 years. "D.es of Youth." "Cheating
Cheaters." "The Goldfish," "Kick In." "Antonia."
and many others. First picture was "Her Man"
(1030). role of Annie. Pathe; "Dark Star" (103U).
MGM
RANDOFF, STELLA: Appeared in "Me, Gangster"
(1920). Fox.
RANKIN. CAROLINE: Played in "Lone Star
Ranger" (1930), Fox.
RANKIN. DORIS: "Her Unborn Child" (1929).
Windsor Pictures; "Love at First Sight" (1930) Ches-
terfield.
RAVEL. SANDRA: Played in "Three French Girls"
(1930) . MGM.
RAY, ALLENE: r. n. Allene Burch; b. San Antonio.
Tex.. January 2; h. 5 feet 3 inches; blond hair and
hazel eyes; w. 114 pounds; p. Willie Ray Mullins and
John Burch. non-professionals : e. San Antonio and
Fort Worth. Tex., high schools; m. Mr. Wheeler, non-
professional ; by. all athletics and riding. Stage experi-
ence in a musical comedy. San Antonio. Tex. Entered
pictures in 1010 anil lias appeared in such pictures as
"The High Card." "Tex O'Reilly." "Partners of the
Sunset." "Your Friend and Mine." and in the follow-
ing serials, "The Green Archer." "Snowed In." "The
House Without a Key." "Mching Millions." "Hawk of
the Hills." "The Man Without a Face." "The Terrible
People," "The Yellow Cameo"; "Overland Bound"
(1930). Bell Pictures.
RAY. MONA: Screen career. Topsv in "Uncle Tom's
Cabin." Universal; "Pardon My Gun." Pathe; "Pick
'Em Young" (1030). Pathe. Melodv Comedies, first
series: "Redheads" (1930). Pathe. Folly Comedies, first
series; "Half Pint Polly" (1030). Pathe. Rodi-o
Comedies.
RAYMOND. FRANCES: Played in "The Illusion"
(1029). Paramount.
READE. JANET: r. n. Helen Dorothy Rulon: b.
Philadelphia. Pa.. July 21. 1810 i h. 5 feet 7 inches:
blue-gray eyes and platinum hair; w. 124 ixmnils; p.
Helen and William Rulon. non-professionals; e. West
Philadelphia high school: m. Walter Batchelor. theat-
rical agent. Stage experience: Leading comedy role
opposite Eddie Cantor in "Whoopee." opposite W. C.
Fields in "Ballyhoo," vaudeville. First picture was a
small purt in "Smiling Lieutenant." starring Maurli e
Chevalier.
REBLA : Played in "The New Walter" (1930).
Pathe. George LeMaire Comedies.
REECE. KATHRYN: Appeared in "Animal Crack-
ers" (1930), Paramount.
REGO. BILLIE: Played In "Trying Them Out"
(1980), Pathe. Checker Comedies, first series.
1931
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REICHER. HEDWIG: Appeared in 1929 in "Lucky
Star." "True Heaven." Fox; "The Godless Girl."
Pa the.
REID. JANE: b. Chicago. Ill; e. Chicago, special-
izing in the fine arts course at Art Institute. North-
western University, Evanston. 111.; h. 5 feet. 5 inches:
W. 119 pounds; copper hair, brown eyes; hy. tennis,
riding. Entered pictures at age of 10 years in Essanay
studio; pictures include: "The Green Lantern," "The
"Squall." "Clearing tie Trail." "When the Law Rides."
"Law of Fear." "Terror Mountain." Joyce Carlyle in
"Maid to Order."
REINWALO. GRETA: Appeared in "Eleven Who
Were Loyal" (1929). Ufa.
RENARO. KAYE: Played in "Glorifying the
American Girt" (1629). Paramount.
RENICK. RUTH: r. n. Ruth Renick Griffith; b. Colo-
rado. Texas: h. 5 feet 1*4 inches; titian hair and
hazel-blue eyes; w. 110 pounds: p. non- professionals;
e. Phoenix Union and Fort North high schools, and
the Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art of Ari-
zona : not married : by. sports and horseback riding.
H>s appeared in "The Garden Snare." "Molly Coddle"
and "Ask Dad He Knows." with Edward Everett
Horton.
REVIER. DOROTHY: b. San Francisco. Cal. ; h.
5 feet 4 inches: blond hair and blue-grey eyes: w. 115
pounds; e. Oakland high school: not married: hy.
horseback riding, tennis and swimming. No stage
experience. Has appeared in the following sere. n pro-
ductions: • "Drop Kick" for First National: "The
Tigress." "The Warning." "The Siren." "Submarine."
"Murder on the Roof" and "Black Sheep" for Co-
lumbia; "R»d Dance" for Fox: "The Iron Mask" for
United Artists: "The Mighty" for Paramount, and
"Hold Evervthing" for Warner Bros.: "Call of the
West" (1930). "Light Fingers" (1929). "Murder on
the Roof" (1930). "Vengeance" (1930). Columbia pro-
ductions; "Bad Man" (1930). "Sin Flood" (1930).
"Way of All Men" 11930). First National: "The
Dance of Life" (1929). Paramount; "The Donovan
Affair" (1929). "Father and Son" (1929). Columbia.
REYNOLDS. VERA: b. Richmond. Va. : h. 5 feet
inch; brown hair and hazel eyes: w. 102 pounds: p.
Lily B. Dean and Norman Reynolds, non-professionals;
m. Robert Ellis, actor. Stage experience as a dancer
in Los Angeles. Screen experitnee of 10 years con-
sists of various roles with Cecil B. DeMille for four
and one-half years in "Feet of Clay." "Road to Yes-
terday." "Silence" and "Prodigal Daughters": (1929)
"Back from Shanghai." General Pictures. "Tonight
at Twelve." Universal.
RHODES. GEORGETTE: riayed in "Road to
Paradise" (1930). First National.
RHOUMA. GYPSY: Played in "White Cargo"
(19301. produced by W. P. Film Company. London.
RICA. MONA: r. n. Enriqucta Valenzuela: b. Mexi-
co City. Mexico. July 15. 1909; h. 5 feet 2 inches:
brown hair and eyes; w. 113 pounds; e. Mexico City
and in a convent: hy. music. Appeared in "Eternal
Love." "Shanghai Ladv" (1929). Universal: "Hearts
and Hoofs" (1930); Pathe-Rodeo Comedies.
RICE. IRENE: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 2279.
"The Beast."
RICH. IRENE: b. Buffalo. New York. October 13:
h. 5 feet 6 inches: golden brown hair and brown eyes;
p. Mabel A. Luther, formerly married to Charles Rich,
non-professionals: e. St, Margaret's School for Girls in
Buffalo; m. David Blackenhorn. non-professional; hy.
swimming and horseback riding. Stage experience. 16
weeks in vaudeville on Radio-Keith-Orpheum circuit
in the East. Screen experience — entered as an extra —
starred in the following productions: "Lady Winder-
mere's Fan." "Lost Lady" for Warner Brothers:
"Craig's Wife" and "Ned McCobbs" for Pathe; "They
Had to See Paris": "So This Is London" (19301.
"Exalted Flapper" (1929). Fox: "On Your Back"
(1930). Fox: "Check and Double Check" (1930).
Radio Pictures: Vitaphone No. 2368. "Lead. Kindly
Light."
RICH. LILLIAN: Played in Vitaphone No. 4033.
"The Eternal Triangle."
RICH. VIVIAN: Appeared in "Must We Mam"
(1929). Trinity.
RICKERT. SHIRLEY JEAN: b. Washington. 192C:
has won several child contests: at age of 3 was given
part in "How's My Baby." with Monty Collins and
T. Roy Barnes. Also had part in .\ietro-Goldwyn-
Mayer picture "Sins of the Children" with Leila
Hyams. "Follow Thru." Paramount pictur' with
Nancy Carroll and Buddy Rotters. "Night Work" with
Eddie Quillan for Pathe. Had part in one "Our
Gang" picture. "Helping Grandma." after which she
was signed for 5 year contract by Hal Roach to appear
in "Our Gang" comedies.
RIDGEWAY. FRITZI: b. Missoula. Mont.; e. Butte.
Mont., Hollywood high school and Chicago Art Insti-
tute, specializing in languages, art and drama: h. 5
feet. 5 inrhes: w. 120 pounds: brown hair, blue eyes;
hy. riding, swimming, golf; m. Bakalienikoff. Entered
pictures in 1917: played in "Old Homestead." "Ruggles
of Red Gap." "Trifling with Havoc." "Enemy." "Red
Hot Speed." "Flying Romeo.e." "Son of the Golden
West." Mamie Chase in "This Is Heaven." the mother
in "Hell's Heroes."
RIVERO. LORRAINE: b. Seattle. Wash.: h. 4 feet.
4*4 inches: w. 42 pounds: brown hair, brown eyes.
Screen career: "The Fourth Commandment." "Chicago
After Midnight." "Ladies of the Mob." "Up Stage."
"Red Skin" (19291. Paramount: Two years with
Educational Studios as lead in Big Boy Juvenile
comedies.
ROBERTS. EDITH: r. n. Edith Josephine Roberts;
b. New York City. September 17: h. 5 feet 2 inches:
brown hair and eves; w. 107 pounds: p. Blanche Man-
dll and Max Roberts non-professionals: e. private
schools: m. Kenneth Snoke. non-professional: hy. horse-
back riding and painting. On s'age in New York in
vaudeville as a child. Screen experience of 11 years and
has appeared in "Mas-a." "The Adorable Savage."
"The Mystery club." "Sevan Keys to Baldpa-e." "Big
Brother." "Saturday Night." "There You Are" and
"Backbone": (19291 "The Wagon Master" Universal:
"Two o'Clock in the Morning" (1930). Bell Pictures.
ROBERTS FLORENCE: Played in "Eves of the
World" (1930). United Artists
ROBINSON. ROBERTA: l>. Montclair. N. J.: e.
Montrlair puhpr and high s-hools. New England Con-
servatory of Music Her inC'al screen work for RKO
was in "Half Shot at Sunrise."
ROBSON. MAY: b. Melbourne. Australia; e. Eng-
land. France. Belgium; h. 5 feet. 2 inches; w. 105
pounds; dark brown hair, blue-grey eyes;. Stage debut
in 18S3; 22 years with Chas. Frohman. Empire Stock
Company, New York. Screen career. "The Angel of
Broadway." "Harp in Hock." "Chicago," "The Blue
Danube." "Turkish Delight."
R0EMER. KATE: Played in "Unmasked" (1930).
Artclass.
ROGERS. GINGER: b. Independence. Mo.; h. 5
feet 5 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 115 pounds;
won Texas State Championship in Charleston Contest
and was given four weeks vaudeville contract. Went
to New York and joined Paul Ash Company at
Brooklyn Paramount theatre. Next was signed for
musical revue "Top Speed." First screen experience
was in "Young 5Ian of Manhattan." followed by
"Queen High." and "Manhattan Mary" with Ed
Wynn. Has also appeared in "Sap From Syracuse"
(1930). for Paramount; "A Night in a Dormitory"
(1930). Pathe; Check Comedies, first series.
ROLAND. RUTH: b. San Francisco. Cal.: h. 5 feet
4 inches; w. 115 pounds; e. Los Angeles; m. Ben
Bard; as child actress known as "Baby Ruth." ap-
peared in Ed Holden's company in "Cinderella." En-
tered pictures in 1912. Has played in "Ruth Roland
Serials." "Ruth of the Rockies." "The Avenging Ar-
row." "The Timber Queen." "Red Circle." "Tiger's
Trail." "Who Pays?." "Haunted Valley." "White
Eagle." "Love and the Law." "What Would You
Do?." "Ruth of the Range," "Reno" (1930). Sono-
Art.
ROME. BETTY: Appeared in "The Ware Case"
(1929). First National.
ROMSON. A0ELE: Tlaved in "Her Unborn Child"
(1929) . Windsor Pictures.
RORK. ANN: b. Darien. Conn.. June 12. 1908; h. 5
fe?t 4^ inches: light brown hair and eyes: w. 120
pounds; p. Helen Welch and Sam Rork. mother actress
and father producer; e. Knox School. Cooperstown. N.
Y. ; amateur stage training; not married: hy. riding.
Stage experience with the Pasadena Community Play-
ers. Screen experience in "Old Loves and New." "The
Blonde Saint." "The Prince of Headwaiters." "The
Texas Steer."
ROSA NOVA. ROSA: b. Odessa. Russia. June 23.
1883; e. Odessa. Russia, three years dramatic training
in Moscow; h. 5 feet. 5 inches, w. 170 pounds; black
hair, brown eyes: l.y. swimming. Traveled with Svet-
loff Company all over Russia, with Nicolas Orenloff
for 14 years on legitimate stage. Entered pictures in
1915 as Anita Stewart needed a Russian type mother
for htr picture. "Gloria of Ulanda": later pictures in-
clude "Hungry Hearts." "Blood and Sand." "The
Virgin." "His People." "Business Before Pleasure."
" Abie's Irish Rose" (1929). Paramount: "The Ghetto."
"The Younger Generation" (1929). Columbia: "Lucky
Boy" (19291. Tiffany-Stahl.
ROSAY. FRANCES: Played in "The One Woman
Idea" (1929). Fox.
ROSE. BLANCHE: b. Detroit. Mich. : h. 5 feet
7H inches: brown hair and eyes; w. 145 pounds: c.
Detroit. Twenty years stage career. Eight years
screen career. Has played in "The Old Swimming
Hole." First National: "Smudge." "Barnstormer."
"Money. Money. Monev." "Satan and the Woman."
Excellent; "Call of the West" (1930). Columbia
Pictures.
ROSING. B0DIL: r. n. Bodil Hammerich: b. Copen-
hagen. Denmark: blond hair and blue eyes; p. Golla
and Angu- Hammerich. mother noted Danish concert
pianist and father dean of musicians in University of
Copenhagen: e. public schools in Denmark. _ Several
years' stage experience, some of the time spent in Euro-
pean stock. Has appeared in "Sylvelin" and "Fool's
Errand." Retired and maintained a home for years
before entering pictures. Has two daughters, one a
writer and one. Mrs. Monte Blue, and a son attend-
ing the University of Washington. Visiting Hollywood
about four years ago. she was given her first role in
pictures by Monta Bell in "Prettv Lady." has since
appeared in "The Big Noise." "Out of the Ruins."
"Wheel of Chance" and "It Must Be Love" for First
National: in Parsmount's "The Fleet's In" as the
mother of Clara Bow: and in "Sunrise" for Fox. as
the mother of Janet Giynor. Also appears in "Eternal
Love." United Artists: "Why Be Good." First Na-
tional, and in "Betrayal" for Paramount: "Broadway
Babies" (1929). First National: "All Quiet on the
Western Front" (1930). Universal.
ROTH. LILLIAN: b. Boston. Mass.. 1911: mother
a professional. In 1916 she began playing child parts
in motion pictures at the film studios of Fort Lee.
New Jersey. A year la'er she appeared in a little
part in the plav "The Inner Man." then being only
six years old. She appeared in "Shavings;'; then with
the Shubert show. "Artists and Models" and after
that went out in a single in Keith vaudeville where
her songs became a sensation of the day. She had a
role in Texas Guinan's "Padlocks" and returned to
vaudeville after it had completed Its run. Appeared in
"Delmar's Revels." with Frank Fay and in Earl
Carroll's "Vanities of 1928." Florenz Ziegfeld fea-
tured her in his show atop the New Amsterdam Roof,
where Maurice Chevalier appeared. Jesse L. Lasky saw
her there and asked her to sign a contract with Para-
mount to annear in "The Love Parade": also in "The
Vagabond King." "Madame Samn." MGM: "Honey"
(1930) . "Animal Crackers" (1930). Paramount.
ROVEL. SANDRA: b. France. Jan. 16. 1911: h.
5 feet 2 inches: blond hair and blue eyes: w. 105
i>o\inds: p. Maria Luisa Ratty and Jonan Henri de
Rovel. professional: e. Sacre Coeur a Neuilly. Paris;
not married. Stage experience: "Sunny Days." Opera
Comique. Screen experience: "Three French Girls."
MGM : "Slightly Scarlet." Paramount.
ROVELLE. CAMILLE: Appeared in "Nix on
Dames" (1929). Fox.
ROWLAND. ADELE: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
2348. "Stories in Songs."
RUBENS. ALMA: Among her many pictures were
"Show Boat" (1929). Universal: "She Goes to War."
United Artists. Died in 1931.
RUGEL. YVETTE: Plaved in Metro Movietone Act
No. 89.
RUSSELL. EVANGELINE: Appeared in "Hawk of
the Hills" (1929). Pathe.
RYAN. DOROTHY: riayed in Vitaphone No. 726.
"Mirth ft Melody."
RYAN. NANCY: Appeared in 'Nothing but the
the Truth" (1929). Paramount.
RYAN. ROSETTE: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 72C.
"Mirth & Melody."
s
^ SAB EL. JOSEPH I N E: In "The March of Time."
SAIS. MARIN: Appeared in 1929 in "Come and
Get It," Radio Pictures; "Roaring Adventure." Uni-
versal.
SALE. VIRGINIA: b. Urbana. 111.; e. Urbana high
school. University of Illinois. American Academy of
Dramatic Arts, New York City, specializing in dra-
matics and English; h. 5 feet. 5 inches; w. 120 pounds;
brown hatr, brown eyes. Five years on the stage, in
legitimate productions, Chautauqua, vaudeville. Entered
pictures in 1927. when King Vidor gave her a bit part
in "The Crowd," played in "Legionnaires in Paris."
leads in Jack Duffy comedies for Chnstie. "Harold
Teen." "Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City" (1929).
Universal; "Fancy Baggage" (1929). Warner Bros.:
"Kid's Clever" (1929), Universal; "Why Be Good?."
Miss Eyeler in "The Dude Wrangler." Aunt Prulence
in "Embarrassing Moments," Mary in "Stewed, Fried.
Boiled." Miss Smith in "This Is Heaven," Miss Cobbs
in "Floating College." "Below the Deadline" (1929).
Chesterfield; "Midnight Madness." sob sister reporter
in "Bright Lights" (1930); "Show Girl in Hollywood"
(1930), First National; "Embarrassing Moments"
(1930). Un.versal; "Moby Dick" (1930) Warner Bros.
SANTLEY. ZELDA: Played in Vitaphone No. 919.
"Little Miss Everybody."
SAVAGE. NELLY: Plaved in Paramount, "The
Hole in the Wall" (1929).
SCHAEFFER, ANN: b. St. Louis. Mo.: h. 5 feet
7 inches; brown hair and brown eyes; w. 160 pounds;
p. Barbara and Herman Schaeffer: e. Notre Dame
Convent; widow; hy. likes to work. Stage experience
consists of three seasons with stock shows, four years
on the road with Louis James, taking "Shakes-
pearean" type roles. Screen experience with Vita^raph
ten years ago as leading woman. Current pictures in-
clude "Saturday's Children" and "Prisoners" for First
National. Freelancing mother and foreign type roles.
SCHILLING. MARION: b. Denver. Col.; p. Ed-
ward Schilling, non-professional: e. Denver and Cen-
tral high school of St. Louis; not married: hy. dogs.
Has appeared in the following stage productions: "Miss
Lulu Bett." "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch."
"Daddy Long Legs." "Penrod." "Seventeen." "Polly-
anna." "Her Own Way." "Chicago." and "Dracula."
Her work in "Dracula" so impressed executives of
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that she was immediately signed
to a long term contract. Her first work was as "Ruth"
in "Wise Girls." a talking version of the stage success.
Then the leading role in "Lord Bvron of Broadway."
in 1930 in "Free and Easy" MGM: "The Shadow of
of the Law" Paramount; "Swellhead" Tiffany; "On
Your Back" Fox.
SCOTT. MABEL JULIENNE: b. Minneapolis. Minn.,
h. 5 feet 5 inches; brown hair and eyes: w. 121
pounds; p. Mattie and Joseph Scott, non-professionals;
e. Minneapolis high school and prep school : not mar-
ried; hy. golf. When but 17 years of age apeared on
the stage in New York in dramatics. Has appeared
in pictures for the past 12 years in various roles,
among them being parts in "The Barrier." "Behold
My Wife." "Don't Neglect Your Wife." "No Woman
Knows." "Mother." "Seven Days." "Wallflowers."
"Dream Melody."
SEARS, ZELDA: Wrote and played in many stage
successes. Screen career: "The Night Bride." "The
Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary." "The Wise Wife." "The
Rush Hour." Pathe: Mrs. Otto Orukker in "Bishop
Murder Case," "The Divorcee." MGM: wrote dialog for
"Devil May Care."
SEAY. DORORTHY: b. Chicago. 111.. June IS. 1911;
h. 5 feet 2 inches; brown hair and eyes: w. 110
pounds; p. Edith and Jesse E. Seay. non-professionals;
e. Hollywood Professional Children's school: not mar-
ried: hy. Ashing, tennis, driving, riding, swimming and
cards. Stage experience as a child played in the fol-
lowing Grand Opera productions: "Madame Butterfly."
"Samson and Delilah." "Jewels of the Madonna," "A
Single Man." "Clarence." and appeared in many of
the "Writers Club" productions. Screen experience in
"Marianne" with Marion Danes in which she spoke
French, also in "They Had to See Paris" with Will
Rogers for Fox in which she spoke French. "Lord
Byron of Broadway," and spoke French in "Hot from
Paris." with Victor McLaglan. also with E. E. Horton
in "The Sap." for Warner Brothers and ingenue parts
in "Universal Collegians." for Universal. Has worked
in fourteen talkies. Freelance player.
SEBASTIAN. DOROTHY: b. Birmingham. Ala., h.
5 feet 3 inches: dark brown hair and hazel eyes: w.
115 pounds: p. Stella Armstrong and L. R. Sebas-
tian : e. University of Alabama : hy. painting and
music Stage experience consists of appearance in
"George White's Scandals" in 1924 : then to the screen
in "Sackcloth and Scarlet" for Lasky in 1924: "Winds
of Chance" for First National in 1925; and then with
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in "The Show." "The Demi-
Bride." "Love" and "The Gallant Gringo" in 1927
and in "Our Dancing Daughters" in 192S. In 1929
in "Spite Marriage." "Morgan's Last Raid" and "The
Single Standard": in 1930 in "Montana Moon." "Our
Blushing Brides." MGM; "His First Command." "Offi-
cer O'Brien." Pathe.
SEDDON. MARGARET: b. Washington. D. C. ; e.
Washington. D. C. : h. 5 feet. 3 inches, w. 110 pounds;
gray air. gray eyes. Entered pictures in the World
War; played in "Just Around the Corner." "Sonny."
"Miracle of Money." "Brass." "Women Who Give."
"The Actress," "Quality Street," "Snob," "Bellamy
Trial." Tom's mother in "She Goes to War" (1929).
United Artists: Mrs. Flynn in "Dance Hall." Letitia
Barker in "After the Fog": "Divorce Among Friends"
(1930). Warner Bros.
SEEGAR. MIRIAM: b. Indiana. On Broadway her
work in musical shows brought her to the attention
of Al Woods, the producer. He placed her under
contract and sent her to London where she played
the leading feminine role in the noted melodrama.
"Crime." During the next three years she was on
the London stage and making British Alms. She
appeared in the play "Out Goes She." and enjoyed
her first talking picture experience in a leading rob
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of a short subject made by British International.
As' a result of this talkie she came to Hollywood. She
played one of the two principal supporting leads in
Adolphe Menjou's first all-talking vehicle. "Fashions
in Love." co-starring with Fay Compton. At the
completion of "Fashions in Love" she signed a con-
tract as a Paramount featured player, and her first
appearance was with Richard Dix in "The Love
Doctor." In 1930 in "Movietone Follies of 1930."
Fox: "Seven Keys to Baldpate," Radio Pictures; "What
a Man." Sono Art-World Wide; "Big Money." Pathe.
SEGAL. VIVIENNE: Stage career started at the
age of 1G when she sang "Carmen." having the record
of being the youngest artiste to sins that role. After
becoming a success at this difficult role she won a
contract with the Shuberts to sing the lead in "Blue
Paradise. Also appeared in "Desert Song" company,
and the leading role in Ziegfeld's "Three Musketeers."
Screen appearances in "Song of the West," "Golden
Dawn." "Bride of the Regiment" (1930), First Na-
tional; (1930) "Viennese Nights," Warner Bros.
SEGAR, LUCIA: Appeared in "East Side Sadie"
(1929), Worldart Films.
SELBIE, EVELYN: b. Louisville, Ky. ; h. 5 feet 3%
inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 125 pounds: p. Mary
Williams and Lee Selbie, non-professionals; e. in
Louisville, Ky. ; widow; hy, work. On the stage for
25 years and specializes in Italian and French types.
With Procters in New York City stock for three years.
Stage productions include leading roles in: "Human
Hearts." "Blue Jeans," "The Old Crossroads" and
"The Cat and the Canary." She went into pictures in
1912 with G. M. Anderson (Bronco Billy) and known
as the original Bronco Billy Girl. Recent screen ap-
pearances include: "Name the Man," for Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer; "Dr. Fu Manchu," for Paramount, and
"Love Comes Along," for RKO. Freelance player.
SELWYNNE. CLARISSA: b. London, England; e.
London high school; h. 5 feet, 7 inches; w. 150 pounds;
<iark brown hair, dark brown eyes. Stage career:
leading woman on the English stage in modern and
Shakespearean plays, Garrick theatre. London, Play-
house. New York. Screen career in "Quarantined
Rivals, " "Resurrection," "The Devil Dancer," "A
Social Triangle," "Naughty But Nice," "The Crystal
Cup." "The Heart of a Follies Girl," "Sinners Parade"
(1928) , Columbia; Mrs. Courtland in "Hard to Get."
Mrs. Renwick in "Isle of Lost Ships" (1929), First
National; "Broadway Daddies." "Glorious Betsy."
Foreladv in "My Man." "Jazz Mad." "Come Across"
(1929) Universal; "The Love Trap," Mrs. Jonothan in
"Confessions of a Wife," Mrs. Debenham in "Evidence."
SEYMOUR. MADELINE: b. London. England, Nov.
7. 1893; h. 5 feet 8 inches dark brown hair and dark
blue eyes; w. 150 pounds; p. Agnes and George Lang-
ford Seymour, professional artists: e. in France; mar-
ried Philip Strange, professional actor; hy. golf,
tennis and bridge. Stage experience in London mu-
sical comedy also with Lynn Harding in London,
having appeared with almost every prominent male
actor on London stage as leading woman, also in
James Barrie plays. Entered pictures in England in
1924 with British International and other English
films. Came to Hollywood in 1927 and appeared in
"Last of Mrs. Cheyney" and "Glorious Night" for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Appeared with Pauline Fred-
erick in "Evidence" for Warner Brothers, and "To-
night at Twelve" for Universal; "Madeline Seymour"
(1929), Universal.
SHANNON, CORA: b. Illinois. January 30, 1879: e.
University of Texas, receiving degree in law; h. 5 feet,
4 inches; w. 115 pounds; hair turning gray; blue eyes;
hy. all water sports and dancing. Previous career:
Professional dancer, drama, concert, stage generally:
entered pictures first in San Antonio. Texas, in 1912
with Maclyn Arbuckle: then went to Hollywood in
1921 after being financially ruined by a flood: screen
career in "Tragedy of the Alps" (Defu, Berlin, Ger-
many). Ma Judd in "The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait."
"Smiling Irish Eyes." .the angry wife in "Sunny Side
up," "Lummox."
SHANNON, PEGGY: b. Pine Bluff. Ark.; e. Sacred
Heart Convent in Pine Bluff; h. 5 feet 4 inches; red
hair, gray-blue eyes. Played one season with Zieg-
feld; then Earl Carroll's "Vanities"; ingenue lead
opposite William Hanley in "What Anne Brought
Home"; went into stock; returned to New York for a
season and was selected by Paramount as one of ten
stage "unknowns" to be given chance in motion pic-
tures; assigned feminine lead in "The Secret Call."
SHAW. PEGGY: b. Pittsburgh. Pa.; e. Pittsburgh; h.
5 feet, 2 inches; w. 110 pounds; brown hair, brown
eyes. Stage career with Gus Edwards' "Bandbox Re-
vue," "Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic" for two seasons.
Screen career with Fox, Playgoers, First National, FBO.
Excellent Pictures, Paramount, Pathe; pictures include
"Barnyard Rivals," "The Littl* Buckaroo," "The Bally-
hoo Buster," "Hoff Marks," "Paradise for Two."
SHEA, OLIVE: "Glorifying the American Girl"
(1929) , Paramount; Vitaphone No. 1012-13. "The
Heart Breaker."
SHEARER. NORMA: b. Montreal. Que.. August 10.
1904 ; h. 5 feet 1 inch; brown hair and blue-grey eyes;
w. 118 pounds: p. Edith Mary Fisher and Andrew
Shearer: e. in Montreal public schools; m. Irving Thal-
berg, producer; hy. acting. Has appeared in the fol-
lowing pictures, "The Stealers" for Fobertson-Cole in
1920; and in Metro-Goldwyn-Maver's "The Snob" in
1924; "He Who Gets Slapped." "Tower of Lies" and
"His Secretary" in 1925; "Upstage" in 1926; "The
Student Prince" in 1927, and "The Actress" and
others in 1928. In 1929 in "The Hollywood Revue."
"A Lady of Chance," "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney."
"Trial ..I Marv Oilcan." "Her Own Desire" (l!i2!>».
MOM; "The Divorcee" (1930). "Let Us Be Gay"
(1930) . MGM.
SHERIDAN, ANNE: b. Wichita. Kan.; c. Miss
Spence's School in New York City, specialized in
English literature and languages; h. 5 feet 3% inches;
w. 108 pounds; brown hair, blue eyes; hy. swimming.
Entered pictures in 1925 through winning a beauty
contest: pictures include: "Casey at the Bat." "Wed-
ding Hells." "Casey Jones," "Cross Breed," "Galloping
Thunder."
SHIPMAN. HELEN: Appeared In "Great Power"
(1929), Franklin Warner.
SHIRLEY. IRENE: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
1048. "Bright Sayings."
SHORT. GERTRUDE: b. Cincinnati, Ohio, April (i.
1902; h. 5 feet 3 inches; blond hair and blue eyes;
w. 103 pounds: p. Stella Antrim and Lewis Short; e.
private tutor: m. Scott Pembroke, professional; hy.
aviation, tenuis and swimming. Stage e.\|>cricnco con-
sists of five years in vaudeville; in Morosco produc-
tions; in "A Man's World." and in Alcazar stock.
1918. On the screen she has appeared in "Rent Free,"
"Gold Diggers." "Beggar on Horseback." "The Show."
"Adam and Evil," "Tillie the Toiler." "Trial Mar-
riage" and "The Telephone Girl" series.
SHOTTER. WINIFRED: Played in "One Embar-
rassing Night" (1930). MGM.
SHOTWELL, MARIE: b. New York City; e. Mme.
Gardiner's School, New York City; h. 5 feet 7% inches;
w. 154 pounds; light hair, dark brown eyes. Stage
career: original company of "Madame Sans Gene."
with E. H. Sothern, Frohman Stock Company under
Henry B. Harris, as Shirley in "The Lion and the
Mouse." Screen career: Frohman Amusement Co..
Hallmark, Dietrich-Beck, Paramount. First National.
Vitagraph. Realart, Fox. United Artists; pictures, "One
Woman to Another." "Running Wild."
SHRADER, GENEVIEVE: Appeared in "Mid-
stream" (1929), Tiffany-Stahl.
SHUTTA, ETHEL: Stage experience dates from
earliest childhood. At 3 was semi-professional com-
peting in cakewalks, and at 4 was playing child parts
in stock. Played Little Eva in "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
and in "The Fatal Wedding" when 8 years old. Also
appeared in "The Celebrated Case," "Rip Van Winkle"
and "The Gambler's Child." In more recent years has
appeared in "Passing Show of 1922." "Topics of 1923."
"Marjorie," "Louie the 14th," "Follies" and "Whoopee"
with Eddie Cantor. Screen experience: role of Mary
Custer in screen version of "Whoopee" with Eddie
Cantor for United Artists.
SIDNEY, SYLVIA: b. New York City; e. in public
and boarding schools in New York and at the Theatre
Guild School; h. 5 feet 4 inches; w. 104 pounds: dark
brown hair and blue eyes. First stage experience was
a part in "The Challenge of Youth." then in "The
Squall." "Crime." "Mirrors." Joined a stock com-
pany in Denver and played a fourteen weeks engage-
ment just before going to Hollywood. Tried one pic-
ture. "Thru Different Eyes." and became discouraged
when other parts did not follow immediately. Went to
New York to join the Rochester stock company under
the direction of George Cukor; then to New York City
to play with Robert Warwick in "Nice Women," "That
Old Fashioned Girl." "Crossroads," "Many a Slip"
and then "Bad Girl" with Paul Kelly. Signed a
Paramount contract at the New York studio: was sent
to Hollywood in January. 1931, and her first picture
was with Gary Cooper in "City Streets"; also was in
No. 1051. "Five Minutes from the Station." Vitaphone.
SIMON, MA RCA : Appeared in "Melody of Hearts."
Ufa.
SLEEPER, MARTHA: b. Lake Bluff. 111.. June 24.
1907; h. 5 feet 4 inches; medium colored hair and
light hazel eyes; w. 118 pounds; p. Minnie Akass and
William Sleeper, non-professionals; e. private school
and by Horace Mann in connection with the Columbia
college: not married; hy. swimming, shooting, tennis,
horseback riding and all kinds of dancing. Stage ex-
perience as a dancer in New York (for charity).
Screen experience of five years appearing in "The
Mail Man." in Hal Roach's comedies, in FBO's
"Danger Street." and in "Taxi 13." "The Air Legion."
"Voice of the Storm," "Our Blushing Brides" (1930),
MGM.
SMITH, VIVIAN: Played in "Hearts in Dixie"
(1929), Fox.
SNOWDEN. CAROLYNNE & CO.: Played in Vita-
phone No. 2109, "Colored Syncopation."
SORINA. KATYA: b. St. Petersburg. Russia: e. a
private school and a French college at Constantinople.
After the revolution her family moved to New Yfork
where she studied dancing under Fokin, formerly with
the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet. Later she joined
the ballet of Mordkin of the Moscow Imperial Ballet
and made many concert tours with him. Two talking
pictures in which she has appeared are "Half Shot at
Sunrise" and "Losing Game," Radio Pictures.
SOUTHERN. EVE: Appeared in 1929 in "The
Haunted House"; "Lilies of the Field" (1930). First
National.
SPARKS. MARTHA LEE: b. Floydada. Texas. July
14, 1924; h. 45'/4 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w.
48 pounds: p. Eula May and Herbert S. Sparks, non-
professionals; hy. tap dancing, ballroom dancing, sing-
ing, aerobatics and roller skating. Has appeared in
"Sunny Side Up." 1929; "Happy Days." 1930, playing
part of Nancy Lee, only child in cast. Also in "So
This Is London." 1930, child's part, and "Men On
Call," all for Fox.
SPELLMAN, LEORA : Played in "Wise Girls"
(1929). MGM.
SPERLING. HAZEL: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
4285. "Ship Ahoy."
SPIVEY. VICTORIA: riayed in "Hallelujah"
(1929) , MGM.
SPRING. JOY: Played in "The New Waiter"
(1930) , Pathe-George LeMaire Comedies; "Musical
Beauty Shop" (1930), Pathe-Melody Comedies, first
series.
STANDING. JOAN: b. England. June 21. 1903; h.
5 feet 8 inches: auburn hair and brown eyes; w. 120
pounds ; e. in New York City and Los Angeles. Cal. :
m. Otto Pierce, professional: by. baseball, tennis and
swimming. No stage experience. Screen experience
started in 1918 and has made appearance in the
following productions: "Greed," "Ritzy." "Campus
Flirt." "Women Who Give." "Beau Sabreur." "Home
James." "Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City." "Col-
lege Hero," "Littie Firebrand" and "Reilly of Rain-
bow Division." In 1929 appeared in the following:
"The Kid's Clever," "My Lady's Past." "Fashions in
Love"; "The Street of Chance" (1930). Paramount.
STANWYCK. BARBARA: Appeared in "The
Locked Door" (1929), United Artists: "Mexicali Rose"
(1929), Columbia: "Ladies of Leisure" (1930), Colum-
bia.
STARKE. PAULINE: b. Joplin. Mo.: Ii 5 feet 3
inches; dark brown hair and blue-gray eyes; w. 118
pounds; p. Edith Bruce and George Starke, non-pro-
fessionals; e. private tutor; m. Jack White, producer;
by. riding and tennis. No stage experience. Screen
experience in "Devil's Cargo," "Adventurer." "Sun
Up." "Love's Blindness," "Women Love Diamonds."
"Captain Salvation" and "Dance Magic": in 1929 in
"Tlie Viking." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: "Man, Woman
and Wife." Universal; in 1930 in "A Royal Romance."
Columbia; "What Men Want," Universal.
STARR. SALLY: b. Pittsburgh. Pa.. January 23.
1910: h. 5 feet 2 inches: brown hair and eyes; w. 104
pounds; e. Pittsburgh public schools; hy. sports, danc-
ing and riding. Stage career: played two seasons with
"LeMaire's Affairs," several editions of George White's
Scandals," and one Publix Circuit, having been dis-
covered by Gus Edwards. Entered pictures in 1929.
Screen career: leading role in "College Life," Buddy in
"The Woman Racket," "Not So Dumb" (1930). "The
Single Standard." MGM; "Swing High" (1930). "Night
Work," "Pardon My Gun." Pathe; "Personality"
(1930), Columbia Productions; "All for Mabel" (1930),
Pathe, Campus Comedies.
STATLER, MARIAN: Played in "King of Jazz"
(1930). Universal.
STAUBER, MARY: Played in Vitaphone No. 4140.
"The Servant Problem."
STEADMAN, VERA: b. Monterey, Cal.: h. 5 feet
3 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 110 pounds; hy.
horseback riding, tennis and swimming. Started out
as Mack Sennet bathing girl who would really swim
and then became lead at Christie, opposite many
comedians.
STEDMAN, MYRTLE: Appeared in 1929 in "The
Wheel of Life," Paramount; "The Sin Sister." Fox;
"Jazz Age," Radio Pictures; "The Love Racket," First
National; "Lummox" (1930). United Artists.
STENGEL, LENI: b. Berlin. Germany; e. in Berlin
and New York City; studied voice in Milan, Italy, and
later in Berlin; sings in six languages, among them
Russian, Italian and Spanish. First stage experience
was in a German theatre in Riga. Russia. In Berlin
she played ingenue roles. Returned to New Y'ork and
sang in night clubs, then went into Keith vaudeville.
Left vaudeville to appear in three New York produc-
tions. "These Few Ashes." "Women." and "This
Thing Called Love." Signed a three-year contract with
Radio, her first picture being "Half Shot at Sunrise."
STEVENS. CHARLOTTE: h. 5 feet 3 inches; w. 105
pounds; dark brown hair, brown eyes. Screen career:
Christie. Educational; appeared in "The Thunder Rid-
ers," "Cancelled Debts," "In a Moment of Tempta-
tion." "The Coward." "Mother." "Paramount Novel-
ties," "The Enchanted Island," "Where the Trail
Begins."
STEWART, ANITA: Has appeared in many pro-
ductions. Married George Converse, July 24, 192D.
STODDARD, BELLE: b. Remington. Ohio; e.
Chicago and St. Louis; h. 5 feet 6 inches; w. 175
pounds; iron gray hair, blue gray eyes. Stage career
since 12 years of age with Joseph Jefferson, McKee
Rankin and others. Screen career. Famous Players.
Universal, Gerson, First National; pictures include
"Kentucky Pride." "Hangman's House." "Anne
Against the World" (1929). Rayart.
STONE, IRENE: Played in Vitaphone No. 2783.
"Songs As You Like Them."
SUMNER. VERLYN: b. Lakefleld. Minn.: h. 5 feet
4 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 120 pounds;
p. Mary Rust and Eben Sumner, non-professionals;
e. Lakefleld high school; not married; hy. tennis, rid-
ing, swimming and dancing. Stage experience includes
"Baby Mine." "Kick In" and "Trysting Place."
Screen experience includes such pictures as "Speedy."
"The Toilers." "Excess Baggage," "The Condemned
Woman," "Kid, Cop and Cats," "Washing Up."
SUTHERLAND. HOPE: Played in "Talk of Holly-
wood" (1929), Sono Art- World Wide.
SUTTON, GERTRUDE: b. Butte, Mont.; h. 5 feet
6 inches; auburn hair and hazel eyes; w. 122 pounds;
p. Bessie and Frank Sutton, non-professionals; e.
Stadium high school and Boston University; not mar-
ried. Had stage experience in pantomime impersona-
tions and burlesque dancing. Has appeared in such
pictures as "Why Is a Plumber." "Shivering Shake-
speare." and "Another Fine Mess," all for Hal Roach;
"Big News," for Pathe; "Anybody's Woman," Par-
amount; "Personality," Columbia: and "Hell's Angels."
Caddo Company, and in 1929 in "Barnum Was Right,"
Universal.
SWANSON, GLORIA: b. Chicago, 111. ; h. 5 feet 1H
inches; dark brown hair and blue eyes; p. her father
was a captain in the U. S. Army; e. in schools In
Chicago, 111.. Key West, Porto Rico and also attended
Art Institute, Chicago; m. Marquise de la Falaise de
la Coudraye. January 28, 1925, non-professional. Began
her picture career at the old Essanay Studios where she
appeared in George Ade's "Elvira Farina" and "The
Meal Ticket" ; then went to Keystone and appeared in
"The Nick of Time Baby," "Teddy at the Throttle,"
"Haystacks and Steeples," and others: and then ap-
peared in Mack Sennett's "The Pullman Bride." From
Keystone, she went to Triangle where she made "Station
Content," "Her Decision," "You Can't Believe Every-
thing," "Every Woman's Husband," "Shifting Sands."
"Wife or Country" and "Secret Code," and, due to her
success at Triangle, was given a trial at Cecil B.
DeMille's studios and made, under his direction, "Don't
Change Y'our Husband," "For Better For Worse."
"Male and Female," "Why Change Y'our Wife."
"Something to Think About." "The Affairs of Anatol."
Then became a Paramount star and among her many
pictures have been "The Great Moment." "Under the
Lash," "Her Husband's Trademark," "Beyond the
Rocks." "The Gilded Cage," "The Impossible Mrs.
Bellew," "My American Wife." "Prodigal Daughter."
"Bluebeard's Eighth Wife." Sam Wood's production.
"Zaza." Alan Dwan's production. "The Humming
Bird," which was produced hy Sidney Olcott and a
"Society Scandal" and "Manhandled." also Allan
Dwan's production. "Wages of Virtue." "Madam Sans
Gene." "Coast of Folly." "Stage Struck." "Untamed
Lady." and "Fine Manners" completes the list of
pictures she made while with Paramount. In May.
1920. decided to produce her own pictures through her
own corporation, making two pictures a year for re-
lease through United Artists Corporation; first picture
being "Personality." Her latest successes are "Loves
of Sunya." "Sadie Thompson" and "Queen Kelly";
(19291 "The Trespasser." "What a Widow" (1930).
United Artists: "Indiscreet." United Artists.
SWEET. BLANCHE: r. n. Sarah Blanche Sweet; b.
Chicago. 111.. June 18th; h. 5 feet 4 inches; blonde
hair and blue eyes; w. 115 pounds; p. Petri Alex-
ander and Charles Sweet, mother a dancer: di».
Marshall Neil an, director: hy. tennis, swimming, play-
ing the ukulele and dancing. Stage training since H4
years of age. stage experience with Maurice Barrymore
and Chnuneey Olcott and as dancer with Gertrude
Hoffman Screen experience started at the age of
thirteen. Star with BiogTapb Company with Mary
Pickford the Gishes and others. She later became
Internationally famous with her characterization "Anna
Christie." Some of her other pictures are: "The
Night Hostess." "Judith of Bethulin." "The Unpardon-
able Sin." "Tess of the D'UrbenlUe." "Staged," "The
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Woman in White." "Show Girl in Hollywood" (1930),
First National; "The Woman Racket" (1930). MGM;
Vitaphone -No. 3334. "Always Faithful."
SYKES. ETHEL: b. Seattle. Wash.; e. in Seattle
and was graduated from University of Washington.
Signed for featured role in Harry Carroll's "Pickings."
at the Orange Grove theatre in Los Angeles. Mack
Sennett signed her for a picture and she remained for
six months, then made a picture for MGM. Was
signed by Fox for two years, playing leads and featured
roles. Her first talking picture was MGM's "Floradora
Girl." Then was assigned to "Doughboys" with Buster
Keatoa. Made a series of shorts for Warner Bros, and
had a featured role in "Sweethearts on Parade." Is
now working in Educational-Christie talking comedies.
T
TAFT, RUTH: b. Denver, Col.. August 6. 1908;
e. at Berkeley. Cal.. h. 5 feet 3 inches; w. 108 pounds;
light brown hair and brown eyes; hy. horseback riding,
swimming, golf. On the stage with Henry Duffy Tour-
ing Companies. Oakland Stock. One year director of
the K. R. E. Radio station in Berkeley. Director of
Children's theatre in Berkeley.
TALMADGE. CONSTANCE: b. Brooklyn. N. T., April
19. 1900; h. 5 feet 7 inches; blond hair and brown
eyes; w. 118 pounds; p. Mrs. Margaret Talmadge, non-
professional; e. public and high schools in Brooklyn.
N. Y. ; m. Townsend Netcher, 1929. Worked in "In-
tolerance." D. W. Griffith production; "Scandal."
"The Honeymoon." "Up the Road with Sally," "A
Pair of Silk Stockings." "Mrs. Lefflngwell's Boots."
"Sauce for the Goose," "Romance and Arabella" for
Select pictures in 1917-18-19; then in First National's
"A Temperamental Wife" and "A Virtuous Vamp" in
1919; "Two Weeks." "The Love Expert." "In Search
of a Sinner." "The Perfect Woman." "Good Refer-
ences" and "Dangerous Business" in 1920; and in 1921
"Mama's Affair." "Lessons in Love." "Woman's Place"
and "Wedding Bells"; and in 1922 "Polly of the
Follies," "The l*rimitive Lover." "The Divorcee" and
"East Is West." Since then she has also appeared in
"Dulcy." "The Dangerous Maid." "The Goldfish."
"Her Night of Romance." "Her Sister from Paris."
"The Duchess of Buffalo." "Venus of Venice" and
"Breakast at Sunrise." all First National pictures;
(1929) "Venus." United Artists.
TALMADGE, NORMA : b. Niagara Falls. N T. . May
26. 1897; h. 5 feet 4 inches; brown hair and eyes; w.
108 pounds; p. Mrs. Margaret Talmadge. non-profes-
sional; e. public and high schools in Brooklyn. N. Y. :
m. Joseph M Schenck, executive of United Artists
Corporation. Her screen experience covers these com-
edies and feature length pictures. "The Dixie Mother,"
"In Neighboring Kingdoms." "The Tale of Two Cities."
"Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins" and "Under the Daisies" in
1914 for Vitagraph; in one reelers such as "The Doctor's
Secret." "Father's Hatband." "His Silver Bachelor-
hood." "An Elopement at Home." "Fanny's Company,"
"The Honorable Algernon." "Sawdust" and "Salome."
"His Little Paige." "Under False Colors" and "The
Wooing of Myra May"; in two reelers such as "Officer
John Donovan," "The Sacrifice of Kathleen." "Cupid
Versus Money." "The Right of Way." "Helpful Sister-
hood." "Goodbye Summer" and "Sunshine and Shad-
ows": in three reelers such as "A Daughter's Strange
Inheritance" and "The Criminal": and in the live
reelers. "The Battle Cry of Peace." "Captivating Mary
Carstairs" (this last being the only picture made by-
National Pictures Company). For the Triangle Film
Corporation, with D. W. Griffith supervising, she made
"Missing Links." "The Children in the House." "Going
Straight" and "The Devil's Needle." For Selnick
from 1917 to March 1920, she made "Panthea."
"Poppy." "The Moth." "Ghosts of Yesterday," "By
Right of Purchase." "DeLuxe Annie." "The Safety
Curtain" and "Her Only Way." For Select she made
"The Forbidden City." "The Probation Wife," "The
Heart of Wetona." "The Way of a Woman," "The New
Moon" and "She Loves and Lies." Then to First
National where she appeared in "A Daughter of Two
Worlds." "The Woman Gives." "Yes or No." "The
Branded Woman." "The Sign on the Door." "The
Wonderful Thing." "Love's Redemption." "Smilin'
Through." "The Eternal Flame." "A Voice from the
Minaret." 'Within the Law." "Ashes of Vegeance."
"The Song of Love." "Secrets." "The Only Woman."
"The Lady." "Graustark." "Kiki" and "Camille" :
and her latest for United Artists. "The Dove" and
"The Woman Disputed": (1929) "New York Nights."
"DuJlarry. Woman of Passion" (1930). United Artists.
TANSEY. EMMA: Played in "Beyond the Rio
Grande" (1930). Big 4.
TAPLEY. ROSE: hy. civic work, women's clubs,
educational work. Many years on stage with Richard
Mansfield. Chauncey Olcott. E. H. Sothern. J. H.
Stoddard and others. Has played in "The White
Sister." "Seven Days." "The Lion and the Mouse."
Screen experience since 1905: "Wanted a Wife." Edison
production. 1905: "The Money Kings." first standard
two-reeler made; with Vitagraph from 1909-1917: in
"Resurrection." Universal. played part of Aunt
Sophya; "His First Command" (1930). Pathe.
TASHMAN. LILYAN: b. New York City; h. 5 feet
4 inches; blond hair and blue eyes: w. 110 pounds;
m. Edmund Lowe, professional: hy. good books, interior
decorating and designing. Stage experience with Zleg-
fld Follies in "The Garden of the Weeds." "Gold Dig-
gers" and others. Screen experience in "The Garden
of Weeds" and "The Marriage Playground." for Para-
mount: "Ports of Call." for Fox: one year under con-
tract to Metropolitan-DeMillc-PDC. playing leading
roles in "Rocking Moon" and "Whispering Smith." for
United Artists. "Camille." with Norma Shearer, and
"Playing Around": First National. "The Prince of Head
Waiters" and "The Texas Steer" with Will Rogers.
"No. No Nanette" and "French Dressing." and in
"Phyllis of the Follies" for Universal: "On the Level."
Fox: "The Trial of Mary Dugan" (1929). MGM; "New
York Nights" (1929). "Bulldog Drummond" (1929).
United Artists: "Puttin' on the Ritz" (1930). "The
Matrimonial Bed" (1930). Warner Bros.; "Leather-
necking" (1930). Radio Pictures.
TAYLOR. ESTELLE: b. Wilmington. Del.; h. 5 feet.
4 inches; dark brown, almost black, hair and brown
eyes: w. 125 pounds: p. Bertha and Harry Boylan.
non-professionals; e. Wilmington high school and Wil-
mington business college, and received her stage train-
ing at Sargent's Dramatic School: m. Jack Dempsey.
professional. Stage appearance in "Come on Charlie"
and "The Big Fight" in 1929 as Shirley, a David
Belasco production. Has appeared in such roles as
Lucrezia Borgia in Warner Brothers' "Don Juan";
Mary'. Queen of Scots, in Mary Pickford's "Dorothy
Vernon of Haddon Hall"; Miriam in Cec'l DeMille's
"The Ten Commandments"; Shirley in "The Singapore
Mutiny" for FBO in 1928: as Lady Raffles in Co-
lumbia's "Lady Raffles" in 1928; also in "Honor
Bound" in 1928, and also in "While New York Sleeps"
and "Monte Cristo" for Fox; in "Bavu" for Universal;
in "The Whip Woman" for First National; and Para-
mount's Actor's Fund talkie, "The Pusher in the Face."
1928. and "New Y'ork" in 1927 ; "Where East Is East"
(1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
TAYLOR. RUTH: b. Grand Rapids. Mich.; h. 5
feet 2 inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 104
pounds: e. Lincoln high school, Portland. Ore.;
married. Studied dramatic art and dancing in Port-
land; was a member of the Red Lantern Stock Play-
ers, an amateur organization. Came to Hollywood
in 1923; played extra roles one year: then signed by
Mack Sennett; played leads and second leads in two-
reel comedies for two years. In 1927 signed by Para-
mount for the role of Loreli Lee in "Gentlemen
Prefer Blondes." and since then was co-starred with
James Hall in "Just Married." "College Coquette."
(1929). Columbia: "This Thing Called Love" (1929).
Pathe: "Scrappily Married" (1930), Paramount-Chris-
tie Talking Plays.
TEASDALE. VERREE: "Her New Chauffeur" (1929),
Pathe-Manhattan Comedies, first series; Vitaphone No.
1074. "Mr. Intruder." No. 1028. "The Duel."
TELL. ALMA: Appeared in "Saturday's Children"
(1929). First National.
TELL. OLIVE: b. New York City; e. France; h.
5 feet 5H inches: w. 127 pounds; brown hair, blue
eyes. Stage career: Sargent School of Acting, N. Y. ;
stock productions include "Cousin Lucy," "The In-
truder." "Romance." "Under Pressure." Screen
career: "Chickie." "The Prince of Tempters."
"Sailors' Wives." "Woman-Handled." "Summer Bach-
elors." "Slaves of Beauty." "Soft Living." Mrs. Ed-
gar Rice in "The Trial of Mary Dugan" (1929).
MGM; Marion Green in "The Very Idea" (Radio
Pictures); "The Right of Way" (1930). First National
"Cock of the Walk" (1930). Sono Art-World Wide.
TEMPLETON, FAY: b. Little Rock. Ark.. De-
cember 25. 1866: h. 5 feet 4 inches: brown hair and
eyes: p. Alice Vane and John Templeton. professionals;
hy. collecting fans. She entered films the latter part
of 1929 and went under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer; "The March of Time." MGM.
TERR IS, NORMA: Played Mitzi Hoffman and Mary
Lou Hopkins in "Married in Hollywood" (1929). Adele
Randall in "Cameo Kirby" (1929). Fox.
TERRY. ALICE: Appeared in "The Three Passions"
(1929) . United Artists.
TERRY. ETHEL GREY: b. Oakland. Cal.: e. Notre
Dame. Boston. Mass.; h. 5 feet 6 inches: w. 130
pounds; brown hair, grey eyes. Stage career, with
Belasco in "The Lily." two seasons, lead in "The
Smoldering Flame." "Search Me." Irving Players.
Little Theatre. Los Angeles stock. Screen career with
Famous. Vitagraph. Oliver. American Cinema. World,
Mayflower. Gnldwyn. Realart. Mack Sennett. FBO. Fox.
Universal. Allied Productions. Metro. Warner. Truart:
pictures include "Hardboiled." "Canceled Debts."
"Skinner's Big Idea." "Modern Mothers." Mrs. Liv-
ingston in "Confessions of a Wife." and in "Object
Alimony" (1929). Columbia; No. 2666-67, "Sharp
Tools." Vitaphone short.
TERRY. ETHELIND: "Lord Byron of Broadway"
(1930) . MGM.
TERYON. ARLETTE: Appeared in "Faces of Chil-
dren" (1929). Zakoro.
THATCHER. EVELYN : b. Omaha, Neb.: h. 5 feet
7 inches: red hair and gray eyes; w. ISO pounds; p.
Mary Ellen McMillan and William P. Irish, non-pro-
fessionals: e. Ohio high school; has had stage train-
ing; widow. On the legitimate stage since 14 years
of age appearing in dramatic, musical ocmedy and in
vaudeville, known as the "Irish Lady." Twelve years
screen experience, appearing in Mack Sennett comedies
for five years and four years in Educationals.
THEBY. ROSEMARY: b. St. Louis, Mo.: h. 5 feet
5 inches; dark brown hair and hazel eyes; w. 130
pounds; p. Katherine and George Masing. non-pro-
fessionals; e. private schools in St. Louis: received
her stage training in dramatic school. New Y'ork City:
m. Harry Meyers, professional: hy. antique dolls and
shoes and antique furniture. Stage experience in New
York City, 1910. Screen experience with the old
Vitagraph company in 1911; and has appeared in such
pictures as "Re-Incarnation of Karma." "Mills of the
Gods." "Weight of a Crown." "The Yankee." "First
Year to Live." "So Big." "Rio Grande" and in "Girl
of the Golden West": (1929) "The Peacock Fan."
Chesterfield: "Trial Marriage." Columbia: "Midnight
Daddies." World Wide; "Girls Who Dare." Trinity;
"Dream Melody."
THOMAS. VIRGINIA: Appeared in "The Wild
Party" (1929). Paramount.
THOMPSON. DUANE: b. Red Oak. Iowa; e. in
San Francisco, specializing in literature; h. 5 feet
l',4 inches: w. 105 pounds, brown hair, blue eyes.
Entered pictures in 1922: has played in "Some
Punkins," "College Days," "Husband Hunters," "Her
Summer Hero." "Beauty and Bullets (1929). "Born
to the Saddle" (1929). The same year appeared in
"The Tip Off" (1929), Universal; "Price of Fear."
"Phantom Fingers." Mary' in "The Voice of the City"
(1929). MGM : Kathrvn Graham in "Slim Fingers"
(1929). Universal; "Frozen River" (1929), Warren
Bros.
THOMPSON. LOTUS: Appeared in "Freckled Ras-
cal" (1929). Radio Pictures.
TILBURY. ZEFFIE: Appeared in "The Single
Standard" (1929), "The Ship from Shanghai" (1930).
MGM.
TITUS. LYDIA: "Lummox" (1930). United Art-
ists; "Shanghai Lady" (1929). Universal.
TOBIN. GENEVIEVE: b. New Y'ork City. November
29, 1904; h. 5 feet Z>& inches: reddish brown hair
and green eyes: w. 105 pounds: e. New Y'ork schools.
Institute de L'Etoile. Paris. First stage appearance was
in 1920 as 'The Cricket." Wilton Lackaye's play.
"Palmy Days." at the Playhouse. New York City. In
1921 had featured role of Polly In "Polly Preferred" at
Little theatre. New Y'ork: played same role in San
Francisco and Los Angeles. Returning to New Y'ork
was co-starred with Walter Catlett and Oscar Shaw in
"Dear Sir." In 1926-27 co-featured in "The Y'oung-
est." and "Murray Hill." 1928-29 featured in " Trial
of Mary Dugan." Queens theatre. London. Upon return
to New Y'ork was cast as Lulu Carroll, featured role in
"'Fifty Million Frenchmen." Now under contract to
Universal, has appeared in "A Lady Surrenders" and
"Free Love," directed by Hobart Henley.
TODD, LOLA: b. New York City: h. 5 feet 4%
inches; light brown hair and brown eyes; w. 118
pounds; p. Minnie and Eugene Parker Todd, non-pro-
fessionals; e. Inwood, No. 52, New Y'ork City; not
married; hy. riding, swimming and designing. No
stage experience. Screen experience since 1924 when
she came from New Y'ork City to join Universal on
offer of a contract. She started in western and serial
pictures, and after one year became a Wampas Baby
Star. Later worked for Fox and FBO and appeared in
"The War Horse." "The Bells." with Lionel Barry-
more, and "The Count of Luxemhorg." with Chad-
wick pictures. Played the leading woman to Fred
Thomson. William Desmond. Hoot Gibson. Herbert
Rawlinson and George Walsh.
TODD. THELMA: b. Lawrence. Mass.; h. 5 feet 4
inches; blond hair and gray eyes; w. 120 pounds; p.
non-professionals: e. Lawrence high school, Lowell
(Mass.) high school and Lowell Normal school: hy.
athletio sports. Won a state beauty contest as Miss
Massachusetts and at the same time selected by Para-
mount for its school of acting, while teaching school
in Lawrence. Has played in the following First Na-
tional pictures. "Vamping Venus." "The Crash." "The
Haunted House." "Heart to Heart" and "Naughty
Boy," as featured player. Has appeared in (1929)
"The Bachelor Girl." "Trial Marriage." Columbia;
"Careers." "Her Private Life." "House of Horror" and
"Seven Footprints to Satan." First National; "Look
Out Below" (1929), Educational— Jack White Talking
Comedies; "Hell's Angels" (1930). United Artists:
"Follow Thru" (1930). Paramount.
TORA. LI A : b. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1907; h. 5
feet 6^ inches; dark brown hair and brown eyes: w.
120 pounds: e. schools in France. Brazil and Spain: m.
Count Julio de Moraes. producer, have two children,
twins; hy. tennis and motoring. No stage experience.
Screen experience started with Fox in 1927, when she
played the leading role in "The Veiled Woman" and
"Making the Grade." Wrote and starred in "The
Soul of a Peasant" for Brazilian Southern Cross
Productions which her husband directed and produced.
TORRES. RAQUEL: b. Hermosillo. Sonora. Mexico.
November 11. 1908; h. 5 feet 2 inches: black hair and
dark brown eyes: w. 110 pounds; p. non- professionals;
e. Mexico and convent in Los Angeles ; Ivy. dancing.
Has appeared in such pictures as "White Shadows in
the South Seas" with Monte Blue (her first picture) ;
and also in "The Bridge of San Luis Rey," "The
Desert Rider" (1929): "The Sea Bat" (1930), MGM;
"Under a Texas Moon" (1930), Warner Bros.
TRUE. ALICE: Appeared in "The Peacock Fan"
(1929). Chesterfield.
TRUEMAN. PAULA: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
909. "A Glimpse of the Stars."
TSEN M El. LADY: Appeared in "The Letter"
(1929) . Paramount.
TUCKER. SOPHIE: b. Boston. Mass.; h. 5 feet 6
inches: blond hair, blue eyes; w. 170 pounds; e. Hart-
ford. Conn. Stage career: cafes, burlesque, vaudeville,
revues, entering show business in 1909. Made talking
picture. "Honky-Tonk" (1929). Warner Bros.
TURNER. DOREEN: b. Spokane. Wash.: e. Holly-
wood, now attending high school; h. 58 inches; w. 84
pounds; brown hair, brown eyes. Entered pictures in
1920 at age of V& years; played child parts in "The
Big Show," "Man, Woman. Marriage," "Madame
Peacock." "Rose of Paris." "Rosita." "Through the
Back Door," "Buster Brown" comedies.
TURNER. FLORENCE: b. New Y'ork City; e. New
Y'ork; h. 4 feet 10 inches; w. 102 pounds: black hair,
dark eyes. On stage 4 years with Mantell. Grace
George. Henry Irving. Screen career with Vitagraph.
Mutual. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. First National. War-
ner Bros.. FBO. Paramount. Tiffanv-Stahl ; in "Can-
celled Debts." "Marry the Girl." "Sally in Our Alley."
"The Chinese Parrot." "The Law and the Man."
"Walking Back." Mrs. Lawrence in "The Rampant
Age." "Kid's Clever" (1929). Universal.
TURNER. MAUDE: Appeared in "The Last of
Mrs. Cheyney" (1929). MGM; "The Illusion" (1929).
Paramount.
TWELVETREES. HELEN: b. Brooklyn. N. Y. : h.
5 feet 3 inches; golden hair and turquoise blu« eyes:
w. 110 pounds: p. Helen and William Jurgens. non-
professionals: e. Brooklyn Heights seminary. Students"
League and American Academy of Dramatic Arts. New
Y'ork City; hy. is very fond of dogs and music. Stage
experience started with Stuart Walker Players in New
Y'ork. Played leading roles in "An American Tragedy."
"Yen." "Broadway," "Elmer Gantry" and other
Broadway successes. Screen experience started with
Fox in 1929. playing the feminine lead in "The Ghost
Talks." "True Heart" and "Blue Skies." At present
is under contract to Pathe and has just completed
"The Grand March." "Paris to Bagdad." "Words and
Music" (1929). Fox: "Bevond Victory." "Her Man."
"Swing High" (1930). Pathe; "The Painted Desert"
(1930) . Pathe.
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ULRIC. LENORE: m. Sidney Blackmer. Stage career:
star of Belasco hits. "The Son Daughter." "The Heart
of Wetona." "Kiki," "Lulu Belle." and others. Screen
career: played Talu in "Frozen Justice" (1929), Rosalie
Dumay in "South Sea Rose" (1929). Fox.
UNDERWOOD. FRANCES: Plaved in "Her Unborn
Child" (1929). Windsor Pictures.
UPTON. FRANCES: Appeared in "Night Work."
Pathe.
URNAEFF. VADIM: b. Petrosrad. Russia. Feb. 8.
1900; h. 5 feet 7 inches; brown hair and eyes: w.
145 pounds: e. Petrograd Institute, and attended Dra-
matic School in Petrograd; hy. theatrical work. Stage
experience, some in Petrograd. and played Hamlet two
seasons in New Y'ork with John Barrymore. then was
called to London hy Barrymore to play same part.
First screen experience in "Sea Beast" also with Barry-
more. Other productions made appearance in are as
follows: "The Magic Slave." "The Flaming Y'ukon"
and "Tlie Blonde Saint." Plays character juvenile
parts.
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VAIL. MABEL: Appeared in "Joy Street" (1929),
Fox.
VALETTI. ROSE: Appeared in "The Blue Angel,"
Ufa.
VALLI. VIRGINIA: r. n. Virginia McSweeney; b.
Chicago, 111.. June 10; h. 5 feet 4 inches; dark hair
and blue eyes; w. 120 pounds; e. Wendell Phillips
high school, Chicago; married; hy. golf. Had a very
short stage career. Screen expirience began in 1915
and she has appeared in the following productions:
"Stage Madness." "Signal Tower." "Ladies Must
Dress," "Escape." "Watch Your Wife." "The Family
Upstairs." "Flames," "Pleasure Garden." "Evening
Clothes." "East Side, West Side." "Marriage." "Paid
to Love." "Judgment of the Hills." "Behind Closed
Doors." "Street of Illusion." "Storm." "Wild
Oranges." "Siege." "Isle of Lost Ships" and "Mister
Antonio." "The Lost Z.-ppelin" (1929). Tiffany:
"Guilty" (1930). Columbia.
VAN BUREN, MABEL: b. Chicago. 111.: h. 5 feet
3 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 125 pounds; e.
Chicago. After stage career entered pictures in New
York. Played in "Girl of the Golden West." "Ra-
mona." "Woman Who Walked Alone," "Craig's Wife."
"His First Command," Pathe.
VAN DORN. MILDRED: r. n. Mildred Lunnay: b.
New York. November 10. 1910; h. 5 feet 3 inches;
auburn hair and blue eyes; w. 110 pounds; p. Mary
and James Lunnay. non-professionals; e. Hunter high
school; hy. riding, swimming and tennis. Stage career:
stock companies. Bayonne. N. J., Holyoke. Mass..
Rochester. N. Y. ; New York stage. "Get Me in the
Movies"; Hattie in "Elmer Gantry." Noel in "I'aris
Bound." Screen experience: "Hold Your Man." "Bou-
doir Diplomat." Universal; "Lummox." United Artists;
"Son of the Gods." First National: "Fat Wives for
Thin." "Rough Idea of Love." "The Taxi Dancer."
Mack Sennett; "Wild Company." "Liliom." Fox.
VAN. ELLA: Played in "Two Fresh Eggs" (1930).
Pathe, Folly Comedies, second series.
VANDIVERE. ELINOR: Appeared in "A Notorious
Affair" (1930). First National.
VANE. VIRGINIA: Appeared in "New Year's Eve"
(1929) , Fox.
VAUGHN. ALBERTA: b. Ashland, Ky., 1908: h. 5
feet 2 inches: auburn hair and brown eyes; w. 103
pounds: e. local schools in Ashland, no stage training:
not married: hy. dancing, swimming and clothes. No
stage experience. Began screen career in Sennett com-
edies and appeared in the leading role in H. C. Wit-
wer's series for FBO. "Fighting Blood." "Adventures
of Mazie." "Telephone Girl" and others. Later in
"Skyscraper" for Pathe: "Forbidden Hours." Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer. then author of the H. C. Witwer
series for Darmour Productions, a Radio Pictures re-
lease "The Record Breaker": in 1929 in "Noisy Neigh-
bors." Pathe; "Molly and Me." Tiffany: "Points
West." Universal; "As You Make It." "Meet the
Quince." "Love's Labor Found." "They Shall Not
Pass Out." "Captain of the Roll"; and in 1930 in
"Eventually, But Not Now." "The Sleeping Cutie."
"Lose and Foundered," "Old Vamps for New." "The
Setting Son." "The Dear Slayer." "Cash and Marry."
"Land of Sky Blue Daughters," Radio Pictures. Rec-
ord Breakers.
VAUGHN. HILDA: Played in "Manslaughter"
(1930) . Paramount.
VEAVERS. LOUISE: Tlayed in "She Couldn't Say
No" (1930). Warner Bros.
VELASCO. MERCEDES: Played in "Behind That
Curtain" (1929). Fox.
VELEZ. LUPE: r. n. Lupe Villalabos; b. San Luis
Potosi. Mexico. July 18. 1910; h. 5 feet 5 inches; black
hair and brown eyes; w. 115 pounds; p. Josephine
Velez and Colonel Villalabos. mother was an opera
singer; e. Our Lady of the Lake Convent. San Antonio.
Tex. ; hy. making rugs and driving her car. Was a
dancer in the musical comedy. "Rataplan." in Mexico
City and also in the "Music Box Revue" in Holly-
wood, owned by Fanchon and Marco. Won recogni-
tion in her portrayal in Douglas Fairbanks' United
Artists picture. "The Gaucho." after which she played
opposite Rod LaRocque in "Stand and Deliver"; then
in D. W. Griffith's United Artists production. "Mas-
querade"; and has just been loaned to Paramount to
co-star with Gary Cooper in "The Wolf Song." She
has appeared in (1929) "Lady of the Pavements."
United Artists: "Where East Is East." Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer; "Tiger Rose," Warner Bros.; "Hell Harbor"
(1930). United Artists: "Storm" (1930), Universal.
VERNELL. PEARL: Appeared in "Love in the
Desert" (1929). Radio Pictures.
VERNON. FLORENCE: Played in Vitaphone No.
4287. "The Salesman."
VERNON. HOPE: Played in Vitaphone No. 2815.
VERNON. SUZY: Appeared in "The President"
(1929). Edward L. Klein.
VERONINA. VERA : Appeared in "The Patriot"
(1929). Paramount.
VIDOR. FLORENCE: b. Houston. Texas: h. 5 f et
44 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 118 pounds:
p. Ida and John F. Arto. non-professionals; e. publio
schools and Convent of Sacred Heart in Houston : m.
Jascha Heifetz. professional. Began her screen career
by working for Vitagraph in a small part, having be n
introduced by Corinne Griffith, also of Texas. Her next
engagement was with Fox in Frank Lloyd's "A Talc of
Two Cities"; then to Paramount for a year opposite
Sessile llayakawa; and in Cecil B. DcMille's "Old
Uh-.s for New"; also in "Till I Come Rack to You."
Then went to work for Ince in "Lying Lips" in 1921
and remained with that organization until Ince died.
Then sinned with Paramount and has been featured in
"Are Parents People?" "Grounds for Divorce," "The
Trouble with Wives." "The Grand Duchess and the
Walter," "Sea Horses." "Eagle of the Sea." "The
Patriot." and "Tong War." Starred in "You Never
Know Women," "The Popular Sin." "Afraid to Love."
"The World at Her Feet." "One Woman to Another."
"HbOl vni'n.n Male." "Doomsdav" and "The Magnificent
Flirt." "Chinatown Nights" (1929), Paramount.
VOSSELLI. JUDITH: h. Spain. June 25: e. in
England. Switzerland. France. Australia and America:
h. 5 feet 64 Inches; w. 127 pounds; black hair and
brown eyes. Ten years on the legitimate stage in New
York. Entered pictures in 1929 in "The Rogue Song."
Pictures: "Today." "Woman Who Dared," "Inspira-
tion" and "Sunnv." Also "Toast of the Legion"
(1930), First National and "The Awful Truth" (1929).
Pathe.
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WALES, ETHEL: b. New York City; e. Wisconsin
university; h. 5 feet 5*6 inches; w. 136 pounds; brown
hair, blue eyes: hy. bridge. Previous career: society.
Entered pictures in 1920 through friendship with
William and Cecil B. DeMille; played in 'Lulu Bett.
"Covered Wagon." "Cradle Snatchers." "Bedroom
Window," "Craig's Wife," "Perfect Crime." "Blue
Skies" (1929. Fox; "The Saturday Night Kid" (1929).
Paramount; Mrs. Redding in "The Doctor's Secret"
(1929), Paramount; Mrs. Lindsay in "The Donovan
Affair" (1929), Columbia: Virginia's mother in
"Masks of the Devil." Sarah in "Loose Ankles." First
National: Mrs. Truxton in "Girl in the Show"; "The
Dude Wrangler" (1930). Sono Art-World Wide;
"Under Montana Skies," Tiffany.
WALKER. BELLE: Played in "Song of Love"
(1929). Columbia.
WALKER, CHARLOTTE: b. Galveston. Texas; e. at
Collegiate Institute, Fort Edward. N. Y. . specializing
in dramatics; h. 5 feet 6 inches; w. 130 pounds: blond
ball, blue eyes; hy. fishing. Was a motion picture star
fifteen years ago. Was asked to play the leading role
in Cecil B. DeMille's picture. "Warrens of Virginia."
the play in which she was starring in New York at
that time, but was unable to do so. Went to Holly-
wood to play in "Kindling." Starred in the first ver-
sion of the "Trail of the Lonesome Pine." DeMille.
Latest pictures include "Double Crossroads." Fox;
"Three Faces East." Warner Bros.: "Scarlet Pages."
Warner Bros.; "Paris Bound." Pathe; "Forever Free"
11930). United Artists, and before that in "South
Sea Rose" (1930). Fox.
WALKER. POLLY: b. Chicago. 111.. 1908. Was
original "Palm Beach Girl." in Follies. Was starred
by George M. Cohan in "Billie." and the "Merry
Malones." Went to Hollywood in 1929 to play the role
of Loo Loo in "Hit the Deck." RKO.
WALLACE. GRACE: Played in "Nix On Dames"
(1929). Fox.
WALLACE, KATHERINE: Appeared in "Illusion"
(1929) . Paramount: "Bedheads" (1930), Pathe-Folly
Comedies, first series.
WALTERS. ETHEL: Appeared in "On With the
Show" (19291. Warner Bros.
WARD. DOROTHY: b. Boston. Mass., December
4. 1911; e. Academy of fbe Assumption. Wellesley.
Mass., Los Angeles public schools. Page School for
Girls, South Pasadena. Cal. ; h. 5 feet 1 inch; w.
105 pounds; brown hair, brown eyes. Entered pic-
tures in January, 1928, when discovered by Margaret
Livingston and Phyllis Haver while she was working
during the Christmas vacation in Kress' 5 & 10 cent
store in Hollywood; pictures include "The Godless
Girl," Flapper in "The Flying Fool." Betty in "Jov
Street" (1920). Judy Revis in "Protection" (1929). Fox:
"Words and Music."
WARD, KATHERINE CLARE: Appeared in 1929 in
"Drag." "The Isle of Lost Ships." First National:
"Midnight Daddies." World-Wide: "Call of the West"
(1930) . Columbia.
WARE. HELEN: b. San Francisco. Cal.: m. Fred-
erick Burt. Stage experience in "Sildiers of Fortune."
with Robert Edeson. "The Third Degree." "The De-
serters." "The Price." "Trial Marriage," "Within the
Law." "The Revolt." "The Escape" and "The Garden
of Allah." Screen experience in "Cross Currents." for
D. W. Griffith. "New Year's Eve." "Speakeasy."
"Napoleon's Barber." "The Virginian." for Paramount,
also "Half Way to Heaven" and "Slightly Scarlet."
for Paramount: "One Night at Susie's" (1930). First
National; "Abraham Lincoln" (1930), United Artists.
WA R Fl ELD. KITTY: b. Cincinnati. Ohio; h. 5 feet
6 inches; dark brown hair and blue eyes; w. 120
pounds; p. Kitty Costello and George Callahan, non-
professionals; e. Pittsburgh high school. University
of Wisconsin and Pittsburgh; not married; hy. writing.
Two years' stage experience in stock. New York City:
two years' screen experience. Has appeared in United
Artists' "She Goes to War." directed by Henry King;
and in Warner Bros.' "The Gamblers."
WATSON, ADELE: b. Minnesota; e. at St. Cath-
erine's College. St. Paul. Minn., specialized in music
and dramatics; h. 5 feet 7 inches; w. 135 pounds: long
blond hair, dark blue eyes. Previous career: school
principal, legislative assistant, bill clerk, assistant
cashier of bank, stage and vaudeville. Entered pic-
tures in 1918; pictures include "Rolling Home."
"Tower of Lies." "Don't Doubt Your Husband."
"Black Pearl" (1929). Rayart ; "Blue Skies" (1929),
Fox: played Miss Duncan in "The Very Idea" (1929),
Radio Pictures: Miss Dunn in "Jazz Heaven." the
secretary in "This Tiling Called Love." also with Fox
and Sennett productions.
WATSON. FANNY: Played in Vitaphone No. 925.
"Bigger and Better."
WATSON. KITTY: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 925.
"Bigger and Better."
WASHINGTON. MILDRED : Appeared in "Hearts
In Dixie" (1929). Fox.
WEEKS. BARBARA: b. Boston. Mass.. July 4.
1913; e. in New York City, specializing in singing
and dancing: h. 5 feet 5 inches: w. 120 pounds; brown
hair, blue eyes; hy. horseback riding. Stage career
began at the age of 13: given a small part in a
musical comedy, which was followed by "Ringside,"
a dramatic production: appeared with Eddie Cantor
in "Whoopee." When "Whoopee" was being made
into a motion picture. Ziegfeld sent for her. Was
signed by Warner Bros, on a long term contract to
form the nucleus of a stock company: has appeared
in "Men of Ihe Sky." "Man to Man." "Fifty .Million
Frenchmen." "Illicit" and "Ex-Mistress."
WELFORD. NANCY: h. London. England. May 31.
1904 ; h. S feet; blond hair and blue eyes: w. 100
pounds; p. Ada LoftttS and Dallas Welford. profes-
sionals: e. private schools In London and New York
City: hy. golf and swimming: m. F. Heath Cobb.
Stage career: "Hitchy Koo." with Raymond Hitchcock:
Ziegfeld "Follies." "Orange Blossoms." "Cinders."
"Un She Goes." starred in "No. No. Nanette." "Rain
or Shine." on coast. Entered pictures in 1029; lead in
"Gold Diggers on Broadway." Warner Bros., and "The
I'hantom in the House." Continental.
WELLER. JADA: Appeared in "Betrayal" (1929).
Paramount.
WELLS, MARIE: Stage career: Clementina in "The
Desert Song." "Cradle Snatchers." and many other
successes. Scren appearances: "The Desert Song,"
"The Song of the West" (1930). Warner Brothers.
WELSH, BETTY: b. New York City. October 12.
1908; h. 5 feet 1 inch; brown hair and eyes; w. 105
pounds; p. William J. Welsh, professional; e. in New
York City; not married; hy. golf, tennis and swimming.
Stage experience consists of one season of musical
comedy in New York City. Entered films in 1925.
Among the pictures in which she appeared are "Rough
Riding Red." "Too Manv Wives." "Come and Get It,"
"Out of the West." "Circus Days." She is now a
free lance player, ingenue type.
WEST, EDNA: "Hah* Way to Heaven" (1929).
Paramount.
WESTOVER. WINIFRED: b. San Francisco: e. in
a convent at San Rafael. Cal.. and Dominican College;
h. 5 feet 3 inches; w. 128 pounds; blond hair, blue
eves; hy. tennis. Entered pictures in 1915 with D. W.
Griffith and stayed with his company until the breaking
up of the old Triangle company. Has played leads with
Douglas Fairbanks. Monte Blue. Conway Tearle. Eugene
O'Brien, Buck Jones. Bill Hart. Harry Carey. Charles
Bay. Latest picture was "Lummox." United Artists.
WHITE, ALICE: r. n. Alva White; b. Paterson.
N. J.. August 28. 1907; h. 5 feet 2 inches: blond hair
and brown eyes; w. 110 pounds; p. Marion Alexander,
professional, and James F. White: e. Hollywood high
school, and Roanoke coUege. Virginia: hy. dancing,
swimming, riding, tennis, golf and jazz music. Has
played in such pictures as "The Sea Tiger" with
Milton Sills, bit plaver; as ingenue lead in "The Pri-
vate Life of Helen of Troy" for First National: "Gen-
tlemen Prefer Blondes" for Paramount; "Breakfast at
Sunrise" for United Artists; "Three Ring Marriage."
"Harold Teen" and "The Big Noise." and as featured
plaver in "Show Girl." "Naughty Baby" and "Lin-
gerie": (1929) "Broadway Babies" and "Hot Stuff,"
"Girl from Woolworth's" (1929), "Naughty Flirt"
(1930), "Playing Around" (1930), "Sweet Mama"
(1930), First National.
WHITE. MARJORIE: b. Winnipeg. Can.; h. 4 feet
104 inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 103 pounds;
e. bv private tutor; hy. jewelry. Appeared on the stage
as child wonder at 4 years in a singing and dancing
act. Made a vaudeville tour of the United States in
an act known as the "White Sisters." After this
joined the "Hello Lola Company." Recently completed
an engagement in "Lady Fingers" in featured part.
Has had two years screen experience, appearing in such
Alms as "The* Golden Calf" (1930). "Movietone Follies
of 1930." "Sunnv Side Up" (1929). "Just Imagine"
(1930). Fox.
WHITE. THELMA: "A Night in a Dormitory"
(1930). "Sixteen Sweeties" (1930). Pathe-Melody Com-
edies, first series; "Ride 'em Cowboy" (1930). Pathe-
Folly Comedies.
WHITMORE. DOROTHY: Played in Vitaphone No.
2538.
WHITNEY. CLAIRE: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
921-22. "Room 909."
WHITNEY. RENEE: Appeared in "The Wild
Party" (1929). Paramount.
WILLIAMS. ADA: b. Louisville. Ky.. June 2. 1913:
5 feet 2% inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w.
115 pounds; e. St. Agatha Academy. Winchester. Ky..
St. Joseph College. Miami. Fla. : not married; hy.
dancing. No stage experience. Began screen experi-
ence with Fox in 1928 and has appeared in "Joy
Street." "None but the Brave." "Common Clay"
(1930), Fox.
WILLIAMS. KATHLYN: b. Butte. Mont.: h. 5 f et
5 inches; blonde hair and gray-blue eyes: w. 12S
pounds; e. Butte Central high school and the WTes-
leyan university in Helena. Mont.; m. Charles Eyton,
professional; hy. horseback riding; (1929) "A Single
Man" and "The Single Standard." Metro-Goldwyn-
Maver." "Wedding Rings." First National; "Road to
Paradise" (1930), First National.
WILLIAMS. LUCILLE: Played in "Half Way to
Heaven" (1929), Paramount.
WILSON. LOIS: b Pittsburgh. Pa.; h. 5 feet 54
inches; light brown hair and hazel eyes: w. 122 pounds;
p. Constance Cooling and Andrew Kenley Wilson, non-
professionals; e. Alabama high school and Alabama
Normal: not married. Stag? experience in Los An-
geles appearing in "The Queen's Husband." "Gossipy
Six." "Spread Eagle" and "Mary's Other Husband."
Screen experience of 12 years consists of various roles
in "The Covered Wagon." "Lulu Betts," "What Every
Woman Knows." "Manslaughter." "French Dressing."
"On Trial" and "The Gamblers": appeared in Para-
mount-Christie talking short features. "Advice to Hus-
bands" and "A Bird in the Hand": (1929) "Object
Alimony," Columbia: "Wedding Rings." First Na-
tional: "Conquest" and "Kid Gloves." Warner Bros.:
"Furies" (1930). First National; "Lovin" the Ladies"
(1930). Radio Pictures; "Once a Gentleman." Sono
Art-World Wide: "For Love or Money" (1930), Para-
mount-Christie Talking Plays; Vitaphone No. 2237,
"Miss Information."
WINDSOR ADELE: Appeared in "Frozen Justice"
(1929). "Girl from Havana" (1929), Fox.
WINDSOR. CLAIRE: r. n. Claire Viola Cronk; b.
Coffee City, Kan.; h. 5 feet 6 inches: blond hair and
blue eyes: w. 120 pounds; p. Ella and G. E. Cronk.
non-professionals; e. Broadway high school. Seattle.
Wash., and Washington College. Topeka. Kan., also
studied voice and piano at Conn's Conservatory of
Music. Seattle, Wash. : hy. collecting perfumes, an-
tiques, painting and tennis. Started picture career as
an extra on the Lasky lot until Allan Dwan signed
her to appear in stock at First National. Due to an
illness she lost out on many parts under this contract
but I/iis Web r looking for a leading woman in "What
Do Men Want" engaged her to play the role. She
then changed her name to Windsor. Made five p'c-
tures for Lois Weber and was later signed by Gold-
wyn for a five year contract. At the termination of
this contract she signed with Tiffany-Stahl. with the
privilege of working for other studios. Played opposite
Victor Mcljiglen for Fox in "Captain Lash." "Mid-
stream" (1929). Tiffany-Stahl.
WING - MRS WONG: Aor-ared in 1929 in "Where
East Is East." Metro-Goldwyn-Maycr; "Chinatown
Nights." Paramount.
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WINTER, LASKA: b. St. Louis, Mo.; h. 5 feet
2 inches; w. 115 pounds; brown hair, black eyes.
Screen career: "Fashion Madness," "The Satin
Woman." "The Tender Hour.'" "The Marriage Cheat."
"The Night of Love," "Shipwrecked." "Rocking
Moon." "Tides of Passion." "Seven Footprints to
Satan" (1929), First National; Fu Mela in "The
Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu" (1929). Paramount: Im-
mada in "The Rescue" (1929), United Artists; Doug-
lamania in "Frozen Justice" (1929), Fox.
WINTERS. SALLY: Appeared in "Law of the
Mounted" (1929). Syndicate.
WINTON. JANE: b. Philadelphia. Pa., October 10,
1905 ; e. Darlington Seminary. West Chester, Pa. ; pre-
pared to enter Bryn Mawr College, but ran away
from home; h. 5 feet 5H inches; w. 120 pounds: auburn
hair, green eyes; hy. riding: m. Charles Kenyon. Pre-
vious career: dancer in Fokine Ballet: special show
girl in Ziegfeld "Follies"; Providence stock company.
Entered pictures in 1925 when Zukor and Lasky sug-
gested that a test be made of her after seeing her
in the "Follies." Screen career: "Don Juan." Warner
Bros.; ■The Gav Old Bird." Warner: "The Monkey
Talks." "Sunrise" (1928). Fox: "Nothing to Wear"
(1929) , Columbia; Vera in "Scandal" (1929). Uni-
versal; Babe in "Captain Lash" (1929). Fox: "The
Beloved Rogue" (United Artists). "The Crystal Cup."
■Burning Daylight." "The Yellow Lily." Lady in
"In the Next Room." Fern in "Furies" (1930). First
National; "Bare Knees." "The Fair Co-Ed." "The
Patsv." Dona Clara in "The Bridge of San Luis
Rey." Flo Thompson in "Melody of Love." "Hell's
Angels" (1930). United Artists.
WONG, ANNA MAY: b. California. January 3.
1907: e. Hollywood; h. 5 feet iVt inches; w. 121)
pounds: blue black hair, brown eyes: full blood Chi-
nese; hy. golf. Pictures include "Old San Francisco."
"Fortv Winks." "Across to Singapore." "Chinatown
Charlie." "Show Life." "Toll of the Sea." "Mr.
Wu." "The Thief of Bagdad." "Piccadilly" (19291.
World Wide: has been appearing in English and Ger-
man productions for the past two years: just re-
turned to the United States under contract to Para-
mount, with "Daughter of the Dragon" as the first
picture.
WOOD. JEANNE: "The Richest Man in the World"
(1930) . MGM : "Sins of the Children" (1930). MGM.
WOOD. PEGGY: b. Brooklyn. N. Y. ; e. Brooklyn.
has traveled all over Europe. America. West Indies
and parts of South America: h. 5 feet G inches: w.
130 pounds; brown hair, blue eyes. Stage actress in
"Mavtime." "Buddies." "The Clinging Vine." "Can-
dida." "Merchant of Venice." Appeared in one
picture with Will Rogers in 1919: returned to screen
in 1929 in role of Bridgette in "Wonder of Women."
MGM.
WOODS OLGA: "Fiftv Miles from Broadway"
(1930). "Rubeville Night Club" (1930). Pathe-Golden
Rooster Comedies.
WOODSTEN. ELLEN: "So This Is London" (1930).
Foi.
WORTH. BARBARA: b. Cincinnati. Ohio: e. Cin-
cinnati: h. 5 feet 4 inches: w. 118 pounds: brown
hair blue eyes. First screen work in "An Old Sweet-
heart of Mine." Metro. Has appeared in "The Fear-
less Rider." "On Your Toes." "The Prairie King."
"Fast and Furious," "Below the Deadline" (1929).
Chesterfield; "Fury of the Wild" (1929). Radio;
"Plunging Hoofs" (1929), Universal: "The Bachelors
Club" (1929), General Pictures; "The Prince of
Hearts."
WORTH. LILLIAN: Appeared in "Stairs of Sand"
(1929) . Paramount; "The Steel Highway" (1930).
Warner Bros.
WRAY. FAY: b. Alberta. Canada; h. 5 feet 3
inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 114 pounds; p
Vina M. and Jerry H. Wray. non-professionals; e.
Hollywood high school; m. John Monk Saunders, author
and screen writer; hy. tennis and music. PLayed a
part in the famous "Pilgrimage Play" in Hollywood
in the summer of 1923. Started screen career at
Century studios, where she appeared as leading woman
in "Gasoline Love"; then a lead at Fox with Robert
Gordon in September. 1923; lead in a five reel inde-
pendent feature and one picture with Hal Roach which
resulted in a six months' contract. At the expiration
of this contract she was a Western leading woman
for Universal. On June 7. 1926. Erich Von Stro-
heim started shooting on "The Wedding March" with
Fay Wray in the leading role. She was then put
under contract by Paramount in February, 1927. Has
appeared in "The Street of Sin," "The Legion of the
Condemned." "The First Kiss" and "Four Feathers"
for Paramount: (1929) "Thunderbolt." "Behind the
Makeup" (1930). "The Border Legion" (1930).
"Pointed Heels" (1929). "The Texan" (1930). "The
Sea God" (1930), Paramount; "Captain Thunder"
(1930) , Warner Bros.
WRIGHT, HELEN: b. Florence. Kan., July 28.
1906: h_ 5 feet 4*i inches; brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 110 pounds; e. Long Beach high school; hy. swim-
ming and dancing. She was named for an operatic
career but gave it up to work. Stage training in pro-
log work at th,e Criterion theatre in Los Angeles, with
Publix prologs in New York City for four years and
with Earl Carroll's "Revues." First film experience
was lead in "Dames Ahoy" for Universal, to whom
she went under a long term contract; "Spurs" (1930).
Universal.
WYCHERLY. MARGARET: b. London. England; e.
Boston Latin School; h. 5 feet 5hi inches; w. 127
pounds; dark hair, brown eyes; hy. tennis. Previous
career : legitimate and vaudeville actress : created role
of Mme. La Grange in "Thirteenth Chair." "June
Clegg." "Adding Machine." "Back to Methusaleh."
"Six Characters in Search of an Author." Entered
pictures in 1929: was Rosalie La Grange in "Thir-
teenth Chair" for MGM.
Y
YAMAOAKA, IRIS: Appeared in "China Slaver"
(1929). Trinity.
Y0LT2, GRETA: b. Galveston. Texas: e. Ursuline
Convent. Galveston. Texas. Stage career: dramatic,
stock, vaudeville, musical comedy. Screen career:
formerly known as Eileen Sedgwick; "Phantom of the
Opera." "Hot Heels," "When Danger Calls." "A Girl
in Every Port."
YORKE. EDITH: r. n. Edithe Byard: b. Croyden.
England. Dec. 23; e. London. England: m. Stage
experience in England and America. Has appeared in
films made by Paramount. First National. Goldwyn.
Ass. Exhibitors. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Vitagraph. War-
ner Brothers. Tiffany. Fox, Chadwick, Rayart and Uni-
versal. Appearances in the following productions:
"Sensation Seekers." "Timid Terror." "Satan and the
Woman." "Making the Varsity." "Port of Missing
Girls." "His New York Wife," "Rustlers Ranch."
"Heart of a Coward." "Belle of Broadway." "Fugi-
tives." "The Valiant." "The Love Racket" (1929).
First National; "City Girl" (1930). Fox; "Phantom
of the Opera" (1929). Universal.
YOUNG. CLARA KIMBALL: b. Chicago. 111.; h. 5
feet 6 inches: dark hair and brown eyes; e. St.
Xaviers academy. Chicago. Stage experience started at
the age of 3 years. Appeared in vaudeville, stock and
plays. Screen experience with Vitagraph and made
"My Official Wife." then organized her own com-
pany and appeared in "Cheating Cheaters," "The
Easiest Way." "Eyes of Youth." "Mid Channel."
"Straight from Paris" and "Forbidden Woman." In
Hollywood.
YOUNG. LOR ETTA: r. n. Gretchen Young; b. Salt
Lake City. Utah; h. 5 feet 3 inches; w. 95 pounds:
brown hair and blue eyes ; e. Ramona Convent in
Los Angeles, and private tutor Mrs. Carman Holiday:
m. Grant Withers: hy. dancing, motor boating. Her
screen career started by accident answering a call
to Mervyn LeRoy. First National director, which was
for her sister Polly Ann, who was out of town at the
time. She was accepted and given a small role in
"Naughty but Nice." Her first real experience was a
screen role with Fanny Ward at the age of four.
She played the lead for Lon Chaney in "Laugh. Clown,
Laugh" and also the lead in "The Squall." She
was selected a Wampas Baby Star for 1929 with her
sister Sally Blane. Among her recent pictures are
"Scarlet Seas." with Richard Barthelmess; "The Girl
in the Glass Cage." "Fast Life." "Careless Age"
(1929) , "Forward Pass" (1929). "Loose Ankles." "The
Right of Way" (1930). "Road to Paradise" (1930).
"The Squall" (1930). First National; "The Second
Floor Mystery." Warner Bros.
YOUNG, OLIVE: b. St. Joseph. Mo.. June 21, 1907;
h. 5 feet 2 inches; black hair and brown eyes; w. 100
pounds; p. Evelyn and M. E. Young; e. Christian
College. Columbia. Mo.; stage experience: short time in
vaudeville. Screen experience in China. Straits Settle-
ment. Dutch East Indies and America. Has appeared
in "Trailing Trouble" (1930). Universal: "Ridin' Law"
(1930) , Big 4 Corporation; "The Man Who Came Back."
YOUNG. POLLY ANN: b. Denver, Col.. Oct. 25.
1908; e. Catholic day and boarding schools. Ramona
Convent: h. 5 feet 2 inches; w. 110 pounds: brown
hair, hazel eyes: hy. tennis. Screen career: "Bellamy
Trial." dancer in "Masks of the Devil." "Rich Peo-
ple." "Tanned Legs."
YVES. CHR1ST1ANE: b. Paris. France. Feb. 26.
1905: h. 5 feet 3 inches: dark brown hair and dark
green eyes; w. 106 pounds; e. Sorbonne University,
Paris; not married: hy. likes to read, paint, also
writes. Has had no stage experience. Screen experi-
ence consists of four years in pictures in Paris and
Hollywood, taking part in "Ben Hur" and "Confes-
sions" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. also took part of
Fleurie in "They Had to See Paris." Was elected
Queen of Latin Quarter in Paris. 1926: appeared in
"Slightly Scarlet" (1930). Paramount.
MALE PLAYERS
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AARONSON'S COMMANDERS: Metro Movietone
Act No. 696.
ABBOTT. AL: Vitaphone No. 2703. "The Small
Town Ramblers."
ACKROYO. JACK: Appeared in (1929). "The Isle
of Lost Ships." First National; "Dawn Patrol" (1930).
First National.
ADAIR. ROBERT: b. San Francisco. Cal.. January
3. 1900; h. 6 feet 1 inch; brown hair and eyes; w.
210 pounds: e. Harrow School, England, specializing
in academic course; married: hy. swimming, tennis
and aviation. Has lived in San Francisco. London,
Seville. Paris. New York and Los Angeles. Has ap-
peared in vaudeville, musical comedy and stock in
United States. Entered pictures in 1929 to play role
of Captain Hardy in "Journey's End." Tiffany.
Leading role in "Raffles." United Artists.
ADAMS. ERNIE: Appeared in (1929) "Stool
Pigeons." Columbia: "One Splendid Hour." Excellent;
"What a Night." Paramount; "The Storm" (1930).
Universal.
ADAMS. JACK: b. Hastings. Neb.; September 8.
1879; h. 5 feet 9 inches: brown hair and gray eyes;
w. 15«> pounds; p. Anna M. Ebersole and Henry H.
Rutt. non-professionals; e. Roseland school and North-
western university. Chicago; m. Edna Patton. non-
professional: hy. swimming, motoring and art. Fiftetn
years stage experience apix-aring in Charles Frohman's
"The Gypsy Girl" and "Cleoiatra" : also in stock.
Screen experience with Hal Roach and Christie; and
has appeared in "Behind Closed Doors." "The Times
Square." "Upper Cut." "The Battle of the Century"
and "Sugar Daddy."
ADAMS. JIMMY: Appeared in "Office Scandal"
(1929): "The Grand Parade" (1930). Pathe.
AGNEW. ROBERT: b. Louisville. Ky.: h. 5 feet
8*6 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 145 pounds;
e. San Antonio. Texas; spent early life on ranch.
Stage career: featured In "Children of France."
Screen work with Paramount. Fox. MGM. Columbia.
First National. Warner Bros. Among his pictures
are "Silk Legs." "The College Hero." "Slightly
Used"; 1930 pictures include "The Naughty Flirt."
First National: "French Kisses." Educational. Tuxedo
Talking Comedies: "Pick 'Em Young." Pathe. Melody
Comedies, first series; "Mind Your Business." Pathe.
Melody Comedies, second series; "Hold the Babies,"
Pathe. Rainbow Comedies.
AHERN. WILL: Vitaphone No. 952. "On the
Rancho."
AHLERT. FRED A.: "The Song Writers Revue."
Metro Movietone Act.
ALBERNI. LUIS: "The Santa Fe Trail" (1930).
Paramount.
ALBERS. HANS: "The Blue Angel." UFA.
ALBERTI, FRITZ: "White Devil." UFA.
ALBERTSON. FRANK: b. Fergus Falls. Minn..
February 2, 1909: e. Puyallup. Washington, and Holly-
wood high schools; h. 5 feet 9 inches; w. 145 pounds;
dark brown hair and blue eyes. Started in pictures
in 1922 under James Cruze. Signed Fox contract in
1928. Parts in "Prep and Pep." "The Farmer's
Daughter." "Salute" and "Words and Music" (1929),
Fox; co-featured with Helen Twelvetrees in "Blue
Skies"; "Son of the Gods" (1930). First National:
"The Big Party" (1930). "Born Reckless (1930).
"Men Without Women" (1930). "So This Is Lon-
don" (1930). "Wild Company" (1930). Fox.
ALBRIGHT. BOB. "OKLAHOMA": Vitaphone No.
910. and his Rodeo Do Flappers.
ALBRIGHT, WALLY, JR.: Appeared in 1929 in
"The Cas» of Lena Smith," Paramount; "Thunder,"
"The Wonder of Women," MGM.
ALDEN. JOHN: Appeared in "Making the Grade."
Fox.
ALDERSON. ERVILLE: Appeared in "Fazil"
(1928). Fox; "Speakeasy" (1929). Fox; "Guilty"
(1930). Columbia; "The Bad Man" (1930). First Na-
tional.
ALDINE. JIMMY: b. Pearl River. N. Y. ; e. high
school at Leonia, Palisades Park. N. J. Screen ex-
perience started with an appearance in "Down to the
'Sea in Ships." Under contract to Pathe; also in "The
Leatherneck." "The Office Scandal." "The Sophomore"
and "This Thing Called Love."
ALEXANDER. BEN: r. n. Nicholas Benton Alex-
ander; b. Goldfleld. New. May 26. 1911: h. 5 feet
10 inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 145 pounds:
p. Beth and Nicholas Alexander: e. Hollywood high
school and University of California; not married; hy.
tennis, swimming and collecting guns. Had stage
experience in vaudeville on Loew Circuit and with
Oliver Morosco. Appeared on the screen in "All
Quiet on the Western Front" (1930). Universal.
ALEXANDER. GEORGE: "Love Waltz." UFA.
ALEXANDER, RICHARD : b. Dallas. Texas. Novem-
ber 18. 1902; e. in Dallas: h. 6 feet 3 inches; w.
225 pounds: brown hair, blue eyes; hy. handball and
swimming. No stage experience. In 1929 appeared in
"The Sin Sister." Fox. "The Viking." Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer: "The Godless Girl." Pathe; in 1930 in "City
Girl." "Lone Star Ranger." Fox; he was Haie Westhus
in Universale "All Quiet on the Western Front." the
gangster in Universal's "See America Thirst," and the
crook in "Are You There f"
ALEXIS, DEMETRIOS: b. Alexandria. Egypt, De-
cember 1. 1899: U. 6 feet 1 inch: dark brown hair
and eyes: w. 175 pounds: p. non-professionals: e.
Athens. Greece: not married: hy. music, art and
riding. Stage experience in foreign countries, and ap-
peared in "Dream Faces" and "Devil's Plum Tree."
Screen experitnce includes roles in "Red Dance."
"Sabanesque" and "The Red Sword."
ALLAN. HUGH: r. n. Allan Hughes; b. Oakland.
Cal.. November 5. 1903; h. 6 feet: black hair and
brown eyes; w. 160 pounds: e. Fremont high school.
Oakland. Cal. : hy. swimming and riding. Previous
career with Cunard steamship line and in amateur
theatricals. Screen career: "Dress Parade." "Hold
'Em Y"ale." Pathe; "Little Annie Rooney." United
Artists; "What Happened to Father." "Good Time
Charley." "Beware of Married Men." Warner Bros.;
"Wild Beauty." Universal; "Voice in the Storm."
"Object Matrimony." "Object Alimony." Columbia:
co-starred in two serials. "The Tiger's Shadow." and
"The Fire Detective"; Midshipman Duncan in "Annap-
olis": "Sin Town" (1929). "A Roval Flush" (1930),
Pathe.
ALLEN. FRED: b. New York. April 8. 1866: h.
6 feet; gray hair and blue eyes; w. 200 pounds: p.
H. A. and John Allen, non-professionals; e. Johns
Hopkins university. Baltimore, and Columbia college:
not married: hy. golf. Stage experience: wrote and
appeared in his own plays with Madam Modjeska and
Edwin Booth. Wrote and appeared in "Head of House"
and "Master Power." Screen experience began in 1914
with Universal. Was in stock for five years and also
appeared in "Flying Fleet" and "Speedway." Free-
lance player.
ALLEN. DON : Appeared in "The Exalted Flapper"
(1929). Fox.
ALLEN. FRED: Vitaphone No. 1025. "The Still
Alarm"; also in No. 903.
ALLEN. HARRY: Appeared in "Adorable Cheat"
(1929). Chesterfield: "In Old California" (1930). Audi-
ble Pictures; "Dawn Patrol" (1930). First National.
ALLEN. SAM: Screen career: "Blackjack." "The
Sea Wolf" (1930). Fox: "Death Vallev." First Divi-
sion: "Bashful Buccaneer." "Midnight Limited"
"Call of the Klondike." Rayart: "The Sea Beast."
Warner Bros.; "Mother." FBO.
ALLISTER. CLAUDE: b. London England; e. at
Felsted. Essex. England, specializing in Greek and
Latin; m. Barbara Fay. professional; h. 5 feet 10*£
inches; w. 144 pounds: light brown hair, blue eyes: hy.
swimming and horseback riding. Stage experience in
London and New York City. Entered pictures in 1929.
Appeared in the stage production of "The Trial of
Mary Dugan" in New York and was selected bv Bayard
Veiller. the author, for the screen play. Played Algy
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1931
in "Bulldog Drummond." Spoofy in "Three Live
Ghosts." Duke Otto in "Monte Carlo," Lord Kumble-
sham in "Floradora Girl." Francis in "Czar of Broad-
way Johnny Jason in "Captain Applejack." also in
"Charming "Sinners" (1929) "Slightly Scarlet" (10301.
Paramount; "In the Next Itoom" (1930). First National;
"Such Men Are Dangerous" (1930). Fox.
ALTINGEN. HEINZ: Appeared in "Life of Bee-
thoven" (1929). Film Arts Guild.
ALVARAOO. DON: r. n. Jose Paige; b. Albuquerque.
N. M., November 4. 1904; h. 5 feet 11 inches; black
hair and brown eves; w. 160 pounds: p. Marie An-
toinette Alvarado and Candido Paige, non- professionals ;
e. Albuquerque high school: m. non-professional; hy.
horseback riding and tennis. Has appeared in such
pictures as "Loves of Carmen." with Dolores Del Bio
for Fox; in "Breakfast at Sunrise." with Constance
Talmadgc, and in "Drums of Love." a D. W. Griffith
production for United Artists; (192S) "The Apache,"
and "Driftwood." Columbia ; (1929) "The Bridge of
San Luis Bey," Metro-Gokiwyn-.Mayer; (1930). "The
Bad One." "Forever Yours." United Artists; "Cap-
tain Thunder," Warner Bros.
ALVAREZ, LOUIS: Appeared in "Midstream"
(1930). Tiffany-Stahl.
AMES. FLOYD: Appeared in "Forty-Five Calibre
War" (1929), Fox.
AMES. LIONEL "MIKE": Vitaphone No. 977. "The
Varsity Vamp."
AMES. ROBERT: b. Hartford, Conn.; h. 5 feet 10
inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 155 pounds;
e. Hartford high school: m. Marion Oakes; hy. golf.
Stage and screen experience. Entered pictures in 1925.
his last four being "Without Mercy." "Wedding Song."
•?fhree Faces East" and "Crown of Lies." Has ap-
peared in (1929) "Voice of the City." "Marianne."
Metro-Goldwvn-Maver; "Rich People," Pathc; "Black
Waters." World Wide; "Nix on Dames." "The Tres-
passer." United Artists; in 1930 in "Holiday." Pathe:
"Double Cross Roads." "Not Damaged." Fox; "A
Lady to Love." MGM.
AMOS: r. n. Freeman F. Gosden. b. Biehmond.
Va.. May 5. 1889: e. high school in Biehmond and in
private school. Atlanta. Ga. ; married and has two
children. Has held such positions as salesman and
radio-electrician. First stage experience was in 1920
when he joined a booking company that staged amateur
theatricals This company brought him to Chicago
in 1923. He was associated in this company with
Charles J. Correll. In 1925 they did a sketch over
radio station WEBH in Chicago and later in the same
year were signed with WGN in Chicago as staff
artists under the team name of Correll and Gosden.
In January. 1926. they originated their first negro dia-
lect. They went on the air with WGN as "Sam 'n'
Henrv" and continued with this act until 1928. They
were then signed by W.MAQ. the Chicago Daily News
Station to broadcast the same sketch and later changed
the name to Amos 'n' Andy. In 1929 they signed
with the National Broadcasting Company. In 1930
they went to Hollywood and made their first screen
appearance for BKO Pictures in "Check and Double
Check."
ANDERSON. C. E.: Appeared in "California Mail"
(1929). First National; "The Lariat Kid." Universal.
ANDERSON. FREDDY: "Half Way to Heaven"
(1929). Paramount.
ANDERSON. LYNN: Appeared in "Law of the
Mounted" (1929). Syndicate.
ANDERSON, PHILIP: Appeared in "Redskin"
(1929), Paramount.
ANDERSON. ROBERT: Appeared in 1929 in "White
Shadows of th- South Seas." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer;
"Clear the Decks." Universal.
ANDY: r. n. Charles J. Correll. b. Peoria. 111..
February 3, 1880: e. high school; p. non-professionals.
First stage experience was in 1918 when he joined a
booking company that staged amateur theatricals. He
stayed with this company until 1923 when the com-
pany came to Chicago. In 1920 Freeman F. Gosden
joined the company. In 1925 the pair did a sketch
over radio station WEBH in Chicago. Later in 1925
they signed with WGN as staff artists and remained in
that capacity until January, 192G when they originated
their first Negro dialect. They were known on the
air as Sam 'n' Henry and in 1928 went to radio
station WMAQ to broadcast the same sketch. In 1929
they were signed by the National Broadcasting Com-
pany and are now known as Amos 'n' Andy. In 1930
they were brought to Hollywood hy BKO Pictures
and made their first screen appearance in the all
talking picture, "Check and Double Check."
ANTHONY. JOHN: Appeared in "Great Power"
(1929). Franklin Warner.
APFEL. OSCAR C. : b. Cleveland. Ohio. Stage ca-
reer: producer and director, Chicago Opera House. De-
troit. Cleveland. Pittsburgh. Buffalo. On screen for
World. Lasky. Fox. Selig. Arrow. Producers Security.
Hodkinson. Metro, Oscar Apfel Productions. Truart, Ac-
tion Pictures. Pictures include: "When Seconds
Count," Bayart; "The Valley of Hunted Men " Action
Pictures: "Code of the Country." Pathe: "Cheaters."
Tiffany: "Hurdy Gurdy," Beach; the following in 1929:
major in "Marianne," MGM: Canfleld in "Not Quite
Decent," Fox; German general in "True Heaven."
Fox; manager in "Halfway to Heaven." Paramount;
"Smiling Irish Eyes." First National: 1930 pictures in-
clude "Man Trouble," Fox; "Abraham Lincoln,"
United Artists.
ARDATH. FRED AND CO.: Vitaphone No. 2255.
"Men Among Men."
ARDELL FRANKLYN: "Love. Honor and Oh
Baby" (1929). Pathe. Manhattan Comedies: first series.
ARLEN. RICHARD: b. Charlottesville. Va. : h. 5
feet 11 inches; medium brown hair and grey eyes:
w. 161 pounds: p. Mary and James van Mattimore,
non-professionals; e. high school in St. Paul. Minn..
St. Thomas College and the University of Pennsylvania;
no stage training: m. Jobvna Ralston, screen actress;
hy. golfing, swimming, riding and tennis. Screen ex-
perience consists of ap|)carance in the following Para-
mount productions: "In the Name of Love." "Behind
th* Front." "The Enchanted Hill." "Padlocked."
"She's a Sheik." "Feel My Pulse." "Under the Tonto
Him." "Ladiel of the Mob." "Beggars of Life." "Man-
hattan Cocktail" and "Four Feathers"; (1929) "Dan-
gerous Curves." "The Man I Lore"; "Thunderbolt."
"The Virginian" and In 1930 in "The Border Legion."
"Burning Up." "Dangerous Paradise." "The Light of
Western Stars." "Paramount on Parade." "The Santa
Fe Trail." "The Sea God." Paramount.
ARLISS. GEORGE: b. London. England. Started
stage career very young, and formed an amateur dra-
matic society of his own. He was then acting with
Mrs Patrick Campbell and becoming popular with
audiences. Was then discovered by George C. Tyler.
American producer and taken to the U. S. with Mrs.
Campbell on a planned four month American tour.
This was in 1901 and his success was so great he
staved here in the U. S. A. making appearances in
"The Second Mrs. Tanqueray." "The Notorious Mrs.
Ebbsmith"; then for David Belasco in "Darling of the
Gods." opposite Blanche Bates. Then was leading
member of Mrs. Fiske's notable Manhattan Company
for several seasons, as Steyne in "Becky Sharp," Raoul
Berton in "Leah Kleschna" and Brack in "Hedda
Gabler." Also played in "The Devil." under Franz
Molnar. and W. J. Locke's "Septimus." and his great-
est success. "Disraeli." Also appeared in "Paganini."
"Alexander Hamilton" and scored in the leading role
of William Archer's "The Green Goddess." Was very
successful in John Galsworthy's "Old English" and his
first Shakespearean role, that of Shylock in "The Mer-
chant of Venice." Has appeared in the following pic-
tures: "Disraeli" (1929). "The Green Goddess"
(1930). "Old English" (1930). Warner Bros.
ARMETTA. HENRY: Appeared in 1929 in "Lady
of the Pavements." United Artists; "Homesick," "Love
Live and Laugh" (1929). Fox; in 1930 in "A Lady
to Love." MGM; "The Climax." "Little Accident."
Universal.
ARMSTRONG, ROBERT: b. Saginaw. Mich.; h. 5
feet 10 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 160 pounds;
p Mina and William Armstrong, non-professionals;
e. Seattle high school and University of Washington
law college Seattle. Wash.; m. Ethel Kent, professional;
hy. golf and squash. In his 10 years stage career he
appealed in "Bovs Will Be Boys," "Shavings." "Honey
Girl." "The Man Who Came Back." 'Sure Fire."
"New Brooms," "Judy" and "Is Zat So"; besides two
s-asons of stock in Des Moines and Milwaukee. Started
his picture career in September. 1927. and has played
in such pictures as "The Main Event." "The Leopard
Ladv " "The Cop." "Celebrity." "Show Folks," "Ned
McCobb's Daughter." "Shady Lady." "The Leather-
neck" for Pathe; "A Girl in Every Port" and "Square
Crooks" for Fox; and in "Baby Cyclone" for Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer; "Woman from Hell." Fox; (1929) "Big
News." "Oh. Yeah." "Parachute." "Racketeer" and
"War and Women." "Shady Lady." "Show People."
Pathe: in 1930 in "Be Yourself." United Artists;
"Dumbbells in Ermine." Warner Bros.; "Big Money,"
Pathe.
ARTAUD. ANTONIN: Appeared in "Napoleon"
(1929), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
ARTHUR, GEORGE K.: r. n. George Brest: b.
Aberdeen. Scotland. April 27. 1899; h. 5 feet 6 inches;
brown hair and eyes; w. 140 pounds; p. Harriett Col-
lins and George Brest, non-professionals; e. University
of Rugby. England, stage training in Shakespearean
drama: m. ; hy. squash. Screen experience in such
pictures as "Irene" with First National; and "The Boy
Friend." "Bookies." "Circus Rookies." "All at Sea."
"In Old Heidelberg." "China Bound." (1929) "Broth-
erly Love" and "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney." Metro-
Goldwvn-Maver; and in 1930 in "Chasing Rainbows,"
MGM.
ARTHUR. JOHNNY: b. Scottsdale. Pa.: h. 5 feet
814 inches; brown hair and eyes: w. 140 pounds;
p. Matilda Hertzog and John Williams, non-profes-
sionals; e. Columbus. O.. high school, and in college
at Washington. D. C. 25 years' stage training. Three
years in repertoire; two seasons with Tim Murphy.
White Texas Steer; with the Polly Primrose company,
and in such productions as "Before and After." "Paid
in Full" (produced in London) "Ambitious Mrs. Al-
cock." "The Bridge." "Take My Advice." "Officer 666."
"Just a Woman," "Fair and Warmer." "Up in Mabel's
Room." "Ladies Night." "Girl in the Limousine."
"Three Spoonfuls." "Some Baby." "Elsie." "The Whole
Town's Talking." "I Love You." "The Butter and Egg
Man" and "The Desert Song." Screen experience in-
cludes the following pictures: "On Trial." "The Mon-
ster," "Mile. Midnight." "The Unknown Purple," "The
Desert Song" and "The Gamblers." Also appeared in
two comedies. In 1929 in "Divorce Made Easy."
Paramount: "Cheer Up and Smile." Fox; "Lover's
Delight." Educational-Jack White: "Adam's Eve."
Paramount-Christie: and in 1930 in "Personality."
Columbia; "The Aviator." "She Couldn't Say No."
Warner: "Going Wild." "Scrappily Married." "Down
With Husbands." Paramount-Christie; "Vitaphone No.
3972. "Paper Hanging." No. 4035. "Bridal Night."
No. 3636, "Stimulation."
ASH. SAM: Appeared in "Unmasked" (1930),
Artclass.
ASHER. MAX : Appeared in "Kid's Clever" (1929).
"Trigger Tricks" (1930). Universal.
ASHTON. HERBERT: Appeared in "Me, Gangster"
(1929). Fox.
ASKAM. PERRY: b. Seattle. Wash.. August 31.
1898; h. 6 feet 2 inches; brown hair and hazel eyes;
w. 185 pounds; e. Santa Clara University. Santa
Clara. Cal. ; p. Heleni Bergstorff and Oliver Perry
Askam; m. nonprofessional. Has lived in New York.
Los Angeles. Paris. Berlin and Milano. Stage career:
in "Passing Show of 1921" at ShUDert Winter Garden.
New York: also "Blossom Time." "Passing Show of
1923." "Castles in the Air." "Music Box Bevue,"
"Desert Song." Orpheum. and "The New Moon." En-
tered pictures in 1930, appearing in "Sweet Kitty Bel-
lairs." Warner Bros.
ASPER. FERDINAND: Appeared in "The Last
Company," Ufa.
ASTHER. NILS: b. Sweden. January 17. 1901: h. 6
feet % inch: dark hair and eyes; w. 170 pounds; p.
Hilda and Anton Asther; e. Lunel university and Royal
Dramatic school: m. Vivian Duncan, professional: hy.
horseback riding. Stage experience at the Royal Dra-
matic theatre in Sweden. Apj>eared in pictures in
G rmany later coming to the United States where he
has appeared in Sorrel] and Son" for United Artists
in 1927: in "Laugh, Clown. Laugh" (19271 ami in
"Tlie Cossacks," "Our Dancing Daughters." "Card-
board liOver." and "Ardienne Lecouvreur." in 1928
for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In 1929 "Dream of Lov."
"The Single Standard" and "Wild Orchids" ; "The
Sea Bat" (1930), MGM.
ATCH LEY. HOOPER: b. Tennessee. 1887: h. 5
feet llVfe inches; brown hair and dark brown eyes;
\v. 165 pounds; e. Knoxvllle high school and Univer-
sity of Tennessee: m. Violet Mahar: hy. walking. Had
20 years stage experience: appeared in "Broadway."
"White Cargo" and "Night Hawk." Has appeared
on tne screen in "Love at First Sight." "Santa Fe
Trail."
ATES, ROSCOE: b. Hattiesburg, Miss., January
20, 1895; h. 5 feet, 5lA inches; auburn hair and
brown eyes; w. 143 pounds; p. Maggie and George
Ates, non-professionals; e. Hattiesburg high school; m.
non-professional; hy. hunting and fishing. Had stage
training in vaudeville, tabloid and repertory and 17
years stage experience. Has been on the screen for
I $4 years and has appeared in such pictures as "South
Sea Rose," "The Big House," "Caught Short." "Billy
the Kid." "Love in the Rough." and "Cimarron,"
RKO.
ATKINS. SEXTETTE. TOMMY: Appeared in "King
of Jazz" (1930), Universal.
AUBREY, JIMMIE: b. Liverpool, England; h. 5
feet 6 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 1G5
pounds: e. England. Stage career: Fred Karno's
"Night in English Music Hall." doing the Terrible
Turk, also in vaudeville and musical comedy. Screen
career: Starlight Pathe comedies. Vitagraph, Selznick.
Standard Cinema, FBO. Davis. Pathe. Has appeared
in such pictures as: "A Simple Sap." Educational;
"Wilful Youth," "Peerless; "The Down Grade." Lumas;
"The Tale of the Shirt," Universal; "When Seconds
Count." "Gallant Fool," "Call of the Klondike."
Rayart; "The China Slaver." Trinity; the drunk in
"The Grand Parade." Pathe; "A Boyal Flush" (1930).
Pathe. Manhattan; "America or Bust" (1930). Pathe.
Checker; "Two Fresh Eggs" (1930), rathe. Folly.
AUER, MISCHA: b. St. Petersburg, Russia. Novem-
ber 17, 1905; e. in St. Petersburg and New York City,
specializing in literature and art; not married; h. C
feet 2 inches; w. 105 pounds; brown hair, brown eyes.
Entered pictures in 1928. Was appearing in the stage
play "Magda." when Frank Tuttle offered him a part
in "Something Always Happens." starring Esther Ral-
ston. Has appeared in "Marquis Preferred." "The
Benson Murder Case." "Inside the Lines" and as the
eccentric scientist in "Just Imagine."
AUSTIN. LESLIE: "Young Man of Manhattan"
(1930), Paramount.
AUSTIN. WILLIAM: b. Georgetown, British Guiana.
South America, June 12; h. 6 feet 1 inch; brown hair
and blue eyes; w. 170 pounds; p. Rosalie Ann
Sarah and Charles Percy Austin, non- professionals; e.
Beading college, England. He received his stage train-
ing at the Little theatre and in Drama Shop produc-
tions; not married; hy. golf, gardening and motoring.
Appeared at the Morosco theatre in Los Angeles for
three years beginning in 1919; then in stock with roles
in "Tailor Made Man." "Three Faces East." "Civilian
Clothes." "Polly With a Past" and many others. First
picture "Buggies of Red Gap." followed by "It." "The
World at Her Feet," "Swim. Girl. Swim" for Para-
mount; "The Flaming Forest" for Metro-Goldwn-Mayer:
"Her Big Night." and "What Happened to Jones"
for Universal; then to Paramount again in "Honey-
moon Hate." "The Fifty-Fifty Girl.." "Red Hair."
"Someone to Love" and "Just Married"; 1929 in "Il-
lusion." "The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu," "Sweetie."
"What a Night," "The Marriage Playground," Para-
mount: in 1930 in "Paramount on Parade," "Return
of Dr. Fu Manchu," "Let's Go Native." Paramount;
"Flirting Widow." First National; "Embarrassing Mo-
ments." Universal.
AYRES, LEW: b. Minneapolis, Minn.. December 28.
1908: dark brown hair and brown eyes; p. Lewis Ayres.
non-professional: e. Lake Harriett high school. Minne-
apolis and University of Arizona; not married; hy.
music. Stage experience with Henry Halstead's or-
chestra and later Ray West's orchestra at the Cocoanut
Grove at Los Angeles. He plays the banjo, guitar and
piano. Went to Hollywood and signed a six months
contract with Pathe. where he took part in one film.
He then went to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer where he took
the role of the youthful lover in Greta Garbo's "The
Kiss." Appeared m the role of Paul in "All Quiet
on the Western Front," for Universal; in 1930 in
"Doorway to Hell" (1930), Warner Bros.; "Common
Clay" (1930). Fox.
B
BACON. IRVIN: b. St. Joseph, Mo.. September 6.
1S93; e. Santa Clara college, San Jose. Cal.: married
a non-professional; h. 6 feet; w. 155 pounds: light
brown hair, blue eyes. Entered pictures in 1920 after
a number of years on thp stage. Played Slim in "Half
Way to Heaven." Slim Breen in ' Side Streets." Harry
in "Street of Chance." and was in "Two Sisters."
Rayart. in 1929.
BAGGOT. KING: b. St. Louis. Mo.; h. 6 feet:
brown hair and blue eyes; w. 185 pounds: e. Christian
Brothers College. St. Louis. Stage career: actor in
stock under Frohman and Shuberts; starred in "Vio-
lation." Screen career: eight years as a star, in-
cluding such pictures as "Dwelling Place of Light "
B. B. Hampton Productions: "The Cheater." "Lovely
Mary." Metro. Played in over 300 pictures. Directed
"Kentucky Derby," "Love Letter." "Tornado."
"Raffles." and others.
BAILEY. WILLIAM NORTON: Appeared in ' Wa-
terfront" (1929). First National: "The Aviator" (1930).
Warner Bros.
BAILEY & BARNUM: Vitaphone No. 2556 "The
Globe Trotters." No. 2557. "Without a Band." No.
2558. "The Two White Elephants."
BAKER. EDDIE: b. Davis. W. Va.; e. in Wash-
ington, D. C. and Los Angeles; h. 6 feet m inches:
w. 225 pounds: brown hair, blue eyes: hy. hunting and
fishing. Entered pictures in 1914 as a prop boy with
Biograph Company for two years. Then signed with
Universal for a year to appear in Joker Comedies with
William Beaudine. After the war he reentered pic-
tures as leading man in Gale Henry comedies, then with
Christie and Special Pictures Corporation. Wrote and
acted in comedies for Hal Roach for two and a half
year-,, then with Christie for six years, latest pictures:
"City Lights" with Charlie Chaplin, and with Char-
lotte Greenwood In a Christie production. In 1929 was
in "All at Sea." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
BAKER LORIN: "End of the World" (1929).
Pathe-Variety Comedies.
BAKER. SAM: Appeared in "The Isle of Lost
Ships" (1929). First National: "The Far Call." Fox.
BAKEWELL. WILLIAM : b. Hollywood. Cal.. May 2.
1908: h. 5 feet 11 inches: brown hair and gray eyes:
w. 144 pounds ; p. Jean B. and William Bakewell.
non-professionals: e. Harvard Military Academy. Los
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A Message
from
Carl Laemmle
You liked the pictures Universal made
for the present year. You proved it
by buying them and playing them as
never before. And you made money
on them.
So, when I tell you the pictures
planned for production for the 1931-32
season are superior in every way to
those you liked so well, you know
I am making a statement of vital sig-
nificance to you.
^ ^ ^
You will do even better with them than
with Universale preceding list. If you
study their exploitation possibilities with
a fraction of the care which we gave
to selecting them, you will be as pleased
to buy them as I am to offer them.
A Message
from
Carl Laemmle, Jr.
With the help of the most efficient
production staff any studio can boast,
I have read, studied, checked and
double-checked hundreds of books,
plays and original stories. I have re-
jected scores for every one I have
considered worthy of making into a
picture. H A ^
The stories selected for 1931-32 pro-
duction represent the cream of the
accepted ones. In every instance,
my staff and I have studied the cast-
ing with only one main thought in mind
— your box-office.
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To make each perfect story a perfect
picture, we have chosen directors of
known skill, men whose names and
whose past performances are in them-
selves complete assurance that in
booking their pictures you will get
more than you bargained for.
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ALBERT DE MOND
Associate Producer
Universal
1930 1931
"Little Accident" "Ex-Bad Boy"
"See America Thirst" "Lilies of Broadway"
"Cohens and Kellys in Africa"
"Many a Slip"
"The Virtuous Husband"
Adaptation, Continuity
ana1 Dialogue for
DRACULA
GARRETT
FORT
Adaptation, Continuity
and Dialogue for
FRANKENSTEIN
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GLADYS LEHMAN
Seed
Little Accident
The Lady Surrenders
The Cat Creeps
Many a Slip
Edwin H* Knopf
Writer - Director
Co-directed nine features for Paramount
Adapted and dialogued four features for Universal
Now Preparing
"Leviathan"
Mgt,, Myron Selznick, Inc.
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Angeles. Cal. : not married: hy. tennis, volley ball and
swimming. No stage experience. Began screen ex-
perience in June 1923 by doing extra work. Has ap-
peared in the following productions: The oiler boy
in •'The Last Edition." for FBO in 1925. the O'Henry
series of two reelers for Fox in 1926. Jem' in
"Mother." for FBO in 1920; Tex McNeil in "West
Point." for MGM. and Jimmy in "The Battle of the
Sexes." for D. W. Griffith-United Artists in 192":
Skippy in "Annapolis." for Pathe in 1928. In 1929
he appeared in the following productions: "The Iron
Mask." for Douglas Fairbanks. TJ. A., as Louis XII
and the Mad Twin, and lead opposite Alice White in
"Hot Stuff." as Menvyn LeRoy in "Playing Around,"
as Jean, also with Alice White, for First National.
Had the role of Jimmy in "On With the Show." and
juvenile lead in "The Gold Diggers." both Warner
Brothers productions. "All Quiet on the Western
Front," 1930. Universal; "Lummox" (1930), United
Artists.
Appeared in "The Blue Angel,"
BALHOUS. KARL:
Ufa.
BALLARD. ELMER: Appeared in 1929 in "Alibi."
United Artists and "Her Private Affair" (1929), Pathe.
BANCROFT. GEORGE: b. Philadelphia. Pa.; h. 6
feet 2 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 195 pounds;
p. non-professionals; e. Tomes Institute. Port Deposit.
Md. , and United States Naval Academy; m. Octavia
Brooke, ex-professional (now retired) : hy. all outdoor
sports. Upon leaving school he went to New York
and there won recognition. Has appeared in such stage
successes as "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine." "Paid
in Full," "Old Bill. M. P.." "Cinders" and many
others. His first picture, "Driven." and his first pic-
ture for Paramount, "Code of the West." brought him
to the attention of James Cruze who was casting for
"The Pony Express." He was put under contract to
Paramount and has been starred in such pictures as
"The Show Down." "The Drag Net." "Docks of New
York" and "The Wolf of Wall Street." "The Mighty"
(1929) "Thunderbolt" (1929), "Ladies Love Brutes"
(1930) . "Paramount on Parade" (1930), Paramount.
BANNISTER. HARRY: b. Holland. Mich.; h. G
feet 1 inch: brown hair and blue eyes; e. University
of Michigan: m. Ann Harding, professional, and has
a baby daughter, Jane; hy. swimming, tennis and golf.
Stage career began in Chicago with a road repertory
company, and then played with stock companies in
Chicago, then going to New Y'ork. He has made ap-
pearances in the following stage plays: "Zander the
Great," "Czarina." "The Valley of Content." "The
Bat." ■■Yellow." "Aloma of the South Seas." "Tenth
Avenue." "Rivalry" and "White Cargo." During the
summer of 1928 he had his own stock company at the
Nixon theatre in Pittsburgh. Pa. Later he connected
with the New Y'ork Theatre Guild and toured with a
company in "Strange Interlude." When he went to
Los Angeles he made a screen test with his wife for
Pathe. both were successful, and signed long term con-
tracts. Their first production was "Her Private Affair."
Francis Edwards
Faragoh
1931 Releases to Date:
[Screen Play and Dialogue']
"Little Caesar"
"Iron Man"
"Too Young to Marry"
Shut out Gloom,
Let in the Sun;
That's your cure
For *3L
George Sidney
BANTHIM, LARRY: b. River Forest. 111.; e. Oak
Park high school; h. G feet 1*£ inches; w. 212 pounds;
blond hair and blue eyes. Entered pictures in July,
19^7. Played a bit in "Waterfront" in San Francisco
for William Seiter and was given a contract. Has
appeared as Swede in ••Waterfront." Bud Burke in
"Footlights and Fools." Matt Gore in "Going Wild."
and in 1929 in "Hot Stuff" and -Naughty Baby," First
National.
BARD. BEN: b. Milwaukee, Wis.; h. 5 feet 11
inches; black hair and brown eyes; w. 1G0 pounds;
p. Ruth Glover and Soute Bard, non-professionals; e.
high school in Chicago and Northwestern university;
25 years' stage training; m. Ruth Roland, professional;
hy. golf, horses and hunting. Stage and screen ex-
perience. Entered pictures in 1925 and has appeared
in such pictures as "Love Makes 'Em Wild." "Two
Girls Wanted," "Arizona Wildcat," "Seventh Heaven."
"Come to My House," "Sandy," "Dressed to Kill,"
"Romance of the Underworld." "Love and the Devil."
"Born Reckless (1930), Fox; "Night Work," Pathe;
Vitaphone No. 2910. "The Champion Golfer."
BARKER, AMBROSE: Appeared in "The Return
of Dr. Fu Manchu" (1930), Paramount.
BARNES, T. ROY: b. Lincolnshire. England. Aug-
ust 11. 1880; h. 5 feet HM inches; brown hair and
blue eyes; w. 172 pounds; p. Charlotte Mitchell and
Alfred Barnes, non-professionals; m. Bessie Crawford,
non-professional; hy. outdoor sports. Stage experience
in "Katiuka," "The Red Canary." "Over the River"
and "The Passing Show." On the screen has appeared
in "Scratch My Back." "So Long Letty." "See My
Lawyer," "The Old Homestead." "The Great White
Way." "Is Marriage a Failure?" and many other at-
tractions. In "Dangerous Curves" (1929), Paramount:
in 1930 in "Sally." First National; "Caught Short."
MMG; "How's My Baby." "His Error." Educational;
Mermaid Talking Comedies; "Carnival Revue," Pathe-
Whoopee Comedies.
BARNETT, VINCENT: b. Pittsburgh, Pa.; July 4,
1903; h. 5 feet G inches; brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 1G0 pounds: p. Margaret and Luke Barnett. father
professional; e. Duuuesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
and Carnegie Tech; not married; hy. riving, riding,
swimming and golf. Stage experience. 1927-28;
comedian. Earl Carroll's "Vanities." Screen ex-
perience; "Her Man," "Night Work." Pathe; "For the
Love of Lil." Columbia; "All Quiet on the Western
Front." Universal; "Wide Open." Warner Bros.;
"Escapade." with Evelyn Laye, United Artists; "Unfit
to Print." Paramount; many recent Pathe comedies
including, "A Royal Flush" (1930), Manhattan
Comedies, second series.
BARON. PAUL: "A Perfect Match" (1930). Pathe.
Manhattan Comedies, first series.
BARRAUD, GEORGE: Appeared in 1929 in "Ned
McCobb's Daughter" and "Strange Cargo." Pathe-
and "Woman to Woman." Tiffany: in 1930 in "Road
to Paradise." First National; "Peacock Alley." Tif-
fany; "Fat Wives for Thin." Educational-Mack Sen-
nett Talking Pictures.
"Two Plus Fours"
(1930).
Appeared in "Some Mother's
Appeared
■His
Glorious
BARRIS, HARRY:
Campus Comedies.
BARROWS, HENRY:
Boy" (1929). Rayart.
BARY. G ERA RO :
Night" (1929), MGM.
BARRY, LEON: Appeared in "The Iron Mask"
(1929), United Artists.
BARRY. WESLEY: b. Los Angeles. Cal.; h. 5 feet
6 inches; red hair and blue eyes; e. Los Angeles-
married. Started screen career at G years of age
with Marshall Neilan at the old Kalem Studios in
Hollywood; first big part was with Mary Pickford in
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"; with Miss Pickford
for five pictures, the last being "Daddy Long Legs "
Also appeared in the independent picture. •Top Ser-
geant Mulligan." and in "The Unpardonable Sin."
Marshall Neilan; "Male and Female." DeMille-
Stranger than Fiction." "Bits of Life." "Penrod "
*irst National; "School Davs," "Rags to Riches"
"Heroes of the Street,' "Printer's Devil." "Country
SSL.*- Ge°r«e Washington, Jr.." Warner Bros.;
Fighting Cub." Truart; "Midshipman." "In Old
Kentucky. ' MGM; "Border Romance" (1930). "Sunny
Tiffany.
Skies" (1930). "Wild Geese.'
r„BARvvT * WHITLED8E: Vitaphone No. 911. "Jest
lor a \\ hue.
BARRYMORE. JOHN: m. Dolores Costello. p
Maurice Barrymore and Georgie Drew. Studied to be
an artist but gave up after serving on New Y'ork
newspapers. His stage career started in 1903 when he
Played in the following productions: "Magda " "Tod-
dles." "The Fortune Hunter. "A Slice of Life " "The
Affairs of Anatol." "A Thief in the Night." "The
bellow Ticket," "Justice." "Peter Ibbetson." "Redemp-
tion," "The Jest." "Richard Third," and character-
ization part of "Hamlet." Screen career includes
"Raffles," "Here Comes the Bride," "Sherlock Holmes "
The Lotus Eaters." "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hvde."
"Beau Biummel." "The Sea Beast." "When a' Man
Loves,' "Don Juan." "General Crack" and "The Man
from Blankley's." the last two being Vitaphone pro-
ductions. "Song or Songs" (1929), Warner Bros. •
"Moby Dick" (1930), Wamer Bros.
BARRYMORE. LIONEL: b. Philadelphia. Pa.: h.
G feet; dark hair and blue eyes; w. 155 pounds: p.
Georgia Drew and Maurice Barrymore. professionals:
e. New York; hy. motion pictures. On the stage when
an infant with parents Starred in "The Copperhead."
"The Jest." "Peter Ibbetson," "The Claw." and others.
Screen experience consists of roles in "The Y'ellow
Streak" for Metro in 1915: "The Copperhead" for
Metro in 1920: "The Splendid Road" for First National
in 1925: "The Barrier" and "Tho Temptress" for
Mitro-Goldwyn-Mnycr in 192G; and "The Show." "The
Thirteenth Sour" and "Love" in 1927. In (192111
"The River Woman." Gotham: "Alias Jimmy Valen-
tine." "The .Mysterious Island" and "West of Zanzi-
bar." Motro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Stark Mad." Warner
Bros.
BARTELS. LOUIS JOHN: b Bunker Hill. Illinois,
in 1895; h. G feet; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 170
IK>unds; e. in St. LOUis; ni. Martha Wood, professional.
Stage experience in "Seventeen." role of Aubrey Pipes
in "The Show-Off." also appeared in "The Fire O'Clock
Girl." Screen experience in two Robert Kane produc-
tions. "Broadway Nights" and "Dance Magic" Also
in "The Canary Murder Case." "Nothing hut the
Truth." "Sin Takes a Holiday (1930). Pathe.
BARTHELMESS. RICHARO: h. New York City. May
9. 1897; h. 5 feet 9 inches; brown hair and eyes; w.
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150 pounds; p. mother a professional after father's
death: e. private and military schools. Trinity College.
Hartford. Conn., and received his stage trailing as a
child and also in college; hy. notably yachting, how-
ever, an all-around enjoyment of all athletics and
appreciation of the arts, travel, study and reading.
Working in a small Connecticut town a film company
came on location and this interfered with the budding
career of a business man. His first picture, in which
he appeared as leading man. was "War Brides." but
the first hit that attracted any attention was "Tol'able
David." His portrayal of the Chinaman in Griffith's
"Broken Blossoms" also attracted critical notice. Other
First National pictures following "Tol'able David" were
"Shore Leave." "The Beautiful City." "The Enchanted
Cottage." "Classmates." "The Amateur Gentleman."
"The White Black Sheep." "New Toys." "Soul Fire."
"Just Suppose," "Ranson's Folly." "The Patent
Leather Kid," The Noose." 'The Drop K;ck." "The
Wheel of Chance." "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom
Come." "Out of the Ruins." and "Scarlet Seas."
Appeared in 1929 in "Drag." "Weary River." "Young
Nowheres." First National: "Song of Songs." Warner:
in 1930 in "Dawn Patrol." "Son of the Gods." First
National.
BARTON. BUZZ: Appeared in 1929 in "Freckled
Rascal" and "Little Savage." Radio Pictures; In
"Canyon Hawks" (1930). Big 4.
BARTLETT. EDWIN: Vitaphone No. 989. "Desert
Thrills."
BARTLETT. J. L. : Plaved in "The Gay Nineties"
(1929). MGM.
BARTON. JAMES: Vitaphone Nos. 926-27. "The
Under Dog."
BARTRAM &. SAXTON: Vitaphone No. 2144, "The
Two Kentucky Boys of Jazz."
BARY. JEAN : Appeared in 1929 in "The Cock-
Eved World." "Why Leave Home." Fox; in 1930 in
"Bright Lights," "Lilies of the Field." First National.
BATES. LES: Appeared in "The Glorious Trail"
(1929) . First National: "The Fighting Legion" (1930).
"Mountain Justice" (1930). Universal.
BATIE. FRANKLIN: Appeared in "Big Boy"
(1930) . Warner Bros.
BATTEN. JOHN: b. Rotorua. New Zealand: h. 5
feet 10 inches: brown hair and eyes: w. 145 pounds;
e. Kings College. Auckland. New Zealand. Screen
career: "The Chorus Kid." Lumas; "The Godless
Girl." Pathe; George in "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney."
MGM; "The Love Waltz." UFA.
BAU DIN. HENRY: Appeared in "Pawns of Pas-
sion" (1929). World Wide.
BAUMEISTER. ERNEST: Appeared in "Life of
Beethoven" (1929). Film Arts Guild.
BAXLEY. JACK: Vitaphone No. 2768. "Neighbors."
BAXTER. GEORGE: b. Paris. France. April 8. 1905:
e. in Paris. London. St. Paul's Cathedral and Insti-
tute. Peekskill Military Institute. Peekskill. N. T. : m.
Anne Lewington Baxter, writer; h. G feet 1 inch; w.
175 pounds; brown hair, brown eyes; hy. swimming and
auto racing. Went on the stage at 16 years of age at
the Theatre Guild in New York. Appeared in "Glass
Slipper." Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra": Galsworthy's
"Windows"; William A. Brady's "A Free Soul": "Rio
Rita"; Ziegfeld's "Follies of 192S" ; "No Foolin'." In
1927 went to Sydney. Australia, in "The Green Hat"
and "Cobra." First picture was with MGM as Andre,
the blind lover of Marion Davies in "Marianne"; then
the role of LeGrand with Loretta Young in "The Care-
less Age." First National, and as Tony with Ruth
Chatterton in "The Right to Love." Paramount.
BAXTER. WARNER: b. Columbus. O.. March 29,
1892; h. 5 feet 10% inches: dark hair and eyes: w.
150 pounds; e. Columbus. O. : m. Winifred Bryson, pro-
fessional; hy. swimming, tennis and hunting. Stage
experience in New York stock productions. On stage
for more than 8 years. Screen experience began in 1922
and has appeared in the following productions: "The
Runaway." "Aloma of the South Seas." "Mannequin."
"Great Gatsby." "Miss Brewster's Millions." "Mis-
mates." "Telephone Girl." "The Coward." "Drums of
the Desert." "Singed." "Woman's Way." "Tragedy of
Youth." "Ramona." "Craig's Wife." "Danger Street."
"West of Zanzibar." "Three Sinners." "In Old Ari-
zona." "Linda." "Far Call." "Thru Different Eyes."
"Behind That Curtain" and "Romance of the Rio
Grande": "Arizona Kid" (1930). "Such Men Are
Dangerous" (1930). Fox.
BEALE. FRANK: Began screen career as producer,
including "Just Like a Woman." Hodkinson. Has
been acting in films, some of which are "The Final
Extra." Gotham; "The Stolen Bride." First National;
George Brooks in "Big Diamond Robbery," Radio;
Don Manuel in "The Golden Bridle." Universal;
"Broken Barriers." Excellent.
BEARD. MATH EW : b. Los Angeles. Cal.. January
1. 1925. Has had baby parts in "Hallelujah." with
King Vidor; "Mamba." "Showboat." Mary Pickford's
"My Best Girl." "Hearts in Dixie" and others. Re-
cently signed for 5-year contract with "Our Gang"
comedies.
BECHTEL. WILLIAM: Appeared in 1929 in "Spite
Marriage." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Jazz Age." Radio
Pictures.
BECK JOHN: Appeared in "Smiling Irish Eyes"
(1929). First National.
BECK. J. EMMETT: Appeared in "The Broadway
Melody" (1929). MGM.
BELA. NICHOLAS: b. Budapest. Hungary. July 18.
1900; e. in Budapest. Paris. Berlin and London; studied
stage art; acting and directing at the Royal Academy
of Dramatic Art; married a non-professional; h. 5 feet
10hk inches: w. 168 pounds; brown hair and brown
eyes; hy. swimming, rowing, hunting and fencing.
After being graduated from the Royal Academy he went
on the legitimate stage in Budapest and has worked
on the stage and in pictures in Berlin, Paris and
London. Entered pictures in September. 1919. Has
appeared in "Night Watch." "Adoration." "The Prin-
cess and the Plumber." "Little Caesar." "Such Men
Are Dangerous" and "Dracula."
BEERY. NOAH: Appeared in 1929 in "The Passion
Song." Excellent: "Linda." First Division: "Careers."
"The Isle of Lost Ships." "Four Feathers." Para-
mount; and in 1930 in "Bright Lights." "Murder Will
Out." "Sin Flood." "Song of the Flame." "Way of
All Men." First National; "Noah's Ark." "Under a
Texas Moon." "Golden Dawn." "Big Boy." Warner
Bros.; also in "Two o'clock in the Morning." Bell Pic-
tures: "False Feathers." El Dorado Pictures.
BEERY. JR.. NOAH.: Appeared in "Father and
Son" (1929). Gotham.
BEERY, WALLACE: b. Kansas City. Mo.; h.
6 feet 1 inch; brown hair and hazel eyes: w. 189
pounds: p. non-professionals; e. Kansas City high
school and Chase School of Kansas City : m. Rita
Gilman, professional; hy. flying, fishing and hunting.
Joined Ringling's circus when but 16; then to New
Y"ork where he sang in Henry Savage's musical shows
in 1904; varied Savage shows with stock work in
Kansas City during the summer. Joined Essanay in
Chicago in 1913; then to Keystone and the next year
with Universal. He then formed his own company
which he took to Japan to make pictures. After the
war he returned to work as a free lance villain; was
signed by Paramount and has made many pictures for
that company. Has appeared in "Stairs of Sand."
"Behind the Door." "The Spanish Dancer." "The
Devil's Cargo." "Adventure." "The Pony Express."
"Behind the Front." "We're in the Navy Now."
"Fireman. Save My Child." "Now We're in the Air."
"Wife Savers." "Partners in Crime." "The Big Kill-
ing." "Beggars of Life"; (1929) "Chinatown Nights."
"The River of Romance." Paramount; and "The Big
House" (1930). MGM.
BELL. REX: r. n. George Beldam: b. Chicago. 111..
October 16. 1905; h. 6 feet, light hair and blue eyes:
w. 170 pounds; p. Daisy Bacon and George C. Beldam,
non-professionals: e. Hollywood high school, and Iowa
university: no stage training; hy. athletics of all kinds.
He has had three years' screen experience. Has ap-
peared in (1929) "Joy Street." "Pleasure Crazt-d."
"Salute." "Taking a Chance" and "They Had to See
Paris." Fox; and "Harmony at Home" (1930).
BELL. SPENCER: Appeared in "The Peacock
Fan" (1929). Chesterfield.
BELL A. COATES: Vitaphone No. 2697. "The Cali-
fornia Songbirds."
BELLEW. COSMO KYRLE : Appeared in "Strange
Cargo" (1929). Pathe; "Lummox" (1930). United
Artists.
BELMONT. BALDY: Appeared in "The Black
Pearl" (1929). Rayart.
BELMORE. LIONEL: Appeared in 1929 in "The
Love Parade," Paramount: "From Headquarters." War-
ner Bros. : in 1930 in "Playing Around." First Na-
tional: "Captain of the Guard." Universal.
BENDER. HARRY: Appeared in "White Devil."
Ufa.
BENEDICT. BROOKS: Appeared in 1929 in "The
Sophomore." Pathe; "Clear the Decks," Universal; and
"The Street of Chance" (1930). Paramount.
BENEDICT. KINGSLEY: b. Buffalo. N. Y. : e. at
University of Minnesota: h. 5 feet 7% inches: w. 155
pounds; blue eyes. On the legitimate stage for 25
years. Entered pictures in 1915. Considers his best
performance as that of Father James O'Connor in
"The Last Mile."
BENGE. WILSON: b. Greenwich. London; e. at
Royal Naval College: h. 5 feet 9 inches; w. 156 pounds;
Richard Schayer
Scenario Editor
and
Story Supervisor
Universal
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hy. gardening. Went on the stage at the age of 17 as
"Little Billee" in "Trilby." Played in stock for two
years. At 21 was producing plays in England. Met
Douglas Fairbanks, who asked him to play a role in
"Robin Hood." Then he went with Thomas H. Ince
for several productions, followed by an assignment at
the old Goldwyn Studios. Appeared in "Ten Com-
mandments." "The Road to Yesterday," "King of
Kings," "Harries," "Her Marriage Bed," starring Clara
Bow; "A Most Immoral Ladv" (1929), First National,
"Bulldog Drummond" (1929), United Artists, and "Un-
tamed" (1929), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
BENNETT. JOSEPH: b. Los Angeles, Cal.; h. 5
feet 11 inches; blue eyes and dark brown hair; w. 162
pounds; e. Los Angeles schools, general course; m. ;
hy. fishing and golf. Lived in San Francisco and
San Diego, Cal. Entered pictures in 1917. Pictures
include: "Shepherd of the Hills." "Barbara Fritchie,"
"Love Never Dies." "God's Great Wilderness." "Man
in Shadow." "The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait." Liberty:
Bill Reynolds in "After the Fog," Beacon; "The Lariat
Kid," Universal.
BENNETT, MICKEY: b. Victoria, B. C. Pictures
include: "A Boy of the Streets," Rayart; "Big Pal."
Ginsberg; "The Cohens and Kellys." Universal;
"Grabbing Grabbers." "There Ain't No Santa Claus,"
Pathe; "It's the Old Army Game," "Tillie's Punc-
tured Romance." Paramount : "United States Smith."
Gotham; Barney Cook in "The Dummy." Paramount;
Call Bov in "Footlights and Fools." First National;
Bellboy in "The Ghost Talks." Fox; Bobby Spencer in
"Strictly Modern." First National; played supporting
role with William Demarest in a Vitaphone talker
short; in 1929: "The Dummy," Paramount; "Swing
High" (1930), Pathe.
BENNY, JACK: r. n. Jack Kubelsky; b. Chicago.
111.; h. 5 feet 9 inches; blue eyes and dark brown
hair; w. 150 pounds; e. public schools of Waukegan.
111., and Chicago; hy. golf. Pictures include: "Holly-
wood R-vue of 1929." MGM ; Stage Manager in "The
Road Show." MGM; "The Medicine Man" (1930).
Tiffany; "Bright Moments." Vitaphone; "The Song
Writers Revue." Metro Movietone Act.
BERANGER. ANDRE: r. n. George Andre de
Beranger; b. Sydney. Australia. March 27, 1895; h. 5
feet 10% inches; brown hair and eyes: w. 150 pounds:
e. Sydney and Paris; not married; hy. literature, music,
painting, history, archaeology, ocean cruising and walk-
ing. Stage experience with the Walter Rentley players
and contemporary companies in Australia at the age of
16: also "Othello." "School for Scandal." "Twelfth
Night." "Sweet Lavender." "The Bells." "Beau Brum-
mel." "For the King." "Hamlet." "Romeo and Juliet."
"Julius Caesar." "Merchant of Venice." and Classic
Repertoir* (drama and comedy). Screen experience in
D. W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation." "Home Sweet
Home." "Intolerance." and "Broken Blossoms"; in
First National's "The Bright Shawl" and "Ashes of
Vengeance" and in "The Bat": with Douglas Fair-
banks in "The Half Breed" and "The Good Bad
Man": in Universal's "Mixed Blood." "The Man in
Blue," "A Woman's Faith": PDC's "Beauty and the
Bad Man." in Paramount's "Sandy," "Those Without
Sin" and "The Eagle of the Sea." In comedy-dramas
he has appeared with Douglas Fairbanks in "Flirting
with Fate" and "Manhattan Madness" ; in First Na-
tional's "Dulcy"; Paramount's "Are Parents People?".
"Grounds for Divorce." "The Grand Duchess and the
Waiter." "The Lady of the Harem." "Miss Brewster's
Millions" and "Paradise for Two"; in Fox "Fig
Leaves": Ernst Lubitsch's "So This Is Paris": in Uni-
versal's "The Small Bachelor." and in Warner Broth-
ers' "If I Were Single," "Powder My Back" and "Be-
ware of Bachelors." Also in the following talkies:
Lloyd Bacon's "Stark-Mad" for Warner Brothers-Vita-
phone; Benjamin Glazer's "The Missing Man." for
Pathe-Photophone; and Micha«l Curtiz' "Alimony An-
nie" for Warner Brothers-Vitaphone. In "Strange
Cargo" (1929). Pathe.
BERGREN. EDGAR: b. Chicago. Illinois. February 16.
1903: h. 5 feet 8 inches; blond hair and blue eyes;
w. 135 pounds; p. Mrs. Nellie Bergren. non-profes-
sional ; e. Lake View high school and Northwestern
University. Chicago and Evanston. Illinois, respectively:
not married: by. motion picture photography and flying.
Stage experience with Fanchon & Marco and Marks
Brothers. Screen experience Vitaphone short, comedy
writing at Tec-Art. Presentation offering ventriloquist,
pantomime comedy and writer of sketches; Vitaphone
No. 947, "The Operation."
BERMAN, BOBBY BURNS: known as B. B. B. ;
b. London, England. September 16. 1896: h. 5 feet 8
inches: black hair and blue eyes: w. 160 pounds; p.
Frances Burns and Sol N. Berman. non-professionals;
e. Erasmus high school. Brooklyn. N. Y.. and Cornell
University; not married; hy. dog fancier, swimming,
motoring, golf and polo. Stage experience in vaude-
ville, picture house presentations, and cafe. In 1923
Keith Orph'iim with musical unit. "Nite Life on
Broadway"; 1914 Cafe Martin. Atlantic City. N. J.;
1925 Picadilly Cafe. Philadelphia. Club Kentucky.
Broadway. New York. Club Fronton. New York, then
Little Club. New Orleans; 1926. Montmartre Cafe. Chi-
cago, Famous Players Canadian Picture Theatres, then
Moulin Rouge. Chicago. Club Alaham. Los Ang les.
Coffee Dans. Los Angeles: 1929. B. B. B. Cellar Cafe.
Screen experience of three years in bits with Larry
Semon and Stem Brothers Comedies, also as master
of ceremonies. Vitaphone Subjects: Jackie Tay'or and
Montmartre Orchestra, song and dance man with Fan-
nie Brice in "Mv Man." for Warner Brothers; orchestra
leader in "Why B" Good," starring Colleen Moore for
First National: featured role In "Father's Advice."
with Metropolitan Studios; announcer in "Sunny Side
Up." for Fox Studios: recording artist in "Wide
Open." with Warner Brothers: master of ceremonies In
"Contrary Mary." in Warner Brothers Technicolor, and
as the insurance salesman in "Color of Money," for
Paramount. lie also plays the trombone and has writ-
ten the following songs: "Dance of the Wooden Dolls."
"I Faw Down and (Jo Boom" and "Cuttin' Out Paper
Dolls."
BERNT. REINHOLD: Appeared in "The Blue
Angel," Ufa.
BERRAUD. GEORGE: Appeared In "The Last of
Mrs. Cheyney" (1929), mom.
BERRELL. GEORGE: b. Philadelphia; h. 5 feet
11 Inches: brown hair and gray eyes; w. 175 pounds;
e. St. Mary's College. Wilmington. Del. Stage career:
44 years In drama with Booth. Barrett, McCullough.
Mnrv Anderson. Pictures Include: "The Fire Eater."
Universal; "Tracks," Associated Exhibitors; "The
Grub Stake," American Releasing: "The Trial Rider."
"The Everlasting Whisper," "Black Jack." Fox.
BETZ, MATTHEW: b. St. Louis, Mo.; h. 6 feet;
brown hair and blue eyes: w. 185 pounds; p. Theresa
Krechel and Lawrence Betz, non-professionals; e. St.
Louis high school; m. Lulu Slipp, professional; hy. golf.
Stage experience of eight years in vaudeville and ap-
peared in the productions, "Ellis Island." "The Fatal
Card" and "A Night on Broadway." On the screen
he has appeared in such pictures as "Those Who
Dance," "The Wedding March." "Sins of the
Fathers." "The Big City." "Shepherd of the Hills."
"Girls Gone Wild," "The Terrer," "Fugitives" and
"The Patent Leather Kid." "The Girl in the Glass
Cage" (1929), First National.
BEVAN, BILLY: r. n. William Bevan Harris; b.
Orange, Australia. September 29. 1897; h. 5 feet 7%
inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 180 pounds; p. Marion
Torpy and Robert Harris, non-professionals; e. Uni-
versity of Sydney; m. Leona Roberts, non-professional;
hy. orange grove, horticulture and hunting. Stage ex-
perience with the Pollard Opera Company, "Mikado,"
"Belle of New York." "Sergeant Brue," and "A Knight
for a Day." He appeared on the screen for 10 years
in two reel comedies with Mack Sennett, later appearing
in such feature productions as "Riley the Cop."
"Mother Knows Best" and "Easy Pickins," "High
Voltage" (1929). Pathe; "Weak but Willing" (1929),
Paramount-Christie; "Sky Hawk" (1930), Fox; "Jour-
ney's End" (1930). Tiffany; "Scotch" (1930), Educa-
tional-Mack Sennett.
BEY. ERIK: Played in "Monte Carlo" (1930),
Paramount.
BEYER. CHARLES WALTER: b. Newark. N. J.,
February 28. 1895; h. 6 feet % inch; dark brown
hair and blue eyes; w. 178 pounds; p. Frank J. and
Elizabeth Beyer, non-professionals; e. Mount Pleasant
Military academy and Cornell university; not married;
hy. tennis, squash, short story writing, golf and swim-
ming. His stage experience consists of a season with
Corse Payton. Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Orpheum stock com-
pany, Newark, N. J. ; Girard in Philadelphia. Pa. ;
"Her Family Tree," a Shubert show in New York;
"Moonlight." New York and on the road, and other
shows. Played heavy opposite Richard Dix in
"Shanghai Bound," "A Man Must Live" and "Shock
Punch" as well as the heavy opposite Gilda Gray in
"Cabaret" for Paramount. Took the lead in "Red
Riders of Canada." "Beautiful but Dumb" and
"Queen of Burlesque" for FBO; then heavy again
opposite Reginald Denny in "Red Hot Speed." a talk-
ing picture, and opposite Tom Mix in "Horseman of
the Plains" for Fox. Also appeared in "Taxi 13."
"Dead Man's Curve" and "Alex the Great" for FBO,
and many others.
BIBBER, OTTO: Appeared in "The Hidin' Demon"
(1929) . Universal.
BIBLYN, CHARLES: Appeared in "Mysterious Dr.
Fu Manchu" (1929), Paramount.
BICKEL. GEORGE: Played in "Soup to Nuts"
(1930) . Fox.
BICKFORD, CHARLES: b. Cambridge. Mass: h.
6 feet 1 inch; red hair; w. 185 pounds; e. Boston
schools and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Specialized in construction engineering. Went around
world with Roosevelt's fleet as a coal passer; served
in World War as lieutenant of engineers, with duties
of inspecting army construction. Stage star for ten
vears. In pictures was lead in "Dynamite." Matt in
"Anna Christy." MGM; lead in "Hell's Heroes," Uni-
versal: Captain Briggs in "South Sea Rose," Fox.
BIEBRACH. RUDOLF: "When You Give Your
Heart Away." "White Devil," Ufa.
BIENERT, GERHARD: Played in "The Blue
Angel," Ufa.
"BIG BOY" (Malcolm Sebastian): b. Hollywood.
Cal.. November 4. 1923; light brown hair, blue eyes.
First appeared in motion pictures in "Three Weeks"
when only three weeks old. Later was seen in "Bread."
Attracted the attention of Jack White. Educational su-
pervisor, who starred him in "My Kid." The child
shortly afterward branched out into a star in his own
right, starring in the Big Boy-Juvenile comedies, pro-
duced and distributed by Universal.
BILLINGS. GEORGE: Has appeared as Lincoln in
"Lincoln's Gettysburg Address," short talker; "Woman
to Woman." "Night Work." Pathe: "Traffic" (193U),
Pathe, Folly Comedies, second series.
BILTMORE TRIO: Played in Metro Movietone Acts
90 and 104.
BING, HERMAN: Appeared as Jake Kleinschmidt
in "A Song of Kentucky" (1929). Fox; Bing in
"Show Boat in Hollywood," First National; "Married
in Hollywood."
BIRMINGHAM, ALA: b. Troy, N. Y. : h. 6 feet;
blue eyes and brown hair; w. 150 iwunds: e. public
schools of Troy. N. Y. : hy. swimming, riding, tennis.
Entered pictures in 1929. Pictures include: "Mas-
ouerade." Fox; Dr. Hemingway in "The Furies." First
National; "Great Power." Franklin Warner; played one
of the first doubles in talking pictures.
BLACK. BUCK: Played in "Personality" (1930).
Columbia.
BLACK, MAURICE: Has appeared in 1929 in
"Broadway Babies," "Dark Streets"; in 1930 in
"Numbered Men." "Playing Around." First National:
"The Street of Chance." Paramount; "Live and
Learn." Manhattan Comedies.
BLACKMER. SIDNEY: b. Salisbury. N. C. July
13. 1898; h. 6 feet; dark brown hair and eyes: w.
175 pounds; p. Walter Steele Blaekmer and Clara de
Roulhac Alderman; e. Warrenton high school. Salis-
bury, and at the University of North Carolina: m.
Lenore Ulric : hy. all outdoor sports. After complet-
ing college he tried real estate and bond selling, but
not liking business he went to New York to become
an actor. He finally Secured a one-line part in "The
Morris Dane." Then the war came and he enlisted.
Upon returning from the war be again besieged the
agencies, this time more successfully, and has ap-
peared in the following stage productions: "39 East."
"Trimmed in Scarlet." "The Love Child," "Scara-
mouche." "The Robbery." "Bridges." "The Rivals."
"The Mountain Man." "Not So Long Ago." starring
engagements In stock and vaudeville. His more recent
plays arc: "The Sandy Hooker." "Mima." and "A
Legend of London." all opposite Lenore Ulric; "The
Springboard." "The Moon Flower," "Quarantine." and
"Love in a Mist." His first talking picture: "A
Most Immoral Lady." Others: "The Love Raeket" and
"Strictly Modern." "One Adventurous Night," "Under
Western Skies." "The Bad Man" (1930). "Sweethearts
and Wives" (1930). First National.
BLACKWELL, CARLYLE: b. Troy, Pa.. 1888: h. 5
feet 11 inches; dark complexion, eyes and hair; w-
155 pounds; e. Syracuse. Stage career: "Brown of
Harvard," Keith and Proctor stock company. Has
written, produced and acted in his own stories.
Screen work with Lasky, International. Paramount.
Pictures include: "Bulldog Drummond," Hodkinson;
"The Beloved Vagabond," FBO; "She," Lee-Bradford;
"The Wrecker," World Wide-British International pic-
ture (1929).
BLETCHER, BILLY: Has appeared in "One Hour
to Love," Tiffany; "Two Girls Wanted," "Dare Devil's
Reward," "The Cowboy Kid," Fox; "A Fat Chance,"
"Slippery Feet." Educational; "Romance Road." "The
Wild Girl." Truart; "The Dude Cowboy." FBO; "Top
Speed" (1930). First National.
BLUE. MONTE: b. Indianapolis. Ind. Started with
D. W. Griffith as script clerk, actor and stunt man in
"Intolerance." "The Birth of a Nation" and "Orphans
of the Storm." Mountain boy parts in such pictures
as "The Jucklings" increased his popularity and Warner
Brothers gave him his chance at feature leads and
stardom soon followed. Appeared in these Warner
productions: "The Marriage Circle." "Kiss Me Again."
"So This Is Paris," "Brass," "Main Street," "Hogan's
Alley." "Across the Pacific." "Across the Atlantic"
"Wolf's Clothing." His Vitaphone pictures have been
"Conquest," "The Greyhound Limited." "From Head-
quarters," "No Defense," "Skin Deep." "Show of
Shows," "Isle of Escape." "Song of Songs" (1929),
"Those Who Dance," "Tiger Rose" (1929), Warner
Bros.
BLUM. SAMMY: b. New York City: h. 5 feet 7
inches; dark blue eyes and dark brown hair: w. 250
pounds: e. University of Chicago. Specialized in veter-
inary course; hy. swimming and fishing. On stage
seven years with Henry W. Savage. Brady, Belasco,
dramatic stock. First entered pictures in 1905 with J.
Stuart Blackton. Pictures include: Fremont cafe pro-
prietor in "Rio Rita," Junipero in "The Delightful
Rogue." RKO; Sam in "The Grand Parade." Pathe;
Sam Smetten in "Party Girl," Tiffany; "The Swan."
United Artists.
BLYSTONE. STANLEY: Screen career: Educational.
Universal, Associated Exhibitors. Fox. Pictures in-
clude: "The Circus Ace," Educational comedies: "Wild-
cat Alley," "Always a Gentleman." "His Maiden Voy-
ag?," "Ladies Preferred." third reporter in "Through
Different Eyes." rubber in "The Turkish Bath." Fox;
Dude in "Parade of the West." Universal.
BOELNER. WILLARD: Appeared in "Little Savage"
(1929), Radio Pictures.
BOHR, JOSE: b. Bonn. Germany, September 3; h. 5
feet 10% inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 157 pounds;
p. Henrietta Elzer and Daniel Bohr, non-professionals:
e. Liceo, Chile; m. Era Liminana. professional; hy.
motion picture work. Stage experience started July 1.
1924 in Buenos Aires on musical comedy, then came to
America touring Keith and Loew's circuits. Screen ex-
perience of four months in which he had the male lead
in "Blaze of Glory" for Sono-Art in the Spanish ver-
sion. At present is under contract to Sono-Art.
BOLAND. EDDIE: b. San Francisco; h. 5 feet 7%
inches: dark blue eyes and brown hair; w. 135 pounds;
e. San FTancisco. In pictures since 1913. Pictures
include: "Little Robinson Crusoe," Metro-Goldwyn;
"Nobody's Business," "Nothing Matters." "Who's My
Wife?" Educational: "Sunrise." Fox; "Last Perform-
ance" (1929). Universal.
BOLDER. ROBERT: b. London. England; h. 5 feet
2 inches: silver gray hair and blue eyes; w. 185 pounds:
e. Christ's Hospital. The Blue Coat School. Screen
work with Essanay, Realart. First National, Paramount,
Goldwyn. Associated Exhibitors, Independent. Chad-
wick. Columbia. Pictures include: "Women's Wares."
Tiffany; "The Wise Wife," Pathe: "Tarzan and the
Golden Lion." FBO: "Stella Maris," "Butterflies in
the Rain," Universal; "The Tip-Off," Universal.
BOLES. JOHN: b. Greenville. Texas: h. 6 feet 1
inch; brown hair and gray blue eyes; w. 183 pounds;
e. Greenville high school, bachelor of arts degree from
University of Texas and has studied voice in New York
and Europe; hy. music. He appeared on the stage in
"Little Jessie James," "Mercenary Mary"." "The Ro-
many Love Spell." "Kitty's Kisses" and other New
York shows. Leading man for Oeraldine Farrar in her
only venture in light opera. Started in pictures when
be was seen in a New Y'ork show by Gloria Swanson
and was sent for by her. Then played with her in
"Loves of Sunya." Among his other pictures are
"Bride of the Night." "Shepherd of the Hills." "Bride
of the Colorado." "What Holds Men." and with Uni-
versal in "We Americans" and "The Last Warning"
with Laura LaPlante. Has app ared in (1928) "Fazil."
(1929) "Romance of the Underworld." Fox: "Rio
Rita." Radio Pictures, and "Scandal." Universal: in
1930 in "The Desert Song." "Song of the West." War-
ner Bros.; "Captain of the Guard." "King of Jazz."
Universal.
BOND. WARD: b. Denver. Col.. April 9, 1905;
e. Denver and University of Southern California. Los
Angeles: h. 6 feet 2 inches; w. 200 pounds. Still
going to college and plays roles in pictures between
semesters. Appeared in "Salute," "Words and Music"
and "Born Reckless." all Fox-Movietone productions.
Played Sid Bascom in "The Big Trail."
BONDI REFF, ALEXEI : Plaved in "White Devil."
Ufa.
BONOMO, JOE: b Coney Island. N. Y.. December
25. 1902: h. 5 feet 11% inches: brown eyes and black
hair: w. 198 pounds: e. New York. Specialized in
physical culture and medicine: hy. boxing, wrestling,
gymnastics, trackwork and football. Has lived in New
York. Los Angeles and all key cities while on Orpheum
vaudeville tour. Entered pictures in 1911. following
the winning of "perfect man" contests in New York.
Imixirtant screen appearances: as S'bastian In Milton
Sills' "Sea Tiger": star of five serials for Universal:
"Chinatown Mysferv." Hercules in "Vamping Venus."
"Phantoms of the North." Biltmore.
BORDEAUX. JOE: Appeared in "Hurricane" (1929).
Columbia.
BORDEN. EDDIE: b. Deer Lodge. Tenn. ; h. 5
feet 9 inches: brown hair and dark blue eyes: w. 155
pounds; c. Cincinnati. Screen career: "Bad Bov."
"Hold Everything." Pathe: "Battling Butler." MOM:
"One Chance In a Million." Lumas; "The Dove."
1931
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United Artists; Eddie Mason in "The Rampant Age,"
Trem Carr; "Rough Romance."
BORDEN, EUGENE: Screen appearances include:
•■Blue Blood," Chadwiek; "The Jade Cup." FBO:
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Paramount; Beno in
"Hold Your Man." Universal; Lefty in "The Woman
Racket." MGM.
BOROET, JEAN: Played in "The Climax" (1930).
Universal.
BORDON. RENE: Appeared in "Canyon Hawks"
<1930). "Ridin' the Law" (1930). Big 4.
BORGATO. AGOSTINO: b. Venice. Italy. 1871: h.
5 feet 10 inches; black eyes and gray hair; e. Venice.
.Florence. Italy, specializing in literature. Has lived in
Rome. Turin. Buenos Aires. Entered pictures in 1913.
Pictures include: "Magic Flame." "Kiss in a Taxi."
"Helen of Troy," "Hula." the mayor in "She Goes to
War." United Artists; Pierre in "Behind the Make-
up." Paramount; Vincente In "Romance of the Rio
Grande." Fox; Fin's father in "Hot for Paris." Fox.
for Paris." Fox.
BORN A. LAWRENCE: In Vitaphone Numbers 2885.
"The Country Gentlemen." 2940. "Pigskin Troubles."
2920. "The Side Show." 2640. 'The Aristocrats."
BOSWORTH, HOBART: b. Marietta. Ohio. August
11, 1867: h. 6 feet: white hair and blue eyes; w.
205 pounds; p. Clara Vandt and Daniel Perkins Bos-
worth, non-professionals; e. university of hard knocks,
having left home before he was 12 years of age; m.
Cecile Kibre. non-professional; hy. landscape painter
and horseback riding. Stage experience from 1885
until 1902; has been leading man for Minnie Maddern
Fiske. Julia Marlowe and Henriette Crosman; and
starred on Broadway in his own right. Screen experi-
ence consists of playing the lead in the first picture
ever made in Los Angeles, "The Sultan's Power."
made May 8-9. 1909 ; wrote, directed and played the
lead in "The Sea Wolf"; appeared in "Behind the
Door." Thomas H. Ince production; in Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer's "Woman of Affairs"; in "King of the Moun-
tain," directed by Ernst Lubitsch and many other at-
tractions. In 1929, "Hurricane," Columbia: in 1930 in
"Eternal Love," "DuBarry, Woman of Passion."
"Abraham Lincoln." United Artists; "The Devil's
Holiday." Paramount: "Mammy." Warner Bros.: Vita-
phone No. 2233. "A Man of Peace."
BOTELER. WADE: b. Santa Ana. Cal. : h. 6 feet;
red hair and blue eyes; w. 185 pounds: e. Los An-
geles. Screen work with Cosmopolitan, Fox, Asso-
ciated Exhibitors. Universal, Goldstone Productions.
Monogram. Goldwyn. Schulberg. FBO. Pathe-DeMille.
Pictures include: "Let 'Er Go Gallagher." Pathe:
■"Starting Goods." "Warming Up," "Just Married."
Paramount." "A Woman Against the World." Tiffany-
Stahl: "Life's Like That." Fanchon Rover: Kelley in
"Close Harmonv" (1929). Paramount: Pat Regen in
"The Crash" (1929). First National: O'Neill in "Naw
Blues" (1929). MGM: Toby in "The To.lers." Tiffany -
Stahl: Charlie in "Sin Flood." First National; "Big
News." Pathe; "The Leatherneck." Pathe; "The
Devil's Holidav" (1930). Paramount; "Soldiers and
Woman" (1930). Columbia Productions; "Way of All
Men" (1930); 'Tolled > Lovers" (1930); "Top Speed"
(1960), First National.
BOWEN. HARRY: Appeared in "Night Work."
Pathe.
BOWERS. BRUCE: Vitaphone No. 2870, "Artistic
Mimicry."
BOWERS. CHARLEY: Appeared in the circus in a
tightwire walking act at the age of 6. Was sign
painter, design d posters, painted murals, played in
stock, cartoonist for Chicago Tribune and Star. Screen
career: wrote, directed, photographed and acted in
comedies. Vehicles of a novelty type include: "He
Couldn't Help It." FBO: "Now You Tell One." "Many
a Slip." "Say A-ah." "Whoozit." "The Valiant
Rider." "You'll Be Sorry." Educational.
BOWERS. HENRY A.: b. Saco. Maine. April 29.
1875: h. 5 feet 11% inches; gray hair and blue eyes:
w. 200 pounds; e. Thornton academy at Saco; mar-
ried. He was on the legitimate stage for thirty years.
Began in pictures in 1916 and appeared in "Lost
Limited." "Women Who Dare." "Hell Ship Bronson."
"State Street Sadie." "Wright Idea." "Perfect G ntle-
men." "Burning Bridges" and "Some Mother's Boy."
Freelance player.
BOWERS. JOHN: b. Indiana: h. 6 feet; hazel brown
■eyes and black hair; w. 175 pounds: married Marguerite
de la Motte: e. studied law; hy. yachting, aeronautics.
Was on stage under management of W. A. Brady: ap-
peared in many of his productions. "Familv Cup-
hoard." "Decent Thing to Do." "Little Mrs. Brown."
"Life." Has lived in New York and California. En-
tered pictures in 1910. Pictures include: "Lorna
Doone." "Chickie." "Skv Pilot." "When a Man's a
Man." the surgeon in "Sav It with Songs." District
Attorney Carlson in "Skin Deep." Warner Brothers.
BOYD WILLIAM : h. 6 feet: blond hair: e. Tulsa.
Okla.. left school bfore graduation: div. Elinor Fair,
professional. Started in 1919 as an extra in Cecil B.
DeMille's "Why Change Your Wife." From then he
progressed rapidly through . leads and featured roles
In "Bobbed Hair." "Forty Winks." "New Liv s for
Old." "Feet of Clay." "Triumph" and "The Golden
Bed." Had an excellent part in Midshipman Ster-
ling" with Ramon Novarro. DeMIIle then featured
him with Vera Reynolds in "The Road to Yesterday."
I/ate p'cturcs have been "The Volga Boatman." "Her
Man O'War." "Eve's Leaves." "The Last Frontier."
"Jim the Conqueror." "The Yankee Clipper," "King
of Kings." "Two Arabian Knights." "Dress Parade."
"The Night Fiver," "Skyscraper." "The Cop."
"Power." and "The Leatherneck." Also in "Lady of
the Pavements." "The Lock'd Door," United Artists;
"Crashing Through." "The Flying Fool." "High Volt-
age " "His First Command" (1930). "Officer O'Brien"
11930). "Tli.- Painted Desert" (1930). "War and
Women." "Bevond Victory." Pathe; "Those Who
Dance." Warner Bros; "Storm" (1930), Universal;
"The Frame." Vitaphone short.
BRACY. SIDNEY: b. Melbourne. Australia. 1877:
h 5 feet 8 Inches: dark brown eyes and brown hair:
V. 140 pounds; e. Melbourne: m. : has one child.
Barbara. 8ii : hy. golfing, motoring. Has lived in
Melbourne. Sydney. I-ondon. N. Y.. Chicago. Los
Angeles. Entered pictures in 1910 with Kalem Com-
pany through Sidney Olcott. Pictures include:
"Million Dollar Mystery." Thanhouser; "Cameraman."
MGM; "Win That Girl." Fox; "Show People." MGM:
"His Captive Woman." First National; Pyne in "The
Bishop Murder Case," MGM.
BRADBURY. JR., JAMES: b. New York City. Oc-
tober 5, 1894; h. 5 feet 10 inches; brown hair and
eyes: w. 150 pounds; p. Ruth Torbett and James Brad-
bury, professionals; e. Riridge Tech, Cambridge. Mass.,
Winterborth Institute, and received his stage training
in New York City. Started his stage career as a child
in Belasco's "Madame Butterfly." and later appeared in
"White Collars" as Cousin Henry; in the "Nervous
WTrerk" as Mort; in "Magnolia" as Jackson; and in
"Experience" as the dope. On the stage for 20 years.
In his nine years screen experience he has appeared in
such pictures as "Classmates," "The Drop Kick."
"Cheyenne" and "The Hawk's Nest" for First Na-
tional; "The Circus Ace" and "In Old Arizona" for
Fox; and in "Night Stick" for United Artists. In
(192S) "The Glorious Trail," "Waterfront." First Na-
tional; (1929) "Smilin' Guns." Universal; "Anne
Against World," Rayart; "Alibi," United Artists. In
1930 has appeared in: "Last of the Duanes," Fox;
"Abraham Lincoln." United Artists.
BRADBURY. SR.. JAMES: b. Old Town. Maine.
October 12, 1857 ; h. 5 feet 9 inches: gray hair and
eyes: w. 172 pounds; p. non- professionals: e. Lapman
Institute. Tuft's college, and has 50 years stage train-
ing in New York and vicinity; m. non-professional; hy.
work. Has been in many stage successes among them
being Belasco's "Naughty Anthony" and "Is Marriage
a Failure?": also with Savage, Frohman and many
others. Screen experience consists of one year with
Selig; and in "The Blood Ship," Columbia produc-
tion; in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "The Fair Co-Ed"
with Marion Davies; and "Tide of the Empire." in
FBO's "Skinner's Big Idea" and "Blockade." and in
First National's "Waterfront." directed by William Sei-
ter. and "Scarlet Seas." Also appeared in Paramount
productions and "Woman From Hell" (1929). Fox,
and "The Matrimonial Bed" (1930), Warner Bros.
BRAD I N, JEAN: Appeared in "Moulin Rouge"
(1929). World Wide.
BRADY, ED: b. New York City, e at College of
the City of New York. First appeared in stock and
then in vaudeville. Began his picture career on a
long-term contract with Thomas H. Ince. Later fea-
tured in Universal productions for three years. Re-
cently has appeared in Lloyd Hamilton's current
pictures for Educational. Among his pictures are "Do
Your Duty" (1929). First National; "Alibi" (1929).
United Artists, and "City Girl" (1930). Fox.
BRADY. STEWART: Vitaphone No. 2745. "The
Song Bird."
BREEDEN. JOHN: b. San Francisco. May 3. 1904 ;
h. 5 feet 11 inches: green eyes and dark brown hair: w.
145 pounds; e. Thacher School. Ojai. Cal.. University
of Vienna. Specialized in languages and music: hy.
tennis, swimming, riding. Has lived in San Francisco.
Vienna, Hollywood. Was on stage for two years in
Germany and two years in Austria. Entered pictures
Jan. 1. 1929. Pictures include: 1st Reporter in "Mas-
querade." lead in Fox Movietone Follies. 3rd Muske-
teer in "Joy Street." Fox; "Salute." Fox; Chuck in
"Shannons of Broadway," Universal.
BRAGDON. CLIFF: "His Birthday Suit" (1930).
Pathe Variety Comedies.
BREEDON. JAMES: "Shannons on Broadway"
(1929). Universal.
BREESE. EDMUND: b. Brooklyn. N. Y.. June 18.
1871; gray hair and blue eyes; p. Josephine Busby and
Renshaw Breese, non-professionals; e. Brooklyn high
school: hy. golf and horseback riding. First stage ex-
perience in 1895 at Eureka Springs. Ark., in "My
Awful Dad." Then appeared in "The Lion and the
Mouse." "So This Is London." "The Third Degree."
"The Spendthrift." "Woman Thou Gavest Me." "Monte
ChlistO," "Three Musketeers." "Trilby" and "Sowing
the Wind." Screen experience consists of appearances
in "The Walls of Jericho." "The Shooting of Dan
MoGrew." "The Spell of the Yukon." "The Song of
the Wage Slave." "At the Rainbow's End." "The
Master Crook." "The Early Bird." "Stepping Along."
"Womanhandled." "Paradise for Two." "Conquest."
"On Trial." "She Knew Men." "Fancy Baggage." "The
Port of Dreams," "The Haunted House" and "From
Headquarters." Has record of api>earing in more
talkies than anv other actor in Hollywood. In 1929
"Girls Gone Wild." Fox; "Girl Overboard." Uni-
versal; "In the Headlines." Warner Bros. In 1930 in
"Bright Lights," First National; "Hold Everything."
"Top Sliced." First National.
BRENDEU EL: r. n. Elmer G. Brendel : b. Phila-
delphia. Pa.. March 25. 1898; h. 5 feet 9 inches; light
hair and blue eyes: w. 165 pounds; p. Mary Good-
fellow and Joseph Brendel. non-professionals: e. Cen-
tral high school. Philadelphia, and University of
Penna. : m. Flo Bert, professional: hy. all sports, read-
ing, dancing. Stage experience with Keith vaudeville
for seven years from 1913 to 1921. Shuherts Musi-
cal shows. 1921 to 1926. Always plays Swede com-
edy parts vaudeville name EI Brendel and Flo Bert.
In the following shows: "Cinderella on Broadway."
"Spice of 1922." "Passing Shows." Century Hoof.
"The New York Whirl." also at the Winter Gar-
den" of New York. Screen experience from 1926 to
1927 with Famous Players in comedy parts in the
following: "Campus Flirt." "The Man of th° For-
est." "Too Many Crooks." "You Never Know W'omen"
and "Wings." Returned to the stage in 1927 and re-
mained there to April. 1929. when he went to Fox
and appeared in the following pictures: "Cock Eyed
World." "Sunny Side Up." "Frozen Justice." "Happy
Days." "Hot for Paris"; in 1930 in "The Golden
Calf." "Movietone Follies of 1930." Fox.
BRENNAN. WALTER: Appeared in 1929 in "Smilin'
Guns." "The Lariat Kid." "The Long. Long Trail."
"Shannons on Broadway." Universal; and in 1930 in
"King of Jazz."
BRENT. LYNTON: b. Chicago. 111.. August 2.
1903: h. 5 feet 10 inches: black hair and dark blu-
eyes; w. 155 pounds; p. Lizzie Josephine and William
Lvnton Brent, non-professionals; e. Los Angeles high
school: not married: hy. horseback riding, fencing and
painter of futuristic portraits. Stage experience of 10
years as follows: "Sally." "Irene." "Student Prince."
"Hamlet." "Paid in Full" and "Hoyt's Revue." Ap-
peared in "The Climax." "Troopers Three." "The
Last Chance."
BREON, EDMUND: b. Hamilton. Scotland: e. at
United Services College. Westward Ho! Devon. England:
h. 5 feet 8 inches; w. 170 pounds: light brown hair.
blue eyes. Was on the legitimate stage before entering
pictures in 1930. Played Lord Crewley in "Raffles."
Lieutenant Phipps in "The Dawn Patrol" and Alphonse
Dubois in "The Love Habit."
BRIAN. DONALD: Played in Vitaphone No. 2783.
BRICE. LEW: Vitaphone No. 3669. 'The Window
Cleaners."
BRICKER. SAMMY: Appeared in "Darkened Rooms"
(1929), Paramount.
BRIGGS, WELLINGTON: Appeared in "The Ware
Case" (1929). First National.
BRIGHAM, LESLIE: Appeared in "Midstream"
(1929), Tiffany-Stahl.
BRINLEY. CHARLES E. : b. Yuma. Ariz.. Novem-
ber 15. 1880; h. 5 feet. 11% inches, gray hair and
brown eyes; w. 165 pounds; p. Loretta and Judge
Chas. H. Brinley; e. Yuma high school; m. Johanna
Brinley, non-professional; hy. bunting, fishing. Has
had 20 years screen experience appearing in "The
Life of Daniel Boone." "Days of '49." "Moran of
Lady Letty." "Liberty." "White Outlaw" (1930).
Universal.
BRISCOE. ALBERT: Appeared in "Broadway"
(1923). Universal.
BRISSON. CARL: r. n. Carl Brisson Petersen; b.
Copenhagen. December 24. 1897 : fa. 6 feet 1 inch:
brown hair and dark gray eyes; p. Kirsten Madsdatter
Brisson and Carl Petersen, non-professionals; hy. polo,
swimming, motoring and boxing. Made his first stage
appearance in 1916 as a dancer and singer of cabaret
songs in Copenhagen. His success was so great he
was engaged to play in Sweden in his own revues,
such as "Hallo! America." "Zig Zag" and "Brisson's
Blue Blondes." He was then given a year's contract
in England, then as Prince Danilo in the revival of
"The .Merry Widow" at Daly's theatre in 1923. Then
appeared in "Katja. the Dancer." "The Dollar Prin-
cess." "Cleopatra." "Yvonne" and "The Apache."
After a film engagement he appeared as D'Artagnan
in the musical version of "The Three Musketeers." in
192«. He then left the stage to fulfill a long term
film contract. Was engaged to star, by British Inter-
national Pictures, in the following films: "The Ring."
"The Manxman." "The American Prisoner" and "Song
of Soho." Specially engaged by Mrs. Elinor Glyn
to star in her first British talking film. "Knowing
Men." a story written by herself and sold to Para-
mount.
BRODIE. DON L.: b. Cincinnati. Ohio. May 29.
1899; h. 6 feet; dark blue eyes and black hair; w.
145 pounds; e. Cincinnati grammar schools. Hughes
high school and was student at University of Cin-
cinnati. Specialized in commercial advertising and
law; is married. To California in 1930 and became
associated with the Musketeers Club, later with Alice
Barney's Theatre Mart. Ralph Herman's Play Shop
and the Drama Guild. While appearing in Drama
Guild production of "She Got What She Wanted"
his performance was seen by M. Stanley Bergerman.
in charge of short reel production at Universal, and
a contract to be featured in a series of short domestic
comedies followed. Appeared in bits in "Captain of
the Guard" with John Boles at Universal and in a
picture with June Collyer before making the screen
test which won him Universal contract. At one time
was made an honorary member of the Wise-Sempter
theatrical group in Cincinnati acting as a writer,
director and actor.
BROKENSHIRE, NORMAN: Vitaphone No. 1006.
"The Fight."
BRONELL. EDDIE: Appeared in "Broken Hearted"
(1929). Trinity.
BROOK. CLIVE: b. London, England; h. 5 feet 11
inches; brown hair and gray eyes: w. 149 pounds;
p. Charlotte Mary and George Alfred Brook, mother
was opera singer; e. high school in London. Dulwich
college. London, and received his stage training at
Polytechnic. London in elocution; m. Mildred Evelyn.
English actress. Stage experience in "Fair and
Warmer" with Sir Alfred Butt, and in "Over Sun-
day" and "Sacred and Profane Lore" for Basil
Deane. Screen experience includes two years with the
Graham-Cufts Company in London, during which time
he appeared in "Woman to Woman." among other
productions; then under contract to Thomas Ince in
1924: has appeared in "Christine of the Hungry'
Heart." "Enticement." "The Mirage." "Playing with
Souls." "Declasse." "If Marriage Fails." "Woman
Hater." "The Homemakers," "Pleasure Buyers." "Seven
Sinners." "Compromise." "Three Faces East." "When
Love Grows Cold." "Why Girls Go Back Home."
(The foregoing being Ince. First National. Warner
Brothers, and RKO productions.) For Paramount he
played in "You Never Know Women." "The Popular
Sin." "Barbed Wire." "Afraid to Love," "Under-
world." "Forgotten Faces," and "Interference." an
all-talking picture. In 1929 in "Charming Sinners."
"A Dangerous Woman." "Four Feathers." "The
Laughing Lady," "Return of Sherlock Holmes." Para-
mount: "Sweethearts and Wives." First National:
"Paramount on Parade." "Slightly Scarlet," "Any-
body's Woman." Paramount.
BROOK ER. TOM: Appeared in "Gun Law" (1929).
Radio Pictures.
BROOKS ALAN: Appeared in "The Hole in the
Wall" (1929). Paramount; "The King of Kings"
(1929). Pathe: Vitaphone No. 1074. "Mr. Intruder."
BROOKS. ROBERT: Appeared in "Hearts In
Dixie" (1929). Fox.
BROOKS & ROSS: Vitaphone No. 2232. "Two Boys
and a Piano."
BROOKS. TYLER: r. n. Victor Hugo de Biere: b. •
New York. New York, June 6 ; h. 5 feet 8 inches;
brown hair and hazel eyes: w. 130 pounds; p. Maria
Anna Sittland and Victor Hugo de Biere. non-profes-
sionals; e. Boys' high school in Flatbush. New York;
m. La Runa Wolcott. non-professional; hy. golf, boat-
ing, horseback riding and baseball. Stage experience
began in 1912 with 'The Rose Maid" at the Globe
theatre in New York City. Also appeared in the follow-
ing stage productions: "Oh. I Say." "Anna Held's
Daughter." "Boys Will Be Boys." "So Long L ttv,"
"Very Good Eddie." "Angel Face." "Hitchy Koo."
"Fad and Fancies." "Around the Map." "Wild
Flower" and in an act called "Tyler Brooks and Lola
Josephine." In musical comedy headlined B. F. Keith
circuit under the management of Grant E. Dolge.
He went to Los Angeles in 1925 with the show "No.
No. Nanette" as featured comedian under the manage-
ment of Edward D. Smith, at the Mason theatre, Loi
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Angeles. Screen experience follows: One and a half
years with Hal Roach as featured comedian, one and
a half years for Fox as featured comedian, appeared
in "Itich but Honest," "Stage Madness." "Fazil,"
"Dynamite." and eight Van Bibber Fox comedies, also
in the following free lance films: "Lilies of the Field,"
"Furies," for First National, and "The Divorcee." for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Has appeared in 1930 in
"Monte Carlo," Paramount. At present he is a free
lance player.
BROPHY, EDDIE: b. New York City, Feb. 27,
1895; h. 5 feet 5 inches; brown hair and gray
eyes; w. 162 pounds; p. Mary S. and Thomas J.
Brophy, non-professionals; e. University of Virginia.
Charlottesville. Va.. and Hamilton Institute. New York
City. First screen experience in 1919 with Norma
Talmadge in "Yes or No." Has appeared in such
pictures as "The Cameraman" (1929). "Free and
Easy." "Those Three French Girls" (1930). "Paid"
(1SS0). "Dough Boys" (1930). all for Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer.
BROWER. ROBERT: b. Point Pleasant. N. J.. July
14. 1S50; h. 5 feet 10'/& inches; brown eyes and gray
hair; w. 163 pounds; e. New Y'ork City. Has lived
in all principal cities in the U. S. A. Entered pic-
tures in 1910. Pictures include: "Long Live the
King." Metro; "Fifth Avenue Models." Universal: "The
Last Trail." Fox; "The Gay Defender." Paramount;
"Beggars of Life." Paramount.
BROWN. BUDDY: Appeared in "When Dreams
Come True" (1929), Rayart.
BROWN. JOE: b. New York Citv, February 11.
1SS4; e. in New Y'ork; h. 5 feet 10% inches; w. 170
pounds; dark hair, brown eyes; married. Has ap-
peared in "Dressed to Kill." "Road House." "Me.
Gangster." "In Old Arizona." "The Ghost Talks."
"The Cock Eved World." "Sunny Side Up." "Going
Wild." "Sit Tight." Warner Bros.
BROWN, JOE E.: b. Holgate. Ohio, July 28. 1892:
h. 5 feet 7% inches; dark brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 149 pounds; p. Anna May and Mathias Evans, non-
professionals; stage training gathered while traveling
with a circus when but nine years of age; m. Kathrvn
Francis McGrau. non-professional; by. all athletics,
baseball, golf, football, collecting old and rare books
and his children. With the "Greenwich Village Fol-
lies" for three years (1921-23); also with "Captain
Jinks." "Betty Lee" and "Twinkle Twinkle." Picture
career consists of appearing in such pictures as "Hit
of the Show." "The Circus Kid." "Queen of Bur-
lesque." "Take Me Home." "Reputation." "Sunnv
Side Up" (1929). Fox: and in 1930 in "Sally,"
"Top Speed." "Going Wild." First National; "Cock
Eyed World." "Me. Gangster." "Protection." "Born
Reckless." Fox; ".Molly and Me." "My Ladv's Past."
"Painted Faces." Tiffanv-Stahl ; "The Lottery Bride."
United Artists; "On With the Show," "Maybe It's
Love." "Song of the West." "Hold Everything." War-
ner Bros. ; Vitaphone No. 2590. "Don't Be Jealous.
BROWN. CHARLES D. : b. Iowa; h. 5 feet 9
inches: hazel eyes and brown hair; w. 150 pounds:
hy. tennis and poker. Stage career: "The Book of
Charm." "Puppets." "Loose Ankles," "Spread Eagle."
and "Burlesque." Entered pictures in 1928. Pictures
include: Lefty in "The Dance of Life" ("Burlesque")
for Paramount; Spider in "Dangerous Curves." Para-
mount.
BROWN, JOHNNY MACK: b. Dothan. Ala.. Sep-
tember 1. 1904; h. 6 feet; black hair and brown eves;
w. 165 pounds; p. Hattie Estelle and J. H. Brown; e.
Dothan public schools and the University of Ala-
bama; hy. sports. Stage experience in college theatri-
cals. Screen experience in such pictures as "The Bugle
Call" and "The Fair Co-Ed" in 1927 ; "Our Dancing
Daughteis." "The Little Angel" and "A Woman of
Affairs" in 1928 for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In (1929)
"Hurricane." Columbia; "Lady of Chance." "The
Single Standard," Metro-Goldwvn-Mayer; "Coquette."
United Artists: in 1930 in "Montana Moon." MGM;
"Undertow," Universal.
BROWN, MILT: Appeared in "Points West" (1929),
Universal.
BROWN, TOM: Appeared in "The Lady Lies"
(1929). "Queen High" (1930). Paramount.
BROWN & WHITAKER: Vitaphone No. 2265. "A
Laugh or Two."
BROWNE, FRANK: Vitaphone No. 2589. "Don't
Handle the Goods."
BROWNE. JERRY: Played in Vitaphone No. 970,
"Let's Elope."
Appeared in "Must We
BROWNELL. EDWARD:
Marry" (1929). Trinity.
BROWNLEE. FRANK: Appeared in "Beggars of
Life" (1929), Paramount.
BRUCE. CLIFFORD: Plaved in "Devil May Care"
(1930). MGM.
BRUNSTON. HERBERT: Appeared in "The Last
of Mrs. Cheyney" (1929). MGM.
BRYON. JOHN: "The Woman Racket" (1930),
MGM; "Spite Marriage" (1929). MGM.
BUCK and BUBBLES: Played in 1929 in "Fowl
Play." "Black Narcissus," "In and Out": in 1930 in
"High Toned," "Darktown Follies." "Honest Crooks."
all Pathe Buck and Bubbles Comedies.
BUCHANAN. JACK: b. Glasgow, Scotland; h. 6
feet 2 inches; brown curly hair and light brown eyes:
w. 160 pounds. Made stage debut in 1912 at Grand
theatre in Glasgow and his first London apiiearance
in 1917. at the Apollo theatre. American debut in
1924 with Beatrice Lille and Gertrude Lawrence in
first Chariot's Revue and appeared in another edition
of the same piece two years later. "Wake Up and
Dream" was his next Broadway vehicle. He pro-
duced and played the title role in "The Battling
Butler," in London and America. Other stage hits
have been "Sunnv." "Tonight's the Night." "The
Grass Widow." "Tony." "Thats a Good Girl." which
ran 16 months in London. Went to Hollywood some
years ago under contract to Warner Bros, and First
National and appeared in several productions. Has
appeared In such pictures as "Paris" (1929). First
National. Featured with Jeannette MacDonald in
I'aramount's production. "Monte Carlo." directed by
Ernst Lubitsch; "The Glee Quartette." Vitaphone
short.
BUFFALO. BILL. JR.: r. n. Jay Wilsey: h. Chey-
enne, Wyo. : h. 6 feet 1 inch; blue eves and brown hair;
w. 18B pounds; e. Cheyenne: hy. yachting and horse-
back riding. Spent early life as cowboy and rodeo
contest hand. Entered pictures in 1922. Pictures in-
clude: Western leads with Action Pictures; "Pirates
of Panama," "A Final Reckoning." Universal.
BUNNY. GEORGE: b. New York City; h. 5 feet
'Vi inches; gray hair and brown eyes; w. 188 pounds;
p. Eleanor Sullivan and George Bunny, non-piofes-
sionals; e. St. James academy. Brooklyn, and Christian
Brothers academy; m. Anna McCade, non-professional;
hy. baseball and sports. Stage experience of 15
years during which time he appeared in. among
many other plays, "Alabama." Screen experience con-
sists of roles in such pictures as "The Love Mart."
"Tender Hour." "The Dark Angel." "Laddie Be
Good" and "Heroes in Blue," "The Man and the
Moment" (1929), First National.
BURG, EUGENE: Appeared in "Dancing Vienna"
(1929), First National.
BURKE, JOHNNY: Stage career; vaudeville. Zieg-
feld "Follies." Screen career: Four years with Mack
Sennett; "Goodby Kiss." "The Lion's Roar," "Bride's
Relations." "Broadway Blues," "Matchmaking Mamas."
"The Old Barn." "He Trumped Her Ace" (1930).
Educational. Mack Sennett Talking Pictures.
BURGHARDT, GEORGE: Appeared in "Dancing
Vienna" (1929). First National.
BURKHARDT, HARRY: b. Boston. Mass.: h. 5
feet 11 inches; mixed gray hair and dark hazel eyes:
w. 165 pounds; p. Sophia Meyers and Henry Carl
Burkhardt, non-professionals; e. Worcester. Mass. Has
had 35 years stage experience and has appeared in
the following original New Y'ork productions: "Kiki"
(David Belasco, mgr.), three seasons; "The Honor of
the Family" (Charles Frohman. mgr.), four years;
"The Climax" (Joseph Weber, mgr.); "The Spoilers"
(Daniel Frohman, mgr.); "The Virginian" (Kirk
LaShelle, Mgr.); "Peg Woffington," with all-star cast;
"All the Comforts of Home" (Charles Frohman, mgr.);
"Backfire" (Walter N. Lawrence, mgr.); also appeared
in "Widowers' Houses," the first American production
of George Bernard Shaw's play with all-star cast;
"The Critical Moment." original production (Henri-
etta Crosman. mgr.): "Shadows," original production
(Edna Goodrich, mgr.); "Sleeping Partners," Edna
Goodrich production; "The County Fair," Neil Bur-
gess company. In 19 years of experience on the screen
he has played for Fox. Universal. Pathe. Paramount,
Columbia, Reliance. First National. United Artists,
Metro, Triumph. Norma Talmadge and Crystal. Ap-
peared in "The Captain of the Guard" (1930).
Universal.
BURNS, BOBBY: Appeared in "The Cockeyed
World" (1929). Fox; "White Devil," Ufa.
BURNS, EDDIE: Appeared in "The Children of the
Ititz" (1929). First National.
BURNS. EDMUND: b. Philadelphia. Pa,, Septem-
ber 27. 1S92; h. 6 feet 2 inches; black hair and blue-
gray eyes; w. 170 pounds: p. Kathryn McDczitt and
William Burns; e. Sixth Street high school, Philadel-
phia; not married; hy. golf. Entered pictures in 1918,
following a stage career, and has appeared in such
pictures as "She Goes to War," "Humming Bird."
"East Is West." "Jazzmania." "Chinese Parrot."
"Phyllis of the Follies" and "Forlorn River": (1929)
"Hard to Get." "The Love Racket." "Children of
the Ritz." First National.
BURNS. FRED: b. Fort Keogh. Mont. Earlv ca-
reer in Buffalo Bill s Wild West Show. "101 Ranch"
show, and rope throwing and riding exhibitions
throughout the United States and Europe. Started in
motion pictures with old Selig firm and . worked for
many companies. Pictures include: "The Overland
Stage." "California Mail." "Rio Rita" and "Parade
of the West"; with Ken Maynard in Tiffany's "The
Midnight Stage" and Bob Steele in "The Land of
Missing Men," Tiffany.
BURNS & KISSEN: Played in Vitaphone No.
2679.
BURNS. NEAL: b. Bristol. Pa., June 26. 1892;
h. 5 feet 5% inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 140
pounds: e. Bristol. Pa., high school; m. Joan Marquis,
professional; hy. golfing. On stage in musical comedy
and in stock with- Morosco: "Just Out of College."
"The Sporting Duchess." "A Stubborn Cinderella."
"The Girl in the Taxi" and "The Girl of My Dreams."
Began screen career with Ince-Triangle in 1914 and
has been with Universal, First National and Christie
since, among his latest Christie productions being
"Slick Slickers." "Hot Scotch" and "Loose Change."
BURNS. ROBERT: b. Montana; h. 6 feet; brown
hair and dark gray eyes; w. 170 pounds: e. Helena,
Mont. Wild West performer. Screen career: Biograph.
Vitagraph, Fine Arts, Dixon Films. Pictures include:
"Ladies Preferred." "Never Too Late." Educational;
"The Thunder Riders." Universal: "The Bronc
Stomper." "The Apache Raider." Pathe; "The little
Buckaroo." FBO: Connors in "The Cockeyed World,"
Fox; Gary in "Hand 'Em Over." Universal.
BURT, FREDERICK: b. Onarga, 111., February 12.
1876; h. 6 feet; black hair and dark eyes: w. 170
pounds; p. Beach and Morris Burt, non-professionals:
e. University of Nebraska. University of Kansas.
Academy Glagrands. Chaumiere. Paris: m. Helen Ware,
professional: hy. modeling, drawing and painting.
Has had 30 years stage experience, having appeared
in "The Sun Daughter." with Lenore Ulric: as Cosse
in "DuBarry" with Leslie Carter; Pere Clement in
"Miss Nellie of New Orleans." with Mrs. Fiske. He
has been in pictures for two years and has been in
the following pictures: "The Shadow of the Law";
the author in "The Eyes of the World"; Dr. Sellman
in "Cimarron." and "Outside the Law."
BURT. WILLIAM P.: b. St. Peter. Minn., Feb-
ruary 11 1873: h. 5 feet 7 inches; brown hair and
dark gray: w. 137 pounds; p. Agnes and George, non-
professionals; e. Elevenworth Military Academy, sum-
mer schools; m. Bertha Harlan, professional. Stage
experience started in early childhood: medicine shows,
circuses, minstrels, repertory, stock. Broadway produc-
tions and one season in comic opera. Was associated
with such stars of the early days as Joe Murphy. Min-
nie Oscar Gray and Pattie Rosa. Directed stock and
productions during the later years of stage career.
Joined Thanhoiiser Picture Company in 1915 and has
been in pictures ever since. 1917-21 associated with
George B. Seitz. Inc., producing serials, short sub-
jects and features for Pathe release. Directed "Wo-
man in Chains." "Out of the Storm." "On Ijeave of
Absence," "The Girl and the Gangster." "Bucking the
Bucket Shot)." for Amalgamated Corp. : "Casey of the
Coast Guard." serial for Pathe release. Has ap-
peared in pictures made by Metro. United Artists,
RKO and others. Recent releases: "Night of Mystery"
and "Danger Signals," RKO.
BURTON. CLARENCE: b. Fort Lyons, Mo., May
10, 1882; h. 5 feet 11 inches; dark brown eyes and
hair; w. ISO pounds; e. Nevada public school and
L. A. high; m. ; has one child. Forrest Oliver. 5: hy.
baseball. Has lived in San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Reno, NOT. Stage career: 20 years musical comedy,
dramatic stock, road shows and circus. Entered pic-
tures in 1912. Pictures include: "Stool Pigeon."
"Ten Commandments." "Miss Lulu Bett." "Forbidden
Fruit." Paramount; "King of Kings," "Godless Girl,"
DeMille-Pathe ; "Submarine." Columbia: "Square
Crooks," Fox; "Barnum Was Right." Universal; a
sailor in "Midnight Madness," Pathe: defense attorney
in "The Love Racket." First National.
BURTON, DAVID: b. Odessa, Russia, May 22. 1890;
h. 5 feet 6 inches; black hair and green eyes; w. 139
pounds; p. Emma and Benedict Burton, non-profes-
sionals; hy. music. Played in "The Circle," under
MGM contract.
BUSHELL. ANTHONY: b. Westerham. Kent County.
England. May 19, 1904; h. 6 feet; light brown hair
and blue eyes; w. 150 pounds; p. non-professionals; e.
Magdalen college and Hertford college. Oxford; m.
Zelma O'Neal, professional; hy. cricket, fencing, tennis,
boxing and golf. Stage experience in the following
plays: "Diplomacy," with Gladys Cooper in London,
also "Peter Pan." "Trio." 'Is Zat So." all in Lon-
don, and in 1927-1928 "Her Cardboard Lover." with
Jeanne Eagels. New Y'ork, 192S "The Enemy." in
London and "The Sacred Flame" in New Y'ork. Screen;
experience in 1929 in "Disraeli." for Warner Brothers,
the juvenile lead in "The Flirting Widow," for First
National and "Journey's End" (1930), for Tiffany-
Stahl.
BUSHMAN. FRANCIS X.: r. n. Francis Xavier
Bushman; b. Norfolk. Va.. January 10. 1885; h. 5 feet
11 inches; light hair and blue eyes; w. 190 pounds: e.
grammar and public schools and Ammandale college;
hy. most sports. Stage experience started at the age-
of nine years when he appeared in stock and repertoire,
and also appeared in Pasadena Playhouse sketches.
Screen experience in 1911 with Essanay. He has also
worked with Metro, Vitagraph. Universal, Gotham,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia and appeared in "Ben
Hur," "Lady in Ermine." "Marriage Clause." "The
Grip of the Y'ukon," "Man Higher Up." "Midnight
Life." "Say It with Sables," "Charge of the Gauchos."
"Thirteenth Juror." "Call of the Circus." "Dude
Wrangler" and others. Freelance player.
BUSHMAN. JR.. FRANCIS X.: r. n. Ralph Bush-
man; h. 6 feet 2 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w.
200 pounds; p. Beverly Bayne and Francis X. Bush-
man, professionals: e. Staunton Military Academy,
Baltimore, and Polytechnic Institute; not married; hy.
all sports. Stage experience started with sketch "When
Love Is Y'oung" on Keith Orpheum circuit for 5T
weeks. Screen experience started with Goldwyn, Es-
sanay. Lewis and Gordon. Christie. Rayart. Pathe.
Fox. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Universal. He has
appeared in 'he following productions: "Brown of
Harvard," "Four Sons." "The Understanding Heart."
"Scarlet Arrow." "Midnight Faces." "Dangerous Traf-
fic." "Eyes Right." "Marlie the Killer." "Fathers
Day" (1929). "Sins of the Children" (1930), MGM.
BUTLER. DAVID: Appeared in "Salute" (1929).
Fox.
BUTT, LAWSON W. : b. 1SS3; h. 6 feet 2 inches:
dark complexion. Stage career: "The Wanderer.""
"Merry Wives of Windsor," "Taming of the Shrew."
Screen career: Selig, Metro. Paralta. Pathe. Famous
Players. United, Hampton-Hodkinson. Tyrad. Goldwyn.
Robertson-Cole. Pioneer. First National. FBO. Para-
mount. Fox. Associated Exhibitors. A. G. Steen. Inc.
Pictures include: "Foreign Devils." MGM: "The Be-
loved Rogue," United Artists.
BUTTS, BILLY: r. n. Billy Charles Allen Butts; b.
Dallas. Texas. September 8, 1919; h. 54 inches; blond?
hair and gray eyes; w. 58 pounds; p. Maedelle Gard-
ner and Charles Allen Butts, non-professionals; e.
Wonderland Park high school; no stage training; hy.
horses. Has been in pictures for seven years appear-
ing in feature parts only in such pictures as "Spar-
rows" with Mary Pickford: "The Tough Guy." "The-
Two Gun Man" and "Lone Hand Saunders" with the
late Fred Thomson: in "The Canadian" and "The Last
Outlaw" for Paramount: "The Land Beyond the Liw"
with Ken Maynard for First National, and "The Black
Ace" for Pathe: "Wildwest Romance" and "Non« but
the Brave" for Fox: "Alias Jimmy Valentine" for
MGM; "The Medicine Man" (1930). Tiffany.
BUTTERWORTH. CHARLES: "The Life of the-
Party" (1930). Warner Bros.
BUZZELL, EDDIE: b. Brooklyn. N. Y., November
13. 1897 ; h. 5 feet 3 inches: black hair and brown
eyes; w. 128 pounds: e. Brooklyn public schools: m.
Ona Munson; hy. golf. Stage star in seven Broad-
way musical successes. J. L. Warner persuaded him
to enter pictures in 1929. Has appeared as Johnnv
Jones in "Little Johnnv Jones," First National: No.
930-31. "Hello Thar." No. 963-4. "Keeping Com-
pany." No. 975-6, "The Roval Fourflushcr," Vitaphone
shorts.
BYERS. CHARLES: Appeared in 1929 in "Molly
and Me." Tiffany-Stahl : "Red Hot Speed." Universal, -
"Romance of the Rio Grande." Fox.
BYRON. ARTHUR & CO.: Vitaphone No. 2704.
"A Funny Affair."
BYRON. GEORGE: b. Limerick. Ireland: h. 5 feet
7'£ inches: blue eyes and brown hair; w. 165 pounds:
.e Trinity College. Dublin. Ireland; Fordham University.
American Academy of Dramatic Art. specializing in
literature: by. golf, handball. Has lived in London.
Sydney. Melbourne. New Y'ork. Chicago. Los Angeles.
Stage career: "Lightnin'." "If I Was Rich." "It
Miles Out." "Alice in Wonderland." "Front Page."
Entered pictures in 1929. Pictures include: "Officer
O'Brien." Pathe; "Song Writer." MGM: "Czar of
Broadway." Universal.
BYRON. JOHN: b, Kasota. Minn.. S-ntembcr 9.
1900; e. in Seattle. Wash.; h. 6 feet: w. 175 pounds:
brown hair, brown eyes. Entered pictures in 1919. Has-
appeared in the following: Duke Roma in "Four Walls."
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Searzie in "Spite Marriage."
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Middleton in "Under the Tonto
Rim." Paramount: Leo in "Roseroom." Columbia:
Knockout Jackson in "The Social Lion." Paramount;
Milaire in "Lord Byron of Broadway." Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer.
BYRON. ROY: Appeared in "Unmasked" (1930),
Artilass.
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BYRON. WALTER: Appeared in "Spite Marriage"
(1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Not Damaged" (1931)).
Fox.
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CAGNEY. JAMES: 1). New York City. July 17.
1904; h. 5 feet 8>/4 inches; red hair and brown eyes;
w. 150 pounds; p. Carolyn Nelson and James Cagney,
non-professionals; e. Stuyvesant high school and Co-
lumbia University; m. Frances Vernon, professional;
hy. drawing and athletics. Appeared in vaudeville
in 1924 and played Little Red in "Outside Looking
In"; Eddie in "Women Go On Forever," Brady and
Wiman; Elwood lieid in "Maggie the Magnificent." by-
George Kelly; "Harry Delano in "Penny Arcade." by
Marie Baumer. Also appeared in song and dance
skits. He had the part of Mileaway, in "Doorway to
Hell": Harry Delano, in "Sinners Holiday" and Ed
Bailey in "Steel Highway." all for Warner Bros.
CALLAHAN. ANDREW: Appeared in "Redskin"
(1929). Paramount.
CALLAHAN. BOBBY: Screen career: "Wild Com-
pany" (1930). Fox: "The Champion Golfer." Warner
Bros.; "Happy Hottentots." First National.
CALLIS. DAVID: Appeared in "The Sin Sister"
(1929). Fox.
CALTHROP. DONALD: "Blackmail" (1929). Sono
Art-World Wide.
CALVERT. E. H.: b. Alexandria. Va. : e. West Point.
After graduation he served fourteen years with the
United States Army, seeing active service in the Cuban
campaign, the Philippine uprising and the Boxer Re-
bellion, resigning in 1900 with a captaincy rank. Stage
experience in which be appeared in "Arizona" and in
"Ben Hur": then with the Peeks Island stock com-
pany in Maine, following with a season in Alvin Thea-
tre Stock company, Pittsburgh. Left the stage for four
years, during which time he traveled in Europe and did
surveying and upon his return to the United States re-
sumed his stage career, playing with E. M. Holland in
"The Hmise of a Thousand Candles" at Daly's thea-
tre. New York. Then turned to musical comedy, sing-
ing, dancing and clowning his way through three pro-
ductions. "The Lady From Lane's" "Coming Through
the Rye." and "Knight for a Day." Two years fol-
lowing he played in vaudeville, touring all the big time
circuits, then again abandoned the stage and went into
the furnishing goods business in Madison, Wis. : then
after one year accepted an offer from the Chicago
Tribune advertising department. This connection brought
him in contact with E. Mason Hopper, then directing
motion pictures for Essanay and through him he ob-
tained his first film role, the lead in "The Love Test"
and later in "King Robert of Sicily." Then became
director, directing one of the first six reel pictures ever
made "One Wonderful Night." followed hy "The Man
Trail." (iloria Swanson. Virginia Valli. Colleen Moon-.
Helen Ferguson. Agnes Ayres. Rod LaRocque. Ralph
Graves and Wallace Beery' are among the present day
stars who made their screen debuts under Calvert's di-
rection. Also directed Francis X. Bushman in "The
Slim Princess." Then became a member of the Com-
mittee on Public Information during the first part of
the World War and later assigned to the Aim section
of the Ordnance department, given the rank of Colonel.
After the war. he started his own motion picture pro-
duction company in Chattanooga. Tenn.. where he pro-
duced a series of "Tish" stories by Man' Rolxrts
Khinehart. In 1920 he came to Hollywood where he
freelanced until placed under contract to Paramount.
One of bis most notable roles recently was as the com-
mandant in Paramount'! "The I>egion of the Con-
demned" : also played the part of General Marshall in
the Diehard Dlx starring picture. "Moran of the Ma-
rines" and appeared in "The Greene Murder Case":
in 1929 in "Darkened Rooms." "The Mighty." "The
Virginian." Paramount; "Dark Street." First Na-
tional: "The Studio Murder Case." Paramount; in 1930
in "Half Shot at Sunrise," Radio Pictures; "Behind
the Makeup," "The Benson Murder Case." Paramount.
CAMERON. HUGH: Vitaphone No. 1063. "The
Emergency Case."
CAMERON. JACK: Appeared in "Applause" (1930).
Paramount.
CAMERON. RUDY: b. Washington, I) C. ; e.
Georgetown University. Stage career in Geo. Broad-
hurst's "Rich Man, Poor Man." On screen: "For
the Love of Mike." First National; "Coney Island."
FRO; "Queen High" (1930). Paramount; "Song of the
West" (1930). Warner Bros.
CAMP. SHEP: r. n. Sheppard Camp: b. West Point.
Ga.. July lti. 1882; h. (I feet 1 inch: brown hair and
gray eyes; w. 225 pounds; p. Sally Sheppard anil W.
A. Camp, non-professionals; e. Richmond academy. Au-
gusta. Ga., anil Mercer university; m. Ottie Chenault.
non-professional : hy. music and writing. Stage ex-
perience in such productions as "The Traveling Sales-
man." "The Round-Up." "Rain." "Blue Paradise."
"Blossom Time" and "Good Morning Judge." Screen
eX[>erienoe includes appearances in "King Henry" VIII."
and "Broadway Hound": 1929 in "The Greene Murder
Case." Paramount; "Painted Angel"; in 1930 In "Play-
ing Around." "Song of the Flame." First National.
CAMPBELL. COLIN: b. Falkirk. Scotland: h. 5 feet
4 inches: blond hair and dark blue eyes: w 123
pounds; p. Charlotte Mortimer and James Colin Camp-
bell non-professionals: e. Whitgift. Croydon. England:
not married; by. literature, history, skiing, golf and
tennis. Stage experience in England. South Africa.
Australia. New York. 23 years; England. 190G. Meakin
in "The Orchid." Maligna in "Sleeping Beauty." and
pantomime; 1907. South Africa. George in "Are You a
Mason?." "The Sign of the Cross." "The Silver King."
"Sherlock Holmes." "Billie." "The Deemster." and
others: Australia, 190S. "Jim the Penman." Bonsard
in "Beggar on Horseback." Major Owney McTeague
In "Sweet Kitty Bellairs." the actor in "Sweet Nell
of Old Drury." the Frenchman in a revival of "The
Orchid." Timothy In "Our Miss Gibbs." "The Quaker
Girl." "Merry Widow": America In 1912-13-14. Alaric
in "Peg O' My Heart." Oliver Mornsco; the prince in
"The Little Cafe." Klaw and Erlanger: cameraman in
"The Amber Empress." Madison Corey in "Out There "
with Laurette Taylor. 1918. part of the lawver in
"Heart o" the Heather." Alf In "The Better 'Ole."
Charles Coburn: "The Yankee Princess." Reggie. Charles
Dillingham: "One Kiss." English Raronet. Charles
Dillingham: "Nine o'clock Revue": "Marjolalne."
"Big Boy." with Al Jolson. part of English Jockey:
"The Optimist's Revue." Shuberts: "Potiphar's Wife."
George: 1929. America, roadshow with "The Connecticut
Yankee." part of Merlin. Screen experience: alternating
with stage; 1914, Vitagraph; about 1915. "Tillie's
Tomato Surprise." starring Marie Dressier, Lubin; "The
Girl from Nowhere"; "The Man of Stone," lieutenant,
opposite Conway Tearle for Selznick: "Cardigan," the
Weazel; "The White Monkev," starring the late Bar-
bara Le.Marr; 1930. "Big Boy," with Al Jolson. part of
Steve Leslie. English jockey, for Warner Bros. Also
produced "The Infinite Shoeblack." for the Civic
Repertory.
CAMPBELL, FRANK: "Frozen River" (1929). War-
ner Bros.
CAMPBELL. WEBSTER: "The Love Racket" (1929),
First National; "In the Next Room" (1930).
CAMPEAU. FRANK: b. Detroit. Mich.; h. 5 feet
10 inches; dark hair and dark gray eyes; w. 150
iwunds; p. Minnie and Charles F. Campeau: e. Jesuit
College of Detroit, and Notre Dame College of Indiana.
Has appeared in the following stage productions:
"Faust." "Arizona." "The Virginian." "Kindling."
"The Ghost Brenker." "Within the Law." "The
Dummy." "Rio Grande," also the following screen pro-
ductions: "Jordan Is a Hard Road." "Light of the
Western Stars." "Man from Painted Post." "Headin'
"South." "Bound in Morocco." "Reaching for the
Moon." "Arizona," "The Kid," "The Sin of Martha
Queed." "The Killer." "Isle of Lost Ships." "Those
Wlio Dance." "To the Last Man." and "The Three
Bad Men." Also in the following talking pictures:
"The Gamblers," "Frozen River." "Say It With
Songs." "Over the Border," "Danger" and "College
Racketeer." "Points West" (1929). Universal: and in
1930 in "Last of the Duanes." Fox; "Abraham
Lincoln." United Artists; "Captain Thunder," War-
ner Bros.; Vitaphone No. 2781, "The People Versus."
CANTOR. EDDIE: b. East Side of New York; e.
public schools. At the age of 14 he made his
debut at the Clinton Music Hall. Later he joined Gus
Edward's "Kid Kabaret," an act including Lila Lee.
Eddie Buzzell. and George Jessell in its cast. During
1914 and 1915 he was a member of the team Cantor
and Lee. He then went to the west coast to try musi-
cal comedy with the "Canary Cottage" company. In
1910. he scored a triumph in "Midnight Frolic" and in
1917. 1918 and 1919. was seen in the "Follies." His
first appearance as a star was in 1920 in "The Mid-
night Rounders." this was followed by "Make It
Snappy." in 1921. He opened at the Earl Carroll
Theatre on New Year's Eve. 1923, in "Kid Boots."
and his picture debut was made in the screen version
of the same play. He since has played in "Special
Delivery." the 1927 "Follies." "Glorifying the Ameri-
can Girl" (1929). and "Whoopee" (1930). United
Artists.
CANUTT. YAKIMA: Appeared in 1929 in "Bad
Man's Money." "Captain Cowbov." "Riders of the
Storm." "Three Outcasts." for Bell Pictures: in 1930
in "Bar L Ranch." "Canyon Hawks." "Firebrand
Jordan," "Ridin' Law" for Big 4.
CAREWE. ARTHUR E. : b. Trebizond. Armenia.
1894; h. G feet: black hair and brown eyes: w. 150
pounds; e. in Trebizond. Armenia: married; hy. all
sports. Stage experience several years on Broadway
as a star. Began screen career with Vitagraph and
has appeared in "Phantom of the Opera."' "Trilby."
"Uncle Tom's Cabin." "A Man's Past." "The Cat and
the Canary." "The Silent Lover." "Torrent" and "The
Claw." "The Matrimonial Bed" (1930). Warner Bros.
CAREWE. JAMES: Played in "The Lady of the
Lake" (1930). FitzPatrick.
CAREY. HARRY: b. New York, 1880: h. 6 feet:
blond hair: w. 180 pounds: e. New York University.
Screen work with Biograph. Universal. FBO. Ilodkin-
son. Pro-Dis-Co. Pictures include: "Trail of '98."
"Slide. Kelly. Slide." "A Little Journey." MOM;
"Satan Town." "The Frontier Trail." "Border Pa-
trol." "Burning Bridges." Pathe.
CARILLO. MARIO: b. Naples. Italy: h. 0 tret 1
inch; black hair and brown eyes; w. 181 pounds: e.
Neapolitan University. Screen work with Robertson-
Cole. Housman Productions. Hodkinson. Fox. FBO.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Columbia. Pathe. Pictures in-
clude: "Just Married." "His Tiger Lady," Paramount:
"How to Handle Women." Universal; "Private Life
of Helen of Troy." First National.
CARLE. RICHARO: b. Somerville. Mass.. July 7.
1871: h. 5 feet 11V4 inches; brown eyes and light
hair; w. 190 pounds; e. Somerville. Mass.; hy. base-
ball. Has lived in Boston. Chicago, New York and
I/widon, England. Thirty years on the stage. En-
tered pictures in 1910. Pictures include: sheriff in
"It Can Be Done," "Soft Cushions." "Fleet's In."
Paramount; "While the City Sleeps." MG.M: Thomas
Blackwood in "Brothers." Rayart : Perissard in
"Madam X." Count Albert in "His Glorious Night."
MOM; Rand in "The Grand Parade." Pathe: "A Ladv
to Love." MOM; "Rich Uncles." Checked Comedies,
first series: "Hold the Babies." Rainbow Comedies;
"Some Babies." Whoopee Comedies. Pathe; "Stranded."
"Sunny California." "The Worrier." Vitaphone.
CARLISLE. JACK: b. Paisley. Scotland: h. 6 feet
1 inch: dark blue eyes and dark brown hair; w.
198 pounds: e. Cornell University. Specialized in en-
gineering; to. Edna MacKay: has two children, boy and
girl; hy. golf, tennis, riding, swimming. Entered
pictures in 1920. Pictures include: "Front Page."
"Two Black Crows." Paramount: "Leatherneck."
Pathe: Thomas in "Copy." MGM; fourth reporter in
"Masquerade." Fox.
CARLYLE. RICHARD: b. Guelph. Ontario. Canada.
May 21. 1879; e. in Little Rock, Ark., and St.
Mary's, Ky: h. 5 feet 9 inches: w. 150 pounds:
gray hair, dark blue eyes: hy. bridge and golf. On
the dramatic stage in New York. Entered pictures in
1913. Pictures include: the role of Lem Tollard in
"The Copperhead," character lead in "Inside of the
Cup." Pa Miller in "Playing Around." Doctor West
in "Abraham Lincoln." Mezzein in "Kismet." Doctor
in "Tol'able David." Also in 1929 in "Hearts in
Dixie." Fox: "Brotherly Love." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ;
"It Can lie Done." Universal; and in 1930 in "In Old
California." Audible Pictures: "Playing Around." First
National.
CARNEY. BOB: Played In 1930 in "One Nutty
Night." Pathe Checker Comedies, second series; "Six-
teen Sweeties." Pathe Melody Comedies, first series:
"Ride 'Em Cowboy." Pathe Folly Comedies; "Some
Babies," Pathe Whoopee Comedies.
CARPENTER. HORACE B.: Appeared in "False
Feathers" (1929). El Dorado Pictures.
CARPENTIER. GEORGES: b. Lens. France. January
12. 1894; h. G feet; blond hair and blue eyes: w. 172
pounds; e. public schools of Lens: m. Georgette
Elasaser; hy. horseback riding. First stage appearance
in 1927 in revue under Defresne and Varna at Palace
theatre, Paris. Vaudeville tour in France. England.
Spain, Italy and Roumania, for six months. First fight
in Paris as flyweight and successively won championships
of Europe at all weights as poundage increased.
Fought Jack Dempsey for world championship in 1921.
Started pictures about 1912 with French company. "The
Romance of Carpentier." Also appeared in "The Gypsy
Cavalier." in England; "The Wonder Man" and the
"Show of Shows." America. Other pictures made in
France are "The Adventures of a Champion." "La
Symphonie Pathetique." "The Treasure of Keriolet."
In 1930 appeared in "Hold Everything." for Warner
Bros, and No. 37G1. "Naughty but Nice." Vitaphone
short.
CARR. ALEXANDER: "End of the World" (1929).
Pathe Variety Comedies.
CARR. CAMERON: Appeared in "The Ware Case"
(1929) . First National.
CARR. NAT: b. Russia. August 12. 1886; h. 5 feet
7 inches: blond hair and light eyes: w. 140 pounds; p.
Effie and Israel Carr; e. Norman School in Canada: m.
Gertrude Carr. non-professional; hy. reading; 27 years
stage experience. Appeared in Shubert's Winter Garden,
musical comedy, and had comedy lead in "The Great
Necker. " Has appeared in such pictures as "50
Million Frenchmen." "Trader Ginsberg." "Red Heads"
(1930) . Pathe. Folly Comedies, first series; "Traffic"
(1930). Pathe. Folly Comedies, second series; "Two Plus
Fours" (1930). Pathe, Campus Comedies: No. 2309.
Vitaphone; "Talk of Hollywood" (1929). Sono Art-
World Wide.
CARRILLO. LEO: Appeared in "Mister Antonio"
(1929) . Tiffany: Vitaphone No. 23G9. "The Foreigner."
No. 2552. "The Hell Gate of Soissons."
CARROLL. ALBERT: Played in Vitaphone No. 935,
"Impersonations."
CARROLL. MOON: Has appeared in 1929 in "The
Last of Mrs. Cheynev," "The Thirteenth Chair."
MGM; in 1930 in "The Lady of Scandal."
CARSKY. BORIS: Played in "Captain Lash" (1929).
Fox.
CARSON. JAMES B. : Vitaphone No. 1046. "Every-
thing Happens to Me."
CARTIER. JACQUES: Plaved in "King of Jazz"
(1930) , Universal.
CARYLL, BILLY: "Trying Them Out" (1930).
Pathe Checker Comedies, first series.
CASEY. JIMMY: Appeared in "Pride of Pawnee"
(1929), Radio Pictures.
CASSON. REG.: "The New Waiter" (1930). rathe-
George LeMaire Comedies.
CASTLE. ROBERT: b. Frankfort-on-Main. Germany;
h. 6 feet 2hi inches: dark brown hair and eyes; w.
175 pounds: p. non-professionals; e. tutored hy father;
hy. swimming, rowing, riding, skiing and writing.
Spent two years with Kammerspiele stock company as
assistant stage director and actor. Induced by Conrad
Veidt to enter pictures. "Master of Death," Ufa, be-
ing his first picture. Played in 10 Ufa productions
before coming to the United States; then signed by
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation. In (1929)
"Marianne." "The Single Standard," Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer.
CATLETT. WALTER: b. San Francisco. Cal.. Feb-
ruary 4. 1889: h. 5 feet inches; fair hair and blue
eyes; w. 172 pounds; e. St. Ignatius College. San Fran-
cisco, specialized in history; m. Ruth Verney. Thirty
years stage experience in musical comedy, opera and
drama. Entered pictures in 1929. Screen career: Joe
Glinter in "Married in Hollywood": wrote dialog and
played part in "Why Leave Home," played Rex Waidcll
in "Let's Go Places": titled and played in "Happy
Davs." Fox; also appeared in "The Big Party" (1930).
"The Golden Calf" (1930). both for Fox; "The Gay
Nineties" (1929). MGM.
CATTLE. HARRY: Appeared in "Me. Gangster"
(1929) . Fox.
CAVANAGH. PAUL: b. Chislehurst. Kent. England:
e. at the Royal Grammar School in Newcastle on Tyne
and Cambridge University. Was graduated from Cam-
bridge with honors: h. G feet: w. 175. pounds: blue eyes,
black hair; hy. swimming and motoring. On legitimate
stage in London in "It Pays to A'dvertise." "Spring
Cleaning," "The Enchantress." "The Mountain" and
the juvenile lead in "The Padre." and many others.
First pictures were made in Europe. "Two Little
Drummer Boys." and opposite Maria Corda in "Tesba."
Signed contract with Paramount and came to Holly-
wood. First American talking picture was for MGM,
"Strictly Unconventional." Then loaned to Universal
for lead in "The Storm." Played the menace character
Jarvis in "Grumpy" for Paramount.
CAVENDER. GLEN: Appeared in "Ships of the
Night" (1929). Rayart.
CAVIN. ALLEN: Appeared in "Million Dollar
Collar" (1929). Warner Bros.
CAWTHORNE. PETER: Appeared in "His Glorious
Night" (1929), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
CAWTHORNE. JOSEPH: b. New York; h. 5 feet
8V4 inches: white hair and hazel eyes: w. 1G5 pounds;
e. private tutor: m. Queenie Zassar. professional; hy.
golf, fishing and music. On the stage he has ap-
peared in "The Little Nugget." "The Fortune Teller."
"The Beauty and the Beast." "Mother Goose." "Tam-
many Hall" and "Sonny." His screen experience
includes roles in "Two Girls Wanted." "Silk Legs."
"Strictly Confidential" and "Hold 'em Yale"; (1929)
"Speakeasy." Fox; "Street Girl." "Dixiana" (1930).
Radio Pictures.
CECIL, ED: b. San Francisco. Cal.. in September,
1888: h. 5 feet 11 inches; brown hair and hazel eyes:
w. 1G2 pounds; p. Carlyle and John Cecil; e. Lowell
high school. San Francisco: m. Maud Warren: by. fish-
ing and hunting. Has had 10 years stage experience,
five years in vaudeville in own act and with Marjorie
Rambeau in stock. Has appeared in such pictures as
"Guilty" and "Resurrection."
CERDI. FRANCIS M. : Played in "House of Secrets"
(1930) . Chesterfield.
CHADWICK. CYRIL: b. London. Eng.: h. 6 feet:
blue eyes and brown hair: w. 180 pounds; e. St.
Mark's College. London; hy. tennis, handball, golf.
Has lived in New York and nearly every hig city In
U. S.. Canada and England. Entered pictures in
1913. Pictures include: "Three Live Ghosts."
"Christian." "Iron Horse." "Happiness." "Rustle of
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Silk," "Peter Pan." "Actress." "Excess Baggage,"
"Mating Call," Major Twynes in "The Black Watch."
Fox; Willie Winton in "Last of Mrs. Cheyney."
Brandon Trent in "The Thirteenth Chair." MGM ;
"The Ladv of Scandal" (1930); "Temple Tower"
(1930). Fox; "The High Road." MGM.
CHAKATOUNY, A.: Played in "White Devil," Ufa.
CHALLENGER. PERCY: b. England. September 3.
18G9: h. 5 feet inches; brown eyes and brown hair
turning gray; w. 134 pounds; e. Bristol University,
England. Has lived in London, Chicago and Los An-
geles. Was on the stage for 25 years. Entered pictures
In 1915. Pictures include: "The Eel." "Old Dyna-
mite," "Wheel of Destiny."
CHANDLER, EDWARD: b. Wilton, Iowa, March
4, 1894; h. ti feet; brown eyes and dark brown hair;
w. 198 pounds; e. public schools; specialized in litera-
ture; m. Billie Chandler; has one child. Shirley. 7; hy.
golf. Has lived in New York. Chicago, Milwaukee.
Entered pictures in October, 1911. At close of vaude-
ville booking in Los Angeles, joined Thos. H. Ince
in 101 Ranch productions. Pictures include: "The
Lost Battalion," "The Shopworn Angel," Top Ser-
geant in "She Goes to War." United Artists; Bull
in "Hurricane." Columbia; "Dixiana" (1930). Radio
pictures.
CHANDLER, GEORGE: b. Waukegan. 111., June 30,
1902; h. 5 feet 8 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 140
pounds; p. Abbie Beck and George Chandler, non-pro-
fessionals; e. high school in Illinois and University of
Illinois; not married; hy. music, golf and riding.
Stage experience as a musician, having played in an
orchestra when younger; with Fanchon and Marco on
the West Coast; and in vaudeville, where he was
known as "George Chandler, the .Musical Nut." Screen
experience in 1929: Tenderfoot Thrillers and "The Kid's
Clever." Universal; "Dark Hills." "Cloud Dodger"- in
1930. "In Gay Madrid." "The Floradora Girl." MGM:
"The Last Dance." and "Light of the Western Stars."
Paramount.
CHANDLER. LANE: b. Calbertson. Mont.; h. 6
feet 3 inches; red hair and blue eyes; w. 185 pounds-
p. Irene Oakes and George W. Chandler, non-pro-
fessionals; e. high school in Helena, Mont., and Mon-
tana Wesley an university; no stage training; hv. rid-
ing and golf. Has appeared in such pictures as "Red
Hair." "Love and Learn." "The Big Killing." "The
First Kiss" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" for
Paramount. In 1929: "The Single Standard, " Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer; "The Studio Murder Case." Para-
mount; "Forward Pass." First National; '-Rough Wa-
ters." Warner Bros.; in 1930 in "Firebrand Jordan"
Big 4.
,oCH,AliEY' "CHUBBY": b. Baltimore. Md.. January
18. 1918; h. 47 inches: w. 113 pounds. Won nation-
wide contest conducted by Hal Roach to find new mem-
bers for "Our Gang" comedies. Has taken part of Joe
Cobb in these pictures.
CHANEY. LON: b. Colorado Springs. Col.. April 1
1883 : h. 5 feet 9 inches: black hair and brown eves;
w. 155 pounds: e. Colorado Springs schools: hv. cook-
ing and photography. Stage experience as a producer
of "The Little Tycoon" with his brother in 1899-
worked on the stage as actor, property man and trans-
portation agent, in pictures for over 12 years in vari-
ous roles, among the pictures being "Fires of Reveillon"
(19171: "That Devil. Bateese" (1918): "The
Miracle Man" (1919); "Outside the Law" (1921)- "The
Trap" (1922); "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and
"The Shock" (1923); "Phantom of the Opera" (1925)
for Universal: in Paramount's "Treasure Island" (1921)-
Goldwyn's "The P-naltv" (1921); "Cummings' "Flesh
and Blood" (1922); First National's "Oliver Twist"
(1922) and wi-h Mctro-Goldwvn-Maver making "He Who
Gets Slanned." "Tower of Lies." "The Monster " "The
Unholy Three" in 1925; "The Blackbird." "The Road
to Mandalay." "Tell It to the Marines" in 1926- "Mr
Wu." "The Unknown." "Mockery" in 1927- and
"Laugh, down. Laugh," "While the City Ripens" and
"We^t of Zanzibar" in 1928. In 1929 in "Thunder"
"Where East Is East." "Phantom of the Onera," Uni-
versal: "The Unholy Terror" (1930). MGM. Died
In 1930.
CHANG KING HOO: Played in "Son of the Gods"
(1930). First National.
CHAPIN. JACQUE: Appeared in "Beggars of Lif "
(1929). Paramount.
CHA»LIN. CHARLES: r. n. Cha'les Soencer Chan-
lin: h. London. England. April 16. 1889; h. 5 feet «>4
Inches: dark brown hair and blue eves: w 122
pounds: n. Lilv Harlev and Charles Chanlin. profes-
sionals (both deceased) : e. received his stage training
In dramatis and vaudeville act: m. and div. Lita Grey
hy. reading, tennis and swimming. While on the stage
he appeared as Billie the page hov in "Sherlock
Holm-s" with William Gillette, in London England
1898; then into vaudeville traveling throughout Con-
tinental Europe and the United States for Ave years
ending in Seattle. Wash., in 1914. He then entered
pictur s wth the Keystone Company : made 12 pictures
for the old Essanay Film Companv; 12 for Mutual
Film Corporation and eight for First National- be-
gan producing for United Artists Corporation in 1025
Hs latest pictures have been "The Gold Rush." "The
Circus." and "City Lights" with Virginia Cherrill as
leading woman.
CHAPLIN. SYDNEY: h. Cape Town. S. Africa- h
5 feet 7V4 inches: dark hair and brown eves: w 150
pounds: e. London. England: married On the stage
In London music halls and others. S-recn exnerience
with British International Films, of England. Then in
United States with Warner Brothers in "Man on the
Box." "Charley's Aunt." "The Better 'Ole " "Missing
Link.' "Fortune Hunter." "Skirts" and "Oh! What a
Nurse." Freelance player.
,.P„HARLE- GUSTAV: Appeared in "Dancing Vienna"
(1929). First National.
CHARSKY. BORIS: h. Petrograd. Russia. May 180.1-
n. 5 feet S'A Inches: black hair and blue eves; w 150
pounds; e. Prince Oldendurskv college: m Sonia Nekin
non-iirofe-.sion.-il: hv. sports of all kinds, sculpturing
and painting. Seven years on the Russian stage. Three
vears screen experience and has aimcared in "Captain
Lash." "Through Different Eves" and "The Red
Dance" for Fox and "The King of Kings." DcMlllc.
CHARTERS SPENCER: h. Duncannnn. Pa. Began
stage career with Newton Beers and his repertory com-
panv in "LM London." Played for seven vears with
Thomas J.; Shea Companv. appearing in "Dr. .Tekvll
and Mr. Hyde." "The Bells." "A Soldier of the
Cross," "Othello," "Richelieu," and other dramas.
Has been on stage 30 years and appeared in 479 plays.
In George M. Cohan comedies for eleven years. Was on
tour with Bert Williams in "Under the Bamboo Tree."
Has appealed in both stage and screen versions of
"Whoopee" with Eddie Cantor. Has also appeared in
"The Bat Whispers." for United Artists.
CHASE, CHARLEY: b. Baltimore. Md., October 20,
1893; h. 6 feet; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 155
pounds; p. Blanche M. Thompson and Charles Chase,
non-professionals; m. Bebe Eltinge, professional; hy. golf
and music. Stage experience in musical comedy and
vaudeville; and has been in pictures since 1914. Has
appeared in 1929 in "Modern Love," "You Can't
Buy Love," Universal: "Stepping Out." "Leaping
Love." "The Big Squawk." "Snappy Sneezer," "Crazy
Fight." "The Real McCoy," "Great Gobs"; in 1930
in "Whispering Whoopee." "All Teed Up," "50 Mil-
lion Husbands," "Fast Work," MGM Hal Roach
Comedies.
CHASE, CHAZ: Vitaphone No. 2696, "The Unique
Comedian."
CHASE. COLIN: Appeared in "The Air Legion"
(1929) , Radio Pictures; "Lone Star Ranger" (1930).
Fox.
CHASEN, DAVID: Plaved in "Rain or Shine"
(1930) , Columbia.
CHAUTARD. EMILE: b. Paris, France: e. France.
Stage career, leading man. Screen career started in
Paris in 1907: "Bardelys the Magnificent." "The Flam-
ing Forest," Metro; "Blonde or Brunette," Paramount;
"My Official Wife," Warner Bros.; Gen. Count Alexis
Muratov in "Adoration," First National; priest in
"Marianne," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: "Times Square,"
Gotham: Rosalie's uncle in "South Sea Rose." Fox;
Father Thibault in "Tiger Rose," Warner Bros. Also
appeared in "House of Horror" (1929). First National.
CHE FEE. JACK: b. in Kiev of French-Russian par-
entage; h. 5 feet 8H inches: dark brown eyes and dark
brown hair: w. 148 pounds: e. Russia. France and
America. Specialized in drama, law and business (B.
C. S.. New York University 1925): hy. horseback rid-
ing, ice skating, swimming and dancing. Has lived in
Kiev, Odessa, Paris, Berlin and other cities of Europe,
also New York and Hollywood. Was on stage in
Europe. Has been in motion pictures since 1925. Pic-
tures include: "Strip Golf." "Tailor Made Romance."
"Who's Who." "Reward." "Redeeming Sin," "Veiled
Lady." "Runaway Girls." Fox.
CHERON. ANDRE: Appeared in 1929 in "They
Had to See Paris." "True Heaven," "The Veiled
Woman," Fox.
CHEVALIER, MAURICE: b. Menilmontant. France;
h. 5 feet 10 inches; light brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 100 pounds: m. Yvonne Vallee. professional. Stage
experience as follows: as singer at Casino des Tourelles.
dancing partner of Mistinguette at Folies-Bergere,
Casin Montparnasse, Revues with Raimu at the Pemina.
Operetta, "Gobette of Paris." Palace Music Hall.
London, with Elsie Janis. Caison de Paris, with
Mistinguette and then as star, with Yvonne Vallee.
Screen experience with Paramount in the following pro-
ductions: "Innocents of Paris." "The Love Parade."
"The Big Pond." "Paramount on Parade" (1930),
"Playboy of Paris," Paramount.
CHEW, FRANK: Pictures include: "Shanghai
Bound." Paramount: "Foreign Devils." MGM: "Gang
War." FBO: the gambler in "Chinatown Nights."
Paramount: Ling Fue in "The Far Call." Fox; Wong in
"Isle of Lost Ships." First National.
CHIEF BIG TREE: Appeared in 1929 in "Sioux
Blood" and "The Overland Telegraph." MGM.
CHIEF CAUPOLICAN: "Whoopee" (1930). Unjted
Artists; Vitaphone No. 25 9 8, "The Indian Baritone."
CHIEF WHITE HORSE: Appeared in "Hawk of
the Hills" (1929). Pathe.
CHIEF YOWLACHE: Appeared in 1929 in "The Glo-
rious Trail," First National; "Hawk of the HiLs,"
Pathe.
CHILES, GEORGE: Appeared in "King of Jazz"
(1930). Universal.
CHISHOLM. ROBERT: Played in "Lottery Bride"
(1930). United Artists.
CHRISTY. IVAN: Apneared in "Seven Footprints
to Satan" (1929). First National.
CHURCH FRED : "Fighting Kid" (1929), "Un-
known Rider" (1929), and "Western Methods" (1929),
for Bell Pictures.
CHURCHILL. BERTON: Has appeared in "Nothing
But the Truth" (1929), Paramount: Vitaphone No.
1051. "Five Minutes from the Station."
CHURCHILL. WYNNE: Has appeared in "Nothing
But the Truth" (1929), Paramount.
CICCOLINI. GUIDO: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
876.
CLARE. PAUL: "Her Unborn Child" (1929).
Windsor Pictures.
CLARK. ANDY: r. n. Andrew J. Clark; b. New York
City. March, 1903: h. 5 feet 5V4 inches: black hair and
brown eyes; w. 135 pounds; p. Alice Trainor and John
H Clark, non-professionals: e. Fordham prep. N w
York; hy. baseball, golf and tennis. Two years stage
exjierience in Keith-Orpheum vaudeville. Nineteen years
screen experience: five years as featured boy star for
Edison Company, apparing in "Andy Series"; two years
for Universal, featured boy player; in "The Sham-
rock Handicap" for Fox; "Wings," "Beggars of Life"
and "The Man I Love" for Paramount: "One Round
Hogan." for Warner Bros.
CLARK. EDWARD: "Bitter Friends" (1930). Edu-
cational Tuxedo Talking Comedies; "Carnival Revue"
(193(1), Pathe Whoopee Comedies.
CLARK. FRANK: Screen career: "Land of the Law-
less." "The Boss of Rustler's Ranch." "The Bronco
Buster," Pathe: "You Can't Beat the Law," "My
Home Town." Rayart.
CLARK G. DAVIDSON: Appeared in "Great
Power" (1929). Franklin Warner.
CLARK. HARVEY: b. Boston. Mass.. 1880; h. 5
feet 9 inches: brown hair and eyes; w. 158 pounds: e.
Mass. College. Cambridge. Stage career: with Otis
Skinner. Robert Hilliard. own act In vaudeville.
Screen work with NYMP, American. Realart. Fox.
Hodkinson. Aywon. Universal, American Releasing.
FBO. Warners. Goldwyn. Metro-Goldwvn. Chadwiok.
Pathe. Among his pictures are: "A Woman Against
the World." "Tragedy of Youth," Tiffany-Stahl;
"Ladies Night in a Turkish Bath." "Rose of the
Golden West." First National; "Get Your Man." Para-
mount; "The Magic Flame," United Artists; the dean
in -'Floating College," "The Rainbow," Joe in "The
Toilers," Tiffany-Stahl; Weaver in "His Lucky Day,"
Universal; "Elijah Quimbv in "Seven Keys to Bald-
pate," RKO; "Man Trouble" (1930), Fox; "Going
Wild" (1930), First National.
CLARK, HERBERT: b. Waynesburg, Pa., September
10, 1904; h. 5 feet lO1^ inches; dark brown eyes and
dark brown hair; w. 170 pounds; e. Pittsburgh public
schools. Carnegie Tech., Pittsburgh: hy. swimming, rid-
ing, collecting antiques. Stage career: "My Son,"
"The Patsy." "Excess Baggage." "The Money Lender."
"Relations," "Zeppelin." Entered pictures in March
15. 1928. Among his pictures: Pells in "Big News."
Pathe.
CLARKE. WESTC0TT: r. n. Westcott Bailey Clarke;
b. Jersey City. N. J.. September 27. 1886: h, 6 feet 1
inch; hazel eyes and brown hair: w. 198 pounds; e.
public schools of Denver, Boulder, Col., and Jersey
City; also Trinity School in New York City; hy. motor-
boating and woods life. Lived in Jersey City. Denver.
Boulder. New Y'ork, Milwaukee, San Francisco, Holly-
wood. Summer home. "Just Room Enough." at Alex-
andria Bay. Thousand Islands, N. Y. Stage career:
"Brown of Harvard." "Within the Law," "On Trial."
"The Masquerader." Pictures include: Stuhbs in
"Safety Last." Pathe; Thomas Lincoln in "Abraham
Lincoln." First National; Sheriff Wilkins in "The
Breaking Point." Larogue in "Shadows of Paris."
Bill the Plumber in "Saturday Night." Paramount ;
Captain Price in "Trial of Mary Dugan." MGM ;
Police Inspector in "Father and Son," Columbia.
CLARY, CHARLES: b. Charles. 111.: h. 6 feet:
dark eyes and iron gray hair: w. 175 pounds; e.
Washburn College. Topeka, Kan.: married: has one
son, William Charles. Stage career: ten years with
stock companies, James O'Neil. Ralph Frawley. Shirley
Company, Spokane. Wash. Entered pictures in 1910
with the Selig Company. Chicago. Pictures include;
"A Connecticut Y'aukee in King Arthur's Court." "Du
Barry." Fox; "Skin Keep." First National: "Golden
Bed," Paramount: "Six Days." "In the Palace of the
King." Goldwyn; "Land of Lawless." Pathe: "Name-
less Men," Tiffany-Stahl; "Jazz Mad," "Symphony,"
Universal: "The Big Hop," Buck Jones Company;
George Bannister in "Trial Marriage," Columbia; of-
ficer in "Sailor's Holiday," Pathe; "The Power of
the Press." "The Exalted Flapper." Fox; "Night
Work." Pathe: "Half Pint Polly" (1930). Pathe,
Rodeo Comedies.
CLAYTON. ARTHUR: b. London, England; h. 6
feet; dark brown hair and eyes; w. 165 pounds: p.
Isabel Frances Taylour and Fitzroy Augustus Talbot,
non-professional: e. The Royal Military college of
Australia; m. and div.: hy. riding. Stage experience in
the British dominions in such productions as "White
Cargo" and "Captain Applejack." Screen experience
began in 1919 and he has appeared in such pictures
as "Laddie." the part of the father: the lord in "The
Hope Diamond Mystery"; the husband in "Confessions
of a Wife": the lawyer in "The Whip," and the
chief of bandits with Tom Mix in "Outlaws of Red
River."
CLAYTON. EDDIE: b. Charleston. W. Va.i h. 5
feet 9 inches; dark blond hair and brown eyes; w.
130 pounds : e. Charleston and Texas. Screen work
with Metro. Sennett. Goldwyn, Universal, Animal
Comedies. Pictures include: "Roadhouse." Fox;
"Mad Hour." "Lady Be Good." First National: Tom
in "Whv Be Good." First National: Jack in "Sin
Flood." First National: "Way of All Men" (1929),
First National; "Guilty" (1930), Columbia Productions.
Played in "Roadhouse Nights"
CLAYTON. LOU:
(1930). Paramount.
CLEMENT, CLAY: Vitaphone No. 963-64. "Keep-
ing Company."
CLEMENTO. ESTEBAN: Appeared in "The Side
Show" (1929), Columbia.
CLEMONS. JIMMY: Vitaphone No. 2242, "Dream
Cafe."
CLIFFORD, JR.. TOM: b. Southampton. England.
September 19, 1918; h, 4 feet; brown hair and hazel
eyes; w. 70 pounds: p. non-professional: e. National
School. Chapelized. Ireland. Likes boxing and golf.
Was selected to play part in John McCormack picture
"Song o' My Heart." for Fox.
CLINE. HALL: Appeared in "Girls Who Dare"
(1929). Trinity.
CLIVE. COLIN: b. St. Malo. France; e. at the
Royal Military College of England: m. Jeanne de Casalis.
French actress. Has been on the English stage lor the
past eleven years, appearing in "Rose Marie." "Show
Boat," "The Way of an Eagle." His most important
role is that of Captain Stanhope in "Journey's End."
which he played in both the stage production and on
the screen.
CLIVE. HENRY: b Melbourne. Australia. October
3. 1883; h. 6 feet 2V4 inches: brown hair and blue
eyes: w. 200 pounds; p. non-professionals; e. Brighton
grammar school and St. Xavier's College: m. Helen
Cunningham, professional; hy. painting, reading and
traveling. Siient 15 years in vaudeville as an illusion-
ist ; five years in sketches and monologue. Has played
Rickard's Australian Circuit ; Orpheum Circuit five
times: Sulivan Considine four times; Keith Circuit
s-ven times; Moss Empires: Ixmdon Syndicate: London
Palace: Colosseum: Alhambra (revuesl; South African
theatres on tour; New Zealand circuit: and Bandman
India circuit. Four years in motion pictures as lead-
ing man with Maxine Elliott (Goldwyn) : with Alice
Brady (Paramount): and with Raoul Walsh (May-
flower) ; also heavy parts for Fox. He a'so has con-
tinued as an artist and illustrator for Hearst publi-
cations since 1918. doing front eov rs for Hearst Syndi-
cate newspapers: the New Y'ork American: Smart Set
and Picture Play ; also poster artist for Paramount,
making 57 paintings for the newspapers for such fea-
tures as "The Sheik." "Affairs of Anatol" and others.
Associated with Charlie Chaplin. Formerly with Svd
Chaplin.
CLUTE, CLUSTER: Vitaphone No. 1001. "The Jay
Walker."
CLYDE, ANDY: Has apneared In 1929 In "Blind-
fold." Fox: "Ships of the Night." Ra»art: "Midnight
Dailies." World Wide; "Tile Lunkherd." "The Golf-
ers." "Hollywood Star." "Bulls and Bears." "Clancy
at the Bat." "The New Half Back." "Upnercut
O-Brien"; in 1930 in "Scotch," "Sugar Plum Papa."
1931
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"Match Play." 'Tat Wives for Thin." "Campus
Crushes." ""The Chumps." "Goodbye Legs." "Hello
TeleTision." "Average Husband." "Vacation Loves."
Educational Mack Ssnnett Talking Comedies.
COBB. EDMUND: b. Albuquerque. N. M.. 1892:
h. 6 feet j& inch: brown hair and eyes: w. 165
pounds. Pictures include: "Wolf's Trail," "Fangs
of Destiny," "Call of the Heart." "The Four Footed
Ranger." Universal; "The Fighting Redhead." FBO.
COBB. JOE: r. n. Joe Frank Cobb: b. Shawnee.
Okla.. November 7. 1917: h. 49H inches; light brown
hair and gray eyes; w. 119^ pounds; p. Flossie Jewel
and James Hardin Cobb, non-professionals; by. base-
ball, football, fishing and shows. Started at the age
of 5 with Hal Roach's rascals. "Our Gang." Now
under long term contract at Hal Roach studios.
CODEE &. ORTH: Vitaphone No. 2709. "Zwei und
Vierstigste Strasse," No. 2798. "Stranded "in Paris."
No. 885. "Music Hath Charms."
CODY. BILL: Appeared in 1929 in "Slim Fin-
gers." "Eyes of the Underworld." and "The Tip Off."
Universal.
CODY. LEW: b. Berlin. N. H. ; h. 5 feet 11H
inches; black hair and brown eyes; w. 17*3 pounds; p.
Cote, non-professionals: e. NrW Hampshire McGill col-
lege: owned five stock companies, toured vaudeville,
stock in "The Great Divide." "The Last Chord."
"Within the Law" and others: m. Mabel Normand.
professional; hy. outdoor sports, swimming, golf, t nnis
and riding. Has appeared in the following produc-
tions: "A Branded Soul" for Thomas H. Ince in
1915: "Treasure of the Sea" for Fox 1917; "Don't
Change Your Husband" for Artcraft in 1919: "The
Beloved Chester." Lew Cody Film Company in 1920;
"The Sign on the Door" for First National in 1921
and "R un" for Goldwyn in 1924: and since then in
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Revelation." "Nellie the Beau-
tiful Cloak Model." "So This Is Marriage." "Man
and Maid." "A Slave of Fashion." "The Sporting
Venus." "Time the Comedian." "An Exchange of
Wives." "His Secretary." "Monte Carlo." "Gay De-
ceiver" and "The Demi-Bride": (19291 "A Single
Man." MGM; "Beyond Victory." Pathe; "What a
Widow" { 19.10). United Artists; "Divorce Among
Friends" (1930). Warner Bros.
COGHLAN. JUNIOR: b. New Haven. Conn.. 1917:
b. 4 fe#t 2 inches: brown hair and eyes; w. 63
pounds: p. Mrs. Coyle and Dr. Frank Coghlan. non-
professionals: hy. collecting stamps. When but a baby
he played atmosphere parts, finally being assigned a
bit in Goldwyn's picture. "Poverty or Riches." in which
he played the son of Leatrioe Joy. Progress from then
was rapid. He played in "Mike" and "Skyrocket"
both Marshall Neilan productions: "Cause for Divorce."
"Bobbed Hair." "Garrison's Finish." "The Fourth
Musketeer" and "The Road to Yesterday." a DeMUle
production, after which DeMille signed him. Then
p'ayed in "Her Man O'War." "The Yankee Clipper."
"The Last Frontier." "Slide. Kelly. Slide." and "The
Country Doctor." During 1927-28 Junior made
"Gallagher" and "Marked Monev" for Pathe: "Square
Shoulders" (1929). Patbe: "River's End" (1930).
Warner Bros.
COGLEY. NICK: b. New York. 1869: h. 5 feet 7*4
inches; blond hair and blue eyes: w. 195 pounds; e.
St. Francis Xavier College. N. Y. Stage experience
at Lyceum theatre. N. Y.. for 25 years. Screen work
with Goldwyn. Educational. Vita graph. First National.
American Releasing. Metro. Universal. Pictures In-
clude: "The Missing Link." "The Heart of Mary-
land." Warners: "In Old Kentucky." MGM: "Abie's
Irish Rose." Paramount: "Ranch House Blues" (1930).
Pathe. Rodeo comedies.
COHEN SAMMY: b Minneapolis. Minn.: Decem-
ber 8. 1902: h. 5 feet 8 inches; brown eyes: w.
145 pounds: e. Los Angeles. Cal.. high school: hy.
all athletics. Entered pictures in 1925. Pictures
include: "Sky Rocket." "What Price Glory." "Plas-
tered in Paris." "Why Sailors Go Wrong." "Home-
sick." in 1929 "What Price Burlesque." Vitaphone.
COLE. LESTER: "Painted Faces" (1929). Tiffany;
"Love at First Sight" (1930). Chesterfield.
COLEMAN. BRUCE G.: b. Cutler. Cal.. November 11.
1910: h. 5 feet 11 inches: dark gray eyes and dark
brown hair: w. 300 pounds: e. Fresno State Col-
lege. Fresno. Cal. Specialized in foreign languages,
d-amatics: hy. swimming, golf, tennis and yachting.
Has lived in Fresno. Oakland. Hollywood. San Diego.
Cal. Entered pictures in 1927. Pictures includ>:
"College Widow." "Floating College." "Tide of Em-
pire." featured in three "Fat Men Comedies."
COLEMAN. DON: Appeared in 1929 in "The Black-
Ac*." ".45 Calibre War." Pathe.
COLEMAN. MAJEL: Appeared in 1929 in "The G;rl
in the Glass Cage." First National: "Romance o.' the
Rio Grande." Fox.
COLLEGIATE FOUR. THE: Vitaphone: No. 2240.
"Campus Capers."
COLLIER. BUSTER: Has appeared in "One Stolen
N.ght (1929). Warner Bros.
COLLIER. JR.. WILLIAM: b. February 12. 1903.
New York City; h. 5 feet 10% inches: black hair and
brown eyes: w. 155 pounds: p. Paula Marr and Wil'iam
Collier, professionals; e. Collegiate high school. New
York City: received stage training with father: not
married: hy. golf, boating, hunting. On stage with
William Collier in "Caught in the Rain." "The Dic-
tator" and "Nothing but Lies." S-reen experience con-
sists of roles in "The Wand rer." "Devil's Cargo" and
"The Rainmaker" for Paramount; "The Tide of the
Emp re" fur Metro-Goldwvn-Mayer: and "The Lion and
the Mouse." "College Widow." "Dearie." "The Desired
Woman." "One Stolen. Night." "Beware of Bachelors"
and "Women They Talk About" for Warner Bros Has
been in the business 18 years. Appeared in 1929 in
"The Donovan Affair." "The Bachelor Girl." "College
Coquette." Co'umbia: "The Red Sword." Radio Pic-
tures: "New Orleans." "Two Men and a Maid." Tif-
fanv-Stahl: "Lummox." Uni'ed Arrs-s: "Hardboiled
Rose." Warner: "The Melody Man." ' Rova! Romance.'
Columbia: "Movietone Follies of 1930." Fox: "Rain or
Shine" (1930). Columbia.
COLLIER. SR.. WILLIAM: b. New York Ci-v: nr.
chess, bridge, racing, baseball. When 11 veir« old
ran awav with a touring company of "Pinafore."
Developed from playing bit parts and understudying,
with occasional intervals as assistant manager, into a
featured role in "Bluebeard. Jr.." with Eddie Foy.
Joined Russell's Comedians, then starred in his own
farces. "Hoss and Hoss." and "Mr. Smooth." Joined
Weber and Fields, along with Lilliam Russell. David
Warheld. San Bernard. May Irw.n and other notables.
Signed long-term contract with Charles Frohman, scor-
ing in "The Dictator." in which John Barrymore and
Thomas Meighan made their first appearance. Wen'
to London for four years, following with a tour of
Austraia. Appeared in a series of his own farces on
returning to New York, including "Caught in the
Rain." "The Patriot." "Take My Advice." "Nerer Say
Die." "Nothing But the Truth" and other hits. Went
to Hollywood with the old Triangle Film Organization,
working under Mack Sennett and the late Thomas
Ince. Joined George M. Cohan in "Hello, Broadway."
and wrote and played in "Cotton Time." Of late has
produced many successes, including George White's
second "Scandals." the first "Vanities." "Tickle Me."
"Be Yourself" and "Sweetheart Time."
COLLINS, C. E. : b. Missouri. July 23. 1873; h.
5 feet inches: blue gray eyes and partially
gray hair; w. 125 pounds: e. public school. Missouri;
specialized in mathematics. Lived in Kansas City.
Mo. ; Wichita. Kan. ; Los Angeles. Cal. Entered
pictures in 1917. Pictures include: "Flame of
the Yukon." "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."
"Kismet." "Hunchback of Notre Dame." "Conquering
Power."
COLLINS. G. PAT: Played in "Manslaughter"
(1930), Paramount.
COLLINS. MONTE. JR.: r. n. Monty Francis Col-
lins, Jr. ; b. New York City, December 3. 1898 : h. 5
feet 10 inches: brown hair and grey eyes; w. 140
pounds; p. Norma Wills and Monty Collins. Sr.. pro-
fessionals; e. Jefferson high school. Portland. Ore.; re-
ceived his stage training in musical comedies, vaude-
ville and stock companies: not married; hy. music,
cartooning and acting. First appearance on the stage
at the age of six in father's and mother's act at
Atlantic City. During school vacations he appeared in
his father's musical comedies in Spokane. Seattle. Van-
couver, Victoria. Portland, etc. During his high school
years he played the picture and vaudeville bouses with
a monologue and singing act of h s own. After the war
he toured the Northwest for three months with a Jazz
band, playing drums and singing: also played minor
parts in Baker's stock company in Portland. Ore. On
the road playing practically every big city in the United
States doing the heavy with George Be ban in "Loves
of Ricardo" in the season of 1926-27. Entered pictures
in August. 1920. as an extra playing in Charles Ray's
"Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway"; played extra
and minor parts in the following Ray pictures: "Old
Swimmin' Hole." "Nineteen and Phylls." "Two Min-
utes to Go." "Midnight Bell" and "My Best Girl":
then played extra bits and minor parts until 1925 when
he struck oil at Fox where he was featured and co-
featured in a series of two reel comedies under the
supervision of Henry Lehrman; later played the comedy
relief with Buck Jones in "The Cowboy and the
Countess" and again with Mix in "Arizona Wildcat" :
signed with Educational in December. 1927. Appeared
in 1929 in "Why Bring That Up." Paramount; "Ro-
mance De Luxe. "The Talkies." "Ticklish Business."
Educational: "The Madhouse." Educational- Jack White
Talking Comedies: in 1930 in "Hail the Princess."
Educational-Jack White: in 1930 in "Peace and Har-
mony." "How's My Baby." "H;s Error." Educational
Mermaid; "French Kisses." Educational Tuxedo.
COLMAN. RONALD: b. Richmond. Surrey. EngHnd.
February 9. 1891: h. 5 feet 11 inches: dark brown hair
and eyes; w. 158 pounds: p. Charles Colman. non-
professional: e. Littlehampton. Sussex. England: married
and separated: hy. tennis, motoring, reading, and swim-
ming. Spent two years on the stage in England at the
close of the war. His screen experience cons sts of
such pictures as "The White Sister." "Lady Winder-
mere's Fan." "Beau Geste." "The Dark Angel."
"Stella Dallas." "His Supreme Moment." "Her Sister
From Paris." "The Winning of Barbra Worth." "The
Magic Flame." "The Night of Love." "The Rescue."
"Two Lovers" and "Bulldog Drummond" (19291. "Con-
demned." "Raffles" (1930). Un'ted Artsts. His next
picture to follow "Raffles" written by Frederick Lons-
dale.
COLOMBO. RUSSELL: b. Philadelphia. Pa.: h. 5
feet 11 inches: dark brown hair and eyes: w. 150
pounds: p. Julia rnd Nicholas Colombo, professionals:
e. in Los Angeles and Snn Francisco: not married: hy.
dancing, music and swimmng. He appeared on the
stage at Atlantic City at the age of four, and later
played in the "Land of Make Believe" in San Fran-
cisco. Cal. He plays the violin and sings. S-reen
experience started in 1927 and appeared in "Wolf
Song." "Dvnamite" and "Wonders of Women." Free-
lance player.
COLVIN. GILLY. Played in "X x On Dames"
(1929). Fox.
COLVIN. WILLIAM : ' Soldiers and Women" (1930).
Columbia; "Cohens and Kellys in Scotland" (19301.
Universal.
COMAS. EVAN: Inside the Lines" (19301. Radio
Pictures.
COMBE. B0YCE: "Parlor Pest" (1929). Columbia
Victor Gems.
CONDON. JACKIE: h. Los Angeles. Cal.. March 25.
1923: h. 53 inches: blond hair and brown eyes: w.
73 pounds; p. Alice Edwards and William Condon: hy.
playing ball, marbles and sports. Screen exper ence
includes such pictures as "Little Lord Fauntleroy."
"Daddv Longlegs." "The Lovelight." "Pollyanna" and
"Hoodlums"; six months in comedies, in Star comedies
and in "Hallroom Boys."
CONKLIN. CHESTER: b. Oskaloosa. Ia.. January
11: h. 5 feet 5 inches: brown hair and blue eyes: w.
152 pounds: p. Alice Cooper and Phil Conklin. non-
professionals: e Oskaloosa public schools: m. Minnie
Goodwin, non-professional: hy. tennis, yachting and
fishing. , He appeared in stock in Omaha Neb., then
in roadshows and in vaudeville: later becoming a clnwn
in the Al G. Barnes circus. He started out with K-y-
stone comedies and appeared in them for five yeirs:
then Fox two years and one year with Special Fea-
tures. Inc. : first feature length production in Von
Stroheim's "Greed": then in "The Galloping Fish" for
Ince: thence to Paramount where he has appeared in
"A Social Celebrity." "A Woman of the World " "Say
It Again." "We're in the Navy Now." ' A Kiss in a
Taxi." "Cabaret." "Rubber Heels." "Tell It to Swee-
ney" as co-star with George Bancroft: "Two F1am ng
Youths" and "Foods for Luck" as co-star with W. C.
F.elds; "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"; "Tillie's Punc-
tured Romance." Christie-Paramount production: in
"Varsity" as the father of Buddy Rogers: and in
"Marquise Preferred." During this time he was loaned
to First National and FBO playing in "The Big
Noise" and "Taxi Number 13." Among h s other pic-
tures are "McFadden's Flats," "The Haunted House."
"The Wilderness Woman" and ' The House of Hor-
rors": 1929 in "Stairs of Sand." "The Studio Murder
Case." "Sunset Pass" and "The Virg nian." Para-
mount: "Swing High" (1930). Pathe; Vitaphone: No.
969. "The Master Sweeper."
CONKLIN. HEINE: b. San Francisco. Cal.: h. 5
feet. 6 inches; brown hair and black eyes: w. 150
pounds: e. public school. San Francisco; m. to Irene
Blake: has three children, Charles. 15. Thelma. 13.
Clifford. 10. Has had 17 years stage experien-e. En-
tered pictures in 1915. Pictures include: "Ham and
Eggs at Front." "Feel My Pulse." "Beau Brumm»l."
"Air Circus." Sennett Comedies: drunk in "Side
Street." RKO: Gus in "Tiger Rose." Warner; "All
Quiet on the Western Front" (1930). Universal; "Duck-
ing Duty." Vitaphone.
CONKLIN. WILLIAM: b. Brooklyn. N. Y. : h. 6
feet: dark eyes and hair; w. 183 pounds: e. Brook-
lyn Polytechnical : specialized in languages, rhetoric;
hy. gou*. billiards. Has had 20 years' experience
on the stage. Entered pictures in 1918 while playing
in "Law of the Land." in New Y'ork and was en-
gaged by Pathe to play leading role in "Neal of the
Navy" serial. Signed with Thomas Ince for three
years. Played Romney in "Divine Lady" (1929). First
National.
C0NLEY. J. HARRY: Vitaphone No. 1015-16. "Slick
As Ever." No. 2273. "The Bookworm."
CONLIN. JIMMY: "Tight Squeeze." Pathe-George
LeMaire Comedies.
CONLIN &. GLASS: V.taphone; No. 2577. "Sharps
and Flats."
CONLY, ON EST : Appeared in "Vengeance" (1930).
Columbia.
CONNELLY. EDWARD: Appeared in 1929 in "Broth-
erly Love" and ' The Desert Rider." Vitaphone.
CONNOLLY. WALTER : Vitaphone: No. 1055-56.
"Many Happy Returns."
CONNOLLY & WEINRICH. Played in Vitaphone;
No. 2583.
CONNOR. BUCK: Appeared in "Grit Wins" (1929).
Universal; "Trails of Danger" (1930). Big 4.
CONRAD. EDDIE: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 563.
CONTI. ALBERT: r. n. Albert de Conti Cedassa-
mare ; b. Trieste, formerly Austria. January 29. 18a. :
h 6 feet 1 inch; brown eves and brown hair: w. 180
pounds: e. St. Paul. Austria, high school and law
college at Graz. Austria. Specialized in law. natural
sciences: m. Patricia Cross; hy. polo, tennis. Has
lived in Trieste. Graz. Vienna. Korarom. Austna-
Hungarv Chwalinski. Slobodski. Russia. Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh. Chicago, Fort Worth. Entered pictures
April 8 1922. Erich Von Stroheim brought him in
and Hans Kraly and Harry D'Arrast are credited with
his development. Pictures include: "Eagle." "Alex
the Great." "Magnificent Flirt." "Dry Martini." "Love
Song." Alex Condax in "Captain Lash." King Alex-
ander of Capra in "The Exalted Flapper." Fox;
Chamberlain in "Lady of the Pavements." I nited Art-
ists- Mr. Mengle in "Saturday's Children." First Na-
tional: Walter Klucke in "Jazz Heaven." RKO: "Show
People" MGM; "He Loved the Ladies" (1929).
Christie; "The Melodv Man" (1929). Columbia:
"Monte Carlo" (1930). Paramount: "Average Hus-
band" (19301. Educational. Mack Sennett Talking
Pictures.
CONTI. GINO: Appeared in "Making the Grade."
1929. Fox.
COOGAN. JACKIE: b. Los Angeles. Cal.. October 26.
1914; e. at Urban Military Academy in Los Angeles:
now attending Loyola high school in Los Angeles: h.
5 feef dark blond hair, brown eyes. First picture
with Charles Chaplin in "The Kid" when he was four
years old. which began his career as a child screen
star, the greatest in the history of the screen, and
was followed br "Peck's Bad Boy." "My Boy." Trou-
ble " "Daddy." "Oliver Twist." "Circus Days." "Long
lave the King." "A Boy of Flanders." ' The Rag Man."
"Old Clothes" and "Johnny Get Your Gun." When
10 years old he left pictures for three years and re-
turned to make "The Bugle Call" and "Buttons.
First talking picture was Paramount's "Tom Sawyer.
COOK. AL: In 1929 in As You Mike It." ' Meet
the Quince." "Love's Labor Found." "They Shall Not
Pass Out." "Eventually. But Not Now." ' The Captain
of the Roll": in 1930 in 'The Sleeping Cutie." "Lost
and Foundered." "Old Vamps for New." "The Setting
Son " "The Dear Slaver." "Cash and Marry." "Land
of Sky Blue Daughters." Radio Pictures. Alberta
Vaughn- Al Cook Comedies.
COOK. CLYDE: b. Australia. 1891: e. in Australia.
Stage and stock work. Screen career: "The Show
Down." Southern Justice." "The Greater Law." "Up
or Down " "Triangle." "Soldiers of Fortune." Alan
Dwan; "The Toreador." "The Chauffeur." "The
Eskimo. " "Lazv Bones." "The Artist." "The Pin
Head" "The Bronco Express." Educational: "He Who
Gets Slapped." MGM: "So This Is Marriage." MGM:
"Moonlight and Noses." "Should Sailors Marry."
"Starvation Blues." "What's the World Coming to."
"Wandering Papas." "Wife Tamers." "Scared Stiff."
"White Gold." "Celebrity." Limo Lewis in "Officer
O'Brien." Pathe: "Miss Nobody." "The Dawn Patrol"
1930) First National: "The Brute." "Simple Sis."
'The' Bush Leaguer." "A Sailor's Sweetheart." "Be-
ware of Married Men." "In the Headlines" (lf2!>).
Warner Bros.; Cocky in "Captain Lash." "Women
Even-where" (1930). Fox: Tubbs in "A Dangerous
Woman." Paramount: "The Winning of Barbara
Worth." Blodgett in "Masquerade." Pete in "Strong
Bov." Grumio in "Taming or the Shrew." United Ar-
tists: Max Laglev in "Jazz Heaven." RKO: "The Dude
Wnncler" (19301. Sono Art-World Wide: No. 22S4.
"Lucky in Love." Vitaphone short.
COOK. DONALD: b. Portland. Ore.. September 26:
e. in Portland: h. 5 feet 11 inches: w. 145 pounds:
dark hair and dark eyes: m. Frances Berancer. Was
on the legitimate stage until January. 1931. when he
was placed under contract to Warner Bros.
COOK. JOE: b Chicago, moved to Evansville. Ind..
at earlv age: h. 5 feet 5 inches: light brown hair and
gray eyes; w. 140 pounds: married; hy. fishing, motor
160
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boating and cooking. First stage experience at age of
12 when he joined "Dr. Buckner's Medicine Show."
Later joined "Juggling Barretts." and then had own
act known in vaudeville as "The One Man Show."
After several years of vaudeville made debut in musical
comedy in Earl Carroll's "Vanities." Next was starred
by Jones and Green in his own show, "Rain or Shine."
Columbia pictures signed him for debut in motion pic-
tures to make talking picture version of his comedy,
"llain or Shine."
COOKE. RAY : b. Oklahoma City. Okla. ; e. in San
Antonio. Texas; h. 5 feet S inches; w. 115 pounds; red
hair, brown eyes; hy. all outdoor sports. Screen experi-
ence began under Sam Wood in a picture with Mary-
Brian. "Her Father Said No." Has appeared in
"Broadway Melody." with Al Jolson in "Mammy," with
Clara Bow in "True to the Navy" and with Bebe
Daniels in "Smooth as Satin."
COOLE. AL: b. Los Angeles. September. 1S91; h.
5 feet 10 inches: brown eyes and brown hair; w. 175
pounds; e. Los Angeles. Vevay. Switzerland; specialized
in botany, entomology, anatomy; married; hy. swim-
ming, dancing and all indoor sports. Has lived in
Los Angeles. New York, Calabasar, Paris. Santa
Monica. London, and Rome. Entered pictures in 1921.
Among his pictures are: "Face on the Bar Room
Floor." "Three Must Get Theirs." "Her Father Said
No." "Legionnaires in Paris," "Racing Blood."
"Fighting Blood."
COOLEY. FRANK L. : b. Natchez, Miss., 1876; h.
5 feet inches; gray eyes and hair; w. 170 pounds:
e. San Francisco and Oakland: married Gladys
Kingsbury. Has lived in Natchez, Cincinnati. Phila-
delphia. New York. Gridley, Santa Barbara, Honolulu.
San Bernardino. Entered pictures in 1912 with Key-
stone Company through George Nichols. Pictures in-
clude: "First Year," "More Pay — Less Work."
"Wanted — A Coward." "The Mad Racer."
COOLEY. HALLAN: b. New York; h. 0 feet; brown
hair and grey eyes; w. 107 pounds: p. non-profes-
sional; e. Northwestern Military and Naval Academy;
m. non-professional; hy. golf, swimming and footbail.
His stage experience began in 1912 when he appeared
in "Bondsman." and "Man From Mexico" with Robert
Mantel] and Wilton Lackaye. He entered pictures in
1914 with Selig. and appeared in "Helen and Warren"
and "O'Henry" scries. Under contract with Universal,
made "Tonight at Twelve": in 1929 in "Wedding
Rings," First National; "Paris Bound." Patlie: (1930).
"What Men Want." Universal; "Soup to Nuts," Fox;
"Back Pay," First National.
COOPER. GARY: r. n. Frank J. Cooper: b. Helena.
Mont.: h. 6 feet 2 inches; dark brown hair and blue
eyes; w. 180 pounds: p. Alice and Charles H. Cooper,
non-professional: e Dunstable school. England. Helena.
Mont., and Iowa college. Grinnell. Ia., not married;
hy. fishing, hunting, riding, swimming and is a taxi-
dermist. Stage experience gathered while playing in
amateur productions at high school and college. De-
ciding upon a screen career he worked as an extra for
one year, then got a part with Hans Tissler. inde-
pendent, in a two reeler: Eileen Sedgwick was his first
leading lady: then followed a lead in "Winning of
Barbara Worth" for United Artists: thence to Para-
mount where he has appeared in "It." "Children of
Divorce." "Wings." "Arizona Bound." "Nevada."
"Beau Sabreur." "Doomsday," "Half a Bride." "The
F,rst Kiss." "The Shopworn Angel" and "Wolf Song":
also played opposite Colleen Moore in First National's
"Lilac Time," being loaned to this companv by Para-
mount. In 1929 in "Betrayal." "The Virginian."
"Seven Days Leave." Paramount: in 1930 in "Only
the Brave," Paramount on Parade." "The Texan."
"Morocco." Paramount.
COOPER. GEORGE: b. Newark. N. .T., December
18. 1892: h. 5 feet S%i inches: dark blue eyes and
dark brown hair; w. Ifi2 pounds: e. privat° teachers:
married and has 4 children. Dorothy. 13. George. Jr.,
9. Jack. 6. Edwina. 5: hy. flying. Has had stage
experience. Has lived in Brooklyn. N. Y.. and Santa
Monica, Cal. Entered pictures in 1908. Pictures in-
clude: "Trail of "98." Bozo in "Hell's Angels."
Caddo: "Turn to the Right." George Owen in "The
Devil's Apple Tree." Tiffany-Stahl : Hap Spissel in
"The Barker." First National; Shortv in "Sailors'
Holiday." Pathe; "Numbered Men" (1930). First Na-
tional.
COOPER, JACK: b. England: h. 5 feet 6'4 inches:
blue eyes and dark brown hair: w. 135 pounds: e.
England. Has had 10 years' experience in vaudeville,
stock, musical comedy. Pictures include: "Wolf's
Clothing." Warner: "Love's Languid Lure." Pathe:
"His Ticklish Predicament." "Daze of '49," Bray;
"Midnight Daddies" (1929). World-Wide.
COOPER. JACKIE: b. Los Angeles. Cal.. September
IB. 1925; h. 49 inches; w. 52 pounds: p. mother pro-
fessional. Has appeared in "Fox Movietone Follies."
"Sunny Side Up" and some Llovd Hamilton comedies.
Is now a member of the "Our Gang" comedies.
COOPER i STEPT: Played in Vitaphone No. 2159.
COOTS. J. FRED: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 972.
CORBETT. BEN: Appeared in "45 Calibre War"
(1929) . Pathe; "Bar L Ranch" (1930). "Ridfci' Law"
(1930) . Big 4.
CORBETT. JAMES: "Happy Days" (1930), Fox;
Vitaphone No. 1047. "At the Round Table."
CORBETT. WILLIAM: Appeared in "Unmasked"
(1930). Artclass.
CORCORAN. GEORGE "RED": "Not Damaged"
(1930), Fox; Vitaphone No. 2769. "I'm Afraid That's
All."
CORDING. HARRY: b. New York City. April 29.
1894: h. 6 feet: hazel eyes and brown hair: e. 196
pounds; e. Rugby. Entered pictures in 1921. Pic-
tures include: "Sins of the Fathers," Paramount;
Stephan in "The Patriot." Paramount: Dirk Torpe in
"Christina." Fox; Gallagher in "Isle of I/ist Ships."
First National: Belarab in "The Rescue," United
Artists: Peter in "The Souall." Sergeant Dostal in
"Bride of the Regiment." First National: "The Right
of Way" (1930). First National; "Rough Romance"
(1930). Fox.
COREY. JIM: Has appeared In "The Lariat Kid."
and "Points West" in 1929; also "Courtln' Wild Cats"
(1930), Universal.
CORONO. BENITA: r. n. Cesare Maufredo Orizo:
b. Rome. Italy. Oct. 26. 1898; h. 5 feet. 9 inches;
brown hair and blue eyes; w. 148 pounds; p. Carolina
Origo De Tulllo and the late Currio Orizo. non-pro-
fesslonals; e. Military School. ex-Italian Cavalry Officer;
m. Francesco Origs Wilson: hy. horseback riding,
fencing, sports in general, very fond of arts, keen in
writing,! languages, ancient decoration and furnish-
ing, and traveling. Since childhood in dramatic so-
cieties, mostly in dramatic roles and characterization
of the classic ancient names and modern plays of
the wide known stage literature of Italy. France
and England. Always extremely interested in act-
ing but never reached the ambition of becoming a
professional until after he left the army where he was
kept by the birth tradition of his fam.ly. Belongs to
one of the oldest families of the Italian aristocracy;
which has given in hundreds of years, generals, car-
dinals and diplomats. For three years in Paris with
several companies, then in Nice with Independent,
Italian, French and English producers, later in London
with British, International. Paramount. British. Gains-
borough, and German concerns. One of the founders
of the British Film Artists Guild, member of the Asso-
ciat.on des artistes cinemographiques of Paris and Nice.
"Louveurs in Passe." "Palais of Danse." "Margot."
"Der Film Fraulein." "After the Verdict." "A Light
Woman," "A Knight in London." are some of the
films in which he has appeared, generally in sophisti-
cated roles. Speaks Italian. English. French and
Spanish fluently. Lived almost in every big capital of
the world. Joined Halotone Film Productions.
CORRADO. GINO: b. Florence. Italy; e. College of
Strada. Italy. St. Bede College, Peru. 111. Pictures
include: "The White Black Sheep." First National;
"Women's Wares," "The Devil's Skipper." "Prowlers
of the Sea." "The House of Scandals." Tiffany: "The
Gun Runner." "The Rainbow," Tiffany-Stahl; Aramis
in "The Iron Mask." United Artists; Agent of
Doublas in "One Woman Idea." Fox; Rimeriz in
"Tlie Golden Bridle." Universal; S?rge in "A Notorious
Affair." First National; "Senor Americano" (1929).
Universal.
CORREY. JAMES: "Mounted Stranger" (1930). Uni-
versal.
CORRIGAN. D'ARCY: Appeared in "The Last Warn-
ing" (1929). Universal.
CORRIGAN. EMMETT: Plaved in "Soldiers and
Women" (1930). Columbia.
CORTEZ. RICARDO: b. Vienna; h. 6 feet 1 inch;
black hair and brown eyes; w. 175 pounds; e.
New York: now widower: hy. beach and gymnasium
sports, horseback riding, polo. Began screen career as
contract player with Paramount. Pictures include:
"Sixty Cents an Hour." "Children of Jazz." "In the
Name of Love," "The Spaniard." "Not So Long Ago,"
"The Pom" Express." "The Private Life of Helen of
Troy." First National: "A Grain of Dust." "The Gun
Runner." "Midstream." Jim Morlev in "New Orleans."
Tiffany-Stahl: "Torrent." "Mockery." Metro; "By
Whose Hand." Columbia; "Sorrows of Satan." United
Artists: suitor in "Phantom in the House." Conti-
nental; "The Younger Generation" (1929). Columbia:
"Excess Baggage" (1929). Metro-Goldwvn-Maver; "New
Orleans" (1929). "The Lost Zeppelin" (1929). "Mid-
stream" (1930), Tiffany: "Her Man" (1930). Pathe.
COSCIA & VERDI: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
2272.
COSGROVE. LUKE: b. Ballaghdreen. County Mayo.
Ireland. August 6. 18G2; e. St. Thomas School. Zanes-
ville. Ohio; h. 5 feet 9 inches: w. 150 pounds: white
hair, blue eyes. Many years traveling with dramatic
stock companies, also in Shakespearean and other
classic plays. Entered pictures in 1923. in the role of
Joel Whittiker in "Hollywood." Appeared in "The
Duke Steps Out" (1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer : and
as Zeb in "Lightnin'."
COSLOW. SAM: Vitaphone; No. 2659. "The Broad-
way Minstrel."
COSTELLO. JOHN: b. New York City: h. 5 feet
9 inches: white hair and dark blue eyes; w. 172
pounds; e. New York City. Screen work with Vita-
graph. Mae Murray Productions. Famous Players.
Hndkinson. Jans Productions, also was in "Inspira-
tion." for Excellent.
COSTELLO. MAURICE: b. Pennsylvania: h. 5 feet
10 inches: gray hair and blue gray eyes: w. 180
pounds; e. Pittsburgh. Was on the stage for 18
years. Pictures include: "A Tale of Two Cities,"
"Mr. Barnes of N. Y.." "Let No Man Put Asunder."
"Virtuous Liars." "Conceit." Vitagraph: "Love of
Women." Selznick: "Determination," United Artists;
"None So Blind." Arrow: "Glimpses of the Moon."
"The Story Without a Name." Paramount: "Week
End Husbands." FBO: "The Law and the Lady."
Aywon: "The Mad Marriage." Rosemary Films; "Wives
of the Prophet." Lee-Bradford : "Johnny Get Your
Haircut." Metro: "The Shamrock and the Rose."
Chadwick; "Camille." "The Wagon Show." First Na-
tional.
COSTELLO. Wl LI AM : "Border Romance" (1930).
Tiffany.
COUCH ROBERT: Appeared in "Hallelujah" (1929).
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
COUGHLIN. JAMES: "Her Hired Husband" (1930).
Pathe Variety Comedies.
COURTNEY. WILLIAM: "Way of All Men" (1930),
First National.
COURTRIGHT. WILLIAM: b. New Milford. 111..
March 10. 1848: h. 5 feet 9H inches; dark eyes and
dark gray hair: w. 170 pounds; e. public school,
lone. Cal. Was on the stage for 43 years. Has lived
in Chicago. San Francisco. New York City. Indian-
apolis, Philadelphia, Spokane. Entered pictures in
1910. Pictures include: "My Best Girl." "Are
Parents People." "Don Mike." "Arizona Nights."
"Jesse James." "Pioneer Scout." "Sunset Legion."
"Kit Carson."
COWLES. JULES: b. Farmington. Conn. Screen
work with Paramount, Hodkinson. Stciner. Wirt Gun-
ning. Arrow. Vitagraph. Universal. First National. Fox.
Selig. FBO. Lumas. Pictures include: "Bringing Up
Fath'T." "The Road to Romance." MOM: William Tell
in "One Hysterical Night." Universal: Corpora] Jones
in "His First Command." Pathe; "The Leatherneck."
Pathe.
COXEN. EDWARD : h. 5 feet 11 inches; brown
hair and blue eyes; w. 168 pounds; e. San Francisco
and Berkeley. Cal. Screen work with Solaxart. Par-
alta. Ooldwyn. Hamnton-Hodkinson. First National.
Universal. Rainbow Films. FRO. Metro. Paramount.
Fox. Banner and Peerless ("The Web of Fate").
COYLE AND WEIR: Played In Vitaphone: No. 2253.
CRAMER. RICHARD: b. Bryan. Ohio. July 3. 1887:
e. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio: h. 6 feet;
w. 210 pounds; gray hair and gray eyes. Twenty
years on the stage, ten years on Broadway. Entered
pictures in 1928. Has appeared in "Hell's Island."
"Sweet Mama." "Captain of the Guard" and "The
Painted Desert."
CRANDELL. EDWARD: "Glorifying the American
Girl" (1929). raiamount.
CRANE. FRANK: Appeared in "Children of the
Ritz" (1929). First National.
CRANE. HAL: Played in Vitaphone; No. 2133.
"The Lash."
CRANE. JAMES: "The Drake Case" (1929). Uni-
versal: "One Night at Susie's" (1930). First National.
CRAVEN. FRANK: Appeared in "The Very Idea"
(1920). Radio Pictures.
CRESPO. JOSE: Played Latin Bov in "Joy Street"
(1929) . Fox.
CRIPPS. K ER MAN : Appeared in "Alibi" (1929).
United Artists.
CRISP. DONALD: Appeared in 1929 in "Trent's
Last Case." Fox; "The Pagan" and "The Viking,"
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Return of Sherlock Holmes."
Paramount.
CROCKER. HARRY: b. San Francisco. Cal., July 2.
1893; h. 6 feet; dark brown hair and eyes; w. 180
pounds: p. Mary Ives and Henry Joseph Crocker, non-
professionals; e. Taft high school. Watertown, Conn..
Yale University, New Haven. Conn., and received his
stage training in college dramatics and on the profes-
sional stage in Los Angeles; hy. working, writing and
collecting books. On the stage he played the juven.le
lead in L. O. Macloon's "The Whole Town's Talking"
and ' The Goose Hangs High" in 1925: and the heaw
in "Kelly's Vacation" in 1926. His screen experience
includes the part of Pennington Fish in "Tillie the
Toiler" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1927 ; and light
heavy in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Becky,, the same
year: also light heavy in "Sally in Our Alley" for
Columbia: and "South Sea Love" in 1927 for FBO;
the tight rope walker, juvenile lead, with Charles Chap-
lin in ' The Circus" in 1928: worked on story of and
was assistant director for Chaplin in "City Lights."
CROCKETT. CHARLES: "Abraham Lincoln" (1930).
United Artists.
CROMWELL. JOHN: Appeared in "The Dummy"
and 'Tlie Mighty" (1929), Paramount.
CROMWELL. RICHARD: b. Los Angeles. Cal.. Jan-
uary 8. 1910: h. 5 feet 10 inches; light brown hair and
grey-blue eyes; w. 148 pounds; e. Long Beach high
school and Chouinard Art school; hy. swimming, paint-
ing and making portrait masks. Stage training: took
part in amateur theatricals at high school. First screen
appearance, leading part in "Tol'able David" for Co-
lumbia pictures. Won role over 22 contestants.
CROONAOERS. THE: Vitaphone; No. 26S5. "Croon-
ing Along," No. 2736. "Melodious Moments."
CROSBY, BING: "Two Plus Fours" (1930). Pathe
Campus Comedies.
CROSSLEY. SYD: Screen work with Associated Ex-
hibitors. Producers Distributing Corporation. Gotham.
Among his pictures are: "Play Safe," "One Hour
Married," "A Perfect Gentleman." Pathe: "The Blood
Ship," "That Certain Tiling." Columbia: "The Go-
rilla." First National; "Fangs of the Wild," "The
Circus Kid," FBO; "The Cowboy Kid." Fox; "Into
No Mans Land," Excellent; "The Fatal Warning."
Mascot serial; "The Younger Generation" (1929).
Columbia.
CROWELL & PARVIS: Appeared in Vitaphone: No
2140.
CRUSE BROTHERS: Vitaphone; No. 2120. "Old
Time Melodies in an Old Time Way." also No. 2126.
CRUZE. CHARLES: b. Wichita. Kan.. December
25. 1899; h. 5 feet 10H inches; black eyes and hair;
w. 135 pounds: e. St. Louis. Mo.: specialized in art.
Has lived in St. Louis, Mo., and Chicago. Entered
pictures in 1921. Pictures include: "Was It
Bigamy?" "Folly of Youth." "The Night Message."
"His New York Wife." "Bitter Sweets." "Collegiate."
CUGAT, X. AND HIS GIGOLOS: Vitaphone; No.
2299, "A Spanish Ensemble."
CUMELLAS. ANTONIO: b. Barcelona. Spain. May
11. 1908; h. 5 feet 11 inches; dark brown eyes and
black hair; w. 165 pounds; e. in one of the Padres
Escolapios Schools in Barcelona: hy, swimming, tennis
and horseback riding. Has lived in Marseilles. Boston.
New York. Cuba. Barcelona. Entered pictures June
26. 1927. Was winner of Fox Beauty Contest in
Spain in Decenilwr. 1926.
CUMMINGS. DON: Played in Vitaphone: No. 2125.
CUNNING. PATRICK MICHAEL: b. Santa Clara.
Cal.. May 23, 1907 ; h. 6 feet 2 inches: brown eyes
and brown hair: w. 17S pounds: e. Santa Clara prep
school; specialized in drawing, drama: hy. swimming.
Has lived in New York City. Tarrytown. N. Y.. Walla
Walla, Wash.. Hollywood. Santa Clara. Pasadena. Cal.
Pictures include: "Very Confidential." "Jack and
Jilted." Fox; "The Devil's Trademark." FBO:
"Tenderfoot." Tiffany-Stahl: Little Nemo in "College
Days," MGM: Dewitt in "The Rampant Age." Trem
Carr: Dick in "Sin Flood." First National.
CURRAN. THOMAS: Appeared in 1929 in "Object
Alimony." Columbia: "Anne Against World." "Tlie
Black Pearl." "Shins of the Night." "Two Sisters."
Rayart; "Must We Marry." Trinity.
CURTIS. JACK: Appeared in 1929 in "Scarlet Seas"
and "The Love Racket." First National: "Moby Dick"
(1930) , Warner Bros.
CURWOOD. BOB: r. n. John Balas Bilasco; h. Ru-
mania: h. 5 feet 8'/4 inches: black hair and dark brown
eyes; w. 148 pounds; P Maria and ltussen Balas Be-
lasco. non-professional: e. in high school and two years
in college: not married; hy. all out door sports, horses,
dancing, and good books. Appeared in the following
Westerns for Universal: "The Looters." "Dangerous
Double." "Brand of Courage." "Hidden Money."
"Valiant Rider." "Payroll Roundup." "Frame Up
Man" and "Scrappin" Fool."
CUSTER. BOB: .Toned Syndicate Pictures Corpora-
tion to appear in a series of eight pictures for the
1929-30 season: "Arizona Days." El Dorado Pictures,
"law of the Mounted." "The Last Roundup." "Part-
ing of the Trails." "Riders of the Rio Grande." 'The
Fighting Terror." and in 1930 in "Code of the West."
"Covered Wagon Trails." "Oklahoma Kid." "OMalley
Bides Alone." all for syndicate.
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D'ALBROOK. SIDNEY: b. Chicago, 111.; h. 5 feet
lO^fc inches; black hair and eyes; w. 155 pounds; e.
Northwestern Military Academy. Stage career; repertory",
stock and vaudeville. Screen career: Artcraft. Mac-
Manus. Metro, Vitagraph, Fox. Arrow. State Rights,
Paramount, associate exhibitor Hal Roach. Pathe. PDC;
"The King of Kings-." DeMille: "The Matinee Idol."
Columbia: investigator in "Party Girl." Tiffany; "The
Sport Family." "Midnight Mystery." "Renegades."
D'ARCY, ROY: r. n. Iiov F. Guisti: b. San Fran-
cisco. Cal.. February 10. 1S94; h. 5 feet 11 inches: dark
brown hair and blue-gTay eyes: w. 160 pounds; p.
Minnie L. and Dr. .1. J. Guisti, non-professionals; e.
Teichman's Gymnasium, Lepzig, Germany, and the
University of Jena, Germany; m. and div. : hy. books,
dogs, horses, automobiles, philoloogy and the study of
philosophy. Stage experience of six years during
which time he appeared in "Oh. Boy." "Oh. My Dear,"
"L« La Lucile." "Lady Butterfly," "Princess Virtue."
"Winter Garden." "The Dancing Girl." "Earl Car-
roll's Vanities." Keith and Orpheum vaudeville, as
well as concert work and professional dancing in New
York City. Screen experience of five years doing
heavy parts in "The Merry Widow." "Graustark."
"Beverly of Graustark." "On Ze Boulevard." "The
Grey Hat." "La Boheme." "The Temptress." "But-
tons." "Valencia," "Beyond the Sierras." "Riders of
the Dark." "Romance." "His Night" and "Stolen
Kisses" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: "Beware of Blondes"
for Columbia: "Family Meddlers" for Tiffany-Stahl ;
"The Lost Warning" for Universal, and in "Girls Gone
Wild" for Fox. In 1929 in "Beyond the Sierras."
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Woman from Hell" and "The
Black Watch." Fox.
DE BARO. OEANNE: Appeared in "The Very Idea"
(1929) . Radio Pictures.
DE BRULIER, NIGEL: h. 5 feet S inches: black
hair and brown eyes: w. 128 pounds. Screen work
wiib Pioneer. Fox. Allied. P. & D.. Selznick. Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer. Warner. Pictures include: "The Be-
lovcd Rogue." "The Gaucho." "Two Lovers." United
Artists; "The Patent Leather Kid." First National:
"Wings." "Soft Cushions." "Loves of an Actress."
Paramount: "Surrender." Universal: "The Divine
Sinner." Itayart : in 1929: "Me. Gangster." Fox; "The
Wheel of Life," Paramount; "The Iron Mask." United
Artists; "Noah's Ark." Warner; "The Green Goddess"
(19301. Warner: "Golden Dawn" (1930), Warner;
"Moby Dick" (1930), Warner.
DE GRASSE. SAM: b. Bathurst. N. B. : h. 5 feet
10H inches; brown eyes and dark brown hair; w. 150
pounds: e. public schools. Boston, Mass., Boston Col-
lege. Norton. II. I.; m. has one daughter. Clementine:
by. tennis. Lived in Boston. Mass.. and Providence,
R. I. Entered pictures in 1912. Pictures include
Prince John in Douglas Fairbanks' "Robin Hood."
"King of Kings," Pathe: "Last Performance." Uni-
versal; "Captain of the Guard." Universal.
DeGREY. SIDNEY: Appeared in "Three Sisters."
Fox.
De KIRBY. AARON: Appeared in "Mother Knows
Best" (1929). Fox.
DeLANGE. EDDIE: "Half Shot at Sunrise" (1930).
Radio Pictures.
DE LA PLAZA &. JUANITA: Vitaphonc No. 2702.
"Siesta Time."
DeLaCRUZE. JOE: "Call of the West" (1930).
Columbia.
DE LACY. PHILLIPE: b. near Nancy. France. July
25. 1917; It. 4 feet 10 inches; gray-green eyes and
medium brown hair: w. 80 pounds: e. public srhnnls,
Hollywood. Cal. ; hy. fencing. Lived in Rheims.
France. New York and Hollywood. Entered pictures
when three years of age through Geraldine Farrar.
Pictures include "Peter Pan." "Don Juan." "Old
Heidelberg," "The Elegy," "Napoleon's Barbara," Fox;
Petite in "The Redeeming Sin." Warner: King
Michael XI in "The Royal Rider." First National:
"Mother Machree," Fox ; "Four Feathers." Paramount;
"Squire Shoulders." Pathe: "The Marriage Play-
ground." Paramount; "Sarah and Son." Paramount.
De MAIN. GORDON: "Young Eagles" (1930). Para-
mount.
de RAMED. PIERRE: r. n. Count Pierre de Ron-
seray. b. Paris, France; e. in Paris. France; h. 5
feet 11 inches; w. 100 poundi; dark hair and gray
eyes. Eetcred pictures in 1921 after losing everything
in the World War and being wounded. Played in
European pictures for four years, then came to Amer-
ica. Pictures here include: "The Desert Healer."
"Time to Love." "Senorita." "Napoleon's Barber."
"Madame Du Harry," "Madame Sans Gene" with Gloria
Swanson. "What a Widow." "Madame Satan" and
"Passion Flower" (DeMille).
De RUIZ. NICK: b. Santa Barbara. Cal.: h. 0 recti
black hair and eyes; w. 220 pounds: e. Santa Barbara.
Stage career: Metropolitan opera. Orpheum circuit and
stock. Screen career: has appeared in such pictures as
"Fools and Riches." "The Man in Blue." 'The Man
Who Laughs," Universal; "Lord Jim." "Old Tron-
ddea." Paramount; Padrone in "Rio Rita." BKOi
"Call of the West" (1930). Columbia; "Golden Dawn"
(1930) . Warner Bros.
DE SEGUROLA. ANDRE: b. Madrid. Spain. Pic-
tures include "The Love of Sunva." United Artists:
"Bringing Up Father." Metro; "Glorious Betsy." War-
ners; 'The Red nance." Fox: "Behind Closed Doors."
Columbia: "My Man." "The Man From Blankley's."
Warner Bros.: "Song o' My Heart." Fox.
DE SILVA. FRED W. : b. Lisbon. Portugal. Feb-
ruary 7. 1885: h. 5 feet 11 inches: dark brown eyes
and dark brown hair: w. 180 pounds: c. Portugal;
studied voice. Lived in New York and San Francisco.
Entered pictures in 1920. Pictures include: "Kismet."
"Sea Hawk." "South Sea Love." "Thunder Island."
"Gaucho." "Chinatown Charlie." "Prisoner of the
Storm."
DE VORE. JAMES J.: b. Kansas City. Mo.. March
15. 1890; h. 5 feet 7 inches: dark blue eyes and gray
hair: w. 135 pounds: e. Kansas City and New York
City. SiK-cialized in drama, art. Stage career: New-
York with Lleber and Company and Henry' R. Harris,
also stock in Kansas Citv. Entered pictures ten
vears ago at Fort Lee. N. .1. Pictures include:
"Wedding Bills." Paramount; "Cutle." Edurational.
DcVORSKA. JESS: Screen career: "The Unknown
Soldier." PDC: "Don't Tell Everything." Pathe: "Jake
the Plumber." FBO; "Around the Corner" (1930).
Columbia.
DAIS, GEORGE: Appeared in "Broadway" (1929).
Universal.
DALE. BILLY: b. Philadelphia. Pa.: h. 5 feet 4
inches; gray eyes and brown hair; w. 135 pounds:
e. Philadelphia. Specialized in drama and art. Has
lived in Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles. Entered
pictures in 1924. Pictures include: "The Luckv
Duck." "Hay Wire." "Kitty. Kitty." "What a Pill,"
Educational comedies.
DALE, JAMES: Vitaphone No. 1021. "Matinee
Idle."
DANA. FRED: Appeared in 1929 in "Hawk of the
Hills," Pathe; "The Wagon Master," Universal.
DANE. KARL: r. n. Karl Daen; b. Copenhagen,
Denmark, October 12, 1S8G; h. 6 feet 3>4 inches: brown
hair and blue eyes; w. 205 pounds: e. in Copenhagen;
hy. athletics and racing. First experience on stage as
a child in 1900 appearing in a Copenhagen theatre
owned by his father. Screen experience consists of
roles in "The Big Parade." "La Boheme." "The Scar-
let Letter," "The Red Mill." and also in "Rookies,"
"Circus Rookies" and "All at Sea." Appeared in
1929 in "China Bound." "Alias Jimmy Valentine."
"Brotherly Love." "The Duke Steps Out." "Speed-
wav." "Navr Blues"; in 1930 in "The Big House."
"The Trail of '98." aU MGM.
OANIELL. HENRY: Has appeared in "Jealousy"
(1929). Paramount; "The Awful Truth" (1929).
Pathe.
DARK. MICHAEL: b. Metamora. Mich.: h. 6 feet;
iron gray hair and hazel brown eyes: w. 145 pounds;
e. University of Michigan. Screen work with Maurice
Tourneur, Charles Ray. Paramount. Warners, First
National. Fox. FBO. Pro-Dis-Co. Chadwick. Among
his more important pictures was "The Dove." United
Artists.
DARRO. FRANK I E : Appeared in 1929 in "The
Rainbow Man." Paramount; "Gun Law." "Idaho Red"
and "Pride of Pawnee." Radio Pictures: "Blaze O'
Glory." Sono Art-World Wide.
DARROW. JOHN: r. n. Harry Simpson; b. New
York City. July 17. 1907 ; h. 5 feet 11 inches; brown
hair and eyes; w. 165 pounds: p. Lina Hart and
Harry Simpson, non - professional : e. high school in New
York City: not married: hy. horseback and handball.
No stage experience. Screen experience as follows:
"High School Hero." "Pratt and Pep." produced by
David Butler for Fox: "The Racket." for Paramount:
"The Argyle Case." for Warner Bros.; "Hell's
Angels" and "Girls Going Wild." Lasky; "Cheer Up
and Smile" (1929). Fox; "Vacation Loves'* (1930).
Educational Mack Sennett.
DAVES. DELMAR: b. San Francisco. Cal.. July 24,
1904 : h. 6 feet 2 inches: reddish hair and blue eyes; w.
200 pounds; p. Nan and Arthur Daves, non-professional;
e. Los Angeles Polytechnic. Stanford University, bach-
elor of arts and law degree: not married; hy. painting,
illustrating, wood carving, desert trips, music, book-
collecting. Stage experience: Stanford players, Pen-
dragon Players. Orpheum vaudeville and Pasadena Play-
house. From 1922-1927 appeared in the following plays:
John Ferguson in "John Ferguson." Captain Flagg in
"Wbat Price Glory." Alquist in "R.U.R.." David in
"Hell Bent for Heaven." Maldonado in "Iris." Vicar
in "Sunken Bell." Borolsky in "Captain Applejack."
Harvey in "Meet the Wife." Kit Marlowe in "Will
Shakespeare." Mac-Beth in "MacBeth." Mancini in "He
Who Gets Slapped." Also wrote story for "So This Is
College" and "Anchors Aweigh" for MGM: and oper-
etta treatment for "Queen Kelly." Gloria Swanson pro-
duction. Has appeared in the following pictures: Beef
in "Good News" (1930). Sperling in "The Bishop Mur-
der Case" (1930). house president in "So This Is
College" (1929). Bossv in "The Duke Steps Out" (1929).
all for MGM. At present is writing for MGM.
DAVIDSON. JOHN: b. New York. 1886: e. Colum-
bia University. Pictures include: "Under Two Flags."
Metro; "Idle Rich." Paramount: "His Children's
Children." Paramount: "Monsieur Beaucaire." Pro-
tVamer: Hassim in "The Rescue." United Artists:
Peter Wanl in "The Time, the Place and the Girl."
Warner: "Kid Gloves." Warner: "Skin Deep." War-
ner; "The Thirteenth Chair." MGM.
DAVIDSON. LAWFORD: h. London: e. private
schools. At the age of 17 he played the role of a
butler In the farce. "Charley's Aunt." which was an
amateur theatrical. Stage Manager Chown of the
London Royalty Theatre witnessed his performance and
placed him in his stage production. "Milestone." ap-
pearing at the Rovaltv Theatre. London. In 1914 he
joined the war and after it was over he returned to
his theatrical career. He appeared in English picture
studios and played in support of Clive Brook in sev-
eral productions. New York called to him in 1924 and
later he went to Hollywood He was Captain Breen
in "The Patent Leather Kid." also In "The Love
Doctor" (19291. "Mvsterious Dr. Fu Manohu" (1929).
Paramount: "Her Private Affair" (1929). Pathe.
DAVIDSON. MAX: h. Berlin: h. 5 feet 4 in-hes;
blue eyes and black hair: w. 130 pounds: e. B'-rlin
and United States. Entered pictures in 1913. Pic-
tures Include: "Pass the Gravv." "Dumb Daddies."
"Blow hv Blow." "Should Women Drive." MGM:
"Hurdv Gurdv." Roach; Moe in "So This Is College."
MGM.
DAVIDSON. WILLIAM B. : b. Dohhs Ferry. N. T..
June 16. 1888: h. 6 feet 1V4 inches: blue eyes and
brown hair: w. 200 pounds: e. preparatory schools
and Columbia University: specialized in law; hy. golf.
Key of Abbreviations
b. born
div. divorce
e. educated
h. height
hy. hobby
m. married
p. parents
r. n. real name
w. weight
football. Has lived in New Y'ork, San Francisco and
Los Angeles. Entered pictures in 1914 with old Vita-
graph Company. Pictures include: "White Raven."
"Gentlemen of Paris," "Good Morning Judge," assis-
tant district attorney in "Queen of the Night Clubs,"
Warner: district attorney in "Blaze o' Glory'." Sono-
Art: "Carnation Kid." Paramount: "Woman Trap,"
Paramount; "Men Are Like That," Paramount.
DAVIES. HOWARD: b. Liverpool: h. 5 feet 10%
inches; brown eyes and hair: w. 190 pounds; e. Cam-
bridge University. England. Stage experience in
"Faust." Screen work with Vitagraph. Universal.
Morosco-Pallas. Metro. Triangle. Paramount. Pictures
include: "Infatuation." First National; "The Phan-
tom Buster." "The Avenging Shadow," Pathe.
DAVIES. MUGGINS: "The Beauties" (1930). Pathe
Rainbow Comedies.
DAVIS. DELMAR: Appeared in "The Duke Steps
Out" (1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
DAVIS. EDWARDS: b. Santa Clara. Cal.: e. Ken-
tucky University. Screen work with Vitagraph. Gold-
wyn. Select. Realart. Metro. Famous. Pictures in-
clude: "A Hero on Horseback." Universal: "The Life
of Riley." "Happiness Ahead." First National; "A
Reno Divorce." Warner; "The Sporting Age." Colum-
bia: "The Power of the Press." Columbia: "The
Love Racket." First National; "The Song of Ken-
tucky." Fox.
DAVIS. FRANK: "The Salesman" (1929). "Tur-
key for Two" (1929). "The Smooth Guy" (1929),
Pathe Checker Comedies, first series: Vitaphone No.
3676. "— And Wife."
DAVIS. GEORGE: b. New Y'ork: h. 5 feet 8 inches;
w. 155 pounds; e. Paris. Berlin. New Y'ork; hy. polo
and all sorts of racing, and collecting pipes. After
playing with four different film companies, went with
Educational. Pictures include: "The Circus." United
Artists: "His Maiden Voyage." Universal: "The
Wagon Show." First National: Mermaid comedies, in-
cluding "Going Places." "Leaping Luck." "Who's
Lyin' "; the Orderly in "The Awakening." United
Artists; Perkins in "Dulcv." MGM: Durant in "The
Kiss." "The Sin Sister." Fox: "Devil May Care." "A
Lady to Love." "Not So Dumb." "Monsieur Le Fox,"
MGM.
DAVIS. GUNNIS: b. Sunderland. England: h. 5
feet 6V4 inches; blue eyes and light brown hair: w.
112 pounds: e. London: married Miss Denton Garden:
hy. hunting. Was on the stage for 23 years, in
England and United States. Has lived in London,
New York, Los Angeles. Entered pictures in 1912.
Productions include: "Refuge." "Notorious Lady."
"Loves Old and New." "Jealous Husbands." "Lilac
Time." "Twinkletoes."
DAVIS. OWEN. JR.: b. New Y'ork City: blue eyes
and dark hair; w. 147 pounds: e. Choate School.
Connecticut and Y'ale LTniversity. Specialized in Eng-
lish and Drama. Has lived in New York. Cleveland.
Denver. Rochester. Los Angeles. Stage experience in
"The Nervous Wreck." "Tonight at Twelve." Pic-
tures include: "Good Intentions." "They Had to See
Paris." Fox; "All Quiet on the Western Front." Uni-
versal.
DAVIS. ROGER: Vitaphone No. 4249. "The
Woman Tamer."
DAVIS. TYRRELL: h. Surbiton, England: e. Hailey-
bury College and Cambridge University: not married:
h. 5 feet 11 inches: w. 146 pounds; fair hair, hlue
eyes; hy. tennis and swimming. Stage career in New
Y'ork and London since 191G. Entered pictures in 1929
with John Gilbert in "His Glorious Night." Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer. Other roles: Arnold Cheney in
"Strictly Unconventional." Wallace in "Let Us Be
Gav." Lord Wells in "Rain or Shine." Stanley in
"Love in the Rough." Archie in "The Play Called
Life." Eddie Griggs in "Within the Law"; also in
"Lucky in Love" and "Mother's Boy."
DEERING. EDGAR: In "Jazz Age" (1929). Radio:
in 1930 in "Abraham Lincoln." "Live and Learn."
Pathe Manhattan Comedies, second series: "Rich
Uncles." Checker Comedies, first series: "Traffic."
Folly Comedies, second series; "Two Plus Fours."
Pathe Campus Comedies.
DEI RO. GUI DO: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 2968.
DELANEY. CHARLES: b. New York City. August
4. 1897: h. 5 feet 10% inches: brown hair and eyes:
w. 162 pounds: p. Katherine and Timothy Delaney.
non -professionals; received his stage training in stock
and vaudeville: m. Mary' Meek, professional: hy. avia-
tion, golf and boxing. Appeared in stock at Somerville.
Ma^s.. and at Pawtucket. Mass.; and on vaudeville
tour with "The Prescotts." He entered pictures in
1923 and has appeared in such pictures as "The Main
Event." DeMille production; "Frisco Sally Levy," "The
Thirteenth Hour." "Lovelorn" and "The Adventurer"
for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: "The Branded Man" and
"After the Storm." for Gotham: "College Days" for
Tiffany-Stalil: "The Cohens and Kellys." "Home
James" for Universal: "Show Girl" and "Do Your
Duty" for First National: "The Air Circus" for Fox;
and "The River Woman" for Columbia, where he is
now working. In (1928) "Stool Pigeon": in 1929 in
"The Faker." "Broadway Babies" and "Hard to Get."
First National: "Girl from Woolworth's." "Around
the Corner" (1930). Columbia.
DELANEY. JERE: "Rubeviile" (1929). Pathe
Golden Rooster Comedies.
DELF. HARRY: Vitaphone No. 2542. No. 2251.
"Soup." No. 2563-4. "Giving In."
DELLSON. CLYDE: Appeared in "Unmasked"
(1930). Artclass. •
DEMAREST. DREW: Appeared in "The Broadway
Melody" (1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
DEMAREST. WILLIAM: b. St. Paul. Minn.. Febru-
arv 27. 1894: h. 5 feet 11 inches: mixed blond hair
and dark blue eyes: w. 175 pounds: p. Minnie Lingrin.
professional, and Samuel Demarest : e. St. Paul high
school and Oberlin college; m. Estelle Collette. pro-
fessional; hy. hunting and fishing. S*age experience
with the Keith-Orpheum circuit. New Y'ork: and en-
tered pictures in 1926. Has appeared in Warner
Brothers "Finger Prints": in Fox's "Sharpshooters"
and "The Escape": and in First National's "The
Crash." also in "The Rutter and Egg Man." "When
the Wife's Away." "Amateur Night" and "Pa's Vaca-
tion." Vitaphone No. 2138. "The Night Court." No.
1064. "Lost and Found."
OEMPSEY. CLIFFORD: Appeared in "Salute."
(1929). Fox.
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DENNY, REGINALD: b. Richmond. Surrey. Eng-
land; h. 6 feet; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 178
pounds; p. professionals: e. St. Francis Xavier, Sus-
sex, and received his stage training as a child on the
stage with his parents; m. Betsy Lee, professional;
hy. archery, aviation, yachting, fishing, and hunting.
Played with European. English and American stock
companies. Entered pictures in 1919 with Univer-
sal: in 1929 in "Clear the Decks." "His Lucky Dav."
"Red Hot Speed." "One Hysterical Night." all Uni-
versal; in 1930 in "Madame Satan." MOM; "What a
Man," Sono Art-World Wide; "Embarrassing Mo-
ments," Universal; "Those Three French Girls"
MGM; "Kiki." United Artists.
DENT. VERNON: b. San Jose. Cal. ; h. 5 feet 9
inches; dark brown hair and blue eyes; w. 215 pounds:
e. San Jose and Oakland. Cal. Screen career: Hank
Mann Comedies. First National. Associated Exhibitors.
Mack Sennett Pathe Comedies. Educational. Has ap-
peared in such pictures as "Johnny's Week End"
(1930). Educational. Gayety Comedies; "Ticklish Busi-
ness" (1929). "The Talkies" (1929), Educational. Mer-
maid Talking Comedies.
DEPEW. JOSEPH: b. Harrison. N. J.. Julv 11.
1910; h. 6 feet >4 inch; dark brown hair and eyes;
w. 196 pounds: p. Ann Say and Harry Depew. pro-
fessionals; e. private tutor; not married; hy. football
and sports. Stage experience consists of appearances in
"Alias the Deacon." "A Single Man." "The Gossipy
Sex" and "Clarence." Screen experience includes roles
in such pictures as "Timothy Guest." "Steadfast
Heart." "The Swan." "Ice Bound." and "Coquette";
"Sweetie" (1929), Paramount.
DERICKSON & BROWN: Vitaphone No. 912. "A
Song Drama."
DESMOND. WILLIAM: b. New York City; h. 5
feet 11 inches; dark brown hair and dark blue eves:
w. 178 pounds: p. non-professionals: m. Marv Mclvor.
professional: former leading woman for William S.
Hart: hy. horses and outdoor sports. Stage experience
consists of leads in "Quo Vadis." "The Bird of Para-
dise" with Lenore Ulrich : "Ben Hur." "If I Were
King." "Alias Jimmy Valentine." "Raffles." "The
Sign of the Cross." "The Lion and the Mouse " "The
Third Degree," "Paid in Full." "Midsummer Night's
Dream," "Romeo and Juliet" and many others. Also
in stock in Los Angeles for five years at the old
Morosco theatre, the Burbank theatre and the old
Opera House at First and Main. Headlined over
Keith and Orpbeum circuits in sketches. "The Right
Man" and "The Dude Bandit." Toured Australia.
Canada in his own dramatic companv. Started picture
career as lead in "Peggy" with Billie Burke in 1915
for Thomas H. Ince for Triangle. Also roles in "Big
Timber." "The Riddle Rider." "The Return of the
Riddle Rider" and other Western films; "No Defense"
Warner Bros.
DEVINE. ANDY: b. Flagstaff. Ariz.. October 7.
1905: h. fi feet l?i inches: blue eves and cur'y blond
hair; w. 205 pounds: e. University of Santa Clara. St
Benedict's College. Arizona State College; hv. foothill
Has lived in Kingman. Ariz. Entered pictures in Sep-
tember. 1926. as an extra through Director Ruggles.
later signed in stock for Collegians Series. Pictures
include "We Americans." "Red Lips." Un versal; "Hot
Stuff." "Naughty Baby." First National.
De VRICA. HENRI: "White Cargo" (1930), pro-
duced by W. P. Film Co.. London.
DEWEY. EARLE: "Fancy That" (1929). "So This
Is Marriage" (1929). Pathe Folly Comedies, first
series.
^BEYERS, LIEN: Appeared in "Spies" (1929),
DICKERSON. HOMER: Vitaphone No. 2609 as
"Broadway's Smart Musical Comedy Star."
(i^ICKERSON, MILTON: Appeared in "Hallelujah"
».D!E£EL' LE0: "Match Play" (1930). Educational
Mack Sennett.
DIEGELMANN. WILHELM: Played in "The Blue
Angel." Ufa.
DIEHL. LUDWIG: Appeared in "Love Waltz," Ufa.
,,D>nEU?r0NN^ ALBERT: Appeared in "Napoleon"
(1929). Metro-GolHwyn-Mayer.
DIGGES DUDLEY: "Condemned" (1929). United
Artists: "Outward Bound" (1930). Warner Bros.
DILLAWAY, DONALD: b. New Tork City on March
17. 1905: e. public schools of New York and Meriden
Conn.. Cornell University at Ithaca. N. Y and Uni-
versity of Buffalo at Buffalo. N. Y". : h 6 feet- w 150
pounds: dark brown hair and brown eves. Made his
debut as a singer when he was 12 years old Played
roles in two of Otis Skinner's companies and appeared
"I. . ™ouse Party." "Fast Life." "Courage." "Flight "
Still Waters." "The Backslapper" and "Atlas and
SSL ■ i,layc?- ln s,°"k in various cities including
Buffalo. New York and Brooklyn. His first all-talking
picture role was the character of Dick Cameron in
Mm and Bill." then a part in "Cimarron."
DILLON. EDWARD: Appeared in 1929 in "The
Broadway Melody." Metro-Goldwyn-Maver; "Hot for
Paris." Fox.
DILLON. JOHN WEBB: h. 6 feet; dark hair and
eyes: w. 175 pounds; e. New Haven. Conn. and
Philadelphia. Dental College. Stage career: With
V lola Allen in Shakespeare, with James O'Neill, stock
companies. Screen work with Fox. B. A. Rolfe Com-
pany. Vitagraph. Hodkinson. Associated Exhibitors
Pathe. American Releasing. A. F. Beck. Excellent
Pro-Dls-Co. First National. FRO. Paramount Royai
Pictures. Pathe. Warner. Pictures include: "A
Bowery Cinderella." Excellent: Simons in "In the
Next Room." First National.
DILLSON. CLYDE: Appeared in "Unmasked"
(1929). Artclass.
DISKAY. JOSEPH : Appeared in "The Black Watch"
(1929). Fox; Vitaphone No. 2122.
OISMUTE. PAUL: Appeared In "The Side Show"
(1829). Columbia
DIX. RICHARD : r n. Ernest Carlton Brimmer: b.
St. Paul. Minn.; h. 5 feet 11 4 inches; dark brown
hair and brown eyes: w. 165 pounds; p. non-profes-
sionals; e. St. Paul high school. University of Minne-
sota and Northwestern, and received his stage training
at the Northwestern School of Dramatics; not married.
First stage work In St. Paul stock company upon
K-aduation from Northwestern: then to New York
where he got In touch with the manager of a Pitts-
burgh stock company and went to that city; thence to
Dallas in stock and back again to New York City,
where he played with Faversham in "The Hawk."
After a year in New Y'ork he signed with Morosco and
came to Los Angeles. His first picture was "Not
Guilty" for Schenck; immediately after he signed with
Goldwyn for a part in "The Christian"; he then
joined Paramount and has been with that company
practically ever since. In 1929 in "Nothing but the
Truth." "The Wheel of Life." "Love Doctor." "Red-
skin." Paramount; in 1930 in "Lovin' the Ladies."
"Seven Keys to Baldpate." Paramount; Yancey
Cravat in "Cimarron." Radio.
DOEBLIN. HUGO: Played in "White Devil," Ufa.
DOERR. CLYDE: Played in Metro Movietone Acts
91 and 103.
DOHERTY. EDWARD: "Murder On the Roof"
(1930). Columbia.
DOLAN. JAMES: Appeared in "Wise Girls." (1929),
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
DON AND LUIS: "Trying Them Out" (1930),
Patlie-Checker Comedies, first series.
DONAHUE. JOE: b. Boston. Mass.. January 3.
1903; e. in Boston: went into vaudeville at the age
of 16 and a year later made his bow as a substitute
for his brother. Jack Donahue, in "Angel Face." re-
maining as understudy and pinch-hitter for Jack for
many seasons thereafter. Played opposite Marilyn
Miller in "Sunny" at the New Amsterdam theatre.
New Y'ork. Was signed by First National to play
the featured comedian role with Miss Miller in the
screen version of "Sunny."
DONALDSON. ARTHUR: b. Norsholm. Sweden.
1875: h. 6 feet; brown hair and blue eyes: w. 190
pounds: e. Sweden. Screen career: On the stage
since 7 years of age. Duff Opera Company. Augustin
Daly. Henry W. Savage. Original prince in "Prinee
of Pilsen." Screen work with Pathe. World. Vita-
graph. First National. Metro. Commonwealth. Associated
Exhibitors. Selznick. Lund Productions. Cosmopolitan.
D. W. Griffith. Goldwyn. Bradford. Warner. Vitagraph.
Excellent. United Artists.
DONELLY, LEO: Vitaphone No. 1068, "Stepping
Out."
DONER. TED: b. Chicago. 111., July 17. 1896; h. 5
feet 11 inches: light brown hair and blue eyes; w. 165
pounds: p. Nellie and Joe Doner, professionals: hy.
aviation and golf. Stage experience: Shuberts' shows in
New Y'ork and Chicago, several plays in Los Angeles,
all major vaudeville circuits. Screen experience: No.
2298. Vitaphone short.
DON LAN. JAMES: Has appeared on the screen as
Adams in "Copy." "The Bishop Murder Case." "Wise
Girls" (1929). MGM; "Night Work." Pathe.
DONLAN. MIKE: b. Peoria. 111.. May 30. 1877: h.
5 feet 94 inches: blue eyes and iron gray hair: w.
142 pounds: e. Peoria. 111.; m. to Rita Ross: hy.
baseball, boxing, golf, tennis. Has lived in New York
greater part of the time and entered business there.
Pictures include "Raffles." "Sea Beast." "Woman
l*roof." "Flaming Barriers." "Her Second Chance."
"Oh. Doctor." "Ella Cinders." Crook in "Riley the
Cop." Fox: "Below the Deadline." Chesterfield; "Beg-
gars of Life." "Thunderbolt " Paramount: "Noisy
Neighbors." Pathe; "Born Reckless" (1930). Fox.
DONLEVY. BRIAN: Appeared in "Mother's Boy"
(1929) . Pathe.
DONNELLY. LEON: "Roadhouse Nights" (1930).
Paramount.
DONOVAN. JACK: r. n. John Francis Donovan: b.
Chicago. 111.. February 4. 1900; h. 5 feet 114 inches:
black hair and brown eves; w. 169 pounds; p. Jean
Glenn and John Francis Donovan, non-professionals; e.
St. Louis University. University of Southern California
where he studied architecture and won first prize of the
International Allied Architects Institute, also Carnegie
and Red Cross medals, and invented the Santa Monica
lifeguard signal saving system; not married; hy. horse-
back riding, swimming, yachting, architecture. Is builder
of Hollywood Canary Cottage Cafe and Mission Beach
Yacht Club. Stage experience playing opposite Gertrude
Olmstead in "Suppressed Desires" and with Washington
Square players. Screen experience as leading man for
Bessie Love in "The Midlanders" and with Claire
Windsor in "What Do Women Want" by Lois Weber:
with Dorothv Phillips in "Hurricane Gal" for First
National and "Captain Careless" for FBO: a Pathe
Western star in "The Bullet's Mark" and "Hoof
Marks": also in "Why Women Love" and "A Husband
in Name Only."
DOOLEY. BILLY: b. Chicago. 111.. 1893: h. 6 feet:
blond hair and blue eyes: w. 145 pounds; hy. golf.
Stage experience on Orpheum Circuit in dance act.
Screen career began when Al Christie saw his act about
four years ago and signed Irm for leads. Among his
pictures are "The Dizzy Diver" and "Happy Heels."
DORETY. CHARLES: b. San Francisco. Cal.: h.
5 feet 4 inches: black hair and eyes: w. 126 pounds;
e. Los Angeles. Stag*1 career: vaudeville and dancing.
Screen work with Fox. Sunshine. L-Ko. Bulls Eye
Film Corporation. Educational. Universal, appearing
in Mike and Ike series of comedies.
DORR. LESTER: "All Stuck Up" (1930) Pathe
Checker Comedies. First Series; "Ride 'em Cowboy"
(1930) . Pathe Folly Comedies.
DOSSETT. CHAPEL: Pictures Include "The Cow-
boy and the Countess." Associated Kxbibitors: "The
Blood Ship." "Name the Woman." Columbia: "Madame
X." MGM : "The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu." Para-
mount.
DOUGHERTY. JACK: Appeared in "The Body
Punch" (1929). Universal.
DOUGLAS. BYRON: Screen career: "The Perfect
Sip." First National: "The Coward." "Dead Man's
Curve." FBO: "Born to the Saddle" (1930). "Man.
Woman and Wife." Universal.
DOUGLAS. DON: b. New Y'ork City: h. 6 feet 1
inch: light brown hair and blue eyes; w. 175 pounds;
e. New Y'ork City: hy. swimming. Stage career: comic
and light opera. Entered pictures in 1929; was given
juvenile lead in "The Great Gabbo": also appeared in
"Tonight at Twelve" (19291. Universal: "Ranch House
Blues" (1930). Pathe. Rodeo Comedies.
DOUGLAS. JAMES: "The Lady of the Lake" (1930).
Fitzpatrick.
DOUGLAS. MILTON: "Viennese Nights" (1930).
Wamer Bros.
DOUGLAS. NORMAN: Appeared in "Loose Ankles."
First National.
DOUGLAS. TOM, Vitaphone; No. 993. "The Cheer
Leader."
DOVES. THE TWO: Vitaphone: No. 2146. "Dark
Days. No. 2178. "Flying High," No. 2257.
DOWLING. EDDIE: b. Providence. B. I., Dec. 9.
1895; p. Bridget and Charles Dowling, non-profession-
als; e. attended public school until the age of 12: not
married. Stage career started when he was but a
youngster and sang on the ship Mauretania. when an
English vaudeville producer heard him sing and took
him to England. Joined St. Paul's Cathedral choir boys
who were making a world tour. Joined New England
Stock Co. in Providence, and became juvenile leading
man. In 19;S with A. L. Erlanger in "She Took a
Chance" and in 1919 with "Ziegfeld's Follies." Has
appeared in "The Magic Melody." "The Girl in the
Spotlight." "Hello America." "The Fall Guy." "Sally,
Irene and Mary" and "Honeymoon Lane." The last
two shows he wrote and produced: also wrote and pro-
duced "Sidewalks of N. Y." with Ray Dooley as the
star. Played "The Rainbow Man" and "Blaze O'
Glory" for Sono Art; wrote "Tue Rainbow Man";
' Honeymoon Trail" (1931).
Appeared in "The Trail of
DOWN. JOHN:
(1930). MGM.
DOWNEY, MORTON: Appeared in 1929 in "Mo'her's
Boy" and "Luckv in Love." Pathe; "The Devil's
Holiday" (1930), Paramount.
DOWNING. HARRY and DAN: Vitaphone; No. 2127.
"High Up and Low Down."
DOYLE. BUDDY: "At a Talkie Studio" (19291.
Columbia Victor Gems.
DOYLE. JOHN T.: Appeared in "Mother's Bov"
(1929). Pathe.
DRESDEN. ALBERT: Appeared in "Just Off Broad-
way" (1929), Chesterfield.
DRESSER. TOM: Appeared in "Three Sisters," Fox.
DRESSLER. ERIC: Vitaphone; No. 1094-95, 'Com-
pliments of the Season."
DREW, JERRY: r. n. Clem Beauchamp; b. Bloom-
field, Iowa. August 26, 1898: h. 5 feet 7 inches; dark
brown hair and eyes; w. 140 pounds; p. Beulah V.
Walker and Charles Beauchamp, non-professional ; m.
Anita Garvin, professional; hy. squash. Appeared in
"The Quiet Worker" and "Beauties Beware."
DREW. LOWELL: "The Greene Murder Case" (1929.)
Paramount.
DREW. ROWLAND: b. Elmhurst. L. I.; h. 6 feet;
black hair; w. 105 pounds; e. Murray Hill and Flush-
ing high schools: hy. riding, swimming, polo: Pic-
tures include "Lady Raffles." Columbia; "The Untamed
Lady." "Fireman, Save My Child." "God Gave Me
Twenty Cents." "Fascinating Youth." Paramount;
"Ramona." "Racketeer." Pathe: "Broadway Fever."
Tiffany-Stahl; "Evangeline." United Artists.
DREYER, DAVE: Vitaphone: No. 2889, 'Tin Pan
Alley; "The Song Writers' Revue." Metro Movietone
Acts.
DRUCE. HUBERT: "Return of Sherlock Holmes"
(1929). Paramount.
DRYDEN. LEO: "The Lady of the Lake" (1930).
FitzPatrick.
DU COUNT. GEORGE: r. n. George Gleboff; b.
Kavkaz. Georgia. March 3. 1898: h. 6 feet 34 inches;
dark brown hair and light brown eyes: w. 230 pounds;
p. Olga and Alexander Gleboff. non-professionals: e.
Navy Academy of Russia ; m. Natalie, professional
opera singer; hy, all athletics, auto and motorcyc'e rac-
ing. His screen experience started in 1924 in ' Beauty
and the Bad Man." and in 1925 he starred in a series
of thirty-six two-reel comedies, and in 1927 took parts
in features on the West Coast. Among his pictures are
"Black Watch," "Hearts in Exile," "General Crack."
"Song of the Flame."
DUDLEY. ROBERT: b. Cincinnati. September 13.
1875; h. 5 feet 9 inches; brown eyes and iron gray
hair: w. 138 pounds: e. Lake Forest University. Evans-
ton, 111., and Chicago. Specialized in oral surgery;
m. Elaine Anderson Dudley; has two children. Jewell.
13. and Patricia .Lee. 5: hy. riding, hunting, auto-
mobiling. Has lived in Cincinnati. Louisville. Lexing-
ton. Ky.. Chicago. New Y'ork and Los Angeles. Stage
experience with Chas. Frohman. William A Brady. H.
B. and Wm. Harris. Cohan and Harris. J. D. Williams.
John Barrymore. Amelia Bingham's New Y'ork Company.
Entered pictures in 1920. Pictures include "Skinner's
Big Idea." "On Trial." "Mysterious Island." "Fools
for Luck," "Baby Cyclone." "Big News." Pathe.
DUFF, LOWELL: Appeared in "The Greene Murder
Case" (1929). Paramount.
DUFFY. JACK: b. Pawtucket. R. I.. September 4.
1882: h. 5 feet 7 inches: brown hair and blue eyes; w.
132 pounds: hy. horse racing. His stage experience in-
cludes musical comedy for six years and vaudeville for
four years in New York City. During his screen career
he has been with Universal. First National. Fox and
Christie, and in "Harold Teen." a First National
picture. Also in "Loose Change" and "Hot Scotch."
at Christie. In "Divorce Made Easy" (1929). Para-
mount: "Sallv" (1930). First National; Vitaphone No.
4284. "The Skin Game."
DUGAN. TOM: r. n. Thomas Dugan: b. Dublin.
Ireland. 1889: h. 5 feet 8 inches: brown hair and
eyes; w. 145 pounds; p. Man' Doran and Thomas
Dugan, non-professionals; e. Philadelphia high school:
m. Marie Ingle, professional : by. outdoor sports. Stage
experience as headliner for Keith for several years;
with Shubert's productions in New York, with a musi-
cal comedy and in Eirl Carroll's "Vanities." Screen
experience includes roles in "The Barker." "Sharp-
shooters." "Dressed to Kill." "Kid Gloves." "Melody
of Love." "She Knew Men." "Midnight Taxi." "The
Million Dollar Collar" and "Lights of New York":
1929 in "Broadway Rabies" and "Drag." First Na-
tional: "The Drake Case." Universal: in 1930 In
"Bright Lights." First National: "Night Work." Pathe;
"The Medicine Man." Tiffany: Vitaphone No. 3900,
"She Who Gets Slapped." No. 3883. "Surprise."
DUNBAR. DAVID: Appeared in "Plunging Hoofs"
(1929) . Universal: "The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu"
(1930) . Paramount.
1931
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DUNBAR. ROBERT: b. Beaver. Pa.. 18C3; h. 5
feet 10 inches: brown eyes and gray hair; w. 175
pounds: e. in Philadelphia; has a college degree; mar-
ried. Has lived in New York. Philadelphia. Chicago.
San Francisco, Los Angeles. Entered pictures in 1913.
Pictures include: "Third Degree." "Jeffries," "Goose
Girl." "Grand Duke."
DUNCAN AND GODREY: "Trying Them Out"
(1930). rathe-Checker Comedies, first series.
DUNCAN. HERRING & ZEH: Appeared in Vita-
phone No. 2115.
DUNHAM. PHIL: b. London. England; h. 5 feet
6% inches: brown hair and blue eyes; w. 148 pounds;
e. University of Cambridge. Stage career: with Sir
Herbert Tree, roadshows through England and Ireland,
vaudeville and stock in United States. Screen work
with Universal, Kalem. Century, Pathe. Fox, First
National, and in Mermaid Comedies, Educational.
DUNKINSON. HARRY: b. New York City; h. 5
feet 10 inches; dark blue eyes and gray-brown hair;
w. 200 pounds: e. New York. Has been on stage in
dramatic stock, vaudeville. Entered pictures with
Essanay in Chicago. Pictures include: "Smile.
Brother. Smile." "Sporting Goods."
DUNN. EDDIE: "The Saturday Night Kid" (1929).
Paramount.
DUNN. ROBERT: b. Milwaukee. Wis., in 1891: e.
St. John's Military Academy. Champion high diver
with Dr. Carver's diving horses. Screen career: "The
Cry Baby." "Hello Frisco." "The Wagon Master"
(19291. Universal; "The Thrill Hunter," Columbia: "The
Upland Hider." First National; "Canyon Hawks"
(193U). "Trails of Danger" (1930). Big 4 Corp.; "Half
Pint Polly" (1930). Pathe. Rodeo Pictures.
DUNNE. JACK : Appeared in "Redskin" (1929).
Paramount.
DURAN. DAVID: b. Los Angeles. July 27. 1922:
brown eyes and auburn hair, as been in pictures for
two years. Pictures include Frankie in "Tropic Mad-
ness." FBO: "Get Your Man." Paramount: "Inno-
cents of Paris." Paramount: ' Song of Love." Colum-
bia: "Live and Learn." Manhattan comedies, second
series. Pathe.
DURANO. CARLOS: b. Madrid. Spain; e. New
York City and Pennsylvania. Pictures include: "The
Scarlet Dove." Tiffany-Stahl ; "Happiness Ahead."
First National: "Glorious Betsy." Warner.
DURANTE. JIMMY: "Roadhouse Nights" (1930).
Paramount.
DURKIN. JUNIOR: b. New York City; h. 5 feet 2
inches; dark brown hair and blue eyes; w. 10C pounds:
p. Florence Edwards, professional. Made stage debut
at age of iv% years as Cupid in "Some Night." a
musical comedy. At age of 5 played son of Indian Girl
in revival of "The Squaw Man." Next appeared in
Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. "H.M.S. Pinafore." At
age of 8 he was appearing with Madge Kennedy and
W. C. Fields in "Poppy." and the next year with
Mary Nash in "The Lady." Later with Sam H. Har-
ris" production of "Clouds." Then with stock com-
pany in Paterson. N. J., appearing in such plays as
"The Enemy" and "Jane Clegg." Two seasons ago was
cast as Bill in "Courage." playing opposite Janet
Beecher. Then with sister Gertrude in vaudeville skit
"The Little Vagabond." Has been before the micro-
Phone several times. Went to Hollywood early in 1930
and made talking picture debut In "Fame" yjith Belle
Bennett and John Halliday. Next picture appearance
as western orphan in "Spanish Acres." with Richard
Arlen and Mitzi Green. Has also been In "Recaptured
love" for Wamer Bros., and in Paramount's "Tom
Sawyer." in which he has role of Huckleberry Finn.
DURYES. GEORGE: b. New York City. In 1904 :
h. 0 feet: brown hair and blue eyes: w. 150 pounds:
p. non-professionals; m. Grace Stafford, professional:
hy. swimming. He has appeared in many New York-
stage productions. Played the lead for several seasons
in Australia and New Zealand as Abie in "Abie's
Irish Rose." He has also appeared in the following
screen plays: "The Godless Girl." a Cecil de Mille
Picture. "Honky Tonk." Warner Brothers: "Dude
Wrangler." Wallace Reid production and "Stri<-tlv
Business." for Radio: "Thunder" (1929). MOM:
"Night Work." "Pardon My Gun." rathe: "In Old
California" (1930). Audible Pictures; "Radio Kisses"
(1930). Educational-Mack Scnnett.
DUVAL. HENRY: Appeared in "Faces of Children"
(19291. Zakoro.
DUVAL. LERAYNE: Appeared in "His Lucky Day"
(1929). Universal.
E
EAGLES. JIMMY: "Son of the Gods" (1930). First
National.
EARL. EDWARD: b. Toronto. Ont. ; h. 6 feet: blue
eyes and blond hair: w. 165 pounds; e. Toronto. Can-
ada: m. hy. tennis, swimming. as lived in New
York. Los Angeles. Toronto. Stage experience in musi-
cal comedy, drama, vaudeville, with Belasco. De Wo'f
Hopper. Marie Cahill. the Shuberts. Entered pictures
in IS15. Screen work with Edison. Vitagraph. Fa-
mous Mayers. Metro. Universal. First National, War-
ner's. Columbia. Pictures include played in 25 O.
Henry' stories with Agnes Ayres; "For France." "Lady
Who Lied." "Wind." "Twelve Miles Out." "Spring
Fever." Larry Crawford in "The Hottentot." Warner:
Husband in "The Next Room." First National: "Snite
Marriage." MOM: "Smiling Irish Eyes." First Na-
tional: "Kid Gloves." Wimer.
EARLES. HARRY: "The Unholy Three" (1930).
MOM.
EARLEY. JAMES: "Courtin* Wild Cats" (1929).
Universal.
EASTMAN. MOREY K.: r n. Morris Carl Katz.
b. Philadelphia. Pa.. August 15. 1891; e. in Phila-
delphia, and at Carnegie Institute of Technology, Mtts-
hurgh. Pa.: h. 5 feet 8 Inches; w. 1B0 pounds: black
hair and hazel eyes: m. Betty DeVere. professional.
Previous career in repertory stock, musical comedy,
drama and vaudeville. Holds the rank of lieutenant
ocmmander in the U. S. Navy. Entered pictures in
1928. Recent pictures: "The Night Ride." Universal:
"Dawn Patrol." First National: "Man from Wyom-
ing." Paramount.
EASTON. FRANK: h. 6 feet: dark hair and dark
eyes: p. father a banker in Philadelphia: e. University
of Pennsylvania and University of Columbia : hy. sing,
dance and play musical Instruments, being able to plav
a half dozen. Had stage training while In college, and
was for a time reporter on the Philadelphia Enquirer.
Stage appearances in "The Gorilla." "She Couldn't
Say No," "Queenie Smith." "Judy" and "Excess Bag-
gage." Owned a half interest in Syracuse Stock Com-
pany and played there between Broadway engagements.
Entered pictures in 1930. playing leading role in "Fox
Movietone Follies of 1930."
EATON, CHARLES: b. Washington. D. C. June 22,
1910; e. Professional Children's School. New York.
Stage career: "Mrs. Wiggs of Cabbage Patch." "Blue
Bird." "Peter Ibbetson." "Naked Man." "Skidding."
"Peter Pan." Entered pictures in 1928 to play in
"Skidding" at Fox studio. Other pictures include:
"Badges." "The Ghost Talis." Harold in "Nightie
Knight." Willie Haller in "Harmony at Home" (1930).
all for Fox.
ECKHARDT, OLIVER: "Lone Star Ranger" (1930).
Fox.
EDESON. ROBERT: b. New Orleans. La.; h. G feet:
gray hair and hazel eyes; w. 185 pounds; p. George
R. Edeson. professional; e. Polytechnic Institute,
Brooklyn. N. Y. : stage training received in early child-
hood, father being producer and manager; m. Mrs. Aida
Edeson. non-professional; hy. golf, painting, writing
and collecting of pewter and antiques; stage experi-
ence of 10 years with the Empire Stock company. New
York: 10 years starring under the management of
Henry B. Harris in "The Little Minister." an Ameri-
can company: also appeared in "Strongheart." "Class-
mates." "Fine Feathers." "The Knife." "Ranson's
Folly" and many others. Screen experience of many
years, having appeared as Matthew in "King of
Kings" during his five years at Cecil B. DeMille's
studios, and in "Chicago" and others. The talkies in
which he has appeared are "The Little Wildcat." "The
Home Towners" for Warner Brothers; "The Doctor's
Secret" for Paramount; and "The Man Higher Up"
and "Dynamite" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: 1929 in "The
Power of the Press." Columbia: "A Most Immoral
Lady." "Little Johnny Jones." First National; "Ro-
mance of the Rio Grande." Fox; "Way of All Men"
(1930). First National; "Cameo Kirby" (1930). Fox;
"Pardon My Gun." Swing High" (1930). Pathe.
EDINGTON. JOHN P.: Appeared in "Madame X"
(1930). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
EDWARDS. CLIFF: b. Hannibal. Mo.. June 14:
h. 5 feet inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 145
pounds: p. Nellie and Edward Edwards, non-profes-
sionals: e. St. Louis public schools; hy. golf, fishing.
He has appeared in the following screen productions:
"Marianne." "So This Is College." "Good News."
"Those Three French Girls" (1930). "Dough Boys"
(1930). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: "Lord Byron of Broad-
way," "Montana Moon." "Way Out West," and "War
Babies." all for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
EDWARDS. GUS: Appeared in 1929 in "The Holly-
wood Revue." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: "The Song Writ-
ers Revue." Metro Movietone Acts.
EDWARDS. NEELY: r. n. Cornelius Limbach: b.
Delphos. Ohio. September 16. 1889: h. 5 feet 5 inches:
dark brown hair and dark gray eyes; w. 148 pounds;
p. Lacien Lyc and Joseph Limbach. non-professionals;
e. St. Xavier college. Cincinnati. O. : m. Margaret
Snow, professional: hy. golf, boating and painting. Stage
experience includes appearances in "Breaking Into So-
ciety" and "Bowery Burlesque." and with Hurtig-
Seaman for four years; also with Flannigan and Ed-
wards vaudeville team. "What Next." Screen experi-
ence Includes such pictures as "Hall Room Boys."
"Miss Brewster's Millions." "The Green Temptation.
"The Little Clown." "Excess Baggage" and "Show
Boat" and as featured comedian for Universal for five
years: Vitaphone No. 3B68. "The Window Cleaners";
No. 4034. "Her Relatives."
EDWARDS. SNITZ: b. Hungary; e. in New York
City: married: h. 5 feet: w. 96 pounds; brown hair,
black eyes. On the stage previous to entering pictures
in 1920. Pictures include: "Thief of Bagdad." "Red
Mill." "Battling Butler." "Right of Way." "Sit
Tight." "A Dangerous Woman." "The Mysterious
Island" (1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Maver; "Phantom of
the Opera" (1929). Universal.
EDWARDS WALOO: Appeared in "Unmasked"
(1930). Artclass.
EGAN JACK: Appeared in "It Can B° Done"
(1929). Universal: "Broadway Scandals" (1929). Co-
lumbia.
EGAN. ROY: Played in "The Song Writers Revue."
Metro Movietone Acts.
EKMAN. GOSTA: b. Sweden. Began screen career
at an early age. most of initial screen work being
with Jenny Haselquist. Has appeared in many Con-
tinental films, among them "The Strange Girl." in
which he portrayed the role of Karl XII: "The
Golden Ulown." and "Discord." the last two being
distributed in the United States by Pathe. Played
the title role in "Faust." Ufa production released in
America. Guest performances at Stockholm for five
months of the year and then plays at Copenhagen.
Oslo and Helsingfors.
ELLERY. SYD: Appeared in "The Ware Case"
(1929). First National.
ELLIOTT. DEL: Appeared in "The Desert Song"
(1929). Warner Bros.
ELLIOTT. FRANK : b. County of Cheshire. England.
Feb. 11. 1880; b. 6 feet: brown hair and grav eves:
w. 170 pounds: p. non-professionals; e. Liverpool Uni-
versity. England: m. Dorothy Griffin, non-professional;
hv. golf. Thirty-one years stage and screen experience.
1930: lead with Billie Burke. Maxine Elliott theatre.
New Y'ork. Arthur Hopkins, manager: featured lead
"Sporting Blood." Geo. M. Cohan, manager: 1929 fea-
tured lead in "Seven Y'ear Love." New York. Brock
Pemberton. manager: heavy lead in "Wings Over
Europe." Theatre Guild: featured lead In "The Cap-
tive." Horace Liveright. manager; with Shuberts. Am-
bassador theatre. New York; with Laurette Taylor. New
York. George Tyler, manager. Many plays since 1889 in
England. Australia. America and other countries. Lead-
ing man three years at Theatre Royal. Drury I^ane.
l,i:!.:. Member of His Majesty's Company of Come-
dians of the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane and a mem-
ber of the Theatre Royal Fluid. A Royal Player.
Screen experience: many plays since 1913 in Hollywood.
Heavy leads with Famous Mayers, featured or leading
part in over 100 pictures. In 1930: "Play Bov of
Paris." with Maurice Chevalier for Paramount: "Bou-
doir Diplomat." Universal; "Take the Heir." Big 4
Corp.
ELLIOT. GORDON: Pictures Include "Napo'eon. Jr.."
"The Arizona Wildcat." Fox: "The Private Life of
Helen of Troy." First National: "Beyond London's
Lights." FBO: "Reckless Youth." Columbia; "Gnat
Divide," First National; "Broadway Scandals."
Columbia.
ELLIOTT. JOHN H.: b. Keosauqua. Iowa; h. 5 feet
11 inches; gray hair and hazel eyes; w. 165 pounds; p
Sara and J. S. Elliott, non-professionals; e. Keosauqua
high school and Central University of Iowa, Pella, Iowa ;
m. Jane Faulkner, non-professional; hy. golf, horses
and machines of all kinds. Has had 35 years stage
experience in all branches of the show business. Ap-
peared with Ward and James. Edwin Holt and Max
Figman. Went to the West Coast in 1919 with Mar-
jorie Rambeau and has been in pictures since that time,
appearing in over 22 productions. In 1929 in "Only the
Brave." Paramount.
ELLIOTT. ROBERT: b. Ireland; h. 0 feet U4
inches; dark brown hair and blue eyes: w. 185 pounds.
Screen work with Metro. McClure. Goldwyn, Betzwood.
Sunset. World, Famous, Fox. Inc.. Powell-Mutual,
United Artists Arrow. Pictures include "For Sale,"
"Happiness Ahead." First National: "Lights of New
Y'ork," Warners: "Romance of the Underworld," Fox;
Ethier in "Lone Wolf's Daughter." Columbia: "The
Valiant," Fox; Prison Chaplain in "Thunderbolt."
Paramount; "Protection." Fox; "Sweet Mama." F.rjt
National: "Hide Out" (1930) Universal: "Monsieur
Le Fox" (1930). MGM; "Captain Thunder" (1930)
Warner Bros.
ELLIS. FRANK: Appeared in "Law of the Mount-
ed" (1929), Syndicate; "Trails of Danger" (1930).
Big 4.
ELLIS. JACK: Appeared in "East Side Sadie"
(1930). Worldart.
ELLIS, PAUL: r. n. Benjamin Ingenito: b. Buenos
Aires. November G. 1898; h. 5 feet 10% inches; brown
eyes and hair; w. 148 pounds. Has lived in Buenos
Aires. Paris. Madrid and New Y'ork. Entered pic-
tures in 1924. Among his pictures are: "Bandolero."
"Dancer of Paris." "Charge of the Gauchos." "Three
Hours." "When a Woman Loves." "The District Doc-
tor." Don Vincente in "The Bridge of San Luis Rey."
MGM: "In Old California." Audible Pictures.
ELLIS. ROBERT: b. New l'ork City: h. 6 feet;
brown hair and blue eyes; w. 170 pounds: p. Ellen
Fox and Robert Francis Ellis, non-professionals; e.
New Y'ork City high school. St. Francis college: m.
Vera Reynolds, professional; hy. boating. Stage ex-
perience in musical comedy and in stock for 10 years
in Chicago and New York City. Appeared in such
successes as "Upstairs and Down." "Baxter's Partner."
"The Hypocrite." and in "Widow of the Night."
Screen experience as director for Selznick : and as
actor in "Broadway." "Ladies Must Live." "For
Sale." "Montmartre." "Varsity"' and "Freedom of the
Press"; "Restless Youth" (1929). Columbia; "Tonight
at Twelve" (1929). "Undertow" (1930). "What Men
Want" (1930). Universal.
EMERSON. RALPH: r. n. Walter William Emerson:
b. Kalispell. Mont.. August 9. 1901: h. 5 feet 11
inches; dark brown hair and dark blue eyes; w. 162
pounds: p. Effle and Frank Emerson (uncle. Ralph
Waldo Emerson of radio famei. non-professionals;
e. Annapolis and the University of Washington: m.
Jane X. Scholtz. non-professional: hy. fishing, hunting
and riding. Seven years stage experience and has ap-
peared in such productions as "Alias the Deacon."
"Speakeasy." "Upstairs and Down." "The Enemy."
EMERY. GILBERT: b. Naples. N. Y. ; e. Amherst
College. Mass.: h. 6 feet 2 inches: w. 175 pounds;
light hair, blue eyis: hy. driving a car and swimming.
On the legitimate stage for ten years in New York.
Loudon, Paris, Rome and Florence. Entered pictures
in 1920. Pictures include: "Behind That Curtain."
"Let Us Be Gay." "Sky Hawk." "Sarah and Son."
"A Lady's Morals." "Mince of Diamonds" (1930).
Columbia.
EMPIRE COMEDY FOUR: "Ranch House Blues"
(1930). Pathe-Rodeo Comedies.
ENGELMAN. ANDREW: Appeared in "The Three
Passions" (1929). United Artists.
ERICKSON. KNUTE: b. Norrkoping, Sweden: Ik
6 feet IM inches: hazel eyes and gray hair; w. 210
pounds; e. St. Marks School. Salt Lake City: married
and has one son. Archie. 30. Has lived in Salt Like
City. New York. Hollywood. Stage experience in "Yon
Yonson." "The Man from Sweden." "The Seminary
Girl." "He's in Again." "At the Waldorf." "On the
Housetop." Entered pictures in 1920. Pictures in-
clude "The Non-Stop Flight." Uncle Dan in "The
Squall." "Waterfront." Scarlet Seas." "Twin Beds."
First National; "Illusion." Paramount.
ERROL. LEON: b. Sydney. New South Wales; h. 5
feet 7>4 inches: brown hair and eyes; w. 154 pounds;
p. Elizabeth and Joseph Errol. non-professionals; e.
Sydney High School. St. Joseph's College and Sydney
University; m. Stella Chatelaine, professional. Stage
experience: vaudeville. Ziegfeld "Follies" 1911. 12. 13.
14. 15. "Hitchy Koo." "Sally." "Louis XIV." "Yours
Truly." "Fioretta." all standard comic operas. Stock
experience in drama, farce and comedy. Stage director
for Ziegfeld. "Joy Bells." English production. Screen
experience: some two reelers. then "Sally." with Colleen
Moore. "Yolanda." with Marion Davies. "Cothes Make
the Pirate." "Lunatic at Large." "Only Saps Work."
ERWIN. JOHN: Appeared in "The Barker" (1929).
First National.
ERWIN. STUART: b. Squaw Valley. Fresno County.
.Cal. : h. 5 feet 9 inches: light brown hair and greenish
eyes; w. 160 pounds: p. Martha and S. A. Erwin. non-
professionals: e. Porterville Union high school and Uni-
versity of California: not married. Has appeared in
"This Thing Called Love." Pathe: "Men Without
Women." "The Cockeyed World." "Speakeasy." " The
Exalted Flapper." Fox: is under contract to Paramount
and has been in such pictures as "Young Eagles."
"Dangerous Nan McGrew." "Love Among the Million-
aires." "Playboy of Paris." "Only Saps Work." "Along
Came Youth." "Sweetie."
ESMELTON. FREDERICK: b. Victoria. Australia:
h. 6 feet: white hair and dark blue eves; w. 196
pounds: e. Victoria. Australia. Stage director and
actor for 21 vears. Screen work with Schenck. Famous
Players. FBO. Goldwyn. Fox. First National. Warner.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Universal. Pictures includ":
"The Gay Defender." Paramount: "Two Lovers."
United Artists: "Shield of Honor." "The Chinese Par-
rot." "Lonesome." "The Michigan Kid." Universal.
ETHIER. A LPHONZ : b. Springville. Utah: e. Spring-
ville. Utah. Screen work with Paramount. Associated
Exhibitors. Fox. Pictures include "Breed of the Sea,"
FBO; "Cheaters." Tiffany; "The Fighting Eagle."
Pathe-DeMille: "Alias the Lone Wolf.'* "Say It
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with Sables." "The Donovan Affair." Columbia; "Hard
Boiled." Radio Pictures; "Ills First Command." Pa the :
"The Storm." Universal.
ETTLINGER, KARL: Appeared in "Love Waltz."
Ufa.
EUGENE. WILLIAM: b. San Francisco; e. San
Francisco. Screen work with .Metro. Paramount, First
National. Columbia. Patbe. Pictures include: "The
White Desert." Metro-Goldwyn; "A Son of His
Father," Paramount: "The Girl from Montmartre."
First National; "Paying the Price," Columbia; "Crash-
iiiR Through," Pathe; "Mind Your Business" (1930),
Pathe Melody Comedies.
EVANS. CHARLES E. : Appeared in "The Greene
Murder Case" (1U2!)). Paramount.
EVANS, HERBERT: b. London, England, April 1G.
1883; e. in London, England; h. 6 feet 2 inches; w.
192 pounds; brown hair and brown eyes; by. golf and
fishing. Entered pictures in 1914 with William Brady
at World Film Company. Fort Lee. N. J. Pictures
include: "Speedy" with Harold Lloyd. "The Devil
Dancer" with Gilda Grey. "Way for a Sailor" with
Jack Gilbert, and "The Prodigal" with Itonald Col-
man.
EVANS. MAURICE: "White Cargo" (1930). pro-
duced by W. 1*. Film Co., London.
EVANS, ROY: Appeared in Metro Movietone Act
No. 98.
F
FABER, LESLIE: Appeared in "The Three Pas-
sions" (1929). United Artists; "White Cargo" (1930),
produced by W. P. Film Co., London.
FAGAN. BARNEY: b. Boston. Mass., January 12,
1850; h. 5 feet 10 inches: gray hair and blue eyes;
w. 175 iKHinds; p. Mary and Douglas Fagan, non-pro-
fessionals; e. Boston high school. Appeared in 1930
in a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Bevue directed by Chuck
Reisner.
FAIRBANKS. DOUGLAS: b. Denver, Col.. May 23.
1884: h. 5 feet 10 inches; dark brown hair and eyes;
w. 1C5 pounds; e. Denver city schools and the Colo-
rado School of Mines; m. Mary Pickford, star. March
28. 1920; hy. "Doug." Stage experience in Shakes-
pearean plays in New York; a year in "Mrs. Jack."
supporting Alice Fisher; traveled for some time and on
his return appeared in "The Pit," "Two Little Orphan
Boys" and "Fontana." his only musical play for
Shubert. Star of "Frenzied Finance." supported Grace
George in "Clothes": leading comedy parts in "Man
of the Hour" and "As Ye Sow": starred in "All For
a Girl"; co-starred with Tom Wise in "The Gentle-
man from Mississippi," "The Cut" and "A Gentle-
man of Leisure" ; in vaudeville in sketch, "A Regular
Business." and the lead in "Officer 666 ; and "Haw-
thorne. U. S. A." Started picture career with D. W.
Griffith in 1914 and has appeared in "The Lamb."
"Double Trouble," "Reggie Mixes In," "His Pictures
in the Papers," "The Americano," "The Habit of
Happiness," "The Matrimaniac," "Flirting with Fate."
"The Good Bad Man." "The Half Breed," "Manhat-
tan Madness" and "American Aristocracy" for Tri-
angle; for Famous Players he appeared in "In Again.
Out Again." "Wild and Wooly." "Down to Earth,"
"Man from Painted Post." "Reaching for the Moon,"
"Modern Musketeers." "Headin' South." "Mr. Fix-It."
"Say, Young Fellow," "Bound in Morocco," "He
Comes Up Smiling." "Arizona" and "Knickerbocker
Buckaroo" : then formed his own company and made
"His Majesty the American," "Where the Clouds Roll
Bv," "The Mark of Zorro," "The Mollycoddle." "The
Nut." "BODin Hood." "The Thief of Bagdad," "Don
Q. Son of Zorro." "The Black Pirate" and "The
Gaucho." "The Iron Mask (1929). "Taming of the
Shrew" (1929), "Reaching for the Moon" (1930),
United Artists.
FAIRBANKS. JR., DOUGLAS: b. New York City.
December 9, 1907 ; h. fi feet 1 inch; light brown hair
and blue eyes; w. 170 pounds; p. Beth Sully and
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.. professionals: e. private tutor;
m. Joan Crawford. June 3, 1929; hy. golf, swimming,
art and poetry. Stage experience appearing in "Young
Woodley" and "Saturday's Children." Screen experi-
ence with various rolts in "The Barker," "The Toil-
ers," "Stella Dallas," "Is Zat So." "The Texas
Steer" and "The Brass Band"; in 1929 in "The
Power of the Press," Columbia: "The Careless Age,"
"Fast Life," First National: "Our Modern Maidens,"
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: "Jazz Age." Radio; "Forward
Pass." "I/lose Ankles." First National; "Song of
Songs." Warner: in 1930 in "Dawn Patrol." "One
Night at Susie's." "Sin Flood." "Way of All Men."
First National: "Party Girl." Tiffany; "Little Acci-
dent." Universal: "Outward Bound," Warner.
FAIRBANKS. WILLIAM: b. St. Louis. Mo.: h. 5
feet 11 inches; dark brown hair and eyes; w. 195
pounds; e. St. Louis Military Academy. Pictures in-
clude: "Spoilers of the West." "Wyoming." "Under
the Black Eagle." MGM : "A Western Adventure."
"A Western Demon," "Peaceful Peters," "The Law
Rustlers."
FAIRMAN. AUSTIN: "Her Hired Husband" (1930),
Pathe Variety Comedies.
FALKENSTEIN. JULIUS: Appeared in 1929 in
"Dancing Vienna," First National; "His Latest Ex-
cellency." Ufa.
FANNING, FRANK: Appeared in "Guilty" (1930).
Columbia.
FANT. TOM: Vitaphone No. 945. "Two of a Kind."
FARINA: r n. Alan Clay Hoskins. Jr.: b. August 9.
1920; black hair and eyes; e. now in school on the Hal
Roach lot with Mrs. Fern Carter, supervised by Los
Angeles board of education: hy. studying violin and
shows great promise as a musician. At six months of
age lie was carried through a scene in an "Our Gang"
comedy. Director McOowan decided he would make an
actor out of him and shortly after he was put under
contract with "Our (Jang." where he has become one
of the best known colored child players in the world.
FARLEY. JAMES: I). Waldron. Ark.. January 8.
1883; h. 5 feet 11 inches; gray hair and dark brown
eyes: w. 180 pounds; p. Fanny May Booth and Samuel
H. Farley, non-professionals: e. Kansas City high
school and the University of Missouri: not married; hy.
hiking and climbing. Stage experience includes ap-
pearances In "The Barrier." "Way Down East" and
"Kant Lvnne." Screen experience includes roles In
"Weary River." "The Racket." "Shady Lady," "In
Old Arizona" and "Hunted " In 1929 In "The Voice
of the City." MGM: "The Dance of Life." Paramount;
"Lucky Larkln" (1930). Universal.
FARLEY. MORGAN: b. Mamaroneck. N. Y. ; e.
in New York City; hy. traveling, painting and writing.
His first stage experience was as Shylock in "The Mer-
chant of Venice' 'in a high school play. He was
Mien assistant stage manager with Stuart Walker Stock
Company. Later was understudy to Glenn Hunter in
"Clarence" and then appeared in the play "Fata Mor-
gana" and "An American Tragedy." He went to Holly-
wood early in 1929 and signed a contract with Para-
mount. Some of the pictures he has appeared in since
are: "Greene Murder Case," "The Love Doctor," "The
.Mighty." "Men Are Like That." "Only the Brave"
(1929). Paramount; in 1930 in "The Devil's Holiday"
"Slightly Scarlet." Paramount.
FARNEY, MILTON: Played in "Untamed" (1929)
MGM.
FARNUM. FRANKLYN: b. Boston, Mass.: h. 5 feet
11 inches; black hair and brown eyes; w. 170 pounds;
e. Boston, Mass. ; hy. baseball and football"; married.
Stage career in "The Dollar Princess," "Madame
Sherry." "The Only Girl." "The Sunshine Girl." and
leading man in other musical productions. Entered pic-
tures in 1917. Featured in "So This Is Arizona." "The
Two Gun Sap." "Off to Reno," "Beyond the Rio
Grande" (1930).
FARNUM. WILLIAM: p. Adela Le Gros and G. D.
Farnum, professionals: divorced Olive Ann Farnum.
First professional appearance at age of 1G with a
troupe of Shakespearean players headed by Edwin
Ferry, the tragedian. After seven years on stage ac-
cepted proposition in motion pictures, signing with Fox.
In 1925, while making "The Man Who Fights Alone."
was seriously injured and for several years has been
able to accept only brief roles. In 1930 has appeared
with Norma Talmadge in "DuBarrv. Woman of Pas-
sion." for United Artists; "The Painted Desert" (1930).
Pathe.
FARRELL. CHARLES: b. Onset Bay, Mass.. Aug-
ust 9. 1902; h. G feet 2 inches; brown hair and eyes:
w. 182 pounds: p. Estella Carewe and David H. Far-
rell; e. Walpole. Mass., high school and Boston uni-
versity; no stage training; not married; hy. golf, ten-
nis, swimming and sailing. Six years screen experi-
ence consists of roles in "Seventh Heaven." "Old Iron-
sides." "The Rough Riders." "Street Angel." "Fazil."
"River" and "Our Daily Bread"; "Lucky Star" (1929).
"The Red Dance" (1929). "Sunnv Side Up" (1929).
Fox; and in 1930 in "City Girl," "Happy Days,"
"High Society Blues," Fox.
FAUST, MARTIN J.: b. Poughkeepsie. N. Y.,
January 1G. 1S86; h. 5 feet 11 inches: dark gray eyes
and brown hair: w. 170 pounds; e. Public School No.
10. New York City. Specialized in mathematics, vocal
culture, physical culture; married: hy. baseball, swim-
ming and skating. Has lived in Poughkeepsie, New
York. Philadelphia, Los Angeles. On the stage with
Richard Mansfield. Keith & Proctor. Entered pictures
about 1908 to be featured in title roles in "Robert
Emmett" and "John Halifax. Gentleman" for Than-
hauser. Pictures include: half-breed in "The Blue
Streak." outlaw in "The Yellow Streak." Francois in
"Careers," commanding officer in "Why Sailors Go
Wrong," Brandon in "Man of Four-Square." Slim in
"Tony Runs Wild."
FAWCETT. GEORGE: b. Fairfax County. Va.; h.
5 feet 9 inches: gray hair and blue eyes; w. 175
pounds: p. Asbury Fawcett. non-professional; e. Balti-
•more high schools and University of Virginia; received
his stage training at Sargent's School of Acting (now
known as Academy of Dramatic Art) ; m. Percy Has-
well, professional; hy. dogs, parrots and flowers. Ap-
peared on the stage in stellar roles in "Treasure
Island." and appeared also in "Great John Ganton."
"The Fighter" and "The Squaw Man." On the
screen he has appeared in such pictures as "The
Crisis" for Selig; "Forever After" for Paramount: "The
Little Wildcat" for Warner Brothers: "Tide of Em-
pire" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: "The Tempest" for
United Artists as well as "Lady of the Pavements."
In 1929 in "Innocents of Paris," Paramount; "Great
Divide." "His Captive Woman." First National: "Won-
der of Women," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Four Feath-
ers," "The Wedding .March," Paramount: "Fancy Bag-
gage" and "The Gamblers." Warner: "Hot for Paris."
Fox: and in 1930 in "Ladies of Leisure." Columbia:
"Wild Company." Fox: "Men Are Like That." Para-
mount: "Swing High." Pathe; "Hello. Sister." Sono
Art -World Wide; "The Bad One." United Artists.
FAY. FRANK: b. San Francisco. Cal. ; h. G feet;
red hair and blue eyes; w. 180 pounds; m. Barbara
Stanwyck, professional: hy. the beach. Made stage debut
at age of 7 in "Babes in Toyland." Appeared in
Winter Garden shows. "Artists and Models." and
others. Has toured vaudeville, been master of cere-
monies in St. Louis. Cleveland. Kansas City and other
cities. First screen appearance as master of cere-
monies in "Show of Shows." then the lead in "Under
a Texas Moon." and "The Matrimonial Bed": under
contract to Warner Bros.: also has appeared in "Bright
Lights" (1930). for First National.
FELD. FRITZ: Appeared in 1929 in "Black Magic"
and "Blindfold." Fox; "One Hysterical Night."
"Broadway," Universal.
FELLOWES. ROCKLIFFE: b. Ottawa, Ont.. 1885;
h. 5 feet 11 inches; w. 175 pounds; e. Bishop's Col-
lege. Lennoxvillc. Experience on stage with Mrs.
Fiske. Grace George. Cyril Scott. Screen work with Fox.
Selznick, Goldwyn, Hodkinson. Famous Players, First
National, Vitagraph, Universal FBO. Warner, Para-
mount. rro-Dis-Co.. Associated Exhibitors. M»tTO,
Lurnas. Pictures include "The Third Degree." War-
ners: "The Understanding Heart." MGM: "The Satan
Woman." Lurnas; "The Crystal Cup." First National;
"The Charlatan" (1929). Universal.
FENTON. LESLIE: h. G feet: dark brown hair and
gray eyes: w. 168 pounds. Pictures include "What
Price Glory." "An Old Flame." "The Gateway of
the Moon." Fox; "The Showdown." "The Drag Net."
"The First Kiss." Paramount: one of the Young Vul-
tures in "Dynamite." MGM: "Girls Gone Wild." Fox:
"A Dangerous Woman." "The Man I Love." "Woman
Trap." Paramount; "Office Scandal." "Paris Round."
Pathe: "Broadway," "Last Performance." Universal.
FERGUSON. AL: h. Rosslarre. Ireland. April 19.
1897: h. G feet: brown eyes and hair: w. 185 pounds;
e. in Losdon. Eng. ; hy. riding. Was with American
Film. Selig. Universnl. FBO. Entered pictures in 1910.
Pictures Include "Tarzan the Mighty." "Wolves of th-
City." "Pirates of Panama." Luke Baldrtdge in "The
Man from Nevada." Syndicate; "Outlaw." Radio pic-
tures: "Grit Wins." "Hoofbeats of Yengeance," 'The
Smiling Terror," and "The Wagon Master." Universal.
FETCH IT, STEPIN: r. n. Lincoln Theodore Perry;
b. Key West, Fla.. May 30. 1902; b. 5 feet 10 inches;
black eyes and kinky black hair; w. 157 pounds;
hy. making others happy, Stage experience in "Mr.
Step and Mr. Fetchit." Entered pictures in 1927,
when engaged by John Stahl to play role of High-
pocket in "In Old Kentucky," for MGM. Under
contract to Fox Studio. Pictures include "Unit in
Black Magic." Janitor in "Through Different Eyes."
Joe in "Show Boat." Universal; "Big Time." "Fox
Movietone Follies," "Hearts in Dixie." "Salute." Fox;
"Kid's Clever," Universal: "Cameo Kirby." "The
Ghost Talks," Fox; "Swing High." Pathe.
FIELD. FRITZ: Appeared in "Broadway," (1929),
Universal.
FIELDS & JOHNSTON: Vitaphone No. 2588.
"Terry and Jerry."
FIELDS. LEW: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 1017.
"23 Skiddo," No. 1028, "The Duel."
FIELDS, STANLEY: r. n. Walter L. Agnew; b. New
York City: h. 6 feet 1 inch; brown hair and eyes; w.
210 pounds; p. Jeannette and George Agnew, non-pro-
fessionals; e. Pittsburgh high school: m. Alta Travis,
non-professional: hy. antiques, home and travel. Fif-
teen years stage experience. Has appeared in such pic-
tures as "Hook, Line and Sinker." Radio Pictures;
"Mammy," Warner Bros.; "The Border Legion" (1930).
"Ladies Love Brutes" (1930). "The Street of Chance"
(1930). "Manslaughter" (1930). Paramount.
FIELDS. W. C: Stage career: vaudeville, musical
comedv Screen work with United Artists. Pictures
include: "That Rovle Girl." "It's the Old Army
Game," "Two Flaming Youths." "Tillie's Punctured
Romance," "Fools for Luck," Paramount: "Janice
Meredith." Cosmo: "Sally of the Sawdust." United
Artists.
FILS. BARON: Appeared in "Venus" (1929).
United Artists.
FINCH-SMILES. FRANK: Screen career: "The Lost
World." First National; "The Tease." "The Mystery
Club." Universal; "The Bandit's Son." FBO; Wethers
in "The Doctor's Secret" (1929). Paramount; William
in "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney." MGM.
FINDLAY, DAVID: Appeared in "The Peacock Fan"
(1929), Chesterfield.
FINE, BUD: Screen career: "Hold Your Man." Hod-
kinson: comedy work for Educational and Red Seal:
"Battling Butler." MGM: "The Wreck of the Hes-
perus." PDC: played "Popeye in "Oh. Yeah." Pathe.
FINLAYSON. JAMES: b. Falkirk. Scotland; e. in
Falkirk and Watson's college in Edinburgh. Went
on the stage as soon as he was graduated and then
came to America. Signed by William A. Brady, in
whose productions he appeared for several years. First
picture was in Jack Blystone's series of L-K-0 com-
edies. Was starred by Mack Sennett for three years;
under contract to Hal Roach for four years; since then
he has been a freelance player, appearing in such pro-
ductions as "For the Defense." "The Dawn Patrol"
and "Welcome Home." and in 1929 in "Two Weeks
Off." "Hard to Get" and "Show Girl."
FINK. HENRY: Appeared in "Kibitzer" (1929).
Paramount.
FISHER. FRED: Played in "The Song Writers Re-
vue." Metro Movietone Acts.
FISHER & HURST: Played in Vitaphone No. 920,
"Apartment Hunting."
FITZGERALD. HARRY: Appeared in "Seven Foot-
prints to Satan" (1929). First National.
FIX. PAUL: b. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., March 13.
1901: h. 6 feet: brown hair and eyes; w. 150 pounds:
p. Louise Walz and William Fix. non-professionals;
e. Dobbs Ferry high school: m. non-professional; hy.
yachting, motoring and golf. With stock shows for
two years in New York State, also in the following
stage productions: "Lucky Sam MeCarver" and with
Pauline Frederick in "Madame X." "Lady Frederick"
and "The Lady." Screen experience in the following
pictures: "Hoo-Doo Ranch." "Golden State Production.
"The First Kiss." Fox; "Third Nite." Superstition.
Also in the following plays: "The Tavern." "Sex."
"Chicago," "Trial Marriage." "Shavings" and with
Bessie Love in "Burlesque." a Frisco Production,
"Lucky Star" (1929), Fox.
FLEMING BOB: b. Ontario: h. 6 feet 1 inch;
blue eyes and dark hair: w. ISO pounds: e. in Colling-
wood. Ont., married Mary Van Deusen ; hy. hunting.
Ashing and riding. Has lived in Toronto. Havre.
Mont.. Prescott. Ariz.. San Francisco, Portland,
Seattle. Los Angeles. Entered picture business in
1912. Pictures include: "The Virginian." "To Have
and to Hold." "Rose of the RanchO," "Mojave Kid."
"Vanishing Pioneer." "Riding Renegade." "Drums of
Arabia."
FLEMING CLAUDE: Played in "Captain of the
Guard" (1930), Universal.
FLEMING. IAN: Appeared in "The Ware Case"
(1929). First National.
FLETCHER. BRAMWELL: 1>. London. England; h. G
feet; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 170 pounds; hy.
tennis, swimming, riding and dogs. Obtained stage
training with Shakespearean "Stratford on Avon" com-
pany, where he spent a year. Went to London and had
leading roles in "Cradle Snatchers." "Thunder on the
Left," "Chinese Bungalow" and "Devil in the Cheese."
Appeared on the screen in England in such pictures as
"Chick" by Edgar Wallace. "S.O.S." and "To What
Red Hell." Made first stage appearance in United
States in mystery play, "Scotland Yard." Then made
screen appearance in "Raffles" with Ronald Colman,
after which he was given a long term contract by
Goldwyn.
FLIPPEN. JAY C. : Vitaphone No. 2581. "The
Ham What Am "
FLORENTINE CHOIR: Vitaphone No. 22S1. No.
2282.
FOLSOM. BOBBY: Vitaphone No. 2S39. "A Mod-
ern Priscilla."
FORBES. RALPH: b London, England. September
30, 1890: h. G feet: blond hair and blue gray eyes;
w. 165 pounds; p. non-professionals: e. Denstone Col-
lege. England (Staffordshire) and received his stage
training in I/>ndon repertoire: m. Ruth Chatterton,
stage star: hy. motoring and horseback riding. Stage
experience consists of appearances in "The Green
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Hat" and several William A. Brady plays and Eng-
lish reiiertoire in London. During his screen career
he has appeared in "The Actress." "Dog of War."
"Masks of the Devil." "Beau Geste." and "The Trail
of '98." his latest picture being "Restless Youth" for
Columbia; in 1929 in "The Whip." First National,"
"The High Road." MGM; in 1930 in . "The Lady of
Scandal," "Mamba." Tiffany; "The Green Goddess."
Warner Bros, ; "Inside the Lines." Radio.
FORD. FRANCIS: Appeared in 1929 in "The Black
Watch," Fox; "The Lariat Kid"; "Roaring Adven-
ture," "The Drake Case." Universal; in 1930 in
"Mounted Stranger," "Son of the Saddle." Universal.
FORD. HARRISON: b. Kansas City. Mo.; h. 5
feet 11 inches; brown eyes and dark brown hair; w.
160 pounds; e. Kansas City. Los Angeles. Pictures
include "Smilin' Thru." First National; "Let 'er Go.
Gallagher." 'Rush Hour." Pathe; "Woman Against
the World." TifTany-Stahl; "Golf Widows." Columbia;
"Just Married." "Her Husband's Women." Paramount;
The. Paramount-Christie short talking feature. "Advice
to Husbands." "Three Week Ends." Paramount; "The
Flattering Word." Vitaphone.
FORD, JAMES: b. Lawrence. Mass.. March 21.
1905: h. ii feet 1 inch: blue eyes and brown hair;
w. 173 pounds; e. Lawrence. Mass.. general lrgh
school course, dramatics; by. tennis, golf, swimming,
riding, ice skating, dancing. Experience on stage 'n
musical comedy. Has lived in Lawrence, Boston. Port-
land. Me.. New vork. Entered pictures in 102(5 . Was
discovered by Corinne Griffith during filming of "Di-
vine Lady." Pictures include "Ritzy Rosie," "Pris-
oners," Tim Hazleton in "Dark Swan," First Na-
tional: "That Red Headed Hussy." Christie: "Great
Divide," (1929). "House of Horror" 11929). "Children
of the Ritz." "Naughty Baby." "Outcast," "Making
the Grade." Fox; "Wedding Rings (1929). First Na-
tional.
FORD. WALLACE: Vitaphone No. 1018. "Fore."
No. 973. "Absent Minded."
FORDE. WALTER: First American appearance in
"Would You Believe It." Big 4; also wrote the story
and directed it.
FORREST. ALLAN: r. n. Allan Forrest Fisher; b.
Brooklyn. N. Y.. September 1. 1889; h. 5 feet 11
Inches; dark hair and eyes; w. ISO pounds; p. Emily
Forrest and Louis Fisher; non-professionals; e. Uni-
versity school. Cleveland, O. : five years' stage training
in stock companies. Screen experience covers a period
of 19 vears during which time he has apiieared with
Jackie Coogan in "Long Live the King." and with
Mary Pickford in "Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall";
"The Winged Horseman" (1929). Universal.
FORTUNE. EDMUND: b. Monmouthshire. 1803: h. 5
feet 10 inches; gray eyes and hair: w. 150 pounds:
e. by private tutors. Specialized in languages, law;
by. golf, br.dge. Has lived in Bombay. Poona. Lon-
don. New York, New Orleans, St. Paul. Mexico City.
Bocas del Toro. San Francisco. Has had stage ex-
perience. Entered pictures in 1919 through the late
Mr. Goodstadt Pictures include "Lost I.ndy." "Never
the. Twain Shall Meet." "Way or the Law," "Blue
Danube." "Snnell and Son."
FOSTER. NORMAN: b. Richmond. Ind. : h. 5 feet,
11 inches: black hair and brown eyes: w. 170 pounds:
m. Claudette Colbert, professional: hy. writing plays
and going with star reporters to cover big news. First
important role on stage was in "The Barker." then
"Night Hostess" and "June Moon." First screen ex-
perience was in "Gentlemen of the Press" followed by
"Young Man of Manhattan." Paramount; "Love at
First Sight," (1930). Chesterfield. Is now under con-
tract to Paramount.
FOUNTAINE. WILLIAM: Appeared in "Hallelujah"
(1929). MGM.
FOWLER. JOHN: Appeared in "The Peacock Fan"
(1929) , Chesterfield.
FOX. HARRY: Vitaphone No. 1035. "Tile Lucky
Break." Nos. 1039-40. "The Play Boy."
FOX. ROY: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 2819.
FOXE. E A RLE : b. Oxford. Ohio. December 25. 1891:
h. G feet 2 inches; blue eyes and dark brown hair;
w. 198 pounds; e. Ohio State University. Specialized
in mechanical engineering: m. has one son. Chester
Earle. 11; hy. golf, shooting, boxing. Has lived in
New York. Los Angeles. Experience on stage. En-
tered pictures in New York with Kalcm. Pictures
Include "Panthea." "Ashes of Embers." Larry Har-
mon in "New Year's Eve." "Through Different Eyes."
"Black Magic." "Blindfold." "Four Sons." "Fugi-
tives." "The Ghost Talks" (1929). "Good Intentions"
(1930) , Fox.
FOY. EDDIE. JR.: Has appeared in "leatherneck -
Ing" (1930). Radio Pictures: "The Queen of Die Night-
clubs." Warner Bros.; No. 1012-13. "The Heart
Breaker." and No. 2575-7G. "The Swell Head." Vita-
phone shprts.
FOY FAMILY. THE: Vitaphone No. 2,r>79. "Foys
for Joys." No. 2580,, "Chips of the Old Block."
FRANCIS. ALEC B. : b. England; h. 5 feet 11H
inches: gray -white hair and brown and black eyes; w.
142 pounds; e. Uppingham high school ;m. Lucy Bower,
non-professional: by. golf, prairie and the wilds. Stage
experience in England with Mr. and Mrs. Kendall.
Screen experience in "The Music Master." "The Re-
turn of Peter Grimm." "The Terror." "Smiling Thru."
"Lion and the Mouse" and "Evangeline"; in 1929 in
"Companionate Marriage." First National; "Murder
Will Out." First National; "Mississippi Gambler,"
Universal: "Outward Bound" (1930). Warner Bros.
FRANCIS. OLIN: h. Mooreville. Miss., September
13. 1892; h. fl feet 2 inches; gray eyes and black
hair: w. 225 pounds; e. Tupelo, Miss., high school.
University of Mississippi; specialized In engineering;
married Frances Haurion: hy. flying. Has lived in
Meridian. Miss.. New Orleans. Memphis. Chicago, St.
Louis. Los Angeles. Entered pictures January 9. 1921.
Pictures include: "Win That Girl." Fox; "Kid
Brother." "Sea Beast." "Fighting Devil." "Devil's
Trademark." "Stormy Waters." "Free Lips."
FRANK CHRISTIAN: Appeared in "Sunset Pass"
(1929). Paramount "Under Montana Skies." Tiffany.
FRANK. JACOB: Appeared in "Mother's Boy"
(1929). Pathe.
FRANKLIN. SIDNEY: See Directors' biographies,
FRANKLIN, WENDELL: Appeared in "Four Sons"
(1929). Fox.
Frederick E*
Mailey
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Director of Music and Voice
Studio— 201— 1611 Hudson Ave.
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FRANEY, WILLIAM: Screen work with Western
Productions, Metro. Universal, series of comedies for
O'Connor Productions. Aywon, Goldstone. Fox. Asso-
ciated Exhibitors. Columbia. Bischoff. Ginsberg. FBO.
Rayart. First National, Pathe. Sterling. Pictures in-
clude "The Royal American," "The Rac.ng Fool," Ray-
art; "Out All Night." Universal; "Aflame in the
Sky." FBO; "She's a Sheik." "Under the Tonto Rim."
Paramount; "The Canyon of Adventure." First Na-
tional ; Baggage Man in "The Broadway Hoofer," Co-
lumbia; "Cheyenne." "The Glorious Trail" (1929).
First National; "Heroic Lover." General Pictures;
"Anne Against the World" (1929), Rayart.
FRANZ. JOEL: Appeared in "Lone Star Ranger"
(1930). Fox.
FRANZ, JOSEPH J.: b. Utica, N. T., 1883; e
Christian Brothers Academy. Stage career: actor and
director with Elsie De Tourney in Shakespearean
plays: screen work with Jesse Hampton. Metro. Asso-
ciated Exhibitors. Fox. Goldstone. Elfett. Rayart.
Universal, and In Paramount's "Easy Come, Easy Go."
FRASER, ROBERT: b. Worcester, Mass.; n. 5 feet
1H4 inches: black hair and brown eyes: w. 168 pounds:
p. Mary Brown and John Frazer. non-professionals;
e. Boston high school and a special course in college;
m. Mildred Bright, professional; hy. machinery, radio
and inventions. Stage experience includes such pro-
ductions as "Ben Hur." "The Wanderer," "The
Mirage" and "Seremoda." Screen experience includes
such pictures as "Women Who Give," "Splendid
Road." "Keeper of the Bees." "Out of the Ruins,"
"Men." "The Charmer" and "The Little Snob." In
(1929) "Sioux Blood." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Ca-
reers." First National: "The Drake Case." Universal.
FRAWLEY. WILLIAM: "Turkey for Two" (1929).
Pathe-Checker Comedies, first series; "Fancy That"
(1929), Pathe-Folly Comedies.
FREDERICK, FREDDIE BURKE: b. San Francisco.
Cal., 8H years old; h. 4 feet 2 inches; light brown hair
and hazel eyes; w. 52 pounds; p. Edna Burke Frederick,
non-professional. Stage experience at Writers Club and
amateur performances. Screen experience in the follow-
ing: (1926) Joe Rock Comedies. "MacDougall Alley"
Rock Kid Series. "The Fast Freight," Rayart; (1927)
Mack Sennett Comedies Smith Family Series "Fangs of
Justice," Sam Bischoff Productions Joe Rock Comedies,
(1928) "The Crowd" and "Latest from Paris" for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and "Marry the Girl" for Sterl-
ing, in 1929 appeared in the following: "Evidence"
for Warner Brothers; "Second Wife" for Radio Pic-
tures; "Wall Street," Columbia; "Blue Skies" and
"New Tears Eve" for Fox; "Redemption" for Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer and "Mamba" for Tiffany.
FREELAND. THORNTON: b. Hope. N. D., Febru-
ary 10. 1898; h. 5 feet 8 inches; blue eyes and brown
hair; w. 150 pounds; e. Western Canada: hy. yachting,
tennis and fishing. Entered pictures in 1915. Directed
"Three Live Ghosts."
FREMONT, AL W.: b. Cohoes, N. T., February 23.
18G2; h. 5 feet 11% inches; brown eyes and dark hair;
w. 165 pounds; e. in Albany. N. Y. , and Bay City,
Michigan. Married to Ella Weaver; hy. boxing, base-
ball. Went on stage in 1879. Ha9 lived in Cohoes and
Albany. Bay City. Chicago, Denver, New York, Mem-
phis, Nashville. Entered pictures in 1911. Pictures
Include: "Queen of Sheba." "Pitfalls of a Great City."
"Winds of Chance." "Let's Go," "Brute," "She's a
Sheik." "A Ship Comes in."
FRENCH. CHARLES K. : r. n. Charles E. Krauss:
b. Columbus. Ohio; h. 6 feet; brown and gray hair
and dark blue eyes; w. 190 pounds; p. Elizabeth Bond
and Christian Krauss. non- professionals; e. Columbus
high school: m. Isabelle Gurton. professional; hy.
horses, hunting, golf and motoring. He was in the
original cast of many New York successes such as "In
Old Kentucky," "Lovers Lane," "Under Southern
Skies," "Girl from Dixie," "Huckleberry Finn," and
many others. His screen experience started in 1908
at the Biograph on 14th Street, New York. For some
time he was director for the New York Montrow Pic-
ture Company, Universal, Pathe, and Ince. He has been
an actor for the past eleven years as characters and
character heavies.
FRENCH. GEORGE B. : b. Storm Lake. Iowa. April
14, 1883; h. 5 feet 9% inches: gray hair and dark
eyes; w. 146 pounds; p. Louise Schocklay and Charles
E. French, non-professionals; e. in Montana; married,
non-professional. Stage experience in the following
plays: "Man in Iron Mask." "Quincy Adams Sawyer"
and "Parsifal." Screen experience of seventeen years,
seven years with Christie. Appeared in "Sawdust Para-
dise." "Won in the Clouds." "Black Pearl" and
"Street of Chance" for Paramount in 1929. Free-
lance player.
FRENCH. RICHARD: Played In "Half Way to
Heaven" (1929). Paramount.
FRIES. OTTO H.: b. St. Louis. Mo.. 1890; h. 6hi
feet: brown eyes and black hair; w. 226 pounds: e.
Portsmouth. Ohio, and Cincinnati, went to Martin
Dramatic School; m. Vivian A. Marshall: has one son.
Sherwood Marshall, 9, one daughter, Ottilie Vivian.
11: hy. swimming, hunting, fishing, football. Has
lived in St. Louis. Portsmouth. Cincinnati. Covington.
Brooklyn. Los Angeles. Entered pictures in 1914. start-
ing with Sennett in 1915. Pictures include: "Hotel
Imperial." "Surrender." Munich Cabman in "RiUy the
Cop." Fox; comedies for Fox; "The Younger Genera-
tion." Columbia.
FRISCO. JOE: r. n. Lewis Joseph; b. Rock Island.
III. First stage experience on small vaudeville circuit,
later headlining on Orpheum and other famous circuits
as dancer and singer. First screen experience in 1930.
"The Gorilla." First National: No. 1019-20, "The Song
Plugger." and No. 939, "The Benefit." Vltaphone shorts.
FRITSCH. WILLY: Appeared In 1929 In "Spies."
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "His Latest Excellency." "Mel-
ody of Hearts" and "Hungarian Rhapsody," Ufa.
FROHLICH. GUSTAV: Appeared In "Homecoming"
(1929). Paramount; "The Immortal Vagabond." Ufa.
FRYE. DWIGHT: "Barber John's Boy" (1930),
Warner Bros.
FULTON. JOHN: Played In "King of Jazz" (1930).
Universal.
FUNG. WILLIE: Appeared In "The Far Call"
(1929), Fox.
FUREY, BARNEY: Appeared In 1929 in "The
Drifter." "Gun Law," "Idaho Red." "Outlaw" and
"Pride of Pawnee." Radio Pictures.
G
GABLE, CLARK: Played in "The Painted Desert"
(1930). Pathe.
GABY, FRANK: Played In Vitaphone No. 2188,
"The Tout."
GALLAGHER, DONALD: Appeared in "Through
Different Eyes" (1929), Fox.
GALLAGHER, RAYMOND: b. San Francisco; h.
5 feet 9 inches; brown eyes and brown hair; w. 160
pounds; e. Sacred Heart College, studied medicine:
hy. swimming, baseball, tennis, motoring. Has lived
in New York. Chicago, San Francisco. Entered pic-
tures in Los Angeles in 1911. Among his pictures axe:
"Trail of "98." "Abie's Irish Rose." "Half a Bride."
"Nothing to Wear," "Tide of Empire." "Excess Bag-
gage," Gage in "The Argyle Case," Warner; in 1930:
"Sinner's Holiday," Warner.
GALLAGHER, RICHARD (SKEETS): b. Terre
Haute, Ind.; h. 5 feet 7% inches; gray hair and blue
eyes; w. 140 pounds; e. Terre Haute high school. Rose
Polytechnic Institute. University of Indiana; m. Pauline
Mason, professional: hy. swimming, writing, tennis.
Stage experience started with Irene Martin in song and
dance act. Has appeared in "No. No, Nanette,"
"Mayone,' "The City Chap." "Magnolia Lady" and
Keith and Orpheum vaudeville. Also appeared in the
following pictures on the screen: "The Racket." "Close
Harmony," "Fast Company," "Dance of Life." "Point-
ed Heels." "Honey" (1930), "Paramount on Parade"
(1930). "The Social Lion" (1930), "Let's Go Native"
(1930), Paramount.
GALLERY. TOM: b. Chicago: e. Sacred Heart Col-
lege. Chicago: married Zasu Pitts. Screen work with
Vitagraph, First National. Universal, Paramount, As-
sociated Exhibitors, Warner. FBO. Pictures include:
"Under the Rough." Associated Exhibitors; "The
Limited Mail." "One Round Hogan." "A Dog of the
Regiment." Warner; "Home Struck." FBO.
GANSHORN, JACK: Appeared in "Hawk of the
Hills" (1929), Pathe.
GARCIA, ALLAN: Appeared in "Morgan's Last
Raid" (1929), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
GARDNER. SHAYLE: Appeared in "The Three
Passions" (1929), United Artists.
GARNER. PAUL: "After the Show" (1929), Pathe-
Melody Comedies, first series.
GARRICK. JOHN: r. n. John NichoUs; b. Brighton,
England, August 31, 1902; h. 5 feet inches: brown
hair and blue eyes; p. Florence and Arthur Nicholls:
e. Brighton College: not married; hy. swimming, rowing
and fishing. Was on the stage in Australia in "Rose
Marie" for two years. Played leading roles in "The
Desert Song." "Katja." "The Dancer." "Princess
Charming." and "Wishing Well" on the Pacific Coast.
Has appeared in such pictures as "Married in Holly-
wood" and "Just Imagine" and the lead in "Sky
Hawk."
GARRON. KURT: Appeared in "Dancing Vienna"
(1929). First National.
GAVIN. JESS: Appeared in "The Desert Rider"
(1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
GAWTHORNE. PETER: Appeared in 1929 in "Be-
hind That Curtain." "Sunny Side Up"; "Temple Tow-
er" (1930), Fox.
GAY. GREGORY: b. St. Petersburg. Russia. Oct. 10.
1900: h. 6 feet light brown hair and dark blue eyes;
w. 165 pounds; p. Anne Novitoff and Gregory Gay. pro-
fessionals; e. Navy Cadet school. St. Petersburg: not
married; hy. swimming and skating. He was on the
stage in China for two years and in America for one
year and appeared in the following: "Playthings," "St.
John's Night." "Jealousy" and "Artzebackev." Screen
experience of four and one-half years and appeared in
the following: "Tempest" and "Case of Lena Smith"
for Universal: "Black Watch" and "They Had to See
Paris" for Fox; "Song of the Flame" for First Na-
tional; also a short, "The Cossack's Bride." Free-
lance player.
GEARY. MAINE: b. Salt Lake City. Utah. Febru-
ary 15. 1898; h. 6 feet 1 inch; brown hair and gray
eyes: w. 180 pounds; e. Utah. Nevada. Berkeley. Cal..
White's Beakley prep school: specialized in electrical
engineering: married; hv. football, trout fishing. Has
lived in Salt Lake City. Ely. Neb. : Oakland. Cal. ;
Vancouver. B. C. : Toronto. New York. Hollywood. En-
tered pictures in 1919. Among them are: "Robin
Hood." "Thunder Mountain." "Sparrows," "Diamond
Handcuffs." "Gold Braid."
GELDERT. CLARENCE: b. St. John. B. C. June
9 1867; h. 5 feet 11 inches; dark gray eyes and gray
hair; w. 165 pounds; e. Collins College. Boston.
Specialized in English, law; m. : hy. sailing, hunting,
fencing. Has lived in New York. Boston. St. John.
N. B.. Winnipeg. Edmonton, Medicine Hat, San Jose.
San Francisco. Los Angeles. Entered pictures in 1915
with D. W. Griffith. Pictures include: "Joan the
Woman." "Woman of Paris." "Dress Parade." "Flam-
ing Forest," "Humming Wires." Col. Grimshaw in
"The Thirteenth Chair." MGM; "Sioux Blood." "The
Overland Telegraph." MGM: "Square Shoulders."
Pathe.
GERARD. CHARLES: b. Carlow, Ireland: e. Castle-
knock and Dublin Universities. Screen work with
Paramount. Universal, Selznick. Hodkinson, C. C. Burr.
Fox. First National. B. B. Productions. Allied Pro-
ductions, Truart. Metro-Goldwyn. Stromberg. Pro-Dis-
Co. Warner. Independent. Rayart, Pathe. Pictures in-
clude: "The Heart Thief." Pro-Dis-Co: "Light
Fingers." Columbia: "Framed." "Home Made," First
National: "Painting the Town." Universal: "The
Great Ginsberg." Warners; "Girls." "Romance of a
Rogue," Henry Lord in "Circumstantial Evidence."
Chesterfield: Count Polnac in "Lone Wolf's Daughter."
"That Certain Thing." Columbia: Weymouth in "Men
Without Women." Fox; "Journey's End (1930). Tif-
fany: "Anybody's Woman" (1930), Paramount.
GERHARDT. KARL: Played In "The Immortal
Vagabond," Ufa,
GERRARD. CARL: b. Boston. Mass.: h. 5 feet 10H
Inches: brown hair and eyes; w. 144 pounds; e. Ire-
land. Stage career. Cohan and Harris. "Turn to the
Right." "Brewster's Millions." Screen career. First Na-
tional. Metro. Haworth. Jess Robblns. Paramount.
Columbia. "The Voice from the Minaret," "First
National: "The Love Piker." Goldwyn: "Wild Bill
Hlekok." Paramount: "So This Is Love." Columbia:
nandsome Harry in "Confessions of a Wife." Excel-
lent; "Lcathemecking" (1930). Radio.
GERRARD. DOUGLAS: r. n. D. G. McMurrogh
Kavanagh; b. County Dublin. Ireland. August 12. 1888;
h. 5 feet 10H inches: brown hair and eyes; w. 175
pounds; e. Heidelburg University, Germany, Stony-
hurst College, England and Dublin Universities; not
married; hy. yachting, swimming, rowing and fox
hunting. While in college specialized in elocution,
oratory and literature. Began stage career as Shakes-
pearean actor. Entered pictures in March. 1913, oppo-
site Pavlowa In her only film. Played with Pauline
Frederick and Mary Pickford, then Carl Laemmle made
him feature director at Universal. Returned to acting
and appeared in the following productions: "Footloose
Widows," "Wolfs Clothing," "Sailor Made Man,"
"Omar the Tent Maker," "Commanding Officer."
"Ladies of the Night Club." "Lord and Lady Algy."
"Painted Angel" (1929), First National: "Madonna of
Avenue A" (1929), Warner Bros.
GERRON, KURT: Played in "The Blue Angel."
Ufa.
G ETCH ELL, SUMNER (GUDGIE): b. Oakland.
Cal,. h. 5 feet 7 inches; brown hair and brown eyes;
w. 165 pounds; p. Laura M. and Winfleld Jones, father
professional; e. Berkeley high school; not married; hy.
all sports. Stage career started in Alcazar theatre in
San Francisco as child actor in "Penrod," "Jimmy
Valentine" and others, also at Fulton theatre in Oak-
land. Screen experience started 10 years ago. and
has appeared in the following pictures: "Flying Fleet,"
for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "New Year's Eve," and
played lead in "Mystery Mansion" for Fox: "Campus
Flirt." for Paramount; "College Widow." for Warner:
Collegian Series, and "Sporting Youth" series for Uni-
versal: "Cheer Up and Smile" (1929). Fox; "College
Love" (1929), Universal.
GIBBON. HARRY: Appeared in "Show People"
(1929), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Mysterious Island"
(1929). MGM.
GIBLYN. CHARLES: Appeared in "Woman Trap"
(1929), Paramount.
GIBSON, DAD: Appeared in "Smilin' Guns" (1929).
Universal.
GIBSON, HOOT: r. n. Edward Gibson: b. Tekamah,
Neb., 1892; h. 5 feet 9 inches; dark hair and blue
eyes; w. 160 pounds; p. Delia Gibson, non -professional;
e. Tekamah, Neb. high school, and received his stage
training in vaudeville; m. Sally Eilers; hy. boxing,
auto racing and bronco busting. In vaudeville with
Dick Stanley and Bud Atkinson in Australia. Entered
pictures about 16 years ago as a cowboy and has been
with Universal ever since. Appeared in 1929 in "Smilin'
Guns." "Burning the Wind." "King of the Rodeo."
"The Lariat Kid." "Points West." "The Winged
Horsemen." "Courtin" Wild Cats." "The Long Long
Trail." Universal; in 1930 in "Mounted Stranger."
"Roaring Ranch." "Spurs." "Trailing Trouble." "Trig-
ger Tricks." Universal; Vitaphone No. 2132. "The
Hoot Gibson Trio."
GIBSON, JIM: Played in "Arizona Kid" (1930),
Fox.
GIBSON, KENNETH: b. Sandusky. Ohio. January
17, 1899; h. 6 feet 1 inch; brown hair and hazel eyes;
w. 170 pounds; p. Idah McGlone and Henry Hiram
Gibson, both writers; e. Hyde Park high. Chicago, and
University of Chicago: m. Paulette Paquette. actress;
hy. most sports. Stage experience in Los Angeles in
the following productions: "Just Married," "Plaything."
"A Man's Man." "The Ghost Train" and "High
Road." Screen experience began in 1922 with Fox and
Aileen Percy in "Big Town Ideas." as juvenile in
"Ashes of Vengeance." as Brother in "Idle Rich."
and as Reggie in "Their Own Desire." Free-lance
player.
GILBERT, BILLY: Appeared in "Noisy Neighbors"
(1929) . Pathe; Vitaphone No. 4249. "The Woman
Tamer." "The Beauties" (1930). Pathe Rainbow
Comedies.
GILBERT, JOHN: b. Logan, Utah. July 10. 1897;
h. 5 feet 11 inches: brown hair and eyes: w. 135
pounds ; e. in public schools all over the country, and
Hitchcock Military academy at San Rafael. Cal. :
m. and div. Leatrice Joy. m. Ina Claire. 1929. An
actor, on the legitimate stage; also writer, producer and
director. Screen experience consists of roles in
"Apostle of Vengeance" for Ince in 1917; "Heart of
the Hills" for First National in 1919; "The Count of
Monte Cristo" for Fox in 1922: thence to Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer where he has appeared in "He Who Gets
Slapped." "The Merrv Widow" and "The Big Parade"
in 1925: "Flesh and the Devil." "Love" and "The
Cossacks" in 1927; and in "Four Walls." "A Woman
of Affairs" and others in 1929. In 1929 in "Desert
GILBERT, MASTER: Played in Vitaphone No.
2260.
Nights." "His Glorious Night" and "The Hollywood
Revue," "Redemption" (1930). MGM.
GILL. BASIL: Played in "High Treason." Tiffany.
GILLESPIE. GEORGE: Appeared in "The Climax"
(1930) . Universal.
GILLESPIE. WILLIAM: b. Aberdeen. Scotland.
January 24, 1894: 5 feet 11 inches; black hair and
gray eyes: w. 175 pounds; p. Margaret Noble and
William Gillespie, non-professionals; e. college in Win-
nipeg. Manitoba. Canada: m. Ann Monahan. non-pro-
fessional: hy. music, hunting and Ashing. Stage experi-
ence with the Emerson Players. Manitoba, for three
seasons: with the Arcadians for two seasons: in vaude-
ville for five years and with "Skeets Brown Minstrels."
Screen experience in "Now or Never." "Grandma's
Boy." "High and Dizzy." "Easy Street." "The Im-
migrant." "Exit Smiling." "Horse Shy."
GILLINGWATER. CLAUDE: b. Lauseanna. Mo..
August 2. 1870: h. 6 feet 2 inches: gray hair and
brown eyes: w. 168 pounds: p. Lucy Hunter and James
E. Gilllngwater. non -professionals; e. St. Louis high
school; m. Carlyn Stellith. non-professional: hy. read-
ing, geography and historical events. Eight years stage
experience with David Belasco. Screen experience In
following productions: "Little Lord Fauntleroy." "My
Boy." "Alice Adams." "Remember." "Women They
Talk About." "Stark Mad." "Stolen Kisses." "Three
Wise Fools." "A Dangerous Woman" and "Daddy."
In 1929 in "Great Divide." "Smiling Irish Eyes."
First National: "So Long Letty." Warner: In 1930
in "Flirting Widow." "Toast of the Legion." First
National "Dumbbells In Ermine." Warner.
GILMORE. DOUGLAS: m. Ruth Mix. professional:
screen career Includes: "The Naughty Flirt" (1930).
First National; "Object Alimony" (1929). Columbia:
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"The Big Party-' (1930). "Cameo Kirby" (1930). "One
Woman Idea." "Pleasure Crazed," "Song of Kentucky."
Fox.
GIRARD. JOSEPH: b. Williamsport. Pa., reared
in Philadelphia; h. 6 feet; gray hair and dark brown
eyes; w. 195 pounds; e. Philadelphia high school; not
married; hy. sports. Stage experience of many years;
entered pictures in 1914 with Edison Company in New
York; five years for Universal, two in New York and
three on West Coast. Has appeared in "20.000 Leagues
Under the Sea" in 1916; in Warner Brothers' "The
Terror" and "From Headquarters," both talking fea-
tures; also in Pathe's "The Leatherneck." a talking
feature; in 1929 in "Girl from Havana," "The One
Woman Idea," Fox; "Back from Shanghai." General
Pictures; "Redskin." Paramount; "King of the Rodeo";
in 1930 in "Courtin' Wild Cats," "Sons of the Saddle."
Universal.
GIRRARD. CHARLES: Appeared in "Circumstan-
tial Evidence" (1929), Chesterfield.
GIVOT, GEORGE: Comedian; b. Omaha. Neb..
February 18. 1903; h. 6 feet 1 inch; black hair and
liazel eyes; w. 180 pounds; p. Adeline and William
W. Givot. non-professionals; e. Central Omaha, and
University of Chicago; not married. Stage experience
started with Balaban & Katz. being with them for
two years, then with Ziegfeld Follies for one year. Fan-
chon and Marco one year, vaudeville, one year, Publix,
one year, and now featured in Earl Carroll's "Sketch
Book." Screen experience in talking shorts.
GLASS, GASTON: b. Paris. France, December 1,
1898; h. 5 feet 10V& inches; black hair and brown
eyes; w. 160 pounds: p. Annette and Eugene Glass,
non-professionals; e. Paris high school, and received his
stage training with Sarah Bernhardt: not married; hy.
horses. Stage experience covering a period of 20 years
during which time he was with Sarah Bernhardt in
"Camille." "Cleopatra" and "Joan of Arc," both in
America and abroad. Screen experience of 11 years
taking various roles in such pictures as "Behind
Closed Doors," "Humoresque," "I Am the Law," "The
Spider and the Rose," "The Hero," "Mothers-in-
Law," "The Red Mark." "Name the Woman" and
"Geraldine." In his early screen career he appeared in
pictures in Europe produced by Pathe, Freres and
Gaumont. In "The Faker" (1929), Columbia; Vita-
phone No. 3829. "South Sea Pearl."
GLEASON, JAMES: p. William Gleason and Mina
Crolius. professionals; m. Lucille Webster, and has
one son. Russell. When a young fellow he joined the
Spanish -American War and upon his return he went
to the stock company at the Liberty theatre in Oakland
which his father and mother were operating. Together,
he and his wife went to Portland and played in stock
at the Baker theatre for three years, and for several
years afterward they toured in road shows and played
in stock. The World War then broke out and Jimmie
enlisted. Upon his return he appeared on the stage
in "The Five Million." He then took to writing and
wrote "Is Zat So." which he produced in New York.
He also wrote and acted in "The Fall Guy" and
"The Shannons on Broadway." Wrote "The Broadway
Melody," for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Then the two
Gleasons made several comedies for Christie, with
Jimmie writing dialogue for Pathe pictures as well.
Both were placed under contract by Pathe. Lucille to
act. Jimmie to combine writing and acting: in 1929 in
"Garden of Katin'," "Fairways and Foul," Pathe-
Golden Rooster Comedies; "Bevond Victory*." "Her
Man," "Oh. Yeah." Pathe: in 1930 in "Swcllhead."
Tiffany; "Puttin' on the Ritz." United Artists;
"Dumbbells in Ermine." Warner Bros.; "The Matri-
monial Bed." Warner Bros.; "Big Money." Pathe:
"Don't Believe It." Paramount-Christie.
GLEASON. RUSSELL: b. Portland. Ore.. February
5. 1908; h. 6 feet; light brown hair and blue eyes; w.
I. *i0 pounds: p. Lueile Webster and James Gleason. pro-
fessionals; e. Oakland, Cal.. high school and Berkeley
college, no stage training; not married: hy. swimming
and acting. Appeared in 1929 "The Flying Fool,"
"The Shady Lady," "The Sophomore," "Strange
Cargo," Pathe; "Seven Faces." Fox: in 1930 In "Be-
yond Victory." "Officer O'Brien," Pathe; "All Quiet
on the Western Front," Universal.
GLECKLER, ROBERT: b. Pierre. S. D.. January
II. 1890; e. at Pierre high school. Yankton. S. D.. and
Beloit University, Beloit. Wis. ; m. Adelaide Kendall,
professional; h. 0 feet 1 inch; w. 180 pounds; brown
hair, blue eyes; hy. golf and horseback riding. On
the dramatic stage for 20 years. Leading man in such
productions as "Broadway." "The Bat." "Heads Up."
"Ringside." "Gentlemen of the Press." Entered pic-
tures in 1928 after playing the role of "Steve Cran-
dall" in "Broadway" for 90 weeks. Pictures include.
'■Mother's Boy," Pathe: "Sea God," Paramount; "Big
Money," Pathe; "The Dove." United Artists.
GLENDENNING. ERNEST: Vitaphone No. 1057,
"Grounds for Murder."
GLENDON, FRANK: "Border Romance" (1930).
Tiffany.
GLOVER. ORMAR: "Ride 'Em Cowboy" (1930).
Pathe-Folly Comedies, first series.
GOODWIN. HAROLD: b. Peoria. HI.. December 1.
1902: h. 6 feet 2 inches: light brown hair and blue
eyes: w. 170 pounds: p. Maude Lyons and Lee Willis
Goodwin, non-professionals; p. high school: not mar-
ried: hy. golf, tennis and bridge. Stage experience with
stock show at Burbank theatre in Los Angeles. Calif.
Screen experience covers a period of fifteen years, first
picture being "Dad's Outlaws." with Arthur Mackley.
two leads with Mary Pickford. starring contract with
Fox in 1919. and played the part of the heavy in
"Cameraman" and "College" with Buster Keaton for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Appeared in four Booth Tark-
lngton films, in the production "Flight," for Columbia:
"The Mighty" for Paramount; and "All Quiet on
Western Front." for Universal: "Hunting the Hunter"
(1929), "Hot and How" (1930). Educational-Jack
White: "Don't Get Excited" (1929). Educational
Tuxedo.
GORDON. BOBBY: b. Pittsburgh, Pa., August 21.
1913; e. in Hollywood: h. 5 feet 6 inches; w. 130
pounds: brown hair and hazel eyes: hy. swimming
football and basketball. Entered pictures in 1923.
Was discovered hy William Beaudine at a prizefight
at the Hollywood Legion Stadium. Pictures include:
"The Jazz Singer." in the role of Jolson as a boy:
"His People." "The Cohens and Kelleys." "A Race
for Life." "A Handful of Clouds" and "Wide Open."
GORDON. BRUCE: b. Johannesburg. South Africa:
h. C feet: dark blue eyes and dark hair; w. 160
pounds; e. St. John's College. London University; spe-
cialized in medicine: hy. baseball, football. First
played in British productions. Pictures include: "For-
tieth Door." "The Cleanup." Excellent.
GORDON, C. HENRY: b. New York City: e. in New
York and abroad in Neuchatel, Switzerland, and
Schneptenthal, Germany; h. 5 feet 11 inches: w. 165
pounds; dark hair, brown eyes; not married. First ap-
pearance on stage in New York in play called "Experi-
ence." Later supported Mary Duncan. Ina Claire.
Florence Reed, Fredric March and Walter Huston.
First silent picture with George Beban. Talking pic-
tures include: "A Devil with Women," with Victor Mc-
Laglen, Captain Mordiconi in Warner Baxter's "Rene-
gades," and "Once a Sinner." Under contract to Fox.
GORDON. GAVIN: Pictures include: Black Knight
in "Nightie Knight," Fox; Doctor in "The Medicine
Man," "Chasing Through Europe." Fox; "Romance"
(1930), MGM; "His First Command" (1930), Pathe.
GORDON. HUNTLEY: b. Montreal. Que.; h. 6 feet;
dark blue eyes and brown hair; w. 175 pounds; e.
Banister Court School. England. Screen work with
Vitagraph. Selznick, Metro, First National. Truart.
Paramount. Universal. Columbia. Tiffany. Rayart. Pic-
tures include: "The Sensation Seekers." Universal;
"The Truthful Sex." "Name the Woman." Columbia;
"Their Hour," Tiffany; "A Certain Young Man,"
MGM; Tom Wells in "Sinners in Love," FBO; "Scan-
dal." Universal; "Outcast." First National; "Melody
Lane." Universal; "The Marriage Playground" (1929).
Paramount.
GORDON. JAMES: b. Pittsburgh. Pa.: stage career
of ten years. Screen work with Edison. Famous Play-
ers. Wharton. Select, First National. Paramount. Asso-
ciated Productions, Pathe. Tourneur, Fox, Goldwyn,
Realart, Selznick. Russell- Sable Productions. Pro-Dis-
Co. Warner, Ginsberg, Universal. FBO. Pictures in-
clude: "The War Horse," "Publicity Madness." "The
Wolf's Fangs," "The Escape." Fox; "Cancelled Debts."
Sterling.
GORDON. ROBERT: b. Kansas; h. 5 feet 11 inches;
dark brown eyes and medium brown hair; w. 156
pounds; e. Los Angeles Polytechnic Junior College;
specialized in engineering; married Alma Frances Gor-
don; hy. tennis, fishing, mountains, chess. Entered
pictures in 1917. Pictures include: "Huck Finn."
"Missing." "Greatest Menace." "Night Ship." "Dan-
ger Signal,' "On the Threshold." "Hearts and
"Spangles."
GORMAN, CHARLES: Appeared in "The Far Call"
(1929), Fox.
GORY. LOU: Appeared in "Below the Deadline"
(1929). Chesterfield.
GOTTLER. ARCHIE: Played in Vitaphone No. 2670.
GOTTSCHALK, FERDINAND: Vitaphone No. 1055-
56. "Many Happy Returns."
GOUGH. JOHN: b. Boston. Mass.. Sept. 22. 1897:
h. 5 feet 9 inches: brown hair and blue eyes; w. 130
pounds; p. Darrit Ashton and Wm. H. Gough. profes-
sions; e. on stage in New York since child; mar-
ried, non-professional; hy. acting and fishing. Stage
experience with Erlanger. Olcott. Woods. New York,
and eleven years with Newton Stock Company as come-
dian ; also appeared in "East Lynne." Screen expe-
rience started in 1916 with American, for five years
stock and two and one-half years with Evelyn Brent
for FBO under contract, and appeared in the follow-
ing: "Sarah and Son." "Smooth as Satin." "Flaming
Waters," "Three Wise Crooks." "Night Patrol."
"Judgment of the Hills" and "Air Legion." Free-
lance player.
GO W LA ND, GIBSON: b. England; h. 6 feet; brown
curly hair, and dark blue eyes; w. 196 pounds. Has
had stage experience. Screen work with Goldwyn,
Paramount, Metro, Maurice Tourneur. Universal. F. L.
Granville Productions. Ideal, Metro-Goldwyn, Davis
Distributors. Fox. Tiffany. Pictures include: "The
Broken Gate." Tiffany; "The Land Beyond the Law."
First National; "The First Auto." Warners; "Topsy
and Eva," United Artists; "The Isle of Forgotten
Women," Columbia; "Rose Marie," MGM; "The Mys-
terious Island," MGM; "Phantom of the Opera"
(1929), Universal.
GRAHAM, EDDIE: Vitaphone No. 4097-98. "An
111 Wind"; No. 4168. "Twixt Love and Duty."
GRAHAM. FREDERICK: Appeared in 1929 in "The
Sin Sister." "Pleasure Crazed." "Nix On Dames."
Fox.
GRAINGER. WILLIAM: "Other Tomorrow" (1930),
First National.
GRAN. ALBERT: b. Bergen, Norway: e. Hamburg
and Leipzig. Screen work with First National. MGM,
Fox. Paramount. Pathe, Universal. Pictures include:
"Children of Divorce." "Soft Cushions," Paramount;
"Breakfast at Sunrise," First National: "We Ameri-
cans," Universal; Nathan Fairchild in "Glad Rag
Doll." Blake in "Gold Diggers of Broadway." War-
ners; police inspector in "One Adventurous Night,"
First National; "Tanned Legs," RKO: "The Whip."
First National; "Dry Martini." "Four Sons." "Mother
Knows Best." Fox; "Our Modern Maidens." MGM;
"Kibitzer." Paramount; "Geraldine." Pathe: "Toast
of the Legion" (1930), First National; "Little Acci-
dent" (1930), Universal; "Follow Through" (1930),
Paramount.
GRANACH, ALEX. : Played in "The Last Com-
pany," Ufa.
GRANDIN. ELMER: Appeared in "House of
Secrets" (1930). Chesterfield.
GRANT, LAWRENCE: b. England; h. 6 feet: gray
hair and hazel eyes; w. 175 pounds; e. Balsham Manor.
Cambridgeshire. England; m. Iphigenia Hay, non-pro-
fessional. Stage experience in England with Sir George
Alexander. Arthur Bourchier and leading man with Mrs.
Brown Potter in seven plays, with Miss Kate Rorke in
three plays and with Mrs. Lewis Waller in "Zaza."
Came to America under management also Charles Froh-
man. the Shuberts. William Harris, the Selwyns and Al
Woods. Started in pictures by playing the role of the
Kaiser in "To Hell With the Kaiser" in 1918. Under
contract with Metro in 1920. Returned to the stage and
came back to pictures in 1925. playing in "The Grand
Duchess and the Waiter" for Famous Players. Some
of the pictures in which he has appeared are as fol-
lows: "Service for Ladies." "Serenade." "A Gentle-
man of Paris." "Doomsday." "Red Hair." "Woman
of Moscow." "Something Always Happens" and "The
Case of Lena Smith." all for Paramount. "His Hour"
and "Hold 'em Yale" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
"Duchess of Buffalo" and "Bulldog Drummond" for
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United Artists, "Is Everybody Happy I" for Warner
Brothers. "The Exalted Flapper" (1929). Fox.
GRAPEWIN. CHARLEY: b. Xenia. Ohio. December
20, 1875; h. 5 feet 7^ inches; brown hair and blue
eyes; w. 150 pounds; e. Wellington high school. Well-
ington. Ohio; hy. golf; m. Anna Chance. Thirtv-flve
years on stage and vaudeville. Author and composer of
"The Awakening of Mr. Pipp." also starred in it.
Other plays: "Up to You." "John Henry." "Above the
Limit." "Gossip Town." "Jed's Vacation." "Pough-
keepsie." Entered pictures in January. 1929. played Jed
Harvey Schwanzie in "The Shannons of Broadway."
Universal: star in "Jed's Vacation" (1929). "Ladies
Choice." "That Bed Headed Hussy." Christie.
GRASSBY. BERTRAM: b. Lincolnshire. England.
1880; h. 6 feet; black hair and black eyes; w 175
pounds: e. America. Screen work with Griffith.. Hod-
kinson. Paramount-Gish. Equity. Paramount. Patne.
Goldwyn. Irvin Willat Productions. William P S.
Earle. Vitagraph. FBO. Metro-Fox. Pro-Dis-Co. Uni-
versal. Ginsberg. Among his pictures are "When A
Man Loves." Warner: "The Beloved Bogue." United
Artists.
GRAVES. RALPH : b Cleveland. Ohio, January 23.
1900; h. 6 feet 2 inches; brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 175 pounds; p. Lillian M. Graves; e. East high
school and received his stage training in stock; m.
Virginia Goodwin, non-professional: hy. bridge, golf
and boating. Eleven years screen experience; four of
which were spent, with Griffith, three with Sennett and
since then with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Has appeared
in (1929) 'Smilin' Guns," Universal: "The Eternal
Woman." "The Side Show," "Submarine," Columbia;
"The Flying Fleet." Metro-Goldwyn-Maver; "Song of
Love" (1929). Columbia; "Ladies of Leisure" (1930).
Columbia.
GRAVES. JR., ROBERT: b. New York City. Octo-
ber 22. 1888; h. 5 feet 11^4 inches; brown hair
and eyes: w. 190 pounds; p. Charlotte Catlin and
Bobert Graves, non-professionals: e. Mt. Pleasant
academy. New York. Williams college in 1910 being an
A. B., and Harvard law school in 1913; and in addi-
tion educational advantages in France, received his
stage training at Castle Square theatre, Boston, in
1912; m. Ellen Godsey, professional: hy. riding and
reading. Started stage career with John Craig in
Boston in 1912. Previously was head of dramatics at
Williams college; had his own company in Pittsfield.
Mass.. from 1912 to 1916; played one year on Broad-
way in "The Misleading Lady" with Lewis Stone; pro-
duced plays for the roads in New York office at Hud-
son and Fulton theatres. Enlisted in 1912. gained
commission and went to France, made his first picture
in 1914. playing the heavy in "The Midnight Strike."
a Warner feature directed by Chester Devon. Came to
California in 1924 and has been steadily employed
since; under contract to Educational for four years,
playing feature, heaw and character roles; in "Mon-
sieur Le Fox" (1930) MGM.
GRAVINE. CESSARE: b. Naples. Italy. January 23.
1858; h. 5 feet; brown eyes and black eyes: w. 135
pounds; e. Italy: m. ; hy. swimming. Stage experience
in light opera in Italy. Spain, Chile, Peru. Entered
pictures in 1915 through Sidney Olcott. Pictures in-
clude: "Foolish Wives." "Scratch My Back."
"Daddy." "Merry-Go-Bound." "Man Who Laughs."
"Blonde Saint." "The Trail of "98." MGM: "The
Wedding March." Paramount: "Burning the Wind,"
"Phantom of the Opera" (1929). Universal.
GRAY. ALEXANDER: b. Wrightsrille, Pa., January
8. 1902: h. 5 feet lOhi inches; brown hair and blue
eyes; w. 170 pounds; p. Harriet Gray and Alexander
P. Gray, non-professionals; e. Park Avenue Grammar
school and Baltimore prep school. Central high school
of Philadelphia and Penn State College; m. Jeannette
Wolff and has one daughter, Jean Harriet : hy. swim-
ming, golf, tennis and horseback riding. Ha had de-
cided upon a musical career, so he secured a position
as technical editor of "Iron Age." which enabled him
to study voice on the side. A year later he taught
grammar school in Chicago, and later taught in North-
west Military and Naval Academy. Won a vocal con-
test sponsored by the National Federation of Music
Clubs. He then went to New York and was engaged
for the Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic. There followed leads
in the Ziegfeld Follies. "Sally." "Tell Me More."
"Naughty Biquette" and "The Desert Song." He
made his picture debut with Marilyn Miller in the
cinema "Sally," and other film appearances for First
National and Vitaphone productions include, "No. No.
Nannette." "Spring Is Here" and "Song of the
Flame"; "Viennese Nights" (1930). Warner Bros.
GRAY. HARRY: Appeared in "Hallelujah" (1929).
MGM.
GRAY. LAWRENCE: b. San Francisco. Cal. : h. 5
feet 10 inches: brown hair and green eyes; w. 1G0
pounds; p. Mary and Henry Gray, non-professionals:
e. Lowell High School. San Francisco; not married;
hy. music, literature and tennis. No stage experience.
Screen experience consists of five years. Previous two
years in capacity of production superintendent for Fa-
mous Players-Lasky. Leads opposite Gloria Swanson.
Marion Davies. Colleen Moore. Betty Bronson. Olive
Borden. Madge Bellamy. Eleanor Boardman. Lois Mo-
ran. Evelyn Brent. Dorothy Sebastian. Billie Dove
and the Duncan Sisters, for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Fox. First National. Warner Bros.. Paramount. Tif-
fany-Stahl. In 1929 In "It's a Great Life." MGM:
Trent's Last Case." Fox: "The Gay Nineties." MGM:
in 1930 in "Going Wild." "Spring Is Here." First
National.
GREGORY. PAUL: Stage experience: sang leading
role in "Golden Dawn" for Hammerstein and was fea-
tured In "Rose Marie" and "The Song of the Flame."
Also appeared in the screen version of "Whoopee" for
United Artists In 1930.
GREEN. BILLY M. : Played in "His Birthday Suit"
(1930). Pathe- Variety Comedies.
GREEN. EDDIE: Vitaphone No. 1037. "Temple
Belles."
GREEN. HARRY: b. New York City; h. 5 feet TA
Inches; black hair and blue eyes; w. 174 pounds; e.
New York University: not married; hy. swimming.
Stage experience commenced with successful characteri-
zation of "George Washington Cohen." which made him
famous. Then left vaudeville for drama and appeared
In the following: "Welcome Stranger." "Give and
Take." "Is Zat So." "Music Master." Toured Eng-
land. South Africa and Australia, then came to Holly-
wood from South Africa on a vacation and was signed
by Paramount. First appeared as theatrical manager
In "Close Harmony." Has appeared in the following
Paramount Productions: "Why Bring That Up." "The
Kibitzer," "Paramount on Parade." "The Man I
Love" (1929), Paramount; in 1930 in "Honey." "True
to the Navy." "Why Bring That Up," Paramount; "Be
Yourself." United Artists.
GREEN. KURT: Appeared in "Berlin After Dark"
(1929) . World Wide.
GREIG. RICHARD: Played in "Animal Crackers"
(1930) . Paramount.
GREINER. FRITZ: Played in "Hungarian Rhap-
sody." Ufa.
GRETLER. H El N RICH : Appeared in "The Last
Company." Ufa.
GRIBBEN. HARRY: b. New York City; h. 6 feet;
blue eyes and brown hair; e. New York; m. May
Emory. Has had stage experience in "Flo-Flo." "R d
Widow." Pictures include: "Shakedown." "Rose
Marie." "Smart Set." "Show People." "Tide of Em-
pire," "Honeymoon." "The Bride's Relations."
"Whirls and Girls." Sennett; Joe in "On with the
Show," Joe Casey in "So Long Letty." "The Camera-
man." "The Mysterious Island." MGM; "Midnight
Daddies." World Wide: "The Lunkhead" (1929). "The
Golfers" (1929). "Hollywood Star" (1929). "Clancy
at the Bat" (1929). "The New Halfback" (1929).
"Uppercut O'Brien" (1929), "Song of the West"
(1930), Warner: "The Gorilla" (1930). First National:
"Sugar Plum Papa" (1930), Educational. Mack Sen-
nett Talking Comedies; "Swell People" (1930). Pathe.
Manhattan Comedies; second series; "Big Hearted"
(1930). Pathe. Whoopee Comedies.
GRIBBON. EDDIE: b. New York City. January 3.
1893; h. 6 feet; brown hair and blue eyes: w. 195
pounds; received his stage training in stock and
vaudeville ; hy. all sports. Three years stage ex-
perience and 14 years screen. Appeared in 1929 "Two
Weeks Off." "Twin Beds." First National: "Honey-
moon." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Two Men and a
Maid." Tiffany-Stahl ; "Fancy Baggage." and "From
Headquarters." Warner Brothers; in 1930 in "Born
Reckless." "Dames Ahoy." Universal.
GRIFFITH, GORDON: b. Chicago, 111.; h. 5 feet
O1^ inches; dark brown hair and dark blue eyes; w. 153
pounds; e. Los Angeles. Cal. Screen work with War-
ner. Fox. National. Paramount. 14 months with Key-
stone, and was in "The Branded Man," Rayart.
GRIFFITH. RAYMOND: b. Boston. Mass.. January
23. 1895; h. 5 feet 6 inches; brown hair and hazel
eyes; w. 140 pounds; p. Marie Guichard and James
Griffith, professionals: e. St. Anselems, Manchester.
N. H. ; m. Bertha Mann, professional: hy. everything
of interest. No stage experience. Screen experience
as follows: 1914 with Vitagraph. and Kalem Come-
dies; 1915 to Goldwyn Dramas: 1923 to 1927. Para-
mount Comedies; 1917 to 1921 Mack Sennett Comedies
(writing and directing) ; 1922 with Marshall Neilan,
Universal and Goldwyn Dramas; 1923 to 1927 Para-
mount Comedies. Some of the pictures are "Fool's
First." "The Night Club." "Forty Winks." "He's a
Prince." "Wet Paint." "Hands Up." "Paths to
Paradise." "Trent's Last Case" (1929). Fox; "The
Sleeping Porch" (1929). Paramount-Christie.
GRIPP. HARRY: b. Tyrone. Pa.. November 20. 1885;
h. 5 feet 10^ inches; blond hair and blue eyes: w.
175 pounds; p. non- professionals: e. private schools in
Pennsylvania. Maryland and Rhode Island; m. non-
professional; no hobbies. No stage experience. Sevin-
teen years screen experience and has appared in the
following Fox pictures: "Siberia." "No Man's Gold."
"P & A Train Robbery." "Honor Bound." "Our
Daily Bread." "The Far Call" (1923). Fox.
GROCEY. BERNARD: Appeared in "Abie's Irish
Rose" (1929). Paramount.
GROG AN. OSCAR: Played in Vitaphone No. 985.
"Footnotes."
GRONAU. ERNST: Appeared in "His Latest Ex-
cellency" (1929). Ufa.
GROSSMAN, GEORGE: Played in "Three French
Girls" (1930), MGM.
GROSSMITH. GEORGE: b. London. England; h. 5
feet 11 inches: p. Bosa and George Grossmith. father
a professional; hy. golf. Stage experience: described in
English papers as "Pre-eminent Comedian of the Lon-
don Stage." Was managing director of Grossmith and
Malone. controlling six leading London theatres, for
which he wrote and produced over twenty successful
musical plays and revues. Is advisory director of the
"British Broadcasting Corp." Twenty years as star on
London stage. First screen experience in 1930. "Women
Everywhere," for Fox.
GUARO, KIT: b. Denmark: h. 5 feet 8'/4 inches:
light hair and blue eyes; w. 150 pounds: e. San Fran-
cisco. Early career: eight years on stage. Screen
career includes "Shamrock Alley." Educational ; "Legion-
naires in Paris." Beautv Parlor Series. FBO: "Beau
Broadway," Metro; "Night Work." Pathe.
GUEKSTORF. MAX: Appeared in "His Latest Ex-
cellency" (1929). Ufa.
GUERTZMAN. PAUL: b. Kichinov. Russia. Febru-
ary 7, 1913; h. 5 feet 4 inches; brown hair and gray
eyes; w. 110 pounds: e. public schools in Paris: hy.
swimming, boxing. Lived in Paris and Los Angeles.
Entered pictures in 192S through Jesse L. Lasky.
Pictures include: "His Private Life." "The Wolf of
Wall Street." and "Betrayal."
GUIDE. PAUL: Appeared in "Loves of Casanova"
(1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
GUILFOYLE. JAMES: Appeared in "Speakeasy"
(1929). Fox.
GULLAN. CAMPBELL: Appeared in "Pleasure
Crazed" (1929). Fox.
GUZMAN. ROBERT E.: r. n. Roberto E. Guzman:
b. Pueblo. Mexico. January 30. 1899; h. 5 feet 10>4
inches; brown eyes and hair; w. 160 pounds; e.
Pueblo: si>ecia]ized in law, college degree: married;
hy. riding, swimming, wrestling. Has lived in Mexico,
New York. Chicago. Los Angeles. Entered pictures in
August. 1928. through William McGann. assistant di-
rector on Warner Bros.. "The Desert Song." Pictures
include: "The Desert Song." "Song of the West." War-
ner; "The Military Post." "A Spanish Fiesta," Vita-
phone.
H
HACKATHORNE. GEORGE: b. Pendleton. Ore..
February 13. 1896; h. 5 feet 7 Inches: brown hair and
RfH! w. 130 rmiinds: p. Mary Elizabeth Patterson and
George Mallard Hackathorne: e, public schools and
business college; not married; hy. swimming, horse-
back riding, and writing short stories and essays.
Stage experience, first part was little Willie in "East
Lynne," also played juveniles in stock, and own
vaudeville singing act. Screen experience in the fol-
lowing: title role in "The Little Minister" and
"Night Life in New York" for Famous Players-Lasky;
"Human Hearts." "Merry-Go-Round." and starred in
"The Turmoil." "The Tip Off." for Universal; Pre-
ferred Productions "Capitol Punishment"; for Fox,
"The Village Blacksmith." Harold Bell Wright's
"Shepherd of the Hills." "When a Man's a Man";
FBO's "Sally Shoulders." T. Hayes Hunter "The
Light in the Clearing." English co-starred with with
Betty Balfour in "The Sea Urchin." Whitman Ben-
nett "Wandering Fires": United Artists "The Lady."
and Ince "Human Wreckage. " Just completed role of
Robespierre in "La Marseillaise" and the "College
Racketeer"; "Captain of the Guard" (1930). Uni-
versal.
HACKETT, ALBERT: Played in "Whoopee" (1930),
United Artists.
HACKETT. CHARLES: Played in Vitaphone No.
2379. No. 916. Nos. 899-900.
HACKETT, RAYMOND: b. New York City: e. in
New York and Philadelphia: h. 5 feet 10 inches: w.
14S pounds: brown hair, blue eyes. Made first stage
appearance at the age of 4 years and has b.'en on
the stage since that time until he made his first
picture with Gloria Swanson in "The Loves of Sunya."
Pictures include: "The Trial of Mary Dugan."
"Madame X." "Not So Dumb," and 'Let Us Be
Gay." "The Bishop Murder Case" (1930), "Our Blush-
ing Brides" (1930). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Footlights
and Fools" (1929). "Numbered Men" (1930). First
National; "On Your Back" (1930). "The Sea Wolf"
(1930). Fox.
HAGEN. WALTER: "Match Play" (1930). Edu-
cational-Mack Sennett.
HAGER, CLYDE: Vitaphone No. 4209, "Railroad
Follies."
HAGGERTY, BILLIE: b. Kansas City. December.
1925; chestnut hair and blue eyes. First screen appear-
ance as "Double" for Davy Lee in "The Squealer."
Selected for role of Little Stuart in "Ex-Flame."
modern version of "East Lynne." a Liberty production.
Won Baby Show prize in Kansas City as a perfect
physical specimen and best dressed youngster.
HAGNEY. FRANK: b. Sydney. Australia; h. •
feet 2hb inches; dark brown hair and eyes; w. 205
pounds: p. Elizabeth and Michael Hagney. non-pro-
fessional: e. Sydney Grammar School and College: m.
Edna Sbephard. non-professional; hy. all athletics.
Stage experience in stock, and vaudeville in Australia.
Europe and the United States. Stage experience of
fifteen years in America. Has appeared in the fol-
lowing: "On Your Toes." "Free Lips." "Through
the Breakers." "Glorious Trail," "Broken Barriers,"
"Captain Lash." "Masked Emotions." "One Round
Hogan." "Rawhide Kid" and "The Fight Pest"; "Oh,
Yeah!" (1929). Pathe.
HAINES. ROBERT T. : b. Muncie. Ind. : e. Uni-
versity of Missouri; m. Mrs. William McDowell. Stage
career started in Washington. D. C when he made
his debut with Robert Downing. Afterward, toured
in succeeding seasons with Thos. W. Keene. James
O'Neil and Walker Whiteside: followed by tours in the
melodramas "Darkest Russia." "The Cherry Pickers."
and the next season with Henry Miller's Company.
Season 1899-1900. leading man Lyceum Stock Com-
pany. Baltimore. Md.. 1900-1901 made first New Y'ork
hit as Don John of Austria, in "The Palace of the
King" with Viola Allen. 1901-1902 leading man with
Mrs. Fiske in repertoire. May, 1902. staged "Hearts
Aflame" at Garrick theatre, and played leading role.
1902-1904 played Prince Kara in David Belasco's pro-
duction of "The Darling of the Gods. 1905 produced
and starred in "Once Upon a Time." at the Berkeley
Lyceum theatre. New Y'ork. and in 1906 starred in a
revival and road tour of the "Darling of the Gods."
1907-1908 played Kearney in David Belasco's "The
Rose of the Rancho." and during 1908-1909 leading
man with Grace George in "Clothes." During the
season of 1909-1910 with Daniel Frohman's "The
Commanding Officer." also leading man with Olga
Nethersole in "The Writing on the Wall." and in
1911 as Burr Winton in the first production of "The
Storm." and finished the season featured in "The
Spendthrift." During the summer of 1911 produced
his own stock company at the West End theatre.
New Y'ork. 1912-1914 headlined over Keith and Or-
pheum Circuits in "The Coward." "The Man in the
Dark," and "Enter — A Stranger." 1915 in Charles
Frohman's last production. "The Hyphen." and from
1916-1918 headlines in vaudeville in "The One Way
Out." From 1918 to 1925 played in the following
productions: "The Doctor." "The Lost Leader. "
"Peter Harrigan." "The Evergreen Larlv." "Sophus
Mevers." "Samson and Deliah." "Hamilton J.
Power." "The Goldfish." "The Sheriff." "The Vaga-
bond." "The District Attorney." "Dope." "The Lead-
ing Man." "The Trouper." "Peter Rankin" and "The
Donovan Affair." He has also stock-starred with stock
companies in Milwaukee. Cleveland. Pittsburgh.
Springfield. Hartford. Baltimore and Boston. Screen
experience consists of appearances in the following
productions in which he was either starred or featured:
"Tile Governor's Lady," "Does It Pay':" "Lew Tyler's
Wives." "The Victim." "The Heart of New Y'ork."
"The Secret Agent." "The Capitol." "The Lone Wolf."
"The Noose." "Ladies of the Mob." "The First
Kiss." "Ten Minutes" and on the vitaphone "Dyna-
mite." "Careers." "The Girl in the Glass Cage" and
"The Shannons of Broadway." He has written the
following plays: "The Grass Orphan" and "Wreck-
age," and the following sketches "Two Thieves." "The
Coward." "You Can't Win." "Guilty" (1930).
Columbia.
HAINES. WILLIAM: b. Staunton. Va.. January 1.
1900; h. 6 feet: black hair and brown eyes; w. 165
pounds; e. Staunton Military Academy and received his
stage training in theatrical school at Staunton; hy.
reading and music. He has appeared in such picture!
as "Three Wise Fools" for Goldwyn in 1923 and for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in "Tower of Lies." "Mike."
"Brown of Harvard." "Tell It to the Marines." "A
Little Journey." "Spring Fever." "Slide. Kelly. S'ide."
"West Point." "Telling the World." "Excess Baggage"
and "Alias Jimmy Valentine": In 1929 in "The Duke
Stem Out." "The BToOyvfOOd Revue." "A Man's Man."
"Show People." "Speedway," "Navy Blues." "Easy
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Roy D'Arcy
Going." MGM : "The Girl Said No" (1930). "Way
Out West" (1930). MGM.
HAIG. DOUGLAS: b. New Orleans. La., March 9.
1920: h. 50 inches; b)ue eyes and light brown hair;
w. 57 pounds: e. Los Angeles public school; hy. base-
ball. Entered pictures in 1922. Pictures include:
"Sins of the Father," boy in "Welcome Danger."
Paramount; "Betrayal" (1929), Paramount.
HALE, ALAN: b. Washington. D. C. February 10.
1892: h. G feet 2 inches: w. 220 pounds; p. James Mac-
Kahn. a manufacturer of patent medicines; m. Gretchen
Hartman. ex-professional, formerly Hale's leading
woman in the Biograph days. His first picture was
"The Cowboy and the Lady." followed by the role of
George Washington in "Fighting Bev. Watts." and
■lapstick comedy with the Lubin Company. His better
known parts have been in "The Covered Wagon." in
which he played the villain: "The Four Horsemen."
in which he played the father: and in "Bobin Hood."
the part of Little John. Other well-known productions
have been "The Dictator." "One Glorious Day." "The
Wise Fool." "The Great Impersonator." "Hollywood"
and "Boiling Stones." He then gratified a life-long
ambition and became a director. After directing "The
Scarlet Honeymoon" for Fox. DeMille 6igned him to
direct Leatrice Joy in "The Wedding Song." After a
year of successful directing he returned to the screen,
successfully playing a role in "The Leopard Lady."
after which he was teamed with William Boyd in "Sky-
scraper." "The Cop" and "Power." He also played
the male lead in "Sal of Singapore" and "The Spieler."
Now playing in "The Leatherneck." Has appeared In
(1929) "A Bachelor's Secret." "Bed Hot Rhythm."
"Sailor's Holiday." "Up and at "Em," Pathe; "The
Sap," Warner Bros.
HALE. BOBBY: "America or Bust" (1930). Pathe
Checker Comedies, second series.
HALE. CREIGHTON: b. Cork. Ireland. May 24.
1882: h. 5 feet 9 inches: blue eyes and blond hair;
w. 145 pounds: e. Hilmartin College. London. Ardingly
College. Sussex; m. : has two sons. Pat. 11. Bob. 8;
hy. aviation, horseback riding. Has lived in London.
New York City. Great Neck. L. I.. Indianapolis. Hart-
ford. Pictures include: "Iron Claw." "Way Down
East." "Marriage Circle." "Casino Gardens." "Beilly
of the Rainbow Diyision." Crescent : "Sisters of Eve."
Rayart : "House of Shame." Chesterfield; "Great
Divide." "Seven Footprints to Satan." First National.
HALEY. JACK: "Follow Thru" (1930). Paramount.
(1930) . United Artists.
HALEY & MCFAOOEN: Plaved in Vitaphone No.
2269.
HALL. BEN: b. New York State. March 18. 1903;
h. 5 feet 7*6 inches; blond hair and gray eyes: w.
123 pounds; p. Constance Bursly and George E. Hall:
e. P. S.. and Catholic school: not married; hy. swim-
ming, dancing and horses. Stage experience includes
appearances in a sketch with Sylvia Ashton. 1925, in
"Duchess of Suds." taking the part of the butcher
boy; also in a sketch with his father in bits from
Dickens, taking child parts. Screen experience as
Goofy in "Harold Teen." directed by Mervyn LeBoy
for First National: and as Sandy in "Hot Stuff" High-
brow Harold in ■ series of comedies produced by
Universal; Pete in "Hot News" with Bebe Daniels;
Movietone comedy for Fox, "Mind Your Business." tak-
ing the part of the caddy: in "Skyrocket" with Peggy
Hopkins Joyce, directed by Marshall Neilan. taking the
part of the young scenario writer: and in two-reel
Dorothy Devore comedy. In 1929 in "Hot Stuff."
"Girl from Woolworth's." First National: "Nix on
Dames." "South Sea Rose." Fox; "Hell's Angels"
HALL. CHARLES: b. England. August 19. 1899; h.
5 feet 3 inches; dark hair and brown eyes; w. 130
pounds; e. Birmingham. England, specialized in paint-
ing, drawing. Stage career: worked with Fred Kamo's
show9. Harry Day's and Albert de Courrille's in Eng-
land. In 1929 entered pictures, some of which are:
"College." "Butter and Egg Man." "Battle of the
Century." "Leave 'em Laughing." "Must We Marry."
Trinity; "Why Bring That Up" (1930). Paramount.
HALL. DONALD: b. Nuree. East India: h. 5 feet
8 inches: iron gray hair and gray eyes; w. 132
pounds; p. Charlotte Butter and Col. George W. M.
Hall, non-professionals; e. private tutors; not married;
hy. swimming, golf and walking. Stage experience
of 15 years and has appeared in "Floradora." "Greek
Slave." "Geisha." "San Toy" and "The Runaway
Girl." On screen in "The Zeppelin." "The Spirit
of Youth." "The Younger Generation."
HALL. GEORGE TOWNE: "Live and Learn"
(1930). Manhattan Comedies, second series; "Rich
Uncles" (1930). Checker Comedies, first series: "Pick
'em Young" (1930). Melody Comedies, first series.
Pathe.
HALL. JAMES: b. Dallas, Texas; brown hair and
light brown eyes; w. 158 pounds; p. Maria and Clin-
ton Brown, non- professionals: e. Dallas. Tex. : not mar-
ried: hy. swimming. Ran away with "Kismet" Hall
when very young. At 14 he obtained a Job with the
"Everyvvoman" company. Then played in "Chin
Chin" as a dancer and later joined the Ziegfeld Fol-
lies of 1915 as the youngest member of the troupe.
After the war he worked with "The Girl Revue":
later opposite Madge Kennedy in "Poppy" and in
1926 in "Merry, Merry." The pictures in which he
has appeared are "The Campus Flirt." "Hotel Im-
perial." "Stranded in Paris." "Love's Greatest Mis-
take." "Ritzy." "Senorita." "Rolled Stockings."
"Swim. Girl. Swim." "The Fifty-Fifty Girl." "Just
Married." "Four Sons." "The Fleet's In." "The
Canary Murder Case" and "Hell's Angels": in 1929
in "Smiling Irish Eves." First National; "The Case
of Lena Smith." "The Saturday Night Kid." Para-
mount; "This Is Heaven." United Artists; in 1930 in
"Dangerous Nan McGrew." "Paramount on Parade."
Paramount ; "Divorce Among Friends." "Maybe It's
Love." Warner Bros.; "Let's Go Native." Paramount.
HALL. RAYMOND: b. Washington. D. C. h. 5 feet
10 inches: dark complexion, black hair, gray eyes;
w. 140 pounds; e. Washington and Boston. Stage ca-
reer: Two seasons with Maude Adams. Screen work
with Famous Players. Universal, Metro, Griffith, Para-
mount, Associated Exhibitors: First National. Fox.
FBO. Tro-Dis-Co. Educational. Bayart, Sterling.
Lumas. Pictures include: "Man Crazy.' First Na-
tional: "The Avenging Shadows." Pathe; "The
Haunted Ship." "Nameless Men." "Green Grass
Widows." Tiffany- Stahl ; "Manhattan Knights." Ex-
cellent.
HALL. SHERRY: Appeared in "The Quitter."
(1929). Columbia.
HALL, STEVE: Appeared in "Girls Who Dare"
(1929). Trinity.
HALL, WILBUR: Played in "King of Jazz" (1930).
Universal.
HALL, WINTER: b. New Zealand. June 21. 1878;
h. 6 feet : gray eyes and gray hair ; w. 180 pounds ;
e. Christchurch. N. Z. Specialized in English and
mathematics; married and has on* son. D. Winter,
author; hy. golf. Has lived in Christchurch. Sydney.
Melbourne. Brisbane. Adelaide. Perth. Entered pic-
tures in November, 1916. in Lasky Studio. Hollywood.
Pictures include: "Kitty." "After the Verdict."
"Paradise." "Balaclara." — all made In England. In
1929; priest in "The Love Parade." Mr. Simpson in
"The Racketeer." Pathe; Dr. Gavron in "Woman to
Woman." Tiffany- Stahl; "Road to Paradise" (1930).
First National.
H ALLI DAY. JOHN: Appeared in "East Side Sadie"
(1929). Worldart: "Recaptured Love." Warner Bros.
HALLOR. RAY: b. Washington. D. C. January 14.
1900: h. 5 feet 9>4 inches; black hair and gray eyes;
w. 145 pounds; p. Annie Smith and William Hallor;
e. Blake high school. Washington. D. C. and Boston
college. Boston. Mass. : not married ; hy. boxing, sing-
ing and bridge. He opened with the Gus Edwards Be-
vue at Reisenwebers in 1918; and with Maude Adams
in 1917-18. His screen experience includes roles with
the Edison company in 1915: with Thannhauser in 1916:
with Charles Ray in "The Courtship of Myles Stand-
lsh" in 1922: opposite Constance Talmadge In "Learn-
ing to Love" in the part of Billy Carmichael. 1924
with Colleen Moore in "Sally" in 1925: in "Inez of
Hollywood." 1925; in "The Trail of '98" in 1927:
with Tiffany-Stahl in 1927-28 in five pictures: took the
lead in "Black Pearl" with Lila Lee. Rayart produc-
tion, and the heavy in Pathe's "Noisy Neighbors." Has
appeared in 1929 in "Circumstantial Evidence," Ches-
terfield: "Fast Life." First National; "In Old Cali-
fornia" (1930). Audible Pictures.
HALM. HARRY: Played in "When You Give Your
Heart Away." Ufa.
HAMILTON. CHARLES: Appeared in "Strange
Cargo" (1929). Pathe.
HAMILTON. HALE: b. Fort Madison. Iowa. Feb-
ruary 2S. 1883; h. G feet: brown hair and gray eyes;
w. 185 pounds; p. Mary and John Hamilton, non-
professionals; e. Shattuck Military School and Uni-
versitv of Kansas: m. Grace La Rue. professional; hy.
golf, fishing, baseball and football. Has had 24 years
stage experience and 10 years screen experience and ha9
appeared in such pictures as "Good Intentions" (1930),
"Common Clay." Fox; "Listen Lady" (1929). Columbia.
Victor Gems.
HAMILTON. JOHN: "White Cargo" (1930). pro-
duced by W. P. Film Company. London.
HAMILTON. LLOYD: b. Oakland. Cal.. August 19.
1891; h. 6 feet: light brown hair and blue eyes: w.
195 pounds: e. Franklin high school and Oakland Poly-
technic: hv. swimming, hunting, fishing and golf.
Went on the stage in 1909 playing the role of Farley
the coach, in "Stiongheart" at Broadway theatre.
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Oakland, Cal. Was on the stage for five years and
Included in his repertoire "Prisoner of Zenda," "Mon-
sieur Beaucaire" and others. Left the Pacific Coast
on tour with James K. Hackett with these two plays.
Later went into musical comedy stock at America
theatre. San Francisco. In 1914 started his motion
picture career with Lubin Company. Played for Fox,
Hamilton and White for seven years; then signed with
Universal. Has worked for Santa Paula Motion Pic-
ture Company in Santa Paula, and with the old Kalem
Company. Has also worked for First National and Foi.
Past five years starring in own pictures for Educa-
tional Pictures; was in Ham and Bud comedies, "A
Twilight Baby," Sunshine comedies for Fox; was fea-
tured in Lloyd Hamilton comedies: his more recent
pictures include: "A Self-Made Failure." First Na-
tional; "Are You There." in which he was co-featured
with Beatrice Lillie. and "His Darker Self." Under
contract to Universal for a series of all-talking comedy
short subjects.
HAMILTON, MAHLON: Appeared in 1929 in "The
Single Standard." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Rich Peo-
ple." Pathe; "Honky Tonk," Warner Bros.
HAMILTON. MARK: b. Washington. D. C, De-
cember 9. 1889; h. G feet 0 inches; brown eyes and
brown hair; w. 175 pounds; e. public school; married;
hy. baseball. Has lived in Washington, New York,
Baltimore. Joplin. Mo., Hollywood. Entered pictures
In 1919. Among his pictures are: "Light of Western
Stars.' "Sparrows." "Smoke Bellew." "Little Shepherd
of Kingdom Come," "Our Daily Bread."
HAMILTON, NEAL: r. n. James Neil Hamilton; b.
Lynn. Mass., September 9, 1899: h. 5 feet 11 inches:
brown hair and eyes; w. 155 pounds; p. Elizabeth
O'Neil and Alexander B. Hamilton, non-professionals;
e. West Haven high school. Conn. ; m. Elsa Whitner.
non-professional; hy. sailing, magic and sports in gen-
eral. On the stage he appeared in the road show of
"The Better 'Ole" (The Coburns) starring DeWolf
Hopper in 1919; in "Ruined Lady" (Brady) with Grace
George in 1920; in "Artist's Life" (Shuberts) with
Peggy Wood in 1920; in "East Is West" and "Turn
to the Right" : also with the Toledo stock company as
Juvenile in 1921 and with Cecil Spooner stock company
In Brooklyn as lead in 1922. During his four years in
New York and between engagements on the stag2 he
appeared as an extra in pictures. His first big oppor-
tunity in pictures came when D. W. Griffith signed
him for the role of John White in "White Rose" in
December. 1922. This was followed by the lead in
"America" in 1923. and "Isn't Life Wonderful" in 1924.
all produced and directed by Griffith. In May, 1925.
after being* loaned by the Griffith organization for four
pictures to Famous Players, he finally signed with Para-
mount and is with this company at the present time.
Other pictures in which he has appeared are "The
Fourth Commandment" for Christy Cabanne (1924);
* "Man and Woman" for Famous Players (1924) his
first and onlv heaw part; then in "Sideshow of Life"
(1924); "Street of Forgotten Men" (1924): "Little
French Girl" (1925); "New Brooms" (1925); "The
Splendid Crime" (1925): "Desert Gold" (1925): "Beau
Geste" as Digbv (192fi>: "Diplomacy" (1926): and
"The Great Gatsby" (1926). For Fox he made "Mother
Machree." "Don't Marry" (1928); "The Music Master"
(1926): "The Jov Girl" (1927). For Universal "Grip
of the Yukon" (1927-28) and "Shield of Honor" (1927).
Other Paramount pictures are "Ten Modern Command-
ments" (1927): "Something Always Happens" (1928);
"The Patriot" as the crown prince (1928); "Hot
News" (1928); "Take Me Home" (1928), and "Three
Week Ends": (1929) "Life's Crossroads." Columbia:
"Why Be Good." First National; "A Dangerous
Woman." "Darkened Rooms," "Kibitzer," "The Mys-
terious Dr. Fu Manchu." r'The Studio Murder Case."
"What a Night." "Return of Dr. Fu Manchu" (1930),
Paramount: "Dawn Patrol" (1930), First National.
HAMMOND. FRANK: Played in "Personality"
(1930). Columbia.
HANNEFORO. "POODLES:' b. in England in a cir-
cus caravan. Two generations of circus people pre-
cede him: both of hs grandfathers were circus pro-
prietors in England, his father marrying the daughter
of a rival showman. Upon his father's death.
Poodles, who had been riding bareback since his fifth
year, and his mother sold the Hanneford Circus of 360
horses. Poodles continuing his circus act. In 1914 he
was at the Winter Circus at Royal Agricultural Hall.
London, when John Ringling signed him to bring his
troupe to Barnum and Bailey's Circus in New York,
and to tour the United States. He starred in the
Bells-Floto Shows and for three years was featured hy
Charles D.llingham at the New York Hippodrome. His
screen efforts consist of Educational comedies, among
them "Plumb Dumb," and "Circus Capers," and "The
Circus Kid," FBO.
HANLON. JACKIE: Appeared in "The Wagon
Master" (1929). Universal; "Parade of the West"
(19301, Universal.
HANSEN. LARS: Appeared in 1929 in "The In-
former." a World Wide-British International picture:
"In Dalarna and Jerusalem," Ernest Mattsson; "Home-
coming," Paramount.
HANSEN. MAX: Appeared in "His Latest Ex-
cellency" (1929). Ufa.
HARDIE. RUSSELL: Played in Vitaphone No. 986.
"The No-Account."
HARDT. HARRY: Played in "White Devil." Ufa.
HARDY. OLIVER: r. n. Oliver Norvelle Hardy: b.
Atlanta. Ga . January 18. 1892; h. 6 feet 1 inch: black
hair and brown eyes: w. 284 pounds; p. Emmie Nor-
velle and Oliver Hardy, non-professionals; e. University
of Georgia. Ath"ns. Ga. ; received his stage training as
a child in 1906; also a bit in Hoyt's "The Midnight
Bell"; m. Myrtle E. Reeves, professional, formerly
actress at Universal ; hy. golf, has won 24 cups and two
gold medal*, and In 1924 in a tournament of the West
Coast industry won over Bill Farnum by one stroke
with 350 actors participating. He was in stock four
years, after which he formed his own singing act with
which he toured the South. He started In pictures in
Jacksonville as featured comedian with Raymond Mc-
Kee. huhln. Got an offer when his own act closed and
was about to go to Australia for booking, stayed there
three years. Edwin Carewe was leading man at the
same time In another unit, directed by George Nichols;
later did a series of two reel Vim comedies with Harry
Myers and Rosemary Theby. In 1915 in Ithaca for
Pathe. co-featured In Walllngsford series with Burr Mc-
intosh. Max Figman. Lollta Robinson and others. Also
played with Tryon at Roach. At Vitagraph from 1918
until Vitagraph sold to Warners in 1925. directing and
co-directing most with Semon. Last work before going
to Roach's with Buck Jones in Fox features. Now
under long term contract with Roach starring in
Laurel-Hardy comedies. "The Rogue Song." MGM;
"Berth Marks." "They Go Boom." "Angora Love."
and in 1929 in "Men o' War," "Night Owls." "Per-
fect Day," "Bacon Grabbers," "The Hoosegow," in
1930 in "Blotto," "The Brats," "Below Zero." "Hay
Wire," MGM Laurel and Hardy, Hal Roach Comedies.
HARDY. SAM: b. New Haven. Conn.; h. 6 feet;
brown hair and eyes: w. 190 pounds; e. at Yale;
m. Betty Scott, professional; hy. golf, swimming and
tennis. Stage experience of twenty-three years when
Lubin Co. took him from stage for featured roles in
pictures. Entered films in 1917 and played in "The
Savage," and in 1926 he appeared in the following pro-
ductions; "Great Deception," "Prince of Tempters,"
"Bluebeard's Seven Wives," "When Love Grows Cold,"
and in 1927 in the following: "High Hat," "Perfect
Sap," "Orchids and Ermine," "Broadway Nights."
"Life of Riley" and "Texas Steel." In 1928 he ap-
peared in the following productions: "Burning Up
Broadway." "Turn Back the Hours," "Big Noise,"
"Diamond Hand Cuffs." "Butter and Egg Man."
"Night Bird," "Outcast," "Give and Take." and in
1929 the following: "The Rainbow Man." "The Rain-
bow Man's Man" and "On With the Show." "Dear
Vivien." Paramount-Christie; "Big News," Pathe;
"Acquitted." "Mexicali Rose," Columbia; "A Man's
Man," MGM; and in 1930 in "Burning Up." "True
to the Navy." Paramount; in 1930 in "Reno," Sono
Art-World Wide; "Song of the West," Warner Bros.
HARE, LUMSDEN: b. Cashel, Ireland, 1875; e. St.
Demestans, London, England; married; has lived in
New York and London. Has had 30 years' of stage
experience, nine years with Charles Frohman and
seven with Wm. A. Brady. Entered pictures in 1916.
Pictures include: Colonel in "The Black Watch," Tom
Holworthy in "Girls Gone Wild," "Masquerade," Rear
Admiral Randall in "Salute," Fox; Judge Allen in
"The Sky Hawk," Fox.
HARKINS. JIM: Played in Vitaphone No. 790.
"The Family Ford."
HARLAN. KENNETH: b. Boston. Mass.. July 26.
1895; h. 6 feet 1 inch; brown hair and blue eyes; w.
185 pounds; p. Rita W. Harlan, professional, and
George W. Harlan, non-professional; e. St. Francis
high school. Brooklyn. N. Y., Fordham University.
New Y'ork City; m. Doris Booth, non-professsional ; hy.
swimming, golfing, tennis, horseback riding and squash,
collecting tinfoil for charities. Stage experience start-
ed at age of 7 with Julia Arthur in "More Than
Queen." Played with Castle Square stock company
and other stock companies for four years. Also in
"Alma Where Do You Live." Joe Weber management-
"Way Down East." part of David. Brady manage-
ment: in vaudeville with Gertrude Hoffman and Evan
Burrows Fontaine: "The Triumphant Bachelor," at the
Figueora Playhouse. Also "The Honeymoon" and the
"White Flame." Started screen experience in 1917
with Triangle Company in "Betsy's Burglar" with
Constance Talmadge; "Finder's Keepers." with Bessie
Love; "The Flame of the Yukon." with Dorothy Dalton-
series of pictures at Universal: "The Hoodlum" for
Goldwyn Pictures, with Mary Pickford: "The Penalty"
with Lon Chaney. for Preferred Pictures Corp : in
series including "White Man." "The Virginian " "The
Broken Wing": with Joseph M. S.-henck in "Dangerous
Business." "Mama's Affair." "Lessons in Love." with
Constance Talmadge: "The Sap." "Bobbed Hair." '""he
Fighting Ranger." and others for Warner Bros. Has
appeared in talking pictures in "Under Montana Skies."
and "Paradise Island" for Tiffany, and "Finger
Prints," for Universal.
HARLAN. OTIS: b. Zanesville. Ohio; h. 5 feet 5
inches; mixed gray hair and brown eyes; w. 215
pounds: e. Zanesville high school and Kenyon col-
lege in Ohio, also Gondier Military academy and
Yale: m. Nellie Harvey, non-professional; hy. his
daughter. Marian. Abroad five times in 38 years. With
Web°r and Fields. Anna Held and Elsie .Tanis. Also
in "What Happened to Jones," "A Black Sheep." "A
Trip to Chinatown." "Baby Mine" and "Folies
Bergere." Has been in pictures nine years and re-
cently appeared in "The Port of Dreams." and "Good
Moming. Judge" : in 1929 in "Show Boat." "Broad-
way." "Clear the Decks." "Girl Overboard," "His
Lucky Day." "Barnum Was Right." "Miss:ssippi
Gambler." Universal: in 1930 in "Take the Heir."
Big 4; "Dam s Ahov." "Emhirrassing Moments."
"King of Jazz." "Mountain Justice." "Parade of the
West." Universal; "Barber John's Boy." Warner.
HARLAN. OTTO: Played in "Loose Ankles." First
National.
HARM AN, PAT H.: r. n. Plummer Hull Harman;
b. Lewistown. 111.. February 3. 1890; h. 5 feet 11V4
inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 207 pounds; p. Eliza-
beth and John H. Harman. professionals: e. Lewistown
high school. Bloomington normal and received his stage
training in minstrel shows appearing with his father;
hy. athletics, dancing, swimming, golf, horseback riding
and plaving bass drum with Ellis Rand. Stage experi-
ence with Al G. Fields Minstrels. Dockstader Minstrels
Gackman and Foos Carnival Company. Robinson Cir-
rus, Col. Uden Wild West Show, performing and play-
ing on bass drum. Started in pictures doubling for
Mahon Hamilton with Kinemacolor; also appeared in
"Nathan Hale." The Freshman." "Courtmartialed "
"The Warning." "Wearv River." "Sal or Singapore "
"Th" Last Warning." "Show Folks." "When a Man's
a Man." "The Duke Steps Out." "Synthetic Sin "
"Water Front," "The Side Show" and "Homesick "
In many comedies on the Mack Sennett lot and In
"The Eternal Btrugel-." "The Silent Watcher." "Sun-
set Pass" (1929). Paramount.
HARMOUNT. FOUR: Played in "On With the
Show" (1929), Warner Bros.
HAROLDE. RALF: b. Pittsburgh. Pa.; h. 5 feet 11
Inches: brown hair and eyes: w. 160 pounds: p. non-
professionals; e. Pittsburgh schools: m. non-professional;
hy. riding, boxing, motoring, pistol shooting, firearms
collecting. First stage experience was at the age of lfi
After spending a year in the Marine Corps returned to
the stage for 12 years. Appeared in such plavs as "The
Outsider." "The Green Goddess." "Seventh Heaven."
"The Man Who Came Back," "The Fool." "The
Hindu." "Civilian Clothes." "The Last of Mrs.
Cheyney." "Silence." "The Boomerang." "The Front
Page." Played one bit In the silent pictures In "Babe
Comes Home." and has had two years experience with
the talkers. Has appeared in "Framed." "Dixiana."
"Check and Double Check." "Hook, Line and Sinker."
HARRIGAN, WILLIAM : "Nix on Dames" (1029),
"On the Level." Fox; "Born Reckless" (1930), Fox.
HARRINGTON. JOHN: Played in Vitaphone No.
1003. "Strong Arm."
HARRINGTON, JOSEPH: b. Manchester, N. H.; h.
5 feet 6^ inches; iron gray hair and hazel eyes; w.
150 pounds; e. Lowell, Mass. Was on the stage for 39
years. Entered pictures in 1918. Pictures include:
"The Young Rajah." Paramount; "The Man of Ac-
tion," "The Sunshine Trail," Ince; "Richard the
Lion-Hearted." Associated Authors: "Itching Palms,"
"Laughing at Danger," "The Broadway Gallant,"
FBO; "Hearts Aflame." "The Idle Rich." MGM; "The
Freshman." "Gold from Weepah." Pathe.
HARRIS. AVERILL: "Her New Chauffeur" (1929).
Pathe Manhattan Comedies, first series.
HARRIS. GEORGIE: b. London, England. June 19.
1898; h. 4 feet 11 inches; dark brown eyes and brown
hair; w. 106 pounds: e. in London; hy. boxing, foot-
ball and tennis. Stage career: Seventeen years in
vaudeville, musical comedy and drama. Entered pic-
tures in October. 1923. Pictures include: "Wheel,"
"Floating College." Tiffany-Stahl: "Snub." "It's a
Pipe." "Shamrock Handicap."
HARRIS. VAL: Vitaphone No. 2757, "Fair Days."
No. 2758. "The Wild Westerner."
HARRISON. JAMES: b. Milwaukee, Wis.; h. 5 feet
9 inches; dark complexion, black hair and brown
eyes; h. 140 pounds; e. Milwaukee and Chicago. Stage
career: "Bird of Paradise." Morosco. with Lenore
Ulric 30 months; one season vaudeville with James T.
Powers. Screen work with Griffith. Christie comedies.
First National, Realart, FBO. Selznick. Hodkinson.
Educational. Pro-Dis-Co. Gerson, Tiffany. Pictures
include "The Wife's Relations." "Columbia; "Hot
Lemonade," Christie short.
HARRON, JOHN: b. New York. March 31, 1903;
h. 6 feet 1% inches; blue eyes and brown hair; w.
170 pounds; e. Santa Clara U. ; m. Betty Egan; hy.
golf, swimming, squash, yachting. Entered pictures in
1921. Mary Pickford gave him first opportunity In
"Through Back Door." Pictures include: "Bride of
the Storm." "Satan Stockings." "Man in Hobbles."
"Street Girl." Radio Pictures; "The Czar of Broad-
way" (1930). Universal; "Big Boy" (1930), Warner.
HART. FERDINAND: Played in "The Last Com-
pany," Ufa.
HART, LABERT: b. Liverpool. Eng.. 1874; h. 6
feet 2 inches: blue eves and dark brown hair: w. 188
pounds; e. McGill College. Montreal. Canada. Special-
ized in veterinary surgery; m. Rose Hart; hy. boxing,
baseball. Stage experience as a comedian in comic
opera musical comedies, for 25 years. Entered pictures
eight years ago. Pictures include: "Honor Bound."
"Mother Knows Best." "Diamond Master." "Making
the Grade." Fox; ".45 Calibre War." Pathe.
HART. NEAL: r. n. Cornelius A. Hart. Jr.; b.
Richmond. N. Y. ; h. 5 feet 9 inches: dark blue eyes
and dark brown hair; w. 170 pounds; e. al Bucknell
University Lewisburg. Pa. Took oivil engineering course;
married; hy. football, skating, baseball, horseback rid-
ing. Has lived in New York. Cheyenne. Wyoming.
San Antonio Entered pictures in 1914. Starred In
32 features, serials, shorts; directed 27 features. Last
four starred in and directed are "Danger Valley.'
"Tucker's Top Hand." "Scarlet Brand." serial; 'His
Destiny," British quota picture.
HARTFORD. DAVID: Played in "Rough Romance"
(1930), Fox.
HARTIGAN. PAT: b. Ireland. December 21. 1881:
h. 6 feet; hazel eyes and brown hair: w. 220 pounds:
hy. shooting, fishing. Entered pictures in 1907. Pic-
tures include: "Me. Gangster." "State Street Sadie."
"Tenderloin." "The Far Call" (1929). Fox; "From
Headquarters" (1929). Warner.
HARVEY. FRED: Played in "Firebrand Jordan"
(1930). Big 4.
HARVEY. LOU: b. Wisconsin: h. 5 feet 11 inches;
black hair and brown eyes; w. 160 pounds; e. Portland.
Has had three years' stage experience. Screen work
with Texas Guinan Company. First National. Warner.
Fox. Metro-Goldwyn. Vitagraph. Pictures include:
"Wolf's Clothing." Warners: "A Horseman of the
Plains." Fox; "Diamond Handcuffs." MGM; Eddie in
"The Argyle Case." "Frozen River," "Greyhound
Limited," Warner: "Sweet Mama" (1930). First Na-
tional; "Man Trouble" (1930). Fox; "Big Boy"
(1930). Warner.
HARVEY. PAUL: Appeared in 1929 in "The Awful
Truth." Pathe.
HASSELL. GEORGE: Vitaphone No. 1083. "Where
There's a Will."
HASSEN. JAMIEL: r. n. .Tamiel Ben Khyatt: b.
Damascus. Arabia. June 3. 1902; h. 6 feet 1 inch:
dark brown eyes and black hair: w. 180 pounds: e.
American and French colleges: specializing in history,
languages; hy. riding, swimming, athletics. Has lived
In Cairo. Paris. Rio de Janeiro. Havana. Montreal.
Baltimore. Hollywood. Dakar. Africa. Entered pic-
tures in 1925. as technical director. Pictures include:
"Two Arabian Knights." "Woman Wise." "Fazil."
bodyguard in "One Woman Idea." Habib Hanna in
"Behind that Curtain." Fox.
HASSON. DANIEL: Appeared in "The One Woman
Idea" (1929), "Behind That Curtain" (1929). Fox.
HATTON. RAYMOND: b. Red Oak. Iowa: h. 5 feet
7 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 140 pounds: c.
Red Oak. Iowa. Has had stage experience. Screen
work with First National. Jacob Wilk. Mammoth Pic-
tures. Max Graf Productions. Preferred. Among his
pictures are: "Three Wise Fools." Goldwyn: "The
Hunchback of Notre Dame." Universal: "The Barefoot
Boy." Columbia: "Cornered." Warner: "Mine With
Iron Door." Principal: "Silence," Pro-Dis-Co: "Af-
fairs of Anatole." "Pink Gods." "Big Brother." "Be-
hind the Front." "Forlorn River." "We're In the
Navy Now." "Fashions for Women." "Fireman Save
Mv Child." "Now We're In the Air." "Wife Savers."
"The Big Killing." "Partners In Crime." Paramount;
"When Caesar Ran a Newspaper." Paramount shorts:
"Trent's Last Case." Fox: "The Mighty." Paramount:
"Offloes Scandal." Pathe: "Murder on the Roof"
(1930). Columbia productions: "Road to Paradise"
(1930). First National: "HeU's Heroes" (1930). Unl-
1931
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vergal; "Dear Vivien" (1929), Paramount, Christie
Talking Plays.
HAUPT, DIETRICH: Appeared in "The Wonder of
Women" (1929), MGM.
HAUPT, ULRICH: b. Prussia. August 8, 1887; h.
0 feet 11 inches; dark brown hair and brown eyes; w.
170 pounds; e. in the schools of Prussia and Berlin,
Germany; married and has two boys. 15 and 8; hy.
painting, fencing and hunting. After leaving school.
Joined a Shakespearean repertoire company playing at
the State theatre in Mecklenburg. Played in several
Berlin theatres and later went to Petrograd. Russia,
where he played various roles. Became a leading man
and finally owned his own theatre in Berlin, where he
produced plays by Ibsen. Shaw and others. Came to
the United States in 1909 and played leading roles in
German theatres in New York. Chicago and Milwaukee.
Returned to Germany in 1911. where he managed the
government theatre in Berlin until 1919 when he came
back to the United States to play again in German
theatres. Became owner of the German Art theatre
In Chicago, where he staged all the classical plays for
three years. Had 60 actors in his employ. Spent two
years staging plays at the Pabst theatre in Milwau-
kee and played leads In the German theatre at Cin-
cinnati for a year. Was featured in several New York
productions, playing opposite Lionel Barrymore and
Helen Menken and others. First picture experience was
In Chicago at the old Essanay studios. Entered pic-
tures In Hollywood in 1927. Pictures include: "The
Tempest." "Captain Swagger." "The Rogue Song."
"The Far Call." Fox; "Frozen Justice." Fox; "The
Iron Mask," "Madame X" and "The Greene Murder
Case." Wrote ten plavs, among them "Letter H" and
"Care Free"; "The Wonder of Women" (1929). MGM:
"The Bad One" (1930). "Du Barry, Woman of Pas-
sion" (1930), United Artists.
HAUSER, BOB: Vitapbone No. 904. "Blue Streaks
of Rhythm."
HAUSER. JACK: Vitaphone No. 904. "Blue Streaks
of Rhythm."
HAWLEY. H. DUDLEY: "Young Man of Man-
hattan" (1930). Paramount.
HAY, CHARLES: "Return of Sherlock Holmes"
(192V). Paramount.
HAYES. GEORGE: Appeared in "The Rainbow
Man" (1929). Paramount.
HAYES. HERBERT: Appeared in "The Bachelor
Club" (1929), General Pictures.
HAYNES. DANIEL L. : Appeared in "Hallelujah"
(1929), MGM.
HEALY. DAN : "Glorifying the American Girl"
(1929). Paramount.
HEALY. TED: b. Houston. Texas. October I, 189C;
h. 5 feet, 10}* inches; dark brown hair and brown
eyes; w. 158 pounds; e. Holy Innocents School of
Houston and De La Salle Institute, New York City; m.
Betty Braun. professional; hy. dabbling in real estate,
hunting, fishing and sailing. Made stage debut in 1917
as comedian with "Cuddle Up." a burlesque show.
Followed this engagement with a single blackface act in
vaudeville, doing imitations of Eddie Cantor. Al Jolson.
Ed Wynne and others. Later signed for 46 weeks tour
of vaudeville on Keith circuit, with his act. Following
year added four more to act and became headliner on
Keith circuit. In 1925 Healy and act were featured in
Earl Carroll's "Vanities." Signed with Shuberts for
one year and then renewed contract for two years.
Were featured in "A Night in Spain." and "A Night
in Venice." After expiration of contract wi(h Shuberts
went into vaudeville. On the screen, appeared in 1930
In "Soup to Nuts" for Fox
HEARN. EDDIE: b. Dayton. Washington. Septem-
ber 6. 1888: h. 6 feet 1 inch: brown hair and eyes;
w. 185 pounds: p. Alice and Elisha. nonprofessionals:
m Tryna Saindon, professional: hy. golf. Stage experi-
ence of nine years in stock, including Morosco stock
at Los Angeles. Bishop stock at Oakland. Toronto stock
at Edmonton and Calgary. Canada. John Court and
Pringle stock at Seattle. Laura Winston and Mack
8wain stock of Washington. Oregon. Montana, and
Idaho. Has had 15 years of scr en experience which
began with Universal in 1915 when he appeared In
"The White Scar." also leads with Universal for
one year. Also appeared in "The Truthful Liar." for
Laskr. "The Man Without a Coun'rv." for Fox. "Hook
and Ladder No. 9." for FBO. "The Donovan Affair"
and "The Bachelor Girl." for Columbia; "The Glory
of Clemintina." for Robertson & Cole; "Dare Devil
Jack." "Ned McCobb's Daughter." "One of the Brav-
est." "Down Home." "The Face of the World." for
Pathe; "The Drake Case" (1929), "Hide Out" (1930).
Universal.
HEARN. LEW: Played in "Gentlemen of the Eve-
ning" (1929). "Barber's College." Pathe-George Le
Maire Comedies; "Big Time Charlie" (1929). Pathe
Manhattan Comedies, first series.
HEBERT. HENRY J.: b. ITovidence. R. I.; a. 5
feet 11 inches: dark hair and brown eyes; w. 180
pounds; e. Providence. R. I., and St. Lawrence Uni-
versity, Canton. N. Y. Stage career: "Brewster's Mil-
lions." "Master Mind." Screen work with Pickford.
Goldwyn. Paramount. Universal. Fox. FBO. Pictures
include "The Little Minister." "My Wild Irish Rose."
"Captain Blood." Vitagraph; "One Chance in a Mil-
lion." "Girl from Rio." Gotham; "Cross Breed." Bisch-
off: "Laddie Be Good." "Fangs of Fate." Pathe;
"The Lookout Girl." Qualitv Distributors; Uncle Nate
in "Their Own Desires." MGM. In 1930: "The Czar
of Broadway." Universal.
H EGG IE. O. P.: b. Angaston. South Australia:
h. 5 feet 1014 inches; brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 155 pounds: p. Marie and James Heggie. non-pro-
fessionals: e. Adelaide Conservatorium of Music. South
Australia; Whinham College. Adelaide. South Aus-
tralia; m. non-professional: has three children; hy.
sailing, yachting, horseback riding, golf, tennis and
gardening. On the stage in "School for Scandal." as
Sir Peter Teasle; in "Minick." as Minick, and in
"Trelawny of the Wells." as Sir William Tower. Screen
experience, has appeared as Sir William Tower in "The
Actress." for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1927. as How-
ard Joyce, in "The Letter." for Paramount in 1928, as
Inspector Naylam Smith in "The Mysterious Dr. Fu
Manchu." for Paramount in 1929: "The Mighty"
(1929). Paramount; also as Colonel Dangan in "The
Wheel of Life." a» King Louis XI of France in "The
Vagabond King." for 1930 and as Father Benedict In
"The Swan." for United Artists, also for 1930; In
1930 in "Return of Dr. Fu Manchu." Paramount: "The
Bad Man." First National; "One Romantic Night."
United Artists.
HEILINGER. MARK: Played in Vitaphone No.
1047. "At the Round Table."
HEINDORF. ROY: "The Song Writers Revue,"
Metro Movietone Acts.
HEINRICH. GEORGE: Appeared in "Constant
Nymph" (1929). Gainsborough.
HENCKELS. PAUL: Played in "The Last Com-
pany." Ufa.
HENDERSON, DAVE: Appeared in "Bye. Bye.
Buddy" (1929). Trinity.
HENDERSON. DELL: r. n. George Delbert Hen-
derson; b. St. Thomas, Ont.. July 5. 1883: h. fi feet
1 inch: gray hair and blue eyes; w. 220 pounds: e.
Sacred Heart School: m. Florence Lee. non-profes-
sional; hy. nap shooting, motoring, swimming. Has
played In stock on stage in nearly' all principal cities
of U. S. Entered pictures in 1909 with D. W. Griffith
and Biograph Company as director. Worked for Key-
stone. Biograph. Famous. Fox. Roach. Pathe. Frohman.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Has appeared in "Riley the
Cop." "The Patsy." "The Crowd." "Show World."
"Power of the Press." Freelance player.
HENDERSON. DICK: "Golden Dawn" (1930).
Warm r Bros. ; Vitaphone No. 3413. "The Music Shop."
No. 3280. "At the Church Festival."
HENDERSON. V. TALBOT: Appeared in "The
Bachelors Club" (1929). General Pictures.
HENDRICKS. BEN: b. New York City. e. South-
em College. Philadelphia. Pa. Screen work with J ax-
on . Cosmopolitan. Realart. Hodkinson. Associated Au-
thors. Weber and North. Fox. Vitagraph. Among his
pictures are: "Take It From Me." "Out All Night."
Universal: "Birds of Prey." Columbia: ' Barbed Wire."
Paramount: "The Fencing Romeo." FBO: "My Friend
from India." Pathe: "Waterfront." ' Synthetic Sin."
First National: Olaf in "Black Waters." British and
Di minion; Dutch Romeo in "The G-eat Divide." First
NVlonal: Pete in "Twin Beds." First National: Ed In
"The Wild Party." Paramount.
HENDRICKS. JR.. BURT: B. New York City. No-
vember 2. 1893: h. 6 feet: brown hair and eyes: w. 180
pounds: p. Isabelle and Burt Hendricks, professionals;
e. Southern Manual. Philadelphia. Pa. ; hy. all sports.
Stage experience, starred with his father in Ole Olson
and Yon Yonson, also with William A. Brady, the
Shuberts and Klaw and Erlanger. Screen experience
started In 1911 with Lubliner. followed by Essanay.
Edison. Pathe. Paramount and Universal, and in the
following productions: "Men Without Women." Fox;
"Birds of Prey." Columbia; "The Fencing Romeo."
FBO; "My Fnend from India," Pathe; "Waterfront."
"Synthetic Sin." "The Great Divide." "Twin Beds."
"Road to Paradise," First National: "Barbed Wire."
"The Wild Party." Paramount; "Take It From Me."
"Out All Night." Universal.
HENDRICKS. DUDLEY C. : b. LaGrange. Ky.. Aug-
ust 3, 1870; h. 6 feet 3 inches: blue eyes and brown
hair: w. 170 pounds; e. Louisville Kv ; married Mrs.
Florence Hendricks. Has lived in Louisville, Ky., Kan-
sas City. Mo.. Chicago. Oklahoma City. Los Angeles.
Entered pictures in 1916. Pictures include "Honest
Hutch," "Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come." "Flying
U Ranch." "Bellamy Trial."
HEJNLERE. HERSCHEL: Played in Vitaphone No.
933. "The Madcap Musician."
HENRY. GALE: Appeared in "Darkened Rooms"
(19291. "The Love Doctor" (1929). Paramount.
HENRY. LEONARD: "The New Waiter" (1929).
Pathe-George LeMaire Comedies: "Musical Beauty
Shop" (1930), Pathe Melody Comedies, first series.
HEPBURN. BARTON: b. Minneapolis. Minn.. Febru-
ary 28. 1906; h. 6 feet: dark brown eyes and hair; w.
160 pounds; e. Lake Forest. 111.. Academy: hy. golf,
swimming. Stage career: with Blllle Burke. Richard
Bennett. Grand Guignol. New York: Charles Frohman
Co.. Rochester: "The Vortex," "Young Woodley." Los
Angeles. Entered pictures in 1928. Pictures Include
one of the Young Vultures in "Dynamite." MGM:
"The Midway." Tiffany-Stahl ; "Painted Faces." Tif-
fany-Stahl: "The Valiant."
HERBERT. HOLMES: b. Dublin. Ireland; h. S
feet U Inches; fair hair and gray eyes: w. 16S
pounds: p. Harriet Clay and Edward Herbert, profes-
sionals: e. Nottingham high school and Rugby college:
not married: hy. golf, swimming, riding and hooks.
First appearance on stage at the age of 8 at Sadler
& Wells theatre. London: later with John Sanger cir-
cus. Robys Midget Minstrels. J. R. Benson Company,
in English provinces: appeared in Drury Lane. Adelphl.
Lvceum. Aldwyck. Kingsway, His Majesty's. Haymarket.
trie Royal Court and other theatres. On the American
stage for three vears with Charles Frohman Company,
with Billle Burke. Blanche Bates. Grace George and
Mrs. Patrick Campbell. Picture career Includes appear-
ances in "The Terror." "On Trial." "Gentlemen Prefer
B'ondes." "The Fire Brigade." "The Charlatan" and
"Sporting Age": In 1929 "Madame X." Metro-Goldwvn-
Maver: "Careers." "The Careless Age." "Her Private
Life." First National: "The Kiss." "Thirteenth
Chair." "Untamed." MGM; "The Ship from Shang-
hai" (1930). MGM.
HERBERT. HUGH: b. Blnghamton. N. Y.. 1887: e.
Cornell University. Stage career: 23 years as actor,
comedian and playwright; has written 15'1 playlets,
vaudeville sketches, plays produced by Sam Harris and
A. H. Woods. Screen career: playwright and actor,
joined Fox Movietone to write and play in "Mind Your
Business" : wTOte continuity and dialog for "The Great
Gabbo." Sono Art-World Wide; No. 2517-18. "The
Prediction." Vitaphone short.
HERMAN. AL: Played in Vitaphone No. 2578.
HERMAN. DR. CARL: Played in "His Birthday
Suit" (19301. Pathe Variety Comedies.
HERMORE. TOM: "White Cargo" (1930). produced
by W. P. Film Co.. London.
HERRICK. JACK: Screen career: Fox. Truart. S.in-
ford Productions. MGM. Vitagraph. Pictures include
"Is Zat So." "Arizona Kid" (1930). Fox: "Beau
Broadway." MGM.
HERSHOLT. JEAN: b. Copenhagen. Denmark. July
12: h. 5 feet 11 inches: medium brown hair and dark
blue eyes: w. 180 pounds: p. both Danish professionals:
e. grammar and high schools of Copenhagen: and re-
ceived his stage training at the Daemar theatre. Copen-
hagen: in repertoire all over Scandinavia: m. non-pro-
fessional; hy. collecting rare books, painting and
sketching. In repertoire in Denmark. Norway. Sweden
and Finland. Screen experience consists of roles in
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"Younger Generation" for Columbia; "Abie's Irish
Rose" for Paramount; "Battle of the Sexes," a D. W.
Griffith production; "The Climax" and "Girl on the
Barge" for Universal; "Stella Dallas" and "Greed."
Goldwyn productions; also in "Don Q" with Douglas
Fairbanks; in "The Goldfish." "So Big" and "It Must
be Love" for First National; and in "The Student
Prince" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Also in pictures for
the Great Northern Films of Copenhagen and was undej
contract to Thomas H. Ince of Inceville (1914-15).
Has appeared in 1929 in "Girl on the Barae." "Modern
Love" and "You Can't Buy Love." Universal; in
1930 in "Mamba." Tiffany; "Hell Harbor," United
Artists; "The Climax." Universal; "Viennese Nights."
Warner Bros.
H ERZBERG. MARTIN; Played in "The Last Com-
pany." Ufa.
H ESSE, BARON: Appeared in "Prisoners" (1930).
First National.
HEWITT, BEN: Appeared in "Protection" (1929).
Fox.
HEWLETT. BEN: Appeared in "Not Quite Decent"
(1929) . "On the Level." "Protection." Fox.
HEWSTON. ALFRED : b. San Francisco. Cal.. Sep-
tember 12. 1880; h. 5 feet 7 inches; dark brown hair
and green-gray eyes; w. 135 pounds; e. Lincoln grammar
school, San Francisco; p. Lillian O'Dell and Clarence
King, professionals: m. Ollie Haywood. Dayton. Ohio,
non-professional; hy. boxing, character makeups, paint-
ing of water colors, writing verse. Thirty years stage
experience. Born in show business, made first appear-
ance when 5 years old with mother in "Ten Nights in
a Barroom," in San Francisco. Did child parts until
14; went to Grand Opera House. In 1895 joined Dr.
Clark's Medicine Show, did top mount with Dunbar and
Seddille and worked in after pieces, singing and clog
dancing numbers. First entered pictures in 1911-13.
Latter part of 1915 went to Universal City, did the
mate in Harry Cary's picture "Just Jim." Staved at
Universal until early part of 1920. Worked with the
Bison 101 Company, then for Mrs. De Grasse in "Hell's
Morgan Girl." Next in the Blue Bird unit. Then did
heavies with Baby Zoe Bay. 1920 went to Long Beach
to Balboa Studios with Moranti Comedies, doing
characters. 1921 featured in comedy part with Joe
Bonner in two-reel comedies for Special Picture Corpo-
ration. Appeared in such pictures as: "Prince of
Daffy-Dills." "Rocked to Sleep." "Hay Fever." "Hen-
pecked and Pecked Hens." "Sweet Dynamite."
"Hearts o' the Range." "Diamond Carlisle." "The
Hate Trail." "Blind Circumstances." 1924. "Horse Fly
Wiggins." "Trail Dust." Itayart Productions. 1927.
FBO. appeared in "Let's Go Gallagher." "Arizona
Streak." "Masquerade Bandit." "Out of the West "
'Snlitting the Breeze." 1930. "Firebrand Jordan." Big
4 Corp., "Rainbow Trail." Trem Carr Production.
Chinese cook. National Players, Al Nights, director.
HICKMAN. ALFRED: b. England. February 25.
1873: h. 5 feet 9 inches: blue eves and grav hair;
w. 156 pounds: e. Bradford College. England. Spe-
cialized in classics and music; m. Nance O'Neill: hy.
golf. Has lived in London. New York. Los Angeles.
Experience on stage in "Little Billie." Du Maurier's
"Trilby," many years with Charles Frohman and David
Belasco. Mrs. Flske. Jeanne Eagels in "Rain." and
Nance O'Neil. First entered pictures in 1917. Pic-
tures include: The Czar in "Fall of the Romanoffs."
Travers in "The Rescue." United Artists.
HICKMAN. CHARLES: Appeared in 1929 in "Be-
low the Deadline" and "One Splendid Hour." Chester-
field.
HICKMAN. HOWARD: b. Columbia. Mo.. Februarv
9. 1880; h. 5 feet 11V4 inches; brown eves and gray
hair: w. 175 pounds; e. San Jose. Cal.; m. Bessie
Bsrnseale; has one son. Wallace. 21; hy. golf, swim-
ming. Has lived in San Jose. San Francisco, New
York, Los Angeles. Entered pictures in 1914. Pic-
tures include: "Civilization." "Society Sinners"
Larry in "The Broadway Hoofer." Columbia: "Alias
Jimmy Valentine." MGM; "His First Command"
(1930) . Pathe.
HIERS. WALTER: b. Cordele, Ga.. July 18. 1893;
h 5 feet 11 Inches: hazel eyes and brown hair; w.
J58 pounds; e. at Savannah. Ga.. high school. Peeks-
kill Military Academy: married; hy. football, baseball.
Has lived in Savannah. New York. Los Angeles. En-
tered pictures in 1915. starting as extra with Griffith
at Biograph. Pictures include "Ghost Breaker."
"Jimmy." "Bought and Paid for." "The Lummox."
"Seventeen." "Beware of Widows." "Hold That Lion."
"Racing Romeo." "Naughty." "Blondes by Choice."
"Hot Lemonade," Christie short.
HIGGINS. PETER: Played in "Painted Angel"
(1929), First National.
HIGHTOWER. HAROLD: Appeared in "Four
Feathers" (1929). Paramount.
HILDEBRAND. ROONEY: Appeared in "Mother
Machree" (1929). Fox.
HILL. AL: b. New York City. July 14. 1892: h. 5
feet 8^4 inches; blue eyes and dark hair: w. 158
pounds; m. Renee Borcicault: has one daughter, Ar-
line Patricia. 12; hy. swimming, driving, boxing, golf,
hockey. Has had 23 years stage experience. Has
lived in Europe. Africa. Mexico and China, besides the
United States. Entered pictures two years ago. Pic-
tures include "Her Wild Oat." "The Drop Dick."
"Dressed to Kill." "The Escape." "Roadhouse." "Sin-
ner's Parade." Blonde in '"Side Street." RKO: Squid
in "The Racketeer." Pathe; Harry in "Maid to Or-
der," "Stool Pigeons," Columbia : "Me, Gangster,"
Fox: "Alibi." United Artists; "Half Way to Heaven"
(1929). Paramount.
HILLER. W. : Played In "The Last Company."
Ufa.
HILLIARD, ERNEST: b. New York City, February
1. 1890; h. 5 feet 7 inches: brown hair and hazel
eyes: w. 150 pounds; p. mother. Greenfield, non-pro-
fessional, father. Charles, professional; e. in high
sohools In Europe and in college in Alsace. Lorraine;
haa had stage training: m. Rulo Nixon, non-profes-
sional: hy. wood carving and outdoor sports. Stage ex-
perience in New York City and in Kuroiie appearing in
dramatic and dancing acts. Screen experience began
In 1912 and he has appeared in such pictures as "Red
Wine." "Divine Sinners." "The Beloved Vagabond,"
"The Dude Ranch," "Divorce Coupons." "The Matinee
Idol." "Dunn of the Dugout." "Ladv Raffles." "Out
With the Tide." '"Die Big Hop" and "The Midnight
Adventure." "When Dreams Conic True" (1929). Ray-
art.
HILLIARD. JACK: Appeared in "Pride of Pawnee"
(1929) . Radio Pictures.
HINE. ROBERT: "The New Waiter" (1930), Pathe-
George LeMaire Comedies.
HINES, JOHNNY: b. Golden. Col.. July 25. 1897; h.
5 feet 10 inches; black hair and brown eyes; w. 1G0
pounds; p. Isabelle McMillin and John Hines, non-
professionals; e. College of the City of New Y'ork and
received his stage training in New York City; hy.
driving, swimming and billiards. Stage experience in
such productions as "Sherlock Holmes." "Tribly."
"Broadway Jones." and "Alias Jimmy Valentine";
on soreen in "Johnny's Week End" (1930). Educa-
tional. Gayety Comedies.
HOBBS. HALLI WELL: b. Stratford-on-Avon, Eng-
land. First appearance on the stage in Glasgow in
January. 1898. Stage productions include: "Romeo
and Juliet." "Private Nobody," "Hamlet." "In the
Night Watch." "Trilby." "The Love Thief." "Treas-
ure Island." "The Swan." and "The Silver Box."
First audible picture was with Jeanne Eagels in "Jeal-
ousy." Paramount; then "Grumpy." Paramount;
"Lucky in Love." Pathe; "Right of Way." First Na-
tional; "Scotland Y'ard." Fox; and as Stephen Spet-
tigue in "Charley's Aunt."
HOFFMAN, OTTO F. : b. New York City. May 2.
1879; hy. 5 feet 7 inches: dark eyes and gTaying hair;
w. 130 pounds; e. Brooklyn, N. Y. ; m. Laura King:
has one son. Eugene King. 9. Entered pictures in 1917
with Thos. H. Ince. Pictures include "City of Com-
rades." "The Terror," "The Busher." Payton Hale
in "Hardboiled Rose." "Rinty of the Desert." "The
Siren." Perkins in "The Hottentot." Landlord in "Is
Everybody Happy," "Warner; "Behind Closed Doors."
Columbia; "The Desert Song," "Madonna of Avenue
A." "On With the Show," Warner: "Acquitted" (1939),
Columbia: "Other Tomorrow" (1930). First National;
"Abraham Lincoln" (1930), United Artists; "Sinner's
Holiday" (1930), Warner.
HOLCOMB, WYNN: Played in "King of Jazz"
(1930) . Universal.
HOLDEN, WILLIAM: b. Rochester. N. Y., May
22, 1872; e. University of Rochester: h. 5 feet 11%
inches; w. 192 pounds; gray hair, brown eyes; h. fish-
ing. Was on the Broadway stage for 16 years in such
productions as "It Pays to Advertise," "Miss Lulu
Bett." "Here Comes the Bride," "Civilian Clothes."
"The Nervous Wreck," "Dangerous Years," "Apple
Sauce" and "The Noose." First picture was for Fox,
when he appeared in "Road House." Pictures include:
"The First Kiss," Paramount; "Three Week Ends
(Clara Bow). Paramount: "Weary River," First Na-
tional, "The Trespasser," "Three Faces East," "Fast
Life," "Not So Dumb," "What a Widow." "Framed."
"Holiday" and "The Man Who Came Back."
HOLLAND. JOHN: b. Kenosha. Wis.. June 11. 1900;
h. 6 feet 1% inches: blue eyes and brown hair; w.
1S5 pounds: e. high school in Greensboro and attended
Fishbume Military Academy in Waynesboro. Va. : hy.
golf, tennis, polo. Entered pictures in December. 1925.
Pictures include "College Coquette," Columbia; "Black
Magic," Fox; "Evangeline," "She Goes to War,"
United Artists; "Guilty" (1930). Columbia: "Hell
Harbor" (1930). "Eyes of the World" (1930). United
Artists.
HOLLAND. MAURICE: "Day of a Man of Af-
fairs" (1929). Columbia Victor Gems.
HOLLINGSWORTH & CRAWFORD: Vitaphone No.
2753. "Bedtime."
HOLMAN. HARRY: "Hard Boiled Hampton"
(1929). Pathe Manhattan Comedies, first series: "Give
Me Action" (1930), Pathe Rainbow Comedies; Vita-
phone No. 4230. "The Big Deal."
HOLMES. FRED: Appeared in "Driftwood" (1929).
Columbia.
HOLMES. LEON: r. n. Leon von Sederholm; b. San
Francisco, November 20. 1913; h. 5 feet 5% inches:
brown eyes and auburn hair; w. 112 pounds; e. in
Hollywood. Studying Spanish and History; hy. swim-
ming, tennis golf and horseback riding. Entered pic-
tures in October 15, 1923, through General Manager
Bird of Golden Gate Studios, San Francisco. Pic-
tures include "Battling Brewster." "The King of
Kings." "The Jazz Singer." "Frisco Sally Levy."
"Freckles," "The Latest from Paris." and a series
of Fox comedies.
HOLMES. PEE WEE: Appeared in "Sunset Pass"
(1929). Paramount.
HOLMES. PHILLIPS: b. Grand Rapids. Mich.; p.
Taylor Holmes, professional : e. early education in New
York City and then spent five years studying at Trinity
College. England, and also in Paris. France, and
entered Princeton three years ago. No stage experi-
ence. He is under contract to Paramount and his first
role was in "Varsity." his second role was a small
one. that of a dancer in "His Private Life." starring
Adolphe Mi'iijou. He also appeared in "The Wild
Party," starring Clara Bow: and in 1929 in "Pointed
Heels." "Return of Sherlock Holmes." "Stairs of
Sand." Paramount: "Her Man." Pathe: and in 1930
in "The Devil's Holiday." "Only the Brave." "Para-
mount on Parade." "Grumpy." "Barber John's Boy."
Warner Bros.
HOLMES. ROBERT: Appeared in "Burning the
Wind" (1930). Universal.
HOLMES. STUART: I). Chicago. 111.. 1887: h. 5 feet
ll^ inches; auburn hair and hazel eyes; w. 180 pounds;
p. William Holmes, non-professional: e. Chicago high
school, studied art in Chicago; m. Blanche Maynard.
non-professional: by. hunting and sculpture. Twenty
years stage experience includes engagement in Germany,
in Orpheum vaudeville and also in Shakespearean roles
in 190.). Screen experience of 21 years consists of ap-
villes." "Tlie Four Horsemen." a galley slave in "Pri-
pearances in such pictures as "Tess of the d'Urber-
soner of Zcnda," and in "The Man Who Laughs."
taking the part of Louis XV. In "Heroic Lover"
(1929) . General Pictures; "Captain of the Guard"
(1930) . Universal.
HOLMES. TAYLOR: h. 5 feet 8 Inches: brown hair
and blue eyes; w. 150 pounds. Pictures include
"Twenty Dollars a Week." Selznlck; "The Crimson
Runner." Stroml>erg-Pro-Dis-Co: "The Verdict." Tni-
art ; "Borrow) d Finerv." "One Hour of Love." Tiffany;
"King Harold." Pathe; "He Did Ills Best." "He
Loved the Ladles." Christie. In 1929: "Come Across."
Universal: "Stolen Kisses." Warner Bros.: "Terry of
the Times." serial. Universal: "Dad Knows Best"
(1930). Educational-Jack White Comedies.
HOLT. JACK: b. Virginia; h. 6 feet; dark brown
hair and eyes: w. 180 pounds: p. father an Episcopal
clergyman; e. New Y'ork public schools, Virginia Mili-
tary institute, and received his stage training in ama-
teur dramatics; m. non-professional; hy. polo, riding
and hunting. Before going on the stage he was a civil
engineer with a railroad company; then became a
rancher in Oregon and other Western states where he
learned to ride and rope on the open range; also ex-
plored for copper in Alaska. He started his theatrical
career in stock companies and vaudeville, later entering
pictures through his ability as a rider; his first screen
feat being to ride a horse from a 30 foot cliff into
deep water. Following this he was cast in Western
roles; later in other parts, including that of screen
villain. Probably his best known parts were in Para-
mount's Zane Grey productions such as "The Light of
Western Stars." "Wild Horse Mesa," "The Enchanted
Hill." "Born to the West," and "Wanderer of the
Wasteland": others are "Submarine." for Columbia:
"The Vanishing Pioneer," "The Water Hole," "Ava-
lanche" and "Sunset Pass" for Paramount; in 1929 in
"The Donovan Affair" and "Father and Son"; in
1930 in "Vengeance," Columbia; "The Border Le-
gion." Paramount.
HOLTZ. GEORGE: Played in "The Trail of '98"
(1930), MGM.
HOLTZ, LOU: Played in Vitaphone No. 954. "Idle
Chatter."
HOLTZ. TENEN: Appeared in 1929 In "House of
Horror," First National; "The Duke Steps Out."
"Show People." "The Trail of '98." "Kibitzer." "The
Melody Man." Columbia; "The Woman Racket" (1930).
MGM.
HOMANS. ROBERT: b. Maiden. Mass.: h. 5 feet
11 inches; brown eyes and gray hair; w. 210 pounds:
e. University of Michigan. Screen work with Inde-
pendent Pictures, Associated Exhibitors, Tiffany, Lumas.
Pictures include "The Fightin' Comeback," "Pals in
Peril." "Ride 'em High." Pathe; "Fast and Furious.
"Range Courage." 'Burning Wind." Universal: 'The
Masked Angel," First Division: "Obey Your Hus-
band," Anchor; "The Isle of Lost Ships." "Smiling
Irish Eyes," First National; "Blindfold." Fox; "Fury
of the Wild." Radio Pictures.
HOPKINS. RUSSELL: "College Lovers" (1930).
First National.
HOPPER. DEWOLF: r. n. William DeWolf Hop-
per: b. New York City, March 30. 1858: h. 6 feet 2
inches; light hair: w. 193 pounds; p. Rose and John
DeWolfe. non-professionals; e. J. H. Morse School,
and Harvard College: hy baseball. In "The March
of Time," MGM; Vitaphone No. 1047. "At the Round
Table."
HOPTON. RUSSELL: b. New York City. N. Y..
February IS, 1900; e. at New Y'ork Agricultural Col-
lege: h. 5 feet 11 inches: w. 160 pounds; brown hair
and blue eyes. Entered pictures in 1930 from the
stage. Pictures include: "College Lovers." role of
Eddie Smith; "Call of the Flesh." role of Enrique;
"Minn and Bill." as Alex, and "The Criminal Code."
as Sheridan.
HORTON. EDWARD EVERETT: b. Brooklyn. N. Y. :
e. Columbia University. Stage career at the age of
20 as a member of the chorus of a comic opera
company playing Gilbert and Sullivan operas on
Staten Island. He was on the stage for twelve years
and appeared in the following productions: "Never
Say Die." "The Nervous Wreck." "Clarence." "The
Professor's Love Story." "Beggar on Horseback." "Lilac
Time." "Smilin' Through." "The Rear Car" and "The
First Year." Started his screen career six years ago
and has made appearances in "Too Much Business."
"The Front Page Story." "Ruggles of Red Gap," "To
the Ladies." "The Beggar on Horseback." "Marry
Me." also in the following Vitaphone productions:
"Miss Information." "The Terror." "Sonny Boy."
"The Hottentot." "The Victor." "The Sap." "Wide
Open"; in 1029 in "Good Medicine." "The Right
Bed." "Trusting Wives." "Princ* Babby." Educa-
tional: Coronet Talking Comedies: and in 1930 in "Vita-
phone No. 2237, "Miss Information," "Take the Heir,"
Big 4; "Toast of the Legion." First National: "Holi-
day." Pathe; "Once a Gentleman." Sono Art-World
Wide.
HOTALING. ARTHUR: Appeared in 1929 in "Bye.
Bye Buddy" and "Little Wild Girl." Trinity.
HOUSE. NEWTON: b. Colorado; e. Rockwell grade
school. Holly. Col. Pictures include "Not One to
Spare." Hodkinson: "Spirit of the U. S. A.." FBO:
"The Riding Whirlwind." "Red Warning." "Buckskin
Days." "Winged Hoofs." "Son of the Frontier." "The
Untamed." "The Fighting Kid." "The Danger Trail."
Universal;, "A Final Reckoning." Universal serial.
HOUSEMAN. ARTHUR: b. New York. 1890: e.
New York. Has had stage experience. Screen work
with Edison. Selig. Metro. Goldwyn. Selznick. Ameri-
can Releasing. Clark-Cornelius Principal Pictures.
Paramount. First National, Fox. Pro-Dis-Co., United
Artists. Pictures include "Publicity Madness," Fox;
"The Spotlight," "Partners in Crime." "Fools for
Luck." Paramount: "Happiness Ahead." First National ;
Andy Quinlan in "Queen of the Night Clubs," War-
ner; Barney Barlow In "Fast Company." Paramount;
"Times Square." Gotham: "Sunrise." Fox; "Sins of
the Fathers." Paramount; "Broadway." Universal'
"Song of Love" (1929). Columbia: "Officer O'Brien"
(1930). Pathe.
HOWARD. CHARLES: "All Stuck Up" (1930).
Pathe-Checker Comedies, first series.
HOWARD. EUGENE: Vitaphone No. 349. "Between
the Acts of the Opera."
HOWARD FREDERICK: Played in 'Numbered
Men" (1930). First National.
HOWARD. JOSEPH E: Played in Vitaphone No.
2596.
HOWARD. LESLIE: Plaved in "Outward Bound"
(19391. Warner Bros.
HOWARD. PAUL: Appeared in "King of Jazz"
(1930). Universal.
HOWARD. TOM: Played in "Rain or Shine"
(1930). Columbia.
HOWARD. WILLIE: Vitaphone No. 349. "Between
the Acts of the Opera."
HOWES. REED : I). Washington. D. C. ; h. 6 feet;
brown hair and gray eyes; e. University of Utah.
Harvard Graduating School; hy. aviation, swimming.
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A. Leslie Pearce
International Director
Screen and Stage
Has produced thirty (2-reel) talking comedies for
Mack Sennett, Educational and Christie
"The Delightful Rogue"
with
Rod La Rocque
R.K.O.
Direction
'Meet the Wife"
Christie
The Fall Guy"
featuring Jack Mulhall
and Mae Clarke
R.K.O.
basketball, wrestling and squash. Stage career: op-
posite Peggy Wood in "Artist's Life." supported Billie
Burke in "Intimate Strangers." Screen work with
Fox. Ray art, Warners, Paramount. Pictures include:
"Fashion Madness," Columbia: "Ladies Night in a
Turkish Bath," First National: "Hellship Bronson."
Gotham; "A Million for Love/' Sterling; "Sawdust
Paradise," Paramount; star in "Ituss Farrell, Aviator"
subjects produced by Charles Rogers and released by
Educational; "Come Across." Universal.
HOXIE. JACK: b. Oklahoma. January 24. 1890; h.
0 feet 1 inch; black hair and gray eyes: w. 1!)5 pounds;
e. public schools of Idaho; by, polo. Entered pictures
in 1918 as featured player and was double for different
stars because of ability to ride. Pictures include "The
Last Frontier." "Men of Daring." "Heroes of the
Wild." "The White Outlaw," "The Forbidden Trail."
"Roaring Adventure."
HOY, DANNY: Appeared in "When Dreams Come
True" (1929). lUyart.
HOYT. ARTHUR: b. Georgetown. Colo.: h. 5 feet C
inches: brown hair and hazel eyes: w. 132 pounds: e.
in Butte, Montana; hy. golf. Was on New York stage
lfi years as actor and director. Entered pictures in
191fi. Plaved in "Just Married." Thorne in "My
Man" (1929), "Dumbbells in Ermine" (1930). "Man
from Blankleys" (1930). Warner Bros.: "Seven Days
Leave" (1929). "The Wheel of Life" (1929). Mr.
Willings in "Medals." Paramount; "Night Work."
"Stolen Kisses." "A Man's Man." "Protection."
Michael Sturm in "Her Private Affair." Pathe; "On
Your Back" (1930). Fox: "Going Wild" (1930). First
National; "The Boss's Orders" (1930). Pathe. Folly
Comedies, second series.
HOYT. LEO: Vitaphone No. 1046, "Everything Hap-
pens to Me."
HOYT. WAITE: Played in Vitaphone No. 972.
HUGHES. GARETH: b. Llanelly. Wales. August 23,
1894; h. 5 feet 7 inches; blue eyes and brown hair;
w. 130 pounds: e. Wales, studied literature, languages;
hy. horseback riding. Has lived in New York. Lon-
don. Paris. Has had 15 years of stage experience. En-
tered pictures in 1919 through Clara Kimball Young
Pictures include "Sentimental Tommy." "Enemies of
Women." "Whirlwind of Youth." "Comrades." "Old
Ago Handicap." "Better Days." "Silent Sentinel."
"The Sky Rider." Chesterfield: "Mister Antonio." Tif-
fany-Stan]; "Broken Hearted." Trinity.
HUGHES. LLOYD: b. Bisbee. Ariz.: h. 6 feet;
dark brown hair and gray eyes: w. 155 pounds: p.
May and William Hughes. non-profesBionals; e. Poly-
technic high school: m. Gloria Hope, professional: hy.
golf, swimming and handball. Has appeared in such
pictures as "The Mysterious Island" and "WTiere East
Is East" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and in "Heart
to Heart." "No Place to Go." "The Stolen Bride"
and "An Affair of the Follies" for First National;
"Acquitted" (1929). Columbia: and in 1930 In "Love
Comes Along." Radio Pictures; "Hello Sister." Sono
Art-World Wide; "Big Boy." Warner Bros.; "Moby
Dick," Warner.
HUGHES II PAM: Vitaphone No. 2837. "The.
Fall Guy."
HUGHES. RAY: "Big Hearted" (1930). Pathe;
"Carnival Revue" (1930). Pathe- Whoopee Comedies.
HUM M ELL. WILSON: Appeared in "Woman
Trap" 11929). Paramount.
HUNDLEY, JOHN: Vitaphone Nos. 4270-71. "The
Legacy."
HUMPHREY, WILLIAM: b. Chicopce Falls. Mass..
January 2, 1874; h. 5 feet 8 inches: dark brown and
grey hair and dark grey eyes; w. 1G5 pounds; p. Susan
Mettle and Jonathan Humphrey, non-professionals; e.
Apple Street high school. Philadelphia. Bryant and
Stratton. Philadelphia; m. Berthe Sotenberg, profes-
sional: hy. reading and athletic sports. Stage experi-
ence: first on the stage with Bijou Theatre stock com-
pany in Philadelphia. Left stock and toured in almost
every section of United States, Canada and West
Indies, either as a star or in support of leading actors;
has been leading man and featured with such stars as
Julia Marlowe. Maude Banks. Julia Arthur. Blanche
Walsh. Walker Whiteside, Lillian Lewis, Thomas W.
Keene. Mrs. Langtry, Margaret Mather. Played Cassius
in "Julius Caesar." which was produced by the Art
Theatre company at the Hollywood Bowl. Hollywood.
Cal. Originated part of Napoleon in "More Than
Queen." at Broadway theatre. New York, which was
produced by Julia Arthur who originated part of
Josephine. In New York productions of "Myer and
Son." "Midnight Bell." "The Other House." "Mills of
the Gods." "Power of Gold." "Captain Paul." "Village
Postmaster." "The Little Grey Lady." "Northern
Lights." "Not One Word." "The Heather Field." "The
Mormon Wife." "Reichter's Wife." "Mile. Mars."
"Mrs. Jack." "Heart's Aflame." "My Jack." "Land of
the Midnight Sun." "Friends." "Leah Kleshna."
Screen experience: is conceded to be one of screen's
foremost character actors. For years was the stage'9
most popular "Napoleon." a part he has played over
1.500 times. Made first screen appearance for Vitagraph
Company of Brooklyn. N. Y., when It produced in
three reels. "Napoleon." Became Vitagraph director of
such pictures as "A Tale of Two Cities." "The French
Spy." "The Money Kings." "Babbling Tones." "Atone-
ment." "The Unchastened Woman." "Two Men and a
Woman." "The Wife Whom God Forgot." "Joan of
Plattsburgh." "The Re-incarnation of Karma." "The
Black Spider." "Fathers of Men." "Footlights of
Fate." "The Butler's Secret" and others. In Holly-
wood has appeared in such pictures as "Scaramouche,"
Lord Averley in "Beau Brummel." Stephen Douglas in
"Abraham Lincoln." "One Night in Rome." "Dangerous
Innocence." "Dnisilla With a Million." "The Unholy
Three." "The Volga Boatman," "The Silent Lover."
"Lady Robin Hood." 'The Wise Crooks." "The Sky
Pilot." "Stella Dallas." "The Actress." "The Danger
Girl." "The Arizona Express. " "In and Out." "The
Godless Girl." "Salvation Sal." "Trelawney of the
Wells." "Tlie Phantom of the Opera." "The Social
Code." "Rouged Lips." "Oh. Henri." "The Sky Call."
"Men of the Dawn." "Devil May Care." and many
others.
HUNT. JAY: b Pennsvlvania. Screen work with
Vitagraph. Thanhouser. Universal. Sunset. Lumas,
Sterling. Associated Exhibitors. Tiffanv. Pictures in-
clude: "Lightnin'." "A Man Four-Square." "Three
Bad Men." Fox: "One Minute to Plav " "The Har-
vester." FRO ; "The Overland Stage." First National:
"Captain Salvation." MGM.
ance in leading role of "The Girl in the Taxi." Then
traveled to Australia with musical comedy company and
stayed five years. First screen appearance for Para-
mount in 1919. later to New York in "The Climbers"
with Corinne Griffith. Left moving pictures for time
and returned to stage appearing opposite Alice Brady
in "The Witch." with Francine Larrimore in "Nice
People." and with Cyril Maude in "Aren't We All "
Also played with Olive Thomas and Elaine Hammer-
stein. Left the stage to appear in RKO version of the
play "All the King's Men." which title was changed
to "The Second Wife." He was then engaged by
United Artists to appear in role of James Rut ledge in
"Eyes of the World."
HURLEY. PUTNAM & SNELL:
Phone No. 2180.
Played in Vita-
HURST. BRANDON: b. London. Eng.; h. (1 feet;
brown hair and brown eyes; w. 150 pounds; e.
Philological School. London Twenty years of stage
experience. Screen work with Famous Players. Pathe.
Universal. United Artists. First National. Metro-Gold-
wyn. Warners. Fox. Davis Distributors. Paramount.
Pro-Dis-Co. FBO. Among his pictures are "Seventh
Heaven." "The High School Hero." "The News Pa-
rade." Fox; '•Love." MGM; "The Man Who Laughs."
Universal; "Her Private Life," (1929). First National:
"The Greene Murder Case," "Interference," "The Wolf
of Wall Street." Paramount; "The Right of Way"
(1930). First National; "High Society Blues" (1930),
Fox; "Eyes of the World" (1930). United Artists.
HURST, PAUL: b. California. Five years stage ex-
perience. Screen work with Universal, Lasky, Vita-
graph. Pathe. Directed for states rights market. Pic-
tures include "Cossacks." "Buttons." MGM: "Valley of
Giants." "Red Raiders." "California Mail." Ramirez
in "Lawless Legion." First National: "The Rainbow."
Tiffany-Stahl : Superintendent in "Oh. Yeah?" Jimmy-
legs in "Sailors Holiday." Mehaffey in "Tile Rack-
eteer." Sergeant Westbrook in "His First Command."
Captain Antrim in "Officer O'Brien," Pathe; Peter
Brierson in "Lucky Larkin." Universal.
HUSSEY. JIMMY:
Act No. 97.
Appeared in Metro Movietone
HUNTLEY.
Daly's theatre.
HUGH: First stage appearance at
London, in small part. Second appcar-
HUSTON. WALTER: b. Toronto. Ont. ; h. C feet;
brown hair and hazel eyes: w. 180 pounds. Left
home at the age of 18 to join a traveling road show.
In New York City, obtained a place In the cast of a
company playing "In Convict Stripes." a melodrama
by Hal Reid. father of the late Wallace Reld. At the
conclusion of this engagement, toured the country with
a company presenting a play called "The Sign of the
Cross": then abandoned the stage to direct work in
the city water and electrical plants in Nevada and
Missouri, winning a city engineer's license in St. Louis,
then managed the Union Electric Light and Power
Company's Charles Street plant: returned to the stage
In 1909 making his initial appearance in his own vaude-
ville act which enjoyed tremendous success and then
became a headliner on Keith and Orpheum circuits.
Played in vaudeville for fifteen years, starring in acts
which he wrote. To the dramatic stage he returned
with the play. "Mr. Pitt" which ran in New York
City, then took to the road once more with a Shubert
Road show revue. Returning to New York he played
his famous role of the old man in Eugene O'Neill's
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"Desire Under the Elms" and this characterization
earned him the recognition of an excellent dramatlo
Btar. Then successively in "The Barker." "Congo"
and "Elmer the Great." About this time Paramount
contracted with Huston to appear in two feature length
productions made at the Long IsLand studios. "Gentle-
men of the Press" and "The Lady Lies." Has also ap-
peared in several short films including "The Bishop's
Candlesticks," "The Carnival Man" and "Two Ameri-
cans." Completing "The Lady Lies" he was sent to
Hollywood to play the role of Trampas in the all-talk-
ing picturization of "The Virginian"; in 1930 in "The
Bad Man." First National; "Abraham Lincoln," United
Artists.
HUSZAR-PUFFY. KARL: Played in "The Blue
Angel." Ufa.
HUTH, HAROLD: Appeared in 1929 in "The Scar-
let Devil" and "The Triumph of the Scarlet Pim-
pernel." World Wide.
H YAMS, JOHN: b. Syracuse. N. Y. . in 1877; h. 5
feet G1^ inches; gray hair and brown eyes; w. 135
pounds; p. Esther D'Ancona and Simon Hyams. non-
professional : e. Syracuse high school ; m. Leila Mclntyre,
professional: hy. golf. Stage training in minstrelsy,
farce and musical comedy and vaudeville. Has appeared
in the following pictures: ' Broadwav Scandals" (1929).
Columbia: "Cameo Kirby" (1930), For; "Swell People"
(1930). Pathe, Manhattan Comedies: "Mind Your Busi-
ness" (1930). Pathe. Melody Comedies; "Give Me
Action" (1930), Pathe. Rainbow Comedies; "Some
Babies" (1930), Pathe, Whoopee Comedies.
HYAMS &. MclNTYRE: Played in Vitaphone No.
2247. "All in Fun."
HYMAN. JOHNNY: Played in Vitaphone No. 22G4,
"Playing Pranks with Webster."
HYMER. WARREN: Appeared in 1929 in """"The
Far Call." "Girl from Havana." "Speakeasy."
"Frozen Justice," Fox; in 1930 in "Born Reckless."
"Lone Star Ranger," "Men Without Women," Fox;
"Sinner's Holiday," Warner Bros.
HYTTON. OLAF: Appeared in "Kitty" (1929).
World Wide; "Grumpy" (1930). Paramount.
I
1NCE. JOHN: r. n. John Edwards Ince; b. New
York City: h. 5 feet 10^ inches: gray hair and blue
eyes; w. 185 pounds; p. Eunice and John Ince. pro-
fessionals; e. Trinity Chapel. New York City; m. non-
professional. Was on stage from 1888 to 1913 and
appeared in the following productions: Henry E. Fixey.
utility; August Darling, utility: Ada Rehan. "Mid-
summer Night's Dream"; Katherine Kiddus. "Madame
Sans Gene"; Rich and Harris productions: Sullivan,
Harris and Wood production; Henry Miller productions;
Henrv W. Savage production; Klaw and Erlanger. He
appeared in stock at the following theatres: Grand
Opera House. Boston: 4 Paws theatre. Philadelphia:
Girard Avenue theatre, Philadelphia: Grand Opera
House. Philadelphia; Polis theatre. Bridgeport. Conn.;
Park theatre, Indianapolis; Benglow theatre. Salt Lake
City: Alcasar theatre, San Francisco. Has been in
pictures since 1913 as director, producer and actor.
Has had part in the silent productions of the follow-
ing companies: Pathe. Lubins. Equitable. Metro.
Thomas H. Ince. Gardner Sullivan Productions, and
John Ince Productions. Has appeared as an actor in
the following talking pictures: "Alias French Gertie."
for RKO; "Hot Curves." Tiffany; "Little Caesar." First
National: "Moby Dick" and "Children of Dreams" for
Warner Bros.
INCE, RALPH: b. Boston. Mass.. 1887: hy. golf
and tennis. Stage career: Richard Mansfield company.
"The College Widow." Screen career: first as actor
then as director. Appeared as Lincoln in "Lincoln
Series," for Vitagraph; acted and directed "Not for
Publication." "Shanghaied." "Chicago After Midnight."
"Bigger Than Barnum's" : directed. "Coney Island."
"South Sea Love." "Hit of the Show." "Hardboiled."
FBO: "Hurricane." Columbia; plaved Roller McRae in
"Wall Street" (1929). Columbia: "Numbered Men"
(1930). First National.
IMHOF, ROGER: Vitaphone No. 991: "Rural Hos-
pitality."
I NG RAH AM, CLIFFORD: Appeared in "Hearts in
Dixie" (1929). Fox.
I NG RAH AM. LLOYD: Appeared in 1929) in "The
Rainbow Man." Paramount: "Don't Get Excited."
Educational Tuxedo: "Untamed." MGM; in 1930 in
"A Ladv to Love." MGM; "Last of the Duanes"
(1930). Fox.
INGRAM. AMO: Appeared in "The Wild Party"
(1929). Paramount.
INGRAM. CLIFFORD: Appeared in "Hearts in
Dixie" (1929). Fox.
IRVING. GEORGE: b New York: h. 6 feet; gray
eyes and gray hair: w. 172 pounds; e. College of City
of New York, and American Academy of Dramatic
Arts in New York; m. Katherine Oilman; has two
daughters. Katherine Irving. 22. Dorothy. 21; hy ten-
nis. Has lived in New York. Bayslde. L. I.. Holly-
wood. Entered pictures in 1913 through Augustus
Thomas. Became noted director and after a time
drifted back to acting. Pictures include The Ameri-
can Father." "The Goose Hangs High." "Pies."
"Wanderer of the Wasteland." "Eric the Great."
"Craig's Wife." "Moran of Marines." "Godless Girl."
"The Dance of Life." "Thunderbolt." Paramount;
"Paris Bound." Pathe: "Coquette," United Artists:
"The Naughtv Flirt" (1930). First National; "Young
E.iglrs" (1930), Paramount: "Last Performance,"
"Young Desire" (1930). Universal.
IRVING. WILLIAMi Appeared in 1929 in "Noth-
ing to Wear." Columbia: "From Headquarters." War-
ner Bros ; Vitaphone No. 4160; "Ginsberg of New-
berg." Vitaphone No. 4139. "Won to Love." Vita-
phone No. 4284. "The Skin Game."
IRWIN CHARLES: "King of Jazz" (1930), Uni-
versal ; Vitaphone No. 2555.
ITA TOYO: "Return of Dr. Fu Manchu" (1930).
Paramount.
J
JAAP. N ELAN : Appeared In "Great Power" (1929).
Franklin Warner.
JACK. JOE: Appeared In "Dritfwood" (1929). Co-
lumbia.
JACKSON, EDDIE: "Roadhouse Nights" (1930).
Paramount.
JACKSON. EUGENE: Appeared in "Hearts in
Dixie" (1929), Fox.
JACKSON, ORIN: b. Terre Haute, Ind., 1874; h.
5 feet 8 inches: dark brown eyes and iron gray
hair; w. 155 pounds; e Terre Haute and Chicago,
specializing in law and dramatic; m. hy. golf, riding.
Has lived in Chicago. New York. Hollywood. En-
tered pictures in 1913. Played Dr. Sprague in "45
Calibre War," Pathe.
JACKSON, SELMER: Appeared in "Why Bring
Up" (1930), Paramount.
JACKSON. TOM : Appeared in "Broadway" (1929).
Universal; "Double Cross Roads" (1930), Fox.
JAGGER. DEAN: b. Lima. Ohio, November 7.-1903:
h. 6 feet 2 inches; dark hair and eyes; w. 185 pounds;
p. Lillie Mayberry and Albert Jagger. non- professionals;
e. Collins. Indiana, and Wabash College at Crawfords-
ville, Indiana; hy. tennis and swimming. Stage ex-
perience in the following: "Cappy Ricks," "Matt Peas-
ley," "Shepherd of Hills," "Young Matt." also stock
leads and in 1926 and 1927 in vaudeville with Alec
B. Francis. Played in "Woman from Hell," for Fox,
in lead with Mary Astor in 1929. Freelance player.
JAMES. GARDINER: b. New York City; h. 5 feet
8 inches; light brown hair and dark brown eyes; w.
139 pounds; e. Curtis School, New York City. Ex-
perience on stage with George Aiiiss. "Snow-White,"
"The Great Adventure." "Little Shepherd of King-
dom Come." and others. Screen work with Essaiiay.
Kalem, Edison, First National, Hodkinson, Metro, Vita-
graph, Pro-Dis-Co, Warner. First Division. Paramount.
Pictures include "Souls Aflame." "Ladies at Ease."
"Eager Lips," First Division; "Kentucky Courage,"
First National: "The Big Killing," Paramount; Marvin
Swallow in "The Mating Call," Caddo; "The Flying
Fleet." MGM: "The Studio Murder Case." Paramount;
"Dawn Patrol" (1930). First National.
JAMES, GLADDEN: b. Zanesville. Ohio; h. 5 feet
11 inches; light hair and blue eyes; w. 160 pounds:
e. Columbus. Ohio. Stage experience s.nce the age
of six, later' in many productions. Screen work with
Metro. Fox. Selznick. Signet Productions, Playgoers.
Arrow. Paramount. Phil Goldstone. FBO. Pro-Dis-Co.
Among his pictures are "The Temptations of a Shop
Girl." First Div.sion; "Sweet Sixteen." Rayart: "Ador-
able Cheat.'" "The Peacock Fan." Chesterfield; "His
Captive Woman." "Girl from Woolworth's" (1929).
First National.
JAMES, WALTER: b. Tennessee: e. Georgetown
University. Screen work with Vitagraph. Whitman
Bennett. Pathe. Fox. FBO. Pictures include "Little
Annie Rooney." United Artists; "Battling Butler,"
MGM; "The Blood Ship." Columbia; "Patent Leather
Kid." "The Wright Idea." First National; "The Ir-
resistible Lover." Universal; "The Big Killing." Para-
mount: Sheriff in "Hell's Heroes." Universal,; "Me.
Gangster." Fox.
JAMIESON. BUD: b. Vallejo. Cal.. 1894: h. G feet;
brown hair and blue eyes; w. 270 pounds; e. San
Francisco. Stage career: Four years in vaudeville and
stock. Screen career: Essanay. Rolin-Pathe. Harold
Lloyd. Universal, Fox, Pathe. Sterling; "Jake the
Plumber." FBO; "Buck Privates." Universal; "The
Chaser." First National; Honey Sullivan in "The
Grand Parade" (1930). Pathe; "Traffic" (1930). Pathe.
Folly Comedies, second series.
JANNEY, LEON: b. Ogden. Utah. April 1, 1917; e.
public schools in Hollywood and stage training in pro-
fessional school in Hollywood; hy. collecting stamps,
horseback riding, tennis and study of Latin. Had
stage experience at age of 2 years on Pantages and
Orpheum Circuit. Entered pictures in 192G. Has ap-
peared with Marion Davies in "Old Dutch": Lillian
Gish in "The Wind." Was featured lead in Spanish
and English version of "Our Gang" comedy. Featured
in "Courage." "Hand Full of Clouds," and the lead
in "Father's Son." Plaved with George Arliss in "Old
English." Also "Doorway to Hell." "The Sin Flood."
Now under contract to Warner Bros.
JANNEY WILLIAM: r. n. William Preston Janney;
b. New York City. February 15. 1908: h. 5 feet 10
inches; dark brown eyes and hair: w. 145 pounds;
e. New York and Hollywood, specializing in English
literature: hy. swimming, hiking. Has lived in New
York and Hollywood. Stage experience in "Merton of
the Movies," starring Glenn Hunter; created title role
in "Tommv." which he played in New York and on
tour Entered pictures in December. 1928. Pictures
include "Salute." Fox: "Coquette." United Artists:
"Mexicali Rose" (1929). Columbia: "Dawn Patrol"
(1930) "The Right of Way" (1930). F.rst National:
"Young Desire" (1930). Universal; "Those Who
Dance." Warner Bros.
JANNINGS. EMIL: b. Brooklyn. N. Y.. July 2G.
1886: h. 6 feet: light brown hair and brown eyes: w.
200 pounds: p. non-professionals; e. Zurich. Switzerland
and Gorlitz; received his stage training working at the
Gorlitz theatre and traveling with roving stock com-
pany: m Gussie Hill, European variety star, now re-
tired: hy. gardens and pets and the theatre. He did
various odd jobs and plays bits as a boy with the
Gorlitz theatre in Germany: traveled with a stock com-
pany going from place to place throughout the German
provinces in wagons; also a member of a stock company
at Gardelegen theatre. Gardelegen. Germany, and stock
companies at Bremen, Leipzig and Mainz; with the
Darmstadt Royal theatre. Berlin, playing role in
Shakespearean. Ibsen. Schiller. Goethe and Strind-
berg He was induced by Ernst Lubitsch to enter mo-
tion pictures in 1915. playing roles while continuing
his stage work; then left the speaking stage entirely for
pictures. He has appeared in "Madame DuBarry."
"Passion." which was his first important picture to be
shown in America:! "Deception." "The Loves of
Pharoah." "Peter the Great." "Faust." "The Last
Laugh." and "Variety." all Ufa productions. For
Paramount he has made "The Way of All Flesh."
"The Street of Sin." "The Last Command " "The
Patriot" and "Sins of the Fathers." In (1929) "Be-
traval." Paramount: "Fighting the White Slave Traf-
fic" Bertad Pictures: "Betrayal" (1929). Paramount:
"The Blue Angel." Ufa.
JANS 4. WHALEN: Vitaphone No. 901. "Two Good
Boys Gone Wrong."
JARNIGAN. JERRY: Played in Vitaphone No. 2705.
1ARVIS. BOBBY: Plaved in Vitaphone No. 1070.
"Putting It On."
JARVIS. SYDNEY: b. New York City; e. In New
York. England and France, specializing in literature
and music; h. 5 feet 11% inches; w. 187 pounds;
black hair and brown eyes: m. Virginia Dare, pro-
fessional. Six years with George M. Cohan and Sam
Harris. Three years with Charles Dillingham, the
Shuberts, Ziegfeld. and others. Fifteen years head-
liner in vaudeville in Europe and America. Entered
pictures in 1914. Among his later pictures are "Casey
at the Bat." "Circus Rookies," "Kismet" and the
"Unholy Night."
JEFFERSON. THOMAS: b. New York City; h. 5
feet 6 inches; gray hair and blue eyes; w. 115 pounds;
p. Margaret Lockyer and Joseph Jefferson: professionals;
e. New York and France: m. Daisy M. Robinson, pro-
fessional; hy. reading and painting. Twenty years
stage experience in New York and France and has
appeared in "Rip Van Winkle." "Lightnin' " and all
of Shakespeare's plays. Started in motion picture in-
dustry in 1909 in New York with D. W. Griffith; later
appeared in Metro's "The Spenders." Griffith's "Sable
Lorcha." and "The Fencing Master." Biograph's "The
Poor Gentleman," Universale "The Beloved Liar."
and in Fox's "Paid to Love"; "On With the Show"
(1929). Warner Bros.; "Double Cross Roads" (1930),
Fox.
JEFFREY. WILLIAM: b. Halifax. Nova Scotia.
Joined traveling stock company at age of 1G and was
leading man three years later with dramatic companies
in Washington. D. C. and Baltimore. Has been fea-
tured player on Broadway for 18 years, appearing in
such plays as "The Garden of Allah." "Three Faces
East." "The Tavern," "Such Is Life." "The Squealer."
First screen appearance in part of forest ranger in
"Eyes of the World." United Artists.
JEFFRIES, JAMES: b. Carroll. Iowa. April 15.
1875; e. public schools. Los Angeles. Pictures include:
"Jeffries, Jr.," Pathe; "Kid Speed," Educational;
"Prince of Broadway." Chadwick: "One Round
Hogan." Warner; "Beau Broadway." MGM.
JENNINGS. DeWITT: r. n. DeWitt Clarke Jennings;
b. Cameron. Mo.; h. 6 feet: dark hair and hazel eyes;
w. 180 pounds; p. Georgia and Oliver Salmon, non-
professionals; e. St. Mark's academy, and at Laramie.
Wyo. . college: m. Ethel Conroy. professional, and has
three children (2 boys, 1 girl) ; hy. automobiles,
swimming and golf. Stage experience with stock com-
pany in New York City; with James O'Neil in "Within
the Law," and in "The Thirteenth Chair." "Women
in Room 13." "Under Cover." "The Red Dawn." En-
tered pictures in 1920, appearing in such pictures as
"McFadden's Flats." "Name the Man." "The Great
Mail Robbery," "Home Made," "The Night Flyer."
"Marry the Girl." "The Unbroken Purple." "Within
the Law." "Alibi." "Trial of Mary Dugan" and "The
Valiant." Appeared in 1929 in "The Crash." "Seven
Footprints to Satan," First National; "Red Hot
Speed." Universal; in 1930 in "In the Next Room,"
First National: "The Captain of the Guard." "Night
Ride." Universal: "Those Who Dance." Warner Bros.
JESSEL, GEORGE: b. New York City, 1898. Stage
experience began at the age of 9 as kiddie in Gus
Edwards' revue, has written many popular songs, "Oh.
How I Laugh When I Think How I Cried About You."
Pictures include "Private Izzy Murphy." "Sailor Izzy
Murphy." "Ginsberg the Great." Warner: "George
Washington Cohen," Tilfany-Stahl : "Lucky Boy." Tif-
fany-Stahl; "Happy Days," "Love. Live and Laugh"
(1929). Fox. Wrote titles and dialogue for "Lucky
Boy." Tiffany-Stahl.
JOCHIM. ANDY: "Hard Boiled Hampton" (1929).
Pathe-Manhattan Comedies, first series.
JOHNSON, DICK WINSLOW: Played in "Love.
Live and Laugh" (1929), Fox.
JOHNSON. HAROLD : b. Chicago. 111.. March 5.
1895: e. grade and high school in Chicago, then at-
tended Northwestern University; m. non-professional.
Stage experience 14 years in vaudeville as headliner
with John "Ole" Olsen. his partner, toured Australia
two years. Produced own show "Monkey Business."
First screen appearance in "Oh Sailor Behave" (1930).
for Warner Bros., and next "Fifty Million French-
man." Is part of team of Olsen and Johnson.
JOHNSON. NOBLE: b. Colorado Springs. Col.; h.
6 feet 2 inches; dark hair and eyes; w. 215 pounds.
Screen career: "Topsy and Eva." "The Ten Command-
ments." "Soft Cushions." "Something Always Hap-
pens." Paramount; "Gateway of the Moon." "The
Black Ace." Fox: Jeelo in "Black Waters." British
and Dominion; Ahmed in "The Four Feathers." Li Po
in "Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu." Paramount; "Moby
Dick." Warner Bros.
JOHNSTON. J. W.: b Ireland: e. New York and
Dublin. Stage experience with Sothern. Frohman.
"The Squaw Man." "The Waif." in stock. Screen
work with Metro. Fine Arts. World. Pathe. American
Releasing. United Artists. Paramount. Selznick. Pic-
tures include "Driftwood." Columbia.
JOLSON, AL: r. n. Asa Yoelson: b. St. Petersburg.
Russia: m. Ruby Keeler, New York Musical Stage Star:
h. "Hearts" and high lowered motor cars. He was
brought to America while a baby. His father decided
for him to become a cantor in the Jewish synagogue,
which Asa did not care to do. so he ran away from
home to join a circus as ballvhoo man. He later
changed to cafe entertainer, and then formed a vaude-
ville act with his brother and another man and went
on the road. In 1906 he discovered his ability to
please an audience, and then upon the advice of an
old colored man. he blackened his face and became the
greatest black-face comedian and "mammy" singer.
Then joined Dockstader's minstrels and was with them
for two years. His first film was "The Jazz Singer."
which was followed by the "Singing Fool" and "Say
It With Songs." "Mammv." "Sons o' Guns." United
Artists; "Big Boy" (1930). Warner Bros.
JONES. BILLY "RED:" r. n. William Charles
Jones; b. Wheeling. West Va.. February 9. 1913; h. 5
feet 3 inches: brown eyes and red hair: w. 115 pounds:
e. Santa Monica and Culver City, grammar schools
and Venice high school; hy. swimming, riding, boating
and football. Has lived in Wheeling. Akron. Ohio. Los
Angeles. Santa Monica. Culver City. Entered pictures
in September. 1923. through Ross Lederman. director
Among his pictures are: "Sparrows," "The Cripple."
"Three Miles Up." "The Phantom Flyer." "The
nound of Silver Creek." "Vacation Waves." "The
Final Extra." Lumas; "Sky High Saunders."
Universal.
JONES. BUCK: b. Vimennes. Ind : h. fi feet;
brown hair and gray eyes: w. 173 pounds; e. In-
1931
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dianapolis. Among bis pictures are "The Brandt d
Sombrero," "Riders of the Purple Sage." "One Man
Trail." "To a Finish." "Bar Nothing." "Riding
Speed," "Rough Shod." "The Fast Mail." "Trooper
O'Neill." "West of Chicago." "Bells of San Juan."
"Boss of Camp 4." "The Footlight Ranger." "Snow-
drift." "The Eleventh Hour." "Hell's Hole." "Skid
Proof." "Second Hand Love," "Big Dan." "Cupid's
Fireman." "Not a Drum Was Heard." "The Vaga-
bond's Trail." Circus Cowboy." "Western Luck."
"Against All Odds." "The Desert Outlaw," "Winner
Take All." "The Man Who Pla.ved Square." "The
Arizona Romeo." "Gold and the G.rl." "The Trail
Rider." "Hearts and Spurs." "The Timber Wolf."
"Durand of the Bad Lands." "The Desert's Price."
"The Cowboy and the Countess." "The Fighting
Buckaroo." "A Man Four Square. " "The Flying
Horseman." "The Gentle Cyclone." "The Desert Val-
ley." "War Horse." "Good as Gold." "Hills of Peril."
"Whispering Sage." "Chain Lightning." "Black Jack."
"Blood Will Tell." In 1928 he formed his own com-
pany, tie Buck Jones Corporation, and produced and
released.
JONES. BUFF: Played in "Call of the West"
(1930). Columbia.
JONES. EDWARD : Appeared in "Forty Five Calibre
War" (1929). Pathe.
JONES. PARKY: Appeared in "Hawk of the Hills"
(1929). Pathe.
JUDELS. CHARLES: In 1929 in "Cheer TJp and
Smile." "Hot for Paris." Fox; in 1930 in "The Big
I'arty." "Let's Go Places." Fox: "Doorway to Hell."
"The Life of the Partv." "Captain Thunder." Warner
Bros.
JUNKERMAN. HANS: Appeared in "His Latest
Excellency" (1929). and "Love Waltz." Ufa.
K
KAHANAMOKU. DUKE: Appeared in "The Res-
cue" (1929), United Artists.
KAISER- TIETZ. ERICH: Played in "Hungarian
Rhapsody." Ufa.
KALEY. CHARLES: "Lord Bvron of Broadwav"
(1930). MGM: "Rtdheads" (1930). Pathe-Foljy Come-
dies, first series; "The Beauties" (1930). Pathe-Rain-
bow comedies.
KALIZ. ARMAND: b. Paris. France. October 23.
1892: h. 5 feet 10 inches: dark brown hair and
blue eyes: w. 150 pounds: p. Antoinette and Germain
Kaliz. non-professionals: e. Lycee Carnot. Paris, and
Conservatoire National College of Paris: not married;
hy. fencing. He took the lead in the following stage
productions in New York: '"The Waltz Dream." "The
Polish Wedding." "The Kiss Burglar." "Going Up."
"The Motor Girl." and the "Spice of 1923." Also a
headliner in Keith Orpheum vaudeville for 10 years.
Appeared in the following screen productions: "The
Temptress." with Greta Garbo for Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer. "The Stolen Bride." "The Lore Mart." with
Billie Dove. "Twin Beds" for First National. "The
Aviator." "The Golddiggers of Broadway." "Noah's
Ark." for Warner Brothers. "The Children," for Para-
mount." "Yellow Fingers," for Fox. and "The Belle of
Broadway." with Betty Compson for Columbia. He
wrote "The Sporting Age," featuring Belle Bennett,
and " A Woman's Way," featuring Mary Livingston,
for Columbia.
Played in "The Last Company."
KALSER, ERWIN:
Ufa.
KAMPERS. FRITZ: Appeared in 1929 in "Berlin
After Dark." World Wide; "His Latest Excellency."
Ufa.
KANE. EDDIE: Appeared in 1929 in "Times
Square." Gotham; "The Broadway Melody," Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer: "Hlusion," "Kibitzer." "Why Bring
That Up." Paramount.
in "Napoleon"
KANE. NICHOLAS: Appeared
(1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
KARCHOW. ALBERT: Played in "The Last Com-
pany." Ufa.
KARLOFF. BORIS: b. London. England; h. 6 feet:
brown hair and eyes: w. 175 pounds; e. Uppingham
Kings College. London. Stage career: Ten years
stock company and "The Virginian." for John Con.
Screen career includes: "The Meddlin' Stranger." "The
Phantom Buster." Pathe: "Tarzan and the Golden
Lion." FBO; "Soft Cushions." Paramount: "Two
Arabian Knights." United Artists: "The Love Mart."
First National: "Behind That Curtain," Fox; "The
Fatal Warning." Mascot serial; "Little Wild Girl."
Trinity; "Phantoms of the North." Biltmore; "Two
Sisters," Boris in "The Devil's Chaplain." Ravan;
"Vultures of the Sea." "Burning the Wind" (1930).
UniversaL
KARLOFF. PHILIP: Plaved in "Behind That Cur-
tain" (1929). Fox.
KARNS. ROSCOE: b. San Bernardino. CaL. Sep-
tember 7. 1893: h. 5 feet 10 inches: brown hair and
eyes: w. 160 pounds: p. Susan Jane Messmore and
Lewis Scott Karns. non-professionals; e. San Diego,
Cal. . high school and University of Southern California.
Los Angeles, has had 15 years stage training: m. Mary
M. Fraso. non - professional : hy. football, baseball and
horseback riding. He received his stage experience at
the Morosco theatre. Los Angeles, in "Civilian Clothes."
"Eyes of Youth," and "The Thirteenth Chair": with
Marjorie Rambeau in "Merely Mary Ann" on tour: with
Florence Reed in "Master of the House." at the Alca-
zar theatre. San Francisco. Cal.: and with stock com-
panies in Oakland. San Diego. Los Angeles. San Fran-
cisco. San Jose, and Vancouver. B. C Canada. His
screen experience consists of the roles of the catcher in
"Warming Up" with Richard Dix: Dix' buddy. Swaty.
in '"Moran of the Marines": the one-leg man in "Beg-
gars of Life": George in "Something Always Happens."
all Paramount pictures, ne also has appeared in Fox
"Win That Girl." "Headlines": Universalis "Jazz
Mad" with Jean Hersbolt. and as the radio operator,
with Ramon Novarro in "The Flying Ensign." a
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production. In "Object Ali-
mony" (1929). Columbia: "This Thing Called Love"
(1929). Pathe: in 1930 in "Safety in Numbers." Para-
mount; "Troopers Three." Tiffany; "Man Trouble."
Fox; "little Accident." Universal; "The Gorilla."
First National.
KATZ. PITZI: b. New York City, December 2.
1890: h. 5 feet 5 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 148
pounds: p. Saiah and Phil Katz. non-professionals:
e. New York City; hy. golf and fishing. Stage expe-
rience, ten years. Has appeared in such pictures as
"Dough Boys" (1930). "Forward March" (1930). "Way
of a Sailor" (1930). for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
KEANE. RAYMOND : h. 6 feet; black hair and
brown eyes; w. 168 pounds. Screen career: "The Mid-
night Sun." "The Lone Eagle." "How to Handle
Women." Universal; "The Magic Garden." "The Power
of Silence." Tiffany; "Loose Ankles." First NationaL
KEANE. ROBERT EMMETT: "Captain Thunder"
(1930). Warner Bros.; Vitaphone Nos. 921-22. "Room
909."
KEARNS. ALLEN: Appeared in "The Very Idea"
(1929). Radio Pictures.
KEATING.
"Illusions."
FRED: Played in Vitaphone No. 907.
KEATON. BUSTER: b. Pickway. Kan.. October 4.
1896; h. 5 feet 5 inches; black hair and eyes; w.
140 pounds; e. various towns where parents played; hy.
reading, music and golf. Keaton had stage experience
as a baby with "The Three Keatons." and played in
vaudeville knockabout act with parents for years; small
time, large time, one night stands and everything. He
started his screen career in comedies as a comedian in
1917 under Roscoe Arbuckle. Since then he has ap-
peared in "The Three Ages." "Our Hospitality." "The
Navigator." "Sherlock Holmes. Jr.." "Battling Buster,"
"Steamboat Bill. Jr.." "The Cameraman." the latter
for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 192S; and many others.
Has appeared in 1929 in "Spite Marriage" and "The
Hollywood Revue": in 1930 in "Free and Easv."
"Dough Boys." MGM.
KEEFE. CORNELIUS: b. Boston. Mass.. July 13.
1902: h. 6 feet 1 inch; black hair and brown eyes;
w. 165 pounds: p. non-professionals: e. Brookline high
and Newton high; stage training included two and one-
half years in stock: not married: hy. swimming, tennis,
general outdoor exercise, reading good books and plays.
He spent two and one-half years playing juvenile in
stock in Lynn. Mass., Maine and New Y'ork. This was
followed by 62 weeks with "The Poor Nut." ten months
of that time being in New Y'ork. He was brought to
California by First National to play the part he
originated on the stage, the juvenile lead, in the screen
version of "The Poor Nut." He also has played the
lead in "Hook and Ladder Number 9" and "A Mo-
ment of Temptation" for FBO: the juvenile in "Three's
a Crowd" with Harry Langdon for First National: the
juvenile in "Come to My House" with Olive Borden for
Fox: the juvenile in "A Light in the Window" with
Henry B. Walthall for Rayart: the lead in "Satan and
the Woman" with Claire Windsor for Excellent Pic-
tures: the lead in "You Can't Beat the Law" with
Lila Lee for Rayart: in "The Man from Headquarters"
for Rayart: the lead in "Hearts of Men" for Crescent
Pictures: the lead in "Thunder God" with Lila Lee
for Crescent Pictures; the lead in "The Adorable
Cheat" with Lila Lee. Chesterfield productions: the fea-
tured role in "Circumstantial Evidence." Chesterfield:
the juvenile in "The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic
City." Universal: and the juvenile in the Warner Broth-
ers-Vitaphone picture. "Thanksgiving Day." Has ap-
Harold
"Stubby" Kruger
Featured in
"THE BIG SPLASH"
I Paramount I
"ELMER TAKES THE AIR"
(Paramount)
GRANTLAND RICE SPORTLIGHT
I Pathe l
also appeared in
"THE BLACK PIRATE"
( Fairbanks Production I
ALFRED A. COHN
Now Writing
Original Screen Plays and Dialogue
at
Fox Stedios
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peared in (1929) "The Devil's Chaplain" and "Broth-
ers," Rayart. Has appeared in 1930 in such pictures
as "The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City." Uni-
versal- "Hearts and Hoofs," 1'athe, Rodeo Comedies:
"Ex-Flame," Liberty production.
KEENE, RICHARD : b. Philadelphia. Pa., Septem-
ber 16, 1899; e. public schools and La Salle College of
Philadelphia; p. non-professional; not married. Stage
career: started as entertainer in Atlantic City cabaret,
later same position at Rector's restaurant in New York
City. In 1920 toured the Orpheum circuit in a singing
and dancing act. After leaving vaudeville joined the
Music Box Revue, then light comedy lead in "The
Sidewalks of New York" opposite Ray Dooley. Next
played lead in original company producing Booth
Tarkington's "Seventeen." " Tip Toes" and "Spring Is
Here." First screen experience in 1929. Has appeared
in "The Big Party" (1930). "The Golden Calf" (1930),
"Why Leave Home" (1929), "Wild Company" (1930),
for Fox.
KEITH, DONALD: b. Boston, Mass.. September 0.
1905; h. 6 feet; blue eyes und brown hair: w. 168
pounds: e. Cathedral College. New York; hy. golf.
Has lived in Boston. New York, Los Angeles. En-
tered pictures in 1923, through Francis Ford. Pis-
tures include "Secrets," "Plastic Age," "Way of All
Flesh." "Whirlwind of Youth," "Wild Geese," Bobby
Crenshaw in "Lone Wolfs Daughter." Columbia;
"Phantoms of the North." Biltmore: Jerry Blaine in
"Should a Girl Marry?" Rayart: "Just Off Broadway."
Chesterfield.
KEITH. IAN: r. n. Keith Ross; b. Boston. Mass.:
h. 6 feet 2 inohes; brown hair and gray-blue eyes; w.
180 pounds; p. Mahala Keith and William A. Ross,
non-professionals: e. Trinity school of New York City
and Francis Parker of Chicago. 111., and Sargeant
School of Drama of New York City: m. Ethel Clayton,
was professional; hy. motoring, pistol target shooting,
horseback riding, reading the classics, of which he
has a valuable collection of first editions, and can
recite most of Shakespeare's comedies and dramas.
Stage experience, traveled the country in stock and
Shakespeare repertoire. He has a record of 104 con-
secutive performances, and made his debut in New
York with William Faversham in "The Silver Fox,"
which role won him a contract with Charles Frohman
and the lead opposite Doris Keane in "Czarina." Then
with Belasco he appeared opposite Marjorie Rambeau
In "As You Like It." then with Lionel Barrymore in
"Laugh. Clown, Laugh," a year's run in "He Who
Gets Slapped." and then returned to Belasco for several
seasons during which he played leads in "My Son."
with Nazimova. "Master of the Inn." "An Ideal Hus-
band" and "Mona Vanna." His last play on Broad-
way was "The Command Performance." On the screen
In "Manhandled" and "The Queen's Secret." the lead
opposite Corinne Griffith in "Love's Wilderness." "The
Divine Lady" and "Prisoners." then a featured role in
"Enticement." "Prince of Tempters," "Convoy," "Two
Arabian Knights." "A Man's Past." "The Street of
Illusion" and the lead with Dorothy Mackaill in "The
Great Divide": also in "Light Fingers" (1929). Co-
lumbia; "Prince of Diamonds" (1930). Columbia:
"Abraham Lincoln" (1930). United Artists.
KEITH-JOHNSON. COLIN: Appeared in "Lucky in
Love" (1929). Pathe.
K ELLA R D. RALPH: Appeared in "Women Every-
where" (1930). Fox.
KELLY. JOHN: b. Boston, Mass.: h. 6 feet; blue
eyes and dark brown hair; w. 190 pounds: e. Boston;
h. football, baseball, swimming. Has lived in New
York. Bayonne. N. J.. Tampa. Philadelphia. Worces-
ter. ' Entered pictures in 1927. through interview from
gym to MGM for picture. "After Midnight." also
played in "Dressed to Kill." "Blindfold." Fox; "From
HeadQUarters." Warner Bros.
KELLY, LEW: Harrison in "Barnum Was Right"
(1929) . Universal; Tish in "The Woman Racket"
(1930) . MGM.
KELLY. WALTER C: Played in Metro Movietone
Act No. 101.
KELSEY. FRED A.: b. Sandusky. Ohio, August
20. 1884 : h. 5 feet 11 inches: gray eyes and light
hair: w. 210 pounds; e. Sandusky: married and has
one son. Robert Miller: hy. fishing, outdoor sports.
Has lived in New York. Entered pictures in 1909.
Pictures include "The Gorilla." "On Trial." "The
Wright Idea." "Tenderloin " "The Donovan Affair,"
•The Faker." "The Fall of Eve." ""Naughty Baby."
Columbia: "Smiling Irish Eyes." Frist National; "The
Last Warning." Universal; "Road to Paradise." "Go-
ing Wild" (1930). First National: "The Big Jewel
Case" (1930), Educational. Mermaid Talking Pictures.
KEMP. MATTY: b. New York City, September 10,
1907; h. 5 feet 10*4 Inches: brown hair and eyes:
w. 162 pounds; p. Henrietta Goeren and Henry Kemp,
non-professionals; e. South Side high school, Rockville
Center, Long Island: has had stage training: hy. golf,
riding and tennis. Screen experience consists of roles
in pictures such as "The Goodbye Kiss," Mack Sen-
nett production; "Magnificent Flirt." Paramount: "The
Million Dollar Collar." Warner: "Common Clay"
(1930). Fox.
KEMPER. CHARLES: "Beach Babies" (1929).
Pathe-Varietv Comedies: "Haunted" (1929), "His
Operation" (1929). "Wednesday at the Ritz" (1929).
Pathe-Variety Comedies.
KENNEDY, EDGAR: b. Monterey County. California;
h. 6 feet 1 inch: w. 210 pounds. Stage career^ two
years vaudeville, two years musical comedy. Screen
career: "The Better "Ole." "The Gay Old Bird." War-
ner Bros. ; "Going Crooked." "They Had to See Paris."
Inspector Murch in 'Trent's Last Case" (1929). Fox:
"The Chinese Parrot," Universal; "Hurdy-Gurdy." Dad
In "Dad's Day." Hal Roach.
KENNEDY. JACK: Played in "Reauty and Bul-
lets" (1929). Universal.
KENNEDY, TOM: b. New York City: h. 6 feet 214
Inches; blue eyes and black hair: w. 215 pounds; e.
New York, specializing in mathematics: married and
has two sons and one daughter. Don, 8 years. Made-
line. 11 years. Jack. 1 year: hy. golf, boxing Ha9
lived in Paris. I»ndon. New York. Los Angeles.
Entered pictures In 1915. Pictures include "Alimony
Annie." "Hold 'em Yale." "Cop." Manager Foley in
"Glad Rag Doll." Warner: "Post Mortems." Christie:
"Big News." "Love Over Night." Pathe; "Cohens and
Kellys In Atlantic City." "Shannons on Broadway"
(1929). Universal.
K EN N ELL. MURRAY: Played In "Old English"
(1980), Wam'-r Bros.
KENNY. JACK: Appeared in 192fl in "Not Quite
Decent." Fox; "Beauty and Bullets," Universal.
KENNY. COLIN: Appeared in "Grumpy" (1930),
Paramount.
KENT, BILLY: Played in "King of Jazz" (1930).
Universal; Vitaphone No. 4200, "Dining Out."
KENT, CRAUFURD: b. London. Eng.; h. 5 feet
10Mi inches; dark gray eyes and dark brown hair; w.
160 pounds; e. London; m. ; hy. tennis, golf. Has
lived in London, New York, Philadelphia. Los Angeles.
Entered pictures in 1915. Pictures include: "Other
Men's Shoes," "Silas Marner." "Foreign Legion."
"Show Folks," "The Charlatan." lover in "In the Next
Room," First National: Hal Bentley in "Seven Keys
to Baldpate." RKO; "Blindfold." Fox; "The Wolr of
Wall Street." Paramount; "Come Across." "Man.
Woman and Wife," Universal; "Sweethearts and
Wires." First National; "Show People." Pathe; "The
Second Floor Mystery," Warner.
KENT, LARRY: r. n. Henri W. Trumbull: b. on
shipboard two days out of Liverpool; h. 5 feet 11
incites; brown hair and grey eyes; w. 155 pounds; p.
Grace and William Trumbull, non-professionals; e. W.
C. ; hy. yachting. Stage experience of two years and
screen experience of six. Has appeared in 1929 .n
"The Haunted House," First National; "Midstream,"
Tiffany-Stahl; "Around the Corner" (1930), Columbia.
KERR. BOB: Appeared in "They Had to See Paris"
(1929), Fox.
KERRIGAN, J. M.: b. Dublin. Ireland. December 16.
1887 ; e. public schools of Dublin and Belvidere Col-
lege in Ireland. First stage appearance at Abbey theatre
in Dublin; played with Laurette Taylor in "Out There"
and "Happiness"; also appeared in "The Rivals,"
"Ttelawney of the Wells," "Outward Bound" and
"White Wings" : went to London in 1921 to assume
role in "John Ferguson." Has appeared in such pic-
tures as "Little Old New York"; important part in
"Song o' My Heart." Fox; "Lucky in Love." Pathe.
KERRY, NORMAN: b. Rochester, N. Y. ; e. private
schools there and St. John's at Annapolis. First busi-
ness venture was backing theatrical agency in New
York. Came west as representative for father's busi-
ness. First soreen appearance in "Manhattan Mad-
ness." Then opposite Bessie Barriscale in "The Rose
of Paradise." Parts with Mary Pickford, Constance
Talmadge. Alice Brady and Marion Davies followed.
Left pictures to join army during World War and upon
return to Hollywood freelanced and then signed with
Universal after appearing for that company in "The
Merry Go Round" and "The Hunchback of Notre
Dame." Also appeared in "Annie Laurie." "The Spoil-
ers." "Mile. Modiste." Upon completion of contract
with Universal went to Europe to appear in pictures,
one of the most popular being Hall Caine's "The
Bondsman." Has been in such pictures as "The Trial
Marriage," Columbia; "Man. Woman and Wife." "The
Phantom of the Opera." Universal, and the all-talking
"Ex-Flame." Liberty production.
KEYS. NELSON: Appeared in 1929 in "The Scar-
let Devil" and "The Triumph of the Scarlet Pim-
pernel." World Wide.
KILGOUR. JOSEPH: b. Ayr. Ont.. Canada; h. 5
feet 11% inches; dark gray eyes and brown-gray
hair; w. 196 pounds; married: hy. golf, swimming.
Was on stage. Has lived in Chicago. London. Eng..
Hollywood. San Francisco. New York. Entered pic-
tures through J. Stuart Blackton of Vitagraph Com-
pany in 1915. Pictures include: "Easiest Way."
"Janice Meredith." "Ponjola." "King of Main Street."
"Let's Get Married." "Capital Punishment."
KING, CARLTON: b. St. Louis. Mo.. December 15.
1880: h. 5 feet 11 inches; blue eyes and gray hair:
w. 173 pounds: e. Brooklyn and Chicago. Specialized
in dramatics and English: hy. motor boating, writing.
Has lived in New York. Chicago. Long Beach. Holly-
wood. Stage experience with Juvenile Opera Com-
pany, then into opera. Has repertoire of 78 operas,
comic grand, and musical comedies. Entered pictures
in 1910 with Selig in Chicago. Otis Turner. Selig
director wanted him to play "Aunt Abbie." in "The
County Fair," which part was the means of his being
put into stock company. Played feature roles in O.
Henry series for Vitagraph, Brooklyn. Pictures in-
clude: "South of Panama," Chesterfield; "Shady
Lady." Pathe: "Fire Detective." Pathe serial; "Span-
ish Love Song." "House of Shame." "The Peacock
Fan." Chesterfield.
KING, CHARLES: b. New York City. October 31.
1894; e. grammar and high schools at Fordham. New
York; m. Lila Rhodes; hy. golf, horseback riding and
horse races. At the age of 15 he was acclaimed a
child genius localise of singing and having never taken
a vocal lesson. After graduation he signed with a
vaudeville show and after two weeks on the road was
made a "black-face" song and dance man. Two years
later found him again in New York where George M.
Cohan, producer, put him in "The Yankee Prince."
He then went to London where he appeared in a
stage skit called "Music Hall." The war broke and
he enlisted in the Navy. He was discharged in New
York and went immediately with Ziegfeld Follies, later
at Winter Garden and finally returned to George M.
Cohan, after appearing with his sister Mollie in
"Good Morning. Judge." Played the lead in the musi-
cal comedy. "Little Millionaire." with Lila Rhodes, and
in the "Honeymoon Express," with Al .Tolson. The
following two years he appeared with Vernon Castle,
Frank Tinney. Leon Errol. Lew Fields. Sam Bernard.
Louise Groudy. and Elsie .Tanis. in such plays as
"Watch Your Step." "Winsome Widow." "Slim Prin-
cess" and "Henpecked." Was starred in "Hit the
Deck" for several months in New York. Made tour
with company and then returned to New York to be
starred in "Present Arms." Louis B. Mayer saw him
on the stage and asked him to take a screen test
which proved successful. He was signed to play the
male lead in first Metro-Ooldwyn-Maver all synchron-
ized picture "Broadway Melody." and in 1929 was in
"The Girl in the Show." "Hollywood Revue." MGM ;
in 1930 in "Chasing Rainbows." MGM: "Oh. Sailor.
Behave." Warner.
KING. CLAUDE: r. n. Claude Buart King: b.
Northampton. England. January 15. 1879; h. 5 feet
11V4 inches: iron gray hair and dark brown eyes; w.
175 iiounds; p. Ewart Birt and Benjamin King, non-
professionals; e. English college: m. Evelyn Hall,
professional : hy. horses, polo and outdoor sports.
Stage experience Includes appearances in "Declasse."
"In the Next Room." "Back to Methusaleh" and
"Paola and Francesca." On the screen he has ap-
peared in "Red Hair," "Night of Mystery." "Strange
Cargoes." "Nobody's Children." "The Making of
O'Malley" and "Bella Donna." In 1929 in "Madame
X." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Behind That Curtain."
"The Black Watch." "Blue Skies." Fox; "The Mys-
terious Dr. Fu Manchu." Paramount; in 1930 in
"Prince of Diamonds." Columbia: "One Night at
Susie's," First National; "Follow Thru." Paramount.
KING. DENNIS: b. Warwickshire. England; h. 6
feet; light brown hair and blue eyes; w. 155 pounds;
e. Birmingham. England, schools; hy. all outdoor sports
and fencing. Abandoned school at the age of fourteen
and secured a job as call boy in John Drinkwater's
theatre in Birmingham. After two years he enlisted as
a private and saw service throughout the World War.
and while in the Army participated in numerous army
theatricals. At the termination of the war, he returned
to London and appeared in a charity performance.
"Pygmalion and Galatea," attracting favorable com-
ment, and later oast for a part in "As You Like
It." Then in "Monsieur Beaucaire" and when the
play came to America in 1920 he came with it. For
a short time he was a member of a Washington stock
company. Playing the hole of Mercutio in "Romeo and
Juliet" with Jane Cowl it was discovered that he
possessed an excellent singing voice. More dramatic
stage roles followed for him while he trained what was
soon to become known as his "golden voice." He ap-
peared in "The Lucky One." a Theatre Guild produc-
tion; "Anthony and Cleopatra," "Back to Methuselah."
"Bluebeard's Eighth Wife" and "Rose Marie," with
Mary Ellis. Then chosen for the starring role of Fran-
cis Villon in the musical romance. "The Vagabond
King" and from this singing and dramatic success he
went to the starring role of D'Artagan in Florenz
Ziegf eld's musical play. "The Three Musketeers." Also
appeared in the screen production. "The Vagabond
King," and in 1930 in "Paramount on Parade."
KING. EMMETT: b. Griffin. Ga. ; h. 6 feet: gray
hair and blue eyes; w. 170 pounds; p. John Charles
King, non-professional: e. Griffin high school and
state university of Georgia: not married; hy. motoring.
Thirty years stage experienca and has appeared in "The
American Tragedy" in Los Angeles, and in George
Arliss' "Alexander Hamilton" in New York City. Ten
years screen experience, including appearance in "Bar-
bara Frietchie," with Florence Vidor at Thomas H.
Ince studio; and in "Laugh, Clown. Langh," "On
Trial." "Noisy Neighbors" and "Shopworn Angel";
in 1929 in "When Dreams Come True." Rayart:
"The Right of Way" (1930). First National.
KING. JACK : Played in Vitaphone No. 1044.
"Harmonizing Songs."
KING, JOE: "Battle of Paris" (1930), "Roadhouse
Nights'* (1930), Paramount.
KING. LOUIS: b. Christiansburg, Va., June 28. 1898:
e. University of Virginia; hy. horseback riding, golf.'
Entered pictures in 1919. Directed "The Boy Rider,"
"Terror Mountain," "Orphan of the Sage," "The Young
Whirlwind." "The Freckled Rascal." "The Little Sav-
age." FBO: "Pals of the Prairie." RKO: "The Vaga-
bond Club." Played Levee Louie in "Sin Flood." First
National: "Mexican Rose." Columbia.
KING. WILL: "The Fatal Forceps" (1929), "Weak
but Willing" (1929), Paramount-Christie.
"KING OF THE SOFT SHOE DANCERS": r. n.
Barney Fagan; b. January 12. 1850; hy. walking. He
is called "King of the Soft Shoe Dancers." In 1880.
in an international competition, he won the title of
world's champion from Horace Wheatley of England.
Has been associated with Thatcher, Primrose and West.
Sweatrom Rice and Barney Fagan and Barlow Wilson.
It is estimated that he has danced over 108.500 miles.
On screen in "The March of Time." MGM.
KING TUT: Animal actor. "Thunderbolt" (1929).
Paramount.
KINNELL, MURRAY: b. London. England, in 1889:
h. 5 feet 10 inches: grayish brown hair and gray eyes;
w. 140 pounds: married; hy. golf. Made first stage ex-
perience in 1907 under Florence Glossop Harris at
Drury Lane theatre in London. Had a long stage
career interrupted by World War. during which he was
a member of the London Scotties. part of the 60th
Division. On the screen was given part of Ventnor in
"Old English" because he had appeared in the stage
production with George Arliss.
KINNEY, HAROLD: Played in "The Sea Wolf"
(1930). Fox.
KIRK. HENRY: Appeared in "On With the Show"
(1929) . Warner Bros.
KIRKWOOO. JAMES: Divorced Lila Lee. Appeared
in 1929 in "Someone to Love." Paramount: "The
Time. Place and Girl." Warner Brothers: "Black
Waters," World Wide: "Hearts in Exile." Warner:
"The Devil's Holiday" (1930). Paramount.
KJERULF'S MAYFAIR QUINTETTE: Played in
Vitaphone No. 2650.
KLEIN-LOERK. ROBERT: Appeared in "The Blue
Angel." Ufa.
KLEIN-ROGGE. RUDOLF: Appeared in 1929 in
"Loves of Casanova" and "Spies." Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer.
KLINGER. WARNER: r. n. iWerner Klinger: b.
Stuttgart. Germany. October 23. •'1903: h. 5 feet 9
inches; brown eyes and blond hair: w. 145 pounds: e.
Stuttgart; specializing in art. psychology, philosophy:
hy. athletics. Has lived in Koeln. Stuttgart. New York.
Milwaukee, Hollywood. Paris. Berlin. Has had stage
experience. Entered pictures three years ago. Pictures
include: "Our Dally Bread." "Hell's Angels." "The
Case of Lena Smith," Paramount; "Journey's End"
(1930) , Tiffany.
KOHLER. FRED: b. Kansas City. Mo.; h. 6 feet:
light brown hair and blue eyes; w. 200 pounds: p.
non-professionals: e. in Kansas City high school and
received his stage training with a stock comranv Itour
years); m. non -professional ; hy. hunting, riding, fish-
ing. Rolf and dogs. Has appeared in such pictures as
"The Code of Honor"* for Selig Company: and in "The
Thundering Herd." "The Way of All Flesh." "Old
Ironsides." "City Gone Wild." "Underworld" and
"Shootln- Irons" for Paramount: (1929) "The leather-
neck." Paramount: "The Quitter." Columbia; "Broad-
way Babies." First National: "The Case of Lena
Smith." "Tile Dummy." "The River of Romance."
"Stairs of Sand" and "Thunderbolt" : In 1930 in "The
Light of Western Stars." "Roadhouse Nights." Para-
mount: "The Right of Wav." First National: "Hells
1931
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FRANK LLOYD
Director
EAST LYNNE"
Fox
Heroes." Universal; "Under a Texas HMD," "The
Steel Highway," Warner Bros.
KOHLMAR. LEE: Appeared in "Kibitzer" (1929),
Paramount ; "The Melody Man" (1D29). Columbia;
"Personality" (1930). Columbia.
KOHTNER. FRITZ: Appeared in "Life of B?e-
thoven" (1020) . Film Arts Guild.
KOLK. SCOTT: Appeared in 1929 in "Marianne,"
MGM: "Hold Your Alan." Universal.
KOLKER. HENRY: b. abroad: h. 5 feet lOVj
inches: dark eyes and brown hair: w. 168 riounds; e.
Krancisean Brothers. Qulncy, 111. Specialized in print
collection; hy. golf. Has lived in New York. Ijondon.
1'aris. Home. Australia. India. Has had 20 years' stage
exjierience in America and Europe. Entered pictures
20 years bkd. Pictures Include: "Don't Marry." "Silk
Stockings," "Kiss in a Taxi." "Red Hair." Judge
In "The Valiant," FOX: Sharp in "Sin Rood," First
National: "Pleasure Crazed," Fox; "Coquette," United
Artists; "Way of All Men." First National; "Good In-
tentions." "Love. Live and Laugh," Fox.
KOMAL. TETSU: b. Kumamoto. Japan; h. 5 feet
11 inches; black eyes and hair: w. 175 pounds: e.
Kumamoto. Japan. Specialized in civil engineering;
m. ; has one son. 1 years, one daughter, l'/fc years:
hy. hunting. Entered pictures in 1923. through ama-
teur acting. Pictures Include: "Shanghai Bound."
"Detectives." "Moran of the Marines." "Tom: War,"
"Chinatown Nights." Paramount; "Bulldoi Drum-
mond." United Artists; "Iteturn of Dr. Fu Manchu"
(19301. Paramount.
KORFF. ARNOLD : Appealed in "Dancing Vienna"
(19291. First National; "Dough Boys" (1930). "Mon-
sieur Le Fox" (1930). MOM.
KORTMAN. ROBERT: b. Philadelphia. Pa.: e.
England and Germany. Screen work with [nee, Gold-
wyn. Paramount, Fox, State Rights, Universal. Aywon.
(Soldstone. Metro, Associated Exhibitors, Pathe. Educa-
tional. Pictures Include: "Blood Will Tell." "Fleet-
ing." Fox: "The Big Killing," Paramount.
KOTSONAROS. GEORGE: b. Nauplie. Greece: h. 5
feet 9 inches; brown eyes and hair; w. 1S5 pounds;
e. Athens. Greece and Cairo. Egypt. Screen work
with First National. Lianas. Pictures include: "While
London Slec|>s." Warner: "The Wizard." Fox: "The
Fifty-Fifty Girl." "The Street of Sin." Paramount:
"Beggars of Life," Paramount: "The Hotly Punch."
Universal.
KOUBIT2KY. ALEXANDRE: Appeared in "Napo-
leon" (1929), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
KRAMER. LEOPOLD: Played in "Hungarian Rhap-
sody," Ufa.
KRAUS. WARNER: Apiwarcd in 1929 in "Looping
the Loop," Paramount; "Fighting the White Slsve
Traffic." Bertard Pictures.
KREMER & BOYLE: Played in Vitaphonc No. 2737.
"Idle Chatter."
KRIMER. HARRY: Appeared in "Napoleon" (1929).
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
K RIMS. MILTON: Appeared in "Unmasked" (1930).
Artclass.
KRUGER. OTTO: Played In Vltaphone No. 1074.
"Mr. Intruder."
KRUGER. PAUL: r. n. Henry Kruger: b. EaU Claire.
Wis.. July 24. 1S95; h. 6 feet 1 Inch; dark brown hair
and blue eyes: w. 180 pounds: p. Catherine and Fred
Kruger. nnn- professionals: e. Eau Claire. Wis.; married
non-professional; hy. reading and tennis. Stage exjien-
enee in I*os Angeles in the following plays: "White
Collars." "Dark Angel." "Whole Town's Talking."
"Window Panes." "Trial Marriage" and "Jonesey."
Screen experience started six years ago and appeared
in the following films: "The First Auto." "Fortune
Hunter," "One Hound Hogan." "Non-Support." "Idle
Rich" and "The Rounder." Freelance player.
KRUGER. "STUBBY": r. n. Harold Kruger: b.
Honolulu. Hawaiian Islands: b, 5 feet 11 inches: light
hair and blue-gray eyes: w. 178 pounds: e. McKinley
high school. Honolulu. University of Hawaii and St.
Mary 's College. Cal. ; hy. swimming, handball, golf,
horseback riding, baseball, fencing. Iwvxing, wrestling.
Stage experience. Pictures include: Paramount shorts;
Grantland Rice BpOrtliahl for Pathe; "Beloved Rogue."
starring John Barrymore; member of stock players of
Piokford- Fairbanks Producing Company.
"When You Give Your
KUHLE. WOLFGANG:
Heart Away." Ufa.
KUWA. GEORGE: b. Japan: h. 5 feet 3 inches:
black hair and brown eyes: w. 188 i*ounds; e. Japan.
Stage career: Mnrosco. Los Angeles, also Japan.
Screen work with Warner. Paramount. Vitagraph. Uni-
versal. Mctro-Goldwyn. Fox. Associated Exhibitors.
Pro- Die-Co, Tiffany. Pathe. Among his pictures are:
"White Pants Willie," First National; "Melting
Millions." Pathe Serial: The Chinese Parrot." Uni-
versal: "The Warning." "After the Storm." Columbia:
"The Showdown." "The Secret Hour." Paramount.
KUZNETZOFF & NICOLINA:
'A Russian Rhapsody."
Yitaphone No. 984.
LaGUERE. GEORGE: r. n. George Mullally: b. New
Orleans. I*.; h. 5 feet 8V4 inches; blond hair and dark
gray eyes; w. 135 pounds; p. Mary I* Guere and Henrv
Mullally. non-professionals: e. bachelor of arts anil
master of arts from Georgetown University. Washington.
D. C. : not married; hy. water sports and reading, also
writing short stories. Stage training in plays both at
prep school and college. Has l>oen on stage since grad-
uation from college. Has had 35 important parts on
Broadway, either featured or in support of the biggest
stars including David Warfield. Jane Cowl, Lenore Ulric.
Margaret Anglln, William Hodge. Barney Bernard. Hol-
brook Blinn. Robert Edeson. Charlotte Walker. Nance
O'Neill, Arnold Daly. Sir Johnson Forbes Robertson.
Plays innluile "The Man from Home." "The Auction-
eer." "Business Before Pleasure." "The Woman of No
Importance." "Voltaire." "The Song Bird." "Strong-
heart." "The Old Soak." "Small Town Girl." Also
stock star as the Prince of Wales in "Just Suppose" In
the East. Has been on and off the screen for many
years. Featured by Metro for a year in "Destiny."
"The Turmoil." "The Blindness of Love." "The Up-
start." Marion Davies' lead in her first starring picture.
"Cecelia of the Pink Roses"; starred with Shirley
Mason by McClure pictures in "Seven Deadly Sins":
important parts with Norma and Constance Talmadge.
Alice Brady, Richard Barthelmess and others. Anions
his other pictures are: "The Birth of a Race." "Pass-
ing of the Third Floor Back." "Sun Up." "The Blind-
ness of Virtue." "The Commuters." "Bachelor's Ro-
mance." "Strife." "The Seventh Sin." In talking pic-
tures was the Coward in "Men Without Women." was
also in "Women Everywhere."
LA VARRE. FRANKLIN : b. Washington. D. C. : h.
5 feet 10'^ inches; brown eyes and brown hair: w.
165 pounds: e. St. Johns University of Paris, France.
Specialized in history, languages, composition and art:
hy. swimming, high diving, yachting. Has lived in
Washington. New York. Honolulu. Bangkok, Shanghai.
Paris. London. Madrid. Vienna. Los Angeles. Entered
pictures in 1921. Pictures inrlude: Jackson in "The
Bridal Suite." secretary in "Paramount on Parade."
Paramount; "The Royal Vagabond." "Swiss Shep-
herd." "The Land of Chang." foreign productions.
LACKTEEN. FRANK: b. Asia Minor. Screen work
with Pathe. Paramount. Pro-Dis-Co. First National.
Pictures include: "Melting .Millions." "Mark of the
Fog." Pathe serial; "The Warning." Columbia;
"Prowlers of the Sea." Tiffany-Stahl ; "Hawk of the
Hills." Pathe.
LAOOUX. GENE:
"The Body Slam."
Played in Vit&phone No. 4123.
LAHR.
Heart."
BERT: Vitaphone Nos. 904-905. "Faint
LAIDLAY, ETHAN: b. Butte. Mont.. November 25.
1900; h. li feet 1 inch; dark eyes and dark hair: w.
180 pounds: e. Montana and Michigan. Specialized
in engineering; m. ; hy. football. Has lived in Butte.
Chicago, and cities in states of Michigan. Washington.
Idaho. Utah. New York. Pennsylvania. Entered pic-
tures in 1923. Pictures include: "Big Diamond Rob-
bery." FBO; Jean de Loup in "If I Were King."
"The Sonora Kid." FBO: "Wolf's Clothing." War-
ners: "When Danger Calls." Lumas; "The Big Kill-
ing." Paramount; "Laughing at Death." "Little
Savage." "Outlaw." Radio Pictures; "Pardon My
Gun." 1'athe.
LAKE. ARTHUR: r. n. Arthur Silverlake; b. Corbin.
Kentucky; h. 6 feet: light brown hair and blue eyes:
w. 169 pounds; p. Edith Goodwin and Arthur Silver-
lake, professionals: e. tutored by mother; not married;
hy. dogs, golf and swimming. His first stage appear-
ance was as a baby in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." and when
he was three years old. he appeared in his father's act,
which he continued until he was thirteen years old.
Screen experience started in 1924 when he appeared In
two pictures with Franklyn Farnum. one of them being
"When Love Is Y'oung." for Universal. He then signed
a five year contract with Universal. Has appeared in
"Harold Teen." for First National, in "The Air Cir-
cus." for Fox. and the juvenile lead in "On With the
Show." for Warner Bros. Then signed a long con-
tract with RKO. his first picture being "Dance Hall."
later in "Tanned Legs," "Cheer Up and Smile" (1929).
Fox.
LAKE, F.: Appeared In "The Rogue Song." MGM.
LAMBERT. EDDIE: Screen career: has appeared in
"The Madhouse" ( 1929). Educational-Jack White Talk-
ing Comedies: "The Big Jewel Case" (1930). "Western
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1931
Knights" (1930). "Peace and Harmony" (1930). Edu-
cational. Mermaid Talking Comedies; "Bitter Friends"
(1930). Educational, Tuxedo Talking Comedies; No.
4160. "Ginsberg of Newburg." No. 4123. "The Body
Slam." No. 4139. "Won to Lose." No. 702. Vitaphone;
"The Dreaded Bandit," Cinema Attractions; "Sally of
the Scandals." FBO.
L A MONT. HARRY; r. n. Alfred Gilbert; b. New
Tork City. June 17. 1887: h. 6 feet: brown eyes and
brown hair; w. 180 pounds; e. in Johnstown. N. T.
Studied dramatic reading, singing; married: hy. swim-
ming. Twentv years in drama, musical comedy, vaude-
ville, radio Entered pictures in 1916. Pictures in-
clude: "Blood and Sand." "Frazil." "Two Lovers."
"Mysterious Lady."
LANCASTER. DICK: "Big Time Charlie" (1929).
Pathe-Manhattan Comedies, first series.
LANDICK. OLYN: "All Stuck Up" (1930). Pathe-
Checker Comedies, first series.
LAND IS CULLEN : b. Nashville. Tenn. : b. 5 feet
6 inches: brown hair and blue eyes; w. 145 pounds;
e. Nashville. Tenn. Stage experience with Morosco.
Screen work with Goldwyn. American. Metro-Graf.
Vitagraph. Hodkinson. Metro. Universal. Paramount.
FBO. First National. Warner. Schulberg. Rayart. Co-
lumbia. Ginsberg. Hartford Productions. State Rights.
Lumas. Stahl. Krolbar. First Division. Anchor. Taf-
fanv-Stahl. Pictures include: "Lights of New York."
Warner; "The Devil's Skipper." Tiffany- Stahl : "The
Broken Mask." Anchor; "Finnegan's Ball." First Divi-
sion; "A Midnight Adventure." Rayart ; "Little Wild
Girl." Trinity.
LAN E. ALLEN: Appeared in 1929 in "Not Quite
Decent." Fox; "Forward Pass," First National.
LANE. CHARLES: h. 6 feet 1 inch; gray hair and
brown eyes; w. ISO pounds; e. high and prep schools.
Twenty-five years' stage experience under the manage-
ment of Charles Frohman. David Belasco. Klaw and
ETlanger, Arthur Hopkins. Shuberts. Screen work with
Essanay, Famous Players, Cosmopolitan. Whitman
Bennett. Norma Talmadge, Associated Exhibitors. In-
spiration. Metro-Goldwyn. First National. Lee-Brad-
ford. Fox. Paramount. Universal. United Artists. Pic-
tures include: "The Whirlwind of Youth." "Barbed
Wire." "Service for Ladies," Paramount: "Married
Alive." Fox; "Sadie Thompson." United Artists:
"Saturday's Children." First National; "The Canary
Murder Case." Paramount.
LANE. LUPINO: r. n. Henry Lane: b. London. Eng-
land: h. 5 feet 3 inches; dark brown hair and eyes;
w. 135 pounds; p. Charlotte and Henry Lane, profes-
sionals; e. Worthing and London. England, and has
family stage training which has been handed down
through generations: m. Violet Blythe. professional: hy.
writing, reading, music, swimming, squash and collect-
ing old theatrical bills. His stage career started at
the age of 7. and in the years following he played
in all the principal cities of the world, starring in
Paris. London. New York and Berlin. His favorite
part is that of Koko in "The Mikado." He also
played the Shubert theatre in New York; 18 months
in the Ziegfeld Follies: four years as the principal
comedian at the Empire theatre. London; three years
at the London Hippodrome; and three years at the
London Pavilion. For five years he was acting man-
ager as well as director and author of several Julian
Wylie productions; and the principal comedian for Sir
Alfred Butt for five years. He has been on the stage
about 26 years, and is a member of one of the oldest
theatrical families in the world. He has had five
years' screen experience, starting in D. W. Griffith's
"Isn't Life Wonderful." and has appeared in several
feature comedies for Fox, and in Educational's two-
reel comedies. Appeared in 1929 in a series of talking
comedies for Educational and "The Love Parade."
Paramount : "Ship Mates" "Buying a Gun." "Fire-
proof." "Purely Circumstantial." Educatinnal-Lupino
Lane Comedies'. Yitaphone Nos. 3890-6. "Evolution of
the Dance:" in 1930 in "Bride of the Regiment."
First National: "Golden Dawn." Warner Bros.
LANE. WALLACE: "Buying a Gun" (1929), Edu-
cational-Lupino Lane Comedies.
LANG. MATH ESON : Appeared in 1929 in "The
Scarlet Devil" and "The Triumph of the Scarlet Pim-
pernel." World Wide.
LANG & HEALY: Appeared in Yitaphone No. 915.
"Who's Who."
LANGAN. WILLIAM: Appeared in "Swing High"
(1930). Pathe.
LANGDON. HARRY: b. Council Bluffs. Iowa; brown
hair and blue eyes; m. professional; hy. golf. Stage
experience includes musical comedy, stock and vaude-
ville. Produced "Johnny's New Car." Screen ex-
perience began with Mack Sennett. making a series
of two reel silent comedies. For First National he
appeared in "The Strong Man." "Long Pants."
"Tramp. Tramp. Tramp." "Heart Trouble." "Three's
a Crowd." and "The Chaser." For Roach in "Sky
Boy." "Skirt Shy." "Hotter Than Hot." "The Fight-
ing Parson." "The Big Kirk": in 1930 in "The Head
Guy." "The Shrimp." "The King." MGM-Harry Lang-
don. Hal Roach Comedies.
LANNER. JACK: Appeared in "Just Off Broad-
way" (1929). Chesterfield.
LANNING. FRANK: b. Marion. Towa. 1899: h. 5
feet 11H inches; brown eyes and black hair: w. 169
pounds: e. Marion. Cedar Rapids. Iowa: specializing in
philosophy, mental science: hy. hiking. Stage experi-
ence with Belasco. Entered pictures in 1910 through
Marv Pickford. D. W. Griffith. Pictures include: "3
Godfathers." "Huckleberry Finn." "East Is West."
"Collegians." "Love Mart." "Ships of the Night."
Rayart; "Rough Romance" (1930). "Temple Tower"
(1930). Fox.
LARGAY. RAY: Plaved in "Soldiers and Women"
(1930). Columbia.
LARKIN. JOHNNY: Appeared in "Barber John's
Boy" (1930). Warner Bros.
LA ROCQUE. ROD: b. Chicago. ED., November 29.
1898: h. 6 feet 3 inches: black hair and brown eyes:
w. 175 pounds: p. non-professionals; e. New Tork.
Chicago and Omaha : m. Vilma Banky. professional ; hy.
horses. golf. Has been on the stage in Chicago. New
York. Omaha. London and Paris. Entered pictures in
1919 and has appeared in the following: "Gigolo."
"Resurrection." "Ten Commandments." "Fighting
Eagle." and for Pathe "Hold "Em Yale." "Stand and
Deliver." "Captain Swagger." and the "Love Pirate"
for Radio Pictures: In 1929 In "Man and the Mo-
ment." First National: "The One Woman Idea." Fox:
"Our Modem Maidens." MGM*; "The Locked Door,"
"One Romantic Night" (1930). United Artists.
LA SALLE, NED: b. Kobe. Japan. 1901; h. 6 feet
black hair and blue eyes; w. 175 pounds; p. Henri-
etta McLain and Thomas LaSalle. professionals; e. by
tutor; hy. riding, golf, reading, basketball and football.
Fifteen years' stage experience; four years' screen.
Appeared in all series of "Mike and Ike" comedies
for Stern Brothers, released through Universal.
LAUREL, STAN : b. Ulverston. Fiigland, June 16,
1895; h. 5 feet 9 inches: auburn hair and blue eyes:
w. 150 pounds: p. Madge Metcalfe and Arthur Jefferson,
non-professionals; e. King James grammar school.
Bishop Auckland. England, and received his stage train-
ing in a circus, musical comedy, drama and vaudeville:
m. Lois Neilson. ex-professional; hy. fishing. He has
spent 20 years on the stage. Laurel started in pic-
tures with Hal Roach in 1917. starring in about 50
comedies; then became a producer of comedies for a
short time: later directed two reel comedies for Hal
Roach: now co-starring with Oliver Hardy in the com-
edy team of Laurel-Hardy, produced by Hal Roach
for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer release; also in 1929 in "The
Rogue Song." MGM: "Berth Marks." "They Go Boom."
"Angora Love." "Men O' War." "Night Owls." "Per-
fect Day." "Bacon Grabbers." "The Hoosegow,"
"Blotto." "The Bratts"; in 1930 in "Below Zero."
"Hay Wire." MGM. Laurel and Hardy-Hal Roach
Comedies.
LA VALLES. THE: Appeared in Yitaphone No.
2250.
LAW. WALTER: Played in "Whoopee" (1930).
United Artists.
LAWLER. ANDERSON: Appeared in 1929 in "The
River of Romance." Paramount; "Half Marriage."
Radio Pictures; "A Lady to Love" (1930), MGM.
LAWRENCE. CHARLES: b. Worcester. Mass.. April
21. 1896; h. 5 feet 9 inches: black hair and dark hazel
eyes; w. 155 pounds; e. Worcester grammar and high
schooss and studied for the Universalist ministry at
Crane Theological school of Tufts College at Boston;
hy. motoring. Elsie Janis engaged him to become a
member of her troupe known as "Elsie Janis and Her
Gang." Played with this company in 1929 in New
York and on its Eastern tour, then joined Joseph Caw-
thome's "Half Moon" company for the 1920-21 sea-
son. Played in the second show of "Elsie Janis and
Her Gang" in New Y'ork and on tour in 1921 and
1922 and in the fall of the latter year played a com-
edy role in "It's a Boy." McGuire comedy, at the
Sam Harris theatre. New Tork. In 1923 played in
"Extra" at the Longacre theatre and then assumed
the comedy role of the "Arrow Collar Man" in George
Kafman's play entitled "Helen of Troy. N. Y.," at
the Selwyn and Lyric theatres. In 1924 played with
Julia Sanderson and Frank Crumit in "Moonlight"
and then went to London to play with Mary Duncan
in "Nervous Wreck" at the St. James theatre. Is now
under contract to Universal. Played in Yitaphone No.
1054. "The Substitute."
LAWRENCE. RAYMOND: r. n. Raymond Francis
Miles Atkinson: b. Bedford Square. London. Dec. 8.
1888: h. 5 feet 11 inches; black hair and brown eyes;
w. 140 pounds: p. Arthur Atkinson, professional: e.
Bedford School for Boys: m. Zillah Tancrtd. non-
professional : hy. painting, riding and swimming. Stage
experience 20 years. Made appearance with the J. C.
Williamson Co. in Australia in the following produc-
tions: "Madame X" and "The Sign on the Door."
also with Guy Bates Post in New Zealand and America
in "Masquerade." also in San Francisco, and played in
"Interference" on the stage in Los Angeles. Entered
pictures in 1927 in "Interference" for Paramount, tak-
ing the part of the reporter. Completed role in
"Mamba" for Colorart Svnchrotone Pictures featuring
Jean Hersholt : also in "Careless Age" (1929). First
National.
LE MAI RE. GEORGE: In 1929 in "At the Dentist's."
"Dancing Around." "Go Easy Doctor." "The Plumb-
ers are Coming." "Gentlemen of the Evening." "Bar-
ber's College." "Tight Siueeze" (1930). Pathe-George
LeMaire Comedies. Died in 1930.
LE MAI RE. WILLIAM: b. Fort Worth. Texas. De-
cember 21. 1892: e. in Fort Worth: h. 6 feet 3 inches:
w. 220 pounds brown hair and brown eyes : married.
Twenty-two years in vaudeville and musical comedies.
Entered pictures in 1928. Pictures: "The Light of
Western Stars" (19301. "Only the Brave" (1930).
Paramount. "Whoopee" and "Common Clay." Fox.
LE MAY. ROY: Played in Yitaphone No. 1048.
"Bright Sayings."
LEAN, CECIL: Played in Metro Movietone Act No.
80.
LEASE. REX: b. Central City. W. Va. ; e. in Co-
lumbus. Ohio, and studied to be a minister at Ohio
Wesleyan College at Delaware. Ohio; h. 5 feet 10 inches:
green eyes, dark brown hair: hy. writing stories and
scenarios. Went to Hollywood to go into pictures.
Started work as an extra and was signed by Finis Fox
for the lead in "A Woman Who Sinned." He then
played juvenile leads in five Ralph Ince pictures, one
FBO special. "Moulders of Men." "The Law of the
Range." Metro-Goldwyn-Majrer. and was under con-
tract to FBO for three years. His first talking picture
was "The Younger Generation" (1929). Columbia.
Other pictures: "Troopers 3." "Sunny Skies." "Hot
Curves." "So This Is Mexico," "Why Marry"; others
in 1929: "Two Sisters." "When Dreams Come True."
Rayart: "Girls Who Dare." Trinity.
LEBEDEFF, IVAN: b. Uspoliai. Lithuania. June
18. 1899: h. 6 feet 1 inch: black hair and eyes: w. 148
pounds; p. Angeligna Foscarini-Labura and Basil
Lebeden*. non-professionals; e. high school (Gymna-
sium). University (college) of St. Petersburg. Imperial
Lyceum of Alexander I (college), Military Academy
(college), St. Petersburg. Russia: received his stage
training from the great Russian dramatic actor.
Vladimir N. Davidoff; hy. literature, music, tennis
and horseback riding. Has been in pictures for nine
years in such pictures as "King Frederick." character
part. Ufa production, made in Germany in 1922: "The
Lucky Death." lead. Aleatros productions, made in
France in 1924; "The Soul of an Artist." character:
"600.000 Francs Per Month." character, and in "The
Charming Prince " character lead. Cine-France pro-
ductions, made in France in 1924: then the heavy
in "Burned Fingers" for Pathe in 1925: "The Sor-
rows of Satan" for Paramount in 1926: "Ttie Loves
nf Sunva" for United Artists in 1926: 'The Angel of
Broadwav." "The Forbidden Woman" and "Let 'er
Go Gallagher" for DeMiUe in 1927: "Sin Town" for
Pathe in 1927; "Walking Back" for Pathe in 1928.
and "The Veiled Woman." character, for Fox in 1928;
in "The One Woman Idea" and "They Had to See
Paris" (1929). Fox; and "Conspiracy" (1930). Radio.
LEDERER, OTTO: b. Prague. Bohemia, April 17.
1886; h. 5 feet 9 inches: brown hair and eyes; w. 165
pounds; p. Elizabeth Estein and Herbert Lederer. non-
professionals: e. Conservatory of Arts in Prague ; m.
Slorita Maruri. non-professional; hy. golf and horse-
back riding. Stage experience with the National the-
atre in Prague, the Irving Place theatre. New York,
tne Morosco Stock company, and in a German stock;
in "Abie's Irish Rose" and "The Music Master."
Screen experience of 19 years; started with Vitagraph
as leading character man; remained with this company
for eight years; later appeared in three serials at
United Studios; in "The Cohens and Kellys in Atlan-
tic City" for Universal: in "Prediction" and "One
Stolen Night." Vitaphone productions; and in Warner
Brothers "The Jazz Singer" ; also in "From Head-
quarters" and "King of Kings." In "Smiling Irish
Eyes" (1929). First National.
LEE. DAVEY: b. Los Angeles. Cal.. December 29.
1926: h. 36 inches: brown hair and dark blue eyes;
w. 47 pounds; p. Ella Mae Smith and Frank D.
Lee. non-professionals; hy. children's games. Has been
in pictures since July. 1928. appearing in "The Sing-
ing Fool" with Al Jolson; in "Frozen River" and
"She Knew Men." "Say It With Songs" (1929).
Warner Brothers.
LEE. DUKE R.: b. Virginia. 1881; h. 6 feet:
gray eyes: w. 194 pounds; e. by tutor: married and has
one daughter. Beatrice. 24. one son. Duke, 13; hy.
Hunting, fishing, baseball. Stage experience in vaude-
ville and dramatic shows. Entered pictures in 1918.
Pictures include: "Days of Buffalo Bill." "Young
Nowherfs." First National: ".45 Calibre War." Pathe;
"The Czar of Broadway" (1930). "White Outlaw"
(1930), Universal.
LEE. HARRY: r. n. William Henry Lee: b. Rich-
mond, Virginia, June 1. 1S72: h. 5 feet 1014 inches:
chestnut and gray hair and dark blue eyes; w. 161
pounds: p. Harriet Ludlum and William Henry Lee,
non-professionals; e. Trinity Chapel School. New York
City and Princeton University: m. Dorothy P. Lee.
non-professional : hy. bridge, sailing and a follower of
"Don Quixote." Stage experience consists of seventeen
years from 1888 to 1905 during which time he appeared
in comedy roles and character in every line of theatre
from Uncle Tom's Cabin to Shakespeare, including
vaudeville, circus and private entertainer. Screen ex-
perience consists of 22 years with the following com-
panies. Imperial. Biograph. Mutual Reliance. Yankee.
Champion. Vitagraph. Rex. Selznick. Select. Universal.
Goldwyn. Pathe. Fox. DeLuxe. Metro. Popular Plays
and Players. Famous Players. Paramount. Crystal.
Pioneer, and Adolph Zukor's Pictures. The following
are some of the girl stars he has appeared with, Mary
Pickford. Marguerite Clark. Pauline Frederick. Hazel
Dawn. Marie Doro. Ann Pennington. Constance Tal-
madge. Mae Murray. Irene Fenwick. Billie Burke,
Peggy Hyland. Dnris Kenyon. Dorothy Dalton. Norma
Shearer. Elaine Hammerstein. Pauline Garon. Madge
Kennedy, Jeanne Eagels, Geraldine Farrar. and many
others. During screen experience has played under
the following directors: Olcott. Dawlev. Hugh Ford.
Bumside. Sloan. LeCautt. D. W. Griffith. E. H. Grif-
fith. Reginald Barker. Rowland U. Lee. Bill Nich. Geo.
Hill. Christie Cabanne. Goldwyn. Miller. Chas. &
Ashley. Henderson. O'Brien. Walsh. Flynn. Chautard.
Perett. Jose. Cummings. Daley. Baggott. Taylor. Neilan.
Hopper. Grandon. North. Beal. Ince. Tom & Ralph.
Kohlker. King. Brenon. Kirkwood. Willard Webb and
Jean LeNein. and many others. He appeared in the
following silent pictures: "The First Kiss, with Gary
Cooper and Fay Wray. "Two Masters." with Rex
CheiTyman and Mary Eaton, and the following dialogue
pictures: "The Letter." with Jeanne Eagels. "Gentle-
men of the Press." with Walter Huston. These four
pictures were made in the East for Paramount.
LEE. SYLVAN: Appeared in "Ttje Cocoanuts"
(1929) . Paramount.
LEIGH. FRANK: b. London. England: h. 6 feet
I inch: dark hair and brown eyes: w. 184 pounds: p.
Florence Bianchi and Manuel Leigh, mother profes-
sional: e. England: m. Gertrude Manning, professional:
hy. all outdoor sports. Stage experience of 20 years,
appearing in his own acts and in "Sorrows of Satan"
and "Silver Kings" In England. Picture career be-
gan in 1912 in England: in 1914 entered war. return-
ing to pictures in 1916 in New York Citv : thence
to Hollywood in 1918 and has worked for Paramount
and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Appeared in "Dangerous
Davs." "Lord and Ladv Algy." "Fedora." "Golden
Dreams." "Cup of Fury" and "The Hill Billy": (1929)
"B°low the Deadline." Chesterfield: "Love in the
Desert." Radio.
LEONARD. EDDIE: b. Richmond. Va. : h. 5 feet
II inches: brown hair and gray eyes: w. 168 pounds:
e. public schools of Richmond. Va. : married: hy. base-
ball, golf, boxing. Stage experience with Primrose and
Dockstader. Eddie Leonard Minstrels. Cohan and Harris
Minstrels. Entered pictures in November. 1928. Pic-
tures include: "Melody Lane" (1929). Universal.
LEONG. JAMES: Pictures include: "The Remit-
tance Woman." FBO: "The Purple Dawn." Aywon:
"Defying the Law." Gotham: "The Devil Dancer"
United Artists: "Ransom." Columbia: "Come and Get
It." Radio Pictures; "Shanghai Lady" (1929). Uni-
versal.
LESLIE FRANK: Appeared in "King of Jazz"
(1930) . Universal.
LESLIE. JACK: Appeared in "Great Power" (1929).
Franklin Warner.
LESLIE. LAWRENCE: Arpeared in 1929 in "Gen-
tlemen of the Press" and "Why Bring That Up!"
Paramount
LESTER. ELLIOTT: Appeared In "Harmony at
Home" (1930). Fox.
LESTER. VAL: "Doing Phil a Favor" (1930).
Pathe Variety Comedies.
LEVANT. OSCAR: Appeared in "The Dance of
Life" (1929). Paramount.
LEVINES. CARL: Appeared In "Twin Beds"
(1829). First National.
LEWIS. BERT: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 472
and 473.
LEWIS. FRANKLIN: Appeared in "Mister An-
tonio" (1929). Tiffany-Stahl.
LEWIS. GEORGE: b Mexico City. Mexico: h. 6
feet: brown bair and eyes: w. 175 pounds: p. Don-
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professionals; e. San Diego high school; m. Mary Lou
Lohman, non-professional; hy. all outdoor sports; ap-
peared in amateur theatricals; in pictures for four
years and has been with the Pickford-Fairbanks and
Universal studios. Among the pictures in which he
has appeared are "His People." "The Old Soak." "13
Washington Square." "Honeymoon Flats," "The Four
Flushers." "Give and Take." and "The Collegians";
in 1929 in "College Love." "King of the Campus."
"Tonight at Twelve." Universal.
LEWIS, JOE: Played in Vitaphone No. 2868.
LEWIS. MITCHELL: b. Syracuse. N. Y. ; h. 6
feet 2 inches; dark brown hair and eyes; w. 178
pounds; p. Rose and Manuel Lewis, father pro-
fessional; e. Syracuse, N. Y.. high school; m. Nanette
Rejan, professional ; hy. outdoor sports. On the stage
since a child and has appeared with William Faver-
sbam in England, also with Nazimova, Holbrook Blinn
and the late Theodore Roberts, and in 'The Two
Orphans" and "Arizona" in New York City. Four-
teen years' screen experience, during which time he
has appeared in "The Barrier." "The Bar Sinister."
"The Sign Invisible." "Hard Boiled Hagerty." "Eagle
of the Sea." "Frivolous Sal." "Miss Nobody." "Ten-
derloin" and "Way of the Strong"; (1929) "Madame
X." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "The Leatherneck." Para-
mount; "Linda." First Division; "The Black Watch."
Fox; "One Stolen Night." Warner; "Girl of the Port"
(1930), Radio Pictures; "Mammy" (1930). Warner
Bros.; Vitaphone No. 2234. "The Death Ship."
LEWIS. RALPH: b. Englewood, 111.; h. 5 feet 9
inches; hazel eyes and gray hair; w. 175 pounds: e.
public school of Evanston, 111.. Northwestern Uni-
versity: m. ; hy. swimming. Has lived in New York.
Chicago, Evanston, Los Angeles. Has had stage ex-
perience. Entered pictures in New York in 1912 with
Reliance-Majestic. Pictures include: "Conquering
Power." "The Girl in the Glass Cage" (1929). First
National.
LEWIS. SAMMY: b. New York City. June- 7, 1885:
h. 5 feet 7% inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 161
pounds; p. David and Rebbecca Lewis, non-profes-
sionals: e. public schools and New York university; m.
Florence Belmont ; hy. prizefights, baseball and golf.
Stage career with Keith vaudeville, burlesque, musical
comedy. Ted Lewis Frolic and George Seldies called
him and partner the "Kings of Vanity Fair." also in
"Coo Koo Comedy." title of act "Lewis and Dody" ;
played in 1930 in "Musical Beauty Shop," Paths
Melody Comedies, first series.
LEWIS. SHELDON: b. Philadelphia; h. 6 feet 1
Inch: dark eyes and dark hair: w. 180 pounds; e.
Philadelphia. Specialized in literature. Has had 30
years experience on stage. Entered pictures 17 years
ago. one of first of stage actors to go into films. Pic-
tures include: "Orphans of the Storm." "Enemy Sex."
"Top of the World." "Bride of the Storm," "The Sky
Rider," Chesterfield; "Untamed Justice." "Biltmore;
"Seven Footprints to Satan." First National: "Black
Magic." Fox; "The River Woman." Gotham: "Little
Wild Girl." Trinity; "Firebrand Jordan" (1930). Big
4 Corporation.
LEWIS. TED: r. n. Theodore L. Friedman; b.
Circleville. Ohio : h. 5 feet 7 inches : dark brown eyes
and dark brown hair; w. 138 pounds; c. Circleville
public schools and Ohio State University; m. ; hy. ice
skating. Lived in Circleville. New York City. Holly-
wood. Has had stage experience in "Rose, Young and
Friedman." in first Greenwich Village Follies with own
band, in "Artist sand Models." "Passing Show." En-
tered pictures in 1929. Pictures include: "Is Every-
body Happy." "Song of Songs" (1929). Warner.
LIEDTKA. HARRY: Appeared in "Bohemian
Dancer" (1929), Bell Pictures.
LIGGON. GROVER: Appeared in "Million Dollar
Collar" (1929). Warner Bros.
LINGHAM. TOM: b. Indianapolis. Ind.. April 7.
1874; h. 6 feet; hazel eyes and brown-gray hair; w.
180 pounds; e. Boston public schools: married; has
lived in Indianapolis. Boston. New York. Glendale.
Cal. Entered pictures Nov. 7. 1913. George Melford
offered him an engagement with Kalem Company.
Pictures include: "The Fatal Warning," Mascot
serial; "Pals of the Prairie." FBO: "The Forbidden
Trial." Cosmo: "Two Sisters." Rayart; "The Amaz-
Vagabond." "Freckled Rascal." Radio Pictures.
LINOW. IVAN: Pictures include: "Zaza." "Cappy
"icks." "Enemies of Women," "Wages of Virtue."
"^ramount; "Three Miles Out." "Lover's Island." As-
buciated Exhibitors; "His Rise to Fame." Excellent;
"The Crimson Flash." Pathe; "Fury." Inspiration:
"In Old Arizona." "Black Magic" "The Far Call."
"Plastered in Paris," "The Red Dance." "The
River." "Speakeasy." Fox: "Numbered Men" (1930).
"Son of the Flame" (1930), First National; "The
Ship from Shanghai" (1930). "The Unholy Three"
(1930). MGM; "The Cockeyed World." "Temple
Tower" (1930). Fox.
LIPTON & TERRILL: Played in Vitaphone No.
2310.
LITEL. JOHN: "The Sleeping Porch" (1929). Para-
mount-Christie; "Don't Believe It." 1930.
LITTLE BILLY: Appeared in "The Side Show"
(1929), Columbia; in 1930 in "Swing High." Pathe;
"Some Babies." Pathe Whoopee Comedies: Vitaphone
No. 2869. "The Flaming Youth." No. 4093. "No Ques-
tions Asked." No. 3300. "The Head of the Family."
LITTLEFI ELD. LUCIEN: b. San Antonio. Texas.
August 16. 1895: h. 5 feet 10^ inches; green eyes and
light brown hair; w. 148 pounds; e. public school and
Staunton Military Academy; married and has one
daughter. Constance Palmer. 3: hy. baseball. Entered
pictures in 1913. Pictures include: "The Torrent."
"Tumbleweeds." "Bachelor Bride." "Small Bachelor."
"Heart to Heart." "Head Man." "My Best Girl."
Basin in "Captain of the Guard," Universal; Hayden
in "Seven Keys to Baldpate." RKO; "Do Your Duty."
"Drag." "The Girl in the Glass Cage." "Great
Divide." "Saturday's Children." First National: "Mak-
ing the Grade." "Mother Knows Best." Fox; "This
Is Heaven." United Artists: "Clear the Deck." Uni-
versal; Clancy in "Wall Street." Aristocrat pictures:
"No. No. Nanette." First National: "High Society
Blues." Fox; "Queen of Main Street." First National;
"His Big Ambition." "Out for Game." "Getting a
Raise." "The Potters at Home." "The Potters Done
in Oil." "Pa Gets a Vacation." "Big Money." Vita-
phone.
LLOYD, HAROLD: b. Burchard. Neb.. April 20.
1893; h. 5 feet 10 inches; brown hair and eyes; p.
Elizabeth Fraser and J. Darsie Lloyd, non-profession-
als; e. Denver and San Diego high schools and
received his stage training teaching in dramatic school
in San Diego for John Lane O'Connor (School of
Dramatio Art) ; m. Mildred Davis, professional; hy.
golfing, handball and swimming. He made his debut
on the stage at the age of 12 as Little Abe in "Tess of
d'Ubervilles" with the Burwood Stock company in
Omaha, and in "The Little Minister." Screen expe-
rience since 1913, starting with Edison Company in San
Diego; then to Universal; later with Mack Sennett.
His first contract was with Hal Roach for whom he
did "Lonesome Luke" comedies. Has appeared In
such pictures as "Sailor Made Man," "Grandma's
Boy." "Doctor Jack." "Safety Last." "Why Worry,"
"Girl Shy." "The Freshman." "The Kid Brother."
"Fbr Heaven's Sake." "Speedy." "Welcome Danger"
(1929). Paramount.
LOBO: Dog actor. In Vitaphone No. 968.
LOCKWOOO, HAROLD: b. New York City. June 3.
1908: h. 5 feet 10M inches: blue eyes and brown hair;
w. 145 pounds; e. Los Angeles. Hollywood; hy. basket-
ball, wrestling. Has lived in New York. Los Angeles.
Sydney. Australia. New South Wales. Entered pic-
tures in 1926. Pictures include "Harold Teen." "Lilac
Time." "Patent Leather Kid." "Duke Steps Out."
LODER. JOHN: b. London. England; h. 5 feet 3
inches: brown hair and hazel eyes: w. 178 pounds;
p. Frances Lowe and Major-General Sir William Lowe;
e. South Lodge. Enfield. England and Eton college; hy.
hunting. Loder made his debut in pictures through
Ufa in Maroh. 1927. which was followed with leads in
10 important pictures. Following this he played leads
with the Elstree studios near London. Here Jesse L.
Lasky saw him and after a test offered him a con-
tract. He is now appearing in Paramount's second-all-
talking picture. "Half an Hour." with Ruth Chatterton.
H. B. Warner and Robert Edeson. In 1929 in "The
Doctor's Secret." "Sunset Pass," Paramount; "Rac-
keteer." Pathe: "Black Waters," World Wide; "Rich
People." Pathe: "Lilies of the Field" (1930). "Sweet-
hearts and Wives" (1930). First National.
LODI. THEODORE: Appeared in "They Had to
See Paris" (1929). Fox.
LONERGAN. LESTER: Appeared in "Seven Faces"
(1929). Fox.
LONDON. TOM: b. Louisville. Ky.. August 24.
1893; h. 6 feet H4 inches; dark blue eyes and brown
hair; w. 190 pounds: e. Louisville. Ky. ; married: hy.
golf. Has lived in New York. Chicago. Louisville.
Hollywood. Entered pictures in 1917 through J. War-
ren Kerrigan in Universal pictures. Starred at Uni-
versal for 7 years. Pictures include: "King of Kings."
Pathe: "Call of the Canyon." "Top of the World."
"Cowboy and the Lady." Lasky; 3 Pathe serials;
"Border Wildcat." "Untamed Justice." Biltmore;
"Harvest of Hate." Universal: "Firebrand Jordan."
Big 4; "The Woman Racket." MGM; "Storm." Uni-
versal.
LONG. WALTER: b. Milford. N. II.. March 5. 1879:
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pounds; e. Nashua. N. H. ; married. Has been on stage.
Entered pictures in 1909. Played in "The Birth of a
Nation," "Robber Sheik." "Blood and Sand." "Gang
War." "Me. Gangster." "White Pants Willie." "Back
to God's Country." Harrim Bey in "The Black Watch."
Fox; "Mobv Dick" (1930). "The Steel Highway"
(1930). Warner Bros.
LONG DEN. JOHN: Played in "Blackmail" (1929).
Sono Art-World Wide.
LONSDALE. HARRY G. : b. Worcester, England;
h. 5 feet 10>,4 inches; hazel eyes and iron gray hair;
w. 155 pounds; e. at Worcester Cathedral. England;
hv. golf. Has lived in Worcester. London, New York,
Chicago. San Francisco. Pasadena, Went on the stage
at age of 18. Played in comic opera for seven years,
eleven years with late E. T. Willard and four with
the late Nat C. Goodwin. Entered pictures in 1911
with Selig Company, with whom he came to California
under five-year contract. Pictures include: "Master
of Garden." "Ne'er Do Well." "Shepherd of the
Hills." "The Rosary" and 250 other pictures.
LORCH, THEODORE: b. Springfield. 111.; h. 6 feet;
dark brown hair and dark eyes; w. 184 pounds; p.
Katherine Girard and Andrew Lorch, non-professionals;
e. North high school, business college and Chickeos
college; not married. Star on the road for 14 years;
in stock for six years as leading man; starred in "Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hvde." "Soldier of Empire." "Sher-
lock Holmes." with Julia Marlowe in "The Crowded
Hour." and in vaudeville with Frank Tinney. Screen
experience in featured roles in Warner's "Man on the
Box" and "The Better 'Ole" ; Universale "Show
Boat" and "Grip of the Yukon." with Buster Keaton:
and in Metro-Goldwvn-Mayer's "Spite Marriage"; Vita-
phone No. 4097-98. "An 111 Wind." and in many other
pictures.
LORENZ. HOWARD: Appeared in "The Black
Pearl" (1929). Rayart.
LOVE, MONTAGU: b. Portsmouth. England; h. 6
feet 2 inches; red hair and blue eyes; p. Fannie Lou-
ise and Harry Love, non-professionals; e. Portsmouth
grammar school, and at college at Cambridge. Eng-
land; not married; hy. swimming, riding, golf, music
and drawing. Spent seven years on the legitimate
stage Has appeared in (1929) "The Divine Lady."
"The Haunted House." "Her Private Life." "A Most
Immoral Lady." "Synthetic Sin." First National; "The
Mysterious Island." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Charming
Sinners." Paramount: "Midstream," Tiffany-Stahl;
"Bulldog Drummond," United Artists: "The Last
Warning." Universal; in 1930 in "Back Pay." "A
Notorious Affair." First National; "Double Cross
Roads," Fox; "Reno," Sono Art-World Wide; "In-
side the Lines." Radio Pictures; "Outward Bound."
Warner Bros; Vitaphone No. 2278, "Character Studies."
LOVEJOY, ARTHUR: Played in Pathe "Night
Work."
LOWE. EDMUND: b. San Jose. Cal. : h. 6 feet;
dark brown hair and blue eyes: w. 185 pounds; p.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Lowe, non- professionals; e. San
Jose high school. Santa Clara University: m. Lilyan
Tashman, professional; hy. reading, riding, tennis and
good music. Stage experience with Los Angeles stock
company for three years. Among stage successes were:
"Roads to Destinv." "The Son-Daughter." "In the
Night Watch" and "The Walk-Off." Screen experi-
ence started in 1923 with Fox in "The Silent Com-
mand." "The Palace of the King." "The Fool." "East
Lvnne," "What Price Glory." "An Increasing Pur-
pose." "Is Zat So?" "Publicity Madness" and "Baloo."
Also appeared in "Dressed to Kill." "Happiness
Ahead" and "In Old Arizona." for Fox. Latest pic-
tures include "The Cock Eved World," for Fox: "This
Tiling Called Love." for Pathe-Fox; "The Painted
Angel." for First National, and "The Bad One" for
United Artists; "Thru Different Eyes" (1929). Fox;
in 1930 in "Born Reckless." "Good Intentions."
"Happy Days," Fox.
LOWRY, ED: Played in Vitaphone No. 25(35.
LUBIN. ARTHUR: b. Los Angeles; h. 5 feet 10
inches; brown eyes and black hair; w. 145 pounds;
e. San Diego grammar and high school. Carnegie Tech..
Pittsburgh. Specialized in drama : hy. hiking, motor-
ing, cooking. Has lived in San Diego. Los Angeles.
Pittsburgh. Pictures include: "Bardelys the Mag-
nificent," "His People." "Lost World." "Times
Square," "Bushranger." "Eyes of the Underworld."
LUCAS. NICK : "Gold Diggers of Broadway" (1929).
"Song of Songs" (1929). Warner Bros.
LUCAS. WILFRED: b. Ontario. Canada; h. 5 feet
11 inches; brown hair and brown eyes; w. 178 pounds:
e. McGill College. Montreal. Studied art and music
In London and Paris; married; hy. polo, swimming.
Has lived in New York. Chicago. London. Paris.
Denver. Hamilton. Ont.. Los Angeles and has made
several tours around the world. Stage career:
Martius Vinicius in "Quo Vadis." Bud Young in
"Heir to the Hurrah." Dan Mallory in "Chorus
Lady." Entered pictures with Biograph Company in
1907. Has worked for Universal. Biograph, Sennett.
Australian Films. Metro. First National. Pictures in-
clude: "Hello Sister." "His Woman." First Na-
tional; "Madam Satan." MGM. In 1930: "Arizona
Kid." Fox; "Cock of the Walk." Sono Art-World
Wide: "Those Who Dance." Warner Bros.
LUCY. ARNOLD: b. Tottenham. England. 1R75: e.
at Duchess of Somerset's School; hy. golf. Stage ex-
perience in "Fanny's First Play." "Nothin' but the
Truth." Entered pictures in 1915. Pictures include:
"Devil's Toy." with Betty Blyth; "In Search of a
Sinner." "Little Old New York." "Love Expert,"
Julius Bowser in "The Ghost Talks." "Masquerade."
"The One Woman Idea." Fox; "All Quiet on the
Western Front," Universal; "Manslaughter," Para-
mount.
LUDE. JACK: Appeared in "Dangerous Curves"
(1929), Paramount.
LUDEN. JACK: b. Reading. Pa.. February 6. 1902;
b. 6 feet; blond hair and hrown eyes: w. 174 pounds;
f. Military Academy at Cornwall-on-the-Hudson. Tome
schools at Port Deposit. Md.. two years Johns Hop-
kins University. Specialized in medicine: hy. horse-
back riding, swimming, squash, golf. Has lived In
Reading. N. Y , Hollywood. Entered pictures in 1925.
Went from one studio to another in New York until
Bill Cohill. who saw him In a group in his office,
took his name and called him to do a hit In a
Richard Dix picture. Pictures include: "Sins of
Fathers." "Woman of Moscow." "Udder the Tonto
Rim." "Fools for Luck." George In "The Wild Party."
Paramount; man about town in "Dangerous Curves,"
"Faro Nell, or In Old Californy." Christie; in 1930:
"Young Eagles." Paramount.
LUDLOW. PATRICK: b. London, England. 1903;
e. at University College in London; h. 5 feet 11 inches;
w. 155 pounds; brown hair, brown eyes; hy. tennis. On
the London stage with Sir Charles Hartney as juvenile
lead in all principal London theatres. Entered pictures
in 1925. Started as an extra. Star lead In "Naughty
Husbands" (England), Eustace in "The Ware Case,"
Wilton in "Ex-Flame" and Percy in "The Play Called
Life."
LUGOSI, BELA: r. n. Bela Lugosi Blasko; b. Lugos.
Hungary. October 20, 1888; h. 6 feet Hi inches: brown
hair and gray eyes; w. 177 pounds; p. Paula von
Vojnics and Stephen Blasko, president of a bank in
Lugos. Hungary; e. gymnasium in Lugos. and the
Academy of Theatrical Arts, Budapest; not married; hy.
sculpturing and hunting big game. Twenty years' stage
experience. Six years spent in different cities of Hun-
gary, eight as leading member of the National theatre
of Hungary' in Budapest: played leading parts in world
literature from Hamlet to Liliom; and six years in the
United States, from 1922 to 19Z8, in "The Red Poppy,"
featured lead; "Fernado the Apache"; Henry Baron in
"Greenwich Village," New York City; featured in
"Arabesque" as the sheik. New York National theatre;
featured lead in "Open House" at the New York Cri-
terion theatre; as Petros in "The Devil in the Cheese"
at the New York Charles Hopkins theatre, and at the
New York Fulton theatre with Horace Liveright. Screen
experience began in 1915. at which time he was the
star of Budapest Phoenix and Star companies; in
1919-20 featured in Berlin in "Shlave Fremder Willens"
and "Der Tanz Auf Dem Vulken" for Eiehberg com-
pany, and a Luna film; in 1923. the character lead in
Fox's "The Silent Command"; in 1924 "The Rejected
Woman" for Distinction Film Company, New York,
and "The Daughters Who Pay" for Banner Film Com-
pany, New York, the heavy in the latter two: and in
1925 the character lead in Chadwick's "The Midnight
Girl." Was also the heavy in Fox's "The Veiled
Woman." In 1929 he appeared in "Prisoners." First
National; "Thirteenth Chair." MGM; in 1930: "Wild
Company." "Such Men Are Dangerous," Fox; "Drac-
ula," Universal.
LUKAS. CARL: Appeared in "Illusion" (1929).
Paramount.
LUKAS. PAUL: b. Budapest. Hungary. May 26.
1895; h. 6 feet 2 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 182
pounds: p. Marie Zilaky and John Lukas. non-profes-
sionals; e. preparatory and College of Budapest, and re-
ceived his stage training at the Actor's Academy of
Hungary; not married; hy. fencing, tennis and riding.
His debut on the stage took place in 1916 at the Com-
edy theatre. Budapest, in the title role of Franz Molar's
"Liliom." At this theatre for nine years playing
every conceivable character in the works of Shakespeare.
Jehov. George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Moliere and
Galsworthy. Max Reinhardt, director of "The Miracle,"
then saw Lukas and took him as guest artist to the
theatres of Berlin and Vienna. His entrance in pic-
tures was made via Ufa in the role of Samson in
"Samson and Deliah," later appearing in "Loves of
an Actress," "Three Sinners," "The Woman from Mos-
cow," "Hot News." "Manhattan Cocktail" and "The
Shopworn Angel" for Paramount. For United Artists
he has appeared in "Two Lovers" and for First Na-
tional in "The Night Watch"; in Paramount's "The
Wolf of Wall Street"; in 1929 in "Half Way to
Heaven." Paramount: in 1930 in "Behind the Make-
up." "The Benson Murder Case," "The Devil's Holi-
day," "Slightly Scarlet." "Young Eagles," "Grumpy,"
"Anybody's Woman," Paramount.
LUPINO. WALLACE: b. Edinburgh, Scotland, Jan-
uary 23, 1898; h. 5 feet 8 inches; fair haired and blue
eyes: w. 150 pounds: p. Charlotte and Harry Lupino.
professionals; e. high school. Clapham. London, and
received his stage training from his father, the late
Harry Lupino; m. Rose Jones (cousin of Buster Keaton).
non-professional; hy. all kinds of sports. He was with
Messrs. Wylie and Tate companies (famous London
producers of revues) for six years playing principal
comedian at London Hippodrome, Palace theatre. Lon-
don Pavilion and Alhambra theatre in their produc-
tions: also appeared in the Provinces. He has been
with Educational since 1923 in Lupino Lane comedies
as comedian and heavy and co-director.
LYDELL & HIGGINS: Played in Vitaphone No.
2620.
LYNCH. EDWARD: Appeared in "The Bad Man"
(1930). First National.
LYNN. RALPH: Played in "One Embarrassing
Night" (1930). MGM.
LYON. BEN: b. Atlanta. Ga., February 6. 1901; h.
6 feet; dark brown hair and blue eyes: w. 170 pounds;
p. A. W. and Ben Lyon, non-professionals; e. Park
school. Baltimore, and Baltimore City college: m. Bebe
Daniels, professional: hy. aviation, and is very proud of
being a government pilot having license No. 4373, and
boxing. Stage experience includes appearances in
"Mary the Third." "Seventeen," and "The Wonder-
ful Thing" with Jeanne Eagels: eight months in stock
in Providence. R. I. ; and Buffalo. N. Y. Screen ex-
perience consists of various roles in First National
pictures, about 28, among them being "For the Love
of Mike," "Bluebeard's Seven Wives" and "The New
Commandment": his latest appearance is in "Hell's
Angels" for Caddo. In 1929 in "The Flying Marine,"
"The Quitter." Columbia: "Dancing Vienna." First
National; "The Air Legion," Radio Pictures: "Lum-
mox." United Artists: in 1930 in "Alias French
Gertie" Radio: "Hell's Angels." United Artists;
"What Men Want." Universal: "Queen of Main
Street." First National.
LYONS. AL and FOUR HORSEMEN: Vitaphone
No. 2789. "Musical Melange."
LYONS. CLIFF: Appeared In "Law of the Mounted"
(1929), Syndicate; "Firebrand Jordan" (1930), Big 4.
LYONS. GEORGE: Played in Metro Movietone Act
No. 79.
LYONS. JIMMY: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 2347
and No. 2408.
LYTELL. BERT: b. New York City; h. 5 feet 104
inches; brown hair and hazel eyes; w. 150 pounds: p.
Blanche Mortimer and William H. Lytell. professionals;
e. Canada College. Toronto: divorced Evelyn Vaughn.
Claire Windsor, married Grace Menken. 1929. He grew
up on the stage, his first appearance being at the age
of 3. First regular stage part was in "Cumlicrland
61" in 1902. This was followed by a number of lead-
ing roles In stock and with Broadway shows. He en-
tered pictures In 1917. playing the title role in "The
Lone Wolf" for Selznick. He lias since appeared in
numerous "Lone Wolf" pictures for Columbia, includ-
ing "The Lone Wolf's Daughter." "The Lone Wolf
Returns." "Alias the Lone Wolf." "The Last of the
Lone Wolf."
LYTELL, BILLY: Played in Vitaphone No. 945,
"Two of a Kind."
M
MacDONALD, J. FARRELL: b. Waterbury. Conn.,
1875; h. 5 feet 10 inches; dark brown hair and blue
eyes; w. 185 pounds; e. Yale; has had 18 years' stage
experience. Screen work with G. M. Anderson, Bio-
graph. Imp. as actor and director. Pathe as director,
Keystone-Triangle, American. Pathe. Pictures include:
"Little Miss Hawkshaw." "Bucking the Line." "Rid-
ing with Death," "Trailing." "Sky High." "Western
Luck." "The Iron Horse." "The Brass Bowl." "Ger-
ald Cranston's Lady." "The Scarlet Honeymoon." "The
Trail Rider," "The Fighting Heart," "Lightnin',"
"Thank You," "Lucky Horseshoe." "The Kentucky
Pride," "The First Year." "A Trip to Chinatown."
"The Dixie Merchant," "The Shamrock Handicap."
"The Family Upstairs." "The Country Beyond."
"Three Bad Men," "Bertha the Sewing Machine
Girl." "Love Makes 'Em Wild," "Ankles Preferred."
"Cradle Snatchers." "Rich but Honast." "Colleen,"
"Paid to Love," "Sunrise," "East Side. West Side."
"The Last Frontier." Pro-Dis-Co; "Cohens and Kellys
in Paris." Universal: "Bringing Up Father." MGM;
"Abie's Irish Rose." Paramount: "In Old Arizona,"
Fox; Pa Hudler in "The Broadway Hostess," First
National; "Masked Emotion," Fox; Joe Hickey in
"Masquerade," Fox; James Riley in "Riley the Cop."
Fox; Augus MacGregor in "Strong Boy," Fox; "None
but the Brave," "The Four Devils." Fox; Costello in
"Men Without Women." Hackett in "South Sea Rose."
Fox; "Painted Angel." First National: in 1930 in
"Men Without Women." "The Painted Desert."
Pathe; "River's End," "The Steel Highway," Warner
Bros.
MacDONALD. WALLACE: b. Mulgrave. Nova Scotia;
h. 5 feet 11 inches; dark brown hair and eyes; w.
150 pounds ; e. Canada. Has had stage experience.
Screen work with Vitagraph, Goldwyn, Universal,
Metro, First National, Pro-Dis-Co. Arrow, Associated
Exhibitors. Pictures include: "Drums of the Desert."
Paramount: "His Foreign Wife," Pathe: "Tumbling
River." also directed Imperial comedies. Fox; Vincent
in "Blockade." FBO; directed "Free Lips," Jas. Or-
mont-First Division; "Tropical Nights." Tiffany-Stahl;
Bert Nelson in "Darkened Rooms." Paramount; Bill
Barrington in "Sweetie," Paramount;, rum runner in
"Darkened Skies," Biltmore; "Dark Skies," Capitol;
Lieutenant Allen in "Hit the Deck," RKO; Hassan in
"The Rogue Song." MGM.
MAC FARLANE, GEORGE: "Painted Angel" (1930).
First National; "Half Shot at Sunrise" (1930), Radio
Pictures.
MacFARLANE, HANK AND TOM: b. New York
state ; moved at an early age to Las Vegas, N. M. Axe
11 and 13 years of age respectively. Made their pro-
fessional debut seven years ago at a rodeo in Mayette.
Kan. Have been featured attraction of the 101 Ranch
Wild West Show and other rodeos. Made first screen
appearance in "Pardon My Gun" for Pathe. Have also
appeared in "Half Pint Polly" (1930). Pathe. Rodeo
Comedies. Hold title of "World's Champion Juvenile
Trick Riders and Ropers."
MAC GREGOR, BOB: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
617.
MAC GREGOR. KNIGHT: Played in Vitaphone No.
613.
MAC GREGOR. MALCOLM: b. Newark. N. X. Octo-
ber 13: h. 6 feet; black hair and brown eyes; w. 172
pounds; p. Emily Ripley and A. H. MacGregor, non-
professionals; e. preparatory school and at Yale: hy.
sailing and music. No stage experience. Screen ex-
perience includes roles in such pictures as "Smoulder-
ing Fires." "Girl on the Barge." "Prisoner of Zenda."
"Freedom of the Press" and "Buck Privates," "Mur-
der Will Out" (1930), First National.
MacKENNA, KENNETH: b. Canterbury. N. H.. August
19. 1899; e. in Paris. Ethical Culture School. New
York and Columbia University. First stage experience
in 1919; played in "At 9:45." "Insect Comedy" and
"You and I." More than two years in "The Big
Pond." Went to Hollywood for Fox Movietone test.
Played lead opposite Marguerite Churchill in "Pleasure
Crazed"; also in "Crazy That Way" (1930). "Love.
Live and Laugh" (1929). "Men Without Women"
(1930). "South Sea Rose" (1929). "Temple Tower"
(1930). "Three Sisters." Fox; "Forever Yours" (1930).
United Artists; "Man Trouble" (1930). Fox; "Sin
Takes a Holiday" (1930). Pathe.
MAC KENZIE. DONALD: Has appeared in 1929 in
"True Heaven," Fox; "The Mysterious Dr. Fu Man-
chu" and "The Studio Murder Case." Paramount.
MacLAREN, IAN: b. Lynmouth. North Devonshire.
England. May 1. 1886; h. 6 feet 4 inch; brown hair
and eyes; w. 168 pounds: e. Queen Mary's School.
Basingstoke, Hampshire. England; hy. cricket, football,
tennis and gardening. Stage experience in London and
New York: in David Belasco's "Merchant of Venice":
lead in Bernard Shaw's "St. Joan." Theatre Guild:
"Green Beetle." Klaw theatre. New York; Galsworthy's
"The Mob": "The Fan": in London. Charles Frohman
company, Arthur Bonchier company. Sir F. R. Benson
company; leading man in Manchester Reiiertory. Man-
chester. England. Screen experience: has apiieared in
"Journey's End." Tiffany, as Lieutenant Osborne:
"Stampede." Paramount: "Men on Call." "Squadrons."
Fox: "Forever Yours" (1930). United Artists.
MAC LEAN. DOUGLAS: b. Philadelphia. Pa.: h.
5 feet 9 inches: brown hair and hazel eyes; w. 145
pounds; e. Northwestern university, preparatory school
and Lewis Institute of Technology in Chicago: m.
Faith Cole; hy. golf and yachting. His first role
on the stage was opposite Maude Adams in "Rosalind"
on tour for one season; then one year in stocJc at
Pittsflcld, Mass.. and one year at Morosco. Los An-
geles. He started screen career in the leading role
opposite Alice Brady In "As Ye Sow" for World Film
Company: also played opposite Mary Pickford in "Cap-
tain Kidd, Jr." and "Johanna Enlists"; also opposite
Dorothy Dalton and Enid Bennett. His latest pictures
are "Let It Rain." "Soft Cushions" and "The Carna-
tion Kid" for Christie. In "Divorce Made Easy"
(1929), Paramount.
MacQUARRIE, MURDOCK: b. San Francisco. Cal.:
h. 5 feet 8 inches; gray blue eyes and brown hair:
w. 170 pounds: e. public schools of San Francisco;
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married : by.
In "Light
golf. Has had experience on the stage
Ixindon." with Henry .Miller. W. A.
Brady. Entered pictures in 1902 with Biograph Com-
pany. Screen work with, directed and acted for Bio-
graph. Universal, American, Selznick. Goldwyn, Asso-
ciated Exhibitors. FUO. First National. Pictures in-
clude "The Long Loop." "The Man from Hardpan. '
"Richelieu." "Jekvll and Hyde." "Francois Villon."
"Tfie Apache Raider." rathe: ".45 Calibre War."
Pathe: "Troopers Three." Tiffany; "Captain of the
Guard." Universal : "Robert E. Lee." Technicolor;
"The Viking." MGM: "Black Jack." Fox.
MACDONALD, JACK: "The Ship from Shanghai"
(1930). MGM.
MACDOWELL, MELBOURNE: b. South River.
N. J.: h. 6 feet: gray eyes, white hair: w. 195
pounds; e. Boston. Mass. Specialized in navigation
and Shakespeare: married Fanny Davenport; hy. yacht-
ing. Lived in Ixmdon. Paris. Berlin. Entered pictures
In 1916 through friendship with Thomas H. Ince.
Screen work with Ince two years, fourteen years with
Paramount. National. Mayflower. Vitagraph. Pioneer.
First National. Universal. Allied. FBO. Columbia
Fox. Pictures Include: "The Outlaw Express." "Code
of the Cow Country," Pathe: "Feel My Pulse." Para-
mount: "Flame of the Yukon." "Driven from Home."
"Mother Knows Best." Fox; "Hearts in Exile."
Warner.
MACAULEY. JOSEPH: Played in "Lottery Bride"
(1930), United Artists.
MACE. WYNN: Appeared in "The Drifter" (1929).
Radio Pictures.
MACK. ARTHUR: "Return of Sherlock Holmes"
(1929). Paramount.
MACK. BOBBY: b. Scotland: e. Liverpool. Eng.
Screen work with Vitagraph. Universal. Paramount.
First National. Pictures include: "The Student
Prince." "The Road to Romance," MOM; "A Harp
in Hock." Pathe; "The Owning Night." Columbia;
"Close Harmonv" (1929). Paramount: "Evangeline"
(1929). United Artists.
MACK. CHARLES: (In team of Moran and Mack,
the Two Black Crows.) b. White Cloud. Kansas. Nov.
22. 1887: h. 5 feet 11 inches; brown hair and gray
eyes: w. 185 pounds: p. Elmer and Bertha Mack, non-
professionals: e. Tacoma. Washington; married and has
one daughter. After a time, he yearned to be an au-
thor of stage material. Some of his writings were
accepted and used by actors. Then Mack decided to
write an act for himself. It was successful and he
teamed with Moran and took a series of London en-
gagements. Together they toured Europe and throughout
America and more recently In the Ziegfeld Follies,
Winter Garden Shows, the "Scandals." the "Vanities."
and the "Greenwich Village Follies." They have also
made a number of phonograph records together, which
created millions of admirers through radio broadcast-
ing; on screen played In "Why Brine That Up" (1930).
Paramount.
MACK. HUGHIE: Appeared in 1929 in "Four
Sons." Fox; "The Wedding March," Paramount.
MACK. JACK: Appeared in "Night Work." Pathe.
MACK. JAMES: Among his pictures are "The First
Night." "Husband Hunters." "Women's Wares."
Tiffany-Stahl ; "Swim. Girl. Swim." Paramount;
"Satan and the Woman." Excellent: Casey in "The
Home Towners." Judge in "Queen of the Night Clubs."
Warner; Johnny in "Anna Christie." MGM.
MACK. JOSEPH P.: b. Rome. Italy. May 4. 1878:
h. 5 feet 11 inches: brown eyes and partly gray hair:
w. 195 pounds: e. Rome; married Lulu Keegan. Has
lived in New York City. Miami. Los Angeles. Entered
pictures in the original "Train Robbery." through Ed.
Potter, Famous Players. Pictures include "Wild
Honey." "Little But O My." "Wonder Man." "Find-
ers Keepers." "Man from Headauarters." "Driftwood."
"Leif the Lucky."
MACK. WILBUR: b. Binghamton. N. Y. Launched
upon a theatrical career as a blackface comedian, then
became a featured player in a repertory company when
he was 19 years old. Organized, managed and acted
in his own dramatic stock company, with which he
toured the United State for four years. He wrote a
vaudeville sketch entitled "Flirtation" which he pre-
sented over the Keith-Orpheum circuit for several sea-
sons. When this sketch was routed to the Coast he
received a call to appear in "Honkie Tonk" for Wamer
Bros. Has remained In pictures, playing in "Slim
Fingers." "Beauty and Bullets." "The Body Punch."
Universal. "Woman Racket." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
and Sweethearts on Parade." Columbia.
MACK. WILLARD: Appeared in and directed "The
Voice of the City" (192.9). MGM: "Beautv and
Bullets" (1929). Universal; "The Girl Said No"
(1930). MGM.
MACKAYE. FRED: b. Hackettstown. N. J.. June 5:
h. 5 feet 11 inches: brown hair and hazel eyes; w. 168
pounds: e. Polytechnic high school in Los Angeles and
Stanford college. Stanford. Cal. ; not married; hy. golf,
riding, football and swimming. With theatre of Gol-
den Bough in Carmel for four years. In pictures for
three years appearing in "Dancing Daughters." "The
Port of Dreams" and "Erik the Great." "Girl Over-
board" (1929). "Last Performance" (1929). Universal.
MACK & PURDY: Vitaphone No. 2795. "An Every-
day Occurence."
MACOLLUM. BARRY: Appeared in "The Hole in
the Wall" (1929). Paramount.
MADDEN. JAMES: r. n. Malcolm Edward Madden:
b. Los Angeles. June 29. 1923: h. 47 inches; brown
eyes and red hair; w. 50 pounds; e. attending school
at Blessed Sacrament School : hy. swimming, acrobatics.
Lives with parents In Hollywood: Entered pictures in
July 27. 1925. Pictures include: "Jerry, the Giant."
"A Dog's Pal." "Napoleon. It.." "The Last Trail."
with Tom Mix: Junior in "The Unknown Soldier."
Bobby in "Marching On." Captain Junior in "The
Ghost Ship." Tommy in "Gun Gospel." First Na-
tional: Jerry the Giant in "Wolf in Cheap Clothing."
MADESON. TEXAS: Appeared in "The Side Show"
(1929). Columbia.
MADISON. NOEL: "Sinner's Holiday" (1930). War-
ner Rros.
MAGEE. GORDON: Appeared in
Desert" (1929). Radio Pictures.
"Love in the
MAGRILU GEORGE: b. New York City. January
5. 1900; h. 5 feet; brown eyes and black hair: w. 175
pounds; e. public and high school. New York City:
married and has one daughter. Maryl.nn, 7: hy. box-
ing, swimming, riding, outdoor sports. Stage experi»
ence with Sam Rice shows. Entered pictures in 1921
through Jack Freulick and Paul Weigel. Pictures in-
clude "Wild Horse Mesa." "Lord Jim." "Van shing
American." "Blockade." "Rose of the Sea." "Bally-
hoo Buster." "Hawk of the Hills." Pathe.
MAGUIRE. TOM: b. Milford. Conn.. September 7.
1869; h. 5 feet 3 inches: dark blue eyes and red
hair; w. 120 pounds: e. small school at Greenpoint^
L. I., and Cheltenham Military' Academy. Cheltenham.
Pa.: married Louise Skillman. Has lived in Brooklyn.
N. Y.. Greenpoint. L. 1.. Nyack. N. Y.. Fort Lee.
N. J. Pictures include: "Camera Man." "Star Dust."
"Colieen." "Savage." "Womanhandled." "Shanghai.
Bound." "Sawdust Paradise." "One Increasing Pur-
pose"; in 1930: "City Girl." Fox.
MAHONEY. TOM: "The Love Racket" (1929). First
National; "Ranch House Blues" (1930). Rodeo Com-
edies, Pathe.
MAHONEY. WILKIE: b. San Miguel. CaJ.. 1897; h.
6 feet 3 inches: black hair and blue eyes: w. 155.
pounds: p. Belle Couter and Daniel Frank Mahoney.
non-professionals; e. St. Matthews Military* academy
and Santa Clara university; hy. football, billiards, books
and short story writing. Two years' stage experience
including presentations and vaudeville. Seven years'
screen experience and has appeared in such pictures as
"Exit Smiling," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Evening
Clothes" and "Casey at the Bat" for Paramount; "The
Battle of the Century" for Roach and in "Hell Ship
Bronson" for Gotham. Wrote original stories of "Glory
Hallelujah." "Hollywood Bound" and gagged "The Old
Boy Herself." "Not the Type." "The Navy's Sweet-
heart." "Mother Knows Her Groceries" and "Corked."
MAILES. CHARLES H.: b. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
May 25. 1870; h. 5 feet 11 inches; brown eyes and
white hair; w. 180 pounds; r. public schools, Halifax.
N. S.; m. ; has two sons. Robert. 22. Eugene. 20;
hy. golf, football. Has lived In Halifax. Boston. New
York. Los Angeles. Has had stage experience with
Kirk La Shelle. Henry B. Harris. Lelbler and Com-
pany. Thomas Dixon. Entered pictures In 1911. Pic-
tures include "Old Ironside*. Paramount: "Bellamy
Trial." MGM: "The Faker." Columbia: "The Carna-
tion Kid." "What a Night." Paramount; "One Stolen
Night." Warner.
MAISEL. JIMMY: Vitaphone No. 2539. "In a
Music Shop" and No. 2560.
MALATESTA. FRED : b. Naples. Italy. April 18,
1889; h. 6 feet 11 inches; dark eyes and dark hair;
w. 188 pounds: e. Rome. Specialized in literature:
married and has one child; Patsy. 12: hy. sailing, ten-
nis, horseback riding, motoring. Has lived in Rome.
Buenos Aires. Santiago. Paris. Chicago. New York. Los
Angeles. Entered pictures in 1915. Pictures includ*
"Forbidden Paradise." "Love Insurance." "Mask."
"Leave It to Me." "Wagon Show." "Czarina's Se-
cret." "His Father's Sins." "The Peacock Fan."
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(1929). Chesterfield; created detective role in nine Hal
Roach comedies.
MALI. GOERY: Played in "Melody of Hearts."
Ufa.
MALI KOFF, NIKOLAI: Appeared in "The Presi-
dent" (1929). Edward L. Klein.
MALONEY. JOE: Appeared in "Devil's Twin"
(1929), Pathe; "Overland Bound" (1930), Bell Pic-
tures.
MANOY, JERRY: Appeared in "The Sap" (1929).
Warner Bros.; "Love, Live and Laugh" (1929). Fox.
MANN. HANK: r. n. David W. Lieberman; b. New
York City; h, 0 feet 8 inches; dark hair and eyes;
w. 160 pounds; e. in New York City; m. Rae Max,
non-professional. No stage experience. Screen experi-
ence includes appearanoe in the following films: "The
Patent Leather Kid." "The Donovan Affair." "Lady
Bird." "When Danger Calls." "Broadway After Mid-
night." "Garden of Eden." "Wings of the Storm."
"Morgan's Last Raid," "Paid to Love" and "Smile.
Brother. Smile." Freelance player in 1929. In 1930
in "Arizona Kid." Fox; "Sinner's Holiday." War-
ner Bros.
MANN. LOUIS: "Father's Day" (1929). MGM;
"The March of Time." "The Richest Man in the
World" (1930). MGM; "Sins of the Children" (1930)
MGM.
MANNERS. DAVID: r. n. Itauff Acklom; b. Halifax.
Nova Scotia. April 30. 1902; h. 6 feet; brown hair and
green eyes; w. 1G9 pounds; p. Lillian and George M.
Acklom. non-professionals; e. Windsor grammar school
Nova Scotia, private schools and Trinity high school in
New York; m. Suzanne Bushnell. non-professional; hy.
writing plays, sports, riding and swimming. Had stage
experience with the Theatre Guild in New York and in
"Dancing Mothers" at the Little theatre in Toronto.
Entered pictures in 1929 to play ISaleigh in "Journey's
End" for Tiffany. Played the lead with Alice White in
"Sweet Mamma" and "When We Were Twenty-one."
Is now under a long term contract with First National.
Other pictures are "The Truth About Y'outh." "Kismet."
"Mother's Cry." "Dracula." "The Ruling Passion" and
"Svengali. "
MANNING. DR. PH.: Played in "The Last Com-
pany," Ufa.
MARBURGH, BERTRAM: b. 1875: h. 5 feet 10%
inches; dark complexion. Stage experience with John
Drew in "Much Ado About Nothing." with William
Faversham in "The Squaw Man." with Maude Adams
in "Chanticleer." with Robert Hilliard in "Argyle Case.'
Screen work with Warton. Fox, World. Powell. Selz-
nick. American Releasing. Universal. Warners. Ginsjerg.
Pictures include "An Affair of the Follies," First Na-
tional; "The Woman on Trial." Paramount.
MARCH. FREDERIC: b. Racine. Wis.; h. 5 feet
11 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 165 pounds; e.
Racine high school and the University of Wisconsin;
hy. horseback riding, tennis and swimming. His flrs't
appearance on the stage was with the Belasco Theatre
stock company in New York City to play a part in
"Debonair," produced by David Belasco. This was in
November, 1920. He was very successful on the stage
and has been under contract with the New York
Theatre Guild and William A. Brady for a time. Then
he traveled west in stock and refused offers made to
him by the motion picture companies. He was not in-
terested until the advent of talking pictures. Shortly
after his arrival in Los Angeles in the autumn of
1928 to play in "The Royal Family." be was offered
the part of Trumbell Meredith in Paramount's all-
talking picture. "The Dummy." which he accepted.
Some of the stage plays in which he has been featured
are: "Shavings." "The Law Breaker." "Tarnish. Pup-
pets." "The Half-caste." "The Devil in the Cheese."
"Saturday's Children." "Lilliom" and "The Royal
Family." On the screen in 1929 in "Jealousy." "The
Marriage Playground. " Paramount: "Footlights and
Fools." First National: "Paris Bound." Pathe; "The
Studio Murder Case," Paramount: in 1930 in "Ladies
love Brutes," "Paramount on Parade." "Sarah and
Son." "True to the Navy." "Manslaughter," all Tara-
mounts.
MARCUS. JAMES: b. New York City. January 21.
1868; h. 6 feet 3 inches; brown hair and gray eyes: w.
240 pounds; p. Georgine Holmstead and James A. Mar-
cus, non-professionals; e. New York City and private
school in Connecticut: m. Lillian Hathaway, profes-
sional ; hy. his home. Stage experience covering a period
of 40 years and has appeared in "The Man of the
Hour" and "The Cub" and with Halbert Flynn in
"Romance of the World." Screen experience since 1915
appearing in "The Iron Horse." "Scaramouche." "Little
Lord Fauntleroy." "Rain" and "Revenge." "Evange-
line" (1929). Uniled Artists; "Captain of the Guard"
(1939). Universal.
MARION. GEORGE: b. San Francisco. Cal.. July
16. 1860; e. in San Francisco, "University of Stage
Craft"; 1 5 feet 7 inches: w. 1G5 pounds: gray hair,
brown eyes. Has been on the stage in the United States
and England. Entered pictures in 1914. Pictures in-
clude: role of Chris in "Anna Christie." Anton in
"The Sea Bat." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Jim McCord
in "Barber John's Boy." Warner Bros., innkeeper in
"A Lady's Morals." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Mouse in
"The Losing Game," Radio Pictures, bellboy in "Hook.
Line and Sinker." Radio Pictures, "Evangeline" (1929),
United Artists.
MARK. WILLIS: b Rochester. Minn.. August 20,
1865: h. 5 feet 8 inches; gray eyes and grav hair;
w. 145 pounds; e. Minnesota; married Carroll Mar-
shall; hy. baseball. Has lived in Minneapolis, St.
Paul. New York. Stockholm. San Francisco, Los An-
geles. On stage since 1888. Nine years with Oliver
Morocco's Burbank Theatre Stock Company. Los An-
geles. Now with Henry Duffy's players of President
theatre. Entered pictures in 1915 through Marshall
Neilan and Charles Gihlvn. Among his pictures are:
"Not One to Sparc." "Bible Bo." "Threshold," "Man
from Funeral Range."
MARMONT. PERCY: b. London. England; h. 6 feet;
brown hair and blue eyes: w. 155 pounds; e. St. Anne's.
Kedhlll. Surrey: studied law. Stage experience in Eng-
land and America. Screen career: important roles in
"Street of Forgotten Men." "Lord Jim." "Aloma."
Paramount: "If Winter Comes." Fox: "Stronger Will."
Excellent; "The Lady of the Lake" (19301. Fitzpatrick.
MARSHALL. BUD: Appeared In "No Defense"
H929). Warner Bros.
MARSHALL. CLARK: Appeared In "The Voice of
the City" (1930). MGM.
MARSHALL, EVERETT: b. Lawrence. Mass.; h. 5
feet 11% inches; auburn hair and brown eyes; p. non-
professionals; e. Worcester County Music School,
studied under George Hamlin in New Y'ork for four
months, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music for three
years, London for a year under Brian O'Neill and in
Milan, Italy, for two years under Guilio Confalonieri.
Made his debut in Palermo, Italy, in II Trovatore as
Don Carlos. In Milan he made his audition from
Maestro Serafln for the Metropolitan Opera Company
and was engaged by Gatti Cassazza, director, who
gave liim a five year contract. During this time he
has sung Pagliacci. Lohengrin. Fra Gherado. Girl of
the Golden West and The King's Henchman. On
screen in "Babes in Toyland" (1930), "Dixiana"
(1930), Radio Pictures.
MARSHALL, HERBERT: Appeared in "The Letter"
(1929). Paramount.
MARSHALL. S. L.. & THREE BAD BOYS: Vita-
phone No. 2111.
MARSHALL. TULLY: b. Nevada City. Cal., April
13, 1864; e. at the University of Santa Clara. Santa
Clara. Cal. Specialized in dramatic literature. Was
on the stage for 45 years. Played roles in such well-
known productions as "Paid in Full," "City," "Talker"
and "Trap." Produced "Builders" on the Pacific
Coast. Entered pictures in 1916 and played prominent
roles in "Intolerance," "The Covered Wagon." "Merry
Widow," "He Who Gets Slapped." "Trail of '98."
"Redskin," "Alias Jimmy Valentine." "Talking pic-
tures: "The Thunderbolt," "Tiger Rose," "Murder Will
Out." "Conquest," Zeke in "The Big Trail." also "The
Bridge of San Luis Rey." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "The
Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu," Paramount, and "Skin
Deep," Warner Bros., all in 1929; "Numbered Men,"
"One Night at Susie's," First National: "Burning Up."
Paramount; "Mammy," "She Couldn't Say No," "Un-
der a Texas Moon," Warner Bros.; "Common Clay."
Fox. all in 1930.
MARTELL, ALPHONSE: Appeared in "Dream of
Love" (1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
MARTIN. CHRISTOPHER: Appeared in "Rescue"
(1929), United Artists.
MARTIN. DUKE: r. n. Edward Martin; b. San Fran-
cisco, Cal.. June 18. 1894; h. 6 feet 1 inch; brown
hair and blue eyes; w. 180 pounds; not married: hy.
swimming and boxing. Martin was in vaudeville 10
years and has been in pictures two years. Among his
pictures are "Fortune Hunter" for Warner Brothers:
"Across to Singapore" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: "Now
We're in the Air." "The City Gone Wild." "Moran of
the Marines" and "Easy Come Easy Go" for Para-
mount; "Flying Romeos" for First National; and "Al-
bany Night Boat" and "Marriage of Tomorrow" for
Tiffany-Stahl; "True Heaven" (1929). Fox: "A Royal
Flush" (1930), Pathe Manhattan Comedies, second
series.
MARTIN, E. A.: Appeared in "False Feathers"
(1929), El Dorado Pictures.
MARTINDEL, EDWARD: b. Hamilton. O.. h. 6 feet
% inch; gray hair and blue eyes; w. 200 pounds: p.
Emma and Frank Martindel. non-professionals; e. Ham-
ilton, O., high school; m. non-professional; hy. play-
ing organ and cooking. Stage experience as an oratorio
and concert singer; with musical comedy in Victor Her-
bert operas: started in "The Alaskan": leading man
for Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Pauline Frederick: also
in vaudeville. Entered pictures in 1917 and has had
various roles in many pictures, including "The Duchess
of Buffalo." First National: "Lovers" and "In Old
Kentucky" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Singing Fool"
and "On Trial." for Warner Brothers audiens: "Com-
panionate Marriage" for Gotham; and in "Why Be
Good" with Colleen Moore for First National; and
"Desert Song" for Warner Brothers. Appeared in 1929
in "Modern Love," Universal: "Hardboiled Rose,"
Warner Bros.: "Song O' My Heart." Fox; in 1930 in
"The Aviator." "Divorce Among Friends." "Song of
the West." Warner Bros.; "Golden Dawn." Warner
Bros.; "Rain or Shine." Columbia; "Check and
Double Check." Radio Pictures.
MARTINELLI. GIOVANNI: Sang in Vitaphone No.
1024. No. 943. No. 944. No. 953. No. 974.
MARTINI. NINO: Appeared in "Paramount on
Parade" (1930), Paramount.
MARX BROTHERS, FOUR; Arthur (Harpo). Julius
(Groucho). Leonard (Chico). Herbert (Zeppo) : first
stage experience was in a vaudeville act with their
mother and aunt and were known as "Six Musical
Mascots." Later they toured as the Four Nightingales
nad finally as The Four Marx Brothers. They are all
musicians of note. Groucho is rated asi one of the
best guitar players in the country and also plays piano,
mandolin and harp. Harpo gets his name from playing
the harp, and also plays the piano, flute and trombone.
Chico plays the piano with the technique of a
caricaturist and an artist. His other instruments are
cornet, zither and violin. Zeppo plays the saxophone,
piano, cello and flute. First Paramount starring picture.
"The Cocoanuts," was one of the greatest successes of
the year, and their second was "Animal Crackers."
adaptation of their recent Broadway success.
MASON. DEAN: b. Syracuse, N. T.. February 9.
1857; h. 5 feet 6 inches; brown hair and gray eyes:
w. 140 pounds: p. Nancy McMillen and Jacob Mason,
non-professionals: e. public school; m. and div. profes-
sional; hy. fishing and baseball. Began his stage ca-
reer in 1875, appearing in vaudeville: was on the
legitimate stage for 35 years. Produced "Peck's Bad
Boy" and took the part of the grocery man. Screen
experience dates back to the old Edison Company, his
first comedy being "Professor Nut." Later in "Tooner-
ville Trolley" comedy for Educational and in the FBO
series. "Plum Center." Has also appeared as the
comedy character in "Wages for Wives." "A Hero on
Horseback." "The Fire Brigade." "The Big Parade."
latter two for Metro-Goldwvn-Mayer : and in "Idle
Tongues": with Fox in "The Scarlet Letter" many
years ago in the East and also with Warner Brothers'
"Why Girls Leave Home"; later in "The Awakening"
and "Sally."
MASON. H ADDON: Appeared in 1929 In "The
Scarlet Devil" and "The Triumph of the Scarlet Pim-
pernel." World Wide: "The Lady of the Lake" (1930).
FitzPatrick.
MASON. HOMER: Vitaphone No. 961, "Money,
Money, Money."
MASON, JAMES: b. Paris, France: e. private schools
and Cornell University. Screen careen "Back to God's
Country." "The Long. I/<>ng Trail" (1929). Universal:
"Alias the Lone Wolf." Columbia: "Dead Man's
Curve." "Chicago After Midnight." FBO; "Race for
Life." Warner Bros.; "The Big Killing," Paramount;
"Across to Singapore." MGM; "Thief in the Dark."
"Last of the Duanes" (1930). Fox.
MASON. LEROY : Screen work with William Stiner.
FBO. Lumas. Pictures include "Closed Gates." Sterl-
ing; "The Evening Shadows." "The Law's Lash."
Pathe; "Hit of the Show." FBO; Jorga in "Revenge."
United Artists; "Bride of the Desert." Rayart; Dr.
Gardoni in "The Climax," Universal; "The V.king."
MGM.
MASTERS, HARRY* "The Beauties" (1930). Pathe
Rainbow Comedies.
MATIESEN, OTTO: b. Copenhagen. Denmark; h.
5 feet 9 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 150 pounds;
p. Dagmar and Peter Matiesen. non-professionals; e.
Copenhagen high school and received his stage train-
ing at the Casino theatre, Copenhagen; m. Isabella
LaMore, professional; hy. philosophy and languages.
Stage experience consists of two years at the Casino
theatre. Copenhagen. Denmark, six years in various
theatres in London, England, with Sir Herbert Tree
and one season at the Royal Alexander theatre,
Toronto. Canada. Initiated first literary theatre named
the "Harlequin Players" at the Ambassador theatre.
Los Angeles, in 1921 where he played in Ibsen, Strind-
berg, Suderman, Shakespearean and other literary
dramas for one year. Screen experience in various pic-
tures, as Philippe in "Scaramouche" directed by Rex
Ingram; co-starred as Napoleon with Agnes Ayres in
"Napoleon and Josephine," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pro-
ductions, the latter in technicolor: "The Dangerous
Maid," directed by Victor Herman for First National;
the man in "The Salvation Hunters," directed by
Joseph von Sternberg; as Oliver in "The Beloved
Rogue" with John Barrymore for United Artists; Eg-
bert in "The Happy Warrior" and Howe in "Bride of
the Storm," directed hy Stuart Blackton. Juvenile
lead in "Surrender" for Universal; starred in "The
Last Moment." an Independent directed by Paul Fejos:
also starred in "The Tell Tale Heart": the chief of
police of Moskow in Paramount's "The Woman From
Moskow." In the following sound pictures, as the lead
in Fox-Movietone "Napoleon's Barber" ; the Hindu in
Pathe's "Strange Cargo"; in First National Vitaphone
production. "Prisoners" and the heavy with John
Barrymore in "General Crack." Warner Bros.; "Golden
Dawn" (1930). Warner.
MATTHEWS, BURT: "Love at First Sight" (1930).
Chesterfield.
MAUDE, CYRIL: b. London. England, April 24.
18G2; h. 5 feet 8*4 inches; iron gray hair and blue
eyes; w. 145 pounds; e. Charterhouse School. First
stage experience was with a traveling repertory com-
pany in 1883 in "East Lynne." After one season he
returned to England and obtained a part in "The Great
Divorce Case." From then until 1913 has been starred
and featured in more than 100 plays. Made first
appearance in "Grumpy" in 1913 In Glasgow. Scotland.
Has portrayed this part approximately 1.300 times on
the stage. At age of 68 he made his screen appearance
in the same play for Paramount.
MAUREL. RAYMOND: r.n. Mario Iago Loris Cozzi;
b. Florence. Italy; h. 6 feet: black hair and hazel
eyes: e. public schools in New York City and Cas-
telletti College in Florence. Italy. He was secretary for
six years to Gatti-Gasazza, director of the Metropolitan
Opera Company. He made his operatic debut in the
role of Alfio in "Cavalleria Rusticana" at the Brook-
lyn Academy of Music. He also appeared in "Othello"
and "Aida." His first screen role was in "Rio Rita"
which was followed by "The Cuckoos" and "Dixiana."
MAXWELL. EDWIN: b. Dublin. Ireland: e. studied
medicine at the .University of Edinburgh for five years.
Stage experience started at the age of 7 when he
made his first appearance. While in university spent
summers in stock companies in New Y'ork City. Asso-
ciated with the stage as player, director and doctor of
scripts. Associate director with Al Woods. Earl Car-
roll and Al Lewis. Directed Henry B. Walthall. Fannie
Brice. Fay Bainter, Wilton Lackaye and others. Ap-
peared in "The Jazz Singer," "Donovan Affair." "Easy
Come. Easy Go." "The Doctor's Dilemma." "John
Ferguson"; associate director with Theatre Guild for
five years. Film experience started in "Taming of the
Shrew," in the role of Baptista. Freelance player in
1929: in 1930 in "All Quiet on the Western Front."
Universal: "Top Speed." First National; "The Gorilla."
First National.
MAXUDIAN, MAX: Appeared in "Venus" (1929),
United Artists.
MAY. JOE: Vitaphone No. 951. "A Perfect Un-
derstanding."
MAYER, LEW: Vitaphone No. 965. "Gym Jams."
MAYER & EVANS: Vitaphone No. 2339. "The
Cowboy and His Girl." No. 2336.
MAYNARD. KEN: b. Mission. Texas. Was gradu-
ated from Virginia Military Institute: married non-
professional; h. 6 feet; w. ISO pounds; black hair, gray
eyes; hy. aviation. Became interesteil in trick riding
when a child and copied all the stunts he saw in cir-
cuses. When 14 years old he ran away to Join a cheap
wagon show. His father persuaded him to take a course
in civil engineering and he was one of the youngest
civil engineers in the Army. In 1923 was with Ringling
Brothers' circus, where Lynn Reynolds, a director, saw
him ride and asked him to work in a picture. His first
role was in "Janice Meridith." His first starring role
was in "$50,000 Reward." From that time on he has
been starred in a long series of Western vehicles hy
First National and Universal: among them, in 1929.
"California Mail." "Cheyenne." "The Glorious Trail."
"The Lawless Legion." "The Royal Rider." First Na-
tional: "The Wagon Master." Senor Americano."
"Kettle Creek." Universal: and in 1930 in "The Fight-
ing Legion." "Lucky I.arkin." "Mountain Justice,"
"Parade of the West." "Sons of the Saddle." all Uni-
versal.
MAYO. FRANK: b. New York. 1886; h. 5 feet
11% inches; brown hair and gray eyes: w 165 pounds;
e. Peeksill Military Academy; married. Stage career:
"Davy Crockett." "Woman In the Case." "The
Squaw Man" : three years with Arthur Boucher and
Herbert Sleath. England: manager of own production.
England. Headlined on RKO vaudeville circuit for
eighteen months: played leading role In "The Nut
Farm." stage production In Hollywood. Screen work
with Universal. Lois Weber Productions. First National,
et cetera. Appeared In "Dough Boys" (1930). MGM.
MAYO. GEORGE: "A Perfect Match" (1930).
Pathe Manhattan Comedies.
McADOOO. JOHN : r. n. John J. McArdlo: b. Phila-
delphia. Pa.. February 24. 1906; e. Chestnut Hill
1931
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Academy and Yillanova College. Pennsylvania. Studied
three years for the priesthood at Villanova College;
h. 6 feet: w. 170 pounds; brown hair and blue eyes;
not married. Two years world travel, as short story
and fiction writer. Entered the picture business in
1930.
MCALLISTER. PAUL: Screen work with First Na-
tional. Paramount, Fox. Equity, Pathe. Cosmopolitan.
Paramount. Associated Exhibitors, State Rights. Rose-
mary Films. United Artists. Pictures include "Sorrell
and Son." United Artists; "She's a Sheik." "The Big
Killing." Paramount; "Evangeline." United Artists;
"Noah's Ark." Warner.
McBAN. MICKEY: Appeared in "Father and Son"
(1929). Columbia.
McCALL. WILLIAM: b. Delavan. 111.. May 19.
1879; h. 5 feet 10 inches; dark gray hair and dark
blue eves: w. 175 pounds; p. Jane Craddock and
William McCall. non-professionals; e. Normal school.
Bloomington. 111.: m. Katherine Schomer. professional;
hv. riding and polo. Twenty-five years stage expe-
rience. Screen experience: in stock four years with
Mack Sennett. Vitagraph and others. Appeared in
"Trailing Trouble" (1930). Universal.
McCLELLAND. CHARLES: "AU for Mabel" (1930).
Pathe Campus Comedies.
McCORMACK. HUGH: Played in "Nix on Dames"
(1929). Fox.
McCORMACK. JOHN: b. Athlone. Ireland. June 14.
18S1; e. Manst Brothers School in Athlone and Suni-
merhill College. Sligo. Ireland, and received doctor of
literature degree from Holy Cross College. Worcester.
Mass. First started to sing as member of choir in
cathedral in Dublin. Obtained funds, by singing at
local concerts, to study in Italy. After three years'
study in Milan made debut in Savona. Italy, in
Mascagni's "Amico Fritz." Joined Royal Opera Com-
pany at Covent Garden London, making first appearance
in "Cavalleria Rusticana." Made debut in United
States as member of Oscar Hammerstein's Manhattan
Opera Companv in "Traviata" with Mme. Tetrazzini.
Also appeared with the San Carlo Opera Company in
Naples. Philadelphia-Chicago Opera Company and Met-
ropolitan Opera Company in New York and has made
many guest appearances in Paris. In 1931-21 was
leading tenor at opera house in Monte Carlo. Became
a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1919.
Was made Freeman of the City of Dublin. Ireland,
in 1923. First screen appearance as star in ' bong o
My Heart." 1929. for Fox.
McCORMICK. MERRIL: Has appeared in "Born to
the Saddle." Universal; Luca in "Romance of the Kio
Grande" (1930). Fox.
McCRAIG. ARCHIE: •Trying Them Out" (1930).
Pathe Checker Comedies, first series.
McCREA. JOEL: b. Los Angeles. Cal.. Novem-
ber 5 1905: h. 0 feet 2 inches: brown hair and blue
eyes; w. 185 pounds; p. Lou W. and Thomas P. Mc-
Crea. non-professionals: e. Hollywood high school. Uni-
versity of Southern California, and Pomona College:
not married: hy. horseback riding, surfing, tennis, volley
ball boxing and swimming. Stage experience amateur
dramatics and community plays, taking the male lead
in "The Patsv." "Laff That Off." and "The Little
Journev." also' character pans in "To the Ladies.
"Loyalties." and "Twelve Pound Look." Screen expe-
rience follows, having been under contract to Metro-
Goldwvn-Mayer. C. B. DeMille and at present to RXO.
Appeared in the following productions: "The Jazz Age."
for FBO. and the following for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
'The Five O'clock Girl." "Dynamite." "So This Is
College." "The Single Standard."
McCULLOUGH. PHILO: b. San Bernardino. Cal..
June 16 1893: h. G feet; brown hair and blue eyes;
w 180 pounds: p. Mary S. McCullough. non-profes-
sional; e. Los Angeles high school, and received his
stage training as an original member of the Burbank
Stock Company. Los Angeles. Cal.: m. Lura Anson,
professional: hy. swimming, bridge and golf. He was
in stock for eight years. In his 17 years in the
picture industry be has spent four with Fox. two with
First National and the rest freelancing. He has ap-
peared in such pictures as "Warming Up" with Rich-
ard Dix: "The Night Flyer" and "The Leatherneck"
with William Boyd: "Charlatan." an all-star feature:
"The Savage" with May McAvoy; "Mismates" with
Doris Kenvon: and "Winds of Chance" with Anna Q.
Nilsson. In 1929 in "The Apache." "The Power of
the Press." Columbia; "Million Dollar Collar." War-
ner Bros.
McDERMOTT. MARC: Appeared in "The Whip"
(1929). First National.
McDONALD. FRANCIS: b. Bowling Green. Ky :
h. 5 feet 9 inches: dark hair and eyes: w. 150
pounds; p. Catherine Ashlue and John Francis Mc-
Donald, non-professionals: e. S4. Xavier college.
Cincinnati. O. : not married; hy. golf, fishing and bunt-
ing. Stage experience in dramatic stock companies.
Robinsons 4 Paw, Cincinnati. O. : Lois Stock. Seattle.
Wash. : Virginia Brissac. San Diego. Cal. : with the
American Stock Company. Spokane. Wash., and one
season on Orpheum circuit with "The Luck of the
Totem." Screen experience includes appearances in
such pictures as "The Dragnet." "Legion of the Con-
demned." "Forgotten Faces." "Carnation Kid." "Port
of Dreams." "The Cleanup." "The Valley of Hell"
and "Desert's Toll." Has appeared in 1929 In "B'ock-
ade." Radio Pictures; "Girl Overboard." Universal:
"Burning Up" (1930). Paramount.
McDONALD. JACK: b. San Francisco. Cal.. Sept. 17.
1880: b. 5 feet 11 Inches; dark brown hair and eves:
w. 140 pounds: p. Mary O'Neal and John McDonald;
e. St. Ignatius College. San Franrisco; not married.
Stage experience began in 1897. Screen experience be-
gan in 1913 in the original film of "The Spoilers" for
Sellg. and also appeared in "Show Boat" for Uni-
versal.
McDONALD. WALLACE: Appeared in 1929 in
"Darkened Rooms." "Sweetie." Paramount: "Fancy
Baggage." Warner Bros.
McDONNELL. COLONEL: Appeared in "Illusion"
(1929). Paramount: "Prince of Diamonds" (1930).
Columbia.
MCDOWELL. NELSON: b. Greenfield. Mo.. August
18. 1875: h. 6 feet 2'4 inches; dark gray eyes and
gray-brown hair: w. 175 pounds: e. Leadville Col
High School. Normal College. Fremont. Neb.. N. W.
University. Chicago. Specialized in teaching singing
elocution, dentistry. Has lived in Greenfield. Mo.. Lead-
ville, Col., Chicago, Pasadena, Los Angeles. Entered
pictures about 1916. Pictures include "Silent Call."
"Home Stuff." Girl of the Golden West." "Oliver
Twist." "Uncle Tom's Cabin." "Little Shepherd of
Kingdom Come." "Wild Beauty." "Kit Carson." "Wild
Blood." Universal; "Bom to the Saddle" (1830), "Grit
Wins" (1930), Universal.
McFARLANE. GEORGE: "Nix on Dames" (1929).
"South Sea Rose" (1929). Fox; "Double Cross Roads"
(1930), Fox.
McGARRITY. EVERETT: Appeared as Spunk in
"Hallelujah" (1929). MGM.
McGOWAN. J. P.: b. South Australia: e. there.
Stage career: actor with Robert Mantel]. William Faver-
sham. W. H. Savage. Screen career: director and
scenarist for "Aflame in the Sky." "Trailin' Back."
"Trail Riders." "The Painted Trail." "The Lightnin'
Shot." "The Devil's Tower"; director and player in
"Arizona Days." "Bad Man's Money" (Charles
Davis). Played in "The Cleanup." "Below the Dead-
line." "Headin' Westward," "The Law of the
Mounted," Syndicate; played Matson in "The Lawless
Legion," First National; directed the "Manhattan Cow-
boy"; in "Captain Cowboy." Bell Pictures; director
and player in "On the Divide." "The Silent Trail."
"The Last Roundup." "West of Santa Fe. Neath
Western Skies." "The Lone Horseman." "The Oklahoma
Kid." Syndicate. Played Maddox in "The Golden
Bridle." Montilia in "Ships of the Night." Rayart :
"Plunging Hoofs" (1929), "Senor Americano" (1929).
Universal.
McGRAIL. WALTER: b. Brooklyn. N. T.. 1899; h.
6 feet; black hair and blue eyes: w. 172 pounds; e.
Brooklyn. N. Y. Stage experience in comic opera,
vaudeville. Screen work with Vitagraph. Pathe. Selz-
nlck. Robertson-Cole. Fox. First National. Hodkinson.
United Artists. FBO. Warners. Associated Exhibitors.
Paramount. Rosemary Films. Universal, Pro-Dis-Co.
Pictures include "Old San Francisco." Warners;
"American Beauty." "Man Crazy." First National:
"The Play Girl." Fox: "Stop That Man." Universal:
"Midnight Madness." Pathe: "One Splendid Hour."
Excellent Pictures: Hayden in "Blockade." FBO:
Henri Duval in "Confessions of a Wife." Excellent :
"Hey Rube." FBO; Childers in "Midnight Madness."
Pathe: Major Patterson in "The River of Romance."
Paramount: "The Veiled Woman." "Soldiers and
Women" (1930). Columbia: "Lone Star Ranger" (1930).
"Men Without Women" (1930' "Women Everywhere"
(1930). "Last of the Duane's" (1930). Fox; "River's
End" (1930). Warner.
McGRATH. LARRY: Played in "Arizona Kid"
(1930). Fox.
McGUIRE. MICKEY: r. n. .Toe Yule. Jr.: b. Brook-
lyn. N. Y.. September 23. 1921: b. 46H inches: black
hair and blue eyes: w. 46 pounds; p. Nell and Joe
Yule, professionals: hy. football, moving picture shows,
swimming and horseback riding. Stage experience with
Town Scandals in 1925: in vaudeville with Sid Gold
and Sonny Yule. 1926: and in Will Morrissey's revu°.
at Orange Grove. In 1927. Screen experience as the
midget in "Orchids and Ermine." First National pic-
ture; also in a Fox picture; and in two series of
Mickey McGuire comedies for Larry Darmour released
by Radio Pictures; in 1929 in "Mickey's Midnite
Frolic." "Mickey's Mixup." "Mickey's Big Moment,"
"Mickey's Strategy": in 1930 in "Champs." "Master
Mind." "Luck." "Whirlwind." "Warrior." "Mickey the
Romeo." "Mickey's Merry Men." "Winners." "Mickey's
Surprise." Kadio Pictures. Mickey McGuire.
McGUIRE. TOM: Appeared in "The Voice of the
City" (1930). MGM.
McGUIRK. CHARLES J.: "Harmony at Home"
(1930). Fox.
McHUGH. CHARLIE: b. Philadelphia. Pa.; h. 5
feet: blue eyes; w. 155 pounds; e. Philadelphia. Pa.
Stage experience with George M. Fried Stock Com-
pany. Forepaugh Season. Andy Hughes Variety. Eddie
Foy. "Off the Earth." Henderson's "Sinbad." Screen
work with Famous Players. Robertson-Cole. Universal,
Warners, First National. Metro. Fox. Renown. Pictures,
Metro-Goldwyn. FBO. Chadwick. Pathe. Pictures in-
clude "Finnegan's Ball." First Division: "Phantom of
the Range." FBO: Shorty in "The Quitter." Columbia.
McHUGH. FRANK: b. Homestead. Pa.. May 23.
1899; h. 5 feet 7 inches: brown hair and blue eyes: w.
147 pounds: p. Catherine and Edward McHugh. profes-
sionals; e. St. Peter's grammar school, Pittsburgh, and
Pittsburgh high school; hy. reading law and setting up
exercises. First stage experience was in an engagement
with parents: "For His Children's Sake" and "Human
Hearts." With James Gleason in "The Fall Guy" and
understudy in "Is Zat So" (both in London). Ap-
peared in New York productions of "Tog" as Scraggs:
in "Tenth Avenue." "Excess Baggage." "Conflict" and
in "Show Girl" for Ziegfeld. Made screen debut in
1928 in a short feature. "If Men Played Cards as
Women Do." Signed long term contract with First
National in 1930. Has had comedv leads in "Top
Speed." "Bright Lights." "Mile. Modiste" and in 1930
in "The Dawn Patrol." "Toast of the Legion." "Col-
lage Lovers." "Going Wild." First National.
McHUGH. JACK: Appeared in "Chinatown Nights"
(1929). Paramount.
MclNTOSH. BURR: b. WellsviUe. Ohio. August 21.
1862; h. 6 feet: grav eves and semi-gray hair: w.
220 pounds: e. University of Pittsburgh. 1SS3. Lafayette
College. 1884. Princeton University 18S4: specializing in
athletics: hy. sprinting, baseball, football, pool, bridge.
Has lived in Cleveland. Ohio. Pittsburgh. Pa.. New
York, San Francisco, Hollywood. Entered pictures in
1913. Pictures include "Way Down East." "Driven."
"The Green Archer." Pathe: Father in "A Hero for a
Night." Universal: Financier in "The Four Flusher. "
Universal; Doctor in "Sailor's Wives." First National:
Father in "Across the Atlantic." Warner: British Gen-
eral in "Lilac Time." First National: The Last Warn-
ing." Universal: Count Peter in "The Rogue Song."
MGM: "Skinner Steps Out" (1929). Universal; "Non-
Support." Vitaphone.
MclNTOSH. MORRIS: Appeared in "Girl on the
Barge" (1929). Universal.
McKAY. GEORGE: "Sixteen Sweeties" (1930).
Pathe. Melody Comedies, first series.
McKEE. LAFE: b. Morrison. 111.. January 23. 1872:
h. 5 feet 104 inches: blue eyes and white hair: w.
175 pounds; e. Morrison. 111.: married: has one
Joseph Levering
Writer — Director
"Defenders of the Law" "Sea Devils"
"La Cautivadora"
Darmour Productions
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daughter. Lucille. 29 years, two sons. Joe 24 years.
'Dick, 10; hv. fishing. Entered pictures in 1912. Pic-
tures include: "The Manhattan Cowboy.' Syndi-
cate: "On the Divide." Syndicate; "Keilly of the
Rainbow Division." Crescent; "Trail Riders." Rayart;
"California Mail." First National; "The Amazing
Vagabond." Radio Pictures; "Under Montana Skies,
•Tiffany.
McK EE, RAYMOND: b. Carthage. 111.. 1893; h. 5
.feet VA inches; gray eyes and dark hair; w. 140
'pounds; married and has one son. Raymond Courtot.
3% ; hv field athletics, squash. Stage experience in
"Grit the News Bov." musical comedy, comedy drama,
drama. Entered pictures in 1911. Pictures include:
'"Unbeliever." "Down to Sea in Ships." featured in
Sennett Smith Family comedies for three years. "Fam-
ily Picnic," "Frozen River." Warner: "Campus
Knights." Chesterfield; "Look Out Below" (1929).
"Hunting the Hunters" (1929). Educational. Jack
White Talking Comedies: "Social Sinners" (1929).
"Drumming It In" (1930). "Trouble for Two." Educa-
tional. Tuxedo Talking Comedies.
McKENZIE, DONALD: "Mysterious Dr. Fu Man-
„chu" (1929). Paramount.
McLAGLAN. VICTOR: b. London. England. Spent
a great part of his life in South Africa where his
father was Bishop of Clermont. After traveling to all
parts of the world and serving in the World war. he
returned to London and was approached by a motion
'picture director for a picture titled "The Call of the
'Road." Next he played the lead in "The Glorious Ad-
venture" with Lady Diana Manners. Then followed a
number of British productions in which he starred. A
cable from J. Stuart Blackton, who had seen him in
'London, brought him to America to play the lead in
"'The Beloved Brute." Then came "The Hunted
-Woman." Fox; "Beau Geste." Captain Flagg in "What
Price Glorv." "Loves of Carmen," "Mother Machree."
"A Girl in Everv Port." "Hangman's House," "The
■River Pirate." "Captain Lash" and "Strong Boy." His ,
first talking picture was "King of the Khyber Rifles.'
followed bv "The Cockeyed World," "Sez You— Sez
Me" "Happv Days" (1930), "Hot for Pans" (1929).
."On the Level," "Devil with Women" (1930), Fox.
McLALLEN. JACK: Vitaphone No. 946, "Oh
Sarah."
MCLAUGHLIN. WILLIAM: Appeared in "The Illu-
sion" (1929). Paramount.
McLEOD, TEX: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 2694.
McMURPHY, CHARLES: b. North Vernon, Ind..
Julv 31. 1894: e. in Ponoa City. Okla. : h. 6 feet 1
inch; w. 192 pounds; dark brown hair and gray blue
eyes; not married. Was a theatre musician and
small stock company actor. Entered pictures in 1925.
Latest pictures: Hurley in "The Silver Horde." Radio,
Detective Burke in both "The Benson Murder Case"
and "The Greene Murder Case" for Paramount; Officer
Mike in "Going to the Dogs." Christie comedy.
McNAUGHTON, CHARLES: b. Walthamstow. Essex.
England; e. in England; b. 5 feet 10% inches: w.
155 pounds: brown hair and blue gray eyes; m. Mil-
dred Elaine, professional. Entered pictures in 1929.
'coming from the stage to play the role he created in
New York in "Three Live Ghosts." Pictures include:
.Timmv Gubbins in "Three Live Ghosts" (1929). United
Artist's Petev in "The Bad One." and Edwards in
."Common Clay" (1930). Fox.
McNAUGHTON, HARRY: In 1930 in "All Stuck
Up" Pathe Checker Comedies, first series: "Sixteen
Sweeties " Pathe Melody Comedies, first series: "Her
Jlired Husband." Pathe Variety Comedies; Vitaphone
No. 1068. "Seeing Off Service."
MfN A M A R A, TED: Appeared in "Mother Machree"
,(1929). Fox.
MoQUARRIE. ALBERT: b. San Francisco, Cal.,
J882: h. 5 feet 9 inches: brown hair and gray eyes:
w. 100 pounds. Stage experience began at Alcazar
'theatre in 1904. Screen work with David Horsley.
Universal, Pathe, United Artists. Aywon. American
Releasing, Paramount. Independent. Pictures include:
"The Gaucho." United Artists; "The Viking" (1929).
■MOM.
McQUARRIE. GEORGE: Appeared in "The Hole in
(he Wall" (1929), Paramount.
McWADE. ROBERT: Stage career: in stock with
Jlenrv Duffv company on Coast. Screen career: played
P H. Bancroft in "The Home Towners." (Warner
.Bros.); "Night Work." (Pathe): "Good Intentions"
(1930). Fox.
McWILLIAMS. JIM: Vitaphone No. 1000. "Grand
.Uproar."
MEEHAN. LEW: Screen work with Associated
Photoplays, American Releasing. Western Pictures, State
.Rights, Universal, Wm. Stciner. Artolass, FBO. Davis
Distribution. Pictures include: "The Code of the
.Range." Ravart : "Gun Law." "Idaho Red." "Pride
of Pawnee." Radio Pictures; "Firebrand Jordan."
"Trails of Danger," Big 4; "Pardon My Gun," Pathe.
MEEK. DONALD: Appeared in "The Hole in the
Wall" (1929). Paramount.
MEEKER. GEORGE: Appealed in "Four Sons"
(19291. Fox.
M EH RA, LAL CHAND: b. Amritsar. India, June
8. 1897: h. 5 feet 10 inches: brown eyes and gray
.hair; w. 175 pounds; e. University of Punjab. India,
and University of California. Berkeley. Cal. Special-
ized in educational psychology, receiving A. B. and
M. A. d -trees from University of California; hy, swim-
ming, tennis and riding. Has lived in Lahore and
Amritsar. India; Berkeley, San Francisco. Los An-
geles Entered pictures in October, 1927, through
writing Hindustani titles for DeMille's "King of
Kings": then through George Volck. obtained a posi-
tion as technical advisor on Goldwyn picture. "The
Devil Dancer." "The Black Watch." Fox: "The
Green Goddess." Warner; "The Thirteenth Chair."
MIDI; played Chotee In "The Thirteenth Chair,"
M O M.
MEIGHAN. THOMAS: b, Pittsburgh. Pa.: h. fi feet
1 Inch; dark hair and blue eves; w. 180 pounds; e.
Pittsburgh high school and St Mary's college: m.
Florence Ring, former stage star; hy. swimming and
>!0h*. Ills first stage experience was as an extra in
"Miss Nell" In Pittsburgh: then three seasons with
David Warflelil; later played the lead for a long run.
boUl lure and in England. In "The College Widow":
starred In "Broadway Jones." Gained recognition as
a screen star as a result of his part in "The Miracle
Man"; secured his first position opposite Laura Hope
Crews in "The Fighting Hope" and has since ap-
peared in "The Bachelor Daddy." "Coming Through."
"Manslaughter." "Our Leading Citizen." "Old Home
Week." "The Man Who Found Himself," "Irish
Luck." "The New Klondike." "Tin Gods." "We're
All Gamblers" and "The City Gone Wild" for Para-
mount; then signed by Howard Hughes and made
"The Racket." In "The Argyle Case" (1929), War-
ner Bros.
MEINERT. RUDOLF: Has appeared in "Eleven Who
Were Loyal" (1929). Ufa.
MELESH, ALEX: r. n. Alexander Melesher; b.
Kieff, Russia. October 21. 1890; h. 5 feet 6 inches;
brown n'es and brown hair: w. 146 pounds; e. college
in Kief) ; hy. riding, hunting, fishing. lias lived all
over Russia, New York, Los Angeles. Has had- stage
exiierience. Entered pictures two years ago. Pictures
include: salesman in "His Private Life," waiter in
"The Constant Wife," "Marquis Preferred." Para-
mount.
MELLISH, FULLER. JR.: p. Fuller Mellish. Sr.: e.
Stephens Institute. Stage experience in "The Danc-
ers," with Richard Bennett, "What Price Glory,"
"Peggy Ann." "Present Arms" and "The Front Page."
Screen experience in "Applause," "The River Inn"
and "Sarah and Son." "Applause" (1930), "Road-
house Nights" (1930). Paramount.
MENJOU, ADOLPHE: r. n. Adolphe Jean Menjou;
b. Pittsburgh. Pa.. February 18, 1890; h. 5 feet 10
inches: dark brown hair and dark blue eyes; w. 147
pounds: p. Nora Joyce and Albert Menjou, non-pro-
fessionals; e. Culver Military Academy (Indiana) and
Cornell university (New York) ; received his stage
training in college theatricals, vaudeville and on the
New York stage; m. Kathryn Carver, professional; hy.
dog breeding (sealyham and scotties). He spent two
years on the stage and in vaudeville. On the screen
lie has appeared in such pictures as "The Sheik."
"Three Musketeers," "A Woman of Paris," "The Mar-
riage Circle," "The Grand Duchess and the Waiter,"
"Serenade." "The Amazons," "The Valentine Girl,"
"The Kiss." "The Moth." "Service for Ladies," "His
Private Life," "His Tiger Lady." "Marquis Preferred."
"Th» King on Main Street." "Are Parents People?".
Gentleman of Paris." "Fashions in Love" (1929).
"The Social Celebrity." "Blonde or Brunette." and "A
Gentlemen of Paris." "Fashions in Love" (1929).
Paramount.
MERRILL. FRANK: Appeared in "Little Wild
Girl." Trinity; "Below the Deadline" (1929). Ches-
terfield: "Tarzan the Tiger" (1930), Universal serial.
MERRILL. WALTER: b. Bangor. Pa.. April 22. 1906;
h. 5 feet 10% inches; wavy dark brown hair and hazel
eyes; w. 165 pounds; e. principally at Miami (Fla.)
schools and after leaving Miami high was graduated
from Pan-American Business College. Lived in the
Bahamas and in Havana, Cuba. Worked with Billy
Franey and Bobbie Burns in Globe pictures made at
Miami and Jacksonville. Played with stock companies
for two years in Miami, Jacksonville and Atlanta, and
played first screen lead with Mary Tliurman and Charles
Flmmet Mack in "Swanee River" made at a Miami
studio and directed by Lem Kennedy. Became inter-
ested in pictures and acquainted with many screen
stars by doubling for them in diving, swimming and
boxing scenes. Was given a screen test by G?orge
Cochrane in 1923. resulting in Warner Bros, giving
him a long term contract. Pictures Include: "While
London Sleeps" with Rin-Tin-Tin; had juvenile lead
in "Office Wife" with Dorothy Mackaill and Lewis S.
Stone, by Warner Bros. Stanley Bergerman of Uni-
versal saw him in two pictures and signed him for a
term of years for Universal short subjects, the first
being made in May. 1931.
MERVILLE. REGINALD: "Rubeville" (1929).
"Fifty Miles from Broadway" (1930). "Rubeville
Night Club" (1930). "Crosby's Comers" (1930).
Pathe Golden Rooster Comedies.
MESSINGER. BUDDY: r. n Melvin Joe Messinger:
b. San Francisco. Cal.. October 26. 1909: h. 5 feet 8
inrhes; dark brown hair and hazel eyes; w. 150 pounds;
p. Josephine E. Hone and Henry Bert Messinger. non-
professionals; e. Hollywood and Los Angeles high
schools and Hollywood Secretarial college: had little
stage training: not married: hy. hunting, horses,
mechanical engines, golf, weight lifting and swimming.
Among his screen appearances: "A Lady of Chance."
"Hot. Stuff." "Cheer Up and Smile" (1929). Fox.
METCALF. EARL KEENEY: b. Newport. Kv.. 1889;
h. 5 feet 11 inches: brown hair and blue eyes: w.
170 pounds; e. Cincinnati. O. Stage career: seven
years in stock and N. Y. productions, vaudeville.
Screen work with Lubin. Select, World. Vitagraph,
Abramson. Pathe. Directed James Montgomery Flagg
comedies, Robertson-Cole. Arrow, Fox. Russell Pro-
ductions. Universal. Goldwyn. Sanford Productions.
Paramount. New California Film Corporation. Metro-
Goldwvn, FRO. Associated Exhibitors. United Artists.
Ravart. Pictures include: "Remember." "Columbia."
"Sin Cargo" "Night Life." Tiffany-Stahl : "The No-
torious Lady." "The Devil's Saddle," First National:
"The Air Mail Pilot." Hi-Mark.
METCALF. HUGH: Appeared in "Heroic Lover"
(1929). General Pictures.
METCALFE. ARTHUR: b. London. England: h.
fi feet: grav hair and blue eyes: w. 170 pounds; e.
Cambridge- high school: 31 years' stage training: m. :
hv golfing and gardening. On the stage he appeared
in ' "The Green Hat" in New York, and "The Awful
Truth" in Hollywood, has also been on road. Has
appeared in such pictures as "Dead Man's Curve"
for RKO and "Gold Braid" for MGM : "Seven Days
Leave" (1929). Paramount.
METCALFE, EDWARD: "Animal Crackers" (1930).
Paramount.
MEYER. HEYMEN: Appeared In "The Saturday
Night Kid" (1929). Paramount.
MEYER. TORBEN: Appeared in 1929 In "Behind
Closed Doors." Columbia: "The Viking." Mctro-Oold-
wvn Maver; "The I<ast Warning." Universal; "Lum-
mox" (1930). United Artists.
MEYERS. HARRY: b. New Haven. Conn ; h. 6 feet;
brown hair and blue eyes: w. 195 pounds; p. Minnie
I^iwnv and Clifford Meyers, non • professionals : e. New
Haven high school, Industrial Arts college, Philadel-
phia: m. Rosemary Thcby. professional; hy. writing,
designing and drawing. In stock and vaudeville for
18 years in New York and the Northeastern states.
Has been in pictures since 1910. having appeared in
"The Holy City" and "Deal in Oil"; directed "The
Drug Terror." Other pictures in which he has ap-
peared are "The Yankee," "Dream of Love." "The
Dove." "Getting Gertie's Garter," "Up in Mabel's
Room." "Exit Smiling."
MEYERS &. H AN FORD : Vitaphone No. 2593.
MIDDLETON. CHARLES B.: b. Elizabethtown. Kv..
October 3, 1884; h. 6 feet; blue eyes and brown hair;
w. 105 pounds; e. Chattanooga. Tenn. ; married and
has one daughter. Leora, 14; hy. golf, riding, swim-
ming. Has lived in Chattanooga. Freeport. Long
Island, Hollywood. Has had stage experience. En-
tered pictures about 9 years ago. Pictures include:
Dead Legs in "Kongo." prosecuting attorney in "Bell-
amy Trial." MG.M: "The Far Call." Fox; "Welcome
Danger" (1929). Paramount: Vitaphone No. 3190.
"The Frame": No. 3740. "Christmas Knight."
MIDDLETON. CHAS. B.: Vitaphone No. 3190. "The
Frame." No. 3740, "Christmas Knight."
MILASH, ROBERT E. : b. New York City, 1885;
h. 5 feet 7 inches; gray hair, blue eyes, dark com-
plexion; e. New York City. Stage experience with
Frohman in "The Girl I Left Behind Me." with James
K. Hackett in "The Prisoner of Zenda." Screen work
with Edison. Biograph. Pathe. Crystal. Universal.
World, Paramount. Vitagraph. Fox. Selznick. Pictures
include: "Grinning Guns." "Men of Daring." "A
Hero for a Night," Universal; "The Upland Rider."
First National.
MILJAN. JOHN: b. Lead City. S. D.. November 9;
h. 6 feet: brown hair and eyes; w. 168 pounds: p.
Mary and Frank Miljan, non-professionals: e. Lead
City high school, and St. Martin's college: m. Victorie
Lowe, non-professional; hy. horses and gardening. Mil-
jan was on the stage for 14 years (1908-1922) covering
almost all its branches — road, stock and repertoire.
He appeared, in stock in Hoboken, Staten Island, Bing-
hamton. N. Y. ; Somerville. Mass.; Philadelphia. Cleve-
land. Superior. Wis.. Richmond, Va., Denver, Colo..
Ogden. Utah, Oakland. Cal.. and many other cities.
He started his screen career with Fox in 1922 appear-
ing in "Love Letters"; then in "The Lone Wolf," "Ro-
mance Ranch." and "The Painted Lady." also Fox
pictures. Other pictures are "Empty Hearts." "On
the Stroke of Three" and "naming Waters." for
FBO; "The Devil's Circus." and "Lovers" for Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer: "The Amateur Gentleman," "Sack-
cloth and Scarlet" and "Lady Be Good" for First
National; "Rough House Rosie" for Paramount: "The
Yankee Clipper" and "Almost a Lady" for DeMille;
"Footloose Widows." "My Official Wife." "Wolf's
Clothing." "Old San Francisco." "What Happened
to Father." "Sailor's Sweetheart." "The Desired
Woman." "Sailor Izzy Murphy." "Husbands for
Rent." "The Crimson City." "The Little Snob" and
"The Silver Slave" for Warner Brothers. He also
has appeared in the following talking and sound pic-
tures. "Desert Song." "Hard Boiled Rose" and
"Hunted" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Glorious Betsy."
"Tenderloin." "Land of the Silver Fox," "Women
They Talk About." "Terror." "Stark Mad." "The
Home Towners." and "Queen of the Night Club." In
1929 in "Speedway." "The Voice of the City." Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer; "The Eternal Woman." Columbia;
"Times Square." Gotham; "Fashions in Love" and
"Innocents of Paris." Paramount: "Untamed." MGM:
in 1930 in "Devil May Care." "Our Blushing Brides."
"The Sea Bat." "The Voice of the City." "The
Woman Racket." MGM: "Show Girl in Hollywood."
First National; Vitaphone No. 2203. "His Night Out."
MILLAR. ADOLPH: b. Germany: e. Germany.
Screen work with Hodkinson. Realart. Selznick, Ar-
row, Inspiration, First National. MGM, Paramount.
Pictures include: "Back to God's Country." "Uncle
Tom's Cabin." "The Michigan Kid." Universal: "Gate-
way to the Moon." Fox; "Devil's Skipper." "Clothes
Make the Woman." Tiffany-Stahl; "Bulldog Drum-
mond." United Artists; "Rain or Shine" (1930).
Columbia.
MILLER. WALTER: b. Dayton. Ohio. March 9.
1893; h. 5 feet 11 inches: brown hair and eyes: w. 170
pounds: p. Isabella Corwin and George E. Miller: e.
Manual Training high school. Brooklyn. N. Y. ; m.
Eileen Schofleld. dancer: hy. golf, swimming and
books. Traveled with the Roe and Stanley stock com-
panies: the Hall stock of Jersey City; the Lyceum
stock of Brooklyn. N. Y. : and the Lyceum stock of
Troy. N. Y.. and appeared in five vaudeville arts. Also
had juvenile leads and characters in stock and light
comedy in vaudeville as well as hokums. Screen ex-
perience with the old Biograph company under D. W.
Griffith and in "The Mothering Heart" with the Re-
liance company: in Metro's "Miss Robinson Crusoe":
in Fox's "The Marble Heart"; with Universal: and
in Pathe's "Green Archer" and 11 other serials: also
appeared in Robertson-Cole's "The Stealers." In 1929
in "Hawk of the Hills." Pathe; "Rough Waters."
Warner Bros.
MILLER & LYLES: Vitaphone No. 862. "Thev
Know Their Groceries," No. 879. "Harlem Knights."
No. 923, "The Midnight Lodge."
MILLET. ARTHUR: b. Pittsfleld. Maine. April 21.
1874: b. fi feet 2 inches: dark gray eyes and dark
brown hair: w. 196 pounds: e. College of Sacred Heart.
Denver. Col., and Hoff Conservatory of Music. Dresden.
Germany. Specialized in classics and music; hy. boat-
ing. Lived in New York. Pittsfleld. Maine. Denver.
Col., Dresden, Txis Angeles. Entered pictures when
Tom Ricketts. director for the American Flying A
Company, signed him for parts in the "Calamity
Ann" pictures. Screen work with Triangle. Hodkinson.
Metro. Robertson-Cole. FRO. Pathe. Pro-Dis-Co.
Pictures include: "Scuttlers" and "Drag Harlan."
with William Farnum: "Wolf's Clothing." Warner:
"Range Courage." Universal: "A Low Necker," Fox:
"Shootln* Irons." Paramount. "Flaming Youth." First
National; "The Younger Generation." Columbia.
MILLIKIN. BOB: "Haunted" (19291. Pathe Vai
Comedies.
MILLS. STEVE : "His Birthday Suit" (1930). Pathe
Variety Comedies.
MIR. DAVID: b. Petrograd. Russia. Screen work
with Fox, Paramount, Pictures Include: "BUiurly
Used." Warner; "Rrlnglng Up Father." MGM: "The
Matinee Idol." Columbia: "The Cavalier." Tiffanv-
Stahl: "The Faker." Columbia.
MITCHELL. GRANT: b Columbus. Ohio. June 17.
1874; b. 5 feet 9 inches; reddish hair and brown eyes;
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w. 160 pounds: p. Gen. John Grant Mitchell; e. Yale,
.post graduate at Harvard I^aw. Twenty-five years stage
■ experience, ten years on Broadway, appearing in such
plays as "It Pays to Advertise." "The Tailor Made
Han." "The Champion," "The Hero," "One of the
.Family." "The Whole Town's Talking." 'The Baby
Cyclone" and many others. Screen experience:
"M.A.R.S." Teleview; short comedy for De Forest
Phonofljm; character of Barber John in "Man to Man"
.for Warner Bros.
MITCHELL. IRVING: "Manslaughter" (1930).
Paramount
MIX, TOM: r. n. Thomas Edwin Mil; b. El Paso,
"Tex., January 6: h. 6 feet; black hair and brown
• eyes; w. 165 pounds; p. Elizabeth Smith and E. E.
Mix; married: hy. aviation and outdoor sports. Stage
• experience gathered on vaudeville tour in 1928. Has
appeared in a great many pictures, among them. "The
Drifter." "King Cowboy." "The Dude Ranch." "Out-
lawed" and "Son of the Golden West": "The Big
Diamond Robbery." Radio. Joined Sells Floto circus.
MOJICA. DON: b. San Gabriel. Jalisco. Mexico.
.Sept. 14. 1899: h. 6 feet, black hair and dark eyes;
w. 169 pounds: p. Virginia Montenegro and Jose
Mojica. non-professionals; e. University of Mexico high
: school. College of Agriculture, University of Mexico, and
National Conservatory of Mexico City: hy. painting and
gardening. Stage experience with Chicago Civic Open,
seasons from 1920 to 1930; Ravinia Opera Company,
seasons from 1925 to 1929; San Francisco Opera Co..
1925; Detroit Civic Opera. 1926: Washington Civic
Opera. 1927. and Mexico City National Opera, seasons
of 1917-1919-1920-1921-192:). and also concert tours.
Screen experience with Fox; "One Mad Kiss" (1930).
Fox.
MONG, WILLIAM V.: b. Chambersburg. Pa.: e. in
Pennsylvania : married Esme Ward; h. 5 feet 10 inches;
- w. 145 pounds: brown hair, brown eyes. Stage ex-
perience in dramatic roles, vaudeville and comedies in
' New York. Chicago and Los Angeles. Made his motion
picture debut in 1910 in "The Connecticut Yankee."
Appeared in "Dollar Raise." "Thy Name Is Woman."
"Maker of Dreams." "Should a Girl Marry." "Dark
Skies" and "Double Cross Roads." as Wellman in
"The Big Trail"; also. In 1929. in "The Haunted
House," "House of Horror." "Seven Footprints to
■ Satan." First National: "Noah's Ark." Warner Bros.
MONTAGUE. MONTE: "Slim Fingers." "The Body
Punch." "King of the Rodeo." "The Tip Off."
"Courtin' Wild Cats" (1930). "Trigger Tricks" (1930).
Universal.
MONTANA. BULL: r. n. Lugia Montagna: h. Vogli-
era. Italy. May 16. 1887; h. 5 feet 8 inches; black
hair and dark eyes; w. 200 tiounds; married: hy.
righting, wrestling, boxing and fisticuffs. No stage
experience. Entered films in 1918, Among his later
releases are "How to Handle Women" and "Good
Morning. Judge."
MONTGOMERY. EDWARD: Played In "The Big
House" (1930). MGM.
MONTGOMERY. ROBERT: r. n. Henry Montgomery.
Jr.: b. Beacon. N. Y. : h. 6 feet 1 inch: brown hair
and blue eyes; w. 165 pounds: e. Pawling school.
Pawling, N. Y. ; hy. tennis, golf, flying, riding and
I fencing. Stage career: played in "Dawn," "Mask."
"Arlene O'Dare." "One of the Family," "Garden of
Eden." "Possession." Entered pictures in 1929 for
MGM Pictures include: "College Days." BifT in "So
This Is College." Andy in "Untamed." Jack in "Their
Own Desire." Larry Mitchell in "On the Set." "Father's
Day" (1929), "The Single Standard" (1929). "The
Divorcee" (1930). "Free and Easy" (1930). "Our
Blushing Brides" (1930). "Sins of the Children"
("Richest Man In the World") (19301. MGM: William
Foster in "Three Live Ghosts" (1929). United Artists;
"The Big House."
MOOERS. DE SACIA: Appeared in "Just Off Broad-
way" (1929). Chesterfield; "Arizona Kid" (1930). Fox.
MOORE. CHARLES: Appeared in "The Trial of
Mary Dugan" (1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: "Missis-
sippi Gambler" (1929). Universal; "His First Com-
mand" (1930). Pathe.
MOORE. CLEVE: r. n. Cleve Morrison: b. Port
Huron. Mich.. June 10, 1904; h. 5 feet 11 inches:
brown hair and eyes: w. 155 pounds; p. Agnes and
C. R. Kelley. non-professionals; e. Mercersburg acad-
emy. Santa Clara college and Loyola college (law);
hy. swimming. Has appeared in such pictures as
"Lilac Time." "The Air Circus." "Her Summer Hero."
"The Stolen Bride," "It Must Be Love" and "We
Moderns." Returned to the legitimate stage.
Appeared in "Object Alimony"
MOORE. DICKEY:
(1929). Columbia.
MOORE. MATT: b. County Meath. Ireland; h. 5
feet 10 inches: auburn hair and brown eyes; w.
150 pounds; e. Toledo. Ohio; hy. tennis and golf.
Has appeared in the following screen productions: "Traf-
fic in Souls." "Pride of Clan." "His Jazz Bride."
"The First Year." "Cave Man." "Three Weeks in
Paris." "Early to Wed." "Mystery Club." "Summer
Bachelors." "Married Alive." "Tillie the Toiler." "Dry
Martini." "Beware of Blondes." "Phyllis of the Fol-
lies." "Coquette" and "Side Street." "King of Kings"
(1929). Pathe: "Call of the West" (1930). Columbia.
MOORE. OWEN: b. County Meath. Ireland; h. 5
feet 10 inches: black hair and brown eyes; w. 150
pounds; e. at Toledo. Ohio: m. Kathryn Perry, pro-
fessional; hy. golf. Stage experience played juvenile
roles in stock. Screen experience began in 1910 with
the Reliance-Majestic and appeared in the following
productions: "Crimson Gardenia." "Code of the
West." "The Silent Partner." "A Girl Like That." "A
Coney Island Princess." "Piccadilly Jim." "Little Bov
Scout." "Money Talks." "The Black Bird." "Road to
Mandalay." "Red Mill." "Skyrocket." "Taxi Dancer."
"Women Love Diamonds." "Becky." "Tea for Three."
"The Actress." "High Voltage." "Stolen Love." "Hus-
bands for Rent." "Side Street," "The Poor Simp,"
"Modern Matrimony." "Chicken in the Case." "Love
Is an Awful Tiling." "Thundergate." "Reported Miss-
ing." "Her Temporary Husband." "Torment." "Ca-
mille of the Barbary Coast." "False Pride." "East of
Broadway." "Go Straight." '"Die Parasite." "Mar-
ried." "What a Widow" (1930). United Artists: "Out-
side the Law" (1930). Universal.
MOORE. TOM: b. County Meath. Ireland: h. 5 feet
10'^ inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 145 pounds;
e. at Toledo. Ohio: hy. golf. Stage experience of
seven vears. having appeared in stock, and vaudeville.
In 1929 he was with the Henry Duffy players in Holly-
wood at the El Capitan theatre. His screen experi-
ence began with the Kalem company. Has appeared
in the following: "The Cowboy and the Lady." "Stop
Thief." "The Song and Dance Man." "Kiss for Cin-
derella." "Clinging Vine." "The Una Thrill." "Good
and Naughty." "The Wise Wife." "Anybody Here Seen
Kelly." "His Last Haul." "Syncopating Sue." "The
Yellowback." "Lore Thrill." "The Siren." "Side
Street." "Cyclone Hickey." "On Thin Ice." "Cabaret."
"Rouged Lips." "Hold Your Horses." "Made in
Heaven." "City of Comrades." "Dubs." "Great Acci-
dent." "From the Ground Up." "Mr. Barnes of New
York." "Big Brother," "Manhandled," "Dangerous
Money," "Adventure." "Trouble with Wives."
"Pawned." "Marriage Morals." "One Night in Rome."
"Harbor Lights." "Pretty Ladies." "The Woman
Racket" (1930), MGM.
MOORE. VICTOR: b. Hammonton. N. J.. February
24. 1876; h. 5 feet 7 inches; gray hair and brown
eyes; w. 196 pounds; e. Hammonton and Boston public
schools: m. Emma Littlefleld; hy. boating and fishing.
Entered pictures in 1916 for Lasky. Pictures include:
"Chinnie Fadden." "Chinnie Out West." "The Race."
"The Clown." Did 41 one-reel comedies for Klever
Company. Appeared In 1930 in "Dangerots Nan
McGrew." Paramount.
MOOREHOUSE. BERT: Screen career: "Hey Rube."
"The Woman I Love." FBO: Nielson in "The Delight-
ful Rogue." ELKO; "The Girl From Woolworths" (1929).
First National.
MORAN. FRANK: Appeared in 'Ships of the Night"
(1929) . Rayart.
MORAN. GEORGE: (In team of Moran and Mack,
the Two Black Crows.) b. Elwood. Kansas: h. 5 feet
8 inches: brown hair and blue eyes; w. 150 pounds:
is married. His first stage appearance was in black-
face, when he played a negro lad in a touring com-
pany of "Uncle Tom's Cahin." He has appeared in
vaudeville, on the dramatic stage and in musical com-
edy. His greatest success came when he teamed tip
with Mack and the "Big idea" for the Two Black
Crows. As a team. Moran and Mack appeared in
Europe and throughout America and more recently in
the Ziegfeld Follies. Winter Garden Shows, the "Scan-
dals." the "Vanities," and the "Greenwich Village
Follies." Together they have made a number of phono-
graph records. On screen in "Why Bring That Up"
(1930) . Paramount.
MORAN. LEE : b. Chicago. 111.. June 23. 1890; h.
5 feet 10^ inches; blue eyes and brown hair; w. 135
pounds; e. Chicago high school, St. Ignatius College.
Specialized in Latin: m. : has one daughter Mary
Jane. 11: hy. fishing, football. Has lived in Chicago.
New York. Los Angeles. Stage experience in "Golden
Girl." "Prince of Tonight." "Girl in the Kimono."
Entered pictures in 1909. Starred in Lyons-Moran
comedies for ten years. Pictures include: "Alimony
Annie." "Syncopating Sue." "Her Big Night." "Ladies
of the Night Club," "Show Girl." press agent in
"Glad Rag Doll." dance director in "Gold Diggers
of Broadway," "Show of Shows." Warner: Eddie in
"Dance Hall." RKO; "Children of the Ritz." "Out-
cast." "Madonna of Avenue A." "No Defense." "On
With the Show." Warner Brothers: "Sweet Mania"
(1930), First National: "Pardon My Gun." Pathe:
186
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
"Hide Out" (19301. Universal; "The Aviator" (1930).
"Golden Dawn" (1930), Warner.
MORANTE. MILBURN: b. San Francisco. Cal. ; h.
5 feet 1014 inches; brown hair and brown eyes; w.
145 pounds; e. Nevada State University. Screen work
with Universal, Keystone-Triangle comedies, Retlcraft
comedies, Morante comedies. Morante Productions. Wm,
Steiner, State Bights. Arrow, Rayart. Steen. Bischoff.
Lee-Bradford. Pictures Include: "The Gray Devil."
Bayart; "Wizard of the Saddle." "The Pinto Kid."
"The Fightin' Bedhead." "The Little Buckaroo,"
FBO: "Freckled Bascal." "Little Savage," Radio.
MORGAN. GENE: "The Boss's Orders" (1930).
Pathe Follv Comedies, second series; Vitaphone No.
4209. "Bailroad Follies."
MORGAN. H. A.: Appeared in "Beggars of Life"
( 1929 ) . Pa ramount.
MORGAN. PHIL: Vitaphone No. 3988, "Ducking
Duty."
MORENO. ANTONIO : b. Madrid. Spain: h. 5 feet
10 inches; brown eyes and black hair; w. 175 pounds;
e. public schools of Northampton. N. T-, Los Angeles;
hy. golf. Entered pictures in 1914. Pictures include:
"Mare Nostrum," "Temptress," "Midnight Taxi,"
Serge, Prince Orloff, in "Adoration." First National;
"Careers." "Synthetic Sin." First National; "The Air
Legion." Radio Pictures; "One Mad Kiss" (1930),
"Bomance of the Bio Grande" (1929), "Bough Ro-
manoe" (1930), Fox.
MOREY. HARRY T.: b. Michigan. Screen work
with Vitagraph. Selznick, Robertson-Cole. Apollo Trad-
ing. Graphic Film. Metro, Hodkinson. Weber and
North, Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan. Truart. Principal, Fox,
Associated Exhibitors, First National, Pro-Dis-Co.
Pictures include: "Aloma of the South Seas." "Under
tile Tonto Rim," "Forgotten Faces," Paramount; Pro-
fessor Moriarity in "Return of Sherlock Holmes,"
Paramount.
MORGAN, FRANK: b. New Tork City in 1890; e.
at Cornell University. Went on the stage in New Tork
City in a vaudeville skit. His next was the juvenile
lead in "Mr. Wu," in which Walker Whiteside starred
in 1914. Entered pictures for Vitagraph shortly there-
after. When Earl Williams left Anita Stewart's com-
pany he became her leading man. First talking pic-
ture was a Paramount short. "Belle of tie Night." Is
under long term contract to Paramount and has ap-
peared in "Dangerous Nan McGrew" and "Queen
High."
MORGAN, KEWPIE: Screen career: Pathe comedies;
"The Better 'Ole." Warner Bros.; "Finnegan's Ball."
First Division; "Flying Luck," Pathe; Educational;
"Dance With Me," Pathe. Checker Comedies.
MORI ARTY, PAT: Appeared in "Masquerade"
(1929) , Fox.
MORLEY, JAY: b. Port Orange. Fla.; h. 5 feet
10 inches; brown hair and dark eyes; w. 183 pounds;
e. Columbus. Ohio. Has had five years of stage ex-
perience in dramatic stock. Screen work with Selig,
Universal. Warner, Lubin, Fox. Paralta, Vitagraph,
Hodkinson. Pyramid. Playgoers, Elfelt Productions.
Gerson Pictures. Weiss Brothers. Pictures include:
"Tbe Mojave Kid." "Man in the Bough." FBO; "The
Amazing Vagabond." "Come and Get It," Radio.
MORLEY, MORGAN : "Syncopated Trial" (1929).
"After tbe Show" (1S29). "A Night in a Dormitory"
(1930) . Pathe Melody Comedies, first series.
MORRIS. CHESTER: b. New Tork City. February
16. 1901; p. William Morris, actor, having been leading
man for Mrs. Fiske. Madame Modjeska. Olga Nethersole
and for the Charles Frohman Company, and Etta Haw-
kins, actress, who scored her greatest success in sup-
port of E. H. Sothern in "Lord Chumley" ; e. Lin-
coln School. Mt. Vernon, N. T., Art Students League
in New York; early stage training received when as a
high school student he joined the Westchester Play-
ers, a stock company in Mt. Vernon, and with them
he played leading roles in "Smilin' Thru" and other
plays; m. Sue Kilborn. and has one child. Stage ex-
perience: When but a youngster of 16 he acted the
role of a man 35 in "The Copperhead"; later was
given a small role in John Golden's "Turn to the
Right." advancing to the leading role in the road
company when Jason Robards. the leading man. was
called to New York to play in "Lightnin-." Morris
then secured a juvenile role in "Thunder" and later
played in stock for a time in Providence. Washington
and Baltimore. He also appeared in "The Exciters"
at the Times Square theatre in New York and in "So
This Is London." a George Cohan production which
toured the country for forty-one weeks. After this he
appeared in the vaudeville sketch. "All the Horrors of
Home." written by his father, and acted out by the
entire family, mother, father, sister. Chester and two
brothers. Also appeared in "Home Towners" by
George Cohan and followed that play with "Yellow"
and then "Crime" which ran a year and a half in
New York and marked the high spot in his theatrical
career. "Whispering Friends" followed "Crime" and
"Fast Life" (in which Claudette Colbert and William
Morris also acted). Began his screen career in 1928
when he was given the role of Chick Williams in the
United Artists picture. "Alibi." FoUowing this he
has acted in "Fast Life." "Woman Trap" and 'The
Second Choice" for First National. Paramount and
Warner Brothers, respectively; in 1930 in "Playing
Around." First National; "The Big House," "The Di-
vorcee." MGM: "Case of Sergeant Grischa." Radio
Pictures; "Whispers." United Artists: "She Couldn't
Bn No." Warner Bros.; 'The Bat Whispers." United
Artists.
MORRIS. DAVE: b. Chicago. 111., h. 5 feet 10
inches: blue eyei and dark hair: w. 150 pounds; e.
University of 111.; married Clara Morris: hy. golf.
Lived is New York and Los Angeles. Appeared in
"Broadway Blues." Sennett.
MORRIS. FRANCIS: Appeared in "Thunder" (1929).
Metro- Goldwyn - Mayer.
MORRIS. JOHNNIE: b. New York City; h. 5 feet:
brown eves and dark brown hair; w. 122 pounds: e.
Hew York City; married and has one daughter. Mil-
dred. 14. one son. Robert. 15: hy. golf, baseball,
swimming, dancing. Ha* stage experience in vaudeville,
musical comedy, drama, burlesque. Entered pictures
January 29. 192T. Pictures include: "Love and
Learn." "Street of Sin." "Innocent* of Pari"." "Beg-
gars it Life." Paramount; "Square Shoulders," Pathe;
"Dance With Me" (1930), Checker Comedies, second
series. Pathe.
MORRIS. JOE: Vitaphone Nos. 1075-76. "His
Public. •'
MORRISON, ARTHUR: b. St. Louis. Mo.. 1880; h.
5 feet 1X% inches; dark brown hair and blue eyes: w.
183 pounds; e. St. Louis, Mo. Stage experience with
Hopkins stock, Chicago. 6 years vaudeville. Screen
work with Pathe. Triangle-Superlative Pictures. Over-
land Film. Hampton-Hodkinson. Metro, Fox. Hodkin-
son. Elvin Film. Anchor. Pictures include: "The
Silent Rider." "Grinning Guns." Universal; "Willful
Youth." Peerless; "Slim Fingers," Universal.
MORRISON. DUKE: Appeared in "Words and
Music" (1929), Fox.
MORRISON. LOUIS: b. Portland. Maine. February
8. 1876; h. 5 feet 9 inches; blue eyes and gray hair;
w. 200 pounds; e. Portland. Me.; m. ; hy. swimming.
Has lived in New Orleans. Denver, Portland, San
Francisco, Seattle. Kansas City. San Diego. Stage
experience with Belasco. Charles and Daniel Frohman.
Entered pictures in 1913 with Thomas Ince. Pictures
include: "Dangerous Maid." "Sorrel and Son." "Peter
Pan." proprietor in "Frozen Justice." Fox; "The
Rescue." United Artists.
MORRISON. PETE: r. n. George D. Morrison; b.
Denver. Colo., August 8. 1893; h. 6 feet 1 Inch; hazel
eyes and black hair; w. 198 pounds; e. Denver. Spe-
cialized in science; m. ; has one son. Douglas. 13;
hy. polo, hunting, fishing. Has lived in Denver. Santa
Barbara. San Diego. Cheyenne. Entered pictures in
1908. Has played in serial and quite a few flve-
reelers for UniversaL Made series for Joe Sameth.
Pictures include: Brace Slavin in "Three Outcasts."
Paramount; "Chinatown Nights," Paramount; "Be-
yond the Bio Grande." "Bidin' the Law." "Trails
of Danger" (1930), Big 4; "Court-in" Wild Cats."
"Trailing Trouble" (1930). Universal.
M0RR1SSEY AND MILLER NIGHT CLUB: Vi.a-
phone No. 2293.
MORRISSON, ALEX: Vitaphone No. 2199. "Lesson
in Golf."
MORSE, LEE: Vitaphone No. 1004. "The Music
Racket."
MORTON. CHARLES: b. VaUejo. CaL, January 28.
1907; h. 6 feet; brown hair and green-blue eyes; w.
175 pounds; p. Frank Morton, professional; e. Madison
high school. Madison, Wis., and University of Madi-
son; not married; hy. handball, swimming, basketball
and football. Stage experience since seven years of age.
having appeared in stock, vaudeville and on the legit-
imate stage. Played in "Katzen jammer Kids." with
Sothern and Marlowe and Sir John Martin Harvey.
Screen experience began with Fox in 1926. Has ap-
peared in the following pictures: "Four Sons." "Four
Devils" and "Christina" for Fox: "The Far Call"
(1929) . Fox; in 1930 in "Cameo Kirby" Fox; "Check
and Double Check," Radio Pictures.
MORTON. CHESTER: Appeared in "The Side
Show" (1929), Columbia.
MOSJUKIN, IVAN: Appeared in 1929 in "The
President." Edward L. Klein; "Loves of Casanova,"
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "White Devil," Ufa.
MOULTON. EDWIN: Appeared in "Grit Wins'"
(1930) , UniversaL
MOUNTED POLICE QUINTETTE: Vitaphone No.
2695. "The Northern PatroL"
MOWER. JACK: b. Honolulu, 1890; h. 6 feet;
brown hair and hazel eyes; w. 180 pounds; e. Punahou.
Col., and Honolulu. Stage experience in musical com-
edy, vaudeville. Screen work with Vitaphone. Selig.
Metro, Universal, Lasky. Pathe, State Rights. Ermine
Productions. Rayart, Sterling, First National. Pic-
tures include: "Sailor's Wives," First National; "The
Air Patrol," 'Uncle Tom's Cabin." Universal; "Pretty
Clothes." Sterling; "Sinners Parade." Columbia; "Anne
Against the World." "Ships of the Night." Rayart;
"Ridin- Law" (1930), Big 4.
MUELLER. ROLF: Played in "The Blue Angel."
Ufa.
MULHALL. JACK: b. Wappingers Falls. N. Y.. Oc-
tober 7, 1894; h. 5 feet 11 inche; brown hair and
blue eyes; w. 152 pounds; e. Wappingers Falls high
school and St. Mary's Academy; m. Evelyn Wians; hy.
fish trout, swim in the same stream, and camp be-
side it. His stage experience includes boy parts in
the stock company at Whitehead's theatre. Passaic.
N. J., then with various New York productions as
juvenile lead, the last being with New Waybum in
"The Producer." His first appearance in pictures was
in Hal Reed's "Cold Cash" with Gertrude McCoy as
leading woman; then with the Biograph Company,
playing with the Gishes, Henry Walthall. Mary Pick-
ford, Marshal Neilan, Lionel Barrymore, Antonio
Moreno. Blanche Sweet and others. His first connec-
tion with First National was the signing of a con-
tract to play opposite Norma and Constance Talmadge.
After this he free-lanced for a while and then re-
joined First National as the featured male player in
"Subway Sadie." "Just Another Blonde." "Man
Crazy." "The Crystal Cup." "Smile. Brother. Smile."
"Lady Be Good." "The Butter and Egg Man."
"Ladies Night in a Turkish Bath," "Waterfront" and
"Naughty Baby." Appeared in 1929 in "Children
of the Ritz." "Dark Streets." "Twin Beds," "Two
Weeks Off." First National: "Song of Songs." Warner:
in 1930 in "In the Next Room." "Murder Will Out."
"Boad to Paradise." "Show Girl in Hollywood." First
National; "The Golden Calf." "The Fall Guy." Radio.
MUNI. PAUL: r. n. Muni Weisenfreund; b. Vienna
Austria. September 22. 1897: h. 5 feet 9"4 inches: brown
hair and eyes; w. 162 pounds; p. Salli and Philip
Weisenfreund. p»rofessionals ; e. public school in New
York and Cleveland: m. Bella Finckle, professional:
hy. motoring, experimenting with make-ups, reading,
playing violin and mandolin. Stage experience started
in 1908. Trouped around with a little troupe. Includ-
ing parents, until 1913. Then joined a traveling com-
pany which traveled the midwestem cities mutilating
all the current New York successes. This carried on
until 1917-18 when he joined the Yiddish Art Theatre
in New York. Played with that group for four years.
Then in other Yiddish theatres until 1926 when he
went into an American plav called "We Americans."
In 1927-28 played in "Four Walls." His screen ex-
perience started in 1928 with Fox. Appeared in
"Valiant" and "Seven Faces" for Fox.
MUNSON. BYRON: b. Chicago. 111.. June 29. 1900;
h. 6 feet 1 inch: brown hair and blue eyes; w. 170
pounds; p. Maude Campbell and Arthur Munson; e.
Culver Military academy: not married: hy. tennis,
horses and dogs. Has appeared in such pictures as
"Old Huts." The Mask." " Annapolis" and "Pub-
licity Madness."
MURDOCK. PERRY : Appeared in "The Amazing
Vagabond" (1929), Radio Pictures.
MURRAY, CHARLIE: b. Laurel. Did.. June 22,
1672; h. 5 feet 1H4 inches; blue eyes and red and
gray hair; w. 193 pounds: e. Cincinnati. Ohio; mar-
ried and has one daughter, Henrietta; hy. boxing,
baseball. Has lived in Cincinnati. Muncie. Ind.. Los
Angeles. New York. Stage experience with Murray
and Mack for 21 years. Entered pictures in 1912 with
Biograph Company. Pictures include: "McFadden's
Flats." "Cohans and Kelly s." "The Gorilla." "Irene."
"Head Man." "Flying Romeos." "Vamping Venus."
"Do Your Duty." First National: in 1930 in "Clancy
in Wall Street." Aristocrat: "Around the Comer."
Columbia; "King of Jazz." Universal: "The Duke of
Dublin." "Bus Honor the Mayor." Paramount-Christie
Comedies.
MURRAY. JAMES: b. New York City. February 9.
1901; h. 5 feet ll^i inches; light brown hair and green
eyes: w. 178 pounds; p. non-professionals; e. Evander
Childs high school; hy. athletics. First picture he
made was "The Pilgrims" in 1923. and later in "Hos-
pitality"; latest releases are "The Crowd" and "The
Big City" and "Thunder" (1929). Metro-Goldwvn-
Mayer; "Shanghai lady." Universal; " Bright Lights"
(19301, First National; "Hide Out" (1930), UniversaL
MURRAY. J. HAROLD: b. South Berwick. Maine,
February 17. 1891; e. in Boston. Began his stage
career as a singer in Boston. Was in vaudeville for
two years, then in " The Passing Show of 1621." Win-
ter Garden production; with Eddie Cantor in "The
Whirl of New York." "Springtime of Youth." "Caro-
line." "Vogues." "China Rose" and "Captain Jinks."
Lead in "Castles in the Air" and in "Rio Rita" for
two and a half years; "Married in Hollywood" (1929).
"Cameo Kirby" (1930i. "Happy Days" (1930). "Women
Everywhere" (1930). Fox. Under contract to Fox.
MURRAY. JOHN T. : b. Australia; e. Church of
England grammar school. Melbourne. College of
Geneva. Switzerland. Screen work with First Na-
tional. Pro-Dis-Co, Universal. MGM. Pictures include:
"Finger Prints." "Gay Old Bird." Warner; "Gallop-
ing Ghosts." Pathe; Hamilton in "Sonny Boy." War-
ner: "Fazil." Fox; "Honky Tonk." Warner Brothers;
"Personality" (1930). Columbia: "Night Work." Pathe:
"Rain or Shine" (1930). Columbia: "The Crazy Nut."
Educational. Mermaid Talking Comedies; "Let Me
Explain." Paramount, Christie Talking Plays; "The
Servant Problem." "Who Pays," Vitaphone.
MURRAY. KEN: Appeared in "Half Marriage"
(1929), "Leathemecking" (1930). Radio Pictures.
MURRAY & LA VERE: Vitaphone No. 2108.
MURSKY. ALEXANDER: Played in "White Devil."
Ufa.
MUSE. CLARENCE: b. Baltimore. Md. ; e. Balti-
more high school and Dickerson university. Carlisle. Pa. :
h. 5 feet 6 inches; w. 165 pounds; black hair, brown
eyes: hy. golf and hunting. On the stage — concert, cir-
cus, radio and vaudeville. Entered pictures in 1928.
Send for by Fox to replace Charles Gilpin in "Hearts
in Dixie." Pictures include: "Royal Romance." "Rain
or Shine." "Guilty." "Dirigible," "The Last Parade."
MUSSER. CLAIR OMAR: Played in Vitaphone No.
2256.
MYERS. HARRY b. New Haven. Conn.; h. 5 feet
11 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 176 pounds;
e. Philadelphia; married. Has had stage experience.
Screen work with Lubin. Vim Comedies. Myers-Theby
Comedy Corporation. Pathe. Universal. Fox. First Na-
tional, Metro, Warners. Selznick. Paramount, Vita-
graph. Tiffany-Stahl. Pictures include: "Up in
Mabel's Room." Pro-Dis-Co: "Girl in the Pullman."
Pathe: "The Bachelor's Babv." Columbia: "The
Dove." United Artislst: "The Cleanup," Excellent;
"Montmartre Rose," "Street of Illusion," Columbia;
"Dream of Love," "Wonder of Women." MGM.
N
NACHBAUER. ERNST STAHL: Appeared in "Ber-
lin After Dark" (1929), World Wide.
NAGEL. CONRAD: b. Keokuk, Iowa. March 16.
1897; h. C feet; blond hair and blue eyes: w. 160
pounds; e. Highland Park college, Des Moines bachelor
of oratory: hy. books. During his stage career he
played with the Peerless Stock company in juvenile
parts in 1914 at Des Moines. Deciding upon a -screen
career he appeared in "The Fighting Chance" for
Lasky in 1920; and thence to Metro-Goldwm-Mayer in
"Three Weeks." "Tess of the d'Urberrilles." "The
Snob." in 1924; "Tbe Waning Sex." and "Tin Hats"
in 1926: in "Quality Street." "The Hypnotist" in
1927; "The Mysterious Ladr" and others in 1928 In
1929 "-Red Wine." Fox; "The Idle Rich." MGM: "Kid
Gloves." Warner; "The Kiss." "Thirteenth Chair."
MGM: in 1930 in "Dynamite." "Kedemption." "The
Ship from Shanghai." MGM; "Numbered Men." "The
Right of Way." "The Second Wife." Radio Pictures:
"DuBarry. Woman of Passion." "One Romantic
Night." United Artists; "The Lady Surrenders," Uni-
versal.
NAISH. CARROL: b. New York City. January 21.
1901: h. 5 feet 9H inches; black hair and brown eyea;
w. 152 pounds: p. Catherine Moran and Patrick Saro-
fleld. non-professionals: e. St. Cecilia's Academy. New
York City; m. Gladys Heaney. professional: hy. writing,
singing, cooking, athletics, tennis and golf. Had seven
years stage experience. With Gaby Deslvs. Paris.
Champs Elysees theatre, in 1918. With Florence Reed,
also Leslie Carter in "The Shanghai Gesture," played
Prince Oshiva. in 1927 and 1928. Played Dr. Deon In
"Scotland Yard." at Harris theatre. New York. A. H.
Woods production. Leading man for Sylvia B reamer on
Orpheum Circuit in 1926 and 1927. Leading man for
Blanche Yaska in New York in 1929 in vaudeville skit
entitled ' Constancy." "The Queen's Husband." part of
Laker in a stock company around New York for two
years. First screen experience in the spring of 1930.
Brought from New York by Fox. First picture "Cheer
Up and Smile." After that "Double Cross Roads." part
of lookout: "Good Intentions." part of Charlie Harriet;
"Scotland Yard." part of Dr. Remur: all for Fox:
"The Queen's Husband." part of Laker, for KKO.
NATHEAUX. LOUIS: b. Pine BlufT. Ark.; h. 5
feet 11 inches: blue eyes and black hair: w. 154
pounds; e. high school. Darrille. 111.. Culver Mili-
tary Academy. Northwestern University. Screen work
with Paramount. Pro-Dis-Co. Pictures include: "The
( runtry Doctor." "Dress Parade." "Harp In Hock."*
"Stand and D-lirer." "My Friend in India." "Ship
Comes In." "Tenth Avenue." "The Cop." Pathe:
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"Four Walls," MGM; Masher in "Midnight Mad-
ness," Pathe; Emile in "This Mad World," MGM ;
"Stool Pigeons." Columbia; "Broadway Babies,"
"Weary River," First National; "Why Be Good."
"Girls Gone Wild," Fox; "Ned McCobb's Daughter."
Pathe; "Mexican' Hose" (1929). Columbia.
NAZARRO. CLIFF and TWO MARJORIES: Vita-
pbone No. 2116.
NEILL, JAMES: b. Savannah, Ga. ; h. 6 feet; brown
and gray hair, brown eyes; w. 160 pounds; e. Uni-
versity of Georgia. 30 years stage experience. Screen
work with Paramount. Fairbanks. Goldwyn. Realart.
First National. Universal, Fox, Stromberg Productions.
Ginsburg. Pictures include: "Love Hungry," Fox;
"The Idle Rich," MGM: "Only the Brave" (1930).
Paramount; "Barber John's Boy" (1930). Warner.
NEILL, RICHARD: b. Philadelphia. Pa.: h. 6 feet;
dark brown hair; w. 180 pounds; e. Philadelphia. Pa.
Stage experience with Chas. Frohman. E. H. Sothern.
"The Other Girl." "Girls of Gottenberg." Margaret
Anglin. W. H. Thompson. Screen work with Fox,
Metro, World. Inc., American Releasing, Pathe. Play-
goers, Oscar Apfel, Paramount. Sclznick, Davis. United
Artists, Pro-Dis-Co. Pictures include: "Code of the
Cow Country," "The Fightin' Comeback." "The Trunk
Mystery." "Desert of the Lost," "The Law's Lash."
Pathe; "Somewhere in Sonora," First National; "Be-
yond the Sierras," MGM.
NELSON. BOBBY: b. Santa Monica. Cal. Screen
career: "Perils of the Jungle." Weiss Bros.; "The Cheer
Leader." Lumas: "Tarzan the Mighty." "Roaring
Ranch" (1930). Universal.
NELSON. EDDIE and COMPANY: Vitaphone No.
2548. "Stop and Go."
NELSON. FRANK: Screen work with Paramount.
Fox. Pictures include: "The Great Mail Robbery,"
FBO; "The Sea Beast." Warner; "The Tigress."
Columbia; Tracy Boone in "Girl in the Show." MGM.
NELSON. JACK: b. Memphis. Tenn.. 1882; h. 5
feet 10 inches: brown hair and gray eyes; w. 150
pounds; e. Military Academy, Sweetwater, Tenn. Stage
career, twelve years Belasco Stock, with Henry Miller.
Screen work with Selig. Ince. Chadwick. Fox. Hodkin-
son. Rayart. Universal, Paramount, FBO, Pathe.
Pictures include: "Say It with Diamonds." "Sham-
rock and the Rose." Chadwick; "Tarzan the Mighty,"
Universal.
NELSON, SAM: b. Whittier. Cal.; h. 6 feet 1 inch;
brown hair and blue eyes: w. 165 pounds. Pictures
Include: "The Boy Rider." "The Swift Shadow."
"Fangs of the Wild." "Crooks Can't Win." "The
Law of Fear." "The Circus Kid." FBO; McGinn in
"Rio Rita." RKO; "Little Savage." "One Man Dog."
Radio: "Soldiers and Women" (1930). Columbia.
NERO, CURTIS: Appeared in "West of Zanzi-
zibar" (1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
NESS. OLE M. : Appeared in "Hardboilod" (1929).
Radio Pictures.
NESTOR, ABER: "Half Way to Heaven" (1929).
Paramount.
NEWELL. BILLY: Played in Vitaphone No. 2296.
NEWELL. DAVID: b. Carthage. Missouri; h. 6 feet
2 inches; w. 183 pounds; p. James P. and Jesse
Caffee Newell, non-professionals; e. grammar school in
Pueblo and Denver and high school in Chicago and
Toledo, his four years of college were spent in Mis-
souri, the first two years being in the Junior College
of Kansas and his last two years at the University of
Missouri : hy. swimming and walking. His stage ca-
reer started in small parts in the Stuart-Walker Stock
Company in Cincinnati. Ohio, in 1926. For four sea-
sons lie traveled with them to various cities and then
for forty-two weeks on the Keith and middle western
vaudeville circuits. He later tried New York and has
been in three dramatic productions on Broadway, his
last appearance on the stage as the leading man with
Ethel Barrymore In "The Kingdom of God." Paramount
tested him and gave him the juvenile lead in the all-
talking mystery thriller. "The Hole in the Wall": In
1929 in "Dangerous Curves." "The Marriage Play-
ground." Darkened Rooms." Paramount: in 1930 in
"Paramount on Parade." Paramount; "Murder on the
Roof." Columbia; "Let's Go Native." "Kibitzer."
Paramount.
NEWHOFF & PHELPS: Vitaphone No. 2766.
"Cross Words."
NICHOLS GEORGE: Appeared in "The Wedding
March" (1929), Paramount.
NICHOLSON. PAUL: b. Orange. N. J.: h. 6 feet
1 inch; brown eyes and hair; w. 185 pounds; e. Ford-
ham College. New York; m. : by. riding, horses, boxing,
swimming. Stage experience. Entered pictures in
1897 with American Motoscope and Biograph Company.
New York. Pictures include: "ChieUe," 'The Nervous
Wreck." "The Brute." "Up in Mabel's Room." "The
Smart Set." "The Port of Missing Girls." "Bertha the
Sewing Machine Girl." "Not Quite Decent." Fox;
"Barber John's Boy." Warner.
NORDSTROM. CLARENCE: Vitaphone No. 4285.
"Ship Alioy "
NORMAN. AL ("RUBBER LEGS"): "Pardon My
Gun." Pathe; "King of Jazz" (1930). Universal.
NORMAN. AMBER: Appeared in "Love and the
Devil" (1929). First National.
NORRIS. JERRY : "Her Hired Husband" (1930),
Pathe- Variety Comedies.
NORTH. WILFRED: Appeared in "Trial of Mary
Dugan" (1929). Metro-Goldyn-Mayer.
NORTH. JACK: Entertainer: b. Jersey City; h. 5
feet: brown hair and blue eyes; w. 163 pounds; e.
Jersey City high school; not married. After amateur
theatricals, six years with Publix. Vitaphone No. 2756.
"The Ban-.Tokester."
NORTON. BARRY: b. Buenos Aires. S. A.. June 16.
1905; h. 5 feet 11 inches; black hair and brown eyes:
w. 100 pounds: e. in Paris and Colegio International
de Olivos at Buenos Aires; hy. boxing, fencing, polo
and swimming. First important screen role was a part
in "The Lily." After that role was selected for a part
In "What Price Glory." Then under contract to Fox.
In 1928 his three most successful pictures were "Mother
Knows Best." "The Four Devils" and "The Legion
of the Condemned." Now is under contract to Para-
mount and has made for that company such pictures
as "Sins of the Father" with Emll Jannings; Spanish
version of "The Benson Murder Case:" French and
Spanish versions of "Slightly Scarlet."
NORTHRUP. HARRY: b. New York City. July 31.
1880; h. 5 feet 6 inches: brown hair and brown eyes;
w. 170 pounds; e. San Franoisco; specializing in
geography, history; hy. riding, tennis. Stage experi-
ence in original New York productions with Sothern,
Miller. Hackett, Faversham. Locham. Pictures include:
"Four Horsemen." "Christian." "Shield of Honor."
"Arizona." "Burning Daylight." "Me Gangster."
"Divine Sinner." Robert Lowry in "Party Girl." Tif-
fany; "Prisoners." First National; "The Last Warn-
ing." Universal.
NORTON. EDGAR: Screen work with Paramount.
Fox. Warner. First National. Associated Exhibitors.
Pictures include: "Fast and Furious." "The Man
Who Laughs." Universal; "Singed." Fox; "The Stu-
dent Prince." MGM: "Oh. Kay." First National; "The
Love Parade" (1930). Paramount; "Monte Carlo"
(1930), Paramount; "The Lady Surrenders" (1930),
Universal.
NORTON. FLETCHER: Appeared in "Dream of
Love" (1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
NORWORTH. JACK: b. Philadelphia, Pa.. January
5, 1879; h. 5 feet 7 inches; brown eyes and iron gray
hair; w. 170 pounds; e. Philadelphia public school; m.
Dorothy Adelphi; has two sons. Jack 15. Ned 16; hy.
trap shooting and crap shooting. Stage experience in
musical comedy, vaudeville. Entered pictures about
September, 1928. Played in "Nagger" ser.es.
NOTRE DAME GLEE CLUB: Sang in Vitaphone
No. 2289.
NOVARRO. RAMON: r. n. Ramon Samaniegoes; b.
Durango. Mexico. February G. 1905; h. 5 feet 8 inches;
black bair and brown eyes; w. 155 pounds; e. college
in Mexico; by. music and violin. On the stage he
appeared with the Marion Morgan dancers in 1919.
His screen productions include "The Prisoner of Zenda"
and "Scaramouche" in 1922; "The Midshipman" in
1925; "Ben Hur." "The Student Prince" and "The
Road to Romance" in 1927. and "Forbidden Hours"
and others in 1928. all for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. also
in 1929 in "The Flying Fleet." "Tile Pagan." MGM;
in 1930 in "Devil May Care." "In Gay Madrid." "The
Singer of Seville." "The Call of the Flesh." MGM.
NOVELLO. IVOR: Appeared In "Constant Nymph"
(1929). Gainsborough.
NOVIS. DONALD: Played in "Monte Carlo" (1930).
Paramount.
NOWELL. WEDGEWOOO: b. Portsmouth. N. H. ;
h. 5 feet 11H inches; brown eyes and gray hair; w.
163 pounds; e. Boston. Worcester English High. Uni-
versity Penna. ; married; hy. constructing radio sets,
aquatic sports, horse racing, polo. Stage experience
Entered pictures in 1915. Pictures include: "813."
"Westbound Limited." "Enter Madame." "Eternal
Flame."
NOY WILFRED: b. South Kensington. London.
December 24, 1883; e. Great Yarmouth. Brighton Dul-
wich Schools; hy. cricket, tennis and golf; married has
three children. Was actor, stage director writer
Acted and directed for Clarendon Film Company Eng-
land. Directed "Under the Red Kobe." "Masters of
Men. "The Face at the Window." "The Lady Clare "
The Lost Cord." "The Midnight Girl." "The Substi-
tute Wife." "Eager Lips." "The Devils Cage." Played
Lord Durhugh in "The Careless Age" (1929). First
National; Mr. Redding in "The Doctor's Secret" (1929).
Paramount; wrote and directed "Circumstantial Evi-
dence." Chesterfield.
NUGENT, EDWARD: b. New York City, February 7.
1904; h. 6 feet y& inch; dark brown hair and green
eyes; w. 150 pounds; p. non-professionals; e. New
York City; hy. collecting antiques. Sang in the Metro-
politan Opera Boys' chorus, danced at Grauman's Mil-
lion Dollar theatre: and played with various stock
companies in New York City. Screen experience in-
cludes appearance in "Our Dancing Daughters." his
first picture: "The Flying Fleet." "The Bellamy Trial"
and "A Single Man." In 1929 in "The Duke Steps
Out." "Untamed," "Our Modern Maidens, MGM; also
in "Bright Lights" (1930), "Loose Ankles," First
National.
NUGENT, ELLIOTT: b. Dover. O.. September 20.
1901; h. 6 feet; blond hair and gray eyes; w. 155
pounds; p. Grace M. and J. E. Nugent, professionals;
e. Dover high school. Ohio State University, Columbus.
O., and has had stage training appearing in vaudeville
stock companies. New York productions on road tours:
m. Norma Lee. stage and screen ingenue lead; hy.
tennis and swimming. Stage experience in vaudeville
as a child on the Keith-Orpheum circuit, etc., and
stock experience with Stuart Walker company and
others. His first New York legitimate appearance in
"Dulcy" in 1921. and has been featured (also co-
author) in "Kempy" (1922-23) "The Poor Nut"
(1925-26). and "By Request" (1928). and in "The
Wild Westcotts" (1929) "Hoosiers Abroad" (1927) and
"Good Boy" (1929). His screen experience as follows:
featured in "College Life." a forthcoming Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer release, as the part of Eddie: and featured
in "Wise Girls" adapted from the stage play "Kempy"
by J. E. Nugent and himself as "Kempy": in "Fa-
thers Day" (1929). MGM; in 1930 in "Not So Dumb."
"The Richest Man in the World." "The Single Stand-
ard." "The Unholy Three," "Sins of the Children,"*
MGM.
NUGENT, J. C: b. Niles. Ohio. April G. 1878;
e. at Reeves University. Has been an actor for 35
years and has traveled professionally to all parts of
the world. Has written over a hundred plays. Was
placed under contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a
writer, director and actor. Pictures include "The
Rounders." "Wise Girls." "Navy Blues" and "Father's
Day."
NYE. CARROLL: b. Canton. Ohio. October 4. 1901;
h. 6 feet; brown hair and dark brown eyes; w. 160
pounds; p. Myra and William P. Nye. mother on Los
Angeles Times; e. Covina, Cal.. and University of Cali-
fornia. Los Angeles; m. Helen Lynch, professional (in
motion pictures) ; hy. reading, swimming and writing
for his own pleasure (used to be a reporter on the
Times). Three years on the stage, mostly in stock from
1922-1925. at the Majestic theatre. Los Angeles, under
the direction of the late Williamene Wilkes, appearing
in support of Pauline Lord in "Anna Christie." Wal-
lace Eddinger. Edward E. Horton. etc. Played Cen-
turion in "Androcles and the Lion" under the direction
of Miss Wilkes at the Orange Grove; also a season of
stock in Glendale with Robinson players doing all types
of roles: also six months in "White Collars" at the
Egan theatre. His screen career began June, 1925.
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when be appeared in "Classified** as the brother of
C'orinne Griffith. Since then he has played 35 featured
roles including "Her Honor the Governor" and "Kosher
Kitty Kelly" for FBO; "The Brute." "Heart of
Maryland," "The Silver Slave." all together 11 juvenile
leads at Warner Brothers in 1927; also appearances
in "Craig's Wife" for DeMille; "While the City Sleeps"
with Lon Chaney' "In Gold Braid" with Ramon
Novarro. and in "Confession," an all-audien, for Metro -
Goldwyn-Mayer. Appeared in 1929 in "Light Fin-
gers," Columbia; "The Girl in the Glass Cage,*' First
National; "The Squall." "The Flying Fltet" and
"Madame X," Metro-Goldwvn-Maver; "Lottery Bride"
(1930). United Artists.
NYE. RAYMOND: b. Tamaqua. Pa.; h. 5 feet 11
inches; dark brown eyes and dark brown hair; w.
200 pounds; e. Wilmington high school, Wilmington,
Del., Central Training School. Philadelphia; special-
ized in chemistry, mathematics; by. football. Has lived
in Philadelphia, Wilmington, Los Angeles. Was on
stage, in stock, dramatic, vaudeville. Entered pictures
on old Universal lot as heavy for J. Warren Kerrigan.
Was with William Farnum and Theda Bara, also old
Biograph and Universal.
O
OAKIE, JACK: b. Sedalia, Mo.. November 12: r. n.
Lewis D. Offield; h. 5 feet 11 inches: brown hair and
blue eyes: w. 170 pounds: e. DeLaSalle high school in
New York City : not married: hy. seeing shows. He
was placed in the cast for the Junior League's charity-
show of 1919 in New York City by Fay Leslie, which
resulted in the partnership of Oakie and Lulu Mc-
Conneil which held together until 192". Together they
played in "Innocent Eyes." "Artists and Models."
several "Passing Shows." once with the "Follies" and
in "Peggy Ann." filling in between times with vaude-
ville bookings over the two-a-day. In pictures he has
appeared in Universal's "Finders Keepers." starring
Laura LaPlante. then with Clara Bow in Paramount's
"The Fleet's In" and also with -Charles "Rogers and
Mary Brian in "Someone to Love," In 1929 in "Hard
to Get." First National: "Chinatown Nights." "Close
Harmony." "The Dummy." "Fast Company." "The
Man I Love." "Sweetie" and "The Wild Party,"
Paramount: "Sin Town." Pathe: "Street Girl." Radio
Pictures; in 1930 in "Paramount on Parade." "Sap
from Syracuse." "The Social Lion." Paramount; "Hit
the Deck," Radio Pictures; "Let's Go Native." Para-
mount.
OAKLAND. WILL: Played in Vitaphone No. 430.
OAKMAN. WHEELER: b. Virginia: h. 5 feet 11
inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 170 pounds; e. Wash-
ington, D. C. : three years' stage experience. Pictures
include: "The Broken Mask." Anchor S. R. : "The
Masked Angel." First Division: "Out All Night."
"Hey! Hey! Cowboy," Universal: Nicholay in "The
Devil's Chaplain." Rayart : "Handcuffed." Rayart;
"The Donovan Affair." "Father and Son." "The
Power of the Press." Columbia : "Morgan's Last Raid."
MGM; "What a Night." Paramount; "On With the
Show." Warner; "Girl from Woolworth's." "Little
Johnny Jon»s" (1929), First National; "Roaring
Ranch." "Shanghai Lady." Universal; "On Your
Back." Fox.
OBER, ROBERT: b. St. Louis. Mo.; h. 5 feet 9
inches; brown eyes and dark brown hair: w. 14S
pounds: e. Washington University. St. Louis; hy. golf.
Stage experience Pictures include: "The Big Parade."
MGM: "The Whole Town's Talking." "Held by the
Law." Universal: "A Reno Divorce." "Across the At-
lantic." Warner: starred in and directed talking
shorts; "Four in a Flat." co-directed "The Woman
Racket." MGM; "The Idle Rich" (1929). MGM; "A
Regular Business Man." Vitaphone.
O'BRIEN. GEORGE: b. San Francisco. Cal., April.
1900; h. 6 feet % inch: dark brown hair and eyes; w.
185 pounds: p. Margaret L. and Daniel .1. O'Brien,
non-professional; e. Polytechnic, high school, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.. Santa Clara College, Santa Clara. Cal..
and received his stage training in amateur theatricals:
not married: hy. boxing, swimming, football, basketball
and volley ball. His four years of screen experience
consist of appearances in such pictures as "The Iron
Horse" as Davy Brandon: "The Man Who Came Back"
as Harry Potter: "The Painted Ladv" as Luther Smith:
"The Dancers" as Tony; "The Roughneck" as Jerry
Delaney: "The Fighting Heart" a-s Denny Bolton:
"Havoc" as Dick Chapell: "Thank You" as Kenneth
.Tamieson; "The Silver Treasure" as Nostromo; "Three
Bad Men." the "Johnstown Flood" as Tom O'Dav;
"Rustlin' for Cupid." "Fig Leaves" as Adam Smith;
"The Blue Eagle" as a sailor: "Paid to love" as
Prince Michael: "Sunrise" as The Man; "Is Zat So?"
as Chick Cowan; "East Side West Side" as John Breen :
"Sharpshooters" as a sailor: "Honor Bound" as a
convict: "Blindfold" as a policeman; all Fox pictures,
and in Warn'r Brothers "Noah's Ark" as Japhet. In
1929 in "Masked Emotions." "Salute." "True Heav^a" ;
in 1930 in "Tone Star Ranger." "Rough Romance."
'Last of the Duanes," Fox.
O'BRIEN. PAT: Appeared in 1929 in "Freckled
Rascal" and "Fury of the Wild " Radio Pictures: also
in Vitaphone Nos. 1072-73. "The Nightingale": Nos.
1094-95. "Compliments of the Season."
O'BRIEN TOM: b. San Diego. Cal.: h. 5 feet 11%
inches; dark brown hair and dark blue eyes: w. 195
pounds; p. Man' E. and Thomas O'Brien, father pro-
fessional; e. Los Angeles high school. University of
California and University of Pennsylvania; m. Ina Mae
Morehouse, profssional; hy. hunting, exploring and
making good nictures. On the s'age for 20 years ap-
pearing with the Burbank Stock Company. Los Angeles.
Cal.. Oliver Morosco producer: Alcazar Stock Company.
San Francisco. Cal.. Frederick Belasco producer; in
Sullivan & Oonsirtine vaudeville for five years in his
own act: also in Orphenm and B. F. Keith's vaudeville
for about five years in bis own act: with Cash Hawkins
Comuanv Number 2, "The Great Divide." Henrv Miller
producer; the star of "Rose of Panama." Mori Singer
produc- r. and many other productions on the road. He
entered motion pictures in 1913 and has appeared in
such roles as Bat Burke in "S"ran Iron." with Charles
Ray Productions in 1921: Bull O'Hara in "The Ble
Parade." 1925: Ton Sergeant Ryan in "Tin Hats"
1926; Mike In "The Flaming Forest." 1920: Top
Sergeant O'Orarty in "The Bugle Call" 1927; Joe
O'Neill in "The Fire Brigade." 1927; Steve in "The
Frontiersman." 1927 for Metro-Goldwvn-Maver: Red in
"San Francisco Nlchts." 1927. and Bill in "The Chorus
Kid" 1928 for Gotham: Ajax in "The Private Life
of Helen of Troy" for First National In 1927; and for
Universal the motorcycle cop in "That's My Daddy."
192S; Johnson in "Anybody Seen Kelly." 1928; and in
"The Last Warning." 1928: has appeared in many
other pictures. In 1929 in "The Peacock Fan." Ches-
terfield; "Hurricane," Columbia; "Smiling Irish Eves."
First National: "The Flying Fool," Pathe; "His
Lucky Day" and "It Can Be Done." Universal; "Un-
tamed." "Broadway Scandals." MGM; in 1930 in
"Call of the West." Moby Dick," Warner Bros.
OCCTEL, WALLY: Appeared in "Hawk of the
Hills" (1929). Pathe.
O'CONNELL, HUGH: Vitaphone No. 978, "Find the
Woman."
O'CONNOR, EDWARD : Appeared in "Lucky in
Love" (1929). Pathe.
O'CONNOR, HARRY: b. Chicago. 111.; e. Seattle.
Stage career, 23 years. Screen career: "Red Hot
Hoofs," "Cyclone of the Range," "Trail of the Horse
Thieves." FBO; "Half Pint Polly" (1930), Pathe, Rodeo
Pictures.
O'CONNOR. HENRY: Appeared in "One Man Dog"
(1929), Radio Pictures.
O'CONNOR. LOUIS J.: b. Providence, R. I.. 1880;
h. 5 feet 11 inches; slightly gray hair and hazel eyes;
w. 210 pounds. Stage experience in Western stock,
also with Shubert. Screen work with Selznick, Pathe
Universal, Goldwyn. Weiss Brothers. Artclass, Gotham
Productions. Sun Productions, Ravart, FBO. One of
his pictures was "The Tip Off." Universal.
O'CONNOR, ROBERT: b. Milwaukee. Wis. Pic-
tures include: "The Noose," First National; "Drtssed
to Kill." Fox; "Four Walls," MGM; "The Isle of
Lost Ships," "Smiling Irish Eves," "Weary River "
"In the Next Room" (1930), First National; "Man
to Man" (1930). Warner.
O'DONNELL, SPEC: r. n. Walter O'Donnell; b.
Fresno. Cal.. April 9, 1911; h. 5 feet % inch; red hair
and hiue eyes; w. 125 pounds; p. Maude Trip and John
W, O'Donnell. non-professionals; e. in Fresno. Cal.; not
married: hy. flying and baseball. Stage experience in
the Fresno high school in "Wind Mills of Holland"
and "Hottentot" comedy, then with Writers Club in
"Nettie." He entered films in 1923 and appeared in
the following for Warner Brothers: "Main Street."
"County Kid." "Little Johnny Jones" and "Darling
of New York." then two and one-half years with Stern
Brothers Comedies, then with Mary Pickford in "Little
Annie Rooney" and "Sparrows." in nine or ten com-
edies for Max Davidson Roach, in "The Grand Pa-
rade" for Pathe, in "Devil's Cargo." "Tomorrow's
Love" and "Dressmaker from Paris" for Paramount ;
"Vamping Venus" for First National; "The Sopho-
more" for Pathe, and "Headlines" for Warner Bros.;
in 1930 in "Show Girl in Hollywood." First Na-
tional; "Rich Uncles," Pathe-Checker Comedies first
series; "Traffic." Pathe-Folly Comedies, second series;
"Hold the Babies." Pathe-Rainbow comedies; "Two
Plus Fours." Pathe-Campus Comedies.
O'FARRELL. BRODERICK: Appeared in 1929 in
"Behind Closed Doors." Columbia: "Handcuffed"
Rayart.
OFFERMAN, GEORGE: Appeared in "Girl on the
Barge" (1929). Universal.
O'GRADY. TOM: Appeared in "Hardboiled" (1929)
Radio Pictures.
O'HARA. GEOFFREY: "Harmony Club" (1929)
Columbia- Victor Gems.
O'KEEFE. WALTER: Appeared in "Red Hot
Rhythm" (1929), Pathe.
OLAND, WARNER: b. Umea. Sweden. October 3- h
5 feet 11 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 180 pounds;
P. Maria Fosberg and Jonas James Oland, non-pro-
fessionals; e. Boston. Mass.. high school received his
stage training at Dr. Curry's Dramatic school; m Edith
Shearn. professional; hy. golf, tennis and ranching
Twenty years stage experience and has appeared in
Ibsen's "Love Comedy," "The Doll House" and
'The Father." Screen experience consists of appear-
ances in "The Jazz Singer." "Tong War," "Love's
Dream," "The Scarlet Lady" and "The Wheel of
Chance." In 1929 in "The Faker." Columbia; "Dream
of Love." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Chinatown Nights "
"The Mighty." "The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu " "The
Studio Murder Case"; in 1930 in "Dangerous Para-
dise." "Paramount on Parade." "Return of Dr Fu ^
Manchu," "The Vagabond King." Paramount.
OLIVER. BARRIE: "The New Waiter" (1930)
Pathe-George Le Maire Comedies: "Musical Beautv
Shop" (1930). Pathe-Melody Comedies, first series.
OLIVER. GUY: b. Chicago. 111.. 1875; h. 5 feet
10% inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 162 pounds; e.
in Chicago. Has been in vaudeville. Began picture
career as stock actor with Lubin. being one of the
first motion picture actors. Has been with Paramount
since they started in their barn at Vine and Selma
streets. Appeared in such pictures as "The Covered
Wagon." "To the Last Man." "The Blind Goddess."
"The Vanishing Pioneer." "Old Ironsides." "Beggars
of Life." "Hot News." and scores of other Paramount
productions, including in 1929 "Avalanche." "Stairs
of Sand." "The Studio Murder Case." "Sunset Pass "
"Three Week Ends." "Woman Trap." "Half Way 'to
Heaven." Paramount; in 1930 in "The Devil's Holi-
day." "Kibitzer." "The Light of Western Stars."
"Only the Brave." Paramount.
OLSEN, JOHN: b. Peru. Ind.. November G. 1892: e.
grade and high school in Peru, then Northwestern Uni-
versity at Evanston, 111. ; m. non-professional. Stage
experience: fourteen years in vaudeville as headliner
with partner. "Chic" Johnson. Toured Australia two
years. Produced own show. "Monkey Business."
Screen experience: "Oh Sailor. Behave" (i930). Warner
Bros.. "Fifty Million Frenchmen." Is part of team of
Olsen and Johnson.
O'MALLEY, PAT : r. n. Patrick H. O'Malley. Jr.:
b. Forest City. Pa.: h. 5 feet 11 inches: brown hair
and blue eyes: w. 100 pounds; p. Cathern Reynolds
and Patrick H. O'Malley. Sr.. non- professionals; e.
Forest City. Pa.; m. Lillian Wilkes, professional; hy.
his children. Screen experience in the following pro-
ductions: as Tommie Glindon in "Alibi" for United
Artists, and as Manager McCarty in "The Man I
Love." for Paramount: in 1930 in "The Fall Guy."
Radio Pictures: "Average Husband." Educational-
Mack Sennett Talking Pictures: Vitaphone No. 3781.
"The People Versus."
O'NEIL. HENRY: Vitaphone No. 1003. "Strong
Arm."
O'NEILL. JIM "TIP": b. San Francisco. Cal.. July
21. 18C3; h. 5 feet 8 Inches; brown eyes and dark
hair: w. 150 pounds; e. San Francisco: hy. boating.,
hunting and fishing. Has lived in San Francisco. Chi-
cago, Boston, Omaha. Denver. Edmonton. Alta..
Canada. In theatrical dramatic, vaudeville, burlesque,,
stock for five years. Entered pictures in 1916. Pic-
tures include: "Ace High," "My Boy," "Shady
Lady," "Camera Man."
O'NEIL & VERMONT: Played in Vitaphone No.
2119.
ORLAMOND. WILLIAM: b. Copenhagen. Denmark.
August 1. 1867 ; h. 5 feet 10% inches; blue eyes and
gTay hair; w. 150 pounds: e. Copenhagen; specializing
in languages; m. ; hy. horseback riding. Has lived in
New York, Philadelphia, Chicago. Los Angeles. Stage
experience. Entered pictures in 1912 with Lubin Com-
pany of Philadelphia. Pictures include: "Sin Flood."
"Seven Keys to Baldpate," "Camille," "Skinner's Big.
Idea." "Little Yellow House." "While the City
Sleeps." "The Awakening," "House of Horror," First
National; "Blue Skies." "Words and Music." Foxr
"Girl from Woolworth's," "Way of All Men," First
National; "Her Private Affair." Pathe.
ORLANDO. JOHN: Appeared in "Bve, Bve. Buddy"
(1929), Trinity.
ORTH. FRANK: Vitaphone No. 2710. "Meet the
Wife"; No. 4287, "The Salesman"; No. 4286, "The
Victim."
OSBORNE, BUD: b. Knox County. Texas; e. Okla-
homa City. Okla. Screen career: "Don Desperado."
"Two-Gun of Tumbleweed," "Border Blackbirds." "The
Bronc Stomper." Pathe; "Sky High Saunders." "A
One Man Chance." "Bad Man's Money," J. Charles-
Davis; "Days of Daring," "The Smiling Terror." "The
Lariat Kid" (1929). Universal; "The Laws of the
Mounted," "On the Divide." "The Last Round-Up."
"West of Santa Fe." "The Invaders," Syndicate:
"Half Pint Polly" (1930). Pathe. Rodeo Comedies.
OSBORNE, RED: "The Smiling Terror" (1929).
Universal.
OSCAR, JOHN:
Universal.
"Courtin' Wild Cats" (1929).
O'SHAUGHNESSY, CHARLES: Appeared in "Kitty"
(1929). World Wide.
O'SHEA. DANNY: b. Boston. Mass.. October. 1903;
h. 5 feet 11 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 181
pounds; p. Danny O'Shea, non-professional; e. public
school in Boston, Catholic college and Boston Tech.
then to war: not married: hy. all sports, fighting and
dancing. Danced in musical comedy, "Kid Boots," and
"The Gingham Girl," and others in New York City;
also at the Orpheum, Los Angeles. Started in pictures
with Mack Sennett. with whom he remained for two
and one-half years; thence to FBO for one and one-
half years, appearing in fight pictures. Other pictures
in which he has appeared are "Dugan of the Dugout."
"Manhattan Cocktail." "Story of Judy Judd." "On
the Stroke of Twelve," "Lummox" (1930). United
Artists.
OSTERMAN, JACK: Vitaphone No. 950, "Talking
It Over."
OTTO. HENRY: Appeared in 1929 in "The Quit-
ter," Columbia; "The Iron Mask." United Artists.
OUR GANG: "Saturday's Lesson." "Lazy Days,"
"Railroadin'." "Small Talk," "Boxing Gloves,"
"Bouncing Babies." "Cat. Dog & Co." (1929). "Moan
and Groan." Inc." (1929), and in 1930 in "Shivering
Shakespeare." "The First Seven Years," "When the
Wind Blows." "Bear Shooters." "A Tough Winter."
MGM -Our Gang-Hal Roach Comedies.
OVEY, GEORGE: r. n. George Overton Odell; b.
Kansas City. Mo.; h. 5 feet 3% inches: brown hair and
eyes; w. 140 pounds: e. Kansas City. Mo.; m. Louise
Homer, professional ; hy. golf. Has appeared on stage
in musical comedy, drama, vaudeville, and stock. On
the screen portrays comedy roles. Played in "My
Friend From India." "Broadwav" (1929). Universalr
"Night Ride" (1930), Universal.
OWEN. REGINALD: Appeared in "The Letter'"
(1929). Paramount.
OWSLEY, MONROE: b. Atlanta. Ga. ; h. 5 feet 11
inches: brown hair and blue eyes; e. Loomis Institute:
hy. tennis. First stage experience touring South with
roadshow. Later played in stock companies in Cincin-
nati, Dayton. Philadelphia. Springfield, Mass., and
Chicago. Made Broadway debut two years ago in
"Young Blood" with Helen Hayes. Last season
appeared in "Holiday." Went west to appear in screen
varsion of "Holiday" for Pathe.
PAGE. PAUL: Entered pictures in 1929. Played
Allen Grant in "Girl From Havana" (1929). Mart in
"Speakeasy" (1929). Chick Slater in "Protection,"
Handsome in "Men Without Women" (1930). "Born
Reckless" (19301. "The Golden Calf" (1930). Fox:
"The Naughty Flirt" (1930). First National.
PALLETTE, EUGENE: b. Winfleld. Kan.. July 8.
1889; h. 5 feet 9 inches; brown hair and blue eyes:
w. 185 pounds: p. Elnora Jackson and William Balrd
Pallette, non-professionals: e. Culver Military Academy;
not married; hy. hunting and fishing. Stage experi-
ence covering a period of six years during which time
he has appeared in stock and on the road in the
Middlewest and South. Nineteen years screen experi-
ence and has appeared in "Fair and Warmer." "Par-
lor. Bedroom and Bath." "Fine Feathers" for Metro;
"The Three Musketeers" with Douglas Fairbanks; "The
Red Mark" Cruze; in 12 Roach comedies in 1927; with
Richard Barthelmess in "Out of the Ruins": with
Adolnhe Menjou in Paramount's "His Private Life." in
Warner Brothers first 100 per cent talking picture,
"Lights of New York." and also in Paramount's "The
Canary Murder Case" and "The Dummy." both talking
features. Also in four short subjects for Warner
Brothers. In 1929 in "The Greene Murder Case." "The
Love Parade." "The Studio Murder Case." "The Vir-
ginian." "Pointed Heels." Paramount: in 1930 in
"The Benson Murder Case." "The Border Legion."
"Men Are Like That." "Slightly Scarlet." "Let's Go
Native." "The Santa Fe Trail." "Follow Thru." "The
Sea God." Paramount.
PALMER. BARRY: Appeared In "The Bachelors
Club" (1929). General Pictures.
PANGBORN. FRANKLIN: b. Newark. N. J ; h 5
feet 10% inches; brown hair and hazel eyes: w. 156
pounds: p. Harriet and Benjamin F. Pangborn. non-
in-ofessionals; e. Barringer high school, Newark. N.
1931
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Billy Bevan
Free Lancing
Rancho La Lomita, Calif.
Escondido 433
"Transatlantic"
FOX
J., and recehed his stage training in New York City:
hy. tennis, motoring and swimming. Spent several sea
sons with Mine. Alia Nazimnva in "The Marionettes."
a Charles Krohman production: with I'auline Frederick
in "Joseph and His Brethren." a George TMer pro-
duction: with Francine I,arrimnre in "1'arasltes." a
Shubert production: took the part of Messala in "Ben
Mur." Klaw and Erlanger production: with the Jesse
Bonstellc Company In Detroit and Buffalo; five years
at the Majestic theatre in Los AnReles. and featured
with Trixie KriRaiiza at the Majestio theatre. I>os An-
neles. In "West Sisters." He has appeared in such
Pictures as Warner Brothers Vitaphone production. "On
Trial": I). W. Griffith's (United Artists) production.
"Masquerade"; Pox Movietone production. "Watch
Out"; DeMillc's "My Friend from India": and In
"The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary." "The Night
Bride." "(iettiriR Gertie's Garter." "Blonde for a
NiRht," and "The Girl in the Pullman." all Pathe-
DeMllle pictures. In 1!>2!> in "Lady of the Pave-
ments." united Artists: "The Sap." Warner Bros.:
"The Crazy Nut." Educational-Mermaid : "Chew Op
and Smile." Fox ; in 1930 in "Not So Dumb." MOM;
"The Lady Surrenders." Universal: "The Chumps."
Educational-Mack Bennett Talking Pictures; vita-
phone No. 4240. "Who's the Boss"; Nos 8974-75
"Poor Aubrey" : Nos. 3942-43. "Bono or Bust"; No'
4260. "The Doctor's Wife."
PANZER PAUL: r. n. Paul Panzerbciter: h. Wurtz-
herR. Bavaria: h. 5 feet 1014 inches: hlack hair and
hrown eyes; w. 170 pounds; e. Heidelberg miiversirv:
m. Josephine Atkinson, non-professional: bv reading
music and singinR. Stage experience in "San Toy "
"The Country Bird." "The Geisha." "Floradora" and
"Silver Slipper." Screen experience with Path.' four
years: and has apix'ared in "Perils of Pauline"
"Enemies of Women." "Son of the Sahara." "Ancient
Mariner." "Siberia." "Johnstown Flood." "Thunder
Mountain" and "Sally in Our Allev"; "Hawk of the
Hills" (1929). Rathe.
PAOLI. RAOUL: b. Corsica. France. November 24
18!)2: e. in Paris. France: h, r, feel 1 V4 inches; brown
hair and brown eyes: hy. all sports: French, and
European all-round athletic champion. Played fea-
tured and leading parts for several years In Franc..
Has appeared in the French version of "The Bail
Man." In Laurel and Hardy comedies and Charley
Chase comedies, and was with Buddy Rogers in
"Safety in Numbers."
PARAGONS. THE: Vitaphone No. 2883. "In the
Tropics."
PARK E. L. : Appeared in "Behind That Curtain"
(10201. Fox.
PARKER. FRANKLIN: b. Fillmore. Mo.. Novem-
ber 8. 1001; e. University of Nebraska. Lincoln. Neb.,
and University of Colorado at Boulder. Col.: b. 5 feet
8H Inch's: w. MS pounds: red hair and hazel eves;
hy. football, basketball and Rolf. Went on the legiti-
mate stage in 1023 and in 1029 started working in
motion pictures. Played the role of Hlldv Johnson
In the stage production of "The Front PaRe " the
role of Philip in "Just Life " Eddie Cowan in "Is
Zat So?" and Adnlph in "Kiki." Lat-r pictures-
"Masquerade," "Common Clav." "Cheer Up and
Smile" and "Street Comers."
PARTOS. GUS: Appeared in 1029 in "The Nik-lit
Watch." First National: "Close Harmony." Paramount:
"Broadway." Universal.
PASHA. KALLA: b. New York City; e. Chicago.
Twent v six years of stage experience. Screen work
with Mack Seunett comedies. Associated Productions.
Paramount. Metro. Universal. Pictures Include:
"Wolf's Clothing." Warner; "The Devil Dancer." "The
Dove." United Artists; "Tillie's Punctured Romance."
Paramount: "Seven Footprints to Satan." First Na-
tional: "West of Zanzibar." MOM.
PATRICK. JOHN: h. MuskeRon. Mich.. 1897. Screen
work with Metro. Pro-Dis-Co. Paramount. P.ctures In-
clude "Indies at Play." "I*rlnce of Headwaiters."
First .National: "Three Weeks in Paris." "While Lon-
don Sleeps." Warner; "Stage Kisses." "Golf Widows."
"The, First Year." "Love HiuiRry." Fox' "Sinners
Parade." Columbia.
Appeared in "Strange Cargo."
PATRICK. LEE:
(10291. Pathe.
PATRICOLA. TOM: b. New Orleans. La.. 1895; e.
in Chicago and San Francisco: h. 5 feet 7 inches: w.
170 pounds; brown hair, brown eyes; hy. horseback
ridinR. On the stage for 15 years for Keith-Orph.um
circuit. Six years with George White's "Scandals."
Entered pictures In 1929. Pictures: "Si-Si Senor" for
Educational ; "Three Sisters" as Tony. Fox; Gus in
"Children of Dreams." Warner Bros. ; "Happy Days."
"Words and Music" (1929). "Frozen Justice" (1929).
"Married in Hollywood" (1929). "One Mad Kiss"
(1930). "South Sea Rose" (1929). Fox; "Anybody's
Woman" (1930), Paramount.
PATTEN. GEORGE: "Crosby's Comers" (1930).
Pathe-Golden Rooster Comedies.
PATTON. BILL. : b. Amarillo. Texas: h. 5 feet 11
inches; dark brown hair and blue eyes: w. 168 pounds:
e. Amarillo. Texas. Screen work with Western Photo-
play Corporation. I/ing Beach Motion Picture Company.
Sylvan Re Productions. Charles R. Selling Productions.
Western Classic Productions. Aywon. Sanford. Elfelt.
Davis Distributors. Chesterfield. Pictures Include "The
Flying U Ranch." The Pinto Kid." "Pals of the
Prairie," FBO: "Below the Deadline." Chesterfield:
"Freckled Rascal." "One Man Dog," Radio.
PAULIG. ALBERT:
ing Vienna." First
Dancer." World Wide.
PAULL. ALAN:
(10291. Fox.
PAWLE. LENNOX: Played King in "Married In
Hollywood" ( 1029). "Hot for Paris" (1929). Lord
Bardell in "Sky Hawk" (1930). Fox.
PAYNE. DOUGLAS: Appeared in 1920 in "The
Scarlet Devil" and "The Triumph of the Scarlet
Pimpernel." World Wide.
PAYNE. LOUIS: b. New York City. January 18,
1876; h. 5 feet 11 Inches; hrown hair and eves: w.
100 pounds; p. Frances Harvey and Alfred Payne, non-
professionals: e. New York City high schools anil Poly-
technic college. Brooklyn: m. Mrs. Leslie Carter, pro-
fessional: by. tennis. Has been on the stage since 16
years of age in New York and appeared with Nat
Appeared in 1929 'in "Dane-
National; "Prince and the
Played in "Sunny Side Up"
Goodwin in "In Missouri." Twelve years screen ex-
perience and has appeared in such pictures as "The
Whip," "The Yankee Shipper." "The Lady Who Lied."
"Interference."
PEABODY EDDIE: Vitaphone No. 2103. "Banjo-
mania"; No. 2539. "In a Music Shop." and No.
2560.
PEARCE. GEORGE: b. New York City; h. 5 feet
7^4 inches; gray hair and blue eyes; w. 160 pounds; e.
Trinity School. New York City. Was opera and
dramatic star. Entered pictures fourteen years ago:
played In "White Cargo." "Three Kings." "Do Your
Duty." "The Valiant." Fox; "Personality" (193U).
"Vengeance" (1930), Columbia Productions: "The Right
of Way" (1930). First National.
PECK. NORMAN: b. Salt Lake City. Utah: e.
Los Angeles. Stage career: two years, making debut in
"Cradle Snatchers." "The Wild Westcotts" and "The
Scarlet Woman." in Los Angeles. Screen experience:
first picture. "Barbed Wire." with Pola Negri, for
Paramount; "Publicity Madness." "The Long Necker."
for Fox: first talker. "Tlie Vagabond I»ver." with
Rudv Vallee. for RKO: also appeared in "Ob Darling"
(1930). Educational-Jack White Talking Comedies.
PEIL. JR.. EDWARD: Appeared in "College Co-
quette" (1929). Columbia: "Masked Emotions" (1929).
Fox.
PEIL. SR.. EDWARO: Appeared in 1929 in
"Masked Emotions" Fox; "Cock of the Walk" (1930).
Sono Art -World Wide.
PENDLETON. GAYLORO: Played In "Manslaugh-
ter" (1930). Paramount.
PENDLETON. NAT: b. Davenport. Iowa. August 9.
1899; h. 5 feet 11 inches; dark brown hair and hazel
eyes: w. 210 pounds; e. public schools of New Y'ork
City and Columbia College- hy. wrestling. Left college
to go to Portugal with Standard Oil Company. After
one year went into general importing business for him-
self. Remained in Spain and Portugal four years. In
1921 returned to United States and formed True Story
Films Corporation, of which he was vice president and
general manager. Turned professional wrestler and had
bouts all over the country. Stage experience: played
the part of a wrestler in the stage play. "Naughty
Cinderella." with Irene Bordoni in New York and on
the road: after that, played small parts in other stage
productions between wrestling bouts. First screen ex-
perience was in juvenile leads In several Lubin produc-
tions. Played parts in twelve silent pictures for Famous
Plavers-Lasky and Hearst's Cosmopolitan. Has ap-
peared in the following talking pictures: "The laughing
Lady." as life RUard : "The Big Pond." "Last of the
Dunnes," "The Sea Wolf." for Fox.
PENNEL. R. 0.: Appeared In "On the Level."
Fox.
PENNER. JOE: Vitaphone No. 1068. "Stepping
(hit": No. 1066. "Seeing Off Service."
PENNICK. JACK: t). Portland. Oregon: h. 6 feet
4'4 Inches; blond curly hair and blue eyes: w. 195
pounds: p. Bessie and Albert Ronald Pennick. non-
professionals: e. high school, training in the Ma-
rine Academy; ni. Nona Lorraine, non - professional :
hy. woodcraft. Stage experience. Screen experience
In the following productions: "Plastered in Paris,"
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for Fox with Sammy and Cohen, "The Four Sons."
"The Mighty." "Navy Blues." "The Virginian" and
"The City Girl." Takes heavy or comedian parts.
Freelance player.
PENWARDEN, DUNCAN: "The Lady Lies" (1929),
"Gentlemen of the Press" (1929), Paramount.
PEPPER, JACK: b. Palestine. Texas, June 14, 1902;
h. 5 feet 8 inches; dark hair and blue eyes: w. 150
pounds; e. Dallas; hy. football, bicycles, racing, base-
ball. Stage career: musical comedy with Shuberts.
"Gay Paree." "Passing Show," "Merry Whirl," and
others. Entered pictures in 1928 as master of cere-
monies in short revues; appearing in MGM talking
shorts; in "After the Show" (1929), Pathe, Checker
Comedies.
PERCIVAL, WALTER: Vitaphone No. 4168, "Twixt
Love & Duty."
PERCY, BOB: Appeared in "Me, Gangster" (1929),
Fox.
PERCY, DAVID: r. n. David Thomas Percy; b
Arlington. Mass., May 4. 1902; h. 0 feet; brown eves
and dark brown hair; w. 100 pounds: e. Arlington and
Boston, Mass. Specialized in literature, ancient and
modern 11181017 ; married and has one daughter, Ellen
Goulding. 19 months. Has lived in Arlington. Mass.,
Bath. Maine. Chattanooga. Tenn., Neuf Chateau,
France, Chaumont. France. Toul, France. Paris, New
York. Hollywood. Entered pictures October 27, 1928,
through radio work. Pictures include "The Black
Watch," "Fox Movietone Follies," "Words and Music "
"Monte Carlo" (1930). Paramount.
PERIOLAT, GEORGE: b. Chicago, 111.; h. 5 feet 9
inches; dark eyes and brown hair; w. 185 pounds: e.
Chicago, 111. Specialized in music; hy. swimming,
music. Has lived in Chicago. Boston, New York. Los
Angeles. San Francisco. Stage experience with Froh-
man. Otis Skinner. Julia Arthur. Entered pictures 8
years ago. Pictures include "Mark of Zorro," "Blue
Danube," "Volga Boatman." "Alias the Deacon," "The
Secret Hour," "lied Lily," Rogers in "The Fatal
Warning," Mascot; "One Splendid Hour." Excellent;
"The Night Watch." First National; "When Dreams
Come True." Bayart.
PERKINS. OSGOOD: Appeared in "Mother's Boy"
(1929). Pathe.
PERRIN, JACK: Screen work with Pathe. Hodkin-
son. Universal, Metro. Arrow, FBO. Associated Exhibi-
tors. First National, Aywon. Rayart. Elbee. has worked
mostly in Westerns for Universal. P,ctures include
Northwest Mounted Police series; "Wild Blood." Uni-
versal; "Harvest of Hate," "Hoofbeats of Vengeance."
"Plunging Hoofs," Universal; "Beyond the Rio
Grande." "R'din' the Law." "Trails of Danger" (1930),
Big 4: "Overland Bound," Syndicate.
PERRY, ROBERT: Appeared in 1929 in "Beggars of
Life." Paramount; "Noisy Neighbors," Pathe.
PERRY, WALTER: b. San Francisco. Cat, Sep-
tember 14. 1872; h. 5 feet 9% inches; gray eyes and
gray hair; w. 160 pounds: e. public schools of San
Francisco; hy, boxing, baseball, horse racing. Has
lived in cities all over the United States, Canada and
Alaska. Entered pictures in April, 1915, when visiting
Inceville, Cal., on vaudeville tour. Screen work with
Pathe. Peerless, Metro. Hodkinson. Warner Bros..
Goldwyn. FBO, Universal, First National, Fox Pic-
tures include: "Irish Hearts," Warner; "Beautiful
Cheat." "Foreign Legion." Universal; "Wilful Youth."
Peerless: "Kathleen Mavourne-n." Fox; "Third De-
gree." Vitaphone; "Through Different Eyes," Fox.
PERWARDEN, DUNCAN: Appeared in "Gentle-
men of the Press" (1929), Paramount.
PETE: Dog actor: b. Pasadena. Cal.. 1923; Father
was Pal of film fame. Is fullblooded black and white
bull terrier. Played Tige in Buster Brown comedies
and became a member of "Our Gang-MGM-Hal Roach.
PETERS. FREDERICK: b. Waltham, Mass., Juno
30. 1884: h. 6 feet 6 inches: dark eyes and brown
hair: w. 250 pounds; e. Waltham grade school, Win-
chester. Mass., high school; married Lillian Peters; hy.
boxing, baseball, football, track, rowing, wrestling.
Has lived in Boston. N. Y.. Seattle. San Francisco.
Hollywood. Bremerton. Wash. Entered pictures in
1916. Among his pictures are "Miracles of the
Jungles." "Tarzan." "12 Miles Out," "Salome,"
"Goliath the Giant." "Cyclops." "Man Who Laughs."
"Spieler." and with Lupino Lane.
PETERSON. ERNST: "White Hell of Pitz Palu"
(19301, Universal.
PETRIE, WALTER:
Paramount.
"Battle of Paris" (1930).
PETROVITCH. IVAN: Appeared in "The Three Pas-
sions" (192S), United Artists.
PHELPS. BUD: Appeared in "The Last Warning"
(1929), Universal.
PHILBRICK. WILLIAM H.: "The Gorilla" (1930),
First National: "Whoopee" (1930), United Artists.
PHILLIPS. EDDIE: b. Philadelphia, Pa., August
14: h. 5 feet: black hair and brown eyes; w. 160
pounds: p. non-professionals; e. North East high and
University of Pennsylvania, and received his stage train-
ing in Orpheum stock; hy. golf and magic. Three vears
in stock and played with Blanche Bates. Holbrook
Blinn and Lionel Barrymore; also in Orpheum stock in
Oermantown. Began screen career with Mary Pickford
in "The Lovelight" and has been in pictures for six
years. Was brought from New York bv Marv Pickford
after making her believe that he was an Italian Has
appeared in 1929 in "Scandals." "College Love " "His
Lucky Day." "King of the Campus." Universal ; in
1930 in "Chasing Rainbows" MGM; "Big Boy " War-
ner Bros.
PHILLIPS, JOE: "Boy Wanted" (1929), Columbia:
Victor Gems; "Si, SI, Senor" (1930). Educational-Ideal
Comedies; "Dancing Around" (1929), Pathe-George
LeMaire Comedies.
PICHA. HERMAN: Appeared in "Dancing Vienna"
(1929). First National.
PICK, LUPU: Appeared In "Spies" (1929), MGM.
PICKFORD. JACK: b. Toronto, Ont.. 1890; e St
Francis Military Academy. New York Stage experience
In "Peg Robin," "Three of Us." Screen work since
1919 with Biograph . Jack Itckford Company, Goldwyn
United Artists First National. Universal Pictures
Include "Gang War." FBO; "Brown of Harvard "
"Exit Smiling." MGM.
PI DGEON, WALTER: b. East St. John. New Bruns-
wlck. Can.; c. in Canada; h. 6 feet 2 inches; w. 190
pounds; black hair and gray eyes; hy. golf and music.
Met Elsie Janis in the World war and she was much
interested in his voice. Professional career began with
Miss Janis in "At Home." in which they toured the
United States and England. Made Victor phonograph
records and then went into vaudeville with Elsie Janis
Introduced the song hits. "What'll I do" and "All
Alone" in New York. Joseph Schenck obtained his
release from his stage contract and brought him to
Hollywood to make pictures. He appeared in "Manne-
ciuin," "Outsider," "The Desert Healer," "Miss Nobody"
and others. Under contract to First National and made
the following talking pictures: "Her Private Life"
with Billie Dove. "A Most Immoral Lady," "Bride of
the Regiment" and "Mile. Modiste." Featured in
"Viennese Nights" for Warner Brothers; "Toast of ths
Legion" (1930). First National: "Going Wild" (1930),
"The Gorilla" (1930), First National.
PIERCE. GEORGE: Appeared in 1929 in "Do Your
Duty," First National; "Masquerade." Fox.
PIERCE, JACK: Appeared in "Masquerade" (1929),
Fox.
PIERCE. JAMES: b. Freedom, Ind., August 8.
1900; e. Indiana University. Has lived in Tucson,
Ariz.. Los Angeles. Entered pictures in 1927. Pic-
tures include Tarzan in "Tarzan and the Golden Lion,"
FBO; "Her Summer Hero," FBO; "Phantom of the
Range," FBO; "Jesse James," Paramount; The Cop
in "Ladies of the Mob," Paramount; taxi driver in
"So Long Letty." Warner; New York Yankee ball
player in "Fast Company," Paramount.
PIGETT, TEMPLE: "Seven Days Leave" (1929).
Paramount; "Night Work." Pathe; "America or Bust"
(1930), Pathe-Checker Comedies, second series.
PINGREE, EARL: Appeared in "Dark Streets"
(1929), First National.
PITCAIRN, JACK: Played in "Journey's End"
(19301. Tiffany.
PITTSCHAU, WERNER: Appeared in "Prince and
the Dancer" (1929). World Wide.
PLANTATION TRIO: Vitaphone No. 3816. "The
Land of Harmony."
PLATEN, KARL: "When You Give Your Heart
Away," Ufa.
PLATT, WILLIAM: Appeared in "Mother Machree"
(1929), Fox.
PLAZA BOYS. THE: "Trying Them Out" (1930),
Pathe-Checker Comedies, first series.
POFF, LON: r. n. Alonzo M. Poff; b. Bedford. Ind.,
February 8, 1870; h. 6 feet "Pk inches; blue-gray
eyes; w. 164 pounds; hy. fishing. Has lived in St.
Louis, Kansas City, New York, Chicago, Denver,
Pueblo, San Francisco. Stage experience. Entered
pictures in 1914. Pictures include "Old Sw;mming
Hole," 'Three Musketeers." "Two Lovers." "Leif the
Lucky," "Wheels of Chance." First National; "The
Faker," Columbia; "The Iron Mask," United Artists.
POLAND. JOSEPH FRANKLIN: b. Waterbury.
Conn.; h. 5 feet 11 inches; brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 160 pounds; e. Erasmus Hall, Brooklyn, N. Y. . and
Columbia university; hy. chess, tennis and handball.
Appeared in feature comedies for Universal with such
players as Reginald Denny, Laura LaPlante and Glenn
Tryon.
POLICE QUARTET: riayed in Vitaphone No. 2320.
POLLARD, "SNUB": r. n. Harold Frazer; b. Mel-
bourne. Australia. First stage experience with Pollard
Juvenile Opera Company which brought him to America.
First screen experience was a bit with Broncho Billy
Anderson of Essanay in Hollywood, then followed a
part with Charlie Chaplin. Signed with Hal Roach and
made 200 comedies in next ten years. Left pictures
once for vaudeville tour. Among latest pictures is
"Ex-Flame." modern version of "East Lynne," in
which he has role of Boggins the butler.
POMERANTZ FRANCIS: Appeared in "False
Feathers" (1929), El Dorado Pictures.
PONDER. JACK: r. n. John L. Ponder; b. Shreve-
port. La., November 20, 1904; h. 6 feet; brown eyes
and light brown hair; w. 150 pounds; e. University of
Texas and University of Missouri. Specialized in Eng-
lish and chemical engineering; hy. riding, swimming,
tennis, walking Has lived in St. Louis. Hollywood.
Austin, Texas. Eau Galli, Fla, Entered pictures in
1927. Pictures include "Lilac Time," First National;
son of F. X. Bushman in "Charge of the Gauchos, '
FBO; juvenile leads in nine Westerns with Bob Custer,
Art Acord. Yakima Canutt. among which are "Arizona
Days," and "The Silent Trail."
PORCASI, PAUL: b. Palermo. Italy. 1880: e. in Italy.
Palermo Conservatory of music and College; h. 5 feet
10 inches; w. 180 pounds; gray hair, brown eyes. In
grand opera as tenor and actor and also taught music
and singing for twenty years. Entered pictures 15 years
ago when Herbert Brenon asked him to play in "The
Fall of the Romanoffs." Then played for Paramount
in Long Island Studios for the past ten years. Pic-
tures: "Broadway," "Three Sisters," "Murder on the
Roof," "Jenny Lind." "Morocco." "Children of
Dreams." "Born Reckless," Fox.
POTEL. VICTOR: b. LaFayette. Ind.: h. 6 feet 1
inch; blue eyes and medium brown hair; w. 175
pounds; e. LaFayette. San Diego. Cal.. and Ensenada,
Mexico; hv. golf, tennis. Has lived in Chicago. La-
Fayette, San Francisco, Niles. Calif., Hollywood, En-
senada. Mexico. Entered pictures in July. 1910, with
the Essanay Film Company in Chicago. Screen work
with Essanay. United Artists, Metro, First National.
Associated Exhibitors, Select. Universal. Bray. Pic-
tures include "Below the Line." Warner; "Uneasy Pay-
ments," .FBO: "Special Delivery." Paramount: "What
Price Beauty." Pathe; "Little Shepherd of Kingdom
Come." First National: "Lingerie." T ffany-Stahl ;
"Marianne," MGM: The Gawk in "Melody of Love."
Universal; "The Virginian," Paramount: "Captain
Swagger." Pathe: "Call of the West," Columbia Pic-
ture: "Border Romance," Tiffany; "Dough Boys."
MGM.
POWELL. RUSS: b. Indianapolis. Ind., 1875; h. 5
feet 11 inches; w. 295 pounds: Stage experience with
Orpheum Circuit. San Francisco Opera Co. Screen
work with Blograph, National. Vogue, Pathe. Goldwyn,
Rcalart. Universal. Vitagraph. Metro. Pro-Dis-Co,
Principal Pictures. Pictures include "The Red Mill"
MGM; "Soft Cushions." Paramount; "No Place to
Go," "Vamp ng Venus." First National: Mr. Kuchen-
dorf in "Riley the Cop." Fox; "Fashions in Love."
"The Love Parade." Paramount: "The Grand Parade,"
Pathe: "Check and Double Chock," Radio.
POWELL, WILLIAM: b. Kansas City. Mo.; h. 6
feet; brown hair and eyes; w. 168 pounds; p. Hattie
and Horatio Powell; e. in Pittsburgh, Pa., and the
American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York,
and also received his stage training at this academy;
hy. reading. Spent 10 years on the dramatic stage
with such productions as "Within the Law." "Going
Up" and "Spanish Love." He has been in pictures
since 1921, his first role being in "Sherlock Holmes"
with John Barrymore, later appearing in "When
Knighthood Was in Flower," "The Outcast," "The
Bright Shawl," "Under the Red Robe" and "Romola."
He then went to Paramount to appear with Richard Dix
in "Too Many Kisses." which was followed by a con-
tract and appearance in "Dangerous Money," "Aloma
of the South Seas," "The Runaway." "Desert Gold,"
"Beau Geste." "Tin Gods." "The Great Gatsby." "New
York." "Love's Greatest Mistake," "Special Delivery."
"Time to Love," "Senorita," "Beau Sabreur." "She's
a Sheik," "The Last Command." "Feel My Pulse."
"Partners in Crime," "The Drag Net." "The Vanish-
ing Pioneer." "Forgotten Faces," "Interference" and
"The Canary Murder Case"; in 1929 in "Charming
Sinners." "Four Feathers," "Pointed Heels," "The
Greene Murder Case." Paramount; in 1930 in "Behind
the Makeup." "Benson Murder Case." "Paramount
on Parade." "The Shadow of the Law," "Street of
Chance." Paramount.
POWER, PAUL: r. n. Luther Vestergard; b. Chi-
cago, 111., 1902; h. 6 feet 1 inch; dark blue eyes and
dark brown hair; w. 180 pounds; e. University of
Southern California, Harvard University, specializing
in law. philosophy, history; hy. tennis, swimming,
baseball, basketball. Has lived in Chicago. Boston,
Los Angeles. Entered pictures September. 1925. Pic-
tures include "Face Values," "Trial Marriage," "Hot
Heels." "Winnie's Vacation."
PRATT, JACK: Appeared in 1929 in "Hawk of
the Hills." Pathe; "The Desert Song." Warner Bros.
PRATT. PURNELL: B. : b. Bethel. 111.. October 20.
1878: h. 5 feet 11 inches; blue eyes and gray hair;
w. 170 pounds: e. public schools of California. Uni-
versity of Southern California. University of Pennsylva-
nia: hy. automobiling, football, baseball, tennis, box-
ing. Has lived in New York, Philadelphia, Los An-
geles. Twenty-five years of stage experience. En-
tered pictures in 1928. Pictures include Hector Fergu-
son in "The Trespasser." Un'ted Artists; Marston in
"Through Different Eyes." Fox; "Fast Life." First
National; Mr. Abrams in "Is Everybody Happy." War-
ner; "Alibi." United Artists; "On with the Show."
Warner; "Furies." "Road to Paradise." First Na-
tional; "Common Clay." Fox: "The Gorilla." First
National; "Sinner's Holiday," Warner.
PRETAL. CAMILLUS-: Appeared in "Abie's Irish
Rose" (1929), Paramount.
PRICE. BERT: Appeared in "The Side Snow"
(1929), Columbia.
PRICE, GEORGIE: Plaved in Metro Movietone Act
No. 81.
PRICE. HAL: Played in "Night Ride" (1930),
Universal.
PRINCE. JOHN T.: b. Boston. Mass.. September 11.
1871: h. 6 feet: brown eyes and gray hair; w. 167
pounds; e. Montreal, Boston. Specialized in English
literature; m. ; hy. baseball. Has lived in Quebec.
Montreal. Ottawa. Boston, New York, Chicago. Lin-
coln, Neb., Los Angeles. Has had stage experience.
Entered pictures in 1919. Pictures include "Son of
Cain," "King of Kings." "Radio Detective." "Over
There," "Ramona." "Mission Bells." "Phantom Is-
land." "Hawk of the Hills" Pathe.
PRIOR, ALAN: Plaved Count Adrian in "Bridge of
the Regiment" (1930), First National; also in No. 2106.
Vitaphone short.
PRIOR. HERBERT: Appeared in "The Duke Steps
Out" (1929), MGM: "The Winged Horseman" (1929),
Universal.
PRITZHOFF. PAUL: b. Oklahoma City. August
28. 1918; h. 4 fpet 7 inches: brown eyrs and brown
hair: w. 73 pounds; e. Selma School. Hollywood. Was
formerly artist's model. Entered pictures in September.
1923. Pictures include: "Loves of an Actress," "Rose
of the Golden West," "A Man's Past."
PRIVAL. LUCIEN: b. New York City. July 14.
1900; h. 6 feet: dark brown hair and eyes; w. 161
pounds: p. Nanny Krisch and Louis Prival. non-pro-
fessionals: e. Kolnisches Gymnasium and Lehmann'srhe
Private Schule, both of Berlin. Germany: hy. writing
allegorical subjects. Stage experience of 14 years and
played in the following productions during the war:
in Berlin: "Die Rauher." "Uriel Acosta." "Peer
Gynt." "Hamlet." "The Lower Depths." "Johannis-
feuer. " After the war he went to New York and
from 1920 to 1926 he appeared in ballet pantomimes,
including "The Fairydoll" and "Zoraida." He also
played in the German theatre in New York from
1925 to 1927. Screen experience of fourteen years,
also started during the war. in Germany. There he
appeared in "Sirocco." "Die Kleptomanin." and in
America in the following: "Velvet Fingers." "The
Hummingbird." "Puppets." "The Great Deception,"
"High Hat." "A Man of Quality." "Just Another
Blonde." "American Beauty." "Hell's Angels." "The
Racket." "The Peacock Fan." "The Next Room."
"Party Girl," "The Lotus Lady."
PROUTY. JED: b. Boston. Mass.; e. Boston. Mass.
Screen work with Realart. Goldwyn. Warner. World.
Universal, Paramount. Pictures include "Smile Brother
Smile." "Orchids and Ermine." "No Place to Go."
"The Gingham Girl." FBO: "The Siren." "Name the
Woman." Thil in "Sonny Boy." Warner: "Why Leave
Home?" Fox; Newton Wampler in "Girl in the Show."
MGM: "The Fall of Eve." Columbia: "His Captive
Woman," "Two Weeks Off." First National: "The
Broadway Melody." "It's a Great Life." MGM: "The
Devil's Holiday," Paramount; "No Questions Asked."
Vitaphone.
PUFFY, CHARLES: b. Budapest. Hungary. Sep-
tember 3. 1888: e. Budapest. Hungary, and University
of Berlin. Pictures include: Puffv-Cohen comedy
series; "Love Me and the World Is Mine." Universal;
and many other important feature productions for Uni-
versal and First National.
PRUDHOMME. CAMERON: Played In "Abraham
Lincoln" (1930). United Artists.
PRYOR. ROGER:
Collegiate Model."
Vitaphone Nos. 1007-08. "The
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PUETTJER GUSTAV: Played in "The Last Com-
pany." Ufa.
PULLMAN PORTERS, THE: Appeared in Vita-
phone No. 2101.
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QUARTER MAINE. CHARLES: b. Richmond. Sur-
rey. England; h. 5 feet 10% inches; brown eyes and
brown hair; w. 145 pounds; e. Croydon. England:
married Mary Forbes: hy. golf, riding. Has lived in
London. New York and Los Angeles. Entered pictures
in September. 1919. Pictures include: "The Face at
the Window." English production; Dr. Philip Mason in
"The Thirteenth Chair." John Pardee in "The Bishop
Murder Case." MGM.
QUILLAN, EDOIE: b. Philadelphia. Pa.. March 31,
1907; h. 5 feet 6 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 140
pounds; p. Sarah Owen and Joseph Quillan, profes-
sionals; e. Mount Carmel high school and received
his stage training playing in the Quillan act with his
family: not married; hy. swimming, golf, fights, volley
ball and tennis. From the time he was able to walk,
he toured the country' with his family, who were vaude-
ville troupers. On the screen he has made 18 two-reel
comedies for Mack Sennett: had a title role in De-
Mille's "The Godless Girl." after which be was signed
by l'athe. Under that banner he has played featured
roles in "Show Folks." "Geraldine." Has appeared
in 1929 in "Noisy Neighbors." "Hot and Bothered."
"Play Boy." "The Sophomore." "Cp and at 'Em,"
"Night Work": "Big Money" (19301. Pathe; Vitaphone
No. 2574. "A Little Bit of Everything."
QUILLAN. JOHN: b. Philadelphia. Pa.. June 25.
1906: b. 5 feet 7 incites; black hair and brown eyes:
w. 128 pounds; e. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel high school,
St. Gabriel's college and private tutors; stage training
in vaudeville before he was five years old ; hy. base-
ball, swimming and football. Stage experience with
the Quillan family and has appeared in Shubert shows
in Philadelphia and Atlantic City: "Pierre of the
Plains" at the Windsor Square ; also in "The Rising
Generation." written by his father during the war.
Screen experience of two years and has appeared in
"Noisy Neighbors." titled "Finnegan's Ball." Also in
a Vitaphone selection with John. Marie and Joe; Vita-
phone No. 2574. "A Little Bit of Everything."
QUILLAN. JOSEPH: b. Glasgow. Scotland. July 27.
1884; h. 5 feet 7 inches: auburn hair and blue grey
eyes; w. 190 pounds: p. Rose Ann Moore and James
Quillan. non-professionals: e. St. Joseph college. Burn-
fries, and has been on the stage since he was 18 years
old: m. Sarah Quillan. professional: hy. boxing and
baseball. In vaudeville since he was 18 years old. His
first appearance in pictures was in Pathe's "Noisy
Neighbors," Vitaphone No. 2574, "A Little Bit of
Everything."
QUINN. JAMES T.: b. New Orleans. La. ; h. 5 feet
7V4 niche*: brown hair and blue eyes; w. 135 pounds;
e. New Orleans. La. Stage experience. Screen work
with Famous Players, Reliance. Goldwyn. Warners
First National. Metro. Fox. Universal. M tro-Goldwyn
Pro-Dis-Co. FBO. Pictures include "Two Flaming
Youths." "Ginsberg the Great." Warner: "Woman
Who Dare." Excellent; "Go and Get It." RKO; "The
Dance of Life," Paramount: "Come and Get It"
Radio.
R
RADFORD. BASIL: Played role of Standish in
"Barnum Was Right" (1929). Universal.
RAKER. LOR IN Appeared in "Mother's Boy"
(19291. l'athe.
RALLI. PAUL: b. Cyprus. December 29. 1905: h.
(I feet; brown eyes and dark ha.r; w. 1*55 pounds; e.
London. England. Specialized In law. Stage experi-
ence in London and New York. Pictures Include:
"Life's Like That." "Waterhole." "Montmartre Rose."
Excellent: Namari in "Married In Hollywood." Fox;
"Show People." MGM.
RALPH. LOUIS: Appeared In "Spies" (1929).
MGM.
RANDALL. BERNARD: Appeared In "Show Girl"
(1929). First National.
RANDOLF. ANDERS: b. Denmark. December 18.
1876; h. 5 feet 11 inches: brown-grey hair and grey-
blue eyes: w. 185 pounds; p. non-professionals; ni.
non- professional : hy. none. Three years stage experi-
ence and 10 years screen. Appeared In 1929 in "Me.
Gangster." "The Sin Sister." Fox; "The Viking."
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: "Dangerous Curves." Para-
mount: "Noah's Ark." Warner Bros.; "Young No-
where*." First National; "The Kiss." MGM; "Last
Performance." "Shanghai Lady." Universal: in 1930
in "Ooing Wild." First National; "Sin Flood." "Way
of All Men." MGM.
RANGERS. THE: Vitaphone No. 2900. "After the
Roundup."
RANKIN. ARTHUR: r. n Arthur Rankin Daven-
port." b. New York City. August 30, 1900; h. 5 feet 10
Inches; blue eyes and dark brown hair; w. 155 pounds;
e. St. Paul's Preparatory School. Garden C.ty. L. I
Bishop Ridley College. Ontario. Canada: m. Has lived
In Oarden City. New York. Hollywood. Siage experi-
ence In "Jest" Ir New York with John and Lionel Bar-
n-more, his uncles. Pictures Include "Volga Boatman."
"Broken Laws." "Say It with Sables." "Blood Ship."
"Walking Back." "Making the Varsity." ' F nrters
Keepers." Bob Conroy in "Brothers." Jimmy Fairchild
In "Glad Rag Doll." Warner: "The Fall of Eve." "Be-
low the Deadline." "Submarine." Columbia; "Compan-
ionate Marriage." First National; "The Wild Partv "
Paramount: "Ship of the Night." Rayart: "Mexican
Rose," Columbia.
RASP, FRITZI: Has appeared in "Spies" (1929).
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer.
RATCLIFFE. E. J.: b. London. England; e. St. Peter
and Paul College. England. Screen work with Metro-
United Artists. Warner. Pros-DLs-Co. Associated Ex-
hibitors. Columbia. Pictures include "Held by the
Law." "Cheating Cheaters." Universal: "The Notorious
Lady." "Prince of Headwalters." "Smile. Brother.
Bmlle." "Publicity Madness." Vox: Nathan Boxby In
"Floating College." Tiffany -Stahl; "Four Feathers."
Paramount: "Jaw Age." Radio Pictures: "Sally."
First National: "Cohens and Kellys In Scotland." "One
Hysterical Night." "Skinner Steps Out." Universal.
RATHBONE. BASIL: b. South Africa: e. in Eng-
land: h. 6 feet Hfc inches: black hair and hazel eyes;
m. Ouida Bergere. scenarist and playwright. Started
his theatrical career playing in Shakespearean roles in
1912. Played in "Romeo and Juliet." "Othello" and
in the role of "Peter Ibbltson." Played in "He Who
Gets Slapped" for a season, then came to America to
play in "The Masked Bride" with Mae Murray at the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. A former stage contract
made it necessary to return to New Y'ork to appear in
"The Captive." "The Command to Love" and "Judas."
of which he was star and co-author. Returned to Holly-
wood to appear in "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" with
Norma Shearer at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was placed
under long-term contract, and has appeared in "This
Mad World." "Bishop Murder Case." "Lady of Scan-
dal." "Flirting Widow" (1930). "A Notorious Affair"
(1930). First National: "The High Road" (1929).
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: "Sin Takes a Holiday" (1930).
Pathe; "The Lady Surrenders" (1930). Universal.
RATOFF, GREGORY: Vitaphone No. 3335. "For
Sale."
RAY. JACQUES: Appeared in "The Side Show"
(1929). Columbia.
RAYMOND. JACK: r. n. George Feder: b. Min-
neapolis. Minn., December 14. 1901: h. 5 feet 4 inches:
brown hair and eyes: w. 128 pounds: p. Jennie and
Joseph Feder. non-professionals: e. Hagerstown. Md. ;
hy. golf and pinochle. Twelve years in vaudeville and
musical comedy; one year in stock in Dallas. Tex., and
six months in stock in Los Angeles. Cal. Seven years
screen experience as assistant director on "The Last
Command" for Paramount: and in such roles as Ber-
nie in "Sally of the Scandals." FBO: Bernie in
"The Butter and Egg Man." First National; Snoopy-
Max in "Synthetic Sin." First National: the Barker
in "Ijonesome" ; Jake in "Melody of Love." Universal;
and Pinsky in "Y'ounger Generation." Columbia. He
also was cameraman for Universale "The Kid's
Clever": in 1929 in "Three Week Ends." Paramount;
"Points West." Universal.
RAUCOURT. JULES: b. Brussels. Belgium; h. 5
feet 11 inches; brown eyes and dark hair: w. 160
pounds; e. Brussels and Paris; specialized in literature;
hy. swimming. Has lived in Paris. Berlin, London.
New York. Venice. Los Angeles. Was on the stage
In Paris and in London with Gaby Deslys. Wrote
and published "Le Jardin Pourpre." and "L'Amour du
Cinema." Entered pictures in 1910. Pictures include
"Prunella." "La Tosca." "Frou-Ftou." "Ranger of
the North." "Glorious Betsy." "His Tiger Lady."
"Hollywood Extra 9413."
RAWLINSON. HERBERT: b. Brighton. England.
1885: h. 6 feet: brown hair and blue eyes: w. 165
pounds: e. Englnad and France. Stage career: reper-
tory and stock. Screen career: "Slipping Wives."
Pathe: "The Bugle Call." MGM: "The Hour of Reck-
oning." Davis; "Wages of Conscience." No. 2356.
Vitaphone short.
RAYNOR. SAM: "Barber's College" (1929). Pathe-
George Le Maire Comedies.
REDMOND. JACK: Appeared in "The Wild Party"
(1929). Paramount.
RE0M0ND & WELLS: Vitaphone No. 2748. "The
Gyp."
REED. DONALD: b. Mexico City. 1907: e. Mexico
City and at Occidental City. Los Angeles. Pictures
Include "Mark of the Frog." Pathe; "Mad Hour."
"Naughty hut Nice." "There You Are," "His Secre-
tary." "The Auction Block," MGM: "A Most Im-
moral Lady," "The Night Watch." "Show Girl," First
National: "Hardboiled," Radio Pictures; "Little Johnny
Jones." First National; "Evangeline." United Artists.
REED. GEORGE: Appeared in "River of Romance"
(1929). Paramount.
REED. IRA B.: b. Tahlequah. Okla.. May 9. 1904;
e. in Hot Springs. Ark. ; m. Harriet Reed, non-profes-
sional; h. 5 feet 8 inches: w. 160 pounds; black hair,
brown eyes. No stage experience. Entered pictures in
1926. Three years as one of the chief pilots in How-
ard Hughes' "Hell's Angels." With Colleen Moore in
"Lilac Time," First National: Russ Farrell series of
air pictures. "The Air Circus." "The Flying Marine,"
"The Sky Hawk," Fox; "Young Eagles." Paramount;
with Buddy Rogers, and as Von Rickner. the German
war ace. in "The Dawn Patrol." First National, with
Richard Barthelmess: with Joe E. Brown in "Going
Wild." First National.
REEVES. ROBERT: b. Marlin. Texas. January 28.
1892; h. 6 feet 2 inches: brown hair and blue eyes:
w. 200 pounds; p. Frances and George P. Reeves, non-
professional; e. Marlin high school. Texas A. & M.
College; not married: hy. horseback riding, tennis, base-
ball, hunting and fishing. Eight years' screen experi-
ence: featured in Westerns and serials for Universal and
In Rayart releases; appeared in 1930 in "Canyon
Hawks." Big 4 Corp.
REGAN, JOSEPH: Played in Vitaphone No. 2628.
REGO. CHARLES: "Trying Them Out" (1930).
Pat-he-Checker Comedies, first series.
REICH ER. FRANK: b. Munich. Germany: h. 5 feet
7 inches; brown eyes and dark brown hair: w. 148
pounds: e. Germany, specializing in literature and
music; hy. swimming. Has lived in Berlin. New York.
London. Hollywood. Has had experience on stage.
Entered pictures in 1915. left for 10 years, then re-
turned in 1926. Pictures include "Her Man o' War."
Pro-Dls-Co: "Beau Sabreur." Paramount; "The Blue
Danube." Count Zellner in "The Masks of the Devil."
MGM: directed dialogue in "Paris Bound." "Big
News." "Girl of the Port." RKO: has appeared in "His
Captive Woman." First National; "Four Sons." Fox:
"Sins of the Fathers." "Someone to Love." Paramount:
"Strange Cargo," Pathe; "Mister Antonio." Tiffany-
Stahl; "Black Waters," World Wide; "Her Privato
Affair." Pathe.
REINHARDT. HARRY: Appeared In "Dream of
Love" (1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
REINHART. JOHN: "Love. Live and Laugh" (1929).
Fox: "The Climax" (1930). Universal.
RENALDO. DUNCAN: b. Camden. N. J.. April 23.
1904: h. 6 feet: black hair and dark brown eyes: w.
175 pounds; e. Madame de Burner's School. Versailles.
France: not married: hy. painting, singing and collect-
ing native drums and antiques of all kinds. Stage
experience in New York in "My Son" and in Los An-
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geles in "Her Cardboard Lover" with Edward Everett
Horton. Has appeared in the following screen plavs:
for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, "The Bridge of San Luis
Key." "Trader Horn"; for TifTany-Stahl. "The
Naughty Duchess." "Pals of the Prairie," "The
"Devil's Skipper." "Clothes Make the Woman," "Mar-
cheta." "Romany Love."
RENARD, ERVIN: Played in "The Climax" (1930).
Universal.
RENNIE. JAMES: b. Toronto, Canada; h. 5 feet 11
inches; dark brown hair and gray-green eyes; w. 152
pounds; e. Collegiate Institute at Toronto; m. Dorothy
Gish, professional; hy. swimming, reading Voltaire, and
pets. Has had leading roles on the stage in "Moon-
light," "Honeysuckle." "Spanish Love." "Crime." "The
Great Gatsby" and "Young Love." Has been in pic-
tures since 1921 and has appeared in "Remodeling Iler
Husband." with Dorothy Gish; "Mightv Lak a Rose."
"Clothes Make the Pirate." "His Children's Children,"
"Girl of the Golden West" and "The Bad Man," also
in No. 980. "Two Rounds of Love," Vitaphone short.
REVELLERS, THE: Appeared in Metro Movietone
Act No. 89.
REX: Horse actor. "Hoofbeats of Vengeance"
(1929) , "Plunging Hoofs" (1929), Universal; "Har-
vest of Hate" (1930), Universal.
REYNOLDS, ABE: "Love at First Sight" (1930).
Chesterfield.
REYNOLDS. HARRINGTON: In "Old English"
(1930) , Warner Bros.
RHYTHM BOYS: Played in "King of Jazz" (1930),
Universal.
RICE. FRANK: b. Muskegon. Mich.; e. Portland.
Ore. Twelve years stage experience Pictures include
"The Slingshot Kid." "The Boy Rider." "The Pinto
Kid," "Pals of the Prairie." FEO; "The Wolf's
Fangs." "A Thief in the Dark." Fox; "Sky High
Saunders." "Three Miles Up," "The Royal Rider."
"Dangerous Females." Christie; "The Forbidden Trail."
Cosmopolitan; "The Lawless Legion." First National;
"The Overland Telegraph." MGM: "Stairs of Sand."
Paramount: "The Wagon Master." "The Fighting
Legion." "Parade of the West," Universal; "Faro
Nell," Paramount. Christie Talking Plays.
RICHARD, VERNON: Vitaphone No. 2248. "The
Hunt"; No. 2277. "In the Mines."
RICHARDSON, FRANK: Appeared in 1929 in "Fox
Movietone Follies," "Sunny Side Up," "Masquerade,"
Fox; "Let's Go Places" (1930). Fox; Vitaphone No.
2270 and 2329.
RICH MAN, HARRY: r. n. Henry Richman. Jr.;
b. Newark, N. J. ; p. Katherine and Henry Reichman ;
m. and div., Yvonne Stevenson. Early stage training
at the piano playing vaudeville houses and cabarets
together with a young violinist named Remington.
They called themselves "The Gingery Boys" and toured
the United States and Canada during 1913. Appeared
in stock, in a company headed by Marjorie Rambeau
and Willard Mack, and in Pacific Coast stock com-
pany, in which Richard Dix was leading man. Then
took to night club entertaining putting on a single
song and dance at Baron Long's Vernon Country Club
in Los Angeles, and at Watt's Tavern. During 1915
Richman. with two other youths, Farnsworth and Gil-
son, sang in a vaudeville act ; he then became accom-
panist for Mae West in vaudeville : also with Roszika
and Yancsi Dolly; then took the role of Henry Rivers
with the late Nora Bayes in "Queen o' Hearts" in
1922; also sang over Station WHN of New York at
this time. Joined George White's Scandals in 1926
where he appeared for three successive years. At this
time he acquired ownership interests in various night
clubs and became well known through his broadcasts
over the NBC hook-ups from the Club Richman,
New York. Some songs that have been introduced and
established by his singing of them are "Muddy Water,"
"The Birth of the Blues," "Lucky Day," "Laugh,
Clown, Laugh,." "King for a Day." "Dirty Hands.
Dirty Face," "Linger Awhile." and "Will You Re-
member Me?" He wrote the music of "Muddy Water"
and the lyrics of "Will You Remember Me?" During
the summer of 1929 he went to Hollywood with
Joseph M. Schenck, to begin production of his first
film "The Song of Broadway," an original screen story
by Irving Berlin, who also wrote eight songs for him
to sing in the picture; "Putting On the Ritz" (1930),
United Artists.
RICHARDSON. JACK: r. n. John Howard Richard-
son; b. New York City. November 18. 1883; h. 5 feet
11 inches; brown hair, grey temples and dark blue eyes;
w. 180 pounds; p. Emma and James M. Richardson,
non-professionals; e. Central high. Cleveland, Ohio,
Culver Military Academy, and Western Reserve Uni-
versity also of Cleveland; m. Florence Stone, pro-
fessional; hy. cartooning, golfing. Stage experience of
ten years in vaudeville, dramatic stock and repertoire.
Screen experience started in 1909 with Selig Co. at
Edendale; 1910 New York Motion Picture Co., Charles
French, director: 1911 American Film Co.. at Lakeside.
Calif., playing heavies opposite J. Warren Kerrigan.
Moved with American Co. to Santa Barbara, where
studio was built and was with them for five years;
1917 with Thos. H. Ince, and starred in the following:
"The Painted Lily" with Alma Rubens; "Free and
Equal." "Desert Law." "His Enemy the Law" and
"The Mayor of Eihert." During those two years with
Triangle Pictures also, playing lead with Gloria Swan-
son. Louise Glaum. Bessie Barriscale, Dorothv Dalton,
Wm. Desmond: 1919 with Vitagraph and played with
Wm. Duncan in two serials; 1919 Warner Brothers,
featuring in their first classic of the screen with Grace
Darmond. From 1920 to 1929 as a freelance plaver
with the following companies: First National. Warner
Brothers, Universal, Pathe, C. B. DeMille. Goldwvn.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Tiffany-Stahl. Feature parts in
the following: "The Singing Fool." "The Leather-
necks." "The Sailor's Holiday" and "Hard Boiled
Haggarty," also several independents with Johnny
Walker. Also appeared in the following "Painted
Faces." "The Dude Wrangler." "Maid to Order" and
"The Troopers Three."
RICHMOND. WARNER: li Culpeper County. Vir-
ginia. January 11, 1895: h. 5 feet 11 inches; brown hair
anil blue eyes; w. 170 pounds: p. Emllle and William
Richmond; e. Virginia Military institute. Lexington. Va..
and University of Virginia. Charlottesville. Va. ; m.
Felce Striker Rose, none-professional: hy. horses and
the autobiographical history of "The Foe of the Re-
bellion." Created leads in "The Eyes of Youth."
Shubert show, and "Little Miss Brown" with Bradv
manag.ng; supported stars In "As a Man Thinks" anil
"Indian Summer" with John Mason; "Trail of tho
Lonesome Pine" with Charlotte Walker: "Misleading
Lady" with Lewis Stone; and in the Theatre Guild
production of "John Ferguson." He has appeared in
such pictures as "Tol'abie David" with Richard Bar-
thelmess; "Slide, Kelly. Slide." Metro-Goldwyn-Mavur
production with William Haines; "The Fire Brigade."
.Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production with Charles Ray;
"Chicago," Cecil B. DeMille production; also in Warner
Brothers "Finger Prints." "Irish Hearts," "White
Flannels," "Heart of Maryland," "The Redeeming S.n"
and "Stark Mad." Among his other pictures are
"Manhattan Madness." "Fifty-Fifty" and "Big
Brother." "The Apache"; (1929) Columbia: "Big
News" (1929). Pathe; "Strictly Modern" (1930), First
National: "Vengeance," Vitaphone No. 3799.
RICKETTS, TOM: b. London. England; h. 5 feet 10
inches; white hair and dark blue eyes; w. 150 pounds;
e. England and America. Screen work with Essanay,
American, Universal, Goldwyn. Metro. Associated Ex-
hibitors. First National. FBO. Warner Brothers, SeKul-
berg, Columbia. Astor, Fox. Paramount. Rayart, Excel-
lent. Pathe. Pictures Include "My Friend from India,"
Pathe; "Sailors Sweetheart," "Beware of Bachelors,"
Admiral in "Glad Rag Doll." Warner; "Doomsday,"
"Just Married." Paramount; "Light Fingers," Colum-
bia; "Dry Martini," Fox; "Interference." Paramount:
"Red Hot Speed," Universal; "Prince of Diamonds,"
Columbia; "The Vagabond King," Paramount.
RICKS, ARCHIE: Played in "The Long, Long Trail"
(1929) , Universal.
RICKSON. JOE: Appeared in "The Drifter" (1929).
Radio Pictures; "Trails of Danger" (1930), Big 4;
"Lone Star Ranger" (1930). Fox.
RIDGES. STANLEY: Vitaphone No. 1059. "Let's
Merge. "
RIDGEWAY. FRITZI: Appeared in 1929 in "This
Is Heaven." United Artists: "Red Hot Speed," Uni-
versal; "Prince of Diamonds" (1930), Columbia; "Hell's
Heroes" (1930), Universal.
RIEFENSTAHL, LENI: "White Hell of Pitz Palu"
(1930) . Universal.
RIGAS, GEORGE: b. Greece; h. 6 feet; black hair
and brown eyes; w 178 pounds; e. Greece and France.
Stage experience, abroad and in United States. Pic-
tures include "That Royle Girl," "Desert Gold,"
"Beau Geste," "Redskin," Paramount: "Wolf Song,"
"The Rescue," United Artists; "Acquitted," Columbia;
"Hearts and Hoofs." Pathe. Rodeo Comedies.
RIGGE. RUDOLPH KLEIN: Played in "Spies"
(1929), MGM.
RINKER, A.: "Two Plus Fours" (1930), Pathe
Campus Comedies.
RIN TIN TIN: dog actor. "Song of Songs" (1929).
"Frozen River" (1929). "Rough Waters" (1929),
Warner Bros.; Vitaphone No. 2267.
RING, CYRIL: Appeared in "The Coeoanuts"
(1929) , Paramount; "Top Speed" (1930), First
National.
RINGHAM, EDWARD: Appeared in "House of
Secrets" (1930), Chesterfield.
RIPLEY, ROBERT L.: Vitaphone "Believe It or
Not" series.
RISSO, JOHN: b. San Francisco, California, June
11, 1904; h. 5 feet 11 inches; brown hair and eyes; w.
158 pounds; p. Maria and G. B. Risso. non-profes-
sional; e. Oakland high school. Oakland, Cal., Uni-
versity of California, Berkeley, Cal. ; not married ; hy.
tennis, singing, music. Stage experience: sang at Mark
Hopkins hotel in San Francisco. Radio Station KPO. on
Shell National hookup with Hugh Barrett Dobbs. On
the screen, played the newsboy in "Street of Chance"
(1930) . Paramount, with William Powell.
RIVE, KENNETH: Played in "White Devil," Ufa.
RIVERO. JULIAN: b. Galveston: h. 5 feet 9 inches;
brown eyes and black hair; w. 148 pounds; e. Austin
College, Texas; married; hy. riding, fishing, dancing,
fencing. Has lived in New York City. Chicago.
Montreal. Los Angeles. Entered pictures in 1915. Has
directed comedies for the World Film Company and
Canadian Film. Pictures include: "The Night Ship,"
Lumas; "Chicago After Midnight." BO. Became a
stock player with Educational Studio.
ROACH, BERT: b. Washington. D. C. : e. In Wash-
ington; h. 5 feet 10% inches; w. 220 pounds; dark
brown hair, gray eyes: hy. golf. At age of 17 he
went to New York and obtained a small role in a mu-
sical comedy in which he remained for one year. He
then appeared with Nora Bayes in a musical show and
later in the chief role in the farce comedy, "The Gen-
tleman from Mississippi." Two years with H. B.
Harris in "The Commuters" and then starred in
"Louisiana Lou" and later for several years as leading
tenor in a musical comedy stock production. Went to
California and was given his first opportunity in pic-
tures by Al Christie. He was starred by Sennett, Uni-
versal and Christie for nine years. His first big role
in feature pictures came when he was signed by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for a featured part in "Excuse
me." His only singing role was in "So Long Letty"
with Charlotte Greenwood for Warner Bros. In 1929
he appeared in "Twin Beds." First National; "The
Desert Rider." "Honeymoon." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
"The Last Warning," Universal: "The Argyle Case,"
"The Time. Place and Girl." Warner Bros.; "Young
Nowheres," First National: in 1930 in "Hold Every-
thing," "Viennese Nights." "Captain Thunder." War-
ner Bros.; "Scrappily Married." "Down with Hus-
bands," "The Stronger Sex," 'The Fatal Forceps."
"For Love or Money." "So This Is Paris Green."
Paramount-Christie Talking Plays.
ROAN N E. ANDRE: Appeared in "Venus" (1929),
United Artists.
ROBARDS, JASON: h. Hillsdale, Mich.; e. Sag;naw
and Dramatic Arts Academy, New York. Stage experi-
ence in "Lightnin'." "Seventh Heaven." Pictures in-
clude "Streets of Shanghai." "Wild Geese." TifTany-
Stahl: "Polly of the Movies." First Division: "Casey
Jones." "Jaws of Steel.' "A Bird in the nand,"
Christie short: "The Flying Marine." "Trial Marriage."
Columbia: "The Isle of Lost Ships." First National:
"Some Mother's Boy." Rayart: "The Gamblers." War-
ner: "Paris." First National: "Crazy That Way," Fox;
"Peacock Alley." Tiffany: "Abraham Lincoln." United
Artists.
ROBBINS. ART: Appeared In "One Man Dog"
(1929), Radio Pictures.
ROBBINS. WALTER: b. Chicago. 111.. October 18r
1888; b. 5 feet 4 inches; brown eyes and hair; w.
145 pounds; e. Chicago, 111.; hy. horse racing, base-
ball, football, boxing, hockey, swimming. Entered
pictures in 1911 at Vitagraph studio, again in 1916
permanently. Pictures include: "Three Gold Coins,"
"Western Speed." "Western Luck." "Johnny Get Your
Hair Cut." "Shanghaied." "Coney Island."
ROBERTS. BERLY: Appeared in "Just Off Broad-
way" (1929). Chesterfield.
ROBERTS. DESMOND: b. London, England. Feb-
ruary 5, 1894; e. at St. Bees School, Cumberland..
England: h. 6 feet 1% inches: w. 187 pounds; brown-
hair and blue eyes; hy. cricket, golf, shooting and
hunting; not married. Entered the picture business
in 1922. Played leads in many English pictures and
stage productions. Left the "Journey's End" company
at the Belasco theatre in Los Angeles to go to work
in a Hollywood studio. Played the role of Major
Blend in "Queen's Husband." Radio, with Loweir
Sherman; "Way for a Sailor." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
ROBERTS, THEODORE: Appeared in 1929 in "Ned
McCobb's Daughter" and "Noisy Neighbors," Pathe.
ROBERTSON, EDWARD G. : b. Bucharest. Ru-
mania, December 12. 1893; e. in New York City in
the public schools and won a master of arts degree
at Columbia; m. Doris Lloyd, actress; h. 5 feet $
inches; w. 150 pounds; brown eyes, black hair: hy. golf.
On the stage for sixteen years. Speaks Spanish. Ital-
ian, French, German, Hebrew and Yiddish in addition
to his native tongue and has done plays in all of
these languages. Signed for his first picture part in
"The Bright Shawl" eight years ago because the en-
gagement included a trip to Havana. Then came
"The Hole in the Wall," "The Night Ride." "Widow
from Chicago," "Lady to Love," "Little Caesar."
"Outside the Law" (1930). Universal.
ROBERTSON, WILLARD: b. Runnels. Texas. Janu-
ary 1, 1886 ; h. 6 feet ^ inch ; dark brown hair and
blue-gray eyes; w. 180 pounds; e. public schools of
Washington and at National University Law School of
Washington; hy. sailboats and sailing them. First stage
experience as actor in a stock company at Washington,
D. C. Later joined Thomas Jefferson's company playing
a part in "Rip Van Winkle." In 1906 with "The
College Widow" company and made first appearance on
Broadway. Next joined Tully Marshall's Stock Com-
pany at Cleveland. Ohio and following this engagement
played a role in "The Warrens of Virginia" under
David Belasco's management. Played the minister in
"Polly of the Circus." Was stage director for Robert
Hilliard when he toured in "A Fool There Was."
Played an important role in "The Trail of the Lone-
some Pine." for three years. During his stage appear-
ances studied law and returning to Washington took
up study at law school. Then became secretary to
James B. Harlan of Interstate Commerce Commission.
Later became an attorney for the commission, Governor
Joseph W. Folk of Missouri making appointment. Has
played roles in "Icebound." "Miss Lulu Bett." prize
winning Pulitzer plays, and in many other productions
including "Rope" and "The Front Page." Wrote "Big
Game." which was produced by Mrs. Henry B. Harris,
and "The Sea Woman." produced by the Little Theatre,
and "Black Velvet," in which Frank Keenan played the
featured role. Played on screen in "The Last of the
Duanes." for Fox in 1930.
ROBINSON, EARL: Appeared in "Air Circus"
(1929) , Fox.
ROCCARDI, ALBERT: Appeared in "Romance of
the Rio Grande" (1929), Fox; "The Love Parade"
(1930) , Paramount.
ROCHE, JOHN: b. Penn Yan. N. Y.: h. 6 feet 1
inch; brown hair and hazel eyes; w. 175 pounds; e.
Rochester, N. Y. Stage experience in stock and musical
comedy. Screen work with Cosmopolitan, Fox. Warners,
First National. Universal. Paramount. Vitagraph, Edu-
cational. Pictures include "The Truthful Sex." "Uncle
Tom's Cabin." Universal; "Their Hour," Tiffany-Stahl;
"Diamond Handcuffs," MGM ; "The Dream Melody,"
Excellent; "The Donovan Affair," Columbia; "The
Awful Truth." "This Thing Called Love." Pathe;
"Monte Carlo." Paramount.
ROEBUCK. BOB: Vitaphone No. 1034. "Horse
Sense."
ROGERS, CHARLES (BUDDY): b. Olanthe, Kan.,
h. 6 feet: black hair and brown eyes; w. 175 pounds;
p. Maude and Bert Henry Rogers, non-professionals;
e. Olanthe high school. University of Kansas, and was
trained for the screen in The Paramount Picture
School : hy. music and gymnastics. Has appeared in
such pictures as "Fascinating Youth." "Wings." "My
Best Girl," "Get Your Man." "Abie's Irish Rose."
"Varsity" and "Someone to Love": in 1929 in "Close
Harmony." "Here Comes the Bandwagon," "Illusion,"
"The River of Romance." "Half Way to Heaven."
Paramount; in 1930 in "Paramount on Parade."
"Safety in Numbers." "Young Eagles," "Follow Thru',"
"Heads Up," and "Along Came Youth." Paramount:
Vitaphone No. 2550. "The Movie Man"; 2541, "The
Ice Man."
ROGERS. HARRY: "Trying Them Out" (1930).
Pathe Checker Comedies, first series.
ROGERS. JOHN: Appeared in "Behind That Cur-
tain" (1929), Fox; "The Sea Wolf" (1930). Fox.
ROGERS. WALTER: b. Denver. Col.. April 6.
1906; h. 6 feet: brown hair and gray brown eyes: w. 170
pounds: e. East Denver high school and Carnegie
Tech. ; hy. football. Played stock at the Elitch Gardens
theatre in Denver. Discovered San .Tanney's "Loose
Ankles," also produced "Devil's Den." Entered pic-
tures in 1929. Played Jacques Vallon in "Seven Faces"
(1929), Fox; "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930).
Universal.
ROGERS. WILL: r. n. William Penn Adair Rogers;
b. Colagah, U. S. Cherokee Indian Territory, November
4. 1879; e. Willow Hassell School at Neosho. Mo., and
Kemper Military Academy. Booneville. First stage ex-
Iterience was In Keith's Union Square theatre. His act
was sitting on a pony on the stage and he chewed
gum. spun a rope and cracked jokes. Later in the
Follies without the pony he chewed and drawled his
witty comments on current news. Was once named for
governor of Oklahoma hut declined the nomination.
Has been mayor of Beverly Hills. Cal.. and has pub-
lished a hook. "The Cowboy Philosopher on the Peace
Conference." lias appeared in such pictures as "Happy
Days" (1930). "So This Is London" (1930). "They
Had to See Paris" (1929). Fox.
ROLAND. GILBERT: r. n. Luis Antonio Damaso
De Alonso; b. Juarez, Mexico, December 11. 1905; h. 5
1931
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feet 11 inches; black hair and brown eyes: w. 1C5
pounds; p. Mr and Mrs. Francisco Alonso. father a
Dal] fighter in Spain: e. private schools in Mexico,
lie has apiieared m "The Plastic Ape." "'The Campus
Flirt" in support of Hebe Daniels; "The Blonde Saint"
for First National: in "Camilla" as leading man for
Norma Talniadge, First National picture: and in "The
Dove" and "The Woman Disputed." also as leading
man for Norma Talmadge. I'nited Artists product. on;
"New York Nights" (1929). United Artists; "Monsieur
Le Fox" (1930). MOM.
ROLLENS. JACOUE: Appeared in "Mother Machrce"
(19291. Fox.
ROLLINS. DAVID: h. Kansas City. Mo.. September
2. 1900; h. 5 feet 10% inches: brown hair and blue
eyes; w. 135 pounds: p. non-professionals: e. North-
west high school. Kansas City, and Olendale hiith.
(ilcndale. Cat., college at Culver. Ind., and received
his stage train ng in school: hy. riding, tennis, swim-
ming, golf, hiking and motor Ixiats. Has apt>cared in
the following pictures: "High BohOOl Hero." directed by
David Butler, juvenile: "Ixive Is Blonde." comedy, lead;
"Win That Girl." with Sue Carol, lead; "Air Circus."
directed by Hawks, lead: "Prep and Pep." directed by
.lohn Ford, juvenile: "Our Daily Break," directed hy
Murnau; and Fox Movietone Follies; all Fox produc-
tions. Also in I'nivcrsal's "Thanks for the Busty
Hide." directed by William Seller: in 1929 in "The
Black Watch." "LOW. LlTfl and Laugh." "Wbj Leave
Home." Fox; also "Happy Days" (1930). Fox.
ROMAN. FRANK: h. Granada. Spain. September 25.
1908; h. 5 feet 10 inches; black hair and dark brown
eyes; w. 150 pounds: p. Antonia Sierra and El lea Ko-
man. non-professionals: e. High schools In Californ a
and Dramatic school; not married: hy. all outdoor
sports. Stage experience of two years in stock. Screen
experience sine 1927 : appeared In "Four Devils."
"The Veiled Woman."
ROMAN. HIGH: Appeared In "The Show Girl"
(19291. First National.
ROMANOFF. CONSTANT I N E : Appeared in "Wolf
Sons" (1929). Paramount.
ROME. BERT: Appeared in 1929 In "The Ware
Case." "Forward Pass," First National.
RONSERAY. COUNT PIERRE de: b. Paris. France.
October 80, 1S92: h. 5 feet 11 inches; dark ha r and
blue- gray eyes; w. ion pounds; e. Paris, Sarl»onne Col-
lege In Paris: hy. music, singing and piano; tennis,
horseback r iling, rolf. Stem experience ill France and
America in "It's Kasv to Have." "Rachel." "The Lion
Tamer," "The I*irate." " Transgressors." "I.ulu Belle."
"Mata Flari." Screen experience in France and Amer-
ica. Picture include "Madame Sans Gene." "Ex-
change of Wives." M(i.i.' : "Tile French Husband"
MGM: "The Tempt row." MGM: The Desert Healer."
First National: "Long Pants." First National: "Time
to Van" Paramount; "Glorious Betsy." Warner: "Th >
Beloved ItogiH'." Warner; "liadv of the Pavement."
United Artists; 'Tolled lady." Fox.
ROONEY. PAT: Iron gray hair and blue eyes: p.
Pat Hooney and Josephine Grainger: in. Marion Bent.
Stase career: more than 25 years in vaudeville as a
comedian, in "Kings of Smoke." ' Shamrock." "Love
Bird." On screen flayed in "Sweethearts." Universal.
ROONEY 3rd, PAT: Nineteen years old: p. Marian
Bent and Pat Knoney. Stage career In vaudeville. On
screen played with parents in "Sweethearts," Universal.
ROPER. BOB: Played in "Broadway" (1929). Uni-
versal.
ROPER. JACK: Appeared in "The Duk" Steps Out"
( 19291 . Metro-Goldwyn Mayer.
R0QU EMORE. HENRY: b, Texas, March
13. 1888; h. 5 feet fi Inches: gray hair and dark eyes;
w. 222 pounds: p. Mary Myers and John Lewis Boque-
more. non-professionals; e. Palestine high school and
the University of Texas; in. Fern Emmett. professional:
hy. golf antl rid.ng. Stage exiiericnee of 27 years
consists of appearances in the following productions:
"Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway." ' The Man on
the Box." "Fair and Warmer," "The Traveling Sales-
man," and "When We Were Twenty-one." Screen
exjierience consists of roles In such pictures as "The
Wagon Show," "Sinners in Love" and "Stocks and
Blondes"; "Anne Against World" (1929). Kayart ;
"Beyond the Klo Grande" (1930). B;g 4.
ROSCOE. ALAN: Screen work with First National.
Pro-Dis-Co, FBO. Stale Bights. Columbia. lectures
Include: "Duty's Beward." Elbee: "Marry the Girl."
Sterling; "The Mating Call," Paramount: "Modem
Mothers." "The Sideshow." Major in "Flight." Colum-
bia: manager in "The Vagabond Lover." Bland in
"Seven Keys to Baldpate." RKO; "Driftwood." "Hur-
ricane." Columbia: "Love in the Desert." "The Med
Sword." Kadlo Pictures: "Call of the West." Colum-
bia; "Haln or Shine." Columbia; "Half Shot at Sun-
rise." Itadlo Pictures.
ROSE. DON: Played in "King of Jazz" (1930).
Universal.
ROOSEVELT. BUDDY: h. Meeker. Col.; h. 5 feet
11 inches: brown eyes and black hair; w. 175 pounds;
e. public schools In Meeker. Col., and Cambridge Tech..
Cambridge. Mass. ; hy. swimming, golf, hunting. Has
lived In Boston. Cambridge. Hollywood. Pictures In-
clude: "Hide 'Em High" "Trail Riders." "Mystery
Valley." James Muddock in "The Devil's Tower."
Itayart.
ROSENBLATT CANTOR JOSEPH, and Male Chorui:
Vitaphone No. 2203.
ROSENER. GEORGE: Vitaphone No. 910. "The
Fallen Star."
ROSENTHAL. BORIS: A tared in "East Side
Sadie" (1929). Worldart Films.
ROSENTHAL. HARRY: Vitaphone No. 100T-08,
"The Collegiate Model."
ROSITTI. ALONZO: Ap|>eared in "Seven Footprints
to Satan" 11929). First National.
ROSS. BURT. JR.: h. New York City. August 2.
1913: h. 5 feet 7 Incites: brown eves and hair: w. 125
pounds; e. Bollywood high school: hy. football, basket-
ball. Entered pictures in 192". Pictures include:
"The Sunset Derby." "For the Love of Mike." "Life
of Caruso."
ROSS. CHUCHILL: r. n. Boss Welglc; h. La Fay-
ette, Ind . January 29. 1901; h. 5 feet 7 inches; blond
hair and blue grey eyes: w. 120 pounds: p. non-pro-
fessionals: e. Jefferson high school and the Exeter
Academy. New Hampshire: not married: hy. reading,
writing and music. Played in the Little theatre. Indian-
apolis, for a short time. He has appeared with FBO.
First Nat.onal and Paramount, and in "The Col-
legians" series for Universal; in 19:" in "College Love"
and "King of the Campus." Universal.
ROSS. FRANK: h. Boston. Mass.: p. Frank and
Dorothy Boss; e. Exeter Preparatory' School and at
Princeton University: hy. tennis and swimming. NO
stase experience. Screen experience in "Sweetie."
"The Saturday Night Kid" (19291. "Young Eagles"
(1930). Paramount.
ROSS. SHERMAN: Apiwared in "Making the
Grade" (1929). Fox.
ROSSITTO. ANGELO: Appeared in "One Stolen
Night" (1929). Warner Brothers.
ROTH. HANS: Played in "The Blue Angel." Ufa.
ROTHE. ELLIOTT: b. Passa de Lorro. Mexico. May
30. 1907; h. 5 feet 1H4 inches: dark hair and brown
eyes; w. 157 pounds: p. Lillie Fox and Nat Rotho. pro-
fessionals; e. Blair Military Academy. Peekskill Mili-
tary Academy. University of Southern California.
Columbia University; not married; hy. designing sets
and stage lighting, painting, horseback riding, swimming
and all outdoor sports. Stage experience: appeared in
"Cradle Snatchers." 192(1-27. role of Jose. Sam Harris
production: "Women Go on Forever." 1927. part of
I/iuis. Bradv and Wiman : "My Maryland." 1928. part
of Jack Negiy. Shuberts; "Revolt." 1929. part of Sol.
Harry Wagstatf Grlbble ; "East of Sunrise." 1929. part
of Walter. Standish Oniel: "Mendel. Inc." 1930. role of
Oscar. Lew Cantor, all New York productions l,cads
in stock during summers of 1928-29: Bonstell Players
In Buffalo. N. Y. : Olga Worth Players in Little Bock.
Ark Screen experience: Under contract to Paramount
1924-5: lead opposite Clara Bow in "Faint Perfume"
and "My I*ady's Lips." role of Harold Parmalee in
"Morton of the Movies": opposite Allierta Vaughn in
Telohnne t : i r 1 M-rics. FBO : juvenile in "Tarnish.
Samuel Goldwvn : scries of comedies for Fox: scries of
Westerns for Universal: Tonv the Greek in "Little Annie
Bonney" with Mary Pickford.
ROUBERT. MATTY: Apix-and in close Harmony"
(1929). Paramount
ROUDENKO WALDIMIR: Appeared in "Napoleon"
(19291. Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer.
ROWLAND ART: Appeared in "The Black Pearl"
(1929). Bayart.
RUBIN. BENNY: b Huston. Mass. February 2: h.
5 feet 7'^ inches: black hair and brown eyes: w. 142
pounds; p. non-professionals; e. on stage; m prcfes-
sional: hy. Iiox ng. baseball and golf. Spent nine years
in vaudeville: two in burlesuue and holds record for
engagements a; the Palace theatre. New York City, for
a total of six weeks out of seven. Also first a"tor
to be held ov r at the Capitol theatre. New Yorki
Played in Stock in New York. Boston. Chicago and
Portland. Me. With "Guv Pane" and "Half a
Widow" comoany and Ions engagements In all large
Eastern theatres. Sent for by Fox and started his
screen career in "Daisies Won't Tell." Appeared in
1929 In "Naughty Baby." First National: "It's a
Great Life." MGM: "The Actor." "Income Tact."
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"The Delicatessen Kid." "Pop and Son." "Broken
Statutes." "Pilgrim Papas." "Hotsy Totsy." Radio
Pictures: Vitaphone 2539. and in 1930 in "Children
of Pleasure." "Lord Byron of Broadway." "Montana
Moon." MGM; "Hot Curves." "Sunny Skies," Tiffany;
"Leathernecking." Radio.
RUBEN. J. WALTER: b. New York City. August.
1899: h. 5 feet 10% inches: brovrn hair and eyes; w.
15G pounds; p. Ruth Waltern and Max Rubens, non-
professionals; e. DeWitte Clinton high school. New York
City, and Columbia university; rece.ved his stage train-
ing when but a child: m. June Stevenson, non-profes-
sional: hy. dogs and prize-fighting. Screen experience
includes such pictures as "The Gay Retreat." "The
Last Outlaw." "Shootin' Irons" and "Under the Tonto
Rim" in 1927: and in 1928 in "The Van.shins Pio-
neer." "Fools for Luck." "Avalanche." "Sunset Pass."
RUBIN, JAN: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 2790.
RUECKERT. ERNST: Appeared in "Eleven Who
Were Loyal" (1929), Ufa.
RUFFO. TITO: Sang in Metro Movietone Acts Nos.
85 and 520.
RUGGLES. CHARLES: b. Los Angeles. Cal. ; h. 5
feet G inches; light brown hair and light gray eyes;
w. 145 pounds; hy. handball, boxing and swimming.
At age of 15 went to San Francisco and took a part
In Barrie's "The Admirable Cricbton." After this
played stock in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Later
joined with Oliver Morosco and made first appearance
in New York in "Help Wanted." Then "Rolling
Stones." "Canary Cottage." "The Tick Tock Man of
Oz." "Tumble Inn." "The Demi-Virgin." "White
Collars," "Battling Butler." "Queen High" and "Rain-
bow." Chosen by Paramount for part in "Gentlemen
of the Press." followed by "The Lady Lies." "Road-
house Nights," "Young Man of Manhattan." "Queen
High." and "Her Wedding Night." No. 2568-69. "Wives.
Etc.." Vitaphone.
RUNYON. DAMON: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
1047. "At the Round Table."
RUSH. DICK: "The Benson Murder Case" (1930),
Paramount.
RUSH. FELIX: "Crosbys Comers" (1930), Pathe
Golden Rooster Comedies.
RUSSELL. J. GORDON: Appeared in "Beyond the
Sierras" (1929), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
RUSSELL. JOHN LOWELL: Appeared in "Arizona
Days" (1929), El Dorado Pictures.
RUSSELL. WILLIAM: Appeared in "Girls Gone
Wild." (1929). Fox.
RUSSELL MARKERT DANCERS: Appeared in
"King of Jazz" (1930), Universal.
RUTH. "BABE." HERMAN: b. Baltimore; e. St.
Mary's Industrial School. Catholic orphanage; married.
Began playing sandlot baseball when a youngster,
gradually working way into the major leagues: did
some splendid pitching in a World Series, proved
calibre as an all-around player, specializing in right
field; developed into acknowledged "home run king"
and has been responsible to a great extent for several
of the pennants won by his team, the New York
Yankees. Pictures include: "Headin' Home." State
Rights; "Babe Comes Home." First National: Harold
Lloyd featured him in "Speedy."
RUTH. MARSHALL: b. Marshalltown. Iowa. Decem-
ber 24. 1898; h. 5 feet 10% inches: blond hair and
blue eyes; w. 230 pounds; e. Culver Military Academy.
Iowa State College. University of Wisconsin, Beloit
College; hy. football. Entered pictures in 1922. Screen
career includes "Red Wine." Dick in "Joy Street."
Billy in "Nix on Dames." Fox; 'Virgin Lips." Colum-
bia; "Navy Blues." Babe Kitterick in "Broadway
Melody" (1929). MGM.
RUTHERFORD. JOHN: "Half Shot at Sunrise"
(1930). Radio Pictures; "Whoopee" (1930), United
Artists.
RUYSDAEL. BASIL: Appeared in "The Cocoanuts"
(1929). Paramount.
RYAN, BEN: Vitaphone No. 1029. "A Tenement
Tangle": No. 998. "Websterian Students."
RYAN. ROBERT J.: b. Pipestone." Minn.; h. 6 feet;
blue eyes and dark hair; w. 179 pounds; e. Pipestone.
Entered pictures in 1919. Pictures include: "Woman-
power." "The College Widow." Warner: Butch in "The
Tollers." Tiffany-Stahl ; "Strong Boy." Fox.
RYNO. WILLIAM H.: b. New York City; h. 5
feet 10% inches; gray hair and gray eyes: w. 160
pounds; e. N. Y. C. schools. Screen work with Fox.
Universal. Selig. Pathe. First National, Selznick, Art-
class. Arrow. Davis, Associated Exhibitors. Pictures
Include: "The Boy Rider." FBO: "The Cowboy
Cavalier." Pathe; "A Horseman of the Plains." Fox.
s
SABATO. ALFREDO: Appeared in "The River"
(1929). Fox.
SA BIN. TEDDY: Appeared In Vitaphone No. 2160.
SABINI. FRANK: r. n. Fernando F. Poo del Villar;
b Havana. Cuba, September 15, 1895; h. 5 feet 10 inches;
black hair and brown eyes: w. 172 pounds; p. non-
professionals: e. Havana high school. Havana Institute
and New York Military Academy; m. Helen Eisner,
professional; hy. music. Stage experience: twelve years
vaudeville. Kelth-Orpheum principal comedian in bur-
lesque, three years Columbia Wheel. New York: Morosco
production of "The Bad Man" for one year; two years
with Dillingham. Screen experience: Sono-Art's "Blaze
o' Glory." part of Tony: "Beyond Victory." part of
Pete: "Big Money," "Carnival Revue." Pathe: "On the
8pot." with Jack Oakle. Paramount: Mack Sennett five
real feature comedy, featured with MarJorie Beebe:
MOM'* "Jenny Lind." part of Italian artist: also No.
21G0. Vitaphone short.
8AINPOLIS. JOHN: h New Orleans. La.; h. 5
feet 10V4 Inches; gray hair and brown eyes: w. 170
pounds: e. New Orleans. Stage experience In New
York productions. "For the Defense." "The Tailor
Made Man." "The Torches," four seasons with David
WarflHd. Screen work with Goldwyn. Metro, Preferred.
Universal. Selznick. Paramount. First National. Metro-
OoldwynMaver. Fox. Schulberg. Chadwtck. Pictures
Include: "Green Grass Widows." "The Gun Runner."
Tiffany-Stahl; "Fast Life." "Why Be Good." First
National: "Coquette." United Artists: "In the Next
Room." First National: "Guilty." Columbia; "Three
Sisters." Fox; "Party Girl," Tiffany; "The Melody
Man," Columbia; "Captain Thunder." Warner.
ST. ANGELO, ROBERT: b. Elena. Italy; h. 6 feet
1 inch; coal black hair and brown eyes; w. 185
pounds; p. Charles St. Angelo: hy. tennis, swim-
ming and sketching. Received his first bid in the Fitz-
maurice production "To Have and to Hold" ; then
worked for a year as an extra playing in "Adam's
Rib," "Manslaughter" and "The Ten Commandments";
also appeared in "As a Man Desires." His first real
part was in "The King of Kings" in which he did
so well that he was put under a long term contract.
Since then he has played various roles in "Turkish
Delight," "Chicago," "The Missing Man" and "Craig's
Wife."
ST. JOHN. AL.: b. Santa Ana. Cal.. September 10;
h. 5 feet 8 inches: blond hair and blue eyes; w. 140
pounds; e. Santa Ana and Los Angeles high schools,
and received his stage training in San Francisco. Los
Angeles and New York City; m. non-professional; hy.
hunting. Has spent four years in musical comedy and
16 years in pictures. Appeared in 1929 in "The
Dance of Life." Paramount; "She Goes to War,"
United Artists; in 1930 in "Hell Harbor," United
Artists: "Western Knights." Educational-Mermaid Talk-
ing Pictures; "Two Fresh Eggs," Pathe-Folly Come-
dies, second series.
ST. LEO. LEONARD: Appeared in "Heroic Lover"
(1929), General Pictures.
SANDERS, KENT: Appeared in "Strong Boy"
(1929). Fox.
SANDERS. SCOTT: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 956,
"Scotch Taffy."
SANDFORD, STANLEY J.: b. Osage. Iowa. Feb-
ruary 26. 1894; h. 6 feet 5 inches: dark blue eyes and
brown hair; w. 280 pounds; e. Seattle, Wash.; m. ;
two children. Robert. 9, Louise, 7; hy. motoring, swim-
ming, hunting. Stage experience in Daniel Frawley
Company. Seattle and Alaska. Entered pictures in
June 12. 1910. Pictures include: "The World's
Champion," "The Circus." "Blind Husbands." "The
Far Call." Fox; "The Iron Mask." United Artists.
SANTELL, ARTHUR: r. n. Arthur Blackmer; b.
Santa Susanna, Cal.; h. 5 feet 10% inches; black
hair and blue eyes; w. 156 pounds; p. father is a
Methodist minister; e. Santa Susanna, California; not
married; hy. hunting and woodcraft. He has been on
the stage since the age of 12, and is billed as "Ameri-
ca's Strongest Boy." He is 18 years old and some
of the feats of strength are: tearing three inch tele-
phone book in half with bare hands, breaks 120 penny
spikes with his teeth, drives some spikes through two
inch board with hands, hangs from a plane at 1500
foot elevation on a 50 foot rope with his teeth, pulls
16.900 pounds of loaded automobiles with teeth. Screen
experience includes several short reels.
SANTLEY. FREDRIC: b. Salt Lake City. Utah.
November 20: h. 5 feet 10% inches; blond hair and
blue eyes; w. 148 pounds: p. Laurene and Eugene
Santley. professionals; e. private tutorage; m. Marion
Simpson, non-professional ; hy. polo, golf, swimming
and handball. Stage experience: first appearance at
age of 4. girl's part as Sissy Denver in "The Silver
King." Also played following child roles: The heir of
Damon in "Damon and Pythias." Dolores in "The Gal-
ley Slave." Little Willie in "East Lynne." Avtis in
"Quo Vadis." Arthur Wesley Thompson in "Quality
Street" with Maude Adams. Jimmie in "The Price of
Honor." Chub Tolliver in "The County Chairman." and
"Slightly Soiled" in "Peter Pan." also with Maude
Adams. Followed this work by playing prominent roles
In following plays: "Billy the Kid," "The Moulin
Rouge." "When Dreams Come True." "The Wife Hunt-
ers" and "Little Miss Fix It" with Alice Lloyd. For
following three years was in motion pictures with Vita-
graph. Essanay. Kalem and Cosmopolitan. Returned to
speaking stage with "The Gay Hussars." "Jumping
Jupiter" with Richard Carle. "Kiss Me Quick." "Glori-
anna." "The Cohan Revue." "Dew Drop Inn." and
"Have a Heart." Played in vaudeville, then returned
to musical plays after the war. his first show being
""be Royal Vagabond." followed bv "The Poor Lift1
Ritz Girl." "Two Little Girls in Blue." "Up She
Goes," "Topsy and Eva" with the Duncan Sisters in
San Francisco. Los Angeles and Chicago: "Sitting
Pretty" and "Kosher Kittv Kelly." "Present Arms."
"Hello. Daddy." "Funny Face." Appeared on screen
again in 1930 in "Leathernecking." Radio Pictures.
SANTORO. JACK: r n. Juan Santoro: b. New York
York City. April 18. 1898: h. 5 feet 8% inches: brown
eyes and black hair: w. 147 pounds: e. Columbia
University. Specialized in law and sciences: hy. golf,
tennis, riding. Has lived in New York City. Stirling.
N. J.. Boston. Mass.. Chicago. 111.. Hollywood. Cal..
Havana. Cuba. Stage experience Entered pictures 'n
1923. when Darryl Zanuck engaged him for a part
In a Warner picture because of his resemblance to
Ravmond Griffith and Adolphe Menjou. Pictures in-
clude: "Slightly Used." "Ginsberg the Gr^at."
"Women Thev Talk About." "Midnight Taxi." "Sonny
Boy." "Frozen River." Warner; "One Stolen Night."
Warner.
SANTSCHI, TOM: Among his outstanding recent
pictures are "The Wagon Master" (1929), Universal;
"River's End" (1930). Warner Bros.
SARGENT. LEWIS: b. Los Angeles. Cal., 1904: h.
5 feet 9 inches: light brown hair and gray-green eyes;
w. 150 pounds: p. Elsa and L>wis Sargent, non-pro-
fessionals: e. Issiacs Business college: m. Pauline Buz-
zard, non-professional: hy. fishing, hunting, boxing,
riding, rowing, swimming, tumbling and driving. Stage
appearances at the Glendale Community theatre in 1924.
Screen experience consists of roles of Huck in "Huckle-
berry Finn" in 1919; the star In "Soul of Youth" for
Paramount: co-starred In "Just Around the Corner" in
1921 for Cosmopolitan. New York: starred in 15 one-
reelers for Universal in 1923; Noah Claypool in "Oliver
Twist" in 1924 for United Artists; Jimmy Cooke in
"Racing Blood" series for RKO in 1928. Also had
parts In "The River Pirate" and "Roadhouse" for Fox
In 1928; and in "The Godless Girl." a DeMllle pro-
duction. In "One Splendid Hour" (1929), Columbia.
SARLAND. REGINALD: "Inside the Lines" (1930).
Radio Pictures.
SARNO. HECTOR V.: b. Naples. Italy; h. 5 feet 10
Inches: brown eyes and gray hair: w. 175 pounds:
e. Italy. Specialized In medicine at University of
Naples: married and has a daughter. Maria. 22. a
son. Dante. 20. Has lived in New York. Los Angeles.
Pasadena. Has had seven years' stage experience.
Entered pictures in 1909. Pictures include: "Girl of
the Golden West," "Ashes of Vengeance," "Song of
Love," First National; "Great Diamond Mystery,"
"Honor Among Men," "Lucky Star." Fox; "Laughing
at Death." Radio; "Red Hot Speed." Universal;
"Hearts and Hoofs." Pathe, Rodeo Comedies.
SASCHA, ALEXANDER: "When You Give Your
Heart Away," Ufa.
SAUM. CLIFFORD: Played in "Three Sisters."
Fox.
SA VI LLE, GUS: "The Light of Western Stars"
(1930). Paramount.
SAXE, TEMPLER: b. Redhill. England; h. 5 feet
10 inches; dark brown hair and gray-blue eyes: w.
170 pounds; e. Bonn and Brussels universities. Stage
career; leading baritone, Carl Rosa Opera Company.
London; "An English Daisy." "Piff. Paff. Pouf."
Screen work with Vitagraph. Paramount, Tiffany. Con-
stance Talmadge. Pathe. Selznick, FBO. Metro,
Pioneer. Whitman Bennett. American Releasing. War-
ner, Fox. Arrow. First National. Pictures include:
'The Girl from Gay Paree." Tiffany; "What Price
Beauty." Pathe: "Beyond London's Lights." FBO;
"Valley of Hunted Men."
SAXON, HUGH: b. New Orleans. La.. January 14.
1869; h. 5 feet 9 inches; dark blue eyes and silver
gray hair; w. 165 pounds: e. Vanderbilt University.
Nashville. Tenn. Specialized in theology, journalism;
married and has one son, Lyle. author in New York,
one daughter, Mrs. A. V. Shotwell: hy. golf, swim-
ming. Has lived in London. England. Los Angeles.
New York, San Francisco, Johannesburg. S. Africa.
Entered pictures in 1916. Pictures include: "Sand."
"Veiled Woman." "Tracked." "Phantom of the Turf."
"One Splendid Hour." Excellent.
SAYLOR. SID: r. n. Leo Sailor: b. Chicago. 111..
May 24. 1895; h. 5 feet 10% inches; brown eyes and
brown hair; w. 180 pounds; e. Los Angeles and San
Diego schools. Chicago Art Institute. Specialized in
art and athletics: married and has one daughter.
Jeanne. 8; h. hunting, fishing, golfing. Fourteen years'
stage experience. Entered picture in 1925. Worked
as property man until Francis Ford discovered him.
Among his pictures are: 54 Sid Saylor Comedies re-
leased through Universal: "Just Off Broadway." Ches-
terfield; "The Light of Western Stars," Paramount.
SCHABLE. ROBERT: b. Hamilton. Ohio: h. 5 feet
7% inches; light brown hair and giay eyes; w. 145
pounds; e. Hamilton. Ohio. Stage experience with
Ethel Barrymore. John Drew. Marie Doro. Screen
work with Fox, Metro. First National. Famous Play-
ers. Paramount. United Artists. Warner. Pictures in-
clude: "The Loves of Sunya." United Artists; "Sailors'
Wives," Philippine Lacombe in "Careers," "Man and
the Moment," First National.
SCHAEFFER. CHARLES N. : Appeared in "The
Winged Horseman" (1929). Universal.
SCHENCK. JOE: Of the famous vaudeville team.
"Van and Schenck." b. Brooklyn, New York; h. 5
feet 9 inches; dark hair and blue eyes; w. 143 pounds:
e. Brooklyn. Like his partner, he was born and raised
in Brooklyn, where they first teamed up as pitcher and
catcher on semi-professional baseball clubs. They then
went to work for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company,
Van doing the motoring and Schenck collecting the
nickels. Between runs, the pair sang together in car
barns. Soon they became known about Brooklyn as the
"Singing Street Car Men" and vaudeville scouts got
on their trail, giving them a professional tryout with
their trolley uniforms as a wardrobe. Success came
to them and for 20 years they played in almost every
big city in the world. Recently they made a series
of song shorts subjects. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer signed
them to play a regular feature with their own lives as
a background. "Take It Big." Metro Movietone Acts
No. 83 and 102. Died in 1930.
SCHILDKRAUT. JOSEPH: b. Vienna. Austria.
March 22. 1898; h. 5 feet 10 inches: black hair and
eyes; w. 146 pounds; p. Rudolph Scnildkraut. profes-
sional; e. Vienna and Berlin high school and college:
m. Elise Bartlett. professional; hy. book collecting
(possesses library of 17.500 books in German. French,
English. Greek and Latin), music, breeding of wire-
haired terriers. In Germany in 1913 he joined Max
Reinhardt's theatre, and appeared in "The Prodi-
gal Son." which was produced in this country by
Morris Gest under the title of "The Wanderer." Until
the war of 1917, he played in the repertoire of mod-
ern and classical authors, such as Shakespeare. Schiller.
Lessing, Moliere, Sudermann. Strindberg. Galsworthy
and many others. Went to Vienna during the war in
1917 and joined the Deutsches Volks theatre, where
he widened his repertoire, operating some of the plays
played at Berlin, and did new ones, until Christmas
of 1920. He came to America. January. 1921. and
signed a contract with New York Theatre Guild, and
starred for them in Molnar's "Lilliom" in English and
ran 768 performances. Then appeared in Ibsen's dra-
matic "Peer Gynt" for one season, then in Edwin
Justic Mayer's comedy. "The Firebrand." for one sea-
son. His screen career consisted of the part of
Chevalier de Vaudrey with Lilliam Gish in "Orphans
of the Storm." directed by D. W. Griffith, then under
direction of C. B. DeMille appeared in "Road to
Yesterday." "The King of Kings." "Shipwrecked."
"His Dog." "The Forbidden Woman" and "Tenth
Avenue." He then signed a starring contract with
Universal Studio for the part of Gaylord Ravenal in
"Show Boat." Plaved in "Mississippi Gambler"
(1929). Universal: "Cock of the Walk" (1930). Sono
Art -World Wide: "Night Ride" (1930). Universal.
SCHILDKRAUT. RUDOLPH: b. Constantinople: e.
Roumania. Snecialized in dramatics. He had stage
experience. Pictures include: Ten films for UFA:
first picture in America. "His People." Universal;
"Ship Comes In." "The Main Event." "The Country
Doctor." Pathe; "Christina." Fox; "King of Kings,"
Pathe.
SCHLETTON. H. A.: Placed in "The Immortal
Vagabond." Ufa.
SCHMIDT. KAI: Appeared In "Laughing at
Death" (1929). Radio Pictures.
SCHMUCK. FRITZ: Played In "When You Give
Your Heart Away." Ufa.
SCHNEIDER. EDWIN: Was accompanist for John
McCormack for fifteen years. Played off-stage accom-
paniment for McCormack in Fox Movietone production.
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"Song o' My Heart." and also Dart of the village
organist in the picture.
SCHNEIDER. WILLY: Appeared in "Life of Bee-
thoven" (1929). Film Arts Guild.
SCHOTT. WERNER: Played in "The Last Com-
pany." Ufa.
SCHROTH, HEINRICH: Appeared in "The Presi-
dent" (1929). Edward L. Klein.
SCHUMANN-HEINK. FERDINAND: b. Hamburg.
Germany. August 9. 1893; h. 5 feet 10 inches: dark
brown eyes and brown hair: w. 163 pounds; e. Dres-
den. Germany. Montclair. N. J.. Fordham University.
New York. Specialized in medicine; married; hy.
riding, tennis, golf, swimming, polo. Has had stage
experienoe. Entered pictures in 1924. Pictures in-
clude: Felipe in "Isle of Hate." Von Bulon in "The
Awakening." United Artists; Julius in "Riley the
Cop." Fox; Zeppelin lieutenant in "Hell's Angels."
Caddo: Carl Hummell in "Blaze o' Glory." Sono-Art.
SCHWANNECKE. VICTOR: Appeared in "Love
Waltz." Ufa.
SCH WANNEKE, WALTER: Appeared in "Marie
Antoinette" U929). Unusual Photoplays.
SCOTT, FRED: b. Los Angeles. Cal. ; e. in Los
Angeles. Cal.: h. 6 feet; w. 175 pounds; brown hair
and brown eyes; hy. tennis and fencing; not married.
Entered pictures in 1924. Appeared in "Bio Rita."
leads in "The Grand Parade" (1930). "Swing High"
(1930). Pathe. "Beyond Victory" and "Night Work."
SCOTT. RANDOLPH: Appeared in "The Far Call-'
(1929). Fox.
SCOTT. WALTER: Appeared in "Great Power"
(1929). Franklin Warner.
8COTT. WILLIAM: b. 1893: h. 5 feet 11 inches:
light complexion: w. 169 pounds; e. New York City.
Stage career: with Maude Adams. Joseph Jefferson.
Kelcey and Shannon. Screen work with Artcraft, Fox.
nm National. Excellent. Goldstone. FBO. Pro-Dis-
Co.. Paramount, Renown Pictures. Associated Exhibi-
tors. C. B. C. Liberty. Columbia. Pictures include:
"Aflame in the Sky." "Freckles." "Little Mickey
Grogan." FBO; "By Whos? Hand." Columbia:
"Daughters of Desire." Excellent; The Girl Who
Wouldn't Wait." Liberty.
SEATON. SCOTT: b. Sacramento. Cal.. March 11.
1878: h. 5 feet 10V4 inches: gray hair and brown eyes;
w. 170 pounds; p. Mary Cheefman and Horace Seaton.
non-professionals; e. OaJtland high school; widower:
hy. automobiles and theatres. Stage experience includes
traveling in stock for five years with James Neill; in
"Hills of California" with Frank Bacon: and was
■tarred in "What Happened to Jones" with Harry Car-
son Clark. Screen experience since 1926 as The father
In "Wild Beauty" for Universal: the Judge in "The
Greyhound Limited." with Monte Blue for Warner
Bros.; the colonel in "Leathernecks" for Pathe and in
13 pictures for Fox; "Other Tomorrow" (1930). First
National.
SEAY. BILLY: b. Chicago. 111.. June 16. 1922: h.
4 feet 2 inches: brown hair and eyes; w. 60 pounds;
p. Edith and Jesse E. Seay. non-professionals: e.
Hollywood Professional Children's School. Stage experi-
ence in "Christmas Carol." as Tiny Tim with Tom
Terriss and as Pierre in "At the Telephone." also
with Tom Terriss at the Play House, also in many pro-
ductions at the "Writers Club." Screen experience
started at the age of one year when he plaved Tohnnv
Walker's baby in "The Fourth Musketeer." He has
appeared in the following screen productions: Robert
Frazer as a boy in "The Foolish Virgin" for Columbia.
Norman Kern" as a boy in "Foreign Legions" for
Universal. Rex Lease as a boy in "The Texas Ranger."
for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer : Hon Alvarado as a boy in
"Drums of Love" for United Artists and as Fannie
Brice's kid brother Sammy in "My Man" for WarnrT
Brothers, as Petey in Herbert Brenon's all talking pro-
duction. "Lummox" and as Bun Wheater in Para-
mount's "Marriage Playground" and Norbert in "See
You in Church." with Olive Borden, a James Cruze
production.
SEALY. BILLY: Appeared in "My Man" (1929).
"The Man from Blankley's" (1929). Warner Bros.
SEDAN. ROLFE: b. New York City. January 21.
1896: h. 5 feet 9 inch's: brown eyes and aubum hair:
w. 152 pounds; e. New York and Pennsylvania, spe-
cializing In agriculture: married and has one daugh-
ter. Sharon Belinda. 10 months; hy. baseball, boating,
tennis, riding. Has lived in almost every city in the
United States and many of Europe. Has had stage
experience in vaudeville, mug cal production, bur-
lesque, comic opera, dramatic sto^k. Entered pictures in
1919. Pictures include: Adolph in "Uncle Tom's
Cabin." Universal: Author Bixby in "No. No. Napo-
leon." Dude in "Denver Dude." "Reilly of the Rain-
bow Division." Crescent; Waiter in "One Adventurous
Night." First National: "Making the Grade" Fox:
"Tile Iron Mask." United Artists; "One Hysterical
Night." Universal.
SEDANO. CARLOS: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
SEDILLO. JUAN: r. n. Juan Antonl Abad Sedillo:
b. Socorro. N. M.. February 14. 1902: h. 5 feet 11
Inches; black eyes and black hair: w. 170 pounds; e.
University of New Mexico. Georgetown University;
specialized in law. receiving LL. B. degree; married;
hy. polo. Has lived in Albuquerque. N. M.. Santa Fe.
N. M.. Washington. D. C. Los Angeles. Enter- d pic-
tures In November, 1928 Pictures Include: detective
In "Girl from Havana." Fox; Indian vouth in "Nanook
of the Desert."
SEDLEY, HENRY: Appeared in "Back from
Shanghai" (1929), General Pictures.
SEDLEY. ROY & HIS NIGHT CLUB REVUE:
Played in Vitaphone No. 796.
SELBY. NORMAN: Screen career includes Jule In
"The Painted Angel" (1929). Terry in "Loose Ankles."
First National.
SELLON. CHARLES: b. Boston. Mass.. August 24.
1878: h. 5 feet 11 inches; hrown hair and blue eyes:
w. 150 pounds: e. Boston Tech. Boston: m. and has
one son: hy. golf, hunting and fishing. Has been
on the stage for thirty years. Appeared in "The Bad
Man," in Los Angeles California, which was made
into a film by First National. He played the same
role in the film as he did on the stage. Entered films
in 1923. has appeared in the following productions:
"Easy Come. Easy Go." "Woman Proof." "Happiness
Ahead." "Alias Jimmy Valentine." "The Big Scoop."
"Number Please." "Something Always Happens."
"What a Night." "Feel My Pulse." "Count of Ten."
"Mysterious Rider," "Prairie King," "Love Me and
the World is Mine." "The Gamblers." "Bulldog
Drummond." "Hot Stuff." "Girl in the Glass Cage"
and "Man and the Moment." "The Mighty" (1929).
The Saturday Night Kid" (1929). Paramount; "Big
News" (1929). Pathe; in 1930 in "Burning Up."
"Honey." "Men Are Like That." "Let's Go Native,"
Paramount: "Barber John's Boy." Warner Bros.
SEM ELS, HARRY: b. New York City; h. 5 feet 9
Inches; black hair and brown eyes; w. 165 pounds;
e. New York City; married and has one daughter.
Ruth, 13, and one son. David. 10; hy. tennis, riding,
swimming. Has lived in Chicago. Tampa, Hollywood.
Entered pictures in 1910. Pictures Include: "Rogues
and Bomance." "Blockage." "Virgin Lips." "The
Roval Rider." First National: Hymie in "The Delight-
ful Rogue." RKO: "Hawk of the Hills." Pathe: "The
Bad Man." First National.
SEMMLER. GUSTAV: Appeared in "Eleven Who
Were Loyal" (1929), Ufa.
SERENADERS. THE: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
2814.
SEROFF. GEORG: Played in "White Devil," Ufa.
SERVANTI. LUIGI: Appeared in "The President"
(1929). Edward L. Klein.
SEYMOURE. LEW: "Syncopated Trial" (1929),
Pathe-Melody Comedies, first series.
SHACKLEFORD. FLOYD: Appeared in "Stark
Mad" (1929). Warner Brothers; "Forward Pass"
(1929). First National; "White Outlaw" (1930). Uni-
versal.
SHANLEY. FRED: Appeared in "Bve. Bve Buddy"
(1929). Trinity.
SHARLAND. REGINALD: b. Southend-on-Sea. Essex.
England; h. 5 feet 9 inches; brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 138 pounds; p. Eleanor Kate and Thomas James
Sharland. non-professionals; e. St. John's College.
Westcliff-on-Sea; hy. yachting, fishing, golf, cricket and
riding. Stage experience includes drama, comedy, mu-
sical comedy and revue in England. Featured leads in
the following in West End of London: "The Pearl
Girl." "The Cinema Star." "My Son John" at Shaftes-
bury theatre. "Jenny." "Watch Your Step" at the Em-
pire theatre. "Poppy" at the Gaiety theatre. "Car-
toons" at the Criterion theatre. "The Peep Show."
"Brighter London" at the London Hippodrome. Two
royal command performances, one at the London Hip-
podrome, and one at the London Coliseum. Also "The
Gay Gordons." "General Post." "The Girl Friend."
"Hit the Deck." "The Dollar Princess." "The Follies
of 1919." "The Follies of 1920." and others. Screen
experience as follows: supporting John Barrymore in
"Show of Shows" for Warner Brothers, directed by
John Adolfl; "Woman to Woman." with Betty Comp-
son. Tiffany production directed by Victor Savile; fea-
tured lead opposite Sally O'Neil in "Girl of the Port"
for RKO. directed by Bert Glennon. supervised by Ber-
tram Millhauser. Also in some talking pictures in 1930.
SHARPE DAVID: Appeared in "Masked Emo-
tions" (1929). Fox.
SHAW, BUD: Appeared in 1929 in "Bye. Bve
Buddy," "China Slaver," "Little Wild Girl" and
"Must We Marry." Trinity.
SHAW. MONTAGUE: Appeared in 1929 in "Behind
That Curtain," Fox; "Morgan's Last Raid." Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer; "Square Shoulders." Pathe.
SHAW, OSCAR: Appeared in 1929 in "Marianne."
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "The Cocoanuts," Paramount.
SHAW & LEE: Vitaphone No. 1027. "Going
Places"; No. 2686.
SHEAN. AL: "Chills and Fever" (1930), Pathe-
Folly Comedies; first series.
SHEEHAN, JOHN: b. Oakland. Cal.. October 22,
1890; h. 5 feet 8 inches; dark hair and blue eyes: w.
160 pounds: p. Catherine and Timothy Sheehan, non-
professionals; e. Oakland high school, St. Mary's Col-
lege: m. Blanche Morris Roberts, professional; hy.
baseball and golf. Twenty years stage experienoe.
dramatic and musical comedy Stock companies in
Oakland, San Francisco, Seattle. Los Angeles, Indian-
apolis. New York. With Fanchon and Marco, also with
Irene Bordoni in "The French Doll." "Greenwich Vil-
lage Follies." "No Other Girl." "The Brown Derby."
"The Girl Friend." "Sweetheart Time." "Twinkle Twin-
kle." "Good News," "Follow Thru." At present play-
ing in Crane Wilbur's "The Cradle Call." First screen
experience with American Film Company in 1917. Has
appeared in "Swing High" (1930). Pathe: "Broken
Dishes" and "Kismet." First National; "Fair Warn-
ing." Fox; "The Criminal Code." Columbia.
SHEFFIELD, REGINALD: r. n. Reginald Sheffield
Cassan; b. London, England. February 18. 1901; h. 5
feet 9 inches: dark blue eyes and light brown hair;
w. 150 pounds; e. England. U. S. A- Specialized
in English, history: married and has one daughter,
Man Alice. 1 year: hy. fencing, riding, tennis, box-
ing, swimming, polo. Has lived in New York City.
London. Los Angeles. Chicago. Vancouver. B. C. Cor-
onado. Cal.. Boston. Entered pictures In 1913 in
London. Pictures include: "Classmates." "David
Copperfleld." "Sweet Sixteen." "College Widow." "Ace
of Cads," "Adorable Cheat." Chesterfield; "The Green
Goddess." "Old English." Warner.
SHELDON. GENE: r. n. Eugene Hume: b. Colum-
bus. Ohio. February 1. 1908: h. 5 feet 8 inches; brown
hair and hazel eyes: w. 143 pounds: p. Ada and C. R.
Hume, non-professionals: e. West high school: not mar-
ried : hy. music, football, investments, singing, swim-
ming and track sports. Four years, stage training
starting out at the age of 16 playing amateur dates in
and around Columbus. O.. and finally joined a small
musical comedy show. Raynor Tehr & Company. Co-
lumbus: later played 24 weeks with six people "flash"
act: thence to a cabaret where he discovered acci-
dentally that he could do comedy.
SHERIDAN. FRANK: Appeared in 1929 in "Fast
Life." First National: "Side Street." Radio Pictures;
"Other Tomorrow" (1930). First National.
SHERMAN. LOWELL: b. San Francisco. CaL : h,
5 feet 9 inches; brown eyes and brown hair: w. 150
pounds; e. New York public schools. Has had atage
experience. Pictures include: "Way Down East."
"The Whip Woman." "Mad Hour." First National;
Eddie Buzzell
Directing
Columbia Pictures
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The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
"The Divine Woman." Bradley in "A Lady of Chance."
MGM; "The Garden of Eden." United Artists; "The
Scarlet Dove," "The Girl from Gay Paree." Tiffanv-
"Stahl: Greyville Sartoris in "The Whip." First Na-
tional; Emperor Leopold in "General Crack." Warner;
directed and played in "Nearly Divorced." MGM short;
"Evidence." "Mammy," "Oh. Sailor Behave," Warner.
SHERRY, J. BARNEY: b. Germantown. Pa.; h. 6
feet 1 inch; iron gray hair and gray eyes; w. 200
pounds; e. private schools, Philadelphia. Catholic Col-
lege. Germantown. Screen work with Selznick, Vita-
graph. Arrow, Associated Exhibitors. American Releas-
ing. Tiffany-Stan], Pathe. Paramount. Fox. First Na-
tional. RKO. Columbia. Pictures include: "The
Warrens of Virginia." Fox; "Born Rich." "Brown
Derby," "Prince of Tempters." First National: "The
Crimson Flash," Pathe serial: "Forgotten Faces."
Paramount; "Zeppelin." Tiffany-Stahl ; John Parker in
"Jazz Heaven." RKO; LeClaire in "Broadway Scan-
dals." Columbia.
SHERRY. CRAIGHALL: Appeared in "Spies"
(1929). MGM.
SHIELD. ERNIE: r. n. Ernest W. Shield: b. Chi-
cago. 111.; h. 5 feet 9 inches; brown eyes and dark
brown hair; w. 140 pounds; e. Chicago, Grand Rapids,
Mich. Specialized in history, literature, biography,
philosophy; hy. boating, hunting, fencing. Has lived
in Chicago. Grand Rapids, New York. London. Paris.
Has had stage experence in drama and comedy. Pic-
tures include: "Three Bad Men," "Woman Wise,"
"Free Lips," photographer in "Detectives Wanted."
Fox; Inebriate in "The Turkish Bath." Fox; "Grey-
hound Limited." Warner.
SHERWOOD. CLARENCE: Appeared in "Stairs of
Sand" (1929). Paramount.
SHORT, LEW: b. Dayton. Ohio. February 14. 1875;
h. 5 feet 10% inches; brown hair and gray eyes: w.
170 pounds; p. Clara Lamb and John M. Short, non-
professionals; e. in Dayton and Cincinnati: married
non-professional; hy. most sports. Stage experience
with Mrs. Fiske in New York City. Screen experience
started in 1908 with D. W. Griffith at Biograph and
appeared in "Leather Stockings." "Last of the Mo-
hicans" and "Black Pearl." also appeared in "Blue
Eagle" for Fox; "A Girl in the Show" and "Big
City" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and "Everybody
Happy" for Warner Bros. Freelance player.
SHULTZ, HARRY: Appeared in "One Stolen
Night" (1929). Warner Bros.
SH U M WAY. LEE: b. Salt Lake City. Utah. 1884; h.
6 feet: w. 180 pounds; e. University of Salt Lake.
Taught dramatics. Stage career: stock and dramatic.
Screen career includes: "South Sea Love," "Beyond
London's Lights." "Great Train Robbery," FBO; "His
Foreign Wife," "America or Bust" (1930). Pathe.
Checker Comedy: "Outlaws of the Red River." "Lone
Star Ranger" (1930). Fox; "Let It Rain." Paramount:
"The House of Scandal." Tiffany; played Crandall in
"Queen of the Night Clubs," Warner Bros.: Sid Dur-
ham in "The Night Parade," RKO; coach in "So
This Is College." MGM: Kramer in "Show Girl in
Hollywood" (1930). "Sweet Mama" (1930). First
National.
SHUMWAY. WALTER: b. Cleveland. Ohio: w. 5
feet 11% inches: dark blue eyes and dark hair: w.
180 pounds: e. Cleveland. Ohio. Pictures include:
"Pretty Ladies." MGM; "The Pinto Kid." FBO; "The
Apache Raider." Pathe: "Greased Lightning." Uni-
versal; "The Tip Off." Universal.
SHY. GUS: Played in "Good News." MGM.
SIDNEY, GEORGE: r. n. Sammy Greenfield: b. New
York City. March 15. 1878: h. 5 feet 3 inches: dark
brown hair and eyes; w. 190 pounds: p. Esther Blerch
and Nathan Greenfield: is not married; hy. amusements.
Thirty years' stage experience, appearing in "Busy Issy"
for fourteen years, in "Welcome. Stranger" and in
"Give and Take." Has appeared in such screen suc-
cesses as "Potash and Perlmutter." "The Cohens and
the Kellys." "Prince of Pilsen," "Auctioneer." "We
Americans." "Lost at the Front." "Life of Riley" and
"Millionaires"; (1929) "Cohens and Kellvs in Atlantic
City." Universal; "Around the Corner" (1930). Co-
lumbia: "Cohens and Kellys in Scotland" (1930). "King
of Jazz" (1930). "Cohens and Kellys in Africa." Uni-
versal: "Caught Cheating." Tiffany.
SI EG EL. BERNARD: b. Lemberg, Poland: h. 5 feet
8 inches; gray hair and brown eyes: w. 140 pounds:
e. Lemberg. Poland. Screen work with Luhin. Vita-
graph. Fox. Universal. Arrow, Paramount, Stromberg.
Pro-Dis-Co. Pictures include: "Drums of the Desert."
"Open Range." Paramount: "Ragtime." First Division:
"Ranger of the North." FBO: "Stand and Deliver."
Pathe: "Laugh, Clown. Laugh," MGM: "The Younger
Generation." Columbia: "The Far Call." Fox: "The
Rescue." United Artists: "Phantom of the Opera."
Universal.
SILK. FRANK X.: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 819.
SILLS. MILTON: b. Chicago. 111. : h. 6 feet 1%
inches; brown hair and gray eyes: w. 190 pounds:
p. Josephine Antoinette and William Henry Sills,
non-professionls ; e. Hyde Park high school, and the
University of Chicago, 111.; received his stage training
us leading man in Belasco. Shubert. Frohman and
Brady shows: m. Doris Kenyon. professional; hy. ten-
nis, horseback riding, chess, gardening, swimming and
reading. S<age experience as leading man in "This
Woman and This Man." Averv Hopwood production;
"Just to Get Married." Clyde Fitch-Frohman pro-
duction; "Governor's Lady." Belasco production; "Law
of the Ifind." "Panthea." Shubert production: "The
Man Inside." Belasoo production: "Diplomacy," Gor-
don production, and also appeared in Shakespearean
roles. Some of his more recent pictures are "The
Barker." "Burning Daylight." "The Cra*h." "The
Hawk's Nest" and "The Vallev of the Giants." Ap-
peared in 1929 in "His Captive Woman" and "Love
and the Devil," First National: in 1930 in "Man
Trouble," "The Sea Wolf." Fox. Died in 1930.
SIMON. LOUIS: In 1929 in "At the Dentist's."
"Go Easy Doctor." "The Plumbers Are Coming."
Path"-George Le Maire Comedies: "Her New Chauf-
feur." "What a Day." Pathe-Manliattan Comedies; first
series.
SIMON. S. S. : Appeared in "The Barker" (1929).
First National.
SIMPSON. ALLAN: b. New York City; h. 6 feet:
brown eves and brown hair: vv. 170 pounds: e. Colum-
bia University: hy. handball and tennis. Has lived in
New York. New Jersey and California. Stage experi-
ence. Entered pictures in 1918. through efforts of
Allan Dwan. Pictures include: "Blondes by Choice."
Lumas; The Girl He Didn't Buy." "Bertha the Sew-
ing Machine Girl." "The Family Upstairs." Fox;
"Padlocked." Paramount; Phil Langhorne in "After
the Fog." Beacon; "One Splendid Hour." Excellent.
SIMPSON. IVAN: Stage experience: first appearance
in "Madame Sans Gene." Came to United States in
1903 and was under contract to Charles Frohman for
three years, later appearing in Winthrop Ames" produc-
tions. First screen appearance in 1915 with John Bar-
rymore in "The Dictator" for Famous Players-Lasky.
Also appeared in "Out of the Drifts." "The Man Who
Played God." "Lovers in Quarantine" and "A Kiss for
Cinderella." In 1930 was in "Way of All Men." First
National; "Manslaughter." "The Sea God," Paramount:
"Inside the Lines," Radio Pictures; "The Green God-
dess," "Old English," Warner Bros.
SIMPSON, RUSSELL: b. San Francisco. Cal., June
17. 1880: h. 5 feet 1 inch; auburn hair and blue eyes;
w. 170 pounds: p. Alice and William Simpson, non-
professionals; e. graduate of grammar school, and re-
ceived his stage training in stock in San Francisco and
Seattle: m. Gertrude Alter, formerly a singer: hy. carv-
ing and working in wood and iron . On the stage he
appeared in the road shows of "Quiney Adams Saw-
yer." "York State Folks" and "Right of Sword": also
with Henry Savage in "The College Widow": in David
Belasco's "The Girl of the Golden Wesf'and "What's
Wrong"; and with Klaw & Erlanger's "The Count of
Luxembourg." He has had various roles in such pic-
tures as "The Barrier." Lubin production: "Tates
Boomerang." World film: "Blue Jeans." Metro pro-
duction; "The Brand," "Beauty Pulls the Strings" and
"Godless Men." Goldwyn productions; "The Virginian."
B. P. Schulberg production; "The Girl of the Golden
West." Edwin Carewe: "Annie Laurie" and "Trail of
'98." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; and in Tiffany-Stahl's
"Wild Geese." Appeared in 1929 "Innocents of
Paris." "Noisy Neighbors." Pathe: "My Lady's Past."
Tiffany-Stahl; "Kid's Clever." Universal: "The Sap,"
Warner Bros.: in 1930 in "Lone Star Ranger," Fox:
"Abraham Lincoln." United Artists; "Barber John's
Boy," Warner Bros.
SINCLAIR. BOB: Appeared in "Hardboiled"
(1929). Radio Pictures.
SINGLETON. JACK: Appeared in "The Tip Off"
(1929). Universal.
SINKOFF. ABE: Appeared in "East Side Sadie"
(1929). Worldart.
SKELLY. HAL: b. Allegheny. Pa. At the age of
15 he ran away from home with the Norris-Roe
show, a traveling circus. He later came to Chicago
and at the LaSalle theatre obtained a part as a
dancer with "The Time, the Place and the Girl"
company. He was then just 16 years of age. Then
went to San Francisco and joined the A. M. Zinn
musical comedy company, and in time he became
known as "Tumbling Harold Skelly." He then went
south and joined Dr. Ruker's "medical opera," then
joined the Parker show in Kansas and played the part
of the comedian with the "Parisian Belles." The
following summer he joined with Bamum and Bailey
and toured the country. With the Raymond Teale
Company he went to China, and Japan, the first
American musical comedy troupe to play in the foreign
colonies of the Orient. When he returned to America
he joined the Singer Shows of Chicago, and the
following season with the Lew Dockstader company
for a road tour. When this engagement ended he
became a member of the Princess stock company in
St. Louis and spent the 1911-1912 season with it.
Was with the "So Long Letty" company. "Fiddlers
Three." "Rose of China." "The Night Boat." "Girl
in the Spotlight," "Orange Blossoms," "Mary Jane
McCain." "Betty Lee," "No. No. Nanette" and "The
Circus Princess." In 1927 he was offered the leading
role in a play named "Burlesque." which was a huge
success. Then Paramount purchased the play and
renamed it "The Dance of Life," featuring Hal Skelly.
His latest pictures are "Woman Trap." "Behind the
Makeup." "Men Are Like That" (1930). Paramount.
SKINNER. OTIS: b. Cambridge. Mass.. June 28.
1858 : e. in Hartford. Conn. Made his professional
debut as Jim. the Negro, in "Woodleigh." presented
at the Philadelphia Museum in 1877. and his New York
debut in "Enchantment" in 1879. and successively
took important roles at Booth's theatre. Boston theatre
and in London. Paris and Berlin. His favorite role
was Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice." Has
starred in "Kismet." "Silent Voice." "A Celebrated
Case." "At the Villa Rose." "Blood and Sand" and
"Merry Wives of Windsor." In 1920 he made a
silent version of "Kismet" for the Robertson-Cole
Company, and recently completed the talking version
of the same play for First National.
SKIPWORTH. ALISON: b. London. England. 1S7iV
e. in London: h. 5 feet 5 inches: w. 160 pounds: auburn
hair and blue eves: hy. farming: not married. En-
tered pictures in 1930. Roles: Kitty in "Strictly Un-
conventional." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Lady Melrose in
"Raffles." United Artists: Mrs. Cliveden-Rank in "Out-
ward Bound" (1930). Warner Bros.; LaGourdan in
"DuBarrv." United Artists, and Laura in "Oh for a
Man." Fox. and "The Circle" (1929). MGM.
SLATTERY. CHARLES: Appeared in "Unmasked"
(1929). Artclass.
SLAVIN. BUSTER: "America or Bust" (1930).
Pathe-Checker Comedies, second series.
SLIPPERLY. RALPH: Appeared in "Sunrise
(1929). Fox.
SLOTT. NATE: b. Chicago. Anril 22. 1902: h. S
feet 8 inches: brown eyes and brown hair: w. 135
pounds: e. Chicago grammar schools; married: hy.
boxing, football, swimming. Has lived in Chicago.
Detroit. New York. T/is Aneeles. Entered nlcrures in
1923. Pictures Include: "The Night Parade." "Wi
the Deck." "Salty Dintv Smith." "The Mighty": with
Fanncy Brice in "Be Yourself."
SM ALLEY. PHILLIPS: r. n Wendell Phillips Smal-
ley; b. Brooklyn. N. Y. August 7. 1875; h. 6 feet:
brown hair and eves; w. 180 pounds: n. Phoe!>e Garnaut
(adopted daughter of Wendell Phillips) and George
Washington Smalley. non-professionals: e. Balliol col-
lege. Oxford university. Harvard university and Har-
vard I*aw school: m. Phyllis Tjorraine Ephlin. profes-
sional: hy. books, water colors, tennis, riding, glass
and china. Stage aniiearances were with Mrs. Fiske in
"Mirando of the Balcony." "Little Italy." "Divor-
cons." "Tess of the d'Urhervillcs." "Canta.Ul Mally "
and "Hedda G abler" al>out two years: three years in
"Why Girls Leave Home": one year with Bertha Gal-
lande in "Return of Eve"; and two years with Dustin
Farnum in "The Squaw Man." Also with Raymond
Hitchcock in "Galloper" and "Yankee Tourist" for
three years ; and with Macloon & Albertson. Los An-
geles playhouse, in "The Goose Hangs High," "Cradle
Snatchers." "Young Blood." and "Door Mat," taking
the lead in the latter two. He has starred, directed
and produced 350 pictures in conjunction with Lois
Weber: spent seven years with Universal; two years
with Bosworth, Inc.; four with the Rex Company;
and one and one-half years with Gaumont Talking
Pictures as star and director with Lois Weber. Has
appeared in 1929 in "Blindfold." "True Heaven." Fox;
"High Voltage." Pathe: in 1930 in "The Aviator."
Warner Bros.; "Drumming It In." Educational-Tuxedo
Talking Comedies.
SMILES. FINCH: Appeared in 1929 in "Behind
That Curtain." Fox: "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney."
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "The Doctor's Secret." Para-
mount.
SMITH. AL: b. New York City: h. 5 feet 5 inches:
black hair and blue eyes; w. 140 pounds: e. New
York City. Three years' experience on stage. Screen
work with Hallroom Boys Comedies. Universal. Inde-
pendent Pictures. Pathe. Fox. Pictures include: "Hilla
of Peril," "Whispering Sage," Fox; "Where the Trail
Begins." Bischoff; "Perils of the Jungle." Weiss Broth-
ers; "The Swift Shadow." "The Law of Fear." FBO;
"The Bullet Mark." "Hold 'Em Yale." Pathe; "The
Drifter." "Fun- of the Wild." "Outlaw," Radio Pic-
tures; "Half Pint Pollv." Pathe. Rodeo Comedies.
SMITH. DONALD: "The Marriage Playground"
(1929). Paramount.
SMITH. H. REEVES: "Return of Sherlock Holmes"
(1929). Paramount.
SMITH. OSCAR: (Colored), b. Topeka. Kansas: e.
Monroe street school in Topeka. WTien he finished
school he went to Phoenix and for five years whipped
the Arizona dust from the boots of the patrons of the
town's leading barber shop. Then he went to Los
Angeles and for ten years was head porter in Cooksie's
place. That was where Wallace Reid saw him and
engaged him as his valet. When Wallace Reid died he
left Oscar a heritage of garments, house furnishings, a
little money and a life-time job. Reid also saw to
it that Oscar should have the shoe shining and cigar
stand concessions on the Paramount lot as long as he
might live. It was a very easy matter when porters
were needed for pictures to yell at Oscar to "Come in
and take this part." inasmuch as he was so near by.
He soon improved, taking these minor parts, and when
the "Canary Murder Case" was written he was selected
for the negro telephone operator role. His contract
with Paramount followed: in "Close Harmony" (1929).
Paramount.
SMITH. REGINALD: "The New Waiter" (1930).
Pathe-George Le Maire Comedies.
SMITH. SEBASTIAN: "White Cargo (1930), pro-
duced by W. P. Film Co., London.
SMITH. STANLEY: b. Kansas City. 1905; h. 6 feet
fair haired and blue-gray eyes; w. 155 pounds: p. non-
professionals; e. high school is Hollywood and in
Kansas City; received his stage training in high school
amateur performances. Stage experience consists of ap-
pearances as the juvenile role in "Kiki" ; the shell-
shocked lieutenant in "What Price Glory" on road tour,
starting in San Francisco and extending to Canada and
the East; followed by two years in stock, first in the
Brandeis theatre. Omaha, and then at Houston. Tex.,
playing Juvenile leads exclusively. Intended to go on
with the legitimate stage, and had already made plans
to appear in "The Royal Family," starring Charlotte
Walker at the Geary theatre, San Francisco, opening
September 16. when he was seen by Paul Bern and
Immediately signed. Following his engagement in "The
Royal Family." he appeared in 1929 in "Sweetie."
Paramount; "The Sophomore." Pathe: in 1930 in "Good
News," MGM; "Honey." Paramount; "King of Jazz."
Universal: "Soup to Nuts." Fox; "Queen High."
Paramount.
SMITH. "WHISPERING" JACK: "Cheer Up and
Smile" (1929). Fox; "The Big Party" (1930), "Happy
Days" (1930). Fox.
SNELL. TED: Appeared in "Heroic Lover" (1929).
General Pictures.
SOJIN: b. Sendai. Japan. January 30. 1891: h.
5 feet 9 inches; black hair and brown eyes: w. 140
pounds: p. Uraji Tsunogawa and Goro Kami-
yama. non-professionals; e. at Daini Chugaku. Miyagi.
Waseda university in Tokyo, and received his stage
training at the Imperial theatre in Tokyo: m. Ura Mita.
professional; hy. hunting and fishing. In his 20 years
on the stage he has taken various parts in Shakes-
peare's plays such as Shylock in "The Merchant of
Venice." Hamlet in "Hamlet." Macbeth in "Macbeth."
and Othello in "Othello": also the part of Faust in
Goethe's "Faust": In Ibsen's "A Leading Part" and
other Ibsen plays; was leading man in Tolstoy's "Resur-
rection"; also produced, directed and appeared in more
than 100 high class dramas presented for the first time
on the Japanese stage. Six years screen experience ap-
p-aring as the Mongolian prince in United Artists "The
Thief of Bagdad" and as Daman, the pirate chief, in
"The Rescue": as Lee Tai. the Chinese millionaire
in "East of Suez": Sadik. the Jewish jeweler, in "The
Wanderer"; the Sultan, in "The Lady of the Harem":
also appearing in "Something Alwavs Happens" for
Paramount: the fortune teller, in "The Sea Beast":
head of the Chamber of Commerce in "Old San Fran-
cisco": the spy of Snatn. in "Across the Pacific"; as
Yoy. the Chinese Mandarin, in "City of Sin" for
Warner Brothers: the leader of the bandits, in "Eve's
Leaves" for DeMille: the Persian prince in "King of
Kings"; Sadik Lama, in "The Devil Dancer"; as
English Charlie in "The Road to Mandalay" : the
Lama priest, in "Foreign Devils": the Chinese general,
in "Telling the World." In the following First National
pictures he took parts of the Arabian sheik, in "All
Aboard" with Johnny Hines: the Chinese general, in
"The Hawk's Nest." and the Sultan, in "Seven Foot-
prints to Satan": also appearing as the Chinese am-
bassador, in "Diplomacy" ; the Chinese Mandarin. In
"Streets of Shanghai" for Tiffanv-Stahl: Chinese de-
tective, in "The Chinese Parrot." Universal picture: the
witch doctor, in "The Tropic Madness." FBO: and as
Hilly, the butler, in "The Bat"; (1929). "Careers."
First National: "Back from Shanghai." General Pic-
tures: "Shlpfl of the Night." Ravart : "China Slaver."
Trinity: in 1930 in "Golden Dawn." Warner Bros.
SOMERSET. PAT: b. Scotland. February 28. 1897:
h. 6 feet; reddish brown hair and blue eyes; w. 160
1931
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Ferdinand Carl
Schumann-Heink
Author — Actor
Author of
{Stage] "Equator"
{Screen} "Mamba"
"The Fighting Romeos"
"Ruins"
"Palaver"
Played in
"Hell's Angels"
"Four Sons"
"The Wedding March"
and many others
pounds: p. Miss Harvey and Admiral Berkley Holme
Sumner, non - professional ; e. Harrow. Sandhurt. Eng-
land, and received his stage training under Sir G. raid
I>e Maurier: in. Shelby Worrall. non-professional; hy.
swimming, tennis and boating. Stage experience in-
cludes api»-araticc in "Interference." "Mid Channel."
"Irene," "The Dancers." "Orange Blossoms'" and "The
Outsider." Screen experience includes appearand s in
"Mother Machree" and "From Headquarters' " : "The
Hlack Walch" (1929). Fox; "Born Reckless" (1930):
"Oood Intentions" (1930), "Men Without Wonun"
(1980).
SORIN. LOUIS: Appeared in 1929 in "Lucky in
Love" and "Mother's Hoy." I'athe: "Animal Crackers"
(1930). Paramount.
SOUSSANIN. NICHOLAS: Pictures Include: "The
Midnight Sun." Universal; "Hotel Imperial." "A
Gentleman of I'aris." "The Spotlight." "The Last
Command." Paramount: "One Increasing I*urpose."
Fox; "The Yellow Lily." First National: Count Zuhov
Valadimir in "Adoration." First National: Kl Hon
in 'The Squall." First National: 'The Night Watch."
First National: "Trent's Last Case," Fox.
SOUTHARD. HARRY H.: Apiwared in "House of
Secrets" (1930). Chesterfield.
SPARKS. NED: b. Ontario. Canada: h. 5 feet SH
inches; brown hair and gray eyes; w. 180 pounds: e.
Toronto. Stage experience with Altce Brady. Madge
Kennedy and William Collier. Pictures include: "The
Big Noise." First National: "The Small Bachelor."
"Alias the Deacon." Universal; "Alias the Lone Wolf."
Columbia: "The Been) Studio." Fox: Happy in "Love
Comes Along." ItKO; " Nothing but the Truth." "The
Canary Murder Case." Paramount: "Strange Cargo."
Pathe: "Sir et Girl," Radio Pictures: "Double Cross
Roads." Fox; "The Devil's Holiday." Paramount;
"The Fa'l Ouv" (1930), Radio Pictures: "Conspiracy"
(1930). Radio Pictures; "Lcaihemccking" (1930). Radio
Pictures.
SPEAR. HARRY: b. Los Angeles. Cal.. December 16,
1921: h. 49 inches: light brown hair and blue eyes;
w. (12 pounds; p. grandmother was on tike stage for
30 years, playing mother imrts in pictures: grand
father was stage manager for Frohman in 1895, also
stage manager for Kthel Barrymore and Henry Miller:
e. in school in Hal Roach lot with Mrs. Fem Carter,
■npel viand by Los Angeles hoard of eduation: hy.
training animals, has a family of 13 white rats and
two dogs. Started in pictures when three years o!d
with Bin Itov at Educational Has worked with Rod
LaK ri "Smith Family": comedies on Mack Sennett
lot. and with Buck Jones at Fox. Under comraet
to Hal Roach in "Our Gang."
SPITALNY. PHIL and HIS PENNSYLVANIA OR-
CHESTRA: Metro Movietone Act No. 82.
SP0TTSW00D. JAMES: Appeared in "Thunder-
bolt" (1929). Paramount.
SPRING. B.: "White Bell of Pitz Palu" (1930).
Universal.
SPROTTE. BERT: b. Chemnitz. Saxony. Germanv.
Di mher 9 1 ST 1 : h. 0 feet; grav hair and blue
eyes; w. 190 pounds; e. Schwerin. Mecklenburg. Ger-
manv: in. Anna Ruzena. professional. Stage experi-
ence of 20 years. Screen experience started In 1917
and has appeared in the following productions:
"Shock Monroe." "Shepherd of the Hills." "Golden
Trial." "Tyrant Fear." "The Parrot." "The Awaken-
ing." "Sins of Fathers." "Flesh and the Devil."
"Wild Geese." "Life of an Actress" and "Private
Life of Helen of Troy." First National: "A Royal
Romance" (1930). Columbia.
STABENAU. TONY: b. Buffalo. N. Y.. July 23.
1901: e. in Los Angeles; b. 6 feet 3 inches; w. 190
liounds; brown hair and gray eyes; married. Was a
professional fighter and was asked by George Carpentier
to play opposite him in his picture for Warner Bros.
He since has appeared as The Battler in "The Big
Fight." "Be Yourself," Spanish version of "The Big
Fight," "Dnrway to Hell" and "City Lights" with
Chaplin.
STAMPER. POPE: "Musical Beauty Shop" (1930).
Pathe Melody Comedies, first senev
STANBURY. DOUGLAS: Yltaphone No. 918. "Pack
Up Your Troubles." No. 1050. "The Wanderer," No.
198". "Alpine Echoes."
STANDING. WYNDHAM: b London. England.
1880; h. 0 feet 1 inch: brown hair and gray eyes; w.
175 pounds; p. Herbert Standing, proftssional : e.
St. Paul's College. London. England; m. Winifred,
professional : hy. horseback riding and most sports.
On the stage in England, Paris and Berlin. On the
screen in the following productions: "Port of Missing
Girls." "Paid in Full." "Eyes of the Soul." "Rose
of the World." "Miracle of Lore," "Witness for De-
fense." "North Bound." "Dark Angel." "Secrets."
"Thi' Canadian." "Thumbs Down" and "City Gone
Wild." Freelance actor.
STANLEY. AL: Appeared in "East Side Sadie"
(1929). Worldart.
STANLEY. FORREST: I. N, m York Citv. August
21. 1889; h. 5 feet 11 inches: blond hair and blue
eyes: w. 165 pounds; e. Columbia University. Stage
work with Charles Frohman. Cohan and Harris.
Charles Dillingham. Oliver Morosco. Pictures include:
"The Phantom of the Turf." "The Wheels of Destiny."
Kay art : "Great Event Series." MGM: "Rare Knees."
Gotham: "The Cat and the Canary." Universal: "Jazz-
land." Carlos Productions; the prosecuting attorney in
"The Drake Case." Universal.
STANLEY. JOE B. : "All Stuck Up" (1930). Pathe
Checker Comedies, first series.
STANLEY. RED : Played in "Painted Angel"
(1929), First National.
STANTON. ERNIE: Vitaphone No. 2586. "Cut
Yourseir a Piece or Cake." No. 2587. "English as
She Is Not Spoken."
STANTON. VAL: Vltaphone No, KSM, "Cut Your-
self a Piece of Cake." No. 2587. "English as She Is
Not Spoken."
STANTON. WILL: b. London. England. September
18. 1893: h. 5 feet 2 inches; brown hair and eyes;
w. 117 pounds: p. Emily Kempster and Henry Stanton,
non-professionals; a. private tutor, and St. Judes. Lon-
don. England: m. Rosalind May. professional: hy.
golf, polo and cricket. He was on the stage for 20
years appearing in music hall productions. Shub rt's
Winter Garden and vaudeville, finally succeeding Char-
lie Chaplin for a tour of America. He has been in
pictures for three years, three months with Hal Roach,
also Quartermaster Bates in Gloria Swanson's "Sadie
Thompson" ; then three months with Columbia. He
also has api>eared in the Fox Van Bibber comedies, and
in "False Colors"; "True Heaven" (1929). Fox;
"Painted Angel" (1929). First National.
STARLIGHT: Horse actor: "Hoofbeats of Ven-
geance" (1929). Universal: "Beyond the Rio Grande"
(1930). "Itidin the Law" (1930). Big 4.
STARRETT. CHARLES: b. Athol. Mass.; e. Dart-
mouth College. Joined Stewart Walker's stock com-
pany, playing for three years in Cincinnati and Indian-
apol.s; went to New York and apiieared in two plays;
appeared m two pictures for indoiiendeni producers:
signed to long-term contract by Paramount and as-
signed lead in "Fast and Loose" ; tlien api»eared in
"Royal Family of Broadway."
STATLEY. CHARLES: Played in "Unmasked"
(1930). Artclass.
STEDMAN. LINCOLN: b. Denver. Col.; h. 5 feet
im inches: hazel eyes and dark brown hair: w. 210
pounds; e. Chicago. Colorado. Los Angeles. Spec.a'ized
in mathematics: hy. tennis., squash, horseback riding,
swimming. Has lived in Los Angeles. New York. Chi-
cago. Denver. Entered pictures in 1918. Pictures in-
clude: "Old Swimmin' Hole." "('apt. January." 1 Baby
Peggy." "One M.nute to Play." "Farmer's Daughter."
"Harold Teen." "Devil's Cage." "Green Grass Widows."
"Why Be Good." First National; "The Wild Party."
Paramount.
STEELE. BOB: r. n. Robert Bradbury: h. Porland.
Ore.. January 23. 1906: h. 5 feet 10 inches; brown hair
and blue eyes; w. 158 pounds; p. Nita and BOborl
North Bradbury, professionals; e. Glendale high school:
not married; hy. all sports. Stage experience started at
the age of two years with his father. He then toured
for Fanchon and Marco in a comedy act for five months
as Murdock Brothers. Screen experience started at the
age of fourteen years with Pathe in "Adventures of Bill
and Bob" with his twin brother. Then with FBO
and appeared in the following: "laughing at Death."
"The Invaders." "Mojave Kid." "Bandits Son." "Man
in the Rough." "Driftin' Sands." "Crooks Can't Win."
"Riding Renegade." "Breed of the Sunsets." "Captain
Careless." "Lightning Speed." "Headin' for Danger."
"Trial of Courage." "Come and Get It" and "Amaz-
ing Vagabond": in 1930 in "Breezy Bill." "Cowboy
and Outlaw." "Hunted Men " "Texas Cowboy." "West-
ern Honor" "Man From Nowhere." for Bell Pictures.
STEELE. WILLIAM: b. Texas: e. St. Louil College.
San Antonio. Texas. Screen career: "Rough and
Ready." "Range Courage." "The Fearless Rider."
"Thunder Riders." Universal: "Whispering Sige." Fox:
"Valley of Hell." "Dough Boys" (19301. MGM: "Hoof
Marks." Pathe.
STEERS. LARRY: h. Chicago. 111.; h. 6 feet; dark
hair and brown eyes: w. 173 pounds; e. Chicago. 111.
Stage exp"rience with Bush Temple Stock. Chicago.
Robert Edeson. "Strnngheart." Screen work with Fox.
Paramount -Realart. Pathe. First National. Chadwlck,
Pro-Dis-Co. Banner. Paramount. Warner, Lumas. Unl-
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versal. Pictures include: "The Phantom Flyer." "The
Claw." Universal: "Love Is Blonde." Fox; "No Con-
trol," "In Old California." Audible: "Dark Skies."
Capitol; Ben Kins in "Let's Go Places." Fox; "Just
Off Broadway," Chesterfield; "Redskin." and "The
Wheel of Life." Paramount.
STEPPLING, JOHN: b. 1869; e. University of
Pennsylvania. State career: for Frohman. Sothern in
"Primmer of Zenda." Olga Nethersole. "Sapho." Wil-
liam Gillette. "Secret Service." Screen work with
Essanay, Famous, later Paramount, Metro, Goldwyn.
Fox, Vitagraph, Universal, First National, Associated
Exhibitors. Truart, Rockett, FBO. Pro-Dis-Co. War-
ner. Pictures include: "The Gay Old Bird," War-
ner; "Her Father Said No," FBO; "Wedding Bells."
Paramount, "Bv Whoso Hand," Columbia; "Their
Hour." Tiffany-Stahl.
STERLER, HERMINE: Appeared in "His Latest
Excellency" (1929). Ufa.
STERLING. FORD: b. La Crosse. Wis. Ran away
from home at an early age to take up a theatrical
career. Obtained first engagement with Georgj
Hutchinson fs Repertory Company. Joined a circus and
worked with the "Flying Leos," who were among the
greatest aerial artists of their day. Remained with
^orepaugh's Amalgamated Circus for five years; then
entered vaudeville and toured the entire Western states.
Went to New York and was cast in a featured role in
a musical comedy, where Mack Sennett saw him and
signed him to a contract to make pictures. Remained
with American Biograph Company but a short time
and then, with Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand,
organized the Keystone Comedies. Has been in pic-
tures ever since, among them "Sporting Goods," "Gen-
tlemen Perefer Blondes," "Wife Savers." "Figures
Don't Lie." "Drums of the Desert," Paramount; "For
the Love of Mike." First National; "Chicken a la
King," Fox; Air. Mack in "The Fall of Eve," Colum-
bia: Shorty MeGee in "Oh. Kay." Pops Shendorf in
"Sally." First National; "The Fatal Forceps." Tangy
in "Bride of the Regiment." First National; Sam Otis
in "Show Girl in Hollywood." First National; "Spring
Is Here." First National, and Amru in "Kismet."
First National.
STERN. LOUIS: 1). New York City. January 10, 1860 ;
h. 5 feet 10 inches: gray hair and brown eyes; w. 170
pounds; p. Carrie and Marcus Stern, professionals; e.
New York high s< hool and the Columbia university; m.
Peggy Ward, professional; by. riding, motoring and
tennis. Spent 25 years on the stage and 18 pictures.
Has appeared in such pictures as "Humoresque." "The
Road to Romance." "Little Wild Cat," "Where East
Is East," "In Old California" (1930). Audible Pic-
tures.
STEVENS. CHARLES: b. Solomansville. Ariz.. May
26, 1893; e. in Arizona; married and has one child;
h. 5 feet 10% inches; w. 150 pounds; black hair,
brown eyes. Is a grandson of the famous Indian chief
and ..tout, Geronimo; hy. golf. Toured the country
for two years in a cowboy vaudeville sketch and then
went into motion pictures. Played important, roles in
all but one of Douglas Fairbanks' pictures. Appeared
in "The Gaucho." "The Vanishing American." "Son of
His Father." "Diamond Handcuffs" and "The Vir-
ginian." and in 1929 in "The Mysterious Dr. Fu Man-
chu." Paramount: "The Iron Mask." United Artists.
STEVENS. LANDERS: r. n. John Landers S'evens:
b. San Francisco. CaL. February 17. 1877; h. fi feet,
gray hair and green eyes; w. 175 pounds: e. in San
Francisco: m. Georgie Cooper, professional, and lias
two children: hy. golf and tennis. Stage actor and
manager in San Francisco theatres. Entered Alms in
1920 and has appeared in the following: "Wild Honev."
"The City That Never Sleeps." "Lead Kindly Light."
"Keeping Up With Lizzie." "Handle With Care," "A
Question of Today." "The Trial of Marv Dugan."
"The Exalted Flapper" (1929). Fox; "The Gorilla"
(1930). First National.
STEVENSON. CHARLES: b. Sacramento. CaL; h.
5 feet 11 inches: brown hair and eyes; w. 185 pounds;
e. Sacramento. Cal. Screen work with Vitagraph. Fox.
Select. First Natinna' Pathe. Penonek Rtate Righto
Realart, Paramount, Universal. Allied Producers and
Distributors. Mark Sennett. Warner. Pro-Dis-Co, As-
sociated Exhibitors, FBO. Pictures include: "Dooms-
day " Paramount: "Wallflowers." "Aflame in the Sky,"
FBO: "Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu," Paramount.
STEVENSON. HAYDEN: b. Georgetown. Ky. ; h.
5 feet 11 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 180
pounds; e. in Lexington and Georgetown; m. Louise
Valentine, professional; hy. most snorts. S'age ex-
perience with dramatic stock company as leading man.
Screen career started in Chicago in 1910. Has ap-
peared in the following productions for Universal:
"Leather Pushers." "Collegians." "Diamond Master."
"Coll'-ge Love," and a'so in these productions: "Red
Lips." "King of the Camnus." "Silks and Saddles."
"Venreance" (1930). Columbia.
STEVENSON. RICHARD: Appeared in "House of
Secrets" (1930). Chesterfield.
STEVER. HANS: Appeared in "fawns of Passion"
(1929). World Wide.
STEWART. DONALD OG 0 EN. See writers' biog-
raphies.
STEWART. DONALD OGDEN: Plaved in "Not So
Dumb" (1930), MGM.
STEWART. PATRICK: Appeared in "The Ware
Case" (1929). First National, also in Pathe Follv
Com (lies, second series: "The Beauties" (103(1). "Hold
the Baliies" (1930). Pathe Rainbow Comedies.
STEWART. ROY: b. San Diego. Cal.. October 17.
1889; h. G feet 2 inches: brown eyes and black hair;
e. California. Specialized in political economy: mar-
ried: hy. swimming, horseback riding. Stage experi-
ence. Entered pictures in 1913. playing in many West-
erns, pictures Include : "SnarrowR." .low Morgan in
"The Great Divide." First National: "Protection"
Fox; "The Viking." MGM: "Bon Reckless" (1930).
"I/me Star Ranger (1930). "Rough Romance" (1930).
Fox.
STEWART. S. S. R. S. : Appeared in "Thunder-
bolt" (1929). Paramount.
STOCKDALE. CARL: b. Wortliington. Minn.. Febru-
ary 19. 1874 ; h. 5 feet 11% Incites; brown hair and
blue-gray eyes: w. 152 pounds: p. Melissa Sbremaker
and William Stockdale. non-professionals ; e. Minne-
sota high school and the University of North Dakota:
stage training of 15 years; not married; hy. outdoor
snorts. Stage experience in stock and roadshows In the
Last and in Wesiern stock in Portland. Ore., and at
the Alcazar theatre in San Francisco. Entered pictures
in 1912 with the old Essanay Film Company; then
with D. W. Griffith for three years and is now free-
lancing. Has appeared in such pictures as "Intoler-
ance." "Oliver Twist" for Paramount, and in "Oliver
Twist" with Jackie Coogan. Also in "The Carnation
Kid" and "The Terror," Warner Brothers talking pic-
tures and has finished an audien for Christies. Has
appeared in 1929 in "China Bound." Metro-Goldwyn-
Maver; "The Love Parade." Paramount; "The Black
Pearl." Rayart; "Hide Out" (1930). Universal.
STOLL, FLYNN & CO.; Appeared in Vitaphone No.
2349.
STONE. ARTHUR: b. St. Louis, Mo.; h. 5 feet 7%
inches; brown eyes and dark hair; w. 142 pounds:
e. Eugene Field Grammar School. Chicago; married
and has one son. Jack. 11; hy. horseback riding, fish-
ing, duck hunting. Stage experience in vaudeville,
stock, musical comedy. Entered pictures in 1924. Pic-
tures includes: "Miss Nobody." "Patent Leather Kid."
"Chicken a la King." "Burning Daylight." "Farmer's
Daughter." "Husbands Are Liars." Crane in "Through
Different Eyes," "Captain Lash." "The Far Call."
"Fugitives." "Me Ganster." "New Year's Eve," "Red
Wine." "The Bad Man" (1930), First National:
"Frozen Justice." "Arizona Kid." "On the Level,"
Fox; "The Vagabond King." Paramount.
STONE. GEORGIE: b. Lodz. Poland. 1903: h. 5 feet
3% inches: brown hair and eyes; w. 110 pounds; p.
mother deceased: father, Morris Stone, non-professional;
e. Polish college: not married: hy. golf, squash and
tennis. Stage experience (all in East) appearing in
Shuberfs "Artists and Models" for two and one-half
years, with the Winter Garden Revue and in vaudeville.
Sere n experience includes various roles in "Seventh
Heaven," "State Street Sadie." "Tenderloin." "Brass
Knuckles," "Naughty Baby." "Weary River." "The
Racket" and "Walking Back": in 1929 in "The Girl
in the Glass Cage," First National; "Two Men and a
Maid." TIrTany-Stahl ; "Melody Lane." Universal; in
1930 in "Ttie Medicine Man." Tiffany; "The Stronger
Sex." "So This Is Paris Green," Paramount-Christie
Talking Plays.
STONE, LEWIS: b. Worcester. Mass.. Nov. 15.
1879; h. 5 feet 10% inches; gray hair and hazel eyes;
w. 160 pounds; e. in Massachusetts; hy. motoring.
Some stage experience. Has appeared in the follow-
ing screen productions: "Milestones." "Scaramouche."
"Prisoner of Zenda," "Cytheria." "Lady Who Lied."
"Don Juan's Three Nights." "The Lost World." "Too
Much Money," "Old Ixives and New." "Girl From
Montmartre," "Midnight Lover." "Blonde Saint."
"Affair of the Follies," "Ixmesome Ladies," "Prince
of Headwaiters." "Notorious Ladies," "Private Life
of Helen of Troy," "Foreign Legion." "Freedom of
the Press," "The Patriot," "Trial of Mary Dugan,"
"Madame X," "Wonders of Women." "Woman of
Affairs" and "Wild Orchids." "Her Own Desire"
(1929), "Strictly Unconventional," "The Circle"
(1929). MGM; in 1930 in "The Big House." "Ro-
mance." MGM; "The Office Wife," Warner Bros.
STOWE. LESLIE: Appeared in "Mother's Boy"
(1929), Pathe.
STRANDE. PHILIP: Appeared in "The Rescue"
(1929), United Artists.
STRANGE, PHILLIP: Appeared in "Behind That
Curtain" (1929). Fox; in 1930 in "Vengeance," Co-
lumbia: "Bright Lights," "A Notorious Affair," First
National.
STRAUSS, WILLIAM : b. New York City, June 13.
1885; h. 5 feet 4 inches; iron gray hair and dark
gray eyes; w. 140 pounds; p. Anna and Jacob H.
Strauss, non-professionals; c. City College of New
York; no stage training: m. Elizabeth M. Babcock.
professional. Thirty years' stage experience in stock,
vaudeville and Broadway productions; stage director for
10 years. Nine years of screen experience consists of
roles in "North Wind's Malice." "Magic Cup." "The
Barricade." "Solomon in Society." "Skinner's Dress
Suit." "Private Izzy Murphy." "Rubber Tires."
"Ankles Preferred." "For Ladies Only." "Sally in
Our Alley." "Shamrock and the Rose," "The Raw-
hide Kid." "So This Is Love." and "The Ghetto."
"Do Your Duty." and "Abie's Irish Rose": "Lucky
Boy" .(1929). Tiffany-Stahl.
STRIKER. JOE: b. New York City: h. 5 fe-t 11%
inches: dark brown eyes and hair; w. 152 pounds; e.
New York City; by. tennis, swimming. Entered pic-
tures in 1923. to play in "Help Yourself." Goldwyn:
back to stage and then later signed by Edwin Carewe
to play in "Silver Wings." Fox. Other pictures . in-
clude: "Cradle Snatchers," Fox; "Queen of the Moulin
Rouge." American Releasing; "Wise Wife." "Harp in
Hock," "King of Kings." Pro-Dis-Co: "Friendship."
Fox talker; "Paradise," British-International: "The
Wrecker." Gainsborough.
STRONG. EUGENE: h. 6 feet 2 inches; dark com-
plexion, dark hair and blue eyes; w. 185 pounds; e.
University of Chicago. Screen work with Metro. Rolfe
Productions (state rights). Vitagraph, FBO, First
National, Columbia. Pictures include: "The Web of
Fate." Peerless: "Crooks Can't Win," "Coney Island."
"Not for Publication." FBO; "The Warning,"
"Columbia." Columbia; "The Drop Kick." First
National.
STUART. DONALD: Appeared in "Interference"
(1929), Paramount.
STUART. JOHN: Appeared in "Kitty" (1929),
World Wide.
STUART. NICK: r. n. Nicholas Prata (Tratza. is
native spelling): h. Rumania: h. 5 feet 9 inches; black
hair and brown eyes; w. 154 pounds; p. Helen and
George Prata. non-professionals: e. Dayton. O. . night
school; m. Sue Carol. July 28; hy. golf, swimming
and tennis. Screen experience consists of roles in
such pictures as "The River Pirate." "The News
Parade" an'd "Girls Gone Wi'd": in 1929 In "Joy
Street." "Chasing Th-ough Enron." "Why Leave
Home." Fox: in 1930 in "Swing High." Pathe:
"Honeymoon Zeppelin." "Campus Crushes." "Goodbye
Legs," "Hello Television." Educational-Mack Sennett.
STUBBS. HARRY : Annealed in "Alibi" (1929).
United Artists; "Night Ride" (1930). Universal.
STURGIS. EDDIE: Appeared in "Fazil" (1929).
Fox.
STRIKER. JOSEPH: Appeared in 1929 in "The
Wrecker." World Wide-British International: "House
of Secrets," Chesterfield.
SUBERLY. SIDNEY: Appeared In "Pawns of Pas-
sion" (1929). World Wide.
SUEGEL. BERNARD: Appeared in "Redskin"
(1929). Paramount.
SULLIVAN. BILLIE: h. Worcester. Mass. Screen
career: Leather Pusher series, "Red Clay." Universal;
"The Gallant Fool." "The Speed Cop." "When Sec-
onds Count." "Speedv Smith," Rayart: "Cancelled
Debts." Sterling; "Walking Back." Pathe; "The Fight-
ing Terror" (1930), Universal Comedies.
SULLIVAN, CHARLES: Appeared in "The Man I
Love" (1929), Paramount.
SULLIVAN, FRED: Played in "The Black Watch"
(1929), First National; "Around the Corner" (1930).
"Prince of Diamonds" (1930), Columbia.
SUMMERS & HUNT: Vitaphone No. 929, "Some
Pumpkins."
SUMMERVILLE. GEORGE J. (Slim): b. Calgary.
Alta.. Can. Screen work, as actor and director of
comedies for Universal. Fox. FBO. Pictures include:
"The Beloved Rogue." United Artists; "Hey. Hey.
Cowboy." "The Chinese Parrot." Universal; "The
Wreck of the Hesperus." Pathe; "King of the Rodeo."
Universal; Slim in "Strong Boy." Fox; Newt in
"Shannons of Broadway." Universal; Ileinie in "Tiger
Rose," Warner; "The Last Warning." Universal.
SUMMERVILLE, SLIM: Has appeared in 1929 in
"Strong Boy." Fox: "King of the Rodeo," Universal:
"One Hysterical Night." "Shannons on Broadway."
Universal: in 1930 in "Troopers Three," "Under Mon-
tana Skies," Tiffany; "All Quiet on the Western
Front." "King of Jazz," "Little Accident." Universal.
SUNNY, JIM: "Baby Talks" (1929). "No Boy
Wanted" (1929), "Stop That Noise" (1929), Uni-
versal Comedies.
SUTHERLAND, DICK: b. Benton. Ky. ; h. fi feet;
brown hair and blue eyes; w. 240 pounds; p. Nannie
Johnson and William Sutherland, non-professionals:
two years' stage training in vaudeville: m. Verba
Hutchinson, non-professional; hy. motoring, mechanics,
dogs and radio. His screen experience covers a
period of ten years in which time he has appeared in
such pictures as "Sailor Made Man," "Grandma's
Boy," Lloyd Hamilton Comedies, in "The Beloved
Rogue," with John Barrymore. and in "Quicksands."
with Richard Dix, Paramount picture (Hawks-
Morosco) ; also with Renee Adoree and Lew Cody in
Mi Iro-Goldwvn-Maver productions; "China Slaver"
(1929). Trinity.
SWAIN, MACK: b. Salt Lake City, Utah. February
16. 1S76; h. 0 feet 2 inches; blond hair and green
eyes; w. 300 pounds; p. Ingaborg Jensen and Robert
H. Swain, non-professionals; e. public school. Salt
Lake City, and has had 22 years' stage training, in
vaudeville, minstrel, comedy-drama and musical-com-
edy; m. Cora King, ex-professional: hy. golfing in-
venting and likes to putter with mechanics. Stage ex-
perience in "Around the World in 80 Days." "Human
Hearts" and "Brown's in Town." Screen experience
with Charles Chaplin in "The Gold Rush"; Mack Sen-
nett for many years; and in "Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes" and "The Cohens and Kellys" : in 1929 in
"Marianne," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: "Cohens and
Kellys in Atlantic City." "The Last Warning." Uni-
versal.
SWEET, HARRY: Appeared in "Homesick" (1929).
Fox.
SWEET and MCNAUGHTON: "On the Boulevard"
(1929). Columbia Victor Gems.
SWENSON. ALFRED: Appeared in "Great Power"
(1929). Franklin Warner.
SWICKARD. JOSEPH: b. Cohlenz. Germany: h. 5
feet 10 inches; dark gray eyes and gray hair: w. 155
pounds.; e. Germany and United States: hy. chess, golf.
Stage experience. Entered pictures in 1912. Pictures
include: "Four Horsemen," "Tale of Two Cities,"
"Old San Francisco." "Senorita." "Get Your Man."
"Phantoms of the North." Biltmore: "Street Corners."
played the King in "The Devil's Chaplain." Rayart;
Avaldo in "The Eternal Woman." Columbia: "The
Veiled Woman." Fox; "Times Square." Gotham;
"Frozen River," Warner.
SWOR. BERT: Appeared in 1929 in "The Carna-
tion Kid" and "Why Bring That Up." Paramount;
Vitaphone No. 2544. "Ducks and Deducts." No. 2543.
"A Colorful Sermon."
SYM, IGO: Played in "When You Give Your Heart
Away," Ufa,
SYMONDS. AUGUSTINE: Appeared in "Four
Feathers" (1929). Paramount.
T
TABOR. RICHARD: Appeared in "Lucky in Love"
(1929). Pathe.
TAFT. BILLY: "Two Fresh Eggs" (1930). Pathe
Folly Comedies, second series.
TAIT. WALTER: Appeared in "Halleluiah" (1929).
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
TALBOT. LYSLE: Vitaphone No. 1072-73, "The
Nightingale."
TALMADGE, RICHARD: Star of many produc-
tions. Appeared in 1929 in "The Bachelor's Club."
Oscar Price production for General Pictures Corpora-
tion. Headed Richard Talmadge Productions, formed
on the Coast.
TAMAKI, YOSHIWARA: Played in "The Letter"
(1929). Paramount.
TAMAREZ, TOM: Appeared in "The One Woman
Idea" (1929). Fox.
TANG. FRANK: Appeared in "The Great Divide"
(1929), First National.
TARZAN. horse actor: In 1929 in "S nor Ameri-
cano," Universal; "Cheyenne." First National: In 1930
in "The Fighting Legion." "Lucky Larkin." Universal.
TAYLOR. HENRY: Played in "Beyond the Rio
Grande" (1930), Big 4.
TAYLOR, STANLEY: b. Campbell. Minn ; h. 5
feet 10 inches: blue eyes and brown hair: w. 145
pounds; e. Manual high school. Los Angeles and Uni-
versity of California. Specialized in letters, science:
married: hy, football, boxing, tennis. Has lived in
Ixis Angeles. Berkeley. San Francisco. Entered pic-
tures In 1924. Pictures include: "llometowners."
"Red Lips " "Scrambled Weddings." "Romantic Age."
Chauffeur in "Glad Rag Doll." Warner: Wally Cal-
1931
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houu in "The Home Towners." Warner; Alex. Fairfax
in "The Hottentot," Warner.
TEARLE. CONWAY: r. n. Frederick Tearle; b. New
York City; h. 5 feet 10H inches; brown hair and
eyes; w. 105 pounds; e. in England; m. Adele Row-
land, professional; by. golf. Stage experience in Eng-
land on legitimate stage. Is now appearing in Henry
Dutry stage productions in Los Angeles. Screen ex-
perience since 1914; among his productions are the
following: "Dancing Mothers." "Black Oxen," "My
Official Wife," "Altars of Desire," "Dancers of Paris."
"Smoke Bellow," "Isle of Forgotten Women." "Moul-
ders of Men." "The Greater Glory," "Sporting Lover."
"The Lost Zeppelin," "Evidence" and "Gold Diggers
of Broadway." Freelance player.
TEARLE. DAVID : Played in "The Green Goddess"
(lliail). Warner Bros.
TENBROOK. HARRY: "On the Level." Fox; "The
Sea Wolf" (1930). Fox.
TENNYSON. WALTER: b. Bayons Manor, Tealby,
Linconshire, England; h. 6 feet 1 inch: blue eyes and
light hair; w. 185 pounds; e. Eton College and Sand-
hurst College. Specialized in Military training.
Graduate of Academy of Dramatic Art. London; hy.
rowing, skating, skiing, hurdles and swimming. Stage
career: "The Green Hat," "The Best People," "So
This Is London." Entered pictures in 1923. Pictures
include: "The Glorious Adventure." "The Gypsy
Cavalier." "The Happy Ending," "Tell Your Chil-
dren," "Bride of the Storm," "Sally. Irene and
Mary." "Corporal Kate." "Dress Parade."
TERRIN. JACK: Played in "Overland Bound"
(1930). Bell Pictures.
TERRY. DON: b. Natick. Mass.; e. Tennessee Mili-
tary School, Andover Academy, Harvard. Cambridge
and various European centers of educational interest.
In 1921 was one of the Olympic champions in boxing.
Charles Francis Coe met him at the Montmartre Cafe
in Hollywood and signed him to play "Dannv" in "Me.
Gangster." Pictures include: "Blindfold." "Fug 'the,"
"The Valiant." "Untamed" and "Border Romance."
THEOBALD. CARL: Appeared in "China Slaver"
(1929) . Trinity.
THEODORE, RALPH : Appeared in 1929 in "The
Dance of Lite." Paramount; "Light Fingers," Co-
lumbia.
THOMAS. JAMESON: b. London. England; e. in
England. S ailed his stage career when a boy. Ula
first appearance was in "The Squaw Man." with a
lxindon company, followed by many leading parts in
stiauht roles. First picture was an adventure lilin
made by a British company in the South Seas. Re-
turned to England in 1926 and was signed by Gau-
mont for two pictures. Then was signed by British
International for three years, making pictures with mi, h
actresses as Alice Joyce. Gilda Grey, Anna May Wong
nml Maria Corda. Played the lead in "High Trea-
son." whmh was released by Tiffany In the United
States and in "The Hate Ship" for British Interna-
tional, which was bought for distribution by Pint
National. His Oral picture to be made in Hollywood
was "Body and Soul."
THOMPSON. GEORGE: Appeared In "Why Bring
That Up" (1930). Paramount.
THOMPSON. HAL: Appeared in "Animal Crack-
ers" (1930). Paramount.
THOMPSON. JACK: Vitaphone No. 1043. "FadliOB'l
Mirror."
THOMSON. KENNETH : b. Pittsburgh. Pa.. Janu-
ary 7. 1899; h. li feet; brown hair and eves; w 160
pounds; p. Edith Taylor and Charles It. Thomson. ' non-
professional!; e. Carnegie Institute of Technology; m.
Alden Gay, professional. He has appeared in the
following stage productions: "Declasse." "Emperor
Jones." "Czarina." "Three Wise Fools." "The I-ove
Child." "Woman of No Importance," "The ltlvals "
"Devils Plum Tree." "The Captive" anil various slock
engagements. lie has also appealed In the following
screen productions: "White Gold." "King of Kings."
"Bellamy Trial." "Broadway Melody," "Say It With
Songs." "Careless Age." "Girl From Havanna." "Other
Tomorrow." "Faithful." "Song Writer." "Girl
From Havanna," "The Veiled Woman." Fox: in 1930
In "A Notorious Affair," "Oilier Tomorrow." "Sweet
Mama." First National: "Wild Company," Fox;
"Hetio." Snno-Art World Wide.
THORNE. W. L.: "The Drake Case" (1929). Uni-
versal: "Thunderbolt." Paramount; "Abraham Lincoln"
(1930) . United Artists.
THORPE. GORDON: Appeared in "The Iron Mask"
(1929). "Abraham Lincoln" (1930). United Artists.
THURSTON, CHARLES E. : b. Oconto. Wis; e.
Berkeley. Cal. Screen work with Ilndklnson. Gold-
wyn. Yitagrapb. Universal. Pictures Include: "Life
of Abraham Lincoln." "The Chaser." First National;
"Is That Nice." FBO; "Between Dangers." "The
Fightin' Comeback." Pathe: "The Broken Gate."
Tiffany- Stahl ; "Spollen or the West." mgm.
TIBBETT. LAWRENCE: b. Bakersfleld. Cal : b. 0
feet 1 inch: dark hair and gray eyes; w. 187 pounds;
P. William E. Tibbctt. deceased: e. Um Angela
schools; hy. swimming, motoring, dogs and aviation.
He is a noted baritone ojicra singer and is best known
for bis roles in "Itlgoletto." "|,a Tosca." "La Forze
Del Destino." and "I,a Boheme." He has appeared
in o|>cra in the Orient, and In Russia. He Is the
first grand opera star to be starred in a talking picture.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer signed him for the "Rogue
Song" and "New Moon" (1930).
TIGHE. HARRY: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 1048.
"Bright Sayings."
TIMBERG. HERMAN: Apiicarcd in Vitaphone No.
955. "The Love Boat."
TIMBLIN and RAYMOND: Appeared In Vitaphone
No. 2755. "A Pair of Aces."
TOD. QUENTIN: "The New Waiter" (1930). Pathe-
George LcMalre Comedies.
TODD. HARRY: b. Allegheny. Pa.. 1888. Screen
work with Kksanay, Sella, Associated Exhibitors Art-
class. Among his pictures are: "The Third Degree "
Warner: "The Riding Rowdy." "Skedaddle Gold "
"The Obllgin' Buckaroo." Pathe: "The Bugle t all "
MGM: "Rawhide Kid." Universal; "Under the Tonin
Rim." Paramount: "The River Woman." Gotham:
"One Stolen Night." Warner: "Under Montana Skies "
Tiffany; "Courlin' Wild Cats." "The Fighting Legion."
"IAIOky Larkln." "Sons of the Saddle" (19301 Uni-
versal.
TOLER, SIDNEY: Appeared in "Madame X"
(1929) . Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Vitaphone No. 992,
"Devil's Parade."
TOLLAIRE. AUGUST: Appeared in 1929 in "His
Captive Woman." First National; "Four Sons," "Hot
For Paris," Fox.
TOM KINS. DON: Played in "Follow Thru'"
(1930) , 1'aramount.
TOOKER. WILLIAM H.: b. New York City; h. 5
feet 11 inches; nearly white hair and dark blue eyes;
w. 173 pounds; p. Mr. and Mrs. John Wood Tucker,
non-professionals; e. high school. New York City, and
Polytechnic college. Brooklyn; not married; hy. riding
and singing. Started on the stage with singing roles
in light and grand opera; with Belasco for six years
and Charles Frohman for 11; also in "The American
Tragedy." Ten years' screen experience and has ap-
peared in such pictures as "Why Girls Go Wild" and
"Romance of the Underwood." Fox; "The Bellamy
Trial" and "The Scarlet Letter." Metro-Goldwvn-
Mayer: "Black White Sheep" and "The Night Watch."
for First National, and in "The Whip" : in 1929 in
"Protection." Fox: "Love in the Desert." Radio Pic-
tures: "No Defense," Warner Bros.; "Soup to Nuts"
(1930). Fox.
TOOMEY. REGIS: b. Pittsburgh. Pa.. August 13.
1902; h. 5 feet 11 inches; light brown hair and gray-
green eyes; w. 15S pounds: p. Marie Ellen Donnelly and
Francis X. Toomey. non-professionals; e. Peabody high
school. University of Pittsburgh, and received his stage
training at the Carnegie Institute of Technology: m.
.1. Kathryn Scott, professional: hy. all athletics and
biographical and historical readings. Five years on
the stage with "Rose Marie" as Jim Kenyon: "Is Zat
So" as Chick; "The Fall Guy" as Danny; "Little Nelly
Kelly" as Jerry Convoy; (England) "Twinkle Twinkle"
as Harry", the waiter; "So This Is Love" as the elec-
trician: and "Hit the Deck" as Battling Smith. Has
apix-ared in 1929 in "The Wheel of Life," "Illusion."
Paramount; "Rich People." Pathe: "Alibi," United
Artists; in 1930 in "Crazy That Way." "Good Inten-
tions." Fox; "The Light of Western Stars." "The
Street of Chance." Paramount: "Framed." Radio
Pictures; "The Steel Highway." Warner Bros.
TORRENCE. DAVID: b, Edinburgh. Scotland: h. G
feet 1 inch; black hair and hazel eyes; w. 196 pounds;
e. Edinburgh. Scotland. England. Germany. Stag? ex-
perience with Maude Adams. Mansfield. Ethel Barry-
more. Screen work with Cosmoiiolitan. Pickford, Uni-
versal. Paramount. Tntart, Vitagraph. Hodkinsnn. Wm.
Steiner. First National. Goldstone. Metro, Columbia.
Preferred. Warn r FBO. Fox. Rayart. Elbee. Tiffany-
Stahl. Sterling. Biltmore. Pictures include: "Inside
of the Cup." "Tess of the Storm Country," "Light
That Failed." "Drums of Jeopardy." "The Abysmal
Brute." "Oh. What a Nurse." "Brown of Harvard."
"Annie Laurie." "On the Stroke of Twelve." "The
Rig Noise." "Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come."
"The Cavalier." "Undressed." "The City of Dreams."
"Silks and Saddles." "Untamed Justice." "The Black
Watch." "Strong Boy" and "City Girl." Fox; "River's
End." Warner.
TORRENCE. ERNEST: b. Edinburgh. Scotland:
h. 0 feet 4 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 210
pounds; p. Jessie Bryce and Henry Torrence Thayson.
non-professionals; e. Edinburgh academy, and received
his stage training at the Royal Academy of Music.
London; m. Elsie Reamer, professional; hy. music and
golf. Stage experience at the Savoy theatre in London
for ten years with "The Only Girl" and "The Night
Boat." Screen experience conists of various roles in
"Tol'able David," "The Covered Wagon." "The Hunch-
back of Notre Dame," "Peter Pan." "King of Kings."
"Fighting Coward." "Ruggles of Red Gap." "Twelve
Miles Out" and "Bridge of San Luis Rey" : in 1929
in "Desert Nights." "Speedway." "The Circle." "The
Singer of Seville." "Strictly Unconventional," "Their
Own Desire." "Untamed." MGM; "Officer O'Brien."
Pathe; "Call of the Flesh." MGM.
TRACY, LEE: r. n. William Lee Tracy; b. Atlanta,
Ga.. April 14. 1898: h. 5 feet 10 inches; blond hair
and blue eyes; w. 140 pounds; p. Ray G. and William
L. Tracy, non-professionals: e. Western Military acad-
emy. Alton, 111.. Union college. Schenectady, N. Y. ;
not married: hy. fishing, amateur and motion picture
work, cutting, editing, etc. Stage experience with stock
companies five years, with road companies two years.
In the following shows in New York City in 1925:
"The Show Off." in 192(1 "Book of Charm," in 1927
"Wisdom Tooth." in 1928 "Broadway." in 1929 "Tire
Front Page." Screen exiierience in "Big Time." "On
the Level" and "Born Reckless" (1930), Fox.
TRACY. SPENCER: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
1036. "The Hard Guy."
TRAHAN. AL: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 936.
"The Musicale."
TRAPS. BUDDY: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 940,
"Sound Effects."
TRAVERS. RICHARD: b. Hudson Bay Post.
Northwest Territory Canada. April 15. 1890; h. 6 feet;
black hair and brown eyes; w. 190 pounds; p. Mary
James and John Campbell Tibb. non-professionals; e.
St. Andrews Junior high school. Toronto. Ont.. Canada,
and St. Andrews college. Glasgow. Scotland; not mar-
ried; hy. golf, sketching, hunting, fishing and sailing.
Stage exiierience with Keith Proctor stocks. New York
and Philadelphia : Poli's stock. Pennsylvania and New
England: "Girls." a Shubert production: "Round Up."
a K and E production: "Paid in Full." Wagenholz
and Keyser. and in "Alias Jimmy Valentine." Screen
experience with Lubin and Essanay Film companies in
Chicago, starred and featured for seven years. After the
war he returned to pictures and has been freelancing
since, appearing in "The White Sister." "In the
Palace of the King." "Tile Covered Wagon." "The Man
Trail," "Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines." in
Mary Roberts Rinehart's "Fish" series and in George
Ade's Fables: "The Black Watch" (1929). Fox; "The
Woman Racket" (1930), MGM.
TREACHER. ARTHUR: Played in "The Battle of
Paris" (1930), Paramount.
TRENTO. GUY: Appeared in "The One Woman
Idea" (1929). Fox.
TREVOR. HUGH: b. Yonkers. New York. October
28, 1903; h. 6 feet 1 inch: brown hair and eyes;
w. 105 pounds; e. Harvard. Townsend Harris. Colum-
bia. Riverside Colleges; not married; hy. swimming
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and tennis. No stage experience. Screen experience
started in 1927 when he sold an insurance policy to
Richard Dix who arranged for a screen test for him.
He has been with Radio Pictures ever since and ap-
peared in the following: "Skinner's Big Idea." "Wall-
flowers." "Beau Broadway." "Red Lips," "Dry Mar-
tini," "Hey. Rube," "Taxi 13." "Love in the Desert."
"String," "Night Parade" and "The Very Idea"; in
1930 in 'Conspiracy." "Half Shot at Sunrise," Radio.
TREVOR. NORMAN: Appeared in 1929 in "Rest-
less Youth," Columbia: "Tonight at Twelve," Uni-
versal.
TRIGG & MAXWELL: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
2105. "Hot Songs."
TRILLOR. ARMAND: Appeared in "Laughing at
Death" (19291. Radio Pictures.
TROUBETZSKOY. YOUCCA: b. Los Angeles. Cal..
December 12. 1905: h. 6 feet V& inches; blond hair
and brown eyes; w. 183 pounds; p. Catherine Moussin
Pouchkin and Nicholas Troubetzskoy; e. in high
schools in Europe: divorced: by. singing, horses and
swimming. Began first real stage career at the 18th
Street theatre in Los Angeles in "Phantom Lover" by
Geo. Kaiser, other stage experience being in Europe
in small community theatres. Screen experience in
Europe in "Prow, Frow" and "The Giants Pave-
ment." produced by Aubert and "The Hawk." pro-
duced by the French Paramount. Came to Hollywood
in 1925 and played the lead in Pola Negri's "Flower
of Night." also took part in "Peacock Feathers," and
the "Beautiful Cheat" for Universal. He was then
in the auto business for two years in Hollywood. He
returned to pictures and played in "Four Devils." for
Fox. and "Road Show," "Rogue's Song" and "His
Glorious Night" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Freelanc-
ing.
TROWBRIDGE. CHARLES: b. Vera Cruze. Mexico;
e. Napa, Cal., and Hawaii, then Stanford university.
Received first stage training at the Alcazar theatre in
San Francisco with Bert Lvtell and Bessie Barriscale:
went to New York where he graduated to leading roles
in farce, tragedy, comedy, musical comedy, drama and
comedy drama; played in New Y'ork. Chicago, Boston.
Philadelphia and other cities, creating many original
roles and appearing in many of Broadway's greatest
hits. Signed to contract by Paramount, first s:reen
role being in support of Gary Cooper and Carole Lom-
bard in "I Take This Woman."
TRU ESDALE, HOWARD: b. Crawford County. Pa..
Jan. 3. 1870; h. 6 feet 2 inches: silver hair and blue
eyes; w. 205 pounds: e. in Crawford County; married
to non- professional : by. fishing and all sports. Stage
experience in stock shows for five years and on stage
since 1S8S. Entered films in 1912, and played in the
following productions: "French Heels," "No Thorough-
fare." Fox: "Van Bibber" comedies. "Mating Call."
"The Tigress." "Three Ring Marriage." "Lawless Le-
gion." Freelance player.
TRYON. GLENN: b. Julietta. Idaho: h. 5 feet 10
inches; black hair and hazel eyes; w. 165 pounds;
p. non-professionals; e. Polytechnic high, Los Angeles,
and received his stage training on the road, in stock
and tent shows all over the country: m. non-pro-
fessional; hy. hunting, fishing, pipe collecting, read-
ing, plays and pictures. He made his first stage
appearance in the old Auditorium stock comany in
Spokane, Wash., in support of the famous Jessie
Shirley and George McQuarrie. later playing low
comedy and Horace Murphy's comedians in a muchly
moved tent show. He also appeared with two medicine
shows. He has played over 200 plays, the last of
which was George Scarborough's Chinese drama. "The
Son Daughter." produced in New Y'ork by David
Belasco and in Los Angeles by Fred Butler. In the
picture industry for seven years, he has played in "The
White Sheep." "The Battling Orioles." "The Poor
Nut." "Painting the Town." "A Hero for a Night."
"How to Handle Women" and "Lonesome" ; in 1929
in "It Can Be Done." "Broadwav." "Kid's Clever."
"Barnum Was Right." "It Can Be Done." "Skinner
Steps Out." all Universal, and in 1930 in "Dames
Ahoy," "King of Jazz," "Lonesome." Universal.
TUCKER. RICHARD: b. Brooklyn, N. Y. ; h. 5
feet II14 inches; blue eyes and brown and gray hair;
w. 175 pounds; e. New York. Canadagua Academy.
Specialized in history: married; hy. riding. Has lived
in New Y'ork City. Stage experience with Nat Good-
win. John Drew. Henry E. Dixey. Mrs. Fiske. Bertha
Kaliih. Entered pictures in 1914 with Edison. Pic-
tures include: "Branding Iron." "Devil's Island."
"Wings." "Girl from Rio." "Dearie." "On Trial."
"Daughters of D sire." Excellent; Backie Baker in
"The Dummy." Paramount; "The Squall." "Show
Girl." First National; "Captain Swagger," "Love Over
Night," Pathe: "Half Marriage." Radio Picures;
"Lucky Boy." Tiffanv-Stahl; "This Is Heaven." Uni'ed
Artists: "My Man." Warner; "Synthetic Sin." First
National: "The Benson Murder Case." Paramount;
"Painted Faces." "Peacock Alley." Tiffany; "Cour-
age." "Th • Man from Blanklev's." Warner: "College
Lovers" (1930). First National; "Manslaughter" (1930),
Paramount.
TUMANOVA. RENEE &. CO.: Vitaphone No 2359.
"Three Russian Gypsies."
TURK. ROY: "The Song Writers Revue." Metro
Movietone Acts.
TURNER GEORGE: "White Cargo" (1930), pro-
duced by W. P. Film Co., London.
TURNER. RAYMOND: Appeared in 1929 in
"Naughty Baby." "Weary River," "Synthetic Sin."
"Young Nowheres." First National.
TURNER. WILLIAM H.: b. Ireland: h. 5 feet 8
inches; gray hair and dark eyes; w. I fin pounds; e.
Jesuit Seminary. Livenxiol ; hy. baseball and horse rac-
ing. Has had 40 years' experience on stage. From
1890 was with Charles Frohman for seventeen years, ap-
pearing in "Held by the Enemy." "Sowing the Wind."
"Fatal Card." "Prisoner of Zcnda." "Because She
Loved Ban So." Starred for five years In ''David
Harum." and had seventeen summers in the Allx>c Stock
Company, in Providence. It. I. Also appeared in "The
Green Mat." "Tin- Marriage Bed." "Alias the Deacon."
"To the Ladies" anil "The Poor Nut." Had two years
screen experience with Lubin and Vita graph in Brook-
lyn. Last picture was "The Trespasser," also in "The
Last Performance" (1929). Universal.
TURPI N, BEN : b. New Orleans. La.. 1874 : h. 5 feet
4 inches; black hair, crossed eyes: w. 125 imunds.
Slut.- career: Sam T. Jack's Burlesoue company. Chi-
cago. III.; eleven years vaudeville. S:reen career, first
slapstick comedian in pictures. Pictures include "Ho-
gan's Alley." "Song of Songs" (1929) Warner Bros.:
"Steele Preferred." I'DC: "The College Hero." 'The
Wife's Relations." Columbia; played crosseyed lackey in
"The Love Parade." Paramount; 'Swing High" (1930).
Pathe.
TYLER. HARRY: In 1929 in "Oh, Yeah!" Pathe;
"Shannons on Broadway," Universal.
TYLER. TOM: b. New York City; h. 6 feet 1%
inches; black hair and brown eyes; w. 190 pounds;
e. Port Henry High School, New Y'ork; by. golf, tennis,
swimming. Screen work with FBO Westerns. Pictures
include: "The Sonora Kid," "Cyclone of the Range."
"Cherokee Kid," "Flying U. Ranch." "Phantom of
the Range," "Terror Mountain," "Trail of the Horse
Thieves." "Gun Law," "Idaho Red." "Pride of Paw-
nee." Radio Pictures; "Call of the Desert," "Canyon
of Missing Men," "Law of the Plains," "Lone Horse-
man," "Man from Nevada. Neath Western .Skies."
"The Phantom Rider," "Pioneers of the West," for
Bell Pictures; "Half Pint Polly." Pathe, Rodeo
Comedies.
u
ULIS & CLARK: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 2758.
"In Dutch."
ULLMAN. ROBERT: Played in "Lummox" (1930).
United Artists.
URNAEFF. VADIM: Appeared in "Fazil" (1929),
Fox.
UTICA JUBILEE SINGERS: Appeared in Vitaphone
No. 503.
V
VALLES. DAVE: Tlaved in "Hot for Paris" (1929).
Fox.
VALENTINO, ALBERT: Appeared in "China Slaver"
(1929) , Trinity.
VALLEE. RUDY: r. n. Hubert Prior Vallee; b.
Island Pond. Vt. ; h. 5 feet 8 inches; light hair
and blue eyes; w. 150 pounds; p. non-professionals:
e. Westbrook. Vtrmont, University of Maine. Y'ale;
not married; hy. tennis, literature and art. Screen
experience: "The Vagabond Lover." for Radio Pic-
tures, several short featur. s; also "Glorifying the
American Girl" (1929), Paramount; "Vagabond Lover"
(1930) . Radio.
VAN DAELE, EDMOND: Has appeared in "Na-
poleon" (1929), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
VAN, GUS: of the famous vaudeville team of "Van
and Schenck." b. Brooklyn. New Y'ork; h. 5 feet 7
inches; dark hair and eyes; w. 170 pounds; e. in
Brooklyn. Almost from boyhood. Van and Schenck
were teamed, but as ball players instead of singers.
Both played semi-professional ball in various Brooklyn
leagues. Van catching and Schenck pitching. They
were then employed by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company, Van as motorman and Schenck as con-
ductor. They started to sing together around the car
barns. Their fame as "singing street car men" at-
tracted vaudeville scouts and they were given tryouts in
Brooklyn with their trolley uniforms as a wardrobe.
Success came to them and for 20 years have been
headlined together in almost every' big city in the
world. After making songs in short subjects. Van
and Schenck were signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
regular features, their first being "Take It Big," a
baseball-vaudeville storv: also in Metro Movietone Acts
Nos. 83 and 102.
VANAIRE, JACQUES: Appeared in "Fashions in
Love" (1929), Paramount.
VARCONI, VICTOR: b. Kisvard, Hungary, March
31: h. 5 feet 10 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 180
pounds; p. Heinrich Varconi. farmer near Budapest; e.
grammar school in Budapest and commercial college:
received his srage training at Sfinniyveszeti Academi
(meaning Actor Art High School). Stage experience
consists of appearances in "Lillian" and "The Wolf":
principal triumphs were as "Romeo." "Marc Antony."
"Hamlet" and as Richmond in "King Richard III":
secured an engagement with the National theatre.
Budapest, which is the highest success to come to an
Hungarian actor. First screen experience in Budapest;
then to Berlin and joined Ufa: made "Sodom and
Gomorrah" in Vienna. Signed by DeMille and made
his first American appearance in pictures in "Triumph";
also played in "Changing Husbands" and "Feet of
Clay" for Paramount: returned to Europe (1924-25) and
made "The Dancers" and "Last Days of Pompeii"'
returned to the United States and took the part of
Prince Dmitri in "The Volga Boatman": that of
l'ontius Pilate in "King of Kings": and appeared in
"Chicago." "Tenth Avenue." "The Angel of Broadway"
and "The Divine Lady" : in 1929 in "Sinners Parade."
Columbia; "Eternal Love," United Artists; "Captain
Thunder" (1930), Warner Bros.
VARNO. ROLANT: Tlaved in "The Blue Angel,"
Ufa.
VAVITCH, MICHAEL: b. Russia. Screen work with
Paramount. Universal. Pro-Dis-Co, Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer. Pictures include: "Venus of Venice." First
National: "Two Arabian Knights." "The Gaucho."
"Devil Dincer." "The Dov\" United Artists; "My
Official Wife." "Glorious Betsy." Warner: "Thief in
the Dark." Fox; "The Divine Ladv " First Nat!onal :
"The Bridge of San Luis Rey," MGM: "Wolf Song."
Paramount.
VEIDT. CONRAD: b. Berlin. Germany. January 22;
h. 6 feet 2 inches: black hair and eyes; w. 165 pounds;
e. Berlin high school, and received his stage training
on the stages all over Europe; m. non-professional; hy.
motoring, sailing and reatling. He was a punil of Max
Iteinhardt and played on the stage with Emil .Tannings.
Arthur Basserman. Werner Krauss and Paul W< igel :
also appeared in stock in Germany and Austria. Among
his pictures are "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari." "Three
Wax Works." "Lady Hamilton." "Lucrezffl Borgia."
"Brothers Schcllcnhcrg." "Prince Cuckoo." "Henry IV."
"Tile Student of Prague." "The Beloved Rogue." "A
Mans Past," "The Man Who Laughs." "Erik the
Great." the last four being American made pictures:
in 1929 in "In Dalarna anrl Jerusaleum." Ernst Matts-
son: "Last Performance" (1929). Universal: "The
Last Company." Ufa.
VEJAR. HARRY: b. Lot Angeles. Cal.. April 24.
1890; h. 0 feet; black hair and eyes; w. 190 pounds;
p. Carrie and Henry W. Vejar. non-professionals; e.
public schools in Los Angeles and San Francisco; not
married; hy. outdoor sports, reading and music. Ap-
peared on the stage as "Marcel" in "My Girl Friday,"
with Edward Everett Horton in "Cardboard Lover."
"Spread Eagle," and has been on the Orpheum circuit
with Harlan Tucker. He has been in such pictures as
"Mile. Modiste," with Bernice Clair and Walter
Pidgeon; "Wings of Adventure," with Clyde Cook and
Armida ; as Ortiz in " Mexicali Rose," with Arthur
Rankin and Barbara Stanwick; as the padre in "Singer
of Seville."
VELIE. JAY: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 2784.
VERDL, FRANCIS M. : Appeared in "House of
Secrets" (1929), Chesterfield.
VERNON. BOBBY: b. Chicago, 111., March 9, 1897;
h. 5 feet 2 inches; light brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 145 pounds; p. Dorothy Vernon, professional; e.
San Francisco high school; m. Angela Vernon; hy.
yachting. He started his stage career at the age of
11 with Kolb and Dill, entering pictures five years
later at the age of 16. He has been with Universal,
Sennett and Christie, a recent comedy being "Foot-
loose Widows"; also in Vitaphone No. 4036, "Cry
Baby."
VIC. CAPTAIN: Appeared in "Laughing at Death"
(1929), Radio Pictures.
VICTOR, HENRY: b London. England; h. 6 feet
IV2 inches; greenish blue eyes and dark hair; w. 1S3
pounds; e. Germany. Specialized in languages: hy.
golf, tennis. Has lived in London. Paris. New York,
Los Angeles. Leipzig. Entered pictures in 1923. Pic-
tures include: "Prodigal Son." "Love Story of Aliette
Brunton," "Royal Oak." "The Luck of the Navy."
"Tommy Atkins," "The Guns of Loos," "L'Argent."
VICTOR, VINA: Appeared in "Faces of Children"
(1929), Zakoro.
VINCENT, ALLAN : Appeared in "Mother's Boy"
(1929), Pathe.
VINCENT. SAILOR: Appeared in "Speakeasy"
(1929) . Fox.
VINCENT. WILLIAM: Appeared in "The Man I
Love" (1929). Paramount.
VINCENTI. PAUL: Appeared in "The Veiled
Woman" (1929), Fox.
" VISAROFF, MICHAEL: b. Russia. November 18,
1890; a. 5 feet 11 inches; brown hair and gray eyes;
w. 200 pounds; p. non- professional ; e. Russian Uni-
versity; m. Miss Skdhan. professional; hy. sculptoring.
Stage experience for many years in Moscow Dramatio
theatre. Screen experience: Character parts in the
following productions: "The Last Command." "The
American." "Two Arabian Nights." "Cactus."
"Disraeli." "The Exalted Flapper" (19291, Fox.
VITAPHONE KIDDIES: Appeared in Vitaphone
No. 1089. "Showin' OtT."
VON AALTEN. TRUUS: Appeared in "His Latest
Excellency" (1929). Ufa.
VON BRINCKEN. WILLIAM: b. Flenshurg, Germany:
e. at the War College at Potsdam. Germany, was com-
missioned an officer in the Royal Saxon Cavalry ;
graduate. University of Strassburg, Alsace, commis-
sioned officer of cavalry' in German Army; later in
German diplomatic service; h. 5 feet 11 inches; w.
165 pounds ; light brown hair and brown eyes ; married
a non-professional. Entered pictures in 1921. Played
Schulz in "Mamba." Tiffany, the Chief in "Inside the
Lines." Radio. Baron Bavania in "Royal Flush"
(1930) . Pathe. von Richter in "Leathernecking," Radio,
and Horn in "This Mad World." Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayor. Also in Manhattan Comedies, second series.
VON BRINKEN, BARON: "Leathernecking" (1930),
Radio Pictures.
VON ELTZ, THEODORE: b. New Haven. Conn.; h.
5 feet 11 inches; gray eyes and brown hair: w. 160
pounds; e. Hill School. Pottstown. Pa.; married and
lias two sons. Lou. 6%. Teddy. 5: hy. tennis, swim-
ming, football, riding. Has lived in New Y'ork. Bos-
ton. Chicago. Hollywood. Buffalo. Denver, Colorado
Springs. Pittsburgh. Philadelphia. New Rochelle. Stage
experience. Entered pictures in 1920. Pictures in-
clude: "One Woman to Another." "No Man's Law,"
"Red Kimono," "Sea Wolf." "Fools of Fashion."
"Paint and Powder." "Way of Strong." "Life's Mock-
ery." "The Awful Truth." Pathe; "The Voice of the
Storm." FBO; McDonald in "The Furies." First Na-
tional; "Nothing to Wear." Columbia: "Four Feath-
ers." Paramount: "The Very Idea." Radio Pictures:
"The Rescue," United Artists; "Arizona Kid." Fox.
VON HARBOU. HORST: Played in "The Last
Company," Ufa.
VON METER, HARRY: Appeared in "Border Ro-
mance" (1930), Tiffany.
VON SEYFFERTITZ, GUSTAV: b. Vienna. Stage
experience with ('has. Frohman. Pictures include:
"Goose Woman." Universal; "Diplomacy." Paramount:
"Sparrows." "The Gaucho," United Artists: "The
Bells." Chadwirk; "The Wizard," Fox; "Yellow Lily."
"Vamping Venus." First National: "Mysterious Lady."
MGM: "Chasing Through Europe." "Me. Gangster."
Fox; "His Glorious Night." MGM: "The Canary Mur-
der Case." "Tlie Case of Lena Smith." Paramount:
"Come Across." Universal: "Seven Faces," Fox; "Dan-
gerous Paradise." Paramount.
VON STROHEIM. ERICH: b. Vienna. Austria.
1885: e. Austrian Military Academy. Army officer,
newspaper man in Austria: newspaper man. magazine
writer in United States. Aprieared on Orpheum Cir-
cuit in dramatization of novel by himself; co-author
of "Tlie Mask." stage play: author of stage play
"Blind Husbands"; acted as assistant to John Emer-
son in 1914 on "Old Heidelberg" : assistant on several,
including Pickford pictures, one with Fairbanks, et al. :
played part of Prussian officers: military exivrt with
Griffith on "Hearts of the World": exivrt on detail
with Allen l'olubar on "Hearts of Humanity" ; when
war was over he was inactive for nine months because
of dearth of war pictures: directed, starred, wrote
"Blind Husbands" for Universal: wrote stories, con-
tinuities for four others. Universal, with Goldwyn ;
then "Wedding March" for Famous, in association
with P. A. Powers: selected one of the ten best
directors in 1926 in "The Film Daily" Annual Ballot:
member Academi of M. P. Arts and Sciences; starred
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CHAUTARD
Joseph Von Sternberg—
MOROCCO"
Dramatic and
Dialogue Director
Fox-M-G-M
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Mickey m*m McGuire
Starring in
LARRY D ARMOUR-
RKO COMEDIES
in "The Great Gabbo." a James Omze production:
Three Faces East" (1930). Warner Bros.
VON WINTERSTEIN. EDWARD: Played in "The
Blue Angel." Ufa.
VOYER. GUY: "So This Is Marriage" (1929).
Pathe Folly Comedies: "Mind Your Business" (1930).
Palhe Melody Comedies, second series.
w
WADSWORTH. HENRY: Appeared in "Applause"
(1929), "Slightly Scarlet" (1930). Paramount.
WAGSTAFF. JOSEPH: Played Jerry Rearis in "A
Song of Kentucky" (1929): Paul Adams in "Let's Go
Places" (1930). Fox.
WAITE. MALCOLM : b. Menominee. Mich.. Mav 7.
1894. Screenwork with Pathe. United Artists. MGM.
Universal. Pictures include: "The Monkey Talks."
"The Broncho Twister." Fox: "Kid Boots." "Now
We're in the Air." Paramount: Ted Grant in "The
Vagabond Lover." RKO: Higgins in "A Notorious
Affair." First National: Mulvey in "Hand 'Em Over."
UniversaL
WALDO. THAYER: r. n. Everett Thaver Waldo; b.
New York City. Oct. 31. 1907; h. 5 feet 11 inches:
brown hair and eyes: w. 142 pounds: p. Alice Thayer
and Richard Harold Waldo, non-professionals: e. Al-
hambra. Calif, high school and Lehigh College one
year: hy. sports, golf, tennis, horseback riding, book
collecting and dramatic research. Stage experience
started in high school, college, stock and repertory.
In 1923 took part as Peter in Zona Gale's "Neighbors."
in 1924 Launcelot Gobho in "Merchant of Venice." in
Portland. Oregon: as Judas in "Dust of the Road."
also parts in "The Charm School" and several oper-
ettas. 1925 working in Shakespeare and Beaumont anil
Fletcher repertory in California and Oregon. 1926 fur-
ther repertory work and made appearance in "Michael
Cape." in O'Neill's "Welded." and other O'NeiM one-
act plays; as Sir Harry Sims in Barn's "Twelve
Pound Look." in Hartford. Conn., and in the East.
1927 M Craig in "Craig's Wife." and juvenile leads
in "Eva the Fifth" anil "The Good Fellow" with the
Hartford Players. Hartford. Conn. 1928 and 1929
with stock, exjierimental work and repertory in Pasa-
dena. California, and in the East. Appeared as Hil-
mar Tonnesrn in Ibsen's. "Pillars of Society," as
Zindel in "Oybbeck." also considerable writing and di-
recting from 1926 on.
WALDRIDGE. HAROLD: b. New Orleans. La.. 1905;
h. 5 feet 9\k inches; brown hair anil eyes: w. 140
pounds: married: hy. most sports. Stage experience
with Jed Harris and Crosby Gage in 1920. Plaved
pan of "Looy Da Dope." then to Metro-Goldwvn-
Mayer whin film rights were sold. Entered pictures
Oct. B. 192S with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
WALDRON. ANDY: Appeared in "The Lariat
Kid" (1929). Universal.
WALDRON. JACK: Vitaphone No. 2691. "A Little
Breath of Broadway."
WALES. WALLY: r. n. Floyd T. Alderson: b. Sher-
idan. Wyo : h. 5 feet 1H4 inches: brown hair and blue
eyes: w. 165 pounds. Entered pictures in 1915. Screen
career includes: "The Cyclone Cowboy." "Tearin* Into
Trouble." "The Meddling Stranger." "Skedaddle Gold."
"White Pebbles." "The Soda Water Cowboy." The
Desert of the Lost." "Desperate Courage." "Saddle
Mates." "Flying Buckaroo." Pathe; "Trails of Danger"
(1930). "Canyon Hawks" (1930). "Bar L Ranch"
(1930). Big 4 Corp.; "Overland Bound (1930). Bell
Pictures.
Appeared in "Redskin"
WALKER. GEORGE:
(1929). Paramount.
WALKER. JOHNNIE: b. New York; h. 5 feet 11
inches; black hair and brown eyes: w. 160 pounds; e.
Fordham University. Stage career: stock, dramatic,
musical. Screen career includes: "The Matinee Idol."
"So This Is Paris." "A Swell Head." "So This Is
Love." "Ladies of Leisure" (1930). "The Melody Man"
(1929). Columbia: "Bare Knees." Gotham: "I'retty
Clothes." Sterling; "Crossed Breed." Bischoff: "A Boy
of the Streets." Ravart: "Ladies in Love" (1930).
Chesterfield: "Up the River" (1930). Fox.
WALLACE. JOHN: Appeared in "The Donovan Af-
fair" (1929). Columbia.
WALLACE. MORGAN: b. Lompoc. CmL, July 26.
1888: e. in California: h. 5 feet 11H inches: w.
173 pounds: dark hair and brown eyes. Entered pic-
tures In 1920. While playing in a New York stage
production he was picked by D. W. Griffith for a part
in his picture. "Dream Street." Also appeared In
"Orphans of the Storm." "One Exciting Night." "Up
the River" and "Big Money."
WALLING. WILL: ti New Y.rk City: e. New York
City. Stage experience in "Bride of the Lamp."
Pictures include: "The Iron Horse." "Man Without
a Country " Fox; "Winners of the Wilderness." MOM;
"The Devil's Saddle." "The Noose." First National:
"The Harvester." FBO: Uncle Billy in "The Mating
Call." Paramount; "Dark Streets." First National:
"Welcome Danger." Paramount: "The Medicine Man."
Tiffany; "Moby Dick." Warner.
WALLING. RICHARD: Amienred in "Companionate
Marriage" (1929). First National.
WALLS. TOM:
Maid
"One Embarrassing Night" (1930).
WALSH. GEORGE: b. New York. 1892: h. 5 feet
11 inches: brown hair and eyes; w. 175 pounds: e.
High School of Commerce. N. Y.. studied law at
Fordham and Georgetown University. Screen work
with Fox. First National. Universal. Goldwvn. Chad-
wick. State Rights. Excellent lectures. Pathe. among
them "Back to Liberty." Excellent: "Combat." Pathe.
WALTERS. JACK: b. Kansas: h. 6 feet: brown
eyes and hair: w. ISO pounds; e. Kiowa. Wichita.
Kan. ; Columbus. Ohio. Specialized in mathematics,
law. art: hy. dancing, travel, nas lived in Wichita.
Oklahoma City. Entered pictures in 1913 through Tom
Mix's suggestion, joined Selig Polyscope Company.
Played in "Roped." "Blind Man of Copperhead."
"Sympathetic." "Headin- North." "Ace of the
Saddle." "Two from Texas." "Hitchin' Posts."
"Slipper Tongue." "Hoodman Blind." "Wild West
Romance."
WALTHALL. HENRY B.: t» Shelby City. Ala.; b.
5 feet. T inches: gray hair and brown eyes: w. 130
pounds. Stage experience. Entered pictures in 1910.
Screen work for First National. Selnuck. Pro-Di»-Co.
Tiffany-Stahl. Schulberg. Truart. Fox. Rayart. Pic-
tures include: "Birth of a Nation." Griffith; "The
Scarlet Utter." MGM: "Love Me and the World Is
Mine." "Fre.dom of the Press," Universal: "Wings."
Paramount: "Street Corners." Fuller in "The Tres-
passer." the father in "Phantom in the House."
Continental: "Black Magic." Fox: "Speakeasv." "The
Bridge of San Luis Rey." MGM: "The River of Ro-
mance." Paramount: "Jazz Age." Radio Pictures:
"From Headquarters" and "Stark Mad." Warner: "In
Old California." Audible Pictures: "Temple Tower."
Fox; "Blaze o' Glory." Sono Art-World Wide: "Abra-
ham Lincoln." United Artists; "Retribution." "The
Pay Off." Vitaphone.
WALTON. FRED: r. n. Frederick Heming; b. Eng-
land: h. 5 feet 6 inches: blue eyes and light brown
hair: w. 160 pounds: e. England; hy. fishing. Stage
experience in England. Ireland. Scotland. Germany.
France. Australia. New Zealand. South Africa. Canada
and United States. Entered pictures in 1924. Pic-
tures include: "The Wise Wife." "Almost Human."
Pathe: Judge in "Circumstantial Evidence." Chester-
field: Doctor in "Dynamite." MGM: "South of Pan-
ama." Chesterfield: Priest in "Taming of the Shrew."
United Artists: "House of Shame" and "Below the
Deadline." Chesterfield.
WANZER. ARTHUR: "Dance With Me" (1930).
Pathe Checker Comedies, second series.
WARD. HAP: Appeared in "Fugitives" (1929).
Fox.
WARD. MACKENZIE: Appeared in "Lucky in
Love" (1929). Pathe: "Doing Phil a Favor" (1930).
Pathe Variety Comedies.
WARD. ROSCOE: Appeared in "West of Zanzi-
bar" (1929). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
WARD. SOLLY: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 2148.
"At the Party."
WARD TINY: "Below the Deadline" (1929).
Chesterfield.
WARD. WARWICK: Appeared in "Looping the
Loop" (19291. Paramount.
WARDWELL. GEOFFREY: b. New York. July 30.
1900; h. 6 feet 1 inch: dark hair and eyes; w. 160
pounds; e. in England till twelve years of age. then
to New York where education was completed : married.
Wrote operettas at the age of sixteen. Stage experi-
ence started with repertoire companies. First attracted
attention in "Much Ado About Nothing." Screen
experience started in role of Hortensio with Mary
Pickford in "Taming of the Shrew."
WARING. TOM: Appeared in .Metro Movietone
Act No. 565.
WARNER. H. B.: b. St. John's Woods. London.
England: h. f>4 feet: fair hair and blue eyes; w. 168
pounds: e. Bedford. England, and University College.
London. Stage experience. Screen work with Ince.
McClur;-. Frohman. Jesse D. Hampton. Pictures in-
clude: "Sorrel and Son." United Artists; "French
Dressing." First National: Lewis Dyke in The Dark
Swan." First National: Dr. Cusick in "Tiger Rose."
Warner: "The Divine Lady." "Wedding Rings." First
National: "Trial of Mary Dugan." MGM: "The Doc-
tor's Secret." Paramount: "King of Kings." Pathe:
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"The Argyle Case." "Conciuest." "Tile Gamblers" and
"Stark Mad." Warner; "Furies," First National;
"Wild Company." Fox; "The Green Goddess." "The
Second Floor Mystery." Warner; "On Your Back,"
Fox.
WARREN. E. ALYN: Appeared in 1929 in "Chas-
ing Through Europe," "lied Wine." Fox; "The Trail
of '98." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; in 1930 in "Prince
of Diamonds." Columbia; "The Medicine Man." Tif-
fany; "Abraham Lincoln." United Artists.
WARREN. FRED H. : b. Rock Island. 111.; e. in
Rock Island; h. 5 feet 9 inches; w. 140 pounds: brown
hair, blue eyes. Twelve years with Keith-Orph.'Um
vaudeville. Eniered pictures in 1920. Pictures in-
clude: "The Spieler." "In Old Arizona." "The Bark-
er," "Girl of the Golden West." with Mary Pickford
in "Kiki." "The Crash (1929). First National; "Abra-
ham Lincoln" (1930). United Artists; "Hearts and
Hoofs" (1930), Rodeo Comedies, Pathe.
WARREN. HERBERT: Appeared in "House of
Secrets" (1930). Chesterfield.
WARWICK. ROBERT: Appeared in "Unmasked"
(1930), Artclass
WASHBURN. BRYANT: b. Chicago. 111.: h. 5
feet 11 inches; brown liair and eyes; w. 160 pounds;
p. Metha Catherine Johnson and Bryant Washburn,
non-professionals; e. Lake View high school: not mar-
ried; hy. golf, swimming and handball. Stage experi-
ence consists of appearances in "The Fighter." "The
11 mtttance Man." "The Great John Ganton." and
"The Wolf"; and in stock for 13 weeks, Toronto: and
12 weeks in Wilmington. Screen experience includes
roles in such pictures as "Skinner's Stories." "The
Prince of Graustark." "It Pays to Advertise." "Six
Best Sellers." "What Happened to Jones." "Too Much
Johnson." "Mrs. Temple's Telegram." "The Way of
a Man with a Maid." "Why Smith Left Home."
"Breakfast at Sunrise." "Honeymoon Flat." "Beware
of Widows." "The Love Thrill" and "Nothing to
Wear." "Swing High" (1930). Pathe; Vitaphone No.
3740. "Christmas Knight." No. 377S. "Niagara Falls."
WASHINGTON. BLUE: r. n. Edgar Washington
Blue; b. Los Angeles. Cal. : h. 6 feet 2 inches; black
hair and brown eyes; w. 225 pounds; e. in Los Angeles,
California; married. No stage experience. He has ap-
peared in the following screen productions: "The Blood
Ship." "By Whose Hand." "Wyoming," "Beggars of
Life." "Ransom." "There It Is." "Do Your Duty."
"Phantom City." "Black Magic," most of them be-
ing Ken Maynard films for Universal. Freelance
player.
WATERS, GLEN: Appeared in "She Goes to War"
(1929) . Unittd Artists.
WATLES BUDDY: Appeared in "Divorce Made
Easy" (1929). Paramount.
WATSON. BOBBY: Vitaphone No. 375S. "The Babv
Bandit." No. 3753. "Contrary Mary." No. 3680.
"Maid's Night Out."
WATSON. COY, JR.: r. n. James Caughev Watson.
Jr.: b. Los Angeles. November 12. 1912: h. 5 feet 6
inches: blue eyes and light hair: w. 128 pounds; e.
Los Angeles public schools: hy. swimming, basketball,
football. riding. Pictures include: "You Never
Know." Vitagraph: "The Right of the Strongest."
Selznick; "Buttons." MOM; Sammy in "The Smart
Set." UGH; Buttons in "One Woman Idea." Fox;
office boy in "Reckless Youth." Columbia.
WATSON, HARRY: "Pardon Mv Gun." Pathe;
"Rubeville" (1929). "Fiftv Miles from Broadway"
(1930) . "Rubeville Night Club" (1930). Pathe Golden
Rooster Comedies.
WATTS. LYONEL: Played in "Outward Bound"
(1930), Warner Bros.
WATTS & GILBERT: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
2135.
WAYNE. ROBERT: b. Pittsburgh. Pa.. October 28.
1867; h. 5 feet 10 inches: dark blue eyes and grav
hair; w. 185 pounds: e. Western University and Duff's
College. Pittsburgh ; married ; hy. golf, billiards, base-
ball. Has lived in St. Louis, Boston, San Francisco.
Los Angeles. First entered pictures for short season
in 1015; again in 1929 when he remained in Los
Angeles for that purpose after playing with Frank
Craven's "19th Hole" company. Pictures include:
Levisohn in "Fashions in Love." Paramount; Judge
Davis in "The Love Racket." First National.
WEBB. CLIFTON: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 1025,
"The Still Alarm."
WEBER and FIELD: Appeared in "The March of
Time." MGM.
W El GEL, PAUL: b. Halle. Saxony; h. 5 feet 8
inches: gray hair and hazel eyes; w. 145 pounds; e.
Germany. Stag.' experience. Screen work with Metro.
Fox. Universal. Vitagraph, Robertson-Cole. Paramount.
Selznick. FBO. Hodkinson. Pro-Dis-Co. Truart. Lumas.
Pictures include: "Hidden Aces." Pathe; "Broadway
After Midnight." Krelbar Pictures; ".Mary the Girl."
Sterling; "The Wagon Show." First National; 'The
Leatherneck." Pathe.
WELSH. WILLIAM. J.: b. Philadelphia. Pa. Stage
experience in opera, dramatic, with Jos. Santlev. Pic-
tures include: "Over the Hill." "Hills of Peril."
"Chain Lightning." "Dare Devil's Reward." Fox;
"Paying the Price." "Isle of Forgotten Women." "The
Opening Night." Columbia: "The Mississippi Gambler."
Universal.
WELLMAN ft RUSSELL: Vitaphone No. 2145. "In
the Sweet I.ong Ago."
WELLS. GIL: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 2735.
WELLS. RALPH: Played In "Night Ride" (1930),
Univ. rsal.
WELLS. TED: Appeared in 1929 in "Beautv and
Bullets," "The Border Wildcat." "Born to the Saddle."
"Grit Wins." "The Ridin' Demon." "The Smiling
Terror." Universal.
WEST. ARTHUR "PAT": r. n. Arthur West; b. I'a-
dueah. Ky.. November. 1892: h. 5 feet 5 inches: light
brown hair and blue eyes; w. 190 iHiunds; e. Cleveland
high school. Cleveland. O.J rn. Lucille Harmon, profes-
sional: hy. golf. Stage experience since about 1918:
entertainment trouiw during World War. played before
important personages in Europe; West Coast circuit as
fealUied comedian: Ziegfeld "Follies" with Will Rogers;
"Captain Jinx." "Paradise Alley." "Good News" in
England. S-reen experience: eight Vitaphone shorts,
among them No. 4150, "Russian Around." and No.
2919. "Ship Ahoy."
WEST. BUSTER: b. Philadelphia. Pa : p. John West
and Madame D'Enos. professionals. Professional career
began at age of 5 and he toured entire world with
father and mother as acrobats and dancers. Has ap-
peared in vaudeville and mu?ical comedy. Made screen
debut about a year ago with John West in Christie two-
reel talking pictures. "The Dancing Gob." "Marching
to Georgie," "Don't Give Up." followed by a vaudeville
tour.
WEST, CHARLES: Appeared in 1929 in "Hand-
cuffed," Rayart; "Acquitted," Columbia.
WEST, FORD: "Half Way to Heaven" (1929),
Paramount; "Call of the West" (1930), Columbia.
WEST, JOHN: b. Norfolk, Va.; m. Madame D'Enos.
professional, one child. Buster. Leit home when quite
young and joined Sun Brothers' Wagon Show, a travel-
ing circus. Became an acrobatic star with the circus,
doing an aerial act and hazardous leaps. Then joined
the Walter C. Main Show, another circus, remaining
one year. Left to become a star with Forepaugh and
Sells Brothers. Has toured the world with wile and
son as acrobats and dancers. Has appeared in vaude-
ville and musical comedies. Made debut in motion pic-
tures about a year ago. being starred in a series of
Christie Talking Comedies, among them being "The
Dancing Gob" and "Marching to Georgie." In 1930
made an Educational-Christie comedy titled "Don't Give
Up." followed by vaudeville tour
WEST. PAT & MIDDIES: Appeared in Vitaphone
No. 2189.
WESTON &. LYONS: Vitaphone No. 2318, "A Bow-
ery Bouncer and His Belle."
WHEELER. BERT: b. Patterson. N. J.: he spent
many years as prop boy and bit player in stock
companies, and vaudeville. His first stage success was
in "Rio Rita," which later was filmed with him in
the comedy role he had played on the stage. Other
screen appearances: "Cuckoos," "Dixiana" and "Half
Shot at Sunrise." for RKO.
WHEEZER: r. n. Bobby Hutchins; b. Tacoma. Wash..
March 29. 1925; light brown hair and blue eyes; p.
Constance Roe and James Arthur Hutchins. non-profes-
sionals; hy. writing. Started screen career when but
21 months old. with a small part in Buster Brown
comedies for Stern Brothers. Under long term contract
to Hal Roach in "Our Gang."
WHITE, CARL: Played in "Big Boy" (1930), War-
ner Bros.
WHITE. JACK: Vitaphone No. 4270-71, "The
Legacy." No. 4284. "The Skin Game." No. 4285.
"Ship Ahoy."
WHITE. LEO: b. Manchester. England; h. 5 feet
0 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 132 pounds; e.
Manchester. England. Stage experience with Frohman
productions. Screen work with Paramount. Metro. As-
sociated Exhibitors. Fox. First National. Chadwick.
Columbia. Pictures include: "The Beauty Shoppers."
"Girl from Gay Paree." TifTany-Stahl : "The Slaver."
Aywon; "A Bowery Cinderella." Excellent: "Breed of
the Sunsets." FBO: "What Price Beauty." Pathe;
"The Thunder Riders." "How to Handle Women."
Universal: Pearl's lawyer in "Campus Knights."
Chesterfield: "Smilin' Guns." "Born to the Saddle."
"Roaring Ranch" (1930), Universal.
WHITE, MALCOLM: Appeared in "Noah's Ark"
(1929) . Warner Bros.; "Mounted Stranger" (1930),
Universal.
WHITELY. THOMAS: Played in "Journey's End"
(1930) . Tiffany.
WHITEMAN. PAUL: b. Denver. Col.: at age of 17
was the chief viola player in the Denver Symphony
Orchestra, and in 1915 played the viola in the World's
Fair Orchestra at San Francisco. He was a leader
of a Navy Band during the war and after the Armis-
tice returned to San Francisco and organized own
orchestra and later was engaged to play at the open-
ing of the Ambassador hotel in Atlantic City. It was
at this time that he made his first records for the
Victor Phonograph Company. While filling an en-
gagement at the Palais Royale in New York, Zieg-
feld signed him for a number in the "Follies." In
1924 gave a concert in Aeolian Hall and George Gersh-
win's "Rhapsody in Blue" was especially featured. In
1930 he appeared in "King of Jazz" for Universal.
WHITING. JACK: b. Philadelphia. Pa.; h. 6 feet;
blond hair and blue eyes; slender build; p. Dr. H. D.
Whiting: e. Philadelphia high school. University of
Pennsylvania: m. Beth Sully. Stage career: first appear-
ance in amateur theatricals and in 1930 accepted offer
from Ziegfeld to appear in "Follies"; also appeared in
"Aren't We All." with Cyril Maude. "Stepping Stones."
and has understudied Hal Skelly. 'Top Speed" for
Vitaphone was first picture. Has appeared in 1930 in
"College Lovers." "The Life of the Party" for Warner
Bros.
WHITLOCK. LLOYD: b. Springfield. Mo.; h. 6 feet
U4 inches: brown hair and eyes: w. 175 pounds: e.
Missouri Universitv. S'age experience. Pictures in-
clude: "Hot Heels." "A Hero for a Night." "The
Michigan Kid." Universal: "On the Stroke of Twelve."
Rayart; "Pretty Clothes." Sterling: "The War Horse."
Fox: "The Perfect San." First National; "The Fatal
Warning." Mascot Serial; "House of Shame." Ches-
terfl»ld: "Kid's Clever." "The Cohens and Kellys in
Scotland. " "One Hysterical Night." "Skinner Steps
Out." Universal.
WHITMAN. GAYNE: Appeared in "Lucky Boy"
(1929). Tiffany.
WHITTAKER. CHARLES: Appeared in "Cheyenne"
(1929) . First National.
WILBER. ROBERT: b. Louisville. Ky.. May G. 1897 :
h. 6 feet 1 inch: dark brown hair and eyes: w. 178
pounds; p. professionals; e. Roanoke, Va.. high school:
by. professional dancing, classical and eccentric. Stage
experience of four years with C. M. Nutt stock. Screen
experience appearing in "The Last Command." Para-
mount production: "Stool Pigeon." Columbia produc-
tion: "Wilderness Patrol," Bischoff production: "The
Gate Crasher." Universal production: "Speakeasy."
Fox. and "Haunted" and "Dynamite." Metro-Gold-
wvn- Mayer.
WICKLAND. LYONS: Appeared in "Unmasked"
(1930) . Artclass.
WILCOX, JAMES: Appeared in "The Peacock Fan"
(1929). Chesterfield.
WILDLEY & SHEEHAN: Appeared in Vitaphone
No. 2113.
WILLIAMS. GUI NN : b. Decatur. Texas. April 26.
1900: h. « feet 2 inches: curly blond hate and gray
eyes; w. 200 pounds: p. Guinn Williams. United States
congressman from Texas: e. military s hools in Decatur.
Texas, and Texas University: hy. riding, swimming, golf
and roping. He started as an extra In 1919 In "Al-
most a Husband" for Goldwyn; starred later In about
30 independent productions. Westerns, for Aywon Film
Corporation; then with. Rogers tor two years. He has
appeared in such pictures as ' Rex. King ot Wild
Horseo," '"Juaiantined Rivals." ' Brown of Harvard."
"Slide. Kelly. Slide." "Burning Daylight." "Vamping
Venus." "Black Cyclone." "The College Widow,"
"Noah's Ark" "My Man" and "Our Daily Bread";
(1929) "Lucky Star." Fox; "From Headquarters." War-
ner Bros., and in the "Big Fight."
WILLIAMS. ZACK: Appeared in 1929 in "Hearts
in Dixie," Fox; "Four Feathers," Paramount.
WILLS, SI: "One Nutty Night" (1930). Pathe
Checker Comedies, second series; "Sixteen Sweeties"
(1930) . Pathe Melody Comedies, first series; "All for
Mabel" (1930). Pathe Campus Comedies.
WILSON. CHARLES: In 1929 in "Acquitted."
"Broadway Scandals." "Song of Love," Columbia.
WILSON, ERNEST: Appeared in "The Drifter"
(1929). Radio Pictures.
WILSON. HAL: b. New York City. October 2. 1867:
h 5 feet 8 inches: brown eyes and gray hair; w. 160
pounds; e. New Y'ork public schools and College of
City of New Y'ork. Specialized in mathematics and
medicine; married; hy. baseball, horse racing. Has
lived in New Y'ork. Melbourne. Australia. Los Angeles.
Since the age of 10 has been on the stage. Entered
pictures in 1907. with Vitagraph Company at request
of J. Stuart Blackton and A. E. Smith. Pictures
include: "The Clown's Best Performance." Peeping
Tom in "Lady Godiva." Ranch Owner in "Sundown."
First National; Innkeeper in "Don Q." United Artists:
"Iron Mask." United Artists; "Divorce Made Easy"
(1929), Paramount.
WILSON. TOM: b. Helena. Mont.; h. 6 feet 2
inches; dark brown hair and dark eyes: w. 220 pounds.
Stage experience with Robert Fitzsimmons. G.orge
Ade. Mrs. Fiske. Eva Tanguay. Pictures include:
"The Pioneer Scout." "The Rainmaker." Paramount;
"Ham and Eggs at the Front." "When a Man Loves."
Warner; "No Control," Pro-Dis-Co; "Battling Butler."
MGM; Baggage Master in "Strong Boy." Fox; Hi-
jacker in "Darkened Skies." Biltmore; "Big Boy."
Warner.
WINNINGER, CHARLES: b. Athens. Wis.. May 26.
18S4; h. 5 feet 0 inches; bushy gray hair and blue
eyes: w. 155 pounds; e. public schools of native town;
p professionals: m. Blanche Ring, professional; hy.
outdoor sports. Left eighth grade to join family on
tour in 1892. known as Winninger Family Concert
Company. Made several vaudeviUe tours and upon the
retirement of father and mother, five brothers played
repertory for manv years. Played in stock company in
San Antonio. Texas, and Seattle. Wash. Joined "The
Yankee Girl" in Milwaukee while Blanche Ring was
playing in it. This production made Broadway in 1912.
Pla'ved roles in all Miss Ring's productions and ap-
peared with her in vaudeville for several seasons. Made
first screen apiiearance at LKO studio in Hollywood
under Henry Lehrman. In 191G appeared in New York
in a George M. Cohan review. Played with Leo Diet-
richstein in "The Great Lover." Later, appeared in
several Ziegfeld shows and in Winter Garden produc-
tions. For past three years portrayed role of "Cap-
tain Andv" in "Show Boat." Signed Fox Movietone
contract in March. 1930. Appeared in "Soup to Nuts,
for Fox.
WINSLOW. DICK: r. n. Richard Winslow Johnson;
b. Jennings. La.. March 25. 1915: h. 58 inches: light
hair and blue eves; w. 88 pounds; p. Winonan
Breazeale and Sidnev R. Johnson, mother a writer:
e. Belmont high school. Los Angeles. Calif. ; not mar-
ried; hv. airplanes, music and most sports. Stage ca-
reer started in school plays. Appeared in the "Silver
Thread" at the Egan theatre in Los Angeles, and
"The Emperor Clothes." at the Belmont theatre in
Los Angeles, also in "The Pageant of Peace." and
manv others. Plays the Pipe organ, piano, marimba,
bag pipes, accordian, drums, saxaphone and other wind
instrummts. He has appeared on the screen since he
was five vears old. some of the productions are as
follows: ""Avalanche." "Sweetie." "Virginian" and
"Sarah and Son." for Paramount; "Not One to Fail."
for Renaud Hoffman and "Marianne" for Metro-Gold-
wvn-Maver. In all he has appeared in approximately
70 films since starting career. Freelance player.
WISE. JACK: Appeared in "Smilm" Guns" (1929).
Universal.
WITHERS. GRANT: e. Kemper Military Academy in
Boonesville, Mo.: m. Loretta Y'oung: stage career
started in a school play. "Clarence." At graduation
he came to Los Angeles as salesman for the Standard
Oil Company. He then went to work for the Los An-
geles Record newspaper, his first assignment being the
funeral of Wallace Reid. He was with the R-cord for
a vear and a half, when one day he worked as an
extra for Douglas McLean. That was the beginning
of his screen career and soon after he appeared in
"Madonna of Avenue A." "The Time, the Place and
the Girl." "In the Headlines." "Hearts in Exile" and
"So Long Letty": in 1929 in "Song of Songs." War-
ner Bros.: "Saturday's Children." First National: in
1930 in "Soldiers and Women." Columbia: "Back
Pav." "Other Tommorrow." First National: "Dancing
Sweeties." "The Second Floor Mvstcry." "Sinners
Holiday." "The Steel Highway." Warner Bros.
WOLF. JACK: "After the Show" (1929). Pathe
Melody Comidies. first series.
WOLHEIM. DAN: b. New Y'ork City. Feb. 8. 1894:
h. 6 feet 1 inch: brown hair and gray eyes: w. 195
pounds; p. Esther and Max Wolheim. non-profes-
sionals; e. high school education: not married: hy. golf
and horseback. Stage experience in vaudeville with
Keith Orpheum Circuit. Screen experience in the fol-
lowing productions: "The Racket." "Tenderloin." "The
Cross to Singapore." "The Flying Fool." "Big Time."
"The Far Call" (1929). Fox.
WOLHEIM. LOUIS: b. Now York City. March 28.
1880; h. 5 feet 10 inches: brown hair and eyes: w. ISO
pounds; e. schools or New Y'ork City. Cornell Uni-
versitv. studying engineering at Cornell and receiving
his M.E. degree at that institution (it was while play-
ing halfback for Cornell on the 1904 football team,
that he broke his nose, thus making his face his fortune
in the films): m. Taught mathematics at Cornell
Preparatory School during the six vears that followed
his graduation from University. Stage experienca in
support of John and Lion-1 Barrymore in "The Jest"
and as the original Captain Flagg of "What Price
Glory" when it was offered on the stage in New Y'ork.
While acting on the stage he also supported John
Rarrvmore in "Sherlock Holmes." the film Since then
has app a red ill Marion Dalies' "Little Old New York"
as the prize fighter and more recently scored in "Two
Arabian Knights" comedy Aim: supported Barrymore
1931
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in "Tempest" and also appeared in "Sorrell and Son,"
"Tlie Awakening" and in "Condemned." with Ronald
Colman; in 1929 in "Frozen Justice." Fox: "Shady
Lady." Pathe: in 1930 in "The Ship from Shanghai. "
MG.M; "All Quiet on the Western Front." Universal.
Signed by RKO. Died in 1930.
WOLOSHIN. ALEX: Appeared in "The Case of
Lena Smith" (1929), Paramount.
WONG. JOE: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 2126.
WOOD. BR ITT: Appeared in Vitaphone No. 2129.
WOOD. ERNEST: b. Atchison. Kan.. April 17.
1S92; h. 5 feet 10*^ inches: brown eyes and brown
hair; w. 150 pounds; e. New York and Betts Military
Academy, Stamford. Conn.; married: by. swimming,
hunting, hors.shoe pitching. Stage experience in mu-
sical comedy, farce, drama, vaudeville. Entered pic-
tures in 1923. Pictures include: "A Certain Young
.Man." "Take Me Home." "Husbands Are Liars,"
"Bed Wine." Fox: "Not Damaged." Fox; "For Love
or Monty." Paramount, Christie Talking Plays.
WOOD. FREEMAN: b. Denver. Col.: e. Columbia
University. Stage experience with Grace George Be-
lasco. William Gillette, Stuart Walker. Wm. A. Brady.
S:-reen work with Goldwyn. Pro-Dis-Co. M;tro. Fox.
Lumas. Cbadwick. Columbia, TifTany-Stahl. Pictures
include: "McFadden's Flats." First National: "Taxi.
Taxi." Universal: "Tbe Coward." "Little Y"ellow
House." FBO; "Garden of Eden." United Artists;
"Half a Bride." Paramount; Gerald in "Chinatown
Nights," Paramount.
WOODRUFF, BERT: b. Peoria, 111.. April 29. 1856:
h. 5 feet 6 inches; gray hair and blue eyes: w. 170
I>ounds; p. Hannah It. and William A. Woodruff,
non professionals; e. Peoria. 111., schools and received
his stage training in dramatics and vaudeville. Peoria:
m. Hattic M. Sprague. non-professional: by. making
money. He entered the theatrical profession in 1S76
in minstrels, continuing for two years; then toured
until 1S82; and entered vaudeville in Peoria continu-
ing in same house for seven years doing an Irish act
(1889 to 1891). Also manager of theatres in Davenport
la.; Sheboygan. Wis.; Chicago. 111.; Springfield. 111!
until 1904; then went to California with a carnival
company. Entered pictures in 1916 with D. W. Griffith
appearing in "Jim Bludson." "Veteran Sinners." "Chil-
dren of Dust," "Flaming Gold." "The Barrier." "The
Fire Brigade." "Spring Fever." "Speedy." "Masked
Money." "The Awakening"; in nine pictures with
Charles Hay; "Song of Kentucky" (1929). Fox.
WOODS. HARRY LEWIS: Appeared in 1929 in
"China Bound." "The Desert Rider." "The Viking "
Metro-Goldwyn-Maycr: "Gun Law." Radio Pictures-
"Pardon My Gun." Pathe: "Ranch House Blues"
(1930). Pathe Rodeo Comedies.
WOOLF. WALTER: b. San Francisco. Cal. : h C
feet 1 inch; brown eyes and brown hair; w. 185
pounds; e. Salt Lake City. Utah. Specialized in min-
ing and engineering; married and has one daughter.
Barbara Jean, 1; hy. golf, tennis, horseback riding.
Has lived in Salt Lake City, San Francisco. Los
Angeles, New York City. Pictures include: "Golden
Dawn" (1930). Warner.
WOOLSEY. ROBERT: b. Oakland. Cal.. August
14. 1889; h. 5 feet 5'& inches; brown hair and eyes;
w. 120 pounds: p. Sarah and Thomas Woolsey, non-
professional; e. Township high. Murphysboro. Illinois;
m. Mignone Reed, non -professional; hy. golf and writ-
ing. Stage experience fifteen years dramatic and musi-
cal stock companies all over United States. Road
shows "Prince of Pilsen." "Three Twins." "Little
Johnnie Jones." "Isle of Spice." "Rosary" and with
Kitty Gordon in "The Enchantress." Two years in
Australia. New Zealand. South Africa. India and
Orient, six years as headliner in vaudeville theatres
on Broadway with "Nothing but Love." "Dear Mable."
"Right Girl." "Blue Kitten." "Poppy." "Lady in
Ermine." "Dream Girl." "Mayflowers." "Honest Liars."
"My Princess" and "Rio Rita." Screen experience:
original stage part in "Rio Rita": in 1930 in "The
Cuckoos." "Dixiana." Radio Pictures; "Half Shot at
Sunrise." Radio Pictures.
WORK. MILTON C. : Appeared in Vitaphone No.
979.
WORTH I NGTON, WILLIAM: President and treasurer
of Multicolor Films. Born and educated in Troy. N. Y. ;
hy. motor and swimming. Stage career, grand opera,
drama, stock vaudeville. Directed "Everywoman. " Be-
gan pictures in 1913. Directed many important pic-
tures. Played in "Red Lights." "The Green Goddess."
"Her Honor, the Governor." FBO: "Return of Boston
Blackie." First Division. "Good Morning Judge."
"Happiness Ahead." First National; "Half A Bride."
Paramount; "The Climax" (1930). Universal.
WRAY. JOHN GRIFFITH: b. Philadelphia. Pa.: h.
5 feet 8 inches: blue-gray eves and brown hair; w. 150
■wmnds: e. Parochial schools. Pa.: married: hy. riding,
ice skating. Has lived in New York. Chicago. Penn-
sylvania. London. Los Angeles. Entered pictures in
1929. Co-author of play. "Nightstick." from which
picture "Alibi" was mad". Has played leading roles
in "New York Nights." United Artists: "All Quiet on
the Western Front." "Czar of Broadway." Universal.
WRIGHT. MACK V.: Appeared in 1929 in "Ari-
zona Days." El Dorado Pictures: "Law of the
Mounted." Syndicate.
WRIGHT HUMBERTSON: "High Treason." Tif-
fany: "White Cargo" (1930). produced by W. P.
Film Company. London.
WYNE. ROBERT: Appeared in "Fashions in Love"
(1929). Paramount.
YACHT CLUB BOYS: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
1043. "A Private Engagement."
YACONALLI. FRANK: "Senor Americano" (1929).
Universal; "Firebrand Jordan" (1930). Big 4.
YAMAOKA. OTTO: "The Benson Murder Case"
(1930). Paramount.
YORKE. CHICK: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
1077. "Tintypes."
YORKE & JOHNSON: Appeared in Vitaphone No.
928.
YOST. HERBERT: "Love. Honor and Oh Baby"
(1!29). Pathe Manhattan Comedies, first series.
YOUNG. ERNEST: -Two Fresh Eggs" (1930).
Pathe Folly Comedies, second series.
YOUNG. NOAH: Screen career includes "Sharp
Shooters." Pathe; "A Thief in the Dark," Fox; ' Sun
Gospel." First National; "Welcome Danger" (1929),
Paramount.
YOUNG. ROLAND: b. London. England, November
11. 1SS7; h. 5 feet 6 inches; dark hair and blue eyes;
w. 140 pounds; e. Sherborne. Dorset. University Col-
lege. London : hy. riding. Has traveled throughout
Europe and America. Eighteen years' stage experience.
Pictures include: "Unholy Night." Sigurd Amesson
in "The Bishop Murder Case." MGM: "Her Private
Life." First National; "Wise Girls." "Madam Satan,"
MG.M.
YOUNG, TAMMANY: I). New York City; h. 5 feet 6
inches: black hair and blue eyes: w. 160 pounds: e.
St. James Parochial School: m. Gertrude Savage; hy.
swimming and all outdoor sports. Stage experience with
David Belasco. George Tyler. Geoige M. Cohan. Sam
Harris. Jed Harris. George Miller. Shuberts. Charles
Frohman Company. "Front Page." "The Wasp," "Out
of a Blue Sky," "Madeline and the Movies." "Lulu
Belle." 'Spring 3100." "Turn to the Right." "White
Lights." "New Yorkers." Screen work with FamouB
Players. D. W. Griffith. Universal. Metro. Fox. First
National. Selznick. Pathe. Mary Pickford. John Barry-
more. Pauline Frederick. Norma Shearer. Adolphe Men-
jou. Clara Bow. Nancy Carroll. Thomas Meighan, Doug-
las Fairbanks. Charlie Chaplin. Mack Sennett. Fred
Mace. Keystone Cop. Marshall Neilan. Blanche Sweet.
YOUNG. TEX: Appeared in "The Virginian"
(1929). Paramount.
ZARDO. ERIC: Appeared In Vitaphone No. 870
PLAYERS BY CLASSIFICATION.
FEATURE MEN
Agnew. Bobby
Allen. Harry
Allister. Claud
Alvarado. Don
Ames. Robert
Anderson. Robert
Armstrong. Robert
Arthur. George K.
Arthur. Wallace
Askam. Perry*
Asther. Nils
August. Edwin
Austin. William
B
Bannister. Harry
Bard. Ben
Barnes. T. Roy
Bartels. Louis John
Barton. Buzz
Beery, Noah
Beery. Wallace
Belmore. Lionel
Bellew. Cosmo Kyrle
Ber.mger. Andre
Betz. Andrew
Bill. Buffalo. Jr.
Birmingham. Alan
Bohr. Jose
Bocworth. Hobart
Bowers. John
Boyd. William
Breckner. Girv
Breese. Edmund
Hroknw. Charles
Bunch. Allan
Bunston. Herbert
Burns. Bohhv
Rums. Edmund
Burns. Herbert
Bnohell. An'honv
Bushman. Francis X.
Bushman. Francis X.. Jr.
Cagney. James
Calllga. George
Cameron. Rudolph
Campeau. Frank
Carew. Arthur
Carillo. Leo
Carle. Richard
Cavanagh. Paul
Chadwick, Cyril
Chandler. Lane
Clark. Edward
Clark. Harvey
Cody. Lew
Collier William. Jr.
Conklin, Chester
Conklin. William
Cook, Clyde
Cooley. Hallam
Cording. Harry
Cortez. Ricardo
Costello. Maurice
Courtney. William
Crane. James
D
Dane. Karl
Davidson. John
Daiidson. William
Davis. Edwards
Davis. Tyrell
DeGrasse. Sam
Dent. Larry
deRamey. Pierre
DeSegurola. Andre
Dix. Rollo
Donovan. Jack
Duryea. George
Earle. Edwaid
Pdeson. Robert
Edwards. Neelv
Edwards. Snitz
Ellis. Rohert
Elliott. Robert
Emcrv. Gilbert
Farnum. Franklyn
Farmim. William
Fawrett. George
Fellovves. Rnckcliffe
Fleming. Claude
Ford. Harrison
Forrest. Allan
Foxe. Earle
Francis. Alec B.
Frazer. Robert
Frve, Dwicht
Fulton. Jimmie
Geld. Fritz
Gillingwater. Claude
Glass. Gaston
Gleason. James
Gleason. Russell
Gleckler. Robert
Glendenning. Ernest
Goble. Clark
Goodwin. Harold
Gordon. Huntley
Gran. Albert
Grant. Lawrence
Gray. Alexander
Green. Harrv
Griblion. Eddie
Grihbon. Harry
Griffith. Raymond
H
Hackathorne. George
Hackett. Robert
Haines. Robert T
Hale. Alan
Hale. Creighton
Hamilton. Neil
Hardy. Sam
Fare. Lumsden
Harlan. Kenneth
Harlan. Otis
Harris. Tommy
Hart. Neal
Harvey. Forrester
Rattan. Raymond
Haupt. Ullrich
Healy. Ted
Heggie. O P
Henderson. Dell
Hepburn. Barton
Herbert. Holmes
Hersholt. Jean
Hines. Johnnie
Hr.bbis. HaUlweU
Holmes. Stuart
Holtz. Tenen
Horton. Edward Everett
Howard. Frederic
Hoxie. Jack
Hovt. Arthur
Hughes. Gareth
Hughes. Lloyd
Hurst. Brandon
Hurst. Paul
Hvams. John
James. Gardner
Jessel. George
Jolson. Al
Jones. Buck
Judels, Charles
K
Kane, Eddie
Kaliz, Armand
Karns. Roscoe
Keefe, Cornelius
Keith. Ian
Kent. Larry
Kent. Craufurd
Kerry. Norman
Kinnell. Murray
Kirkwood. James
Kohler. "^red
Kolker. Henry
KoslofT. Theodore
Lake. Arfiur
Lane. Lur no
Landis. O Hen
La Rocqi Rod
Lebedeff. van
Leigh. Fr: nk
Lewis. Mi hell
Lewis. Ra oh
Loder. Jol.n
Long, Walter
Love. Montagu
Lowe. Eilmund
Lugosi. Bela
Luguet. Andre
Lyon. Ben
Lytell. Bert
M
MacDonald. Francis
MacDonald. .1. Farrell
MacDonald. Wallace
Mack. Wilhur
Maclaren. Ian
Malone. Leo
Manners. David
Marcus. James
Marion. George
Marmont. Percy
Marshall. Tully
Martindel, Edward
Mason, LeRoy
Matiesen. Otto
Ma\natd. Ken
.Mayo. Frank
Maxwell. Edwin
McCullough. Philo
.McCoy. Col. Tim
McDermott. Mark-
McDonald. Francis
McGrail. Walter
McGregor. Malcolm
.Mc intosh. Burr
McKee. Raymond
Mi-Wade. Robert
Meighan. Thomas
Merrill. Walter
Mestayer. Harry
Meyer. Torben
Middleton. Charles B.
Miljan. John
Mitchell. Grant
Mong. William V.
Moore. Matt
Moore. Owen
Moore. Tom
Moran. Lee
Moreno. Antonio
Morton. Charles
Mulhall. Jack
Murray. Charlie
Murray. James
Myers. Harrv
N
Xngel. Conrad
Xalheaux. Louis
NoweU. Wedgwood
o
Oakman. Wheeler
O'Brien, Eugene
O'Brien. Tom
Oland. Warner
O'Malh v. Pat
Owsley. Monroe
Tangborn. Franklin
Patrick. John
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I'atricola, Tom
Peters, House
Phillips. Eddie
Pickford, Jack
Potel, Victor
Pratt, lnirnell
Prival. Lucien
R
Randolf, Anders
Raucourt, Jules
Renavent, Georges
Robards. Jason
Roche, John
Roland. Gilbert
Sale, "Chick"
Salisbury. .Monroe
Sellon. Charles
Schildkraut, Rudolph
Sharland. Reginald
Sherman. Lowell
Sidney. George
Simpson. Russell
Sojin, Kamujama
Soussanin. Nicholas
Stack. William
Standing. Wyndham
Stanley. Forrest
Steele. Bob
Sterling. Ford
Stevenson. Hayden
Stewart. Roy
Stone, Lewis S.
Strange. Philip
St. Polis. John
Stuart. Nick
Tearle, Conway
Thomas. Evan
Thomson, Kenneth
Thorne. W. L.
Toler, Sidney
Torrence, David
Torrence. Ernest
Trevor. Norman
Tucker. Richard
Tyron, Glenn
V
Valentine, John
Vavitch, Michael
Vernon. Bobby
Von Brincken, William
Von Eltz. Theodor
yon Seyffertitz, Gustav
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Wales. Wally
Wallace, Morgan
Walker. Johnny
Walthall. Henry B.
Warner. H. B
Washburn. Bryant
Welch, Niles
Whitlock, Lloyd
Whitman. Gayne
WTilliams. Guinn
Williams. Hugh
Wilsey. Jay
Wolheim. Louis
York, Vincent
Young. Roland
LEADING MEN
Abel. Walter
Allan. Hugh
Allen. Leigh
Alvarado, Don
Ames, Robert
Armbrister, I yril
Armstrong. Rob.rt
Askam. Earl
Atchley, Hooper
Austin, William
B
Barnabe, Bruno
Barnes. T. Roy
Barry. Eddie
Bartlett. Sydney
Baston. J. Thornton
Battley. Halsom
Beckley. Ray
BeU, Rex
Bellew, Cosmo Kyrle
Belmont. Ralph
Beranger, Andre
Birmingham, Alan
Blakton, Greg
Bowers, John
Brooke, Tyler
Brown. Kenneth
Brownell, Eddie
Brunron. Garland
Buchanan. Lawrence
Bulin, Fred
Bunce. Alan
Burgher. Fairfax
Burke. Archie
Burnette. Rexford
Burns. Edmund
Bushman. Francis X.. Jr.
Byer. Charles
Byron. Frank
Byron. Walter
Calliga. Georges
Cameron. Rudolph
Cantiero. Robert
Canutt. Yakima
C'arew. Arthur Edmund
Cecil. Edmund
Cesari. Julio
Chandler. Lane
Chefe, Jack
Clark. Jack J.
Coleman. Charles
Columho. Russell
Conklin. William
Connor. Allen
Conti. Albert
Cooley. Hallam
Cornelia. TIarrv
Corsaro, Franco
Coxon. Edward
Crane. Jamrts
Cromwell. Richard
C^oshv. Warren
Custer Boh
Cncinetf. Enrico
D
DeBriac. Jean
Delaney. Charles
Del Rio, Jou
Dial. Carl
Dickinson, Homer
Diege. Peter
Diggs. Albert
Donovan. Jack
Douglas. Don
Douglas. Earle
Drew. Roland
Duane. Jack-
Duncan. Kenneth
Du Rey. Peter
Duryea. George
Earle. Edwaid
Ellis. Paul
Emerson. Ralph
Fairbanks. William
Faricy. George
Farley. Morgan
Fay. Frank
Fay. George
Featherstone. Eddie
Feld, Fritz
Fenton. Leslie
Flamma. Lucio E.
Flemming. Claude
Forbes. Ralph
Forrest. Allan
Foxe, Earle
Frazer. Robert
Frey. Arno
Fulton, Jimmie
Gary, Jean
Gallagher. Ray
Geary. Maine
George. Vova
Gerrard. Douglas
Goodwin. Harold
Gordon. Gale
Gordon. Gavin
Gordon. Huntly
Goss. Walter
Gray. Lawrence
Greeden. John
H
Daniels. Delth
D'Aiibnrn. Denis
Davis. Tyrell
Hackett, Raymond
Hale. Creighton
Hamilton, Joe
Hamilton. Darl
Hamilton. Mahlon
Harlan. Kenneth
Harolde. Raif
Hearn. Edward
Hendricks. Ben. Jr.
Hepburn. Barton
Herbert. Holmes
Heyes. Herbert
H'ldehrand. Rodney
Hill. Al
Hodgson. T.evland
Horton. Edward Everett
Howard. Frederic
Howes. Reed
Hoyle. Jack
Huntly. Hugh
Imboden. David
Irving, Richard Henry
Jackson, Selnicr
Jagger, Dean
Jessel. George
Johnston, John W.
Jory, Victor
Kalkhurst. Eric
Keane, Raymond
Keefe. Cornelius
Keeue, Robert
Keith, Donald
Kemp. Matty
Kennedy. King
Kent, Brian
Kent. Craufurd
Knudson, Laddie
Kolk. Scott
Kruger. Paul
LaGuere. George
Landis. Culien
Lane, Allen
Larkin, Jerry
Lawrence. Raymond
Lawrence. W. E.
Lay ton. Verne
Lease, Rex
Leonard. Jean
Lewis. George
Lincoln. E. K.
Litel. John B.
Livingston. Jack
Loder, John
London. Tom
Loomis. Chet
Lorenzo. Don
M
MacDonald, Tom
MacDonaid. Wallace
Mack. Wilbur
Madison, Noel
Maloney. Leo
Manning. Richard
Marion. Frank
Martina. Nino
Mason. LeRoy
Matiesen. Otto
Maynard. Kermit
McCarthy. Earl
McDonald. Francis
McDonald. Wallace
McGregor. Malcolm
MoKee. Raymond
MoKenna. Kenneth
MoNaughton. Charles
Meade. Kent
Merkyl. John
Merrill, Frank
Merrill. Walter
Middltton, Charles
Miley. Jerry
Miller, Harold
Miller, Walter
Mitchell, Harper
Mitchell, Irving
Morehouse, Bert
Morgan, Clive
Morgan, Gene
Morris, Chester
Morrison. Pete
Morse. Chester
Mower, Jack
Moody. Alan B.
Mulhall. Jack
Munson. Byron
MuiTell. Robert
Myers, Harry
N
Naldi, Alberto
Neely. Neil
Nemeth, Laurel
Newell, David
Nordstrom, Clarence
Norton. H. Field
Nye. Carroll
o
Oakman. Wheeler
Ober. Robert
O'Flynn. Paddy
O'Malley. Pat
O'Ryan. James
O'Shea. Danny
Owsley, Monroe
Page. Paul
Patrick. John
Patten. Bill
Paull, Allen
Peary. S. M.
Percy. David
Perrin. Jack
Pickford. Jack
Pidgeon. Walter
Pierce. Jim
Phillirs. Eddie
Ponder. Jack
Post. Charles A.
Power. Paul
Prior. Alan
Prudhomme. Camt ron
R
Ralli, Paul
Raucourt. Jules
Reed. Donald
Reeves. Bob
Reinhardt. John
Requa. Charles
Rice. Andy, Jr.
Richmond. Warner
Robards. Jason
Roberto. Desmond
Ttoehe. John
Tlollens. Jacques
Roosevelt. Ruddy
Roscop. Alan
Russell. John Lowell
Sanderson, Kent
Schumann-Heink. F.
Scott, Evan E.
Scott, William Doug.
Sears, Allan
Selby, Norman
Shaw, Montague
Sheffield. Reginald
Shumway, Lee
Shumway. Walter
Simpson, Allan
Simpson. Reginald
Smith. Stanley
Somerset. Pat
Sparks. Ned A.
Stack, William
Stanley, Forrest
Starke. Wallace R.
Steele. Vemon
Steers. Larry
Stevenson. Hayden
Stewart. Roy
Stone, Bernard
Stockdale. Herbert
Strange. Philip
Stuart. Nick
Sullivan. Billy
Tearle, David
Taylor, Stanley
Theadore. Ralph
Thomson, Kenneth
Thrallkill. Don
Trent, John
Trevor. Hugh
Troubetzkoy. Youcca
Tucker, Harlan
Tucker. Richard
V
Valentine. John
Valentino. Alberto
Varconi. A'ictor
Vaughn. Walter
Vic. Capt.
von Eltz, Theodor
von Jany. Tibor
Vosburg. John
w
WagstafT. Joe
Waite, Malcolm
Walthall, Henry B.
Wardell. Geoffrey
Washburn. Brvant
Wertz. Alfred
White. Ted
Whitlock. Lloyd
Williams, Guinn
Wood. Freeman
Wood. Ernest
Woods. Harry Lewis
Wren. Sam
Yost. Roy F.
Young. Jerome
Young. Victor
Adkins. Buddy
Aiden. Eric
Alden. John
Aldine, James
Alexander. Ben
Allan. Hugh
Allister. Claude
ANace. Gene
Anthony. Guv
Anlhnnv, Joseph
Armond. John
Arnand, Vic'or
Arnold. Erik
Arnold. Luis
Auer. Misclia
B
Hackus. Lionel C.
llarlowe, Ulcardo L.
Rarnabv. Kruno
Ramos. JftlDM
Rurry, Rnh
Battler, Halsom
JUVENILES
Beckley, Ray
Belasco. John D.
Benson. Harry
Berger. Bernard
Bcrmont. Ralph
Bicgs. Lad
Billings. Elmo
Blake well. William
Blct-'her. Billy
Blystone. Stanley
Boehmer. Herman
Borg. Sven Hugo
Bowes. Cliff
Bradbury. Jamrs. Jr.
Breeden. John
Brent. Lynton
Brock. Alan
Brownell. Edward
Bruggeman. George
Bunce. Alan
Burgher. Fairfax
Burke, Archie
Burns, Fred
Bush. James
Bushman. Francis X.. Jr.
Ryron. Jack
Carr. Stephen
Carr. Thomas
Carroll. Richard
Cuter* Douglas
Caruso. Nicholas
Case. Jimmie
Castle. RnWrt
Charsky. Boris
Clan-. Monte
Clayton. Edward
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Cohen. Sammy
Collier. William, Jr.
Connor. Allen
Cook, Mark
Cooke. Ray
Cooley, Jlaliam
Cooley. Willard
Crain, Justin
Crespo. Jose
Crosby, Warren
Cucinelli, Enrico
Cunning, Patrick Michael
Curwood. Bob
D
D' Auburn. Denis
Dale. Allan
Darby. John J.
Darrow, John
DeHaven. Carter. Jr.
Delaney. Charles
Del Rincon. G.
Demarest. Drew
Dennis. Richard
Deiww. Joe
Depp. Harry
DeRavenne, Charles
Dial. Carl
Diggs. Albert
Dillon, William
Dix. Rollo
Donohue, Jack
Donovan, Jack
Douglas. Gerald
Douglas, Wallace
Drew, Roland
Duncan, Bud
Duncan, Kenneth
E
Eagle. James
Eaton, Charles
Eaton, Robert
Eastman, Frank
Euan. Jack
Elliot. Gordon
Elliot. William
Ellis. Faul
Ellsworth. Robert
El Roy, Jimmy
Emanuel. Demitris
Emerson. Ralph
Etwin. Stuart
Eugene. Wm. (Billie)
F
Kenton. Leslie
Ferguson. Sterling
Fernandez, Trigo
Fildes. Roy
Fmdlay. David
Fix. Raul
Flanima. Lucio E.
Fullansbce. Oliver
Ford. Jimmy
Fox. John
Foy. Eddie, Jr.
Frandee. George
Krey. Armo
Frye. Dwight
Fuller. Jerry
G
Gallagher, Jack
Gardner, Arthur
Geary, Maine
Gentle, Bruce
George, Voya
Gerald, Douglas
Gerson, Charles
Getchell, Sumner
"Cudgie"
Gibson. Kenneth
Gillingwater, Claude. Jr.
Gilmore. Douglas
Glaesel. Theodore
Goodwin. Harold
Gordon, Bobby
Gordon. Gale
Gorin, Owen
Gould. Norman
(irandee. Georgie
Graves. Gordon
Green, Peter
Guertzman, Paul
H
Hackathorne. George
Hail, Roger Gray
Hale. Creighton
Hall, Ben
Hall, Newton
Hallor. Ray
Hamilton. Charles
Hammond. Charles
Hani on, Tiny
Hand. Dean
Harris. Weston
Harron. John
Haun, Carl
Hawkins. Byron L.
Hepburn. Barton
Hickman, George. Jr.
Hines. Jack
Holmes. Leon
Holmes. Milton
Hood. Joe
Hopton. Russell
Homey. Gordon
Howard. Frederic
Howard. Lloyd
Howes. Reed
Hoy. Dannv-
Hnrni, Arthur
I
Ikeda. Mayo
Irwin. Jack
J
Jackson. Bobby
Jacobs, Burdcll
James, Gardner
Janiiey. William
Jones. Clayton
Jones. David
K
Kane. Eddie
Keane, Raymond
Keefe, Cornelius
Keith. Donald
Kelly, Leo
Kemp, Matty
Kent. Larry
Kerr, Hadley
Kimball. Rann
Kingsley. Albert
Kinney, Harold
Kirby. Cotton
Kline, Brady
Klinger, Warner
Knudson, Laddie
Kohler. David
Roll. Donald
L
Landis. Cullen
Lane. Allen
Larken, James
Lawler, Paul
Lawlor. Anderson
Lawrence, Raymond
Lease. Rex
Lee. Frankie
Leigh. Richmond
Letts. Malcolm
Lewis. Franklin
Lewis. George
Lewis, Vic
Little, Arthur, Jr.
Lewis, J. C.. Jr.
Lieker. Albert
Lookhart. J. D.
Lockwood. Harold. Jr.
Lorenz. Howard
Losee. Frank. Jr.
Luden. Jack
Ludlow. Patrick
Lyle. Freeman
M
MacBride. Lux
Mack. Courtney
MaoKaye. Fred
.Manning, Robert
Marlon, Don
Marion. Frank
Mason. Chas.
Mason. LeRoy F.
Matiesen. Otto
McAddoo. John
Mi-Arthur. Hugh
McCarthy. Earl
McDonald. C. James
McGhee. Jack
Merrill. Walter
Ifwllllllll Buddie
Milner. George
Mitchell. Harper
Mollandin. Henry
Moore. Carlyle. Jr.
Moore. Cleve
Moore. Gerald
Moore. Pat
Moreno. Raoul
Morris. Jackie
Morris. Philip
Munson. Byron
Murphy, Jack
Murphy . Maurice
N
Xavis. Luis
Nelson. Robert
Nelson. Sam
Nestor. Rene
Newberg. Frank
Noon. Paisley
Nordstrom. Claren -e
Nye, Carroll
o
O'Donnell. Spec
O'Flynn. Paddv
O'Malley. Charles
Oriand, Vincent
Orr, Stanley
P
Pantages, Lloyd
Parke, Edwin
Parker, Franklin
Parry, Paul
Pasha, Omar
Paull, Alan
Peck. Norman
Peil. Edward. Jr.
Pendleton, Gayloid
Pen-in. Jack
Phillips, Eddie
Phillips. Jimmie
Piazza. David
Ponder. Jack
Pope. Milton
Power. Paul
Q
Quillan. John •
R
Ralli. Paul
Ramsay, Robert
Rankin, Arthur
Ravenal, C.aylord
Reed. Donald
Reinhart. Harry
Robertson, Chuck
Robinson. Dick
Rogers. Walter Brown
Rollens, Jacques
Roman. Frank
Rose, Robert
Ross. Burt
Ross. Churchill
Rudolph. Oscar
s
Sargent. Lewis
Scbipa. Carlo
Scott, David
Scott, Evan E.
Scott. William
Seabrook, Edward
Selby. Norman Douglas
Selwyn. Jack
Shaw, Buddy
Sheehan. Anthony
Sheffield. Reginald
Sherry, J. Barney
Simon, Tooflk
Simpson. Ivan
Smith. Stanley
Somerset. Pat
Spencer, Bobby
Stambaugh. Jack
Starke, Wallace
Stedman, Lincoln
Stone. Gene
Stone, Jack
Stuhr. George
Sullivan, Rilly
Swanson, Rodair
T
Taylor, Llovd
Taylor. Stanley
Terry. Don
Thomas. Frank
Thomas. Jack
Tiedman. Sammie
Tolbert. Fletcher
Tomkins, Don
Toomey. Regis
Treacy, Emerson
Trevor. Hugh
Tubbs. William C.
Turner. Louis E.
LI
L'raneft*. Vadim
V
Van aire, Jack
w
Waldreidge. Harold
Walling. Richard
Wardell. Alan
Warren, Bruce
Watson. Bobby
Watson, Coy. Jr.
Wattles. Buddv
Weddle. Ralph
White. Gordon
Whorf. Richard
Wilbur, Gene
Winkler. Arthur
Wise. Jack
Winne. Jack
Wren. Sam
Wright. Lloyd
Y
Yale. Boby
Young. Jerome
HEAVY MEN
A
Acosta. E.
Adair. Robert
Alexander. Richard
Alexis, Dcmetrios
Ames. Floyd
Andersen, Robert
Anderson, C. E.
Apling, Bert
Arliss. Charles
Armbrister. Cyril
August, Edwin
Austin. Frank
B
Bailev. William N.
Ball. Col, Lew
Ballard. Elmer
Banthin. Larry
Bard. Ben
Barnes, George
Barnes. T. Roy
Barrett. Robert
Barry. Elmo
Rarwyn. Max
Baston. J. Thornton
Berkley. Ray
Bed ay, Eugene
Belcher, Charles M.
Benedict, Brooks
Beranger. Andre
Berliner. George Wyrcn
Bernard. Joseph B.
BerQUlatj Harold E.
Betz. Mathew
Blystone. Stanley
Bonomo Joe
Borg. Sven Hugo
Boteler. Wade
Brady. Ed
Braidwood. Frank
Brent. Lynton
Brownlee. Frank
Burkhardt. Harry-
Burton. Clarence
Burton. George
Byron. Jack
c
Calvert. E. H.
Caropeau. Frank
Carew. Arthur Edmund
Carlie. Edwin
Carlyle, Richard
Carter, Monte
Caasldy, Edward
Cavender. Glen
Cavens. Fred
Cavin, Jess
Cecil. Edmund
Ccsari. Julius
Chadwirk. Cvril
Chandler. Eddie
Chase. Colin
Cbarsky. Boris
Chefe. Jack
Cheron, Andre
Christian. Frank J.
Christy, Ivan
Cichy. Martin
Clark. Davison
Clark. Harvey
Clarke. Wescott B.
Clayton. Arthur
Clifford. William
Collins. G. Pat
Conklin, William
Conti. Albert
Cooley. Hallam
Cooper, George
Corhin. Ben
Cording, Harry
Corona, Binito
Corrado. Gino
Costello. Tom
Cowl, George
Coxen. Edward
Cramer. Richard
Cripps. Kcrnan
Curtis. Jack
Curtis. Richard
D
D'Al brook, Sidney
Dammon. Donald
Daniels. Keith
Darby, John J.
Davidson. John
Davidson, Lawford
Davidson. William
Davies. Howard
Davis. Edwards
Davis. Hal
De Boer. William
De Briac. Jean
De B fuller, Nigel
De Grasse. Jean
De (Jrass.-. Sam
Delmar. Thomas
Demetios. Alexis
D'Dnnery. Guy
De Ravenne. Raymond
De Uuiz. Nick
De Silva. Fred
Dewev. Arthur
Dillon. John Webb
Dime. Jimmie
Dumont. Gordon
Duncan, Taylor
E
Eastman, Morey
Elliott. Robert
Elmer. William
Erickson. Knute
Ethier. Ali>honz
Evans. Herbert
F
Fanning, Frank
Farley, James
Faust. Martinc
Feld. Fritz
Ferguson. Al
Fernandez. Trigo
Fine. Budd
Fisher. Larry
Fleming. Bob
Forsythe. James
Force. Charles
Forrester. Mel
Fowler. John C.
Francis. Olin
Frank. Christian J.
Franz. Joseph J.
French. Charles K.
Frenger. George
Furey. Barney
G
Ganzhorn. Jack
Garcia. Allan
Gay. Gregory
Gcbung. Eugene
Geldert, Clarence
George. Martin
Gerrard. Carl
Gerrard. Douglas
Giblyn. Charles
Gilmore. Barney
Girard. Jos. W.
Gordon. Harris
Gordon, iiunti«r
Gordon. James
Gorey. Lou
Gough. John
Grant. Lawrence
Graves. Robert. Jr.
Graves. Gordon
Gray, Rob
Grlbben, Eddie
Guilherme. Olympic
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Hadley. Bert
Hagney. Frank S.
Hale, Alan
Hall, Hedley
Hamilton, Mahlon
Harmon, Pat
. Harolde, Ralf
Harr, Silver
Harris, Mitchell
Harrison, Carey
Hartigan. Pat
Harvey, Lew
Hasson. Jamiel
Haupt, Ullrich
Hebert, Henry
Hendricks. Ben, Jr.
Henry, John
Henry, A'ictor
Herbert. Hugh
Herriek, Jack
Hersholt, Jean
Hewlett. Ben
Hill, Al
Hilliard, Ernest
Holmes, J. Merrill
Holmes, Stuart
Housman. Arthur
Hoy. Danny
Humphrey, Williams
Hurst. Paul
Hyland. Jack
Imboden, David
Inee. John E.
Irving, George
Irving, William
Jacobs, Burdell
James. Gladden
James. Walter
Jarvis, Sidney
Jennings, S. E.
Johnson, Noble
Johnston. John W.
Jones. Wbarten
Jordan. Sid
K
Kaliz, Armand
Kane. Walter
Karloff. Boris
Keeler. "Sugar" Willie
Kelsey. Fred A.
Kennedy. Tom
King, Burr
Kirby, David
Kortman. Bob
Kosloff, Theodore
Kotsonaros, George
Kruger, Paul
Kuwa, George
Lackaye, Edgar
l.ackteen, Frank
Laidlaw, Ethan
La Marr, Richard
Lamont. Harry
Lance. Lion
Lanning. Frank
Layton. Verne
Lederer, Otto
Lee, Duke R.
Lee, Frederick
Le Garde. Henry
Leigh. Frank
Lennox, Pawle
Le Veque, Edward
Lewis, Mitchell
Lincoln. Elmo
Lindley. Bert
Lingham. Tom
Linlow. Ivan
London. Tom
Long. Walter
Lorch. Theodore
Lupino. Wallace
Lynch. Edward
M
MacDonald, Don
MacDonald. Wallace
Mack, Wilbur
MacLean. R. D.
Magrill. George
Malatesta, Fred M.
Marba. Joe
Mari. Joseph
Mario, Anthony
Marquis, Don
Martell, Alphonse
Martin, Bill
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Woods. Harry Lewis
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Dyer. William .T.
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Eckhardt. Oliver J.
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Esmelton. Fred
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Evans. Charles K.
Eians. Herbert
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J-ailla nl. Hubert
Fanning i Frank
Farley. Jamo
Farh >. Uoi gun
Fawcetl. 06)01 BB
Paid. Kritz
Femvick. Hairy
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BVuaier, Norman
Pinch-Smiles, f.
Fine. Budd
Fisher. Alfred
Fllzstmnions, Itul|>li
Fix. Paul
nenacan, D- •'■
Fleming. Bob
Force, diaries
Ford. .Francis
Forrlster. Mel
Foisythe. James
Fortune. Edmund
Fowler. John ('.
Francis. Alec B.
Franey. Billy (comedy)
Franklin. Rupert
Franklin. Sidney-
Franz. Joseph
French. Charted K.
Frencli. George B.
Fries. Otto
Furey. Barney
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Gambold. Fred A.
Gauzhorn. Jack
Garcia. Allan
Gawtliorne. l'eter
Gay. Gregory
Geldert. Clarence
George. John
George. Martin
Giblrn. Charles
Gilbeit. Dick
Gilmore. Barney
Gillingwater. Claude
Girard. Joseph W.
Gotorth. George
Gordon. Douglas
(iordon. James
Gough. John
Gould, Bill
Gran. Albert
Grant. Lawrence
Graves. Robert
Grayes. Taylor
Gray. Roger
Gravina. Cesare
Gribbon. Eddie
Griswold. Herbert Spencer
Gucnste. F. F.
Guilfoyle. James
Guzman. Roberto E.
Gyton. George
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Hacket. Geo.
Hadley. Bert
Hagney. Frank
Hall. Donald
Hall. George Downe
Hall. Henry
Hall. Winter
Hail. Roger Gray
Hale. Alan
Hamilton. Mark
Hanft. Jules
Hare. Lumsden
Harlan. Otis
Harrington. Joe
Harris. Joe
Hartford. David
Haitz. Col. It. Scott
Harvery. George
Hathaway. Rhody
Hatton. Raymond
Hayashi. Tommy
Hayes. George
Hebert. Henry
Heck. Stanton
Heim. Ed
Hellu. Barney
Henderson. Jack
llondrick. Dudley
Herbert. Hugh
Hcrrick. Jack
Hersholt. Jean
Herzinger. Charles
Heuston. Alfred
Hewlett. Ben
H'ckman. Alfred
Hickman. Howard
Higbv. Wilbur
Hill. Al
Hoefli. Jackie
Hoffmann. Otto F.
Holden. Wm.
Holland. Cecil
Holmes. Stuart
nolmes. J. Merrill
Holmes W. W.
Holtz. Tenen
Homans. Rober' F.
Howard. Harold
Hoc. Danny
Hoyt. Arthur
Humphrey. Orrnl
Hunt. Jay
Hurst. Biondun
Hurst. I'aul
Ilvains. John
Hylaud, Jack
I (Milan. B.
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Ikida, Mayo
lmc, John
Ingram. Lloyd
Irving. George
Irving. Win.
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Jackson. Oswald Leonard
Jacobs, Burdell
James. Walter
Janis. Sidney
Jefferson, Thomas
Jeffries, Will
Jelinek. Tom
Jennings. De Witt
Jett. Sheldon
.loby. Hans
Johns. Bertram
Johnson. Noble
Jones. Harry-
Jones. Wallace W.
Jones, Wharton
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Kalianamolui. Duke I*.
Kane* Eddie
KarlotT. lloris
Kelly, Dan
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Kenny, Jack
Kent, SiaiiU'ton
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Kikitme, Al
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Kin^. Claude
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King, Louis
Kipling. lEichard
Kiil>y. David
Knott. Adelbert
Knonles, Dr. M. C
Knfiiniar. Lee
Soma!, George
Komal. Tetsu
Kortman. Bob
KoNonaros. Geo.
Krncer, raul
Kmva, Georce
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LeJdlaw, Roy
l.a Man. Richard
Lamont. Harry-
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La lining, Frank
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Le Venue. Edward
Le Viness. Carl M.
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I.iscom. Walter
l.ittlefteld. Loci en
l.ittlefleld. Robert
Lloyd. Jack
T.oc knev. John r.
l.oftus. W. C.
I.orch. Theodore
Lorraine. Harry
T.ucv. Arnold
l.yle. Clinton
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McDonald. Francis
McDonald. J. Farrell
MacDonald. Wallace
Mack. Bobby
Mack. James T.
Mack. Joe
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MacLean. R. D.
Maguire. Tom
Mahonv. Tom
Mailes. Charles Hill
Malatesta. Fred M.
Malloy. Jack
Manick. Jack
Mann. Harry
Marburgh. Bertram
Marcus. James A.
Mnri. Joseph
Marion. George
Marlon. William
Mark. Mlcbael
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Mario. Antbonv
McAllister. I'aul
Met all. BUI
Mrtlary. Clyde
Met -•.Rough, rhllo
McCormick. W. Merrill
McDonald. Francis
McDonald. Jack
McDowell. Nelson
McFarlane. George
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MiGlynn. Frank
M (iuire. Tom
Mcllugh. Charlie
Mcllwaln, w. a.
Mcintosh. Burr
Mi Kn . Raymond
McKay. Scott
McLafflen, Arthur
Mi-Murohy. Chos.
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MeWade. Edward
MeWade. Bobt.
Martindcl. Edward
Mason, Charles
Mason, James
Matit sen. Otto
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Martin. Chris-Pin
Martin. Duke
Mattraw. Scotty
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Mavne. Eric
Meeks. Tex
Melville. Josa
Merlo. Tony
Mestaver. Harry
Metcalfe. Arthur
Meyer. Tobin
Miildleton. CbarlM
Mllasch, Robert E.
Miller. George B.
Millett. Arthur
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Mills. Frank
Mills. Joe
Mills. Thomas 11.
Mimienx. Rene
Mitchell. Howard
Mnehring. Carl
Mong. William V.
Montague. Monte
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Morion, Kewple
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Moody. Hubert
Moran. Wm.
Morrssey. John F.
Morrison. Arthur
Morrison. Louis
Morrison. Palmer
Morse. Hamilton
Movil. Harry
Murray. Charlie
Hurry. John T.
Mnrrell. Robert
Muse. Clarence
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Xaish. J. Carrol
Natheaux. Louis
Neill. James
Neill. Richard B.
Nelson. Frank
Nelson. Harold
Ness. Ole M.
Newborn, Frank A.
North. Bob
North. Charles
North, Wilfred
Northcote, Sidney
Northrup. Harry
Norton. Edgar
Norton. Fletcher
Nott. Adelbert
Xowell. Wedgewood
Nov. Wilfred
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Obeck. Fred
O'Brien. Pat
O'Connor. Harry
O'Connor, L. J.
O'Connor. Robert Emmet
O'Davoran. Vessey
O'Dell. Garry
O'Farrell. Broderic
Oland. Warner
O'Neill. James (Tip)
Orlamond. William A.
Oscar. John
Orr. Stanley (juvenile)
Ott. Henry
Oukrainsky, Serge
Ovey. George
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Pallette. Eugene
Pangborn. Franklin
l'aoli. Raoul
l'aquet. Paulette
Parker, Edwin
Partos, Gustay
Patton. Claude
Pawle. Lennox
Payne. Louis
l'earce. George
Peil. Edward
Fennel], it. o.
Palmont, Charles F.
Pennlck, Jack
1'erlolat. George
Perry. Robert
Perry, Waiter
Peters, Frederick
Petite. Albert
Phillips. Jiiiiinie
Plngree, Earl M.
Poff. Lou
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row, Milton
Porcaeel, Paul
Post. Charles A.
l'otel. Victor
Pouyet. Eugene
Powell. Ituss
Pratt. PurneU B.
Price. Hale
Prince. John T.
Pi ingle. Harry-
Prior. Herbert
Prisco. Albeit
Privai. Laden
Prouty, Jed
Purdy. Frank
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Quartermain. Chalks
(juiim. Jimmy
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Rae. Buddy
italne, Leon
Randoll. Anders
Ratcliffe, E. J.
Rawlins, J. p.
Ray. Del
Ray. Joey
Raymond. Jack
Ready. Fergus
Reed. George II. (colored)
Rehfeld, Curt
Renavent. George
Reno. R. It.
Ricketts. Tom
Rickson. Joseph
Rigas, George
Risso. John
Rohbins. Walt
Roberts. Wallis
Roccardi, All>ert
Rodgers. Walter
Rodriguez. Jose
Rogers. John
Rome. Bert
Romanoff. Constant;ne
Roquemore. Henry
Rubin. Bennv
Ityno, W. H.
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St. Polis. John
Sabato. Alfredo
Salisbury, Monroe
Sanchez. Gilbert
Sandford. S. J.
Santacbi, Tom
Sarno. Hector V.
Saville. Gus
Saxe. Templar
Saxon. Hugh
Sellable. Robert
Schaefer, Charles N.
S.-haefer. Ed.
Si hultz. Harry
Scott. Evan E.
Scott. Leslie H.
Seaton. Scott
Sellon. Charles
Semels. Harry
S wall. Allan D.
Sheldon. Girome
Sheridan. Frank
Sherry. J. Barney
Sherwood. Yorke
Short. Lew
Shumwav. Walter
Sidney. George
Siegel. Bernard
Simon. S. S.
Simpson. Ivan
Simpson. Russell
Smallev. Russell
Smallev. Phillips
Smith. Albert J.
Smith. Oscar (colored)
Snoyydon. Eric S.
Sojin. K.
Sosso. Pietro
Soussanin. Nicholas
Snencer. Lionel
Sperzel. Martin
Siierzel. N. G.
Sprotte. Bert
Stack. Wm.
Standing Bear. Chief
Stanton. Will
St.irkey. Bert
Steppling. John
Stern. Louis
Stevens. Charles
Stevens. Landers
Sterner. Lawrence
Stevenson. Havden
Stewart. Al H.
S'ockhridge. Henry
Stockdale. Carl
Stone. George B.
Storm. Jerome
Strauss. William H.
Stubbv Harry
Sullivan. Fred
Sullivan. John Maurice
Sutherland. Dick
Swain. Mack
Swlckard. Jonef
Symonds. Atiguatln
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Tan-i-v . Shei n
Tearle. David
T- ii'.. Frank
Thalasso. Arthur
Tlieadore. Ralph
Thorn. Nnriii.-u
Thomas lalward
Thompson. Nick 1
Thurston. Charles
Till. y. Ronald
Todd. Harry
Toier. Bldney
Tollaire. Auguste
T'loker. William II.
Torrence. David
Touhey. John
Tn ar.v. Emerson
Tniesilell. Howard
Tubbe, Wm. C
Tumer, Martin
Turner, Raymond
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Turner. Smoke
Turner. William II.
Turiiin. Darn
Tyler. Barry
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D ran eft, Vidlm
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Valerio. Albano
Vauaiie. Jacuues
Vaverka. Anton
Vejar. Harry
Villar, Charles
Vincent. Sailor
Visaroff. Mil bad
Vol Konsky, Prince
Sergius
Von Baron. Gayloid
Von Baron. Vict 01
Von Brincken. Wm.
Von Meter. Harry
von .Seyfferititz. Gnstai
Vrooin, Frederic
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Walker. Harry
Walling. Will It.
Walton. Fred (comedy)
Ward. Roscoe
Ward. Tiny
Wardell. Harry-
Warren. E. Allyn
Warren. Edward
Warren. Fred
Washington. Blue
Watermeyer. Jack
Wayne. Robert
Webster. Howard
Weigel. Paul
Welch. James
Wellesley. Charles
Wellington. Arthur
Welsh. William
West. Ford
Wheeler. Bert
White. Leo
Whiteneld. Axel O.
Whiting, Ralph
Wicgleswortn. Leon
Wilber, Robert
Wilcox. S. D.
Williams, Fred
Williams. George B.
Wilson. Ben
Wilson. Clarence
Wilson. Hal
Wilson. Stewart
Wilson, Tom
Wilton. Eric
Winninger. Chas.
Wise. Jack
Wolheim. Dan
Woloshin. Alexander
Wong. Victor (Chinese)
Wood. Ernest
Woodruff. Bert
Worthington, Wm. J.
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Young. Joe •! •
Yoylache. Chief
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Zeliff. Seymour
Zimmerman, F. A.
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Cooper. George
Cooper. Jack
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Ackroyd. Jack
Adams. Ernie
Adams. Jay Franklin
Adams. Jimmie
Alexander. "Fatty"
Allan. Billy
Allen. Harry
Alt. Al
Althoff. Charles
Armstrong, will H.
Arthur. George K.
Arthur, John
Austin. Win
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Bacon. Irving
Baker. Eddie
Ballard. Elmer
Barnes. T. Roy
Barry. Eddie
B. B. B. (Coffee Dans)
Beck. J. Emmett
Beranger. Andre
Bergren, Edgar
Bernard. Joseph E.
Bevan. Billy
Bing. Herman
Bletcher. Billy
Blum. Sammy
Borden, Eddie
Borden. Eugene
Boteler. Wade
Bradbury. James, Jr.
Bradbury. James. Sr.
Brady. Ed.
Brodie. Buster
Brooke. Tyler
Brown. Joe E.
Buccola. Guy
Burke. Johnny
Burns, Neal
Byron. George
Callahan, Bobby
Camp, Shep
Campbell. Colin
Carle. Richard
Carr. Nat
Cawthorne. Joseph
Chandler. George
Clyde. Andy
Cohen. Sammy
Coleman. Frank
Collins. Monty. Jr.
Conklin. Chester
Conklin. Heinie
Conley. Lige
Conti. Albert
Cook. Clyde
Cooke. Al
D
D'Albrook. Sidney
Davidson. Mai
Davis. George
Davis. Morgan
Demarest. William
Dent, Vernon
Depp, Harry"
De Vorska, Jess
Dix, Rollo
Donlan. James
Dooley. Billy
Dorr, Lester
Downey. Pat
Downing. Harry
Drew, Jerry
Dudley. Russ
Duffy. Jack
Dugan. Tom
Dunham. Pbil
Dunn. Bobby
Eckhardt. Oliver
Edwards. Snitz
Edwards. Neelv
Engle. Billy
Erwin. Stuart
Farley. James
Fetherstone. Eddie
Finlayson. Jimmie
Ford. John
Foxe, Earle
Foy. Charlie
Franev. Billy
Fries. Otto H.
Gallagher. Richard
George. Martin
Gerrard. Douglas
Getchell. Sumner "Cudgie"
Good. Henry-
Granville. Bernard
Graves. Taylor
Gray. George
Gribbon, Eddie
Grihbon. Harry
Griffith. Raymond
Guard. Kit
Guilfoyle. James
Hall. Charles
Hall. Willard
Hampton, Earl
Hanlon. Tiny
Hardy, Sam
Harlan, Otis
Harris. George E.
Harvey. Forrester
Hawkins. Byron
Hearn. Lew
Helium. Barney
Henderson, Jack
Hendricks. Ben, Jr.
Hiers. Walter
Holmes. Taylor
Horton. Edward Everett
Housman. Arthur
Howard. Frederic
Irving. William
Jackson. Bobby
Jarvis. Sidney-
Jordan. Charles ■■Widgey"
Jolson, Harry
ludels. Charles
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Kane. Eddie
Karns, Roscoe
Karr. Hilliard "Fatty"
Kelly. Dan
Kennedy. Tom
King. Will
Knapp. Jack
Lambert. Eddie
Lancaster, Cliff
Lane. Lupino
Lederer. Otto
Lenis. J. C. Jr.
Littlefield. Lucien
Lloyd. Jack V.
Lupino. Wallace
M
Mann. Hank
May. James
McKee. Raymond
McHugh. Frank
McNaughton. Charles
Melesh, Alex
Messinger. Buddie
Mir, David
Mooney, Billy
Moran, Lee
Moriarity, Pat
Morris, Dave
Morris. Eddie
Morris. Johnnie
Murphy. Joe
Murray. Charlie
Murray, John T.
Myers. Harry"
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Neely. Neil
Nicholson, Paul
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Ober. Robert
O'Dell. Garry
Orlamond. William A.
Oscar, John
Ovey. George
Pangborn, Franklin
Parker. Franklin
Pasha. Kalla
Pelmont. Charles F.
Phillips. Jimmie
Pollard. Snub
Pope. Milton
Post. Charles A.
Potel. Victor
Prouty. Jed
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Mack. Wilbur
Mandy. Jerry
Raker, Lorin
Raymond. Jack
Reed. Daniel
Rice. Frank
Roach. Bert
Rochay, Joe
Roquemore. Henry
Ross "Kewpie"
Rubin. Benny
Ruth, Marshall
St. John. Al
Stanley. Fredie
Santoro, Jack
Sargent, Lewis
Savior. Syd
Sedan. Rolfe
Shaw, Buddy
Sheean. John
Shield. Ernie
Sidney. George
Smith. Murry
Sparks. Ned A.
Sperzel. Martin
Stanton. Will
Sterling. Ford
Stone. Arthur
Stone. George E.
Sullivan. Fred
Sullivan, James E.
Summerville, Slim
Swain. Mack
Sweet. Harry
Tiedman. Sammie
Turpin. Ben
Vernon. Bobby
Virgil. Alphonse
w
Waizman, Max
Waldridge. Harold
Ward. Hap H.
West. Ford
West. Arthur "Pa."
Wheeler. Bert
White. Leo
Williams. Guinn
Wilson. Tom
Wood. Ernest
Y
Yaconelli. Frank
z
Zany. King
CHARACTER WOMEN
A
Ackland. Lois
Adams. Stella
Ainsworth. Cupid
Ainsworth. Joy
Akers. Agnes
Alba. Orpha
Alden. Mary-
Alders. Linda
Allen. Ricca
Anderson. Helen Relyea
Arnold. Jessie
Ashforth. Elsie
Auer, Micha
d'Avril. Tico
Axzelle. Evelyn
B
Baker. Dora
Baker. Nellie Bly
Bank. Joanna
Barlowe. Violet M.
Bamett. Marjorie
Barriov. Olga
Bates. Kathryn
Beatty. May
Beaumont, Lucy
Bedford. Mildred L.
Beavers, Ixmise (colored)
Bellby. Vangv
Belcher. Alice
Belmore, Daisy
Bennett. Billie
Beresford. Nadine
Berger. Jennie
Bert. Margaret
Bertrand. Mary E.
Besserer. Eugenie
Bishop. Elsie
Blandish. Clara
Blinn. Genevieve
Block. Kathryn
Holev . Mav
Bolton. Helen
Boniface. Svmond
Boros. FerFike ^
Bozoky. Mme.
Breed. Roselth Knapp
Brody. Ann
Brown. Josephine
Brown. Lucille Reynolds
Brown. Slayee
Bruce. Kate
Burdell. Lucille
Bumtester. Augusta
Byrd. Adelaide
c
Calve. Olga
Calvo. Maria
Campbell. Alda
Carlyle. Aileen
Cartrell. Winifred
Carver. Louise
Cecil, Nora
Chambers, Kathleen
Chambers, Margaret
Chapman, Edythe
Chapman. Marcia
Cherrington. Ruth
Clare. Clara
Claude. Tobv
Clifford. Jane
Cline. Rosalind
Coba. Louise
Conrad. Edith
Coonley. Lou
Cooper. Edna May
Corday. Marcelle
Cossar. Fanny
Courtney. Katherine
Covert. Alice
Craig. Blanche
Crittenden. Mary
Crosby. Juliette
Crowell. Josephine
D
D'Ambrioourt. Adrienne
Darling. Ida
Daumery. Carrie
Davenport. Gloria
Davenport, Milla
de Bozoky. Barbara
de La Llata. Elina
DeLone, Loretta
Del Mar, Clara
de Never. Lucille
Dennison. Eva
Deslys, Kay
Dolph. Augusta
Donohue. Lucy-
Driver. Adabelle
Dunbar. Helen
Dunn. Emma
Duval. Edith
E
Edwards. Mattie
Kliska, Rose
Elliott, Lillian
Ellsler. EfTie
Emery. Barbara
Evelynne. May
F
I'airchild. Anne
Farrington. Betty
Fawcett. Mrs. George
Kealv. Msrgaret
Featherstone. Helen
Ferguson. Mrs. E. J.
Ferry". Minna
Field. Madalynne
Pinch. Flora
Fitzgerald. Cissy
Fttzroy. Emily
Forde. Eugenie
Fonune. Evelyn
Poster. May
Foy. Mary
Francis riara
Francis. Laura
FTazer. Barbara
Frederici. Blanche
Fuller. Dale
G
Gabaston. Marie
Gale. Lillian
Ganna. Margaret
Gardner. Shayle
Gerald. Vera
Gerdes. Emily
Gibson. Florence
Gilmore. Helen
Gleason, Lucile
Ciolden. Marta
Gomez. Inez
Gordon. Edna
Gordon, Julia Swayne
Gordon. Mary-
Gordon. Vera Turner
Gordon, Vera
Gore, Rosa
Gould. Greta
Grandiille. Marcelle
Greenwood. Winifred
Griffith. Julia
Grove. Sybil
Guerine, June
Gyger. Chuna
H
Hale. Frona
Hale. Ullltse Closser
Hall. Eilna
Hall. Evelyn
Hall. Laura
Hallowav. Carol
Handforth. Ruth
Hardy. Mildred
Hariss. Marcia
Harr. Anna
Hart. Sunshine
Haslet t. Jessie
Hathaway. Jean
Hayden, Nora
Hayes. Catherine
Hayword, Helen
Henry-. Gale
Hernandez. Anna
Herring, Aggie S.
Hicks. Mamie
Hicks. Marine Elliott
Holderness. Fay
Holland. Cecil
Howard. Catherine
Howard. Gertrude
Howell, Alice
Hune. Helen
Hunt. Irene
Hunt. Madge
I
Irwin. Carolyn
lasted, Dorothea
J
Jenks. Lulu B.
Jimenez. Soledad
Jones. Beulah Hall
Jones. Hazel (colored)
K
Kane. Georgia
Keckley. Jane
Kellogg. Cornelia
Kelso. Mayme
Kernan. Sarah
Kingdon. Edith
Kintz. Rubv
Knott. Adelbert
Knott. Lydia
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larlimar. Jowphlne
l.a Fatcttr. Ilubjr
l-» Mar. OMMM TlM
Jeanne
I-. Motte. i: it>
UM U-ah
LsWat Mary
Landls. Winifred
l-.i . i r. Lillian
Landing. I C u r It Douglas
Laltuc. Funtaln
Laureti, May
LaVarnl •. Laura
La-Verne. Lucille
l^iwrcncc. Florence
IMNM Ulllan
l-ausnn. Eleanor
l<ee. Kna
Lee, Jessie V.
l-eleester. Elllle
Leighton. Lillianne
Leslie. Elinor
r. I^Mii^e
U-wls. Eva
Lawta, Ida
Lewis, Vera
Lillanl. Charlotte
Lindsay. Emily
Uvkhart. Anne
I.ockwood. Alma
Looney. Carolyne
LoptX August ina
l»rd. Marian
tarimer. Elsa
Ixirraine. Harriett
Louie. Viola
M
Manning. Alleen
Marshall. Tina
Manulul. Ilinita
Mavm. Betty
Mi<on. Elizabeth
Mason. Florence
Mattoi. Martha
May. Ida
Maztv, Dorothy
McDowell. Claire
HbOowuu Dorothy
McKenile. Era
M.-Wjil.-. Maritaret
Melrille. Jusa
MM, Keryl
M< r-' h. Mary
Midglcy. Fanny
Midglcy. Florence
Miller. Isabelle
Mllloy. May
MilMl.hl. Mm. Charles A.
Mlneau. Charlotte
Mlta. Cra
Mitrhell. Jeanette
M-Miri-. Ethelyn Palmer
Moore. Eunice
Mllir. Helen
Mureal. Mme. Real
N
Madison. Virginia
Malloy. Mny
Malyon. Eily
Mann. Margaret
Nagel. Beth
Nicholson. I. Jli. m
Norman. Gertrude
Oherle. Florence
O'Byrne. Patsy
O'Dell. Georgia
O'Neill. Marjorie
Orlamond. Madge B.
I'adden. .Sarah
I'adula. Margaret
Palasty, Irene
I'arkea. Alice
Pattcrxon. Elizabeth
Payson. Blanche
Pedlar. Gertrude
Perry. Anita
Perry. Jessie
I'lgott. Tampe
I'lumar. Mrs. IJncoln
Pollard. Dorothy
I'ollard. Laura
Porter. Viola
Price. Kate
Quality. Charlotte
Rankin. Caroline
Raymond. Frankie
Redman. Minna
Reicher. Hedwiga
Remnitz. Mrs.
Renebome. Alice
Rice. Fanny. "Jolly'
Rischell. Myrtle
Roberts. Sarah
Rorke. Ina
Rosanova. Rosa
Rose. Blanche
Rosing Bodil
Ryan. Annie
Sandmal. Dolores
HchacfiT. Annie
*-hultz. Dorothy
Schuinaker. Ida
Seildon. Margaret
SVIIlle. Etelyil
Sergls. Slmone
Kewall. Luclle
Shannon. Cora
Sherman. Evelyn
Shumway. Corra Beach
Snowden. Carolynne
(colored i
Snyder. Flora
S|>ellman. Lcora
Standing. Joan
Steele. Agnes
Static. Minnie
Stellman. I**ora
Sterling. Merta
Stewart. Ethel
Sullv Janet
Sui-Te-Wan. Mme
I colored)
Tapley. Rose E.
Tayo. Lyle
Thatcher. Etelyn
Tillbury. ZelBe
Titus. Lydla Yeamans
Trevelyn. Violet
Truax. Maude
Turner. Florence E.
Van Buren. Mabel
Varaell. Pearl
Vaughan H Ida
Venetlch
\ erie.n li r tin
Von Hrhwarienl
Countess Joseph
Vincent
re.
w
Wade. Bess
Wain. Conatance
Wales. Ethel
Walker. Nella
Wallace. May
Ward. Luclle
Ward. Peggy
Ward. Katherlne Clare
Warfleld. Natalie
Warren. Fannie
Warrenton. Lule
Warrington. Ann
Watson. Adele
Wayne. JusUna
Wells. May
West. Lillian
Wicherly. Margaret
Williams. Lottie
Wills. Estella
Wilson. Adelaide
Wilson. Georgians
Winslow. Leah
Wlnthrop. Joy
Wlx. Florence
Wolhen. Dorothea
Wood. Grace
Wycherly. Margaret
Vorke. Edith
FEATURE WOMEN
Adoree. Reno
Alden. Mary
Andra. Fern
Astor. Gen rude
Astor. Mary
Ayres. Agnes
B
Daw, Marjorie
Dawson. Doris
Day, Alice
Day, Marceline
Day. Shannon
De Liguoro. Rina
Dean. Priscilla
De La Motte. Marguerite
Dressier, Marie
Dresser. Louise
Da Brey. Claire
Dunn. Emma
Hayes. Grace
Hopper. Hedda
Hyams. Leila
Johnston. Julanne
Joy. Leatrice
Joyce. Alice
Mercer. Beryl
Miller. Patsy Ruth
Murphy. Edna
Myers. Carmel
N
Nichols. Nellie V.
Nilsson. Anna Q.
Siegel. Vivien
Solarita
Standing, Joan
Stedman. Vera
Stedman. Myrtle
Stewart. Anita
Stewart. Ruth
Sweet. Blanche
Baclonova
Rara. Theda
Basiiuette. Lina
Bedford. Barbara
Beebe. Marjorie
Bellamy. Madge
Bennett. Belle
Bennett. Edna
Bennett. Enid
Blandic. Clara
Blinn. Beatrice
Blondell. Joan
Blythe. Betty
Boardman. Eleanor
Borden. Olive
Boyd. Betty
Breamer. Sylvia
Bronson. Betty
Busch. Mae
Calhoun. Alice
Carol. Sue
Carew. Ora
Carter. Betty
Caselotti. Louise
Chadwick. Helene
Chance. Anna
Clair. Ethelyne
Clavton. Ethel
Clifford. Ruth
Compson. Betty
Compton. Juliette
Corbin. Virginia Lee
Cornwall. Anne
Costello. Dolores
Costello. Helene
Crawford. Kathryri
Cunningham. Cecil
D
Eaton. Mary
Eddy. Helen Jerome
Eilers. Sally
Elder. Ruth
Eldridge. Florence
Fair. Elinor
Faire. Virginia Browne
Farley. Dot
Fazenda. Louise
Ferguson. Helen
Forbes, Mary
Francisco. Betty
Friganza. Trixie
Frederick. Pauline
Garon, Pauline
Gentle. Alice
Geraghty. Carmelita
Gibson. Waynne
Gleason. Lucille
Goldina. Miriam
Gordon. Vera
Greenwood. Charlotte
Gulliver. Dorothy
K
O
H
Kenyon. Doris
King. Carlotta
Kingston. Natalie
Lake. Alice
La Plante. Laura
Lane. Nora
Lee. Norma
Lee. Lila
Leonard. Barbara
Lewis. Grace
Livingston. Margaret
Lloyd. Doris
Logan. Jacqueline
Lord. Marion
Lorraine, Louise
Lorraine. Harriett
Lyons. Ruth
M
Dana. Viola
Davis. Mildred
Hale. Franc
Han. Winifred
Hanman. Gretchen
Hawley. Wanda
Macready. Renee
MacLaren. Mary
Magana. Delia
MaJena. Lena
Mann. Benha
Marsh. Mae
Mason, Shirley
McAvoy. May
McDonald. Jeanette
McDowell. Claire
MrGuire. Kathryn
Mclntyre. Leila
Meehan. Olive
Mehaffey. Blanche
Oakley. Florence
Olmsted. Gertrude
O'Neal. Zelma
O'Neil. Nance
O'Neill. Sally
Owen. Seena
Padden. Sarah
Pearson. Virginia
Percy. Eileen
Phillips. Dorothy
Pitts. Za-u
Pollard. Daphne
Prevost. Mane
Pringle. Aileen
Ralston. Esther
Ralston. Jobyna
Rambeau. Marjorie
Ray. AHene
Reynolds. Vera
Ravel. Sandra
Ray. Mona
Rich. Irene
Roberts. Edith
Robson. May
Roland. Ruth
Sawyer. Ivy-
Sebastian. Dorothy
Seegar. Marian
Taylor. Estelle
Taylor. Ruth
Tell. Olive
Terry. Alice
Terrv. Ethel Grey
Terry. Ethelind
Theby. Rosemary
Todd. Thelma
u
Ulric. Lenore
Valentine. Grace
Valez. Lupe
Valli. Virginia
Vidor. Florence
Vosselli. Judith
Wales. Ethel
Walker. Nella
Ware. Helen
Welford. Nancy
Westover. Winifred
Wilson. Adele
Wilson. Lois
Windsor. Claire
White. Alice
White. Josephine
Whittell. Josephine
Winton. Jane
Wolbert. Dorothea
Wood. Peggy
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A
Aber, Aliene
Aber. Charlene
Adair, Elizabeth
Adrian. Ethel
Akron, Tania
Alba, Maria
Allan, Florence
Allen, Elsie
Ames, Diana
Angelus. Ebba
Atkinson, Anna
Aye. Maryon
B
Baker. Betty
Bara. Lori
Barnes. Anita
Barrington. Phyllis
Bartholomew, Margaret
Baxter. Billie
Beebe. Marjorie
Belmont. Gladys
Benda. Helena
Benham, Elsa
Benham, Helena
Benlian. Arden
Bennett. Alma
Bennett. Kathryn
Bird. Chariot
Bird. Violet
Blaine, Nancy Lee
Blane. Sally
Bo-C'hing
Bo-Ling
Bonner. Marjorie
Borden. Bene
Boudwin. Barbara
Boyd. Betty-
Bradford. Virginia
Bradley, Estelle
Brinkman, Dolores
Brown. Dorothy
Buchanan. Virginia
c
Caldwell, Betty
Camack. Pauline
Campbell. Sadie
Carewe, Bita
Carlisle, Mary
Caron. Patricia
Carr. Lorena
Carroll. Joyce
Carter. Ann
Cavalier, Nita
Chandler. Janet
Cherrill. Virginia
Chevret. Lita
Christy. Ann
Claire. Bita
Claire, Theresa
Clifford. Irene
Clifford. Ituth
Coburn. Dorothy
Coburn, Margaret
Coleman. Majel
Collins. Betty
Collins. Kathleen
Compton. Joyce
Conan. Zoila
Cornwall. Anne
Cortez. Claire
Costello. Mildred
Crane. Phyllis
Cunningham. Edna
(colored)
Curley. Pauline
D
Daggett. Bae
Daniels Thelma
Darr. Homa
Dawson. Doris
Day. Shannon
Deas. Leilami
Dehn. Dorothy
De Linski. Anna
De Bue, Carmen
De Velsco. Mercedes
De Vere, Erma
Diaz, Bita
Dix, Dorothy
Domati, Lucretia
Doll. Alice
Doran. Mary
Dore. Adrienne
Douglas. Jean
Dover. Nancy
Doyle. Begina
Drake. Mildred
Drexel. Nancy
Du Bois. Gladys
Duvall. Irene
DuVal. Lorayne
E
Eason, Lorraine
Bdding, Buth
Eilers. Sally
Ellis, Diane
English. Kay
Evans, Muriel
F
Fae. Bita
Fairbanks. Twins
Fairweather. Helen
Farrell. Merry
Fay, Susanne
Ferguson. Helen
Fern. Bobby
Fern. Fritzie
Ferris. Audrey
Field. Sylvia
Fisher. Bea
Flynn. Edythe
Flynn. Elinor
Flynn. Bita
Forrest. Mabel
Toucher. Rosita
Francel. Loretta
Frances, Mabel
Francisco. Evelyn
Franzi, I'aula
French. Cosette
G
Gabastnn. Marie
Gay, Dixie
George, Harriet
Gilbert, Florence
Gilbert. Jean
Giles. Betty
Gilmore. Lillian
Gilliland. Annette
Girard. Ann
Gould. Dorothy
Goulding. Ivis
Granstedt. Greta
Greer, Gloria
Gregory. Edna
Grev, Gloria
Guilfovle. Patsy
Gwin, Julia
H
Hackett. Lillian
Hale. Georgia
Halsey. Mary
Hamilton, Francis
Hamilton. Theba
Harlow, Jean
Haroldi. Kashi
Hasbrouck. Olive
Haynes. Josephine
Hazelton. Beth
Healy. Betty
Henderson. Audree
Henry. Charlotte
Hicks, Maxine Elliott
Higbv. Mary Jane
Hill. Beverly
Hill. Doris
Hill. Thelma
INGENUES
Billiard, Harriet
Hoffman. Catherine
Hollingshead, Ebba
Holly. Buth
Holmes, lone
Holt, Gloria
Howard, Paula
Howard, Peggy
Howell, Yvonne
Hughnev, Lavena
Hurst, Buth
Hutchinson. Mary
I
Ince. Ada
Ingle, Marie
Inouye. Kyo
Irving. Katherine
Irving, Mary Jane
J
Jackson, Ethel
Jackson, Mary Ann
James, Luella
Janis, Dorothy
Johnson. Dolores
Jones. Charlotte
Joyce, Natalie
Joyzelle
K
Kaiser. Helen
Kane. Marjorie (Babe)
Karnelli. Lelia
Keefer. Evelyn
Kelton, Pert
Kennedy. Merna
Kerehoff, Helen
Kernan. Margaret Ruth
Kingston, Eleanor
Kinman, Pearl
Kosik. Beth
L
LaBissonier. Erin
Landi, Kinda
Lane. Carol
Lake. Florence
La Place, Jennie
Larsen. Valdemar
Laurel. Vivian
Lee, Frances
Lee. Gloria
Lee. Margaret
Lee, Mono
Leonard, Barbara
LeBoy, Rita
Lincoln. Caryl
Long. Lotus
Lorraine, Jean
Lorraine, Louise
Luddy. Barbara
Lynch, Helene
Lynn. Joy
Lyons. Frances
Lyons. Joan
M
Mabery. Mary
Manti, Lucretia
Mannors, Shelia
Mariani, Margaret
Marion. Edna
Marlowe. Helen
Marlowe, June
Marlowe, Llona
Martenson. Mona
Manelle. Rene
Marvin. Mia
Mason, Betty
Mason, Carol
Mason. Elizabeth
Mathews, Carmen
Mathews, Dorothy
Mathleva. Nina
May, Betty-
May, Edna
McAlister, Mary
McAvoy. Joan
McCartney, Marjorie
McConnell, Gladys
McCoy, Evelvn
McCoy. Ruby
McGowan, Dorothy
McLeod, Janet
Mc-Nabb. Mabel
Mercer, Jane
Merton, Collette
Messinger. Gertie
Messinger. Marie
Milford, Mary Beth
Mohr, La Verne
Montgomery. Marjorie
Montgomery. Peggy-
Monti, Carlotta
Moore, Marjorie
Morgan, Jeanne
Morgan, Marilyn
Mori, Toshia
Morris, Frances
Moskova, Alia
Mulhern, Mary
Murray, Joyce
Munell, Alys
Myatt. Julia
N
Nash. .Tune
Nash, Nancy
Newport, Rub?
Newton, Dodo
Nicholson. Iris
Noisom, Pluma
Norman, Amber
O
O'Day, Molly
O'Leary. Patsy
Oliver, Margaret
Olmsted, Gertrude
Olsen. Neslo
O'Neil, Sally
P
Palmer. Patricia
Paris. Portia
Parr. Thelma
Peirce. Evelyn
Peterson. Dell
Pevton. Maxine
Pfau. Melba
Phipps. Sally
Picker. Sylvia
Pierce. Barbara
Porter. Jean
Powers, Lucille
Prather. Kathryn
Printalau, Virginia
Q
Quartaro. Nena
Quillan. Marie
Quimby. Margaret
R
Hae. Dorothy
Bae. Raida
Bae. Rita
Ralls. Louise
Ray. Mona
Rayo. Mirra
Reed, lone
Remore. Evelyn
Reno. Jean
Revier, Evelyn
Rhodes. Esther
Bicksen, Mary
Bico, Mona
Biser, Christine
Roberts. Beryl
Boss, Ann
Rozelle. Rita
Rush, Loretta
Russell. Evangeline
Russell, Mona
s
Salazar, Dolores
Salvi, Lola
Scliram, Violet
Schumaker. Ida
Scabrook, Gay
Sea bury, Ynez
Seay. Dorothy
Seddon, Margaret
Seegar, Marian
Sheridan. Ann
Sheridan, Gay
Spanier. Anna
Sparkes. Martha Lee
J Starr, Barbara
Starr. Sally
Sterling, Florence
Stevens. Charlotte
Stombs. Alice
Stone. Ethel
Sugimachi. Miyoshi
Sykes. Ethel
T
Tarron. Elsie
Taylor, Elva
Taylor, Ruth
Templeton. Marion
Templeton, Ruth
Tevis, Carol
Thompson. Duane
Thorp, Margaret
Todd. Lola
V
Valdez. Antoinette
Van Doom. Mildred
Van Every. Billie
Varnell. Pearl
Vecki. Isabelle
Vendrell. Lola
Verdera, Clara
Vicai. Jeanne
VUliers, Mavis
Wagner. Pauline
Walker. Mildred
Walker, Polly
Wallace, Louise
Ward, Dorothy
Warfleld. Marjorie
Wells, Marie
Welsh, Betty
Williams. Ada
Williams. Alice
Wines, Carol
Winter, Leota
Worth. Barbara
X
Xanthia. Ania
Y
Yakey. Twins
Yves. Christine
Young, Polly Ann
LEADING WOMEN
Alba, Maria
Adams. Margaret
Aldcn. Betty
Allan, Florence
Allen. Alta
Alrerez. Miami
Ames, Diana
Arlstl. Elene
Arnold. Jessie
Arselle, Carmen
Ashton. Iris
Astor. Gertrude
B
Ilaker. Bettv
ISames. Anita
Bartlett. Ellse
Bary, Jean
Rasquette, Lina
Beaudry. Mara
Bedford. Barbara
Belmont. Gladys
Benda. Marion
Benham. Elsa
Bennett, Alma
Berkley. Betty
lieinardl. Alena
Blair, Betty
Itlinn. Keatrice
Bolton. Helen
Boniface. Symona Ferner
I'.cniner. Priscllla
Booth. Margaret
Boyd. Bettv
Bradley, Estelle
B reamer, Sylvia
Brewster. Ann
Brinkman, Dolores
Browning. Mrs. Tod
Brunette. Fritzie
Bryant. Kay
Bryson. Winifred
Burgess. Marion
Burns, Marion
Byron, Marion
Calhoun. Alice
Campbell, Aid a
Carew, Ora
Carew, Bita
Carlisle. Mary
Carlyle, Grace
Carter. Ann
Cavalier, Nina
Cavalier, Nita
Chadwick. Helene
Chaplin. Lita Gray-
Chase. Ilka
Cherrill. Virginia
Christy. Ann
Clair. Ethlyne
Christy. Dorothy
Clark, Betty Boss
Claxton, Catherine
Clifford, Kathleen
Clifford. Ituth
Coleman. Majel
Collins. Kathleen
Comack. Pauline
Compton. Joyce
Conan. Zoila
Cooper. Edna May
Corbin. Virginia Lee
Corda. Maria
Cornelius. Mary
Cornwall. Anno
Covell. Ruth
Cowell. Buth
Craig. Nell
Crosby. Juliette
Crandon. Mary
Cunard. Grace
D
Daly, Jane
Daly. Marcclla
Darmond, Grace
Darr. Homa
d'Avril. Yola
Dawn. Doris
Dawn. Isabel
Oay. Marceline
Day. Shannon
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Dean. I»or»
IMI.>|.'i«ili, Ugla
l>- I.a M. (if Marguerite
I '•• \ alas, •■ M- l •
Dla. Do roth;
Doman. Shirley
Dunn. J.wephlne
I >u \ » 1 U>rayne
Duiall. Ir.nr
Dwan. Dorothy
E
Eaton. Lorraine
K.M) . Il.-l.-n J ■ i.-tii.-
Kl.lrultj.'. Florence
Eleanor. 1>S«J
Elliott. Ilcrnlce
Emery. Man
Ewe. J- n.no
Fabian. Mary
r»lr. Elinor
Fair. Stacy
Faire. Virginia Brown
Farrell. Qlrnda
Fealy. Maude
Kt'NUxm. Helen
Fern. Frttrle
Fielding. Margaret
Fischer. Margarita
Fitch. Mitnirl
Fletcher. (MM
Flower*. Bess
Klyiin. Khiii.r
Forrest. Mabel
Foster. Helen
Foi. Patricia
Francisco. Betty
French. Georglc
G
Galronda. Llgta
Garvin. Anita
Gary. Jean
Gay. Alden
Gerahty. Carmelita
Oibbs. Myrtle
Gilbert. Eugenia
Gilbert. Florence
Gllmore. Lillian
Givney. Catherine
Gleason. Ail. la
Golden. Mildred
Grinstedt. Greta
Greenwood. Winifred
Grey. Gloria
Grey. Jessica
Gulliver. Dorothy
Gwin. Julia
A
Aber. Clara Lou
Adair. Josephine
Adir. Elizabeth
Albright. Wally
Anderson. Phillip
Atkins. Tommy
B
Bailey. Junior
Bailey. Lois
Ba.wtte. Billy
Bennett. Micky
Bcrendzm. Ba»
Berendzen. Roy
Big Boy
Billings. Oeorg-le
Binns. Baby Ruth
Black. Bret
Book-asta. Basil
Book-a*ta. George
Boudwin. Billy
Boudwin. Jimmv
Brandon. Dicky
Brock. Dorothy
Brown. Billie
Brown. Beverly Jean
Brown. Bobbie
Brown. Eleanor
Brown. Julia
Brown. Virginia
Buckley. Patsv
Bums. Junior
Butts. Billv
Byrne. Roger
c
Calfor Anita
Cane. Violet
H
Hale. Orortla
Hall. Evelyn
llimilt.,n. Laura
Hamilton. Theba
Hammond. Kat
Harris. Mil. lte.1
Hart. Winifred Weatovrr
lla>brourk. Olive
II- ndvrana, Audrey
llazclton. Be l,
llrlltnall. Vada lav
Hlat. Bulb
Hill. Thelma
Hill. JoM-phlne
Holloway. Carol
Hollowav. Edith Lee
Holt. Gloria
Homer. Irene
Hopper. Hedda
Houston. Josephine
Howell. Hazel
lloyt. Ileata
I
Ingle. Marie
J
Janls. Dorothy
Johnson. Alice
Johnston. Jullanne
Jove-. Natalie
Joyzelle
K
Kalaer. Helen
Kami. Virginia
Keener. Hazel
Kemper. Doris
Kennedy. Merna
King. Judy
Kingston. Natalie
Knight. Lillian
Koslk. Beth
L
Lake. Alice
Lake. Florence
I.a.Marr. Margaret
Lamont. Connie
l.andis. Margaret Cullen
Landry. Gerda
Ijne. Lola
I.ane. Mirilyn
Lane. Nora
Carroll. Bernadine
Chancy. Norman
Carter. Betty-
Clark. Muriel
Coad. Joyce
Cobb. Joe
Combs. Jackie
Condon. Jackie
Craig. Godfrey
D
Daniels. Mickey
Darling. Jean
Darr. Vondell
Darro. Frankie
Dart. Jack
Davis. Virginii
De Lacy. 1'hlllippe
Delano. Mickey
Delisco. Rocco
De Villus*. Robert
De Vito. Sylvia Jane
Dodd's. Boys Father
Downs. Johnny
Dunning. George
niie»nd Dnid
Duval. Dixie
E
Eames. Peggy
F
Fager. Edwina Lorraine
Fildes. Glenn
F'nke H r<dd
Fischer. Eugene
Uurrll. Mai
Lawlrr. Mary
Ijt Breton. Flora
Lre. Frances
Lee. Jocehn
Lee. Lollta
Lee. Norma
Lata Anna
I- Barbara
Lewis. Grace
Llnmln. Caryl
Litlnistuii. Margaret
Uoyd. Doria
Long. Hally
Uirraine. Jean
Lorraine. Louise
Luray. Doris
Lynch. Helene
M
Mabery. Mary
Mack. Marion
Mack. Mi- Charles
Kmmeti
MM l.ar.n. Mary
Malena. Lena
Malone. Molly
Mart*. Fay
March. Llska
Martnoff, Joda
Mjii- n. I> r -i|i\
Marls. Mona
Marlowe. June
Marfan. Nlta
Manelle. Rene
Marvin. Mia
Mason. Carol
Mason. Modena
Mathews. Dorothy
Mavis. Mona
May. Edna
MrAllster. Mary
Mct'onnell. Gladys
HMJonsMk. Alice
McCoy. Ruby
McG.man. Dorothy
M.-Cuire. Kithryn
Mclntyre. Leila
McPhall. Addle
M.-liaffey. Blanche
Mernani. Charlotte
Millard. Helene
Mitchell. Geneva
Mitchell. Rhea
Montgomery. Peggy
Montt. Christina
Moores. De Sacla
Moorhead. Natalie
Morgan. Jeanne
Morris. Margaret
Mullen. Grace
Murphy. Edna
N
Nadina. Sylva
Nash. Nancy
Nemeth. Laurel
Nichols. Elsie
Nldlnskv. Romota
Novak. Jane
CHILDREN
Fischer. Frances
Fischer. Gloria
Fisher. Sonny
Folz. Artye
France. Dorothy
Francone. Joe
Fredericks. Freddie
Burke
G
Garner. Charles
Gazelle. Anna Lou
Gazelle. Edward
Genardi. Frankie
Genardi. Lilliana
Gestrlng. Marjorle Claire
Goldstein. Bernard
Goldstein. Leonard
Gordon. Bobby
Gordon. Marjorie Grace
Goudell. George
Gotidell. Violet
Graham. Betty Jane
Gray. Dorothy
Greear. Geralne
Greer. Dougie "Turkey
Grey. Virginia
H
Hal:. Douglas Patrick
Hanion. Jack
Haurt. Dietrich
Haupt. Ullrich. Jr.
Hawkins. Joe
Hawkins. Patricia
Nanette
Hayne. Billie
Headrick. Richard
o
Oakland. Vivien
Oaklry. Florence
Olmsted. Gertrude
Orlova. Anna
P
1'add. n. Sirih
Plltner. Bee
Palmer. I'airlrta
Palmer. Slurl.-i
Palmer. Violet
Parr. Thelma
Patterion. Patricia
Peine. Ktelyn
Pen-) I I. ■:
Perdu.-. Herein
P.m. Kathryn
Phillips. IX.rothy
Phlpps. Sally
Pierre. Betty
Prathcr. Kathryn
l*retty. Arllne
Puraell. June
Q
Quartaro. Nena
Qulmhy. Margaret
R
Rablnowltz. Elaine
Hie. Illta
Ralston. Jobyna
Ray. Allene
Uayford. Almi
Rhodes. Georgette
Reid. Jane
Renlck. Ruth
Reno. Jean
Rich. Vivian
lltdgeway. Frltzl
Riley. Jean
Roberts. Edith
Robinson. Daisy
Romano. Nina
llo.ita. Eva
Ross. Ann
Roth. Lillian
Rovelle. Camille
Rusevelt. Sara
s
St. Germain. Marie
St. Leon. Ida
Saunders. Jacqueline
Satin. Lillian
Schram. Violet
Scott. Mabel Julienne
Seabrook. Gay
Sealy. Maude
llendryi. Helen
Hicks. Tommy
Hill. Billy
Hill. Twins (colored)
Hisle. Betsv Ann
Holt. Cheryl
Holt. Hammond
Holtz. Bemice
Hoskins. Jannie (colored)
House. Newton
Howell. Audrey
HuhlH-ll. Betty Lorraine
Huff. Jack
Hurst. Phyllis
Hutchins. Bobble
I
Ichioka. M.-ada
Issberncr. Junior
J
Jackson. Bobby
Jackson. Eugene. Jr.
(colored)
Jackson. Neil
Jaeger. Peggy Jane
Janney. Leon
Jewell. Austen
Jigdoll. Sonny
Johnson. Carmendta
Johnson Children
Johnson. Dirk Wlnslnw
Johnson. Kenneth
Johnson. Seessel Anne
Johnston. Jean
Johnston. Junior
Jones. Billy
Jones Children
June. Eileen
Komour Madeline
rtlrarl. Vivien
(Stewart. Lucille Lre
Stewart. Iluih
MaawaVnur. Iluth
Hullitin. Haiti*
Sullivan. Ilelelir
Muttre. Mary
J
Tirron. Elsie
Taylor. Estrlle
T.yl..r. Iluth
Traaue. Frances
Tell. Alma
Tell. Olive
retry, mi Chtsj
Tiieliy. Rosemary
Thompson. Duin
Thorp. Ruth
Tlchenor. Edna
Tobln. Genevieve
Todd. Lola
Todd. Thelma
Tora. Ua
True. Bets
V
Valentine. Grace
Vallon. Nanette
Van Clcve. Edith
Vuii Dorn Mi>. In. I
Venlera. Clara
Von Rue. Gerda
w
Walcamp. Marie
Walker. Nella
Wallis. Maria Pope
Wanl. Alice
Warfleld. Kitty
Warn, i.i Maryark
Warfl.-Ui. Natalie
Wayne. Nadlne
Weblier. Gertrude
Westover. Winifred
Wlilthy. Gwynne
Whitney. Claire
Whitney. Betsy
Wilson. Betty
W.l-.n Eil.-en
Windsor. Adele
Windsor. Claire
Wines. Carol
Winter. I.a-ka
Wlnton. Jane
Withers. IsabeU
Woods. Dorothy
Wray. Willow
Y
Voting. Charlotte
K
Kaplan. Baby Harold
Keever. Bernard
Keever. Elizabeth Ann
King. June
I.
I.aad. Marion
l_L>ond. Baby Virginia
louder. Jack
IdUder. Junior
Ijvuun. Billy
Lee. Davey
l^nsky. Dorothy Day
l*vine. Helene
Irvine. Jack
Linder. Ruth
Lord. Billy
Louise. Anita
Lowell. Ellen
Lowell. Loretta
Loy. Sonny
M
MarConnar. Muriel
Madden. Jerry
Magness. Annabel!
Marsh. Beatrice
Marsh. Earl
Marshall. Virginia
Mason. Warren
Mawby Children
Mazee. Madeline
Ma zee. Margaret
M-Ban. Mickey
McConnlc. Muriel
212
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
McComas, Kendall
McGuire. Mickey
McHugh. Jack
McLane. Mary Frances
McLaughlin. Gaby
McLaughlin. Jackie
McMillan. Kenneth
McMillan, Terence
McNeil, Buddy
Michaud. Dorothea Jean
Migdall. Sonny
Miller. Mary Louise
Mills. Edwin
Mills, Evelyn
Mills. Warren
Millsfield Children
Moore, Dickey
Moore. Pat and Mickey
Morgan. I'atsy Ruth
Mozee. Irwin, Madelaine,
Margaret
Munoz. Christina
N
Naylor. Billy
Newman. Bobby
Newman. Sidney
Noyes. Vera Jean
Noyes. F arris and Fae
o
O'Day. Dawn
O Grady. Monty
P
Parker. Jack
Parrish, Beverly and
Helen
Peck, Virginia Mae
Phelps. Billie Jean
Thelps. Cooke and
S. V.. Jr.
Pierce. Billy Gerald
Pierce, Joan
Pirie. Helene
Price. Nanci
Pritzloff. Paul
R
nailer. Virgil
ltamsey. Theo
Ranaldi. Bill
Randoll. Ivan
Randoll, Orville
Rhea, Sally
Rhoades. Harold
Ritter, Baby Jean
Rivero, Baby Lorraine
Rolfe. Bemetta
Rolfe, Ernest
Rollins. Dolly
s
Sage. Byron
Schaefer, Albert
Schaefer, Anita
Schuler. Billy
Scott, Douglas
Seay. Billy
Seay. Dorothy
Sewall. Joe
Shirley. Dorothy
Shuford. Andrew
Slater, Baby Jane
Slaven. Buster
Smith. Betty Lou
Smith. Buddy
Smith. J. U.
Smith. Pat
Smith, Richard
Smith, Robert
Spear, Harry
Stone, Doris Jean
Stratton. Gene
Streeter, Reginald
Suman, Bertine
Swanson, Jack
Swanson. Lawanda
T
Teaver. Elizabeth Ann
Thorpe. Gordon
Timmons. Betty Alliene
Todd. Marion
Toien. Paul J.
Torres. Loretta
Tucker. Tommy
Turner. Doreen
Turner. Mary Alice
V
Vallek. A. Preston
Vallek, Frank S.
Von. Viola
Von Stroheim. Erich, Jr.
w
Wain, Kit
Walsh. Patsy
Warde. George
Watson, Billy
Watson, Coy
Watson. Delmar
Watson. Harry
Wedler. Beverly
Wells. Byron
Wells, Jacqueline
Widman, Shirley Alyce
Wilkinson. Walter
Wilson. Jackie Lee
Wilson. Raymond
Wilson. Ruth
"Wilson, Virginia
Y
Young. Bobbie
FEATURE COMEDIENNES
Adams, Stella
Ainsworth, Cupid
Alders, Linda
Astor, Gertrude
B
Banks. Willa
Boley. May
Carlyle, Aileen
Clive. Rosalind
Comont. Matilda
Courtney, Inez
D
De Lone. Loretta
Farley, Dot
Farrington. Betty
Fazenda, Louise
Finch. Flora
Fitzgerald, Cissy
Friganza, Trixie
Fuller, Dale
Gore, Rosa
Greenwood, Charlotte
Guilfoyle, Patricia Page
H
Hart, Sunshine
Hayden, Nora
Heilman, Vada Lee
Henry. Gale
Howell. Alice
Howell. Yvonne
J
Jeffery, Mary
K
Kelton. Pert
Leighton. Lillianne
London. Babe
Loretta, Dee
N
M
McDonald. Blossom
MacLeod. Janet
Milloy. May
Nellis. Teddy
Norton, Angie
o
O'Byrne. Patsv
O'Neal, Patsy Ann
O'Neill, Marjorie
Page, Patsy
Pitts, Zasu
Pollard, Daphne
Price, Kate
R
Royce, Maryian
Sale, Virginia
Sergava. Nena
Short. Gertrude
Standing Joan
Sterling. Mer n
Sutton, Gertrude
Tincher. Fay
Trua^, Maude
V
Van, Ruth
Varvell. Pearl
Vincent, Mildred
w
Wales, Ethel
W'ilson. Adelaide
Wolbert, Dorothea
SECOND WOMEN
A
Ashton, Iris
B
Backreneva, Olga
Baker. Nellie Bly
Barnett. Marjorie
Barrye. Emily
Beaudry. Mara
Blair, Betty
Block. Kathryn
Boniface, Symona
Bonillas.Myrta
Bourke. Fan
Brady. Lillian West
Brewster. Beryl
Browning. Mrs. Todd
Bryan. Winifred
Buchanan, Alice
Buckland. Zeeda
c
Calve. Olga
Campbell. Kate
Carlson. Addle
Carlyle, Grace
Carrol. Moon
CaitieU, Winifred
Castello. Carmen
Chase, Ilka
Clmde Tobv
('line. Rosalind
Cooper. Edna May
<'orday. Marcelle
Cunard. Grace
D
Dally. Margaret
Daly. Marcella
D'Ambrlcourt. Adrlenne
Darmond. Grace
Davenport, Gloria
DeGoldconda, Ligia
de Never. Lucille
Deslys. Kay
De Valas o. Mercedes
Dione. Rose
Donley, Grant
Donovan. Belle Parks
Drew, Norma
Dolce. Olga
DuBrey. Claire
Duvail, Irene
E
F.Miott. Edna I.
Emery. Mary
F
Fischer. Margarita
Forges. Mary
Forrest, Mable
Fowler, Almeda
Francis, Laura
French, Pauline
G
Galconda. Ligia
Gammill, Noreen
Garvin, Anita
Gay. Alden
George, Maude
Gibney. Louise
Gnllmar. Mae
Gomez. Inez
Goodal. Grace
Gray. Jessica
Greer. Gloria
Groye, Sybil
H
Husman, Irene
Hall. Evelyn
Hall, Laura
Halloway, Carrol
Harte, Lillian Bret
Hazelton, Beth
Hild, Georgia Marion
Holderness, Fay
Holt, Georgia
Holt. Gloria
Howard, Catherine
Howell. Alice
Howell. Hazel
Hunt, Irene
J
Jensen, Eulalie
Joyzelle
Jurado, Elena
K
Keen. Blossom
Keener. Hazel
Keith. Isabelle
Kemper. Doris
Kirkham, Kathleen
L
LaFond, Grace
Landry. Gerda
LaRoy, Rita
Laliue, Fontain
Lawrence. Florence
Lee, Ann
Lee. Etta
Lee. Jocclyn
Lehr, Anna
Leon. Peggy
Leslie, Lila
Lewis, Vera
Lloyd. Doris
CiOndOn, Edythe
Lord, Marion
Lorimer, Elsa
Lorraine. Harriett
Lorraine, Leota
M
Manning, Aileen
Manon, Maicia
Mareno. Nina
Marstini. Rosita
Marran, Nita
McDowell, Claire
Melborne. Sudney
Mersch, Mary
Midgley. Florence
Mineau, Charlotte
Mitchell. Belle
Moe, Alice
Montt, Christina
Mooers. De Sacia
Munro, Mona
Murphy, Monda Lee
N
Nadina. Sylvia
o
Oakland. Vivien
P
Pearson. Virginia
Power. Jule
Prestelle. Mae T.
Pretty, Arline
R
Itidgeway. Frltzl
Itischell. Myrtle
Hose, Blanche
s
Sale, Virginia
Selwynne. Clarissa
Suymour. Madeline
Shepard. Iva
Sindelar. Pearl
Smirnova. Diana
Snow. Marguerite
Sprotte. Alice Ayres
Southern, Eve
Starr. June
Stebbins, Yvonne
Stedman, Myrtle
Stewart, Ruth
Sullivan, Helene
T
Tayo, Lyle
Tennant. Barbara
Theby. Rosemary
Tichenor, Edna
Twelvetrees. Helen
V
Van Buren, Mabel
Van Der Veer. Ellinor
w
Walker. Charlotte
Wallace. May
Ward. Alice
Ward. Lucile
Warfleld. Kittv
Warfleld. Natalie
Wayne. Justina
West. Lillian
White. Josephine
White. Nora
Whittell, Josephine
Wilson. Elizabeth
Wix. Florence
Worth. Lillian
z
Zarana Zella
DIRECTORS
AHBOTT 1.E0IU.E
t. •
nt.
• 1
II
'a. New Y.. ik: t.
high school. Unl-
ird to ii.
He wrote • play
BADGER. CLARENCE: l> San ft
J..-. l h II. ui<1 Carrie F. Badger; r II
Institute. In 1915 he beam, um lair
Srlini'tt studio writing continuities al
Ant chance ai tin. ..tin. He was b
phone in filming the nnt Uim ml
hi the Mnianl Dramatic t'lub. and "Tlir Man In the
Manhole. " winch nun a prize offered lit Keith,
theatre. Through this he heratue superlnirndrnt of
the theairv the following >rar. which was in 1913. In
11*11 lie went to New York to become an actor, and
hl» first good [part nu Ihat of the father of triplets
In Hand Bclaaco'a production.. "Daddies." Tlien came
parts in "Trias." "Zander the Great." "Hell Bent
for lleaien." "While Desert." "I.aZ) lioncs" anil
' Pp ii j I " Murine Mi. run ..f "l*roora»ional." a
play lhai James. G lea son and he bad whiten railed
"Thi' Kail Guy." was produced and waa * success
Ttie next year he rollal»ralrd with Vincent Smith on
"Tlie Holt Terror" and played the lead It was a
failure, and that was his last part. From then on
he directed and wrote He directed the following
plays "l<ote Km and U-ave 'Km." "Broadway."
"Four Walls" anil "Coquette" and wrote "Spn-ad
Kaiile." "Jarncgan" »nd then directed "Chicago" and
"Gcntlem n of l lie Press." "Carnital Man." "The
Bishops Candle Sticks." To I'aramount I'ubllx In
I n:iu directed "Halfwit tn Heaven." "Manslaughter."
"Sea Ood." "Why Bring That Up."
ADOLFI. JOHN 0.: b. New York City: hy. golf
and horseback riding. Director of the stage and screen
for fifteen jreara. Among pictures directed for Warner
Broa. are: "Show of Shows." "In the Headlines."
"Evidence." "Dumbbells In Ermine.." "Fame." "p. nm
Arcade." "Letters" and "College Lovers."
ANDERSON. JOHN MURRAY: b. St. Johns. New-
foundland. September 2". Iss6; e. Royal Academy of
Dramatic Arts in I<ondon under Sir Herbert Beer-
bobm-Trve and singing under Sir Charles Santlry:
h. ii feet: blond hair, era) -blue eyes: hy. autograph
collecting. Produced the first Greenwich Village Fol-
lira, ami many MtMOMBi Follies: also produced Willi
Irving Berlin. "Music Box Revue" In 1924: produced
"Jack and Jill." "What's in a Name." "Hello.
Iraddy." "Dearest En. my." and "The League of No-
tions." which had a long run in I^oudon. From 19211 lo
1928 he produced 57 unit presentation shows for Pub-
lix Circuit; signed a long term contract with Universal
In 19.10; directed "King of Jazz" and "Lilies of Broad-
way."
ANDREWS. DEL: !> St Louis. Mo.: e. in St
Louis Professional ran-er began as Initial direction
man for Thomas 11 Incv: stxtien years as Mm editor,
laboratory man. camera man. titlcr. scenarist, assistant
dins-tor and director: recent work Includes: "Wild
West Show." "Itawhide Kid." "Hero on Horseback."
Universal: "The Racket." co-scenarist for Paramount:
"The Galloping Fish." First National.
ARCHAINBAUD. GEORGE: b. Paris. France. Mav
7. 1890; h. 5 fret 11 inches: brown and gray hair and
brown eyes; w. 182 pounds; p. Alice Arrhaintiaud
and Emlle Chautard. step-father, professional; e. Uni-
versity of Paris; m. Kathcrine R. Johnston, non-pro-
fessional; hy. piano and tennis. Played abroad with
some of the most distinguished French stars: also
assistant stage manager. Connected with the screen for
the past 17 years, and assist d the best directors
In this country and since LSIfi directed the most
prominent stars in the best companies. Started at
t ho World Film and directed Alloc Brady. Ethel Clay-
ton. Kitty Gordon. Milton Sills. Montagu- Love, then
Joined Selznirk Pictures and directed Elaine Ham-
imrsiein. Corinne Griffith. Conway Tearle. Eugene
O'Brien, next joined Fox Films and later First Na-
tional and directid Evelvn Brent. Doris Kenvnn. Milton
Sills. Mary Astor. Lloyd Hughes. Ben Lyon Was
wlib Tiffany Stahl for two years and then with
Columbia, where he finished three K'O per cent talking
and musical pictures. Has directed (19291 "Man in
Hobbles. " "Two Mm and a Maid" and "Voice
Within " To ItKO In 1930. Directed "Framed."
"Smooth as Satan." "Square Dice." "Silver Horde."
"Alias French Gertie."
ARZNER. 00R0THY: b. San Francisco. Cal.; h. S
feet 4 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. llfi
pounds: e. Marlborough School for Girls and the Uni-
versity of Southern California: not married. Miss
Arrner impressed William DeMille hy her interest In
motion pictures when shr visited the studio In 1920.
and he obtained a position for her as stenographer in
the scenario department. Later 9he became script
clerk, film cutter for James Cruze. and then scenario
writer. She has directed "Fashions for Women" star-
ring Esther Ralslon: "Hie Ten Modern Command-
ments" with Esther Ralston: 'Get Your Man" with
Clara Bow. and "Manhattan Cocktail" with Richard
Arlen and Nancy Carroll; (19291 "Wild Party." "Any-
body's Woman." "Sarah and Son" In 1930.
B
BACON. LLOYD : h. San Jose. Cal.. 189": h. 5 t<~t
10 Inches: brown hair and blue eyes: w. 170 pounds;
e California schools and the San*a Clara college: mar-
ried: hy. all athletics. es[iecially baseball, football,
squash and golf. Stage experience with Oscar Wild !
in "Salome." then leads with repertoire shows in
Kansas City and one season in vaudeville. Also in
Relasco stock company in Ixts Angeles in 1911 and
plaved in th • New York production of Oliver Morosro's
"Cinderella Man" Stared in pictures with Llovd
Hamilton comedies as heavy. In 1918 went wi'h
Chaplin to Mutual as actor, then joined Triangle
comedies in 1919. Also served in the Navy during the
World War. In 1921 became associated with Llovd
Hamilton as director and later went with Sennett.
After three tno-reelers with Universal he was signed
bv Warner Rros His outstanding production was
Al Jolson's "Sincing Fool" for Warner Bros and he
continued with this company in 1929. Has directed
productions of "Private Tzzy Murphy." "White Flan-
nels" "The Heart of Man-land " "A Sailor's Sweet-
heart." "Finger Prints." "Brass Knuckles." "Pav As
You Enter " "Women Thev Talk About" and "Ssr
It With S~ne= " starring Al Jolson. (1929): "So
Lone Lettv ■• "Stark Mad " "No Defense." "n"ni-v
Tonk " "Other Tomorrow " "Mohv Dick." "Office
Wife." "Sit Tight " "Flftr Million Frenchmen "
"Faithful " "She Couldn't Say No" and "A No-
torious Affair."
lack
lila
id
BELL. MONTA
3 in. bra. dark bmai
poumla. p. I one and
e. Eastern high act..., I
for two years; hy. ihi
Trial " To Paramour
« fret
w. ITS
■ lobala;
Willi Will Rogers. "Holieal Hutch." the first Potaah
and p.-tliiiuti. r scries, "tjulhcy Adam. Savvy, r." "Bed
Lights" ami "Th. Sle..t.n. ..f Dan Mctii.tv" y..,
Paramount he directed lh- following productions*
".New Ijves for Old." starring Belt) Cotupaou. and
"Eve's Secret." co-starring Miss Comisson and Jack
Holt, later "A Klaa In a Taxi." "Mermrtta." "The
Campus Flirt." "Maii|«.wer." "It." "Swim. Girl.
Swim." She's a Sheik." "Bed Hair." "The Fifty
Fifty Girl." "Hot News" and "Three Week Ends." To
First National for "Sweetheart.* and Wives." Hoi
Heiress." I i,.|, r Western Skies." "No. No. Nanette "
"Maria* Will out." "The Bad Man."
BAGGOTT. KING: b. St Louis. Mo . ,• christian
Broth in College. St. Louia: h. tt feet: w. JM5 pounds,
brown hair, blue eyes. Waa an actor on the legitimat ■
stage under management of Frohman. Lcilnci \ c.
S. l,uU iis. and others. Screen star fur eight years In
over 3iin picture-, for B B. Hampton Productions.
Pathe. BoImt. son Cole. Metro. Duan and First Na
tional: Directid: "Moonlight Follies." The Girl Who
Knew ah aIhiiii M.n." "Nobody's Fool." "Klased."
"Human Hearts." "Kentucky Derby." "The Love IxM
t.r." "Gossip. rin- Town Scandal." "Crossed
Wires." "Tornado." "Raffles." "Home Maker." "Perch
of the Devil." "Down the Stretch." "TumblevveeiLs."
"House of Scandal": played In "Czar of Broadway."
Universal, and "Once a Gentleman." Sono-Art.
BAKER. E00IE: r ■ K.i»in King Baker: b. Davis.
W. Va.. November 17. 1897: h. 6 feet Hi Inch;
brown hair and blue eyes: w. 22*1 pounds; p. Georgia
King, non- professional and Edwin Baker, professional;
e. Polytechnic high school of Ui, Angeles; in Chris
tine Wolf, lion-professional: hy. hunting, fishing and
gull Stage exisrienre Played Jllienile parts In his
father's own shows. "Rip Van Winkle." "The Con-
federate Spy." and many oilier shows through the
eastern slutes Played the West Coast with Wanda
Hawley In an act calhd. "The Wedding Ring." He
has Man with the Christie Comedies for eight years
plating heavy opposite Bobby Vernon and William
Donley, and apiaarcd In the following pictures: "Why
Hurry." "French Pastry." and "Goofy Gab." Wan
also with Hal Itoarh for two and one-half years. He
also apivared in the following feature pictures: "All
at Sea." "Oh. Yeah." "Show People" and "Carnation
Kid." A year and a half ago he Joined Rob rt C
Bruce, making Outdoor Talking Pictures. Appeared In
the following talkie shorts: "Cow Comp Ballads."
"Travelin- Alone." and "Salt Water Ballads." for
Robert C Bruce.
BARKER. REGINALD: h. Bothnell. Scotland. 1886;
e. in S.-otland and California: married; hy. all out-
door sports. Stage exp-rience began by playing small
parts in stock and Rurhank theatres in Los Angeles.
Also on tour and managed own company in Kansas
City: with Walker Whiteside and Henry Miller in
New York. Screen experience b.-gan with Inoe In 1913
as director. Has directed for Ince. Triangle. Universal
Poralta. Metro. Fox Goldwyn. Tiffany. Metro-Goldwyn-
Maver. First National. Artclass and directed Win S
Hart in his first film. The plays he has directed are
"The Bargain." "Hell Cat." "Turn of the Wheel."
"Poverty of Riches." "Bonds of Love." "Shadows "
"Stronger Vow." "Godless Men." 'Branding Iron."
"The Brand." Crimson Gardenia." "Girl from the
Outside." "Flame of the Desert." "Dangerous Days."
"The Woman and the Puppet." "Hearts Aflame "
"The Old Nest." "Eternal Struggle." "Pleasure Mad "
"Great Divide." "Women Who (Jive." "Dixie Handi-
cap." Broken Barriers." "The White Desert." "Flam-
ing Forest." "Body and Soul." "Frontiersmen." "The
Storm." "Biff. Bang. Buddy." "When the Door
Opened." "The Rainbow." "Th- Toilers." "New Or-
leans." the sound version of "The Great Divide."
"Seven Keys to Raldpatc" and "College Racketeers"
for Universal in 1930.
BEAU 0 1 NE. HAROLD: b. New York City. Entered
pictures as a property boy for Biograph: sened as pro-
duction assistant on West Coast, mostly with short
subject units, becoming assistant director: later direc-
tor for Christie and has worked for nearly all short
subject producers: directed a few features with Para-
mount-Christie, dirertine Jimmy Adams and Bobby
Vernon comedies; directed over 20 Educational come-
dies; among his recent pictures was "Elbow Room "
Christie.
BE AU Dl NE. WILLIAM: h New York 'citv. Januan
15. 1892; h. 6 feet l'-i inches; brown hair and blue
eyes: w. 160 pounds: p. Ella atoms and William B
Beaudine. non -professionals; e. Morris high school.
New York City: no stage training: m. Marguerite
Fleischer, non-professional; hy. his four children, hunt-
ing and golf. Beaudine was with Biograph (1904-141-
Kalem (1914-16): Universal (1910-171: Triangle (1917-
181 : Christie (1918-22): Goldwvn ( 1922-23 1; Warner
Brothers (1923-27): Universal (19271. and First Na-
tional (19281. He has directed such pictures as "The
Narrow Street." "Boy of Mine" and "Little Heroes"
for Warner Brothers: "Penrod and Sam." "The Life
of Rllev." "Do Your Duty" and "Heart to Heart" for
First National: "Little Annie Rooney" and "Spar-
rows." with Man Pickford. for United Artists: "That's
My Baby" and "Hold That Lion." with Douglas Mac-
Lean, and "The Canadian." for Paramount: "Frisco
Sally I/"vy" for Metrn-Goldwyn-Maver: and "Ton
Manv Women." "The Irresistible Lorer." "Give and
Take" and "Home James" for Universal: "Exiles" with
Madge Bellamy for Fox: (19291 "Fugitives." "Two
W.eks Off." "Qu«en of Main Street." "Devil's Play-
ground." "At Bay." "Dark Swan." "Father's Son "
"Hard tn Get.' "Girl From Woolworth's." "Those
Wtio Dams?." "Wedding Rings."
BEAUMONT. HARRY : h. Abilene. Kan. Director
with Edison. Easanav. Goldwyn. Metro. Fox. MGM :
entered the picture business In 191.1: was actor and
writer: directed "Skinner's Dress Suit." 'Brown of
Hanard." "Beau Rrummrl." "Main Street " ' Th ■
Golddiggers." "Babbitt." "Forbdden Hours." "Our
Dancing Daughters." "A Single Man." "Broadway
Melody." "Speedway." all for MGM: recent picture-
include: "Floradora Girl " "Children of Pleasure."
"Three French Girls." "Lord Bvron of Broad wav "
"The Torch Song." and "Dance. Fools. Dance" for
MGM
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BENNETT. SPENCER G. : Wa. an Mat tr.irier.
Hudon a Bay rxplorrr. crack arullrr uf «... • i.. 4 i
Bat Rowing club. N. Y Screen career: Played atunt
and thrill parla. later i- . aaaiatani dirrrlur and
' Melting Millions." "The iellow Cameo." The Trr-
rible People" and "Marked Money "
BERGER. LUDWIG: h Malnr. German. . '
9 Inchea; brown hair and blue eyea; w. 1&0 pounda; p
Dr. and Mrs. Fran 2 llambrrger; r Hrrtnani.tlvh.-a
(ttmnasiuni in Malnx, University of Munich and lleidel
lierg University, lie la a very good violinist, anil an
rxivllrnt organist He has written the f..l|onina:
"Cymhrlinr." Griscidrt." "Genoa era," "Maria and
Martha." "Drr Goldene Hchnitt" and "Cnprmirue "
When be waa 21 years old he staged his first Mozart
Olssra in Malnx. true of his notable arrnmi HahWaWHg
at this period was also the production of an oprra
single-handed, lie accompanied himself on the piano
and sang moat of the roles himself; braid rs that,
he drew up the production set sketches and instructed
the dance, lierger made his entry Into the theatrical
buaini ss at the Stadia theatre In Hamburg where his
adaptation of Shakes|s-are'a "Cymltrllne" waa produnrd.
I^ater he produced plays at the Schauaplel theatre, the
Berliner llolksliuchne. the Rrinhardt theatre, and the
Stadts theatre, all In Berlin. With more than fifty
productions to his credit he turn. si to motion pictures,
cuntinced that there lay the most fertile field for
ex|irrsslon of his creative genius. His first motion
picture was "The Judge From Zalamea." a produc-
tion known only in Euroin*. His second. "The Story of
Christine Herre." waa better known Then came "A
Glass of Water." "The Iaist Shoe." based on the fairy
tal". "Cinderella and "The Waltz Dream." from
Strauss' operetta. The latter three were shown the
world oter. and II waa "The Waltz Dream" which led
to offers for Berger to come to America and direct.
In 1927 he went to Hollywood and his first directorial
assignment was with Paramount In the Pola Negri
starring vehicle. "The Woman From Moscow." His
success with that production led Paramount executives
to assign him to the Emit Jannings picture. "Sins of
the Fathers." Directed "Fighting the White Slave
Truffle" (19291. also "Burning Heart " To Paramount
to direct "Playboy of Paris" and "Vagabond King"
In 1930.
BERN. PAUL: b. Wandsbeck. Germany. December
3. 1889; h. S feet 6 Inches; brown hair and haxel eyea:
w. 14o pounds: p. Henriette Hirsch and Julius Levy,
non - professionals ; e. [luhlic schools. New York City,
and received his stage training at the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts. New York City ; not mar-
ried. Was an actor, stsge manager and director of
theatrical producMon from 1911 to 1915. Screen ex-
lierlence as director of "Oiicn All Night." "The Dress-
maker from Paris" and The Flower of Night."
Executive with Metro- Goldwyn -Mayer from November.
1926 to August. 1928. Producer with Pathe from
Aii-iist. Ufg. Left Pathe in 1930 and Joined Metro-
Goldwyn Mayer as supeniaor.
BERTRAM. WILLIAM: r. n R njamln Swltzrr: b.
Waikerton. Ontario, Canada. Januan' 19, 1880; e.
isjhlic schools and business college, Spokane. Wash. :
hy. hunting and fishing. Has been In the show busi-
ness 13 years as actor, director, stage manager. Played
comic opera and musical comedy. Started In 1903
playing an Indian part in the James Ynungdeer film
for Pathe. Directed for American Film Company In
1915. Worked for Vitagraph. American Film. Pathe.
having directed the following films: "Ace of Action."
in 1926. "Tangled Herds." "Hoodoo Ranch." "HJs
Obligation " "The Mighty Hold." "The Idol." "High
Cost of Flirting." "Madonna of the Nleht." "A Little
Patriot." "The Owl Witch." "The Phantom Buster"
and "Gold From Weepah." Is a free lance director.
BLUMENSTOCK M0RT: h N. n V.rk i t I). .in
ber 26. 1900; e. Columbia University: m. Haldee Blu-
menstnek: h. 5 feet 11 in-hes: w. IS'i pounds: bond
hair, blue eyes. Tlt'ed "Driftwood." Columbia: "Noth-
ing But the Truth." Universal: wrote scenario of
"Honeymoon Flats." Universal: directed 'The Return
of Sherlock Holmes." "Sneedlne" with Eddie Cantor.
"The Man Pays" and "Belle of the Night."
BLYST0NE. JOHN G.: B Rate Lake. WiM : e Uni
versity of Wisconsin; hy. hunting. Ent-red pictures in
1916 as a property man: directed "The Family Up-
stairs." "Slaves of Reautv." "Palamas." Fox: "Mother
Knows Best." "Captain La«h." "Thni Different Pves,"
"The Skv Hawk." "So This Is London." all for Fox.
and "Tnl'able David" for Columbia.
B0LAND JACK: r. n. John J. Roland: b. Troy.
N. T.. January 23. 1896; h. 5 feet 10 Inches: brown
hair 'and blue eyes: w. 143 pounds; p. Ellen Brennan
and David Boland. non-professionals; e. St. John's
Academv. Renss-laer. N Y". : m. Virginia M Bellos.
non-professional: hy. golf, baseball, horseback ridinc
and books. Screen experience as art director and
purchasing agent and assistant director. Has been
associated with Paramount Famous-Laskv. First Na-
tional. Sam E. Rork. William Fox Studio. Harm
Garson nroductions. Clara KlmbsM Younc. and assisted
Harry Garson. Jess Bobbins. Thomas n*ffron. Edw'n
Carewe and Merrvn LeRnv. Associated with Alfred F.
Green for five years. Joined Warner Bros, in 1930.
B0LESLAVSKY. RICHARD: b Wsnaw Poland.
Fehniary 4. 1889: h. 6 fe«t : dark hair and blue eves:
w. 215 pounds: p. Clotilde and Valentine Bnleslavskt
non-professionals; e. Technical School of Odessa and
University of Ode«sa : hy. farming. Stage experience
started in 1906 to 1915 in Moscow Art Theatre as actor,
then from 1915 to 1918 In the World war as cavalrr
officer in the first Polish regiment of lancers, then from
1918 to 1920 as cameraman in the Polish war with
bolsheviks. After 1920 in the U. S. A. as produ-er of
various shows, among them being "Vagabond Kine "
"Mr. Monevpnnv." collaborator in "Three Mus-
keteers." "The Miracle" and "Macbeth " Was en-
gaeed bv Pathe for "Treasure Girl." with Gershwin's
music. More recently made "Last of the Lone Wolf"
for Columbia.
PORZAGE. FRANK: h Salt Lake C|.v U-ah UM:
e. Salt Lake City: hy. golf. polo, and squash: was on
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the legitimate stage since he was thirteen years old;
entered pictures in 1913; directed "Humoresque," "Sev-
enth Heaven." "Street Angel." "The River." "True
Heaven." "Lucky Star." "They Had to See Paris."
"Song O' My Heart," "Devil With the Women."
"Liliom" and "Doctor's Wives." all for Fox.
BOYLE. JOSEPH C: b. Philadelphia. Pa.; e. Phil-
adelphia. Started in picture business as an actor
with Lubin in 1912; directed "The Mad Hour." "The
Whip Woman." "Convoy." "Broadway Nights,"
"Through the Breakers." "Times Square," Gotham.
BRABI N, CHARLES: b. Liverpool. England, 1883;
e. St. Francis Xavier college. England; m. Thera Bara.
professional. Stage experience for a short period in
America. Screen experience started in 1908 with Ed. son
Company. Directed Theda Bara in most of her pic-
tures. Later went to Vitagraph. Essanay. Metro. Fox.
Goldwyn. Universal, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and First
National. Directed the follow. ng pictures: "Stella
Maris," "Mismates." "Twinkletoes." ■ Framed." "The
Vallev of Giants." "Hard-Boiled Haggerty." "Burning
Daylight." "The Whip." also directed the "Bridge of
San Luis Rey" in 1929 for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and
"Ship from Shanghai" in 1930.
BRENON. HERBERT: b. Dublin. Ireland. January
13. 1880; h. 5 feet li inches: grey hair and blue eyes;
w. 145 pounds; p. Frances and Edward St. John Bre-
non: e. St. Paul's School and King's college, of London:
m. Helen Oberg, professional; by. tennis and yachting.
Stage experience started as call boy at Augustin Daly's
Company Daly's theatre. New York. 1898. Acted in
traveling and stock companies. 1899 to 190G. In vau le-
ville with his wife as a team played dramatic sketches
on the Orpheum and other circuits from 1900 to 1909.
Then became scenario writer w.th Imperial (Independent
Motion Pictures) Company. 1909. which was the start
of his screen career. Carl Laemmle. president, then
gave him his first opportunity as director the same year,
and he has been direct ng ever since. Directsd the
following: "Neptune's Daughter." "Daughter of the
Gods." "War Brides." "Peter Pan," "Kiss for Cin-
derella." "Beau Geste." "Soricil and Son." "Case of
Sergeant Grischa." "Lummox" for United Artists;
"Beau Ideal." Radio.
BRETHERTON, HOWARD: b. Tacoma. Wash.. Feb-
ruary 13, 1896; e. at Harvard Military Academy and
Stanford University; by. golf, football. Entered pic-
tures in 1914; directed "Hills of Kentucky." "One
Round Hogan," "The Redeeming Sin." "Greyhound
Limited." "Caught in the Fog." "The Argyle Case."
"The Time, the Place, and the Girl," "From Head-
quarters." "Second Choice." "Isle of Escape," all for
Warner Bros.
BRICE. MONTY: b. New York City. 1S95; h. 5 feet
8 inches; brown hair and eyes: w. 150 pounds: p.
Kather.ne Maple and Stewart Miley Brice. non-profes-
sionals: e. Indianapolis high school and Columbia
university; received his stage training at the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City; not
married; hy. golf, prize fighting, travel and sports of
all kinds. Nine years' stage experience. Screen ex-
perience as director of "Casey at the Bat" for Para-
mount, and wrote "Behind the Front," "We're in the
Navy Now." "Hot News" and "The Fleet's In."
BROWER. OTTO: For several years he worked as an
assistant director on var.ous Paramount productions. In
192T his work came to the attention of the executives.
He was assisting Richard Rosson in the making of
"Shootin" Irons." a Western, and the company was on
location at Lone P.ne. miles and miles from Hollywood.
Rosson was taken suddenly ill. Brower insisted on
finishing the picture, and the executives consented to
let him do so. He was very successful at it. He
then directed the following: Zane Grey's "Avalanche"
and "Sunset Pass." "Stairs of Sand." Directed ' Figh'-
ing Caravans." "Light of the Western Stars." "Bor-
der Legion." "Fighting Caravans." in 1930 for Para-
mount.
BROWN, ANTHONY: r. n. Edwin A. Brown; b.
New York City: e. New York University. George Wash-
ington University and Brown University. Providence,
R. I. ; h. 6 feet ; w. 155 pounds : black hair, hazel eyes ;
hy. tennis and swimming. Was stage director and pro-
ducer: entered pictures in November. 1928; co-director
for Pathe on "The Sophomore." "The Flying Fool."
"Square Shoulders." "Office Scandal": wrote dialogue
for "The Little Accident" for Universal.
BROWN CLARENCE: b. Clinton, Mass., May 10,
1890; e. Knoxville. Tenn., high school, and the Uni-
versity of Tennessee, Knoxville. Tenn.; not married.
Pictures directed by him are "The Acquittal." The
Signal Tower." "Butterfly," "Smouldering Fires, ' "The
Goose Woman." "The Eagle." "KIM." "Flesh and the
Deyil." "The Trail of '98." "A Woman of Affairs."
"Wonder of Women." "Anna Christie." "Romance."
"Navy Blues."
BROWN HARRY J.: b. Pittsburgh. Pa.. September
22 1890; h 5 feet T& inches; dark hair and blue eyes:
w. 145 pounds; U. Anna and Nathan Brown, non-
professionals; e. Benton Harbor. Mich.. University of
Michigan. University of Syracuse. L.L.B. degree: not
married. Stage experience consists ot appearance in
stock shows in Syracuse. New Britain. Niagara Falls,
as comedy character, etc. ; also stage manager. Ap-
peared on the road in "Pair of S xes." "Tom Foler."
"Dude Cashier." "The Fortune Hunters." "Gentlemen
of Leisure" and "Spike Mullins." He also directed
and produced New York stage revues and vaudeville.
Screen experience consists of the following: Associate
and assistant to Daniel Carson Goodman for Equity
Pictures, directed for Watterson Rothacker in Chicago,
produced first Fred Thomson series for F B O. directed
and produced Russ Karrell Flying series for Educa-
tional produced and directed 18 Reed Howes features.
12 Billy Sullivan features for Rayart and specials like
"Easy Money." Associate producer with Charles R.
Rogers for 18 pictures, directed Ken Maynard in 18
films for First National release, which are "Overland
Stage." "Lawless Legion." "Itoad Rider," "Red Raid-
ers," "Gun Gospel." "Code of the Scarlet." Directed
Ken Maynard at Universal in the following productions:
"Wagon Master," "Senor Americano." "Parade of the
West." "Fighting Legion" and "Kettle Creek"; also
"Ladv Larkln." "Mountain Justice." "Wild West
Show." "Songs of the Saddle." "The Squealer" for
Columbia. Now with Charles R. Rogers Productions,
located at Universal City.
BROWN. KARL: b. Pennsylvania: e. In New York
Citv; married. No stage experience. Began as assistant
cameraman with Famous Players in 1922. Photographed
the "Covered Wagon." Directed "Stark I.ovc" and
"His Dog." Signed to direct for P D C and signed as
writer with Universal in 1929. Directed "Prince of
Diamonds."
BROWN, MELVILLE: b. Portland. Ore.: m. non-
professional; hy. sports, football, ice hockey, boxing and
tennis. Stage experience on stage with Baker Stock
Company. Portland, Seattle, Spokane. With the O. D.
Woodard stock company, Kansas City, Belasco stock,
Los Angeles. Three years vaudeville and two and one-
half years of stage directing. Entered pictures in 1917.
Was a writer and was given the opportunity to direct.
Directed "Her Big Night." "Red Lips," "Oh. Gerald-
ine," "13 Washington Square," "Buck Privates," "Jazz
Heaven," "The Love Doctor." "Geraldine," "Dance
Hall," and "Lovin" the Ladies" starring Richard
Dix. also Amos 'n' Andy in "Check and Double
Check" for RKO.
BROWNING, TOD: b. Louisville. Ky.. July 12. 1882;
e. Louisville high school; m. Alice Browning, profes-
sional. Toured the world with "Lizard and Coon"
Company. "Mutt and Jeff' and "World of Mirth";
entered picture business in 1917; directed "The Show,"
"The Unknown," "Road to Mandalay." "Unholy
Three." "Hypnotist." "Blackbird." "The Mystic,"
"West of Zanzibar," "London After Midnight," "The
Thirteenth Chair" : wrote and directed "Where East Is
East"; wrote story, adaptation, dialogue and directed
"Outside the law," Universal; "Directed "Dracula"
and "The Iron Man" for Universal.
BRUCE. ROBERT C: b. Stowe. Vermont, April 30.
18S7; h. G feet IVi inches: light hair and blue eyes;
w. 105 pounds; p. Grace L. Pickett and William J.
Bruce, non-professionals; e. Central high school. Minne-
apolis. Minnesota, University of Iowa, and University of
Minnesota; m. Dorothy Gray, non-profess.onal; hy.
skating, skiing, and swimming. Started in pictures in
1914. Was fourteen years with Educational Film Cor-
poration, then through Paramount a ser.es of single
reel Robert C. Bruce Outdoor Talking Pictures.
BURKE. MELVILLE: b. St. Louis. Mo.. November 4.
1884; e. Harvard College (A. B.). Made his stage
debut in the play, "Rose of the Rancho," in the Mu-
nicipal theatre, Worcester, Mass.; afterward went to
New York where he became a stage director; directed
several big productions: "Tonight at Twelve." "Epi-
sode," "Pressure" and others. While in New York
was signed by Fox in 1929 and continued under Fox
contract.
BURTON. DAVID: b. Odessa, Russia, May 22. 1890;
e. Philadelphia. Pa. Stage director for Charles Froh-
man Productions. New York; directed Alice Brady.
Elsie Ferguson, William Gillette, Otis Skinner. Billie
Burke. Joseph Schildkraut. Stage director on "The
Bishop Murder Case" for MGM; directed "Free and
Easy." "Strictly Unconventional." "Fighting Caravans"
and "Skippy," all for Paramount.
BUTLER. DAVID: b. San Francisco. Cal.. 1895; e.
Leland Stanford. Jr., University; h. 6 feet; w. 185
pounds; black hair, blue eyes. Was stage manager for
Oliver Morosco at the Morosco theatre in Los An-
geles for three years; has directed "The Rush Hour."
"Should Husbands Come First." Pathe: "The Quar-
terback." Paramount; "Prep and Pep." Fox; "High
School Hero," "The News Parade." "Chasing Through
Europe." "Sunny Side Up." Fox; wrote and directed
"Movietone Follies of 1929" : played Navy Coach in
"Salute." Fox; directed "High Society Blues." "Just
Imagine" and "Connecticut Yankee," for Fox.
BUSCH. EUGENE: b. New York City, N. Y., Janu-
ary 27, 1909; h. 5 feet Shi inches; dark brown hair
and blue eyes; w. 148 pounds: e. Townsend Harris
Hall, New York City, and Columbia college; hy. tennis,
theatre, running and swimming. Stage experience with
Selwyn three years, Charles Frohman, Inc., two years,
in charge of amateur theatricals in his freshman year
at Columbia. Then became associated with Frank
Reicher as assistant on dialogue at Pathe, also assis-
tant to Joseph Schildkraut during his Hollywood Play-
house venture.
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CABANNE. CHRISTY: b. St. Louis. Mo.. 1888; e.
St. Rose Academy, Culver Military Academy, Annapolis
Naval Academy. Early career was spent in the Navy.
Theatrical experience started in 1908. Entered pictures
in 1910 directing Douglas Fairbanks' first, made a
second with Fairbanks and joined Fine Arts: acted for
short while with Griffith, then assistant to latter for
five years; became D. W. Griffith's chief assistant,
author of several original stories: made Metro's first
serial; organized own company; worked for Goldwyn.
FBO. Associated Exhibitors. MGM. Tiffany-Stahl. De
Mille-Pathe. Columbia, and free-lanced late in 1928 and
early in 1929; then under contract to RKO and next
with Columbia: directed "Annapolis." "Driftwood."
"Conspiracy," "The Dawn Trail" and "Sky Patrol."
CANNON. RAYMOND : b. Long Hollow. Tenn.; h.
5 feet 10 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 165 pounds;
p. Sarah Bollinger and Newton Cannon, minister; e.
Military academy, Sweetwater, Tenn., and the Baptist
Seminary; m. Fanehon Royer. professional, publicist and
producer; hy. football and the Chinese stage. Was with
Roy Watson's company, dramatic stock, repertoire, and
in vaudeville. Started at Knoxville. Tenn.. and toured
through the South and Southwest. In stock at Long
Beach and Bakersflcld. Cal. Started screen career at
Inceville Studio; then with Selig in "Adventures of
Kathleen" and others; thence to leads with Dorothy
Gish. also assistant to D. W. Griffith. Has been with
Ince. Goldwyn. Warner Brothers and First National
Studios, and Columbia. Signed with Douglas Macl.ean
to write scenarios and during this time wrote "The
Yankee Consul." "Never Say Die" and "Introduce
Me." With Blister Keaton and wrote "Go West": one
vear at Universal and among his scenarios were "The
Whole Town's Talking." "Taxi. Taxi" and "Fast and
Furious"; for Metropolitan, the adaptation of "The
Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary": for Paramount, "some-
thing Always Happens." Wrote and directed "Ijfc's
Like That." a Fanehon Royer production Then under
contract to Fox where he wrote and directed "Red
Wine." Also directed "Joy Street." "Why Leave
Home." To Columbia for "Ladles Must Play" in 1930.
CAPRA. FRANK R.: b. Palermo. Italy. May 19.
1897: h. 5 feet 5Vi inches: brown hair and eyes: w.
135 pounds: p. non-professionals: e. I<os Angeles Man-
ual Art high school and California Technical of Pasa-
dena; married, professional, now retired; hy. sports,
golf, hunting and fishing. No stage experience. First
screen Job making Screen Snap Shots for Columbia in
1921. Then became assistant director with Paul Gerson
Company in San Francisco, gagman for Hal Roach's
"Our Gang" for eight months. Directed the following:
Harry Langdon in "The Strong Man" and "Long
Pants." "For the Love of Mike," for First National,
and the following for Columbia: 'That Certain Thing."
' So This Is Love." "Matinee Idol." "Way of the
Strong." "Say It with Sables." "Submarine." "Flight,"
"The Power of the Press," "The Younger Generation"
and "The Donovan Affair." Under contract to Colum-
bia also made "Dirigible," "Ladies of Leisure" in 1930.
CAREWE. EDWIN: b. Gainesville. Texas, 1883; e.
Universities of Missouri and Texas. Acted in legiti-
mate field for 16 years; started films with Lubin in
1914; after that directed for Rolfe-Metro. Selig and
First National; "Resurrection" for United Artists. 1927;
and "Ramona." "Revenge," 1928 : producer- director of
two units with United Artists in 1929; directed "The
Spoilers" for Paramount; "Resurrection" for Univer-
sal, in both English and Spanish.
CARTER, MONTE: b. San Francisco. 1886. Worked
in theatre as usher and in box office in San Francisco;
played in stock companies, doing character and dia-
lect comedy parts; played Eastern burlesque as featured
comedian and also appeared in vaudeville; became di-
rector of musical comedies, also doing the comedy in
them; in 1911. established his own companies, playing
musical comedy and dramatic offerings alternately;
leased theatre for his company, playing engagements
of one to four years: produced and staged "Kongo"
in Los Angeles in 1927. In 1928 became dialogue di-
rector at Universal; in 1930 started directing and writ-
ing comedies for Pathe.
CEDAR, RALPH: b. Marinette. Wis; e. Wisconsin
and Washington; m. Jacquette Colvin. actress; hy. golf,
fishing and reading. Has directed comedy snorts, also
Westerns and feature productions in practically every
studio in Hollywood during the past 11 years; in 1926
he joined FBO as a shdft subject director; the follow-
ing year he went to Paramount to direct features and
from there to Larry Darmour Studio to direct sev-
eral series of two-reel comedies; in 1930 movtd to
RKO-Pathe Studio in Culver City; first work there
was directing Daphne Pollard in "Seein' Indians";
since then has directed two more shorts. "Help W7anted
— Female" and "Frozen Face"; is scheduled for nu-
merous RKO-Pathe comedies on 1931-32 program: other
recent pictures are "Sign Here," and "Sailor, Beware,"
both Universal.
CHAUTARD, EMIL P.: b. Paris, France; e.
Faculte des Sciences — Sorbonne, France and Conserva-
toire National, Paris; m. non-professional; p. Th. Valli.
singer from the Theatre Italien in Paris, and J. Chau-
tard, painter; h. 5 feet 8 inches; w. 150 pounds; gray
hair, blue eyes; hy. books, music and long walks.
Has directed more than fifty pictures in the United
States and more than that number in Europe; was
stage director, music hall and theatre manager, direc-
tor and owner of a number of farcical comedies, re-
views, musical comedies and dramatic plays; has been
associated with some of the greatest French writers
such as Victorian Sardou, Paul Hervieu, Maurice
Donnay, Henry Bataille. Mme. de Gresac; producing
and directing their plays and playing leading parts;
while stage director of the Royal Theatre of Brussels,
was appointed professor of lecture and eloquence at the
official school founded by the French government. Has
directed such stars as Billie Dove. Colleen Moore.
Louise Dresser. Pauline Frederick, Elsie Ferguson.
Clara Kimball Young, Robert Warwick, and Douglas
MacLean ; appeared as an actor in the following recent
productions: "Slightly Scarlet." "Unholy Night."
"Those Who Dance," "The Big House." "Queen's Hus-
band." "The Big Trail." "Trial of Mary Dugan."
"The Bachelor Father." "Singer of Seville." "Mor-
occo." "Royal Bed." "Svengali"; also appeared in
French and Spanish versions; was responsible for the
French dialogU", dialect and lyrics and coach for the
star, the characters and the children in Marion Davies'
picture, "Marianne."
CHRISTIANSEN. BENJAMIN: b. Viborg. Denmark:
e. University of Copenhagen; m. ; hy. walking. Stage
experience began while at college when he appeared at
the Royal Theatre school. Gave up the stage for the
screen in 1908. Built his own studio at Copenhagen
and directed and acted in own stories. He opened an-
other studio. Went to Berlin to direct UFA pictures
for three years. Then came to Hollywood and directed
the following pictures for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
"Devil's Circus." "Mockery." "Haunted House."
"Hawk's Nest." "Seven Footprints to Satan." "House
of Horror" and "Witchcraft Thru the Ages." He is
now a free lance director.
CLARK. DANIEL B.: b. Urbana. Mo.. April 28.
1890; h. 5 feet, 9>/4 inches; dark hair and eyes; w.
175 pounds: p. Rosa and R. J. D. Clark, non-profes-
sions; m. Estella May Read, non-professional; hy.
his children (two girls). Photographed (1929) "Red
Wine." Was promoted to director in 1930.
CLIFT. DENISON: b. San Francisco. Cal.; h. 6 feet;
dark brown hair and eyes; w. 160 pounds: p. Esther
Castell and Nathaniel Clift. non-professionals: e. Palo
Alto high school and Stanford University, both of Cali-
fornia; m. Lillian Sturgis, non-professional; hy. avia-
tion, swimming and tennis. Stage experience as play-
wright. Author of the A. H. Woods productions, "The
Woman Disputed" and "Scotland Yard." as stage di-
rector. Screen experience as screen writer, editor and
director with Lasky. Fox and Cecil B. De Mille. Di-
rected fifteen pictures in London in 1920-23 and in
1927-28. including. "A Bill of Divorcement." "This
Freedom." "Paradise" and 'The City of Play."
CLIFTON. ELMER: Six years stage experience as
an actor; in films sixteen years, first with Reliance
Majestic Productions. Hodkinson. Fox and others:
made year's trip around the world: directed about
thirty features: in 1926 joined Cecil B. DeMille: with
Pro. Dis. Co. -DeMille in 1926-27 and Pathe-DeMille in
1927-28: with Tiffany-Stahl and Columbia in 1928 and
a free-lance in 1929; directed Julian Eltinge in "Made
to Order": now directing "Topics of the Day" at Tec
Art Studios.
CLINE. EDDIE: r. n. Edward Francis Cline: b.
Kenosha. Wis.. November 7. 1892: P. non-professionals;
e. Lake Forest Military Academy. Illinois, and Los
Angeles high school: m. non-professional. No stage
experience. Screen experience started in 1913 when he
made his screen debut as a Keystone cop at Mack
Sennett's Studio, then became Sennetfs assistant direc-
tor. Directed the first of the bathing beauty comedies
In 1915, others for three years. Has directed features in
the past eleven years for nearly every studio. Completed
IV? I
The MOTION IMCTIRL ALMANAC
2U
the following First National i ndu.Ui n«
nirrirnce la follows: hxbibttta*:. exchange, and pro- with
M nk * Talka." •
also ■ Tarn ah."
Train." and oUit
'II. ie'« Knd." s
In L«a Angeles an
COLLINS LEW
bail. AaaUl
•nd. mm-
'II Hall
ollcar Of
In.-." Tli. Hr.Ue." The CIk-i
n Australia: "Kala Montana."
Bed." "I>ralb Takes a Hulidajr"
in Franctaco.
Baltimore. Mil . MM: by. baae-
llrrctur wiih Harry Pollard: Irani -
and West
ilt-r com ran
nf Dcalre."
.. July 17.
b and pub-
iMonal; hjr.
old Belasco
la Jest ic and
■d for Unl-
Bf Nrd. Triangle.
wub lb
Inc. Ha
Federal. Pathe. Export and Imiwn. Metro
Hfm and I'araroounl. Directed tbr following for
.M. r. Iumi Mai. r Brown "I Harvard." Il.nu
bafl Up Father." "Twelve Miles Out," "Alias Jimmy
Valentine." "The Smart Set." "While thr City Sleep*."
"Ouicksands." "Trimmed In Scarlrt." •Troublr
Shooter." "Soul Matrr." "Und rsiandlng Heart."
"Our Modrrn Maidens." 'Take It Bin." "Jungle."
"Thel Lvarntd About Women" and tbr talker version
of tbr late Lon Chancy '« "I'nboly Three."
COOPER. MERIAM C: b. Jacksonville. Fla.. October
S. 1893; h. 5 fret 8 Inches: brown hair and blue
qaja; w. 149 pounda; p. Mr and Mrs. John C. Cooper:
e. at Jacksomlllr and I«a«r<mv Prep tchool at Law-
rence, yiiu.. thin at Annapol.s: not married. He was
In tbe World war and uton his return be Joined an
expedition which was undertaking a trip around the
world, and on Hits trip lie met Krnest B. Srboedsack.
who became bis partner. When they were off tbe
southwestern coast of Arabia they filmed "Grass." and
next joumrd to Indo-Cbina. where they made "Chang. '
Later they made "Tbe Four Feathers."
CORRIGAN. L LO Y 0 : b. San Francisco. OLi e.
I'mierslty of California. Went into pictures after grad-
uation : while working In a picture with Raymond Grif-
fith be injured bis foot and during that time became
a writer, joining Paramount : during 1929 wrote "Dr.
Fu Manehu." "Sweetie." "The Saturday Nulit Kid."
'Two Black Crows In A. E. F.." "The Return of
Dr. Fu Manchu": co-director on "Follow Thru": wrote
screen play for "Anybody's Woman" and dir.-ctrd
"Along Came Ruth." Paramount.
COWAN. WILLIAM J.: I New York City: e. New
York University, specializing in commerce: hy. dogs and
horses. Started business career In Montreal: there
until 1914. when he joined British Army: commissioned
as captain: wounded overseas three times: after the war
returned to New York where be started writing: to
California to enter pictures and worked six months
gratis for experience: for many years assistant director:
was connected with Paramount. MGM. Joseph M.
Schenck. Pathe and Cecil B. De Mille: direction of
"Ned McCohb's Daughter" for Pathe won him bis
spur* at KKO for work In 1929: free-lancing In 1930;
among bis latest Is "Half-Marriage" for Radio Pictures.
CRAFT. WILLIAM: b New York City. 188(5. Was
on tbe stage for a time, was a cameraman for six years,
mostly with Universal, becoming assistant director and
then Hoot Gibson's director: year with Universal:
series for FBO: Westerns for Associated Exhibitors:
Independent Pictures: series for I'niyersal and then
features for Columbia and Patbe: joining Universal in
1918 continuing with company In 1929 directing Regi-
nald Denny and Glen Tryon: under contract to Uni-
rersal: latest pictures: "The Ciar of Broadway." "Th~
Little Accident." "See America ThirM." Cniversal. and
"The No Girl" for RKO.
CRISP. DONALD: b. I^ndon. England: e. London
at Oxford University: came to the United States in
19o<"; in grand opera for one year; stage director for
Cohan and Harris. Screen career began with Biograph.
acting for two years: became assistant to fj. W Grif-
fith: worked In "Birth of a Nation" and I: ■ ■
Blossom*": dirc-trd "The Cop." "Stand and Dellrer"
and "Dress Parade" for Pathe: important roles in
"The River Pirate." "The Pagan." "Trent's Las-
Case." "The Return of Sh. rlock Holmes" the Laird
in "Svengali" with John Barrymore: directed "The
Runaway Bride" for RKO.
CROMWELL. JOHN: b. Toledo. Ohio: h. 6 feet 2H
inches: brown hair and gray eyes: w. 170 pounds: e.
Howe school. Howe. Ind. : hy. tennis and riding.
His stage career started with the Cleveland Stock Com-
pany, which he was with for one year, then went to
New York and toured out of that theatrical center for
three years with minor companies, and soon became
affiliated with William A. Brady as an actor and
stage manager. He directed for Brady for twelve years,
and during that time was responsible for some of the
greatest successes the New York stage ever has known.
In 1923 he branched out on his own and produced and
directed "Tarnish." His next was "Plucky Sam M--
Carver" and ' The Silver Cord." both Sidney Howard
plays. Then produced and directed "Women Go On
Forever" and "The Queen's Husband." which were
placed on the boards just prior to his acceptance o*
the role of the police captain In "The Racket." He
directed this production for Its Los Angeles presenta-
tion. In October. 1928. while playing in "The Racket"
he signed a featured player's contract w.th Paramount.
His first screen role under the contract was In the all -
talking picture. "The Dummy." Turning hl« talents
to the directorial department of motion p'ctures he
directed for Paramount "Close Harmony." "Burles.ju,- "
' Seven Days' I.e»ve." "Dance of Life." "Tom Saw-
yer." "For the Defense." The Texan." "Street of
Chance." In 1930.
CRONE GE0R6E J.: b San Francisco. Cal.. O sta-
bs* fi. 1894: m. Rosalie Mulball. WTiter. His screen
ch stars as France* Howard. Florence Kldndgr
Burgess. Orel* Nlaern. Dorothy tilab. Lottl,
n. James Retime. Ruth Gordon. RoUo l"»ter*
lurke and Elsie Frrguson Directed The Vir
"Never Say
and "Blase
Directed ' II
World W.de
CUMMINGS HUGH
It. .ah aim career aa a gag-m
in r.'.
CROSLAND. ALAN
18*4: a. Orange high
hy. golf and tennis
actor and manager. Jt
b. New York City. Au.u.t 1
r
Juan" with John Barrymore In 1998 with Lnited Art-
lata, and returned to Warner Broa. and made Jolacxn'a
"Jaxj Singer." In 1927-28 made "Glorious Betsy."
and in r.'29 "On With the Show." "When a Man
Love*." "Beloved Rogue." "Old San Francisco." "Scar-
let Lady." "Sool of tbe Flame" and "General Crack."
I'nder contract to Warner Broa. He also ha* directed
"Viennese Nights." "Captain Thunder." "FUrlea."
"Big Boy." "Children of Dreams." and "General
Crack."
CRUZE. JAMES: b. Og.len. Utah. 1884: e. Ogden.
I'tah: m. Betty Compaou. professional: hy. horticulture.
Stage career, trouped for three year* with a road com-
pany play
plating
nu-dlcine show*. 8
Tanhouscr; became
I. .11. •» in.- product loi
(iorw Hangs High.'
nd stock melodrama toured with
en career: leads with Pathe and
iramount director and made the
"The Old Home*tead." "The
'Merton of the Movies." "FJDemy
'Rugglea of Bed Gap." 'To tbr
IRVING: b New York City:
Devil With Women." all for Fox.
CURTIZ. MICHAEL: 9. Budapsat. Hi
Irian
lug t
half
leading
v aty.
allea.
Sex." "Hollywood.1
Ladle*." "Fighting Coward." "City That Never Sleepa."
"Garden of Weed*." "Marry Me." 'Tony Express."
"Welcome Home." "Beggar on Horseback." "Manne-
quin." "Old Ironsides." "One Glorious Day." "The
Covered Wagon": joined DcMllle-PDC. directed for
Caddo: organized own production distribution unit in
1 '.' Js "We're All Gamblers." 'Ot> G.nr Wild." i Para
mount I: "Red Mark." "On to Brno" iPathe): "The
Great Gabho." Was selected a* one of the world's ten
best directors of 192<> and 1928 by a nationwide poll.
Directed "Clipped Wings." "Once a Gentleman" *nd
"She Got What She Wanttd" in 1930. for James Crute
Productions, Inc.
CUKOR. GEORGE: b. New York City: h. 5 feet 9
Inches: brown hair and eyes: w. 170 pounds: e. New
York City and speaks German. French and Hungarian
spectacle. "Noah's Ark." Other
"Heart In Exile." "Madonna of
Gamblers" and "Glad Rag DoU."
my." "A Soldier's Plaything." "Bl
a Texas Moon." "Bright Light*."
D
fluently. His d
vray. Some of
slant Wife."
hoard Lover."
starring Laurett
xes of Broad-
most noted plays were "The Con-
ing Ethel Barrymore: "The Card-
ring Jeanne EageLs; "The FUrlea."
Tavlor. and "Thr Great Gatsby."
Cukor was stage director and manager for the Charbs
Frohman Company at tbr Empire theatre In New York
for the last two years of his stay In thr East. In
1920 he became connected with the famous Lyceum
Theatre Company in Boehester. N. Y . which presents
leading stars of the theatrical world In a repertory of
popular plays rvrry year during the summer season.
For eight years he directed its destines and stage plays
DA R R AST. H D ABBA0IE
Argentina. 1897: e.
alvrrsltlr*. Bradford
rla: hy. riding and
of France. Entered
maurice in France: went to Hollywood technical ad -
Tlsor: then assistant to Chaplin on "Thr Woman of
Paris": has directed "Service for Ladles" "A tjentlr-
man of Paris" "Sennade." "The Magnificent Flirt."
"Dry Martini": wrote story, adaptation and directed
"Laughter" with Nancy Carroll for Paramount.
DE LA FALAISE. COUNT HENRY: b. St. Or.
France. February 11. 1898: e. 1'nlvenrity of Paris.
Stuart Paton
Director
"Air Police"
"In Old Shanghai"
"Hell Bent for Frisco"
"First Aid"
Director of Commercial Pictures — also Art Productions
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1931
Bachelor of Letters and Philosophy; h. 5 feet. 10^4
inches; w. 155 pounds; brown hair, blue eyes; by.
reading, riding, fishing. Produced and co-directed
"Echec au Roli" and "Una Femme Libre." French
versions for ItlvO.
DE GRASSE. JOSEPH. b. Bathurst, N. B. ; h. 5
feet 9 inches; gray hair and brown eyes; w. 170
pounds; e. Boston. Director for Pathe, Lubin, Univer-
sal. Ince: also "Flowing Gold." First National: "The
Hidden Way," Associated Exhibitors: "The Cowboy
Kid." Fox.
DE LIMUR. JEAN: b. Vannes Brittany: in pic-
tures since 1920; before that, spent ten years in French
array; went to college in Paris, and when 16 made
an extended trip to Japan; as an aviator on Western
and Italian fronts, brought down three German and
Four Austrian planes in single combat, received the
Croix de Guerre with seven palms and three Italian
decorations; wrote some of his experiences in scenario
of "Legion of the Condemned"; in 1920 came to
America, met Douglas Fairbanks and was given part in
"Three Musketeers"; in 1922 worked as technical direc-
tor with Ingram on "Black Orchids": in 1923 had
same assignment with Chaplin in "Woman of Paris";
1924. went to Africa with Ingram as assistant on
"The Arab" and followed with similar position on
"Mare Nostrum"; returned to America in 1927 as
assistant to DeMille on "King of Kings"; since 1928
with Paramount as technical director and scenarist,
then director in 1929: now directing in France.
DeMILLE, CECIL BLOUNT: b. Ashfleld, Mass., Au-
gust 12. 1881; h. 5 feet 11 inches: brown hair and
eyes; w. 176 pounds; p. Mathilde Beatrice Samuel and
Henry Churchill DeMille, playwrights; e. Pennsylvania
Military college, Chester. Pa., and received his stage
training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
New York City: m. Constance Adams, professional.
August 16. 1902 by. yachting, deep-sea fishing, arch-
ery and walking. DeMille has been actor, playwright,
manager and producer on the stage. He was an actor
in "The Prince Chap." "Lord Chumley." "Hearts Are
Trumps," "The Warrens of Virginia" and other plays;
author of "The Stampede," co-author of "The North-
west Mounted" and "The Return of Peter Grim" with
David Belasco: connected with the legitimate stage
until 1913. In 1913. he formed, with Jesse L. Lasky.
the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, later Para-
mount-Famous-Lasky. In 1924 he became associated
with Producers Distributing Corporation, which later
merged with Pathe Exchange. Inc. He is not a pro-
ducer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The outstanding pic-
tures of his career include "Carmen." "Joan, the
Woman." "The Woman God Forgot." "The Whisper-
ing Chorus." "Old Wives for New." "Male and Fe-
male." "Why Change Your Wife." "Manslaughter,"
"The Ten Commandments," "The Volga Boatman."
"The Road to Yesterday." "King of Kings" and "The
Godless Girl." His first picture for Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer was "Dynamite" by .Teanie Macpherson. He
made "Madame Satan" in 1930.
DeMILLE, WILLIAM: b. Washington, D. C. July
25. 1878; h. 5 feet 9H inches; brown and grey hair
and brown eyes; w. 155 pounds; p. Beatrice and Henry
C. DeMille. a professional : e. Germany and Columbia
University. New York City; stage training as a drama-
tist and producer in New York from 1902 to 1914: m.
Clara Beranger, professional; hy. tennis and fishing.
Is th= author of "Strongheart." "The Warrens of
Virginia." "The Woman" and many other plays and
sketches. Producer and director for Paramount. Pathe
and Metro since 1914. Also author of various screen
plays. His most recent pictures are "Tenth Avenue."
"Craig's Wife." "The Doctor's Secret." "Idle Rich."
"This Mad World" and "Passion Flower."
DE RECAT, EMILE: b. Cairo. Egypt. January 9.
1887: e. St. Catherine's College. France. Theatrical
career began in grand opera where he received his
training in pantomime and ballet, the Theatre des
Arts and the Follies Bergere. Paris: wrote and com-
posed his own ballets; had several theatrical companies
touring the Continent and United Kingdom. South
Africa. South America and Australia: 1910 to 1912
was connected with the Societe Cinematique des Au-
teurs et Gens de Lettres. at that time the most
prominent motion picture company in France; made a
world tour with his own company from 1913 to 1914:
came to America and in 1914 directed some of the
episodes of "A Million Dollar Mystery"; in 1920 organ-
ized his own picture production company. DeRecat
Productions, making pictures at the Essanay Studios,
Chicago: in 1923 to los Angeles to write, produce,
stage and dir-ct the "American Historical Pageant";
now supervising director of foreign productions for
Pathe Studios: has supervised and directed the Spanish
versions of "Her Private Affiir " "The Grand Parade."
"A Night in a Dormitory." "Go Easy, Doctor," and
wrote and directed a =hort subject serving as a pro-
logue to the "Grand Parade."
DE SANO. MARCEL: h. Rumania. May 18. 1897: h
5 feet 9 inches; black hair and dark eyes; w. 140
pounds; p. non-professionals; e. German h'gh school in
Bucharest, Rumania, and Law university in Paris: m.
Lucienne de Sano. non-nrofesslonal. Screen pexpericn-e
as director for B. P. S •hulherg Production. "The G'rl
Who Wouldn't Work" and for Metrn-Goldwyn-M.iycr's.
"Barney." Also a producer in Europe
DILLON. JOHN FRANCIS: b. New York City, 1887:
e. St. Francis Xavier. New York City. Picture career
began as an a"tor for Kalem. Famous. Nestor, Uni-
versal. Lubin. Keystone and First National: now under
contract to First National directing some of the most
outstanding productions of that company, ine'uding:
"The Noo«e." "Man Crazv," "Smil". Brother. Smile "
"The Crystal Cup." "Heart of a Follies Girl " "Out
of the Ruins." "Scarlet Seas." "Careers " "Children
of the R'tz." "Fast Iif« " "Ssllv." "BrM" of «hc
Regiment " "Soring Is Here." "Girl of the Golden
West." "One Night at Susie's." "Kismet." and "The
Finger Points."
DONOVAN. FRANK P.: b. New York City. Mini,
10. 1892: e. New York Schools and City Colleg" of N°w
York; m. Jean Girard: hy. eolf and travel. Wa« mo-
tion picture editor on N"w York Glohe. Motion Picture
Review; on the stage with Al Woods attractions. also
theatre stage manager. Entired pictures in 1914 in
New York as a writer: Ms d'ccted "S:'ns M^rnc- "
"The District Doctor " "Th" Shin of Souls." "Pardon
Me." "The Girl With the Golden Eyes," "Peg
Wofflngton."
DUNLAP. SCOTT R : b. Chicago June 20 1891:
e. public schools of Chicago: hy. hunting. Entered
pictures In 1915: directed for Fox for seven vesrs: pic-
tures Include "Hell Suln." "Smoke Be'lw." "Midnight
Life." "One Stolen- Night" and "Object Allmnm":
now associated with Frank & Dunlap. Agents. 1626
North Vine Street. Hollywood.
DWAN. ALLAN: b. Toronto, Ont., Can.: e. Notre
Dame, Ind. ; h. all athletics. First film work was
obtained by writing and selling a scenario to Essanay.
With Americsan Film Company, San Diego. Cal. , as
scenarist, scenario editor and director for three years.
Directed for Selznick, Goldwyn, Triangle. C. K. Young
Productions, Louise Glaum Productions, then organized
own company. He later was connected with the Asso-
ciated Exhibitors, American Releasing Corporation,
United Artists, American Releasing Corporation. United
Artists, Douglas Fairbanks' picture, "Robin Hood,"
and Paramount, switching in 1926 to Fox. and later
to First National. Returned to Fox early in 1929 and
next was with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Directed "What
a Widow" for Gloria Swanson. "Barber John's Boy"
for Warner Bros.. "South Sea Rose" for Fox.
E
EASON. REEVES (BREEZY): b. Fryors Point.
Miss.. 1891; h. 5 feet 8 inches; red hair and blue eyes;
e. in California: m. non-professional; hy. tennis, golf,
fishing and hunting. Stage experience acting in stock
and vaudeville. Screen experience; in 1913 joined the
American Film Company as director; later joined Nor-
wood Productions as author-producer-actor; then di-
rected for Universal, Fox. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and
Waldorf Productions and again with Universal. WTorked
for various units in 1927-28 and then freelanced. Has
made over 200 films, including shorts and features.
Also made chariot sequences in "Ben Hur" for Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925. In 1929 he directed "Lariat
Kid" and "Winged Horseman."
EATON. PEARL: Dance director. Started her stage
career in New York as a member of the chorus of
"The Passing Show." After this Ziegfeld made her a
"Follies" beauty and Earl Carroll featured her in one
of his revues. During this time she began to teach
dancing and eventually was made producer for Dilling-
ham. She has produced several shows, the first being
"Three Cheers" which starred Will Rogers. She went
to Hollywood to join RKO and is credited with having
created and directed dance numbers in "Rio Rita,"
"Hit the Deck," "The Cuckoos." "Leathernecking."
"Half Shot at Sunrise." and "Dixiana."
EDWARDS, GUS: b. August 18. 1881; h. 5 feet 7
inches: brown hair and eyes; w. 168 pounds: p. Johanna
and Maurice Simon, non-professionals: e. in Brooklyn;
m. ; hy. fishing. Had extensive stage experience.
Screen experience Includes "The Doll Shop." "The
Song Writers' Revue." and others for Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer.
EDWARDS. HARRY: b. London. Canada; hy. fishing
and hunting. Entered films about 1912 as prop boy;
started directing for Nestor; then two-reel comedies
for Universal: 1918 became a director, working for
Fox, L-Ko. National; directed twelve pictures for Hall-
room Boys, later Exceptional Pictures. Educational.
Universal. Mack Sennett; Harry Langdon in "Tramp,
Tramp. Tramp." First National: shorts for Sennett
in 1928-29: freelancing in 1929; directed independent
shorts in 1930; "Blazes" "Summerville Comedies" Nos.
4 and 5. "The Gorilla Walks" and Lloyd Hamilton
Comedies for Universal in 1930-31.
EDWARDS. ROWLAND G. : b. New York City: e.
New York and St. John's Military Academy. Delafleld.
Wis.: h. 5 feet. B*A inches: w. 180 pounds; brown hair,
brown eyes ; hy. fishing. Actor and stage director for
20 years; author of 55 successful one-act plays; was
general studio production manager of Famous Players
East Coast studio for two years; directed "Daring
Love," "Drums of Jeopardy"; dialogue director on
"Mamba."
EISENSTEIN. SERGEI M. : b. Riga. Russia. Janu-
ary 24. 1898; e. Riga and Petrograd. Institute of En-
gineering in Petrograd; h. 5 feet. 7 inches: w. 160
pounds; brown hair, gray eyes; hy. lawn tennis. In
1916 began creating designs for the experimental little
theatre: his career was interrupted by the war. after
which he again returned to theatrical art work: later
introduced radical ideas in staging of such p'ays as
"Listen. Moscow" and "Gas Masks": his desire to
recreate actual life on the stage brought him to a
study of motion pictures and in 1924 he made "Strike."
the first example of his "mass" method: later directed
"Potemkin." "Ten Davs That Shook the World" and
"Old and New"; in addition to his film activities, he
has been teaching theory and practice of motion pic-
ture direction at the State Technical Institute of the
Cinema in Moscow and is head of the Cinema Division
of the Psycho-Physical Laboratories organized to study
the reactions of the spectator: he speaks English. Ger-
man, French and Japanese besides his native tongue:
was brought to Paramount to direct a picture to com-
bine his unique silent screen technique with the talking
film: also gave lectures on film technique at Harvard.
Yale and Columbia.
ENRIGHT. RAY: b. Anderson. Ind.: e. in Los
Angeles and worked for a while on the Times. His
first picture work was as cutter on the earlier Chaplin
pictures. Was also with Mack Sennett for seven years,
serving in addition as gag-man and became editor-in-
chi»f of all comedies. Served in the World War in
France and on his return did editorial work for Ince.
later going to Warner Bros, as cutter, and was chosen
to direct Rin-Tin-Tin in "Tracked bv the Police-
Later directed the following: "Jaws of Steel." '"The
Girl from Chicago." with Conrad Nag-1 and Myrna
Loy, "Domestic Troubles." "The Little Wildcat "
"Land of the Silver Fox" "Stolen Kisses" "Kid
Gloves." "Skin Deep." "Golden Dawn" and "Song
of the West."
Key of Abbreviations
b. born
div\ divorce
e. educated
h. height
hy. hobby
m. imrried
- parents
real name
w. weight
ERICKSON, A. F. (BUDDY): r. n. Adolph F.
Erickson; b. Bloomington. 111., May 3. 1879; e.
Denver public schools. Denver Business College. No
stage experience. Left Denver. Col., to enter films
as prop man at the Ince Studio. Joined the army
in 1917. Returned to Ince at close of war. Assistant
to John Griffiths Wray. Left Ince to join Fox and
assisted F. W. Murnan in 1927. Was given oppor-
tunity to direct in 1929 with Fox, and directed
"Woman from Hell," also "Lone Star Ranger" with
George O'Brien, "Rough Romance," "Red Sky." "Big
Timber" and "Girl Who Wasn't Wanted."
F
FEJOS. PAUL: b. Budapest. Hungary; h. 5 feet 9
inches; dark brown hair and blue eyes; w. 145 pounds;
e. medicine, art. painting and history; not married;
hy. fencing and horseback riding. Directed several
short features in Europe, then came to America and
was for three years with Rockefeller Institute as staff
bacteriologist, and then made an independent five-reel
film called "The Last Moment." Received a contract
with Universal, and directed "Lonesome," "Broadway"
and "Captain of the Guard." To MGM in 1930.
FEYDER. JACQUES: b. Brussels, Belgium: 41 years
old. Directed the following screen productions: "Car-
men," "Shadows of Fear." "Mother Mine" and "Faces
of Children." Went under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer. Made French and German versions of "Fa-
ther's Day." "Olympia," "Anna Christie." Directed
"The Kiss."
FITZMAURICE, GEORGE: Paris. France. February
13. 1895: e. private schools and academies in the
metropolis, specializing in arts and literature, after
winning B. A. degree in Paris became a painter;
migrated to London and New York and became inter-
ested in drama and films. Has directed "On With
the Dance," "The Dark Angel." "Peter Ibbetson,"
"The Barker," "Lilac Time." "Love Mart." "Man and
the Moment." all First National; "Tiger Rose."
Warner; "Sailor Beware." "The Locked Door,"
"Raffles." "Lady Virtu*." "The Devil to Pay." all for
United Artists: "Strangers May Kiss." MGM.
FLAHERTY. ROBERT J.: b. Iron Mountain. Mich.;
e. Michigan College of Mines; spent several years in
exploration work. West Coast of Vancouver Isle and
North Canada; headed four expeditions for Sir William
Mackenzie through Hudson Bay, Northern Ungava and
Baffin's l,and; made sub- Arctic exiiedition for material
for "Nanook of the North" in 1920-21: expedition to
Samoan Isles, spent year there making "Moana" for
Famous; collaborated with Maude Adams in develop-
ing new color photography process: with MGM in
1927-28; co-producing in 1929 and 1930 with F. W.
Murnau for Colorart Synchrotone Pictures; co-directed
"Tabu" for Paramount.
FLEMING. CLAUDE: b. Sydney. Australia. 1880;
e. Newington College, Sidney. Principal bar. tone.
Covent Garden. London: Dab's theatre. London;
Winter Garden and Casino. New York; leading man
and producer for C. J. Williamson. Ltd.. Australia:
produced pictures in England, Australia and America ;
joined Brown Nagel Productions as producer and
director.
FLEMING. VICTOR: b. Pasadena. Cal.; h. 6 feet
1 inch; brown hair and dark grey eyes; w. 180
pounds: e. in public schools of Los Angeles: not mar-
ried; hy. automobile driving, flying, fishing and hunt-
ing. Became cameraman with the American Studios
in Santa Barbara. Also did camera and directorial
work with Kalem. Griffith. Douglas Fairbanks. Fine
Arts. Artcraft. Talmadge productions. John Emerson
productions. First National and Paramount studios.
During the World War he left pictures to serve with
the intelligence department of the Government, ac-
companying President Wilson to Europe as chief pho-
tographer. Returned to Hollywood in 1919 and di-
rected "Woman's Place." "Red Hot Romance." "The
Lane That Had No Turrung," "Anna Ascends." "Dark
Secrets," "Law of the Lawless." "To the Last Man."
"Call of the Canyon." "Empty Hands." "The Gods
of the Sea." "A Son of His Father." "Adventure."
"The Devil's Cargo," "Lord Jim." "The Blind God-
dess," "Mantrap" "The Rough Riders." "The Way
of All Flesh." "Hula." Abie's Irish Rose" and "Wolf
Song." To Fox for "Common Clay" and "Rene-
gades."
FLOOD, JAMES: b. New York City. July 31. 1895:
e. in New York; m. non-professional; hy. golf. No
stage experience. Started in 1912 with Biograph as
assistant director and then became director. Has
directed for Biograph, Gaumont. World, Goldwyn. Fox.
Warner Bros.. First National. Universal. Tiffany-Stahl
and others. Some of the earlier pictures he directed
are: "Why Girls Go Back Home." "Lady in Ermine."
"Honeymoon Express," "Three Hours." "Count of
Ten " "Marriage by Contract." "Domestic Meddlers."
"Midstream" and "Whispering Winds." To Columbia
to direct "S:sters." "Swellhead." "Mr. Antonio" for
Tiffany. With Liberty Productions in 1930 for
"Mother's Millions "
FLOREY. ROBERT: b. Paris. France. Started as
ass stant director: worked in Frmoe. Switzer'and. Italy,
Africa: came to Hollywood in 1921: assistant to Henry
King. Louis Gasnier, Josef von Sternberg. King Vidor
and others: directed two-reel comedies and dramas for
Tiffany-Staid. Columbia and Sterling: has written
novels, scenarios, stage plays and continuities; d reel-
ing 'nr Tiffany -Stan] in 1928: directing for Paramount
in 1929 at tint company's Eastern studio: directing
in Frame in 1930; has made "The Gay Lady" and
mnnv shorts: directed talkers in London. Paris B t-
1 n, Barcelona. Last three pictures "Blai-k and Wlvt-."
bv Sacha Guitry, "When Love Sings" and "The
Beautiful Road." and at Universal. "Frankenstein."
with Bela Lugosi.
FORD. EUGENE: h. Providence. R. I.. 1898: e.
Classon Point Military Academy. New York City. Was
on the stage with Marv Pickford. Blanche Sweet and
William S Hart. Began directing n 1PM, working
on two-reelers. then was signed bv Fox for features;
f'irected "Imperial Comedies." "Hello Cheyenne." "Dare
Devil's Reward." "Painted Post." "Son of the Golden
West."
FORD. FRANCIS: director and actor: b. Portland.
Me . 1SS2: e University of Maine. Traveled with stn-k
and road show legitimate attractions: started with
Ellison as an actor, then with Vitagraph: became short
subject and then serial director for Universal: in 1920
began work on features for Universal: directed "Cull
of the Heart." "The Four-Footed Hanger" "The
Branded Sombrero." "Wolf's Trail" for Universal;
"Wre.k of the Hesnenis" for Pathe: played M'<>r
MacGregor in "The Black Watch." Morrison in "The
1931
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217
Drat- I ase." I>..|. Pedro In ' Song of the Cabe.lrro."
Red Hlsdc in "Hons of the Saddle "
rOHO. JOHN li Portland. Ma.n. Il.nrr.it>
of Maine. I ml. r contract to rui ami ha* directed the
following pirturea for that company : "Three II.<1
Men." Four Soua." Napoleon » Ilarbr." "llilu
man . House." "Mother Machree." "Thank You."
"Ltghinln'." "Jual Pals." "Utile Miaa Smiles."
Ilil. > . Ui« Cop." "Salute." "Str.atu II")." "Mm
Without Women" (wrote imn »n<l directcdi. "Morn
Heckles*." "Up Ihr Kiirr." ami 'The s n ||. t.. .-i "
FOSTER. LEWIS R. : I. llr.-.kn. i . 1 M Vu.u.l 5
1900; h. 5 feel U>*» inch. a. brown hair ami hasrl
eyes: w. 141 puunda. p. Florence Jam- ami Joseph
Warren Foster, mm professionals; r llrrkrlry blub
arbiMil anil University <4 Chicago: in. Helen Mar. mm
pro| .nal; hjr. fishing, hunting, golf, n-adlng. ami
wo 1 1 in abort atones. Slur rspertenre started aa ■
arb<NilUi>. dressing atsgc. messenger and rail boy. In
mini l lies ires In San Franri««s> ami Oaklaml Onl>
OB one or two ~-*t -'"**- did he put on thr grease
paint to fill In. Ilr tbrn went <■> n .ii>» -»l t" l«r..mc
a airltrr for the atudloa. No lurk, but finally got on
a labor sang at Hal Koarh SludliM In this rapacity
fur an months, giving Clang dressing acta, one year
prop man. then assistant director, tbrn calling and
assistant In production lo F Uirlianl Jones. Went to
I nr.. I Arllala' lot with June* on "Gaucho." aa per-
sonal assistant llrtumr.1 to Roa.h Studio aftrr that
In the Mvnarlo drpanmrnt. writing. Wrote for a ahort
while, then dlrertrd Charles i hiv and Marry I.angdon
Mailt- two pictures with bun. August. 1929. went to
D armour Studios. Directed aerlra of Karl Dane and
George K Arthur and l*'lll«r Ka/ lnla comedies III
MM
FOX. WALLACE W.: b Pun-ell. Indian T.rn- is
Oklahnma: r. Carpus Christi. Tn*.. W«i Trxss Mili-
tary Academy. San Antonio. Tria» i m Clen Ea-ston;
p Sally Pri.ldy and Frank Mirmn Fox. n»n profej-
alonala: h. 6 feet: w. 185 pound*: dark hair, blur
eyes; hy. awlnimlng. tennis, yachting Aftrr lraTlng
achool he traveled througb Texas with "laley'a Lone
Star Minatrels" aa a black face, then in TaudrvlUe for
several months Startrd iii pictures aa |iroi>rrt> man
at Solax Studio. Fort Lee. N. J . Just aftrr the war:
berime Kdwin Carewe's as.s,atant and rrmatnrd with
him unul three years ag"; «ign.sl with Kill) to direct
Westerns: mail-- ini pirturea for F1M) and rejoined
t'arrwe as production nianagrr on "Evangrlinr" ; tbrn
went to I'atbe to direct comedies. Including the fo|-
lowill.' IX'i rrrl pictures: ' Swrll Peopr." "Some
llali..." "t'amival Revue." "Hearts and Hoofs." "One
Nuttv Night." "Under the Cnrkcvcd MoOaV "Saa
Going Sheika." and "Parading Pajamas."
FOY. BRYAN: h. Chicago. III.. December 8. 1890:
e. De La Salle Institute and Peddle: hy. golf, yacht-
in. watrr s|..rt* Wrn'.- song Mr (iallagbrr and
Mr siioan": mirred pirturea In 192H: has d. reeled
Thr Home Townrrs." "Lights of New York." l>«h
VYamrr. "Across the ltord.r." 'The Sw.llhrad."
"Queen of the Night Clubs." "The Gorilla." K.r-t
National.
FRANKLIN. CHESTER M. : b. San Fram n o. Cal..
1890: r San Francisco. Began h.s pieturr Mlta*
wuh Krvsione. diris-ling lalrr lor Majr-'ic. F.nr Arts.
Foi. Itealart. Paramount. Metro. First National: made
several pictures for Norma Talmadgr; rrturnrd lo HQMi
In 1928 Joined Ward I^J-rllr as isD-produier for the
Indeia-ndrnt market.
FRANKLIN. SIDNEY: b. San Francisco. Cal.. h.
5 feet « inched; dark brown hair and brown eyes; w.
i n pounds; p Mildrvd ami < "I Franklin, n-n ptO-
fessionals: c. San Francisco public schools: hy. golf.
Among the notable earlier Alms he dlrertrd are:
"Bexrrly of Graustark." "Duchess of Buffalo." "Thr
Actrevs." "Gualltv Street." "Wild fh-chid*." "I-aM of
Mrs Chejney" and "lynil May Can-." Signed con-
tra.t wuh Mrtrn-tioldwMi-Mavrr. Maile "Ijidy of
Scandal" and "A Lady's Morals" (Jenny Und).
FRASER. HARRY: Directrd lharirs Bay. midr
eigh' Wrstrrns for .ndeivndent companies; dimted
abort subjects In New Y ork ; went to the Coast to
write and direct the Collegian series: four years with
Universal: wrote several of Beginald Denny's most
successful vehicles and two scripts for the Leather
Pusher series: signed with IIKO In 1930 to write and
direct two-reel oomedies: among li s recent pictures are
' Bare Knees." with Daphne Pollard, and "Open
House." Nat Carr.
FREELAND. THORNTON: h Hope. N. D . F. Iini
arv 10. ls'.is; h. 5 feet X inches: light liD'HIl »JU
hair and blue eyes: m. : hy. yachting, tennis, golf and
fishing. Playisl juvenile roles with a tratrling dra-
matic troupe until he was 18. Joined the Vitagraph
Company. d"termlned to learn the business from the
bottom. Became assLsunt cameraman, second camera-
man, cutter, assistant director and production man-
ager. in turn. Served is assistant to such masters of
thr onrma as D. W. Griffith. Ilnland West. Frank
Lloyd and Ernst Luhitsch. In 1929 he was made a
director at United Artists and directed "Three Live
Ghosts." "Be Y'ourself." and "Whoo|»'c."
FRENCH. WILLIAM: r n. I-rm F. Kennedy; b.
Jasper. Tmn . February I. 1885: h. 5 feet 8S taefeai;
dark hair and grey ryes; w. 171 pounds; p. Margaret
and Itobrrt S. Kenneily. non-professionals: e. Chatia-
nooga high school and studied dramatic elocution for
two years, prior to stage career: m. Edith Alma Wolfe,
non-professional; hy. fishing, hiking and all clean,
wholesome outdoor sports. Stage experience consisted
of 13 years in stock and vaudeville, his first stock en-
gagement bring with the Atlantic Stock company at the
age of 17. Playrd Coast cities for several seasons:
thence to Southern and Western vaudeville circuits in
a rentriloqual act until 1914: also one season with a
minstrel troupe and one with the side show of a two
nng circus. Stage experience has been diversified and
colorful. Ia'ft the stage for the screen in January.
1915. his first rxiwnrncr bring wiih Southland l*ir-
tures. Inc.. where he played the lead in three moun-
tain stones. "A Mountain Elotiem-nt." "Thr Message
of the Waters" and "His Reward." Joined the Fox
organization in 1:>1»>. playing character and heavy roles
supporting Valeska Surrat. Virginia Pearson and other
stars. Appeared in Pathe srnals starring Pearl White.
Also freelanced with other wrllknnwn film companies
until July. 1919. At this period he was engaged by
I'nuersal to direct in Its Fort Lee studios. Remained
with Universal for about two years: then directed "The
Power Within." a feature released by Pathe and star-
ring Pauline Garon. and "The New Minister." star-
ring Muriel Kingston. Then dm-cted a number of
independent productions during 1922-23-24: also four
productions in Florida during 192*. Including "Down
1'lain the Swanrr River." rt» aiarring t barlra Kinm. M
Mack and Mary Thurman. and "Shotting Wan." eo-
atarring William Ruaarll ami Dorotht Knapp Rr'urtird
with Fanni Ward, lalrr making three aerials with Mrs
\.mon Caallr In Marrt. br ..nama-l la-a,
turr Art*
si hy thr Ltuialana Aradm
lorsteil near New flrlrans
•f M"', .ii p..
FULTON. MEREDITH E \ • N AugUat
17. IfMIl; b. 5 feel lo inches; dark brown hair and
brown nrs. w lis i»iumls; p tion professional.
Norfolk and I nii.r.iii of Vbraaka. in riofi prof,
amnal: by. aviation and all athlrtir and outdoor sports
No stats experience Mix years aa theatre mana.. r
owning own house* and managing various circuit the-
atre. Catncrman. assistant dlftartnr. casting director
of numrmua productions, freelance newaresl ramrra
man Director of Fashion News pmdured by Fashion
Feature Studios. Inn. In sound and Technicolor. Re-
newed a three year contract to direct for Fashion Fra-
ture Studioa. Inc.
GALLAGHER. DONALD : b ll. lfa-l. Irrlan.l Mm
24. 1895; r. t'oluinhla rmvrraiiy. New York City; hy.
golf and horticulture Began atagr earner at tin- a.<
of 4. developing Into legitimate player, director, author,
producer: played bits at New York Kastrrn studios In
llil'.l; directorial . aris-r tM-gall .ti 1929 under miitrai-
with Fox: among his ns.nt pirturea waa "Temple
Towrr" for Fox.
GARDER. CYRIL: h. Psrls. France. May 30. 1898;
e. New York City: h. 5 fret (i Inches: w. 150 pounds:
medium brown hair, blue eym. Appeared on the screen
at the age of 13: later became a film cutter, then
Ince's rlghthand man; left Hollywood for two years
but returned and Immediately started directing a pro-
duction of the Northwest featuring Strongtieart. the
police dog; has been associated with surb Paramount
productions as "Thr Shopworn Angrl." "Innocenta of
Paris." "Charming Sinners." ' RHer of Romance." and
"Street of Chance": handled Paramoiint'a first all-
Spa niah picture. 'Thr Benson Murdrr Case"; ro-
dlrcctor with Frank Tunic on "Body and Soul": with
George Cukor on "Grumpy" and "The Royal Family
of Broadway": dlrertrd "Only Sai« Work"; wrnt under
long-term contract with Universal.
GARNETT. TAY: h Los Angeles. Cal.: e. In Los
Angeles; m. Patsy Ruth Miller, actress: hy. yachting
and flying. Entered picture business In 1920; directed
"The Spieler." "Celebrity" for Pathe: wrote stories for
"SkystTaper" ami "Power": co-author and scenarist
and directed "The Flying Fool": wrote, adaptation and
directed "Oh. Y»ah!": directed "Offlcr O'Brnn."
Pathe; wrote story and dlrertrd "Hrr Man." Pathe.
GASNIER. LOUIS: b. Paris. France. 1882: hy.
reading, writing and driving. For trn yrars he was
a stage actor In the French capital, and later was
offered the managership of the Paris theatre, which he
accepted. He started his film career wilh Pathe F re res
and for fourteen years was general manager of the
producing company. For two years after that. Gasnler
was rice president of Pathe Freres. In 1916 he or-
ganized Astra Film Company and produced a picture
GEHINf. M A ft 1 0 N
ia: e. in Russia: hy reading, rowing ami riding
natrd by 1
to Sll»Tla.
d.apatrhrd
Mi
IB)
II
Chicago Play Producing company : in 1*17 wrote a book
on lbs American theatre which was iaihliavic.1 in Rn*
ala: found that New York producers were unwlll.ng to
entrust him with American plays, on account of hit
alight knowledge of English, so he bought the rights
to "Skidding" with a tinner and produced It himself;
under contract to Paramount.
GILLSTROM. ARVIO E. : b OtU I
August 13. 1891. Entered picture huatneaa In 1911:
under contract to Christie: has directed "Clancy's
Kixlier Wedding." "legionnaires in Pari* " Fi-c
Jo..*,- Wolllrll." "Hot la-llli'tiailr." \|..r M
"Melancholy Dame." "Oft in the Silly Night."
GLENN0N. BERT: h Anaemia. Malt . 1805: t.
Stanford unlrrrslty. Palo Alto. Cal. : h. 5 fret 9 Inches;
w. 135 pounds: brown hair, blue eyes; by. Ashing and
aviation Entered picture bus.neaa In 1911; baa dl-
rretrd ' Perfect Crime." "Gang War." "Air Legion."
"Syncopation." "Girl of the Port." "Second Wife."
for Radio: "Around the Corner." Columbia. "Para-
dise Island." Tiffany.
GODFREY. SAMUEL: b Brooklyn. N Y October
5. 1891: h. 5 feet 11 Inches: dark brown hair and
blue eyes; w. 135 pounds: e. public schools of Brook-
lyn. N. Y . and In high school In Oklahoma: m.
Marjorie North: baa three boys and one girl: by.
his family, golf and fishing Before he completed bis
education he made his stage denut In a small jin in
"The Great John Cantim" played by George Fawcrst
Staged many productions Including "Kibitzer" and
"The Wife's Away. Recent work was staging Irene
Rich's vaudeville act and one for Viola Dana
GOODMAN. E0WARD: b. New York City. ISM: e.
Columbis University: h. 5 feet 7>a> Inches: w 145
pounds; brown hair, brown eyes; m. I Airy HulTaker.
writer. Founder and director of the Washington Square
Players: producer and director of Galesworthy's "The
l*tgeon." "Zoe." "Magical Cltv." "S -a Gull." "Poor
Fool." Dreiser's "Girl In the Coflln." Pa'rirk Kear
ney's "A Man's Man." "Derll to Pay." Dreiser and
Robert C. Bruce
1 las produced tour
hundred Outdoor
Subjects in Europe
and North America
in the past seventeen
years.
j
♦ • ♦
Robert C. Bruce
OUTDOOR TALKING PICTURES, INC.
Metropolitan Sound Studio
Hollywood. ( lalifornia
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Kearney's "An American Tragedy" and Keefe's "Ce-
lebrity." Directed retakes of Jeanne Eagels and Fred-
ric March in "Jealousy" for Paramount; dialog director
of "Laughter." "Ilango," "Man of the World" and
"Daddy's Gone a-Hunting," all for Paramount.
GOULOING. ALF: b. Melbourne. Australia; e.
Australia. For 25 years was with the J. C. William-
son Polar Opera Company, tour.ng Australia : toured
Orpheum Circuit in an act for three years; with Oliver
Morosco stock one year, opposite Marie Dressier ; in
1016 joined Fox and became short subject director,
making three comedits; directed Harold Lloyd over a
year; made short comedies for Universal and Pathe;
developed into feature director, working for Universal
and MOM; directed Christie shorts; among his recent
pictures is "Peaceful Alley." MGM.
GOULD I NG. EDMUND; b. Great Britain, 1891; e.
in England; married; hy. tennis and swimming. Lead-
ing man and vaudeville headliner. On stage in Eng-
land at age of 12. acted, wrote and directed stage
plays until World War. when he joined the army.
After the war came to United States as writer and
wrote "Fury" and others which were produced, also
wrote "Dancing Mothers" as stage play. Began film
career as writer of originals, adaptations and continui-
ties. Wrote "Peacock Allcv," "Fascination." "Broad-
way Rose." "Tol'able David" and "Devil." Joined
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925 as writer and director.
Directed "Sally. Irene and Mary." "Sun Up." "Paris."
"Women Love Diamonds" and "Love." Directed
Gloria Swanson in "The Trespasser" and wrote the
theme song. "Love": wrote and produced "The Grand
Parade" for Pathe. Followed with "Devil's Holiday"
for Paramount and Douglas Fairbanks in "Reaching
for the Moon."
GRAHAM. EDWIN S. : b. New York City. April 24.
1S9«; e. Curtis high school. Staten Island. N. Y. ;
hy. golf, polo and speed boating. Was song writer,
amateur stage director, then sixteen years in pictures,
starting as property man. working to directorial capac-
ity; entered pictures as child actor in 19«S; assistant
director. Leather Push! rs series; director. "Mother-
hood"; directed "5 MGM Movietones and 21 Vooa-
fllms; shorts for Paramount-Christie in 1928-29; free-
lancing in 1930.
GREEN, ALFRED E.: b. Perris. Cal.. 1894; mar-
ried; hy. home and family. On stage for two years
in stock in various stage plays. Joined Selig in 1912
as director. Also with Harry Parson Productions as
an assistant director. Has directed for Goldwyn. Pick-
ford, Paramount. Fox. First National. Warner Bros.
Directed "Irene." "Ella Cinders." "Girl from Mont-
martre." "It Must Be Love." "Ladies at Play." "The
Auctioneer." "Is Zat So?." "Two Girls Wanted."
"Honor Bound." "Making the Grade." "Disraeli,"
"The Man" and others. Signed a contract with Warner
Bros. Made "Green Goddess." "Sweet Kitty Bellairs"
and "Old English."
GREGOR. ARTHUR: b. A'ienna, Austria. April 9.
1S9H; e. University of Vienna: m. non-professional: h.
G feet; w. 165 pounds; brown hair, blue eyes; hy. polo.
Entered pictures in 1920; became distributor and agent
for Sascha Films of Vienna in South Amer ca. then
started producing and directing in Berlin: distributing
Metro pictures in Central Europe : arrived in Hollvword
in 1925; directed for Chadwick. Tiffany-Staid; pictures
include "Count of Luxemlmurg," "Scarl»t Dove. "
"Women's Wares." "Girl From Gay Paree." "Strange
Cargo." "Phyllis of the Follies" and "Say It Witli
Diamonds."
GRIFFITH. DAVID WARK: b. La Grange. Ky.. e.
private schools; hy. boxing and dancing. Early career
as playwright, actor and journalist: entered pictures i-i
190S; "has directed "Birth of a Nation." "Intolerance."
"Broken Blossoms." "Way Down East." "Dream
S'reet." "Heart of the World." "That Itoyle Girl."
"Isn't Life Wonderful." "Drams of Love." "The Bit-
tie of the Sexes," "Lady of the Pavements." "Abraham
Linco'n": supervised sound on synchronized version of
"Birth of a Nation"; made "Abraham Lincoln" for
United Artists.
GRIFFITH. EDWARD H.: b. Lynchburg. Va.. Au-
gust 23. 1894; e. in Munich and England: hy. is mem-
ber of Lambs Club and likes all sports. Stage expedi-
ence in stock shows for several years, and wrote plays.
Entered pictures in 1915 with Edison Company. Has
been with Associated Exhibitors. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
First National. Pathe. Paramount and Vitagranh. In
1927 joined Columbia and later went to Pathe. Directed
the following pictures: "White Mice." "Atta Boy."
"Price of Honor." "Afraid to Love." "Alias the
Lone Wolf," "Opening Night." "Hold 'Em Yale."
"Captain Swagcer." "Love Over Night." "Shady Ladv."
"Paris Bound." "Rich People." 'Holiday" and 'Re-
bound" in 1930.
GRINDE. NICHOLAS: r. n. Harry A. Grinde; b.
Madison. Wis., January 12. 1894; h. fi feet; brown
hair and blue eyes; w. 190 pounds; p. Anna and John
Grinde, non-professionals; e. Mad;son high school and
University of Wisconsin. Directed the following pic-
tures for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: "An Eoual Chano *,"
"Riders of the Dark." "Beyond the Sierras." "Mor-
gan's Last Raid." "Desert T^aw." . "Desert Rider."
"Bishop Murder Case" and "Good News.
GUOIL. FRED: b. San Francisco. Cal.. 1898: e.
Hollvwood and private schools in Monterey, Mexico:
h. C feet; w. 190 pounds; brown ha r. brown eyes;
hy. Ashing, hunting, golf. Screen career began as
property boy with D. W. Griffith in "Hearts of the
World"; joined Hal Roach in 1921 in sime capacity
and has been engaged in almo«t every prortuot!on pist
on the Roach lot nnnllv dire"torship; begin direting
in 1923: made series w th Glenn Tryon. released throii-h
Pathe. by Roach and then was put in eharg" or the
Roach "All-Star" tinit : directing shorts for Path'- in
1930; among his pictures: "Live and Learn." "The
Iti'h Uncle," "Traffic Tangle." "Breakfast in Bed."
"Over the Rodeo." "Campus Champs," "Parents
Wanted." "Chasing Trouble." "Quarantined Love."
H
HARDS. IRA: b. Geneva. 111.: e. University or
California, Berkeley. Cal. Made stage debut In 1893
at the Empire theatre In New York under management
of Charles Frohman: stayed with Frohman company
f:T ten vears: also played In London production of
"Secret Service;" eventually gave up acting for direct-
ing and producing: has staged 350 plays, both dra-
matic and mimical: directed New York production of
"Great Day." "ScarU-t Page," "Jarnegan," "Dracula."
"12 Miles Out," "Cat and Canary," "The Clinging
Vine." "The Thirteenth Chair" and many others; en-
tered pictures in 1930 as a dialogue director, first
production being "The Black Sheep" for Columbia;
became free lancer.
HARE, LUMSDEN: b. Cashel. Ireland. October 2.
1S75; e. in Ireland and at St. Dunstan's College,
London; m. Selene Johnson, professional. Has de-
voted thirty years of his life to the stage and motion
pictures. Leading man for Ethel Barrymore. Maxine
Elliott. Maude Adams. Grace George. Marjorie Ham-
beau, and has supported John Drew. Was with Charles
Frohman for nine years and with William A. Brady
for seven years. Has made pictures for Famous
Players. Vitagraph, Joseph Schenck and Selznick. Be-
fore joining Fox Films in 192S, he directed several
New Y'ork stage successes, including "Elmer Gantry,"
"The Title." "What Every Woman Knows," "Peter's
Mother." "Getting Married" and "Lord and Ladv
Algy." Appeared in "Fugitives." "G.ris Gone Wild"
and "The Black Watch" with Victor McLagien. all for
Fox. Was assigned to direct talking pictures for Fox.
HARLAN, RICHARD: b. Lima, Peru, April 19.
190U; e. La Salle at Havana. Cuba, Clason Point in
New Y'ork and University of Pennsylvania in Philadel-
ph.a : m. Rosita Gill, motion picture actress: h. 5 feet
7 inches; w. 138 pounds; black hair, brown eyes;
hy. sculpture and painting, has exhibited works in
Cuba and New York. Started in motion pictures as
assistant director with Richard Barthelmess' company
in 1921; worked in that capacity until 1924; went to
Famous Players at Astoria. Long Island, as assistant
to Edward Sutherland on Thomas Meighan pictures; in
1925 went to Cuba to organize the Pan-American Pic-
tures, producing and directing independent pictures for
over two years; to California in 1927 and worked as
assistant director with First National; then with Henry
King as production manager on two pictures for United
Artists; went on long-term contract with Fox in July.
1930. directing Spanish pictures; has made the fol-
lowing for Fox: "Friendship," "The Val.ant," "The
Man Who Came Back."
HARTFORD, DAVID: b. Ontonagon, .Mich.. Janu-
ary 11. 1876; h. 5 feet 11 inches; gray hair and
brown eyes; w. 160 jxninds; e. public schools of Ontona-
gon. Mich., and University of Michigan. Was with
Stair and Havelin, the producing firm as general di-
rector and starred in two plays, "Montana Outlaw."
and "The Crackerjack." Directed Lewis Stone at the
old Belasco theatre. Was with Oliver Morosco for
six years producing plays at the Burbank theatre. Di-
rected such stars as Richard Bennett. Margaret Illing-
ton, Florence Reed and Marjorie Rambeau. Produced
"Kindling." "Peg O' My Heart." and "The Fox."
Began motion picture career as a director and actor
at the Universal studio.
HASKIN. BYRON: b. Portland. Ore.. 1899; e.
Lowell high school, San Francisco and University of
California at Berkeley. Was cartoonist on the San
Francis-o Daily News; later advertising man. traveling
and taking industrial pictures. Screen career began
as cameraman for Pathe; International Newsreel; be-
came assistant director with Selznick in 1920: assistant
cameraman for Marshall Neilan: Sidney Franklin,
liaoul Walsh; in 1923 first cameraman with Holubar;
then made own productions; cameraman for Warner
filming John Barrymore pictures; was ass gned to di-
rectorship by Warner in 1926; directed "Ginsberg, the
Great," Warner, and "The Siren." Columbia.
HAWKS. HOWARD W.: b. Goshen. Ind.. May 30.
1896; h. 6 feet 1 inch: grey hair and blue eyes: w.
175 pounds; p. Helen and Frank W. Hawks, non-
professionals; e. Phillips Dxeter academy. New Hamp-
shire, and Cornell University, New Y'ork : m. Athole
Shearer, non-professional; hy. golf and aviation. No
stage experience. Screen experience as director of
"Fazil." "A Girl in Every Port." "The Air Circus."
"Paid to Love" and "Cradle Snatch era," "Trent's
Last Case." "Masked Emotions," "Big Time" and
"Dawn Patrol."
HEATH. ARCH: b. Brooklyn. N. Y., 1890. Entered
pictures in 1914 to create propaganda for Wilson's cam-
paign; became general manager for General Films
Eastern unit ; then joined Pathe for a number of years
making serials and later worked with Hal Roach mak-
ing Max Davidson comedies, released by MGM: then
returned to Pathe: directed "The Mark of the Frog."
' The Masked Menace." "Melody of Love" and "Mod-
ern Love."
HEERMAN. VICTOR: b. Surrey. England. August
27. 1893; h. 5 feet 8 inches; gray hair and blue eyes;
w. 165 pounds; p. Anliss Bell and Victor Heerman,
professionals; e. private and public schools. New Y'ork
City; m. Sarah Mason, writer. Child actor and con-
nected with stage and pictures all his life. Screen
career began with Kinemacolor. Later d.rected for
Sennett. Selznick. First National and Famous Players.
Has written many original stories among them "My
Boy" for Jackie Coogan. First National; the Owen
Moore farce comedies for Selznick. and "John Smith."
"Personality" and others. Has directed the follow-
ing pictures: "The Poor Simp," "The Chicken in the
Case." "Modern Matrimony." "John Smith," "Rupert
of Hentzau," "The Dangerous Maid." "The Confidence
Man." "Old Home Week." "Irish Luck." "For Wives
Only." "Ladies Must Dress." "Love Hungry." "Per-
sonality,' "My Boy." "Animal Crackers." "Sea Legs."
HENABERRY. JOSEPH: b. Omaha. Neb.: e.
Omaha. Early career in architectural drafting and
railroading: on stage with San Carlo Grand Otiera Com-
pany. Screen work began as an actor: played Lincoln
in Griffith's "B rth of a Nation"; directed for Fine
Alts in 1916: Famous, Douglas Fairbanks, Ritz Carl-
ton (Valentina). Paramount and Pathe: pictures:
"Sailors' Wives." First National: "United States
Smith." "The River Woman " "Hellship Bronson."
Gotham: "Clear the Decks." Universal: "The Quitters."
Columbia: "Light Fingers." Columbia: "Red Hot
Speed," Universal, and "The Love Trader." Tiffany.
HENLEY. HOBART: b. Louisville. Ky.. 1891; e.
University of Cincinnati. On the legitimate stage for
five years. Screen career l>egan In 1910 with Jewel
Productions, Selznick. Universal, heading own produc-
t on unit: directed "His Tiger Lady." Paramount: "A
Certain Young Man." "Wickedness Preferred." MGM:
"The Lady Lies." Paramount: "Rnadbouse Nights."
"The Big Pond." Paramount: "Captain Applejack,"
Warner: "Mother's Cry." First National: "Free Love."
Universal,
HERMAN. ALBERT: rn Adam II. Foelker: h.
Trov, N. Y.. February 22. 1894: e. Troy and Manhattan
Agricultural College: hy. football, boxing and golf.
Entertd pictures in 1913; directed "Over the Rhine."
Mickey McGune in "Mickey, the Detective." "Mickey's
Big Game Hunt." "Mickey's Big Idea." "Racing
Blood" series for Darmour, released through RKO.
HIGG1N, HOWARD: b. Denver, Col.. February 15.
1893; e. in Brooklyn, New York and St. Johns Mili-
tary academy. Screen experience started with C. B.
DeMille. He wrote "Don't Doubt Y'our Husband,"
"Fashion Row" and "Smouldering Fires." Directed
the following: "Great Deception," "Wilderness
Woman." "Reckless Lady." "The Perfect Sap,"
"Power." "Sal of Singapore," "High Voltage." "Sky-
scraper," "Leatherneck" and "Paris to Bagdad."
Joined Pathe in 1929. Directed "Painted Desert,"
"High Voltage" and "Racketeer."
HILL, GEORGE WILLIAM: b. Douglas, Kan., April
25, 1S95; h. 6 feet 316 inches; dark haair and eyes;
w. 210 pounds; e. in the Los Angeles schools; hy. mo-
tion pictures, swimming and animal pets. He began
his motion picture career as a stagehand under D. W.
Griffith in 1908 with the old Biograpb Company. Then
he became interested in pictures and achieved success,
first as a cameraman, then as a writer for the screen
and then as a director. During the World War he
served as captain in the United States Army, seeing
service in Italy. Turkey and around Gallipoli. He has
the unique distinction of having his motion picture con-
tract recorded in the official records of the United
States Government. This because, during the filming
of "Tell It to the Marines," which he directed, he
was made a reserve officer in the Marine Corps, and.
as such, his civil life affiliations were reported to his
commanding officer. Among the pictures be has di-
rected are: "Get Y'our Man." "While the Devil
Laughs." "The Hill Billy." "The Barrier." "Zander
the Great." "Suds." "The Midnight Express." "The
Foolish Virgin," "Through the Dark." "The Limited
Mail," "The Callahans and the Murphys," "Buttons,"
"The Cossacks," "Big House," "Flying Fleet" and
"Bugle Sounds" in 1930.
HILL, R. F.: b. Port Rohen. Ont., Can.. April 14.
18S6: h. 6 feet % inch; white hair and black eyes;
w. 200 pounds: p. Agnes Hawkny and James J. Hill,
non-professionals: m. Rhi Galligher, professional; hy.
fishing and training parrots. Seven years with stock
and road shows. Started working for Universal July
29. 1914. Wrote "Almost a Husband." "Water. Water
Everywhere," "Jubilo," "Upstairs" and "Doctor's Dis-
agree." Directed Bill Desmond in "Shadows of the
North" and "Breathless Moments"; Herbert Rawlinson
in. "Jack O'Clubs" and "Dark Stairways" ; Laura La-
Plante in "Crooked Alley." "Excitement," "Danger-
ous Blonde." "Young Ideas." "Melodv Lane" and
"Silks and Saddles."
HINES. CHARLES: b. Pittsburgh. Ta.. 1893. Pre-
vious career in musical comedy, stock and vaudeville;
entered picture business in 1920 directing bis brother.
Johnny Sines, in the "Torchy" series and all Johnny
Hines pictures thereafter, first foi C. C. Burr and
then lor Burr and First National; "Chinatown Char-
lie," 'Home Made" and "White Pants Willie," First
National.
HITCHCOCK ALFRED: In 1929 directed "Black-
mail." World Wide-British International picture, more
recintlv "Easy Virtue." "Manxman" and "Farmer's
Wife."
HOFFMAN. RENAUD: b. Germany. 1900; h. 5 feet
8 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 140 pounds; p.
Wilhelm Hoffman, non-professional: e. in Europe, no
stage training; m. non-professional; hy. art and lan-
guage. His first contract with motion pictures came
as the head of one of the largest slide companies in
the country, also illustrated titles. First picture di-
rected was "Not One to Spare," his own production,
in 1923; then made "The Legend of Hollywood." "The
Unknown Soldier." "On the Threshold" and "Private
Affairs" for Producers Distributing Corporation. He
also produced a series of Gotham productions for re-
lease by Lumas Film Corporation, including "Woman
and Gold." "Unmarried Wives." "The Overland Lim-
ited." "One of the Bravest." "The Speed Limit" and
a half dozen features starring the police dog. Thunder.
Also directed "The Climax" and "Blaze O' Glory" in
1930.
HOPKINS. JOHN: Motion picture director: r. n.
James P. Hopkins: b. Buffalo. N. Y.. March 17. 1876;
h. 6 feet; dark hair and eyes; w. 180 pounds; p.
Violet Bauveas and William J. Hopkins; e. Chicago
high school and Redfleld college. Redfleld. S. D. : hy.
poetry, rustic carpentry'- First stage training at Boord-
well's Opera House, Saginaw. Mich., then studied for
ministry. Was juvenile lead at 11 years old in "The
Village Blacksmith"; part "Jim. the Dumb Messenger
Boy"; Reuben in "Joshua Whitcomb"; part in "Ten
Y'ears Later." B. O'Neil: juvenile in "Oliver Twist."
Nat Goodwin: "The Slow Mail." with Sir Henry-
Irving, and others with Richard Mansfield. Robert
Mantell. etc. Played 50 screen leads with Luhin. A.
D. Hotaling, director. Later 50 leads with Romo-
United Fox. Epes Sargent. R. Physiog and W. Davis,
directors. Also directed many pictures, including "The
Secret Trap." "Starting Something." "Honor Among
Thieves." and educationals for the Government.
HOPPER. E. MASON: b. Enosburg. Vt.. December
6. 1885: e. University of Maryland and Europe: hy. all
sports. Began stage career at age of 14 in stock and
has played in musical comedy and vaudeville. Began
screen career by directing "Mr. Wise" for Essanay
in 1911. and was the creator of the George Ade Fables
for the same company. Organized own company after
directing for Pathe for three years and released through
Famous. Has worked for Essanay. Famous, Goldwyn,
First National. Metropolitan. PDC. Pathe and Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer. Has made 350 pictures and Is the au-
thor of over 400 scripts. In 1926 directed the following
productions: "Up in Mallei's Room." "Paris at Mid-
night." "Almost a Lady"; (19271 "Getting Gertie's
Garter." "Night Bride." "Wise Wife." "Mv Friend
from India" and "Rush Hour: 11928) "Blonde for
a Night": (1929) "Carnation Kid" and "Square
Shoulders": In 1930 "Their Own Desire." "Wise Girls"
and "Temptation."
HORNE. JAMES W.: b. San Francisco. Cal.. Decem-
ber 14. 1881: e. San Francisco iHlbltc schools: m.
Cleo Rldgelx : by. golf. From the stage he entered
p<CturM in 1911 through George Sf el ford of Kn rni
Company; directed: "The Hottentot." 'The Yankee
Coward." "Cruise cf the Jasper B. "College." "Bla k
Butterflies." "The Big Hog." Hal Roach comedies.
HOWARD WILLIAM K : •■ St. Mary's. Ohio; a,
St. Mary's high school. Ohio State University, spcclaliz-
1931
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uu IB engineering and law. Previous career In 01m
Miilir for VHun'ii la Minnesota: mini in World
nr. returned and bn-itw sale, advisor Im DaiNMU;
nrst directorial .tl. it wa> ' Ea-t .4 llr»adwa>" f.'i
Tom Ince: Ulcr picture. Include: Thundering Herd."
Wli.lr Gold." Gigolo." ' ll.vcr filmic-." ' Ship Cutnra
la." Pathe; Christina." The Valiant." Love. Lnc
and Laugh." "Good Intrntloiu." "Scotland Yard." ami
"Don't Brt On Women.' all for Km.
HOTT. HARRY 0 I. \l i.nca|..|iv Minn | I Dl
Irfait) ol illnmanti ; fatbrt. Dr S I. list, brad of
K— a nil Laboratory. General Electric Comiiauv of
Sctirneetadj . N. Y- Wrote story when at Yalr on a
brt wild It lo Biograpb receiving »j. .1 was produ -»-«l
b> Griffith witb Mary PlraJord; screen career began
In MS: directed 'Tbr I ami Wor.d." "Woman on tbr
Jury." ■ Belle of llroadwa>." ' I'limroa. Path." 'Bit-
trr Apples." "Ilrturn of WKtm Illacsur." ' Saguato."
'The I'J" . "tl -"ll. " ' darkened Skies."
HUNT. CHARLES: h Fort La*, N J Screen rarrrr
br.aii with Eclair Film* In 1911 as asa.stant director
Ulm editor, produrtion manager, director: "You Can't
Brat tbr Law." "On tbr Stroke of Twrltr." "Casey
Junrs." "Million Dollar Mvstrry." "A Boy of tbr
Streets." "Modrrn Daughters." The Midnight Watch."
Hajari; ' Ourm of tbr Cborua." • Thundcigod" and
• South of Panama." I hcsterflcld
HURLEY. ARTHUR : hgajfj aaaorlatrd with Arthur
Hopkins and was reaponalhlr for tbr direction of auch
stage dramas as Tbr Kin-brand." "Thr Charlatan."
"Brothera" and "Little Accident." Jolnrd Warner
It r ■■• in l'.'2'J t" direct dialogue and action In Ylta-
; ti"ii-- *li«>rts UH.1.T the suic-ri inImii <»f Brian l'"\.
HUTCHISON. CRAIG: b Aii-tin. Minn . UMi
Military school. Early cmrrrr aa newspaper man II -
came a-enario wrtlrr for Krystour: wrotr and directed
for L Ko. I n vcrsal. orlclnal weekly bur.e»«iuc. "The
Weekly Indigestion" : directed fjalrty Conirdi.s. Chris-
Ma t "medics. Universal Comrdlcs : "The Way ol All
rtaV" Thr Barr fo rd." •Thr Dukes Dirty Doings"
and I. In tbr Lurch."
I
INCE. RALPH W.: b. Boston. Mass.. 1887: by. golf
and ti-nnU. Early rarrrr aa actor on legitimate stage;
screen rarrrr began aa an actor and thru a director:
appeared aa L.ncoln in a series of Lincoln pictures for
Vltagraph. directed for Universal. Metro. Sclinick.
I'laig.srr. Km. Paramount. First National and Colum-
bia: directed and played roles In "Not Kor l"ub,ica-
tlon." "Shanghaied." "Chicago After Midnight." "l!i--
grr Than Hamulus" : directed "Coney Island." "South
Sea Hose." " Hit of the Show." 1 llardbo led." "Hurri-
cane": played Boiler McOva la "Wall Street." Chuck
in Th.- Big Fight." Kins Callahan in "Numbervd
Haw." IVtr Montana In "Little Caesar." Kirst Na-
tional.
INGRAM AM. LLOYD: I' Rochcllc 111. Early career
as stage actor and director for Olivrr Morosco and
Harrv B.shop: stork actor: screen career began in 11*12
with Rr.lance-Majrstic. K.ne Arts. Essanay. Universal.
KBO: "Jesse James." 'The Pioneer Scout." "The
Sunset Legion." Paramount: Colonel Lane in "The
Itainhow Man." Sono-Art: Dowling in "Untamed."
MGM: Tnm Murray in "The Night Parade." Iladio.
and Judge in "So Long Letty." Warner.
INGRAM. REX: h. Dublin. Inland. 1892: e. St.
Columbo's Colk-gr. Trinity College. Dublin and Y'alr.
studied sculptutr undrr Lawr.e: m. Alice Terry', actress
Stage career, pantomime abroad. Screen career. Edison
and Yitagraph. scenarist of Fox productions: wrote and
directed ' Chalice of Sorrow." directed first Blu. hir i-
made in East: "Under Crimson Skies." Universal;
"Shore Arres." "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."
"The Conuuering Power." "Hearts Are TrumpV "The
Arab" "Mare Nostrum." "The Magician." "The Gar-
deu of Allah." MOM: Lives in Nice. France.
JACOBS0N. SAM B.: b. New York City. Jul> 4
1893: e. New Y'ork City, specialized in Journalism anil
literature at Columbia University. Enured picture- u
1911: made 13 "Larmmlr Noielties." onr reel: ori;.-
nated. wrote titled, supervised "Handicapped." "Foot-
prints." "Hag DoU." "Shadows." "Monkey Shines."
"Wooden Soldier." "Faces." "Bottles." "Half Holi-
day." "Day Dreams." "l"rodigal l"up." "Wa«h Line
llomanre." "Wax Fingers."
JASON. LEIGH: h. N.-w York City. 19"! : e. Co-
lumbia University. New Y'ork City. Presided over L t-
tle Theatre group in Los Angeles, working in all
branches of production except camera work: under
contract to Universal in 1927-28: directing for Tif-
fany in 1929: directing novelty shorts for HKO
release.
JOHNSON. EMORY: h San Krancia-o. Cal.. 189s: e.
1'n.versity of California. Berkeley. Cal. Screen ex-
perience began as cameraman and then actor opposite
Mary Plckford: worked for Pathe. Universal. Ince.
Paramount. American Exhibitors. Goldwyn. Realan
Tiffanv and FBO: pictures Inctafk "The Shield of
Honor." "The Lcne Eagle." and The Third A'arm."
Tiffany.
JUOELS. CHARLES: b. Amsterdam. Holland: e.
School of Holy Innocents. New Y'ork City. Was stage
director and actor: produced "ArtL«ta and Models."
"Gav Pans-." "A Night in Spain." "Greenwich Village
Follies." "Nights in Paris" and 87 farces, comedi ■
and dramas. In 1928 was signed by Fox to direct
Movietone: played parts in "Fro ten Justlre." "Hot for
Paris." "Let's Go Places" and "Cheer Up and Smi'e."
all for Fox: Commandante Ttuii in "Captain Thun-
der." Monsieur l^Maire in 'The Life of the Party"
and Pernasse in "Fifty Million Frenchmen" for Warner.
JULIAN. RUPERT: h. Auckland. New Zealand. Jan-
uary 25. 1889; e. Marist College. N. Z. Played stork
at 16 in Australia and South Africa, also in Europe
and America. Played "Monsieur Beaucaire" and with
Universal as actor, scenarist and director. His first
picture was "Beasts of Berlin." a war film. Directed
"Merrv Go-Round" and "Phantom of the Opera" for
Universal. OUier pictures he directed are the fol-
lowing: "Three Faces East." "Silence." "Country
Doctor " "Yankee Clipper." "Leopard Lady" and
"Walking Back." Completed "Love Comes Along."
for Iladio Pirturrs. for whom he wi. under contract
Signed with Universal In the latter part of 1»30.
Din tad Thr Cat i rrrpa."
KELLY. ALBERT: I. H.i ... ! < i.n !.:■
•peclalUlng in English: b. i fret lot, in. b... w IS'
|s.uud«. auburn ban. brown ryra; li> golf. *jua«h. rid
ing. Iteviuus career aa urwataper reixrter In Nrw
l.n. lan.l. arreen career began In It'll when br quit
nrwst«prr work to become title writer at old Ediwn
Htudloa; baa directed "No Morr Childrrn." Dancing
!>•>.." 'The Charge of the Gaurhus." "Campus
Knlghta." 'Thr Woman llarkrt." "A Day to Uvr."
I m.ersal: now directing football stiorta for Universal
In which the late Knute llorkne waa to hair appeared
KENTON. ERLE C: b N..rh i \l Augu.l 1.
Wt; by. auuaah. horaea, football and wrestling. Kb-
trred picture buainraa In 1914; has directed 'Small
Town Idol." "llrjuvenatlon of Aunt Mary." ' Com-
l«n..»nate Marriage." "The Sporting Age." "Name the
Woman." "Strret of Illusion." Nothing to Wear."
"Father and Son." "The Sldeahow." Trial Marriage."
' Song of Lore'" and "Mexican Boar."
KING BURTON: b. Cincinnati. Ohio. Screen career
began with Euultable: later with Metro. Pathe. Sell
nick. Gotham. Associated Exhibitors; p.cturea Include:
"Satan and the Woman." "Women Who Dare."
"Broadway Madness." "Making the Varsity." "Man-
hattan Knights." 'Broken Barriers. " "Daughters of
Desire." "The Dream Melody." "One Splendid Hour."
"In Old California."
KING. HENRY: I. (iirl-uirisbur.-. Va : e llner.ul.
School in Virg.nia. Screen career began In early his-
tory of industry: has directed "Tol'able Dayid."
"Fun." "The White Slater." "Stella Dallas." The
Winning of Barbara Worth." "The Woman Disputed."
"Slie ti.ss t" \Vii." Hell'- Harbor." 'Eyes of the
World." and Lightnln'."
KING. LOUIS: b. Christlanburg. Va.. June 28. 1898;
*. University of Virginia. Entered picture busmen, in
1919: directed "The Boy Rider. 'Terror Mountain."
"Orphan of the Sage." "The Young Whirlwind." The
Freckled Ilascal." "The Little Savage." all for F1H).
"Pala of the lTalrle." "The Vagabond Cub" for
RKO: "The Lone Rider" and "Men Without Law"
for Columbia.
KIRKLAND. 0AVI0: h. San Kranrlsco. Cal.: e.
Unltersity of California at Berkeley; h. 5 feet 11 Indies;
w. 18" pounds; brown hair, blue eyes: by. handball,
tennis and swimming. Was an actor on the legitimate
stage: entered pictures In 1911: has directed 'The Vir-
tuous Vamp." "In Search of a Sinner." 'The Tem-
peramental Wife": directed all of Constance Tal-
madgr's pictures: directed "Two Gun Men." "Regu-
lar Scout." Fred Thomson: "Gingham G.rl."
"Uneasy Payments." "Candy Kid." and "In Old
Mcx.eo."
KLEIN. CHARLES: r. n. Charles Krederick Klein:
b. Andemacb. Germany. January 28. 1898: h. 5 feet
10 Inches: grey hair and blue eyes: w. 160 pounds:
p. Elizabeth de Meurion and Edward Klein, non-pro-
fessionals; e. Andemacb. Germany. University of Bonn.
Germany, ami received hla atagc training directing nu-
merous college thratnrad*. n. and 4Bf. : fey. firing,
reading, writing and has bad numerous short stonet
(ubliahed in German magarinc After the Vs. .rid War
he started producing in Germany- later desrlutsng
tailing pictures with Dr. Lew De Forest, who in 1*11
slurrsl Pne's
IV •hooting
SUrcrsa and
man. and "Sin Suter" and "Pleasure erased "
KNIGHTON. PERCY : b. Clamonf. Va. Mar II.
few years be started writing and directing He directed
such pictures >• "Itidln' Wild" and "The Little Colo-
nel" witb Henry II Walthall, as well aa mrmdm
llaynl parts In "The Tower." "Into Her Kingdom"
and "Sin Tosrn" for Pathe; "Ben Hur" for Metro-
Goldwtn- Majer: "The Only Thing." "lied Dice." "Her
Man o'War." "The Volga Boatman" and also in Edu-
cational comedies.
KNOPF. EOWIN H : I. NVw Y .eoafewr
II. 1899: e. United Statea. Italy and German). 1,
5 feet 11 Inchea: w. 152 pounds : brown hair, brown
ryea. On the legitimate stage for eight years In New
York and Germany Entered the picture business In
1938: baa directed "Fast Company." "Border Legion."
(co- directed I "Sightly Scarlet" (ro-dlreetor for Para-
mount i. "Only Sana Work." "Santa Fe Trail." "Light
of Western Stan" | co-directed I. Paramount.
KORDA. ALEXANDER: b. Turkeye. Hungary. Sep-
tember 16. 1893: e. Budapest, racelred dtwui from
Royal University of Budaisrst: m. Maria Corda. act-
rew*; by. swimming. Entered pictures in 1913: directed
"Stolen Bride." "The Private Life of Helen of Troy."
"The Y'ellow Lily." "The Night Watch." "Lore and
the Deril." "Lilies of the Field." The Squall." all
for F.rst National: "Women Everywhere" and "The
Princess and the Plumber" for Fox; alao "Dan^e
Fever." "A Modem DuBarry." "The Golden Calf."
"Her Private Life." "Dollar Prlncesa."
LA CAVA. GREGORY : r n Gregana I -a Caia; h
Towanda. Pa.. March tfj, 1892: e. Towanda and Ro-
chester. N. T.S m. Beryl Morse: by. tennis and golf
Waa a newspaper cartoonist; p.oneer In animated car-
toon Held. Entered picture business in 1922. with C.
C. Burr writing Torchy stories for Johnny Hlnes: di-
rected "Womanhandled." "Let's Get Married." "Say
It Again." "Running Wild." "So-. Your Old Man."
"The Gay Defender." "Feel My Pulse." "Half a
Gordon Rigby
"WICKED"
An original — now in production
at Fox Studio
"Under the Texas Moon"
"Dancing Sweeties"
"Captain Thunder"
"Command Performance"
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ISride." "Saturday's Children," "Big News." "His
First Command," Pathe; "Board and Boom," Radio.
LA EM M L E. EDWARD: b. Chicago. October 24. 1S87;
e. in Chicago; h. tennis, boxing and basketball. En-
tered pictures In 1916; directed "Cheating Cheaters, '
"13th Juror," "Man, Woman and Wife." "Held by
the Law," "The Drake Case," Universal.
LAEMMLE, ERNEST: b. .Munich. Germany. Sep-
tember 25, 1900; p. non-professionals; e. University of
Munich; not married; by. books. Has been in the film
business six years and directed the following screen
productions: "Broncho Buster." "Prowlers of the
Night." "One Man's Game," "Bed Clay," "Grip of
the Yukon." "Hands Off." "Range Courage." "Phyllis
of the Follies," all being Universal films, also "What
Men Want" and foreign versions for Universal in 1030.
LACH MAN, HARRY : b. .Tune 20. 1880. Screen ca-
reer began in 1023 through Rex Ingram; has directed
"Travclaughs." "Week End Wives." "Under the
Greenwood Tree," Monty Banks Comedies.
LAMONT, CHARLES: b. San Francisco, Cal.. May
5, 189S. in theatre dressing room: h. 5 feet 5 inches;
brown hair and blue eyes; w. 145 pounds; e. L'Eglise
du Sacre Coeur. Paris. France, his stage training com-
ing through three generations of show people; m. Es-
telle Bradley, professional; hy. reading, fishing, hunt-
ing and gardening. Has directed such pictures as "My
Kid." "Bachelor Babies." "Navy Beans," "Come to
Papa." featuring Big Boy; "Companionate Service"
and "Circus Blues." featuring Dorothy Devore; "Bru-
nettes Prefer Gentlemen" and "The Quiet Worker,"
featuring Jerry Drew: "Monty of the Mounted" and
"The Half Pint Hero," featuring Lupino Lane; "Live
News" and "Wild Cat Valley." featuring Johnny
Arthur, and "Yankee Doodle Duke." featuring Ralph
Graves. Joined Radio Studios in October. 1930.
LANG. WALTER: b. Memphis. Tenn.. August 10,
1898: h. 6 feet; brown hair and eyes; w. 188 pounds;
e. University of Tennessee; hy. tennis. No stage or
screen experience. Directed the following productions:
"The Earth Woman," "College Hero," "Elegy."
"Sliadows of the Past." "The Night Flyer." "Sally
of Our Allev" and (1929) "Spirit of Youth;" "Big
Fight" and "Cock o' the Walk" in 1930.
LANGAN. JOHN: b. Boston. Mass.. February 25
1002; h. 5 feet 11 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w.
175 pounds; p. Clare Martha Dawes, non-professional;
e. Notre Dame College; not married; hy. horseback rid-
ing and yachting. Had 12 years stage experience in
the New York theatre as assistant stage manager, stage
manager and director. Among the productions are:
"Americans All," "The Depths." "Crime." "The Road
to Rome." "Easy Virtue." "Antony and Cleopatra."
"Upstairs and Down." "The Ladder." "Romeo and
Juliet." and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." He directed
the revue. "The Little Show." for Brady and Wiman
at the Music Box theatre of New York. Co-directed
for the screen "The Kabitzer." "Darkened Rooms,"
"Sarah and Son." "The Light of Western Stars." and
for Paramount for whom he came under contract.
LATHEM. FREDERICK G. : b. England; e. in Eng-
land. Produced shows in England before going to New
York. Among the musical comedies and operettas be
directed in this country are: "Mile. Modiste," "Sybil."
"Princess Pat," "Eileen." "The Canary." "The Red
Mill," "Madcap Duchess," "The Only Girl." "Apple
Blossoms." "Fair Co-Ed, " "Sweethearts," "The Cen-
tury Girl." "Night Boat." "Slim Princess," "The
Half Moon." "Love Song" and "Marjorie." Among
the dramatic productions he directed are "Bulldog
Drummond." "General Past." "Three Wise Fools."
"The Lullaby." "The Wandering Jew" and "The Great
Pursuit." Was signed by Radio Pictures in 1930 in
an executive capacity.
LAUGH LI N, JACK: b. Kansas City. .Mo.. 1894; e.
Kansas City schools and Notre Dame. Was on the
stage in Europe; at the age of 15 staged shows in
Aus'ralia for the Williamsons; staged two Broadwiy
Fhows for Nora Bayes ; staged "No, No. Nanette" in
Los Angeles for the Mcl.oons; stage acts and reviews
for Keith and Orpheum circuits; prologues at Carthay
Circle Theatre in Los Angeles. Directed spectacular
scenes and ensembles for many pictures: now directing
series of short subjects for Fowler Studios and n
series for the Mexican government.
LAWRENCE. EDWARD: r. n. Edward Laemmle b.
Chicago. 111., October 25. 1887; h. 5 feet 5V4 inches;
blond hair and blue eyes: w. 123 pounds; p. Paula
Biederman and Joseph Laemmle. mother a professional;
e. Lincoln high school and Armour Institute of Tech-
nology; m. Peppi Heller, non-professional: hy. hunting,
fishing, exploring, collecting weapons and curios. Has
had 11 years of directing experience which include
the following screen productions: "Shipwrecked
Amongst Cannibals." which was made in Borneo and
Dutch New Guinea. "Winners of the West." "In the
Days of Buffalo Bill." "The Oregon Trail." "Spook
Ranch," "Man in Blue." "Top of the Morning."
"Still Alarm." "A Woman's Faith." "Cheating Cheat-
ers." "Held hy the Law," "The Thirteenth Juror."
"Man. Woman and Wife" and "The Drake Case."
LEDERMAN. ROSS: b. Lancaster. Pa., December 11,
1805: e. Los Angeles and Santa Monica: m. Frances
Warner; h. G feet. w. 220 pounds; brown hair, brown
eyes; hy. swimming, handball, hunting Entered p|i>-
tures in 1013 as an extra In Mack Sennett Comedies;
was Arlmekle's prop man. then became assistant direc-
tor, specialized in directing trick scenes and chases:
under contract to Warner Bros, directing Itin-Tin-Tin
pictures for 12 months; underworld picture for MGM
in 1928. then a serial for Mascot Pictures; directed
Buck Jones in "Texas Ranger" for Columbia: signed
five-year contract with Columbia.
LEE. ROWLAND V.: b. Findlay. Ohio; p. Marie
and C. W. Lee. professionals before marriage: e. South
Orange. New Jersey and DeWitt Clinton. New York
City, also Columbia university: m. Eleanor Worthington.
nonprofessional. Stage experience of several vears in
stock comnani'S and New York productions. Left col-
lege for the stage, then two years of Wall Street, then
hack to the stage, from there to pictures, then two years
in France during the World war and back to pictures.
Screen experience of 12 years, two as an actor. 10
years as a director. Began his work in the films with
Thomas H. Ince. Some of h's more recest Dictum are
Barbed Wire Three Sinner* " "Wolf .if Wall
Street " "The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchn." "Man from
Wyoming." "Rolling Down tn Rio." "Ladles Love
Brutes," "Return of Dr. Fu Manohu."
LENI. PAUL: li Stuttgart. Wurttemberg. Germanv
July 8. 1885; h. 5 feet 1 inch; black hair and green
eyes; w. 230 pounds; p. deceased; e. German schools
and in Berlin University for Creative Arts (Bildende
Kuenste); m. Lore Sello, ex-professional; hy. motion
pictures. Did theatrical work since 1903 in Berlin and
other European cities. Proprietor of Die Gondel. a
theatre in Berlin, for some time. Started working in
pictures in 1910 for Vitascope Union. Paul Leni pro-
ductions and Ufa. Among his pictures were "The Man
Who Laughs." "The Cat and the Canary" and "The
Last Warning." all for Universal. Died in Hollywood.
LEONARD. ROBERT Z.: b. Chicago, 111.. October 7.
1889; h. G feet 1 inch; auburn hair, blue eyes. w.
210 pounds; e. University of Colorado, Boulder, Col.,
and received his stage training in 1904 in a dramatic
play and as a singer in quartet : m. Gertrude Olmstead.
professional; hy. golf. Entered pictures in 1015; pic-
tures include: "The Waning Sex," "Little Journey,"
' Time, the Comedian." "Cheaper to Marry," "Baby
Mine." "Adam and Evil." "Tea for Three." "Lady
of Chance." "Her Cardboard Lover," "Marianne,"
also "The Divorcee." "Gay Madrid." "Let Us Be Gay"
and "The Bachelor Father," all for MGM.
LERMAN, HENRY: b. Vienna. Austria. March 30,
1880; e. in Vienna; hy. flying. Entered pictures in
1000; directed and supervised over 400 short comedy
subjects; features include: "Reported Missing." "Chick-
en a la King," "Homesick," "New Tear's Eve," Fox;
wrote story for "The Poor Millionaire," Biltmore.
LEROY, MERVYN: b. San Francisco, Cal.; h. 5 feet
7V4 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 130 pounds;
p. Edna Teeple and Harry M. LeRoy. non-professionals;
Eight years in vaudeville and productions; m. Edna
Murphy, professional: hy. polo, tennis, golf and motion
pictures. Directed such pictures as "No Place to Go,"
"Flying Rom.'os," "Harold Teen." "Oh Kay,"
"Naughty Baby," "Hot Stuff," "Broadway Daddies,"
"Little Johnny Jones." "Playing Around." "Show Girl
in Hollywood." "Little Caesar." "Numbered Men,"
"Broken Dishes." "Top Speed," for First National,
"Girls Together" in 1930 for MGM.
LEVERING. JOSEPH: b. Columbus. Ind. ; e. Kansas
City, Mo. Previous career as an actor in films ; then
directed for Art Dramas. Erbograph, Gaumont (Lon-
don), several state rights units and other independent
units; with Larry Darmour Product. ons in 1930; di-
rected "Sea Devils" in 1031 for Darmour.
LEVIGARD. JOSEF: b. Frankfort, Germany, June 5.
1003; e. Germany, received degrees in agriculture and
engineering: h. 5 feet 0 inches; brown hair, brown
eyes: w. 215 pounds. Entered pictures in 1023 through
Carl Laemmle; acquired experience in different depart-
ments, then was made director by Universal; directed
Northwest Mounted Police, Texas Ranger and Champion
Boy Rider series for Universal; also "The House of
Glass" in Germany for Unhersal; "The Smiling Ter-
ror," "Born to the Saddle," "Grit Wins." "Slim Fin-
gers" and "The Smiling Terror" for Universal.
LEWIS. EDGAR: b. Holden, Mo., June 22, 1877;
e. in Kansas and Indiana; m, Mary Louise Lewis,
screen and short story writer; hy. boxing, baseball ami
golf. Was on the stage for seventeen years as an actor:
then director and writer for sjx>ken drama; wide experi-
ence in stock road show companies and productions;
directed: "The Barrier," "The Bar Sinister," "The
Nigger," "Light in the Dusk," "The Great Divide."
"The Bondman," "Made to Order Hero," "An Ari-
zona Cyclone." "Stormy Waters," "The Gun Runner "
"Love at First Sight." Chesterfield, and "Ladies in
Love." Chesterfield.
LLOYD. FRANK: b. Glasgow. Scotland, February.
1889; hy. golf. Was on the stage from the age of 15
years, appearing in stock, musical comedies, light opera
in England; entered pictures in 1910. first playing for
Universal, then writing and directing one-reel series;
has directed for Morosco, Pallas Pictures. Fox, Gold-
wyn, Joseph M. S henck. Sol Lesser, First National;
recent pictures include: "Adoration." "Dark Streets,"
"The Divine Lady," "Weary River," "Drag," "Son of
the Gods." "Sin Flood." "The Right of Way" and
"Adios," all for First National.
LLOYD. ROLLO: b. Akron. Ohio, March 22, 1883; e
in Cleveland high school. Stage experience with Eu-
genia Blair and other Cleveland stock companies
Headed own repertory company for seven years. Di-
rected "Tenth Avenue," "Stolen Fruit." "The Ara-
bian," "She Couldn't Say No." "Carmical" and others.
Signed contract with Pathe as director. Since has
made "Her Private Affair" and "The Racketeer."
LORD. DEL: b. Grimsley. Canada. 1895; e. Niagara
Falls. N. Y. ; hy. speed boating and hunt.ng. Went
west with William Collier and doubled for him in the
first picture Collier made on the Coast; later ap-
peared in Keystone comedies and from there went to
Fox; commissioned to direct, unassisted. Bobby Dunn
and Glen Cavender; long association with Mack Sen-
nett followed, in direction of Ben Turpin. Louise Fa-
zenda and others; worked for First National, United
Artists. 1927-28; later with Educational and Sennett
and in 1928-20 was free lancing; directed Vitaphone
Varieties in 1030; directed ' Barnum Was R ght" for
Universal.
LUDDY. EDWARD: Screen experience began with
Vitagraph and other early companies directing one and
two-reel comedies; then feature length comedies foi
Associated Exhibitor, Pathe, BO, Universal.
LUBITSCH. ERNST: b. Berlin. January 28, 1892: h
5 feet 7 inches: black hair and brown eyes; w. 142
pounds; received his stage training under Max Rein-
hardt. While working as a clerk in his father's cloth-
ing store in Berlin he studied acting under Victor
Arnold, a famous stage comedian. At 19. Arnold took
T.ubitsch to Max Bernhardt who gave him a small part
He remained with lteinbardt for two years, dividing his
time between the stage and screen: played his first
screen role, a comedy part, in 1913; in 1918 he pro-
duced "Carmen." which was released in the United
States under tic- title of "Gvpsy Blood." This same
year he produced "Madame Du Barry," starring Pola
Negri, which was released in this country as "Passion."
He also produced "Deception." "The Ixtves of
Pharaoh." "The Wildcat." "The Doll" and others.
Th nee to Hollywood to direct Mary Pickford In
"Rosita." Since has made "Montmartre." "The Mar-
riage Circle " "Three Women" and "Forbidden Para-
dise" in 1924: "Kiss Me Again" and "Lady Winder-
mere's Fan" in 1925: "So This Is Marriage" in 102G:
"The Student Prince" In 1927: "Th • Patriot" in 1028:
"Eternal ban" in 1929: "The Love Parade" and
"Mont" Carlo" for Paramount in 1930. Went to the
New York studios of Paramount in October. 1930. to
take the post of studio supervising director.
M
MacDONALD, J FARRELL: See Male Players' biog-
raphies.
MacGREGOR, EDGAR J.: b. Rochester, N. Y. , De-
cember 3, 1878; e. Rochester University; m. Oza Wald-
rop; h. 5 feet 11 inches; brown hair, black eyes; w.
188 pounds; hy. baseball, football, golf. Was stage
director and producer, directing 25 New York successes
in four years, including "Queen High," "Good News,"
"New Moon." "Follow Thru." "Pair of Sixes," "Mag-
da," and others; entered pictures in 1930; under con-
tract to MGM for the past year and a half; directed
"Good News."
MacQUARRI E. MURDOCK: See Male Players' biog-
raphies.
McCAREY, LEO: b. Los Angeles. Cal.. October 3,
1898; e. Los Angeles and the University of Southern
California; m. non- professional ; hy. sports, golf and
football. He entered pictures in September, 1918. As-
sistant to Browning on "Virgin of Stamboul," Uni-
versal. Made Laurel-Hardy and Charlie Chase com-
edies. "Joe College," Pathe; "The Sophomore." "Red
Hot Rhythm" and "Let's Go Native," for Paramount.
Was signed by Fox in 1930 to direct "Roadhous.',"
"Shepper Newfounder."
MCCARTHY, JOHN P.: b. San Francisco. Cal..
March 17. 1885; e. St. Ignatius College: m. Bessie,
professional; hy. scientific research and all sports.
Stage experience of two years. Entered films in 1914,
and was with D. W\ Griffith five years as technical
director and assistant. Organized own company. Mc-
Carthy Pictures. Has directed for Second National
Pictures, Russell Productions, Raymond Gardner. Co-
lumbia, Pathe, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In 1926 di-
rected the following: "Out of the Dust," "Pals."
"Vanishing Hoofs" and "Border Whirlwind"; in 1027
"Becky." "Lovelorn" and "His Foreign Wife"; in
1028 "Diamond Handcuffs"; in 1929 "Eternal Woman";
in 1930 "Land of Missing Men," starring Bob Steele.
McCLINTIC. GUTHRIE: b. Seattle, Wash.. August
6. 1894; e. public schools of Seattle. University of
Washington and Academy of Dramatic Arts in N,w
"iork; m. Katherine Cornell, stage actress; h. 5 feet
10 inches; black hair, hazel eyes; hy. collecting old
furniture and stamps. First on the stage in 1913 under
direction of Winthrop Ames in "Her Own Money";
later played parts in Ames' reportoire company, "The
Green Goddess" and "The Purple Mask"; decided t>
become a producer and director and launched "Dover
Road" as his first effort; produced and directed "The
Shanghai Gesture." "The Letter." "The Green Hat."
"Saturday's Children" and "Jealousy"; while in Los
Angeles staging "Crime," was offered a Fox-Movietone
contract to direct: first assignment was to direct "Such
Men Are Dangerous"; later was assigned to "On Your
Back" and "One? a Sinner."
McFADDEN, HAMILTON: b. Chelsea. Mass . April
20. 1001 ; e. Harvard Law School, received A. B. de-
gree; h. 5 feet 10 inches: brown hair, brown eyes; w.
170 pounds: hy. tennis, football, polo. Managed Har-
vard Glee Club on European tour; became an actor on
Broadway; director of stock companies; director. Thea-
tre Guild S'hool of Acting; producer and director of
"The Carolinian." "San Giorgio." "Gods of the Light-
ning." "One Way Street." "Buckaroo." Entered pic-
tures in April. 1929. for Pathe: directed "Harmony
At Home" and "In Love With Love" for Fox.
McGANN. WILLIAM: b. Pittsburgh. Ta.. April 5.
1898: e. La Salle Academy and University of Cali-
fornia at Berkeley; h. 6 feet 2 inches: brown hair, blue
eyes; w. 190 pounds; hy. swimming, squash, tennis.
Entered picture business in 1915; directed "El Hombre
Malo." Spanish version of "The Bad Man." and "The
Sacred Flame" (Spanish version) for First National;
directed "On the Border" and "I Like Your Nerve"
with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
McGO WAN, J. P.: b. South Australia; e. in Aus-
tralia. Was an actor with Rob rt Mantell. William
Faversham, H. W. Savage; in stock and vaudeville;
became a legitimate director. S-reen career, with
Kalem. Lasky, formed S gnal Corporation, releasing
through Universal; director and scenarist at FBO :
has directed and played roles in numerous Western
features for I'athe. Syndicate Pictures, Excellent. Ray-
art. First National; recent pictures are "West of
Santa Fe." "The Man from Nevada." "Mystery Val-
ey," " 'Neath Western Skies." "The Lone Horseman"
and "The Oklahoma Kid." Syndicate.
McGOWAN, ROBERT F. : b. Denver. Colo.; e. Den-
ver; hy. golf and swimming. Has been directing "Our
Gang" comedies for Hal Roach for the past eight
years.
McLEOD, NORMAN Z. : b. Grayling. Mich.. Septem-
ber 30, 1898; h. 5 feet 8 inches: gray hair and eyes;
w. 15G pounds; p. Martha Ellen McLeod and Rev. W.
E. Grayling, non - professionals : e. three years of flying
during the war. University of Washington. B. S. and
M. S. degrees: no stage training; m. Evelyn War. non-
professional : hy. golf and fishing. Cartoonist for
Christie and wrote comedy subtitles for nine years.
Directed "Taking a Chance" for Fox.
McRAE. HENRY: b. Staynor. Out.. Can.. 1SSS: hy.
horses. Toured with own stock company: operated
stock units in principal western cities: took shows to
Japan. Hawaii and the Orient. Screen career began
with Selig. Itecame director-general of Universal City;
directed: "Trail of the Tiger." "Wild Beauty." "Dan-
ger Rider. ""Hoofbeats of Vengeance." "Han1 st of
Hate." "King of the Rodeo." "Plunging Hoofs."
"Smilin' Guns." "Wild Blood." all for Universal.
mack. ANTHONY: b. Denver, cel.. 1902. En-
tered pictures as prop boy at Louis Burson studios;
sculptor for Fine Art: assistant director for Ben
Wilson on Westerns: technical director at Paul Ger-
son studios in Sin Francisco: in 1024 joined Hal
Roach on gags and now directs "Our Gang" comedies,
MACK RUSSELL: b. Oneonta. N. Y. . 1892: e.
Providence, R. I. Stage experience with Ward and
Vokes: owned four stock companies on I,ong Island
and in Brooklyn; produced and played in "Th" Four
Plusher"; directed dialogue on RKO's "Ilio nita"
and "Seven Keys to Baldpate"; directed "The Sec-
ond Wife": become director for Pathe: among his r1-
cent pictures: "Big Money." "Night Work." "1/inely
Wives."
MACK. WILLARD: b Morrisburc. Out.. September
17. 1877: e. Georgetown University. Washington. D. ('. :
hy. horses, bunting and baseball. S vera I years stage
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MARSHALL. GEORGE: li Chat** III . Is'Jl: e.
St. John's Military Acad. m> of De.,n.dd. \\... and
lh« I'nlterslty of Chlcsgo. Trsiclcd cxtcn«tvch ba/ora
entering irtrturcs; U-gan film work Willi Universal as
extra, appearing in shorts In I'll for Hi*' com-
pany, making Westerns until ItaT, when Ik- Md In
I he World war. returned In 1919. • i.. I Psthe and
msde Hulh Itoland scrlsls: tli.n to Fox on features,
later shorts: In 11135 was promoted to supervising dl-
rector of all Kox abort units; waa supervising director
for that rompsnv 1920-38: director of Smltty comedies
for I'athe; 1928-29. shorts for Van lleiiren; directed
B..lib> Jones golf subjects f'.r IVinn-r Brm.
M A TT I SON. FRANK S. : I M i im- .. i- I.- Mum.
July ». 1890: e. In Minneapolis; h. C feet; dark hilr.
blue gray eyes; w. 185 pounds. Previous career, stage
director and actor: entered pictures In 1!»IH; directing
for Trlnliv Prodtiet i oils : "Ad China Slarer." "Byc-
H,.- Ilud.li." "Girls Who Hare." "Uttle Wild Girl."
.Mil.' We Mam "
MAYO. ARCHIE: b. New York City. 1898: h. 7
feet H inches: black hair and blue eyes; w. 200
pounds: e. New York public schools and Columbia
University : married : hy. Pekingese doga — be owns
several. Stage cxiwrience In musical shows; also
wrote sketches and songs: traveled through Australia
an. I Europe wlih them Screen UUMMrDOS started as
an extra. Became gag-man for Jack White, gauged
4" comedies for Wlilte. Directed comedies for Stern
Brothers and Christy. First feature he directed was
"tjiiarantincd Iti\als" for Gotham Other pr.Mlii.-i Ions
he directed Include: "Johnnie Oct Your Hair Cut."
starring Jackie Coogan. "Money Talks." for Metro-
t;.'l<lu\n Ma.er. "Dearie." starring Irene Hi.-h for
Warner Brothers. "Slightly I'scd." with Mav MoAnn
and Conrad Nasel. "Tlie College Widow." with Dolores
c.^'.llo. "Beware of Ma 1 1 kail Men." starring Irene
Bleb. "The Crimson City" and "Vengeance." for Co-
lumbia Laia* "State Street Sadie." "On Trial." "My
Man." "Sonny lloy." "The Sap." "Is Evenhndv
llapp>." 'Sacred Klame." "Wide Open." "Oh. Sailor
Behave." "Courage."
MEINS. GUS: h (all— I e. St. f^rvni- and U«
Angeles. speclalUIng In oil painting and astronomy: h.
5 feet 4H Inches: light hair, blue eyes: w. inn pounds:
hy. all outdoor sports. Was a cartoonist on Hearst
papers. Screen career began with Fox In 1919 as
scenarist and gag man: assistant director, then direc-
tor, for Mack Sennett; made shorts and fcaturvs: short
comedies for S'.-rn llp.lh.Ts, released throii.-h rrrnrsil;
haodl d the Newl>weds and Their Bale, series. K n-
l'|. With Um IrgaM HflcaV Bwata* Hmwn comedies.
Arthur Ijike Pictures; among his recent pictures are
"Sunnv Jim" for I'nlversal. and "Shackles of Ven-
geance" at Tec- Art.
MELFORO. GEORGE: l. If I., '.r N T.I e Mc-
Olll rnlverslty. H Y. Was an actor on the legitimate
stage for seven years; screen career U-gan wllh Kaleni
as actor and th-n dlrenor; pictures include "Freedom
of the Press." Fox: "A Man's Pa*t." I'niversal :
"Lingerie." Tiffany-Stab) : "S nncrs in htm." FBO;
"Tlie i harla'sn " l"nlversal : "Ixive In the Des-
ert." "The Woman I Love." FBO: "The Poor Mil-
lionaire." BUtmore.
MENOES. LOTHAR: B. Berlin. C rtn.in. Mav 10.
1894: h. 5 feet 7 Inches: brown hair and blue tyes: w.
1 40 pounds. Received his stage training with Max Uein-
hard'. Berlin Deutsches theatre, and Burg iliea-re.
Vienna: not mamcd. I'nder Itvlnhardt In the Deutrhes
theatre In ncrlin: theatre I I) Kocnlggractr.erstrasse :
Burg theatre and Yolks theatre in Vienna; Joined Bern-
hardt on leaving high school In Berlin. Ills greatest
stage role was that of "Hamlet." He entered motion
pictures In Berlin for UFA after leatlng the stage;
directed pictures In Berlin where Holier T. Kane saw
him and brought him to the 1'nitrd Slates to direct
"The Prince of Tempters" for First National. His
next was "Convoy" for First National: then "A Night
of Mvstery" and "Interference" for Paramount. Direct-
ed "Four Feathers" In 1029. later "Dangerous Curves."
"Illusion." "Marriage Playground." "I»st Ecstasy."
'The Children."
MERLIN. FRANK: r. n. Southcote Francis Man-
sergh: h. Cork. Ireland. March 29. 1S93: h. f, feet
H Inch; dark brown hair and grev eyes; w. Is5
pounds: p. Man- and Hlchard Mans-rgh. non-profes-
sionals; e. Our Lady's Mount. Cork. Ireland: m Marv
Hutchinson, t-rofesslonal : hv. reading, billiards and
swimming. Wrote the following stage productions:
"The King Can Do No Wrong." "The New Oal-
lantrv" and "Triple Crowned." Directed "Rope."
"Castles In the Air." "Wolves." "Zeppelin" and manv
others Acted with FAnilv Stevens. William Faversham.
Otis Skinner and E. H. Rothern. Screen azperlflraei
with Fox Films for two years as stage director on
"Words and Music." "A Song of Kentucky." "One
Mad Kiss."
MILESTONE. LEWIS: b Ch sinau. Russia. Septem-
ber 30. 1895: h. 5 feet "4 inches: brown hair and blue
eyes: w. 175 pounds; p. Celia Milestone: e. University
(land. (land. Belgium: not married: hy. squash, tennis
No stage experience. Started as cutter In 191s. and
spent several years In the cutting room. Next h • got
his opportunity and as director was placed tinder a
long-term contract by Howard Hughes, president of
Caddo Company. He was first loaned to rnited Artists
to direct Corinne Griffith in "Tlie Garden of Eden."
atantly Identified with the atage life of New lork
After directing Manaflcld In a number of auccea.ful
plays. Milton waa with the Flakes fur four years L«ter
be was with William Harris, and he baa produivd a
nuiulx-r of play a and mualeaj romcdlca for himself.
Some of the plays which he haa directed and pnsluinsl
are: "Derll's Disciple." 'Misanthrope." (rut ward
Bound." ' Robert I Lee." 'The Charm School." ' The
III. I Goddess." The Hatk Angel." ltr.t.- .( UM
l*nih." ' Rc\elr\." "You and 1" and "Paradlae "
Musical on I) hits he produced include "Oh Bo>."
"Very Good. Eddie." "Oh l«idy. I^dy" and "Leare It
to Jane." Ilia first directorial assignment for motion
pictures was ' The Dummy" which be made for Para-
mount. "Charming Sinners." "Behind the Makeup "
MITCHELL. BRUCE : b. Freeport. HI-. .Vo-mber
It. |»»2; e C S. Natal Academy. Alinal-illa; m
mm professional ; h) hunting anil fishing W as .ml
engineer until 1912. became Interested In pictures when
lo- nut Mary Plckford and her mother: directed "An
other Man's Wife." "Lore's Whirlpool." "The cloud
Patrol." "The Air Derby." Tlie Sky Wayman."
The Air Ranger." "The Sk* Skldder." I niiersal: "Be-
low the Border." Darin. .nr. and "Trapisd." al Tec
Arl.
MURNAU. FRED W.l b. Bledelfleld. Germany. In
UN; e was gradualeil from Heidelberg I'nlverslty and
«hi|.. then' directed college plays. I., ted Max Rein
hardt and under his direction among pans he played
was that of the knight In 'The Miracle." Served as
arlator In German army during World war. Recam <
affiliated with Independent producer In Germany and
dir. . led "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." featuring Conrad
Venlt. also "Dracula." "The Burning Acre" and
others. Then to Bloscoiie at ttchest of Eric Pommer,
among his pictures tielng "The Phantom." "Tlie
Haunted Castle." and "Tlie Expulsion." written hy
Carl Hauptman. After Biosi-ots* merger with 1'fa be
dlrtscted "The Fiancees of the Grand Duke" and Emll
Jannlngs In "Tartuffe." "Faust" and "Tlie Ijist
I^ugh." Joined Fox in 192<1 and made "Sunrise"
then returned to Germany and came back in 1927
and made "Four Devils" and "Our Dallv Bread."
His last picture. "Tabu." was acquired by Paramount.
Died March 11. 1931. after auto crash.
MURPHY. DUDLEY: I. Wlnot r M.i-s , |H|.
ton Academy near Boston, and Massai-liiwtfs Itisti
tute of Technology; father. II. Dudley Murphy, head
of the art school at Harvard I'nlverslty; hy. ailation.
casta; wrote tlie ada
the Great" for KIM I
culs" for t'nlvcraal;
ataff of Paramonuni.
MYERS ZOIN >
lioa Angeles high m-|
ally of Southern Cal
hair, blue eysa; w.
Was a scenarist and
fllMald comedies fol
li.. hal ami Fox .-.mo-
no* under contrail t
dog pictures railed
"The Big Dog House.
The Dogwai M.I.. I.
Tails of Morocco" al
at ion and cunt nulty .« Ales
and tlv * i-.i. |4ay of "Irra-
recently >.ined the directorial
Han Kranriacn. Cal . 1*911 ; a.
directed
Front . '
"Loss
NAZARRO. RAYMOND: 1 I: - t
25. 1902: |. Irene snd Michael Naiarro. non pria'es
s.onals; e Boston Commerce, and St. Johns college; hy.
golf snd riding. Twelve years' screen experience at
director for Fox. Metro. Psthe snd Indcis-mb-nt ■ • n
l«nles Now directing dialogue series of two res-Is for
Snpsrstitutlon Pictures at Tee Art Studios.
NEIL. WILLIAM R. : b Dublin. Ireland I SSjtatJ
tutors. Stsge career In "Wildfire." with Lillian Bus
sell, starred In "Bsby Mine." In Ixmdon and • n
American circuits In "O- Reggie": author of "|*rinr*>
of My Dreams." "Heart's Desire" and other plays.
In films wsa 1% years with Thomas Ince. Famous
Players, Ilodklnson. First National. Realart. Para-
mount. I'nlted Artists. FIMl and Path*: d
"The Viking." the Great Events series f,.r MGM
"LgUtf Raffles." Columbia: "The Arizona Wildcat."
Kox: "San Francisco Nights." Gotham: "B.-li.rid
Closed |i....rs" and "Wall Street" for Columbia
NEILAN. MARSHALL: b San lb rnard ml QraLi h.
5 feet 9^ Inches: dark brown hair and blue eyes ;
w. l*'-5 (Miunds; e. public schools of Los Angeles snd
one yesr st Harvard Military academy: dlv. Rlan.-be
Sweet, professional Direet.sl • Take M. Home" Tl .
Last Haul." 'Tail 13." 'Fog" for Herbert Wil-.n .
"Venus of Venice" for First National: "Black Waters."
"Sweethearts on Parade." "Vagabond Lover." 'Tanned
Legs."
NEWFIELD. SAM: I. V u \ . rl. i '.
1S99; e New York Cm : b f Ho le -, blown
Joseph Santley
Director and Author
"Swing High"
by Joseph Santley and James Seymour
"All at Sea
for Wheeler and W'oolsey
by Joseph Santley and Ring Lardner
is
Oh, Oh, Cleopatra"
for Wheeler and Woolsey
Story and direction by Joseph Santley
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The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
hair; blue eyes; w. 170 pounds; hy. swimming, boxing
and riding. Entered picture business in 1919; directed
the Excuse Makers. What Happened to Jane.' Let
George Do It series. Buster Brown comedies and series
of Arthur Lake Comedies for Universal, last four of
which were "French Leave," "Horse Sense." "Love-
Birds," "Hey Doctor"; and "His Maiden Voyage" for
Universal.
NEWMEYER, FRED C: b. Denver. Colo.; August 9.
18S8; e. in Denver and Sacred Heart college: married;
h. mining and baseball. He has directed the follow-
ing productions: Grandma's Boy." "Safety Last."
"Never Weaken," "Savage," "Perfect Clown," "The
Patters." "The Quarterback." "Lunatic at Large,"
"That's My Daddy." "On Your Toes." "Warming Up,"
"Night Bird," "It Can Be Done." "The Rainbow
Man." "Too Many Crooks." "Girl Shy." "Why
Worry." "Freshman," "Scareheads." "Queen High"
and "Grand Parade" for rathe. Left rathe in 1929.
NIBLO. FRED: b. Tort Neb.. January C; h. 6
feet: brown hair and eyes; w. 180 pounds; p. non-
professional; e. York. Neb., public schools; m. Enid
Bennett, ex-professional; hy. tennis. Toured every
English speaking country as a stage star as well as
a producer and director of plays for 25 years. Starred
in "Hit the Trail Holliday" and "Fortune Hunter."
He has directed many pictures in the last eight years
such as "Ben-Hur." "The Temptress." "Mark of
Zorro." "Three Musketeers." "Blood and Sand." "Ca-
mille." "The Mysterious Lady." "Dream of Love."
"Two Lovers." "Redemption." "Dream of Love"
(1929). later "Way Out West" for MGM. Terminated
his contract with that studio in 1930.
NIGH. WILLIAM : b. Berlin. Wis.; e. University
of California in Berkeley; hy. golf. Entered pictures
in 1911 when Mack Sennett proposed that he take a
fling at comedies: directed "Mr. Wu," "Four Y'ears
in Germany." "Fire Brigade." "Across to Singapore,"
"Four Walls." "Thirst." "Thunder," all for MGM :
"Today." Majestic: "Pineapples," Universal. and
"Fighting Thru." Tiffany.
NOBLE. JOHN W. : b. Albemarle County. Va..
1SS0: e. West Point Military Academy. Was a lieu-
tenant in the U. S. Army; for seven one-half years
in Philippines and China. Next did engineering in
Mexico. On stage for five years in stock, vaudeville
and Broadway productions. Screen career with Than-
houser. Biograph. Universal. Metro. Goldwyn. Educa-
tional. Selznick. Lyceum Film Bureau. Educational,
and others; directed in the Great Event Series for
MGM.
NOY. WILFRED: b. South Kingston. London.
England. December 24, 1883: e. Great Yarmouth.
Brighton and Dulwich. specializing in history and
literature; hy. cricket, tennis and golf. Entered pic-
ture business in 1909; acted for Clarendon Film Com-
pany of England ; was given script to direct and result
brought him long contract; lvrame financial and su-
pervising director of company; directed "Under the
Red Robe." "Masters of Men." "The Face at the
Window." "The Lady Clare." ' The Lost Chord," "The
Midnight Girl." "The Substitute Wife," "Eager Lips."
"The Devil's Cage": played Lord Durhugh in "The
Careless Age." First National, and Mr. Redding in
"The Doctor's Secret." Paramount: wrote original and
scenario and directed "Circumstantial Evidence,"
Chesterfield.
o
OBER. ROBERT: b. St. Louis, Mo.; e. Washing-
ton University in St. Louis; h. 5 feet 0 inches; w.
148 pounds ; brown hair, brown eyes ; hy. coif. After
work on the stage he entered films, with the following:
"The Bin Parade." MGM; "The Whole Town's Talk-
ing." "Held by the Law," Universal; "A Reno Divorce,"
"Across the Atlantic." Warner; "The Idle Rich,"
MGM ; starred in and directed talking shorts, "Four
in a Flat," "A Regular Business Man," Warner;
co-directed "The Woman Racket." MGM.
OELZE. CHARLES: b. Brooklyn. N. Y., 1886; e.
Norwegian Academy. Connecticut. Was with Barnum
and Bailey circus for two years, then on a cattle ranch
in Oregon, nine years in the U. S. Army. Began
screen career with Universal in 1911 as a technical
man; Hal Roach property man; assistant director on
Will Rogers comedies; technical man on "Our Gang"
unit and then assistant director; co-director with An-
thony Mack on the Gang comedies.
OLCOTT. SIDNEY: r.n. John S. Alcott. b. Toronto.
Can. ; e. Toronto; hy. football, baseball, boxing and
wrestlinti. On the stage for five years; stage director,
producer. One of first directors of motion pictures
to take company abroad; entered pictures in 19('7; di-
rected "From the Manger to the Cross." "Scratch My
Back." "The Humming Bird." "Green Goddess."
"Monsieur Beaucaire." "Little Old New York" and a
series starring Richard Barthelmess.
p
PARROTT. JAMES: b. Baltimore; e. in Raltimnre;
h. 5 feet 9 inches; w. 173 pounds; brown hair, blue
eyes; hy. fishing and hunting. Entered picture busi-
Oeae in 1918; starred in single reel comedies for Pathe
under name of Poll Parrott: direct -d Charlie Chase
comedies. Max Davidson comedies, Koaoh S'ar come-
dies. MGM: pictures include "Perfect Dav," "They
Go Boom." "Two Tars." MOM: "Blotto." "Brats."
"Hog Wild." "Their First Mistake." "Laurel-Hardy
Holder Case" and "Another Fine Mess."
PATON. STUART: b. Glasgow, Scotland. 1885. Was
a chemist and painter. Was six years on the legitimate
stage in Ixindon. performed before King Edward and
King George. Screen career, scenario editor. Uni-
versal, assistant to Frank Crane; with Universal a?
director for many years; worked with Associated Ex-
hibitors organizing Smart Paton Productions, produced
for Itayart and Universal : directed "The Bullet Mark."
Pathe; "Fanss of Destiny." "The Four Footed Rang-
er," "The Hound of Silver Creek," Unlvers-i
PEMBROKE. SCOTT: Early screen career was with
Universal. Directed "Ragtime." "Polly of the
IfMlet," First Division: "A Light In the Window."
"Gypsy of the North." "My Home Town." "The
Divine Sinner" "Swe-t S'xteen." "Branded Man."
"Sisteis of Eve." "The Black Pearl." "Brother*,"
"Two Sisters." "Shanghai Rose," Rayart; "Should a
Girl Marry?" Rayart.
PETERS. DR. 0. A.: b. Germany; e. Universities
of Heidelberg and Berlin; h. 6 feet; brow-n hair, blue
eyes; hy. music, art and all sports. Former officer
in Prussian Guard and diplomatic service; comes from
very old family of scientists; his uncle, the former
Cardinal Kopp, wanted him to become a priest, but
he entered the field of art. For 23 years motion
picture director, writer and star; was producer for
4 years; stage experience as director: actor in Berlin.
Stuttgart and Buenos Aires. Author of three books,
one war book written for the general staff; wrote about
30 picture plays; directed 35: star and featured player
in over 50 pictures: wellknown pictures include: "Cir-
cus People." "Engineer Branting." "Messter." Ufa;
"Love Sacrifice," Maria Fein-Max Reinhardt ; "Storms
of Life." Werner-Krauss; "Lost Daughters." "Green
Vampire." "Ghost Castle." Was called from New
Y'ork as technical director for Lewis Milestone on /'All
Quiet on the Western Front"; discoverer of a new
type of motion picture. "Psychephone."
PIERCE. A. LESLIE: b. Christ Church, New Zea-
land; e. St. Alban's School. New Zealand, specializing
in academic and arts, receiving a degree and a
scholarship in arts; h. 5 feet 7% inches; w. 1G3
pounds; light hair, gray eyes; hy. boxing and swim-
ming. Was a stage director in Australia. South
Africa. London, New Y'ork and Los Angeles. En-
tered picture business in 192S. when he was recruited
from position of stage director in Los Angeles with
the advent of talking pictures: has directed seventeen
Christie-Paramount shorts; directed "The Carnation
Kid." Paramount; "The Delightful Rogue." and "Bull-
dog Drummond." United Artists, and "Hello Tele-
vision." Sennett.
POLLARD. HARRY: b. Republic City. Kan., Janu-
ary 23. 18S3; e. in Fresno. Cal. ; m. Margarita Fischer,
professional; hy. most sports. Stage experience hi
vaudeville and stock for ten years. Began as leading
man with Alacazar. Baker. Melville. Baldwin and
other stock shows. Began film career as actor with
Selig. Has directed for Imperial. American, Goldwin.
National. World-Equitable, Frohman and Universal.
Directed "The Leather Pushers" (series). "Cohens and
Kellys." "Poker Faces." "Uncle Tom's Cabin," "Show
Boat." "Shanghai Lady." "Tonight at Twelve" and
"Ropes." all for Universal. Under contract to MGM
in 1930.
POMEROY. ROY J.: b. Darjeeling, India. April
20. 1892; e. English elementary schools in Ohio. Wes-
leyan and Cincinnati School of Arts, specializing in
acad"mic art and science : hy. tennis, archery and
shooting. Was illustrator on magazines and news-
papers, technical expert for British Aviation Mission
during the World war: entered pictures in 1922
through Jesse Lasky; special camera effects in "The
Ten Commandments," "Peter Pan" and other Para-
mount pictures: directed "Interference."
R
RAY. ALBERT: b. Haverhill. Mass.. 1883. On the
stage in musical comedy. Screen career began with
Christie; directed Sunshine comedies for Fox; later
made many features; directed for Pathe, Vitagraph. Ince.
Universal. First National, United Artists. Educational:
"None but the Brave." "A Thief in the Dark."
"Women Wise." "Publicity Madness," Fox; "Molly
and Me," "May Lady's Past." Tiffany-Stahl ; "Call
of the West," Columbia: "Rolling Along," Universal:
Sidney and Murray series of comedies, "The Dude
Ranch." Universal.
RAYMAKER, HERMAN C. : b. Oakland, Cal.. Jan.
22, 1893; e. Petaluma high school: h. 5 feet 5>/4
inches; w. 145 pounds; brown hair, brown eyes; hy.
baseball, football and golf. Entered pictures in loil
with Keystone: directed for Mack Sennett; made Hank
Mann Poppy comedies; Monty Banks comedies; Hall
Room Boys series: directed "The Night Cry." "Fly-
ing Luck." rathe; "Racing Luck." Associated Ex-
hibitors; "Tracked in the Snow Country." Warner;
"Under the Tonto Tim," raramount; "The Gay Old
Bird," Warner.
REED. LUTHER: b. Berlin. Wis.: e. Beloit. Wis.,
Ethical Culture school. New Y'ork City, and Columbia
university. Is the author of "Dear Me" produced by
John Golden in 1920; "The Scarlet Man" produced
at Henry Miller theatre. New Y'ork City; formerly,
at various times, music, shipping and dramatic editor
of the New Y'ork Herald. In 1910 wrote scenarios
for Lasky. Later wrote titles for Universal. Went
to France during the World war as second lieutenant
with the 77th division, returning after the war to
Hollywood and joining the Metro scenario department
where he remained one year; also spent one year with
Thomas Ince. In 1921 with William Randolph Hearst's
Cosmopolitan productions doing Marion Davies' screen
stories including "When Knighthood Was in Flower,"
"Little Old New Y'ork," "Janice Meredith," "Y'olanda"
and "Zander the Great." In 1025 went to raramount
as a scenario writer and within six months became
a director, making "Ace of Cads." and "Evening
Clothes." starring Adolphe Menjou; "New Y'ork" with
Lois Wilson and Ricardo Cortez; "World at Her Feet"
and "Honeymoon Hate" starring Florenre Vidor:
"Shanghai Bound" starring Richard Dix : and "Saw-
dust Paradise" starring Esther Ralston. In 1028 went
to Fox Films as supervisor. To RKO in 1930. Di-
rected "Rio Rita." "Dixiana" and "Babes in Toy-
land."
RIESNER. CHARLES (CHUCK): b. Minneapolis,
Minn.: 1S87; e. Minneapolis; h. 5 feet 11 inches:
brown hair, brown eyes: w. 190 pounds. Ten years
on stage in Keitli and Orpheum vaudeville and a
Dillingham production. Screen career, scenario writer
for Keystone. Vitagraph. Century. Balboa Productions ;
ro-director and actor with Metro; director with Charlie
Chaplin on pictures for First National; direrted "The
Missing Link." "The Fortune Hunter." Warner;
"Steamlmat Bill. Jr.." United Artists: "Fools for
Luck." Paramount: "Noisy Neighbors." rathe: "China
Bound." "Hollywood Revue of 1929." "The Road
Show." MGM. and In 1930-31 "Caught Short." "Re-
ducing." "Love in the Rough" and "Stepping Out."
for MGM.
ROBACH. AL: h. New Y'ork City. 1888. Early
career as magazine illustrator, artist, writer, was a
stage actor. Screen career began with Rankin Drew
Dandling art direction of "The Girl Philipe." also
appearing in that film: became associated with Charles
Ilrabin wrote scenario for "Driven": art director on
"Ben HUT" for MOM ; director for MOM. FRO.
Columbia; directed "Green Grass Widows." "Their
Hour," "Albany Night Boat," Tiffany-Stahl.
ROBERTS, EDWARD C. : b. Cincinnati. Ohio, May
22, 1S94; e. Los Angeles; h. 6 feet; w. 190 pounds;
black hair, gray eyes. Played in comic opera and
stock before going into picture business in 1919:
started as makeup man, then property man, assistant
director and director; wrote story and directed "Tread-
mill"; directed series of shorts with Mickey Bennett.
ROBERTS. STEPHEN: b. Summersville, W. Va..
November 23. 1895; h. 5 feet 6 inches; black hair
and brown eyes; w. 140 pounds; p. Vina B. and Dr.
S. F. Roberts, non-professionals; e. Huntington and
Wheeling, W. Va.. high schools and the Ohio State
university, Columbus, O. ; m. Vee Eva Wolf, non-
professional; hy. hunting and fishing. Assistant di-
rector for one year with William S. Hart and Thomas
H. Ince; eight months for Fox. Director for s.x and
one-half vears for Educational. Joined Universal in
October. 1930.
ROBERTSON. JOHN S. : b. Ontario. Can.. June 14,
1S7S; h. 0 feet; brown hair and hazel eyes; w. 200
pounds; p. non-professionals; e. public schools of On-
tario. St. Thomas school. Western university; on stage
until 1014; m. Josephine Lovett. professional (writer).
Director for Universal in 1929 and 1930.
ROBINSON, ARTHUR: b. Chicago. 111., June 25.
1888: e. in Germany. Munich University, specializing
in medicine; h. 6 feet 3 inches; w. 225 pounds; light
hair, gray-blue eyes; hy. boxing and driving. Was a
practicing physician for many years: first acted on the
stage in Chicago: has written scenarios and been di-
recting since 1914: speaks German. French and Eng-
lish and has made many pictures in all three
languages; first picture was made in Germany with
Emil Jannings; after three more pictures made in Ger-
many, turned to writing; wrote five picture plays, all
of them successful; then directed "Shadows," a silent
picture without titles; four more pictures for UFA,
"Manon Lescaut." "The Last Waltz" and "Looping
the Loop" ; came back home and made versions, both
French and German for MGM: his "Trial of Mary
Dugan" ran four weeks in Berlin's biggest house;
now making originals in Hollywood.
RODNEY, EARLE: b. Toronto, Ont. Canada: e.
Notre Dame University. Played in vaudeville, stork
and on the road. Screen career: juvenile lead with
Sennett: parts with Griffith; in stock with Charles
Ray and Enid Bennett; director for Christie: r turned
to Sennett as comedy director; directed Keystone
Kop series; director and scenarist for Sennett: directed
series of sound shorts for Eugene Sptiz in New Y'ork
during 1928-29.
ROGELL. ALBERT: b. Oklahomai City. Okla.. Au-
gust 21. 1901; h. 5 feet 10% inches; brown hair and
blue eyes; w. 170 pounds; p. Fannie and Benjamin
Rogell non-professionals; e. high school in Spokane.
Wash.! Washington Street college, and has had stage
training: m. Marion Douglas, actress; hy. tennis, out-
door sports, hunting and golf. Screen career of seven
years; directed "The Wanderer" and "The Spaniard"
in 1925: "What Price Glory." "Lucky Lady" and
"Ladv of the Harem" in 1920; "Two Arabian Knights."
"The Gorilla," "The Love Thrill" and "Cheating
Cheaters" in 1927; also directed "Shepherd of the
Hills," "The Lone Wolf's Daughter." Ken Maynard
of First National and an original series of the late
Fred Thomson. In 1929 directed "Phantom City."
"Cheyenne." "California Mail" and "Flying Marine."
later made "Aloha." 'Tainted Faces." "Mamba."
ROLLENS. JACQUES: b. Chicago. 111.; e. public
schools of 111. Entered picture business in 1919: was
placed under contract to Fox; stage experience and
tendency to connect with motion picture industry
caused entry into pictures; directed "The Return of
the Gray Wolf"; "Wooden Soldiers." "Day Dreams."
"Faces." "Handcuffed"; wrote dialogue for "The
Charlatan" for Universal.
ROSEN. PHIL: b. Russia. 1888. Started with
Edison in 1912 as a cinematographer; filmed "Miracle
Man"; became director and worked for L'niversal. Hod-
kinson. Paramount. MGM. FBO : directed "The Can-
celled Debt." "Prettv Clothes." "Burning Up Broad-
way." "Marry the Girl." "A Million for Love." "Un-
dressed." "The Apache." "The Faker." Columbia:
"The Peacock Fan." Chesterfield: "Phantom of the
House." Continental: "The Rampant Age." Trem
Carr: in 1030-31 directed "Lotus Ladv." Tec-Art:
"Fighting Thru." Tiffany: "The Single Sin." Tiffany:
and "Worldly Goods." Darmour.
ROSS. NATHANIEL R.: b. San Francisco. Cal..
June 13. 1902: e. San Francisco and New Y'ork City:
h. 5 feet. 8 inches; w. 160 pounds: black hair, blue
eves; hy. motoring and yachting. Entered picture busi-
ness in 1915 as New Y'ork representative of Stanley-
Masthaum Company; on home office sales force of
Universal, confidential secretary to Carl Laemmle: di-
rector of Westerns for Universal: joined Associated
Exhibitors. Chadwick and other independent companies:
releases for Universal include "Collegians," "College
Love." "College Heroes."
ROSSON. ARTHUR: b. London. England. 1889.
Screen experience began as a stunt man and actor.
Wrote scenarios and was assistant director. Became di-
rector five vears later with Triangle, and also worked
for Artcraft". Universal. Allied Production. Norma Tal-
madge. Fox. Paramount. Vitagraph, Goldwyn and has
directed the following plays: "Y'ou'd Be Surprised."
"Stranded in Paris." "Wet Paint." "Lost Outlaw."
"Set Free." "Silk Legs." "The Wizard." "riay Girl."
"Farmer's Daughter." 'Toints West." "Long. Long
Trail." "Mounted Stranger." "Trailing Trouble."
ROSSON. RICHARD: b. New Y'ork City. 1S94.
Was active in musical circles in East. Screen career
started with Vitagraph in 1914: was associated with
Ince. later joining Universal: hrgan directing in 1018
under the supervision of Alan Dwan : direrted for
raramount. FBO. Fox; "The Wizard." "The Escape."
"Road House." Fox: "Dead Man's Curve." FBO:
"ShOO tin* Irons." l'aramount. and "The Very Idea,"
RKO.
RUGGLES. WESLEY: b. Los Angeles. Cal.; dark
hair and brown eyes: p. Charles S. Rugg'es, non-
professional: e. rolvtechnic high school. San Franris"0:
not married: hv. swimming, golf, bunting. Played
stork In Pacific Coast cities Started in pictures in
1014 as an actor, with Mack Sennett as a Keystone
cop. However, he was more Interested in the direction
end. and soon got Into it. rising steadily in his
1931
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I r..re..i,.n 1> re- led lb* following: 'The Ki k Off."
Uu .* lluaJit) " "Beware uf Widow*." "Finder.
Kntm" Mlk Stockings." 'The Four Flu.her.."
!*ru>UI." "Sinn Ulrl." "Condemned." ' Hone)."
"The M*» Hal." and "Hlrret Ulrl" and "Clmui»rou"
far IIKU in mo.
RUTH. ROY OIL: b Philadelphia. P» I I >■>
schools of Philadelphia. Wllllanisport and Hre-ikl)...
m iton-iarofeaalunal and has um sun; hy. music, art
and lolf. Ha lifrd In Londun for a lime, then re-
lumed lo U M and Joined the relational »taff of
the PbiUdelphla North American, and then the 11)11-
adrlMua Enquirer, and waa arm to Cuba In lt»13 at
.kn.^i mrtin kml rvuortex on the W.llard J».lins..n
'in
II
man Mary Tliurnian and Juanita llanwn In 1917
he began directing twurerl comedica. directing prar-
I. rally all TUrpln ploturca for Sennrtl. Among Ihr
picture* which hr directed for Warnrr Broa are "Five
and Ten l "rot Annie " • Powder My Hark." "Ham and
Eggs at l he Front " "If I Were Single." "The First
Auto." "Wolf. Clothing." "Across 1 1..- PartSr." "Pool;
loose Widows." "Tilt Man Upstairs." "Hogan • Alley.
• Boa-are of Bachelors." "The Desert Hong. The
Hottentot" and Hold Everything": Vluplmnr produr-
Ilona: alao "Conquest." "Oold Diggers of Broadway.
"Armor." "Second Floor Mystery." The Life of the
Party."
ST. CLAIR. MALCOLM : I). Lo* Angeles. U.I. : b.
• fart S Incite*: brown hair and blue eye*: w. 1«5
pound*: p. -Norman St. Clair, non- professional : c.
Lo* Angele* high srbool: married. Worked for I I
lie-! Ill 1. dies, then scenarios. ttl.ll t" M.T.i !•'
direct Buster Kraton. lAlrr directed 11. I". Wltwcr's
"Fighting Blood" aerie*: Joined Paramount and has
mad- ' tirntlciii.n Prefer Blondes." S.-.r-mg ti •• -Is."
"Beau Broadway." "Fleet's In." "Side Street." "Cs-
naty Murder C»*e." "Night Parade." "Montana
Moon." "Reniole Control."
SANORICH. MARK: b New York City. OMbM
limn; , Columbia l'nner»n>. Ne» >,ork: special
lung In acleoce and mathematics. H'i< abort atory
writer and playwright. Entered g»li-t nr.- bu.in.s, in
IMS' ba* directed "Sword* Point*." • Hello. S»llor.
"Cow's Husband." "Kunaway OlrLs." "L*dy Lion.
"Talk of Hollywood." Sono-Art; under contract to
lladlo Pictures in 1931 directum comedies; "Troubles
from Abroad" and "Tlie Way of All Fish."
SANTELL. ALFREO: b. San Francisco: e. San
Francisco high achool: trained to be an architect,
atarted writing stories on the »lde while working at
it in a Lo* Angele* office. Advised by the manager of
Uie Lubin company to give up his architectural career,
he went to Coronado and wrote atorle*. designed seta
and directed them: also acted in a few. Later Joined
American Film Company at Santa Barbara a. scenarist
and directed abort comedies with aTll—1. World Lome-
dies J..' Martin comcdic, ami others: Men int.. .!..•
feature Held and has directed such stars as Italian
rUnbrf In The Patent leather kltL The WtM
Shepherd of Kingdom Come" and ' The W Tie.-! ■ >f
Chance": Colleen M-re in "Orchids and »•' ■
Cortnne Griffith In "Cl—lned" : "The <£r111». *•
mv.tery picture, and many others Including Show
Girl" with Alice While. "This Is Heaven" and Twin
IPd. ' Tl •;'.' . and 'Uoi.ian.-e of the Itio Grand.' an, I
"Arizona Kid."
SANTLEY JOSEPH: m. Iry Sawyer, profes* onal.
i-ag. ci.sr.cn e varied as a child member »! the
, l'. n r,,-n..n cn.is.ny Features! a- "Amer-
rl- Creates! Bm \.ior" with DeWolf Hopist. Marie
C.hll Uw F ells I!, v D-shs and llasniond ll.tch-
eo^"- SoJred In "Oh Boy." "Oh My Dear. " "The
Sng^rsiand's'-mlios. also a series of £ s,u,n e...^
I-athe as smsTvisor on "Treasure (.irl. Direst, d
"Swing High." "Cros* Tour Fingers,
cru FRT7INGER VICTOR: I). Maliaway City. Pa.,
h 5 '«•! 11 mches: brown hair and »
Um i«und*' 1 T non-pn,fes.slonals: e. Philadelphia high
LLl Br^'wn Cnlrerslty. fnlTcn.IT of Bru«.U : .
o^ihe'cTnce^si.Te » -'dinist:
cSestr. leader S New York WtOl mm***. **'
i^H.r nf Belasco theatre orchestra In 1»* Aneeiis.
" is imSSTSitb being .he firs, nun . to write a
musical ».-nre for picure*. the Picture being l It llz.
of L ie" "Fiablons In l/we." •'Laughing . Lady.
•Paramount on Par.de." "S^ety in Number*.
crunrrisACK ERNEST B. : b Council Bluffs. low*,
if f «" l inch.,: black hair .nd
ISZmfT'm Pound^: P^Gusta, and H"""^ ^
sack- married and has one son. W"'le ■
g man he wen, » gg^-^lS !"-«-
M.ni'"i*m™ Clair. Ed«rd SulherUnd. Wali.ce BnnT.
Lou se F.zend. and >Uhel Norm.nd. He «h™ »er.ed
in the World war and upon his re,um he Jolnesl an
«PeSr,l.m which w., undertlcing a trip »r°UCo„oer
world and on Ihis trip he met M«lam t < MM,
who u since t*en h,s oaruier. WTien thejr wtM«
Uie *M.ihwe.t..m roast of Arabia they filmed
and later Journeyed lo Indo-Chln. -here they made
"Chang." I^ter they made "The Four Feathers, and
"Rango."
SCHWAB. LAURENCE: h. Boston. Mass : e_ How-
ard Cnirerslty of Boston: h. 5 feet. fi>* Inches w.
165 pounds: brown hair, brown eyes: by. golf. Pre-
Tious career on slage and in the Cnii.d States Nary.
In 1930 directed "Follow Thru" for Paramount.
SCOTTO. AUBREY: b Los Anireles. CnL. Aumij-,
21. 1895: h. 6 fee,: gray eyes and brown hair: w. 1.2
"Broken Oalr."
Dreams." "False
pounds : p. AUrw L Burns. l<>u.< A llurtu. rnr. is-.,
fa—lnfuli : e. Han Dlrso high arboui: m Natalie Hyatt,
ii. n prUeasmoal: h> flying, skiing Stage eiprrleant la
Boatuo Oisia I . mis.1.. An... .:. ...... I ..infant l«.l
in following aUga product loot: Amer. ran L'lllarn."
S-.li,. ■ (ilal.d Ols-ia. ..• nd-.. Chlimi f
Normandy." "Illgulello." "Alda." ' I'aallaccl." "Ca<al-
Irr.a Itu.llcana II Trotali.re " Was mm edit, r f .r
MOM for ei«h, years: pr.xlu.iion maruger. (Tarnnl
colon. Mamha." The Viking": director. iTecnnl-
co.ori. 'The Coaaaeka." ' Viennese Night." "Parisian
Night a." ' Hinging Bear." "Chinrae Flower Boat": >u-
lien i*or and auilior. iTechn. color.. "r..ght of India."
"Man.-hu Lote." Czarina'* Her ret." ' Ueatint"; wrote
and directed in llarrix-olor. "Gold Hlar Mother": dl-
re.-t.sl ' old Man Blue.." "He) Hey School Daya."
IU. k lard Follies." ' Ueliirn Inn." "I*uff lour
Blue* Away"; wrote and directed "Naughty Cal."
8CAR00N. PAUL: h M. ll.iume. Auatr.ll.. May «.
187. ; e Church »f England Sch.x.l in Melbourne.
slKs-lallzing in law: m. Betty Blttbe. actreaa: by.
busing. Was on atage In Australia; came to C s
will. Nance O'Nell In 11MIB; entered picure btulnoa
II I'll: dlie.te.1 Milestone.."
' Fuliting i.e. tint." "Shatter. d
Ki.s, , "
SEASTROM. VICTOR: b. Varmland. Sw.ilen. Sep-
tember 21. 1N7V; p. Elizabeth llartnun. professional ;
r. 1'pa.la I'nlieraty. Stockholm, Swnlen: by. motor-
ing, trarellng and farming. Stage dirnior In 101", and
acquired theatre of Ida own In Goihenherg. Sweden.
Haa liren in leg. t mute field for 18 year*. starred
as an actor in 11.12 for Swedish Biograph C<.rn|«anv
Directed . two-reel plrlure one month l.ter. Has made
picture* In France. England. Sweden. Signed with
Samuel Goldwyn In 1933. Later he Joined the merged
Metro Goldwyn- Mayer Company and ha. Uen with it
for the past six years. Directed "The Scarlet Letter"
In 1926 and In 1928 dirtsM.il the foUow.ng: "Divine
Woman." "Hell Ship." "Mask* of the Derll" snd
"Wind." In 1930 he msde "A Lady to Lore."
SEDGWICK. EDWARD: I, Galreston. Texas. No-
rember 7. 1892; h. 6 feet; dark hair and blue eyu>;
w. 251 pounds : p. Josephine Walker and Edward Sedg-
wick, professionals; e. St. Mary's umirrsity of Tezaa:
by. song writing and athletics. Appeared in the
legitimate production. "The Celebrated Case." in 1895.
as child actor. Screen experience .a director of
"I. lie Wires" and "Chasing tie M..-,ri" f<T K<>\ . "!>•»
and Dare." "Broadway or Bual." 'The Thrill Chu-
ers." "Lornlne of the Lions" snd "The Flsmlng
Frontier" for Unlverssl: snd "Tin lists." "Slide.
Kelly. Slide." "Spring Fever." The Cameraman" and
"The Sp.te M.rrlage" for Melro-Ooldwyn-M.yer. .l*o
"Free .nd £.*>*."
SEILER. LEWIS: b. New York City. Worked as
assistant director, gag man. . and director for numerous
West Coast producers, all comedies, before Joining
Fox: with Fox a number of years, first on short reel
comedies, then Mix Westerns and olber features for
Fox in 1928-29; freelancing in 1930.
SEITER. WILLIAM: b. New York City: h. G feet
1 inch; black hair and hazel eyes; w. 195 pounds; p.
Lorett. and Col. Charles Jacob Seller, non-profession-
als; e. Hudson Hirer Military academy; m. Laura
LaPlante. professional; hy. golf. Is one of the best
amateur golfers on the Pacific Coast. Is a member of
LaJieslde Club team, also splendid tennis plsyer and
horseman. Has directed such First National pictures
aa "Happiness Ahead." "Synthetic Sin." "Why Be
Good." "Water Front." "Outcast." "Pri*oner»."
"Thanks for the Buggy Hide." "Good Morning. Judge."
French version of "The Aviator." "Smiling Irish Eyes."
"Footlighls and Fools." "Love Racket." "Back Pay."
• -Flirting Widow." "Strictly Modern." "Going Wild."
"Sunny."
SEITZ. GEORGE B.: b. Boston. Mas*. January 3.
1888: h. 5 feet 5 inches: brown hair and brown eyes;
w. 145 pounds; e. Friends Central School. Philsdelphia.
and Art School In Boston. Msss. : married; hy. most
sports. Wrote plays, became legitimate actor, was
Playwright with John Craig stock company. Entered
pictures in 1914 with Pathe. Wrote scenarios, pro-
dined, acted, and directed Pearl White Patbc Serials.
Also production manager and star with that company.
Has directed • for Paramount. Universal. Metropolitan.
PDC. FBO. Columbia. Fox. Uadio-Keith-Orpheum.
Has directed the following: "Blood Ship." 'Vanish-
ing American." "Desert Gold. "Pals in Paradise."
"Lost Frontier." "The III Flood." "Jim the Con-
queror." "Great Mall Robbery." "The Tigress." "The
Warning." "Isle of Forgotten Women." "After the
Storm." "Ransom." "Beware of Blondes." "Orcu*
Kid." "Court Martial." "Blockade." "Hey. Rube."
"Black Magic." "Murder on the Roof." 'The Record
Run" for RKO in 1930. Guilty f. "Midnight Mys-
tery" Is under contrsct to RKO.
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JAMES
later for alx month* aa dialogue director on seven
pictures at Columbia: writer and director at Path*.
SHORES. LYNN: lli..gh.r.. M I UM. En-
tered picture, a. assistant to production manager of
Selxnlck Studios. Fort Lee. N. J. : became assistant to
Alan Croaland and remained with him for .it 'ear.,
working at the Cosmopolitan and Paramount l.a.ki
atudlo* In the East; started directing for FBo in
1927 In Hollywood; became freelance In 1SIH S9:
now und.-r o*.ntra«-t to UKO.
ber 28. 1900; b. 5 feet « Inches: dark brown hair .nd
blue eye.; w. 135 pound*; p. H*ttle _ »nd Charles
IkfWi •'. Morgan Prep School and McCallie l ..liege
Chattanooga. Tenn. : not married: hy. tennis, baas ball
and ftahlng. Stage experience of about 10 months with
I'eruchi Stork comuanr In Chattanooga. Tenn . and
for Iwo years with Palhe errlsls and Review He also
directed five pictures at Chadwlck's studio with directors
Scott Pembroke. Cliff Wheeler and Harry Frawr. three
with Burton King productions, three with Ch.sterfleld
productions assisting Frank O'i'onner and lliil Rosen,
and directed "Poor Nut" for First National. He netgsl
the Juienlle lead in "Counterfeit Love- for I .the.
Now with Tec Art studios.
SILVER. MARCEL 0.: b. Bordeaux. France. Oclob r
4. 1891: e. Lyee Pansen de Sallly. P.rls. Is a
of short norels »nd poems. Was the cn- founder 'of
Ibe Lc Theatre en Liberie In Paris. Franc,- \\ rk.-d
a* . newspai»rr motion pl.ture rrltlr. and later ■■■■
Fox Movietone as cutler. Entered irtctures In 1971.
and made a Movietone of Rarjuel Meller for Fox in
1928. Directed In 1929 the following production*:
"Ojrpay Romance." "Fox Movietone Follies' and
"Married in Hollywood." Under contract to Fox as
director.
8L0ANE. PAUL. : b. New York City. April 18.
1893: h. 5 feet 5 Inches: brown hair and eyes; w.
155 pounds: p. Dr. Vera .nd Dr. Hlelee Sloanes.
physicians; e. Townaend Harris high school and New
Y'ork University : m. Lillian Braxton, profesalonal : hy.
horses, tennis, music and motion picture*. No stage
experience. Screen experience started as a write ror
Edlsnn Studios in 1914 up lo 1917. then sv writer
with Fox from 1919-1923 and wrote "Over the Hill"
and "If Winter Cm.-, " From I923_ to l'.'2'. wrb
Paramount and wrote "Big Brothers" and directed
Richard Dlx's first four starring pictures. Front USB
to 1928 with Cecil DeMllle Pictures director. In
1928 studied »t Sound L»bor»tortes RCA. Genersl Elec-
tric New York, and in 1929 was with Fox as director,
hsving directed "Hearts of Dixie " Under contract to
RKO as director, and has made "Cuckoos and Half
Shot at Sunrise."
SLOMAN. EDWARD: b. London. England. 1";; e
in London. England: m. Hvlda Hallls. professional
and have one child: hy. golf, boxing, painting and
riding. Stage experience started In London. Began
In film* .* actor, then director. Haa directed for
Universal. Metro. Goldwyn. First National. Metro-
Ooldwvn-Mavcr. and was a freelance director In 192S.
Directed the following productions: "His People. ■
"We Amrrlrsns." "Surrender." "The Girl on the
Bsrge " "The Foreign Legion." "The Lost Zeppelin."
"Kibitzer." "I"uttln- on the Rltz." "The Besutlful
Cheat " "Old So.k." "Butterflies In the Rsln." "Alls,
the Deacon." "Soldiers and Women." "Hell's Island."
SMITH. BASIL: b. Dundas. Ontario: e. Toronto.
Ont.. Canada. Made stage entry as a player In .
Morris Gest spectacle, later became *Use manager
for Gest for several se.sons. Switched to pl-tures.
becoming ssslstsnt director on msnv of the old fea-
tures msde at Cosmopolitan studio In New York; back
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to the stag? as lead in musical comedies, with Roxy
as stage director tor two years. 1927-28. thtn pro-
duction manager for Radio Pictures. 1928-29: director
for Pathe on Le Maire comedies in New Tort and in
1929 joined Columbia under contract for feature work;
then to Larry Darmour Productions.
STAHL. JOHN M. : b. New York City. January 21.
1886: e. N.w York City: h. 5 feet. 10 inches: gray
hair, gray eyes. Was on the stage for 14 years. In
1911 became a director for an independent motion
picture company in New York and has been a film
director ever since: spent 12 years with Louis B.
Mayer, during the life of that producer's First Na-
tional contract and later at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
and for more than two years was rice president in
charge of production for Tiffany-Stahl company; among
his outstanding pictures have be.n "Wives of Men.*'
"The Child Thou Gavest Me." "The Dangerous Age."
"Why Men Leave Home." "Husbands and Lovers."
"The Great Galiato." "Memory Lane." "The Gay
Deceiver." "In Old Kentucky." and in 1930-31 "A
Lady Surrenders" and "Seed" for Universal. Was
assigned to direct "Strictly Dishonorable" and "Back
Street" by Universal.
STEIN. PAUL L. : b. Yienna. Austria. February 1.
1892; h. 5 feet 10*4 inches: brown hair and blue eyes:
p. non-professionals: e. Yienna and Berlin; m. Olga
Schroeder Devrient. professional. Stage experience as
actor in Deutsch theatre in Berlin, actor and stage di-
rector in Yienna. then with UFA as a director. Was
eight years with UFA. a year and a half with Warner
Brothers, one year with Cecil B. DeMille and two
years with Pathe. Directed "Office Scandal." starring
Phyllis Haver. "Her Private Affair." starring Ann
Harding. "This Thing Called Love." starring Constance
Bennett and Edmund Lowe. and "The Swan." starring
Lillian Gish. Under contract to Pathe. he made "Sin
Takes a Holiday" in 1930.
ST0LOFF. BEN: b. Philadelphia. Pa.. 1895: e.
University of Southern California: h. 5 feet. 8 inches;
dark brown hair, gray eyes. Worked for many short
subject companies; was signed by Fox and directed
various comedy serials: latter part of 1926 directed
initial feature for Fox: has directed "The Gay Re-
treat." "Silver Yalley." "Horseman of the Plains."
"Plastered in Paris." "The Girl from Havana." Fox:
"Protection." "Speakeasy." "Happy Days." all for
Fox. and in 1931 "Soup and Nuts" and "Not Ex-
actly Gentlemen" for Fox.
STOUB. RALPH B.: b. Chicago. 111.. July 21. 1899:
h. 5 feet 914 inches: dark brown hair and brown
eyes; w. 195 pounds: p. Emma and Edward Staub.
non-professionals; e. Oakland high school; m. Pearl,
non-professional : hy. motor boating, horse back riding
and hunting. No stage experience. Screen experience
started in 1916 as assistant cameraman. In 1919 a
cameraman and worked with Blanche Sweet. Jack Pick-
ford and H. B. Warner. Was first cameraman at
age of 21 to make motion pictures in the heart of
of Alaska, now known as Mt. McKinley National Park
Alaska. Produced, directed, photographed, edited and
sold several series of short reelers via state right
market. Directed and photographed over 210 one-reel
subjects, over three years with Columbia, making
screen snapshots, directed and photographed more stars
than any man in the picture business, but has never
made anything longer than one reeL Now with Co-
lumbia making Snapshots, all singing, dancing and
talking versions.
STRAYER. FRANK R. : b. Altoona. Pa.. September
21. 1891; h. 5 feet 10*4 inches: brown hair and blue
eyes; w. 140 pounds: p. Elizabeth and Reuben A.
Strayer. non-professionals: e. Wilkinsburg high school
and Carnegie Technical college. Pittsburgh: m. Erma P.
Rogers, non-professional: hy. home and baby. Screen
productions: for Columbia. "Enemy of Men." "Step-
ping Out." "Fate of a Flirt." "Lure of the Wild."
"Bachelor's Babv." "Sweet Ros"e O'Grady." "Pleasure
Before Business." "When th» Wife's Away." "The Fall
of Eve" and "Acquitted." the latter two being talking
pictures. For Paramount: "Rough House Rosie."
starring Clara Bow. "We're in the Air." starring
Beery and Hatton. "Pardners in Crim°." starring
Beery and Hatton. "Just Married" and "Moran of the
Marines," starring Richard Dix. For Fox: "Fast
Workers." "Let's Go Places."
STUBBS. HARRY: h. England. 1880; e. Christ's
College. England. Appeared in manv New York stage
productions: was appointed by the War Department to
command the entertainment department of the U. S.
Army during the World War: was made managing
director of th" Actors' Theatre. New York City: was
brought to Hollvwood by Roland West to play in
"Alibi"; then followed several other important roles at
United Arris's, and other studios: was selected by
United Art'sts to direct dialogue on "Bride 66" : his
work on that picture resulted in his being chosen
over manv o*her applicants »o dir"ct the dialogue in
D. W. Griffith's "Ahraham L'ncoln" : has written sev-
eral successful sketches and one- act plays.
SULLIVAN. JACK: b. San Francisco. CaL, Man*
5. 180-i; h. 6 feet: blue eves and dark brown hair:
w. 195 pounds; p. Cornelius J. Sull'van: e. Oason
Point Military Academv. Manl'us Military Institute:
by. swimming, polo and golf. Six'een years in motion
Pictures. Directed "Hunchhack of Notre Dam"." "Fool-
ish Wives '" Universal: "Phantom of the Opera." Uni-
versal: "Merry Go Round." Universal: "Road House
Nights " Paramount: "Port of Missing Girls." "Fight
and Win Series" (Jack Dempsevi. Universal : "Noah's
Ark." Warners: "Chances." First National: "Lord
Jim." Paramount.
SUTHERLAND. EDDIE: b. London. England. Janu-
ary 5. 1895; p. Julia Ring, professional: e. in Paris
and America: married. Stage experience in vaudeville,
stock, musical comedy and appeared in the stag** pro-
duction of "So Long Letty." Screen experience started
In 1914 as an actor in a Helen Holmes serial: later
he heeam" a Kevstone comedian and next a Juvenile
leading man. Then he joined Charlie Chaplin's direc-
torial staff. His first film was "Comin' Through." star-
ring Thoma- Meighan. Other piotur** include: "Fireman
Sue Mv Child." "We're in the Navy Now." "Rchind
the Front." "Fast Company." "Pointed Heels." "Burn-
ing Up." 'Old Armv Game." "Love's Greatest Mis-
take." "Figures Don't Lie." "Till'ie's Punctur<d Ro-
mance." "Babv Cyclone." "Number. Please " and
co-directed "Clo«* Harmonv" and "Dance of Life"
for Paramount, with whom he is under contract. Later
he made "Social Lion." "Saturday Night K>d " "Sap
from Syracuse." "On the Spot." "Burning Up."
SWEET. HARRY: b. Colorado. 1901; hv. mutec and
the theatre. Before entering th" directorial field, was
a featured comeditff In over 150 comedies: directed
pictures featuring Harry Langdon. Ben Turpin. Stan
Laurel. Monty Banks. Jimmy Aubrey and Clark &
McCullough: handled megaphone on several series of
shorts for Fox in 1929. He has also directed Univer-
sal. Cameo. Tuxedo. Joe Rock and Mermaid comedies:
was freelance director when RKO-Pathe signed him to
direct Franklin Pangborn in ' Next Door Neighbors."
Appeared in "Her Man" in 1930.
T
TAUR0G. NORMAN, b. Chicago. 111.. February 23.
e. New York City and Indianapolis. Ind.; m. non-
professional : hy. football, baseball and swimming.
Has had some stage experience. Entered pictures in
1913. and has directed Larry Semon comedies (Yita-
graphi. and Lloyd Hamilton comedies (Educational).
Directed "The Ghetto." starring George Jessel iTlffany-
Stahli; "The Farmer's Daughter" (Foxi. "The Diplo-
mats" (Fox-Movietone), with Clark and McCullough.
"Lucky Boy" in 1929 for Tiffany-Stahl and later
"Troupers Three." "Sunny Skies." "Hot Curves." With
Paramount in 1930 and directed "Skippy."
TAYLOR. RAY: Stage career, manager for Na-
tional Francaise. Stage manager at New Haven.
Conn.; also in vaudeville. S.-reen career; assistant di-
rector to Jack Ford at Fox; then to Universal as
assistant director and director of shorts : later as-
signed to features for Universal and Pathe; "The
Avenging Shadow." Pathe: "The Vanishing Rider."
"Quick Triggers." "Greased Lightning." "The Scar-
let Arrow." "The Border Wildcat." "Come Across."
"The Final Reckoning" s.rial for Universal; more re-
cently "The Jade Box" and "Finger Prints" for
Universal.
TAYLOR. SAM : b. New York City. August 13.
1895: e. Fordham University, receiving A. B. degree.
Went from college in 1916 to Kalem Company on
scenario staff: wrote Sis Hopkins. Ethel Teare. Ham
and Bird Comedies: also was feature continuity writer
for Yitagraph; became director when assigned "Girl
Shy" starring Harold Lloyd: directed "Tempest." "The
Freshman." "The Woman Disputed," "My Best Girl."
"Exit Smiling"; directed and wrote dialogue for Mary
Pickford's "Coquette." United Artists; scenario for
"Lady of the Pavements." United Artists: adaptation
and direction of "Taming of the Sarew" with Mary
Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks: in 1930-31 directed
Norma Talmadge in "DuBarry" and Mary Pickford in
"KiM."
TERRIS. TOM: b. London. England. September 28.
1887; e. Christ Church. England; hy. yachting. Has
ban actor manager in England and America. Pro-
duced his first revues outside of Paris, many musi-
cal comedies in London and New York; foremost im-
personator of characters of Charles Dickens, playing
Old Scrooge in Christmas Carol over 1.000 times. En-
tered picture business in 1914 when he made "Mystery
of Edwin Drood" and "The Chimes": from then on
never returned to legitimate stage: started as actor,
then became a director; has directed "Third Degree."
"Fortune Hunter." "Climbers." "Heart of Maryland."
"Dead Men TeU No Tales." "Boomerang." "The
Bandelero." "The Girl From Rio." "Clothes Make
the Woman." "Beyond London Lights."
THORPE. RICHARD: r. n. Rollo Smolt Thorpe: b.
Hutchinson. Kan.. February 24. 1896: h. 6 feet: black
hair and hazel green eyes: w. ITS pounds: e. Wichita
High School: m. Belva McKay, professional: hy. his
son. In vaudeville, stock and musical comedy from
1915 to 1918. Acted from 1921 to 1924 in the follow-
ing productions: "Torchy Comedies." "Three O'Clock
in the Morning." "Burn 'Em Up Barnes" and "Flames
of Deside." Directed the following from 1923 to 1929;
Charles Murrav in Hodkinson Comedies. 72 westerns
for Action Pictures. Pathe release : for Tiffany. "College
Davs." "Their First Night" and "Jooelyn's Wife"; for
Mascot. "The Yanishing West." "King of Kongo."
Fatal Warning" and "Vultures of the Sea": for
Columbia. "The Bachelor Girl" and Mrs. Wallace
Reid in "The Feminine Touch." Later he made "The
Dud? Wrangler." "Under Montana Skies." "Border
Romance." "Flving Buckaroo." "Desert of the Lost."
"Saddle Mates." "Yalley of Hunted Men." "Des-
perate Courage."
TINLING. JAMES: b. Seattle. Wash.; e. University
of Washington: hy. vachting. Started in picture busi-
ness as prop boy with Century Studios: wrote comedies
for two vears: one of most daring stunt men in Holly-
wood: directed "Silk Legs." "Don't Marry." "Very
Confidential." "The Exalted Flapper." Fox: "T-ue
Heaven." Fox; "Words and Music." Fox: latest pic-
ture is "The Flood." Columbia.
TUTTLE. FRANK: b. New York Citv: h. 6 feet:
dark brown hair and brown eyes: w. 170 pounds: p.
Helen Hislop Dodds and Fred Brad'ey Tuttle. non-
professionals; e. public schools in New York City,
the Hill School, at Yale, and received his stage train-
ing as president of Yale University Dramatic Associa-
tion: m. Fredericka Staats. non-professional: hy.
fencing and writing. Amateur theatrical experience
in Yale: then assistant editor of Vanitv Fair: later
publicity representative for the Metropolitan Musical
Bureau, most of his experience being from the writing
angle. Screen career began as a continuity writer for
Paramount, doing the screen play for "The Kentueki-
ans" and "Th° Conquest of Canaan." Then he organ-
ized the Film Guild and directed five pictures: rejoined
Paramount later and directed "Dangerous Money."
"Miss Bluebeard." "A Kiss in the Dark." "The Mani-
cure G:rl " "The Luckv Devil." "Lovers in Quaran-
tine." "The American Venus." "The Untamed Ladv."
"Kid Boots." "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em." "Blind al-
iens.'" "Time to Love." "One Woman to Another."
"The Spotlight." "Love and I/am." "Something Al-
wavs Happens." "Varsity." "His Private Life." "Mar-
auise Preferred." "Studio Murder Mvsterv." "The
Greene Murder Case." "Sweetie." "Only the Brav."
"Benson Murder Case." "Paramount on Parade."
"Men Are Like That." "True to the Navy." "Her
Wedding Night." "No Limit."
u
VAN BUREN. A. H.: b. New Jersey: e. Conne-ti-
cut schools Stage experience in stock in New York
City. Los Angeles. St. I/iui=. Boston. Milwaukee Min-
neapolis Washinc'on. Hartford. New Haven. Bridge-
port and Springfield. Left the stage to direct "Trial
of Marv Dugan " "Alnma of the Sou'h S^as " "Cr*ne."
"Small Time." "Li'tle Spitfire." "Fast Life." "Some
Day." and many others. Went to Hollywood in 1928
and has directed the dialog on "Hearts in Dixie,"
"Thru Different Eyes." Four Devils." "The River."
"Lone Star Ranger." "Big Time." and "What Men
Want." Under a long term contract to Universal.
VAN DYKE. W. S. : b. San Diego. CaL. 1899: e.
in Seattle. Wash. ; not married ; hy. work. Stag; exe-
rience for 25 years in stock, vaudeville and road
shows. Has worked as director with Pathe. Metro.
Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Was assistant to D.
W. Griffith on "Intolerance." Completed a series of
Tim McCoy Westerns for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. such
as "Gentle Cyclone." "War Paint." "California."
"Winners of the Wilderness." "Spoilers of the West."
"Wyoming." "Eyes of the Totem." "Under the Black
Eagle." "Heart of the Yukon." also directed "White
Shadows in the South Seas" and "The Pagan" for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Went to Africa to make
"Trader Horn" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, for whom
he is now under contract.
VI DOR, KING WALLIS: b. Galveston. Texas.. Feb-
ruary 8. 1S95; h. 5 feet HVi inches; black hair and
blue eyes; w. 189 pounds; p. Kate Wallis and Charles
Shelton Vidor. non-professionals; e. private school at
Galveston. Texas, and the Peacock Military Acad.-my.
San Antonio. Texas, and Tome College. Port Deposit.
Md. ; m. Eleanor Boardman. professional: hy. tennis
and boating. He has directed "Turn in the Road."
"The Jack Knife Man." "Peg O' My Heart." "Three
Wise Fools." "The Sky Pilot." "Wild Oranges." "La
Boheme." "Bardelys the Magnificent." "The Big Pa-
rade." "The Crowd." "The Patsy." "Hallelujah."
"Show People." "Billy the Kid." "Not So Dumb."
VIETROL. BERTHOLD: b. Vienna. 1885. Edited
books of poems ; directed plays in Vienna for three
years : was called to Berlin by Max Reinhardt ; had
his own theatre in Berlin and also acted and wrote
plays; was first German to produce Eugene O'Neill
plavs in Berlin: wrote "our Devils"; was brought to
Coast by Winfield Sheehan; directed for Fox in 1929;
under contract to Paramount in 1931.
VIGNOLA. ROBERT C. : b. Italy: e. Albany. New
York; hy. hunting and swimming. Was on stage seven
years with Shapespearean repertoire: entered pictures
in 1907 with Kalem: went to call on Sidney Olcott
when he needed an actor for a particularly eccentric
role and Olcott offered to give him start : went abroad
in Olcott's company. "From the Manger to the Cross":
directed "The World and His Wife," "When Knight-
hood Was in Flower." "Fifth Avenue." "Cabaret."
"Tropical Madness." "The Red Sword."
VON STERNBERG. JOSEPH: b. Yienna, Austria;
h. 5 feet 5 inches: black hair and grey eyes: w. 145
pounds: stage training in Yienna: m. Riza Royce.
non-professional: hy. golf, music and art. Directed
"Salvation Hunters." "Underworld." "The Last Com-
mand." "Dragnet." "Docks of New York" and "The
Case of Lena Smith." "Thunderbolt" 1929 for Para-
mount, then "The Blue Angel" (UFA) and "Madame
Nobody" for Paramount in 1930.
VON STROHEIM. ERICH: b. Vienna. Austria. 1885;
e. Austrian Military Academy. Austria; not married.
Stage experience with Orpheum circuit in own play.
Assisted John Emerson on "Old Heidelberg." Screen
experience consists of assisting on Pickford and Fair-
banks pictures, and making appearances in the fol-
lowing plavs: D. W. Griffith's "Hearts of the World."
leading role in "The Great Gabbo" for James Cruze.
Inc.. Cruze directing. Directed, wrote, starred in
"Blind Husbands" for Universal and made the "Wed-
ding March" for Paramount. Was expert on detail in
"Hearts of Humanity." directed by Alan Holubar.
Made the talker version of "Blind Husband*" for
Universal after a several months' trip abroad in 1930.
V
WALKER. STUART: b. Augusta. Ky. : e. public
schools. Cincinnati. University of Cincinnati. Special-
ized in engineering; hy. tennis, baseball, boating,
antiques, history, geography and motoring. Directed
repertorv theatres in Buffalo and Detroit for Jessie
Bonstelie in his earlier days in the theatre, after a
six year association with David Belasco as actor, play
reader, manager of the play bureau and stage man-
ager. Became an independent manager in 1915. in-
vented the Portmanteau Theatre, acted and wrote plays
for it; produced and completed dramatization of Booth
Tarkington's "Seventeen" and became director of the
Indianapolis Repertory Theatre and of the Repertory
Theatre in Cincinnati.
WALLACE. RICHARD: b. Sacramento. CaL; h. 6
feet; curly brown hair and blue eyes: w. 170 pounds;
e. received early schooling in Sacramento, high school,
and then entered Rush Medical college in Chicago.
His ambition was to become a medical surgeon. In-
sufficient funds made it necessary that he leave school
and go to work. He took a job with a carnival com-
pany as operator of the merry-go-round. His first job
in the film city was an assistant cutter at the Sennett
studio. It started him on a picture career that during
the vears has placed him in every studio capacity save
that of actor. He has worked for every leading pro-
ducer in the business. He claims to dislike directing
and would rather be a writer, but in spite of this he
has directed some of the most successful pictures made,
among them "McFadden's Flats." "The Texas Ste»r."
"Man Mun Fight." "The Shopworn Angel" and "Tn-
nocen'S of Paris." starring Maurice Cheva'ier. and
"Anybody's War." "Seven Days' Leave." "Right to
Love" in 1930 for Paramount.
WALSH. RAOUL: b. New York Citv March 11.
1892: e. New York City at Seton Hall Universi-y: m.
Lorraine Walker, professional; h. 5 feet. IM| inches:
w 185 pounds: black hair, blue eyes; hv. horses, has
a stable of horses at Agua Caliente. Toured Europe
for two years after graduation: returned to America
to studv olavwritin" und-r the late Paul Armstrong:
first on the stage in 1910. Started pictures in 1912
as an actor with the Biograoti Players: his associates
were Marv Pickford. Owen Moore. Gish S;s'ers: flrst
important role. John Wilkes Booth in Griffith's "Birth
of a Nation": has directed more than 100 film pro-
ductions. 28 of them for Fot: outstanding nnvtiK-ions:
"Kindred of th- Dust." "Thief of Bagdad " "Fjs» of
Suez " "Th'- Wanderer " "The LaHf of the Harem."
"Sadie Thompson." "What Pri<-e Glorv." "The Co<-k
Fved Wor'd." "Loves of Carmen." "The Red Dance "
••The Man Who Came Rack" and more recentlv.
"Women of All Nations." "Me Gangster " "In O'd
Arizona." "Women of All Nation-." and "The Big
Trail" and "Seas Beneath" in 1930.
WATERS I0HN: b New York Citv. 1S94: married:
hy. golf. No stag- experience. Was with Reliance
1931
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tctor.
period of tour years, b. p. Srhulb rg. thru mrfuntii
indc[,-ndrntly. gave him a chance handling the mrga-
pli»nr When S hult>r. j. ,m.. I Paramount hr insisted
that young Wrllman br taken alone with him. Hr
wa». and his first attrmpt for I'aramount wu 'Thr
Cat's l*alamas." Aftrr that was "You Nrtrr Kn<<*
Women." ahlrh was hallrd aa a "different picture-
by critics all orrr tbr country, hr waa asalgncd to
direct "Winrs R mi: an acr himself, hr knew rrrrr
phase and turn of tbr aviator's mind. Following
"Wings" Wrllman dlrrrtrd Thr Legion of thr Con-
demned." "Ladies of tbr Moh." "Beggars of Life."
"Chinatown Nlgbla." "Thr Man 1 I^we." "Younc
Eagles," "Woman Trap." "IHng-mus raradiar." "Strrl
Highway" and "Maybe It'* Lore."
WERKER ALFRED LOUIS: h Deadwood s l> .
IVcemhrr 2. 1894; r. San Diego. Cal. I hy. handball.
Entered plrtnrr business In 1917 at Triangle S'ndlo.
Culver Cut; dlrert-d "Sunart Legion." "Pionrrr
Scout." "Kit Carano." "Jan Cowboy": co-dlrrctrd
"Cha«ing Through Europr." dirmrd "Blur Ssles."
"Double Crossroads." and "Fair Warning." all Fox.
WEST. ROLAND:
Playrd Juvenile parta
own comiwny for sev
( land
k. Lad- at
in. ... i»«:
17: starred In
for Loew Cirruit: produced act* on hli
orrr tivv timr: started producing K>
M. ScfM- nek. becoming grnrral mana
directing Norma Talmadgr: Irft films
known Purple" on sun: two Tea
Schenck as associate produrrr at T'nii
"Thr Rat" and in 1929 made "AMbl"
Thr Bat Whlaprrs." Cnltrd Artists.
WHEELER. CLIFF: r. n Alexander Thum Tan-:
h. Sprtngflrld. Mass . May 17, ISM : r. Nrw York City.
Syracuse and Yalr rnivcrsiry. Class of 1914: f. Prince
Saaha Thurn-Taxis. Was rhirf of staff for Grnrral
Milan Stefanic of tbr French Army, hat been in mili-
um! and
itlcr "Vn-
T rejoined
ii Anistt: made
1931 dirmrd
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Mack S mi." at bl» n- » studio
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dirrctor. Hr died in 193
WILLAT. IRVIN: b. Stamf.Td. Conn : h. !
In. "he-.; blonde hair and blue .v.-: w IT" ;■
Agnrs and August Willat: r. In Florida and
m. Billlr Dorr, professional : hy. cartooning,
raphy. art. tennis and swimming. No stage
mcr. Entrrrd pictures in 191<> with Imprri.
pan J. Picture, directed by him include "Bel
Door." "North of 3«." "Bark to God's C
"Submannr." "Tbr Islr of Lost Ships" f
National, became a freelance director in I93n
WINOEMERE. FRED: Began directing fra
1924 for Goldstonr. making two: same sear n
for Schulherg Product ton- and one for Tiff an:
followed by two in 1928 for Tiffany: 1927.
' She'. My Bans" f..r si. rlinc Prelum. .ns. ■
to Krelbar Pictures: work confined mnatlr to
drnt product ; dirrrtrd "Thr Rolling Stonr.
Amrriran.
W000. SAM : b. Philadrlphla. Pa.. July 1
17"
id thin
ndetvn -
• Pan
!»».-!:
h. 6 fret ; brown hair and ryes :
Kathrrtn Com and William H. Wo
all; r. M. Hall Stanton school. Phil
bad some stagr training ; m. Clan
professional: hy. football, rowing am
Wallace Rrid in "Douhlr Sprrd."
"What's Your Hurry!" "Sirk Ashed'
Fool": Wanda Hawl -y in "Her
•Thr Snob" and "Thr Belorrd VIII
ton in "Thr City Sparrow"; Jackie
Bad Boy": Gloria Swansnn in Tti
• Tndrr thr Lash." "Hrr Husband s
Glided Cagr." "Mr Amrriran Wifr
I>aughtrr." "Blackheard"' Eighth Wife." "Bryond the
Rocks" and "Don't TrM Evrrything." Also dirrrtrd
an all-star cast In "His Cbildrrn's Children " "Thr
Next Corner Bluff": Harold Bell Wright's "Minr with
pounds :
i profession -
a. IV. and
toush. non-
r. Directed
My Dus-."
and "Thr Danrin*
Fir-t Eloprmmt."
Ilain": Ethrl Clay-
Coogan in "Prck-s
jr Great Moment."
Trademark." 'Tbr
Thr Prodigal
Hunchback of Notre
WYLER. ROBERT
Fall.. N. T .
ng aaaa .i I
dent of I'njsrrsal.
WYLER. WILLIAM:
a-
192S hr direct
lightning " "H
Dust." "Bordrr
Ing Days." ant!
Trap." "Anyho.
and "The Shak
"Hcll'i Hrroes.
■ In
La XT
■ I Sewrt
Cndrr contract to CniTrraal.
YOUNG JAMES: h Baltimore.
City Collecr. Johns Hopkins l'n.s.
stat*. Entrrrd pirturr buslneai In '.
fraturr pirturr In Amrrira. "My
Vitagraph: directrd first pirturr rri
tionaJ. "On Trial" : also directed
"OUrer Twist. "• "Without Benefit •
Drril."
WRITERS
ABBOTT. GEORGE: Light hair and blur ryrs: w.
199 pounds: r. Rochester CnlTrrsity: m. non-profes-
sional: hy. golf and tennis. Co-author of "Coquette."
Wrotr "Tbr Fall Guy." "Four WalLs." "Broadway"
(•tagrl. '"The Holy Terror" and "Rjngside." Collajv-
orated on dialog for "All Quirt on thr Western Front."
Wrote "Saturday Nigh. Kid." "Night Parade." •"The
Fall Guy." "Half Way to Hearen." "Manslaughter."
AGNEW. FRANCES: b. Annlston. Ala. Wrote tne
follow, ng scrnarics: "Thr Golden Prlnress." "Are Par-
ents People." "Mannrrjuin." "Joy G.rl." "Silk Legs."
"Perfect Sap." "S->ft Liiing." 'Summer Bachelors."
"None but the Brare." "Syncopation" and "Rainbow
Man."
AHEARN. THOMAS J.: b. Dallas. Texas. February
13. 19i>4: h. 5 reel 1" inches: reddish brown hair and
light gray eyes: w. 170 pounds: p. mrs. E. A beam, of
Dallas ifather deceased > . non -professionals: e. Dallas
A-adrmr. Cn rrrsity of Dallas. Notre l>amr a"d Y"alr
t: U rkshop: received his stage training in Tale 47
Workshop and in Poll stock in New Harrn. Conn. :
not married: hy. tennis and handball. Stage expert-
ence in stock. Screen: Writing originals for Paramount,
also sound sequences.
AINSLEE. MARION: h. Kansas Cm. Mo. Was re-
porter and special writer on Kansas City and St. Louis
papers. Wrote continuities for Louis B. Mayer. Frank
Borzage: has titled many productions. including
"For ign Derils." "Thr Mrstrrious Ladv." "Thr
Singlr Standard." "Wild Orchids." "Wondrr of
tVobMB." "The Bridge of San Luis Bct." "Our Danc-
ing Daughters" and "Our Modern Maidens." all for
MGM.
ALEXANDER J. GRUBB: b Scranton. Pa : h. S
feet 9 inches: brown hair and gray eyes: w. ISO
rounds; p. Florence G Alexander and Joseph Alexan-
der. Jr. non-professionals: e. Lafayette College, dtll
mc-.neer degree: m. Elvnor G. Ernst, non-professional.
He wrote the hook, lyrics and music for Taudrrille
arts and tabloid musicals, and also wrotr tbr follow-
ing stage plays: "Loot," "Wedlocked" and "It's All
a Gamblr." In pictures orer eJeren years as writer of
originals and continuities for Paralta. Fox. Merer.
Goldwyn. CnlTersal. Columbia. Metro. Warner Bros,
and F.rst National. He is now under contract to
Warner Bros. Some of the silent pictures he has writ-
ten are "Freedom of the Press." "Michigan Kid."
"Chinese Parrot." "Man Who Laughs." "Lone Wolf
Returns." "Thunderbolt." and "Belle of Broadway."
Following are all talking pictures: "The Gamblers."
"Evidence." "General Crack" (dialog and screen playl
for Warner Bros : ilso "Murder Will Out" and "Faith-
ful" (dialog and screen playi for First NationaL Dia-
log and scenario for "A Notorious Affair." First
National. 1930-31: "Sweet Kitty Brllairs." Wamrr
Bros.: "A Notorious Affair" First National: "Tne
Ruling Passion" and "The Genius." Warner Bros.
ALTON. MAXINE: r. n. Maxine Alton Allen: b.
Wills. Kan. May 3. 1S94: h. 5 fret 5t» Inches:
blond hair and (ray eyes: w. 128 pounds: p. Rose
and Jrhn J. Trompter. non-professionals: e Sacred
Heart Convent. St. Joseph. Mo . and Washington I'm
t.r- \. St. Louis. Mo.: m. William A Allen, non-
professional: hy. collecting antiques, athletics and col-
lecting rare books. Stage experience: played leads in
dramatic stock in Chicago. III., under tbr management
of Rowland and Clifford: Montreal. Canada, under
LaScala Theatre Company: Sioux City. Iowa. Elwin
Strong: St. Louis. Mo., under O T. Crawford: Mar on.
Ind . under Oscar Cook; Jefferson City. Mo., under
Jack Hutrtiinson: Denver. Col., under C. D. Wood-
ward: Wichita. Kan., under Morgan -Prpplc; Bay City.
Mich., under William B Morris: Ft. Wayne. Ind..
under Oscar Cook: Marion. Ind.. under Oscar Cook:
Richmond. Va.. under Ted Dalley: Muskegon. Mich.,
under Ted Dalley. Vaudeville headliner. under me
management of Jack Lait for one year and Dan Kussel
two years, and under her own management for two
years. She is the author of many plays, vaudeville
acts and screen plays. Plays: "C.cero." crook drama:
"Wife in Name Only." 'Thorns and Orange Blossoms."
dramatization of the book: "The Girl in Red." comedy-
drama: "Miss Petticoats." dramatization of tne book:
'Three Rainy Nights." elaborated from her own one-
art vaudeville sketch: "Blackface Version of East
Lynne" and "Say It in French." a French farce. Vaude-
ville acts: "Glad Rags." three-person comedy sketch
starring Ceol Elliott: "Fifty- Fifty." four person crook
sketch
five- person <
Lady Sleutt
tne Alton:
starring Mi
Jack Lait:
Manicurist.'
ring Vin ent Dennis: "One Rainy Night."
nmrdy sketch starring Maxine Alton: "My
" three- player crook sketch starring Max-
Well! Well!." three-person comedy sketch
line Alton, written in collaboration with
"Peacock Alley." six-person i.rl act; "The
five-person comedy sketch: "Pygmalion
and Galatea." four-t^rsnn burlesqi
ring Jack Walburton: 'The Tr
tinging and talking act.
Nuht (Hold Your Man>.
"Tile Heart of a Princi
tional: co-author of "Ce
tne Circus ICalllopel." F
I.
e Dove. First Na-
I " FBO: "Call of
Bushman and Ethel
ndai. Mrs Wallace
and the Countess."
rl." Betty Compann.
lotd Tour Man."
ANDERSON DORIS: b. Chico. Cal: h. S fret 8
inches; brown hair and eyes: w. 133 pounds: e. Oak-
n..'
"Her
"Kits
'Ain't
Love Funny?" and "Ten Modem Comman
1927. Wrote "Wolf of Wall Street." "Thre
"True to thr Navy." Scenario and dlato
Mamas Playground" for Paramount.
'Grumry." Paramount; "Mm Call It Love.
Louis. Mo
tory man. <
director, wr
"Wild '
i Horseback.
ANDREWS DEL: b «
LouLs. Film editor, labot
tiller, srenarist. assistant
scenario* for tbe foilowin
"Rawhde Kid." "Hero i
"The Racket ." Paramount.
ANTHONY. WALTER: b Stockton. Cal.. Feb. 13.
187«: e. San Francisco: h. 5 feet I" trrcfaes: w. IS3
pounds; brown ryes, black hair. Chief title writer
for rniicr«al for four yean: then title writer for
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Warner Bros. : chief of scenario department at First
National: pictures include: "Uncle Tom's Cabin,"
"The Man Who Laughs." "Love and the Devil," "The
Port of Dreams," "Scandal," Universal; "Jazz Singer."
"Noah's Ark": adapted "General Crack" for War-
ner: 1930-31; "Scarlet Pages." Warner.
ARTHUR JULIAN: r. n. Arthur Julian Zellner, b.
Memphis. Term.; h. 4 feet 6% inches; brown hair and
eyes; w. 150 pounds; p. Anna and David Zellner, non-
professionals ; e. Linden high school. Memphis, and
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. La. ; m.
Helen Lovett. non-profess.onal : hy. radio and experi-
mental mechanics. Writer of many screen originals
and adaptations. Editor Eastern Metro Studio: editor
Old American at Santa Barbara ; New York representative
for five years of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford.
ASHER. ROLAND HILLIARD: b. Los Angeles. Cal..
August 2, 1897; h. 5 feet 11 inches; black hair and
brown eyes; w. 180 pounds; p. Rosetta and Isadore
Asher. non-professionals ; e. Polytechnic high school and
Pomona College; m. Eula Brooks, non-profess.onal; hy.
work. While on the stage he was a member of the
old Bur-bank Stock Company. Los Angeles, and the
Monazco theatre, Los Angeles. He appeared in "The
Arab." by Edgar Selwin, "The Escape." "Peg O' My
Heart" and many others. Was with the Pantages cir-
cuit vaudeville in 1923. His screen experience com-
menced with being an assistant director for Al Santell
for a period of six years. He then began to write for
First National, such pictures as "No Place to Go."
"Oh Kay." "The Wright Idea." "A Pair of Sixes"
and "Syncopated rue." He has also written the fol-
lowing magazine stories: "It's an Nil Wind." "A Fool
and His Money." "The Black Blonde" and "Hobo."
B
BAKER. MELVILLE: b. Wellesley Hills. Mass..
April 24. 1901; h. 5 feet 10 inches; dark brown hair
and blue eyes; w. 130 pounds; p. Robert M. Baker
and Minnie Pratt, father non-professional: e. Berk-
shire school. Sheffield. Mass.. Harvard University; m.
Gladys F. Baker, non-professional. Adapted the fol-
lowing: "The Swan." for LTnited Artists; "Fashions in
Love" and "Darkened Rooms" for Paramount, also
"One Romantic Night" for Paramount. 1930-1931:
"Reaching for the Moon" and "Smiling Thru." United
Artists.
BALDWIN. EARL: b. Newark. N. J.. January 11.
1903; h. 5 feet 11 inches; brown hair and eyes; w.
140 pounds; p. Ella M. and Edward J. Baldwin, non-
professionals; e. West Orange, N. J., high school and
the American Institute of Banking in New York City:
m. Mildred C. Lamb, professional — one of the Lamb
Sisters; hy. watching musical comedies from first row.
golf, football and poker. Ha9 written two-score musical
comedy tabs, numerous revues and sketches: wrote the
book of "Hollywood Music Box Revue," starring
Lupino Lane; acted as play reviewer for Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer's comedies for last seven years; wrote screen
play and continuity for "Brotherly Love," starring Karl
Dane and George K. Arthur. Scenario for "Red Hot
Rhvthm." Story, dialogue, adaptation of "The Widow
from Chicago. 1930-1931: "Sweet Mama." "Man
Crazy." "Show Girl in Hollywood" (French version),
original story, screen play and dialogue for "Naughty
Flirt" and "College Lovers." continuity on "Broad-
minded." "Salvation Nell" (James Cruze). and "Mask
of Hollywood" (French version), all First National.
BARRY. TOM: b. Kansas City. Mo.. July 31, 1885;
h. 5 feet 5 inches; w. 140 pounds; gray hair, blue
oyes : hy. art and music. Began stage career in New
Orleans as stage manager of a grand opera company
in 1908; played comedy parts in Broadwray produc-
tions and vaudeville from 1910 to 1917: in 1916 began
writing vaudeville acts and plays; first success was in
192" when he wrote "Upstart"; followed by "Dawn."
"The Immortal Thief." "Courage," "Danger"; joined
Fox in 1928 as playwright and dialogue writer; first
assignment was dialogue for "In Old Arizona": wrote
dialogue for "Thru Different Eves." "The Valiant";
1930-31 wrote "The Red Sky" and "East Lynne."
BARTLETT. RANDOLPH: b. Glencoe. Canada; e.
Winnipeg, Canada. Entered pictures in 1917 to write
interviews for Photoplay; has titled "The Perfect
Crime," "Taxi Thirteen," "Gang War." "Big Diamond
Robb;ry." "Blockade." "The Jazz Age." "The Little
Savage." "Love in the Desert," "The Red Sword."
BEEBE. FORD I.: Wrote "Don Desperado." "Bor-
der Blackbirds." "The Boss of Rustler's Roost." "The
Apache Raider." "The Bronco Buster." Pathe: "The
Wagon Show" First National: "45 Calibre War."
Pathe: 1930-31, "The Indians Are Coming." Universal:
"l'hantom of the West." Tec-Art; "King of the Wild."
Tec-Art.
BEHN. HARRY: b. McCade. Ariz.. September 24.
1S98; e. Harvard and Sweden. Entered pictures in
1925; wrote continuities for "The Big Parade." "The
Crowd." "Hell's Angels." "The Frozen River." "White
Silence"; scenario for "One Woman Idea." "The
Sin Sister." Fox.
BENNISON. ANDREW: From the production field
he became a scenario writer for Fox: scenarist for
series of Imperial two-reel corned es and a number of
Helen and Warren comedies and O'Henrv's; "Publicity
Madness." "Car Shy." "Non-Stop Bride"; dialogue
for "Detectives Wanted" and "Words and Music";
story for "Chasing Through Europe": s-reen version
of "Let's Make Whoopee" Fox: 1930-31. "On the
Level" and Men On Call" for Fox.
BERANGER. CLARA: b. Baltimore. Md : e. Gou-h?r
College. Baltimore: m. William C. DeMille. director;
they have one child: hy. likes to swim and fish. News-
paper and story writing, then entered films in 1913.
Wrote scenario on "Miss Lulu Bctt." "Grumpv." "Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. liyde"; also wrote "The Forbidden
Woman." "Almost Hum-'n." "L'ttle Adventuress."
MOM*'" Wi,e"' "Idle Rirn" "Tbia Mad World" for
BERNSTEIN. ISADORE: b. New York City. Novem-
ber. 1877. Wrote the following screen plavs: "The Med-
dler." "Rldin' Thunder." "Lorraine of the Lions,"
"The Sign of the Cactus." "Arizona Sweenstake."
"Rldin' Pretty," "The White Outlaw." "Burning
Trail." "Roaring Adventure." "Wld Horse Stampede."
"Locc, Luck." "Shamrock and the Rose" and "Valley
of Hell." Scenario for "Broken Barriers." "Dream
Melody." "Daughters of Desire," "Montmartre Rose "
"Ono Splendid Hour." "George Washington Cohen."
Wrote original story "The Cleanup."
BIRO. LAJOS: b. Nagyarad. Hungary, 1SS3; e.
Royal University of Budapest. Entered pictures in
1924; wrote original of "The Last Command." "Hotel
Imperial." "The Yellow Lily"; adapted "The Way of
All Flesh"; adaptation and continuity of "The Night
Watch."
BLOCK, ALFRED : b. New York City. August 31,
1S97; e. University of California, special.zing m
mathematics and languages; h. 5 feet 10 inches; w.
140 pounds; blue eyes, brown hair; h. football. En-
tered picture business in 1927 : in collaboration with
Byron Morgan wrote original story for "It's a Great
Life"; adaptation for 'Speedway." MGM; titled silent
version of "It's a Great Life" and "The Ship From
Shanghai." MGM; 1930-31 "Way Out West." MGM.
BLOCK, RALPH : b. Cherokee, Iowa. June 21. 1S89;
p. Doris Chraplewski and Siegfried Block, non-profes-
sionals; e. University of Michigan, ^nn Arbor. Mich-
igan; m. Mary Greenacre, non-professional. Stage ex-
perience on the advisory board. New Y'ork Theatre
Guild. 1921 to 1923, inclusive. He was production
editor for Paramount in 1923, managing editor in
1924-5-0. and supervising editor in 1927. then as asso-
ciate producer for Pathe in 1928 and 1929; 1930-31
he wrote "The Arizona Kid" and "The Sea Wolf."
BOASBERG. AL: b. Buffalo, N. Y.. December 5.
1S92. Entered picture business in 1925 as a title
writer; later wrote gags for Buster Keaton; has di-
rected comedies, written screen stories; now under con-
tract to RKO; wrote story and comedy for the Holly-
wood Revue; story, dialogue and lyrics for "So This
Is College." story and dialogue for "Assorted Nuts,"
starling Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey; wrote
original for Woolsev called "Going. Going. Gone"; also
worked for MGM in 1930-31 on "Floradora Girl."
"Forward March." "Free and Easy."
BOEHM. ENDRE: r. n. Andrew Gordon Boehm; b.
Arad. Hungary, May 1. 1900; e. Budapest, Vienna; h.
5 feet 9 inches; w. 140 pounds; gray eyes, brown
hair. Wrote following plays: "For Better or Divorce."
"Bigamy." "Sky Knights": screen career, original for
"Spring Song," scenarios for "Desert Nights." MGM.
and "Wonder of Women." MGM.
BOLTON, GUY' b. Wilmington. Del.. November 23.
1SS5: e. New Rochelle, N. Y.. and England, studi.d
architecture in Paris for three years; h. 5 feet 834
inches; w. 165 pounds: dark hair, brown eyes; hy.
travel. Has written more than 50 successful plays
since 1913; wrote his first play when 30 years old;
wrote five Princess Theatre successes. "Nobody Home."
"Very Good Eddie." "Oh. Boy," "Oh, Lady. Lady";
collaborated with George Middleton in writing several
comedies including "Polly With a Past." "Adam and
Eva." "The Cave Girl"; several plays without assis-
tance. "Polly Preferred," "The Dark Angel," "Sally"
and "Chicken Feed"; pictures include "The Love
Parade." and "The Love Doctor" for Paramount; also
in 1931 wrote "Forgotten Women" for Radio.
BOOTH. JOHN HUNTER: b. New Orleans. La.; h.
5 feet 10 inches; dark hair and brown eyes; w. 165
pounds; p. Addie and John Booth, non-professionals;
e. MacDonough high school, New Orleans, La. ; m.
Gertrude Morgan, professional; hy. motoring, first edi-
tions and fishing. Stage experience as actor, stage
director and author. Played with Robert Edeson. Edna
Goodrich. Bertha Kalich. Sidney Drew and Guy Bates
Post. Author of "The Masquerader." featuring Guy
Bates Post; "Keep Her Smiling" (Mr. and Mrs. Sid-
ney Drew), "Like a King" (James Gleason and Ann
Harding), "No Tresspassing" (Kay Johnson), "Brass
Buttons" (Bervl Mercer and Frank Shannon), and the
oo-author of "The Last Lover" (Elsie Ferguson). For
the screen he wrote the dialogues and adaptations for
Fox on the following: "The Valiant." co-adaptation
and dialogue. "The Four Devils" (Janet Gaynor).
dialogue. "The River" (Charles Farrell and Mary Dun-
can) dialogue. "Lucky Star" (Janet Gaynor and Charie
Farrell) dialogue. "The Lone Star Ranger" (George
O'Brien and Sue Carol) dialogue. "Such Men are
Dangerous" (Warner Baxter), co-adaptation; and "The
Circus Parade" (James Cruze). dialogue.
BOWERS. CHARLEY. See Male Players' Biog-
raphies.
BOYLAN. MALCOLM STUART: b. Chicago. 111..
April 13 1897: h. 6 feet; brown hair and hazel eyes;
w ISO pounds; p. Grace Duffle Boylan. novelist; e.
by tutor and in Bermuda: m. Josephine Boylan. news-
paper woman: by. polo, golf and book collecting. Has
been newspaper man. publicity director and title writer.
Now editorial supervisor for Fox. Titled "What Price
Glorv" and 70 other big productions for Fox. Dialogue
for "Making the Grade." "Masquerade." Rejoined Fox
in November. 1930. after a y ar of other activities
"Connecticut Yankee." Fox. and "Shipmates." MGM
in 1930-31.
BRANCH, HOUSTON: h. St. Paul. Minn.. March
5 1899: e. St. Louis. Was newspaper man with St.
Paul Pioneer Press: press representative for the old
Finkelstein and Ruben circuit of theatres: newspaper
man in Des Moines, Dallas and San Antonio; manager
of the trans-continental tours of Sin Carlo Grand
Opera Companv: entered motion pictures as personal
representative of Dimitri Buchowetzki. Russian drec-
tor; wrote stage play. "Dona Maria." in 1922. ' Thru
the Tears" in 1925. First motion picture written for
Buck Jones for Fox; has written screen plays for
Columbia. Paramount. MGM. Pathe. Universal. First
Nation-1 Fox and Warner: best known pictures are
"The Showdown." Paramount. George Bancroft: "Cap-
tain of the Guard." Universal. John Boles; "The
Shanghai Lady," Universal; "Square Shoulders.
I'athe- current' work includ s "Safe in Hell." an
oiisimil for Warner, "Wildcat." original for Co'um-
hia "I Like Your Nerve." First National. Douglas
Fairbanks. Jr.. and "The Lovely Lady." adaptation
for First National.
BRICE. MONTE: b. New York City: e. public
schools of Indianapolis. Ind.. and Columbia University.
Entered pictures in 1913; wrote "We're in the Navy
Now " "Hot News" and "The Fleet's In : adapted
"Behind the Front": scenario for "Someone to Love.
Paramount.
BROWN. LEW: b. New Haven. Conn.: e New Vol;
Citv h 5 feet 8 inches; w. 170 pounds; brown
hni'r. brown eves; hy. golf. Collaborator on musical
s-ores for the musical comedy singe and popular songs.
Entered picture business in 1929; wrote "Sunny Side
Up" for Fox: 1930-31. "Just Imagine." Fox.
BROWN MARTIN: b. Montreal. Canada: e. Sar-
geants Dramatic School in New York. Was on the
stage for eighteen years; entered musical comedy in
"The GtI Behind the Counter": danced with the
Dollv Sisters in "The Merry Countess"; physical
breakdown caused him to try his hand at writing:
first play was "A Very Good Young Man." followed
by "The Exciters." "Cobra," "The Lady," "Great
Music." "Tile Idol." "The Love Child." "Paris."
"The Strawberry Blonde." "The Dark," "A Roman
Gentleman" ; has lived in Monte Carlo for past seven
years. Now under contract to Paramount; first story
was "The Virtuous Sin."
BROWN, ROWLAND: b. Akron, Ohio, November 6,
1900; e. Ohio University School and art schools at
Yale and New York, attended Art Students League
in N. Y. ; h. 6 feet; w. 210 pounds; light hair, blue
eyes; hy. hunting and art. Came to Hollywood in
192S and became a laborer on the~Fox lot; next prop-
erty boy and then gag man. Provided ideas for sev-
eral scenario writers; then became a writer himself;
wrote "Doorway to Hell" for Warner Bros., collabo-
rated with Courtnay Terrett on "Skyline" for Fox and
in 1931 signed contract with Fox, and wrote "Quick
Millions."
BUCKINGHAM. THOMAS: b. Chicago, 111.; e. Uni-
versity of Illinois. Was 18 years old when he took
his first job as general handy man with D. W.
Griffith at the old Reliance-Majestic studios; progressed
to first cameraman and then to directing; as director
has been under contrUct to Vitagraph, Universal. Fox
and FBO, turning out scores of silent pictures, in-
cluding several of Tom Mix's most successful West-
erns. Wrote the majority of vehicles he directed and
finally decided to devote all his time to writing: talk-
ing picture output as member of the Pathe writing
staff includes the original story, continuity and dialogue
for "Officer O'Brien" ; continuity and dialogue for
"Her Man" and "The Painted Desert"; also wrote
original story for Columbia's "Hell's Island" ; recently
completed continuity and dialogue for "Salvage" for
RKO-Pathe's new program.
BUFFI NGTON, ADELE: b. St. Louis. Mo.. Febru-
ary 12. 1900; h. 5 feet 6 inches; brown hair and
eyes; w. 145 pounds; p. Marie E. Frederick and Adolph
Durgdorter. non-professionals: e. public schools in St.
Louis, Mo.; m. Edward Vore. non - professional ; hy.
tennis. Wrote "Free to Love" and "That Man Jack"
in 1925; "The Lawful Cheaters." "The Galloping Cow-
boy" and "The Test of Donald Norton" in 1926;
"Broadway After Midnight" and "Eager Lips" in
1927; and in 1928. "Times Square." "Something to
Love" for Gotham; "The River Woman": "The Phan-
tom City" for First National: "Petticoats and Cactus"
for Fox; and "Coney Island" and "Dancing Hoofs"
for Radio Pictures; (1929) "Phantom City." "River
Woman" and "Times Square"; joined Columbia (1929).
Wrote "Swellhead." 1930 release. 1930-31: "Just
Like Heaven." "Extravagance." and "Love, Live and
Laughter." all Tiffany.
BURBRIDGE, BETTY: Wrote adaptation and
scenarios on the following screen productions: "Reck-
less Courage," "Quicker'n Lightnin' " "Ace of Action."
"Riding Rivals," "Galloping Jinx." "Double Daring."
"Twisted Triggers," "The Fighting Cheat." "Bad
Man's Bluff," "Tearin' Into Trouble." "Cyclone
Cowboy." "Soda Water Cowboy," "Phantom Buster,"
"White Pebbles" and "Flying Buckaroo." Went under
contract to Pathe in 1929.
BURKE, EDWIN: b. Albany. N. Y. , August 30.
1899; e. Normal College, Albany, N. Y. ; h. 5 feet
10 inches; w. 160 pounds; gray hair, blue eyes; hy.
leading. Studied at American Academy of Dramatic
Arts in New York for 2 years and in 1910 joined a
Shakespearean company and played leading roles in
"Othello" and "Hamlet": became stage director of a
stock company; wrote vaudeville sketches: wrote the
play "The White Man" and then "This Thing Called
Love." Signed a contract with Fox as a writer in
1929; 1930-31 stories include "Living For Love." "Plav
Called Life." "The Man Who Came Back." "Mr.
Lemon of Orange" and "Cure for the Blues," all for
Fox: also original and dialogues of "The Girl from
Havana," dialogue of "Not Quite Decent." dialogue
and scenario of "Speakeasy." Fox; story for "Woman
Trap," Paramount; dialogue for "Harmony at Home."
Fox.
BURNS. NEAL: b. Bristol. Pa.. June 26. 1S:>2:
h. 5 feet 5V4 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 140
liounds; e. Bristol, Pa., high school; m. Joan Marquis,
professional; by, golfing. On stage in musical comedy
and in stock with Morosco; "Just Out of College."
"The Sporting Duchess." "A Stubborn Cinderella."
"The Girl in the Taxi" and ' The Girl of My Dreams."
Began screen career with Ince-Triangle in 1914 and
has been with Universal. F rst National and Christie
productions being "Slick Slickers." "Hot Scotch."
"Loose Change." and among his Christie 1930-31 for
Educational-Christie. "Johnny's Week-end." "Tearing '0
Go." "Little Beau Beep." "Don't Leave Home," "His
Shotgun Wedding."
BURT. WILLIAM PRESLEY: b. St. refer. Minn..
1877; e. military academy; h. 5 feet 7 inches: w.
138 pounds; gray eves, brown hair. Entered picture
business in 1915 at old Thanhouser Studios in New
Rochelle. N. Y. ; has written "Vultur s of the Sea."
"The Vanishing West." "The Fatal Warning." "King
of the Kongo" and "The Love Defender."
BUTLER. FRANK: b. Oxford. England. December
2S. 1895; h. 6 feet 1M inches; dark brown hair and
eyes; w. 185 pounds; p. Sarah Ann Hedges and Fred-
erick Butler, non-professionals; e. New College School.
Oxford, and New College. Oxford. London; m. Ethel
Virginia Chapman, non-professional : hy. sailing boats,
postage stamps and fishing. Stage experience of five
years with Oxford Dramatic Club, three years with
stock in Canada, and six years on the screen, having
been a featured player in Hollywood for three years,
and ctarred in Hal Roach comedies for three years. He
has been writing for the last five years, having writ-
ten about so Hal Roach comedies, also for Paramount' s
"The Big Killing." "Just Married." and "Someone to
Love." and for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in collaboration
with Sylvia Thalbcrg. "China Bound." "Untamed."
"Montana." "The Circle" and "Remote Control."
1930-31: "Strictly Unconventional." "New Moon." and
"Those Three French Girls," all MGM.
CAESAR. ARTHUR: b. Rumania. March 9. 1892:
h. 5 feet 11 inches; blond hair and blue eves; w. 195
pounds; P. Sophia and Morris Caesar, non-professionals :
e. Prep School and Yale University. New York: m. Dir»
Platts. non-professional: by. parties. He wrote the
following plays for the stage: "N'aiioleon's Barber."
"Out of Seven Seas." "Maker of Images." "When the
Dead Get Gay." "Off Key." and for the screen wrote
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orumali. adaptation, and rmitu « a« foil, w.
LMI Letly." Mhr I ..uldnt Say No" (nf Warner Broth-
i. 'Napoleon'. Barber." and "Clark MrCullouah"
lor Fox. ••Till. Mad World." with DelaUUa r-T Mrtro
«;. l.lxni Main . "Wkta Open" for Warner lln»
lWu 31: "Tbe Life of ilir Partv." ami "Duurce
Among Friends." Waimr Bn». Hpani.h vcr.i.ui of
"NapatoM'l Barhrr." Ko\. and "lied Hot Sinn. r. "
CALDWELL. M. H.: Titled "Christina." ' The D*
alt.d Flap|a-r." "Lucky Hut." "Eternal Love." "The
B.acue." lulled Art lata.
CATLETT. WALTER L. S.- Mai. In..,' III...
raphlra.
CHANSLOR. ROY : Was i ....... •..■man In XVw
York ami Washington for right years; haa written *c»-
rral i.la). ami two novel*: w»* associate litrrary edi-
tor or thr Xrw York Evening IVsi . .11.11. d a .-ontia.t
Willi Columbia Plcturra In IUJ1 and wrote 'Tlx Guilty
G nrratlun."
CLARK. FRANK HOWARD: b PtUa burst]. Pa.
IMS: •. In Pittsburgh Wr.nr tlir fulluwlnii adapta
Hon.. M'rnarloa and original*: "Jlmrnle'a Million.*' "In
H.i Gear." "Youlli and Adiciiturr." "Tin llaunlid
Hand)." ••Tlir Night Patrol." "Tin. High Flyer." The
llroadway Gallant." Tlir Flying Mall." "Prairie
K ... "Ilandll'. Son." "B01 Hldi-r." "Riding ll.-ti. -
gade." "llouiih Itldln' Bed." "Utile Burkaroo." "W11
ard of tin- Saddle." "Phantom of tlir Range." "Man
III Hi. Rough." "Trarard." ' l- l . h' in' Bedhead." "Tel
rot Mountain." "Tcxaa Tornado" and "Tlir llantam
Cowboy." wblrh he* directed and wrotr. Story, dialog
and adaptation for "Utah Kid." Tiffany.
CLARK. J. AUBREY: I. llnrT.il.. N 1 . S.-| •eii.h. r
5. 11*03: h. 5 frrt 7 14 Inches: black hair and brown
ryra: w. 125 |h>iid<1. : p. Until I. and James A. Clark.
111.11 iirofrv.lonali: r llutrliiii.nn hull schiad. Buffalo.
.\ Y . and Mid.ll. I ui\ nntltWl. Mlddlrbiiry. VI.. re-
ceived stagr tralnliiK In Yale 47 Workshop under
George Pierre Baker: hy. reading. Slag.- experience
gathrrrd In blta In .took with Garry M.Hiarry Player*
In Buffalo. N. Y' : Court Street Player*. Buffalo. N Y. .
and Poll Players In Xrw Harm. Conn. Screen ex-
Is-ricnce consists of three year* with the scenario de-
liarttnrnt of Paramount writing original stories and
dialogue.
CLARKE. KERRY: r n Harold James Kery
Clarke: b. Denver. Col.. June 3. ISM: e. Denver and
University of loin rail.. I'm 1011. career us lows
paperman. aclor and stage director : rnlcrrd picture
business in ll'2ii; screen work, originals for "Bur-
caneer." "Tell It tn Swrcnry": adaptations for "True
to the Navy." "Iluccaneer" : 19311-31 "Love. Lift, and
Laugh." "HaPPT Days." "South Sra Itnsc." "Song
•O My Heart" all for Fox.
CLAWSON. ELLIOT: b. Salt Lake City. Utah: e.
In Salt Lake. Was a nrwspaiicr writer. S t..-n
career: "Let 'Er Go Gallagher." "Skysrrap -r." "The
Cop." "Sal of Singapore." Pathe: "Body and Soul."
The Itoad to Mandalay." MGM "Whispering Smith."
"Hocking Moon." Pro-Dls-Co; wrote original and
scenario for "The Flying Fool." "High Y'oltage." and
"The Lcaihcrneck" for Pathe; scenario and dlalogu.-
for 'Thr Thirirrnih Chair" for MGM.
CLEMENS COLIN: b. Omaha. Neb.. F.bniarv H,
1894: e. I'nitrerstty of Washington. Carnegie Instllule
of Technology and Garrard OnlieialtJ. From grnrral
writing wrnt tn doing a series of original comedies
for Christie; then "Wickedness Prrfrrrrd." MGM:
"Across the Border." "Hit or Ml**." "Adam's Eve."
"Hot Lemonade." Christie: "Call of the West."
Columbia, and "Sweethearts on Parade." Columbia.
CLIFT. DENISON: b. May 2. 1892: e. Leland
Stanford. Jr.. University. Berkeley. Cal. Did publicity
and newspaiier work: entrrrd pictures In 1917: pro-
duced "Honor Among Mm." "I'orts of Call." "Para-
dise." "Glory Hole": wrote play and screen story for
"The Woman Disputed." 1'nltcd Artists.
COFFEE. LENORE J.: b. San Francisco. Cal.: e.
Dominican College. San Ilafarl. Cal. Original stories,
scenarist with Metro: wrote scenarios for "Chicago."
"The Angel of Broadway." Pathe; "The Night of
Lnvr." I'mtrd Artists; "For Alimony Only." "The
Volga Boatman." "Hell's Highroad." Pro-Dis-Co;
"Thirst." MGM; sdaptation and dialogue on "The
Bishop Muriler Case." MGM. and "Mother's Cry."
First National.
COHN. ALFRED A.: h. Freeport. 111.: h. 5 feet
7 inch.-s; brown hair and eyes: w. 1152 pounds: P.
Aloysius Cohn. non-professional: e. Freeport; m.
Hazel I.eht. non-professional. Writing rarcrr siartrd
aa a Chicago nrwspaperman. A screen and magazine
writer from 191S to the present, having written "Jazz.
Singer" for Warner Bros.. "Cohens and Kcllvs."
"Cohens and Krllys In Paris." "His People." "We
Americans." "The Cat and Canary" for Universal.
"Abie's Irish Itose" for Paramount. "Jail Break" for
First National. "Carnation Kid" for Christie and
Christie Talking Comedies. Co-author on "Feet First."
"Sweethearts on Parade." Scenario on "Numbered
Men." First National: "Sweethearts on Parade."
Columbia.
COLBY. ARCHIE: b. Paris. France. August 23.
1891: h. 5 feet S Inches; dark hrown hair and eyes:
w. M7 pounds: p. Anna and Samuel Colby, non-pro-
fessionals: e. Boys' high school. Brooklyn. N. T. : m.
Cedle Silvers, non-professional: hy. music, politics,
the theatre, hooks, travel and outdoor sports. He
wrote more than forty sketches, one-act playlets, skits,
etc.. for the vaud-vllle stage, and Is the author of the
following full-length plays: "The Girl From ChMds."
"Mr. I>ondnn From Paris." "Wise-Cracker5." "Sorlal
Service." "Cumberland Gap" and "The Call Woman."
COLDEWAY. ANTHONY: h. LouisTille. Kv 1887:
h. 8 feet: gray hair and eves: w. 150 pounds; p.
Man Weller and William G. Coldeway; e. K-nyon
Milltarv Academv and Kenvon college: m. non- pro-
fessional. Fifteen vears' screen exiierlence as a writer
and now editor at Warner Bros. Studio. Pictures,
adaptation and continuities Include "Noah's Ark "
"Glorious Betsv" and "Women Thev Talk About."
(19291 "Greyhound Limited" and "Frozen Biver."
CONDON CHARLES R. : b. Chicago. III.- e. In
Chicago. Entered p Inures In 1914: adapted "Cauvh'
In th ■ Fog " "One Bound Hogan" : wrote orlg nats
for "Bacr For Life." "Hii-hand. Are Liars." srenaro
for "Lefs Make Whoopee." Fox: "Five and Ten
Cent Annie." Wamer. and "Brothers." Columbia.
CONNORS. BARRY: b, Oil City. Penn.. Mir 31.
1SS3: e. St. Thomas College. S-rantnn Pa., studied la'v
In Oswego and was admitted to the har In N-w Y'ork
Citv: h. 1 feet 8*4 in-hes; w. 190 pounds; dark brown
hair, gray eyes: hy. hunting, bridge and poker.
Plated enmrdy rolra and danced on the stagr; pla)rd
In iau<l. nil. Ilrgan wr.iing >h. rt >torir» in «paie
llm a; wrote "Thr Mad Hour) moon." Ho Thl. I.
Politic" and "Hell's Brll.." "Applraaure" and 'The
Pat»>"; undrr contract to Koa In 1930-31. ■Ntl
■ Chart r Chang Carrlr. On" and "Women of All
Natl. .us."
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CORMACK. BAHTLETT: h II. 10
p.i. Itios; e. I'nlteralty of Chicago ; h.
w. 132 pound.: brown hair, blur e)
non-pnifcaaioiial. Member of Mauri
Theatre Company In Chicago; two years acting M
stock; company manager and pre** agent In Rm
York. Wrote "The Backet." which mi produced In
N.iv York In 1K27. Among i.-rr^n play* he haa writ-
ten are "Tlir Backet." Caddo; "Gentlemen of th.-
Press." Paramount: "The l.aughllng l*>d>." Para-
mount: "The Green Murder Ca.r." Paramount: "Thr
Benson Murder Case." "The S|«.llera." Paramount:
'The Front Page." Caddo; "Kick In." "For Men
1 inn." "Buy Your Woman." all Paramount.
CORRIGAN. LLOYO: k. San Fran.i.eo. Cal.. Octo-
l.-r 111, HWO; e. L'nleeralty of California. Berkeley.
Cal ; liisramr aaslatant director of the Greek Tbratn-
prewntatlous after graduation: )oincd Mi.ros.-o .to.k
company In Lo» Angeles. First screen work was In a
Belie Daniel, picture directed hv William DeMllle;
Plac d under contract to Paramount IbriT year* ago
and since that time has written and collaborated 011
many com. dies; first work waa for Belie Daniel.. "The
Campus Flirt": wrote "The Saturday Night Kid":
I9.ni :;i wrote "Am I «... I > w.ir." "Follow Thru" and
I Hi. I.- Ilaiich." all for Paramount.
CORT HARRY: li S.aitle. Wash., e. Hill's Mili-
tary Academy In Portland. Ore., and Shattui-k Military
School. Falrbault. Minn. Theatrical career began In
Seattle aa manager or the Moore theatre: In 19119
took out managership of Seattle theatre, a stock house;
produced anil directed such plays as "The Man On
tin- Box" and "The Sulistltute" ; went to Europe for
-in. I. and training; returned to Chicago as manager
of LaSalle theatre; went to New Y'ork and produced
score* of successful stage play* Including, "Shuffle
Along." "White Cargo." "Sex." "Listen Lester": lust
play produc-d on Broadway was "Veneer": came to
Hollywood under contract to Paramount as a writer-
director.
COUNSELMAN. WILLIAM MARIEN: b BlUaUyn,
N. Y'.. July 10. 189(1; h. 5 feet 104 inches; brown
hair and eye*: w. 155 pounds; p. Miry Connolly and
Harry Coiin.eluian. professionals : in Minn Kami.... nop
professional: hy. collecting modern first editions and
tennis. On the stage In "Mother Goose." Klaw and
ErUnger production, for one year (1904-5). He Is
author of "Dressed to Kill." "High Schiwil Hero."
"Prep and Pep." "Why Sailors Go Wrong." "Pa-
jama*. " and "News Parade." all Fox; "Way of
the Strong." Columbia, and "Ella Cinders." First
National. Also supervised "Dressed to Kill." "High
School Hero." "Prep and Pep." "Why Sailors Go
Wrong." "Pajamas," "Silk Irfgs." "Chicken a la
King." "Making the Grade." "Farmer's Daugh-
ter." "Plastered In Paris." "Win That Girl." all
Fox. and "Listen Baby." Pathe. Adaptor for "Listen
Baby." Pathe. and "Slaves of Beauty." Fox. Wrote
title* for "La Boheme." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: "Into
Her Kingdom." First National; "Exchange of Wive*."
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; "Ankles Preferred." "Bieb but
Hon. st." "War Horse." "Secret Studio" and "Canyon
of Light." all Fox. Also the author of the prize play.
"And Then What?" produced in San Diego. September.
1923. as well a* creator of the comic strips "Ella
1 mil. rs" and "Good Time Guy." Wrote "Bed Hot
Bliytlim." Adapted "Whoopee." United Artists; "Love
Among the Millionaires." Paramount. Became super-
visor for Columbia In 1930. 1930-31: "Connecticut
Y'ankee." "Not Exactly Gentlemen." and "Biding for a
Fall." all Fox.
CRUGER. PAUL: h. Norwalk. Ohio. January 17.
1894 ; h. ft feet: dark brown hair and hrown eyes: w.
179 pounds; p. Agnes Mlllen and Frederick C. non-
professionals: e. Hutchinson. Buffalo. N. Y". , Columbus,
Ohio. New Y'ork City. Ohio State I'niverslty. Columbia
University : not married : hy. outdoor sports. Author of
Rtage plays controlled by producers as follows: "Black
Phantoms." controlled by Harrv Clav Blanv; "Pretty
Fast." by I-aura Wilck: "Co-Ed Bandit." hy A. A.
Hoffman, and unpublished "Scandal" and "The I/<ve
Busters." Several original screen plays and many
continuities as follows: "Easy Pickings." First Na-
tional, featuring Anna Q. Nllsson. directed hy George
Archaitihaud: "Eagle of the Night." Pathe. with
Shirley Palmer and Frank Clark, directed by Jimmy
Fulton: "Hitlers of Stockade Bangc." Action Pictures,
with Buddy Boosevelt. direcred by Bichard Thorp.
Stories and continuities for Gotham Productions. Y'oung
Productions. Lariat. Duke Wnme Productions and oth-
ers In the Indrpcnd' nt field.
CUMMINuS DWIt.HT. W.l b Ban > ran - 1 al .
h } feet |0V4j Inrttca. black balr and blur ..... «
118 pouoda; p. Jr— le and Harold Wirt Cummlnaa.
e Han Francl.ro blah *ch.«.l . prt.at. - I.—I in «i..na.
and a graduate ««? the 1'nKrr.lty of California. H.«jtb
rrn branch m l»..i \ ■ • mmntt ; by boating
and fishing Wrote the amttarioa for ".New 1 • .1 .
I... " 'Tl.- lti».r" and "FalM- c..l..r." for r'-.i and
CUNNINGS RUTH : \. Iltk -1 ■ I
Adunturrr." "Tlir Mi.trri.«is latd> " Tl
Ain.br Thr Bridge of Han Lui. Ilc»."
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CUNNINGHAM. IACK I- I 1 I I
18*2: e. Mancheater. Iowa school, and Cornell College.
Ml. Vernon. Iowa. Entered picture* In D"*:, "J!0."
a.laital Ion -lor "Tlie Cinrrr«l W»goii." "Don O." '"The
Black Pirate." "Wlilte Shadow.." "The \ Iking.
"White Hhadowa In the rfciuth Sra.. Tlir Ion
Ma.k"; l»2n. rdliorlal and superri.lng work f..r
Technicolor Motion Plctun- Cori^iratlon and 1 .dor P..
tun-*. Inc ; 1108*8] under rontraet to Metro (Joldw)n
Mayer
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OE LEON. WALTER
yeralty of California. s|»s-laiuing in g.naii.n nirra-
lure and dramatic*, received A. II. q*j»I*aj; »- » •«•*
5 Inchea: w. 12« pound*; brown hair, brown r>.-a.
Was comedian in mil. leal ei.tn.d) and vaudeville;
author of M-veral musical comedle*. dramatic plays,
vaudeville skits and magazine atorlea: two Binadway
.uei-ess.s lii one M-a~>n inter »ted Path. : entered 1 ii -
mn- In 1929; wrote originals for tlulllan pictures.
"Night Work" and "Big Money"; "Hg.Ui or Shine" ;
la-eame scenario editor for Christie.
OARLING. W. SCOTT: b. Toroir Oal CM.!
In Toronto high school. Dollgr academy. Edinburgh.
Scotland and ba» liad training at newspais-r w<^k:
in. non- prof csalonal: hy. raising Scotch termer*. Waa
city editor of Hie Winnipeg Telegram and Buffalo In-
uuln-r and collaborated with Jame* Oliver Curwood
for three year*. Ha* written *bort fiction stone* for
various current magailnes; surte.1 In picture* In 1918
as writer for Christie: then became scenario editor
there for three years; later comedy superrlaor for I nl-
ver«al (three years), and lias directed 18 pictures^ for
Universal and Christie as well as writing. »'n'e
first "Van Bibber" comedies for Fox: also wrote "Two
Fl.ted .lours" 111 l''J-. 'On /- Boulevard." "T I--
and Eva" and "Your* to Command" In 1927. and
"The Leatherneck" series, whirii established Reginald
Denny; (1929) "Noisy Neighbor." and Trent', l-a-'
Case " Wrote the original *tory of "Scarlet Sea*."
1930-31: "Caught Cheating." and "Borrowed \\
Tiffanv; "The Boy Friend." and "Fraternity Hou«e.
Hal lioarh: "One-Punch O'Tisde." "De VMM Cham-
pion." and "Ex-Bartender." all Tiffany.
OENBO. DORIS: b. Philadelphia. Pa. rlfWIggtlgl
7 1900- b 5 feet 2 Inches: auhum hair and blue
eyes; w. 119 pounds: p. Mabel Volkman and M. S.
Bulkley: not married. Writer for Classic and M • n
Picture fan magazines. Willi Metro Goldwyn-May r
for a year and a half. Waa dramatic editor for Ihe
Hollywood Citizen. Also wrote orlglnala. "Maid to
Order" and "Too Much Money."
DICKEY. PAUL: b. Chicago. 111.. May 12. 1885:
h. 5 feet 1H4 Inches; gray hair and blue eyes; w.
Hifl pounds; p. Katherlne Hennessy and Frank H.
Dickey, non -profession* Is ; e. South Division high
school. Chicago, and University of Michigan: not mar-
ried. He wrote and plaved "The Come Hark." "The
Man From the Sea" and "The Lincoln Highwayman."
Also wrote and directed "The Ghost Breaker." "The
Misleading Lady." "The Mlaslng Unk." "Ml** In-
formation." "The Broken Wing." "The Back Slapper."
"The Brass Ball." "The Dust Heap" and "The I-ast
Laugh." He rewrote and directed "Bose Marie
"Shannons of Broadway." "Excess Baggage." "Y'ours
Tnilv." "Big Game" and "Arms and the Girl." Also
plaved "Bnbinhood" with Fairbanks, wrote "Tin G<sl«"
for Thomas Meighan. and supervised at Paramount
for six months. 1930-31: Original story. "Black
Magic." Scenario on 'TM and Ea.v" for MGM. and
"Kid the Kidder." Pathe.
DIGGS. JR.. RICHARD H.: h. Blderwood. M.i
October 18. 1903; h. 5 feet 9V4 Inches: blond hair
and brown eyes: w. 142 pounds: p. Mary King and
Bichard H. Dlggs: e. Oilman county school and Yale
Unlv rsliy; received stage training at the Yale 47
Workshop In New Haven. Conn. : hy foreign affairs
and travel. Stage experience at the Little theatre.
New llaun. and Yale Workshop. AN., a mcmher of
PIERRE De RAMEY
^in Takes a Holiday"
(Pathe)
"Passion Flower"
1M-G-M1
"What a WidoM
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1931
the Yale Group of writers in the 47 Workshop brought
to the West Coast studios of the Paramount Famous
Lasky in September. 1928. Became a writer of origi-
nals and dialogue sequences on the Paramount lot.
DIX. BEULAH MARIE: b. Kingston. Mass.: e.
public schools in Plymouth. Mass.. and ltadcliffe col-
lege; m. G.orge H. Flebbe. professional. Screen ex-
perience started in 191G. Wrote adaptations, scenarios
and original stories of the following: "The Road to
Yesterday." "Hisky Business." "Silence." "Sunny
Side Up." "Fighting Love," "Country Doctor," "Leop-
ard Lady." "Ned McCobb's Daughter," "Girls Gone
Wild." "Trent's Last Case." "Black Magic." "Merry
Lips." "Making of Christopher Ferringham," "Fight-
ing Blade." "Breed of the Treshams," "Across the
Border." "Cost of Hatred." "Borderland" and "Fool's
Paradise." 1930-31: Scenario for "Girl of the Port"
and "Midnight -Mystery." and "The Conspiracy."
Itadio. Under contract to Radio.
DIX. MARION: b. Milwaukee, Wis.. June 4, 1906:
h. 5 feet 2 inches; black hair, hazel eyes; w. 115
pounds; p. Jane E. and Oscar P. Pix, non-profes-
sionals; e. Broadway high school, Seattle, Wash., and
the University of Washington. She has received sce-
nario credit on "Kibitzer." "Men Are Like That."
"Safety in Numbers, " "Sea Legs," "Along Came
Youth" and "Confessions of a Co-Ed, " all for Para-
mount. She is one of the youngest successful scenar-
ists in the industry.
DOHERTY, ETHEL: b. Los Angeles. Cal. ; h. 5 feet
4 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 120 pounds;
p. Sarah Amsden and Dr. Alfred A. Roherty. non-
professionals; e. Nogales. Ariz., high school and Tempe
Normal school. U. S. C. and the University of Cali-
fornia. Berkeley; not married. Was scenarist for "The
Vanishing American" in 1925; "Behind the Front."
"The Runaway." "Stranded in Paris" and "Mantrap"
in 1926; "Hula." "Honeymoon Hate." "Figures Don't
Lie." "Rough House Rosie." "Ten Modern Command-
ments," "The Showdown." "The Fifty-Fifty Girl."
"Take Me Home," "Manhattan Cocktail" and "His
Private Life" in 1927 : and in 1928. "Marquis Pre-
ferred." Also did scenario for "Innocents of Paris."
"Studio Murder Mystery." "River Romance" and "Sat-
urday Night Kid."
DORAN. JR., D. A.: Story editor. Paramount New
York Studios; b. New York City. March 5. 1898: h 5
feet 11 inches: brown hair and blue eyes; w. 151
pounds; e. Yonkers High School. N. Y. U. and Uni-
versity of California; m. Regge Doran, non-profos onal ;
hy. golf.
DOTY. DOUGLAS: b. New York City; h. 5 feet 9
Inches: w. 145 pounds; e. Columbia university: m.
Gladys Maclaghlan of San Diego, professional, direc-
tress of dancing at Denishawn; hy. gardening. Screen
experience as writer of "With This Ring." "The King
on Main Street," "The Great Sensation," "The Wed-
ding Song," "The Danger Signal," "The Wife of the
Centaur" and "Fighting the Flames" in 1925; "The
Unchastened Woman." "Main Bait." "Red Dice" and
"Young April" in 1926 ; "Fighting Eagle." "Dress
Parade." "Vanity" and "Nobody's Widow" in 1927;
and in 1928. "Dry Martini." "Romance of the Under-
world." "The Veiled Lady." "King of Rhyher Rifles"
and (1929) "Pleasure Crazed." Co-author of "Laugh-
ter" for Paramount. 1930:31: "Leather Puslrrs."
Universal.
DRANEY. GEORGE: b. New York City: e. Peddie
University, specializing in English. American history;
h. 6 feet; w. 230 pounds; brown hair, blue eyes; hy.
tennis and football. Wrote sports lor the New York
T.mes and New York Morning World. Entered pic-
ture business in 1926; wrote "Hold 'Em Yale." Pathe;
"Dangerous Business." Halperin : "Crime News."
'Tarty Girl." Tiffany; in 1930-31. "East Lvnne. '
Tiffany.
DUNCAN. WILLAM CARY: b. North Brookfield.
Mass., February 6, 1874 : h. 5 feet SM inches; gray-
hair and blue eyes; w. 130 pounds; p. Harriet Eaton
and Timothy Mason Duncan, non - professionals ; e.
North Brookfield high school and Amherst College.
Amherst. Mass. ; m. Louise Van Cleaf. non-professional;
hy. bird dogs. He has written many stage produc-
tions. Screen experience a yea- and a half writing
for Paramount.
DUNN. WINIFRED: b Smurr l Lake. Wis.; hy.
aviation anil boats. Screen experience began in 1917
writing adaptations, originals and scenarios on the fol-
lowing screen productions: "Twinkle Toes." "lone-
some Ladies," "Patent Leather Kid." "Tender Hour."
"The Drop Kick." "Adoration." "Submarine." "The
Children Pay." "Red Viper" and "Eagle's Feathers."
Scenario for "Mamba." also dialogue. 1930-31:
"Mothers Millions." I.ilwrty.
DURLING. E. V.: b. New York City; e. Phillins-
Andover Academy in Massachusetts, and Wesleyan
University (B. S. degree). Was on the staff of the
New York Morning Telegraph for Ave years, motion
Picture editor of New York Evening Glohe. dramat-c
department of New York Herald and New York Herald-
Tribune, Collier's Weekly stories. Entered pictures in
1925 as scenario writer; "Almost Married." Metro; orig-
inal for "Forbidden." Universal: titled "Reported
Missing." "Manhattan": adaptations and titles for
Parmour-FBO. Mirkcv McGuire. Toots and Casper. Rar-
ney Google series; 42 Parmour-FBO comedies; 1930-31
under contract to Rarmour.
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EARLY. DUDLEY: b. Paris. Texas. January 18.
1903; h. 5 feet Q'fa Inches: dark brown hair and gray
eyes; p. W. L. Early, non- professional ; e. Waco. Texas,
high school and Texas A. and M. college. Bryan,
Texas. Screen experience of six years consists chiefly
of writing. Is now writing for th" screen in all its
branches. Including dialogue for United Artists. Also
assistant to John W. Consldlne. Jr.
ERGENBRICHT ERIC L. : b. independence, Kan.:
p. non-professionals: e. Montgomery. Oa.. high school.
Harvard Military School. Kansas University. Chicago
University: m. non-professional. Screen experience
aevpn years.
ESTABROOK. HOWARD: b. Detroit. Mich.: e. D^-
trolt high schools, Irving grammar school, at New
York; m. Grelchen Pale, non-professional: hy. sports,
golf and tennis. Stag*' experience as follows: With
Charles Frohman In "The Dictator" and "On the
Quiet." Criterion theatre. New York, and Comedy
theatre, Ixmdon. With Lee Shubert In "Brown of
Harvard." Princess theatre. New York. With Wagen-
hall and Kemper in Clyde Fitch's "The S.raight
Road." Astor theatre. New York. With Charles Pil-
lingbam in "The Boys of Company B." Lyceum the-
atre. New York. With Rex Beach's "Going Some"
played lead. Wrote vaudeville sketch "Nearly a Law-
yer." produced and acted in it. Wrote three act play.
"Mrs. Avery," produced at Weber's theatre. New York,
by Charles J. Ross. Stage director of "The Stranger,"
Bijou theatre, and "The Boss." Astor theatre. With
William A. Brady in "The Point of View." "The
Honeymoon." "Divorcons," "Within the Law," "The
Fatted Calf," etc. Adolph Zukor was a silent partner
in "Little Women." Played lead for Pavid Belasco
in "The Vanishing Bride." Belasco theatre. Featured
lead in "Search Me." melodramatic farce by Augustin
MacHugh. Author of "Officer 666." Gaiety theatre. New
York, with Elsie Janis in "Miss Information." song
play. George M. Cohan theatre. New York, played
lead. Marion Pavies and Irene Bordoni in the cast.
Featured lead in screen version of "Officer 666" and
other pictures concurrently with stage appearances.
Scenarios: "The Virginian." "The Four Feathers." "She
Goes to War." "The Shopworn Angel." "Forgotten
Faces." "Pressed to Kill" and "The Port of Missing
Girls." "Hell's Angels." "Kismet." "Cimarron."
"Bad Man." "Woman Hungry," "Pouble Cross Roads,"
"Street of Chance." "Smart Set Susie" and "Slightly
Scarlet." 1930-31: "Under Western Skies." Para-
mount. Now under contract to Radio.
FARAGOH. FRANCIS EDWARDS: b. Budapest.
Hungary. October 16. 1898: e. College of the City of
New York, Columbia University (A. B. degree) ; h.
5 feet 5 inches; w. 136 pounds; brown eyes, black
hair. Was playwright, short story writer, director,
managing director of New Playwrights Theatre New
York City; author of the plays "Pimvheel." "Ragger
and Rose." "Bitornelle." Entered pictures in 1929:
wrote scenario and dialogue for "Her Private Affair."
Pathe; adapted "Lilies of the Field." First National:
• Back Pay." First National: 1930-31, "The R ght of
Way," "Broken Pishes," First National, and "Iron
Man." Universal.
FARNHAM. JOSEPH WHITE: b. New Haven.
Conn., Pecember 2. 1884; h. 6 feet 1 inch; brown hair
and blue eyes; w. 240 pounds; p. Anna Elizabeth Ahl
and G. Fred Farnham. non-professionals; e. Yonkers
high school. New York: m. Emily Ardis, non-profes-
sional; hy. collecting cacti and footl>all. Began writ-
ing in 1911 for the New York Morning Telegraph,
using nom-de-plume of Gordon Trent; then assistant
general manager of Film Supply Company of America.
Returned to writing again on The Billboard, under
the pseudonym of The Big Fellow in 1912: in 1913
became advertising and publicity manager of All Star
Feature Corporation, later becoming secretary of that
organization. In 1915 he made a trip to Europe rep-
resenting the Carnegie Peace Foundation to obtain
motion pictures of the war. With Lubin Manufacuring
Company in 1915 as advertising manager: in 1910 an
independent exhibitor of state right films; and in the
same year became president of Amalgamated Photo-
play Service, a motion picture play and player agency.
In 1917 general manager of Froham Amusement Cor-
poration: in 1918 editor and publisher of The Har-
poon: in 1919 an independent and freelance title
writer and editor of pictures and in 1924 became edi-
tor and title writer for Metro-Gold wyn -Mayer Corpora-
tion. Piotures titled and edited by him are "Charley's
Aunt." "Greed." "Up in Mabel's Room." "The Un-
holy Three." "Mike." "Pretty Ladies." "The Mystic."
"The Big Parade." "The Circle." "Lights of Old
Broadway." "The Midshipman." "Bright Lights," "His
Secretary." "Sally. Irene and Mary," "Pance Mad-
ness." "The Blackbird." "The Auction Block." "Bev-
erly of Graustark." "Brown of Harvard." "The Rnad
to Mandalav." "The Waning Sex." "The Red Mill."
"Upstage." "Tell It to the Marines," "Slide. Kelly.
Slide." "The Show." "Rookies." "Frisco Sally Levy."
"The Unknown." "Twelve Miles Out." "The Crowd."
"The Trail of "98." "The Fair Co-Ed, " "London
After Midnight." "West Point." "The Big City." "The
Latest from Paris." "Across to S;ncapore." "Laugh,
Clown Laugh." "The Actress." "Telling the World."
"The Bellamv Trial." "While the City Sleeps." "Pia-
mond Handcuffs." "The Cameraman." "Four Walls."
"Alias Jimmy Valentine." "A Single Man." "West
of Zanzibar." "The Tide of Emnire." "Eagles o' the
Fleet " "A Man's Man." "So This Is College." "Mon-
tana Moon." 1930-31: "Good News" "Wav On'
W st " "The Big House." "Kelly's Vacation" and
"War Nurse" all MGM.
FARNUM, DOROTHY: r. n. Porothy Farnum Bar-
ber: h. New York City. June 10. 1900: h. 5 feet 4
Inches: auburn hair and brown eyes; w. 110 pounds;
p. non-professionals: e. Germantown Friends' school.
Germantown. Pa. ; m. Maurice Rarl>er. non-profes-
sional: by. travel, collecting antique, biographies, past
and present, and work. Screen plays: Joseph M.
S'-henok as a writer for Constance Talmadge: with
F'rst National as a writer for Lionel Rarrvmore and
all-star specials; with Cosmopolitan and United Art-
ists' with Warner Bros, wrote "Beau Brummel." "Bab-
bit." "Lost Lady" and others; with Goldwyn's "T-ss
of the d'UberviUes" ; with Metro-Goldwvn-Maver for
three and one-half years, wrote "Bardelys the Mag-
nificent " "The Temntress." "The Torrent." "Th-
Pivine Woman." for Greta Garbo; "Adnenn" T^Conu-
reur " "The Pagan" anil "The Doomed Reliment. '
1930-31: Wrote "The Singer of S ■villi- ." MGM.
FARROW. JOHN: r. n John N. B. vHUers-FarTOW:
h Sydney. Australia. 1904: h. 5 feet UMi inches;
blond hair and blue eyes; w. 165 pounds: p. Col.
Joseph Rishmere Farrow, non-professional: e. New-
ing'on Collate. Australia, and Winchester Co'lege, Eng-
land- also Royal Naval A-ademy. He is the author
of "Th • Bad One." and other stage plays. Author of
the following screen plavs: "Ladies of the Mob."
"Wreck of the Hesnerus." "The First Kiss " "Woman
from Moscow." "Wolf Song" "Dancerous Woman."
"Sailor's Sw etheart " "Wheel of Life." "Shadow nf
the Law." "Seven Pays' Leave," Joined Char'es R.
Roiiers in September. 1930. to write continuity w th
long term contract Rug es produced Farrow's or ginal
str.rv "The R gisicrcd Woman." with Helen Twelve-
tress: "The Common Law?" Pathe.
FIELDS JOSEPH A.: h New York City, April 21:
e Ww York University, received A. B. degree. in-
tend World war and lived in Paris four vears af'er
Armistice- did considerable magazine writing: 'urned
to dramatic work; some of his sketches used by Flore nl
Zeigfild and other producers; devoted much of his
time to doctoring ailing plays and has produced many
successful Broadway productions from them : wrote
original plays for "S. S. Europie." "Big Charade,"
"Broken Wings" and "Love for Sale." Under con-
tract to RKO- Pathe on the writing staff; first assign-
ment was adaptation of Eunice Chapin's novel, "Pick
Up," as starring vehicle for Helen Twelvetrees.
FITZGERALD. EDITH: Author of scores of suc-
cessful short stories, and the stage success, "Illicit";
was signed for long term contract in 1930-31 by Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer; wrote "The Pasion Flower." and
"Five and Ten" for Marion Pavies.
FLAVIN, MARTIN: b. San Francisco. Cal.. Novem-
ber 2. 1883; e. University of Chicago; has traveled
all over Europe and the Orient. Won Pulitzer Prize
w;th his play. "The Criminal Code"; other plays.
"Spindrift." "Broken Pishes." "Pancing Pays"; un-
der contract to MGM : work for that company in-
cludes: ' Passion Flower" and ' Susan Lenox" for
Greta Garbo.
FORT. GARRETT: b. New York City, June 5. 1900;
hy tennis, book-collecting, fishing. Stage productions
include "Jarnegan" (Richard Bennett). "The Last
Lover" (Elsie Ferguson), now in preparation "A Lady
Pescends" for Al Woods and "The Feast of Fools"
for Shuberts. Screen work includes: "White Gold."
"Gigolo." "Press Parade." "The Letter." "The Lady
Lies," "The Big Pond." "Jealousy." "Applause." "Re-
turn of Sherlock Holmes." "Roadhouse Nights." "Scot-
land Y'ard," "Pracula." "Frankenstein." "Beyond VUs
tory." Pathe; and 'Resurrection." Universal.
FOX. FINIS: b. Caddo. Okla. ; h. 6 feet: gray hair
and dark eyes; w. 185 pounds: p. Sally Priddy and
Frank Marion Fox. non-professionals; e. Arkadelphia
Methodist college. Arkadelphia. Ark.. Polytechnic col-
lege. Ft. Worth. Texas, and Ft. Worth university;
m. Loris Fox, non-professional: hy. swimming, boating,
fishing, tennis and golf. Thirteen years' screen ex-
perience writing for more than 50 stars — originals and
adaptations. Has also produced and directed several
pictures. Among pictures with which he is credited
are "My Son" in 1925: "The Flame of the Yukon."
"The Speeding Venus." "The Panger Girl" and
"Shipwrecked" in 1926: "Resurrection" in 1927;
"Ramona," "Revenge" and "Evangeline" in 1929;
talking screen treatment for "R surrection" in 1930,
directed by Edwin Carewe for Universal.
FULTON. MAUDE: 1). Eldorado. Ivans.; e. New
Orleans. Was a concert pianist, composer, dancer,
actress, magazine short story wr.ter. playwright, direc-
tor and theatre manager. Entered picture business in
1925 in Los Angeles; tit'ed "Oon Juan." "Lady Win-
dermere's Fan." "Last Frontier"; has written the fol-
lowing stage plavs: "The Brat." "Mary." "Tomorrow."
' Sonny." "The Humming Bird." "Pinkie." "The Bi«
Top." Wrote story, adaptation and dialogue for "Nix
on Dames," Fox. and in 1930-31. "Captain Applejack"
and "The Steel Highway" for Warner.
FURTHMAN, CHARLES: b. Chicago. 111.. October
3. 1884; h. 5 feet 10V4 inches: brown hair and eyes:
w. 165 pounds: p. Sara Ford and Edmund Furthman:
e. Lake View high school. Chicago, and at Cornell
and Notre Pame colleges: not married: hy. tennis and
billiards. Screen experience with Universal as assist-
ant general manager : scenario editor, supervisor and
writer for Paramount. Has written original screen
plavs and adaptations on "The Goose Woman." "Blind
Goddess." "The Way of All Flesh." "Padlocked."
"Underworld." "The Rragnet" and "Sins of the Fath-
ers" (1929). "Case of Lena Snrth" and "Broadway."
1930-31: "Thunderbolt" and "Hell's Highway." Para-
mount.
FURTHMAN. JULESr b. Chicago. 111.. March 5. 18SS;
o. Northwestern University, specializing in literature.
Pid newspaper and magazine work. Entered motion
picture field in 1917: wrote "Victory." "Treasure
Island." "The Wise Guy." original: "Barbed Wire."
"The Wav of All Flesh." original: "Abie's Irish
Rose." "The Prag Net," original: "Pocks of New
York," original: "Case of Lena Smith," adapted
"New York Nights." United Artists: "Thunderbolt."
Paramount; and in 1930-31 "Common Clay." Fox;
"Morocco." Paramount: "Renegades." "Squadrons."
"Merely Marv Ann." "Body and Soul." and "Over
the Hill." all for Fox.
GARNETT. TAY: b. Los Angeles. Cal.: b. 6 feet:
brown hair and hazel eyes; w. 170 pounds: p. R. T.
and William M. Garnett. non-professionals; e. Los
Angeles high school: m. Patsv Ruth Miller: hy. yacht-
ing and flying. Wrote "The Strong Man." "The
Cruise of the Jasper B." "Rubber Tires." "White
Gold " "The Wise Wife." "Skys raper." "The Cop."
"Power." "Celebrity" and "The Spieler." also direct-
ing the last two. Wrote and diree'ed "Flving Fool."
direr'ed "Oh. Yeah." "Officer O'Brien." "Her Man"
for Pathe.
GARRETT. OLIVER H. P.: b. New Bedford. Mass ;
e. Kent School and Williams College. Was re-
porter for the Boston Traveler; worked for Associated
]»ress of Boston. New York Evening Sun. Morning
World and Evening Globe: wrote magazine stories for
Tile New Yorker. New Republic and Mercury. Two years
ago was civen contract to wr te for Paramount and
sent to Hollywood: wrote original s'ory. "The Prag
Net," in which George Bancroft was s'arred: sm-e th"n
has written ' Street of Chance." "For the Defense" :
adaptations for "Ladies of the Mob" "Forgotten
Faces." "Chinatown Nights" "The Texan" re ently
completed adaptations and dialogue for 'Moby Pick."
"Three Fa.-es Baft" for Warner: 1939-31 Paramount
pictures include "Scandal Sheet" and "City Streets."
GATES. HARVEY H.: b Hawaii. January 19.
1894- h 5 f-et 10H inches: light hair and blue eves;
w 180 pounds: p. non-professionals: e. public schools
of Salt lake Cltv. Utah, and University of Utah: m.
T.ucie G nc7 professional: bv. hunting and horses.
Was a newspaper reporter. Entered pictures in 1912
and wrote scenarios of the following: "The Barrier."
"Privin' Thru." "Life of an Ac-ress." "The Brute."
• Heaven on Earth." "Black Diamond Express. "Bush
Lea-guar." "Sailors' Sweetheart," "Brass Knuckles."
"Across the Atlantic." "Rintv of the Desert." "The
Terror " "Redeeming Sin." "Stark Mad." "The Pes- rt
Song " "From Headquarters." for Winter Bros;
"Hearts In Exile " "What a Man " "In the Next
Room " Wrote "Sav It With Songs." "Forward Pass."
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Halfway 10 H.even" and "Gl*d Hsg I>*>I1 " Under
contract lo MUM and adapted "Vt Eagle*."
CAV. FRANK W : r i. I rai. ■ \» 1 ... . «...
.San Francisco Mar. U I. I ■.»»•. h 5 fert 8 >n.Hin.
dark brown hair and has .-I r>n w |ao pounds d
Mr. i i, VA .-Hsm and ratrirk lUnrv l)Un n„n
Kid." 'Flight." "Long. Long Trail." "Melody Man ."
and other •rrnarlo for Fux Wrufa dialog for
'The Yuunasr Generation."
H
NALSCV. FORREST: r. n. William Forrest Hahey;
Samuel (ioldwvn lu write original vt..r.n and dial.*
for Goldwya picture*, prepared Bulldog Druramuod '
lOoktwyai for ihc screen, luairart lo Universal la
■a i
HOWELL DOROTHY; I, Chicago. 111. Mar 10
Iiv». h 3 fart 1 larb. brown hair and rra; w. II*
ya isu sou nandJnl comedies f .»r indei-rndrnt pro-
ducers for several years Has arittrn comedies and
■alo dramas for Fug. such a> "Horn* Made." »ur-
r n. J •l.iui. Hi an. "Krd Win. -." J.o street" and
' >u on Damn " At present la under ranirart lo
Fox Adspllns a mag..,,,, .tor,. "Solid tMd Article ."
•scenario on Nix ,.n Dames." 'Women Eimahm "
1M0-JI: "Not Damaged" ami "The Hoy Friend "
S|sani*h vrrslisn. all Fox.
CERACHTY. TOM :
Mi 1' Man and J,
r Itu.hilllr high acho
professional: hy golf
Wrotr The Sporting
Himself." • Sackcloth
nuatarillr. Ind.. April 10.
Geragh'i. ri .n prof, s.ional* .
farm, n Ethel Dale ri n
ng. bridge and swimming
." "The Man Who round
Scarlet." "Wild. Wild
Susan" and iMd Home «Vk- in 1915: "It's lha
Old Artn» Cairn-." "So's y,,,ir ni.| Man" and "Th«
New Klondike" in 1926: "Now We're In the Air."
t r^ni.ii -ii. Mi i In lil.*- "Wife Savers" and "Beau
Salsrcur" in 1927; "Harold TWn." The Big Noise."
Tt. Mad H.sir." "Waterfront." "Synthetic Sin "
"Nsughrv llahv" and "When Iri-h Ev.-* are Smiling"
In 192* : scenario. "Footlights and Fools." "Tanned
Legs." dialogue f.ir H>«n River" 1930-31: Wrolr
adaptation for "Men on Call." Fox.
BLAZER. BENJAMIN: Was head of thr story de
parunrm for I "sine for trrrral years; in an executive
capacity at United Artists: stories or adaptation In-
clude "Lady In Ermine." "Seventh Hratrn." "Gentle-
men of Paris." • Streets of Sin." •"Trail of "98 "
"Beggars of Life." ' Strang* Cargo": 1930-31. "Boudoir
Diplomat." 'Tol'able Dattd." Columbia and "Mat!
Han." for MUM
GLEASON. JAMES: h. New York City; li. 6 feet:
light brown hair and blue -grey ryes: w. 140 pounds:
p. professionals : m. Luetic Webster, irrofcssional ; hy.
writing and beach life. Co-author of "Is Zat So?"
In 1BJ9 wrote "Oh. Yeah." I-athe: "Broadway Vaga-
bond." I'nited Artist*. Wrote "Shannons of Broad-
way." "Fall Guy." "His First Command." Dialog
for "Broadway Melodv." "Behind That Curtain."
"High Voltage." "Shannon- of Broadway." "Dum-
bells In Ermine." "Swcllhead." Scenario for "Oh.
Yeah "
GOODRICH. JOHN F. : h Drlaran. Wis.. February
18. 1887: h. 5 feet 7 Inches; brown hair and eyes; w
190 pounds: p. Man- I* and Alnnzn C Goodrich: .-.
Keokuk high school. Iowa State College. Cornell TJni-
terslty and Cnlrerslty of Chicago: m. Frances Munnally.
non-nmfcssional: In fldnn.-. .Inxting. Iv.it ng and
camping Screen experience as dialogue writer for
"Fast Life." "The Love Itacket." "Wedding Kings."
•The Love Racket." "Wedding Rings." "The Furic."
"Green Stockings" and "Lilies of the Field": (1929)
for First National: "Flirting Widow" In 1930.
GORDON. LEON: b. Brighton. England. January
11. 1894; e. Dulwicii College, near London: h. S feet.
HH Inches: w. 160 pounds: dark brown hair, brown
eyes; hy. breeding race horses, owns a string of 16 In
training In Australia. Long experience on the stage:
first play was "Watch Your Neighbor." produced 'n
Los Angeles, in which he played the leading role and
which was afterward a New York hit: returned to
Au-tralia where he produced and played leading
roles in 30 productions: author of 'The Piker." "White
Cargo." "TTie Garden of Weeds" and "TTie I*oppy
Guard" : wrote musical comedy. "Bin.- Eye* " Writ-
ing for Fox and in 1930 wrote "This Modern World"
and "More Than a Kisa."
GRAY. ROGER: b. Omaha. Neb.. May 26. 1887: h.
6 feet 1 Inch: brown hair and eyes: w. 200 pounds: p.
Kate L. and Fred W. Grady, non- professionals; e. Cen-
tral high school. Omaha. University of Minnesota: m_
Ellen Best, professional: hy. crokinole. Created roles
in original New Y'ork companies such as "Royal Vaga-
bond." "Little Jessie James." "Moonlight." "Bye Bye
Bonnie." "Blonde Sinner." "N'ic Naes of 1S26." "Mv
Girl." "Ned Wavburn's Gambols" and "Gold and
Dust." Played the comedy lead in "Hit the Deck"
and trailer for "Gang War." Has written more than
a score of sketches for Lambs' Gambols and more than
a doren for New York productions including "Riri
Rerue" and "Happy Go Lucky." and has played in
150 musical comedies. Has two new musical shows
un produced, one with Ring Lardner as co-author.
GRAPEWIN. CHARLEY. St* Male Players- Biog-
raphies.
GREEN. HOWARD J.: b. San Francisco. Cal..
March 20. 1893: h. 6 feet H inch: dark brown balr
and brown eyes: w. 170 pounds: p. Belle Goodday and
Silas Green, non- prof caslonals; e. Lowell high school
and Hastings Law College. San Francisco. Cal. : m.
Irma Heinemann. non-professional ; hy. bridge. Writing
experience as follows: Reporter on the San Francisco
Dally News: St. Louis Post -Despatch: International
News Service ; New York Evening Journal. Assistant
editor. New York Clipper: managing editor. Theatre
World. Member of vaudeville producing firm of Horky
and Green. New York, and produced Innumerable head-
line acts for the Keith and Orpheum Circuits: also
writer of rerue skits for Carries: Gaieties and Green-
wich Village Follies. He has also written the follow-
ing screen productions: "The Brown Derby." scenario
in collaboration: "The Kid Brother." comedy con-
structor: "The Patent Leather Kid." adaptation of
•The Life of Riley." "White Pants Willie": collab-
orator in •"The Private Life of Helen of Troy." stnrv
of "Vamping Venus." adaptation of 'The Head Man."
story of "Marked Money." storr and continuity of
"Restless Youth." "The Side Show." "The Faker."
"Behind Closed Doors." dialogue of "The Younger
Generation." adaptation and dialogue of "The Donovan
Affair." story and dialogue of "Broadwar Scandals."
adaptation and dialogue of "The Long. Long Trail."
story in collaboration of "The Song of Lore." story
of "Flight." and adaptation and dialogue of "The
Melody Man." adaptation, continuity and dialogue of
"Those High-Society Blues" for Fox: also "The
Fakir." "Behind Closed Doors." "Broadway S--andal«."
"The Donovan Affair." "Song of Ix>re." "Ramhlin'
in ■ .ii hr-w«i>ai»-r w>.ra with the >rw i..ra World
and art rditor of Hampton Magaxla*. (screen ex-
asaioBOt as writer, and has written "Sally of the Saw-
dust." "Irian Luck." Stage Struck." The Coat of
Folb." "Madame Sam Gene" and "Camllle of the
Harhary Coast" In 1923; "The Palm Beach Girl."
"Dancing Mothers" and "Sorrows of Satan" in I'JM;
and "Ace of Cads." "Broadway Nights." "New York."
' Dmne Lady." "Saturday's Children" and "Her Pris-
oner"; 1 19291 "Careers." "Man's Man" and Prlvav
era": "Furies." "Sweetheart* and Wlvea." wrote
dialog for "Saturdai'v Children." "A Most Immoral
Lady." "Her Private Life." Painted Angel" 1V3U-31:
>\r..t.- •■<»!.• Night At Susie's." and Tlir !*dy Who
Dared." First National, and "Kept Husbands." for
Radio.
HAMMETT. DASH I ELLE : h St Man'. l..unt>.
Maryland: r. Boston. Best known novela are "Bed
Harvest." "The Maliese Falcon." "The Glaas Key"
and 'The Th.n Man": undrr contract to write origi-
nals: 1931. "City Streeta"
HEATH. PERCY : b Terry. Mo.. 1885: p. Mary
Jacob! and Alfred Heath, non professionals: e. Balti-
more college and the University of Man land: m. Mama
li.vl..- t...ti i r..f. ..;. ml Scenarist on such pictures is
"Let's Go Gallagher" In 1925: "The Dice Woman" in
1926; "Rltiy." "Rolled Stockings." "Fashions for
Women." "Two Flaming Youths" and "Tell It to
Sweeney" In 1927; "Red Hair." "Three Week Ends."
"Close Harmony" and "The Man I Love"; "Border
Legion" In 1930. 1930-31: In the scenario detain-
ment of Paramount Studios: much of his recent work
on adaptations and screen plays for Clara Bow:
"Safety in Numbers." "Lrt'a Go Native." "The Little
Cafe." "Social Errors." "On the Spot." and "Dude
Ranch." all Paramount.
HERBERT. FREDERICK HUGH : b Vienna. Austria.
May 19. 1897: p. Paula and Lionel Frederick Herbert,
non- professionals; e. Gresham School. Norfolk. Eng-
land, and London university. England; m. Arllne
l^aVeme. non -professional: hy. tennis. Has written
"There You Are." 'The Poseur." and "CarTy Me
Upstairs-- for the stage. Entered pictures in 1921 and
his work there includes such pictures as "Beau Broad-
way." "Baby Cyclone." "A Man's Man." and "Adam
and Evil." Adapted "Her Cardboard Lover." "A
Single Man" and "Last of Mrs. Cheyney" for the
screen: "NoLsy Neighbors.-' dislog for "Grest Gsbbo."
"Murder on the Roof." "He Knew Women." "Ven-
geance." 1930-31: Signed by Radio as a writer: di-
rected dialogue ind played featured role In "Danger
Lights." Wrote "Left Over Ladles." Tiffany: "At
Biy." First National, and "The Sin Ships." RKO.
HIBBAR0. ENID: Wrote the screen stories for
'The Coward." "Chicago After Midnight." "Hit of the
Show" and "Sally of the Scandals." all for Radio
Pictures: now with Columbia. Wrote "Hurricane" for
Columbia.
H0FFENSTEIN. SAMUEL: h. Russia. First posi-
tion wss that of feature writer for the New York Eve-
ning Sun: later became dramatic critic for same publi-
cation; his articles, essays and poems hare been pub-
lished in Vanity Fair. Harpers Bazaar. The New York-
er. Mercury. New York World and the hook section of
the New York Tribune: reader and puhl city agent for
Al Woods: In collaboration with Gene Markey. wrote
a play called "The Eskimo." in which Ann Harding
appeared. Under contract to Paramount to write dia-
logue and adaptations.
HOUSTON NORMAN: Writer and director: has
such stage hits to hi* credit as "Six Cylinder Lore."
"Captain Applejack." "Secrets. ■' "The Music Box
Revue." "The Nervous Wreck" snd "Rain": his first
play was "Not Tonight. Dearie." which was followed
by "Miss Make Believe": this play attracted the at-
tention of Sam Harris and resulted In the association
of the two in the writing and producing of many
Broadway hits. He made his entrance into pictures
with the story of "Broadway Nights" for First Na-
tional, later doing the dialog for "The Broadway
Melody" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. for which company
he also directed "Copy." Joined Columbia in 1929.
Scenario for "College Coquette." "Royal Romance."
and "Sisters."
HOWARD SIDNEY: Author of such stage inn lawii
ss "They Knew What They Wanted." "The Silver
Chord" and "Ned McCobb'j Daughter": signed hy
ter." "Guilty*." "Runaway Olrla." "Soldiers and
Women." 1930-31: "Rain or Shine." "For the Love
o* Lai." "Ladles Must Play." "The Lest of the Lone
Wolf." "Fighting Thru" and "The Last Parade." all
Columbia.
HYLAND. FRANCES: Wrote "Woaraen'i Wares."
"The Houae of Scandals." 'The Girl From Gay Parse."
"Flower of Silence." Tiffany Stahl. Puffy Cohen series.
Universal: wrote story for 'Two Men and a Maul
"My Lady's Past" and "Painted Faces" ; acenarlo for
"Zeppelin." Tiffany Stahl: In 1930 31. Tlie Th.rd
Alarm." The ■ ngle Sin" and "X Marks the gtuot"
for Tiffany.
IVINS. PERRY: t. Trent. .n. N J. V.irn.l.-r B.
1895: h. 5 feet 11 Inches: dark hair and brown eyes:
w. 160 pounds: p. Florence Perry and Daniel Foster
Ivlns. non - professionals : e. Trenton high school and
Columbia university; not married: by. Japanese theatre
and history of rooking. He appeared In the following
New York stage production*: "Fa*hlon." for 29 weeks;
"Desire Coder the Bins." for 40 weeks; "Lore for
Lore." for 12 weeks: with the Theatre Guild In "Ju-
dith and Maximilian." for six weeks, with Sbuberta In
'Taming of the Shrew." in 1927. On the road In
"Dracula." "Joan of Arc." and srrersl stork seasons
with Stuart Walker. George Cukor. K. E flu. and
Cape Cod Players. Director of dialog for "Paiii-"!
Heels" and "Burning Up" for Paramount and dialog
assistant to Ernst Lubltsrh for "The Lose Parade."
also for Paramount.
JACKSON. ALFRED: h Waterbury. Conn : e pub
lie schools of New York. Became cub reporter for the
New York American: lster managing editor of the
Bridgeport (Conn 1 Standard: editor of Bridgeport
Herald: first clicked as s plav right In 'The G rl from
Chllds." then "Hush Money" snd "Piggy." original
plays. Promotion manager for the Hearst syndicates
when he signed contract to write for RKO; l'jjo 31
wrote "Lesthemecklng" and "Kept Husbands."
JACKSON HORACE: Studied to be sn illustrator
but gsre that up to become motion picture art direc-
tor, serving the old Goldwyn and First Xstional com-
panies In that capacity: did art work for "B-n Hur"
snd "The Divine Lady." Turned to writing field snd
has written screen plays for "Paris Bound." "The
Awful Truth." "This Thing Called Love." "Holiday."
"Sin Takes a Holiday." ill for Psthe. and "The Lot-
tery Bride." Tnited Artists: his first work on RKO
Pathe's new program was adaptation and dialogue of
"Rebound." starring Ina Claire.
JACKSON. JOSEPH: h Winchester Kv.. June 8.
1894: h. 5 feet 11 inches: dark brown hair and green
eyes: w. 170 pounds: p. Florence Prewltt and Frank
H. Jackson, non -professionals: e. Winchester. Ky..
high school and Kentucky Wesleyan college and Colum-
bia university: m. Ethel Shannon, former actress. Is
luthor of playlets used In vaudeville by Hobari Bos-
worth. Dustln Famum. Gareth Hughes. Robert Mr-Kim.
Carmel Meyers. Fannie Brice. and many others Dialog
and titles for "The Singing Fool." "The Terror." "My
Man." "Women They Talk About." 'Tenderloin."
"Caught In the Fog" snd others. Originals, dialog
and scenario for "Is Everybody Happy." "His Woman."
"The Champ." "Be Y'ourself." "Say It With Songs."
"In the Headlines." "Second Choice." "Man From
Blankley's." "Second Floor Mystery." "Those Who
Dsnce." "Mammy." "Redeeming Sin " 1930-31 :
"Dancing Sweeties.-' "See Naples and Die." "Maybe
LEE ZAHLE
Musical Director and
R
Composer
(Larry Darmour Studios)
Original musical scores and
songs for over 100 pictures
(Shorts - Features)
Also
Also Foreign Versions
Free-Lancing
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It's Love." "Barber JohiTs Boy," "Fifty Million
Frenchmen." "The Devil Was Sick." all for Warner
Bros.; "Typhoon Bill" and "Tom Sawyer" for Para-
mount; and "The Idol" for First National.
JACKSON. MARION: b. Walla Walla. Wash.; h.
5 feet 5V4 inches; brown hair and hazel eyes: w. 135
pounds; p. Ida Beach and Col. James Jackson; e.
St. Helen's Hall, Portland. Ore.; not married; hy. cats.
Her scenarios include "The Bandit's Baby." "Wild
Bull's Lair" and 'Ridin' the Wind" in 1925; "Senor
Daredevil." "Satan Town." "The Unknown Cavalier"
and "Mike" in 1926: "The Devil's Saddle." "Red
Raiders." "Overland Stage." Men of Daring." "Gun
Gospel." "Land Beyond the Law." "Arizona Bound"
and "Somewhere in Sonora" in 1927; and in 1928
worked for Ken Maynard on "The Glorious Trail" for
First National, and "California Mail." "Shepherd of
the Hills" and "The Wagon Master," also First Na-
tional productions, also "Lucky Larkin." 1930-31:
"The Dark Swan," and "Min and Bill," MGM: in
collaboration with Frances Marion; added to the RKO
Pathe writing staff by Charles R. Rogers: her first
assignment is to adapt Bill Boyd's first starring ven-
ture of the new season. "Suicide Fleet."
JOHNSON. L. E.: Wrote one of the most successful
stage comedies in years, "It's a Wise Child"; wrote
adaptation of that play for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: also
adapted "The Bachelor Father" as starring vehicle
for Marion Davies.
JONES. GROVER: Has had experience in practically
every* branch of the motion picture industry, from scene
paint ng to directing- started screen career as a laborer
at Universal: later became technical director: next
became creator of art titles for the Realart Company:
became gag man for Vitagraph comedies; soon became
a director and made 125 short features. 121 of which
he wrote himself. Under contract to Paramount as a
writer: has written a great number of its pictures,
including, in 1930-31. "Love Among the Millionaires."
"Young Eagles." "Stamp.de." "Gun Smoke" and
"Dude Ranch."
JOSEPHSON. JULIEN: b. Roseburg. Ore.; e. Stan-
ford University, with A. B. degree. In 1928 he wrote
"A Ship Comes In" and "The Red Mark" for Pathe:
1929, "Disraeli" and "The Green Goddess." Warner
Bros.-Vitaphone productions. "The Climax" in 1930.
1930-31: "The Toast of the Legion" and "The Queen
of Main Street" for First National; "Platinum" for
James Cruze Productions and "The Ruling Passion"
for Warner Bros.
K
KATTERJOHN. MONTE: ». Boonvillc. Ind.. October
20. 1891: e. Indiana; w. 142 pounds; gray hair, blue
eyes; hy. football and hiking. Was newspaper cor-
respondent, staff reporter, book and ma"azine publisher,
feature writer, owner of newspaper syndicate: en-
tered picture business in 1913 as editor of scenarios for
Universal Films in New York ; had written and sold
some fifty stories to Vitagraph. Lubin Pathe and
Universal: adaptations include "The Sheik" "The
Great Moment." "Prodigal Daugluers." ' Broadway
Babies." "The Great Divide." First National; "Dan-
gerous Business." "Reno." adaptation and d alogue for
"Party Girl." Tiffany: "Paradise Island." Tiffany.
KELLOGG. VIRGINIA: h. Los Angeles. Cal.. De-
cember 3. 1907: h. 5 feet 5 inches; brown hair and
blue eyes; w. 110 pounds; p. Irwin and Ralph Kellogg,
non-professionals: e. Los Angeles high school and U.
C. L. A.: not married; hy. swimming and flying. Came
from college to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer publicity depart-
ment. Then was affiliated with Director Fred Niblo in
the dual capacity of script clerk and press representa-
tive. Has been with him on las' six productions, over
a period of three years. Productions, include: "Ca-
mille." "Two Lovers," "The Enemy." "Dream of Love,"
"Redemption" and "Mysterious Lady"; under contract
to Paramount as a writer.
KENYON. CHARLES: b. San Francisco. Cal.. No-
vember 2. 1880; p. Alice Cook Palmer and Curtis
George Kenyon. non-professionals: e. Trinity school.
San Francisco. University of California and Stanford
university : m. Jane Winton. professional. Began writ-
ing scenarios in 1925 and in 1927 wrote "Alias the
Deacon." "Butterflies in the Rain" and "Surrender":
in 1928. "Show Boat," "The Braggart." "Girl on the
Barge." "The Last Act." "Viennese Lovers." "Foreign
Legion." "Grease Paint." "The Play Goes On." "Evi-
dence." "Show Boat" and "Woman From Hell."
"Lost Zeppelin" in 1930 1930-31: "The Office Wife"
and "Fifty Million Frenchmen" for Warner Bros.:
"Party Husband" for First National.
KELLY. GEORGE: b. Philadelphia. Pa. Was ac-
tor, stage director and author. Wrote "The Torch
Bearers." "Behold the Bridegroom." "Phillip Goes
Forth." "Craig's Wife": winner of Pulitzer Prize: un-
der contract to write originals and dialogues for Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer.
KING. BRADLEY: b. New York City: e. Convent
of Sacret Heart at Albany. N. Y. : h. 5 feet 3 inches:
w. 125 pounds: brown hair, blue eyes: hy. charities,
swimming, horseback riding. After leaving school, be-
gan writing stories for magazines: in 1920 went to
work for Thomas Ince. where she remained until after
his death: freelanced and then went to Fox Studios
and in 19211 was sent to England to do scenario for
"One Increasing Purpose": returned to U. S. : signed
with MOM: was loaned to First National, where she
wrote dialogue and script for all of Frank Llovd's
pictures; wrote dialogue and script for "Anna Christie."
"Weary River." "Drag." "Young Nowheres,"' "Son
of the Gods": did scenario for "The Return of Peter
Grim" for Fox; collaborated with Ernest Wilkes in
writing stage play. "A Man of Action." and with
Talbot Mundy wrote book. "Her Reputation." both
being adapted frem originals she had written for the
screen; 1930-31 "W Id Comp-nv." Fox: "Sin Flood.
First National: "Adios." First National: "East
Lynne." Fox; "Three Girls Lost." Fox.
KLINE A. A.: b. Philadelphia. Pa.: e. Harvard
University Has lived in London. Paris. Antwerp.
Dublin and Mexico City, which gives him a background
for colorful writing: two and a half years in the
American army: author of several stage plays; com-
plete screen play and dialogue for "Rich People."
dialogue for "Oh. What a Man" and "The Racketeer":
under contract to Paramount.
KOBER. ARTHUR: b. Austria. Worked on New
York newspaper* and then press agent for the Shu-
berts for three vears; later worked In the same ca-
pacity for Jed Harris. Actor Managers and the Glea-
Bon production of- "Is Zat So"; press agented "Broad-
way" and "Green Pastures"; wrote "Broadway On the
Square" column for New York Telegraph, and for
Theatre Magazine he was "The Man Who Knows";
recent works include a serial in the New York Sun
and a play to be produced by Frohman company,
called "A Certain Young Lady." Signed by Para-
mount to write originals and adaptations.
KORDA, ZOLTAN: b. Turkeve. Hungary. May 4,
1895: e. Budapest; h. 5 feet 8 inches: w. 140 pounds;
brown eyes, dark hair. Directed motion pictures in
Berlin and Vienna, wrote original of "Women Every-
where" for Fox.
KRAFFT. JOHN W. : b. Indianapolis, Ind.. July 13.
189G; p. Mary E. Shephard and Ernest L. KrafTt. non-
professionals; e. Indianapolis; m. Emma Noble, and
has three children; hy. athletics, books, motion pictures
and the theatre. His writing career started on the
editorial staff of the Indianapolis News and the In-
dianapolis Star, serving as reporter, editorial writer,
dramatic reviewer, feature writer and columnist. As
the result of his daily column in the Star, entitled
"Past the Censor." and contributions to other news-
papers and various national periodicals, he was rated
by a New York magazine as one of the leading "joke-
smiths" and newspaper humorists of the United States.
He has written numerous sketches, some light verse,
vaudeville material and thousands of short jokes and
epigrams, many of which are in constant use on the
stage, in motion pictures and in newspapers and mag-
azines. The material in his daily column in the Star
and in other publications attracted the attention of
officials of Universal Pictures Corporation and in 1919
he was called to New York City as a title writer and
advertising writer. He transferred to Fox Pictures
as a title writer in 1920. remained until January. 1925.
then free lanced as a title writer and scenario writer
for various producing companies until March. 192G.
While in New York he continued to write for maga-
zines and was for a time a contributing member of the
stan* of Judge and also conduct' d humorous depart-
ments in Fitm Fun and other motion picture period-
icals. In 1926 he moved to California to become head
of the titling department of C. B. DeMille studios
in Culver City and was retained in his position when
Pathe took over the studios. Since the advent of
talking pictures he has written dialogs as well as
titles for Pathe. also serving as an executive for that
concern.
KRALY, HANS: Wrote First National's "The S'u-
dent Prince." "Qualitv Street." MGM; "The Garden
of Eden." United Artists; "The Patriot." Paramount:
adapted "Betrayal," Paramount: "Eternal Love."
United Artists: "Last of Mrs. Cheyney." MGM; "Wild
Orchids." MGM: wrote scenario for "Devil Mav Care."
"The Kiss." MGM: 1930-31, "Lady of Scandal,"
MGM; under contract to MGM.
L
LAI D LAW. WILL'AM ROBERT: r. n. William R.
Laidlaw. Jr.; h. New York City. March 28. 1907; e.
New York Military Academy. Yale. Paris, specializing
in English and European literature, modern drama.
Has lived in Paris and London. Experience as a novel-
ist, short story writer, stock actor. Entered pictures in
1930.
LA NO Y, GEORGE: Scenarist. MGM studios. Culver
City. Cal.; b. New York City: e. College of the City of
New York and Columbia University: m Kathryn Ms-
Guire. professional. Several years on the staff of the
American Magazine, later with Everybody's. First
position in film fle'd for Select Pictures Corporation as
assistant director of publicity and advertising Went
to Hollywood in 1921. Director of r-nblicity and adver-
tising for Richard Walton Tully proriu-tions. al-o re-
gional publicity for First National Pictures, followed by
one year with Jackie Ccocan productions. Three and
one-half years in charge of publicity for First National
Studios. One year general Pacific Coast press represen-
tative for the RKO Coporation theatres.
L AN F I ELD, SIDNEY: h. Chicago. 111.. April 20.
1899; e University of Chicago: h. G feet; w. 155
pounds: black hair, brown eyes: m. Shirley Mason,
professional. Went into vaudeville: played small cir-
cuits first then "big time" : member of the first jazz
band ever organized: engaged at Reisenweber's in N^w
York; signed contract as "gac" man with Fox West
Coast Studios. Writer for Fox.
LAWRENCE. VINCENT: b. Boston. Mass.: e. An-
dover. Started as a reporter: became sports writer
on Boston Traveller for three years; first play. "The
Girl Outside," was presented in 1914 in New England:
wrote such well known m-tropolitan plavs as "In
Love with Love." "Two Fellows and a Girl." "Two
Married Men." "Spring Fever." "Sour Grapes."
"Among the Married'; wrote screen play for "Playboy
of Paris" for Maurice Chevali'-r: additional dialogue
for Emst Lubitsch's "Monte Carlo": 1930-31, "Crazy
That Way." "The Little Cafe." "Unfit to Print."
Paramount; "Men Call It Love." MGM ; under con-
tract, to Paramount.
LEAHY AGNES BRAND: h. Portland. Ore.. Aug-
ust 18. 1893: e. Portland and Bcllingham. Wash., spe-
cializing in history, literature and Eng'ish. Was a
script writer and cutter. Wrote "Moran of the Ma-
rines." "Red Hair." "Get Your Man." "White Min":
scenario for "Stairs of Sand." Paramount: 1930-31.
"The Benson Murder Cas"." "The Spo'ler" " "Figh--
inc Caravans." "Sheep's Clothing." and "Roped In."
Paramount.
LEE. DONALD W.: b. Manistee. Mich.: p. Marie
Nelson and C. W. Lee. ex-professionals: e. DeWitt
Clinton high school. New York City and Columbia
universitv; m. Beatrice Erwin. professional: hy. sculp-
ture and painting. Amateur stage experience. Has
written scenarios for "Dick Turpin." "The Calgary
Stampede" and "The Last Man on Earth" in 1925:
"Tin Hats" in 1926: "Doom's Day" in 1927. and
others not yet released.
LEE. ROBERT NELSON: b Butte. Mont.. May 12.
1890; p. Marie Nelson and C. W. Lee. ex-nrofcssionals:
e. South Orange. N J., high school: m. Betty Terpen,
non-professional: hy. all athletics. Has written
scenarios for "The Hunted Woman " "In Live with
Love" and "As No Man lias Loved" in 192": "Th-
Fire Brigade" and "The Outsider" in 1926: "Ritzv "
"Underworld" and "The Rough Rider" in 1927: and
In 1928. "The Charlatan." "Midnight Madness" and
"The Mighty Stream."
LEHMAN. GLADYS: Scenarios idcntlflcrt with such
Reginald Denny pictures as "Out AM Night." "Clear
the Deck." "On Your Toes" and "Companionate
Trouble"; joined Columbia in 1929: "Broadway
Hoofer," "His Lucky Day." "Mexican." "Red Hot
Speed," "Personality." 1930-31 work includes: "The
Little Accident." "A Lady Surrenders." "The Cat
Creep6." "Saint Johnson." "The Modern Wife," "Many
a Slip." "Free Love" and "Seed." all for Universal.
LEVI EN. SONYA: r. n. Sonya Levien Hovey; b. Rus-
sia. December 25, 1895; h. 5 feet 3 inches; brown hair
and blue eyes; w. 116 pounds; m. Carl Hovey. writer
and editor at Pathe; e. New York university; hy. music,
tennis and book collecting. Has written snort stories,
and for the past seven years has been a screen writer.
Some of the pictures she has written for Fox are "They
Had to See Paris." "Behind That Curtain," 'Xucky
Star." "Frozen Justice." "South Sea Rose," and
"Playmates." for Columbia — "The Younger Genera-
tion." "The Power of the Press," "The Quitter."
"Trial Marriage": for DeMille. "A Ship Comes In."
"Harp on Hock." "Heart Thief"; for Famous. "Top
of New York," "Salome of the Tenements." "The
Popular Sin," "First Love" and "Snow Bride"; also
has written "Behind That Curtain." "Frozen Justice."
"Trial Marriage." "Younger Generation." "Lucky
Star," "They Had to See Paris." "Song o' My Heart."
1930-31: "A Devil with Women" and "Lightnin" " for
Fox.
LEVINO. ALBERT SHELBY: b. Fredericksburg. Va..
1S78: e. Bucknell University. Was a Washington
newspaper correspondent for New York Times. New
Yrork American, fiction and article writer for Col-
lier's. Harpers, Leslie's; author of "Cost in Men and
Monev of Our Wars." Wrote a scenario for "Turkish
Delight," Pathe: "Their Hour." Tiffany-Stahl; co-
scenarist on "The Canary Murder Case" and "The
Shopworn Angel." Paramount: dialogue and con-
tinuity on "The Woman Racket." MGM: "The Man
From Wyoming." Paramount.
LIDDELL, FRANK R. : b. Los Angeles. Cal.. July
22. 1894; h. 5 feet 10 inches; brown hair and blue
eves: w. 135 pounds: p. Laura M. and FVank R.
Liddell. non-professionals: e. Polytechnic high school
and University of Southern California: not married:
hy. music. Screen experience started with Keystone
in 1915. Also with Lasky and Universal. Became
a free lance writer in 1929.
LIEBE. HAPSBURG: r. n. Charles Haven Liebe:
b. Johnson City. Tenn.. October 17. 1880; h. 5 feet
SM inches: brown hair and blue eyes: w. 156 pounds:
p. Josephine H. and George F. Liebe. non-professionals:
m. Harriet Lee White, non-professional; hy. fishing and
shooting. No stage experience. Is the author of 600
published stories, long and short, from which 25
motion pictures have been made, including "Bill Apner-
son's Boy." with Jack Pickford: "Trimmed," with Hoot
Gibson. "No Law for a Larimore." for Mary Carr;
"Down on the Swanee River." with Charles Emmett
Mack and Mary Thurman: "Trails of Destiny." with
Ann Forrest : "Where Angels Fear to Tread." with
William Russell: "The Broad Road." with May Alli-
son, under the supervision of A. Raymond Gallo. Also
directed Miss Forrest in "Trails of Destiny" and has
written continuity and co-directed a number of feature
films.
LIPSITZ. HAROLD B. : b. Detroit, Mich.. July 12.
1894 : h. 5 feet 11 inches: brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 152 pounds: e. University of Michigan: not mar-
ried. Scenario editor of scenario department of Fox
Studios. With Fox for eight years.
LIPTON. LEW: b. Chicago. 111.. February 23. 1893:
e. Chicago Art Institute. Chicago Academy of Fine
Arts: h. 5 feet 6% inches: w. 150 pounds: black
ha!r. brown eyes; hy. horse races. Was a commercial
artist and newspaper man in New York and Chi-
cago. Entered picture business in 1917. making title
illustrations for Famous Players-Lasky: comedy con-
structor with Carter De Haven; title writer for Uni-
versal; assistant director, title writer, production ed-
visor. director; originals for "Spite Marriage." "The
Cameraman." MGM: adaptations. "The Gob." "Spite
Marriage." "The Cameraman." "Brotherly Love."
MGM: "The Man From Wyoming." Paramount.
LIVERIGHT. HORACE: Head of his own publish-
ing company and such authors as Sherwood Ander-
sen. Theodore Dreiser. Gertrude Atherton. Ben Hecht.
Peter Arne. Samuel Hoffenstein. Hendrik Van Loon.
Ernest Hemingway. Jack Wasserman. Dorothy Parker
and Heywood Broun: puhl shed all of Eugene O'Neill's
plays. Freud's works, published such popular novels
as "Flaming Youth." "Black Oxen." "School Girl"
and "Beau Lover": as a stage producer brought out
Helen Twelvetrees. Kay Francis and Helen Chandler;
Edward G. Robinson and Frank Morgan in "The Fire-
brand." Signed by Charles R. Rogers as the head
of the story department of RKO-Pathe.
LLOYD. GERRIT: b. Manchester. Ia.. August 9.
1890: p. father, manufacturer: e. in public schools.
Through D. W. Griffith he was apprenticed to every
division of picture making, through the story-vviting.
the casting, costuming, direction, editing, titling and
final exploitation of the production. Although Lloyd
has written or assisted in writing most of the "old
master's" scripts for six years, he wanted no screen
credit, believing it was best for him professionally to
defer this credit until he was ready for it. Then, for
the first time, the screen bore his name as writer of a
picture that Eastern critics proclaimed as one of
Griffith's greatest love stories. "Drums of Love." He
was also responsible for "Ladv of the Pavements"
(19291.
LOGUE. CHARLES A.: b. Boston. Mass.. February
8. 1889; h. 6 feet: brown hair and eyes; w. 187
pounds: p. Hannah Harkins and Charles Logue, non-
professionals: e. Boston high school and Boston college
(graduate in 1910): m. Eleanor K. O'Donnell, non-
professional: hy. hunting. Wrote scenarios for "Clash
of the Wolves." "The Man on the Box" and "Below
the Line" for Warner Bros, in 1925: "The Man In
the Saddle." "His Jazz Bride." "Devil's Dic«." "Dan-
gerous Friends." "Forbidden Waters." "Her Man
o" War." "Prisoners of the Storm" and "Unknown
Treasures" or "McFadden's Flats" in 1926; and "The
Claw." "The Thirteenth Juror." "Held by th" Liw "
"Red Cliy." "A Man's Past " "Cheating Cheater^"
anil "Back to Gnd'« Country" In 1927. During 'he
var of 1928 he wrote "Man Woman and Wife." "The
Heart of a Follies Girl " "The Shakedown" and "T'-e
Drake M irder Case " Since he also has written "Man.
Woman and Wine." "The Storm." "Whispering
Winds."
LORD. ROBERT: b. Chicago. May 1. 1902: h. 5
feet O'i Inches: brown hair and eyes: w. 135 pounds;
e. University of Chicago high school and Harvard uni-
versity: m. Martha Bliss, non-professional. Wrote for
i 3 1
The MOTION I'K.Tl'RI. ALMANAC
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Warner Uru* the following screen plays and dialogues:
"Una an J Lba Mauae," "Itn Trial." "So Lang. Lastly."
The Asatur." If I Km Hingto." Women They
Talk About." On With the Show." "Gold Ilium uf
llroadaaj" and Hold Everything" Suia-nised fur
rim National tha following: "Luar Ankles." I'loiu
MrN U T T
IIUS: a. I
College. T
a year; t»
WILLIAM SLAVCNS
I'rban*.
II, 1 I:.
bark riding Mr** waa a writer and ra.n.aarr'-tal artiai
for lba Hearst n.t>s|*vl«-r« for quite aa» II Bar Wot
"Stampede." and
'in
Olrl" for First
In 1VJ" foe Fir
It, HOPE: b. D
ii
Bujrrra." "frown of Llea." "llain Maker." "Cat's
Pajamaa." "Fig la-ave*." "Ooldan Cocoon." "Children
of Divorce." Win All Gambler*." "Spot Light" and
"Thla la Heaven " Wrote the following aereen play*:
and "lll« Hr.-r.tar> " Adapted "Llttla
Annie Rsioney" and "My Beet Olrl." Wrote screen
version And dialogue for "Father's Son." First Na-
tional.
LOVCTT. JOSEPHINE: b. San Fran.-lsco. Cal.: a.
Sargent's Dramatic School. New York City. Stage ca -
reer w.th llrnrr Miller, liar Husband's Wife."
-Tha Lion and the Mouar." "A Man's Man " For
the aereen hrr flnt adaptation waa "Sentimental
Tiimmj." Faramcunt: other* being - "Classmates."
"ttoul Fire." First National: "Our Dancing Daugh-
tera." "Our Modern Maidena": s-enario for 'The
Mingle Standard" for MtiM and "What a Widow" for
United Art lata.
LOWE. EDWARD T.. JR. : Ii Nadu . T un
June .*•-'. |vju; • Na«h>ltle Sold first atory to Ea-
sanay: screen play*: ' Hunchback of Notre Dame."
Universal; adaptation and arena no for "Jea Call Me
Jim." 'Tenderloin": adaptation and Ullea for "State
Street Sadie": adaptation and acreen play for "Broad-
way." Universal: s-enarios ana dialogue for "Night
Hide." "Undertow." Cnireraal: 1830-31. ' M salsslieu
Gambler." "Night It de." "X Marka the Spot." "The
Green Cap." First National: "Phantom of the We»t."
Tec-Art.
LYNCH. JOHN: Started In theatre business aa
owner of theatres In Syracuse. Rochester. Albany, and
Utloa: worked with Shuhert brothers In early daya:
went wear for Ince seventeen years ago and since baa
become a screen author: adapted "Grand Duchess and
the Walter" "Woman of the World." The Ne'er do
Well." "Volcano": under contract to MGM.
M
MacARTH U R. CHARLES: i int. landing among Amer-
ica's younger playwrlters for his extraordinary suc-
ceaaea: collaborated with Ben tlrrht in writing "The
Front Pate": with Edward Sheldon for "Miss Lulu
Belle": with Sidney Howard on "Salvation": under
contract to Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer: recently wrote
• Paul" and "Way for a Salor": also dialogue for
• Billy, the Kid."
MACPHERSON. JEANIE: b. Boston: p. Evangeline
Tomlmson and John Sinclair Macpherson: e. Madame
de Facq'a school. Pans. Kenwood Institute. Chicago,
and took dancing from Theodore Kosloff. Stage ex-
perience began by play ing the lead In a school play and
was awarded a gold medal by the Chicago Musical col-
lege for the excellence of her work: made her profes-
sional debut with the musical show. "Havana": then
obtained a part in William DeMille's "Strongheart"
which was going on the road. Screen experience:
many years, starting as an actress and playing with
Florence Lawrence and Mary Pickford: later was given
ber own unit at Universal and wrote and directed aa
well as acted in two-readers, was discharged from this
organization because she took seven days on a produc-
tion: then waa signed by C. B DeMllle to write and
only once has she acted since taking part in "Carmen"
where she fought a battle with Oeraldine Farrar. Has
written The Road to Yesterday" and "The Golden
Bed" in ir<23 : "lied nice." "Her Man tf War" and
"Young April" in 1926: also "King of Kings." "The
Godless Girl." "The Ten Commandments." "Man-
slaughter." "Male and Female." "Don't Change Your
Husband" and "The Woman God Forgot." Wrote
story, scenario and dialogue for "Dynamite" for MGM
1930-31: Wrote story for "Madame Satan." MGM.
MoCALL. GEORGE: h. Renton. Scotland: h. 6 fret
2 Inches: brown hair and eyes: w. 190 pounds: p. Mary
and William McCall (deceasedi. non-professionals: e.
Dr Wat-son's. Edinburgh: not married: hy. horticulture.
On the stage three years with J..s .. B"n«*elle Was
associated with Paul FeJos in the production of 'The
Last Moment." Was syndicate columnist and feature
writer on motion pictures, publicist with Preferred
Pictures and free lance press representative.
MCCARTHY. HENRY: h. San Francisco. Cal.. Janu-
ary 30. 188*: e. Jesuit College. San Francisco Wis
a newspaperman Entered picture* In 1917: wrote "The
Gorilla." ' Ladies Night In a Turkish Bath." "Black
Butterflies." "Carnation Kid": co-author of "Song of
Lore." Columbia: adaptat on and d alogue for "Blaze
o* O'ory" and "Bright Lights." First National: and
in l'l.t'i-.H. "Numbered Men." 'Top Speed." "Going
Wild." "Sunny." all for First National.
McOERMOTT. JOHN W.: h. Green Hirer. sTjaS
September I, IMS: e. Notre Dame Was on the stage
for Ziegfrld. Wrote "Squawk" and "Felony." pliys:
"Unclean." norel. Entered pictures in 1913. did
adaptation of "We're In the Navy Now": originals:
"S»norita." "She's a Sheik." 'The Butterfly Chaser."
Harold Lloyd: original and titles. "Blonde or Bru-
nette." "Evening Clothes." "Song of Broadway."
"Fifty-Fifty Girl" and "Cohens and Kellys In Scot-
land "
McGUINNESS. JAMES K. : h. New York City: e
New York University. First Job that of a cub re-
porter on the Philadelphia Public Ledger: later with
the N w Y'ork Morning Telegraph: Evening Telegram
and then conducted the Siin Dial column on the
New York Evening Sun: also contributed to Life and
other periodicals: when the New Yorker was first pub-
lished, he acted with Herman Mankiewioz as editor of
the department. 'Talk of the Town": left the New
Yorker and went with the New Y'ork Evening Post.
Signed by Fox Films to arrite original stories: among
his pictures are: "Men Without Women." "Salute."
"Born Reckless." "On the Levi" and 'The Black
Watch" Under contract to Paramount.
MACK. WILLARO i.rj luaMI of OaonjHown i in
yatalty; waa a crime rei*»rier for years; art* * and
writrr: baa starred In his own plays Stage plays
include "So Mu. h I', r > ■ Mu'-b ' 'Ti.'- r It'
"l'h*aflne Cheatrrs" ami lisanv others under contract
t. M.tro i^.iil.vn Mater wrote "Madam X." Ili«
Glorious Night " "Caught- Short." "Reducing." "Horse-
flesh." "Monsieur la? Fox." MGM. and "Kick In."
Paramount
MANKIEWCZ. ERNA I. New York City: e Httntar
College in New York. University of Berlin and ' n"rr
alty of Paris Instructor in French at the Hmipe
high school in New York: wrote for such magailnea
aa Life. Judge and various eastern newspapers went
to Hollywood and waa placed under contract to tara-
mount. writing originals, dialogue and adaptatlona.
MANKIEWICZ. HERMAN J.: b New York City.
Nov. mber 7. HST: e. Harry lllllmaii Academy. Co-
lumbia University and I'niverslty of Berlin: h. a
feet 10 Inches: w. 170 pounds: brown hair, blue rye*
Altar graduation went to work aa a reporter on the
New York Tribune: served in the World war and then
took charge of the American Red Cross news sen ire
in Pari*: Berlin correspondent for Chicago Tribune
for two years: returned to N w York and Joined e.li
torlal staff of the World: then dramatic editor of New
Y'ork Time*: waa first dramatic editor of the New
Yorker. Went to Hollywood in 1916 to write screen
story for Lon Chaney. "The Road to Mandalay." and
then Jolmd Paramount as a title writer: turned to
story construction and dialogue wnt ng: wrote original
st..rv ami d alogue I r The Man I la.ve." IlklMlMI
and dialogue for 'The Dummv." "Men Are Like
That"' dialogue for "Thunderbolt": adaptation of
••The Vagabond King": under contract to Paramount.
MANKIEWICZ. JOSEPH L. : h. Wilkes- Barre. Pa :
e. Columbia University. New York City: n. 5 feet 10
inches: w. 175 pounds; brown bair. blue eyes. Went
to Berlin as aaslstant correspondent for Chicago Trib-
une- to Ufa In Berlin translating subtitles into Eng-
liah for release In England and I'. S. Returned to
America In 1W9 and went to Hollywood to Join bis
brother Herman, on the writing staff at Paramount:
titled six pictures In eight weeks: they were "The
Dummy." "Close Harmony." "Studio Murder Mys-
tery " "Thunderbolt." "The Man I Unt." and "The
Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu": titled "Dangerous
Curves": wrote dialogue for "Fast Company"; 1930-31
worked on following screen plays: "Slightly Scarlet."
"The Social Lion." "Onlv Saps Work." 'The Gang
Buster." "Finn and Hattle." "June Moon." "Sklppy"
and "Queen of Hollywood."
MARCH. JOSEPH MONCURE: b New York City.
July 27 1899; e. Lawrencesrille I Yep S hool and Am-
herst College, specializing in English, ancient Greek,
receiving A. B. degree: h. 6 feet 1 Inch: w. 154
pounds: brown eyes, black hair: hy. tennis, boxing and
swimming. Was a special feature writer. New York
Times, managing editor of The New Y'orker: author
of The W.ld Party." "The Set Up." Entered pi—
ture business In June. 1929. when he signed In MGM
contract as a writer: "Hell's Angels." Caddo: "Jour-
ney's End." Tiffany: "Civilian Clothes." Paramount:
"Finn and Hattie Abroad." Paramount.
MARCIN. MAX: b. New Tork City: e. College of
the City of New Y'ork. specialising In classical litera-
ture. First Job was cub reporter for New Y'ork World:
ten years working as newspaperman in New Y'ork:
sold a few fiction stories to national magazines, left
the press and devoted his time to freelance writing:
author for years with short stories and serials; tried
his hand at plays and wrote many Broadway suc-
eeates. among them: "The House of Glass." "Cheat-
ing Cheaters." "See My Lawyer." "Here Comes the
Bride." "The Eyes of Youth." "The Woman In Room
13." "Silence." "Three Uve Ghost-s" and "Humbug."
Went to Hollywood and wrote screen adaptations for
"Roughhousc Rosle" and The Slan of the Forest"
for Paramount: returned to New Y'ork and was brought
back to Holly-wood by United Artists to assist in film-
ing his play. "Three Live Ghosts": Paramount signed
him to write dialogue and adaptation of "Facing the
Law." for William Powell: 1930-31 wrote "The Big
Fight." James Craze : "Derelict." "Scandal Sheet."
and "City Streets." all for Paramount.
MARION. FRANCES: b San Francisco. Cal.: h. 5
feet 3 Inches: brown hair and eyes: w. 139 pounds:
e. San Francisco; m. George Hill, director: hy. horse-
"The'uig House." "The Dark Star." and 'Tlx
Six." all for MGM.
MAHKEY GENE: I J« kaoo. Mark.. Detsrw
!«'.''.. e liarimoiitli College; Ii '. f~' II n
172 pound. . hate I eye,, dark hair: by borer*
Radio; "Mother's Boy." lUdlo; 19.V> 31. "Floradora
Olrl." "Inspiration" for MGM.
MARTIN. FRANCIS J.: 1 Ashland. U ]
Osbknsb. Wis. Haa written and dl res-ted a numlwr
at short subjects for Educational. Fox. UK' > and
Universal.
MASON. LESLEY: b. Roaellr. N J : h 5 feet «S
Inches; brown hair and hazel eyea; w. 14* pounds,
p. Emetine D. and William L Mason, non profession-
ais: e. Winston Academy. Eaalhampton. Mass, and
Yale University: hy. books, etchings and tennis. Pub
llcJty and play reading for Frederic Thompson. 1910-11;
review and music editor for New York Morning Tele
graph. 1911-1913: managing editor. Motion Picture News.
1914-1916: editor and publisher of Exhibitor* Trade Re-
view. 1917-1920: assisted In First National Picture*
DeMillr Studios. 1935-1927: title*. Ken Mavnard raw
ductions (First National I. "The Phantom t'lfy."
"California Mall." "Lawless Legion." "Royal Rider."
1928: also Reed Howe's 2 reel air dramas for Educa-
tional. Dialogue and title* of Ken Mavnard produc
Hons for Universal as follow*: "The Wagon Master."
"Lucky Larkln." "Senor Americano." "Parade of the
West." "Fighting Legion." "Kettle Creek." Later
wrote dialogue for "Mountain Justice." Universal;
"Song of the Caballero." Universal: "Sons of the
Saddle." Universal, and for Tiffany's "Aloha."
MASON. SARAH Y. : b. Puma. Ariz.. March 31.
1896: h. 5 feet 3 inches: brown hair and gray eyea:
w. 105 pounds: p. Catharine Borden and Richard lase
Mason. non-profesalonaLs : e. Tucson high school. Tuc-
son. Artx. : m. Victor Heertnan. director. 8. -Teen
career began in 1918 with Douglas Fsirbanks. Then
she went to the Thomas H. Ince studios as script
writer. Her first original story. "The Heart of
Twenty." was produced by Robertson-Cole. Later she
wrote originals and continuity for Metro. Famous
Players. Selznlck and others. For the last three year*
she has written exclusively for MGM. Among her
stories are "Lore In the Rough." "The Olrl Said
No." "Alias Jimmy Valentine." and "Broadway
Melody."
MEEHAN. ELIZABETH: b Philadelphia. Pa : e
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; h 5 feet 6%
Inches: w. 138 pounds: brown hair, green eves ; hy.
swimming and tennis. Entered pictures In 1925: wrote
adaptation of "Beau Oeste." "Sorrell and Son." "Beau
Ideal." "The Rescue." "Lummox." "Grischa."
MEEHAN. JOHN: b. Lindsay. Ont. : e Boston pub-
lic schools. Previous career, wrote and co-directed
"Gentlemen of the Press" for the stage, also "The
Lady Lies": staged "The Gorilla." "So This la Lon-
don" and "Bless Y'ou Sister": wrote dialogue in
1930-31 for "Strangers May Kiss" snd "The Divorcee"
for Metro-Ooldwyn-Msyer.
MEREDYTH. BESS: r. n. Helen MacGla.han: h
Buffalo. N. Y. : h. 5 feet 2 Inches: blond hslr and
blue eyes: w. 130 pounds; p. Julia and Andrew F. Mac-
GLashan. non-professionals: e. Central high r-hool.
Buffslo. N. Y. Screen career started as an extra girl
with the old Biograph company with D. W. Gnfli'li.
Because they needed stories she began to write In 1913.
Has written, among other things, treatments snd con-
tinuities on "Captain Applejack." "Red My." "Thy
Name Is Woman." "The Sea Beast." and other Barry-
more pictures. "Don Juan." "Manon Ia»»c*ut" lor
"When a Man Lores"! and also "The Mysterious
Lady." "A Woman of Affairs." "Wonder of Women"
Elliott Rothe
Juvenile Leads
Charlotte Rogers
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1931
and others. Story for "Road Show," scenario for
"Gay Madrid." story, scenario and dialogue for "Our
Blushing Brides." scenario and dialogue for "Ro-
mance," continuity and dialogue for "The Southerner "
"Tile Sea Bat," all MGM.
MILLER, ALICE D. G.: b. Milwaukee. Wis.: e.
Wisconsin; h. 5 feet 8V& inches: w. 142 pounds; blond
hair, blue eyes. Entered pictures in 1919 with read-
ing and editorial work on editorial staff of D. W.
Griffith; adaptations on "Bridge of San Luis Rev "
"Four Walls." "Two Lovers." and "The Devil Dancer."
MILLER. SETON I.: b. Chehalis, Wash.. Mav 3.
1902; e. Phillips Exeter and Yale, specializing in
literature and languages. Entered pictures in 1926;
first acted in "Brown of Harvard"; wrote "High
School Hero." "Paid to Love," "The Air Circus."
"Girl in Every Port." "Fazil." "Wolf Fangs." "Girl-
Shy Cowboy," "The Far Call"; adaptat.on and con-
tinuity for "Harmony at Home," Fox; 1930-31, "The
Criminal Code." Columbia; "Today." Majestic. "The
Dawn Patrol." First National.
MILNE. PETER: b. New York City. August 15.
1896: h. 5 feet 11 inches; blond hair and grev eyes;
w. 160 pounds; p. Jessica and Frederick Milne, non-
professional; e. public, and high schools in New York
City; m. Janet Cruickshank, ex-professional; no hob-
bies. Screen experience as writer and has written
"Headlines" in 1925: "College Widow." "The Silver
Slave." "Hook and Ladder" and "Great Mail Rob-
bery" in 1927; "The Michigan Kid" for Universal:
and in 192S "The Matinee Idol." "The Sporting Age "
"Name the Woman." "Way of the Strong" and "Noth-
ing to Wear" for Columbia: "Head of the Family"
for Gotham, and "Come Across" for Universal. "Ob-
ject— Alimony" is one of his more recent pictures.
MINTZ. SAM: b. Boston. Mass.. 1898: h. 5 feet
9 inches; dark brown hair and brown eyes; w. 175
pounds; p. Pearl and Rabbi Moses Mintz. non-profes-
sionals; has had stage training; m. Saga Freeman,
non-professional; hy. handball. Amateur stage experi-
ence in Spokane. Has written scenarios for such
pictures as "The Cheerful Fraud" in 1926; "Shootin'
Irons." "The Gay Defender." "The Potters " "The
Quarterback" and "Man Power" in 1927 ; and in 192S
"Fools for Luck." "Warming Up." "Moran of the
Marines," "Avalanche" and "Three Week End* "
Adaptation and dialogue for "Kibitzer." "Stairs of
Sand." screen play for "The Santa Fe Trail." "Tom
Sawyer" and adaptation for "Onlv Saps Work." all
for Paramount. Adaptation on "Huckleberry Finn "
and "Finn and Hattie." original story for "Skippv "
'Social Error." Signed to long term contract with
Paramount.
MIRANDA. TOM: b. Warren County. Ohio; h. 6
feet 1 inch: blond hair and gray eves; w. 185 pounds-
p. Anna Belle and Milton Howard Miranda, non-
professionals; e. Springfield high school, and Kenil-
worth College; m. Josephine Owan. non-professional;
hy. golf, books, spitz dogs and work. No stage or screen
experience. Author of over 30 screen plavs; titled over
500 pictures: has written 24 continuities for silent
film; 5 dialogue scripts: over 50 magazine short stories
and one book. "The Dice of Fate." Dialogue scripts
are as follows: "Mamba." "Shamrocks." "The Masked
Princess." "A Woman Alone." Titled ".lazzland "
;The Shopworn Angel." "Two Weeks Off." First Na-
tional; scenario and dialogue for "Mamba." Tiffany.
MIZNER. WILSON: b. Benicia. Cal.. Mav 19. 1870;
e. National Institute of Guatemala. Central America,
and Jesuit College in Santa Clara. Cal. Was one ot
the first men to bring gold to San Francisco as proof
of the strike in the Klondike; later became owner
of race horses: owned the Hotel Rand in New York
City; started writing in 1908; his first storv was an
underworld play. "The Only Law": later wrote other
plays together with Paul Armstrong, among which are
"Alias Jimmy Valentine." "The Deep Purple" and
"The Greyhound"; later wrote "Ships That Pass in
the Night." "Romance of the Underworld." Under
contract to First National as a writer.
MOFFITT. IOHN C: Scenario department. Universal
studios. Universal City. Cal., formerly motion picture
editor for the Kansas City Star and Times: h. May 8.
1900; e. University of Missouri, specializing in literature,
history and art. Wa-s formerly on the New York Sun
During 192S and 1929 made a world tour, visiting 38
countries, islands and provinces writing travel articles
which appeared in the Star. Wrote a critical summary
of motion picture constructing, acting, and technique
which was serialized in the Star under the title "Ap-
preciation of the Motion Picture"; campaigned for a
course in "Appreciation of Motion Picture Values" to
be taught in the English departments of colleges and
junior colleges. He is the author of a number of full
length and one act plays which have been performed In-
Little Theatre groups. His "Pillars of Purgatory" was
the prize play of the Missouri Writers Guild for 1928.
He was a member of the jury of critics who awarded
the Exhibitors Herald-World plaques for excellence in
sound reproduction.
MONTAGNE. EDWARD J.: b. London. England: h.
5 feet 2 inches: dark hair and eyes: w. 145 pounds:
p. Mary and Alphonse Montagne, father author: e.
Brooklyn high school and Cooper Union; m. Agnes
Phalen. non- professional: hy. baseball, handball and
all outdoor sports. Wrote story for "The Love Trap."
Universal. Has written more than 250 originals, made
over 100 adaptations, plays and books.
MORGAN. BYRON : b. Carthage. Mo.. October 24.
1889: h. 5 feet 10 inches: brown hair and blue eyes:
w. 180 pounds; p. Blanche Swcetman and Byron
Morgan, non-professionals: e. Carthage, Mo.; m.
Gladys Ruth Mcintosh, non-professional; hy. sports,
football, motoring and flying. Twelve years screen
experience as a writer, having written many of the
Wallace Reid successes. "All at Sea" is one of his
1929 pictures. Recent pictures: storv and scenario for
"Speedway," MGM: "Thunder." MGM. Co-author of
"Imperfect Ladies." MGM. 1930-31: Co-author and
scenarist for "Way Out West." "Thunder." "It's a
Great Life." all for MGM.
MULHAUSER. JAMES: b. Brooklyn. N. Y.. Octo-
ber 31. 1890; e. New York City: h. 5 feet 11 Inches:
w. 103 pounds: brown hair, brown eyes; hy. all out-
door sports. Worked in theatre for years, both busi-
ness and acting. Entered pictures In 1918: recent
work includes "The Head Man." First National:
"China Bound." MGM: three shorts for Sidney and
Murrav at Universal, and two Slim Summerville com-
edies for Universal.
MURFIN. JANE: b. Quincy. Mich.: e. State Nor-
mal Training School at Ypsilantl. Michigan Agricultural
College at tanslng. then went aboard studying arts
and languages in Paris and Rome: relumed to New
York and went to Whcatoroft Dramatic School. Went
on the stage; began career as a writer in Collabora-
tion with Jane Cowl. Was film scenarist and editor
at old 56th Street Studios of Fainous-Players-Lasky ;
wrote many New York stage successes in collaboration
with Jane Cowl, among them "Lilac Time," "Day-
break." "Intormation Please" and "Smilin' Through";
bought Strongheart and produced motion pictures in
which the police dog was starred. Became scenario
writer at many of the larger studios and has done
many freelance film stories, among them "Meet the
Prince," ' The Prince of Head Waiters" and "The
Notorious Lady"; under -contract to HKO, where her
first assignment was the adaptation and dialogue of
"Seven Keys to Baldpate"; later work includes "The
Payoff." "Lawful Larceny," "The Runaway Bride"
and "Leathemecking." all for Radio.
MURPHY. DUDLEY: b. Winchester. Mass.. July
10, 1897; e. Milton Academy. Boston; Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Boston, and California Tech,
Pasadena, Cal.; h. 6 feet 3 inches; w. 165 pounds;
blond hair, blue eyes; hy. tennis. After leaving col-
lege, served three years in War Patrols Royal Naval
Air Service during the war ; newspaper writer and as-
sistant dramatic critic. Screen career; wrote original
for "Skyscraper." adaptation "The Last Command."
adaptation "Alex the Great," original of "St. Louis
Blues," "Black and Tan." Radio: "Frankie and
Johnny," Paramount, and "Dracula." Universal.
MYERS. HENRY: b. Chicago. 111., June 24. 1895;
e. Columbia University, New York City; h. 5 feet
10^ inches; w. 160 pounds; brown hair, brown eyes;
hy. chess, checkers. Author of stage plays: "The
First Fifty Years." "Me." co-author of "Good Boy."
lyrics of "The New Yorkers." three songs in present
"Garrick Gaieties"; accompanist for singers: press rep-
resentative for various managers, the Shuberts, Pat-
terson McNutt. William A. Brady and others. En-
tered pictures in 1930, wrote screen play and dia-
logue for Clara Bow's "Her Wedding Night." Para-
mount; "June Moon," Paramount; "Gente Alegre"
(Spanish), Paramount.
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NATTEFORD, JOHN FRANCIS: b. Wahoo, Neb..
1894; p. Mary Wilhelmina Hagstrom and Frances Nat-
teford. non-professionals; e. Los Angeles high school;
m. Grace Boone Jackman. non-professional; hy. fishing,
photography, gardening and travel. No stage or screen
experience. During the last two years has written
twelve pictures for Tiffany Productions, including the
big special. "The Lost Zeppelin." Wrote two talking
pictures for Columbia. "The Flying Marine" and "Light
Fingers." Is the author of approximately seventy mo-
tion pictures and about twenty published short stories
in better class magazines. Has also been a court
reporter and newspaper man. 1930-31: "Border Ro-
mance." "Trooper 3." "The Third Alarm." "The
Thoroughbred." "The Midnite Stage," "Fighting
Through" for Tiffany and "Women Men Marry," Tec-
Art.
NEVILLE. JOHN THOMAS: b. Harrisonville. Mo..
December 29. 1891; h. 5 feet inches; dark hair
and blue-gTay eyes: w. 150 pounds: p. Frances Middle-
ton Hawkins and John Thomas Neville, non-profes-
sionals : e. Windsor high school. Windsor, Mo. ; m.
Virginia Greenwell, professional; hy. writing, golf, big
game hunting and filibustering. Was dramatic critic
of several daily newspapers. Has had 12 years screen
experience as publicity writer, exploitation director and
scenarist. Also original storv writer. Was scenarist
for "Enchanted Island." 1930-31: "The Last of the
Lone Wolf." "Brothers." "The Flood." for Columbia.
NIBLO, FRED. JR.: b. New York City. January
23, 1903; e. high school and one year at West Point:
h. 5 feet 10 inches: w. 145 pounds: brown hair, brown
eyes; hy. swimming and tennis. Was company man-
ager with George M. Cohan Productions for five years:
one year on Morning Telegraph in New York; entered
pictures in 1928: wrote for MGM. 1930-31. "Criminal
Code." "The Virtuous Husband." Universal.
NICHOLS. DUDLEY: b. Wapakoneta. Ohio. April
6. 1895; e. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor: h.
6 feet 1 inch: w. 190 pounds: light brown hair and
brown eves; hv. aviation. Magazine writer for Satur-
day Evening Post and New York Times magazine:
later with the Philadelphia Ledger and then to the
New York World: star reporter for the World for
five years. Signed Fox contract in 1929: in 1930-31
wrote "On the Level." "Born Reckless." "Sez You-
Sez Me." "The Seas Beneath." "One Mad Kiss."
"Not Exactly Gentlemen.'
NORRIS. LOWELL AMES: b. Boston. Mass.. April
10, 1895; h. 5 feet 6 inches: blue eyes and brown hair:
w. 156 pounds: e. Braintree high school, specializing
in playwriting: p. Julia R. Bird and F. Edgar
Norris: m. Helen Curtis; hy. fishing, shooting, camping,
"old bills and playbills." Staff writer on Boston
Sunday Herald since 1925. Wrote for the following
papers since 1909: Braintree. Observer-Bee; Quincy
Evening Telegram: Quincy Patriot Ledger; Brockton
Enterprise; Boston Journal: Boston American. Author
of "The Wrong Road" (19211. "The Mystery Ship."
Author of radio dramatic series over WEEI. Screen
experience as scenario editor with Brewster-Kcmble
Productions. Peacock Pictures Corporation of Chicago.
Wrote, produced and directed "I Never Realized."
o
0' DON NELL. JACK: b. Norwalk. Ohio. April 17.
1888: e. Cleveland. Ohio, and Inland Stanford. Jr..
University. Palo Alto. Cal.: h. 5 feet 10U inches:
w. 168 pounds: gray hair, blue-gray eyes: hy. books.
During his term in college was correspondent of the
San Francisco Bulletin: worked for San Francisco Call
and Examiner; contributor to Saturday Evening Post.
Collier's. Liberty and Cosmopolitan. Wrote adapta-
tion and continuity for "Leather Pushers" series of
screen two-reelers: signed Fox contract in 1931.
ORTH. MARION: b. Chicago. III.: e. Knickerbocker
Hall. Indianapolis. Ind . and St. Helen's Hall. Port-
land. Ore.: h. 5 feet 5 inches: w. 115 pounds: brown
hair, blue eyes. Sold her first storv in 1918 to
Lois Wetv-r for a picture whieh took her to Los
Angeles: decided to remain and begun writing for the
screen: has been connected with Universal First Na-
tional. Famous Players and HeMiUc: went to Fox to
do script for "Come to Mv House": later did scripts
for "Sharn Shooters." "Street Ancel." "Hangman's
House." "The One Woman Idea." "City Girl."
"Mother Knows Be*t." "Not Ouite Derent" and "Con-
quistador"; assisted Bert hold Viertel in preparing
script for "Four Devils"; wrote "Crazy That Way"
and "Living for Love" for Fox.
OTVOS. A. DORIAN: b. Budapest, Hungary, Octo-
ber 11, 1893; h. 5 feet 9 inches; brown eyes and brown
hair; w. 174 pounds; e. Budapest. Hungary, Vienna,
Austria, specializing in law and music; m. ; has one
son, John, 13; hy. golf, pinochle. Writer of 11 musical
comedies abroad and in United States, among them
"Battling Butler." "Paradise Alley." "Greenwich Vil-
lage Follies," "Garrick Gaieties," "Lemaire's Affairs."
Stories written for the screen, "The Spy," with Tom
Howard, Paramount; "Bright Sayings." "Seeing-Off
Service. "For Two Cents." "Modern Fairy Tales."
PARAMORE, EDWARD. JR.: b. Manchester, Mass.;
e. Yale University. Through his work on a political
news service in Washington he obtained a newspaper
position in Petrograd, Russia, where he spent nine
months during the revolutionary days of 1917; re-
turned to the United States: dramatic critic and
special correspondent for New York World; first play
was "Ringside"; second, "Set a Thief." Signed,
contract to write dialogue for Paramount : his first
assignment was the adaptation" and dialogue for "The
Woman Who Needed Killing." followed by "The
Saturday Night Kid." "The Virginian." "Only the
Brave." "The Border Legion," and "Fighting Cara-
vans."
PARKER. AUSTIN: b. Great Falls. Mont.; e.
Cornell University. From college he went to New
York and started as a reporter on the New York
Tribune : enlisted in the French army as a member
of the famous Lafayette Flying Corps; came out of
the war with the French croix de guerre, the Italian
war cross, and the American Navy cross: served the
Sultan of Morocco as a flyer in the campaign against
the Riffs for a year; came back to the U. S. and
went to work as a reporter on the New York World;
started writing for Saturday Evening Post. Liberty.
Cosmopolitan and other national magazines. Then
tried his hand at plays: wrote "Week End" which
was produced on Broadway and subsequently pur-
chased by Paramount: "Honor Among Lovers" an
original story' also purchased by Paramount: s gned by
Paramount to adapt and dialogue; wrote "Dangerous
to Love" in collaboration with Charles Beaham and
sold it to RKO-Pathe and was brought to hollywood to
adapt and dialogue it as a starring vehicle for Con-
stance Bennett.
PARSONS. LOUELLA: b. Freeport. 111.. Aug. 6.
1891; black hair; e. Dixon high school and college; m.
Dr. H. Watson Martin, professional. Scenario writer
and editor at Essanay. newspaper motion picture column
and in charge of motion picture department of all Hearst
papers.
PASCAL, ERNEST: b. London, England, January
11. 1896: e. London; h. 5 feet 6 inches; vv. 125
pounds; black hair, gray eyes; hy. collecting antiques.
Has written more than 200 short stories for magaz nes;
novels include: "The Dark Swan." "The Marriage
Bed." "Cynthia Codentry." "The Virgin Flame." "The
Charlatan" and "Age for Love." Went to Hollywood
to write original stories for Cecil DeMille: adapted
"Hell's High Road"; wrote "Interference" for Para-
mount ; went to , Europe but soon returned to do a
play, "The Amorous Antic." for Sam H. Harris:
went to Hollywood again and signed with Fox: "La^t
of the Duanes" for Fox, "Fair Warning." Fox: "Born
to Love." RKO-Pathe.
PEARSON. HUMPHREY: Diologue with Monte
Katterjohn for "Broadway Babies." First National:
story for "On With the Show." Warner Bros. : dia-
logue for "Playing Around." First National: story,
adaptation and dialogue for "Bright Lights." First
National: "Top Speed." "Going Wild." "Sunny."
First National: under contract to Radio; original story
for "Traveling Husbands." Radio.
PEREZ. PAUL: b. New York City. July 18. 1894:
h. 5 feet 10*,4 inches: dark brown hair and blue eyes;
w. ISO pounds: p. Miriam Barnett and Robert Perez.
Sr.. non- professionals ; e. DeWitt Clinton high school.
Received his stage training as a pupil of Mme. Alberti:
played with Washington Square Players: m. Molly
O'Sullivan. professional: hy. breeding and showing wire-
haired fox terriers. One year with the Washington
Square Players; understudied John Barrymore in "Peter
Ibbetson." One year as an actor (1916-17) in New
York. Six and one-half years as publicity advertising
and exploitation executive (1920-26) in New York and
England. Title and dialogue writer ever since: 1930-31:
"The Toast of the Legion." First National: "The Boy
Friend." Spanish version for Fox: "Mile. Modiste."
First National: "The Great Divide." First National:
"The Valiant." Spanish version for Fox: "The B:g
Trail." Spanish version for Fox; "The Man Who Came
tional; adaptation and dialogue for "Mile. Modiste"
Back." Spanish version for Fox.
PRINTZLAU, OLGA: b. Philadelphia. Pa., 1893: e.
Philadelphia and Los Angeles. No stage or screen ex-
perience. With Edison. American. Majestic. Ince. Fox.
Universal. Preferred. Famous. Warner Brothers. Brent-
wood. Bluebird, and wrote the following: "Fashion
Madness." "Tragedy of Youth." "His Dog." "Ca-
mille." "Why Change Your Wife?." Paramount: "Fifth
Avenue Models." Universal: original story for "Little
Church Around the Corner." Warner Bros.
PRIOR. PEGGY: b. San Francisco. Cal.. March 22.
1903; e. Hollywood high school; married. No stage
experience. Entered films in 1921 as script girl, cutter
and writer. 1929 films. "Square Shoulders" and
"Geraldine."
RASKINS. LEONARD: Wrote dialogue of "Tempta-
tion": co-author of the play. "The Charlatan": has
written short stories, numerous vaudeville sketches:
screen work includes "Bluebeard's Seven Wives." "Car-
tain Swagger." "The Shady Lady": recently adapted
"Gentleman's Fate": under contract to MGM.
RAUCOURT. JULES. See Male Players' Biog-
raphies.
REED. TOM: b. Shelton. Wash.. December 24 1900;
e. Washington and California, specializing in English
and journalism. Was a newspaper reporter and pub-
licist: wrote one act plays Entered pictures in 1918:
dialogue and titles for "Girl on the Barge": dialogue
on other Universal Pictures Including "Synthetic Sin."
"Show Boat." "The Last Warning." "Lonesome."
1931
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"Finders faM ," Thanks for the Buggy Rids."
' UrirnUI '. mini The Charlatan" and ' »lri.«l>
Lane", ditl thr adaptation and dialogue fur ' Heir.
Heroes'; dlalogur fur "Night Itldr" 1*30-11 "bat
U Wmt." Cotzunaii.l l<> Love." "Itio Grande' (i.rl
Half Gods." "Gambling Daughter- What a
Flirt"; assist ant i» arena no editor at Universal.
RIBALTA j CARNER: I Italagurr. .Spain. April
Happy People.'
(iundul.rr Prince.'
r" ("El
nor An ■
lab dia-
a li -I
musical
musical
RICH MAN. ARTHUR: b. Nn York Cur. April 1«.
1N.M6: p. Jronii- Swan and William Richman. n n
pWjMgfcMMia: 'In Madrlniu Mar-hall, i r..fr«.ioiial ;
by riding and handball. Ilr la the aulbor of thr
following plays: "Not So Loot Ago." "Ambush." "A
S.r|»-nr% Tooth." Thr Awful Truth." "All Dn-srd
Cp." "A Proud Woman." "Heavy Traftlr." and adaptor
of "laabrl" and "Antonla." Also write thr dlalogur
oo thr following fur thr arrrrn: "Thr Awful Truth"
and "Thr Laughing Ud>." 193u 31. "A Lady Surrrn-
ders." Universal.
RIGBY. GORDON: l>. Iy»> Angeles. Cal. ; e. Iasi
Angeles Four year* with Goldwvu and lamis II M.iv. r
In rhanr of trading department: scenarist with Uni-
versal: scenario fur "Tbr Monkey Talks." "Wings of
thr St. .rm." K"l: "Nevada." Paramount: Thr
Fr.ntirrsnian." MGM: "Thr Vallrv of thr Giants."
First National: Thr T.nl.rs." "Tti.- Rainbow." Tif-
fany-Stab): "Skin Deep." "Tlgrr Roar." "Song of toe
Flame." "Munlrr on thr St.. .ml F|.«>r." I1t>t Na-
tional: 1930-31. "naming Sweeties." "Captain Thun-
der." "Mammy." "Under a Texas Moon" for Warner
Bros.; "Command Performance." James Cruzc.
RIVERS. W. L. : b San Fran.ls.-o. Cat,, D.-cember
IS. 19o3: r. University of I hi. ago. specializing In Eng-
lish. Phil. — .pin . -..rial science*, receiving I'll It il.
grrr ; h. 5 frrt 11 inches: w. l.:o isiunds; brown hair,
hr-'un rv.s; In. t.-niii- ami swimming Kntrrrd pic-
tum In April. 1929. at MGM Studios aa a technical
advisor on mrrrhant maiinr stories: has written dia-
logue for "Nary Blues" and "Way For a Sailor."
ROBSON. WILLIAM N.: b. Pittsburgh. Pa.. Octo-
l» r >. l:«i.;: h .'. r.n 11 ,11,1,.-: hrovvn hair ami
gray eyes: w. 175 pounds: p. Gertrude flrrhm and
William X. llohson. professional* : c. Alleghmy high
arbool. Pittsburgh, and Yale university: received his
atage training In the V Workshop: not married: by.
surf riding, muair and promotion. Two years on the
Pittsburgh Gazette Times: publicity manager. Y'alr
Dramatir Association: author and director of "Dead-
line." produced by the Yalr Plav craftsmen in 1927:
orsaniier and director of "Bill Rohan n and His Y'alr
Music." which toured Europe during the summers of
1 92.:. 27-2* ami tin Christmas Imli.lav* of p<27. plating
In Paris. Vienna. Budaiirst. Berlin. San Raphael and
Coburg. Also member of Y'alr Group of 47 Workshop
graduates in playwnting. Brought to the West Coast
studios of Paramount Famous Ijisky in June. 192ft.
to write originals and dlalogur on the Paramount lot.
ROGERS. HOWARD EMMETT: h. New York .
July 13. 1890: r. Xrw York public schools and Col-
lege of thr City of NVw York: h. 5 feet 8 inches: w.
1*0 pounds: dark brown hair, blue eyra: by. football
and playing with his children. Wrote for the legiti-
mate stage and vaudeville: also a song writer: wrote
vaudeville arts. Entered picture business in 1924: first
work on "The New Klondykr" : adaptations of "Tin
Gods." "The Quarterback." "So's Your Old Man."
"Speedy." Paramount : "No. No. Nanette." "The For-
ward Pass." "Spring Is Here." First National:
originals. "Frel Mv l"ulsc." Paramount: "The Grand
Parade." Patlie: "The Bad One." Culled Artists.
ROGERS. WALTER BROWNE. Bat Male Players'
Biographies.
ROOT. WELLS: h. Buffalo. N. Y.. Marrh 21. 1900;
h. 5 fret 10ij inches: brown hair and eves: w. 175
pounds: p. Josephine Wells and Marshall J. Root,
non-professionals: e. St. Paul's Preparatory School.
Concord. K H.. and Yalr College: m. Lin Segal,
writer: hy. tennis and chess. For four years he was
assistant dramatir editor of the New York World, and
dramatir critic of Time magazine. In 192S he wrote
tbr original story and dialogue of thr screen production.
"Varsity." for Paramount, and In 1929 the original for
"Rogue's Song." the screen plav "Chasing Rainbows."
fnr M. 'm-GoI.lwyn May. r. dialogue for "Peacock Alley"
for Tiffany: also dialogue for f,"nlver«al's "The Storm":
story and dialogue lin collaboration) for "Thr South-
ernrr." MOM.
R0SENER. GEORGE: b. New Tork City: r. New
York. Started in a c.rcus; then tent and medicine
shows, raiidrvtllr. stock companies, playing and direct-
ing In 2oo ptrys: Joined news staff of the New York
World: with Shuherts as actor, director and writer for
seven and a half years: with Harold Athdge co-au-
thored thr original "Artists and Modrls": wrote "Mv
Maryland" with Dorothy Donnellv: wrote "Speak-
ewajf." a Broadwav success and talking picture: "She
Got What She Wanted": wrotr adaptation of "Door-
way to Hell" for Universal : signed with RKO-Paihe:
first assignment to adapt "Put on the Spot."
R0UVERAL. AURANIA: Author of the Plays: "p
Nrvrr Rains." "Skidding." "Whrn's Youi Birthdnv."
Completed "Dance. Fools. Dance" : contract to MOM.
RUBEN. J. WALTER: b. New York City. August.
1899; e. Columbia University, specializing in psychology,
philosophy and dramatic art. Was on the legitimate
stage as junior: publicity and raudevlllr mafrrial: two
years distributing pictures for Metro. Entered upon
film writing in 1924 : wrtve "Under the Tonto Rim."
"Avalanche." "Fools for Uirk." "Vanishing Pioneer."
"Stairs of Sand." "Sunset Pass": adaptations. Para-
mount: original «torv for "The Fleet's In." Para-
mount: "Dance Hall." Radio: adaptation. "The Mar-
riage Playground." Paramoun* : "Jazz Heaven"
Radio: under contract to Radio Pictures in 1930-31:
wrote "Loving th- Ladies." "She's Mv Weakness."
"Dead Game." "Crirrk and Double Check." "Ttir
Royal Bed." "Bachelor Apartment." all for Radio.
RUTHVEN. m Mil 1 is 1 1
b. 5 f«rt 6 incites; brown balr and rjea; w. Iro pound* .
i> Cathrriltr lllluhatll ami llw.^ht II Sklnnrr. Hon
prof raalunala : c Houston Heights bull srhuul snd Its)
lor university; m. Samuel L. Jluthvan. noa-profamaiunal .
hy. buuk rollertlng With Paramount for two and
■ ■ne half years; thru to Mrtm Unl.lwwi Ma>.r in Junr.
IVti. aa a writer and editorial aduxr In, I n.naid
rrablc work prwvloua to entering pictures. Three of
hrr plrtures are "Spnllrrs „f ||„ West "W).,m.i,.-.
thr llushrangrr" and "Morgan's Last llald."
RYCRS0N. FLORENCE: 1 al . h 5
frel i inches: brown balr and eyea; w. lla laaunds;
P Mr and Mrs. Cbarlea Dwight Willard. father »»>
editor of the Loa Angeles Evening Ewpreas; r Paaa-
drna high arbool, Stanford and Itadcllffe at Harvard;
also a tnrmbrr of George I*. Baker's class of play-
wrttlng: 111. Colin Clements, plsywrlght; n.llaboratrel
on "All on a Summer- Day." Just publish..) In
Frruth Wrote scenarios on "Oh. What a Night." In
l!'2«; "The Deml-Uridr." "Lore Makea 'Em Wild."
"Adam and Evil" and "Johnny. Get Your Hair 1 ir "
In 1(17; "Canary Murder Caae." "Something Always
Happens." "Easy Come, Easy Go" and "Fu Manriiu"
111 WIS. Islrr. "Call "f the West." Hall.. I I-
Cunrs." "Fast Comiiany." "Pnlnted Hri-la." "My«-
t. ri,.iis Fu Mam hu." H- 1 urn ..f Fu Mam hii " I'..;.' ;i
l>mm» of Jr.>i«r<ly." Tiffany: "Wr Tlirrr" and
"Tbr Re. klrtss Hour." First National.
SAUNDERS. )Q,MN MONK: I llillckl.n. .\L111r1 .
November 12. 1897: e. Oxford University. England, and
University of Washington; m. Fay Wray. profrsalonal :
hy. swimming and golf. No stage experience. Wa-
second lieutenant. Air Service. Army: associate editor.
American Magazine; on editorial staff of Nrw York
Tribune and Los Angeles Times. Wrotr "Wings" and
.'in short stories including "la-gmn of thr Condniuiril."
•Thr Shock IMnrh." "Docks of New Y'ork" anil
"Brain Teat." Entered films In 1925 with Para-
mount. Wrotr "Shr Goes to War." With Para-
mount In 1930. 1930-31: Wrote "The Dawn Patrol."
First National.
SCHAYER. RICHARD: b Washington. D. C. De-
ne ruber IS. 1882: b. ( frrt: brown hair and blue
ryes; w. 190 pounds: p. Julia and Col. George Fred-
erick Schayer. Cnitcd States Army, nou- professionals ;
r. Crntral high school. Washington. D. C. George-
town university. Georgetown, D. C. (one year), and
received his stage training at the American Academy
of Dramatic Arts in Nrw York City: m. Alelha Prater,
non professional ; hy. photographing, ship model mak-
ing, guitar, mandolin and banjo playing, astronomy,
natural history, entomology "and other indoor sports."
also golf and tennis. After four years on the stage
entered newstsaper work and had 15 years' experience
on the big dallies in Chicago. Washington and Navy
York. Said to have been the first American to enlist
In the British Army in September. 1914. In London,
and thr only American war rorrrsimndrnt who did so
enlist at that time in order to get firsthand informa-
tion. Wrote war exisriences for the Wheeler Syndicate
and In 1917 entered pictures aa scenarist. Spent
another year as officer in American army, then re-
turned to Hollywood to continue scenario writing.
Wrote "Frr< antl Easy" for MOM in 1930. 1930-S1:
Write "Forward March." "Monsieur I* Fox." "Those
Three French Girls." "Doughboys." "Men of the
North" and "Dance. Fools. Dance"; all for MGM :
went to Universal as scenario editor.
SCHR0CK. RAYMOND L. : b C-h.n. FjnL. IBM:
r. University of Illinois. Was a director for stock.
Scenarios for "Winged Horseman." Universal: "West
Point." "Tlic Duke Steps Out." "Navy Blues." "Tell-
ing thr World." for MGM: "Shei>per-Newfounder."
Fox: "Gambling Daughters." Universal, and "Ship-
mates." MGM.
SCHUBERT. BERNARD S. : h Rr.M.klvn. N. Y. : r.
College of City of New York and Columbia University:
h. 5 frrt 5 Inches: w. 145 pounds: brown hair, brown
eyes: by. writing plays. Author of many plays pro-
duced on Broadway and in Burope. "The Kill Him-
self." "Soft Coal." "Out of the East." "Nocturne."
"Fish Gotta Swim" and "Kara." Under contract to
Radio Pictures as a writer: dramatized "The Reckoner"
(tentativr title • . starring Richard Dlx.
SCHUMAN-HEINK. FERDINAND CARL: b. Ham-
burg. Germany. August 9. 1893: r. Yonkers. X. Y..
Royal Gymnasium. Dresden. Germany, and Fordham
University: p. Ernestine Scliuman-Hrink. singer; h. 5
feet 10 Inches: w. 172 pounds: brown hair, brown
eves: hy. n-ading books. Stage and screen actor: au-
thor of stagr play "FXiuator": screen plays "Mamba"
and "The Fighting Romeo": "Ruins" for Rogrll.
SEARS. ZELDA : b. Brockway. Mich. Has written
menv magazine stories and the successful stage produc-
tions. "The Clinging Vine." "The Magic Ring." "The
Lollipop"; as a piayr
baa written for Meir
adaptations for "Dlruc
Can" and The Hlanoi
SEYMOUR. JAMES
lavl: r Harvard I on
IW7. studird drama
of Ir
organ
alogue and
Devil May
wrote dlalogur tor Gloria Swanaon'a ' Whs! a Widow"
and collaborated with John Robertson on "Beyond
Victory"; became bead of the RKO-Palbe itory de-
partment.
SHORE. VIOLA BROTHERS: r n \ la Ilr I,.,.
Shore Braxton: b Xew York city : h 5 fret t inrttrs:
brunette hair and brown eyea; m. 150 poundv; p.
Minnie I , n-in and Abrarn Br ibers, m 11 professional. .
r. Hunter high school and Normal college in New 1 ork
City: m. Hmry Braxton, non proroional . hy wntii
swimming and dancing. Screen nia-rirnre aa dialogue
writer of "Dangerous Curves" and "Kibitzer" and
wrote the original story of • laack> Boy" and "Hit of
thr Show"; also "Broadway Fmrr." "No Limit." in
1930.
SHUMATE. HAROLO: b Austin. Texas. September
7. 1X93: r. Washington University. St. louts. Mo.
started hia literary career by editing school paper,
wrote abort stories and then workrd on nrwspaja-r
Sold bis flrwt motion picture story. 'Fighting Back."
to old Triangle company; wrote origlnala for Tbr anas
II Inrr; baa written atorles for Paramount. Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer. Fox. Universal. First National anil
Columbia: at one time was associate producer for Sam
Saxe w.th Gotham; supervised the making of fifteen
pictures for Asher. Small and Rogers His latest con -
nee t ion before alnglng with RKO-Patbe was with Co-
lumbia, for whom he wrote "Mutiny" and ada|>trd
"Virtue's Red"; liis fir-' assignment f..r ICKn I'a'h.
was an original story for Bill Boyd
SILVER, SAM: r. n. Samuel Silvrrstadt: h Nrw
York City. November 22. 1900: b. 5 fret 8 Incases :
blond hair and blur rvrs; p Bessie and David Silvrr-
stadt: w. 178 pounds: r. Boys' high school. Brooklyn.
N. Y.. and Cornell university: not married; hy. col-
lecting really good smoking pipes, booga and sports.
Has written material for Broadway revues and pnsen-
tatinn and vaudeville arts. Also has written gags for
screen productions.
SMITH, HOWARD: b. Guthrie Center. Iowa. Jan-
uary 23. 1900; b. 6 feet: brown balr and blur ryes; w.
154 pounds: p. Ara Ellis and Edwin J Smith fde-
reascd I . non-profrsslonala: 9. San Jose hlgb arbool.
Heald's college, San Jose. Cal. : not married. Reader
and general assistant with Metro Goldwyn Maver and
Columbia, and scenarist and technician with Warner
Bros. Pictures In "The Silver Slate." "Land of the
Silver Fox" and others.
SMITH. PAUL 6ERAR0: Comedy wrltrr. Wrote
"Greenwich Village Follies." two Ziegfrld "F0II1. s "
two Music Box Revues and 70 vaudeville aketcnea; also
the productions. White Lights." "Heads Up." "Here's
How." For pictures has written "Dangerous Nan Mr-
Gnw." Paramount: two Harold Lloyd stories. "Wei"
come Danger" and "Feet First"; light romrdy material
for M<!M
SMITH. WALLACE: b iln.aso. Ill Star rcjorrrr
in Chicago before he was 2": newsi«si>er correspondent
in Washington. D. C. : has adapted and wr.tten a
number of stories for the screen: wrote dialogue for
"Smooth as Satin." Radio; 1930-31 be wrote "Alias
French Gertie." "Framed" and "The Silver Horde."
Radio.
SNELL. E A RLE : b. Santa Ana. Cal.. May H.
1880; e. University of California. Berkeley, specializing
in English and law IB. L. degree I. Was a university
instructor on newspapers, publicity, theatre manager.
Wrotr "The Grandstandrr." "lvegrneratlon of Poppy
Poppingill." Entered pirture business in 1923; screen
work. "Thr Bushrr." original: "On Y'our IWs."
original: adaptation of "That's My Daddy." "The
Cohens and Kellys In Atlantic City." "G<»-d Morn-
ing. Judge." 'The Night Bird." "Clear the Deck";
wrotr original and scenario for "Ernbarrassing Mo-
ments." Universal: scenario for "It Can Be Done."
"One Mvsterieal Night." Universal: 1930-31. "Sunny
Skies." "Hot Curves." for Tiffany: "The Apr." Hal-
erin. and "Subway Express." Columbia.
SPENCE. RALPH: b II -i.ton, Texas. 1809. Was
EVE UNSELL
Adaptations
"UNFAITHFUL" by John Van Druten— Paramount (Ruth Chatterton)
'UP POPS THE DEVIL" hy Hackctt Goodnch (collab. with Arthur Kober)
— Paramount
Continuity
"A MAN' OF THE WORLD" hy Herman Mankicwicz— Paramount
(William Powell)
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1931
vice-president and general manager of the Houston
Daily Telegram, correspondent with Pershing on Mexi-
can border. Screen career. Mack Sennett, Sunshine
Comedies. Fox; wrote "American Pluck," Chadwick;
' Bringing Up Father." MOM; titles for "A Lady of
Chance." MGM ; 1930-31, "The Floradora Girl." MGM,
and "Assorted Nuts." Radio.
SPEWACK. BELLA: b. Hungary. Began writing
at the age of 1U; contributed to Bed Book. Metro-
politan, Live Stories, Liberty and Cosmopol.tan; inter-
views for New Yrrk Times, Herald-Tribune. The Sun
and The Post; press agent for the Actors Equity As-
sociation; national publicity director of Girl Scouts of
America; went to Europe with her husband as for-
e.gn correspondent for the New York World; four
years with headquarters at Moscow; since 192G has
been writing for the theatre; co-author, with her hus-
band Sam Spewack, of "War Song." " Poppa." "The
Solitaire Man" and "The Shyster"; author of original
screen story, "For the Love of Lil." Columbia; signea
by Paramount and worked on the dialogue of "Boped
In."
SPRAGUE. CHANDLER: b. Haverhill. Mass., May
26, 1SS6; e. Phillips-Exeter University; h. 6 feet 1
.inch; w. 175 pounds; dark hair, brown eyes; hy.
tennis and fishing In 1926 went to United Artists
as assistant to John Considine; scenarized "Camille"
for Norma Talmadge; went to Famous Players-Lasky
as a writer; joined Fox in 1929.
STANGE, HUGH: b. New York City, June 28, 1894;
e. New York Military Academy; h. 5 feet 11 inches;
w. 146 pounds; li^ht brown hair, hazel eyes; hy.
painting in water colors, boating and swimming.
Dramatized "Seventeen," which was produced while he
was fighting in France; returned to U. S. and drama-
tized "T.n Pan Alley," "Fog Bound," "Headquarters."
"Veneer," and "The Long Road." Recently completed
"After Tomorrow," which John Golden will produce;
now under contract to Fox Films.
STANLEY. IMOGENE: b. Denton, Texas; e. Dallas,
Texas; h. 5 feet 4 inches; w. 118 pounds; chestnut
hair, blue eyes; hy. sailing a boat. Did general re-
porting on Washington Daily News; wrote many short
stories; signed Fox contract in March, 1931.
STARLING, LYNN: b. Hopkinsville, Ky. ; w. 170
pounds; brown hair, blue eyes. Legitimate stage actor,
scoring in "East Is West" and in "Tile Famous Mrs.
Fair"; first play was "Meet the Wife." followed by
"In His Arms," "Weak Sisters," "Skin Deep";
dramatized "Basquerie." In 1930-31 wrote "Stolen
Thunder," "Lover Gambler" and "More Than a
Kiss," all for Fox.
STARR. JAMES A.: r. n. James Atherton Starr; b.
Clarksville. Texas. February 3. 1902; h. 5 feet 5 inches;
dark brown hair and eyes; w. 140 pounds; p. Eliza-
beth and W. C. Starr, non-professionals; e. Oakland
Technical high school; m. Eve Conrad, professional;
hy. collecting rare books, first editions. Titles and
dialogue on the following Warner Bros, pictures, "The
Lion and the Mouse," "My Man," "The Million Dollar
Collar." "One Stolen Night." "The Little Wildcat."
"Kid Gloves," "Fancy Baggage" and "Stolen Kisses."
Titles for Fox pictures, "Chicken a la King," "His
Favorite Wife," "The Deadwood Coach." "The Lone
Star Ranger" and "Sky High"; and comedy construc-
tion on "Harold Teen" for First National and "Chicken
a la King" for Fox; also "Sweethearts on Parade,"
"Is Everybody Happy." "In the Headlines." "Rough
Waters." "Man Hunter," "Wide Open," "Show Girl
in Hollywood." "In the Next Room." "Sonny Boy."
"Frozen River." "The Other Tomorrow."
STEWARD. DONALD OGDEN: b. Columbus, Ohio.
November 30. 1894; h. G feet; blue eyes and blond hair;
w. 180 pounds; e. Phillips Exeter Academy. Yale Uni-
versity, specializing in English literature: married and
has one son. Ames Ogden Stewart. 2V4 : hy. golf. Has
lived in Columbus. Ohio, Exeter, N. H.. New Haven.
Conn.. Birmingham. Ala., Pittsburgh. Pa.. Chicago, 111..
St. Paul. Minn.. New York City. Paris. France. Vienna,
Austria. Budapest. Hungary. Capri, Italy. Wrote the
following books: "A Parody Outline of History" (1929).
"Perfect Behavior" (19221. "Aunt Polly's Story of Man-
kind" (1923). "Mr. and Mrs. Haddock Abroad" (1924),
"The Crazy Fool" (1925). "Mr. and Mrs. Haddock in
Paris, France" (1926). "Father William" (1929).
Plays: "Rebound." produced by Arthur Hopkins; mu-
sical comedies. "Fine and Dandy," produced by Green
and Geuster. Wrote stories for screen, "Brown of
Harvard" (adaptation), "Laughter" (adaptation); also
acted in "Not So Dumb." MGM; and in several orig-
inal shorts for Paramount.
STONE. JOHN: r. n. Jack Strumwasser; b. New
York City. September 12. 1888; h. 5 feet 10 inches;
brown hair and blue eyes; w. 175 pounds; p. Bertha
and Samuel Strumwasser. non-professionals: e. DeWitt
Clinton higli school. New Y'ork City. College of New
York and New Y'ork university, no stage training:
m. Hilda Hess, writer: hy. handball and swimming.
Screen experien-.-e covering a period of 10 years consists
of writing for most of the Fox stars during this time
such as William Fanuim. Dustin Farnum. William
Russell. Shirley Mason. Buck Jones: two Zane Greys
for Paramount. "Nevada" and "Drums of the Desert";
two years for Tom Mix. writings including "No Man's
Gold." "The Great K. and A. Train Robbery." "Hard
Boiled." "Daredevil's Reward" and "Arizona Wild-
cat." Later features: "Roadhouse" with Lionel Barry-
more: "Win That Girl." a football satire; "The Play
Girl" with Madge Bellamy; "Prep and Pep." Butler
production: "Homesick." I/ehrman production: "Captain
I.ash" with Victor McLaglen. and "The Exiles." a
William Beaudine production; "Three Bad Men." a
John Ford production; (1929) "Lilac Time." First
National: director of foreign productions for Fox In
1930. 19.10-31: "Wild Company." Fox.
SULLIVAN. WALLACE: b. Chicago, 111.. November
19. 1902; h. 5 feet 8 inches; blue eyes and brown hair:
w. 142 jiounds; e. Northwestern University and Kent
College of Law. specializing in law and commerce and
business administration: hy. golf. Has lived in Cheapo,
New York and Palm Beach. Wrote "The Game Chasers"
stage play. Entered pictures in 1929 through submit-
ting scenarios which were produced, resulting in staff
job. Wrote the fo'lowing screen stories: orig nals.
"Master Sweeper." with Chester Conklin; "Bard of
Broadway." with Walter Winchell ; "Roseland." with
Ruth Kiting; "Purely an Accident," "Success," "Let's
Merge," "Grounds for Murder."
SWERLING. JO: b. Russia: h. 5 feet 9 Inches; w.
170 pounds; brown hair, gray eyes. Was a newspaper
and magazine writer: wrote vaudeville sketches and
then plays: wrote "Kibitzer." "Obey That Impulse"
and "One of Us": under contract to Columbia, re-
cently completed "Dirigible." "Ten Cents a Dance."
"The Miracle Woman" and "Good Bad Girl." all
for Columbia; other 1930-31 pictures for Columbia are:
"Ladies of Leisure." "Around the Corner," "Sisters,"
' He.l's Island," "Rain or Shine." "The Squealer."
"Madonna of the Streets" and "Anybody's Girl."
T
TALBOT, HAYDEN: b. New York City. March 1.
1892; e. Paris and Germany, Berkeley School, New
York; Williams College; studied English literature,
piano and organ; h. 5 feet 11 inches; w. 142 pounds;
red hair, blue eyes; hy. swimming and riding. Twenty-
seven years with Hearst papers in New York, Chicago.
San Francisco, Los Angeles, London and Europe gen-
erally; produced plays: "The Joker." "The Truth
Wagon," "God's Country," "The Girl Nobody Knew"
and many others; has written many short stories and
books. Screen work includes: "Alimony," "The Mar-
ried Virgin," "Body and Soul." "Buttons." "The Un-
derstanding Heart," "The Flaming Forest" and "The
Wyoming Wonder."
TAYLOR, MATT: b. New York City, February 10.
1898; h. 5 feet 8 inches; w. 140 pounds; p. Emma and
Sam Taylor, non-professionals: e. Fordham university;
married. Writer of dialogue adaptations. Has written
the "Exalted Flapper," for Fox; "Tonight at Twelve,"
"Skinner Steps Out," "Paradise Ahoy," "College
Racketeer" and "Carnival" for Universal, with whom
he was under contract during 1929; also "Red Hot
Speed." "Exalted Flapper." 1930-31: "Young De-
sires." "The Lion and the Lamb," Columbia.
TERRETT, COURTENAY: b. Miles City. Mont.;
September 2. 1903; e. Columbia University, New York
City. Began newspaper career at age of 15; worked
on papers in the West until 1921. then on the New
Y'ork Herald-Tribune as assistant city editor and after-
ward as star reporter and special writer on the New
Y'ork Evening Post, New Y'ork Evening Telegram and
The World: author of "Only Saps Work" and nu-
merous magazine articles. Writer for Paramount until
December. 1930, and with Fox Film Corporation since
that time.
THALBERG, SYLVIA: b. Brooklyn. N. T. : h. 5
feet; brown hair and dark brown eyes; w. 95 pounds;
p. Henrietta and William Thalberg. non-professionals:
e. Girls high school, Brooklyn. N. Y". ; m. Laurence
Weingarten, professional; hy. bridge and dogs. She
has written for the screen for five years. Some recent
pictures are: "Lovers." "Baby Mine." "China Bound."
"Untamed," "Montana," "The Circle" and "Remote
Control." Under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Later work on "Strictly Unconventional." "Montana
Moon." 1930-31: "The New Moon" and "Those Three
French Girls." MGM.
THEW. HARVEY: b. Mankato, Minn.. July 4,
1890; e. University of Minnesota, specializing in history.
English literature and astronomy. Was a newspaper
and magazine writer. New Y'ork Tribune. World. Her-
ald, and American; wrote "Cruise of the Wock"
(book). "Y'oung America" (play). "Playing Around"
and "Julius Sees Her" (musical comedies). Entered
pictures in 1915. starting as reviewer for Motion Pic-
ture News, thence to Lasky Corporation; wrote "Those
Without Sin" (original). "Delicious Little Devil"
(original), "Street of Illusion" (original), adapta-
tions of "Seventeen," "Uncle Tom's Cabin." "Clothes,"
"The Head Man." "Give and Take." "Blockade."
"Skinner Steps Out." FBO : scenario and dialogue
for "The Argyle Case." Warner; "The Hottentot."
Warner; adaptation and dialogue for "Show Girl in
Hollywood." First National, and "Tiger Rose," War-
ner; 1930-31, "Dumbbells in Ermine." "Penny Ar-
cade," "The Matrimonial B«d," "Divorce Among
Friends." "Illicit" and "The Genius." all for War-
ner Bros.
THOMPSON. HARLAN: b. Hannibal. Missouri.
September 24. 1890; e. Kansas University. Did news-
paper work on Kansas City Star, Kansas City Post.
New York World; magazine writer, playwright and
musical comedy librettist. Entered picture business in
1928 when offered a contract by Paramount: wrote
originals for "Hot News." Paramount; "Married in
Hollywood." Fox; adaptations for "The Ghost Talks."
"Words and Music." Fox; "Take Me Home." Para-
mount; dialogue and lyrics for "Married in Holly-
wood": 1930-31, "Women Everywhere," "Are You
There" and "Girls Demand Excitement." all for Fox.
THOMPSON. PEGGY: r. n. Margaret McLay Thomp-
son : b. New Y'ork City. November 9. 1909 : h. 5 feet 6
inches; green eyes and red hair; w. 120 pounds: e. St.
l.ouis. Mo.. Sacred Heart Convent and Paris, France,
two years of college, St. Louis and Californ.a, special-
izing in French, literature. Latin, dramatics; hy. ten-
nis, riding, swimming. Has lived in New Y'ork. St.
Louis. Hollywood. Paris. Atlanta. Entered p ctures in
1928 as secretary to Rowland V. Lee. Wrote an orig-
inal Colbert story. Translated "Tiger Lady" from
French to English, translated "Big Pond." English to
French.
TOWNE, GENE: b. New York City. March 19. 1904:
h. 5 feet 9 inches; blond hair and gray eyes; w. 165
pounds; p. Sally and Ward Towne: e. Clinton. New
Y'ork: m. Betty Browne, professional; hy. polo. With
First National longer than any other writer — over four
years, and was ranked among the first five title writers
in the day of silent pictures. Was one of the first
writers at First National to write a talking picture.
Worked on more than ten talkers in 1929. among
them "Lilies of the Field." "Drag." "Painted Angel."
"Loose Ankles." "Saturday's Children" and "Strictly
Business." Signed November IS. 1929. one week after
leaving First National with Universal Picture Company.
Author of play. "The Beggars Parade." 1930-31: "The
Czar of Broadway," Universal: "Strictly Modern."
First National." "The Feinme." James Craze Produc-
tions.
TOWNLEY, JACK: r. n. ,T. Woodward Townley; b.
Kansas City. Mo., March 3, 1897; h. 6 feet H inch;
dark brown hair and blue eyes: w. 160 pounds: p.
Virginia and Benjamin Woodward Townley, non-profes-
sionals; e. West port. Kansas City, Mo., and Columbia.
N. Y. : not married: hy. golf, tennis and reading.
Screen experience as child actor with Edison. Vita-
graph and Metro. Has written the "Last Dance."
original continuity dialogue for Audible Pictures. Inc..
and the following for Universal. "Love and Kisses."
original. "13 Washington Square." adaptation. "Red
Lips." continuity, and "Cohens and Kelly* in Atlan-
tic City." original, and the following original con-
tinuity for Columbia: "Father and Son." "Bachelor
Girl" and "Wicked Angel." He also wrote the
"Wright Idea," original featuring Johnny Hines. for
First National, and "Call of the Circus." continuity,
for the Pickwick Pictures, also "The Last Dance."
original, scenario and dialog. 1930-31: "Phantom
Hoofs." and "The Avenger," Columbia; "Three Holly-
wood Girls." and "Marriage Rows." Educational.
TRAUB, JOE: r. n. Joseph Leonard Traub; b. New
York City. October 12. 1901; h. 6 feet; dark hair and
brown eyes; w. 175 pounds; p. Rose and Henry Traub.
non-professionals; e. DeWitt Clinton and New York
university; not married; hy. boxing, football and avia-
tion. He is a comedy writer and wrote the titles for
the series for Jimmy Aubrey and for the series for
Billy West for Independence Company and titles for the
series for Arthur Lake for Universal Company, Also
wrote dialogues for Columbia for two years and features
and sbons.
TUCHOCK, WANDA: Has written scripts for such
pictures as "Billy, the Kid," "Hallelujah." "Not So
Dumb"; all King Vidor productions; completed a script
for "The Rise and Fall of Susan Lenox ' for MGM.
starring vehicle for Greta Garbo.
TULLY. JIM: b. St. Marys. Ohio. June 3. 1891; h.
5 feet 4 inches; auburn hair and light blue eyes; w.
170 pounds; p. Biddy and James Tully: e. six years
iu an orphanage. Is a writer under contract to MGM.
Wrote "Way for a Sailor." also appearing in the film.
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UNSELL. EVE: b. Chicago. 111.: p. Amelia Jeffries
Jones (French and Welsh) and Henry Unsell (German
and English), non-professionals; e. Emerson college,
Boston (drama, English and literature) ; Missouri State
.university^ (general) ; Christian college, Columbia, Mo.,
from which she was graduated before 18 : Dramatic Art
in Paris under Mme. Weinschenck. and a summer ex-
tension course at Oxford university; m. Lester Blank-
field, non-professional ; hy. sea life and reading. Wrote
her first story for Universal and second. "The Pawn-
broker's Daughter," for Alice Joyce. Then freelanced
for Paramount and also wrote for Marguerite Clark.
Mary Pickford, John Barrymore, Pauline Frederick and
Elsie Ferguson for about 10 years. Wrote the "Cup
of Fury" for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. a Rupert Hughes
production; the adaptation for "Long Live the King"
with Jackie Coogan; and "Shadows of Paris" for
Paramount with Pola Negri. Others she has written
are "Daring Youth," "The Breath of Scandal." "The
Plastic Age," "Thunder Mountain." "Percy." "The
Ancient Mariner," "Hell's Highroad." and "What
Fools Men." in 1925: "The Girl from Martmartre."
"The Lily." "Exclusive Rights," "Sandy," "Siberia."
"Yellow Fingers," "Her Second Chance" and "The
Yankee Senor" in 1926; also "Conquest" and "Spirit
of Youth." 1930-31: "The Medicine Man," Tiffany,
and "Unfaithful," for Paramount.
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VAN DINE. S. S.: b. Charlotteville, Va,. 1899; e.
St. Vincent College and Pomona College in California;
was graduated from Harvard in 1906. Literary editor
of the Los Angeles Times from 1907 to 1914; dramatic
critic for same paper from 1912 to 1914; worked
for New Y'ork Evening Mail, San Francisco Bu letm
and Hearst's International Magazine; became police
commissioner at Bradley Beach. N. J., in 1929; author
of a number of books on art, literature and philosophy;
wrote articles for a number of American and European
magazines on artistic and Lterary subjects; published
several musical compositions of his own; published his
first mystery story in 1926, "The Benson Murder Case,"
followtd by "The Canary Murder Case." "The Greene
Murder Case." ' The Bishop Murder Case" and "The
Scarab Murder Case." Paramount bought his stories
and hired him on their wr.ting staff: next under con-
tract to First National to write original mystery, "The
Blue Moon Murder Case." starring Walter Huston.
VAJ DA, ERNEST: b. in Hungary. Had four plays
simultaneously on Broadway two seasons ago. "The
Harem," produced by David Belasco; "Grounds for
Divorce," produced by Charles Frohman; "Fata
Morgana." produced by the Theatre Guild, and "The
Little Angel," a Brock Pemberton production: is also
author of "The Drive," "The Crown Prince," "Mr.
Bobby." "Unexpected Guest" and "The Confession."
which he wrote under the pseudonym of Sidney Gar-
rick; author of "Carnival Marriage," and the book
for an opera, music for which was done by Poldini
and which won first prize in a Budapest contest for
the best opera book. This opera was produced at
Budapest in the Royal theatre. At a reception given
in his honor by the leaders of the theatrical and
literary circles of London, he was hailed as one of
the greatest playwrights of the world. Has written for
the screen a starring vehicle for Adolphe Menjou. "A
Woman on Trial" for Pola Negri: "Service for
Ladies" and "Serenade": then assigned to write and
supervise the Menjou pictures for Associate Producer
B. P. Schulberg, his first under this new system
was "The Code of Honor": the second " Super of
the Gaiety." Wrote (1929) "Marquis Preferred,"
"Whirl of Youth" and "Innocents of Paris": later
"Love Parade." "Such Men Are Dangerous." 1930-31:
"Monte Carlo." for Paramount.
VEILLER. ANTHONY: Educated at Union College.
New Y'ork City; worked as a reporter, theatre man-
ager, publicist, advertiser and playwright. Under con-
tract to Radio on writing staff. Is the son of Bayard
Veiller and has written tw"> successful plays.
VEILLER. BAYARD: Under contract to MGM : has
written "Within the Law." "The Thirteenth Chair."
"The Trial of Mary Dugan " ; directed "Tr al of Mary
Dugan"; wrote original story of "Guilty Hands" for
MGM.
VEKROFF. PERRY N.: b. Alexandria. Egypt: e.
Roliert College. Constantinople, and University of Sofia.
Bulgaria, reecived A. B. degree: h. 5 feet 7 inches; w.
175 pounds: brown hair, brown eyes: hy. Ashing. On
the stage and screen since 1902. as actor, director and
author; devised charting system for production depart-
ment of Kinemacolor Company, gave him first chance
as director after year's scrv.ee as scenario editor.
Screen writing includes: "Soldier's Plaything," origi-
nal of "What Wives Want." Universal: original and
adaptation for "The Child Thou Gavest Me." MOM:
adaptation of "Thundergate." First Nat onal : original
and adaptation of "The Stranger"; 1930-31 wrote "Big
Boy" for Wamcr Bros.
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WALKER. H. M.: b Logan County. Ohio. June 27.
1887 : e. in West Middleburg. Ohio: m. Virginia Gross,
professional dancer: by. most sports. Was sports
editor on the I/is Angeles Examiner, and wrote
1931
The MOTION IMC II Kl. ALMANAC
23*
' lllinkiey Ben" In buuk form Entered picture* In
III* with Hal Roach, ami hu tilled mora lhan 1.000
reel . iu..].. . At m — nt u under cunt r act ui
Hal Roach studio*
WALTER. EUGENE I' I lr,, l*ii l >«.■■ v".r I, .
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run
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Man-
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' "Th-
author
Flay";
unci." "Th- Flag Station. " "Th*
il.lr (he Circle." "Just a Wife."
"Kin- Feather*." 'Tlir Trail of
•■Jim a Woman." "Utile Shep-
ofn«." "Th- Knlf-." "Th- Aaaaa-
"«H." Th- Challenge." "Th*
Marjorle Chaarl. "Under North-
tars."
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WATKINS MAURINE 1 l.nri.' ■ Ki - Bull, r
rhnol al Indianapolis. RadrlifTr and Yalr College: h
fret 5 inchr*: w. ISO pounds: dark hrown hair, sr— n
re*. Bran hrr c*rrcr ax n-«>i>airr rrl-n-r on Chl-
■ go Tribune: hrr Ural book wan Thr Devil's Daugh-
r." followed Irr "Chicago"; numrrnua ■'OttHJ wrote
So ll-lp Mr. God." for George Kaufman production :
rrote "Up the Rlrrr" and "Doctors' Wive*"
for Fo«.
WATTE RS.
N. T . Mt.i
r.EORCE HANKER' I. II... I,.* r. r
17. IMS: e. TJnlvendty of St I/nilv
Bperlaltiing In llhrrat art*. Wa* a thratrlral man -
•att. director, playwright Enter d picture* In 1027:
wrotr orlelnal and adaptation of "Burlr«"iue." "S»w-
dmt raradlar." adai>iailon for "Brhlnd thr Makrup."
Paramount : 1030-31. "Living for Lane" ami "Hood
Intentions." for Fox.
WEA0. LT. COM. FRANK: In thr United Stales
Naty: one of Its greatest film: Injurrd In an accident
In hit homr. hr turned to writing and hai hrromr onr
of thr mm! successful authors of aviation fiction: has
written "Dirigible." Columbia: "The Flying Fleet."
MtiM : was aaanclated In the development of "Sea
Kwlea" and "Shipmates" for MOM.
WEIL. RICHARD : h New York CItv. Oct oh. r 29.
1893; h 0 feel IS Inches: hrown hair and eves: w.
Z30 pounds: p. Pauline Schl.ws anil Ju'lus Well, non-
professionals: e. Townsend Harris Hall: m Isabelle
Keith, professional: hy. hooks, golf, tennis and hunt*
Inc. Screen experience ai writer of dialogue for "Two
Weeks Off." "Hard to Get" and "The Girl From
WoolworthV for First N*tl.*n*l and sevrra! Universal
comedies. Previously did titles and comedy construc-
tion for Educational. Dn'l rsal. Fox and others.
1930-31: "Two Weeks tiff" and many eomediea.
WEITZENK0RN. LOUIS: h. Wilkes Barre. Pa.
Started In newspaper work at age of in; sold first fic-
tion story at age of 21 : first important effort sold to
Metropolitan Magazine: held editorial and executive
positions on New York Tribune. New York Times. New
York Graphic and New York World: served as volun-
teer with American Light Tank Corps during war: re-
turned to Fr»nce In 1019 to write: while there wrote
"Five Star Final" American newspaper play: Jo ned
scenarist stslf of Paramount poblix in 1931.
WEST. CLAUDINE: Adaptor of s vcral MOM hits,
including "Iji't of Mr* Chcinev" A l.sdVs Moral- '
The Soul Kiss" and "A L*dy of Scandal."
WESTMAN. LOLITA ANN : b Lo* Angeles. Cal..
September IT. 1900; h. I feet: red hair and blue eyes :
w. 112 pounds; p. Thcidiire Westman and Lily Wren,
professionals : hy. tennis and swimming. Ten years'
slag* axparisocr in sinking, dancing and dramatic roles
llai-d the lead in "I'ullyanna." ' Imaginary Invalid."
"I.*dr Be Ouod." etc Has 30* published abort sto-
ries Author the siage play, "funking ihr Uooae "
Has had .tones published in Miin«>'». Mrt'lurr't and
Young's magaiin-s. B-gan writing for the screen in
1039 at Paramount studio* Sold H
"Cooking thr Uooae" to Radio Pictures,
away Bride."
WEXLEV JOHN I \. w > rk < I New York
City: h S feel 0 inches: w l'u pounds: brown hair,
blue ryes Author of the play. "The Last Mile": en-
tered picture* In 1030 with Universal
WHITE. BETTY: li tsak Park. Ill : e Northactfrrn
tt_i •- D ■ -* • - — ndernlatie interior
nrn nghis of
Wrote "lluii
WILLARD. JOHN
trml plctur
the Canary.'
■y article*
illrgr life before winning l.l.i.ou
rl. "I Lived Tlii» Story", under
b. San Francisco. Cal . Novrm-
e. Paris. England, and I'. H : h <l feet:
la: gray hair, gray eyre: by golf and
'a* actor, singer. playwright, art student,
or of stage play*. "Cat and Canary."
"Sisters." "Adventure." "Men " Eh-
bualneea In 1039: originals for "Cat and
Black Waters." "Boudoir Diplomat"
I lit- » at Hat 1 t , ins' r» • » j ■ i m,
and "The Cat Creep*." Universal
WILLIS. F MrGREW: h I'leasanton. Iowa. 1390;
h. '■ feet 11 Inches: black hair and blue eyes: w MS
pounds; m. Viola Barry, professional: hy working.
Wrote continuity and adaptation on the following
pictures: "Charley'* Aunt." "The Light That Failed "
"The Midshipman." "Up In Mabel's Room." "Mr
Friend from India." "Getting Gertie's Garter." "Th*
Girl In Ihr Itillman." "A Blonde for a Night."
"Annaimlls." "Two Weeks (Iff" and "Twin It. ds "
WILSON. CAREY: h. Philadelphia. Pa.. May 10.
1890: h. S feet 10 Inches: blond hair and blue eye*;
w. K2 pound*: p. Anna Margaret and William 1 r .
Wilson, non -professionals: e. Industrial Art school.
Pblladeli>hla. and Rutherford high school. Rutherford.
Pa.: Mage training In school and amateur dramatic*;
m. Nancy Everett, stage dancer: hy. electrical and
mechanical sides of radio, as well as phonographs,
automobile*, tennis, aviation and amateur 14 m. m.
motion pictures In color. Author of two school plays
of three acts each and of a one act playlet. "Saffron."
produced at the Writers' Club: screen playwright of
' lien Hur." directed by Fred Nlblo; "His S.-cr-tarv."
starring Norma Shearer: "He Who Gets Slapped,"
direct- d hy Victor Seastrom: "The Midshipman."
starring Ramon Novarro. "The Cardboard Lover."
starring Marlon Davles for Met ro-Goldwyn- Mayer: "The
I'niste Life of Helen of Troy." "Oh Kav." "Ulan
Time." "Orchids and Ermine " "That's a Bad Girl."
"Naughty but Nice." and "The Stolen Bride" and
"American Beautv." starting Blllle Dove, and "The
Sea Tiger" with Milton Sills for First National. Alto
"The Awakening." with Vilma Bankv: "His Captive
Woman." directed by George Fltzmaurlee; "The Flvlng
Fool" with William Boyd, and "Geraldlne." a Path-
production: also "Whv Be Good." "Footlights and
Fools." "Peacock AHev " "The Bsd One" In 193":
"Behind OfTIre Doors." Radio, in 1931.
WOOD. CYRUS: b Washington. D. C. : e In
Washington. Secretary to executives of Southern
Railway: vaudeville sketch with William Hawtr-v: with
Frohman In "An Englishman's Home" and "Fires of
Fate": secre'ory. stage manager and actor with Eu ■ene
W*lter In "Th- Trail of the l<one«ome Pine." "Fine
Feathers." "Ttie Knife " "Utile Shepherd of King-
dom Come": actor and stage-manag r for Shuheps:
first wrtt'ng assignment, -xtra lvrl-s for "Mavtlme":
then wrote ivrlcs for "The Melting of Molly": book
and Ivrlcs "Tie Blushing Bride "; hook "Sally. Irene
anil Mary." from Eddie Dowllng's vaudeville act ; book
'The Wrrrt King r" and "Mow Wow " Wrote
cm story for "Dante's Inferno." for Fox ; II
The Curkosi" and ' Half Mm* al HunrtM." I
WOOLf EDGAR ALLEN Wrote taw book* of
Zlegfeld Folllrs and *rore* of vaudrsll'r sketches
wrote "Gang War." 'Hit of the Know." ' 1
m nd-d" ; under contract to MGM and in l*3o )|
'Tailor Made Ma
W00N BASIL :
IMtl e Rugby an
11H Inches : w IT
riding Enirrrd
' Tho Ifsn Man."
"Recaptured l<ove.'
WRAY. JOHN
and
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"Tlie Painted l^di
' Warner.
H— Male Players'
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YOSY. DOROTHY: b. M. l/sili. Mo : b. 4 feet
1 1 %a Ire-li'a. brown hair and dark brown eye*; w. 100
pound*: p Alice Kern and Robert M Ynat. father
newsuaia-r editor: e. Polytechnic high school. Los
Angeles, m Dwicht W Cummins, scenario writer,
by. boating and fishing Keren exp**i«**o* a*
Wive*." "Marriage in Transit" and "Wings of the
Storm" In 192S; "The Harvester." "Moulders of Mm."
"Judgment of the Hills" and "t'n-asy Payments" In
1927: and In 1928 for Metro Goldwyn Mayer "Devil*
is? the D—P": lai-r. 'What Men Wsn! I I
"Th- S-a list." MGM
YOUNG. WALDEMAR:
b. Rait Lake City. Utah: p.
Agnes Mackintosh and Mahonn Young: r Hall Lake
City high school and Stanford unlverslt* : rn K liaheth
Halght Young Ha* written "The Unholy Three."
"Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall." "Trail of •**."
"Ixindon After Midnight." and most all of the Chancy
picture* directed by Toil lln-*nlng_ ( 19291. 'AVher-
East I* Beat"; later "Ladies Love
"Black Walch." "Salute." ' s. > I
"Tlie Return of Dr Fu Min-hu"
from Wyoming." for P*ramo«int :
f-ilden Wi-st" for First National:
National.
YOUNGER. A. P.: b Sacramen
Fac-s " 1930 31 '
and "The Man
Th- Girl of the
"I'hanc-s." First
Cal
5 f-et
10»i
San K
Wrote
rk hair anil gray eyes; w. 173 pounds:
T. non- profeaalonal : e. blah school.
Maree V. Dearlng. mm professional
m for "Twelve Mile* Out." "While
the City Sleep*." "Slide. Kelly. Slide." "Brown of
Harvard." and adapted "Alia* Jimmy Valentine" for
Metro Cnldwtn Maw-r: "Sunm Skies " "Kwrllh-ad."
"Extravagance" and "Tlie Sinsl- Sin" for Tlffsny:
"Five and Ten" for MGM : signed contract with First
National and wrote "Sally" for Marilyn Miller
ZILAHY LAJ0S: b. Nagysialonta. Hungary <: e I'm -
verslty of BudaiNsst: h. 5 feet 9 Incite*: w US pounds;
red hair, blue eye*. Author of the following play*'
"Tlie Sun Is Shin ng." "The Musical Clown*." "leieie-.*'
"Slveria" and several oth-r well known production*:
his first novel. "Two l"rlsoners." published in six
languages. The fir*t play he ever wrote was "The
General" which was put away and forgotten for ten
years: recently revived II and was produced In Buda-
pest: picture rights to "The General" were bought by
Paramount »nd he went to Hollywood to work on the
screen treatment of the tdmv. which was produced un-
der tlie I tie. "The Virtuous Sin": s gned long term
contract to Paramount a* a writer: recently wrote "Five
and Ten" for MGM
CAMERAMEN, ART DIRECTORS, ETC.
AUTREY. MAX MUNN: h Dallas. Texas. June
2*. ls'.S; h .'. fe.-i '.. ni'h: blue eves ami Mghl hair:
w. 172 pound*: e. Dallas high school. University of
Tela*: m. nnn profession*] : hy. golf, archery, fishing
and all snorts Photo^r.viilied stag* celebrities for many
years. Special photographic artist in Hollywood for
ten years, having photograhed such personalities as:
The Archduke of Rumania. H. R. II. Prince of Wales.
Msdam S-luimsn Helnk. Gall! Cured. John McCormack.
Will Rog- nv For the past six years has been under
contract to Fox Films a* •peelal portrait artist In
Holh wood
BANT0N. TRAVIS: b Waco. Texas. August 18.
1894: p. Margaret Jones and Rcntfro Ranton. non-
professionals: e. Columbia university and the Art
Students' league of Fine and Applied Arts. New Yo k:
not married: hy. work. Is costume designer for Para-
mount.
CLARK. CHARLES GALLOWAY: b Potter Valley.
Cal.. March li>. 1 S:»n : h. 5 feel 11 in hes: brown h» r
»nd hazel eyes; w. 190 pounds: p. Anne E. Mlllington
and Charles F. Clark, non-professionals; e. Polytechnic
high school. Los Angeles; not married: hy. microscopy
and came preserve. Stage experience consist* of several
attempt*, to get a chance at the old Burbank theatre.
Los Angeles, as a child. Started in film laboratory
work at D W Griffith laboratory in 1919: then fol-
lowed better positions at the Horsley and National Film
Company laboratory. At the latter, every poss hie spare
moment was spent In learning the camera, whlrh re-
sulted in a chance to pho'ograph in part a serial. "The
Son of Tartan " Worked In similar manner on 'The
Half Breed" and "Slipi-j McOee" for Morosco: thence
to I ^ sky studio to start all over again as an assistant
on "Burning Sands" snd " Ebb Tide " Senrgfl Mel-
ford. the director of the last two. then arranged thvf
he go East to be second cameraman on "Java Head"
and "You Can't Fool Your Wife ' He then became
Melfnrd's first cameraman, returning to the Coast to
photograph "Salomv Jane." "T p-r Love." 'Top of the
World." "The Light That Failed." "Dawn of a To-
morrow" »nd "Flaming Barriers" for Paramount:
"Friendly Enemies " "Without Mercy." "Simeon the
Jester." and "Whispering Smith" for Metropolitan
Studio.), and "Rocking Moon" <m»dc In Alaska in
19251 : for FBO "One Minute to Play." featuring Red
Grange, and "Rac ng Romeo": for Fox. "Riley the
Cop," "Going Crooked." "S:nged." "Up Stream."
"Four Son*." "Shari-dinoiers." "The Red Dan < ■ "
"Plastered In Paris." "The Veiled Lady" and "White
Silence." »nd for Warner Brothers "ll»m *nd Eggs at
the Front." Also (19291 "Sin Sister." "Veiled Wo-
man." "Exalted FUppcr" and "Not tluite Decent."
COX. JAMES DAVID: h. New York City: h. 5 feet
8 Inches: brown h*lr and eyes: w. 140 (Hiunris; p.
Nedora Lyon and Alfred Cox. non-professionals: e.
White Plains high school. Rutgers college snd the New
York School of F ne and Applied Arts; not married:
hy. swimming and golfing. Designed costumes or
"Our Dancing Daughters" and ' Tlie Man Who laughs."
O AG0STINO ALBERT S.: b. New York City. De-
cember 27. 1893; h. 5 feet 4 tn*lies; brown hair and
eyes: w. 175 pounds; p. Rose Gallone and Nicholas
D'Agostino. non-professionals; e. Mechanics' Institute.
Columbia. Colo. : m. lmeldia Vale, professional. He
has had four years of stage experience in New York
Soenio studloa STeen experience Includes four years
as assistant art director of Metro- Goldwvn- Mayer In
New York City, four years as art director for Selznlek.
and seven years as art director for Tec Art studios.
Is al present with Universal Pictures.
DAVIS. HARRY: h. New York Qtf, <>. i >bcr 22.
189«: h. I feet 8 Inches; dark brown hair and blue
ryes: w. 135 pounds: p. Sarah anil Samuel Davis.
non-profe*s|onals ; nr. all sports. Started as chief
clnematographer for Banner Productions, doing: the fol-
lowing: "The Millionaire Policeman." Dev Is Dice."
"Unknown Treasures."' "Dangerous Friend " "Broadway
After Midnight." and "Christine of The Big Top." for
lackey Produ-tlons "The Lightning Reporter." and
"Burning Gold." for rathe. ' Crashin' Through." and
for Columbia productions. "Runaway G r's" He first
entered silent pictures under the study of George W.
Hill, director. In March. 1924. he was with Tom
Terris. in Hatsnv. Cuba, photographing a pmdu-tinn
entitled "The Bind Hero." Returned to 48th Street
Studio, then left for Cordova. Siwin. photographing
spectacular bull fights and other scenes for production
wth Renee Adoree a* the star. Returned to New York
City, then went to Hollywood and eonnect.-d w th
Director Hill, as cameraman for Columbia productions
where he was for severs! ye*rs. and from ihire he be-
came affiliated with Weber k Fields production*.
0EV0L. NORMAN: b. Marietta. Ohio. June 7. 1900;
h. 5 feet 7 Inches: brown hair and gray eye*; w. 13*.
pounds: p. Joe Hart DeVnl. non -professional: e. Colvina
I 'n nn high *chool and Unlver*lly of California.
It-rkeley. Cal.; not married: hy. inventing, camera
paraphernalia, hunting and fishing. Screen experience
of 10 years with Tom Mix on cinematographic crew
at Fox studios. Hollywood : one year first cameraman
with Tom Mix at Radio Pictures studios. Hollywood:
and 11 year* on the Fox News special subject* during
that time 11918-19391. Photographed (19291 "Out-
Uwed." "The Drifter." "Big Diamond Robbery" and
"Making the Grade."
FELIX. SEYMOUR: b New York City. October 23.
1893: h. 5 feet: w. 114 pounds: m : ha* one daughter.
Up dancer. Made his stage debut a* an amateur
at the age of nine. At the age of 15 got a partner
and appeared In vaudeville under the name of Felix
and Cslre. Finally became a vaudeville headliner with
hi* "kid" art. After "nearly (tarring to death." got
his first Job as a dance director on Broadway. Worked
for the biggest producers and has staged th* dance*
for "Whoopee." "Ronalle." "Hit the Deck." "Gar
Paree." "Peggy Ann." several Al Jolson shows and
many others.
FORBES. HARRY W. : b Cincinnati. O. 1888; h.
5 feet 6 inches: light hair and hrown eyes: w. 180
pounds; e. Walnut Hills high school. Cincinnati, and
the Unlvers ty of Cincinnati. Pictures photographed
during the rear 1928 Included the "Buster Brown"
series, the Keeping Up with the Jones" series, the
"Mike snd Ike" series, and the ' Newlyweds and Their
Baby" series for Stern Bro'hers: also "The Lttt'r
Rebel" with Henry B. Walthall, a Rintllff production.
FRENCH. PARK M. : b. Denver. Col.. December 13.
1884: h. 5 feet 7 Inches: grey hair and blue eyes: w. .
140 pounds: p Agn-s McK-e snd Charles E. French,
non-professionals: . Manual Training Inch sele o|. Den-
ver. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, and
School of Architecture. Chase school. New Y'ork City:
m Blllle Leicester, professional. Three years' stage ex-
perience aa designer of stage settings and misuse-
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ment of productions. Seven years' experience as mo-
tion picture architect and art director for United
Artists.
GARBER. DAVID S. : Art director, b. Floyd Knobs.
Indiana. October 9. 11)00; h. 5 feet 7 inches: dark
brown hair and brown eyes; w. 140 pounds; p. Emma
Garber and Abraham Garber. non-professionals; e.
Bridgeport High School, Pennsylvania. Carneg.e Tech;
not married; hy. tennis, swimming, baseball, football,
fishing, hunting and music. Screen experience: Art
director at Universal. 1926-28 charge of sets for 2 and
5 reel Westerns and serials. 1929. art director for
Hoot Gibson productions. 1930 Universal. English and
foreign versions of "East is West," "Boudoir Diplo-
mat" and "Resurrection."
GAUDIO, TONY: r n. Gaetano Gaudio; b. Borne.
1885, coming from a family of noted photographers.
Began his career with the old Vitagraph company in
New York as head of this firm's celluloid laboratories,
later tak.ng charge of camera and laboratory work at
the old Imp company, headed by Carl Laemmle; in 1911
went to Hollywood and was placed in charge of all
camera work at Universal. Among the early screen
releases which he photographed was "The Unpardonable
Sin." the first war picture, featuring Wallace Beery
and Blanche Sweet. Photographed all of the Marshall
Neilan productions for a number of years and later
turned the first crank on Allan Dwan specials. More
recently he was Norma Talmadge's cameraman, direct-
ing the photography of this star's pictures for more
than four years; among the Talmadge films which he
photographed were "The Eternal Flame," "Ashes of
Vengeance," "Secrets." "The Lady" and "Beverly of
Graustark. " Also filmed two Greta Garbo specials for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, "The Torrent" and "The Temp-
tress": photographed Lew Cody's "The Gay Deceiver,"
and two recent films for First National. "The Blonde
Saint" with Doris Kenyon and Lewis Stone, and "Af-
fairs of a Follies Girl," starring Billie Dove. Among
his cinematic triumphs were "Two Arabian Knights."
featuring William Boyd and Louis Wolheim. "The
Gaucho." Douglas Fairbanks' starring vehicle, "Hell's
Angels" for Caddo Company, United Artists release.
He photographed (19291 "She Goes to War" and "On
With the Show," and later "Tiger Rose," "Devil's
I'layground." "General Crack." Under long term con-
tract to Howard Hughes. Caddo Productions. Gaudio
is a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the 233-
Club, Hollywood's organization of Master Masons.
GIBBONS. CEDRIC: Art director, b. Dublin. Ire-
land; h. 5 feet 11% inches: gray hair and eyes; w.
160 pounds; p. Veronica Fitzpatrick and Austin P.
Gibbons, non-professionals; e. privately educated abroad,
m. Dolores Del Bio, professional; hy. tennis. Screen
experience, art director for Thomas A. Edison Studio.
Bedford Park. New York. 1915-17 Goldwyn Pictures
Corp.. New York City and Culver City, Cal.. 1918-23.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Culver City. Cal., 1924
to present.
GOOD. FRANK B : r n. Frank Bucher Good; b.
Columbus. Ohio. October 3. 1884 ; h. 5 feet 8V4 inches;
grey hair and eyes; w. 175 pounds; p. Mary Jane
McHall and George P. Good, non-professionals; e.
East high school. Columbus; m. Dolores Gannon, non-
professional; hy. aviation and racing cars. Six years in
vaudeville. An automobile race driver from 1906 to
1912. In 1911 played leading man in three-reel Bio-
graph automobile race pictures. In 1912 played lead
oppos.te Ford Sterling in "Love and Vengeance" for
Sterling Motion Picture Company. The same year
started on camera with Sterling Motion Picture Com-
pany. On camera work for two and one-half years with
Majestic, Reliance and D. W. Griffith Studios; seven
years with Fox; five years with Jackie Coogan pro-
ductions. Photographed (1929) "Cheyenne," "Lawless
Leg!on" and "California Mail."
HALL, CHARLES B.: b. 1890; h. 5 feet 7 inches:
brown hair and blue eyes; w. 150 pounds; m. non-
professional; hy. soccer. Screen experience with Chaplin
productions from 1910 to 1924 ; thence to Universal on
"Broadway." "Cohens and Kellys." "The Last Warn-
ing " "Phantom of the Opera" and all other features
made by Universal since 1924. and in 1929 "Why Bnng
That Up," a Paramount picture.
HALLER, ERNEST: b. Los Angeles, Cal.. May 31.
1896- h. 5 feet 9 inches: blond hair and blue eyes;
w 162 pounds: p. Ida Gabler and Samuel Haller. non-
professionals; e. Hollywood high school; m. non-profes-
sional; hy. golf. Some of the pictures he has filmed
are "French Dressing." "The Whip Woman." "Harold
Teen " "The Mad Hour." "The Wheel of Chance."
"Out of the Ruins." "Stella Dallas." "Naughty Baby"
and "Weary River." Has been shooting pictures for
the past 16 years and has made about 75 pictures dur-
ing his career in the motion picture industry. Some
of them are (1929) "Weary River." "Girl in the Glass
Cage" and "House of Horrors." "Drag." "Dark
Streets." "Young Nowheres." "Son of the Gods," "A
Notorious Affair." "Wedding Rings."
HICKOX. SIDNEY, b. New York City. July 15,
1895- h. G feet; brown hair and gray eyes: w. 160
pounds; p. Lizzette and S. B. Hickox. non- profession-
als; e. Morris high school; m. Edna Mehlich. non-pro-
fessional: hy. gardening and photography. Started as
assistant cameraman at the Biograph Company in
January. 1915. in Los Angeles, then returned to New
York in 1916 and became cameraman for Billie Burke
in "Gloria's Romance." May, 1917. he enlisted in the
U S N Air Service and received rating of chief
photographer. From 1919 to 1925 made pictures under
direction of Will Nigh. In 1925 joined First National
and photographed the following pictures: "Helen of
Troy." the following featuring Colleen Moore. "Lilac
Time." "Happiness Ahead." "Oh. Kay." "Synthetic
Sin " "Why Be Good." "Smiling Irish Eyes" and
"Footlights and Fools." and the following featuring
Dorothy Mackaill. "Two Weeks Off." "Woman on the
Jury " "Strictly Modern" and "Flirting Widow." also
"Hot Stuff." "Love Racket." "Those Who Dance."
HIMM, OTTO: b. Chicago. III., 1890: blue eyes; w.
143 pounds; p. Amelia and Carl Von Himm: c. I-ake
View high school. Chicago; m. Ann I<ange. Stage
experience in Quartet singing for a period of 2 years.
Screen experience of twenty-three years started in 1906
with Selig Polyscope Company as laboratory man to
1912 then with Rothacker Laboratory as superintendent
to 1914. Weekly cameraman with Selig. Tribune. Hearst
and Mutual Weekly, and In 1916 went to California
and opened his own laboratory known as Pacific Film
Laboratory, and later as cameraman with Universal
with Mae Murray, then 4 years with Hal Roach shoot-
ing the Will Rogers series. Charles Chase and back
at the Universal as chief comedy cameraman for Slim
SummerhiU, Charles Poff and Scott Darling. Next at
the Tec-Art Studios with Lewis Lewyn photographing
"Station S-T-A-R, the Voice of Hollywood."
HYER. WILLIAM C: b. Ravenna. Neb.. December
20. 1894; p. non-professionals; e. Bonesteel, S.. D.. high
school, and the Kearney Military academy, Kearney,
Neb. ; m. Marina Y'urlova, professional. Cinematog-
rapher since 1915; member of the American Society of
Cinematographers. Shot pictures for Universal (Stern
Film Corporation) for five years: also for Fox and
Kayart. and next to Educational Studios. Inc.. in
his fourth year. Chief cinematographer for the Charles
Lamont unit making Big Boy Juvenile comedies.
Dorothy Devore comedies and Jerry Drew Ideal
comedies.
IVANO, PAUL: r. n. Paul Ivano-Ivanichevitch ; b.
Nice. France. May 13. 1900: h. 6 feet UVi inches;
light brown hair and gray eyes; w. 147 pounds; p.
Marie Kabloukoff (Russian) and Luc Ivanichevitch
(Serbian). Doctor of Medicine: e. Lycie de Nice, and
Paris University; hy. photography and yachting. Filmed
five pictures as Nazimova's cameraman: one year at
Goldwyn: five pictures with Valentino; four and one-
half years with Fox. last one being "Street Angel."
KERSHNER, GLENN R. : Cameraman; b. Findlav.
Ohio. July 20. 1S84; h. 5 feet 9 inches: brown hair,
gray eyes; w. 189 pounds; p. Ida M. and Wm. H.
Kersbner. non-prcfessionals ; e. University of Wiscon-
sin and Findlay College; m. Eva M. Richardson, non-
professional; hy. music, art; stage training in comedy
and concert work : stage experience with Colonial
Opera Company at Cedar Point. Sandusky. Ohio: soloist
with the Ford Motor Company Band, Neddermeyer
Band, Mozart Opera Company, as well as with in-
dividual soloists and concert singers. His screen ex-
perience has been camera work on such pictures as:
"Yellow Men and Gold," "Lost and Found," Medal
winner of 1923: "Ben Hur." at Rome. Italy; "Wan-
derer of the Wasteland," "The Wise Guy." "Winds
of Chance." "Splendid Road." "Drag," "Y'oung No
Wheres," "Son of the Gods." "Sin Flood." "Co-
quette." "Paris," "Back Pay." "Sweet Mama." "Top
Speed." "Those Who Dance." "Main Street Prin-
cess." "Man Crazy." "Naughty Marietta." "No. No.
Nanette." "Bride of the Colorado." and many short
subjects and travelogs.
LEE. ROBERT EDWARD: Art director. Educational.
Los Angeles. Cal.: b. Los Angeles, Cal.. November 13,
1897: p. John and Mary Lee; e. University of Cali-
fornia; hy. polo, yachting, squash, swimming. Worked
on "Ten Commandments." "Thief of Bagdad." "Mon-
sieur Beaucaire." Art d, rector for Mrs. Rudolf Valen-
tino. Columbia. James Cruze. "The Great Gabbo. "
LUICK, EARLE: b. Belding. Mich.. March 13. 1905;
h. 5 feet ll1^ inches: blond hair and blue eyes: w.
145 pounds; p. Edith Simon and Bert Luiek. non-
professionals; e. California high school, and a special
course in art at the University of Oregon: not married:
hy. music. Screen experience of four years; stated out
with DeMille; then freelanced; thence to Warner
Bros. Designed costumes for "King of Kings."
"Desert Song," "Conquest." "On Trial." "Alimonv
Annie." Also costuming and sets for Warner Brothers
theatre.
MARLEY. J. PEVERELL: b. San Jose. Cal.. Aug-
ust 14. 1901; h. 5 feet 8 inches: black hair and dark
brown eyes: w. 145 pounds; p. Charlotte Coombes and
John Marley. non-professionals; e. Hollywood high
school; m. Lina Basquette. professional; hy. horseback
riding, swimming, dancing, golf and football. Chief
cameraman for C. B. DeMille for "The Ten Com-
mandments." "The Volga Boatman." "King of Kings"
and "The Godless Girl." and for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
"Dynamite" and "Cotton and Silk." also "It's a Great
Life." "Imperfect Ladies." "This Mad World,"
"Woman Racket."
MENZIES. WILLIAM CAMERON: Art director; b.
New Haven, Conn., h. 5 feet 8 inches; light brown
hair; blue eyes: w. 165 pounds; July 29, 1896; e.
Scotland. New Haven. Y'ale. and Students Art League
in New York; m. non-professional; hy. painting and
hiking. Saw fifteen months of service overseas in the
World War and returned to New Y'ork to join Famous
Players as an art director: was signed by Fox to
direct pictures: four months at the New York studio
of Famous and then was sent to the London studio
for a year: return-d and joined Raoul Wa'sh and the
Mayfair Company; went to Hollywood and did the art
direction of two pictures at the First National studio;
after that he did the art for one of Mary Pickford's
pictures and directed the art work for "The Thief of
Bagdad." directed by Walsh and starring Douglas
Fairbanks. More recently has been with United
Artists.
MILLER. ERNEST: freelance. Los Angeles. Cal.: b.
Pasadena, Cal., March. 1885; e. h.gh school; m. ; has
one boy. Cameraman for 12 years.
MOHR. HAL: b. San Francisco. Cal., August 2.
1894: h. 6 feet 2 inches: dark brown hair and hazel
eyes; w. 205 pounds: p. Rosalie Renargue and Michael
Mohr. non-professionals; e. Polytechnic high school of
San Francisco; m. Clair Del Mar. professional; hy.
photography, radio and aviation. Cameraman on
"Glorious Betsy," "Old San Francisco." "Noah's Ark."
"Jazz Singer," "Last Warning," "Erik the Great."
"Broadway." "Wedding March," "Third Degree."
"Million Bid." "Tenderloin." "Heart of Maryland."
"The Girl from Chicago." "Marriage Clause." "Spar-
rows." "Little Annie Roonev." "Vanity's Price."
"Playing with Souls" and "The Monster" (1929)
"Noah's Ark." "Last Warning" and "Broadway."
PLUNKETT. WALTER: h. Oakland, Cal.. June 5.
1902: h. 5 feet 9 Inches; medium brown hair and gray
eyes; w. 140 pounds: p. Frances Coffledick and Dr.
James A. Plunkett. non-professionals: e. Oakland high
school, the University of California and at art school:
nnt married: hy. drawing and sculpturing. Has been
Irtth RKO for two and one-half years and has de-
signed costumes for "Hard Boivd Haggrtv." "Sinners
in I/we." "Love in the Desert." "The Red Sword."
and done costuming for the Metropolitan Open House
In New Y'ork City for Marion Telva.
REE. MAX: Supervising art director for Radio Pic-
tures. 1929-1930: b. Copenhagen. Denmark. October 7:
h. 6 feet 1M inches: blond hair and blue eves: w. 167
pounds: p. Betzy Marie Libert and Gerhard Muller Ree.
lawyer of supreme court, Copenhagen; c. Royal Uni-
versity of Copenhagen (law and philosophy) and the
Royal Academy of Copenhagen (diploma as architect);
hy. swimming and tennis. Stage experience in Copen-
hagen at Scala theatre revues, also in Max Rein-
hardt's productions as Orpheus in "The Underworld"
and in "Midsummer Night's Dream" in Berlin, the
Royal Opera at Stockholm and at the Casino theatre in
Copenhagen; in New Y'ork he designed settings and
costumes for the Greenwich Village Follies. Music Box
Revue, Ritz Revue, Eiarl Carroll's Vanities and "Rust."
Also covers, cartoons and illustrations for "The New
Y'orker" and for the "Theatre Magazine." Screen
experience consists of having designed costumes for
Metro-Goldwvn-Mayer's "The Torrent." "The Tempt-
ress," "The Scarlet Letter," von Stroheim's "Wedding
March"; costume director and designer for First Na-
tional's "Rose of the Golden West." "The Love Mart."
"The Private Life of Helen of Troy." "The Y'ellow
Lily," "Show Girl." "The Divine Lady" and "The
Barker": for Radio Pictures. "Street Girl." "Rio Rita."
"Hit the Deck" and "The Case of Sergeant Grischa."
"Dixiana." "The Cuckoos." "Half Shot at Sunrise."
"Check and Double Check," "Cimarron." besides de-
signing settings for Metropolitan Productions, Ltd..
stage plays sponsored by RKO.
ROSE. JACKSON J.: b. Chicago. 111.. October 29.
1886; h. 5 feet 10% inches; black hair and brown
eves; w. 180 pounds; hy. all photographic sciences.
Prior to his entrance into the motion picture industry
he was a newspaper photographer; also had considerable
experience in commercial and portrait photograhy as
well as color process work. He started in the motion
picture industry in 1910 with the Essanay Film Com-
pany. Chicago. Here he had charge of the negative
laboratory for about two years, after which he was
assigned to a camera. He photographed the first film
that Francis X. Bushman appeared in: also photo-
graphed the first pictures with Gloria Swanson. Rod
LaRocque. Colleen Moore and many others. He has
the distinction of being the first cameraman to use the
first Bell and Howell camera on a production and has
invented many camera appliances. During his nine
years with Essanay Film Company he photographed
over 150 productions with many notables. A few of
the films are "Graustark," "Skinner's Dress Suit."
"The Alster Case." "The Trufflers," "The Prince of
Graustark." "The Raven." "His New Job." with
Charles Chaplin, etc He joined the Metro company
in Hollywood in 1919 and remained there a little over
a year during which he shot "Burning Daylight." "The
Star Rover." "The Mutiny of the Elsinore," "The
Last Card." "Big Game" and many others. He then
joined the Louis B. Mayer Company, where he pho-
tographed "The Dangerous Age" and "The Wanters"
with John Stahl directing. In 1922 he joined Universal.
Among some of the pictures he shot were "Behind the
Curtain." "Up the Ladder." "The Married Flapper."
"The Storm Breaker." "The Mystery Club." "The
Night Message," "The Midnight Sun." "Smouldering
Fires " "Alias the Deacon." "Held by the Law."
"Cheating Cheaters." "The Old Soak." "The Foreign
Legion." "We Americans." "The Girl on the Barge."
He also shot the following for Tiffany-S'ahl. "Green
Grass Widows." "Lingerie" and "Queen of Burlesque."
also "Girl from Woolworths," "Midstream," "College
Coquette." "Painted Faces." "Lost Zeppelin." "Swell-
head." "The Big Fight." He is a member of the
Am rican Society of Cinematographers and the Inter-
national Photographers.
TRESSELT. FRANK: Choral master: b. New York
City. September 3. 1895; e. public schools. New York
City, graduated from high school; is married and has
a daughter. 5: hy. swimming, reading; studied piano
with Raphael Joseffy for several years. When he re-
turned from the World War he became associated
with Edward Royce in production of "Orange Blos-
soms." training the vocal chorus. Went with Royce
to Ziegfeld, remaining in charge of choral direction
until 1927. Trained choruses for "Kid Boots." "Annie
Dear." "Rio Rita." and many other Ziegfeld produc-
tions Directed the orchestra latter part of run of
manv of the Ziegfeld productions. Conducted and
helped stage "Bubbling Over." a Royce production.
Went with Winthrop Ames in 1927 and trained th"
choruses for Gilbert and Sullivan revivals of "Iolanthe."
"The Mikado," and "Pirates of Penzance." Has
composed numerous songs and operettas and writes
his own arrangements for all vocal choruses in pic-
tures. Is choral master for Fox and has been in
complete charge of all choral work since 1929.
VALENTI. ARMANDO: Sere n actor: r. n. Rilnb
D. Gallo; b. Rome. Italy. May 5. 1900; h. 5 feet 10^4
inches: black hair and brown eyes: w 147 pounds; p.
Concetta J. .Toria and Domenick R. Gallo; e. Haines
Parochial school. Chicago. Stage training started in
Rome: has had 15 years of experience on stage and
six vears in pictures, including "Tronic Madness."
"Two Arabian Knights." "The Magic Flame." "Ladv
of the Pavement." "Two Lovers." "Son of the Sheik."
"Paris at Midnight." "Risky Business." "The King of
Kings," "Apache," "The Stolen Bride." "Lilac Time."
"The Gentleman from Paris." "Taxi! Taxi!" "Behind
the Front." "The Eagle of the Sea." "Helen of Troy."
"The Patent Leather Kid." "The Frameup." "Four
Devils." "Stre=t Angel." "Abie's Irish Rose." "Temn-
est." "Ben Hur." "The Girl from Montmartre." "The
Terror," "Moscow."
VALENTINE JOSEPH A.: r. n. Giuseppe Valentino:
1). New Y'ork Citv. July 24. 1900; h. 5 feet 7V4 inches:
brown hair and eyes: w. 159 pounds; p. Florence
Lauria and Frank Valentino, non-professionals; e.
F/nglcwood high and New Y'ork university: m. Ther sa
Coords, non-professional; hy. coif, swimming and fish-
ing. No stage experience. Started as cameraman in
1922. having done "My Husband's Wives." "Curly
Top," "Speakeasy." "Protection." "Folly of Vanity."
"S'ardust Trail" and "Girl from Havana." Became
a Fox cameraman and made "Crazy that Way."
WARREN. DWIGHT W.: b. Eagle Rock. Cal . Jul v
18. 1889; h. 5 feet 6 inches; light brown hair and
blue eves: w. 160 pounds: p. Katherine Ray and Dwight
P. Warren, non - professionals : e Albambra high school,
no stage training: m. Louise Seston. non-professional;
by. radio and his two sons. Fourteen years- screen
experience, having photographed pictures for Bill Hart:
also cinematographer for Universal and Fox: with Edu-
cational the last five years.
WAKELIND. GWEN: b Detroit. Mich . March 3.
1901- h 5 feet 6 inches: brown hair and blu ■ eyes:
w. 121 pounds: p. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sewell. non-
professionals: not married: by. art. Seven years' ex-
perience in the profession; did costuming of "King of
Kings."
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C. C Br«>
SOUND ENGINEER
Harold Lewis
SALES AND CONTRACTS
Rh HARD J PEARL
SECRETARY
Win n i p r e d Gibson
CUTTER
Rlt HARD SulTM
Caddo Company
Vmtcd ArtutJ Studio
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Hollywood
PRESIDENT
Howard Hi uiits
SECRETARY
Noah Dietrich
STORY EDITOR
Joseph Moncure March
PUBLICITY
Lincoln Quarberc
SOUND
Lodge Cunningham
ADUITOR
Walter Scott
DIRECTOR
Lewis Milestone
Charles Chaplin Studios
1416 \orth Li Brea Avenue
Phone: Hempstead 2141
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
Charles Chaplin
6ECRETARY AND TREASURER
Lois C. Watt
GENERAL MANAGER
Alpred Reeves
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Kathleen Pryor
ART AND TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Charles D. Hall
SCENARIO EDITOR. FILM EDITOR AND
TITLE CHIEF
Charles Chaplin
LABORATORY
Ted Miner and Val Lane
PUBLICITY
Carltle Robinson
PROPERTIES
Hal Atkins
PURCHASING AGENT
Joseph Van Meter
CHIEF CAMERAMAN
Roland Toiheroh
ASSISTANT CAMERAMEN
Mark Marlatt. Morgan Hill
STILL CAMERAMAN
Ed B. Anderson
SCRIPT CLERK
Della E. Steel
PROJECTIONIST
Jack Wilson
HEAD TECHNICIAN
Villi am Bogdanopp
ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT
Frank Testara
HEAD PAINTER
Joseph P. Stick
WARDROBE MISTRESS
Lallie de Loriere
Christie Film Company, Inc.
6625 Romaine Street
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
Al E. Christie
VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Charles H. Christie
EASTERN SALES REPRESENTATIVE
Carroll Trowbridge
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Curtis L. Mick
MANAGER AND TREASURER
Fred H. Porter
SECRETARY
E D. Shanki
CASTING DIRECTOR
Evelyn Egan
SOUND
Roy S. Clayton
PURCHASING
F. M. WlDDOWSON
ART DIRECTOR
Chas. L. Cadwallader
CONTRACT DIRECTOR
William Watson
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY
Billy Leyseb
Colorart Pictures Corporation. Ltd.
fColorart Pictures SiuJiojJ
5251 Clinton Street
Phone Granite 4141
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
Erwin H. Furman
VICE-PRESIDENT
Howard C. Brown
TREASURER
Charles H. Gilbert
SECRETARY AND COUNSEL
Mervyn R. Dowd
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Curtis F. Nagel
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Adolpii Tandler
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Louis B. Jacobs
STUDIO EXECUTIVE
Mervyn R Dowd
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Erwin H. Firman. Howard C. Brown. Mervyn
R. Dowd, Charles H. Gilbert, Cyril Steven-
son.
Columbia Pictures Corporation
1438 Gou>er Street
Phones Hollywood 7940
Hollywood
VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Harry Cohn
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER
Samuel J. Briskin
BUSINESS MANAGER
Samuel Bischopp
PRODUCTION EXECUTIVES
Ben F. Ziedman, Ben Pivab.
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Joe Cook
PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
Lon Young
CASTING DIRECTOR
Clifford Robertson
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Edward Shulter
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Constantin Bakaleinikotp
ART DIRECTOR
Edward C. Jewell
CHIEF SOUND ENGINEER
John Livadary
RECORDING ENGINEER
John Gray
AMPLIFYING ENGINEER
Edwin Hahn
HEAD OF PRINT AND RECORD DEPARTMENT
Milton Brown
FILM EDITOR
Harry Decker
AUDITOR
G. A. Sampson
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
J L. Greenstone
COMPTROLLER
Al Brandt
James Cruze, Inc.
7250 Santa Monica Blvd.
Hollywood
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Samuel Zierler
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Bernard Eveety
DIRECTOR
James Cru:e
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ART DIRECTOR
Robert Leb
Darmour Studios
5023 Santa Monica Boulevard
Hollywood
GENERAL STUDIO EXECUTIVE
Larry Darmour
DIRECTORS
Larry Darmour. Albert Herman, Lrwu R
Foster, Philip Whitman
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Pell Mitchell
RECORDING ENGINEER
Neal Jack
TECHNICAL
Frank Deitib
CASTING
Pell Mitchell
SCENARIO EDITOR
E. V. Dublino
PROPERTY
Mike In verso
ELECTRICIAN
James Sandifeb
PUBLICITY
Lou Heipetx
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Lee Zahleb
CHIEF CINEMATOGRAPHER
James Brown, Jb.
;hief cutter
Edgar Scott
Walt Disney Productions
2719 Hyperion Avenue
Lot Angeles
,\cu Tori; Office Lotw i State Building
PRESIDENT AND PRODUCTION DIRECTOR
Walt Disnet
SECRETARY-TREASURER AND BUSINESS
MANAGER
Roy Disnet
EASTERN REPRESENTATIVE
Irving M. Lesser
SOUND TECHNICIAN
William E. Garitv
DIRECTOR
Walt Disnet
GENERAL MANAGER AND PRODUCTION
SUPERVISOR
Walt Disnet
CARTOONING SUPERVISOR
Ub Iwerks
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Carl W. Stalling
MANAGER OF SOUND UNIT
Roy O. Disney
CHIEF ENGINEER
William E. Garitt
ASSISTANT CHIEF ENGINEER
George Lowerre
Educational Studios
7250 Santa Monica Boulevard
Phone. Hollywood 2806
Los Angeles
PRESIDENT
E. W. Hammons
GENERAL MANAGER
E. H. Allen
STUDIO MANACER
H A McDonell
CHIEF ELECTRICIAN
George Mitchell
CHIEF OF PROPS
Vin Taylor
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY
Ray Hoadlet
Feature Productions, Inc.
1041 7^. Formosa Avenue
Hollywood
CHAIRMAN
Joseph M. Schenck
GENERAL PRODUCTION MANACER
Samuel Goldwyn
VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANACER
A. M. Brentinger
PRODUCTION MANAGER
James E. Dent
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ART DIRECTOR
W. C. Menzies
SET DRESSER
Julie Heron
FILM EDITOR
Hal Kern
PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
Harry Brand
COMPTROLLER
Jack Codd
ACCOUNTANT
M. A. Ezzell
PROPERTIES
Clint Newman
WARDROBE
William Bridcehouse
STILL DEPARTMENT
Charles E. Bulloch
First National Studios
Phone: GI. 4111
Burbanf{, Cal.
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTION
J. L. Warner
CO-EXECUTIVES IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTION
Hal B. Wallis, C. Graham Baker
PRODUCTION EXECUTIVES
Robert North, Robert Lord
CASTING DIRECTOR
Joe Marks
ART DEPARTMENT
Jack Okey, Anton Grot, John J. Hughes.
WARDROBE DEPARTMENT
N'Wass McKenzie, Edward Stevenson
MAKEUP DEPARTMENT
Purc Westmore, hairdressing; Walter Rogers,
makeup.
RECORDING DEPARTMENT
Col. N. H. Slaughter. Maj. Nathan Levinson,
Charles Althouse, Arthur Haddock, Wallace
Wolf.
LEASING AND PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
Herman Politz
MUSICAL DIRECTORS
Leo Forbstein, David Mendoza, Lou Silver.
DIRECTORS
William A. Seiter, Clarence Badger, Mervyn
LeRoy, Frank Lloyd, Howard Hawks, John
Adolfi, Hobart Henley, William Beaudine, John
Francis Dillon.
WRITERS
Humphrey Pearson, Henry McCarty, John Monk
Saunders, Francis Edwards Faragoh, Waldemar
Young, Harry Ruby, Jerome Kern and Otto
Harbach, Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammer-
stein II, Herbert Fields, Richard Rodgers and
Lorenz Hart, Sidney Mitchell, Archie Goettler
and George W. Meyer, Bud Green and Sam
Stept, Lou Pollock, Roy Turk and Fred Ahlert,
Al Dubin and Joe Burke, Wolfe Gilbert and
Abel Baer, Bert Kalmar.
STARS AND FEATURED PLAYERS
Loretta Young, Dorothy Mackaill, Marilyn Miller,
Ona Munson, Lila Lee, Laura Lee, Dorothy
Peterson, Bernice Claire, Irene Delroy, Richard
Barthelmess, Otis Skinner, Douglas Fairbanks,
Jr., Joe E. Brown, Walter Huston, James Ren-
nie, Walter Pidgeon, Ben Lyon, Jack Whiting,
David Manners, Joe Donahue, Leon Janney,
Edward G. Robinson, Fred Kohler, Frank
McHugh, Sidney Blackmer, Louise Fazenda, Mary
Astor, Glenda Farrell, Mary Duncan, Edward
Woods, William Collier, Jr., Joe Frisco, Ford
Sterling, Inez Courtney, Lewis Stone, Barbara
Bedford, Evalyn Knapp, O. P. Heggie, Harry
Gribbon, Marian Nixon, Neil Hamilton, Irene
Rich, Helen Chandler, Thelma Todd, Lawrence
Gray, Ralph Ince, Conway Tearle, John Halli-
day, Raymond Hatton.
Fowler Studios
1 108 Lillian Way
Hollywood
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Herman Fowler
MANAGER
C. B. Pierce
ART TITLE
M. Hughes
LABORATORY
Ray Windmiller
CUTTING DEPARTMENT
Mrs. M. Steepler
DIRECTOR
Bud Duncan
MUSIC DIRECTOR
J. Spencer
Fox Studios
Movietone City
Westwood. Cal.
VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
WlNPIELD SlIEEIlAV
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT
Sol M. Wurtzel
STUDIO MANAGER
E. W. Butcher
EXECUTIVE MANAGER OF MOVIETONE
H. Keith Weeks
COUNSEL
Alpred Wright
ASSISTANT COUNSEL
Vincent G. Hart and Joseph Johnson
STUDIO COMPTROLLER
George Bagnall
STORY DEPARTMENT
Al Lewis
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Ralph Block
John Considine, Jr.
DeSylva, Brown ii Henderson
CASTING DIRECTORS
Jack Gardner and David Todd
PUBLICITY
Victor M. Shapiro
Bill McGrath, Assistant
STAGE DIRECTORS
Melville Burke
William Collier, Sr.
DIRECTORS
John Blystone, Frank Borzage, David Butler, Irving
Cummings, John Ford, Victor Fleming, William
K. Howard, Alexander Korda, Sidney Lanfield,
Hamilton MacFadden, Leo McCarey, Alfred San-
tell, Chandler Sprague, Benjamin StolofT, Berthold
Viertel, Raoul Walsh, Seymour Felix, Henry
King, Guthrie McClintic.
PLAYERS
Ames, Robert; Alberston, Frank; Alcaniz, Luana;
Bartlett, Michael; Baxter, Warner; Bogart, Hum-
phrey; Brendel, El; Browne, Lucile; Burns, Rob-
ert; Castle, Joan; Churchill, Marguerite; Comp-
ton, Joyce, Curtis, Roxanne.
Dorsay, Fifi; Edeson, Robert; Farrell, Charles; Gar-
rick, John; Gaynor, Janet; Gordon, Henry C;
Henly, Althea; Holden, William; Huntington,
Louise; Hymer, Warren.
Keene, Richard; Keating Sisters (Elizabeth and
Helen); Keith, Jane; Kelly, Nancy; Kerrigan,
J. M.; Lee, Dixie; Lowe, Edmund; Loftus,
Cecelia; Luce, Claire; Lynn, Sharon; Loy, Myrna;
Mae, Leslie; MacKenna, Kenneth; McLaglen,
Victor; McCoy, Frances; Montgomery, Goodee;
Moran, Lois; Murray, J. Harold.
O'Brien, George; O'Sullivan, Maureen; Pendleton,
Nat; Rollins, David; Rogers, Will; Sand, Lillian;
Swor, John; Tracy, Lee; Tracy, Spencer; Warren,
Ruth; Wayne, John; White, Marjorie.
SPANISH ARTISTS
Landi, Elissa; Lewis,
Charles.
WRITERS
Tom Barry, Sam Behrman, Edwin Burke, Jules
Furthman, Howard Green, Walter C. Kelly,
Sonya Levien, George Middleton, Dudley Nich-
ols, Willard Robertson, Lynn Starling, Hayden
Talbot, Harlan Thompson, Maureen Watkins,
Basil Woon, Quinn Martin.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Ben Jackson, manager; Arthur Kay, George Lip-
schultz, Joseph McCarthy, James Hanley, Wil-
liam Kernell, Albert Malotte, Richard Fall, Frank
Tresselt, Doris Silver, George Gershwin, Ira
Gershwin, Jean Schwartz, Troy Sanders, Carli
Elinor, Peter Brunelli.
FOREIGN PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT
John Stone, Editor
R. W. Bischoff, Assistant
William Goetz
DIRECTORS OF FOREIGN DEPARTMENT
Richard Harlan, David Howard, F. M. de Torro,
Lou Breslow.
STORY EDITOR
Chandler Sprague
CREATOR OF SETTINGS
Joseph Urban
FASHION DEPARTMENT
Sophie Wachner, Dolly Tree
DIRECTOR OF SAFETY
Joseph W. Rcilly
Halperin Productions, Inc.
1040 J^i. Las Palmas Avenue
Hollywood
PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR
Victor Halperin
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Edward Halperin
SUPERVISOR OF DIALOGUE
Herbert Farjeon
CASTING DIRECTOR
John P. Martin
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY
Ray Coppin
George; Torena, Juan; Villar,
Lloyd Hamilton Productions
Educational Studios
7250 Santa Monica Boulevard
Hollywood
GENERAL MANAGER
E. H. Allen
STUDIO MANAGER
A. H. McDonell
CASHIER
Robert Luplow
CHIEF ELECTRICIAN
George Mitchell
CHIEF RECORDER
A. W. Smith
CHIEF OF PROPS
Vin Taylor
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY
Ray Hoadley
Hercules Film Productions, Inc.
5823 Santa Monica Boulevard
Darmour Studios, Hollywood
PRESIDENT
P. Kanellos
SECRETARY
P. J. Andrews
MANAGER
Frank Merrill
Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc.
6060 Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
William Horsley
VICE-PRESIDENT
Arthur T. Horsley
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
H. F. Cook
Hutchinson Productions, Inc., Craig
Metropolitan Studios
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
Craig Hutchinson
VICE-PRESIDENT
Frank Lawrence
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
V. V. LeRoy
Interstate Production & Amusement
Corporation
861 Seward Street
Hollywood
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Josh Binney
VICE-PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
Robert E. Wharpf
SECRETARY
Mr. Marshall
STAGE DIRECTOR
Robert Binney
CASTING DIRECTOR
Roy E. Winberg
DIRECTOR
Neal Hart
Inspiration Pictures, Inc.
5^60 Melrose Avenue
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
Walter Camp
VICE-PRESIDENT
John Boyce-Smith
SALES MANAGER
E. C. Jensen
Italotone Film Productions, Inc.
Tec-Art Studios
5630 Melrose Avenue
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
Giovanni Rizzo
TREASURER
A. Danna
SECRETARY AND GENERAL MANACER
Italo M. Scalabrin
Liberty Productions, Ltd.
1040 Las Palmas Avenue
Hollywood
EXECUTIVE
H. M. Gumbin
COMPTROLLER
M. Hower
CAMERAMAN
Ernie Milder
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CUTTING EDITOR
Don Hayu.s
ART DIRECTOR
Charles Cadwallader
CONTRACT PLAYERS
Harry Langdon, Jean Hcrsholt, Lois Wilson, Bill le
HaRgcrty, May Robson. H. B. Warner, Norman
Kerry, Neil Hamilton.
Mascot Pictures Corporation
604S Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
Nat Levin e
VICE-PRESIDENT
Frances Levine
SALES MANAGER
Thomas McConnell
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Jerome Kessler
Metropolitan Sound Studios, Inc.
1040 Las Palmos Avenue
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
Charles H. Christie
TREASURER AND GENERAL MANAGER
William S. Holman
STUDIO MANAGER
Leo Cahane
PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
Billy Lp.yser
MANAGER OF INDUSTRIAL FILMS
Pat Dowlino
AUDITOR
H. P. Ratlipp
CHIEF SOUND ENGINEER
R. S. Clayton
ASSISTANT SOUND ENGINEER
A. M. Granich
ART DIRECTOR
C. L. Cadwallader
CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENT
Sam E. Wood
CHIEF ELECTRICIAN
Wally Oettel
CHIEF OF PROPS
F. M. WlDDOWSON
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Howard Anderson
William Miller Productions
Tec-Art Studios
5630 Melrose Avenue
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
William G. Miller
PRODUCTION MANAGER V SCREEN EDITOR
Carter Ludlow
ART DIRECTOR
Ray Smith
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Culver City, Cal.
EXECUTIVES
Louis B. Mayer, Irving G. Thalberg, Harry
Rafp, E. J. Mannix, Hunt Stromberg,
Bernard Hyman, Laurence Weingarten,
Paul Bern, Albert Lewin, B. P. Fineman.
BUSINESS MANAGER
M. E. Greenwood
PRODUCTION MANAGER
J. J. COHN
PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
Pete Smith
STORY EDITOR
Saml'el Marx
ASSISTANT TO STORY EDITOR
Kate Corbaley
READING DEPARTMENT
Dorothy Pratt
AUDITOR
W. K. Craic
WARDROBE DEPARTMENT
Joe Rapp
CASTING DIRECTOR
Benjamin Thau
ART DIRECTOR
Cedric Gibbons
SUPERINTENDENT OF LABORATORY
John Nickolaus
CUTTING DEPARTMENT
Danny Gray
CHIEF ELECTRICIAN
Lou Kold
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
S. N. Clark
LOCATION MANAGER
Lou Strohm
SUPERINTENDENT OF PROPERTY
DEPARTMENT
E, B. Willis
RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
Natalie Bucknell
SOUND DEPARTMENT
Douglas Shearer
DIRECTORS
Lionel Barrymore, Harry Beaumont, Charles Brabin,
Clarence Brown, Jack Conway, Cecil B. DcMille,
William DcMille, Sidney Franklin, Jacques
Feyder, Nick Gnnde. George Hill, Robert Z.
Leonard, Mcrvyn LeRoy, Harry A. Pollard,
Char Id Ricsner, Arthur Robison, Edward Sedg-
wick, W. S. Van Dyke, King Vidor, Sam Wood.
STARS
Joan Crawford, Marion Davics, Greta Garbo, John
Gilbert^ William Haines, Buster Kcaton, Grace
Moore, Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer, Law
rence Tibbett.
FEATURED PLAYERS
William Bakewcll, Wallace Beery, Charles Bickfurd.
Edwina Booth, John Mack Brown, Harry Carey,
Marie Dressier, Reginald Denny, Robert Doug-
las, Cliff Edwards, Julia Fayc, Ralph Graves,
Hcdda Hopper, George Houston, Lottice Howell,
Leila Hyams, Kay Johnson, Dorothy Jordan,
Bessie Love, Joan Marsh. Adolphe Menjou, John
Miljan, Catherine Moylan, Raymond Milland,
Robert Montgomery, Polly Moran, Conrad Nagel,
Edward Nugent, Anita Page, Marie Prcvost,
Duncan Rcnaldo, Gus Shy, Lewis Stone, Raqucl
Torres, Ernest Torrcncc, Lester Vail.
FOREIGN PLAYERS
Marcel Andre, Jose Crcspo, Nora Grcgor, Egon
von Jordan, Arnold Korff, Andre Luguet,
Georges Mauley, Conchita Montenegro, Theo
Shall, Paul Morgan, Ernesto Vilches.
DIALOGUE AND SCENARIO WRITERS
Marian Ainslce, Lori Bara, Alfred Block, Frank
Butler, Lester Cohen, Anthony Coldewcy, Mil-
dred Cram, Mitzie Cummings, Ruih Cummings,
Jack Cunningham, S. D'Albcrich, Dclmer Daves,
Jacques Dcval. Marie Domcnici, Philip Dunning,
Edith Ellis, Joseph Farnham, Edith Fitzgerald,
Martin Flavin, Hcinrich Fraenkel, Paul H. Fox,
Becky Gardiner, A. Giovannitti, Benjamin Glazer,
Walter Hasenclever, Ebba Have:, Robert Hop-
kins. Lucicn Hubbard, Cyril Hume, Marion
Jackson, Gordon Kahn, A. A. Kline, Hans
Kralv, Lew Lipton, Charles MacArthur, Frances
Marion, Francisco Maran, Gene Markey, Sarah
Y. Mason, Anne Mauclair, John Meehan, John
P. Mcdbury, Bess Meredyth. Helen Meinardi,
Yves Mirande. Alice D. G. Miller, James Mont-
gomery, Lex Neal, Edgar Neville, Lucile New-
mark. J. C. Nugent, Ivan Noe, Leonard Praskins,
W. L. River, Wells Root, Aurainia Rouverol,
Jose L. Rubio, Madeleine Ruthven, Richard
Schrayer, Adela Rogers St. John, Zelda Sears,
Raymond Schrock, Laurence Stallings, Sylvia
Thalberg, Wanda Tuchock, Eduardo Ugarte,
Ernest Vadja, Lieut. -Com. Wead, Claudine West,
Edgar A. Woolf, P. G. Wodehouse, Leonara W.
Wodehouse, James Whittakcr, A. P. Younger,
Miguel de Zarrago.
MUSICAL DEPARTMENT
Director: Martin Broones.
Composers: James Dyrenforth, Arthur Freed,
Carroll Gibbons, Howard Johnson, Joseph Mey-
ers, Herbert Stothart, Harry Woods.
Conductors: Dr. William Axt, Oscar Radin,
Frederick Stahlberg.
Arrangers: Hugo Frey, Arthur Lange, Charles
Maxwell, Larry Shay.
National Players
1509 Morth Vine Street
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
John R. Freuler
VICE-PRESIDENT AND SUPERVISOR
Henry Taylor
DIRECTOR
Alvin J. Neiti
STAR
Wally Wales
Paramount West Coast Studios
545 1 Marathon Street
Hollywood
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
Jesse L. Lasky
ASSISTANT TO VICE-PRESIDENT
Albert A. Kaufman
GENERAL MANAGER
B. P. Schulbeug
EXECUTIVE MANAGER
M. C. Levee
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO SCHULBERG
David O. Selznick
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Hector Turnbull, Louis D. Lighton, J. G.
Bachmann, B. F. Zeidman, E. Lloyd Sheldon,
Julian Johnson.
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Sam Japfe
ATTORNEY FOR THE COMPANY
Henry Herzbrun
STUDIO MANAGER
Frank Brandow
STUDIO COMPTROLLER
A. C. Martin
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Nathaniel Finston
PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
Arch Reeve
CASTING DIRECTOR
Fred Datig
HEAD OF EDITING AND TITLE DEPARTMENTS
Julian Johnson
ASSISTANT TO SELZNICK
Harold Hurley
STORY DEPARTMENT EDITOR
Edward Montacue
SCENARIO EDITOR AND FOREIGN
REPRESENTATIVE
Geoffrey Sih.'klock
DIRECTORS
George Abbott, Dorothy Arzner, Ludwig Berger,
Busby Berkeley, Edmund Colliding, Otto Browcr,
David Burton, Lloyd Corrigan, John Cromwell,
George Cukor, Sergei M. Eisenstein. Cyril
Gardner, Louis Gasnier, Victor Heerman, Edwin
Knopf, Frank Tuttle, Robert Lee, Rowland V. Lee,
Ernst Lubitsch, Lothar Mcndes, Norman McLeod,
Victor Schertzinger, Edward Sloman, Edward
Sutherland, Richard Wallace, Josef von Sternberg,
Howard Bretherton*, H. D'Abbadie D"Arrast*.
Norman Taurog*. (*New York studio.)
STARS
Richard Arlcn. George Bancroft, Clara Bow, Nancy
Carroll, Ruth Chatterton, Four Marx Brothers*,
Charles Rogers, Maurice Chevalier, Gary Cooper,
Moran & Mack, Jack Oakie, William Powell.
(*New York studio.)
FEATURED PLAYERS
Jean Arthur, William Austin, Mary Brian, Clive
Brook, Paul Cavanagh, Ina Claire*, Claudette
Colbert*, Juliette Compton, June Collyer,
Frances Dee, Marlcne Dietrich, Leon Errol,
Stuart Erwin, Norman Foster, Kay Francis,
Stanley Fields, Skeets Gallagher, Harry Green,
Mitzi Green, Phillips Holmes, Helen Kane*,
Paul Lukas, Jeanette MacDonald, Marcta Man-
ners, Frederic March, Cyril Maude, Frank
Morgan*, Rosita Moreno, Barry Norton, Guy
Oliver, Eugene Pallette, Ramon Pcrcda, Bruce
ARTHUR HURLEY
Director
STAGE and SCREEN
130 W. 44th Street New York City
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Rogers, Ginger Rogers*, Lillian Roth, Charlie
Ruggles*, Marion Shilling, Stanley Smith, Charles
Starrett*, Regis Toomey, Fay Wray. (*New
York studio.)
WRITERS
Zoe Altins, Doris Anderson, Marie Baumer, Guy
Bolton, Martin Brown, Norman Burnstine,
Denison Clift, Charles Francis Coe, Bartlett
Cormack, Lloyd Corrigan, Marion Dix, Ethel
Doherty, Salisbury Field, Charles Furthman,
Paul Oangelin*, Oliver H. P. Garrett, Zane
Grey, Maurice Hanline, Percy Heath, Grover
Jones, Vincent Lawrence, Agnes Brand Leahy,
Louise Long, Herman Mankiewicz, Joseph L.
Mankiewicz, George Marion, Jr., William Slav
ens McNutt, Henry Myers, Edward Paramore,
Jr., Jose Carner-Ribalta, Daniel N. Rubin, Rob-
ert Terry Shannon, Viola Brothers Shore, Austin
Strong, Sam Spewack, Bella Spewack, Keene
Thompson, John V. A. Weaver, Lajos Zilahy.
Paramount New York Studio
35th Avenue and 35th Street
Phone. Ravenswood 8'8000
Long Island City, T.
CHIEF STUDIO EXECUTIVE
Walter Wanger
GENERAL MANAGER
James R. Cowan
STUDIO MANAGER
John W. Fingerlin
ASSISTANT STUDIO MANAGER
Arthur Cozine
SUPERVISING DIRECTOR
Ernst Lubitsch
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Hector Turndull, Richard Rowland, Ned
Marin
STORY EDITOR
D. A. Doran
CHIEF SOUND ENGINEER
G. E. Stewart
CHIEF MIXER
Ernest F. Zatorsky
CHIEF PROJECTIONIST
J. S. WlNICK
RECORDING DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR
Al Dillinger
CHIEF MONITOR MAN
Ernest Zatorsky
CAMERA DEPARTMENT HEAD
George Folsey
RESEARCH CHIEF
Gaston DuVal
CHIEF STYLIST
Carolyn Putnam
MINIATURE DEPARTMENT CHIEF
Willie Hopkins
LABORATORY SUPERINTENDENT
Frank LeGrande
PROPERTY DEPARTMENT HEAD
Dan Doran
ART DIRECTOR
William Saulter
STAGE MANAGER AND CONSTRUCTION
SUPERINTENDENT
John T. Doran
CASTING DIRECTOR
Frank Heath
LOCATION MANAGER
Joseph Boyle
SCENARIO AND STORY EDITOR
D. A. Doran
ASSOCIATE SCENARIO AND STORY EDITOR
Rosalie Stewart
MUSIC DEPARTMENT HEAD
Frank E. Tours
TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR
James Wilkinson
TITLE EDITOR
Emanuel Jacobs
PUBLICITY MANAGER
Al Wilkie
PURCHASING AGENT
Joe Nadel
TRANSPORTATION HEAD
Sam Nadel
CHIEF STUDIO ELECTRICIAN
William Palmer
STUDIO ACCOUNTANT
William Clark
MAKEUP ARTIST
Thomas Cameron
WARDROBE HEAD
Fred Scheld
Mary Pickford Company
United Arti.sts Studio
1041 North Formosa Avenue
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
Mary Pickpord
BUSINESS MANAGER
N. A. McKay
Premier Pictures Corporation
184S Glendale Boulevard
Los Angeles
CHIEF STUDIO EXECUTIVE
Joe Rock
ASSISTANT TO STUDIO EXECUTIVE
L. Braun
GENERAL STUDIO MANAGER
Murray Rock
GENERAL PRODUCTION MANAGER
Irene Schreck
PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS
Fred Windemere, Makato Toyashima, Donald
C. Thompson
CAMERA DEPARTMENT HEAD
H. KlRKPATRICK
PROPERTY MASTER
Ed Mundy
SCENARIO EDITOR
Frances Guihan
STORY EDITOR
Mary Blair Thompson
FILM EDITOR
Leota Whytock
PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
Sam W. B. Cohn
PURCHASING AGENT
I. Schreck
MAKEUP DEPARTMENT CHIEF
Max As her
TRANSPORTATION MANAGER
Charles Eng
RKO Studios
Home of Radio Pictures
780 Cower Street
Hollywood
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTION
William LeBaron
ASSISTANT TO LeBARON
Pandro Berman
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
F. H. Smith
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Myles Connolly, Henry Hobart, Bertram
Milhauser, Louis A. Sarecky, Al Boasberg,
Douglas MacLean, Leon d' Usseau.
GENERAL STUDIO MANAGER
C. D. White
ASSISTANT TO GENERAL STUDIO MANAGER
John Burch
PRODUCTION MANAGER
L. G. Ransome
ART DIRECTOR
Max Ree
PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
Don Eddy
ASSISTANT TREASURER
L. B. Smith
STUDIO SUPERINTENDENT
Major Fairbanks
CASTING DIRECTOR
Rrx Bailey
ASSISTANT CASTING DIRECTOR
Harvey Clermont
HEAD OF SCENARIO DEPARTMENT
Betty Roberts
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
W. A. Wilde
CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT
Earl McMurtrie
CHIEF OF ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT
William Johnson
CHIEF OF PROPERTY DEPARTMENT
Sam Corner
CHIEF OF WARDROBE DEPARTMENT
Frank Richardson
CHIEF OF CAMERA DEPARTMENT
William Eglinton
CHIEF OF SCENIC DEPARTMENT
Holt Lindsley
LOCATION DEPARTMENT
Herb Hirst
CHIEF OF DRAPERY DEPARTMENT
Frank Vert
SILENT AND FOREIGN VERSIONS
Leon d'Usseau
HEAD OF MINIATURE DEPARTMENT
Don Jahraus
CHIEF OF CUTTING DEPARTMENT
William Hamilton
CHIEF OF SOUND DEPARTMENT
Carl Dreher
PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFECTS
Lloyd Knechtel
SOUND EFECTS
Murray Spivak
CHIEF OF MAKEUP DEPARTMENT
Ern Westmore
CHIEF OF PORTRAIT-STILL DEPARTMENT
Ernest A. Bachrach
GENERAL MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Victor Baravalle
DANCE DIRECTOR
Pearl Eaton
COMPOSERS-LIBRETTISTS
Anne Caldwell, Harry Tierney
DIRECTORS
Herbert Brenon, George Archainbaud, Paul Sloane,
Allen Fagan, Luther Reed, Melville Brown,
Lynn Shores, Lowell Sherman, Wesley Ruggles,
Edward Cline, George B. Seitz.
AUTHORS AND WRITERS
Rex Beach, Beulah Mane Dix, Anthony Veiller,
Tim Whelan, Ralph Spence, Hugh Herbert,
Jane Murfin, Frederick Latham, Howard Esta-
brook, J. Walter Ruben, Wallace Smith, Cyrus
Wood, Al Jackson, Barney Sarecky.
FEATURED PLAYERS (Under Contract)
Betty Compson, Evelyn Brent, Eddie Foy, Jr.,
Joseph Cawthorn, Irene Dunne, Roscoe Ates,
Dorothy Lee, Sue Carol, Arthur Lake, Ralf
Harolde, Hugh Herbert, Ivan Lebedeff, Roberta
Gale, Ken Murray, Raymond Maurel, Everett
Marshall, Bert Wheeler, Lowell Sherman, Rita
La Roy, Joel McCrea, Jack Mulhall, Edna May
Oliver, Robert Woolsey, Roberta Robinson, Ned
Sparks, Hugh Trevor, Leni Stengel, Katya Sorina,
Nick Basil, Henry Armetta, Lita Chevret, Valma
Valentine, Ricardo Cortez.
STARS (Under Contract)
Amos n' Andy, Bebe Daniels, Richard Dix.
RKO Pathe Studios, Inc.
Culver City, Cal.
PRESIDENT
Lee Marcus
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTION
Charles R. Rogers
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Harry Joe Brown
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO MR. ROGERS
Sid Rogell
STUDIO BUSINESS MANAGER
Fred Lalley
STUDIO SUPERINTENDENT
Harry Pope
AUDITOR
G. B. Howe
CASTING DIRECTOR
Charles Richards
STUDIO PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
Phil Gersdorf
CHIEF SOUND ENGINEER
L. E. Clark
COSTUME DESIGNER
GwEN WaKELING
MANAGER CAMERA DEPARTMENT
Fred Campbell
FILM EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Doane Harrison
PURCHASING AGENT
Oscar Wright
CASHIER
I. F. Dawson
CHIEF STUDIO ELECTRICIAN
William Whisler
HEAD OF STORY DEPARTMENT
James Seymour
FEATURE DIRECTORS
Paul Stein, Tay Garnett, Joseph Santlcy, Edward
H. Griffith, Russell Mack, Howard Higgin.
COMEDY DIRECTORS
Monte Carter, Fred Guicl, Wallace Fox.
WRITERS
Laura Hope Crews, Ray Rnckett, Horace Jackson,
James Seymour, Thomas Buckingham, Myron C.
Fagan, A. B. Heath, Frank Dolan. Hugh Cum-
mings, Charles Callahan.
PLAYERS
Robert Armstrong, Harry Bannister, Constance
Bennett, Bill Bovd, Russell Glcason, Ann Hard-
ing, Eddie Quillan, Helen Twelve trees, Lucille
Williams.
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Radiotone Pictures Corporation
1845 GUndaU Boulevard
Los Angeles
PRESIDENT
Fred J. Balshoter
VICE-PRESIDENT
James Cunningham
PRODUCTION MANAGER AND SECRETARY
Feed G. Walker
DIRECTOR
Feed J. Balshofer
SOUND ENGINEER
C. A. Butterwortii
PROPERTIES
Beet Cornelius
Hal Roach Studio
Culver Gt>. Gil.
PRESIDENT
Hal Roach
VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Warren- Doane
VICE-PRESIDENT
H M. Walker
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
C. H. Roach
ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND TREASURER
M D. O Brien
BUSINESS MANAGER
Benjamin- W. Shipman
PURCHASING AGENT
L. A. French
CHIEF SOUND ENGINEER
Elmer R. Racuse
FILM EDITOR
Richard Clrrier
LABORATORY CHIEF
Charley Levine
CHIEF DIALOG AND TITLE WRITER
H M. Walker
CHIEF ELECTRICIAN
Bill Lewis
CHIEF OF COSTUME DEPARTMENT
Catherine McDonalo
TRANSPORTATION MANAGER
Jack Burns
CASTING DIRECTOR
Robert Scott
CHIEF OF CAMERA DEPARTMENT
Clarence Graves "STAX"
PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
Annette Fornant
Rogell Productions, Ltd.
1040 Las Palmas Avenue
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
Albert Rocell
VICE-PRESIDENT
Rudolph Flothow
Rogers Productions, Inc., Charles R.
Releasing through RKO
Universal Studios
Universal City, Oil.
PRESIDENT- PRODUCER
Charles R. Rogers
6ECRETARY- TREASURER
J. F. Kerns
GENERAL MANAGER
Harry Joe Brown
Mack Sennett Studios
GENERAL MANAGER
John A. Waldron
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER
H. Lee Hugunin
CONTROLLER
Charles Simpson
AUDITOR
Robert Clement
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Pall Guerin
PURCHASING AGENT
John Huff
FILM EDITOR
William Hornbeck
SALES REPRESENTATIVE OF SHORT PRODUCT
W. B. Frank
PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
Jed Buell
TRANSPORTATION MANAGER
Earl Davet
CASTING DIRECTOR
Walter Klincer
WARDROBE MANAGER
Florence Lions
RECORDING ENGINEER
A. F. Blinn
Tec-Art Studios
5630 Melrose Avenue
Phone: Granite 4141
Los Angeles
PRESIDENT
Alfred T. Mannon
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
J Bovce-Smith
VICE-PRESIDENT
Maurice DeMond
SECRETARY AND STUDIO MANAGER
Irving Meiliken
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Albert D'Acostino
CHIEF ELECTRICIAN
Leslie Tract
DIRECTOR PUBLICITY
Wilson B. Heller
ASSISTANT PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
Natalie Adelstein
CENERAL PURCHASING AGENT
Harry Enclander
AUDITOR
Florence Hinkle
PROPERTIES
G. Altweis
MILL SUPERINTENDENT
M. Goldblatt
SCENIC y PAINTS
Larry Sorenson
DRAPERIES
w. s. Hepburn-
transportation
O. E. NoRSTRUM
CHIEF RECORDER
Ernest Rovere
SECOND RECORDER
E. L. Tope
POLICE AND GATE
Dick Anderson
CUTTER
Joe Hayden-
Tiffany Productions
4516 Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
L. A. Young
VICE-PRESIDENT
Grant L. Cook
CHIEF STUDIO EXECUTIVE
Phil Goldstone
CHIEF FILM EDITOR
M\rtin Cohn
STUDIO MANAGER
Harry Knight
BUSINESS MANAGER
Milton- Gatiert
PURCHASING AGENT
Max Alexander
SOUND €NGINEER
Hans Weeren
AUDITOR
Peggy L. Hutson
DIRECTOR OF STUDIO PUBLICITY
Arthur Q. Hagerman
Trem Carr Pictures
6048 Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Charles A. Post
DIRECTORS
J. P. McCarthy. J P. McCowan
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Ernest R. Hickson
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS
Shorty Hendrixs, Perry Murdoch:, William
NoLTE.
CHIEF ELECTRICIAN
Tex Cox
CAMERA STAFF
Harry Newman, Otto Himm, Merritt Siboald
Triangle Film Corporation
7046 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
Harry Aitken
VICE-PRESIDENT
W. H. Kendle
SECRETARY
Parke Smith
TREASURER
Rex Wray
DISTRIBUTION MANACER
Clark W. Thomas
United Artists
1041 \orth Formosa Avenue
Phone Granite 51 1 1
Hollywood
CHIEF STUDIO EXECUTIVE
A. M. Brentinger
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO STUDIO
EXECUTIVE
O. O. Dull
GENERAL STUDIO MANAGER
S. B. Hill
GENERAL PRODUCTION MANAGER
James Dent
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
William Cameron Menzies
CHIEF SOUND ENGINEER
Ted Reed
ASSISTANT SOUND ENGINEER
Thomas Moulton
COSTUME DEPARTMENT MASTER
Frank Donnellan
MINIATURE DEPARTMENT CHIEF
William Davidson
PROPERTY MASTER
Clint Newman
ART DIRECTOR
William Cameron Menhes
CASTING DIRECTOR
Fred Schuessler
MUSIC DEPARTMENT HEAD
Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld
film editor
Hal Kern-
publicity DIRECTORS
H\rry Brand
Russell Phelps
PURCHASING AGENT
Bruce Hunsaker
AMPLIFYING ENGINEER
H G. Wilkes
George Morgan
Originals — Adaptations
Dialogue
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CHIEF OF LABORATORY
A. E. Schmidt
CHIEF STUDIO ELECTRICIAN
Lou Johnson
MAKEUP DEPARTMENT CHIEF
Bob Stephanoff
TRANSPORTATION MANAGER
J. GlLI.ETT
Universal West Coast Studios
Universal City, Cal.
PRESIDENT
Carl Laemmle
GENERAL MANAGER
Carl Laemmle, Jr.
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER
Harry H. Zehner
STUDIO MANAGER
Henry Henigson
PRODUCTION MANAGER
C. Jerome Harwin
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Albert De Mono, E. M. Asher, Arthur
Unger, Erwin Gelsey
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER AND SUPERVISOR OF
SCENERY DEPARTMENT
Robert Harris
SUUPERVISOR OF SHORT SUBJECTS
M. Stanley Bergerman
COMEDY SUPERVISOR
Ed Kaufman and Sam Freedman
SERIAL SUPERVISOR
Henry M^cRae
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT
Paul Kohner
CASTING DIRECTOR
Phil Friedman
FILM EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Maurice Pivar
SCENARIO EDITOR
Richard Schayer
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY
John LeRoy Johnston
SUPERINTENDENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND
SOUND
C. Roy Hunter
CAMERA DEPARTMENT HEAD
C. G. Glouner
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT HEAD
A. W. Klinordlinger
LOCATION MANAGER
Jack Lawton
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
Graydon B. Howe
LEASING MANAGER
Sicmund Moos
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Heinz Roemheld
TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT HEAD
Archie Hall
ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT HEAD
Frank Graves
ART TITLE DEPARTMENT HEAD
Max Cohen
MANAGER OF WARDROBE
Edward Ware
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HEAD
Maurice E. Kurland
CHIEF OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Dick Solberg
PROP SHOP HEAD
E. A. Johnson
STENOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT HEAD
Grace H. Ryan
NURSERY
Walter Tauer
PAYROLL
H. D. Cook
PROPERTY DEPARTMENT
Russell A. Gausman
PROJECTION
Reginald Bukce
CARTOON DEPARTMENT HEAD
Walter Lantz
DIRECTORS
Tod Browning, Monta Bell, Edwin Carewe, "Erich
Von Stroheim, Howard Hawkes, William James
Craft, Vin Moore, Hobart Henley, John M.
Stahl, Harry J. Edwards, Albert Kelley, George
Melford. Ernst Laemmle, Edward Laemmle, Mar-
cel de Sano, Arthur Gregor.
WRITERS
John Wexley, William Hurlburt, Erich Von Stro-
heim, Tom Reed, Kenyon Nicholson, Charles
Logue, John Moffett, Houston Branch, Lenore
Coffee, James Whitaker, Gladys Lehman, Bert
Marx, J. M. Anderson.
STARS AND PLAYERS
Lewis Ayres, John Boles*, Eddie Gribbon, Mary
Nolan*, Lupe Velez, Kane Richmond, Slim
Summerville, Genevieve Tobin, Lupita Tovar.
indicates player is a star.
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT
Tala Birrcll, Miguel Faust Rocha, Amelia Senis-
terra, Arlette Marchal.
Vagabond Adventure Pictures Corp.
5360 Melrose Avenue
Hollywood
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTIONS
Tom Terriss
SUPERVISORS
Elmer Clifton and Alfred Mannon
Warner Brothers Studios, Hollywood
5842 Sunset Boulevard
Phone: Ho. 4181
Hollywood
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTION
J. L. Warner
ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE
Darryl F. Zanuck
GENERAL STUDIO MANAGER
William Koenig
GENERAL PURCHASING SUPERINTENDENT
Herman Politz
CHIEF VITAPHONE ENGINEER
Col. N. S. Slaughter
CHIEF ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
Frank N. Murphy
CASTING DIRECTOR
Joe Marks
PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
George H. Thomas
DIRECTORS
Alan Crosland, Michael Curtiz, Roy del Ruth,
John Adolfi, Al Green, Lloyd Bacon, Archie
Mayo, Ray Enright, Robert Milton, Hobart
Henley, and William Wellman.
STARS AND FEATURED PLAYERS
John Barrymore, Winnie Lightner, George Arliss,
Ben Lyon, Joe E. Brown, Olsen cV Johnson,
Barbara Stanwyck, Evalyn Knapp, Claudia Dell,
Jack Whiting, Leon Janney, Noah Beery, Grant
Withers, John Halliday, Helen Chandler, Marian
Marsh. Barbara Weeks, Robert Elliott, Joan Blon-
dell, James Cagney, Irene Delroy, Donald Cook,
Edward Morgan.
WRITERS
J. Grubb Alexander. Harvey Thew, Joseph Jack-
son, Maud Fulton, Charles Kenyon, Arthur
Caesar, Perry Vekroff, William K. Wells.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Executive in Charge of Musical Activities:
Robert Craw-ford.
Director-in-Chief: Erno Rapee.
Musical Directors: Lou Silvers, David Mendoza,
Leo Forbstein.
Assistant Director: Arthur Franklin.
Musical Staff: Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Ham-
merstein II, Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach, Her-
bert Fields, Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart, Bud
Green, Sam Stept, Lou Pollock, Mort Dixon, Roy
Turk, Fred Ahlcrt, Joe Burke, Al Dubin, George
W. Meyer, Sidney Mitchell, Archie Goettler.
Warner Brothers Eastern Vitaphone
Studios
1277 East 14th Street
Phone: Kavarre 8-4800
Brooklyn. X. T.
CHIEF STUDIO EXECUTIVE
Samuel Sax
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO STUDIO
EXECUTIVE
Monroe Shapp
BUSINESS MANAGER, COMPTROLLER,
PURCHASING AGENT
E. J. Savin
DIRECTOR-IN-CHIEF
Murray Roth
CHIEF SOUND ENGINEER
Porter H. Evans
RECORDING ENGINEER
George D. Sattan
AMPLIFYING ENGINEER
N. Dean Cole
CAMERA DEPARTMENT HEAD
Ed DuPar
LABORATORY CHIEF
Joseph H. Spray
PROPERTY MASTER
Martin Hall
ART DIRECTOR
Frank Namczy
CASTING DIRECTOR
Frank Kingsley
MUSIC DEPARTMENT HEAD
Harold Levey
FILM EDITOR
Bert Frank
CHIEF ELECTRICIAN
Edward Hastings
MAKEUP DEPARTMENT CHIEF
Richard Willis
TRANSPORTATION MANAGER
John Condon
COSTUME DEPARTMENT HEAD
Helen McCullough
PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
Sid H. Rechetnik
PAYMASTER
Blanche Schneider
Richard P. Young Productions
635 N- Tujunga Avenue
Burbanli. Cal.
PRODUCING DIRECTOR AND GENERAL
MANAGER
Richard P. Young
SCREEN ORGANIZATION PERSONNEL
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences
Suite 210
7046 Hollywood Boulevard
Phone: Granite 2 J 34
Hollywood
PAST PRESIDENT
Douglas Fairbanks
PRESIDENT
William C. de Mille
VICE-PRESIDENT
Con r al Nagel
SECRETARY
Fred Niblo
TREASURER
M. C. Levee
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Lester Cowan
EXECUTIVE MANAGER
Clinton Wunder
ACTOR PRODUCER RELATIONS
William Conklin
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Actors — Jean Hcrsholt, Lawrence Grant, Conrad
Nagcl; Directors — Donald Crisp, William C.
de Mille, Frank Lloyd; Writers — Waldcmar Young,
Al Cohn, Benjamin Glazcr; Technicians — Karl
Struss, Nugent H. Slaughter, J. T. Reed; Produc-
ers— M. C. Levee, Irving Thalbcrg, William Le
Baron.
STANDING COMMITTEES
Branch Executive Committees: Actors — Sam
Hardy, chairman, Conrad Nagcl, Lois Wilson,
George Irving, Richard Tucker; Producers — B. P.
Schulberg, chairman, Charles Christie, J. L.
Warner, Fred Bcctson. Carl Laemmle, Jr.; Direc-
tors— Frank Lloyd, chairman, Reginald Barker,
John Robertson, John Cromwell, Edward Sloman;
Technicians — Nugent H. Slaughter, chairman, I.
James Wilkinson, Hal Mohr, J. M. Nicholaus,
Ben Carre; Writers — Al Cohn, chairman, Wini-
fred Dunn, John F. Goodrich, Paul Perez, Jack
Cunningham.
Executive Committee op Assistant Directors
Section: Scott R. Beal, chairman, Charles Wool-
stcnhulmc, Ray Lissncr, H. Bruce Humbcrstone,
Harry Bucquet.
Producers-Technicians Committee: Irving Thal-
bcrg. chairman, M. C. Levee, Fred W. Bcctson,
Sol Wurtzel, Charles Sullivan, Hcnrv Henigson.
H Keith Weeks. J. A. Ball, Fred Pclton, J. T.
Reed. Carl Drchcr, Nugent H. Slaughter, Fred-
erick M. Sammis and K. F. Morgan.
College and Public Relations Committee: Law-
rence Grant, chairman, Hobart Bosworth, Henry
Kolkcr, Wm. K. Howard, Henry King, Fred
Niblo, John W. Considinc, Jr., Jos. lohnson,
C. B. dc Mille. Roy J. Pomcroy, J. A. Ball.
J Mitchell Lciscn, Lotta Woods, Bculah Dix
Flcbbe, Ralph Block and Arch Reeve.
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Awards. Program por 1951 Committee: Louis B.
Mayer, chairman, Loia Wilson. Jean Hersholt.
John Robertson. King Vijor, B. P. Schulbcrg.
J. T. RccJ. Ralph Hammcras, Al Cohn and
Waldcmar Young.
Art and Technique Programs Committee: Frank
Reicher. chairman. Helen Ware, Edmund Lowe.
E. H. Griffith. Harry Rapf, Jason Joy. William
C. Menzics, Douglas Shearer, Howard J. Green,
John F. Goodrich, Frank Woods and Alec B.
Francis.
Writers Special Committee: Waldemar Young,
chairman. Clara Berangcr, Ralph Block, Al Cohn,
Martin Flavin, Oliver H. P. Garrett, Benjamin
Glascr, Howard Green, Percy Heath, Bradlev
King, Gerrit Lloyd, Herman Mankicwicz, Jane
Murtin, Richard Schayer, James Seymour, Frank
Woods and John Mechan.
Dinner and Entertainment Committee: Harry
Rapt, chairman, Lawrence Grant, Mitchell Lewis,
Reginald Barker, Donald Crisp, Jos. Johnson,
Arthur Edcson, Nathan Levinson, Julien Joseph-
son and Albert Lewin.
Actors Adjustment Committee: Dewitt C. Jen-
nings, chairman, Jean Hersholt, Claude Gilling-
water, Conrad Nagel, Hallam Cooley. Alternates:
Lloyd Hughes and Hobart Boaworth.
Membership Committee: Frank Lloyd, chairman,
E. H. Allen, vice chairman, Hallam Cooley, Karl
Struss and Winifred Dunn. Alternates: Conrad
Nagel, Donald Crisp, H. Keith Weeks, Roy J.
Pomeroy and Jane Murfin.
Conciliation Committee: Lawrence Grant, Regi-
nald Barker, A. L. Rockett, J. T. Reed, chair-
man, and Percy Heath. Alternates: Conrad
Nagel. Fred Niblo, L. B. Mayer, Nugent H.
Slaughter and John F. Goodrich.
Actors' Contract and Advisory Committee:
Conrad Nagel. chairman, Wallace Beery, Law-
rence Grant, Jean Hersholt, Sam Hardy, Lloyd
Hughes, Mitchell Lewis, Rod LaRocque, Richard
Tucker, Dcwitt Jennings, Ben Bard, Frank
Reicher. Ben Lyon, Monte Blue, Douglas Fair-
banks. Jr., Helen Ware, Lois Wilson, Mae Mur-
ray, Francis X. Bushman, William Courtenay,
Antonio Moreno, Hallam Cooley, Richard Bar-
thelmess and Reginald Denny.
Committees Under Minimum Contract (accord-
ing to Basic Agreement provision): Actors — Sam
Hardy, Conrad Nagel, Mitchell Lewis, Lawrence
Grant, Jean Hersholt; Producers — Sol Wurtzel.
Irving Thalberg, Wm. Le Baron, M. C. Levee,
J. L. Warner.
Building Committee: Cecil B. de Mille. Cedric
Gibbons and Nugent H. Slaughter.
HONORARY MEMBERS — Thomas A. Edison. George
Eastman.
LIFE MEMBERS— Douglas Fairbanks, Frank Woods.
ACTORS BRANCH
Academy Members
George K. Arthur, Vilma Banky, John Barrymore,
Richard Barthelmess, Warner Baxter, Wallace
Beery, Lionel Belmore, Joan Bennett, Monte
Blue, John Boles, Hobart Bosworth, W. L. Boyd,
Charles Chaplin.
Lew Cody, Ronald Colman, Chester Conklin, Hal-
lam Cooley, Gary Cooper, Dolores Costello, Bebe
Daniels, Marccline Day, Dolores Del Rio, Regi-
nald L. Denny, A. de Segurola, Richard Dix,
Billie Dove. Louise Dresser.
Marie Dressier, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fair-
banks, Jr., George Fawcett, Louise Fazenda, Ralph
Forbes, Alec B. Francis, John Gilbert, Claude
Gillingwater, Jos. W. Girard. Lawrence Grant,
Wm. Haines, Sam Hardy, Lumsden Hare, Jean
Harlow.
Raymond Hatton, Holmes Herbert, Jean Hersholt,
Jack Holt, Lloyd E. Hughes, DeWitt C. Jennings,
Buster Keaton, Arthur Lake. Rod La Rocque,
Lila Lee, Mitchell Lewis, Lucien L. Littlefield,
Harold Lloyd, Edmond Lowe, J. Farrel Macdon-
ald, Dorothy Mackaill.
Douglas MacLean, Fredric March, May McAvoy,
Victor McLaglan, Tully Marshall, Thomas
Meighan, John Miljan, Colleen Moore, Louis
Moran, Antonio Moreno, Jack Mulhall. Mae
Murray, Conrad Nagel, Pola Negri, Ramon
Novarro.
Warner Oland, Gertrude Olmsted. Aileen Pringle,
Irene Rich, F. Schumann-Heink, Norma Shearer,
Gloria Swanson, Norma Talmadgc, Lilyan Tash-
man, Ernest Torrence, Helen Ware, Lois Wilson.
Associate Members
Erville Alderson, Ricca Allen, Claud Allister, Oscar
Apfel, Henry Armetta, Hooper L. Atchley, Wil-
liam Austin, Ben Bard, C. Kyrle Bcllew, Daisy
Belmore, Wilson Benge, George Andre Berangcr,
Eugenie Bcsserer, Maurice Black, Stan BIystone,
Wade Boteler, Mary Brian, Give Brook, Frank
Campeau, J. T. Carlyle, Joseph Cawthorn, Cyril
Chadwick.
George Chandler, Emil Chautard, Albert Conti,
George Cooper, William Courtenay, Richard
Cramer, Joan Crawford, Kernan Cripps, Charles
B. Crockett, Grace Cunard, Adrienne d'Ambri-
court, Karl Dane, Howard Davies, Yola d'Avril,
William B. Davidson, Mike Donlin. Tom Dugan,
Edward Earle. Florence Eldridge, John H. Elliott.
Robert Elliott, Gilbert Emery. James Farley. Mary
Forbes, John C. Fowler, Mary Foy, Blanche
Friderici, Dale Fuller, Clarence Gelbcrt, Huntly
Gordon, Julia Swayne Gordon. Robert Graves,
Jr., Jack Grey, Raymond Hackett, Evelyn Hail.
Kay Hammond. Otis Harlan, Guy Edward Hcarn,
Dell Henderson, Otto F Hoffman, William
Hulden, Robert E. Homans, Edward Everett
Horton.
Arthur Hoyt, Brandon Hurst. George Irving,
Thomas Jefferson, Jane Kecktey, Craulurd Kent.
Claude King, Fred Kohler, Henry Kolker, Frank
Lannin;;, Otto Ledcrer, Frank Leigh, Carole Lom-
bard, Arnold Lucy, Claire McDowell, Frank Mc-
Glynn, Robert McWade. Charles Hill Mailcs.
Fred Malatesta, James A. Marcus.
Otto Matiescn, Adolphc J. Mcnjou, Adolph Milar,
Helcnc Millard, Robert Montgomery, Paul Muni,
Paul Nicholson, Edgar Norton, Elliott Nugent,
J. C. Nugent, Robert Emmet O'Connor, Bro-
dcrick O Farrell. Nance O'Neill. W. A. Orla-
mond. Earl M. Pingrcr, Russ Powell, Purnell B.
Pratt, E. J. Ratcliffe, Ruth Roland, Benny Rubin,
Margaret Seddon, Chas. A. Sellon.
Bernard Sicgcl, Ivan F. Simpson, Russell Simpson,
Forrest Stanley, Will Stanton, Pauline Starke,
Carl Stockdale, George E. Stone, Lewis S. Stone,
Harry Stubbs, Alma Tell. Olive Tell, Kenneth
Thomson, David Torrence, Youcca Troubetzkoy,
Glenn Tryon, Judith Vossclli. Will R. Walling.
Kathrin Clare Ward, E. Alyn Warren, Paul
Weigel, Tom Wilson.
DIRECTORS BRANCH
Academy Members
John G. Adolfi, George Archainbaud, Lloyd F.
Bacon, Reginald Barker, William Beaudine, Monta
Bell, Frank Borzage, Clarence Brown, Tod Brown-
ing, Dimitri Buchowctzki, Edwin Carewe, Eddie
Clinc, Jack Conway, Donald Crisp, John Crom-
well, Alan Crosland, Michael Curtiz.
Roy Del Ruth, Cecil B. deMille, William C.
dcMille, S. M. Eistenstein, George Fitzmauricc,
Sidney A. Franklin, Edmund Goulding, Alfred E.
Green, D. W. Griffith, E. H. Griffith, Hobart
Henley, George William Hill, E. Mason Hopper,
Wm. K. Howard.
Rupert Julian, Henry King, Alexander Korda,
Rowland V. Lee, Robert Z. Leonard, Mervyn Le
Roy, Frank Lloyd, Ernst Lubitsch, Hamilton Mac-
Fadden, Archie L. Mayo, Lewis Milestone, Harry
Millarde, Walter Morosco, Fred Niblo.
Sidney Olcott, Frank Reicher, Stephen R. Roberts,
John S. Robertson, Alfred Santell, Joseph Sant-
ley, Victor L. Schertzinger, Edward Sedgwick,
Paul H. Sloane, Edward Sloman.
Norman Taurog, Sam Taylor. King Vidor, Robert
G. Vignola, Erich ven Stroheim, Josef von
Sternberg, Richard Wallace. Raoul Walsh, Lois
Weber, Irvin V. Willat, Sam Wood.
Associate Members
Nick Grinde. Victor Halperin, James W. Home,
Robert Obcr. Millard Webb.
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS SECTION
Associate Members
James D. Anderson. T. C. Atkins. Charles T. Bar-
ton, Scott R. Beal, Jasper BIystone, Lew Borzage,
Hugh B. Boswell, Sidney S. Brod, Harold S.
Bucquet, Doran H. Cox. Chas. Dorian, Fred A.
Fleck, Fred F. Fox, Robert A. Golden, Gordon
Hollingshead, Horace Hough. R. Lee Hough, H.
Bruce Humberstone, Arthur A. Jacobson.
Wm. Kaplan, Charles Kerr, Ray Lissner, Joe Mc-
Donough, Jay C. Marchant, Edwin L. Marin,
W. J. Reitcr, Robert Ross, Frank X. Shaw, Ben
Silvey. H. Sutch, W. Erroll Taggart. Cullen Tate,
William F. Tummel, John S. Waters, Nate C.
Watt, Charles Woolstenhulme, Tennant C.
Wright, George Yohalem.
PRODUCERS BRANCH
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inger. Hiram S. Brown. H. L. Clarke, Charles
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Jr., Jack Coogan. F. A. Datig. Albert De Mond.
E B. Derr, Roy O. Disney, Walter E. Disnev.
Robert Fairbanks. B. P. Fineman, Nat W. Fin-
ston. John C. Flinn, John J. Gain, John E.
Gardner, Wm. Coctz. Phil Goldstone, Samuel
Goldwyn, Edmund Grainger, Sid Grauman, M.
E. Greenwood.
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Hyman, Sam JafTe, Jos. Johnson, Jason S. Joy,
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Koenig, Carl Laemmle, Carl Lacmmle. Jr., Jesse
L. Lasky, Fred Leahy, William LeBaron, Sol
Lesser, M. C. Levee, John McCormick, E. J.
Mannix, Lcc Marcus, Ned Marin, Louis B.
Mayer.
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Rockett, Charles R. Rogers, Sam E. Rork. Louis
A. Sarecky, Joseph M. Schenck, Nicholas M.
Schenck, Joseph J. Schnitzer, B. P. Schulberg,
David O. Selznick, Mack Sennett, Winfield R.
Shcehan, G. A. L. Sinclair-Hill, Wm. Sistrom.
John M. Stahl, W. L. Sum. Hunt Stromberg,
C. E. Sullivan.
Irving G. Thalberg. Hector Turnbull. Walter F.
Wanger, Jack L. Warner, H. Keith Weeks. Clar-
ence D. White, Jack White, Sol M. Wurtzel.
Darryl Francis Zanuck, Bennie Zeidman, Adolph
Zukor.
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iager, William S. Darling, Richard Day, Carl
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Knox. Louis F. Kolb. N. M. La Porte. J. M.
Leisen, Nathan Levinson, Russell H. McCullough,
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Menzies, Wesley C. Miller, G. A. Mitchell,
George Mitchell, Hal Mohr. Peter Mole, K. F.
Morgan.
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Okey, F. E. Pelton, Harry Perry, Gordon B.
Pollock, Roy J. Pomeroy, Gerald F. Rackett. J.
Theodore Reed, O. W. Roberts. Charles Roshcr,
Harold Rosson, Fred'k M. Sammis, John F.
Seitz, Henry T. Sharp. D. G. Shearer, E. J.
Shulter, Nugent H. Slaughter, J. Wesley Smith,
R. Stepanoff, Walter T. Strohm, Karl Struss,
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Ulmer, A. George Volck, Arthur L. von Kirbach,
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West more.
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Gerald M. Best. Hal Bumbaugh, Howard E.
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DeSart, L. M. Dicterich. Albert B. Doran, Frank
T. Dyke, J. Garrick Eisenberg, George Jos.
Folsey, Jr., Charles David Forrest, J. G. Greger,
Arthur Haddock, W. C. Harcus. A. P. Hill.
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Clintock, Campbell MacCulloch, James V. Ma-
rcsca, Forrest L. Perley, Max Ree, H. C. Silent,
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Tasker, Walter S. Thompson, Jr., Julius Wein-
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berger, Anthony G. Wise, John C. Whitaker,
Wallace V. Wolfe.
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Paul Bern, Ralph Block, Elliott Clawson, Lenore
Coffee, Bartlett Cormack, Jack Cunningham,
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Farnham, Martin Flavin, Beulah Dix Flebbe,
Garrett Fort, Tom J. Geraghty, Benjamin Glazer,
James Gleason.
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blow, Jr., Lucien Hubbard, Julian Johnson,
Horace Jackson, Edward Kaufman, Bradley King,
Hans Kraly, Sidney Lazarus, Albert Lewin, Louis
D. Lighton, Robert Lord. Josephine Lovett, Wil-
liam Slavens McNutt, Willard Mack.
Frances Marion, Bess Meredyth, Edward J. Mon-
tagne, Byron Morgan, Jane Murfin, Dudley
Nichols, Edward E. Paramore, Jr., James Sey-
mour, Chandler Sprague, C. Gardner Sullivan,
Harlan Thompson, Eve Unsell, Ernest Vajda,
George Manker Watters, Carey Wilson, Frank
Woods, Waldemar Young, A. P. Younger.
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Gerrit Lloyd, Alice D. G. Miller, Paul Perez,
R. M. Yost.
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Cheney, Geo. W. Cohen, Perry E. Conner, Davis
Factor, Harold B. Franklin, George H. Hall,
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Pacent, R. V. Parsons, Arch Reeve.
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PRESIDENT
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wood, Fred Stone, Robert Strange, Anne Suther-
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Folsey, Jr., New York.
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color. Frank B. Good, Warners; King D. Gray,
Thunder Bay Film; Jack Greenhalgh, FBO; Rene
Guissart, Elstree Studios, England; Ernest Haller,
First National; Charles W. Herbert, Fox Movie-
tone, New York; Percy Hilburn, MGM; Pliny
Home, William C. Hyer, Educational; Dr. Floyd
Jackman, First National Bank Bldg., Hollywood;
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Fischer, Otto A. Harbach, Charles K. Harris,
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tave Schirmer, Frederick Martens, George Max-
well, Jack Mills, John Philip Sousa, Oley Speaks,
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Alicoate, The Film Daily, 1650 Broadway;
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tising Company 220 West 42nd Street; lav D.
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Broadway; George F. Cattcrmole, Fox. 850 Tenth
Avenue; C. F. Chandler, 730 Fifth Avenue;
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Building; Harry I. Cohen, 562 Colonial Avenue.
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lcy Publication. 1790 Broadway, 25 Weit 43rd
Street; Glenn C. Cravath, 1431 158th Street,
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Orphcum Corporation, 1560 Broadway; F. A. A.
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son, RKO Productions, Inc.. 1560 Broadway;
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Newark Street. Newark, N. J.
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way; G. De Grandcourt, National Screen Service,
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tional, J2I West 44th Street; Arthur Dickson,
M. P. Mullcr Company, 220 West 42nd Street;
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J Dunphy. Western Newspaper Union. 310 East
45th St.; Walter F Ebcrhardt. Western Electric
Co.. 50 Church Street; Arthur W. Eddy, The
Film Daily. 16S0 Broadway; Frederic D. Eichorn,
134 Mosholu Parkway; S. Charles Einfcld, War-
ner-First National, 321 West 44th Street.
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Broadway; William B. Ferguson, MOM, 1540
Broadway; Joseph G. Fine, Fox, 850 Tenth
Avenue; Edward Finney, 5 56 West 140th Street;
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Street Playhouse, 154 West 55th Street.
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St.; Ralph Lund, Universal Pictures Corp., 730
Fifth Avenue; Lou Lusty, 3936 Buena Park
Drive, North Hollywood, Cal.
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Building; Fred J. McConnell, 50 Circuit Road.
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Boulevard.
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Daily Review. 25 West 43rd Street; Rutgers
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Broadway.
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Broadway; G. R. O'Neill, Pathe Exchange, Ins ,
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Exchange, Inc., 35 West 45th Street; Michael
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sociation, 1650 Broadway; S. D. Palmer, Para-
mount-Publix, Paramount Building.
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Perkins, 260 Seaman Avenue, New York; C. C.
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lips, 12 West 46th St.; Frank T. Pope. 2150
Beachwood Drive, Hollywood, Cal.; James R.
Quirk, Photoplay Magazine, 221 West 57th
Street.
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Rawson, First National Pictures. 321 West 44th
Street; Harry Reichcnbach. Strauss Building, 46th
Street and Fifth Avenue; Harry J. Rice, Keith-
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Kcith-Orpheum, Proctor s Theatre, Albany,
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Avenue; Louis Rydell, Variety, 154 West 46th
Street; Jack Savage, Tiffany Productions, 729
Seventh Avenue; Fred Schaefer, United Artists
Corporation, 729 Seventh Avenue; Edgar Schoen-
berg, 140 West 69th Street; Clarence Schotten-
fels, Fawcett Publications, 52 Vanderbilt Avenue.
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Selig, 620 West 141st Street; Benjamin Berko-
wich, Publix Theatres Corporation, Paramount
Building; Sam Sham, c/o Variety, 154 West 46th
Street; Irvin Shapiro, Affiliated European Pro-
ducers, Inc., 729 Seventh Avenue.
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Western Avenue, Hollywood; Al Sherman, Morn-
ing Telegraph, Eighth Avenue and 50th Street,
New York; Ernest Shipman, c/o Canadian Club,
Pershing Square; Milton Silver, 43-06 46th
Street, Long Island City, N. Y.; Sid Silverman,
Variety, 154 West 46th Street.
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Broadway; Earl H. Smith, Fox Film Corp, 850
Tenth Avenue; Louis W. Smith, Stillwell Thea-
tre, 2402 86th Street; Martin J. Starr, 729
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City, Mo.
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Street; P. L. Thomson, Western Electric Co.,
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versal City, Cal.; Gordon White, Educational
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Building. New York; Charles Zenker. Prospect
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Association of Motion Picture
Producers, Inc.
5504 Hollywood Boulevard
Phone Gladstone 61 J 1
Hollywood
I'RISIDENT
Louis B. Mayer
VICE PRESIDENT
Wl N Fl ELD SllEEHAN
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
Jack L. Warner
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
Fred Beetson
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY
Mark Larkin
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AND STUDIO
RELATIONS
Col. Jason S. Joy
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AND
STUDIO RELATIONS
John V. Wilson
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
Mrs. Thomas G. Winter
MEMBERS
Christie Film Company, 6625 Romaine Street,
Hollywood.
Cecil B. DcMillc Productions, Inc., Culver City,
Cal.
Columbia Pictures Corporation, 438 Tower Street,
Hollywood.
Educational Studios. Inc., 7250 Santa Monica.
Boulevard, Hollywood.
First : National Productions Corporation, Burbank,
Fox Film Corporation, Sunset and Western Avenue,,
Hollywood.
Samuel Goldwyn, Inc., 7210 Santa Monica Boule-
vard, Hollywood.
Harold Lloyd Corporation. 1040 Las Palmas.
Avenue, Hollywood.
Mctro-Goldwyn-Maycr Corporation, Culver City,
Cal.
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation, 545 1 Mara-
thon Street, Hollywood.
Pathe Exchange, Inc., 6600 Washington Boulevard,.
Culver City, Cal.
RKO Studios, Inc.. 780 Gowcr Street, Hollywood.
Hal Roach Studios, Inc., Culver City, Cal.
Mack Sennett, Inc., 4204 Radford Street, North.
Hollywood.
United Artists Studio Corporation, 1041 North
Formosa Avenue, Hollywood.
Universal Pictures Corporation, Universal City,.
Cal.
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc., 5842 Sunset Boule-
vard, Hollywood.
Margaret
Ettinger
PUBLICITY
Hollywood, California
George W. Weeks
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Authors' Guild of the Authors' League
of America, The
2 East 2hd Street
Phone: Algonquin 1308
Cable. ■ Autholeag
New Yor\ City
PRESIDENT
James Hopper
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Wadsworth Camp, William G. Shepherd, Booth
Tarkington .
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
LuiSE SlLLCOX
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Ivan Von Auw, Jr.
COUNSEL
William Hamilton Osborne
COUNCIL
George Ade, Robert Gordon Anderson, Katharine
Anthony, Herbert Asbury, Gertrude Atherton,
Rex Beach, Helen Christine Bennett, Martha
Bensley Brucre, Katherine Brush, Wadsworth
Camp, Richard Washburn Child, Irvin S. Cobb,
George Creel, Chester Crowell, Elmer Davis,
R. L. Duffus, Phyllis Duganne, John Erskine,
Arthur Guiterman, James Hopper, Inez Haynes
Irwin, Will Irwin, Nunnally Johnson, Clarence
Budington Kelland, Vernon Kellogg, Ring Lard-
ner, Fanny Heaslip Lea, Mary Margaret McBride,
Edgar Lee Masters, Edmund Pearson, Louise
Saunders Perkins, William G. Shepherd, Boyden
Sparks, Juliet Wilbur Tompkins, F. F. Van De
Water, Virginia T. Van De Water, Roger B.
Whitman, Margaret Widdemer, A. E. Wiggam,
Thyra Samter Winslow.
Authors' League of America, The
2 East 23rd Street
Phone: Algonquin 1308
Cable: Autholeag
Hew Yor\ City
PRESIDENT
Arthur Richman
VICE-PRESIDENT
Inez Havnes Irwin
HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS
Charles E. Chambers, Alfred A. Cohn, Rupert
Hughes, Will Irwin, George Middleton, R. F.
Schabelitz.
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
LuiSE SlLCOX
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Ivan Von Auw, Jr.
COUNSEL
William Hamilton Osborne
COUNCIL , , ,
George Marr Baker, C. Le Roy Baldridge, Jerome
Beatty, Paul Bern, Carl Brandt, Eugene Buck,
Ellis Parker Butler, Wadsworth Camp, Grant
Carpenter, Alfred A. Cohn, Marc Connelly,
F. G. Cooper, W. Scott Darling, Owen Davis,
James Forbes, John R. Gregg, Howard Green,
Brian Hooker, Rupert Hughes, Will Irwin,
George Kelly, Frances Parkinson Keyes, Alice
Duer Miller, Anita Parkhurst, Clara Elsene
Peck, Albert T. Reid, David Robinson, Alice
Rohe, Sigmund Romberg, R. F. Schabelitz, Wil-
liam G. Shepherd, Robert E. Sherwood, Viola
Brothers Shore, Vernon Smith, Boyden Sparkes,
Walter D. Teague, A. E. Thomas, Juliet Wilbur
Thompkins, F. F. Van de Water, Edward A.
Wilson.
The Breakfast Club
Club House
3213 Riverside Drive
Phone: Olympia 1320-3807
Los Angeles
PRESIDENT
Maurice De Mond
PAST PRESIDENT
Dr. R. B. von KleinSmid
VICE-PRESIDENTS
James Woods. Dr. W. W. Beckett, Joseph M.
Schenck, Wm. Thos. Kester, Fred E. Keeler.
TREASURER
John Bovce-Smith
SECRETARY
Dr. Loren Duncan Hollincsworth
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Leo Freund
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Peter F. Flemino
DIRECTORS
Edward L. Dohpny, Gilbert H. Bp.esemver, G.
Elmer Moreland, R. C. H. Rupp.
CHAPLAIN
Dr. Bruce R. Baxter
COMMITTEES
Charities: Col. William Eric Fowler, Dr. W.
Curtis Brigham, Fred H. Cozzens, R. Lee Heath.
Athletics: Robert S. Weaver.
Reception: Arthur W. Drummett, John E.
Bauer, Fletcher Ford, A. A. Anderson, F. W.
Gollum, Ray S. Webster.
Auditions: Edwin Lester.
Art: A. Muller-Ury, director; Fred E. Keeler.
SOCIAL SECRETARY
Nan C. Morris
PROGRAM AND PUBLICITY
Harold B. Link
Catholic Motion Picture Guild of
America
818 Ta/t Building
Phone: Granite 2251
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
James Ryan
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Johnny Hines
John J. Gain
C. E. Sullivan
James Gleason
TREASURER
May McAvoy
CHAPLAIN
Reverend Michael J. Mullins
CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES
June Collyer
Ina Mae Merrill
Leo McCarey
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
James Ryan, chairman, Johnny Hines, John J. Gain,
C. E. Sullivan, John W. Considine, Jr., Jack
Coogan, Sr., Winfield Sheehan, James J. Dunn,
Joseph P. Kennedy, Edward Mannix, James
Gleason.
ADVISORY BOARD
William K. Howard, chairman, C. C. Burr, Nancy
Carroll, John Ford, Robert McGowan, Sam Tay-
lor, Neil Hamilton, John McCormack, George
Cooper.
ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE
Robert Emmett O'Connor, chairman, Eddie Al-
bright, Walter Wills, Harry Tierney, Pat
O'Malley.
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
Erie Hampton, chairman, Bert Ennis, Frances
Scully, Joseph Shea.
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Frankie Dolan, chairman. Patsy O'Byrne, Erich
Von Stroheim, Sarah Padden, Maureen O'Sul-
livan.
Catholic Writers' Guild
128 West 7 1st Street
Phone: Endicott 041 1
Hew Yor\ City
PRESIDENT
James J. Walsh, M. D.
HONORARY PRESIDENT
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
VICE-PRESIDENT
R. Dana Skinner
SECRETARY
Thomas C. Quinn
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
John J. Foley
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
Mrs. Mary E. F. Meighan
TREASURER
Charles Campbell
SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR
Reverend John B. Kelly
Central Casting Corporation
5504 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
Fred W. Beetson
VICE-PRESIDENT
William R. Fraser
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
Irving G. Thalberg
TREASURER
Sol Wurtzel
GENERAL MANAGER
Dave Allen
DIRECTOR OF DIVISION OF WOMEN AND
CHILDREN
Marian L. Mel
DIRECTORS
Fred W. Beetson, William R. Fraser, Irving G.
Thalberg, Joseph M. Schcncy, Sol Wurtzel, Carl
Lacmmlc, Jr., J. L. Warner.
Film Players' Club, Inc.
161 West 44th Street
Phone: Medallion 8422
Hew Tori; City
President
Theresa Malloy
VICE-PRESIDENT
Rose Feltman
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Nellie Ranson
TREASURER
Theresa Klee
RECORDING SECRETARY
Mabel Dorbandt
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Christine Seals, Billie McManus, Alida Stanley,
Carl De Mel, Oscar Jackson, Clifford Mack.
BUSINESS MANAGER
Thomas McIntyre
Friars, The
110 West 48th Street
Phone: Bryant 9400
Cable: Monastery. Hew Torlj
Hew Yor\ City
ABBOT
George M. Cohan
DEAN
I. H. Herk
PRIOR
Wallace Munro
SECRETARY
Wm. Degen Weinberger
TREASURER
Paul Henkel
ATTORNEY
Samuel Schwartzman
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Lionel Atwill, Jay C. Flippen, Fred T. Hegeman,
Harry Hershfield, Dr. John J. Jaffin, Joe Laurie,
Jr., Louis Mansbach, Ben Piermont, Julius C.
Rosenthal, Ira Streusand.
Hi-Hatters, The
CHIEF HI-HATTER
Mel Riddle, Loew's State Theatre Building
ASSISTANT CHIEF HI-HATTER
Oliver B. Garver, 6605 Hollywood Boulevard
DIRECTOR
Harry Hammond Beall, 6605 Hollywood Boule-
vard
TREASURER
Hal Baetz, Egyptian theatre, Hollywood
SECRETARY
R. M. Finch, 6605 Hollywood Boulevard
DIRECTORS
Harry Hammond Beall, Hal Baetz, Mel Riddle,
Oliver B. Garver, R. M. Finch.
Hollywood Bowl Association, Inc.
7046 Hollywood Boulevard
Phone: Gladstone 5064
Hollywood
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Allan C. Balch
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
E. N. Martin
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
C. E. Toberman
SECRETARY
Mrs. Burdette H. Chapman
TREASURER
M. F. Palmer
GENERAL CHAIRMAN
Allan C. Balch
BUSINESS MANAGER
Glenn M. Tindall
DIRECTORS
Allan C. Balch, David T. Babcock, Mrs. Josephine
P. Everett, E. N. Martin, Rev. Willsie Martin,
Mrs. Burdette H. Chapman, M. F. Palmer, C. E.
Toberman.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
M. F. Palmer, C. E. Toberman, David T. Babcock,
Mrs. Burdette H. Chapman.
International Educational Cinemato-
graphic Institute
League oj Nations
Via Lazzaro Spallanzani, 1
Rome, Italy
PRESIDENT
Hon. Prof. Alfredo Rocco, Italian Minister of
Justice
SECRETARY
Prof. Giorgio Oprescu
DIRECTOR
Dr. Luciano de Feo
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MEMBERS OF GOVERNING BODY
Dc Wiart H. Carton, State Minister, Hon. Prcsi-
dent of the Child Welfare Committee
Dr. Hans Curlis, Director of the Institute of Cul-
tural Research in Berlin. President of the Con-
federation of Cultural and Instructive Film Pro-
ducers
Jules Dcstree, former Minister, Member of the
Chamber of Deputies, Vice-president of the Inter-
national Committee of Intellectual Cooperation
Prof. Henry Pocillon, Member of the [. C. L C.
Prof at the University of Paris
G. T. H.mkin, Esq , H. M. I.. Board of Education
Dr. Vernon Kellogg, President of the National
Council of Research in the United States
Ragnar Knoph, Professor of Law at the University
of Oslo
Dr. Hugo Kruss, Director General of the Prussian
State Library in Berlin
Louis Lumierc, Member of the Institute of France
Carl E. Millikcn, Secretary of the Motion Picture
Producers if Distributors of America, Inc.
Prof. Gabncla Mistral
Prof. Inazo Nitobe, Senator, Member of the Impe-
rial Japanese Academy
Dr. R. P. Paranipye. former Minister of Instruc-
tion in Bombay, Member of the Council of the
Secretary of State for India
Prof. Gonzague dc Reynold, Member of the I. C.
I. C Prof, at the University of Berne
don Pedro Sangro y Ros de Olano, Marques dc
Guad-El-Jelu', Spanish Minister of Labour, Mem-
ber of the League of Nations Child Welfare
Committee
The Secretary General of the League of Nations,
The President of The International Agricultural
Institute, The Director of the International
Labour Office, The Director of the International
Institute of Intellectual Cooperation are present
at the meetings in an advisory capacity
International Federation of Catholic
Alumnae Motion Picture Bureau
CHAIRMAN
Mrs. Thomas A. McGoldrick, 294 Clinton
Avenue, Brooklyn.
SECRETARY
Mrs. Robert E. Griebe, 318 East 16th Street,
Brooklyn.
ASSISTANT CHAIRMAN
Mrs. James F. Looram, 40-3-1 Hampton Street,
Elmhurst, L. [.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Miss Susan T. Lyons, 16 East 96th Street, New
York.
International Review of Educational
Cinematography
Monthly publication oj the international Educa-
tional Cinematographic Institute
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Director, Dr. Luciano de Feo; secretary, Maria
Elena Apollonio; Pierre Berne de Chavannes, H.
Leigh Farnell, Giuseppe de Feo, Jose Maria
Gimcno, H Jordan.
International Photographer Magazine
J 605 Cahuenga Boulevard
Hollywood, Cal.
EDITOR
George Blaisdell
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Ira B. Hoke
TECHNICAL EDITORS
Lewis W. Physioc if Fred Westerberg
TREASURER
Charles P. Boyle
ART DIRECTOR
Corydo.n- Hill
International Photographers of the
Moving Picture Industries
(Local 659 IATSE)
Industries ("local 659 IATSE)
1605 \orth Cahuenga Boulevard
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
Alvin Wyckoff
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
Roy H. Klaffki
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
Ira MORGAN-
THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT
Archie Stout
RECORDING SECRETARY
Arthur Reeves
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
Ira B. Hoke
TREASURER
Charles P. Boyle
SERGEANT- AT- ARMS
Len Powers
BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE
Howard E. Hurd
BOARD OF EXECUTIVES
Alvin Wyckoff, Jackson Rose, Lyman Brocning, Ira
Hoke. Arthur Reeves. Roy H. Klalfki. Charles
Boyle, William Tuers, Faxon M. Dean, Paul P.
Perry, Guy Wilky, J. O. Taylor. Archie Stout.
Fred Archer. Reggie Lanning. Joe Johnson. Ralph
Yargcr. Jack Russell, Sol Polito.
Lambs Club. The
130 West 44th Street
Phone: Bryant 9-6020
SHEPHERD
A. O. Brown
BOY
Otto Krucer
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Percy Moore
RECORDING SECRETARY
James J. Ryan
TREASURER
R. L. Hagub
LIBRARIAN
Hal Forde
DIRECTORS
Joseph P. Bickerton, Jr., Peter J. Bradv. Gene
Buck, R. H. Burnsidc, Dr. A. H. Giannini, John
Golden, Arthur Hurley, Paul J. Lanning. Richie
Ling, D. F. McSweeney, Thomas Meighan,
Priestly Morrison, Roger Pryor, John P. Ryan,
Harry G. Sommcrs.
Masquers Club, The
1765 Syracuse Street
Hollywood, Cal.
HARLEQUIN
Mitchell Lewis
PIERROT
Lawrence Grant
PONCHINELLO
Donald Lee
CROESUS
Antonio Moreno
PANTALOON
John M. Sainpolis
READER
Edward Earle
J ESTER ATE
Harry J. Brown, Patrick J. Cooney, Dell Hender-
son, Sam Hardy, Eugene Pallcttc, Edward Slo-
man, Robert Armstrong, Melville Brown, Harvey
Clark, William Collier Jr., Albert Ray, Trem
Carr. Ernest Hilliard, Lee Moran, William
Walling.
Mayfair Club, The
2320 \orrh Highland
Hollywood, Cal.
PRESIDENT
WlNFlELD SHEEHAN
VICE-PRESIDENT
Conrad Nagtl
SECRETARY
Irving Thalberg
TREASURER
M. C. Levee
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Margaret Ettinger
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jack Warner, Sid Grauman. Harry Rapf, B. P.
Schulberg. Winficld Shechan. M. C. Levee, Con-
rad Nagel, Fred Niblo, Irving G. Thalberg.
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Charles Christie, Chairman; Richard Barthelmess,
Charles Chaplin, Harry Cohn.
Cecil B. DeMille, Douglas Fairbanks, George Fitz-
maurice, Samuel Goldwyn, John Gilbert, Will
H. Hays.
Carl Laemmle. Jesse Lasky, Harold Lloyd, Edwin J.
Loeb. Ernst Lubitsch, Louis B. Mayer.
Thomas Meighan, Antonio Moreno, Marshall
Neilan, Hal Roach, R. A. Rowland, Joseph
Schenck, King Vidor.
Motion Picture Club of New York
1560 Broadway
Phone. Bryant 9-7664
Hew Tor); City
PRESIDENT
Lee A. Ochs
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
Jack Alicoate m
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
James Ryan
TREASURER
Myron Robinson
SECRETARY
Paul Gulick
DIRECTORS
Serving First Year — L. Klcbanow, Sam Katz,
David Loew, Sam Stern, E. H. Goldstein, James
L. Ryan.
Serving Second Year — A. W. Stebbins, Lee A.
Ochs, H. Rcichenbach. Arthur W. Kelly. Moe
Mark. Al Lichtman.
Serving Third Year— Jack Alicoate. Emil C.
Jensen. Lee Marcus. E. A. Schiller. Jack Sha-
piro, Louis F. Blumenthal.
Motion Picture Directors Association
23} West 42nd Street
\ew Torl( City
PRESIDENT
Kenneth Webb
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
Sidney Alcott
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
Burton King
SECRETARY
William F. Haddock
TREASURER
J. Searle Dawlet
TRUSTEES
Ashley Miller, James Vincent
Motion Picture Location Managers
Association
Paramount Studio — 5451 Marathon Street
Phone Hollywood 2400
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
W. L. Guthrie
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
Lou Strohm
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
Herb Hirst
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
F. \V\ Harris
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
A. D. Schroder
Motion Picture Make-Up Artists
Association
1666 \orth Highland Avenue
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
Walter Rodgers
VICE-PRESIDENT
Max Feuerstein
SECRETARY
Vern Murdock
TREASURER
Georce Westmore
MEMBERS
C. Axzellc, J. Barker, M. Berns, J. Casey, H
DeMoore, C. Dudley. Bill Ely. Davis Factor.
P. Gastrock. Max Feuerstcin, K. Herlinger, H.
Herman, Cecil Holland.
D. Johnson, A. Jennings, S. Kaufman, G. Klum,
Otto Lederer, R. Lopez, S. McGee. A. McQuar-
rie, V. Murdock. D. Narr, W. Newman B
Phillips, F. Phillips, J. Pitcairn, J. Pierce, H.
Pringle, S. Polo.
W. Rodgers. H. Roman, F. Ryle, Al. Senator. B.
Stephanoff, H. Sutch. J. Wallace, E. Westmore,
G. Westmore, M. Westmore, P. Westmore W
Westmore. F. Walker. H. Wolfinger.
Garland Briden, Joseph Bonner. Jack Dawn. Maison
Caesar. Bert Hadley, Jack Lloyd, Anthony Kar-
nagle. Roy Laidlow, Armand Triller, Guy Pierce.
Ray Romero.
Motion Picture Producers and Distrib-
utors of America, Inc.
28 West 44th Street
Phone: Bryant 9-4000
\ew Tor\ City
PRESIDENT
Wili H. Hays
SECRETARY
Carl E. Milliken
TREASURER
Frederick L. Herron
ASSISTANT TREASURER
George Borthwick
ROSTER OF MEMBERSHIP
Bray Productions, Inc., The
Caddo Company, Inc., The
Christie Film Company
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Cecil B. de Mille Pictures Corporation
Eastman Kodak Company
Educational Film Exchanges, Inc.
Electrical Reseaich Products, Inc.
First National Pictures, Inc.
Fox Film Corporation
D. W. Griffith, Inc.
Inspiration Pictures, Inc.
Kinogram Publishing Corporation
Metro-Goldwyn-Maycr Distributing Corporation
Paramount Pub^x Corporation
Pathe Exchange. Inc.
Principal Pictures Corporation
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RCA Photophone, Inc.
RKO Distributing Corporation
Hal Roach Studios, Inc.
Sono Art Productions, Inc.
United Artists Corporation
Vitagraph, Inc.
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc.
Motion Picture Relief Fund of
America, Inc.
6001 Santa Monica Boulevard
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
Jack L. Warner
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
Nicholas J. Schenck
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
Mary Pickford
THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT
W ill H. Hays
FOURTH VICE-PRESIDENT
Conrad Nagel
TREASURER
M. C. Levee
SECRETARY
A. W. Stockman
BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Term Expiring 1931
John W. Considine, Jr., Hallam Cooley, Marion
Davies, Cecil B. de Mille.
William Fox, William R. Hearst, Carl Laemmle,
Mae Murray, Joseph M. Schenck, Rod La
Rocque.
"BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Term Expiring 1932
Chas. H. Christie, Donald Crisp, Louise Dresser,
Douglas Fairbanks, Jean Hcrsholt, Sol Lesser,
Mitchell Lewis, Louis B. Mayer, Ewell D.
Moore, Fred Niblo, Frank E. Woods.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Term Expiring 1933
E. H. Allen, Fred W. Beetson, Charles Chaplin,
Ronald Colman, William S. Hart. Jesse L.
Lasky, Antonio Moreno, Winfield R. Sheehan,
Ernest Torrence, Jack L. Warner.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
Fred W. Beetson
VICE-CHAIRMAN
Frank E. Woods
;MEDICAL STAFF
Chief op Staff and Diagnosis
Paul B. Roen, M.D.
Internal Medicine
Roy F. Ruth, M.D.
Surgery
James Beg"s, M.D., T. Montrose Burrows,
M.D.. Foster K. Collins, M.D., Edward S.
Ruth, M.D.
Gynecology
Roy E. Fallas, M.D.
•Obstetrics
E. J. Krahulik, M.D.
Ear, Nose and Throat
Carl C. Cowin, M.D.
yWaIlace J. Miller, M.D.
•Urolocy
Carl F. Rusche, M.D.
Dermatology
L. F. X. Wilhelm, M.D.
Neurology
Arthur R. Timme, M.D.
National Board of Review and
Magazine
70 Fifth Avenue
Phone- Algonquin 8344
Hew Tor/( City
CHAIRMAN
Judge John R. Davies
TREASURER
Dr. Myron T. Scudder
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Wilton A. Barrett
■EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Prof. Leroy A. Bowman, Judge John R. Davies, Dr.
Louis I. Harris, Frederick C. Howe, Dr. George
W. Kirchwey, Dr. Walter W. Pettit, Mrs.
Miriam Sutro Price, Dr. Myron T. Scudder, Dr.
Albert T. Shiels, Dr. William B. Tower, George
J. Zchrung.
MANAGING EDITOR
Bettina Gunczy
•EDITORIAL STAFF
Wilton A. Barrett
James Shelley Hamilton
Frances C. Barrett
Press Photographers Association of
New York
P. O. Box 198. City Hall Station
Meeting Room, Motel Hew Yorker
- Hew fork. City
'PRESIDENT
Martin J. McEvilly
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
William F. Warnecke
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
Ralph Morgan
TREASURER
Victor Twyman
SECRETARY
William C Greene
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Charles Hopf
MARSHAL
Jack Mac Millan
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Philip Levine, Edward McKevitt, Eugene Cugnet,
William Hoff, William Zerbe, Richard Rose.
Screen Writers' Guild of the Authors'
League of America
6700 Sunset Boulevard
Phone Holly 7145-46
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
Alfred A. Cohn
VICE-PRESIDENT
Viola Brothers Shore
TREASURER
W. Scott Darling
SECRETARY
Ewart Anderson
DIRECTORS
Paul Bern. Homer Croy, Tom Geraghty, Bradley
King, Howard Green, Edward Montagne, Hum-
phrey Pearson.
Society of Motion Picture Engineers
33 West 4 2nd Street
Phone: Pennsylvania 6'0620
H£w TotI( City
PRESIDENT
J. I. Crabtree
PAST PRESIDENT
L. C. Porter
VICE-PRESIDENTS
W. C. Hubbard, K. C. D. Hickman
SECRETARY
J. H. KURLANDER
TREASURER
H. T. Cowlinc
PACIFIC COAST SECTION
Peter Mole, Chairman
G. F. Rackett, Secretary-Treasurer
CHICAGO SECTION
J. E. Jenkins, Chairman; 3333 Belmont Avenue,
Chicago
R. F. Mitchell, Secretary-Treasurer; 1801 Larch-
mount Avenue
Oscar P. Depue and Robert P. Burns, managers
NEW YORK SECTION
M. W. Palmer, Chairman
D. E. Hyndman, Secretary-Treasurer
M. C. Batsel and T. E. Shea
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
J. I. Crabtree, W. C. Hubbard, H. T. Cowling.
F. C. Badgley, W. C. Kunzmann, Donald Mac-
Kenzie, E. I. Sponable, Peter Mole, M. W.
Palmer, J. E. Jenkins,- L. C. Porter, K. C. D.
Hickman, J. H. Kurlander.
COMMITTEES 1930-1931
Color: W. V. D. Kellev, chairman; J. C. Brown.
J. G. Capstaff, F. E. Ives, H. W. Moyse, W. H.
Peck, A. Waddingham.
Convention: W. C. Kunzmann, chairman; W. C.
Hubbard, M. W. Palmer.
Historical: C. L. Gregory, chairman; E. W.
Adams. M. Crawford, 0. B. Depue, C. F. Jen-
kins, O. Nelson, G. E. Matthews, T. Ramsaye,
F. J Wilstach.
Membership and Subscription: H. T. Cowling,
chairman; J. Boyle, W. H. Carson, W. Clark,
L. W. Davee, B. Depue, C. D. Elms, R. Evans.
E. R. Geib, D. Hyndman, J. Klenke, W. C.
Kunzmann, K. F. Morgan, N. Oakley, C. N.
Rcifsteck, I. Roseman, M. Ruot, E. C. Schmitz,
H. Sintzenich, J. W. Smith, F. W. Strenge.
Papers: O. M. Glunt, chairman; J. A. Ball, C.
Dreher, E. W. Engstrom, A. C. Hardy, L. A.
Jones, N. M. La Porte. D. McNicol, P. Mole,
T. E. Shea, S. S. A. Watkins.
Progress: G. E. Matthews, chairman; M. Abribat,
Wr Clark. A. A. Cook, C. Dreher, R. E. Farn-
ham, H. B. Franklin, 1. G. Fraync, E. R. Geib,
A. C. Hardy, R. C. Hubbard. F. S. Irby.
M. W. Palmer, G. F. Rackett. M. Ruot, P. von
Schrott. H. Sintzenich, S. K. Wolf.
Projection Practice: H. Rubin, chairman; T.
Barrows. S. Glauber, J. H. Goldberg. C. Greene,
H. Griffin. J. Hopkins. R. H. McCullough,
P. A. McGuirc, R. Miehling, F. H. Richardson,
M. Ruben, H. B. Santee.
Projection Screens: S. K. Wolf, chairman; D. S.
Dc'Amicis, F. Falge, H. Griffin. W. F. Little,
A. L. Raven, W. B. Rayton, C. Tuttle, D. F.
Whiting.
Projection Theory: W. B. Rayton, chairman;
F. A. Benford, H. P. Gage, H. Griffin, A. J.
Holman, J. F. Leventhai, W. F. Little, C. Tuttle.
Publicity: W. Whitmore, chairman; F. C. Badgley,
B. W. Depue, G. E. Matthews, G. F. Rackett.
Sound: H. B. Santee, chairman; M. C. Batsel.
P. H. Evans, R. C. Hubbatd, N. M. La Porte,
W. C. Miller, H. C. Silent, R. V. Terry.
Standards and Nomenclature: A. C. Hardy,
chairman; J. C. Aalberg, M. C. Batsel, W. H.
Carson. L. E. Clark, P. H. Evans, L. DeForest,
J. A. Dubray, R. E. Farnham, H. Griffin, R. C.
Hubbard, L. A. Jones, N. M. La Porte, G. A.
Mitchell, G. F. Rackett, W. B. Rayton. V. B.
Sease, T. E. Shea, J. L. Spence, E. I. Sponable,
L. T. Troland.
Studio Lighting: M. W. Palmer, chairman; R. E.
Farnham, C. W. Handley, K. C. D. Hickman,
J. H. Kurlander, E. C. Richardson.
JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF MOTION
PICTURE ENGINEERS
EDITOR
Sylvan Harris
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
R. E. Farnham, O. M. Glunt, C. E. K. Mees,
W. B. Rayton, P. E. Sabine, E. I. Sponable,
L. T. Troland.
PACIFIC COAST SECTION
D. Mackenzie, Chairman
E. Huse, Secretary
L. E. Clark, Treasurer
G. Mitchell and H. C. Silent, Managers
Studio Electricians Local 40
7S 77 '/2 Santa Monica Boulevard
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
J. P. RlPTON
TREASURER
H. P. McCoy
RECORDING SECRETARY AND BUSINESS
REPRESENTATIVE
W. A. Kelly
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
E. G. Counter
Studio Mechanics Alliance
81 1 1 Santa Monica Boulevard
Hollywood
BUSINESS AGENT
Lew C. G. Blix
ASSISTANT BUSINESS AGENT and RECORDING
SECRETARY
Guy H. Cooper
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
Ray Morris
233 Club
6735 Yucca (At McCadden)
Phones Gl. 6233. Ho. 9233
Hollywood, Cal.
PRESIDENT
Harry H. Zehner,
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
John LeRoy Johnston
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Charles Crockett, Jean Hersholt, Charles E.
Toberman
RECORDING SECRETARY
Abraham S. Goldman
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Morris Resch
TREASURER
Otto K. Olesen
MANAGER
Georce T. Gilroy
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Rex B. Goodcell, Chairman; Colonel Harry M
Baine, Louis William Chaudet, Charles Eng.
William J. Fleckenstcin, Jacob S. Fogel, J. j.
Franklin, Marco H. Hellman, John J. Lawlor,
Samuel Kress, W. H. Lollier, Russel M. Simp-
son, Clifford S. Smith, James Watkins.
Western Association Motion Picture
Advertisers — Wampas
c/o Secretary. GoIdu>vn Productions
6700 Sunset Boulevard
Phone: Granite 5/11
Hollywood. Cal.
PRESIDENT
Jon Sherman
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
H. F. Arnold
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
Joseph Steele
SECRETARY
Geo. B. Brown
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TREASURER
Pall A. Sncll
SERGEANT- AT ARMS
Roland G. McCurdy
DIRECTORS
Harry Hammond Beall. Tom Bailey, Hilt Howe,
Mark Larkin. Arthur Zellner, Russell Phelps,
Neville Reay, Jr., Gee. Thomas.
MEMBERS
H. F. Arnold, 7210 Santa Monica Boulevard: Hall
Bactz, 1606 N. Highland Avenue: Tom Bailev,
Paramount Studios: H. Hammond Beall. 660?
Hollywood Boulevard: Fred Beetson, 5504 Holly-
wood Boulevard: \\'m. Bloechcr, Warner Brothers
Studios: M. Stuart Boylan. Fox Studios: Harry
Brand. Fox Studios: Geo. Barr Brown, Warner
Brothers Studios: Robt. F. Burkhardt, Fox Stu-
dios (Wcstwood Hills).
Cecil E. Carle, Paramount Studios: Glen ChafEn.
10516 Troom Avenue, Palms: Jay Chapman,
RKO Studio: Ray Coffin, 6607 Sunset Boule-
vard; Sam W. B. Cohn, 719 Taft building;
Robert Collier. 1609 West Washington Street;
Charles Condon, 155? Fuller Avenue; "Scoop"
Conlon, 1859 Taft building.
Hyatt Daab. RKO. 1560 Broadway. New York
City; Chas. Dawson. 522 South Seville. Hunt-
ington Park; G. L. Dillon, 1245 Vine Street;
Bob Doman. Criterion theatre, Los Angeles; Al-
bert Dorris, 1060 North Genesee Street; R. A.
Donaldson, Warner Brothers Studios; Pat Dow-
Iing, Christie, 6625 Romaine Street; Tom Englcr,
Box 715, Hollywood; Dave A. Epstein, 6404
Sunset Boulevard; James Fidler. 1606 Cahuenga
Boulevard; R. M. Finch. 6605 Hollywood Boule-
vard: Harry Friedman. First National Studios.
Will Genti. 6777 Hollywood Boulevard; Phil Gers-
dorf, Pathe Studios. Culver City; Oliver Garver.
6605 Hollywood Boulevard; Lewis D. Garvey,
Fox Studios; Louis Golden. Warfield theatre. San
Francisco; Foster Goss, RKO Studios; Carroll
Graham. 2062 North Vine Street; Garrett Gra-
ham, 2062 North Vine Street; Cliff Greenman.
275 Acacia Street. Pasadena.
Arthur Hagerman, Grand Central Air Port. Glen-
dale; Fred Hamlin. Pub. Director Publix Theatres,
Salt Lake City, Utah; Erie Hampton. Pathe Stu-
dios. Culver City; Lance Heath. Pathe Studios.
Culver City; Wilson B. Heller. Tec-Art Studios.
5560 Melrose Avenue.
Bill Henry. RKO Studios; Jack Hill. 601 North
Rossmore Avenue; Chas. Hertzman, Lamb's
Club. New York City; Ed. G. Hitchcock, Broad-
way theatre, Portland. Oregon; Dave Hillm3n,
Loew s State theatre. Los Angeles; George Holl,
Fox Chinese theatre. Hollywood; Hal Home. 1505
North Vine Street; B. A. Holway. 150 East
Ontario Street. Chicago, 111.; Milt Howe, 6075
Franklin Avenue: Harold Hurley, Paramount Stu-
dios; Hal C. Howe, 64041/; Sunset Boulevard;
Barney Hutchinson, 215 South Van Ness Avenue.
Joe Jackson, 5S68 Tuxedo Terrace; Sam B. Jackson,
120 W. 41st Street, New York City; J. LeRoy
Johnston, Universal City and Studio; Carlisle L.
Jones. Warner Brothers Studios; Ray W. Jones,
Fox theatre. Seventh 3nd Olive Streets, Seattle;
Jason Joy, 5504 Hollywood Boulevard; Wm. E.
Keefc; Tec-Art Studios, 5 560 Melrose Avenue;
Barrett Kicsling. MGM Studios. Culver City;
Ernest Klien, Christie, 6325 Romaine Street;
Chas. Kurtzman. United Artists theatre.
George Landy: Mark Larkin, 6404 Sunset Boule-
vard; Jeff Lazarus, Fox Studios; Ray Leek, 726
Cahuenga Boulevard; C. A. Locan. MGM Stu-
dios, Culver City; James Loughborough, 818
North Alta Vista.
Norman Manning. Roosevelt Hotel; Lou Maran-
gclla. 25273/< Beachwood Drive; Ben Markson,
Fox Studios; Tony Martin. 1000 South Los An-
geles Street; Howard McBnde, Universal. 221
Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco; F. J Mc-
Connell. Metropolitan Studios; Fred McClellan.
6658 Cahuenga Terrace; Roland McCurdy. 206
Broadway Arcade building; John P. Miles. United
Artists Studios; Roy Miller.
Wm. Newberry. MGM Studios, Culver City; Jack
Neville, Columbia Studio, 1458 N. Gower Street;
Edward Olmstead, Paramount theatre: Jackson
Parks, 7221 Clinton Avenue; E. A. Patterson,
1419'/. Second Avenue: Neill H. Pierce. 214
Eighth Avenue. West Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
Ed Perkins, 1225 Loew's State Theatre building;
Francis Perrctt, 1101 Rimpau Boulevard; Russell
Phelps, United Artists Studios; Joseph B. Polon-
sky, MGM Studios, Culver City, Cal.; Clem
Pope, Clemmer theatre. Spokane. Washington;
Jack Proctor, Universal Studio and City.
Lincoln Quarbcrg, Metropolitan Studios (Caddo);
John W. Rankin, Rialto theatre. Butte, Montana;
Neville Reay, Universal Studios; Joe Reddv,
Metropolitan Studios (Lloyd); Tom Reed, 1 10
North Clybornc Avenue. Burbank; Mel Riddle.
Loews State theatre; Arch Reeve, Paramount
Studios.
Thos. A. Sanson, 1609 West Washington Street;
Max Shane. United Artists theatre; Victor Sha-
piro, Fox Studies, Hollywood, California; Joe
Shea, Fox Studios; Joe Sherman. MGM Studios;
Adam Hull Shirk. 1427 North La Brea; Frank H
Simmons. Tiffany Productions Studio; Pete Smith.
MGM Studios; Paul A. Snell, Paramount Stu-
dios; Silas Edgar Snyder, 1222 Hollywood Guar*
amy building; Fred Stanley. 5701 West Ninth
Street: Joe Steele, First National Studios; Ivan
St. Johns, Universal Studios; Howard Strickling,
MGM Studios, Culver City; Perk Swope, Holly-
wood theatre.
Dan Thomas, Los Angeles Record; Ed Thomas.
1525 South Bond Street; George Thomas, First
National Studios, Culver City; E. O. Van Pelt,
5125 Curts Avenue, Culver City: Hubert Voight,
First National Studio, Burbank, California.
Harold B. Wallis. First National Studio; Larry
Weingarten. MGM Studios, Culver City; Arthur
Wenzel. 417 South Rampart Avenue; Chas. West.
First National Studios:- Al Wilkie. Hollywood
Athletic Club; Harry Wilson. United Artists Stu-
dios; Frank Whitbeck. 1609 W. Washington, Los
Angeles; Earl W. Wingert, Paramount Studios,
Astoria, Long Island; H. B. Wright, Loew's Stare
theatre; Wm. H. Wright. Paramount Studios; R.
W. Yost. Fox Studios; Arthur J. Zellner. United
Artists Studios.
Life Member — G. L. Dillon. 1245 N. Vine Street,
Hollywood, California.
Associate Members
Alvin J Asher. 550 South Manhattan Place; H I
Brown; William Conselman. 4906 Lockhaven; Ray
Davidson, Western Pacific building; Milton Feld,
Publix, 1501 Broadway, New York City; Gregory
Com, Los Angeles Examiner; Joe Hubell. Los
Angeles Examiner; Monroe Lathrop, Los Angeles
Evening Express; Kenneth McGafTey. 5906 Carl-
ton Way; Nellie Revelle. 6811 Hollywood Boule-
vard: Fred Robertson. 1 522 Reid Street; F. H.
Schadcr. New York City; E. K. Scott. 522 North
Orlando Street: Hunt Stromberg. MGM Studios,
Culver City; Dan Thomas, Los Angeles Record,
Los Angeles; Chet Vanderlip. Bank of Italy.
Hollywood Branch, Hollywood; Ernest Van Pelt,
5125 Curts Avenue, Culver City; Dr. H. B. K.
Willis. Guaranty building. Hollywood Boulevard
at Ivar.
Honorary Members
Dr. C. W. Cook. W. P. Story building; Maurice
DeMond. Breakfast Club; Sid Grauman; Will H
Hays. 469 Fifth Avenue, New York City; Chas.
B. Hazlehurst, W. P. Story building; Ray Leek.
726 Cahuenga Boulevard; John McCormick, 81
Malibu Road, Pac. Palisades, California; Dan J,
O'Brien. Chief of Police. San Francisco: Mary
Pickford. United Artists Studio. Hollywood, Cali-
fornia: Joseph M. Schenck, United Artists Stu-
dios; James Walker, Mayor of New York City.
CHAPLAIN
Rev. Neal Dodd, 4510 Finley Avenue. Los An-
geles 01.6224
ATTORNEY
Charles B. Hazelhurst, W. P. Story Bldg.. Los
Angeles, Tr. 5 591
Address all Wampas communications to Geo. B.
Brown. Secretary, Warner Bros. Studios, Holly-
wood, Cal. Telephone Hollywood 4181.
V. A. Bonesteel. Assistant Secretary and Treasurer.
United Studios, Inc., 5555 Milrose Avenue, Los
Angeles, Cal. Telephone Hollywood 4080.
Writers, The
6700 Sunset Boulevard
Phone Holly 7145-46
Hollywood. Cal.
PRESIDENT
Rupert Hughes
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
E. Percy Heath
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
Clara Berancer
TREASURER
John Jasper
SECRETARY
Jefferson Moppitt
DIRECTORS
Harry Brand. Alfred Cohn. Madeline Brandies.
Charles Dillon, John Fish Goodrich, Mary O'Con-
nor, Arch Reeve. Joseph Sherman. Martin Jus-
tice, Waldemar Young.
BIRTHPLACES OF STARS
Alabama
Bankhead, Tallulah, Huntsville.
Brown, Johnny Mack, Dothan.
Claire. Ethalyn, Talladega.
Elder. Ruth, Anniston.
Fowler, Almeda, Florence.
Francisco, Betty, Little Rock.
Jotzelle, Mt. Pleasant.
Sebastian, Dorothy. Birmingham.
Walthall, Henry B., Shelby City.
Arizona
Brinlev, Charles E., Yuma.
Cooper, Edna Mae. Prescott.
Corbin, Virginia Lee. Prescott.
Devise, Andy. Flagstaff.
Hughes. Lloyd, Bisbee.
Stevens, Charles, Solomansville.
Arkansas
Farley, James, Waldron.
Howard, Gertrude, Hot Springs.
Lewis. Mary, Hot Springs.
Natheaux, Louis, Pine Bluff.
Shannon. Peggy, Pine Bluff.
Templeton, Fay, Little Rock.
California
Adair, Robert. San Francisco.
Adrian, Iris, Los Angeles.
At ns worth, Cupid, San Jose.
Alian. Hugh, Oakland.
Bakewell. William. Hollywood.
Barrie, Judith, Sacramento.
Basquette, Lina, San Mateo.
Beard, Mathew, Los Angeles.
Bennett, Joseph, Los Angeles.
"Big Boy" Malcolm Sebastian, Hollywood.
Blythe, Betty, Los Angeles.
Boland, Eddie, San Francisco.
Boteler, Wade, Santa Ana.
Breeden, John, San Francisco.
Caldwell, Betty, Los Angeles.
Carlyle, Aileen, San Francisco.
Catlett, Walter, San Francisco.
Cecil, Edward, San Francisco.
Chevret, Lita, Oakland.
Claire, Bernice, Oakland.
Coleman, Bruce, Cutler.
Condon, Jackie, Los Angeles.
Conklin, Heine, San Francisco.
Coogan, Jackie, Los Angeles.
Coole, Al, Los Angeles.
Cooper, Jackie, Los Angeles.
Crocker, Harry, San Francisco.
Cromwell, Richard. Los Angeles.
Cunning. Patrick Michael, Santa Clara.
D'Arcy, Roy. San Francisco.
Darling. Jean, Santa Monica.
Darr, Vondell, Los Angeles.
Daves, Delmar, San Francisco.
Davis, Edwards, Sant?. Clara.
De Borba, Dorothy. Los Angeles.
De Ruiz, Nick F., Santa Barbara.
Dee. Frances, Los Angeles.
Dent, Vernon, San Jose.
Dorety, Charles, San Francisco.
Duncan, Rosetta. Los Angeles.
Duncan, Vivian. Los Angeles.
Duran. David. Los Angeles.
Ellis. Diane, Los Anaeles.
Erwin, Stuart, Squaw Valley. Fresno County.
Eugene, William. San Francisco.
Fay, Frank, San Francisco.
Ferry, Minna, San Francisco.
Frederick, Freddie Burke, San Francisco.
Fuller, Dale, Santa Ana.
Gallagher, Raymond. San Francisco.
George. Maude, Riverside.
Getchell, Sumner (Gudcie), Oakland.
Giraci, Mae, Los Angeles.
Gleason, Lucille Webster, Pasadena.
Goodall, Grace, San Francisco.
Gray, Lawrence. San Francisco.
Hamilton, Lloyd V., Oakland.
Henry, Gale, Bear Valley.
Herring, Aggie, San Francisco.
Hewston, Alfred, San Francisco.
Holmes, Leon, San Francisco.
Hurst. Paul.
Jackson, M\ry Ann. Los Angeles.
Jamieson. Bud, Vallejo.
Karns, Roscoe, San Bernardino.
Kennedy, Edgar, Monterey County.
Kingston, Natalie, Sonoma.
Kornman, Mary , Hollywood.
La Verne, Jane, Redlands.
Lee. Davey, Los Angeles.
Lee. Dorothy, Los Angeles.
Leonard, Barbara, San Francisco.
Lorraine, Louis, San Francisco.
Lowe, Edmund, San Jose.
Lubin, Arthur, Los Angeles.
Madden, James, Los Angeles.
Mahoney, Wilkie, San Miguel.
Marsh , Joan, Porterville.
MacQuarrie, Murdock, San Francisco.
Marion. George, San Francisco.
Marshall. Tully, Nevada City.
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Martin, Duke, San Francisco.
McAllister, Mary, Los Angeles.
McCrea, Joel, Los Angeles.
McCullouch, Philo, San Bernardino.
McDonald, Jack, San Francisco.
McLaughlin, Myrtle, San Francisco.
McQuarrie, Albert, San Francisco.
Messinger, Buddy, San Francisco.
Mooers, De Sacia, Allesandro, Mojave Desert.
Morante, Milburn, San Francisco.
Morton, Charles, Valleio.
Mylrs, Carmel, San Francisco.
Nelson, Bobby, Santa Monica.
Nelson, Sam, Whittier.
O'Brien, George, San Francisco.
O'Brien, Tom, San Diego.
O'Donnell, Spec, Fresno.
Olsen, Neslo, San Diego.
O'Neill, Jim "Tip," San Francisco.
Perry, Walter, San Francisco.
Phipps, Sally, San Francisco.
Princle, Aileen, San Francisco.
Rambeau, Marjorie, San Francisco.
Revier, Dorothy, San Francisco.
Risso, John, San Francisco.
Roland, Ruth, San Francisco.
Ruggles, Charles, Los Angeles.
St. John, Al, Santa Ana.
Santell, Arthur, Santa Susanna.
Sargent, Lewis, Los Angeles.
Scott, Fred, Los Angeles.
Seaton, Scott, Sacramento.
Sheehan, John, Oakland.
Sherman, Lowell, San Francisco.
Simpson, Russell, San Francisco.
Spear, Harry, Los Angeles.
Steadman, Vera, Monterey.
Stevens, Landers, San Francisco.
Stevenson, Charles, Sacramento.
Stewart, Roy, San Diego.
Terry, Ethel Grey, Oakland.
Tibbet, Lawrence, Bakersfield.
Troubetzskoy, Youcca, Los Angeles.
Vejar, Harry, Los Angeles.
Wallace, Morgan, Lompoc.
Ware, Helen, San Francisco.
Washington, Blue, Los Angeles.
Watson, Coy, Jr., Los Angeles.
Westover, Winifred, San Francisco.
Wong, Anna May.
Woolp, Walter, San Francisco.
Woolsey, Robert, Oakland.
Colorado
Blane, Sally, Salida.
Bond, Ward, Denver.
Chaney, Lon, Colorado Springs.
Day, Alice, Colorado Springs.
Day, Marceline, Colorado Springs.
Duval, Lorayne, Denver.
Fairbanks, Douglas, Denver.
Hiatt, Ruth, Cripple Creek.
Hines, Johnny, Golden.
House, Newton.
Hoyt, Arthur, Georgetown.
Johnson, Noble, Colorado Springs.
Malone, Molly, Denver.
Manninc, Aileen, Denver.
Marion, Inez, Pueblo.
Markey, Enid, Dillon.
Marquis, Joan, Denver.
Metzger, Ruth, Colorado Springs.
Miller, Lucille, Denver.
Morrison, Pete, Denver.
Price, Nancy, Denver.
Rogers, Walter Browne, Denver.
Roosevelt, Buddy, Meeker.
Schilling, Marion, Denver.
Stedman, Lincoln, Denver.
Taft, Ruth, Denver.
Whiteman, Paul, Denver.
Wood, Freeman, Denver.
Yoijnc, Polly Ann, Denver.
Connecticut
Ames, Robert, Hartford.
Coghlan, Junior, New Haven.
Cowles, Jules, Farmington.
Dillon, John Webb, New Haven.
Hardy, Sam, New Haven.
MacDonald, J. Farrell, Waterbury.
Maquire, Tom, Milford.
Mylrs, Harry, New Haven.
Poland. Joseph Franklin, Waterbury.
Rork, Ann, Darien.
Von Eltz, Theodore, New Haven.
Delaware
Taylor, Estelle, Wilmington.
District of Columbia
Bonner, Priscilla, Washington.
Cam eron , Rudy, Washington.
Claire, Ina, Washington.
Eaton, Charles, Washington.
Hale, Alan, Washington.
Hall, Raymond, Washington.
Hallor. Ray, Washington.
Hamilton, Mark.
Howes, Reed, Washington.
La Varre, Franklin, Washington.
Mofpett, Frances, Washington.
Rickert, Shirley Jean, Washington.
Roach, Bert, Washington.
Seddon, Margaret, Washington.
Florida
Brent, Evelyn, Tampa.
Fetchit, Stepin, Key West.
Morley, Jay, Port Orange.
Georgia
Bradley, Estelle, Atlanta.
Camp, Shep, West Point.
Compton, Juliette, Columbia.
Hardy, Oliver, Atlanta.
Hiers, Walter, Cordelc.
Hopkins, Miriam, Bainbridge.
King, Emmett, Griffin.
Lyon, Ben, Atlanta.
Mann, Bertha, Atlanta.
Neill, James, Savannah.
Owsley, Monroe, Atlanta.
Palmer, Corliss, Macon.
Idaho
Craig, Blanche, Calcutta.
Dore, Adrienne, Coeur d'AIene.
Hasbrouck, Olive, Lewiston.
Lee, Margaret, Fairfield.
Loft, Jeanette, Cronno.
Messinger, M^rie, Coeur d'AIene.
Murray, Joyce, Coeur d'AIene.
Tryon, Glenn, Julietta.
Illinois
Andra, Fern, Chicago.
Andy, Peoria.
Astaire, Marie, Chicago.
Astor, Mary, Quincy.
Auburn, Joy, Chicago.
Ayres, Agnes, Carbondale.
Banthim, Larry, River Forest.
Bartels, Louis John, Bunker Hill.
Bell, Rex, Chicago.
Benny, Jack, Chicago.
Bergren, Edgar, Chicago.
Beyer, Charles Walter, Newark.
Brent, Lynton, Chicago.
Brown, Josephine, Chicago.
Bryant, Kay, Chicago.
Burt, Frederick, Onarga.
Carol, Sue, Chicago.
Chandler, George, Waukegan.
Cherrill, Virginia, Carthage.
Clary, Charles, Charles.
Clayton, Ethel, Champaign.
Cook, Joe, Chicago.
Court w right, William, New Milford.
D'Albrook, Sidney, Chicago.
Delroy, Irene, Bloomington.
Doner, Kitty, Chicago.
Doner, Ted, Chicago.
Donlan, Mike, Peoria.
Donovan, Jack, Chicago.
Dooley, Billy, Chicago.
Farley, Dot, Chicago.
Ferguson, Helen, Decatur.
Flynn, Elinor, Chicago.
Frisco, Joe, Rock Island.
Gallery, Tom, Chicago.
Gentle, Alice, Chatsworth.
Gilbert, Florence, Chicago.
Goodwin, Harold, Peoria.
Griffith, Gordon, Chicago.
Hackett, Lillian, Chicago.
Harman, Pat H., Lewiston.
Hartman, Gretchen, Chicago.
Holmes, Stuart, Chicago.
Johnson, Harold, Chicago.
Kane, Babe, Chicago.
Kennedy, Myrna, Kankakee.
Laemmle, Carla, Chicago.
Landis, Jessie Royce, Chicago.
La Rocque, Rod. Chicago.
Lee, Jocelyn, Chicago.
Lewis, Ralph, Englewood.
Lorch, Theodore, Springfield.
Marian, Edna, Chicago.
McCall, William, Dclavan.
McGuire, Kathyrn, Peoria.
Mckee, Lafe, Morrison.
McKee, Raymond, Carthage.
Merkiam, Charlotte, Fort Sheridan.
Montgomery, Peggy, Rock Island.
Moran, Lee. Chicago.
Moran, Polly, Chicago.
Morgan, Helen, Danville.
Morris, Dave, Chicago.
Mi'nson, Byron, Chicago.
O'Connor, Harry, Chicago.
Oliver, Guy. Chicago.
Olmstead, Gertrude, Chicago.
O'Neal, Zelma, Rock Falls.
Peers, Joan, Chicago.
Periolat, George. Chicago.
Pmilbin, Mary, Chicago.
Power, Paul, Chicago.
Pratt, Purnell, Bethel.
Reid, Jane, Chicago.
Robbins, Walter, Chicago.
Sale, Virginia, Urbana.
Saylor, Sid, Chicago.
Seay, Billy, Chicago. •
Seay, Dorothy, Chicago.
Shannon, Cora.
Shield, Ernie, Chicago.
Sills, Milton, Chicago.
Sleeper, Martha, Lake Bluff.
Slott, Nate, Chicago.
Steers, Larry, Chicago.
Swanson, Gloria, Chicago.
Sweet, Blanche, Chicago.
Valli, Virginia, Chicago.
Van Buren, Mabel, Chicago.
Vernon, Bobby, Chicago.
Walker, Polly, Chicago.
Warren, Fred, H., Rock Island.
Washburn, Bryant, Chicago.
Woodruff, Bert, Peoria.
Young, Clara Kimball, Chicago.
Indiana
Allen, Theresa, Indianapolis.
Bennett, Billie, Evansville.
Blue. Monte, Indianapolis.
Bowers, John.
Christy, Ann, Logansport.
Dresser, Louise, Evansville.
Fazenda, Louise, Lafayette.
Foster, Norman, Richmond.
Gallagher, Richard (Skeets), Tcrre Haute.
Geraghty, Carmelita, Rushville.
Gordon, Maude Turner, Franklin.
Haines, Robert T., Muncie.
Hart, Sunshine, Indianapolis.
Howland, Jobyna, Indianapolis.
Jackson, Orin, Terre Haute.
Johnston, Julanne, Indianapolis.
Jones, Buck, Vincenncs.
Knott, Lydia, Tyr.er.
Lingham, Tom, Indianapolis.
Lombard, Carol, Fort Wayne.
McMurphy, Charles, North Vernon.
Miller, Marilyn, Evansville.
Mitchell, Geneva, Medarysville.
Murray, Charlie, Laurel.
Olsen, John, Peru.
Pierce, James, Freedom.
Popf, Lon, Bedford.
Potel, Victor, Lafayette.
Powell, Russ, Indianapolis.
Purcell, June, Indianapolis.
Ross, Churchill, Lafayette.
Seegar, Miriam.
Iowa
Brown, Charles.
Carver, Louise, Davenport.
Chandler, Eddie.
Conklin, Chester, Oskaloosa.
Drew, Jerry, Bloomfield.
Elliott, John H., Keosauqua.
French, George, B., Storm Lake.
Hamilton, Hale, Fort Madison.
Hatton, Raymond, Red Oak.
Jeffries, James, Carroll.
Lane, Lola, Indianola.
Langdon, Harry, Council Bluffs.
Lanning, Frank, Marion.
Lee, Frances, Eagle Grove.
Nagel, Conrad, Keokuk.
Pendleton, Nat, Davenport.
Prestelle, Mae T.
Ruth, Marshall, Marshalltown.
Sandford, Stanley, J., Osage.
Thompson, Diane, Red Oak.
Kansas
Brooks, Louise, Wichita.
Cruze, Charles, Wichita.
Foster. Helen, Independence.
Friganza, Trixie, Grcnola.
Fulton, Maude, Eldorado.
Gordon, Robert.
Hill, Thelma, Emporia.
Haggerty, Billie, Kansas City.
Harlow, Jean, Kansas City.
Haver, Phyllis, Douglas.
Howard, Peggy, Paola.
Keaton, Buster, Pickway.
Knapp, Evalyn, Kansas City.
Mack, Charles, White Cloud.
Moran, George, Elwood.
O'Byrne, Patsy.
Pallette, Eugene, Winficld.
Pitts, Zasu, Parsons.
Rogers. Charles (Buddy), Olathe.
Sheridan. Anne, Wichita.
Smith, Oscar, Topcka.
Walters, Jack.
Windsor, Claire. Coffee City.
Wood, Ernest. Atchison.
Wright, Helen, Florence.
Kentucky
Agnew, Robert, Louisville.
Compton, Joyce, Lexington.
Du Pont, Miss, Frankfort.
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Dunne, Irene, Louisville.
Hendricks, Dudley C, LaCrangc.
Howell, Lottice, Bowling Orccn.
Lake, Arthur, Corbin.
London, Tom, Louisville.
Lorraine, Betty, Louisville.
McDonald, Francis, Bowling Green.
Mekkel, Una, Covington.
Metcalp, Earl Keeney, Newport.
Middleton, Charles B., Elisabcthtown.
Nolan, Mary. Louisville.
Owen, Katherine Dale. Louisville.
Pearson. Virginia, Louisville.
Selbie, Eve«.yn, Louisville.
Stevenson, Hayden, Georgetown.
Sutherland, Dick, Benton.
Vaughn, Alberta. Ashland.
West, Arthur "Pat," Paducah.
Wilbur, Robert, Louisville.
Williams, Ada, Louisville.
Louisiana
Alden, Mary, New Orleans.
Edeson. Robert, New Orleans.
Haic, Douglas, New Orleans.
Joy, Leatrice, New Orleans.
LaGuere, George, New Orleans.
Merton, Colette, New Orleans.
Patricola, Tom, New Orleans.
Ponder, Jack, Shrcvcport.
Quinn, James T., New Orleans.
Sainpolis, John, New Orleans.
Saxon, Hugh, New Orleans.
Ti rpin, Ben. New Orleans.
Waldridge. Harold, New Orleans.
Winslow, Dick, Jennings.
Maine
Boaers, Henry A., Saco.
Bradbury, Sr., James, Old Town.
Millet. Arthur, Pittsfield.
Morrison, Louis, Portland.
Murray, M. Harold, South Berwick
Ralston, Esther, Bar Harbor.
Maryland
Chance, Anna, Oxford.
Chaney, "Chubby," Baltimore.
Chase, Charley, Baltimore.
Muse, Clarence, Baltimore.
Ruth, "Babe," Herman, Baltimore.
Massachusetts
Bickpord, Charles, Cambridge.
Burkhardt, Harry, Boston.
Carle, Richard, Somerville.
Clark, Harvey, Boston.
Donahue, Joe, Boston.
Facan, Barney, Boston.
Farnum, Franklyn, Boston.
Farrell, Charles, Onset Bay.
Ford, James, Lawrence.
Fra:er, Robert, Worcester.
Frederick, Pauline, Boston.
Gerrard, Carl, Boston.
Gough, John, Boston.
Gp.ippith, Raymond, Boston.
Hamilton, Neal, Lynn.
Handforth, Ruth, Springfield.
Harlan, Kenneth, Boston.
Homans, Robert, Maiden.
Humphrey, William, Chicopee Falls.
Ince, Ralph, Boston.
Keepe, Cornelius, Boston.
Keith, Donald, Boston.
Keith, Ian, Boston.
Kelly, John, Boston.
Lane, Leone, Boston.
Lawrence, Charles, Worcester.
Manners, Marcia, North Adams.
Marshall, Everett, Lawrence.
Morris, Frances, Springfield.
O'Shea, Danny, Boston.
Percy, David, Arlington.
Peters, Frederick, Waltham.
Prince, John T., Boston.
Prouty, Jed, Boston.
Ross, Frank, Boston.
Roth, Lillian, Boston.
Rubin, Benny, Boston.
Sellon, Charles, Boston.
Skinner, Otis, Cambridge.
Starrett, Charles, Athol.
Stone, Lewis, Worcester.
Sullivan, Billie, Worcester.
Terry, Don, Naticlc.
Todd, Thelma, Lawrence.
Tucker, Sophie, Boston.
Ward, Dorothy, Boston.
Weeks, Barbara, Boston.
Michigan
Armstrong, Robert, Saginaw.
Bannister, Harry, Holland.
Bonner, Marjorie, Adrian.
Campeau, Frank, Detroit.
Dark, Michael, Mctamora.
Doner, Peggy, Ubly.
Ferris, Audrey, Detroit.
Holmes, Phillips, Grand Rapids.
Leslie, Gertrude, Detroit.
Maccloy. June, Sturgis.
Moore. Cleve, Port Huron.
Moore, Colleen, Port Huron.
Morey, Harry T.
Patrick, John, Muskegon.
Rice, Frank. Muskegon.
Rodards. Jason, Hillsdale.
Rose, Blanche, Detroit.
Taylor, Ruth, Grand Rapids.
Waite, Malcolm, Menominee.
Minnesota
Albertson, Frank, Fergus Falls.
Ayers, Lew, Minneapolis.
Bruce, Virginia. Minneapolis.
Burt, William, St. Peter.
Bennett, Belle, Milanda.
Byron. John, Kasota.
Cohen, Saximy, Minneapolis.
De La Motte, Marguerite, Duluth.
Dexiarest, William, St. Paul.
Dix, Richard, St. Paul.
Hepburn, Barton, Minneapolis.
Mark, Willis, Rochester.
Marlowe, June, St. Cloud.
Morris, Margaret, Minneapolis.
Millard, Helen, Minneapolis.
Peterson, Dorothy, Hector.
Raymond, Jack, Minneapolis.
Ryan, Robert J., Pipestone.
Scott, Mabel Julienne, Minneapolis.
Stockdale, Carl, Worthington.
Sumner, Verlyn, Lakefield.
Taylor, Stanley, Campbell.
Watson, Adele.
Mississippi
Ates, Roscoe, Hattiesburg.
Cooley, Frank, Natchez.
Francis, Olin, Mooreville.
Mattox, Martha, Natche:.
Preer, Evelyn, Vicksburg.
Missouri
Bacon, Irvin, St. Joseph.
Baggot, Kinc, St. Louis.
Beebe, Marjorie, Kansas City.
Beery, Wallace, Kansas City.
Ben ham, Elsa, St. Louis.
Bet:. Matthew, St. Louis.
Bolton, Helen, St. Louis.
Boyd, Betty, Kansas City.
Brinkman, Dolores, St. Louis.
Buchanan, Virginia, Kansas City.
Burton, Clarence, Fort Lyons.
Churchill, Marcuerite, Kansas City.
Clyde, June, St. Joseph.
Collins, C. E.
Daly, Marcella, Kansas City.
De Vore, James J., Kansas City.
Dudley, Florence, Maysville.
Edwards, Clipp, Hannibal.
Fairbanks, William, St. Louis.
Ford. Harrison, Kansas City.
Forrester, Elizabeth, Kansas City.
Fries, Otto H., St. Louis.
Gillingwater, Claude, Lauseanna.
Hickman, Howard, Columbia.
Hill, Maud, St. Louis.
Holt, Gloria, Marysville.
Jennings, Dewitt, Cameron.
Jensen, Eulalie, St. Louis.
Joyce, Alice, Kansas City.
Junod, Bettye, Kansas City.
Keith, Jane. Kansas City.
Kinc, Carlton, St. Louis.
Kohler, Fred, Kansas City.
La Plante, Laura, St. Louis.
La Varnie, Laura, Jefferson City.
McDowell, Nelson, Greenfield.
Miller, Patsy Ruth. St. Louis.
Morrison, Arthur, St. Louis.
Newell, David, Carthage.
Oakie, Jack. Sedalia.
Ober, Robert, St. Louis.
Ovey, Georce, Kansas City.
Powell, William, Kansas City.
Parker, Franklin, Fillmore.
Rogers, Ginger, Independence.
Rollins, David. Kansas City.
Schaepper, Ann, St. Louis.
Smith, Stanley, Kansas City.
Starke. Pauline, Joplin.
Stone, Arthur, St. Louis.
Theby, Rosemary, St. Louis.
Whitlock, Lloyd, Springfield.
Winter, Laska, St. Louis.
Young. Olive, St. Joseph.
Montana
Archer, Patricia, Livingston.
Burns, Fred. Fort Keogh.
Burns, Robert.
Chandler, Lane, Calberuon.
Cooper, Gary, Helena.
Emerson, Ralph, Kalispcll.
Laidley, Ethan, Butte.
Loy, Myrna, Helena.
Lynch, Helen.
Ridgeway, Fritzi, Missoula.
Sutton, Gertrude, Butte.
Williams, Kathlyn, Butte.
Wilson, Tom. Helena.
Nebraska
Adams, Jack, Hastings.
Gibson, Hoot, Tckamah.
Givot, George, Omaha.
Lee, Gwe.v, Hastings.
Lloid, Harold, Burchard.
Thatcher, Evelyn, Omaha.
Nevada
Alexander, Ben, Goldficld.
Dawson, Doris, Goldfield.
• New Hampshire
Cody, Lew, Berlin.
Harrington. Joseph, Manchester.
Long, Walter, Milford.
MacKenna, Kenneth, Canterbury.
Nowell, Wedgewood, Portsmouth.
New Jersey
Bennett, Joan, Palisades.
Bronson, Betty, Newark
Brower, Robert, Point Pleasant.
Clarke, Westcott, Jersey City.
Cooper, George, Newark.
Curtis, Roxanne, Edgewater.
Depew, Joseph, Harrison.
Fielding, Margaret, Jersey City.
Gilbert, Eugenia, East Orange.
Langdon, Lillian.
Macdowell, Melbourne, South River.
MacGregor, Malcolm, Newark.
Mackaye, Frpd, Hackettstown.
McGrecor, Malcolm, Newark.
Moore, Victor, Hammonton.
Nicholson, Paul, Orange.
North, Jack, Jersey City.
Norworth, Dorothy Adelphi, Hoboken.
O'Day, Molly, Bayonne.
O'Neill, Sally, Bayonne.
Pangborn, Franklin, Newark.
Pennington, Ann, Camden.
Renaldo, Duncan, Camden.
Rich man , Harry, Newark.
Robinson, Roberta, Montdair.
Wheeler, Bert, Paterson.
White, Alice, Paterson.
New Mexico
Alvarado, Don, Albuquerque.
Cobb, Edmund, Albuquerque.
Hill, Doris, Roswell.
Sedillo, Juan, Socorro.
New York
Aldine, Jimmy, Pearl River.
Allen, Fred, New York City.
Arthur, Jean, New York City.
Barthelmess, Richard, New York City.
Benedict, Kingsley, Buffalo.
Bennett, Constance, New York City.
Bp.ra.nger, Frances, New York City.
Birmingham, Ala, Troy.
Blondell, Joan, New York City.
Blum, Sammy, New York City.
Bonomo, Joe, Brooklyn.
Bourke, Fan, Brooklyn.
Bow, Clara, Brooklyn.
Bradbury, Jr., James, New York City.
Brady, Edwin Joe, New York City.
Breese, Edmund, Brooklyn.
Brice, Fanny, New York City.
Brooks, Tyler, New York City.
Brophy, Eddie, New York City.
Brown, Joe, New York City.
Bunny, George, New York City.
Buzzeli., Eddie, Brooklyn.
Cagney, James, New York City.
Cantor, Eddie, New York City.
Carly, Harry.
Carroll, Nancy, New York City.
Cawthorne, Joseph, New York City.
Chapman, Edythe, Rochester.
Chase, Ilka, New York City.
Chatterton, Ruth, New York City.
Clark, Andy, New York City.
Cogley, Nick.
Cohan, Helen. New York City.
Collier, Sr., William, New York City.
Collier, Jr., William, New York City.
Collins, Jr., Monte, New York City.
Collyer, June, New York City.
Con klin. William, Brooklyn.
Cooley, Hallam, New York City.
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Cording, Harry, New York City.
Cornwall, Ann, New York City.
Costello, Helene, New York City.
Costello, John, New York City.
Darrow, John, New York City.
Davidson, John.
Davidson, William B., Dobbs Ferry.
Davies, Marion, New York City.
Davis, George.
Davis, Owen, Jr., New York City.
Del'aney, Charles, New York City.
Desmond, William, New York City.
Dillaway, Donald, New York City.
Doran, Mary, New York City.
Douglas, Don, New York City.
Dove, Billie, New York City.
Drew, Roland, Elmhurst, L. I.
Drexel, Nancy, New York City.
Dunkinson, Harry, New York City.
Dunn, Josephine, New York City.
Durkin, Junior, New York City.
Duryea, George, New York City.
Dwyer, Ruth, Brooklyn.
Eddy, Helen Jerome, New York City.
Eilers, Sally, New York City.
Eldridge, Florence, Brooklyn.
Ellis, Robert, New York City.
Emerson, Emslie, Buffalo. •
Emery, Gilbert, Naples.
Faire, Virginia Browne, Brooklyn.
Fairbanks, Jr., Douglas, New York City.
Farley, Morgan, Mamaroneck.
Faust, Martin, Poughkeepsie.
Fields, Stanley, New York City.
Fix, Paul, Dobbs Ferry.
Forde, Eugenie, New York City.
Forrest, Allan, Brooklyn.
Franz, Joseph, Utica.
Fremont, Al W., Cohoes.
Friderici, Blanche, Brooklyn.
Garvin, Anita, New York City.
Gay, Dixie, Brooklyn.
Gibson, Wynne, New York City.
Girard, Jean, New York City.
Gordon, C. Henry, New York City.
Gould, Dorothy, New York City.
Graves, Jr., Robert, New York City.
Green, Harry, New York City.
Green, Mitzi, Bronx.
Gribben, Harry, New York City.
Gribbon, Eddie, New York City.
Hackett, Raymond, New York City.
Hall, Ben.
Harron, John.
Hart, Neal, Richmond.
Hebert, Hugh, Binghamton.
Hendricks, Ben, New York City.
Hendricks, Jr., Burt, New York City.
Hill, Al, New York City.
Hilliard, Ernest, New York City.
Hobart, Rose, New York City.
Hoffman, Otto F., New York City.
Holden, William, Rochester.
Hopper, DeWolf, New York City.
Hopton, Russell, New York City.
Horton, Clara, Brooklyn.
Horton, Edward Everett, Brooklyn.
Houseman, Arthur.
Hunt, Eleanor, New York City.
Hunt, Madge, New York City.
Hyams, John, Syracuse.
Hyams, Leila, New York City.
Ince, John, New York City.
Irving, George.
Jackson, Ethel M., New York City.
James, Gardiner, New York City.
Janney, William, New York City.
Jannings, Emil, Brooklyn.
Jarvis, Sydney, New York City.
Jepperson, Thomas, New York City.
Jessell, George, New York City.
Johnson, Helen, New York City.
Johnson, Kay, Mt. Vernon.
Joyce, Natalie, New York City.
Kaiser, Helen, Buffalo.
Kane, Helen, New York City.
Katz, Pitzi, New York City.
Keith, Isabelle, New York City.
Kelly, Kitty, New York City.
Kemp, Matty, New York City.
Kennedy, Tom, New York City.
Kenyon, Doris, Syracuse.
Kerry, Norman, Rochester.
Kinc, Charles, New York City.
Lake, Alice, Brooklyn.
Lament, Harry, New York City.
Lee, Laura, Brooklyn.
Lee, Lila, New York City.
Lewis, Mitchell, Syracuse.
Lewis, Sammy, New York City.
Lewis, Vera, New York City.
Lewis, Walter, Albany.
Lidwell, Wanna, New York City.
Lockwood, Harold, New York City.
Louie, Viola, New York City.
Louis, Anita, New York City.
Luce, Clair, Syracuse.
Lytell, Bert, New York City.
Maberry, Mary, New York City.
MacFahlane, Hank and Tom.
Mack, Wilbur, Binghamton.
Magrill, George*- New York City.
Mann, Hank, New York City.
Marcus, James. New York City.
Mason, Dean, Syracuse.
Mason, Shirley, Brooklyn.
Matthews, Dorothy, New York City.
Mayo, Frank.
McCoy, Frances, New York City.
McDowell, Claire, New York City.
McGrail, Walter, Brooklyn.
McGuire, Mickey, Brooklyn.
McKinney, Mae, Harlem.
Milash, Robert E., New York City.
Montgomery, Robert, Beacon.
Morgan, Frank, New York City.
Morris, Chester, New York City.
Morris, Johnnie, New York City.
Mulhall, Jack, Wappingers Falls.
Murphy, Edna, New York City.
Murray, James, New York City.
Naish, Carrol, New York City.
Northrup, Harry, New York City.
Nugent, Edward, New York City.
Page, Anita, Flushing, L. I.
Pasha, Kalla, New York City.
Payne, Louis, New York City.
Pearce, Georce C, New York City.
Prival, Lucien, New York City.
Rankin, Arthur, New York City.
Rich, Irene, Buffalo.
Richardson, Jack, New York City.
Roberts, Edith, New York City.
Roche, John, Penn Yan.
Ross, Burt, Jr., New York City.
Ruben, J. Walter, New York City.
Ryno, William H., New York City.
Santoro, Jack, New York City.
Schenck, Joe, Brooklyn.
Sedan, Rolfe, New York City.
Semels, Harry, New York City.
Shotwell, Marie, New York City.
Sidney, George, New York City.
Sidney, Sylvia, New York City.
Simpson, Allan, New York City.
Smalley, Phillips, Brooklyn.
Smith, Al, New York City.
Stabenau, Tony, Buffalo.
Stanley, Forrest, New York City.
Stern, Louis, New York City.
Strauss, William, New York City.
Striker, Joe, New York City.
Sydney, Sylvia, New York City.
Talmadge, Constance, Brooklyn.
Talmadge, Norma, Niagara Falls.
Tashman, Lilyan, New York City.
Tearle, Conway, New York City.
Tell, Olive, New York City.
Tobin, Genevieve, New York City.
Todd, Lola, New York City.
Tooker, William H., New York City.
Trevor, Hugh, Yonkers.
Tucker, Richard, Brooklyn.
Turner, Florence, New York City.
Twelvetrfes, Helen, Brooklyn.
Tyler, Tom, New York City.
Van, Gus, Brooklyn.
Van Dorn, Mildred.
Waldo, Thayer, New York City.
Wales, Ethel, New York City.
Walker, Johnny.
Walling, Will, New York City.
Walsh, George.
Wardwell, Geofprey, New York City.
Welsh, Betty, New York City.
Wilson, Hal, New York City.
Wolheim, Dan, New York City.
Wolheim, Louis, New York City.
Wood, Peggy, Brooklyn.
Worthington, William, Troy.
Young, Tammany, New York City.
North Carolina
Blackmer, Sidney, Salisbury.
Irving, Mary Jane, Columbia.
North Dakota
Freeland, Thorton, Hope.
Ohio
Astor, Gertrude, Lakcwood.
Apfel, Oscar, Cleveland.
Baxter, Warner, Columbus.
Beaver, Louis, Cincinnati.
Bosworth, Hobart, Marietta.
Brodie, Don L., Cincinnati.
Brown, Joe E , Holgatc.
Byron, Marion, Dayton.
Cramer, Richard, Bryan.
Dudley, Robert, Cincinnati.
Edwards, Neely, Delphos.
Fern, Fritzi, Akron.
Fo.xe, Earlp, Oxford.
French, Charles K., Columbus.
Gibson, K".nneth, Sandusky.
Gish, Dorothy, Dayton.
Gish, Lillian, Springfield.
Grapewin, Charley, Xcnia.
Graves, Ralph, Cleveland.
Gray, Betty, Allen County.
Harlan, Otis, ZancsviIIe.
Jagger, Dean, Lima.
James, Gladden, ZancsviIIe.
Kami, Virginia, Akron.
Kelsey, Fred A., Sandusky.
King, Carlotta, Toledo.
Lewis, Ted, Circleville.
Martindel, Edward, Hamilton.
McIntosh, Burr, Wcllsville.
Mehafpey, Blanche, Cincinnati.
Midgley, Fanny, Cincinnati.
Miller, Walter, Dayton.
Mitchell, Grant, Columbus.
Nugent, Elliott, Dover.
Nucent, J. C, Niles.
Nye, Carroll, Canton.
Schable, Robert, Hamilton.
Sheldon, Gene, Columbus.
Short, Gertrude, Cincinnati.
Short, Lew, Dayton.
Shumway, Walter, Cleveland.
Stoddard, Belle, Remington.
Warpield, Kitty, Cincinnati.
Worth, Barbara, Cincinnati.
Oklahoma
Baker, Nellie Bly, Oklahoma City.
Boyd, William, Tulsa.
Cobb, Joe, Shawnee.
Cooke, Ray, Oklahoma City.
Francis, Kay, Oklahoma City.
Hoxie, Jack.
McConnell, Gladys, Oklahoma City.
Pritzhofp, Paul, Oklahoma City.
Reed, Ira, B., Tallequa.
Rogers, Will, Cologah, near Claremore,
U. S. Indian Territory.
Okla
Oregon
Cook, Donald, Portland.
Gleason, Russell, Portland.
Hackathorne, George, Pendleton.
Munson, Ona, Portland.
Pennick, Jack, Portland.
Steele, Bob, Portland.
Pennsylvania
Adams, Margaret, Mansfield.
All en, Elsie, Philadelphia.
Arthur, Johnny, Scottsdale.
Bancroft, George, Philadelphia.
Barnett, Vincent, Pittsburgh.
Barrymore, Lionel, Philadelphia.
Berrell, George, Philadelphia.
Blackwell, Carlyle, Troy.
Boardman, Eleanor, Philadelphia.
Brendel, El, Philadelphia.
Brent, Helen, Philadelphia.
Burns, Edmund, Philadelphia.
Burns, Neal, Bristol.
Carr, Mary, Philadelphia.
Charters, Spencer, Duncannon.
Clark, Herbert, Waynesburg.
Clark, Mae, Philadelphia.
Colombo, Russell, Philadelphia.
Costello, Dolores, Pittsburgh.
Costello, Maurice.
Crawford, Kathryn, Wellsbcro.
Dade, Frances, Philadelphia.
Dale, Billy, Philadelphia.
Duane, Elsie, Philadelphia.
Dunbar, Robert, Beaver.
Eastman, Morey K., Philadelphia.
Dwan, Dorothy, Philadelphia.
Easton. Frank, Philadelphia.
Gale, Roberta, Pittsburgh.
Garde, Betty, Philadelphia.
Gaynor, Janet, Philadelphia.
Girard, Joseph, Williamsport.
Gordon, Bobby, Pittsburgh.
Gordon, James, Pittsburgh.
Gray, Alexander, Wrightsville.
Greenwood, Charlotte, Philadelphia! .
Gripp, Harry, Yrone.
Harolde, Ralf, Pittsburgh.
Hopper, Hedda, Hallidaysburg.
Hunt, Jay.
Keene, Richard, Philadelphia.
Kortman, Robert, Philadelphia.
Lewis, Sheldon, Philadelphia.
Luden, Jack, Reading.
MacDonald, Jeannette, Philadelphia..
MaiLean, Douglas, Philadelphia.
McAddoo, John, Philadelphia.
M< Hugh, Charlie, Philadelphia.
McHui.H, Frank, Homestead.
Meichan, Thomas, Pittsburgh.
Menjou, Adolphe, Pittsburgh.
M thrill, Walter, Bangor.
Mono, William V., Chambcrsburg^
Moor e head, Natalie, Pittsburgh.
Moran, Lois, Pittsburgh.
Neif, Pauline L., Altoona.
Neill, Richard, Philadelphia.
Norworth, Jack, Philadelphia.
Nye, Raymond, Tamaqua.
O'Malley, Pat, Forest City.
Phillips, Eddie, Philadelphia
Quillan, Eddie, Philadelphia.
Quillan, John, Philadelphia.
Quillan, Marie, Philadelphia,
Rpade, Janet, Philadelphia.
Shaw, Pecgy, Pittsburgh.
Sherry, J. Barney, Germantowtn,
Skelly, Hal, Allegheny.
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Stark. Sally. Pittsburgh.
Thompson, Kenneth, Pittsburgh.
Todd. Harry, Allegheny.
Tooucr, Regis, Pittsburgh.
Truesdale, Howard, Crawford County.
Van Dorn, Mildred, Pittsburgh.
Walker. Robert, Bethlehem.
Wayne. Robert, Pittsburgh
Welsh. William J., Philadelphia.
West. Buster. Philadelphia.
Whiting, Jack, Philadelphia.
Wilson, Lois, Pittsburgh
Winton, Jane, Philadelphia.
Wrav, John. Philadelphia.
Rhode Island
Clipford, Ruth, Pawtuckct.
Dowlinc, Eddie, Providence.
Duppy, Jack, Pawtuckct.
Harris. Marcia. Providence.
Hebert, Henry J., Providence.
O'Connor, Louis J., Providence.
South Carolina
Baker, Betty, Greenville.
Keckley, Jane, Charleston.
South Dakota
Cleckler, Robert, Pierre.
Miljan, John, Lead City.
Tennessee
Atchley, Hooper.
Borden, Eddie, Deer Lodge.
Brown, Lucille, Memphis.
Dixie, Lee, Hamman.
Fealy, Margaret, Memphis.
Griffith. Eleanor, Mt. Pleasant.
James, Walter.
Jordan, Dorothy, Clarksville.
Landis, Cullen, Nashville.
Patterson, Elizabeth, Savannah.
Ralston, Jobyna, South Pittsburgh.
Moore, Grace, Jellico.
Nelson, Jack, Memphis.
Texas
Alexander, Richard, Dallas.
Bellamy, Madce, Hillsboro.
Boles, John, Greenville.
Brian, Mary, Dallas.
Butts. Billy, Dallas.
Collins. Kathleen, San Antonio.
Crawford, Joan, San Antonio.
Daniels, Bebe, Dallas.
Dell, Claudia, San Antonio.
Devore, Dorothy, Fort Worth.
Dover, Nancy, Arlington.
Flowers, Bess, Sherman.
Francis, Noel, Temple.
Griffith, Corinne, Texarkana.
Hall, James. Dallas.
Healy, Ted, Houston.
Hyson, Roberta, Dallas.
Janis, Dorothy. Dallas.
Jones, Beulah Hall, San Antonio.
Laurel, Jane, Houston.
Le Maire, William, Fort Worth.
Littlefield, Lucien, San Antonio.
Logan, Jacqueline, Corsicana.
Love, Bessie, Midland.
Lynn, Sharon, Wcathersford.
Maynard, Ken. Mission.
Mix, Tom, El Paso.
Moylan, Catherine, Dallas.
Osborne, Bld, Knox County.
Patton, Bill, Amarillo.
Pepper, Jack, Palestine.
Pierce, Evelyn, Del Rio.
Powers, Lucille, San Antonio.
Ray, Allene, San Antonio.
Reeves, Robert, Marlin.
Renick, Ruth, Colorado.
Rivero, Julian, Galveston.
Robertson, Willard, Runnels.
Roquemore, Henry, Marshall.
Sparks, Martha Lee, Fioydada.
Steele, William.
Vidor. Florence, Houston.
Walker. Charlotte, Galveston.
Williams, Guinn, Decatur.
Yoltz, Greta, Galveston.
Utah
Booth, Edwina, Provo.
Carew, Ora Whytock. Salt Lake City.
Compson, Betty. Beaver.
Ethier, Alphonz. Springville.
Geary, Maine. Salt Lake City.
Gilbert, John, Logan.
Gulliver, Dorothy. Salt Lake City.
Janney, Leon, Ogden.
Livingston, Marcaret, Salt Lake City.
Mack, Marion, Eureka.
Peck, Norman, Salt Lake City.
Santley, Fredric, Salt Lake City.
Shumway, Lee, Salt Lake City.
Swain, Mack, Salt Lake City.
Young, Loretta, Salt Lake City.
Vermont
Vallee, Rudy, Island Pond.
Virginia
Amos, Richmond.
Arlen, Richard, Charlottesville.
Bushman, Francis X., Norfolk.
Calvert, H. E., Alexandria.
Clifford, Kathleen, Charlottesville.
Duncan. Mary. Luttrellville.
Eason, Lorraine, Norfolk.
Eaton, Mary, Norfolk.
Fair, Elinor, Richmond.
Fawcett. George, Fairfax County.
Faye, Julia. Richmond.
Haines. William, Staunton.
Holt, Jack.
Kinc, Louis. Christiansburg.
Lee, Duke R
Lee, Harry, Richmond.
Leonard, Eddie, Richmond.
Murray, Mae, Portsmouth.
Oakman, Wheeler.
Reynolds, Vera, Richmond.
Richmond, Warner, Calpaper County.
West, John, Norfolk.
Washington
Ask am. Perry, Seattle.
Bennett, Alma, Seattle.
French, Georgia. Seattle.
Hearn, Eddie, Dayton.
Owen, Seena, Spokane.
Rivero. Lorraine, Seattle.
Sykes, Ethel, Seattle.
Turner, Doreen, Spokane.
Wheeier, Tacoma.
West Virginia
Baker. Eddie, Davis.
Clayton, Eddie, Charleston.
Jones, Billy "Red," Wheeling.
Lease, Rex, Central City.
Wisconsin
Bard, Ben, Milwaukee.
Dunn, Robert, Milwaukee.
Harrison, James, Milwaukee.
Harvey, Lou.
Holland. John, Kenosha.
Kruger, Paul, Eau Claire.
Leighton. Lillian, Auroraville.
March, Frederic. Racine.
Misgen, Florence, Prescott.
Nixon, Marian, Superior.
O'Connor, Robert, Milwaukee.
Sterling, Ford, La Crosse.
Thurston, Charles E., Oconto.
Winninger, Charles, Athens.
Wyoming
Buppalo Bill, Jr., Cheyenne.
Harris, Mildred, Cheyenne.
Wales, Wally, Sheridan.
Africa
Chaplin, Sidney. Cape Town.
Gordon. Bruce, Johannesburg.
Rathbone, Basil.
Arabia
Hassen, Jamiel, Damascus.
Armenia
Carlwc, Arthur E., Trebizond.
Asia
Lackteen, Frank, Asia Minor.
Australia
Bennett, Enid.
Br.RANcnR, Andre, Sydney.
Bevan, Billy, Orange.
Bracy, Sidney, Melbourne.
Busch, Mae, Melbourne.
Clive, Henry, Melbourne.
Cook, Clyde.
Douglas. Marion, Sydney.
Errol, Leon, Sydney.
Esmelton, Frederick, Victoria.
Hagney, Frank, Sydney.
Heggie, O. P., Angaston.
McGowan, J. P.
Murray. John T.
Pollard, Daphne, Melbourne.
Pollard, "Snub," Melbourne.
Robson, May, Melbourne.
Austria
Conti, Albert, Trieste.
Cortez. Ricardo. Vienna.
Muni, Paul, Vienna.
Norman, Josephine, Vienna.
Schildkraut. Joseph. Vienna.
Von Seyppertitz, Gustav. Vienna.
Von Stroheim, Erich, Vienna.
Belgium
Corday, Marc ella. Brussels.
Raucourt, Jules, Brussels.
Bohemia
Lederer, Otto, Prague.
Canada
Allen, Ricca. Victoria, B. C.
Bennett. Mickey, Victoria, B. C.
Blinn, Genevieve, St. John, N. B.
Carlyle, Richard, Guelph. Ontario.
Clayton, Marion. Kimbcrly.
Crane. Phyllis, Calgary.
DeGrasse, Sam, Bathurst, N B.
Dressler, Marie, Coburg.
Egan, Betty, Vancouver.
Earl, Edward, Toronto, Ont.
Eddy. Lorraine, Vancouver, B. C.
Fellowes, Rocklippe, Ottawa, Ont.
Fleming, Bob, Ontario.
Garon, Pauline, Montreal.
Geldert, Clarence, St. John, B. C.
Gordon, Huntley. Montreal, Quebec.
Gregory, Edna. Winnipeg.
Henderson, Dell. St. Thomas.
Huston. Walter, Toronto.
Kent, Barbara, Gadsby.
Kilgour, Joseph, Ayr, Ont.
La Roy. Rita, Alberta.
Lillie, Beatrice, Toronto.
Lucas, Wilfred, Ontario.
Pickford, Jack, Toronto.
Pickpord, Mary, Toronto.
Pidgeon, Walter. East St. John, New Brunswick.
Prevost, Marie, Ontario.
Rennie, James. Toronto.
Shearer. Norma, Montreal.
Sparks, Ned, Ontario.
Summerville, Slim, Calgary.
Travers, Richard, Hudson Bay Post.
White, Marjorie, Winnipeg.
Wray, Fay, Alberta.
Cuba
Sabini, Frank, Havana.
Denmark
Brisson. Carl, Copenhagen.
Dane. Karl, Copenhagen.
Guard, Kit.
Hersholt, Jean, Copenhagen.
Matiesen. Otto, Copenhagen.
Orlamond, William. Copenhagen.
Rodinc, Bodil. Copenhagen.
Randolf, Anders.
East India
Hall. Donald, Nuree.
Egypt
Alexis, Demetrios, Alexandria.
Greenway, Ann, Alexandria.
England
Allister, Claude, London.
Arliss, George, London.
Aubrey, Jimmie, Liverpool.
Barnes, T. Roy, Lincolnshire.
Beaumont, Lucy, Bristol.
Belmore, Daisy, London.
Benge, Wilson, Greenwich, London.
Berman, Bobby Burns, London.
Bolder. Robert, London.
Bramley, Flora, Lbndon.
Brody, Estelle.
Brook, Clive, London.
Bushell, Anthony. Kent County.
Cavanach, Paul, Chiselhurst, Kent.
Chadwick, Cyril, London.
Challenger, Percy.
Chaplin, Charles, London.
Clayton, Arthur, London.
Clifford, Jr., Tom, Southampton.
Colman, Ronald, Surrey.
Compton, Fay, London.
Cooper, Jack.
Davidson, Lawpord, London.
Davies, Howard, Liverpool.
DaVis, Gunnis, Sunderland.
Davis, Tyrrell, Surbiton.
Denny, Reginald. Surrey.
Deslys, Kay, London.
Driver. Adabelle.
Dunham, Phil, London.
Dunn, Emma, Cheshire.
Elliott, Frank, County of Cheshire.
Evans, Herbert, London.
Finch, Flora.
Fitzgerald, Cissy.
Fitzroy. Emily, London.
Fletcher, Bramwell. London.
Forbes, Ralph, London.
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Fortune, Edmund, Monmouthshire.
Francis, Alex B.
Garrick, John, Brighton.
Gowland, Gibson.
Grant, Lawrence.
Grassby, Bertram, Lincolnshire.
Grossmith, George, London.
Grove, Sybil, Middlesex.
Hall, Charles.
Hall, Evelyn, Yorkshire.
Hannepord, "Poodles."
Harris, George, London.
Hart, Labert, Liverpool.
Hickman, Alpred.
Hobbs, Halliwell, Stratford-on-Avon.
Hughes, Gareth, Llanelly, Wales.
Hurst, Brandon, London.
Karlopp, Boris, London.
Kent, Craufurd, London.
King, Claude, Northampton.
King, Dennis, Wackershire.
Kinnell, Murray, London.
Lane, Lupino, London.
Laurel, Stan, Ulverston.
Lawpord, Betty.
Lawrence, Gertrude, London.
Lawrence, Raymond, London.
Laye, Evelyn, London.
Leigh, Frank, London.
Lloyd, Doris, Liverpool.
Loder, John, London.
Lonsdale, Harry G., Worcester.
Love, Montagu, Portsmouth.
Lucy, Arnold, Tottenham.
Ludlow, Patrick, London.
Mackaill, Dorothy, Hull.
MacLaren, Ian, Lynmouth, North Devonshire.
Marmont, Percy, London.
Maude, Cyril, London.
McLaglan, Victor, London.
McNaughton, Charles, Walthamstow, Essex.
Metcalfe, Arthur, London.
Norman, Gertrude, London.
Noy, Wilfred, South Kensington, London.
Quartermaine, Charles, Richmond, Surrey.
Ratclifpe, E. J., London.
Rawlinson, Herbert, Brighton.
Ricketts, Tom, London.
Roberts, Desmond, London.
Saxe, Templer, Redhill.
Selwynne, Clarissa, London.
Seymour, Madeline, London.
Sharland, Reginald, Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
Sheffield, Reginald, London.
Skipworth, Alison, London.
Standing, Joan.
Standing, Wyndham, London.
Stanton, Will, London.
Tennyson, Walter, Bayons Manor, Tealby, Lin»
colnshire.
Thomas, Jameson, London.
Victor, Henry, London.
Walton, Fred.
Warner, H. B., London.
Welpord, Nancy, London..
White, Leo, Manchester.
Wycherly, Margaret, London.
Yorke, Edith, Croydon.
Young, Roland, London.
France
Adoree, Renee, Lille.
Baxter, George, Paris.
Besserer, Eugenie. Marseilles.
Bordoni, Irene, Corsica.
Carpentier, Georges, Lens.
Chautard, Emile, Paris.
Chevalier, Maurice, Mcnilmontant.
Clive, Colin, St. Malo.
Colbert, Claudette, Paris.
Cunard, Grace, Paris.
Damita, Lily, Paris.
D"Avril, Yola, Lille.
De Lacy, Phillipe.
De Ramed, Pierre, Paris.
De Ronseray, Count Pierre, Paris.
Dione, Rose, Paris.
Dorsay, Fipi, Asnieres.
Glass, Gaston, Paris.
Goudal, Jetta, Versailles.
Kali:, Armand, Paris.
Mason, James, Paris.
Paoli, Raoul, Corsica.
Rovel, Sandra.
Yves, Christiane, Paris.
Germany
Bohr, Jose, Bonn.
Castle, Robert, Frankfort-on-Main.
Damereaux, Elsie, Cologne.
Davidson, Max, Berlin.
Dietrich, Marlene, Berlin.
Haupt, I i rich.
Horn, Camilla, Frankfort-on-Main.
Klinger, Warner, Stuttgart.
Malena, Lena. Berlin.
Millar, Adolph.
Panzer, Paul, Wurtzbcrg.
Parlo, Dita.
Sprotte, Bert, Chemnitz.
Reicher, Frank, Munich.
Schumann-Heink, Ferdinand, Hamburg.
Stengel, Leni, Berlin.
Swickard, Joseph, Coblenz.
Veidt, Conrad, Berlin.
Von Brincken, William, Flcnsburg.
Weigel, Paul, Saxony.
Greece
Kotsonaros, George, Nauplie.
Rigas, George.
Hawaiian Islands
Krucer, "Stubby," Honolulu.
Mower, Jack.
Holland
Daumery, Mme. Carrie, The Hague.
Mills, Marilyn, Enschede.
Hungary
Banky, Vilma, Budapest.
Bela, Nicholas, Budapest.
Boros, Ferike, Nagyvarad.
Corda, Maria, Deva.
De Putti, Lya, Vesce.
Edwards, Snitz.
Lugosi, Bela, Lugos.
Lukas, Paul, Budapest.
Puffy, Charles, Budapest.
Varconi, Victor, Kisvard.
India
Kithnou, Pondichery, Hindustan.
Mehra, Lal Chand, Amritsar.
Ireland
Byron, George, Limerick.
Cecil, Nora.
Cosgrove, Luke, Ballaghdreen, County Mayo.
Dugan, Tom, Dublin.
Elxiott, Robert.
Ferguson, Al, Rosslarre.
Gerard, Charles, Carlow.
Gerrard, Douglas, County Dublin.
Hale, Creighton, Cork.
Hare, Lumsden, Cashel.
Hartigan, Pat.
Herbert, Holmes, Dublin.
Johnston, J. W.
Kerrigan, J. M., Dublin.
MacReady, Renee, Dublin.
Maxwell, Edwin, Dublin.
McCormack, John, Athlone.
Moore, Matt, County Meath.
Moore, Owen, County Meath.
Moore, Tom, County Meath.
O'Sullivan, Maureen, Boyle.
Percy, Aileen, Belfast.
Price, Kate, Cork.
Turner. William H., Cork City.
Italy
Borgato, Agostino, Venice.
Carillo, Mario, Naples.
Corono, Benita, Rome.
Corrado, Gino, Florence.
Davenport, Milla, Sicily.
Gravine, Cessare, Naples.
Mack, Joseph P., Rome.
Malatesta. Fred, Naples.
Maurel, Raymond, Florence.
Montana, Bull, Vogliera.
Porcasi, Paul, Palermo.
Sarno, Hector V., Naples.
St. Angelo, Robert, Elena.
Valenti, Armando, Rome.
Japan
Komal, Tetsu, Kumamoto.
Kuwa, George.
La Salle, Ned, Kobe.
Sojin, Sendai.
Lithuania
Lebedepp, Ivan, Uspoliai.
Mexico
Armida, Sonora.
Delmar, Rosita, Chihuahua State.
De Monte:, Chiquita, Mexico City.
Del Rio, Dolores, Durango.
Emery, Amora, Monterey.
Emery, Mary, Monterey.
Gu:man, Robert E., Pueblo.
Lpwis, Georce, Mexico City.
Magana, Delia, Mexico City.
Mojica, Don, Jalisco.
Novarro, Ramon, Durango.
QUARTARO, NENA.
Reed, Donald. Mexico City.
Rica, Mona, Mexico City.
Roland, Gilbert, Juarez.
Rothe. Elliott, Passa de Lorro.
Torres, Raquel, Sonora.
Trowbridge, Charles, Vera Cruz.
Vele:, Lupe, San Luis Potosi.
New Zealand
Batten, John, Rotorua.
Beatty, May, Christ Church.
Hall. Winter.
Norway
Gran, Albert, Bergen.
Nissen, Greta, Oslo.
Nova Scotia
.Ieffrp.y, William, Halifax.
MacDonald, Wallace, Mulgrave.
Mailes, Charles H., Halifax.
Manners, David, Halifax.
Poland
Brody, Ann.
Negri, Pola.
Siegel, Bernard, Lemberg.
Stone, Georcie, Lodz.
Portugal
De Silva, Fred W., Lisbon.
Rumania
Curwood, Bob.
Robinson, Edward, Bucharest.
Stuart, Nick.
Russia
Auer, Mischa, St. Petersburg.
Baclanova, Olga, Moscow.
Burton, David, Odessa.
Carr, Nat, Poltova.
Charsky, Boris, Petrograd.
Chefee, Jack, Kiev.
Gay, Gregory, St. Petersburg.
Gordon, Vera.
Guert:man, Paul, Kichinov.
Jolson, Al, St. Petersburg.
Karnelly, Leila, Moscow.
Melesh, Alex, Kieff.
Mis, David, Petrograd.
Rosanova, Rosa, Odessa.
Sorina, Katya, St. Petersburg.
Urnaepp, Vadim, Petrograd.
Vavitch, Michael.
Visaropf, Michael.
Scotland
Arthur, Georce, K., Aberdeen.
Breon, Edmunc, Hamilton.
Buchanan, Jack, Glasgow.
Campbell, Colin, Falkirk.
Carlisle, Jack, Paisley.
Finlayson, James, Falkirk.
Gillespie, William, Aberdeen.
Lupino, Wallace, Edinburgh.
Mack, Bobby.
Mann, Margaret, Aberdeen.
Quillan, Joseph, Glasgow.
Somerset, Pat.
Torrence, David, Edinburgh.
Torrence, Ernest, Edinburgh.
South America
Austin, William, British Guiana.
Duval, Paulette, Argentina.
Ellis, Paul, Buenos Aires.
Norton, Barry, Buenos Aires.
Tora, Lia, Brazil.
Spain
Cumellas, Antonio, Barcelona.
De Segurola, Andre, Madrid.
Jimine:, Soledad, San Dander.
Moreno, Antonio, Madrid.
Moreno, Rosita, Madrid.
Roman, Frank, Granada.
Vosselli, Judith.
Sweden
Asther, Nils.
Donaldson, Arthur, Norsholm.
Ekman, Gosta.
Erickson, Knute, Norrkoping.
Garbo, Greta, Stockholm.
Granstedt, Greta, Malmo.
Nilsson, Anna Q., Ystad.
Oland, Warner, Umca.
Turkey
Schildkrait, Rudolph, Constantinople.
West Indies
Morgan. Jean, Trinidad.
Morgan, Marilyn, Trinidad.
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ADREANNE
6412 Hollywood Boulevard
ARTIST'S COSTUME LEAGUE
14 West Lake Street. Chicago
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506 North Los Angeles Street
ASSOCIATED COSTUMERS
60/1 Santa Monica Boulevard
BECK 6? SON CO.
Highland Street and Dorchester Avenue. Cincinnati
BROADW AY COSTUME COMPANY
525 South Broadway Street
BROADWAY THEATRICAL COSTUMING CO.
116 West 48th Street. New York City
BROOKS
1435 Broadway. New Tor); City
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116 North Franklin Street. Chicago
CHINA COSTUME COMPANY
710 -North Alameda
CINEMA MERCANTILE COMPANY
5857 Santa Monica Boulevard
COAST COSTUME CO.
1171 Market Street. San Francisco
COLBURNS
716 South Flower Street. Hollywood
COLONIAL COSTUME SHOP
2615 Woodward Avenue. Detroit
CONSOLIDATED THEATRICAL COSTUME CO.
314 West 44th Street. Hew Torlt City
Costume Companies
Hollywood
COOK, SAM
306 South Spring St., Los Angeles
CORINNE
1558 North Vine Street
EASTERN COSTUME HOUSE
1956 Broo\lyn Avenue
EAVES COSTUME CO
151 West 46th Street. New Tori; City
ELSIE LOUISE WIG SHOP
6807 Santa Monica Boulevard
FACTOR. MAX
1666 North Highland Avenue
FANCHON AND MARCO COSTUME CO.
643 South Olive Street
FRENCH AMERICAN SCHOOL OF COSTUME
DESIGNING 3275 Wilshire Boulevard
HOLLYWOOD COSTUMERS
1051 North Vine Street
HOUDA COSTUMERS
3134 West Eighth Street
HERMINE COSTUME STUDIO
6615 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood
KOLB & DILL
336 South Broadway, Los Angeles
LESTER, LTD.
14 West Lake Street, Chicago
LEWIS. LADY JANE. COSTUMES
6063 Selma Avenue
MAHARAN TEXTILE CO.
107 West 48th Street. New Tor*; City
MILLER COSTUMIER
236 South Uth Street. Philadelphia
NATIONAL COSTUMERS
6001 Santa Monica Boulevard
NEW YORK COSTUME CO.
75 West Lak;e Street. Chicago
ORIENTAL COSTUME CO.
6223 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles
RANDALL, BRUCE
1335 North Beachwood Drive
ROSSLYN COSTUMERS
5544 Santa Monica Boulevard
RUSSELL UNIFORM CO.
1600 Broadway. New York; City
ST. LOUIS COSTUME CO.
507 North Broadway, St. Louis
STANLEY COSTUME STUDIOS
306 West 22nd Street. New Tort; City
STUDIO SHOP
430 South Broadway, Los Angeles
THE STUDIO SHOP
430 South Broadway
UNITED COSTUMERS. INC.
6807 Santa Monica Boulevard
VAGABOND COSTUMER
]525'/4 North Wilcox Street
WESTERN COSTUME COMPANY
93 5 South Broadway
Independent Casting Agencies
Hollywood and Los Angeles
ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION
6636 Hollywood Boulevard — Hollywood 3821
AOYAMA JAPANESE PLAYERS. YUKIO
6223 Santa Monica Boulevard — Hollywood 5954
BERG. PHIL
1509 North Vine Street— Granite 2/26
BLANCHARDS. THE
Ta/t Building — Hollywood 0654 or Cramte 8402
BEYER, CHARLES
523 Ta/t Building— Granite 5756
BREN, MILTON H.
8464 Sunset Boulevard — Crestview 3714
CALL BUREAU
5504 Hollywood Boulevard— Hollywood 7921
CENTRAL CASTING
5504 Hollywood Boulevard — Hollywood 3701
CHRISTIANSEN, W. O.
1506 North Cahuenga Avenue — Gladstone 7205 or
Hempstead 1294
CINEMA CASTING AGENCY
6418 Santa Monica Boulevard — Gladstone 6813
COAST TO COAST THEATRICAL AGENCY
Pantagcs Theatre Building — Vandyke 3234
COBURN. GUY
1606 North Highland Avenue — Hollywood 3540
COHILL. WILLIAM W.
6605 Hollywood Blvd.— Gladstone 7290
COLLIER. RUTH. INC.
8226 Sunset Boulevard, Crestview 4161
COWELL. MRS. ERNEST S.
1637 North Orange Grove Avenue — Hollywood
5723 or Granite 1662
DEUSER, LEWIS L.
6385 Hollywood Boulevard. Granite 1222
DOLGE. GRANT
904 Hollywood Guaranty Building — Granite 4303
or Gladstone 6806
DUNN, BILL
304 Guaranty Building — Gladstone 6795
FEADER, LES. W.
2535 Glen Green — Gladstone 0933
FITZPATRICK. LORETTA M.
56/7 Hollywood Boulevard — Granite 3650
F. K. STUDIO SERVICE
5617 Hollywood Boulevard — Hempstead 2193
FRALICK, FREDDIE
Ta/t Building— Hollywood 4102
GAY. IRA
845 South Broadway — FabeT 342/
GOULD & PRICE
6560 Hollywood Boulevard — Gladstone 3797
HART. MAX, AND ASSOCIATES
604 Bank; of Hollywood Boulevard — Granite 8157
HERSHFIELD. BEN
6636 Hollywood Boulevard — Hollywood 4747 or
Gladstone 1/23
HIGGINS, MC CULLOUGH
Granite 2/48
HODGES, BILLIE. AGENCY
8804 Sunset Boulevard — Oxford 6552 ot Crestview
5041
HOFFMAN COMPANY. THE
67/5 Hollywood Boulevard — Gladstone 6339
INDEPENDENT STUDIOS PLAYERS AGENCY
6089 Sunset Boulevard — Hempstead 120S
INGLIS. GRACE
638/ Hollywood Boulevard. Granite 1128
JACOBS AND O'BRIEN
303 Warner Bros. Theatre Building— Holly wood 7590
JAPANESE PLAYERS AGENCY
6223 Santa Monica Boulevard — Hollywood 5954
JOY. BILLY
6543 Hollywood Boulevard — Granite 0880
JOHNSTONE. MENIFEE I.
1529 North Western Avenue — Hempstead 9940
JOYCE. FRANK
704 Bank »/ Hollywood Building— Holly wood 2124
KAHN, IVAN
6777 Hollywood Boulevard — Granite 9145
KELLY. KATHRYN
Hollywood Playhouse Building — Granite 1089
LAMSON. DEMMY
Hotel Roosevelt — Hollywood 2020
LANCASTER. JOHN
210 Hollywood Security Building — Granite 1222 or
4706
LANDAU, ARTHUR M., INC.
1509 North Vine Street— Granite 3/25
LEVEY'S CASTING OFFICE
Junior Orpheum Building — Trinity /586
LEVIN, GEORGE D.
Gladstone 5806 and Hempstead 782/
LICHTIG 6= ENGLANDER
6425 Hollywood Boulevard — Hollywood 1063
MAC QUARRIE. HAVEN
6636 Hollywood Boulevard — Gladstone 2200
MC COY. DIXIE
7/7 Guaranty Building — Gladstone 4226
MC CULLOUGH. RALPH
455 North Rodeo Drive — Crestview 6102. Beverly
Hills
MAYER H RAPF
505 Bant; o/ Hollywood Building— Gladstone 1110
or Granite 6189
255
MEICKLEJOHN BROTHERS
714 South Hill Street— Trinity 2217
MORRIS. WILLIAM AGENCY
6425 Hollywood Boulevard — Hollywood 3142
MORRISON. LEO
Roosevelt Hotel— Hollywood 2020
PERLBERC. WILLIAM AGENCY. LTD
622 Ta/t Building— Hempstead 4191
REBECCA & SILTON
6912 Hollywood Boulevard — Gladstone 6108
REVNES. MAURICE, LTD.
6777 Hollywood Boulevard — Hempstead 3188
ROBINSON. FRED
455 North Rodeo Drive — Hempstead 7821
ROSEN, AL
6636 Hollywood Boulevard — Hempstead 4305
SEITER, HOWARD
Bank oj Hollywood Bldg. — Granite 6503
SELZNICK. MYRON. LTD.
710 Bant; of Hollywood Building— Hollywood 2124
SHADUR. ARTHUR E.
723 Guaranty Building. 6331 Hollywood Boulevard
— Hempstead 8786
SMALL. EDWARD CO.
6331 Hollywood Boulevard — Granite 1166
STUDIO MECHANICS ALLIANCE
6472 Santa Monica Boulevard — Hollywood 6161
THOMPSON. DAVID H.
. 6777 Hollywood Boulevard — Granite 9/45
TRASK. WALTER
Commercial Exchange Building — Eighth and Olive
Streets— Tucker 1680
ULLMAN, S. GEORGE ASSOCIATES
6606 Sunset Boulevard — Hollywood 2627
UNITED CHARACTERS ASSOCIATION
6557 Sunset Boulevard— Hollywood 5873
WADSWORTH, JESSIE or O'REILL
220 Ta/t Building — Hempstead 0502 or Oregon 5343
WAGER, AL. THEATRICAL AGENCY
22/ Loew'j State Building— Van Dyt;e 36/9
WALTER TRASK
Commercial Exchange Building — Tucker 1680
WEBER. HARRY
Bank; oj Hollywood Building — Hollywood 2131
WHITE, TOM
6276 Hollywood Boulevard — Hollywood 5156
WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY
6425 Hollywood Boulevard — -Hollywood 3142
WILLS. MIRIAM
1680 North Vine Street— Hempstead 8785
WURTZEL. HARRY. INC.
1509 North Vine Street— Holly wood 6173
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A. E. F. PHOTO SERVICE
290 Tut); Street (American Educational Film),
San Francisco
ALEXANDER, KENNETH
(Goldwyn) United Artists Studios
ANDERSON, E.
Charles Chaplin Studios
AUTREY, MAX
William Fox Studios
ARCHER, FRED
Warner Brothers West Coast Studio
ART CRAFT STUDIOS
6039 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
BACHRACH, ERNEST
RKO Radio Pictures Studios
BAKER, VIROQUE
7959 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
BALL, RUSSELL
8165 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood
BAXTER. GEORGE
Warner Brothers West Coast Studio
BENNINGER, OTTO
RKO Radio Pictures Studio
BKERKING, FRANK
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
BLANC, HARRY
Larry Darmour Studio
BOHEMIAN STUDIO
247 South Broadway, Hollywood
BREDELL, ELWOOD
Warner Brothers West Coast Studio
BROOKWELL, GEORGE
1208 Fairfax Avenue, Hollywood
BROWN, MILTON
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
BRUNO STUDIOS
6142 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
BULL, CLARENCE S.
155 North Carson Street, Hollywood
BULLOCK, CHARLES
United Artists Studio
BURKE, CHARLES
RKO Radio Pictures Studios
CANNON S CAMERA PORTRAITS
8165 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood
CLARKE, SHERMAN
Me
trO'Goldwyn'Mayer Studio
CLEVELAND, PORTER S., STUDIO
5060 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood
COOKE, A. W.
6064 Hollywood Boulevard. Hollywood
COBURN, BOB
RKO Radio Pictures Studio
COOLEY, CHILD
716 North Western Avenue, Hollywood
COOPER, GEORGE
6371 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
CROWLEY, EARLE
Paramount Publix West Coast Studio
CURTIS, REX
Paramount Publix West Coast Studio
DAVOL, ROBERT
RKO Radio Pictures Studio
DAY, CARL
Christie Studio
DYAR, OTTO
Paramount Publix West Coast Studio
EGLINGTON, WILLIAM
RKO Radio Pictures Studio
ELLIOTT, MACK
Warner Brothers West Coast Studio
ELLIS, JOHN
First Rational Studio
ELWERT, EDDIE
Universal Studio, Universal City
ESTEP, JUNE
First National Studio, Culver Citv
EVANSMITH STUDIO
6605 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
FRAKER, WILLIAM
Columbia Studio;
Portrait Artists and Still Cameramen
FREULICH, ROMAN
Tiffany Studios
FRYER, ELMER
First National Studio
GALEA STUDIOS
1247 North Orange Drive, Hollywood
GRAVES, STAX
Hal Roach Studio, Culver Ci;y
GRIMES, WILLIAM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
GROSSI, FRED
United Artists Studio
HARTSOOK, FRED
636 South Broadway, Hollywood
HEAD, GORDON
Paramount Publix West Coast Studio
HEELAN'S STUDIO
7002 Hawthorne Avenue, Hollywood
HENDRICKSON, FRED
RKO Radio Pictures Studio
HERRIN, JOE
Universal Studio, Universal City
HESSER, EDWIN BOWER
934 Nonh Serrano Street, Hollywood
HOLLISTER, GEORGE
Hal Roach Studio, Culver City
HOOVER PORTRAITS
6302 Hollywood Boulevard , Hollywood
HOPCRAFT, NEWTON
William Fox Studios
ISHIKAWA STUDIO
226'/i East First Street, Hollywood
JOHNSON, ROY
Pathe Studios, Culver City
JORDAN, WILLIAM
Christie Studio
JULIAN, MACK
Warner Brothers West Coast Studio
KAHL, ALEXANDER
William Fox Studio
KLING, CLIFTON
RKO Radio Pictures Studio
KORNMAN, GENE
Harold Lloyd Productions
LANDRIGAN, JACK
Paramount Publix West Coast Studios
LENNES PHOTO STUDIO
1859 Hillhurst Avenue, Hollywood
LIPMAN, IRVING
Warner Brothers West Coast Studio
LIST, JOE
William Fox Studios
LITTLE STUDIO
5874 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
LONGET, GASTON
RKO Radio Pictures Studio
LONGWORTH, BERT (BUDDY)
First National Studios
LYNCH, BERT
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
LYNCH, CHARLES
Hal Roach Studio
Mackenzie, don
Tiflany Studios
MacLEAN, ROY
7175 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood
McPHERSON, WILLIAM C.
Pathe Studios, Culver City
MANATT, JAMES
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
MARIGOL, MICKEY
Hal Roach Studio, Culver City
MARION, ARCH
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
MARTIN, SHIRLEY VANCE
Pathe Studios, Culver City
MAUPIN, CLIFTON
Columbia Studio
MIEHLE, JOHN
United Artists Studio
MOJONIER, A^ LOUIS
7068 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
NEW, EDWIN J.
Warner Brothers West Coast Studio
NEWBERG, FRANK, STUDIO
127 North Larchmont Avenue, Hollywood
NEWBERRY, FRANK
Hal Roach Studios, Culver City
NOLAN, RAY
William Fox Studio
NORTON, SHIRLEY
Pathe Studios, Culver City
OSBORNE, HARRY
Universal Studio, Universal City
PARALTA PHOTO SERVICE
6560 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
PARAMOUNT PHOTO SERVICE
4706 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood
PLATT, WILBERT
2008 West Seventh Street, Hollywood
POLLOCK, CHARLES
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
POLLARD, LYMAN
6047 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
PORTRAY ART STUDIO
7543 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood
POWOLANEY, FRANK
William Fox Studios
REGAN, DAVE
William Fox Studios
RICHE, EUGENE R.
Paramount Publix West Coast Stud*o
RIES BROTHERS
1152 North Western Avenue, Hollywood
ROSENBERG, IRVING
William Fox Studios
ROWLEY, LES
First National Studio
RUPP, CHARLES
United Artists Stud o
SCHAFER, ADOLPH
Pathe Studios, Culver City
SEELEY STUDIOS
1448 North Wilcox Avenue, Hollywood
SHIPMAN PROCESS
920 South Olive Street. Hollywood
SIX, BERT
Warner Brothers West Coast Studio
SMITH, NEAL
Paramount Studio. Hollywood
SPURR, MELBOURNE
7014 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
STUDIO CITY PHOTO SHOP
12056 Ventura Boulevard, Hollywood
THOMAS, BILL
Pathe Studio
UGREA, ANTHONY
William Fox Studios
VAN PELT, HOMER
First National Studio
VAN ROSSEM. W. J.
6049 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
VAUGHAN, ROY
1654 North Wilcox Avenue, Hollywood
WALLING, BILL
First National Studio
WEATHERSBY, W. P.
12271/2 North Western Avenue. Hollywood
WEAVER, M. F.
1041 West Forty-second Place, Hollywood
WELLBORN, SCOTTY
Warner Brothers West Coast Studio
WHITTINGTON, DICK
3845 Wisconsin Avenue, Hollywood
WITZEL STUDIOS
6324 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
WOOD, TEMPLETON
3275 Wilshire Boulevard, Hollywood
WOODBURY COMMERCIAL PORTRAIT
STUDIO 5356 Melrose Avenue. Hollywood
Theatrical and Motion Picture Agencies
ALLIED ARTISTS THEATRICAL BOOKING
AGENCY 707 South Broadway— Tucker 9158
BERG. PHIL
1509 North Vint Street— Granite 2126
BLANCHARDS
1680 North Vine Street— Granite 8402
BLANEY, HARRY. CLAY. INC.
166*0 North Vine Street— Granite 170S
BROWN, IOSIE, LTD
6305 Tucca Street— Granite 8887
BURNS. KATHRYN M.
707 South Broadway— Tucker 5198
CENTURY PLAY COMPANY, INC.
I6S0 North Vine Street— Granite 1708
CHRISTENSON. W. O.
1606 North Cahucnga Street — Hempstead 1294
CINEMA CASTING COMPANY
6418 Santa Monica Boulevard — Granite 9960
COBURN. GUY
1606 Highland Avenue— Holly wood 3540
COHENS THEATRICAL AGENCY
6560 Hollywood Boulevard — Gladstone 1675
COHILL. WILLIAM W.
6605 Hollywood Boulevard — Gladstone 7290
COLLINS. SULLIVAN 6> DUFFY AGENCY. INC.
7006 Hollywood Boulevard— Holly wood 0388
COLLIER. RUTH
8226 Sunset Boulevard — Crestview 4161
CORRIGAN THEATRICAL EXCHANGE
1680 North Vine Street— Granite 1277
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DOLCE. GRANT E.
6331 Hollywood Boulevard— Granite 4308
DUNN. BILL
6331 Hollywood Boulevard — Gladstone 6795
F1TZPATRICK. LORETTA
5617 Hollywood Boulevard— Granite 3650
FRELICK. FREDDIE
1680 North Vine Street— Hollywood 4102
GARDNER. JACK
303 Warner Theatre Building— Holly wood 7950
GOULD AND PRICE
6560 Hollywood Boulevard — Gladstone 3797
HART, MAX
6253 Hollywood Boulevard — Granite 8157
HERSHFIELD. BEN
6636 Hollywood Boulevard — Gladstone J J 23
HORN, HAL
1680 North Vine Street- Hollywood 6017
INCLIS. GRACE N.
427 North \ormjndie — Normandie 7696
JACOBS b> O'BRIEN
303 Warner Theatre Building— Hollywood 7950
IAPANESE THEATRE ASSOCIATION. INC.
J 35 North San Pedro— Mutual 3523
IOHNSTONE, MENIFEE [.
206 North Harvard— Hempstead 9940
JOY. BILLY. THEATRICAL AGENCY
6607 Sunset Boulevard — Gladstone 3443
KAHN. IVAN
Hollywood First National Building — Granite 9145
KELLY. KATHRYN. THEATRICAL AGENCY
J 73 5 Vine Street— Granite 1089
LANCASTER. JOHN
6385 Hollywood Boulevard — Granite 1222
LANDAU. ARTHUR M., INC.
1509 North Vine Street— Granite 3125
L1CHTIG if ENGLANDER
405 Warner Theatre Building— Holly wood 10(53
MAYER. J. G.. LTD.
6253 Hollywood Boulevard — Gladstone 3310
MacQUARRIE THEATRICAL AGENCY
6636 Hollywood Boulevard — Gladstone 2200
MEIKLEJOHN. BOB
714 South Hill Street— Trinity 22J7
REBECCA is> SILTON
6912 Hollywood Boulevard— Gladstone 6103
ROBINSON. FRED
7602 Norton Avenue — Hempstead 7821
ROSEN, AL
6636 Hollywood Boulevard — Hempstead 4305
ROYER, FANCHON
6253 Hollywood Boulevard— Gladstone 9990
PERLBERG. WILLIAM. AGENCY
1680 North Vine Street— Hempstead 4191
SELZNICK. MYRON. INC.
410 Tal| Building— Hollywood 2124
SMALL. EDWARD. COMPANY
414 Guaranty Building — Granite 1166
THOMPSON. DAVID. H
Hollywood First National Building — Granite 9145
ULLMAN. CEORGE S.
6606 Sunset Boulevard — Hollywood 2627
VERRICO. ALFREDO
64 J J Hollywood Boulevard — Hempstead 0704
VOTION AND COMPANY
6253 Hollywood Boulevard — Hollywood 2124
WADSWORTH. JESSIE
1680 North Vine Street— Holly wood 4131
WEBER. HARRY. ATTRACTIONS
6253 Hollywood Boulevard— Hollywood 2J8I
WILLS. WALTER, THEATRICAL AGENCY
7016 Hollywood Boulevard— Granite 1079
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1609 West Washington— Republ.c 4111
WURTZELL, HARRY. INC.
J509 North Vine Street— Holly wood 6173
YOUNG. FELIX. INC.
1626 North Vine Street— Hempstead 0982
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Hollywood
ASSOCIATED FILM ENTERPRISES
1056 Cahucnga Avenue
ALLEN, PAUL H. '
11 21 Vl Lillian Way
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6370 Santa Monica Boulevard
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6363 Santa Monica Boulevard
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7239 Santa Monica Boulevard
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6700 Santa Monica Boulevard
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6324 Santa Monica Boulcvarj
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933 North Seward Street
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6363 Santa Monica Boulevard
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8111 Santa Monica Boulevard
CRECO, INC.
1027 Seward Street
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1438 Bcachwood Drive
COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY
J 031 North Las Palmas Avenue
DAVIDGE, ROY, LABORATORIES
6701 Santa Monica Boulevard
DUPONT FILM
6656 Santa Monica Boulevard
DAWES. FRED C.
1426 North Beachwood Drive
DUNNING PROCESS COMPANY
932 North La Brca Avenue
EASTMAN KODAK STORES. INC.
643 South Hill Street
FOWLER STUDIOS
1108 North Lillian Way
GENERAL RECORDING CORPORATION
161 1 Cosmo Street
HANDSCHIEGL COMPOSITE PROCESS
861 North Seward Street
HARRISCOLOR FILMS. INC.
1040 North McCadden Place
HOLLYWOOD FILM ENTERPRISES. INC.
6060 Sunset Boulevard
HOLLYWOOD MOTION PICTURE SUPPLIES
6058 Sunset Boulevard
HOLLYWOOD CAMERA EXCHANGE
1511 Cahucnga Avenue
HORSLEY LABORATORIES
6060 Sunset Boulevard
INCE LIBRARY
861 Seward Street
LIKE, RALPH M.. INC.
4376 Sunset Boulevard
MOVIOLA
1451 Gordon Street
MERCER, R. C.
4241 Vi Normal Avenue
MULTICOLOR FILMS, INC.
201 North Occidental Avenue
MITCHELL CAMERA CORPORATION
665 North Robertson Boulevard
Mc KIE, C. G.
6701 Santa Monica Boulevard
MOLE-RICHARDSON, INC.
941 North Sycamore Street
NETBAR SALES CORPORATION
6364 Santa Monica Boulevard
PACIFIC TITLE if ART STUDIOS
1123 North Bronson Avenue
PATCH. H. K.
2434 East Fourteenth Street
PINEAU if HOWSE ELECTRIC COMPANY
, 1347 West Washington Boulevard
RIES BROTHERS
1540 Cahucnga Avenue
RCA PHOTOPHONE. INC.
812 Ban\ of Hollywood Building
RCA VICTOR COMPANY, INC.
1016 Sycamore Street
SICKNER, WILLIAM. AKELEY CAMERA
953 Fatrfax Avenue
STILLF1LM. INC.
1051 Cahucnga Avenue
TECHNICOLOR MOTION PICTURE CORP.
823 Seward Street
VAN ROSSEM, W. J.
60^9 Hollywood Boulevard
WHOLESALE SUPPLY COMPANY
1047 North Wilcox Avenue
WORTHINGTON. W. J.
201 North Occidental Avenue
CLIFFORD. KATHLEEN. LTD.
9442 Wilshire Boulevard
COAST DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
960 South Alameda Street
COLONIAL DAMES CORPORATION
3216 Sunset Boulevard
DORALDINA, INC.
469 North Robertson Boulevard
FACTOR, MAX. AND COMPANY
1666 North Highland Avenue
Manufacturers of Cosmetics and Makeup
MacDONALD, katherine a.
FACTOR. MAX. SALES CORP. AGENCY
945 South Wall Street
HOLLYWOOD BEAUTY LABORATORIES. INC.
4648 Hollywood Boulcvarj
HOLLYWOOD COSMETICS COMPANY
821 North Fairfax Avenue
LAWRENCE. FLORENCE, COSMETICS CO.
821 North Fairfax Avenue
LESLIE, MAUDE
416A North Camden Drive
6312 Selma Avenue
SIEGLEMAN LABORATORIES. INC.
5861 Hollywood Boulevard
STUDIO COSMETIC SHOP
5607 Melrose Avenue
UNIVERSAL PRODUCTS
1271 Cochran Avenue
WEST COAST COSMETICS COMPANY
3 50 ?\orth Westmoreland Street
6727 Sunset Boulevard
West Coast Publishers and Representatives of Newspaper and Motion Picture Publications
HOLLYWOOD CITIZEN
6364 Hollywood Boulevard
HOLLYWOOD FILMOGRAPH
201 Warner Bros. Theatre Building
HOLLYWOOD HERALD
6305 Tucca Street
HOLLYWOOD MAGAZINE
6605 Hollywood Boulevard
HOLLYWOOD NEWS
6379 Hollywood Boulevard
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123 East Pico Boulevard
INSIDE FACTS
401 West Seventh Street
AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER
1222 Guaranty Building
AMERICAN DANCER PUBLISHING CO.
315 South Western Avenue
BOOKING AGENT
Southern California Music Building
CATHOLIC MOTION PICTURE GUILD
16S0 North Vine Street
CINELANDIA MAGAZINE
1031 South Broadway
DAILY DOINGS AND THEATRE GUIDE
558 South San Pedro Street
DAILY SCREEN WORLD
EVENING EXPRESS
240 South Hill Street
EXTRA PUBLISHING COMPANY
224 Guaranty Building
FILM DAILY
402 Warner Brothers Theatre Building
FILM MERCURY
7576 Melrose Avenue
FILM FUN
6731 Lcland Way
FILM SPECTATOR
6362 Hollywood BouIevar.J
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1605 Cahuenga Blvd.
LOS ANGELES EXAMiNER
1111 South Broadway
LOS ANGELES RECORD
612 Wall Street
MOTION PICTURE DAILY
6i05 Yucca Street
MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE
1509 Worth Vine Stree:
MOTION PICTURE HERALD
6305 Yucca Street
PACIFIC COAST MUSICIAN
1709 West Eighth Street
PACIFIC COAST INDEPENDENT EXHIBITOR
25 Taylor Street, San Francisco
PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE
1680 North Vine Street
SCREEN BOOK
1222 Guaranty Building
SCREENLAND
1306V2 North Vista Street
SCREEN SECRETS MAGAZINE
6605 Hollywood Boulevard
SOUND WAVES
1040 North Las Palmas Avenue
STANDARD CASTING DIRECTORY
1680 North Vine Street
STUDIO DIRECTORY PUBLISHING CO.
1680 North Vine Street
TIMES MIRROR COMPANY (L. A. TIMES)
100 North Broadwa\
UNIVERSAL SCENARIO
5507 Santa Monica Boulevard
VARIETY
6282 Hollywood Boulevard
VOICE OF THE SCREEN
6362 Hollywood Boulevard
ROB WAGNER S SCRIPT
9486 Dayton Way. Beverly Hills
WESTERN MUSIC 9 RADIO TRADES JOURNAL
1220 South Maple Avenue
BERLIN, IRVING, INC.
845 South Broadway
DE SYLVA, BROWN cr5 HENDERSON, INC.
6435 Hollywood Boulevard and
845 South Broadway
DONALDSON. DOUGLAS o= GUMBLE PUBLISH-
ING CO. 845 South Broadway
FOX, SAM, PUBLISHING COMPANY
520 South Broadway
FAMOUS MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
845 South BToadu/ay
Song Publishers
West Coast Offices, Los Angeles
HARMS MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
6425 Hollywood Boulevard and
Warner Brothers Theatre Building
QUINCKE, W. A., PUBLISHING COMPANY
430 South Broadway
RED STAR MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
845 South Broadway
REMICK MUSIC CORPORATION
845 South Broadway
ROBBINS PUBLISHING COMPANY
845 South Broadway
SHAPIRO. BERNSTEIN COMPANY
845 South Broadway
WILSHIRE MUSIC COMPANY. INC.
605 South Western Avenue
WITMARK. M., y SONS
With the advent of talking pictures, pro-
ducers were most desirous of finding play-
ers who could deliver dialogue in the best
possible manner. Many of the silent
screen stars were not adept at reading lines
and, before they could learn to do so,
players that could were needed. As a re-
sult, the legitimate stage was the target of
the talent-seeking producers who desired to
sign favorite players and were willing to
pay large sums for them. Many of those
who were not signed went to the coast and
found it rather easy — at first — to get into
pictures through their stage experience.
When the excitement surrounding the
talking picture had died down, and the
novelty of hearing people speak from a
moving picture screen had worn off, the
public demanded that certain thing which
had made silent pictures such a great suc-
cess— actors with screen personality.
Screen personality is vastly different from
stage personality. Stars of the stage who
have beauty and charm are not always that
way on the screen. Screen personality is
registered by the camera, and the sharp
eye of this mechanical device is the thing
that makes or breaks screen stars. If one
does not have the personality that photog-
raphy will bring out, screen success is not
forthcoming. Therefore, it was this lack
of screen personality that caused many
stage actors, great or near great, to return
to the footlights.
With the greater portion of stage favor-
ites either decisively in or out of pictures,
the producers are searching for new faces
to grace the talking screen. This time they
are looking for beauty and personality in
players as well as the ability to read lines
well. They want youth and beauty rather
than names and years of experience. As a
result, the youthful players, who have not
yet reached the point where their names
mean dollars at the box-office are being
taken in hand by the studios and given
parts that will mean either success or fail-
ure. Studios figure they can build the
names up to box-office magnets providing
the players are possessed of screen per-
sonality.
At Mctro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
Dorothy Appleby
Lillian Bond
Janet Currie
Phyllis Elgar
Joan Marsh
Karen Morley
Irene Purcell
Lester Vail
At Paramount:
Norman Foster
Carman Barnes
Robert Coogan
Tom Douglas
Mitzi Green
Miriam Hopkins
Lcnita Lane
William Bakewell
Edwina Booth
Kent Douglass
Madge Evans
Ray Milland
Monroe Owsley
Gus Shy
Robert Young
Stuart Erwin
Juliette Compton
Claire Dodd
Tamara Gcva
Raymond "OurorP
Helen Johnson
Frances Moffat
Vivienne Osborn
Jackie Searl
Charles Starrett
Dorothy Tree
New Leading Players
In looking over the roster of the various
studios one finds there are more new names
and faces than ever before.
Among the many newer faces on the
screen, individuals who in the past year
have come into prominence and are on the
threshold of stardom, we find:
Robert Montgomery Carole Lombard
Sylvia Sidney Clark Gable
Dorothy Jordan Marion Marsh
Joel MacCrea Sidney Fox
Wynne Gibson Evalyn Knapp
Genevive Tobin Loretta Young
James Cagney Kay Francis
Sally Eilers Jean Harlow
Dorothy Lee Frances Dee
Phillips Holmes Pat O'Brien
Elissa Landi
All of these players have been given
roles in the past few months which have
enabled them to show promise of being
of starring caliber. Consequently they have
been slated for even better parts and a
chance to show whether or not they will
reach the pinnacle of picture players. They
not only have played one or more roles
with distinction, but their work for the
most part has been of such a nature that
they are practically assured of success.
On the lists of new players who recently
have started coming to the front are many
names which will, within the coming year,
be much more famous. Those being de-
veloped at the present time are:
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Ginger Rogers
Peggy Shannon
p ^gis Toomey
dlan Vincent
On the Fox lot the following are picked
as winners:
John Arledge
Mina Gombell
Howard Phillips
Hardie Albright
Humphrey Bogart
John Garrick
Gaylord Pendleton
David Rollins
Joan Castle
Joyce Compton
Dixie Lee
Una Merkel
Goodee Montgomery
Yvonne Pelletier
Peggy Ross
Linda Watkins
George E. Stone
Frank Albertson
Donald Dillaway
Warren Hymer
Terrance Ray
Virginia Chernll
Marguerite Churchill
Roxanne Curtis
Marion Lessing
Frances McCoy
Maureen O'Sullivan
Rosalie Roy
Radio lists among its new talent:
Lita Chevret Claudia Dell
Moel Francis Roberta Gale
Rochelle Hudson Arline Judge
Jill Esmond Moore Ruth Weston
Lawrence Ollivier Geoffrey Kerr
The Warner Brothers-First National
roster has these young players:
Donald Cook Warren William
Anthony Bushell Leon Janney
Allan Lane Ona Munson
Joan Blondell Edward Morgan
Gladys Ford Po'ly Walters
Robert Allen Mae Madison
United Artists has three new players all
of whom are slated for big roles:
Betty Grable Shirley Grey
Florence Britton
Universal sees big names before the year
ends for these:
Rose Hobart Bette Davis
Arthur Grange Tala Bircll
Darek Fairman Elliott Nugent
At Columbia:
Constance Cummings
Loretta Sayers
Richard Cromwell
Susan Fleming
RKO Pathc has three new players who
show promise:
June MacCloy Marion Shilling
Russell Glcason
RELEASES FOR
1929-31
ABRAHAM LINCOLN (D AT) 87<M
I'MTU) ARTISTS (K) November 8. 1930.
(NP) August 30. 1930. Produced by David
Wark Griffith. With Walter Huston. Una
Merkel. llubart Bosworth. Kay Hammond. Lu-
cille La Verne. Ian Keith. Helen Freeman.
W. L. Thome. Frank Campeau. Otto Hoffman.
K. Alyn Warren. Charles Crockett. Henry B.
Walthall. Helen Ware. Jaaon Kobards. Russell
Simpson. Gordon Thorpe. Oscar Apfel. Fred
Warren. Edgar Deenng. Cameron Prudnomme.
James Bradbury. Jr.
THEME: Episodes from Uie life of the great
martyred president.
•ACQUITTED (0-AT) 5781
COLUMBIA. (Ki October 26. 1929. With
Lloyd Hughes. Sam Hardy. Charles We.->t,
George Rig&s. Charles Wilson. Otto Hoffman.
ACROSS THE WORLD WITH MR. AND MRS.
MARTIN JOHNSON Trav-PT. M) 8208
TALKING PICTURE EPICS. (B) September
1. 1930. Sound on film.
THEME: Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson and
three boy scouts who visited them In Africa.
Cannibals, animals, and natives of various
countries. An authentic adventure picture.
•AFGHANISTAN (E) _ 6000
AMKINO. <R) September. 1929. No Star
(Travelogue) .
AFRICA SPEAKS (AT) 7054
COLUMBIA. (Ill September 15. 1930. (UP)
September 27. 1930.
THEME: An all talking picture of darkest
Africa.
AFTER THE VERDICT (ME) 7174
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOPLAYS. (Rl June
1. 1930. With Olga Tschechowa.
AIR POLICE (Mel-AT) 5500
BONO ART-WORLD WIDE. (R> April 1.
1931. (NP) March 21. 1931. Sound on film.
With Kenneth Harlan and Josephine Dunn.
ALIAS FRENCH GERTIE (Mel-AT) 6416
RADIO PICTURES. (Rl April.. 20. 1930.
(NP) April 19. 1930. With. Bebe Darnels. Ben
Lyon.
•ALIAS JIMMY VALENTINE (Mel-AT) 8000
METRO- GOLD WYN -MAYER. (Rl January 26.
1929. (NP) March 9. 1929. With William
Haines. Karl Dane. Lionel Barrymore. Leila
Hyams. Tully Marshall. Howard Hickman.
Billy Butts. Evelyn Mills.
THEME: A successful bank crook goes straight
for the girl he loves and marries.
•ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
(D-AT) 12423
UNIVERSAL. (R) September 1. 1930. (NP)
May 10. 1930. With Louis Wolheim. Lew
Ayers John Wray. Slim Summerville. Russell
Gleason. William Bakewell. Walter Brown Rog-
ers. Ben Alexander. Owen Davis. Jr.. Heinie
Conklin. Bodil Rosing. Beryle Mercer. Marion
Clayton. Edwin Maxwell. Bertha Mann. Arnold
Lucy. Joan Marsh. Yola D'Avril. Poupee
Andriot,
THEME: An epic of the world war. showing its
effects on the younger generation drawn in be-
fore they had actually grown to manhood.
ALOHA (CD-AT) — _ ... 8132
TIFFANY. (Rl February 16. 1931. With Ben
Lyon. Raquel Torres. Robert Edeson. Alan Hale.
Thelma Todd. Marian Douglas. Otis Harlan.
T Roy Bames. Donald Reed. Dickie Moore.
Marcia Harris. Addie McPhail. Phyllis Crane.
Al St. John. Rita Rey. Robert Ellis.
THEME: An American tries to Americanize his
South Sea wife, and finds his task is not so
simple as he had hoped.
ALONG CAME YOUTH (CD-AT) 6623
PARAMOUNT. (R) December 20. 1930. (OP)
October 18. 1930. With Charles Rogers. Stuart
Erwin. William Austin. Frances Dee.
•ANNA CHRISTIE (D-AT) - 6700
METRO-GOLD WN-MAYER. (R) February 21.
1930 (NP) February 13. 1930. Sound on
disc. With Greta Garbo. Charles Bickford.
George Marion. Marie Dressier.
THEME: A girl who lived a life of hardships,
goes to her drunken father, who is a sea cap-
tain. Here she meets the man she loves and
marries him.
ANIMAL CRACKERS (MC) - . .. 8897
PARAMOUNT. (R) September 6. 1930. (NP)
September 6. 1930. With the Four Marx
Brothers. Lillian Roth. Margaret Dumont.
Louis Sorin. Hal Thompson. Margaret Irving.
Kathryn Reece. Richard Greig. Edward Metcalf.
THEME: A nonsensical story, but it serves
amply as a vehicle for the antics of the Man
Brothers.
ANYBOOY'S WAR (C-AT) — . 8117
PARAMOUNT. (R) August 2. 1930. (OPI
April 5 1930. With Moran and Mack. Joan
Peers. Neil Hamilton. Walter McGrail. Walter
Weems. Betty Farrington.
ANYBODY'S WOMAN (D-AT) 7243
PARAMOUNT. (R) August 30. 1930. (NP)
August 16. 1930. With Ruth Chatterton. Clive
Brook. Charles Gerrard. Virginia Hammond.
Tom Patricola. Paul Lukas.
THEME: The story of a successful lawyer who
takes for himself a showgirl wife and attempts
to elevate her to his plane of society.
•APPLAUSE (D-AT) 6896 7068
PARAMOUNT. (R) January 4. 1930. With
Helen Morgan, Joan Peers. Fuller Mellish. Jr..
Henry Wadsworth. Jack Cameron. Dorothy Cum-
ming.
THEME: The story of a girl who is born as
her father dies in the electric chair for mur-
der, and the sacrifice the girl makes for her
mother.
•ARGYLE CAS£. THE (Mel-AT) 7794
WARNER BROS. (TOS) August 31. 1929.
With Thomas Meighan. H. B. Warner. Gladys
Brockwell. Lila Lee. Bert Roach.
•ARIZONA KID. THE (WAT) 7902
FOX. (R) April 27. 1930. (NP) May 24.
1930. Sound on disc and film. With Warner
Baxter. Mona Maris. Carol Lombard. Theodor
Von Eltz. Arthur Stone. Mrs. Jlminez. Walter
P. Lewis. Jack Herrick. Wilfred Lucas. Hank
Mann. De Sacia Mouers. Larry McGrath. Jim
Gibson.
THEME: The exploits of a reckless. love mak-
ing bandit and two of his sweethearts, painted
with sweeping strokes against the brilliant back-
ground of the old West.
•AROUND THE CORNER (C AT) 6356
COLUMBIA. (Rl April 25. 1930. (OPI May
3. 1930. With George Sidney. Charles Murray.
Joan Peers. Larry Kent. Charles Delaney. Jess
de Vorska. Fred Sullivan.
THEME: An Irish cop and a Jewish pawn-
broker and a prize flgbt.
•AROUND THE WORLD VIA GRAF ZEPPELIN
(Trav-ME) 4950
TALKING PICTURE EPICS ,lti February. —
1930. (OP) November 9. 1929. Sound on disc
and film.
THEME: The historical trip of the Graf with
the Hearst cameraman aboard.
•ARSENAL (D) 6900
AMKINO. (R) November 2. 1929. S. Svazhenko.
ASI ES LA VI DA _
SONO ART-WORLD WIDE. (R) June. 1930.
Sound on disc and film. Spanish version of
'What a Man." With Jose Bohr. Lolita Ven-
drell. Delia Magana.
ATLANTIC (D-AT) 7754
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL. (Rl October 2.
1930. (NP) October 11. 1930. With Franklyn
Dyall. Madeleine Carroll and John Longden.
featured.
AVIATOR. THE (CD-AT) _ 6743
WARNER BROS. (NP) January 18. 1930.
•With Edward Everett Horton. Patsy Ruth Mil-
ler. Armand Kaliz, Johnny Arthur. Lee Moran.
Edward Martindel. Phillips Smalley. William
Norton Bailey.
AWFUL TRUTH. THE (CD-AT) 6229 6124
PATHE. (R) August 16. 1929. (NP) Septem-
ber 7. October 19. 1929. Sound on disc. 6229:
on film. 6124. With Ina Claire. Henry Daniels.
Theodore Von Eltz. Paul Harvey. Blanche Fred-
erici. Judith Vosselli. John Roche.
THEME: Quarrels and jealousy result in di-
vorce, with neither the wife nor the husband
desiring It. Amends are made, they remarry
and sail for Paris on their second honeymoon.
B
BACHELOR APARTMENT (D-AT) 6880
RADIO PICTURES. (Rl April 15. 1931. (NP)
February 28, 1931. With Lowell Sherman.
Irene Dunne. Mae Murray. Noel Francis. Clau-
dia Dell. Norman Kerry.
BACHELOR FATHER. THE (C-AT) 8237
METRO-GOLDWN-MAYER. (Rl January 10.
1931. (OP) December 13. 1930. With Marion
Davies. Ralph Forbes. David Torrence. C.
Aubrey Smith. Doris Lloyd. Nina Quartero.
THEME: A middle-aged Englishman brings
his children, by several marriages, together for
a reunion, with unexpected consequences.
•BACHELOR GIRL (D-TME) 6245 5967
COLUMBIA. (Rl May 3. 1929. With William
Collier. Jr.. Jacqueline Logan. Edward Hearn.
Thelma Todd.
THEME: A story of a girl, whose love and
encouragement is responsible for the success of
her boy friend.
BACK PAY (D-AT) 5672
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) June 1. 1930. (OP)
June 7. 1930. Sound on disc. With Corinne
Griffith. Grant Withers. Montagu Love. Hallam
Cooley. Geneva Mitchell. Vivian Oakland.
BAD MAN. THE (WCD-AT) 7124
FIRST NATIONAL. (B) September 14. 1930.
(NP) October 4. 1930. With Walter Huston.
Dorothy Revier. O. P. Heggie. Marion Byron.
Sidney Blackmer. James Rennie. Guinn Wil-
liams. Arthur Stone. Edward Lynch. Harry
Semels. Erville Alderson.
THEME: A Mexican bandit tries to act as
matchmaker. The humorous way he goes about
it forms the basis of the story.
(Formerly Bell Pictures)
BAD MEN S MONEY (W) 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) October. 1929. With
Yakima Canutt.
_*BAD ONE. THE (CD-AT) 6673
UNITED ARTISTS. (R) May 3. 1930. (NP)
Key to Symbols
The following appear immediately after the
title to indicate the nature of the production:
C — Comedy AT— All-talking
D — Drama PT — Part-talking
CD — Comedy drama M — Music
F — Farce E — Sound effects
Mel — Melodrama MC — Musical comedy
My — Mystery O— Operetta
Trav — Travel R — Revue
W — Western S — Singing
EXAMPLE: C-AT, all-talking comedv. FMy-
AT. all-talking farce mystery. CD-AT, S, com-
edy drama, all-talking with singing.
(R) signifies release.
(NP) signifies picture was discussed in the
department, New Product (formerly T. O. Serv-
ice) in the issue indicated by the date.
NOTE: An asterisk preceding the title in-
dicates either that there is a silent version or
that the picture was produced only in silent
version. Pictures marked with an asterisk
which have sound versions are indicated by the
sound symbols appearing after the title.
259
March 22. 1931. Sound on film. With Dolgrea
Del Rio. Edmund Lowe. Ullrich Haupt. Don
Alvarado. George Fawcelt-
BAR L RANCH (W-AT) 5400
BIG 4. (Rl July. 1930. (OP) AuguM 23.
1930. Sound on film and dlic. With Yakima
Canutt. Buffalo Bill. Jr.. Wally Wales. Ben
Corbett. Fern Emmet t. Betty Baker. Robert
Walker.
•BARNUM WAS RIGHT (F-AT) 4316 5042 4938
UNIVERSAL. 'I!. S-i.vml.. r J J. 1929 With
Glenn Tryon. Meraa Kennedy. Otis Harlan.
Basil Radford. I sa belle Keith. Lew Kelly. Clar-
ence Burton. Gertrude Sutton.
THEME: Poor boy wants to marry rich girl.
Leases old estate, bunts for hidden treasure,
house blows up. but the boy gets the girl. -
-BAT WHISPERS. THE 7991
UNITED ARTISTS. (Rl November 29. 1930.
(NPl November 15. 1930. (Wide film length.
7810.) With Chester Morris.
•BATTLE OF PARIS (D AT) 6202
PARAMOUNT. (Hi November 30. 1929. With
Gertrude Lawrence, Charles Ruggles. Walter
Petrie. Gladys Dy Bois. Arthur Treacher. Joe
King.
THEME: A Paris street singer, after the theft
of a wallet from an artist, returns It to him
and the two fall In love, only to have their hap-
piness broke by the war and an American
dancer. An injury to the artist, however, re-
unites the sweethearts.
BE YOURSELF (CD-AT. S) 5977
UNITED ARTISTS. (R) February 8. 1930.
(NPl March 15. 1930. Sound on film. With
Fannie Brice. Harry Green. Robert Armstrong.
Gertrude Astor.
•BEAU BANDIT (CD-AT) 6169
RADIO PICTI'ItES. (R) March 2. 1930. (NPl
June 21. 1930. With Conrad Nagel. Doris
Kenyon.
BEAU IDEAL ( Mel-AT) ... 7135
RADIO PICTURES. (R) January 25. 1931.
(NP) November 29. 1930. With Loretta Young.
Ralph Forbes. Irene Rich.
THEME: Described as a sequel to "Beau
Geste." |
•BEAUTY AND BULLETS (W) 4277
UNIVERSAL 'It I December It. 1929. Wilh
Ted Wells. Duane Thompson. Jack Kennedy.
Wilbur Mack.
THEME: Girl finds brother member of gang
of robbers which has robbed stage coach.
BEHIND OFFICE DOORS (D AT)
RADIO PICTURES. (Rl March 15. 1931.
With Mary Astor. Robert Ames. Ricardo Cor-
tez. Catherine Dale Owen.
THEME : Business office drama.
•BEHIND THAT CURTAIN (My-AT) 8300
FOX (R) June 30. 1929. Sound on film.
(NP)' August 31. 1929. With Warner Baxter.
Lois Moran. Gilbert Emerr. Claude King. Philip
Karloff. Jamiel Hassen. Peter Gawthome. John
Rogers. Montague Shaw. Finch Smiles. Mer-
cedes Velasco. E. L. Park.
THEME: Girl marries unhappily, flees to old
friend in the desert: husband, a criminal, fol-
lows, is killed, and happiness is left for the
two.
BEHIND THE MAKEUP (D-AT). w-„h6364
P\R AMOUNT (Rl January 11. 1930. With
Hal Skellv Fav Wrav. William Powell. Kay
Francis. Paul Lukas. E. H. Calvert. Agostino
Borganto.
THEME- The tragic death of an actor, whose
thieving proclivities break the heart of his team-
mate reunite the teammate and his first love,
the girl who had married the unscrupulous
actor.
•BELLAMY TRIAL. THE (D-AT) ... 7542
METRO -GOLD WYN-MAYER. <R> March 2.
19»9 (NT) April 13. 1929. Sound on disc
and 'film With Leatrice Joy. Betty Bronson.
Edward Nugent.
•BELOW THE DEADLINE (Dl
CHESTERFIELD (R) May 1. 1929 With
Barbara Worth. Frank Leigh. J. P. McGowan.
Frank Merril. Arthur Rankin. Virginia SJlje.
•TinV Ward. T.ou Gory. Fred Walton. Bill
Pattnn. Charles Hickman. Mike Donlin.
THEME' Storv of a voung detective who frees
the gangster brother of the girl he loves, but
succeeds in capturing the rest of the gang.
BENSON MURDER CASE. THE (My-AT) 5794
PARAMOUNT. (Rl April 12. 1930. With Wil-
liam Powell. Natalie Moorhead. Eugene Pallette.
Paul Lukas WUliam Boyd. E. H. Calvert.
Richard Tucker. May Beany. Mischa Auer.
Otto Yamaoka. Charles McMurphy. Dick Rush.
THEME: The mysterious murder of Anthonv
Benson and its puzzling aftermath. From S. S.
Van Dine"s novel.
•BETRAYAL (D-ME) - &f2 ,6641
PARAMOUNT (Ri May 11. 1929. With Emil
.Tannings. Garv Coooer. Esther Ralston. Jada
W»ller Donelas Haic. Bodil Rosing.
THEME: The tragedy of a Swiss girl forced
into marriage and of the man whom she really
loved but could not wed.
BEYOND THE LAW (W-AT) T^,™*
SYNDICATE. (R) October 1. 1930. (OP)
November 8 1930. With Robert Frazer. Dons
HDL
BEYOND THE RIO GRANDE (W-AT) ... 5400
BIG 4. (R) April. 1930. (OPI June 7. 1930.
Sound on disc and film. With Jack Pen-in.
Starlight. Franklvn Farnum. Charline Burt.
Emma Tansev. Buffalo Bill. Jr.. Pete Morrison.
Henry Roquemore. Edmund Cobb. Henry Taylor.
BEYOND VICTORY (D-AT)
PATHE. (Rl April 12. 1931. WUliam Boyd.
Helen Twelvetrees. James Gleason. Fred S-ott.
Russell Gleason. Lew Cody. Zasu Pitts. Dor-
othy Burgess. June Collyer.
THEME: Five men facing death on the battle-
field go back home on the wings of remem-
brance.
BIG BOY (MC) - 627S
WARNER BROS. (Rl September S. 1930.
260
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
(NP) September 2u. 1930. With Al Jolson.
tuuaia ucia. ijuuiSe v,iosser ii.u< , i^iuiu
liugues, Luuie PlLiUixti, x,e*v nanej. x'laiiKuu
i>d(.ic. jonu xiairuxi. xoui vniauu. carl wxuie.
Coiixl Cauipoeii, i^ouh Heeiy.
xxuvMt.: ai juiauu ji tue role of a lovable
jocKey.
BIG BualNESS GIRL (0-AT) 7200
±nc3x r«AiiOi\A.L. March n, lsai.
\mu l^oieiu louug, Ricaiuo Conez. l-iank ai-
belcsou. Joau xilouuell. Drank xlalieu. xJoiolhy
cuiisue. -\uiniau runups, jr.. lioouy Guiuou.
i>aticy xtoier arid ruiiups Smalley.
'i'muME: A girl who lets business interfere
WUH her home and happiness aimost loses ootu.
BIG KiGHf. lot 5102
So^u Ai£i->tuicr,i> wiue. (it) September l
1SJU. (UP) Apia iy. lyao. Sound on uisv and
turn. With Siepin Jt'etcmt, Lola Lane. Guam
V> imams. Ralph luce.
BIG HOUSE. THE (D-AT) 790|
MJixll<j-GOLDWi.\-MAii.R. (It) June 21
1-JM. (Mi*J July 5. 19,10. Sound on disc and
Dim. With Wallace .Beery. Chester Morris.
Robert .Montgomery. Karl Dane. Lewis Scone
Leila Hyanis.
'iHEMt: a gripping story of convict life and
attempted escape Horn a big prison.
BIG MONEY (C-AT) 7698
l'ATHJS. (It) October 2ti. 1»30. (NP) October
25, 1930. Sound on rilm. With Eduie Ciuillan
ltobert Armstrong, James Gleasou. Aliriam See-
gar. Margaret Livingston.
THEME: a Wall Street messenger boy with a
loudness for gambling becomes involved with
underworld racketeers and nearly wrecks a ten-
der love romance.
*B,G1.«N,^S (My"AT> 6950 6130 6028
PA1HL. (it) September 7, 1920. With ltobert
Armstrong, Carol .Lombard. Tom Kennedy War-
ner Richmond. Wade lioteler. Sam Hardy
Charles Sellon. Robert Dudley.
THEME: A newspaperman is discharged for
alleged drunkenness, is threatened with divorce
and is framed by a gang. He is ultimately
vindicated of any wrongdoing
*BIG PARTT,- THE (CD-AT, M).'. 6656 6520
FOX. (It) February 23. 1930. With Sue Carol
Walter Catlett. Dixie Lee, Frank Albertson.
Richard Keene. "Whispering" Jack Smith
Charles Judels. Douglas Gilmore. Ilka Chase
Dorothy Brown. Elizabeth Patterson.
BIG POND. THE (CAT. S) 69M
FA*. AMOUNT. (R) May 3 133= (NT) May
2*. 1W0. With Maurice Chevalier. Claudette
Colbert.
THEME: Foreigner makes good in American
big business but almost loses in love.
•BIG TIME (D-AT) 8038 78|5
FOX. (R| September 29, 1929. Sound on
disc and film. With Lee Tracy. Mae Clarke,
Daphne Pollard, Josephine Dunn. Stepin
Fetchit.
THEME: Hoofer teams up with another while
wife is ill. Wife goes to Hollywood, becomes
star, he drifts in as an extra, and she finds she
still loves him.
BIG TRAIL. THE (D-AT) (See below)
FOX. Wide film length. 14.200 feet: standard
11.314. (R) November 2. 1930. (NP) October
11. 1930. With John Wayne. Marguerite
Churchill. El Brendel. Tully Marshall Tyrone
Power. David Rollins. Ian Keith. Frederick
Burton. Russ Powell. Charles Stevens. Louise
larver, William V. Mong. Dodo Newton. Ward
Bond. Marcia Harris. Marjorie Leet, Emslie
Emerson, Frank Rainboth. Andy Shufford
Helen Parrish.
THEME: It depicts the ambitious homeseekers
of 1830 who migrated to absorb new lands —
their births, their deaths, their marriage — the
cycle of their lives maintained regardless of the
obstacles that beset their path.
BILLY THE KID (Mel-AT) 8808
M ETItO- GOLD WYN- MAYER. (R) October 4
1930. (NP) September 13-October 25. 1930.
THEME: The daring adventures of the famous
boy bandit of the west, back in the colorful
70's.
♦BISHOP MURDER CASE. THE (Mel-AT)
-~~ 5727 7901
METRO- GOLD WN-M A YER. (R) January- 3.
1930. Sound on film and disc. With Basil
Rathbone. Leila Hyams. Raymond Hackeit, '
Polly Moran. Charles Quartemaine.
THEME: Several suspects in a murder case.
Pbilo Vance, young attorney, finds the guilty
party after many sleepless nights.
•BLACK MAGIC (D-ME) 5855 5835
FOX. (R) June 2. 1929. Sound on Him. With
Josephine Dunn, Earle Fox. John Holland.
Henry R. Walthall, Dorothy Jordou. Fritz
Feld. Sheldon Lewis. Ivan Linow. Blue Wash-
ington.
THEME: Three derelicts on a South Sea
island, where a girl brings them baek to man-
hood.
•BLACK WATCH, THE (D-AT) 8487
FOX. (It) May 2G. 1929. Sound on film.
(TOS) July 6, 1929. With Victor McLaglen.
Myrna Loy, David Torrence, David Percy.
Joseph Diskay, Joyzelle. David Rollins. Lums-
den Hare. Roy D'Arcy, Mitchell Lewis, Cyril
Chadwick, Francis Ford. Walter Long. Fred-
erick Sullivan, Richard Travels. Pat Somerset.
Claude King.
THEME: Military melodrama with most of the
scenes laid in India.
BLACKMAIL (My-AT) A 7136
SONO ART-WORLD WIDE. (It) October.
1929. Sound on disc and tllm. With Donald
Calthrop. Anny Ondra. John Longden.
THEME: A mystery drama or London's Scot-
I land Yard.
BLAZE OGLORY (CD-AT) 8800
SONO ART-WORLD WIDE. (R) December.
1929. Sound on disc and film. With Eddie
Dowllng. Betty Compson. Henry Walthall.
Frankie Darro.
BLIND HUSBANDS (D-AT)
UNIVERSAL. By Erich Von Strohelm.
THHAIE: Sophisticated and modern matrimo-
nial drama staged In novel surroundings.
BLUE ANGEL. THE (D-AT) 8848
PARAMOUNT. (R) January 3. 1931. (OP)
November 22. 1930. With Emil Jannings. Mar-
lene iMetrien, Produced by UFA.
BODY PUNCH, THE (D) 4786
UNlVivisSAL. (it) jury 14. 192U. Jack Dough-
erty, Virginia Blown D ane. George Kotsonaros.
Wnbur Mack. Monte Montague.
THEME: The story of a stolen bracelet and a
terrific tight between the accused and the real
culprit.
BODY AND SOUL (D-AT) 7400
FOX. (R) February 15. 1931. (NP) March
7, 1931. With Charles Farrell, Etissa Landi.
Humphrey Bogart. Myrna Loy, Donald Dill-
away. 1'at Somerset, lan MacLaren. Craufurd
Kent, Dennis D'Auburu, Douglas Dray, Harold
Kinney. Bruce Warren. Goodee Montgomery.
THEME: While hghting for his country an in-
experienced boy meets the girl he has dreamed
about. The tragedy of espionage almost sepa-
rates them but love triumphs.
BORDER LEGION. THE (W-AT) 6088
PARAMOUNT. (R) June 28. 1930. (NP) July
5, 1930. With Richard Arlen. Eugene Pallette.
Jack Holt, Fay Wray, Stanley Fields.
•BORDER ROMANCE (W-AT, S) 5974
TIFFANY. (R) May 18. 193U. (OP) May 31.
1930. With Arrnida. Don Terry. Marjorie Kane.
Victor Potel, Wesley Barry. Nita Marfan, Frank
Glendon, Harry von Meter. William Costello.
THEME: American horse traders rescue beau-
tiful girl from Mexican bandits.
•BORN RECKLESS (D-AT) 7123 7123
FOX. (R) May 11. 1930. (NP) June 21. 1930.
Sound on disc and film. With Edmund Lowe.
Catherine Dale Owen. Warren Hymer. Mar-
guerite Churchill, Lee Tracy, William Harrigan,
Roy Stewart. Frank Albertson. Paul Page.
Ferike Boros, Paul Porcasi. Joe Brown, Eddie
Gribben, Pat Somerset, Ben Bard. Mike Donlan.
THEME: A portrayal of the bonds of gangdom
and their lifelong entanglement.
•BORN TO THE SADDLE (W-ME) 4126
UNIVERSAL. (It) March 10. 1930. With Ted
Wells. Duane Thompson. Leo White, Merrill
McCormick. Byron Douglas. Nelson McDowell.
THEME: An eastern millionaire and his
daughter are rescued from outlaws by a wealthy
Chicago broker posing as a cowboy.
BORROWED WIVES (CD-AT) 5997
TIFFANY. (R) August 20. 1930. (OP) August
30. 1930. With Rex Lease, Vera Reynolds.
Nita Martan. Paul Hurst. Robert Randall.
Charles Sellon. Dorothea Wolbert. Sam Hardy.
Harry Todd. Tom London. Eddie Chandler.
THEME: Complications of »btaining a wife in
24 hours in order to inherit a large estate.
BOUDOIR DIPLOMAT, THE (CD-AT) 6093
UNIVERSAL. (R) December 25. 1930. (NP)
October 4, 1930. With Betty Compson. Ian
Keith, Mary Duncan. Jeanette Loff, Andre
Beranger, Lawrence Grant. Lionel Belmore.
THEME: Handsome young man ordered, by his
King to make love to many, many women.
BREED OF THE WEST (W-AT) 5400
BIG 4. (R) November. 1930. Sound on film
and disc. With Wally Wales. Virginia Browne
Faire. Bob Walker. Lafe McKee. Buzz Barton.
Bobbie Dunn. George Gerwln. Hank Bell. Edwin
Cobb. Bud Osborne. Benny Corbett.
BREAKUP. THE (Trav-ME) 4900
TALKING PICTURE EPICS. (R) May 15.
1930. Sound on film.
THEME: Captain Jack Robertson and dog.
Skooter. in an Alaskan adventure picture.
BREEZY BILL (W) 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) March. 1930. (MPN) Sep-
tember 20. 1930. With Bob Steele.
BRIDE OF THE REGIMENT (0) 7418
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) June 22. 1930. (NP)
June 14, 1930. Sound on disc. With Vivienne
Segal. Walter Pidgeon, Ford Sterling. Louise
Fazenda. Lupino Lane. Myrna Loy. Alan Prior.
Harry Cording.
BRIGHT LIGHTS (CD-AT) 6416
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) September 21. 1930.
(OP) July 5. 1930. With Dorothy Mackaill.
Frank Fay. Noah Beery. Eddie Nugent. Inez
Courtney, Tom Dugan, James Murray, Frank
McHugh. Daphne Pollard. Jean Bary. Virginia
Sale. Edmund Breese. Philip Strange.
THEME: A chorus girl's rise to fame — from
the chorus, to a dancing role in a dive in
Africa, to hula dancing back in New York and
finally to stardom on Broadway.
B ROAD M I N D ED (C-AT)
FIRST NATIONAL. With Joe E. Brown. Ona
Munson, Marjorie White. Holmes Herbert and
Thelma Todd.
BROADWAY (D-AT) 8597 9635 9661
UNIVERSAL. (R) February 15. 1929. (TOS)
November 10. 1929. With Glenn Tryon. Merna
Kennedy. Evelyn Brent. Thomas E. Jackson.
Robert Ellis. Paul Porcasi. Otis Harlan. Leslie
Fenton. Arthur Houseman. Betty Francisco.
Edytbe Flynn. Florence Dudley, Ruby McCoy,
Marion Lord, George Dais. Fritz Feld. George
Ovey. Albert Briscoe. Gus Parthos. Bob Roper.
THEME: Broadway hoofer reaches heights
after overcoming many obstacles. Girl dancer
Is heroine.
•BROADWAY BABIES (D-TME) 8067
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) June 30. 1929. With
Alice White. Charles Delaney. Tom Dugan.
Bodil Rosing. Sally Eilers. Marion Byron. De
Joselyn Lee.
THEME: A story of a girl who breaks her
engagement with her sweetheart and dances
under the management of a crook. The crook
is killed and she returns to her former sweet-
heart satisfied.
•BROADWAY MELODY. THE (MC) 5943 9372
METRO-GO I, I) WYN- MAYER. (It) March 9.
1929. (NP) April 20. 1929. Sound on disc.
With Anita Page. Bessie Love. Jed Prouty.
Kenneth Thomson. Edward Dillon. Mary Doran.
Eddie Kane, J. Emmett Berk. Marshall Ruth.
THEME: A song writer gets a lob for his
sweetie and sister In a Broadway show. The
act Is cut out and the one sister left out.
Then the writer realizes that he loves the other
sister. But they're all reunited after a bit.
•BROADWAY SCANDALS (D-AT) 6395
COLUMBIA. (R) November 10. 1929. With
Sally O'Ncll. Jack Egan. Carmel Myers. Tom
O'Brien, J. Barney Sherry, John Hyams. Charles
Wilson. Doris Dawson, Gordon Elliott.
THEME: Story of a boy singer, attracted by a
vamp stage star, who takes him away from bis
girl friend. But the girl makes good and wins
her lover away from the vamp.
•BROTHERS (D-AT) 7319
COLUMBIA. (R) November 14. 1930. (NP)
Oct. 25-Nov. 22, 1930. With Bert Lytell. Dor-
othy Sebastian, William Morris, Richard
Tucker, Maurice Black, Frank McCormack.
Claire McDowell, Francis McDonald. Rita Car-
lyle and Howard Hickman.
THEME: Dual characterization, based on the
stage play by Herbert Ashton. Jr.
BULLDOG DRUMMOND (Mel-AT) 6163 8376
UNITED ARTISTS. (R) August 3. 1929. With
Ronald Colman. Joan Bennett, Lilyan Tash-
man, Montagu Love.
•BURNING THE WIND (W-AT) 5202
UNIVERSAL. (11) February 10. 1930. With
Hoot Gibson. Cessare Gravine. Virginia Brown
Faire, Boris Karlotf. Robert Holmes.
THEME: The story of a son who returns
from school in the east and saves his father's
homestead from being usurped by land robbers.
•BURNING UP (CD-AT) 5338 5251
PARAMOUNT, (li) February 1. 1930. Sound
on film. With Richard Allen. Mary Brian.
Tully Marshall. Charles Sellon. Sam Hardy.
Francis McDonald.
THEME: An automobile race, with events lead-
ing up to it. between an unscrupulous driver and
one whose integrity cannot be Questioned, the
latter winning the girl of his choice.
CALL OF THE DESERT 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) April. 1930. With Tom
Tyler.
CALL OF THE FLESH (D-AT) 9178
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) August 16.
1930. (NP) September 20. 1930. Sound on disc
and film. With Ramon Novarro. Dorothy Jor-
don. Renee Adoree. Ernest Torrence. Nance
O'Neil. Marie Dressier.
THEME: The romantic career of a young Span-
ish student with an operatic voice.
•CALL OF THE WEST (D-AT) 6500
COLUMBIA. (R) April 15. 1930. (OP) May
31. 1930. Sound on disc and film. With Dor-
othy Revier. Matt Moore. Katherine Clare Ward.
Tom O'Brien. Alan Roscoe. Vic Potel. Nick De
Ruiz. Joe De La Cruze. Blanche Rose. Ford
West. Gertrude Bennett. Connie Le Mont. Buff
Jones.
THEME: A love epic of the open spaces.
CAMEO KIRBY (D-AT) 6078 6120
FOX. (R) January 12. 1930. (NP) February
13. 1929. With J. Harold Murray. Norma Ter-
ris. Douglas Gilmore. Robert Edeson. Charles
Morton. Stepin Fetchit. John Hyams. Mme.
Daumery. Myrna Loy. Beulah Hall Jones.
THEME: The stormy life of a gambler who
finally wins the girl of his heart.
•CAMPUS KNIGHTS (CD)
CHESTERFIELD. (R) June 15. 1929. With
Raymond McKee. Shirley Palmer. Marie Quil-
lan. Jean Laverty.
CANYON HAWKS (W-AT) 5400
BIG 4. (R) August. 1930. (OP) October 18.
1930. Sound on film and disc. With Yakima
Canutt, Buzz Barton. Wally Wales. Robert
Walker, Robert Dunn. Robert Reeves. Rene
Bordon.
•CANYON OF MISSING MEN. THE (W) 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) March. 1930. (OP) August
2, 1930. With Tom Tyler.
CAPTAIN APPLEJACK (C-AT) 5776
WARNER BROS. (R) January 31. 1931. (OP)
. August 23. 1930. With Mary Brian. John Hal-
lidav and Louise Closser Hale.
THEME: Whimsical story of a bashful com-
muter who finds a bold sea robber hanging on
his family tree. He starts to emulate his fore-
bear, which results in an episode of piracy-
punctuated with comic situations.
CAPTAIN COWBOY (W) 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) November. 1929. With
Yakima Canutt.
♦CAPTAIN LASH (D-ME) 5376 5454
FOX (R) Januarv 6. 1929. Sound on film.
(TOS) February 10. 1929. With Victor Mc-
Laglen. Claire Windsor. Arthur Stone. Albert
Conti. Clyde Cook. Jean Laverty. Frank Hag-
nev. Boris Carsky. Jane Wilson.
THEME: Boss stoker on ship finds that lovely
woman was not all that she purported to be.
♦CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD (MC) .5913 7513 7519
UNIVERSAL. (R) April 20. 1930. (NP)
March 29. 1930. With Laura La Plante. John
Boles, Sam de Grasse. James Marcus. Lionel
Belmore. Stuart Holmes. Evelyn Hall. Claude
Fleming. Murdock MacQuarrie. Richard Cramer.
Harry Burkhardt, George Hackathorne. De Witt
Jennings.
THEME: The love story of Rouget de l'Isle.
composer of the "Marsellalse" song, and Marie
Marnay. the "torch of the revolutionists."
•CAPTAIN SWAGGER (D-ME) 6312 6312
PATHE. (R) October 14. 1929. With Rod
IjiRocque. Rue Carol. Richard Tucker. Victor
Potel. Ulrioh Haupt.
THEME: A story of the aftermath of the
World war. with an American aviator, both in
war and in civil life, the nemesis of a German
warrior.
CAPTAIN THUNDER (CD-AT) 5875
WARNER BROS. (R) December 13. 1930.
(NP) September 27. 1930. With Victor Var-
coni. Fav Wrav. Charles Judels. Natalie Moor-
head. Don Alvarado. Robert Elliott. Bert Roach.
Frank Campeau. John St. Polis. Robert Emmett
Keane.
THEME: The exploits of a Robin Hood who
breaks prison doors and feminine hearts.
CAREERS (D-TME) 8435
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) June 2. 1929. (TOS)
June 29 1929 With Blllie Dove. Antonio
Moreno Thelma Todd. Noah Beery. Holmes
Herbert. Carmel Mvers, Robert Frazer. Sojin.
THEME: The story of a beautiful woman who
1931
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201
attempts to help her husband with his position
but makes things worse.
CARELESS AGE. THE (CD-PT. ME) 6J08
FlitSt' NATIONAL. (Ill September 10. IWV.
Willi U 'i,b» Fairbanks. Jr.. lajrctta Young.
Carmcl Myers. Holmes Herbert. Kenneth Thom-
son. George Haxur. WUIrcd Soy. Doris Uuyd.
Ilkii Chuac. Itaymoiul Laurence.
THEME: Stor> or u youth fulling In love with
a gold digger, who gives hlru the runaruund.
•CASE OF SERGEANT G RISC HA (DAT) 8191
RADIO PICTURES ill! Fchiuaiy l:i:;n.
LHP) March 8. 1K3U. With Chester Morris.
Betty Comiison.
CAT CREEPS. THE ( Mil- AT) 6493
UNIVERSAL (Hi November lu. 1800. (MP)
Novcmlxr 15. 193U. With Helen Twelvetrees.
Neil Hamilton. lUyinnnil lluckctt. Jean ller-
sholt. Lilyun Tushmun. Theodore Von Bit,
Montagu Love. Lawrence (Irani. Elizabeth Pal-
tcr-»>ri
THEME: Spine shivering mystery taking place
In the spooky house of a deceased millionaire.
CAUGHT CHEATING (C-AT) 5678
TIFFANY. (11) December 29. 193U. (OP)
March 7. 193U. With Charlie Murray. Ucorge
Sidney. N'ita Martan. Dorothy Christy. Uobert
Kills, llertha Mann. Tenen lloli/.
THEME: A gangster vows to get his wife's
lover and what happens when he puts I he w rong
man on the spot.
CAUGHT SHORT (C-AT) 6873
METKO ■GOLDWYN-MAYElt. lid May 10.
1930. (NP) June 28. 1930. Sound on disc and
film. With Marie Dressier, l'olly Moran. Anita
Piute. T. ltoy Barnes. Owen Lee.
THEME: Two housewives caught in the stock
market crash.
CHANCES (D-AT)
FIRST NATIONAL. Willi Douglas Fairbanks.
Jr.. Rose Hobart. David Manners. Mary F'orbes.
Holmes Herbert. Anthony Bushel). Edward Mor-
gan and May Madison.
THEME: A war story in which two brothers
are in love Willi the same girl.
CHARLATAN. THE (0-TME) 5972 6506
UNIVERSAL. (Kl April 14. 1929. With
Holmes Herbert, ltockclifle Fellows. Margaret
Livingston.
THEME: A magician and savant who manages
to hide his identity until the proper time.
CHARLEY'S AUNT (F-AT) 8214
COLUMBIA. (11) December 25. 1930. (OP)
December 6. 1930. With Charlie Buggies, June
Collyer. Hugh Williams. Doris Lloyd. Halliwell
Hobbes. Flora I* Breton, Rodney McI>ennon.
Flora Sheffield. Phillips Small. v and Wilson
Bengc.
THEME: "Charley's Aunt" adapted from
Brandon Thomas' famous farce. Christie
Brothers produced the picture.
CHARMING SINNERS (CD-AT) 6164
PARAMOUNT. (R) August 17. 1929. With
Ruth Chatterton, Clive Brook. Mary Nolan.
William Powell. Laura Hope Crews. Florence
Eldridge. Montagu Lore. Juliette Crosby. Lor-
raine Eddy. Claude Allister.
THEME: The story of a wife who uses a for-
mer sweetheart to discipline her husband.
•CHASING RAINBOWS (CD-AT) 8100
METRO GOLDWYN-MAYER. (Rl January 19.
1930. (N'P) March 1. 1930. Sound on dim
and disc. With Bessie Love. Charles King. Jack
Benny. George K. Arthur. Polly Moran. Gwen
Lee, N'ita Martan, Eddie Phillips. Marie Dress-
ier.
THEME: A vaudeville team is broken after
many years together. The man marries another
woman. Their marriage goes wrong and the
original pair get together again.
■CHASING THROUGH EUROPE
(D-PT. ME) 5622 5581
FOX. (R) June 9. 1929. Sound on film. With
Sue Carol. Nick Stuart. Gustav von Seffertitz.
Gavin Gordon. E. Alyn Warren.
THEME: Hero steps in in time to save a beau-
tiful woman from an unhappy marriage.
CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK (C-AT. S) 6923
RADIO PICTURES. (R) October 25. 1930.
INP) October 4. 1930. With Amos *n' Andv.
Sue Carol. Charles Morton. Rolf Harolde. Ed-
ward Martindel, Irene Rich. Rita LaRoy. Rus-
sell Powell.
THEME: The story of two Negroes, the Fresh
Air Taxi Cab Company. Incorpulated. and
Madam Queen.
CHEER UP AND SMILE (CD-AT. S) 5730
FOX. (R) June 22. 1930. (OP) August 2.
1930. With Dixie Lee. Olga Baclanova. Johnny
Arthur. John Harrow. Franklin Pangborn. Ar-
thur Lake. Whispering Jack Smith. Charles
JndeJj. Sumner Getchell. Buddy Messinger.
THEME: A college boy finds night club life
too Beetle and goes back to college and to his
sweetheart.
CHILDREN OF DREAMS (0- AT)
WARNER BROS. (R) May 8. 1931. With
Margaret Schilling. Paul Gregory. Tom Patri-
cola. Bruce Winston. Charles Winninger. Marion
Rvron.
THEME: Story built about the wandering fruit
harvesters of California and about one girl
among them whose voice brings fame and suc-
cess but almost robs her of happiness.
•CHILDREN OF PLEASURE (CD-AT) 6400
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) April 12.
1930. (OP) August 9. 1930. Sound on disc
and film. With Lawrence Gray. Helen John-
son. Gvcynne Gibson. Benny Rubin.
THEME: A New Tork song writer finds disap-
pointment in his1 love for a society girl and
turns to a girl of his own set.
•CHILDREN OF THE RITZ (CD-ME) 6287 6565
FIRST NATIONL. (Rl March 3. 1929. (TOS)
March 2. 1929. With Dorothy Mackalll. Jack
Mulhall. James Ford. Eddie Burns. Lee Moran.
Kathryn MeGuire. Evelvn Hall. Doris Dawson.
A grip Herring. Frank Crane.
THEME: Story of a millionaire girl who falls
In love with her chauffeur. Trouble brews after
the marriage hut the ending is happy.
•CHINA BOUND (CD) 6900
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) Mav 18.
1929. With Karl Dane. George K". A"h"r.
Pollv Moran. Josephine Dunn. Hattv Woods.
Carl Stockdale.
THEME: The boss Urea Euatla because he
Ions his daughter. The boas' daughter is sent
on a trip to China. Kustis goes on the same
boat. A revolution starts and Kurnis saves the
girl. ^
•CHINA EXPRESS (D) 5631
AMKINO. IB) November U. 1U3U. (OP)
March 15. 1930. Special cast.
•CHRISTIANA (D-PT) 7105 7911 7651
FOX. (It) December Li. 1929. With Janet
Uaynor. Charles Morton, Rudolph ScluJdkraut.
Lflcj Doriuine. Hurry Cording.
THEME: A bit of a Cinderella story, in which
marriage that might have been uuhappv is
avoided. A background ol Holland and a
circus.
CIMARRON 11.182
RADIO PICTURES. (Rl February U. 1931.
January 3. 1931. With Richard Dlx. Irene
Dunne. Estelle Taylor. Edna May Oliver.
THEME: An epic of the fearless pioneers open-
ing Oklahoma territory.
CIRCLE. THE (CD-AT) 4970
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (OPl February
22, 1929. See "Strictly Unconventional." new
title.
•CITY GIRL (D-AT) 8217 6240 6171
FOX. (Ill February 10. ISM. With Charles
Farrell, Mary Duncan. David Torrence. Edith
Yorke. Dawn O'Day. Guinn Williams, Dick
Alexander. Tom Maguire, Edward Brady.
THEME: A ijm' of bringing 'lie city lo the
old farm, in the person of the farmer's daugh-
ter-in-law. and finally the couple decide to stay
and help father.
CITY STREETS ( D-AT)
PARAMOUNT. (R) April 18. 1931. With Syl-
via Sidney, Gary Cooper. Paul Lukas. Wynne
Gibson. William Boyd.
CLANCY IN WALL STREET (C-AT) _ 7100
ARISTOCRAT. (R) April 1. 1930. Sound on
disc and film. With Charles Murray, Lucien
Littlefleld.
THEME: A plumber goes Wall Street and be-
comes a millionaire.
•CLEAR THE DECKS (CD-TME) 5740 5792
UNIVERSAL. (ID March 3. 1929. With Regi-
nald Denny, Olive Hasbrouck, Otis Harlan.
Colette Merton. Lucien Littlefleld. Brooks Bene-
dict. Robert Anderson. Elinor Leslie.
THEME: A shipboard story of jewel thieves
and the boy and the girl who effect their
apprenhension.
•CLIMAX. THE (D-AT) 5013 5974 5846
UNIVERSAL. (Ri January 20. 1930. With
Jean Hersholt. Kathryn Crawford. Henry Ar-
mettl. LcRoy Mason. John Reinhardt. William
Worthington. George Gillespie. Ervin Renard.
Jean Border.
COCK OF THE WALK (CD-AT) 7200
SONO ART-WORLD WIDE (R) Mav 15. 1930.
(NP) April 20. 1930. Sound on disc and film.
With Joseph Schildkraut. Mvrna Loy Olive
Tell. Edward Peil. Wilfred Lucas.
THEME: The story of a conceited philanderer
who employs his physical charms to a great
intrinsic advantage.
•COCKEYED WORLD. THE (CD-AT)
9240 11.109 10.702
FOX. (R) October 30. 1929. (NP) October 5.
1929. With Victor McLaclcn. Edmund Lowe.
Lily Damita. Leila Karnelly. El Brendel. Bobby
Burns. Jeanette Dagna. Joe Brown. Stuart Er-
win Ivan Linow. Jean Bary.
THEME: Two Marines constancy vying over
some girl.
COCOANUTS. THE (MC) 8613
PARAMOUNT. (R) August 3. 1929. With the
Four Marx Brothers, Mary Eaton. Oscar Shaw.
Katherine Francis. Margaret Dumont. Cyril
Ring. Basil Rnysdael. Sylvan Lee. Gamby-Hale
and Foster Girls.
CODE OF HONOR (W-AT) 6 reels
SYNDICATE. (Rl October 15. 1930. (OP)
November 15. 1930. With Mahlon Hamilton.
•CODE OF THE WEST (W) 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) February. 1930. With Bob
Custer.
COHENS AND KELLYS IN AFRICA (C-AT) 7725
UNIVERSAL. (R) January 19. 1931. (NP)
November R. 1930. With George Sidney. Charles
Murray. Vera Gordon. Kate Price. Lloyd Whit-
lock. Frank Davis. Georgette Rhodes, Renee
Marvelle.
•COHENS AND KELLYS IN ATLANTIC CITY
(F-AT) 7752 7400
UNIVERSAL. (R) March 17. 1930. With
George Sidney. Mack Swaim. Vera Gordon. Kate
Price. Cornelius Keefe, Nora Lane. Virginia
Sale. Tom Kennedy.
THEME: Bathing suit manufacturers and a
beauty contest, in which a $25,000 prize rehabil-
itates business.
•COHENS AND KELLYS IN SCOTLAND
(F-AT) _ 6584 7600 7600
UNIVERSAL. (R) March 17. 1930. (HP)
March 15. 1930. With George Sidney. Charlie
Murray. Vera Gordon. Kate Price. E. J. Rat-
cliffe. William Colvin. Lloyd Whitlock.
•COLLEGE COQUETTE (CD-AT) 5566 6149
COLUMBIA. (R) August 5. 1929. With Ruth
Taylor. John Hoeland. William Collier. Jr..
■Tnhma Ralston. Edward Piel. Jr.
THEME: A story of a girl who kills herself
because her boy friend falls in love with another
girl. Locale is a college campus.
•COLLEGE LOVE (D AT) 6846
UNIVERSAL. (R) July 7. 1929. With George
Lewis. Eddie Phillips. Dorothv Gulliver. Church-
illRoss. Hayden Stevenson. Sumner Getchell.
THEME: A college football picture.
COLLEGE LOVERS (CD-AT) 5633
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) October 5. 1930. (NP)
August 30. 1930. With Marion Nixon Jack
Whiting. Frank McHugh. Guinn Williams. Rich-
ard Tucker. Wade Boteler. Phyllis Crane. Rus-
sellTTonkins.
theME : A story of the love of two college
football plavers for one girl, and the near loss
of a game because of their tense rivalry.
•COME ACROSS (M-TME) 5593 5330
UNIVERSAL. (R) June 30 1929. W>h Lina
Basquette. Reed Howes. Clarissa Selwynne.
Flora Finch. Crauford Kent. Gustav Von Scf-
(erUu
THEME: A girl who wants to see the other
side of life and how she meets the man.
COMMAND PERFORMANCE. THE (D AT)
TIFFANY. (Ill January 19. IVM. Willi N.-il
Hamilton. Una Merkel. Thclma Todd. Helen
Ware. Lawrence Grant. Burr Mcliitoah. William
von Hrincken. Vera Lewis, Albert Gran.
THEME: A young actor impersonates a prince
and wins the heart of a real princess.
COMMON CLAY (D-AT) - 7Mi
FOX. (Rl August 17. VJM. (NPi August Hi.
1930. With Constance lieniieti. Lew Ayrca.
Tully Marshall. .Matty Kemp. Purnell B. Pratt.
Beryl Mercer. Charles McNaughion. Hale Ham
ilton. Genevieve Blinn. Ada William*.
THEME: A drama depicting the story of a
girl's struggle to overcome the stigma of her first
sin.
CONCENTRATIN' KID 5118
UNIVERSAL. (Rl August 24. 1931). (OP)
November 1. 193U. Hoot Gibson.
CONDEMNED (D-AT) 7448
UNITED ARTISTS. Iltl December 7. 1929
With Ronald Colman. Ann Harding. Louis Wol-
heim. Dudley Dlgges.
CONQUERING HORDE. THE (D AT) 6596
PARAMOUNT ,K, March 7. 1931 IN'Pl
February 21. 1931. Willi Richard Arhn. Fay
Wr.iv. Claude Gillingwater.
•CONQUEST (D-AT) 4706
WARNER BROS. (Rl January 19. 1929. (TOS)
January 12. 1930. With Monte Blue. Lois Wil-
son. H. B. Warner. Tully Marshall.
THEME: A duel in an airplane for the love
of a girl, with the loser Jumping overboard to
his death after his machinations have failed to
eliminate ber sweetheart.
CONSPIRACY (D-AT) 6483
RADIO PICTURES. (R) August 10. 1930.
(OP) November 8. 1930. With Hugh Trevor.
Bessie Love. Ned Sparks. Ivan LebedcfJ. Rita
I^altoy. Martha Howard.
THEME: The story of a young woman's en-
deavors to wipe out the leaders of a drug ring
with the help of her brother.
CORSAIR (D-AT)
UNITED ARTISTS. With Chester Morris fea-
tured.
COSTELLO CASE 6018
SONO ART- WORLD WIDE. (Ri October 15.
1930. (NP) October 25-November 22. 1930.
Sound on disc and film. With Tom Moore.
Lola Lane. Russell Hardy. Wheeler Oakman.
COURAGE (D-AT) 6639
WARNER BROS. (Rl May 31. 1930. (OPl
June 7. 1930. With Belle Bennett. Marian
Nixon. Richard Tucker. Leon Janney.
THEME: A drama of mother love and the
struggle of a woman whose children are taken
from her.
•COURTIN' WILD CATS ....
(WCD-AT) 5142 5226 5118
UNIVERSAL. (R) December 22. 1929. With
Hoot Gibson. Eugenia Gilbert. Harry Todd. Jos.
Girard. Monte Montague. John Oscar. Jim
Corey. James Earley. Pete Morrison. Joe
Bonomo.
THEME: Story of a hoy who Is supposed to be
ill sent to join a circus by his father. There
he meets a wildcat (the heroine! and Anally
subdues her.
•COVERED WAGON TRAILS (W) 5 reels
SYNDIC ATF;. (Rl April. 1930. With Bob
Custer. .
•COWBOY AND OUTLAW (W) 5 reels
SY'NDICATE. (R) January. 1930. With Bob
Steele.
CRACKED NUTS (C-AT)
RADIO PICTURES. lit) April IS. 1931. (NT)
February 14. 1931. With Bert Wheeler. Robert
Woolsey. Edna May Oliver. Dorothy Lee.
•CRAZY THAT WAY (C-AT) 5800
FOX. (Rl March 30. 1930. (OP) March 29.
1930. Sound on disc and film. With Joan
Bennett. Kenneth MacKenna. Regis Toomey.
Jason Robards. Sharon Lynn. Lumsden Hare.
Baby Mack.
THEME: The story of a young society girl
who is much courted hut neither loves nor Is in-
terested in any man — until the right one arrives
and she is forced to use all her wiles to win
him.
CRIMINAL CODE. THE (Mel-AT) 9006
COLUMBIA. (R) January 3. 1931 (OP) De-
cember 13. 1930. With Walter Huston. Phil-
lips Holmes. Constance Cummings. Mary Doran.
DeWitf Jennings. John Sheehan. Boris KarlofT.
Otto Hoffman. Clark Marshall. Arthur Hoyt.
Ethel Wales. John St. Polis. Paul Porcasi.
.Tames Guilfoyle. Lee Phelps. Hush Walker and
Jack Vance.
THEME: New York's smashing stage hit of
last season, winner of the Theatre Cup Trophv
as the best play of the year, adapted for
the screen. A story of prison life with plenty
of dramatic climaxes.
CRIMSON CIRCLE. THE (PT. M) 6800
INTERNA TION AT, PHOTOPLAYS. (R) Feb-
ruary 1. 1930. With Stewart Rome.
CUCKOOS. THE (MC) 9170
RADIO PICTURES (Rl Mav 4. 1930. <NPI
May 3. 1930. With Bert Wheeler. Robert
Woolsey.
•CZAR OF RROADWA Y (D AT) 7106 7314
UNIVERSAL. (Rl Mav 31. 1930. (NP) Julv
5. 1930 t With John Wrav. Be"v C"mp*on.
John Harron. Claude Allister. King B-ecot.
Wilbur Mack. George Bvron. Duke Lee. Henrv
Herbert.
D
DAMAGED LOVE
SONO ART-WORLD WTDE. (R* January 15.
1931. (NP) January 24. 1931. Sound on film.
With June Collyer.
•DAMES AHOY (F-AT) 5271 5895 5773
UNTVERSAL (Rl February 9. 1931. (NPI
April 5. 1930 With Glenn Trvon. Helen
Wright. Otis Harlan. Eddie Gribbon. Gertrude
Astor.
THEME: Three gobs, a hlonde and $500.
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1931
DANCE FOOLS DANCE (CD-AT) 7336
METRO-GULL) WY.S -MA YEK. (Hi February 21.
1931. (NP) January 3. 1931. Sound on film
and disc. With Joan Crawford, Lester Vail.
William Bakewell. Cliff Edwards, William Hol-
den. Purnell Pratt. Thelma Todd.
THEME: A rich girl suddenly forced to earn
her own living gets a newspaper job and finds
her own brother involved with racketeers.
•DANCE OF LIFE, THE (CD-AT. S) 7448 10619
PARAMOUNT. (Rj September 7. 1929. Sound
on disc. With Hal Skelly, Nancy Carroll.
Dorothy Revier. Ralph Theador. Charles D.
Brown, Al St. John. May Holey. Oscar Levant.
Gladys Du Bois, James T. uuinn, James Farley.
George Irrin.
THEME: An engrossing story of the vicissitudes
of backstage life.
DANCERS. THE (D-AT) 7500
FOX (R) November 9. 1930. (NP| Novem-
ber 22-29. 1930. With Lois Moran. Walter
Byron. Phillips Holmes, Mae Clarke, Tyrell
Davis. Mrs. Patrick Campbell.
THEME: Early in their teens they pledged
their troth! And they retain their ideals even
after contact with this modern, sophisticated
world.
DANCING SWEETIES (CD-AT) 5656
WARNER BROS. (R) July 19. 1930. (MP)
_ August 23, 1930. With Grant Withers. Sue
Carol, Edna Murphy. Kate Price.
THEME: Romance revolving around a dancing
contest.
DANGER LIGHTS (Mel-AT) 6550
RADIO PICTURES. (R) September 22. 1930.
(NP) November 22. 1930. With Louis Wol-
heim. Jean Arthur. Robert Armstrong.
THEME: The conflict of two railroaders in love
with the same girl, set against the background
of a great railroad.
♦DANGEROUS CURVES (CD-AT) 6539 7278
PARAMOUNT. (R) July 13. 1929. With Clara
Bow. Richard Arlen. Kay Francis. David New-
ell. Anders Randolph. May Boley. T. Roy
Barnes. Joyce Compton, Charles D. Brown, Stu-
art Erwin. Jack Luden.
A story of the white tops and two of its per-
formers, a bareback rider and a tightrope
walker.
DANGEROUS NAN McGREW (CD-AT, S) 6571
PARAMOUNT. (R) July 5, 1930. (NP) July
19. 1930. With Helen Kane. James Hall. Stu-
art Erwin, Victor Moore. Frank Morgan.
THEME: Helen Kane boop-boopa-doops her
way to the Royal Canadian Mounted.
•DANGEROUS PARADISE (D-AT) 5434 5244
PARAMOUNT. (R) February 22. 1930. (NP)
February 22. 1930. Sound on film. With
Nancy Carroll. Richard Arlen. Warner Oland,
Gustave von Seyffertitz.
THEME: The experience of a girl, a member
of a night club orchestra and a wealthy guest
of the club who. against odds, outwit three
unscrupulous men seeking to kidnap the girl.
DANGEROUS WOMAN. A (Mel-AT) 6643
PARAMOUNT. (R) May 18. 1929. With Bac-
lanova, Clive Brook, Neil Hamilton. Clyde Cook,
Leslie Fenton. Snitz Edwards.
THEME : The infidelity of a wife and the ef-
forts of a man to save his brother from en-
tanglements with her.
DARK RED ROSES (AT) 5747
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOPLAYS. (R) March
1. 1930. With Stewart Rome.
•DARK STREETS (D-AT) 5514 5416
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) August 11. 1929.
With Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee, Aggie* Herring,
Earl Pingree. Will Walling. E. H. Calvert.
Maurice Black.
THEME: Two brothers, one a cop and the
other a crook. The cop lives and the crook is
killed.
•DARKENED ROOMS (ML-AT) 6066
PARAMOUNT. (R) November 23, 1929. With
Evelyn Brent. David Newell, Neil Hamilton,
Doris Hill. Gale Henry, Wallace MacDonald.
Blanche Craig, E. H. Calvert. Sammy Bricker.
THEME: A story revolving around a fake
medium racket.
DAWN PATROL, THE (D-AT) 10054
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) August 10. 1930.
(NP) July 19. 1930. With Richard Barthelmess.
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.. Neil Hamilton, William
Janney, James Finlayson, Clyde Cook. Gardner
James. Edmund Breon. Frank McHugb. Jack
Aokroy. Harry Allen.
THEME: A squadron of youthful aviators risk
their lives with the British Air Forces. Bar-
thelmess goes up in place of young Fairbanks
and sacrifices himself for love of his comrade.
DAYBREAK (D-AT) _
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) May 2. 1931.
Sound on disc and film. With Ramon No-
varro. Helen Chandler, Jean Hersholt. C.
Aubrey Smith. William Bakewell. Kent Doug-
lass. Glenn Tryon.
THEME: Exciting adventures of a young Aus-
tralian officer in colorful pre-war Vienna.
•DEMON OF THE STEPPES. THE (D) 6800
AMKINO. (R) January 18. 19301 With
TJlkolai Saltykov.
DERELICT (D-AT) 6622
PARAMOUNT. (R) November 22. 1930. (OP)
October 18. 1930. With George Bancroft. Wil-
liam Boyd.
DESERT SONG. THE <MC) 11034
WARNER BROS. (R) May 11. 1929. (TOS)
June 8. 1929. With John Boles. Charlotte
King, Louise Fazenda. Edward Martindcl.
Jack Pratt. Otto Hoffman. John Miljan.
DeElllott, Myma Loy.
THEME: A musical talc of robbers hold, dis-
guises effective, and love mystified. The locale
is the desert and the Riff troops gallop through
many scenes.
DESERT VENGEANCE (W-AT) 5907
COLUMBIA. (R) January 25. 1931. (NP)
February 28. 1931. With Buck Jones. Barbara
Bedford. Douglas Gilmore. Al Smith. Ed
Brarlv. Bob Fleming. Buck Conner. Peewee
Holmes. Slim Whitaker, Barney Bearsley and
Joe Gerrard..
THEME : "Buck Jones In the role of a bandit
who plies his lawless trade in a colorful min-
ing town in tbe Sierras.
DEVIL MAY CARE (D-AT) 8813
METRO-GOLD WYN -MAYER. (It) February
7, 1930. Sound on film and disc. With Ra-
mon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan. John Miljan.
Marion Harris, William Humphrey. George
Davis. Clifford Bruce.
THEME: A soldier who is to be shot, escapes
and marries the girl who tried to give him
up to the police.
DEVIL TO PAY (D-AT) 6641
UNITED ARTISTS. (R) January 31. 1931.
(OPi December 6. 1930. With Ronald Col-
nian.
DEVIL WITH WOMEN, A (D-AT) 5750
FOX. (R) November 16. 1930. (NP) Novem-
ber 1. 1930. With Victor McLaglen, - Mona
Maris. Humphrey Bogart, John St. Polls.
Michael Vavitch. Mrs. Jiminez. Luana Alcaniz.
Mona Rico, Joe De La Cruz. Robert Edeson.
THEME: The romance of a soldier of fortune
in Central America.
DEVIL'S HOLIDAY, THE (D-AT) 6743
PARAMOUNT. (Rl May 24. 1930. (NP) May
17. 1930. With Nancy Carroll, Phillip Holmes.
James Kirkwood. Hobart Bosworth. Ned Sparks.
Morgan Farley. Jed Prouty. Paul Lukas. Zasu
Pitts. Morton Downey. Guy Oliver. Jessie
Pringle. Wade Boteler, Laura La Vamie.
THEME: The story of a manicurist, grafter and
professional "good girl." in whose life suck-
ers, sinners and saints play strange parts. She
scoffs at them and laughs at love. But love
triumphs.
•DEVIL'S PIT, THE (ME) 5597 5780 6642
UNIVERSAL. (R) March 9. 1930. With entire
cast made up of natives of Maori, New Zealand.
THEME: Maori folk story.
DISHONORED (D-AT) 8188
PARAMOUNT. (R) April 4. 1931. (NP)
March 7. 1931. With Marlene Dietrich. Victor
McLaglen. Warner Oland. Barry Norton. Lew
Cody.
•DISRAELI (D-AT) 8044
WARNER BROS. (R) November 1. 1929.
(NP) December 14. 1929. With George Arliss.
Joan Bennett, Anthonv Bushnell. Doris Lloyd.
THEME: Historical drama of the life of the
one-time prime minister of England and author.
•DIVINE LADY (D-TME) 9035
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) March 31. 1929.
(TOS) May 11. 1929. With Corinne Griffith.
Victor Varconi. H. B. Warner. Ian Keith.
Marie Dressier. Dorothy Cummings. William
Conklin. Montague Love. Julia Swayne Gor-
don. Michael Vavitch.
THEME: A girl uses her influence at court to
help win naval honors for the one she loves,
who dies later in battle.
DIVORCE AMONG FRIENDS (D-AT) 6076
WARNER BROS. (R) December 27. 1930.
(NP) October 4. 1930. With James Hall. Irene
Delroy. Lew Cody. Natalie Moorhead. Edward
Martindel, Margaret Seddon.
THEME : Drama 15 minutes before the final
edition, while New York is asleep, with the
newspaper the clearing house for the triumphs
and tragedies of the world.
•DIVORCE MADE EASY (CD-AT) 5270 5386
PARAMOUNT. (R) July 6. 1929. With Doug-
las MacLean. Marie Prevost, Johnny Arthur,
Frances Lee. Dot Farley, Jack Duffy, Buddy
Watles. Hal Wilson.
THEME: A humorous plot, with a husband
and wife endeavoring to frame an escapade
which will give them a divorce.
•DIVORCEE, THE (CD-AT) _ 7533
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) April 2C.
1930. (NP) April 12. 1930. Sound on disc
and film. With Norma Shearer. Chester Morris.
Robert Montgomery. Zelda Sears, Mary Doran.
THEME: Emotional experience of a young
woman who is divorced from, her husband.
DIXIANA (0) 8908
RADIO PICTURES. (R) August 1. 1930. (NP)
August 2. 1930. With Bebe Daniels. Everett
Marshall. Bert Wheeler. Robert Woolsey.
Joseph Cawthorn. Jobyna Howland. Dorothy
Lee. Ralf Harolde. Edward Chandler. Ray-
mond Maurel.
THEME: A story of the love of a circus girl
for the son of a Southern gentleman.
DOCTOR S SECRET. THE (D-AT) 5823
PARAMOUNT. (R) January 26. 1929. With
Ruth Chatterton. H. B. Warner. John Loder.
Robert Edeson. Wilfred Noy. Ethel Wales. Nana
Price. Frank Finch-Smiles.
THEME: A drama of martial marital life,
with a doctor, through his clever story, as a
mediator between husband and wife.
DONOVAN AFFAIR. THE (D-AT) 5799 6245
COLUMBIA. (R) April 11. 1929. With Jack
Holt. Agnes Ayres. Dorothy Revier, William
Collier. Jr.. John Roche. Fred Kelsey. Hank
Mann. Wheeler Oakman, Virginia Brown Faire.
Alphonse Ethier. Edward Hearn. Ethel Wales.
John Wallace.
THEME: A story of a slick lawyer who finds
the murderer of Jack Donovan, gambler and
women lover.
DOORWAY TO HELL (D-AT) 7092
WARNER BROS. (R) October 18. 1930. (NP)
Sept. 13-Nov. 8. 1930. With Lewis Ayres.
•«■> Charles Judels. Dorothy Mathews. Leon Jan-
ney. James Cagney.
THEME: A story of hijackers In the beer
running racket dominated by an underworld
king with a Napoleonic complex.
•DOUBLE CROSS ROADS (D-AT) 5800 5800
FOX. (R) April 20. 1930. (NP) May 3. 1930.
Sound on disc and film. With Lila Lee.
Robert Ames. Montagu Love. Ned Sparks. George
McFarlane. Edith Chapman. Tom Jackson.
Charlotte Walker. William V. Mong. Thomas
Jefferson.
THEME: The story of an ex-convict who has
determined to go straight, and his sweetheart,
a young cabaret singer, who outwit a gang of
crooks endeavoring to get the ex-convlct to
"pull" one more safecracking job. «
DOUGH BOYS (C-AT) 7325
M ETRO -C.O LI) WY'N -MAYER. IRI August 30.
1930. (NP) September 27. 1930. With Buster
Keaton. Sally Ellers. Cliff Edwards Edward
Brnphv Victor I'o'el AmnM Korff. Frank
Mavo. Pltzy Katz. William Steele.
THEME: The story of a man who accidentally
enlists in the army and is sent to France where
a lot of mud and a top sergeant make Lie
tough for him.
DRACULA (Mel-AT) _ 6735
UNIVERSAL. (R) February 14. 1931. (NP)
January 3. 1931. With Bela Lutosi. David
Manners, Helen Chandler. Dwight Frye. Ed-
ward van Sloan, Herbert Bunsston. Joan
Standing. Moon Carroll. Frances Dade. Jose-
phine Velez.
THEME: Weird mystery that borders on the
fantastic Male vampire whose victims are
beautiful women.
•DRAG (D-AT) 5633 7642
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) July 21, 1929. Sound
on disc. (NP) August 10, 1929. With Rich-
ard Barthelmess, Lucien Littletield. Katherine
Ward. Alice Day. Tom Dugan. Lila Lee. Mar-
garet Fielding.
THEME: An ambitious young newspaper man
and writer finds living with his wife's family
intolerable, and flees to a foreign country to
seek freedom.
•DRAKE CASE. THE (D-AT) _..5688 6442 6642
UNIVERSAL. (R) September 1. 1929. (NP)
September 21. 1929. With Gladys Brockwell.
Robert Fraser, Forrest Stanley. James Crane.
Eddie Hearn. Doris Lloyd. Tom Duggan. Bar-
bara Leonard, Bill Thome. Francis Ford.
THEME: Murder will out, this time in the
person of the Drake family's attorney.
DRUMS OF JEOPARDY. THE (Mel-AT)
TIFFANY. (R) March 2. 1931. (NP) Feb-
ruary 21. 1931. With June Collyer. Lloyd
Hughes. Warner Oland. Hale Hamilton.
THEME: The recovery of two precious jewels.
DU BARRY. WOMAN OF PASSION (D-AT). 8291
UNITED ARTISTS. (R) October 11. 1930.
(NP) November 8. 1930. With Norma Tal-
madge. Conrad Nagel. William Farnum, Ullrich
Haupt. Hobart Bosworth.
DUDE WRANGLER. THE (WC-AT) . 6200
SONO ART- WORLD WIDE. (Rl July. 1030.
(OP) May 24. 1930. Sound on disc and film.
With Liria Basquette, Francis X. Bushman.
Clyde Cook. George Duryea. Ethel Wales.
•DUKE STEPS OUT. THE (CD-ME) 6210 6206
METRO- GO LDWYN-MAY'ER. (R) March 16.
1929. With William Haines. Joan Crawford.
Karl Dane. Tenen Holtz. Luke Cosgrove. Her-
bert Prior.
THEME: An aristocratic lad. who fights un-
der another name, joins a college and meets
a girl of his dreams. A championship match
starts. The college students hear the Duke's
real name over the radio. The girl rushes to
him and he wins.
•DUMBBELLS IN ERMINE (CD-AT) . 5200
WARNER BROS. (R) May 10. 1930. (OP)
June 7. 1930. With Robert Armstrong. Bar-
_ p bara Kent. Beryl Mercer. James Gleason. Claude
Gillingwater. Julia Swayne Gordon. Arthur
Hoyt. Mary Foy.
THEME: Comedy-drama adapted from the stage
play, "Weak Sisters," by Lynn Starling.
DUMMY. THE (MEL-AT) 5357
PARAMOUNT. (R) March 9. 1929. With
Ruth Chatterton. Frederic March, John Crom-
well. Fred Kohler. Mickey Bennett, Vondell
Darr. Jack Oakie, Zasu Pitts. Richard Tucker.
Eugene Pallette.
THEME: A drama in which an estranged hus-
band and blackmailers are involved in a kid-
napping plot.
•DYNAMITE (D-AT) 10771 11550
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) December
13. 1929. (NP) January 4. 1930. Sound on
disc. With Charles Bickford. Kay Johnson.
Conrad Nagel, Julia Faye.
THEME: Rich girl marries doomed man so she
can inherit money. But the man is freed and
the girl learns to love him.
•EASIEST WAY. THE (D-AT) 6600
METRO-GOLD WTN-MAYER. (Rl February 7.
1931. Sound on film and disc With Constance
Bennett. Adolphe Menjou. Robert Montgomery.
Anita Page. H. Hopper. Marjorie Rambeau.
THEME: Pretty model is forced to choose be-
tween her rich protector and the young news-
paper man. who loves her.
EAST IS WEST (CD-AT) _ _ 6683
UNIVERSAL. (R) October 23. 1930. (NP)
October 11-25. 1930. With Lupe Velez. Lewis
Ayres. Edward G. Robinson. Henry Kolker.
A. E. Warren. Mary Forbes.
THEME: An American boy falls for a love-
slave whom he believes to be Chinese.
EAST LYNNE (Mel-AT) , 9198
FOX. (Rl March 1. 1931. With Ann Hard-
ing. Clive Brook. Conrad Nagel. Cecelia Loftus.
Beryl Mercer. O. P. Heggie. Flora Sheffield.
David Torrence. Eric Mayne. Wallie Albright.
THEME: Divorced from her husband on ac-
count of a misunderstanding, a mother pur-
sues her right for happiness with a lover. The
world condemns her until her goodness is re-
vealed to all.
EASY GOING (C-AT)
METRO-OOLDWYN-MAYER. With William
Haines and Ka'herine Moylan.
THEME: A new type of Western comedy with
a romantic and adventurous background.
•EMBARRASSING MOMENTS
(C-AT) 5521 5330 5230
UNIVERSAL. (Ri February 2. 1930. With
Reginald Denny. Merma Kennedy. Otis Harlan.
William Austin. Virginia Sale. Greta Granstedt.
Mary Foy.
THEME: Fictitious marriage finally results in
real one.
•EVIDENCE (D PT) 7152
WARNER BROS (NP) October 21. 1P29.
With Pauline Frederick. Lowell Sherman.
• Conway Tearle.
THEME: A lawyer believes the evidence against
his wife instead of believing her.
ESCAPE (0-AT) 6033
RADIO PICTURES (A> September 1 1930.
(MP) November 8. 1930. With Gerald DiiMnu-
rler. Edna Best.
1931
The MOTION PICTl'RE ALMANAC
263
EVANGELINE ( 0 • Synchronized i 7862 8268
I .SITED AKT1S1S ill) Auju.'.i 21. 1929.
With Dolute- Del Rio. Roland Drew. Donald
Heed.
•EXALTED FLAPPER. THE (CO ME) 5866
FOX. Hi May 26. 1929. Sound on Iiln,
With Sue Carol. Barry Norton. Irene Itich.
Albert Conn. Syltia Field. Stuart Erw.n.
Lawrence Grant. Charles Clary. Michael
ViaarulT. Don Allen. Landers Stevens.
THEME: Flapper princess doesn't love prince
of neighboring kingdom until he troos her m-
coitnlto.
EXTRAVAGANCE (D-AT) M92
T1KKA.NY. (K) October 10. 1930. (OPl
B Member 20. 11130. With June Collyer. IJo>d
Hughes. Owen Moore. Dorothy Christy. Jameson
Thomas. Nella Walker. Hobby Agnew. Gwen Lee.
Addie McPball. Joan Standing.
THEME: An extravagant wife learns that
money Isn't everything.
•EVES OF THE UNDERWORLD (W) 4208
UNIVERSAL. (K) April 28. 1930. With Bill
Cody. Sally Blane.
THEME: Wealthy sportsman rails in lone with
publisher's daughter, whose rather Is killed by
gangsters. Gangsters capture girl and sports-
man rescues her.
EVES OF THE WORLD (Mel-AT) 7272
UNITED AKTISTS. (R) August 30. 1930.
(Nl'l August 113. 1930. Witii Una Merkel. Nance
O'.Neil. John HoUand. Fern Andra. Hugh Hunt-
ley. Frederic Burt. Brandon Hunt. William
Jeffrey. Myra Hubert. Florence Roberts. Eulalie
Jensen.
THEME: A Harold Bell Wright story.
F
FAIR WARNING (D-AT) 5600
FOX. (Ri February 1. 1931. With George
O'Brien. Louise Huntington. Mitchell Ham-.
George Brent. Nat Pendleton. John Sheehan.
Erwin Connelly. Willard Robertson. Alphonz
Ettner. Ernest Adams.
THEME: A young man or the wilderness fights
it out in a series or complications, aided by a
dog and horse, finally killing the bully and
winning the girl.
FALL GUY. THE (C-AT) 6175
RADIO PICTURES. (R) June 15. 1930. IMP)
May 31. 1930. With Jack Mulhall. Pat O'Mal-
ley. Ned Sparks. Wynn Gibson and May Clark.
•FALL OF EVE (CD-AT) 5799 6245
COLUMBIA. (It I June. 1929. With Patsy
Ruth Miller. Ford Sterling. Jed Prouty. Ger-
trude Aslor, Arthur Rankin. Betty Famngton.
Fred Kelsey.
THEME: A story or a boss, who invites his
steno to a party. The wire arrives at the
scene and trouble is averted when the steno
announces that she is married to their son.
FAME (T-D)
WARNER BROS. With Dolores Costello.
•FASHIONS IN LOVE (D-AT) 6024 6325
PARAMOUNT. (R) June 29. 1929. With
Adolphe Menjou. Fay Compton. Miriam Seegar.
John Miljan, Joan Standing. Robert Wayne.
Russ Powell. BiUie Bennett, Jacques Vanaire.
THEME: The wire or one and the husband
or another announce a double divorce and
marriage, and by so doing win back the love
or their respective mates.
FAST AND LOOSE (C-AT) .... 6384
PARAMOUNT. (Rl November 8. 1930. (NP)
November 29. 1930. With Miriam Hopkins.
Charles Starrett. Carol Lombard. Henry Wads-
worth. Frank Morgan. Winifred Harris. Herbert
Tost. David Hutcheson. Ilka Chase. Herchel
M avail.
•FAST COMPANY (CD-AT) 6459 6863
PARAMOUNT. (Rl September 14. 1929. Sound
on disc. With Jack Oakie. Richard (Skeets)
Gallagher. Evelyn Brent. Gwen Lee.
•FATHER AND SON (D-TME) 6310 6765
COLUMBIA. (R) April 22. 1929. With Jack
Holt. Dorothy Rerier. Helen Cbadwick. Mickey
McBan. Wheeler Oakman.
THEME: A recordograph reveals the secret or
who killed Grace Moore, who was in love
with Frank Fields. Fields and his son had
suspected each other or the murder.
FATHERS DAY (CD-AT) _
METRO-GOLDWTN-MAYER. Sound on disc
and film. With Elliott Nugent. Louis Mann.
Mary Doran. Leila Hyams. Robert Montgom-
ery. Jeanne Wood. Francis X. Bushman. Jr.
FATHER'S SON (CD-AT) 7020
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) March 7. 1931. (OP)
October 4. 1930. Sound on disc. With Leon
Janney. Lewis Stone. Irene Rich. John Halli-
day. Robert Dandridge and Mickey Bennett.
THEME : A rather misunderstands his son.
which leads to a serious circumstance. How-
ever, the situation is clarified to everyone's
satlsTaction.
FEET FIRST (C-AT) 8351
PARAMOUNT. (R) November 8. 1930. (NP)
October lS-Novemher 8. 1930. With Harold
Lloyd. Barbara Kent. Robert McWade. Lil-
lianne Leighton. Alec Francis. Noah Young.
THEME: The story or an aspiring young shoe
salesman.
FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN (C-AT) 6660
WARNER BROS (Rl March 21. 1931.
(NP) January 3. 1931. With Olsen and John-
f" son. Wm. Gaiton. John Hallidav. Helen Brod-
erick. Claudia Dell. Lester Crawrord. Evalvn
Kn.ipp. Charles Judels. Carmelita Geraghtv.
THEME: The story starts with a gentleman's
wager and ends up a sure bet.
FIGHTING CARAVANS (D-AT) 8187
PARAMOUNT. (R) February 14. 1931. (NPi
January 17. 1931. With Gary Cooper. Lilv
Damita. Ernest Torrence. Tully Marshall. Fred
Kohler. Eugene Pallette.
FIGHTING FOR THE FATHERLAND (ME) 6000
SONO ART-WORLD WIDE. (R) April. 193".
Synchronized. With cast or prominent Ger-
mans engaged in the world war.
THEME: This war store presents actual shot?
rrom the front-
"FIGHTING KID. THE (W) 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) October. 1929. With Fled
Church.
•FIGHTING LEGION. THE (WCD-AT)
SU7 47 §3
UNIVERSAL. (R) April 6. 1930. (OPl De-
cember 21. 1929. With Ken Maynard. Dorothy
Divan. Harry Todd. Frank Rice. Tarzan the
horse. Lea Bates.
•FIGHTING TERROR. THE (W) 5 reels
SYNDICATE PICTURES. (Ri November. 1929.
With Bob Custer.
FIGHTING THROUGH (W-AT)
TIFFANY. (Rl December 25. 1930. (OPl
December 20. 1931. With Ken Maynard. Jean-
ette Loft". Wallace MacDonald. Carmelita
Geraghty. William Thorne. Charles King. Fred
Bums. Tom Bey.
THEME: A rough rider pr<"-»» that he has
been accused or murder by circumstantial evi-
dence. He brings the actual murderer to light
and wins the girl he loves.
FINGER POINTS. THE (D-AT)
FIRST NATIONAL. (Hi April 11. 1930.
(OP) March 21. 1930. With Richard Barthel-
mess. Fay Wray. Regis Toomey. Robert Elliott.
Clark Gable. Oscar Apfel and Noel Madison.
THEME: A newspaper reporter gets In trou-
ble with a gang of crooks for exposing them
in his columns.
FINN AND HATTIE (CAT) 6841
PARAMOUNT. IR) February 28. 1931. (OPl
October 11. 1930. With Leon Errol. Mitzle
Green. Zasu Pitts. Regis Toomey, Lilyan
Tashman.
FIREBRAND JORDAN (W-AT) 5400
BIG 4. (R) June. 1930. (OP) July 26. 1930.
Sound on disc and film. With Lane Chandler.
Aline Goodwin. Yakima Canutt. Sheldon
Lewis. Marguerite Ainslee. Tom London. Lew
Meehan. Frank YaconilU. A 'red Hewston. Fred
Harvey, Cliff Lyons.
FIRES OF YOUTH (DAT)
UNIVERSAL. With Lew Ayres. Genevieve
Tobin. Pumell B. Pratt. Kenneth Thompson.
Freddie Burke Frederick. Betty Jane Graham.
Aileen Manning. Frank McHugh. Louise Bea-
vers. Frederick Burt.
THEME: Drama or poor boy's fight to the top
In big business, and or his romance with a
rival's mistress.
•FLIRTING WIDOW. THE (D-AT) _ 6664
FIRST NATIONAL. (Rl May 11. 1
(OP) June 7. 1930. Sound on disc. With
Dorothy Mackaill. Basil Rathbone. William
Austin. Leila Hyams. Claude Gillingwater. Emily
Fitzroy. Anthony Bushell. Flora Bramley.
THEME: The amusing complications caused
when a spinster announces the death or a phan-
tom husband in order that her younger sister
may marry.
•FLORADORA GIRL. THE (C-AT. S) 7260
METRO-GOLDWTN-MAYER. (Rl May 31.
1930. (NPI June 7. 1930. With Marion Daries
and Lawrence Gray.
THEME: A love story or old New York in the
gay nineties.
•FLYING FOOL. THE (D-AT) 6700 6839 6764
PATHE. (R) June 23. 1929. With William
Bovd. Marie Prevost. Russell Gleason. Tom
O'Hrien
THEME: The story of two brothers, one an
aviator, and their escapades in love.
•FLYING MARINE (D-PT. ME) 5736 5951
COLUMBIA. (Rl June 5. 1929. With Ben Lyon.
Shirley Mason. Jason Robards.
THEME: Story of one brother risking his life
and giving up the girl he loves for another
brother.
FOLLOW THE LEADER (C-AT) 6851
PARAMOUNT. (Rl December 13. 1930. (OPl
December 13. 1930. With Ed Wynn. Ginger
Rogers. Stanley Smith. Lou Holtz.
FOLLOW THRU (MC) 8386
PARAMOUNT. IR) September 27. 1930. (NT i
September 20. 1930. With Charles Rogers. Nancy
Carroll. Zelma O'Neal. Jack Haley. Eugene Pal-
lette. Thelma Todd. Claude Kino. Kathryn Giv-
ney. Margaret Lee. Don Tomkins. Albert Gran.
THEME: The story of a golf pro who falls in
love with his pupil, the daughter or an expert
with the irons.
•FOOTLIGHTS AND FOOLS (D-AT) 6950
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) November 10. 1929.
Sound on disc. (NP) January 4. 1930. With
Colleen Moore. Frederic March. Raymond
Hackett.
THEME: The story or an Irish girl posing as
a French actress, who finds her sweetheart is a
crook, and later is wed to a rich admirer.
FOR THE DEFENSE (D-AT) 5370
PARAMOUNT. (Rl July 2«. 1930. (OP) July
12. 1930. With William Powell. Kav Francis.
Scott Kolh. William B Davidson. John Elliott.
Thomas E. Jackson. Harry Walker. James Fin-
layson. Charles West.
FOR THE LOVE 0' LIL (CD-AT) 6636
COLUMBIA. (Rl October 5. 1930. (OP) Oc-
tober 4. 1930. With .lack Mulhall. Elliott Nu-
gent. Sally Starr. Margaret Livingston. Charles
Sellon. Julia Swayne Gordon, and Billv Bevan.
THEME: Adapted rrom the Liberty Magnzine
cover series and store by by J. Leslie Thrasher.
•FOREST PEOPLE (E) 5800
AMKINO. (R) September. 1929. No Star.
•FORTY-FIVE CALIBRE WAR (W) 4790
PATHE. (Rl February 17. 1929 With Don
Coleman. Ben Corbett. Al Hart. Edward Jones.
Duke R. Lee. Flovd Ames. Jeannette Loff.
Murdock MaoQuarrie. Orln Jackson.
THEME: The dispersion of bandits who have
been robbing the homes or settlers wine ror the
rescuer the love of his childhood sweetheart.
•FORWARD PASS (CD-T. S) 4920 7 246
FIRST NATIONAL (R) November 1" MM.
Sound on disc. With Douglas Fairhanks. Jr..
Lore'fa Tonne. Ouinn Williams. Peanuts Bvron.
Phvllis Crane. Bert Rome. Lane Chandler. Allen
Lene. Floyd Shackelford.
TnEME: The story of a bnv who resolves to
ouit football but. urged on bv th* girl or his
dreams, wins the honors ror his college.
•FOUR DEVILS (D-PT. ME) 9496 92«8 9295
FOX. IR) September 15. 1929. (NP) Novem-
ber 9. 1929. With Janet Gaynor. Mary Duncan.
<i.4ti., M.,r:..n. IIuid .v.ii..ii. rait... M*
Donald. Nancy Dreiel.
THEME: Circus acrobat*, brought up from
childhood together, eventually coming to love
each other and realizing It all the more after
vampire steps into picture.
•FOUR FEATHERS. THE ID-HE) 7472
PARAMOUNT. (Rl December ML 1929 With
Richard Arlen. Fay Wray. William Powell.
Cine Brook, Theodore von Ella. Noah Beery.
Zack Phillips. Noble Johnson. George Fawcett-
THEME: The trlbulatiuns. and final victory, of
a young man overcome by cowardice.
FOX MOVIETONE FOLLIES OF 1929 (MC-AT)
'. 8540 8291
FOX. IKI May 25. 1929. Sound on film. (TOSi
June 29. 1929. With Lola Lane. Stepin Fetchit.
Frank Richardson. David Percy. Sue Carol.
Dixie Lee. David Rollins. Sharon Lynn. John
Breedon.
THEME: Rich plantation owner buys •>,. ..
and marries leading woman, but not right away,
of course.
•FRAGMENT OF AN EMPIRE. A (D) 7000
AMKINO. (R) January 25. 193U. With Feodor
Nikilln and L. Semonova.
•FRAMED (Mel-AT) 6130
RADIO PICTURES. IR.) March 1C. IBM. With
Evelyn Brent and R. Toomey.
•FREE AND EASY (C-AT) 5240 8413
METRO- GOLD W\ N MA ) Ell illi Mar.-li 22.
1930. (NP) April 26. 1930. Sound on disc and
film. With Buster Keaton. Anita Page. Time
Frlganza. Robert Montgomery. Marlon Schilling.
Gwen Lee.
THEME: Story of a girl who seeks fame in
Hollywood, with a manager who is continually
getting Into trouble.
FREE LOVE (CD-AT) _ 6356
UNIVERSAL. (Rl January 5. 1ML (NPi No-
vember 29. 1930. With Conrad Nagel. Genevieve
Tobin. Zasu Puts. Monroe Owsley. Slim Suni-
merville. George Irving. Dorothy Christy.
THEME: Matrimonial drama spiced with
comedy.
•FROM HEADQUARTERS (D-TME) 6323
WARNER BROS. (R) June 6. 1929. With
Monte Blue. Edmund Breese. Ethlvne Claire.
• Guinn Williams. Lionel Belmore. Henry B.
Walthall. Gladys Brockwell. Eddie Gribbon. Pat
Hartigan, John Kelly, Otto Lederer. William
Irving, Pat Somerset.
FRONT PAGE. THE (D-AT)
UNITED ARTISTS. (R) April 4. 1931. (NP)
March 28. 1931. Produced by Howard Hughes,
and starring Adolphe Menjou.
THEME: Newspaper drama.
•FROZEN JUSTICE (D-AT) _ 6129 7583 7368
FOX. (R) October 13. 1929. With Ignore Ulric.
Obert Frazer. Louis Wolheim. TJllric Haupt.
Laska Winter. Tom Patricola. Alice Lake. Ger-
trude Astor. Adele Windsor. Warren Heymer.
Neyneen Farrell. Arthur Stone.
THEME: Story of the Frozen North, an un-
scrupulous trader and an Eskimo.
•FROZEN RIVER (D-TME) 5482
_ WARNER BROS. I It i May 25. 1929. With Rin-
Tin-Tin. Davey Lee. I^ew Harvey. Nina Quartan).
Duane Thompson. Joseph Swickard. Frank
Campbell.
FURIES (D-AT) 6606
FIRST NATIONAL (R) March 16. 1930.
Sound on disc. With H. B. Warner. Lois Wil-
son. Jane Winton. PurneU Pratt. Natalie Moor-
head.
G
•GAMBLERS. THE (D-AT) 4844 6611
WARNER BROS. IR) June 29. 1929. (TOSi
August 24. 1924. With Lois Wilson. H. B. War-
•m ner. Jason Robards. George Fawcett. Johnny
Arthur. Frank Campeau, Pauline Garon. Charles
Sellon.
THEME: A story or Wall Street, rrom the
Charles Klein stage play.
GAMBLING DAUGHTERS (D-AT)
UNIVERSAL With Conrad Nagel. Sirtnev
Fox. Bette Davis. Slim Summerville. Bert Roach.
David Duraud. Charles Winninger. Humphrey
Bogart, Emma Dunn. Sam Blum. Charles
Gilbyn. Will Walling. Grace Cunnard, Mary
Alden. Cornelius Keele. Willie Best.
THEME: An epic or small town life. The
compelling story of two sisters in love with
the same man.
GANG BUSTER. THE (C-AT) 6326
PARAMOUNT. (R) January 17. 1931. (OP)
December 13. 1930. With Jack Okie. Jean
Arthur. William Boyd. William Morris. Tom
Kennedy. Wynne Gibson. Francis McDonald.
Albert Conti. Harry Stubbs. Ernie Adams.
THEME: Jack Okie, insurance salesman In
the big town, saves the life of a lawyer, and
eventually marries the tatter's pretty daughter.
•GAY NINETIES. THE (CD-AT)
METRO-GO LDWYN- MAYER. Sound on disc
and film. With Marion Daries. Lawrence Gray.
Walter Catlett. J. L Bartlett.
THEME: A story* dealing with the loves or
the famous Florodora Sextette of 40 years ago.
•GENERAL CRACK (D-AT) 9809
WARNER BROS. (R) January 25. 1930. With
John Barrymore.
•GENTLEMAN'S FATE. A (D-AT) 84 28
METRO -GO LDWYN -MAYER. (R) March 7.
1931. (NP) January 31. 1931. Sound on film
and disc. With John Gilbert. Louis Wolheim.
Leila Hyams. Anita Page.
THEME: Rich young man is suddenly faced
with the information that his father is a
liquor racketeer, with dramatic consequences.
•GERALDINE (CD Synchronized) 5959 5587
PATHE. (R) January 20. 1929. With Eddie
Quillan. Marion Nixon. Albert Gran. Gaston
Class.
THEME: A youn; man. assigned to an old
mission by the father of the girl, finds that he
loves the girl and after unpleasant experiences,
wins her.
•GHOST TALKS. THE (My- PT ME) 6482
FOX. (Rl March 30. 1929. Sound on film.
264
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
"A
With Helen Twelvetrees. Charles Eaton, Carmel
Myers. Earle Foxe, Stepin Fechit.
THF.ME: Correspondence school detective solves
mystery and marries girl.
•GIRL FROM HAVANA (D-AT) 6545 6060 5986
FOX. (R) September 22. 1929. With Paul
Page. Lola Lane. Natalie Moorhead. Kenneth
Thompson. Warner Hymer, Joseph Girard,
Adele Windsor.
THEME: Girl solves jewelry murder mystery,
and hnally married the sou of the murdered
man. who was also looking tor the crooks.
GIRL FROM WOOLWORTH S (D-AT) 6171
FIRST NATIONAL, tit) October 27. 1929.
With Alice White. Charles Delaney, Wheeler
Oakman, Ben Hall. Kita Flynn. Gladdon James,
Bert -Moorehead. Patricia Caron. William Ol-
mond. Milla l)a\enpon.
THEME: Pat is separated from her first love.
Bill Harrigan. and goes into a night club as
an entertainer. Alter a bit of trouble Bill suc-
ceeds in winning Pat back.
•GIRL IN THE GLASS CAGE (D-TME) ...6705 7159
FIRST NATIONAL (Bj Juue 22. 1929. With
Loretta Young. Carroll Nye. Matthew Betz.
Lucien Littlefield, Ralph Lewis, George Stone.
Julia Swayne Gordon. Major Coleman. Charles
Sellon. Robert Haines.
THEME: Story of a college boy who saves a
poor girl from the insults of town bums and
after several meetings he marries her.
•GIRL IN THE SHOW. THE (CD-AT) 5163 7574
METRO-GOLDWlN-JiAYEll. (Rl August 31.
1929. (NP) August 31. 1929. Sound on film
and disc. With Bessie Love and Charles King.
THEME: A girl who gets jealous because she
is taken from the star role and marries the
manager to get revenge on him.
GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST (W-AT) 7276
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) October 12. 1930.
(MP) November 1. 1930. Sound on disc. With
Ann Harding. James Rennie. Harrv Bannister.
G«orge Cooper. Arthur Stone, Johnny Walker.
J. Farrell MacDonald. E. H. Calvert and
Arthur Housman.
THEME: A western girl plays cards for the
life of her lover — and wins.
•GIRL OF THE PORT (Mel-AT) 6174
RADIO PICTURES. (R) February 2. 1930.
With Sally O'Neil. M. Lewis.
•GIRL OVERBOARD (D-TME) 7531 7391
UNIVERSAL (R) June 28. 1929. With Marv
Philbin. Fred Mackaye. Otis Harlan. Edmund
Breese. Francis McDonald.
THEME: In which a girl is rescued from drown-
ing, marrying the man who saves her.
•GIRL SAID NO. THE (CD-AT) 5722 8382
METRO- GOLD WYN-MAYER. (R) March 15
1930. (NP) AprU 12. 1930. Sound on disc'.
With William Haines. Leila Hyams. Phvllis
Crane. WUlard Mack.
THEME: Misadventures of a young college
graduate seeking to establish himself in the
business world, and to win the girl of his
choice.
•GIRL WITH THE BAND BOX. THE... 6000
AMKINO. (R) September. 1929. With Anna
Stenn.
GIRLS DEMAND EXCITEMENT (R-AT) 6060
FOX. (R) February 8. 1931. (NP) February
14. 1931. With Virginia Cherrill. John Wavne
Marguerite Churchill. Helen Jerome Eddy Ralph
Welles. George Irving, William Janney. Eddie
Nugent. Winter Hall. Terrance Rav. Marion
Byron. Emerson Treacy. Martha Sleeper. Addie
Mcl'hail. Jerry Mandy. Ray Cooke.
THEME: If he won his point and banished the
co-eds from Bradbury it meant that SHE had
to go too. so he lost the struggle and won bis
girl.
•GLORIFYING THE AMERICAN GIRL (MC)
6780 7727
PARAMOUNT. (R) December 7. 1929. With
Mary Eaton. Edward Crandall. Olive Shea. Dan
Healy. Kaye Renard. Sarah Edwards. In revue
scenes. Eddie Cantor. Helen Morgan. Rudy
Vallee.
THEME: A girl's ambitions carry her to the
pinnacle in Broadway shows.
•GODLESS GIRD. THE (D-AT) 9019 9328
PATHE. (Rl March 31. 1929. With Lina
Basquette. Marie Prevost. George Duryea. Noah
Beery. Eddie (Juillan. Mary Jane Irving. Julia
Faye. Viola Louie. Emily Barrve. Clarence Bur-
ton. Dick Alexander. Kate Price. Hedwig
Reicher.
THEMES: Inmates of a reformatory win their
freedom through their heroism during a fire.
GOD'S GIFT TO WOMEN (C-AT) 6708
WARNER BROS. (R) April 18. 1931. (NP)
March 14. 1931. With Frank Fay. Laura La
Plante. Arthur Edmund Car ewe. Charles Win-
ninger. Tyrrell Davis. Louise Brooks. Joan Blon-
dell. Billy House. Tola D'Avril Margaret Liv-
ingston. Charles Judels. The "G" Sisters. Nena
Quartaro. Hazel Howell. Ethlyne Claire.
THEME: Frank Fay. who has many feminine
admirers, finally falls In love with a young
American girl. In order to win her he has to
prove to her father that he will sacrifice any-
thing, which he does.
GOING WILD (C-AT. S) • 6486
FIRST NATIONAL (R) December 21. 1930.
(NP) August 23. 1930. With Joe E. Brown.
Lawrence Gray. Ona Munson. Walter Pldgeon.
I-aura Lee. Frank McHuch May Bolev. Anders
Randolf. Arthur Hoyt. Johnny Arthur. Fred
Kelscv. Harvey Clark.
THEME: Baaed on "The Aviator." with orig-
inal situations, gags and dialog.
•GOLD DIGGERS OF BROADWAY (MC) 9009
WARNER BROS. (R) October 5. 1929. (NP)
November 2.1 1029. With Nick Lucas. Ann
Pennington. Winnie I.tghlner. Conwav Tearle.
Nancy Welford.
GOLDEN CALF. THE (MC) 6552
FOX. (Hi March 10. 1930. Sound on disc and
film. With Jack Mulhall. Sue Carol. Walter
Catlett. El Rrcndcl Marlorle White. Richard
Keene. 7'aul Page. Ilka Chase.
THEME : An artist's secretary, secretly In love
with her employer, revert* from her puritanical
way« to become a dashing model and by so
doing become* the artist'? favorite.
GOLDEN DAWN (MC) _ 7447
WARNER BROS. (R) June 14, 193U. (OP)
June 21, 193u. With Walter Woolf, Vivienne
" Segal. Noah Beery, Alice Gentle. Lupino Lane,
Marion Byron. Lee Moran, Nigel de Brulier,
Otto Matieson, Dick Henderson, Nina Quartero,
Sojin, Julanne Johnston, Nick de Ruix, Edward
Martindel. All technicolor.
THEME: A light story with an African back-
ground.
GOOD INTENTIONS (Mel-AT) 6340
FOX. (R) June 29. 193U. (NP) August 2.
1930. With Edmund Lowe. Marguerite Churchill.
Regis Toomey. Eddie Gribbon. Owen Davie. Jr..
Earle Fox. Robert McWade, Henry Kolker, Pat
Somerset, J. Carrol Naish. Georgie Caine. Hale
Hamilton.
THEME: A gangster falls in love with his vic-
tim and sacrifices himself.
GOOD NEWS (MC) 8100
METRO-GOLD WY'N-MAYER. (R) August 23.
1930. (NP) September 20. 1930. Sound on disc
and film. With Mary Lawlor. Stanley Smith.
Bessie Love, Gus Shy. Cliff Edwards, Delmer
Daves.
THEME: A fast musical comedy adapted from
the stage hit of the same name.
GORILLA, THE (MyC-AT) 5911
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) November 2, 1930.
(NP) August 23. 1930. With Lila Lee. Joe
Frisco, Harry Gribbon. Walter Pidgeon. Pur-
nell Pratt. Edwin Maxwell. Roscoe Karns. Wil-
liam H. Philbrick. Landers Stevens.
GRAND PARADE, THE (D-AT. S) 7650 7450
ItKO PATHE. (R) February 2. 1930. (NP)
February 8. 1930. With Helen Twelvetrees. Fred
Scott, Richard Carle. Marie Astaire. Russell
Powell, Bud Jamieson. Jimmy Adams.
THEME: A minstrel, who has surrendered to
drink, stages a comeback after his marriage and
is the hit of the show.
•GREAT DIVIDE. THE (Mel-AT) 6722
FIRST NATIONAL. (TOS) November 16. 1929.
(NP) March 1, 1930. With Dorothy Mackaill.
Ian Keith. Lucien Littlefield. Ben Hendricks.
Myrna Loy, Frank Tang. Creighton Hale, George
Fawcett, Jean Laverty. Claude Gillingwater. Roy
Stewart, James Ford.
THEME: A boy steals a girl to make her love
him. His plot proves successful after three days.
GREAT GABBO (D-AT) 9950
SONO ART-WORLD WIDE. (R) October. 1929.
Sound on disc and film. (NP) December 21.
1929. With Erich von Stroheim. Betty Comp-
son. Margie Kane.
THEME: The rise and fall of a great ven-
triloquist.
GREAT MEADOW. THE (D-AT) 7243
METRO- GOLD WYN-MAYER. (R) January 24.
1931. (NP) December 6. 1930. With John Mack
Brown. Eleanor Boardman. Gavin Gordon. Lu-
cille LaVerne. Lillian Leighton.
THEME: Heroic exploits, adventure and ro-
mance among the early Kentucky pioneers to the
era of Daniel Boone.
•GREAT POWER. THE (D-PT) 8 reels
SY'NDICATE. With Minna Gombel.
•GREEN GODDESS. THE (Mel-AT) 6653
WARNER BROS. (R) March 8. 1930. (NP)
- February 22. 1930. With George Arliss. Alice
Joyce. H. B. Warner. Ralph Forbes. David
Tearle. Betty Boyd. Reginald Sheffield. Nigel de
Brulier. Ivan Simpson
THEME: A suave and graceful Indian rajah
plots a charming end for three English trav-
elers in a plane crash — death for one. tortures
for the second, and life in his castle with him
for the third — a woman. From William Archer's
stage play.
•GREENE MURDER CASE. THE (My-AT) 6389—
PARAMOUNT. (R) August 31. 1929. With
William Powell. Florence Eldridge. Ulrich
Haupt. Jean Arthur. Eugene Pallette, E. H.
Calvert. Gertrude Norman. Lowell Drew. Morgan
Farley. Brandon Hurst. Augusta Burmester.
Marcia Harriss. Mildred Golden. Mrs. Wilfred
Buckland. Helena Phillips. Shep Camp. Charles
E. Evans.
THEME: Several members of a family are
killed and — Well. Philo Vance ferrets out the
murderer.
•GRIT WINS (W-ME) 4596
UNIVERSAL. (R) February 27. 1930. With
Ted Wells. Kathleen Collins. Al Ferguson. Buck
Connors. Nelson McDowell. Edwin Moulton.
THEME: Oil is discovered, and things begin
to happen.
GRUMPY (C-AT) 6647
PARAMOUNT. (R) August 23. 1930. (OP)
.Inly 12. 1930. With Cyril Maude. Phillips
Holmes, Francis Dade. Paul Lukas. Halliwell
TTobhes. Paul Cavanagh. Doris Luray. Olaf
Hytton. Robert Bolder. Colin Kenny.
THEME: The story of a stolen jewel and the
successful efforts of a retired London criminal
lawyer in apprehending the thief.
•GUILTY? (D-AT) 6371
COLUMBIA. (R) March 3. 1930. Sound on
disc and film. With Virginia Villi. John Hol-
land. John St. Polls. Lydia Knott. Erville Al-
derson. Richard Carlvle. Clarence Muse. Eddie
Clayton Robert T. Haines. Frank Fanning. Ed
Cecil. Gertrude Howard.
THEME: A drama of social contrasts and
adapted from "Black Sheep."
GUN SMOKE (D-AT) 5815
PARAMOUNT. (R) April 11. 1931. (NP)
March 14. 1931. With Richard Arlen. Marv
Brian. Eugene Pallette. Wm. Boyd. Louise
Fazenda.
H
HALF SHOT AT SUNRISE (C-AT) 7059
RADIO PICTURES. (It) October 4. 1930. (NP)
September 27-Octoher 18. 1930. With Bert
Wheeler. Rolwrt Woolsev. Porothv T,ec. Edna
Mav Oliver. Hugh Trevor. E n. Calvert. Alan
Roscnr. Roberta Robinson. I.enl Stengel. George
MarFarlanc. Eddie DeLinge. John Rutherford.
•HALF WAY TO HEAVEN (D-AT) .6254
PARAMOUNT. (R) December 14, 1929. With
Charles (Buddy) Rogers. Jean Arthur. Paul
Lucas, Helen Ware. Oscar Apgel. Edna West.
Irvin Bacon, Al Hill. Lucille Williams. Richard
French, Freddy Anderson, Nestor Alber, Ford
West, Guy Oliver.
THEME: A circus story in which a conniving
aerialist loses, not only his job, but the girl
he is trying to win.
•HALLELUJAH (D-AT. S) 6570 9555
METRO- GOLD WYN-MAYER. (It) November 30.
1929. (NP) January 18, 1930. Sound on disc.
With Mae McKinney. William Fountaine. Dan-
iel L. Haynes. Harry Gray. Fannie Bell De
Knight. Everett McGarrity. Victoria Spivey. Mil-
ton Dickerson.
THEME: A singer, accused of murder, turns
evangelist and preaches against the type of
girl he once loved.
HAPPY DAYS (MC) 7650 7514
FOX. (It) March 2. 1930. (NP) February 22.
1930. Grandeur (wide film) version. 7514 feet.
With Charles Farrell. Janet Gaynor. Will Rog-
ers. El Brendel, Victor McLaglen. Edmund
Lowe. J. Harold Murray. Jack Smith. David
Bollins, Ann Pennington, George Jessel. Sharon
Lynn. William Collier. James Corbett.
•HARD TO GET (CD-AT) 5981 7324
FIRST NATIONAL (R) September 28. 1929.
With Dorothy Mackaill. Jimmie Finlayson.
Louise Fazenda. Jack Oakie. Edmund Burns.
Clarissa Selwynne. Charles Delaney.
THEME: A girl meets two boys, one's rich,
tile other poor. The poor proves to be her
man.
HARMONY AT HOME (CD-AT) 6550 6395
FOX. (R) February 19. 1930. With Marguerite
Churchill. Charles Eaton. Charlotte Henry. Wil-
liam Collier. Sr.. Rex Bell. Dixie Lee. Dot
Farlev. Elizabeth Patterson. Clare Kummer. Ed-
win Burke. Elliott Lester, Charles J. McGuirk.
THEME: Father's promotion makes family want
to put on the ritz. which they do for a while,
but finally decide that the old way of living
is best.
•HARVEST OF HATE (W-ME) 4719
UNIVERSAL. (R) August 4. 1929. With Jack
Perrin. Helen Foster. Tom London. Rex.
HE KNEW WOMEN (Mel-AT) 6342
RADIO PICTURES. (R) May 18. 1930. (NP)
April 26, 1930. With Lowell Sherman. Alice
Joyce.
HEADIN' NORTH (W-AT) 5346
TIFFANY. (It I November 10. 1930. (OP) No-
vember 8. 1930. With Bob Steele. Barbara
Luddy. Perry Murdock. Walter Shurnay. Eddie
Dunn. S. S. Simons. Jim Welsh, Jack Hender-
son. Fred Burns. Gordon DeMain. Harry Allen.
Gunnis Davis.
THEME: Two cowboys imitate actors in order
to get a card shark who is also a swindler.
HEADS UP (MC) 6785
PARAMOUNT. (R) October 11. 1930. (OP)
September 27, 1930. With Charles Rogers. Helen
Kane. Margaret Breen, Victor Moore, Gene
Gowing. Helen Garrington. Billy Taylor. Harry
Shannon. G. Anthony Hughes. John Hamilton.
•HEARTS IN DIXIE (D-AT) 6444 7463
FOX. (R) March 10. 1929. Sound on film.
(TOS) May 25. 1929. With Stepin Fechit.
Clarence Muse. Eugene Jackson. Dorothy Mor-
rison. Bernice Pilot. Clifford Ingram. Mildred
Washington. Zach Williams. Gertrude Howard.
Vivian Smith. Robert Brooks. A. C. H. Bill-
drew. Richard Carlysle.
THEME: Story of the negro, trials, tribulations
and ambitions.
•HEARTS IN EXILE (D-AT) 7877
WARNER BROS. (R) August 14. 1929. (NP)
December 7. 1929. With Dolores Costello. Grant
Withers. James Kirkwood.
THEME: Exiled to Siberia, the picture portray-
ing the march through the snowy wastes, the
life of political exiles, the domestic side of
existence in the frozen north.
HELL BOUND (D-AT)
TIFFANY. (R) March 7. 1931. (NP) Febru-
ary 7. 1931. With Leo Carrillo. Lola Lane.
Lloyd Hughes. Gertrude Astor. Richard Tucker.
THEME: A gangster falls in love with a girl
he saves and then sacrifices his life for her.
HELL HARBOR (D-AT) 8354
UNITED ARTISTS. (R) March 22. 1930. (NP)
March 15. 1930. Sound on film. With Lupe
Velez. Jean Hersholt. John Holland. A. St.
John.
HELLO SISTER (CD-AT) 6500
SONO ART-WORLD WIDE. (R) January. 1930.
Sound on disc and film. With Lloyd Hughes.
Olive Borden. George Fawcett.
HELL'S ANGELS (D-AT) 103*0
UNITED ARTISTS (Rl November 15. 1930.
(NP) May 21. 1930. With Ben Lyon. James
Hall. Jean Harlow. Jane Wnton. John Darrow.
THEME: The airman and his part in the world
war.
•HELL'S HEROES (D-AT) 5836 6289 6148
UNIVERSAL. (R) January 5. 1930. With
Charles Bickford. Raymond Hatton. Fred Kohler.
Fritzi Ridgeway.
THEME: Three bandits and i baby girl.
HELL'S ISLAND (D-AT) 7462
COLUMBIA. (Rl J"lv lfi. 1930 Wi"' Tack
Holt. Ralph Graves. Dorothy Sebistlin. Richard
Cramer. Harry Allen. Lionel Belmore. Otto
Lang. Carl Stockdale.
HER MAN (D-AT) 7421
RKO PATHE. (R) September 21. 1930.
(NP) September 13-Octoher 4. 1930. Helen
Twelvetrees. Marjorie Ramheau. Ricardo Cortez.
Philips Holmes. James Gleason.
THEME: She was his girl md he forced her to
how to his will until love for another blossomed
within her heart, to purify and transform her
nature.
•HER OWN DESIRE (D AT) 5850
METRO -GOLD WYN-MAYER. (R) December 27.
1929. (TOS) January 4. 1930. With Norma
Shearer. Robert Montgomery. I^ewis Stone. Belle
Bennctte. Ernest Torrence.
•HER PRIVATE AFFAIR (D AT) 568 2 654 3 6440
PATHE. (R) October 5. 1929. (NP) Novem-
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
265
brt 9. 1929 January 18. 1930. With Ami Hard-
mg. Harry Bannister. Kay HaiiiiiHiiiil. William
Ollamolid. lavvvtmd Davidson. Kllni I llallanl.
Frank Keicher.
TIlh.MK: A story of blackmail and murder, anil
tin pail they play In bringing together again a
judge and his estranged wile.
•HER PRIVATE LIFE (O AT) 6488
KI1LST NATIONAL. (It) August 25. 1929.
With llilllr Uiiif. Walter Pldgeou. II. 'Inns llt-r-
bcrt. Montagu Love. Uoland West. Thelma Todd.
Man Forbes. Brandon Hurst. ZaSu Pitts.
THEME: Lady Helen attempts to kill herself
when she catches the man she loves cheating In
a card game. He explains later that he did 11
to shield bis sister.
HER UNBORN CHILD (D AT) 8000
WINDSOR. (It) December 20. 1929. With
Adele ltomson. l'aul Clare. I'auline Drake. Doris
ltankln. Frances Underwood.
THKMK: A boy and a girl in love, forgetting
everything else.
HER WEDDING NIGHT (CD-AT) 6924*""
l'Alt AMOUNT. (H) October 18. 1930. (NP)
October 11. 193u. With Clara Bow. ltalph
Korbes. Charles Buggies. Skevts Gallagher.
Geneva Mitchell. Itosita Moreno. Natalie King-
ston. Wilson Benge. Lillian Elliott.
•HER WAY OF LOVE (D) 6000
AM KINO (Bl August. 1929. With E. Ces-
sarskaya.
•HIDE OUT (C-AT) 5759 5297
UNIVERSAL. I It i March 30. 1930. I OP I
April 19. 1930. With James Murra>. Katlirvn
« tavvtoiu. Carl Stockdale. 1- . Moraii. Kdvvmd
Hearn. Itnhert Elliott.
•HIGH ROAD. THE (CD-AT)
MKTBO -GOLDWYN -MAYER. With Butll Chat-
terton. Balpb Korbes, Basil Bathbone. Moon
Carroll. Cyril Uhadwick. Nance O'Neill.
HIGH SOCIETY BLUES (CD-AT. S) 9238
FOX. (Ki March 23. 1930. (Nl'J April 26.
1930. Sound on disc and film. With Janet
Uavnor. Charles Farrell. William Collier. Sr..
Heilda Hopper. Lucien Littlcfleld. Lou.se Fa-
zenda. Joyce Compton. Brandon Hurst.
THEME: A musical romance in which the love
of a boy and girl reconciles their families, one
a family of aristocrats and the other a family
of new -rich.
•HIGH TREASON (DAT) 8263
TIFFANY. (B) June 15. 193". (01*) June 7.
1930. Sound on disc and film. With Benita
Hume. Basil Gill. Jameson Thomas. Humbertson
Wright. . „.
XtUtatK: Si>ectacular forecast of love and life
in 1940.
•HIGH VOLTAGE (D AT) 5662 5837 5743
1'ATHK. (It) June 10. 1929. With William
Boyd. Owen Mooic. Carol Lombard. Oiane Ellis.
BUb Bevan. rtulliiis Smalley.
THEME: Events transpiring while stranded in
a mountain i.lizzard vv.n ireedom for a man
and a woman who have lound themselves in
the arms of the law.
•HIS FIRST COMMAND (D-AT) 5577 5995 5850
BKO PATHE. (B) January 19. 1930. With
William Boyd. Dorothy Sebastian. Gavin Gor-
don. Helen Parrish. Alphoru Ethier. Howard
Hickman, l'aul Hurst. Jules Cowles. Bose Tap-
ley. Mabel Van Buren. Charles Moore.
•HIS GLORIOUS NIGHT (D-AT) 5353 7173
MKTRO-GOLDWYN-MAYElt. lit) September
28, 1929. (XI') October 26. 1929. Sound on
film and disc. With John Gilbert. Katherine
Dale Owen. Nance O'Neill. Gustav von Scyf-
fertltx. Hedda Hopper. Tyrell Davis. Gerard
Barry. Madeline Seymour. Bichard Carle. Eva m —
Dennison.
THEME: A princess, who dismisses her lover
because he is of peasant birth, only to learn
afterwards that he is a respected military officer
of means.
•HIS LUCKY DAY (CD-TME) 5603 6713
UNIVERSAL. (B) June 30. 1929. With Regi-
nald Denny. LoBayne Duval. Otis Harlan. Eddie
Phillips. Cissie Fitzgerald. Harvey Clark. Tom
O'Brien.
THEME: A young real estate agent who finally
seUs two mansions.
HIT THE DECK (MC) 9327
RADIO PICTUUES. (R) February 2. 1930.
With Polly Walker. Jack Oakie.
•HOLD EVERYTHING (MC) 7513
WARNER BBOS. (Rl May 1. 1930. (NP)
— March 29. 1930. May 3. 1930. With Winnie
Lightner and Joe E. Brown. Sally O'Neil. Doro-
thy Revier. George Carpentier. Bert Roach.
Edmund Breese.
THEME: All-Technicolor production from the
musical comedy of the same name, with addi-
tional music by Henderson and Brown.
•HOLD YOUR MAN (C-AT) 5023 5921 5794
UNIVERSAL. (R) September 15. 1929. With
Laura La Plante. Scott Kolk. Eugene Borden.
Mildred Van Dorn.
THEME: After several misunderstandings, he
finds he is still in love with his wife.
•HOLE IN THE WALL. THE (My-AT) 5850
PARAMOUNT. (R) April 27. 1929. With
Claudette Colbert. Edward G. Robinson. David
Newell. Nelly Savage. Donald Meek. Alan
Brooks. Ijvuise Closser Hale. Katherne Emmet.
Marcia Kagno. Barry Macollum. George Mc-
Quarrie. Helen Crane.
THEME: A cirl supposedly a member of a
kidnapping hand aids the police in capturing
the gang and in returning a stolen child to
his home.
HOLIDAY (CD-AT) 8449
RKO I'ATHK (R) July 13. 1930. (NP) June
14. 1930. With Ann Harding. Mary Astor.
Fdward Feorett Hnrton. Robert Ames. Hedda
Hopper. Monroe Owsley. Wm. Holden. and
others.
THEME: A boy. who would rather enjoy life
in his youth than settle down to provide for
old age. breaks his engagement to a girl who
doesn't agree with him. and goes away with her
sister who does.
40LLYWO0D REVUE. THE (R) 11699
METRO-GOLDWTN-MATER. (R) November.
1928. (NP) November 16. 1929. Sound on
disc. With Bessie Love. Charles King. Marion
Davies. Norma Shearer. William Haines. Joan
Crawford. John Gilbert. Marie Dressier. Polly
Moiau. Broi Sisters. Anna Page. Buster
Keaton.
THEME: A aeries of acts with singing, danc-
ing, comedy, done by the above stars.
■HOMECOMING (D-ME) 8156 8156
PARAMOUNT. (11) February 10. 1929. With
Lars Hansen. Dila Parlo. Gustav Frohllcb.
THEME: The story of a man who returns
home only to find bis wife in love with his
best friend.
HONEY (CD-AT) - 6701
PARAMOUNT. (Rl March 29. 1930. (Nl'l
April 5. 1930. Willi Nancy Carroll. Lillian
Roth. Mitzi. Richard (Skeetai Gallagher. Stan-
ley Smith. Harry Green. Jobyna Howlaiid. ZaSu
Pills. Charles SeUon.
•HONKY TONK (CO AT) 6412
WARNER BROS. (It) August 3. 1929. (TOSl
August 31. 1929. With Sophie Tucker. I.lla Lee.
Audrey Ferris. George Duryea. Mablon Ham-
ilton. John T. Murray.
HONOR AMONG LOVERS (D AT) 6775
PARAMOUNT. (It) March 21. 1931. (MP)
March 7. 1931. With Claudette Colbert. Frcdric
March. Charles Buggies. Monroe Owsley. Gin-
ger Rogers.
•HOOFBEATS OF VENGEANCE (W) 4525
UNIVERSAL. (It) June 1G. 1929. With Jack
Perrin, Helen Foster. Al Ferguson. Starlight.
Rex.
THEME: Northwest Mounted Police and a horse
who locates a band of smugglers.
HOOK. LINE AND SINKER (C-AT. M) 6753
RADIO PICTURES. (It) December 20. 1930.
(NP) December 6. 1930. With Bert Wheeler
and Robert Woolsey.
•HOT CURVES (C-AT) 7893
TIFFANi. lit) June I. UN. !OPi Jul) 12.
1930. With Benny Rubin. Rex Lease. Alice
Day. Pert Kelton. l'aul Hurst. John Ince.
Mary Carr.
THEME: World series baseball and a love *
affair.
•HOT FOR PARIS (CD-AT. S) 5613 6639 6697
FOX. (It) December 22. 1929. (NP) January
11.1929. With Victor McLaglen. Fifl Dorsay.
El Brende). Polly Moran. Lennox Pawle. August
Tollaire. George Fawcett. Charles Judels. Eddie
Dillon. Rosita Marstini. Agostino Borgato. Yola
D'Avril. Anita Murray. Dave Valles.
THEME: Sailor wins a lottery and when they
try to And him to give him his prize money he
leads them a merry chase, thinking they want
to jail him.
HOT HEIRESS. THE (CD-AT) 7309
FIRST NATIONAL. (Rl March 2». 1931. (NP)
January 24. 1931. Sound on disc. With Ben
Lyon. Gus Munson. Tom Dugan. Walter Pid-
geon. Thelma Todd. Holmes Herbert. Inez Court-
ney and Elsie Bartlett.
THEME: An beiress sets out to get her man
and the interesting methods she uses form the
basis of this story.
•HOT STUFF (CD-TME) 6774
FIRST NATIONAL. (It) May 5. 1929. With
Alice White. Louise Fazenda. William Bake-
well. Doris Dawson. Ben Hall. Charles Sellon.
Buddy Messinger. Andy Devine. Larry Banthim.
THEME: A boy and a girl in college and lioth
trying to make one another jealous. They
admit their love in the end.
•HOTTENTOT. THE (CD-AT) 7241
WARNER BROS. (R) August 10. 1929. With
Edward Everett norton.
•HOUSE OF HORROR (MyC-ME) 5919
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) April 28. 1929. With
Louise Fazenda. Chester Conklin. James Ford.
Thelma Todd. William V. Mong. Emile Chau-
tard. William Orlamond. Dale Fuller. Tenan
_ Holtz.
• THEME: Two country hicks visit their uncle
who owns an antique shop in which many mys-
teries occur.
HOUSE OF SECRETS (D-AT) _ 6100
CHESTERFIELD. With Marcia Manning. Jo-
seph Striker. Elmer Grandin. Herbert Warren.
Francia M. Cerdi. Richard Stevenson. Harry H.
Southard. Edward Ringham.
•HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY (D-AT S) 6137 6165
PARAMOUNT. Produced by UFA. Distributed
by Paramount -Publix. Sound on disc. With
Willy Fritsch. Lil Dagover. Dita Parlo. Fritz
Greiner. Gisella Bathory. Erich Kaiser-Tietz.
Leopold Kramer.
THEME: The vicissitudes of a romance between
a peasant girl and a count, who is a gay
young officer of the Honved Hussars.
•HUNTED MEN (W) 4853
SYNDICATE. (R) May 15. 1930. With Bob
Steele.
HUNTING TIGERS IN INDIA (Trav-PT. M) 7400
TALKING PICTURE EPICS. (R) January 1.
1930. Sound on disc and film.
THEME: Commander G. M. Dyott and animals
and natives of India in an authentic adventure
film.
•HURRICANE (D-AT) 5842 5735
COLUMBIA. (R) September 30. 1929. With
Hobart Bosworth. Johnny Mack Brown. Leila
Hyams. Allan Roscoe. Tom O'Brien. Leila Mc-
Intvre. Joe Bordeaux and Eddie Chandler.
THEME: Story of a father who offers his
daughter to a pirate to get revenue on his
former wife. But daring rescue follows when
it is revealed that she is his own daughter.
IDLE RICH. THE (D-AT) 7351
METRO-GOLDWY"N-MAY"ER. (R) June 15.
1929. (NP) June 22. 1929. With Conrad Nagel.
Bessie Love. Leila Hyams. Robert Oher Tames
Neill. Edythe Chapman. Paul Kruger. Kenneth
Gibson.
THEME: A younc chap who gives his fortune to
the poor so the familv of the g'rl he loves will
come to an understanding with him.
ILLICIT (CO-AT)_ 7M4
WARNER BROS 1R1 February 14. 1931. (HP)
October 25. 1930. With Barbara Stanwyck,
Janies Itrnnic. Charles Butierworth. Itn ardo
Cortez. Joan Blondell.
THEME: The story of a girl who debates
whether to marry a man to please him, or to
continue their Jointly shared apartment without
the benefit of clergy to pleaae herself.
•IMMORTAL VAGABOND (D-AT. 8)-_
UFA. Sound on disc and film. Willi Liane
llaid. Gustav Fruehllch. 11. A. Sculettow. Karl
Gerhardl.
THEME: A young comjoser. absenting himself
from his home village In order to arrange for
the production of his new operetta, loses the
girl of his heart to another man. Unveiling of
a monument to his memory brings the two to-
gether again, the girl now widowed, and they
wander forth— the Immortal vagabonds.
IN GAY MADRID (CO AT) 7654
METRO-GOLDWYN ilAYER. (It) Ma> 17. 1
(NP) June 14. 193». With Ramon Novarro.
Dorothy Jordan. Beryl Mercer. L. Howell.
THEME: Adventures of Spanish college stu-
dents and their loves.
IN OLD ARIZONA (W AT) 8724
FOX. (It 1 January 20. 1929. Sound on film.
1TOS1 March 23. 1929. With Warner Baxter.
Edmund Lowe. Dorothy Burgess.
THEME: Bandit plunders rich to give to poor.
When he finds the girl he loves untrue, he
takes unique revenge.
•IN OLD CALIFORNIA (D AT) 5400
AUDIBLE PICTURES. With Henry B. Wal-
thall Helen Ferguson. George Duryea. Ray
Hallor. Orrol Humphrey. Larry' Steers. Bichard
Carlyle. Harry Allen. Lew Stern. Paul Ellis.
Charlotte Monte. Gertrude Chorre.
THEME: A story of stolen love and a youth s
heroic rescue of a girl from a runaway coach,
with the Mexican border as the background.
•IN OLD SIBERIA (D) , , 65°°
A.MKINO. (R) July. 1929. With A. Zhilinsky
and Taskin.
IN THE HEADLINES (D-AT) 6427
WARNER BROS. (It) August 31. 1929. (NP)
October 12 1929. With Grant Wither.. Marion
Nixon. Clyde Cook. Spec O'Donnell. Edmund
THEME: The newspaper reporter, his girl friend
and the boss solve a murder, and have a great
time accomplishing It.
•IN THE NEXT ROOM (My-AT) 7498
FIRST NATIONAL. (Rl January 20 UN.
(NP) April 19 1930. With Jack Mull. ..II Alice
Dai llobert O'Connor. John St. Polls. Claude
Allister. Aggie Herring. DeWitt Jennings. Web-
ster Campbell. Lucien Preval.
THEME: Jack, a young reporter, helps solve
the mysteries in the house of his sweetheart.
Alice.
,MDl§«mi7 ARTISTS: (NP. Man. 11. 55
With Gloria Swanson.
•INNOCENTS OF PARIS (D-AT. S) 7816 6148
PARAMOUNT. (R) May 25. 1929 With
Maurice Chevalier. Sylvia Beecher. Russell
Simpson. George Fawcett. Mrs. George Fawcett.
John Miljan. Margaret Livingston. David Du-
rand. Johnny Morris.
THEME: A junk man. turned dealer In an-
tiques, becomes the savior of a youth whose
relatives forsake him.
INSIDE THE LINES (D-AT) 6652
RADIO PICTURES. (Rl July 20. 1930. (OP)
Julv 12 1930. With Betty Compson. Ralph
Forbes. Montagu Love. Mischa Auer. Ivan Simp-
son. Betty Carter. Evan Comas. Reginald Sar-
land.
THEME: A story of the spy system during the
INSPIRATION (D AT) 6897
METRO-GOLDWYN- MAYER. (R) January 31.
1931. (OP) December 2.. 1930. With Greta
Garbo. Robert Montgomery. Lewis Stone. Mar-
jorie Rambeau. Gwen Lee. Joan Marsh.
THEME: Conflicting love affairs of a beautiful
French model who exercises a magnetic effect
upon men.
•INVADERS. THE (W) — „s.ree'*
SYNDICATE. (R) December. 1929. With Bob
Steele.
IRON MAN (D-AT) _
UNIVERSAL. (R) April 30. 1930. (OP)
March 28. 1930 With Lew Acres. Jean Harlow.
Robert Armstrong. John Miljan. Mike Donlin.
Eddie Dillon. Tom Kennedy. Ned Sparks.
Sammy Blum. Morrie Cohan. Mildred Van
Dorn. . .
THEME: Flashing drama of the prize ring, and
of a youth's romantic ride to fame and for-
tune.
•IS EVERYBODY HAPPY? (D-AT. M) „„„ 7371
WARNER BROS. (NP) December 21. 1929.
Ted Lewis and his band. Also Ann Penning-
ton and her dances.
•IT CAN BE DONE (CD-PT. ME) S090 6560
UNIVERSAL. (R) March 24. 1929. With Glenn
Tryon. Sue Carol. Richard Carlyle. Jack Egan.
Tom O'Brien,
THEME: Jetrv. clerk in a publishing concern.
Impersonates his boss, sells the manuscript
written by the girl's father, and all is well.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE (C-AT) 5764
PARAMOUNT. IRI February 28. 1931. (NP)
February 14. 1931. With Norman Foster. Skeets
Gallagher. Carole Lombard. Eugene Pallette.
IT S A WISE CHILD (C-AT)
METRO-GOLDWYN -MAYER (R) March 21.
1931. (NP) February 28. 1931. Sound on disc
and f'm. With Marion Davies. Lester Vail.
Kent Douglass. Clara Blandlck.
THEME: Embarrassing and amusing compli-
cations centering about a question of parentage.
JAWS OF HELL
SONO ART-WORLD WIDE. (R) December.
1930. Sound on film. With Cyril Maclaslen.
Benita Hume. Betty Bolton.
266
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
] 93 1
JAZZ CINDERELLA, THE (D-AT) 6387
CHESi'EKFlELD. (It) September 1, 1930.
(NP) December G. 1030. Witb Myrna Loy.
Nancy Welford. Jason Robards.
•JIMMY HIGGINS (D)..._
AMKINO.
•JOURNEY'S END (D-AT) 11455
TIFFANY. (It) April 15. 1930. (NP) April 19,
1930. With Colin dive, lua Maciaren, An-
thony Bushell, David Manners, Billy Sevan,
Charles Gerrard. Robert A'Dair, Thomas Whitely,
Jack J'itcairn. Warner Klinger.
THEME: it. C. Sheriff's world famed play of
the war.
*JOY STREET (CD-ME) 8754 5748
FOX. tit) April 7, 1929. Sound on film.
With Lois Murau, Nick Stuart. Rex Bell, Jos»
Crespo, Dorothy Ward, Ada Williams, Maria
Alba. Sally Phillips, Florence Allen, Mabel
Vail, John Breedon.
THEME: Story of the escapades of wealthy l_
youths.
JUNE MOON C-AT) 6630
PARAMOUNT. (It) March 21. 1931. (NP)
February 28, 1831. With Jack Oakie. Frances
Dee. Wynne Gibson.
JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK (D-AT) 3663
BRITISH INT lilt NATIONAL. (R) June 20.
1030. Sound on film. Sara Allgood and John
Longden, featured.
JUST FOR A SONG
SONO ART WORLD WIDE. (11) February 15.
1931. Sound on rum. With Lynn Oavies, Con-
stance Carpenter, and Roy Royston.
JUST IMAGINE (CD-AT. M. S) 10200
FOX. (11) November 23, 1930. (NP) October
18-November 29, 1030. With El Brendel, Mau-
reen O'Sullivan, John Garrick. Marjorie White.
Frank Albertson, Hobart Uosworth, Kenneth
Thomson, Mischa Auer, Sidney De Gray, Wil-
fred Lucas, Ivan Linow. Joyzelie Joseph W.
Girard.
THEME: An imaginative, tuneful romance of
youth and love in 1930.
JUST LIKE HEAVEN 5558
TIFFANY. (It) October 22. 1930. (OP) Octo-
ber 11, 1930. With Anita Louise. Davir Newell.
Yola D'Avril, Gaston Glass. Mathilde Comont.
Albert Roccardo, Torbin Meyers. Thomas Jef-
ferson.
THEME: A woman hater succumbs to the charm
of a young dancer and with her help wins a
grand contest.
K
KEPT HUSBANDS (D-AT) 6832
RADIO PICTURES. (It) February 22, 1931.
(NP) January 24, 1931. With Dorothy Mackaill.
Joel McCrea.
THEME: Modern Marriage Drama.
•KETTLE CREEK (W-AT)
UNIVERSAL. (R) June 22. 1930. With Ken
Maynard. Kathryn Crawford.
•KIBITZER (CD-AT) 6569 7273
PARAMOUNT. (R) January 11, 1930. Sound
on disc. With Harry Green, Mary Brian, Neil
Hamilton, David Newell.
THEME: A humorous series of experiences re-
sulting from stock market transactions and
love.
KIKI 8000
UNITED ARTISTS. (It) March 14. 1931. (NP)
February 21. 1931. With Mary Pickford. Regi-
nald Denny.
•KING OF JAZZ (MC) 9100
UNIVERSAL. (R) August 17. 1930. (OP)
April 5. 1930. With Paul Whiteman, John
Boles. Jeanette Loft, Laura La Plante. Glenn
Tryon. Merna Kennedy. Kathryn Crawford. Otis
Harlan. Slim Summerville. Stanley Smith. George
Sidney. Charlie Murray, Billy Kent. Grace
Hayes, Sisters G, Rhythm Boys. Brox Sisters.
George Chiles, Jaques Cartier, Wynn Holcomb,
Al Norman. Frank Leslie. Jeanie Lang. Charles
Irwin, Paul Howard. Walter Brennan, Marian
Statler, Don Rose. Tommv Atkins Sextet, Nell
O'Day. Wilbur Hall. John Fulton. Russell Mar-
ltert Dancers, Hollywood Beauties.
•KING OF KINGS (D-Synchronized) 10196 13500
PATHE. (R) September 30. 1929. With H. B.
Warner. Jacqueline Logan, Dorothy Cummincs,
Ernest Torreilce, Joseph Schildkraut. Robert Ede-
son. Sidney D'Albrook. Rudolph Schildkraut,
Sam DeGrasse, Victor Varconi, William Boyd,
Matt Moore, Julia Faye, Kenneth Thomson,
Alan Brooks,
KISMET (D-AT)... 8253
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) January 18. 1931.
(NP) November S. 1930. Sound on disc. Willi
Otis Skinner. Loretta Young. David Manners.
Sidney Blackmer. Mary Duncan. Ford Sterling,
Montagu Love and Theodore von Eltz.
THEME: The adventures of Hajj. a rascally
Beggar, whose beautiful daughter marries the
Caliph of Bagdad.
•KISS. THE (D-ME) 7200
METRO- GOLD WYN-MA YE R. (R) November IB.
1929. (NP) Derember 21. 1929. Sound on disc
With Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel, Anders Ran-
rtoir Holmes Herbert. Lew* Avres. George Davis.
THEME: A wife who shoots her husband to
save a man she loves. She is acquitted by the
jury, but finally admits that she did the
killing.
KISS ME AGAIN (D-AT) 6775
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) February 21. 1931.
(NP) January 10. 1931. With Bcrnice Claire.
Walter Pidgeon. Edward TH-erett Horton, Claude
Gillingwater. Frank McTIugh , Judith Voseli.
June Collyer. Albert Gran. "G" Sisters.
THEME: A French mannequin becomes an
opera sincer btit loses her sweetheart, but she
Inadvertently gets him back at a banquet in
her honor.
LADIES IN LOVE (CD-AT) 6217
CHESTERFIELD (R) Mav 15. 1930. (OP)
May 3 1930. With Alire Dav. Johnny Walker.
THEME: A radio love story.
LADIES LOVE BRUTES (D-AT) 7171
PAllAMOUNX. Ui; April 26, 1U30. (NP)
April 19, 193U. With George Bancroft, Fred-
eric March. Mary Astor. Stanley Fields,
LADIES MUST PLAY (CD-AT) 5978
COLUMBIA. (It) August 1, 1931). (OP) Au-
gust 10. 1930. With Dorothy Sebastian. Neil
Hamilton, Natalie Mooihead, John Holland,
Harry Stubbs. Shirley Palmer and Pauline
Nell.
•LADIES OF LEISURE (D-AT) 9118
COLUMBIA. (It) April 5, 1930. (NP) April
19, 1930. Sound on disc and film. With Bar-
bara Stanwyck. Lowell Sherman. Ralph Graves.
Marie Prevost, Nance O'Neil. George Fawuett,
Johnnie Walker. Juliette Compton.
THEME: A drama of New York's gay social
whirl. Adapted from the David Belasco stage
play by Milton Herbert Gropper.
LADY OF THE LAKE. THE (E) 4749
FITZ PATRICK. (R) November 1. 1930. (NP)
October 18, 1930. With Percy Marmont. Benita
Hume, Lawson Bott. James Carewe, Haddotl
Mason, lledda Bartlett. Leo Drydeu. Sara
Francis. James Douglas.
THEME: The story of Scott's "Lady of the
Lake."
LADY OF SCANDAL, THE (CD-AT) 6858
MJ^TRO- GOLD WYN -MAYER. (It) May 24. 193U.
(NP) June 21. 1930. With Ruth Chatterton.
Ralph Forbes. Basil Rathbone. Moon Carroll.
Cyril Chadwick, Nance O'Neil.
THEME: Complications attending the romance
between an aristocratic young Britisher and an
actress.
LADY REFUSES. THE (D-AT) 6449
RADIO PICTURES. (R) March 8, 1931. With
Betty Compson, Gilbert Emery, John Darrow.
Ivan Lebedeff. Margaret Livingston.
LADY SURRENDERS. A (CD-AT) 8485
UNIVERSAL. (R) October G. 1930. (NP)
September 27, 1930. With Conrad Nagel. Rose
llolbart. Genevieve Tobin. Basd Rathbone. Ed-
gar Norton. Carmel Myers, Franklin Pangborn.
Vivian Oakland, Grace Cunard.
THEME: The story of a man who unwittingly
becomes a bigamist when his wife, who had
advised him from Paris that she was divorcing
him, resorts to the woman's prerogative and
changes her mind.
LADY TO LOVE, A (D-AT) 8142
M ETR O - G OLD WYN - MAYER . (R) March 8.
1930. With Vilma Banky, Edward G. Robert-
son, Robert Ames. Richard Carle. Lloyd Ingra-
ham. Anderson Lawler. Henry Armetta, George
Davis.
THEME: A lovely woman has been tricked
into marriage. Her beauty and the overwrought
typically Neapolitan expostulations of her hus-
band provide the key to the entertainment.
LADY WHO DARED, THE (D-AT) 5076
FIRST NATIONAL. Sound on disc. With Billie
Dove. Sidney Blackmer. Conway Tearle. Judith
Vesselli. Cosmo Kyrrle Bellew, Ivan Simpson,
and Mathilde Comont.
THEME: A beautiful woman is the victim of
blackmailers, but through some clever ideas,
manages to turn the tables on them.
LADY'S MORALS. A (D-AT) 7856
METRO- GDLDWY'N-MAYER. (R) November S.
1930. (NP) November 15, 1930. With Graee
Moore. Reginald Denny. Judith Vosselli. Gus
Shy. Bodil Rosing. Wallace Beery. George
Marion.
THEME : The colorful career of Jenny Lind.
famous "Swedish Nightingale," whose American
tour was promoted by P. T. Barnum.
LAND OF MISSING MEN, THE (W-AT) 5179
TIFFANY. (R) October 15. 1930. TOP) Octo-
!>er 4. 1930. With Bob Steele, Al St. John,
Edward Dunn, Caryl Lincoln, Al Jennings.
Fern Emmett, Emilio Fernandez. Noah Hen-
dricks. C. R. Dufau. S. S. Simons.
THEME: The hero poses as an outlaw in order
to capture the leader of outlaws who turns out
to be the sheriff.
•LARIAT KID. THE (W) 5247
UNIVERSAL. (R) June 23. 1929. With Hoot
Gibson. Ann Christy, Cap Anderson. Mary Foy.
Francis Ford. Walter Brennan. Andy Waldron,
Bus Osborne. Joe Bennett, Jim Corey.
THEME: A determined hero, a mountain cabin,
a girl and kidnappers.
LASH. THE (D-AT) 7169
FIRST NATIONAL: (R) December 28. 1930.
(OP) Reviewed October 4. 1930. under title of
"Adios." Sound on disc. With Richard Bar-
thelmess. Mary Astor. Marion Nixon. James
Ttennie. Robert Edeson. Fred Kohler. Barbara
Bedford. Arthur Stone. Erville Alderson and
Mathilde Comont.
THEME: The Spanish colony in California in
the days of the Gold Rush is forced to bid
"adios" to its country through being forced
out.
•LAST COMPANY. THE (D-AT)
UFA. Sound on dise and film. With Conrad
Yeidt, Karin Evans. Erwin Kaiser. Else Heller,
Maria Petersen. Heinrich Gretler, Paul Henckels.
Ferdinand Asper. Martin Herzberg. Werner
Schott. Dr. Ph. Manning. W. Hiller. Ferdinand
Hart. Alex Granarh, Gustav Puettjer. Alb. Kar-
ehow, Horst von Harbou.
THEME: A tragedy of the Napoleonic wars of
1813. Captain of gallant thirteen surviving men
makes mill his fort, miller's daughter falls in
love with him and refuses to quit the mill.
Outnumbered by the enemv, thirteen, the cap-
tain and the girl are killed.
LAST OF THE DUANES (Mel-AT) 5500
FOX (R) August 31. 1930. (NP) September
27. 1930. With George O'Brien. Lucile Browne.
Lloyd Ingraham, Myrna Loy. Walter McOrail.
James Bradbury, Jr.. Blanche Frederici. Frank
Campeau. James Mason, Willard Robertson.
Nat Pendleton.
THEME: The romance of a hToic young out-
law a"d the beautiful eirl be daringing rescues
from the leader of a dangerous band of cattle
thieves. «
•LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY, THE (D-AT). 6484 8651
METRO- GOLD W YN - MA YEli. (It) July U, 1929.
With Norma Shearer. Basil Rathbone, George
Berraud, Herbert Brunston, Hedda Hopper, •
Moon Carrol, Madeline Seymour. Cyril Chad- -
wick, George K. Arthur, Finch Smiles, Maude
Turner
THEME: Mrs. Cheyney marries the man who
catches her robbing.
LAST OF THE LONE WOLF (D-AT) 6485
(R) August 26, 1930. (OP) September 13.
1930. With Bert Lytell, Patsy Ruth Miller.
Lucien Pnval, Otto Matiesen, Alfred Hick-
man, Maryland Morne, Haley Sullivan, James
Liddy. Pietro Sosso. Henry Daniel.
THEME: Romance of royalty and a master
crook.
LAST PARADE. THE (D-AT) 7236
COLUMBIA. (It) January 27, 1931. (NP)
February 14, 1931. With Jack Holt, Tom
Moore, Constance Cummings. Gaylord Pendleton.
Robert Ettis. Earle D. Bunn, Vivi. Jess De
Vorska. Ed Le Saint, Edmund Breese. Clarence
Muse. Gino Corrado. Robert Graham.
THEME: A story of war's aftermath by Casey
Robinson.
•LAST PERFORMANCE (D-AT) . 5790 5628 5999
UNIVERSAL. (R) October 13. 1929. With
Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Leslie Fenton.
Fred MacKaye. Anders Randolph. Sam deGrasse.
George Irving, Wm. H. Turner. Eddie Boland.
THEME: A magician sacrifices the love he held
for his assistant, and finally sacrifices his life.
•LAST ROUNDUP, THE (W) 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (Ri November. 1920. With Bob
Custer.
LAUGHING LADY. THE (D-AT) 7105
PARAMOUNT. (R) December 28. 1929. With
Ruth Chatterton, Clive Brook.
LAUGHTER (CD-AT) 7134
PARAMOUNT. (R) October 25. 1930. (NP)
Oct. 25-Nov. 22. 1930. With Nancy Carroll.
Frederic March, Frank Morgan, Diane Ellis.
Glen Anders. Leonard Carey.
•LAW OF THE PLAINS (W) 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) November. 1929. With Tom
Tyler.
LEATHERNECKING (MC) 7255
RADIO PICTURES. (R) September 22 1930.
(NP) September 20. 1930. With Irene Dunne.
Ken Murray. Louise Fazenda. Ned Sparks. Lil-
yan Tashman, Eddie Foy, Jr.. Bennie Rubin.
Rita LeRoy, Fred Santley, Baron Von Brinkeii.
Carl Gerrard.
THEME: Adaptation of the stage musical.
"Present Arms." A story of the United States
marines stationed in Honolulu.
LET US BE GAY (CD-AT) 7121
METRO- GOLD WYN-MAYER. (NP) August 9.
1930. (OP) May 3, 1930. With Norma
Shearer, Marie Dressier, Tyrell Davis, Raymond
Hackett.
THEME: Adaptation of the stage play in
which a divorced couple are unexpectedly
brought together at a Westchester house party.
LET'S GO NATIVE (C-AT. S) 6787
PARAMOUNT. (R) August 10. 1930. (NP)
September C, 1930. With Jack Oakie. Jeanette
MacDonald, James Hall. Skeets Gallagher. Wil-
liam Austin, Kay Francis. David Newell,
Charles Sellon, Eugene Pallette.
•LETTER. THE (D-AT) 577 8 5490
PARAMOUNT. (It) April 13. 1929. (TOS)
May 18. 1929. With Jeanne Eagels. O. P.
Heggle, Reginald Owen. Herbert Marshall.
Irene Brown, Lady Tsen Mei. Tamaki Yoshi-
wara.
THEME: Written words in the form of a letter
raise havoc in the lives of certain members
of the British colony in Singapore.
LIFE OF THE PARTY, THE (C-AT) 7152
WARNER BROS. (R) October 25. 1930.
Technicolor. With Winnie Lightner. Irene Del-
9 roy. Jack Whiting. Charles Butterworth.
Charles .ludels.
THEME: Two girls decide to go in for pro-
fessional gold digging.
•LIGHT FINGERS (D-AT) 5578 5700
COLUMBIA. (R) July 29. 1929. With Ian
Keith. Dorothy Revier. Carroll Nye, Ralph
Theodore. Rom Ricketts.
THEME: A story of a girl, who discovers a
thief, but saves him from the police to win
his love.
•LIGHT OF WESTERN STARS. THE (W-AT)...
5035 6213
PARAMOUNT. (R) April 19. 1930. (NP) May
3. 1930. With Richard Arlen. Mary Brian,
Harry Green, Fred Kohler, Regis Tnomey.
William LcMaire. George Chandler. Sid Savior.
Guv Oliver. Gus Saville.
THEME : A Zane Grey story of the West.
LIGHTNIN' (CD-AT) 8500
FOX. (R) December 7, 1930. (NP) Decem-
ber 6. 1930. With Will Rogers. Louise Dress-
er. Joel McCrea. Helen Cohan. Jason Bo-
llards. Frank Campcau, J. M. Kerrigan. Luke
Cosgrave. Ruth Warren. Sharon Lvnn. Walter
Percival. Jovce Compton. Goodee Montgomery.
Rex Bell. Rqxanne Curtis. Phi) Tead. Char-
lotte Walker. Blanche LeClaire. Bruce Wan-en.
Moon Carroll. Be?s Flowers. Gwendolyn Face.
Kve Dennison. Bettv Alden. Lucille Young.
Natica Nast. Betty Sinclaire. Thomas Jefferson.
THEME: The screen adaptation of the famous
stage play, with Will Rogers as Lightnin"
Bill.
•LILIES OF THE FIELD (D-AT) 5996
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) January 5. 1930.
(NP) March 1. 1930. With Corinne Griffith.
John Lodcr, Freeman Wood, Patsy Paige Eve
Southern. Rita LeRoy, Jean Barry, Betty Boyd.
Mary Boley. Virginia Bruce.
THEME: Mildred's husband divorc«9 her and
takes their child. Mildred makes a living by
working in a cafe. Her child dies and she
marries Ted.
LILIOM (D-AT) 8472
FOX. (R) October 5. 1930. (NP) August 30-
December 0. 1930. With Charles Farrell. R<\se
Hobart. Kstelle Taylor, H. B. Warner, T.ee
Tracy, James Marcus. WaltT Abel. Mildred
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
267
Van Dorn, Guinn Williams, Lillian Elliott.
Bert Roach. Dawn O'Day.
THEME: A story of a circus barker who finds
his material means of expression inadequate
to release the spiritual love harbored in his
heart.
•LITTLE ACCIDENT (C-AT) 7289 7897
UNIVERSAL. (R) September 1. 1930. (OP)
July 12. 1930. With Douglas Fairbanks. Jr..
Anita Page. Roscoe Karns. Zasu Pitts. Sally
Blane. Slim Summerville, Henry Armetta, Joan
Marsh, Albert Gran.
THEME : The story of a reconciliation be-
tween estranged husband and wife following the
birth of a child.
LITTLE CAESAR (D-AT) 7300
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) January 25. 1931.
(NP) January 17. 1931. Sound on disc. With
Edward G. Robinson. Douglas Fairbanks. Jr..
Glenda Farrell. William Collier. Jr., Sidney
Blackmar, Ralph Ince, Armand Kaliz and Ben
Hendricks, Jr.
THEME: Through sheer will and determina-
tion. Caesar manages to work his way to the
kingship of gangland.
•LITTLE JOHNNY JONES (D-AT) 6621
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) November 17. 1929.
(NP) February 13, 1930. With Eddie Buzzel.
Alice Day, Edna Murphy, Robeit Edeson,
Wheeler Oakman, Donald Reed.
THEME: Johnny rides his sweetheart's horse
and loses. They think he framed to lose and
the Rider's club suspends him. He comes
liack and wins the biggest race of the year.
LOCKED DOOR. THE (D-AT) 6844
UNITED ARTISTS. (R) November 16. 1929.
With Barbara Stanwyck, Rod LaRocque, Wil-
liam Boyd, Betty Bronson.
•LONE HORSEMAN. THE (W) 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) December. 1929. With Tom
Tyler.
LONE RIDER. THE (W-AT) 9118
COLUMBIA. (R) June 9. 1930. (OP) Julv
12. 1930. With Buck Jones. Vera Reynolds.
Harry Woods, George Pearce.
The first of the "Buck Jones Specials."
•LONE STAR RANGER (W-AT) 5948 5904 5736
FOX. (R) January 5. 1930. With George
O'Brien. Sue Carol. Walter MiGrail. Warren
Hymer, Russell Simpson, Lee Shumway, Roy
Stewart, Colin Chase, Richard 'Alexander. Joel
Franz-. Joel Rickson. Oliver Eckhardt. Caroline
Rankin. Elizabeth Patterson.
THEME: Bold, bad bandits brought to time
by a fast shootin'. he-man. upholder of the
law. »
LONELY WIVES (CD-AT) 8120
11 ICO PATHE. (R) February 22. 1931. (NP)
January 24. 1931. Edward Everett Horton,
Esther Ralston. Laura LaPlante. Patsy Ruth
Miller. Silencer Charters, Maude Eburne, Georg-
ette Rhodes.
THEME: Lawyer Smith, after hiring a vaude-
ville performer to impersonate him at home
finds that he has stepped out with the actor's
wife and that his own wife has been homo
with the actor.
•LONESOME (CD-PT. ME) 6142 6461
UNIVERSAL. (R) January 20. 1930. With
Glenn Tryon, Barbara Kent.
THEMIS: A fellow and girl who are just
working along without life meaning very much
to them, and then — they fall in love.
LONESOME TRAIL THE (W-AT) 5786
SYNDICATE. (R) September 15. 1930. (OP)
September 13. 1930. With Charles Delaney.
Virginia Brown Faire.
•LONG. LONG TRAIL. THE (W-AT)
5286 5495 5331
UNIVERSAL. (R) October 27. 1929. With
Hoot Gibson. Sally Eilers. Kathryn Mi-Guire.
James Mason, Walter Brennan. Archie Ricks.
THEME: A waster makes good and finally
marries his employer's daughter.
•LOOPING THE LOOP (D-ME) 6676 6769
PARAMOUNT. (R) March 16. 1929. With
Werner Kraus. Jenny Jugo, Warwick Ward.
Gina Manes.
THEME: A story concerning clowns and acro-
bats and a fickle attitude toward love, and
then the deep realization of true love.
•LOOSE ANKLES (CD-AT) 6190
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) February 2. 1931.
Willi Loretta Y'oung. Douglas Fairbanks. Jr.,
Louise Fazenda. Ethel Wales. Otto Harlan.
Daphne Pollard. Inez Courtnev. Norman Doug-
las. Eddie Nugent. Raymond Keane.
THEME: Story of a girl who is bequeathed
a million dollars providing she marries the
man her aunt consents to. And what a time
she has getting her man.
LOOSE ENDS (CD-AT) 7168
ItmnSH INTERNATIONAL. (R) October 17.
1930. (NP) October 25. 1930. With Edna
Rest. Owen Narcs and Adrianne Allen, rea-
lm ed.
•LORD BYRON OF BROADWAY (CD-AT) 7069
METRO-GOI.DWYN-MAYER. (R) February
23. 1930. (NP) March 15. 1930. Sound on
film and disc. With Ethelind Terry. Charles
Kaley, Bnnie Rubin, Cliff Edwards. Marion
Schilling.
LOST GODS (Trav-PT. M) 4900
TALKING PICTITtE EPICS. Sound on film.
fNI'l July 12 1930.
THEME: Count Khun De Prorok and natives
in a romance of archeology in the Cartha-
ginian district.
•LOST ZEPPELIN. THE (D-AT) 6882
TIFFANY. (R) December 20. 1929. Sound on
disc and film. (TOS) February 13. 1930. With
Conway Tearle. Virginia Valli. Ricardo Cortez.
THEME: A Zeppelin lost in the antarctic, and
a man's sacrifice.
LOTTERY BRIDE. THE (MC) 7472
UNITED ARTISTS. (Rl O-toher 25. 1930.
(NP) Decemb-r 0. 1930. With .Teanette Mao-
Donald. John GaTriVk. Joe E. Brown. Joseph
Macaiiley. Robert Chisholm. ZaSu Pitts, Car-
roll Nye.
LOVE AMONG THE MILLIONAIRES (CD-AT. S)
PARAMOUNT. (R) Julv 19, 1930. (OP)
July 12. 1930. With Clara Bow. Stanley Smith,
Stuart Envin, Skeets Gallagher. Mitzi Green.
Charles Sellon. Theodore Von Eltz, Claude
King, Barbara Bennett.
•LOVIN' THE LADIES (C-AT) 6139
RADIO PICTITiES. (R) Anril fi 1930. (NP)
April 26. 1930. With Richard Dix. Lois
Wilson.
•LUCKY ROY (CD-PT) 8708
TIFFANY. (R) Fcbniarv 4. 1929. Sound on
film. With George .Tessel. Margaret Ouimby.
Gwen Lee. Richard Tu"ker. C.nvne Whitman
Mary Doran. Rosa Rosanova. William Strauss.
THEME: Comedv drama of a boy's struggles
to become a star.
LUCKY IN LOVE (AT. S) 6987 6670
RKO PATHE. (R) August 17. 1929. With
Morton Downey, Bntv T.awford. Colin Keith-
Johnson. Halliwe'l Hobbs. J. M. Kerrigan,
Richard Tabor. Edward O'Connor. Mary Mur-
ray. Mackenzie Ward. Louis Sorin. Sonia
Kurlov. Tyrell Day's. EUzebtb Murray.
THEME: A musical romance. A young Ameri-
can singer of Irish descent, wins the hand of
the daughter of an impoverished earl, who is
on the verge of losing his castle.
•LUCKY LARKIN (W-ME) 5779 5897 5975
UNIVERSAL (R) Ma r-h 2 1930. with Ken
Mavnard Nora Lane, Tarzan the horse. James
Farley, Harry Todd. Charles Clary.
•LUCKY STAR (D-PT. ME> 8824 8940 8644
FOX. (R) August IS. 1929. (NP) S -member
2S. 1929. With Charles Farrell Janet Gaynor.
Hedwiea Re'cher. Guinn fft'c Roy) Williams).
Paul Fix. Floria Grey. H>"-tor V Sarno.
THEME: ITero and coward in the war. Hero
wounded. G:rl falls in love wi*h htm. but
moth- r wants her to mi»m* coward', nero ge's
well and everything is lovely.
LUMMOX (D-AT) 7533
UNITED ARTISTS. (R) .Tantlarv IS. 1930.
With Winifred Westorer. Dorothv Janis. I.ydia
Titus. IA* Darling Ren Lyon, M>"a BoniDas.
Cosmo Kvrle Bellew. Anita Rellew. Robert
Tillman. Clara I.angsner, William Collier. Jr..
Edna Murphy. Trob n Meyer. Fan Bourkc.
Myrtle Stedman. Danny O'Shea, William Bake-
well, Sidney Franklin.
THEME: From Fannie Hurst's story of a
hired girl who manages to combat her sordid
surroundings by a series of self-sacrificing
deeds, all of which are misconstrued.
MAN TO MAN (CD-AT) 6281
WARNER BROS. (R) Decemb.r 6. 1930. (NP)
October 4. 1930. Phillips Holmes. Lucille Pow-
ers. George Marion. Grant Mitchell, Dwight
_ Frye. Barbara Weeks, Russell Simpson. Paul
Nicholson, Otis Harlan, Robert Emmett O'Con-
nor. Charles Sellon. James Neil. Johnny
Larkin.
THEME: The story of a senstive hoy and his
stubborn refusal to accept his father, a prison
barber, on the latter's pardon from the big
house after 18 years.
MAN TROUBLE (D-AT) 7800
FOX. (R) August 24. 1930. (OP) August 30,
1930. With Milton Sills. Dorothy Maokaill,
Kenneth MacKenna. Sharon Lynn, Roscoe
Karns. Oscar Apfel. James Bradbury. Jr.. Har-
vrv Clark. Edythe Chapman. Lew Harvey.
THEME: The unique position of a girl being
in debt to a gangster because he had saved
her life.
MAN WHO CAME BACK. THE (D-AT) 7786
FOX. (R) January 11. 1931. (NP) January
3. 1931. With Janet Gaynor. Charles Farrell.
Iv nncth MacKenna. Mary Forbes. William
Holden. Ulrieh Haupt. William .1. Worthington,
Peter Gawthorne, Leslie Fenton, Charles Ger-
rard.
THEME: Can a woman's love be so great that
it lets her sink to the depths to prove her
love and to rescue the man she loves from his
weakness?
•MAN WITH THE CAMERA. THE (EX) 6000
AMKINO. (R) September. 1929.
•MAN'S MAN. A (CD-ME) 6683
METRO GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) Mav 25.
1929. (NP) June 22. 1929. With William
Haines. Josephine Dunn, Sam Hardy, Mae
Bus.-h.
THEME: A soda jerker and his stage-struck
wife are fooled by phniv y picture director. But
this enables them to start life anew.
•LOVE AND THE DEVIL (D-TME) 6431
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) March 24. 1929.
With Milton Sills. Maria Corda, Ben Bard,
Nellie Bly Baker, Amber Norman.
THEME: A story of a man who marries the
sweetheart of his dead friend only to get into
trouble trying to keep admirers from seeing
her.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT (MC) 6160
CHESTERFIELD. (R) February 15. 1930.
Sound on film and disc. With Suzanne Keener.
Norman Foster. Doris Rankin. Lester Cole. Abe
Reynolds, Hooper Atchley. Burt Matthews.
Dorothee Adams.
THEME: The story of a song writer, the girl
he loves, a selfish and designing mother and
a cabaret owner.
•LOVE COMES ALONG (Mel-At) 7038
RADIO PICTURE'S. (R) January 5. 1930.
With Bebe Daniels, Lloyd Hughes.
•LOVE COTTAGE, THE (MC)
UNITED ARTISTS. An Irving Berlin pro-
duction.
•LOVE DOCTOR. THE (CD-AT) 5503 5378
PARAMOUNT. (R) October 5. 1929. (NP)
October 19, 1929. Sound on disc. With Rich-
ard Dix. June Collyer. Morgan Farley. Miriam
Seegar, Winfrcd Harris. Lawford Davidson,
Gale Henry.
THEME: Doctor Sumner determines that love
shall not interfere with his career, but Grace
and Virginia are in love with him.
•LOVE IN THE CAUCASUS (D) 7837
AMKINO. (R) November 30. 1929. With K.
Karalashvili and Andronedashvili.
•LOVE. LIVE AND LAUGH (D-A) 8390 8217
FOX. (R) November 3. 1929. With George
Jessel. Lila Lee. David Rollins. Henry Kolker.
Kenneth MacKenna. John Reinhart. Dick Wins-
low Johnson. Henry Armetta, Marcia Manon,
Jerry Mandy.
THEME: Italian goes to Italy, gets in the
war. returns home disabled and finds his wife,
who thought him dead, married to another.
•LOVE PARADE. THE (D-AT) 7094 10022
PARAMOUNT. (R) January 18. 1930. Sound
on disc. With Maurice Chevalier. Jeanette
MacDonald. Lupino Lane. Lillian Roth. Edgar
Norton. Lionel Belmore, Albert Roccardi. Carle-
ton Stockdale. Eugene Palette. Russell Powell.
Margaret Fealy. Virginia Bruce.
THEME: Almost a fairy story of a prince
charming and a lovely queen.
•LOVE RACKET. THE (D-AT) 6118
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) December S. 1929.
With Dorothy Maekaill, Sidney Blackmer. Ed-
mund Burns, Myrtle Stedman. Alice Day.
Edith Yorke. Martha Mattox. Edward Davis,
Webster Campbell. Clarence Burton. Tom Ma-
honey. Jack Curtis.
THEME: A story of a girl who reveals her
past wrongs in order to save an innocent girl
from a man she killed. But her lover asks her
to marry him anyway.
LOVE TRADER, THE (O-AT) 4772
TIFFANY*. (R) Semember 2".. 1930. (OP)
October 18. 1930. With Leatrioe Joy. Roland
Drew. Henry B. Walthall. Barbara Bedford.
Chester Conklin. Noah Beerv, Clarence Burton.
William Welsh.
THEME: A conventional woman falls in love
with the tropics and a native lover.
•LOVE WALTZ (CD)
I'FA. Sound on disc and film. With Lillian
Harrey. John Batten. George Alexander. Lillian
Mowrcr. Gertrude de Lalslv. Ludwig D'ehl.
Hans Junkerman, Victor Schwannecke. Karl
Ettlinger.
THEME : The storv of the scion of a weal'hy
American automobile manufacturer who. tiring
of home life becomes valet to a duke, and
marries the duke's sweetheart, a princess.
M
MADAME SATAN (CD-AT) 10320
METRO-GOLD WY'N-MAY'ER. (R) September
20," 1930. (NP) October 4. 1930. Sound on
disc and film. With Roland Y'oung. Reginald
Denny, Kay Johnson, Lilian Roth, Elsa Peter-
son.
THEME: Spectacular adventure storv with
musical background and several sequences on
board the Zeppelin.
•MADONNA OF AVENUE A (D-AT) 5294 6461
WARNER BROS. (R) June 22. 1929. Willi
' Dolores Costello. Grant Withers. Louise Dresser,
Douglass Gerard, Otto Hoffman, Lee Moran.
MADONNA OF THE STREETS (D-AT) 6932
COLUMBIA. (R) November 25, 1930. (NP)
December 6, 1930. With Evelyn Brent. Robert
Ames. Ivan Linow, Josephine Dunn, J. Edwards
Davis. Zack Williams, Ed Brady and Richard
Tucker.
THEME: The film is adapted from the story,
"The Ragged Messenger." by W. B. Maxwell.
•MAMBA (D-AT) 7014
TIFFANY. (R) March 10. 1930. (NP) March
22. 1930. Sound on disc. All Technicolor.
With Jean Hersholt, Eleanor Boardman. Ralph
Forbes.
THEME: The revolt of South African na-
tives against a bestial plantation owner.
•MAMMY (CD-AT) 7570
WARNER BROS. (R) May 31. 1930. (NP)
April 5. 1930. With Al Jolson. Louise Dresser,
Lois Moran, Lowell Sherman. Hobart Bos-
worth. Tully Marshall. Mitchell Lewis.
THEME: Tale of a minstrel troupe and its
end man. from the story by Irving Berlin.
Songs also by Berlin.
•MAN AND THE MOMENT (D-PT. ME)
6539 7086
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) June 23. 1929. (NP)
August 3. 1929. With Billie Dove. Rod
LaRocque. Gwen Lee. Robert Schable. Charles
Sellon. George Bunny.
THEME: A boy and a girl marry. They
quarrel. He steals her and takes her on his
yacht where he teaches her to love him.
•MAN FROM BLANKLEY'S. THE (F-AT) 6167
WARNER BROS. (R) December 15. 1929.
(OP) April 12. 1930. With John Barrymore.
Loretta Y'oung. Albert Gran. Emily Fitzroy,
Dale Fuller. Angela Mawby. Arthur Hoyt.
THEME: Drawing room farce based on the
play by F. Anstey.
•MAN FROM NEVADA. THE (W) 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) November, 1929. Willi
Tom Tyler.
•MAN FROM NOWHERE. THE (W) 5 reels
SY'NDICATE. (R) April. 1930. With Bob
Steele.
•MAN FROM THE RESTAURANT. THE 6000
AMKINO. (Ii) January 4, 1930. With M.
Checkov and V. Malinovskaya.
MAN FROM WYOMING. A (CD-AT) 5989
PARAMOUNT. (R) July 12. 1930. (OP) July
12, 1930. With Gary Cooper. June Collyer.
Regis Morgan Farley, E. H. Calvert. William
B. Davidson. Mary Foy, Ed Deering. Emil
Chautard. Hall Parker.
•MAN I LOVE. THE (D-AT) 6524 6669
PARAMOUNT. (R) Mav 25. 1929. (TOS)
May 25. 1929. With Richard Arlen. Mary
Brian. Baclanova. Harry Green. Jack Oakie.
Pat O'Malley. Leslie Fenton, Charles Sullivan.
William Vincent.
THEME: A prize-fight story.
MAN OF THE WORLD (D-AT) 6499
PARAMOUNT. (R) March 28. 1931. (NP)
March 7. 1931. With William Powell. Carole
Lombard. Wynne Gibson. Guy Kibbe.
268
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
MANSLAUGHTER (D-AT) 7954
PARAMOUNT. (R) August 9. 1930. (OP)
July 26, 1930. With Claudette Colbert, Fred-
eric March, Emma Dunn, Natalie Aloorehead
Richard Tucker. Hilda Vaughn. G. Pat Col-
lins. Gaylord Pendleton. Stanley Fields. Ar-
nold Lucky, Ivan Simpson. Irving .Mitchell.
THEME: The story of a girl who has too
much money, a fast roadster and a selfish
viewpoint.
MANY A SLIP (CD-AT)
UNIVERSAL. (R) March 2. 193i. '''(NP)
February 28. 1931. With Joan Bennett, Lew
Ayres. Slim Summerville, Virginia Sale, J. C.
Nugent. Ben Alexander, Roscoe Earns, Vivian
Oakland.
THEME: Beautiful society miss loves too well,
too soon and is frantic because the man in
the case is not the marrying kind.
MARCH OF TIME, THE (R)
METItO-GOLDWYN- MAYER. Sound on disc _
ami film. With Weber and Field. De Wolf
Hopper, Louis Mann, Marie Dressier Trixie
Friganza, Fay Templeton. Josephine Sabel.
THEME: A revue in three sections dealing
with the celebrities, dances and humor of
the past, present and future.
•MARIANNE (CD-AT) 6563 10124
METRO -GO LDVVYN- MAYER. (R) July 20
1929. (NP) October 10, 1929. Sound on disc
and film. With Marion Davies, Oscar Shaw
Robert Castle. Scott Kolk, Emil Chautard
Mack Swain, Oscar Apfel, Robert Ames.
THEME: A French nurse in the army.
•MARRIAGE PLAYGROUND, THE (CD-AT)
6610 7182
PARAMOUNT. (R) December 21. 1929
(NP) December 21, 1929. With Mary Brian
Frederic March. Lilyan Tashman. Huntley
Gordon, Kay Francis. William Austin Seena
Owen. Little Mitzi. Billy Seay, Philippe de
Lacey, Anita Louise, Rubv Paisley, Donald
Smith. .Tocelyn Lee, Maude Turner Gordon
David Newell.
THEME: The theme deals with one of Cupid's
vagaries.
•MARRIED AT HOLLYWOOD (D-AT. S)
™ 10064 9747
FOX. (R) October 27. 1929. (NP) January
18. 1930. Sound on disc and film. Part color.
With Harold Murray, Norma Terris, Walter
Catlett, Irene Palaska, Tom Patricola. I-ennox
Pawle. John Garrick.
THEME: Heir to throne wishes to marrv
American girl. Mother objects and puts things
in his way but he finally has his wish, becom-
ing player in picture in which she stars.
•MASKED EMOTIONS (D-TME) 5389 5419
FOX. (R) May 19. 1929. Sound on film.
With George O'Brien. Nora Lane. Farrell Mc-
Donald, David Sharpe, Edward Pell. Sr..
Frank Hagney.
THEME: Oriental smugglers, and boy and
girl in love.
•MASQUERADE (CD-AT) 5674
FOX. (R) July 14, 192!). Sound on film.
With Alan Birmingham. Leila Hyams, Clyde
Cook, Farrell MacDonald, Arnold Lucy. George
Pierce. Rita LeRoy, John Breedon. Jack Pierce.
Pat Moriarity, Jack Carlisle, Frank Richard-
son.
THEME: Crook gang finally goes to jail, and
man and girl find happiness after much trouble.
MATRIMONIAL BED. THE (C-AT) 6242
WARNER BROS. (R) August 2, 1930. (NP)
August 30. 1930. With Lilyan Tashman. Flor-
ence Eldridge, James Gleason. Beryl Mercer.
Frank Fay, Marion Byron. Vivian Oakland.
Arthur Edmund Carewe, James Bradbury.
THEME: The story of an amnesia victim,
and the comical situations developing.
MAYBE IT'S LOVE (CD-AT) 6568
WARNER BROS. (R) October 4. 1930. (OP)
October 25. 1930. With Joan Bennett. Joe E.
Brown. James Hall, and All-American Football
Team.
THEME: Girl, to save her .'ather's position
as college president, flirts with eleven gridiron
stars, and brings them to a jerkwater college
town, with sensational results.
•MEDICINE MAN. THE (CD-AT) 6211
TIFFANY. (R) June 15, 1930. (OP) June
21. 1930. With Jack Benny, Betty Bronson.
Eva Novak. Billy Butts. Georgie Stone, Tom
Lyons. Will Walling, E. A. Warren.
THEME: Elliott Lester's stage play. The con-
QUest of a medicine show proprietor with small
town belles.
•MELODY LANE (D-AT) 6350
UNIVERSAL. (R) July 21, 1929. With
Eddie Leonard. Josephine Dunn. Rose Coe,
George Stone, Huntley Gordon.
THEME: A vaudeville team, man and wife,
separate because the wife does not want the
baby daughter to grow up in vaudeville at-
mosphere. They are reunited again finally.
•MELODY MAN (D-AT) 6386
COLUMBIA. (R) Januarv 25. 1929. (TOS)
February 22. 1930. With John St. Polis,
William Collier. Jr.. Alice Day. Johnny
Walker. Albert Conti, Tenen Holtz. Lee Kohl-
mar.
THEME: A story of a strict, but good
father, who loves his classical music and hates
jazz. But his daughter falls in love with a
jazz plaver. who helps the old man and all
ends well.
•MELODY OF HEARTS (D-AT. S) 8061
UFA. (R) August 29. 1030. (OP) Septem-
ber 6. 1930. Footage of German version 8543.
Sound on disc and film. With Willy Frisch.
Dita Parlo. Goerv Mali. Marca Simon. Annie
Mewes. Laslo Dezsoeffy, Jika Omening, Juli
Llgettl.
THEME: An attempt at suicide brings a re-
newed romance between an Hungarian soldier
and his sweetheart, who had been forced to
submit to improprieties by an avaricious land-
lady.
MEN ARE LIKE THAT (CD-AT) 5467 MOBY DICK (D-AT) 7109
1 AKAMOUNT. (It) March 22. 1930. With _ WARNER BROS. (R) September 13, 1930.
Hal SfceJly, Doris Hill. Charles Sellon, Clara *" (NP) August 23. 193U. With John Barrv,
Blandick .Morgan Farley, Helen Chadwick. more, Joan Bennett. Lloyd Hughes. May Boley. ■
William B. Davidson. Eugene Palette, George Walter Long, Tom O'Brien, Nigel de Biulie'r
^rmSri' ™ ., . . „ . Nobel Johnson, William Walling. Virginia Sale.
THEME: The sunny side of American family Jack Curtis. John Ince.
life, presented humorously and humanly. THEME : It is the story of a man who, re-
MEN CALL IT LOVE (C D ATI Kfiiu vtngeful because of the loss of a leg in a
METRO-GOLD WYV-M \YFIt TRT""M»'rih"''i'i' whaling expedition, sets to capture Moby Dick,
iufi L (NP, F?bVuan r 28 1931 ' Sound on the eleat wlute w"ale "Sponsible for his loss.
film and disc. With Leila Hvams, Adolphe "MODERN LOVE (CD-TME) 5730 6501
Menjou. Mary Duncan. Norman Foster. UNIVERSAL. (It) July 14. 1929. With Char-
THEME: Martial complications among ad- ley Chase. Jean Hersholt, Kathryn Crawford,
venture-seeking young couples in a sophisticated Edward Martindel.
circle. THEME; Husband, wife and overalls, a hur-
uem r,c Tur .lnnT,. ,.. . ried trip to catch the boat on which his wife
,r,"Jf„.TH.E„ , 9,5. (Me'- *T) is sailing for France, and a taxi collison.
METB^-GOLDWTN-MAYER. (R) September which results in a reunion.
With Barbara Leonard. ' Gilbert Ecland. A. B M OLLY AND ME (CD-PT) 8200
Korff 1__ TIFFANY. (R) March 15, 1929. Sound on
-f-^ film. With Belle Bennett. Joe E. Brown,
MEN OF THE SKY (D-AT) • Alberta Vaughn, Charles Byers.
FIRST NATIONAL. With Irene Delroy, Jack THEME: Comedy drama of backstage folk.
Whiting. Lotti Loder. Frank McHugh. John iunM«iriiR 1 f Fnx im.i &T\
irmand^'^T^B^n^t?™^^ JESHS?' M OTRO-GOLDWYN-^IAYER. Wit). Gilbert
Mamlle Fred Walton and I'osra? Anf?? ' lloland' Barbara U'onard- Arnold Karss' Rob"
TH^ME: rMadenne° Inf^C 'into've with . ^T^ft***" DaViS' Nena Qu>rtaro'
fna1he0rrrencahreSecrer|teeriicbeUt °,h" mE.ME^T^eiodrama of the North Woods.
iuru nu o»i 1 . »-r> 'MONTANA MOON (0) 7917
MEN°N C,AhLT(Me,-AT>. 6050 METRO-COLD WYN-MAYER. (R) March 20,
,(.!'.), Ji.'iuaryJ2oV 1931- (N1 > Marcn 7- 1930. (NP) April 19. 1930. Sound on disc
1931. With Edmund Lowe. Mae Clarke. Wil- and film. With Joan Crawford. Johnny Mack
liam Harrigan, Warren Hymer. Joe Brown. Brown. Dorothy Sebastian, Benny Rubin. Cliff
Ruth Warren. Sharon Lynn, George Corcoran. Edwards
THEME: Two lovers quarrel, but the sea and THEME: Storv of a New York girl camping
the Coast Guard service bring everything around out in the West, who chooses between her
in the end. Eastern and her Western suitors.
MEN WITHOUT LAW (W-AT) 6090 MONTE CARLO (MC) 8077
COLUMBIA. (R) October 15. 1930. (OP) PARAMOUNT. (R) October 4, 1930. (NP)
November 29. 1930. With Buck Jones Car- September 6. 1930. With Jack Buchanan,
melita Geraghty. Tommy Carr, Harry Woods Jcanette MacDonald. Zazu Pitts, Tyler Brooks,
Fred Burns, and Fred Kelsey. Claud Allister, Edgar Norton, John Roche.
mfm wi-runiiT uniicu ,™ »t> Albert Conti, Helen Garden. Donald Novis,
MEN WITHOUT WOMEN (CD-AT) 7438 7246 David Percy Erik Bey
TP\. IU) „Fl'b™aI?; 19S0J With Kenneth THEME: The story of a count who poses as
MacKeniia . * rank Albertson Paul Page. Walter a hairdresser to win the love of a countess.
McGrail Warren Hymer. Farrell MacDonald. ,„ „,„
Stuart Erwin. George La Guere. Ben Tien- MOROCCO (D-AT) 8237
dricks. Jr., Charles Gerard Pat Somerset PARAMOUNT. (R) December G, 1930. (NP)
THEME: Fourteen men trapped In a disabled October 25, 1930. With Gary Cooper. Mar-
submarine, lene Dietrich. Adolphe Menjou. Francis Mc-
. Donald, Ulrich Haupt, Juliette Compton, Albert
•MEXICALI ROSE (D-AT) 5126 5738 Conti, Eve Southern, Michael Visaroff, Paul
COLUMBIA. (R) December 2G. 1929. Sound Porcasi.
on diso and film. With Barbara Stanwyck, THEME: The romance of an officer of the
Sam Hardy. William Janney. Louis Natheaux, French foreign legion.
tuhaUWAranon- Ha"y Ve)ar' loU" 'MOST IMMORAL LADY. A (D-AT) 7145
THEME- A drama of Old Mexico FIRST NATIONAL. (R) September 22. 1929.
a 01 Uld Mexlc0- With Leatrice Joy. Walter Pidgeon. Sidney
•MIDNIGHT DADDIES (C-AT) 5644 Blackmer, Montague Love, Josephine Dunn.
SONO ART-WORLD WIDE. (R) August Robert Edeson, Donald Reed, Florence Oak-
1929. Sound on disc and dim With Harry ley. Wilson Benge.
Gribbon. Andy Clyde. Alma Bennett. THEME: Story of a girl who blackmails a
„„__ rich banker and then falls in love with his
MIDNIGHT MYSTERY (My-AT) 6463 son. The father forbids the boy to see the
RADIO PICTURES. (R) June 1. 1930. (OP) girl. Later the two meet in Paris and marry.
Joyce 3LwTshe£2£ *** COmM,m' A,ice 'MOTHER'S BOY (AT-S) 7533 7423
Joyce, i^weu snerman. PATHE. (R) May 12, 1929. With Morton
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, THE (Mel-AT) 5187 Downey, Beryl Mercer, John T. Doyle. Brian
CHESTERFIELD. (R) December 15, 1930 Donlevy, Helen Chandler, Osgood Perkins,
(OP) December C, 1930. With Glenn Tryon Lorin Baker, Barbara Bennett, Jennie Mos-
Merna Kennedy. kowitz. Jacob Frank. Louis Sorin, Robert
•MIDSTREAM (D-PT) 7472 Glecker, Tyrell Davis. Allan Vincent. Leslie
n?mFAWHh ^L^C^L^kZ^^ THEME: A musical romance. A youth ac-
Mo"ntagu'Lm.e.I!Heiredn0 Jerome' Eddy ' Vrv'Kem ,?Sed °,f S,eaV> -T'"^ bm"ne.!
THEME- Society drama on the nVrfer .f the Protege of a wealthy society woman and
•'Faust " y arama on tne °™er of Iater tne lead in a musicai revue, events which
lead to his vindication.
*MI™IT'mJ5™, l0'*!l.\ iV , 6097 6802 MOTHERS CRY (Mel-AT) 6750
?i£r? A J?UNI ,iR),„nn0Te,mber 16' 192!)- FIRST NATIONAL. (R) January 4. 1931.
(NP) November 16 1929: January 11, 1930. (OP) December 13, 1930. Sound on disc.
With George Bancroft Esther Ralston. Warner With Dorothy Peterson. David Manners, Helen
Oland, Raymond Hatton. Dorothy Revier. Chandler. Sidney Blackmer, Edward Woods.
Morgan Farley. O P. Heggie. Charles Sellon. Evelyn Knapp. Pat O'Mallev and Jean Barry.
Siin^tx- a . ' " CrPmw«"- „. THEME: A mother's love for her four chil-
, ■ , A gunman returns from the war a dren. who are all of extremely different char-
Hero, and remains a hero. acters— one a murderer, one an architect, one
MILLIE 76O6 a home girl and ,he other girl a dreamer.
RADIO PI CTU RE S . ( R )"" F ebru a ry 8 , 1931. "MOUNTAIN JUSTICE (W-AT) 5804 6797
(NP) January 17, 1931. With Helen Twelve- UNIVERSAL. (R) May 30. 1930. (OP)
trees. Robert Ames. Lilyan Tashman, John March 22. 1930. With Ken Mavnard. Kathrvn
Halhday. James Hall. Crawford, Otis Harlan, Paul Hurst. Les Bates.
Mil 1 inuaipc -rur //>n »t> THEME: Ranch owner's son. aided by heroine.
WATtiwn rt?o« 1 ton nSSi avenges his father's death. Cowboy songs and
mAJS, ^ JSi AIay 1'»1?t31, ^(N,P) humor Prominent in picture.
^- March 14. 1931. With George Arliss. Evalvn . .
Knapp. Bramwell Fletcher, J. Farrell Mac- "MOUNTED STRANGER (W-AT). 5554 5905 5984
Donald. J. C. Nugent. David Manners. Flor- UNIVERSAL. (R) February 10 1930. With
ence Arliss, Noah Beery, Ivan Simpson. James Hoot Gibson. Louise Lorraine, Francis Ford.
Cagney, Sam Hardy, Charles Crapewin. Charles Malcolm White. James Correy.
E. Evans. Tully Marshall. Ethel Griffles. Ben THEME: Heroine is wounded in saving her
Hall lover from rival gang, but she finally recovers.
THEME: The experiences that befall a and villain is slain.
wealthy business man who is ordered by his MOVIETONE FOLLIES OF 1930 (R) 7522
nets in=t%i"h?, 5 ,0 "''if fr°m bUSU (R) May 4. 1930. (NP) June 28. 1930.
ness and instead buys a small garage and Sound on film. With El Brenrtel. Marjorie
poses as a poor man. White. William Collier. Jr.. Noel Francis.
MIN AND BILL (CD-AT) 5977 Frank- Richardson, Miriam Seegar.
METOO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) November THEME: Fascinating, fervent youth at play.
29. 1930 (NP) October 18 1930 With Ma- plentiful interludes of bright comedy and
rie Dressier. Wallace Beery. Dorothv Jordon romance. Fun and fast-stepping action against
Marjorie Rambeau. William Bakewell. ^Tb,1iiJiBr0^nd of a Broadway show
THEME: A dissolute, waterfront character THEME: Two-man acrobat team has differ-
befriends and adopts a little child en,ce. ov?r same Blr1' but happiness comes to
all in the end.
MISBEHAVING LADIES (CD-AT) 6480 "MURDER ON THE ROOF (D-AT) 5400
f^T, NATI0NAL (R) April 11. 1931. COLUMBIA. (R) January 19? 1930. (NP)
(NP) August 23. 1930. With Lila Lee, Ben February 8. 1930. With Dorothy Revier, David
I;K2!;rJjU<'1,pn .I'it'leflel". Eml'y Fltzroy. Newell. Raymond Hatton, Edward Dohertv.
THEME: It is the storv of a fantastic king- THEME: A storv of a lawyer, who is framed
dom. w;hich is a reminder of the George Barr hv a crook, but whose daughter saves him bv
McCutcheon themes. a clever plot.
•MISSISSIPPI GAMBLER (D-AT) MURDER WILL OUT (My-AT) 6200
6825 5506 5384 FIRST NATIONAL (R) April 6. 1930. (OP)
UNIVERSAL. (R) November 5. 1929. (NP) Ar>riI 19. 1!)30. Sound on disc. With Jack-
November 1G. 1929. With Joseph Schildkrant Mullmll. Lila Lee. Noah Beery, Malcolm
Joan Bennoit. Carmelite Gerachtv. Alec B MacGregor, Alec B. Francis.
Francis. Otis H>rlan. Billy Welch, Charles 'MY LADY'S PAST (D-PT) 8077
?£^^,Cie1m6e IHnwar''- PATHE. (R) June 1. 1929. Sound on film.
THEME: River boats and a gambler who finds . With Belle Bennett. Joe E. Brown. Alma
the girl of his dreams. Bennett. Russell Simpson.
1931
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♦MY MAN (CD-AT) 6136 9274
WAltNEIt BROS. (It) December 15. 1929.
With Fannie Brie*, (iuinn Williams. Andre
de Segurola. Ann Broday. Richard Tucker.
Billy Sealy. Edna Murphy, Arthur Hoyt.
THEME: "Big Boy" is just a demonstrator
but Fannie's big sister steals her from him
anyway. When Fannie gets her big chance
to sing in a show. "Big Boy" realizes his
mistake as Fanny sings "My Man" to him.
MY PAST (CD-AT) - 6693
WARNER BROS. (It) March 14. 1931. (01*)
December 20, 1930. under title "Ex-Mistress."
'** With Bebe Daniels. Ben Lyon. Lewis Stone.
Joan Blondell, Natalie Moorhiad. Albert Gran.
Virginia Sale. Daisy Belmore.
THEME: A modern love story of two wealthy
business men and a beautiful and talented
star of the stage — a love triangle.
MYSTERIOUS DR. FU MANCHU. THE (My-AT) 7267
PARAMOUNT. (R) August 10. 1929. (HP)
August 20. 1929. With Warner Oland. Jean
Arthur, Neil Hamilton. O. P. Heggie. William
Austin. Claude King. Charles Stevenson. Noble
Johnson. Evelyn Selbie. Charles Biblyn. Don-
ald McKenzie. Lawford Davidson. Lask Win-
ters. Charles Stevens. Chapel Dosset. Tully
Marshall.
THEME: A Chinese picture with most of the
action taking place in London.
N
NAUGHTY FLIRT. THE (CD-AT). S) 5187
FHtST NATIONAL. (It) January 11, 1931.
With Alice White, Paul Page. Robert Agnew.
Mvrna Lov. Douglas Gilmore. George Irving.
THEME: Alice White gets her man, but not
before several interesting and exciting events
take place to prevent this.
•NAVY BLUES (C-AT) 6195 6936
METItO-GOLDWYN- MAYER. (R) December
20. 1929. (NP) January IS. 1930. Sound on
film and disc. With William Haines. Anita
Page. Karl Dane. J. C. Nugent. Edythe Chap-
man. Wade Boteler.
THEME: A sailor's day leave on shore. He
meets the girl and they're married.
NEAR THE RAINBOWS END (W-AT) 5169
TIFFANY. (R) June 10. 1930. (OP) July 5.
1930. With Bob Steele. Lafe- McKee. Al
Ferguson. Al Hewston. Louise Lorraine.
THEME: The guilt of a murderer is deter-
mined and an innocent man is set free.
"NEATH WESTERN SKIES (W) 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (It) January. 1930. With Tom
Tyler.
•NEW BABYLON. THE (D) 8000
AMKINO. (R) November 30. 1929. With A.
Sovolevski.
NEW MOON (0) - 7016
METRO- GOLD WYN- MAYER. (R) January
17. 1931. (OP) October 25. 1930. With
Lawrence Tibbett. Grace Moore. Hale Hamilton.
THEME: A tender love story set against
the background of a Russian estate.
NEW YORK NIGHTS (D-AT) 7447
UNITED ARTISTS. (R) December 28. 1929.
With Norma Talmadge. Gilbert Roland. John
Wray. Lilyan Tashman.
•NIGHT RIDE (DAT) 5278 5534 5429
UNIVERSAL. (R) January 12. 1930. IMP)
January 25. 1930. With Joseph Schildkraut.
Barbara Kent. Edward G. Robinson. George
Ovev. Hal Price. Ralph Welles, Harry Stubbs.
DeWitt Jennings.
THEME: A newspaper reporter taken for a
ride by gangsters, hut he escapes, and gets
commended by his chief for his story.
NIGHT WORK (C-AT) 7755
RKO PATHE. (R) August 3. 1930. (OP)
August 23. 1930. Eddie Quillan. Sally Starr.
Frances Upton. John T. Murray. George Dur-
vea Ben Bard. Robert McWade. Douglas Scott.
Addie McPhail. Kit Guard. Georgia Caine.
George Billings. Charles Clary. Tom Dugan.
Arthur Hovt. Billie Bennett. Tempe Pigott.
Ruth Lyons. Nora Lane. Babe Kane. Jack
Mack. Arthur Lovejoy. Marian Ballou. Martha
Matton, James Donlin. Harry Bowen. Ruth
Hiatt. Vincent Barnett.
THEME: A young man of moderate circum-
stances unwittingly agrees to support an or-
phan, but he doesn't mind when he meets
the baby's nurse.
•NIX ON DAMES (D-AT. S) 6236 6071
FOX. (R) November 24. 1929. With Mae
Clarke Robert Ames, William Harrigan.
Maude' Fulton. George MacFarlane. Camille
Rovelle. Grace Wallace. Hugh McCormack.
Benny Hall. Gilly Colvin, Frederick Graham.
Louise Beaver.
•NO DEFENSE (D-AT) 4712 5558
WARNER BROS. (R) April 6. 1929. With
Monte Blue. Mav McAvov, Lee Moran. Kathryn
Carver. William Tooker. William Desmond.
Bud Marshall.
THEME: The foreman takes the blame when
tfie son of the construction company chief really
caused the cheap steel to be used in the
bridge and it collapses. But the son con-
fesses and the foreman wins his sister.
NO LIMIT (CD-AT) 6736
PARAMOUNT. (R) January 24. 1931. With
Clara Bow. Norman Foster. Harry Green.
Stuart Erwin. Dixie Lee.
THEME: Clara becomes accidental owner of
a gambling house, is mixed up with a crook
gang, goes to jail and is saved by the man
who loves her.
•NO. NO NANETTE (MC) 9100
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) February 16. 1930.
(NP) January 11. 1930. With Bern ice Claire.
Alexander Gray. Lucien Littlefleld. Louise
Fazenda. Lilyan Tashman. Mildred Harris.
THEME: Two married men. with strict wives.
secretly consent to back a show for a boy and
girl who intend to marry. The wives hear of
the work, but it ends happily.
•NOAH'S ARK (D-PT ME) 7752 9478
WARNER BROS. With Dolores Costello.
George O'Brien. Noah Been. Louise Fazenda.
Guinn Williams. Paul McAllister. Anders Ran-
dolf, Nigel de Brulier. Armand Kaliz, Myrna
Loy. William Mong. Malcolm White.
THEME: The Flood and the Ark. paralleled
with the story of modern life heading into
the World War.
•NOISY NEIGHBORS (CD-Synchronized)
_ 5735 5735
PATHE (R) January 27. 1929. With Eddie
Quillan. Alberta Vaughn. Quillan Family.
Theodore Roberts. Ray Hallor. Russell Simp-
son. Robert Perry. Mike Donlin, Billy Gilbert.
THEME: A comedy drama, with the Quillan
family performing their vaudeville stunts.
NOT DAMAGED (D-AT. M) - 6866
FOX. (R) May 25. 1930. (NP) June 14.
1930. Sound on film. With Lois Moran.
Walter Bvron. Robert Ames. Inez Courtney.
George "Red" Corcoran. Rhoda Cross, Ernest
Wood.
THEME: A poor, hard working youth may not
always have a heart of gold — and a wealthy
young man-about-town may not always be a
bounder.
NOT EXACTLY GENTLEMEN (D-AT) 5530
FOX. (R) February 22. 1931. With Victor
McLaglen. Lew Cody. Fay Wray. Robert
Warwick, Ftanklyn Farnum, David Worth.
Eddie Gribbon. Carol Wines. Joyce Compton.
Louise Huntington. James Farley.
THEME: Three ruffians united in a common
cause allow a young girl to upset their plans
for their largest haul and are forced to hit the
trail to escape the law brought by the land
rush.
♦NOT QUITE DECENT (D-TME) 4653 4965
FOX. (R) March 24. 1929. Sound on film.
(TOS) June 22. 1929. With June Collyer.
Louise Dresser. Allan Lane. Oscar Apfel. Paul
Nicholson, Marjorie Beebe. Ben Hewlett. Jack
Kenny.
THEMD: Broadway again attracting small
town folks.
♦NOT SO DUMB (CD-AT) 6875
METRO -GOLD WYN- MAYER. (R) January
17, 1930. (NP) February 13. 1930. Sound
on film and disc. With Marion Davies. Elliot
Nugent, Raymond Hackett, Franklin Pangborn.
Julia Faye. William Holden. Donald Ogden
Stewart. Sally Starr. George Davis.
THEME: A nice, but dumb girl, whose mouth
gets her into endless trouble.
♦NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH (CD-AT) 7256
PARAMOUNT. (R) April 20. 1929. (TOS)
April 27. 1929. With Richard Dix. Berton
Churchill. Loyis John Battels. Ned Sparks.
Wynne Churchill. Helen Kane. Dorothy Hall.
Madeline Gray. Nancy Ryan.
THEME: A sparkling comedy in which truth
plays a most painful part.
NOTORIOUS AFFAIR. A (CD-AT) 6218
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) Mav 4. 1930. (NP)
May 3. 1930. Sound on disc. With Billie
Dove. Kenneth Thompson. Basil Rathbone. Kay
Francis. Montagu Love. Philip Strange. Gino
Corrado. Elinor Vandivere.
THEME: She was the daughter of luxury, he
a musical genius. Though she belonged to
him. be belonged to the world. It is a story
of how she saved him from himself — for herself.
NUMBERED MEN (D-PT) 6065
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) August 3. 1930.
(OP) June 7, 1930. With Conrad Nagel. Ber-
nice Claire. Raymond Hackett. Ralph Ince.
Tully Marshall. Maurice Black. William Hol-
den. George Cooper. Frederick Howard. Blanche
Frederici. Ivan Linow.
TnEME: A jailbreak at prison results in some
unpleasant moments for some of the char-
acters involved in the prisoner's lives.
o
•OFFICE SCANDAL (D-Synchro-
nized) 6511 6511 6511
PATHE. (R) March 3. 1929. (TOS) July
27. 1929. With Phyllis Haver. Leslie Fenton".
Raymond Hat ton. Margaret Livingston. Jimmy
Adams. Jimmy Aldine.
THEME: A "sob sister" on a newspaper,
though losing an assignment to cover a big
murder story is eventually responsible for its
solution.
OFFICE WIFE. THE (D-AT) 5390
WARNER BROS. (R) August 23. 1930. (OP)
^ October 4. 1930. With Dorothy Mackaill and
Lewis Stone, Joan Blondell. Brooks Benedict.
Natalie Moorhead.
THEME: The problem that confronts a man
devoted to his private secretary and not real-
izing he is in love.
♦OFFICER O'BRIEN (D-AT) 5440 6776 6740
RKO PATHE. (B) February 15. 1930. (MP)
March S. 1930. With William Boyd. Ernest
Torrence. Dorothy Sebastian. Clyde Cook. Rus-
sell Gleason. Paul Hurst. Arthur Houseman.
Ralf Harolde.
OH. FOR A MAN! (CO-AT) 7800
FOX. (R) December 14. 1930. (OP) June
14. 1930. With Jeanette MacDonald. Reginald
Denny, Marjorie White. Warren Hymer. Alison
Skipworth. Albert Conti. Bela Lugosi. Andre
Cheron. William Davidson.
THEME: A glorious prima donna with fame and
fortune in her grasp falls in love with an
egostical burglar and d.scovers that he is
necessary to her happiness and career.
OH SAILOR BEHAVE! (C-AT) 6223
WARNER BROS (R) August lfi. 1930. (NP)
December 6. 1930. With Olsen & Johnson.
^ Irene Delroy, Charles King. Lowell Sherman,
Lotti Loder. Viven Oakland.
THEME: Escapades of two American sailors
in Naples.
♦OH. YEAH! (CD-AT) 5657 7001
PATHE (R) October 19. 1929. (NP) October
26. 1929. With Robert Armstrong. James
Gleason. Zasu Pitts. Patricia Caron. Bud Fine.
Frank Hagney. Harry Tyler. Paul Hurst.
THEME: Two hoboes, one accused of a theft
in a railroad town, wring a confession from
the real thief, but find themselves in a hospital
as a result of a wreck. This reunites them
with their sweethearts.
OKLAHOMA CYCLONE. THE (W-AT) 5918
TIFFANY. (R) August 8. 1930. (OP) August
30. 1930. With Bob Steele. Al St. John.
Rita Rev, Charles King. Hector Sarna, Slim
Whittacker. Shorty Hendricks. Emilio Fer-
nandez.
THEME: A make-believe desperado joins a
gang to discover the man who tried to murder
his father.
♦OKLAHOMA KID, THE (W) 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) January. 1930. With Bob
Custer.
•OLD AND NEW (DD) 7500
AMKINO. (R) May 2, 1930.
OLD ENGLISH (D-AT) _ 7928
WARNER BROS. (R) September 27, 1930.
(NP) August 30. 1930. With George Arliss.
^ Leon Janney, Doris Lloyd. Betty Lawford.
' Ivan Simpson. Harrington Reynolds. Reginald
Sheffield. Murray Kennel. Ethel Griffles. Henri-
etta Goodwin.
THEME: A grand old sinner gets into diffi-
culties and debt.
*0'M ALLEY RIDES ALONE (W) 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) March. 1930. With Bob
Custer.
•ON WITH THE SHOW (MC) 8864
WARNER BROS. (TOS) August 17. 1929.
With Betty Compson. Sam Hardy, Molly O'Day.
Joe E. Brown. Sally O'Neil, Louise Fazenda,
• William Bakewell. Purnell Pratt. Fairbanks
Twins, Wheeler Oakman, Thomas Jefferson. Lee
Moran, Harry Gribbon. Arthur Lake. Josephine
Houston. Henry Kirk, Otto Hoffman. Ethel
Walters. Harmount Four. Angelus Babe.
THEME: Two stories in one. and with Tech-
nicolor. A musical comedy production is the
background for a backstage story.
ONE EMBARRASSING NIGHT (C-AT) 8611
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) June 21.
21. 1930. (OP) August 10. 1930. With Tom
Walls. Ralph Lynn. Winifred Shotter.
THEME: Embarrassing adventures of a young
man off for a rest cure, and a runaway girl.
ONE HEAVENLY NIGHT (MC) .7342
UNITED ARTISTS. (It) January 10, 1931.
(NP) November 8. 1930. With Evelyn Laye,
John Boles. Leon Errol.
•ONE HYSTERICAL NIGHT
(C-AT) _ 5242 5283 5279
UNIVERSAL. (It) October 6 1929. With
Reg.nald Denny. Nora Lane. E. J. Ratcliffe.
Slim Summerville. Fritz Feld. Lloyd Whitlock.
Leo White. Rolfe Sedan.
THEME: Jealous aunt tries to get $2,000,000
inheritance away from nephew by making him
appear insane, but the plot fails.
•ONE MAD KISS (D-AT. M) 5766
FOX. (R) July 13. 1930. (NP) July 20.
1930. Sound on disc and film. With Don
Mojica. Mona Maris. Antonio Moreno, Tom
Patricola.
THEME: Romance of a political outlaw lead-
ing a successful revolt against a tyrannical dic-
tator and winning the love of a beautiful dancer
in a Latin country.
ONE NIGHT AT SUSIE'S (CD-AT) 5769
FIRST NATIONAL. (It) October 19. 1930.
(NP) November 29. 1930. With Billie Dove.
Douglas Fairbanks. Jr.. Helen Ware. Tully Mar-
shall. James Crane. Claude King.
THEME: A young architect, son of a convict,
is kept on the straight road but goes to jail
anyway in defense of his sweetheart who has
committed murder. But unknown circumstances
bring about his release.
ONE ROMANTIC NIGHT (CD-AT) .... 6592
UNITED ARTISTS. (R) April 12. 1930 (NP)
April 5. 1930. Sound on film. With Lillian
Gish. Conrad Nagel. Rod La Rocque. Marie
Dressier. O. P. Heggie.
THEME: This formerly was "The Swan."
•ONE WOMAN IDEA. THE (D-ME) 6106 6111
FOX. (It) June 2. 1929. Sound on film.
With Rod LaRocque. Marceline Day, Sharon
Lynn. Sally Phipps. Shirley Dorman. Ivan
I.ebedoff, Douglas Gilmore. Gino Corrado. Jos-
eph W. Girard, Arnold Lucy. Frances Rosay.
Guy Trento, Daniel Hasson, Tom Tamarez, Coy
Watson.
T/HEME: Story of a Persian prince who is at-
tracted to the unhappy wife of a cruel English
lord. They visit Persia, and events transpire.
♦ON THE LEVEL (CD-AT) 5813
FOX. (It) Sound on disc and film. (NP)
July 19. 1930 With Victor McLaglen. Lilyan
Tashman. William Harrigan. Arthur Stone,
Lejila Mclntyre. Marv McAlister. Ben Hewlett,
Harry Tenbrook. R. O. Pennell.
THEME: The story of a steel worker who
becomes infatuated by a beautiful woman and
thereby involved in a real estate racket.
ON YOUR BACK (D-AT) 6600
FOX. (It) September 14. 1930. (OP) July
26. 1930. With Irene Rich. Raymond Hack-
ett. H. B. Warner, Marion Shilling. Wheeler
Oakman. Ilka Chase, Charlotte Henry, Rose
Dione. Arthur Hoyt.
THEME: The story of mother love for her
only son and her desire to see that he re-
ceives all the advantages of life.
ONCE A GENTLEMAN (C-AT)
SONO ART-WORLD WIDE. (R) September
1. 1930. (OP) June 21. 1930. Everett Hor-
ton. Lois Wilson.
ONCE A SINNER (D-AT) 6275
FOX. (R) .Tanuarv 25. 1931. (NP) January
24. 1931. With Dorothy Mackaill. Joel Mc-
Crea. John Halliday. C. Henry Gordon, Ilka
Chase. Clara Blandick. Myra Hampton. George
Brent. Sally Blane. Ninette Faro. Theodore
Lodi.
THEME: Dorothy Mackaill gives up her life
of ease and indolence and the friendship of
John Halliday. who made all this possible, to
go to the country and marry a young inventor.
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The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
ONLY SAPS WORK (C-AT)
PAKAMOCNT. (It) December 6. 193*
November 29. 193i
(NP)
With Leon Errol. Rich-
ard Allen. Mary Brian. Stuart Erwin. Ander-
son Lawler, Charlie Grapevine. George Irving.
Nora Cecil. Charles Giblyn. Fred Kelsey. G.
Pat Collins. George Chandler. Jack Richardson.
Clarence Burton. Clifford Dempsey.
ONLY THE 3RAVE (D-AT) 6024
PARAMOUNT. (Ri March 8. 1930. With
Gary Cooper, Mary Brian. Phillips Holmes.
James NeUl. Morgan Farley. Guy Oliver. Vir-
ginia Bruce. William Le Ma ire. Freeman S.
Wood. John H. Elliott.
THEME : A young Union cavalry man who.
disappointed in lore, volunteers to go as a
spy into the Confederate lines.
OTHER MEN'S WO ME* (D-AT) 6483
WARNER BROS. cR) January 17. 1931. (XPi
October 4. 1930. With Grant Withers. Regis
Toomey. Mary Astor. James Cagney. J. Far
reU MacDonald. Joan Blondell. Lillian Worth.
Walter Long. Fred Kohler.
THEME: A powerful domestic drama with the
climax a suicide leap from a train during a
flood.
•OTHER TOMORROW (D-AT) 5830
FIRST NATIONAL. (Rl January 19. 1930.
With BJlie DoTe. Grant Withers. Kenneth
Thomson. Frank Sheridan. Otto Hoffman. Wil-
liam Grainger. Scon Seaton.
THEME: Story of a girl who marries another
man when her sweetheart quarrels with her.
But in the end she goes to her former lover
and admits her lore.
OUR BLUSHING BRIDES (CD-AT) 9138
METRO-GO LDWYN-MAYER. iRt July 19.
1930. (OP) July 19. 1930. Sound on disc
and film. With Joan Crawford. Anita Page.
Dorothy Sebastian. Robert Montgomery. Ray-
mond Hackett. John Miljan. Hedda Hopper.
Martha Sleeper.
THEME: Conflicting romances of three girls
who have been working together as models in
an exclusive dress shop.
•OUR MODERN MAIDENS (D-PT) 6978
MET1EO-GOLDWTN- MAYER. (Ri August 24.
1929 iNPi November 9. 1929. Sound on
disc With Joan Crawford. Bod LaRocque.
Douglas Fairbanks. Jr.. Anita Page. Edward
Nugent. Josephine Dunn. Albert Gran.
THEME: A girl falls in the wrong path with
a boy who doesn't love her.
•OUTSIDE THE LAW (D-AT) 7276 7116
I XIVERSAL. <Ri September IS. 1930. (NI i
September 6. 1930. With Mary Nolan. Edward
G Robinson. Owen Moore. Edwin Sturgis. John
George Delmar Watson. DeWitt Jennings.
Rockcliffe Fellowes. Fran Burke. Sydney
Rracey. .
TIIEME: The story revolves around the rob-
lierv of a metropolitan bank by a crafty cracks-
man and the complications arising after his
refusal to split with the leader of the under-
world.
OUTWARD BOUND (D-AT) — — ——71
WARNER BROS. (B» November 29. 1930.
INPI September 27. 1930. With Leslie How-
ard. Douglas Fairbanks. Jr.. Helen Chandler.
Beryl Mercer. Alec B. Francis. Alison Skip-
worth. Lyonel Watts. Montagu Love. Dudley
Digges. .
TIIEME: The story of a group of persons on
a boat bound for no one knows where. Be-
cause of the unusual circumstances one of the
men investigates and discovers aU are dead and
bound for "the other world."
6644 Ken Maynard. Gladys McConnell. Otis Har-
lan. Jackie II anion, Frank Rice.
THEME: A wild west show, a horse named
Man Killer, a villain, a hero and a gift.
PARDON MY GUN (WC-AT. M) 5650
B K O-PATHE. <R» June 29. 1930. (OP)
July 5. 1930. With Sally Starr. George Dur-
yea. Mona Ray. Lee Moran. Robert Edeson.
Hank MacFarlane, Tom MacFarlane. Harry
Woods. Stompie. Lew Meehan. Ethan Laidlay.
Harry Watson. Ida May Chadwick. Al "Bub-
ber Legs" Norman. Abe Lyman's Band.
THEME: The intense rivalry between two
ranches brings treachery into the annual- rodeo
contest which is won by the hard riding hero
who is rewarded by romance. Featuring music
by Abe Lyman's Band.
PARIS BOUND (D-AT) 6684 6783 6634
RKO PATHE. (R) August 3. 1929. (NT.
August 10. 1929. With Ann Harding. Fredric
March. George Irving. Leslie Fenton. Hallam
Cooley. Juliette Crosby. Charlotte Walker. Car-
melita Geraghty. Ilka Chase.
THEME: A husband and wife, their marriage
resented by former sweethearts, become es-
tranged, only to learn that their love is too
great to permit of divorce.
PARLOR. BEDROOM AND BATH (C-AT) _ _ 6563
METRO-GOLD WYN-MAYER. <R) February
28. 193L (NP) January 31. 1931. With Bus-
ter Keaton. Sally Eilers. Reginald Denny.
THEME t Trying to impress his bride-to-be.
a sham Lothario encounters embarrassing com-
plications in a hotel assignation.
PARAMOUNT ON PARADE ( R) 9125
PARAMOUNT. (NPi May 10. 1930. (OP)
AprJ 5. 1930. With Richard Allen. Jean
Arthur, William Austin. George Bancroft. Clara
Bow. Evelyn Brent. Mary Brian. Clive Brook.
Virginia Bruce. Nancy Carroll. Ruth Chatterton.
Maurice Chevalier. Gary Cooper. Leon Errol.
Stuart Erwin. Kay Francis. Skeets Gallagher.
Harry Green. Mitzi Green. James Hall. Phillips
Holmes. Helen Kane. Dennis King. Abe Lyman
and Band. Fredric March. Nino Martini.
Mitzi Mayfair. David Newell. Jack Oakte.
Warner Oland. William Powell. Charles Rogers.
THEME: This picture is described as a talk-
ing, singing and dancing festival of the stars.
PART TIME WIFE (NC-AT) 6500
FOX. iRi December
cember 6. 1930.
1929.
With Bob Custer.
(OP)
•OVERLAND BOUND (D-AT)__ — —
SYNDICATE iR) April lo. 1930. (OP.
March 29. 1930. With Leo Maloney. Jack
Pcrrin. Ailene Ray. Wally Wales.
1930. (OP) De-
With Edmund Lowe. Le.la
Hyams. Tommy Clifford. Walter McGrail. Louis
Payne. Sam Lufkm. Bodil Rosing. George Cor-
coran.
THEME: A smut romance of a married
couple saved from separation and divorce by
the intervention of a small boy.
•PARTING OF THE TRAILS (W) 5n
SYNDICATE. (R) December.
March 29. 1930.
J — 'PARTY GIRL (D AT)
TIFF ANT. (R) January 1. 1930. Sound on
d sc and film (NPi January 11. 1930. With
Douglas Fairbanks. Jr.. Jeanette Loff. Judith
Barrie. John St. Polis. Lucien Prival. Mane
ITevost.
THEME: An expose of the "party girl" racket.
PARTY HUSBAND (CD-AT)
FIRST NATIONAL. With Dorothy Mackaill.
James Rennie, Mary Do ran. Dorothy Peterson.
Paul Porcasi. Helen Ware. Don Cooke. Gil-
bert Emery. Juliette Campion and Joe Dona-
hue.
THEME: Laura and Jay get married with
the idea that it is an experiment. After a
series of misunderstandings, they are lectured
5290 on marriage and decide to start over.
PASSION FLOWER. THE
717
•PAGAN. THE (D-ME)
7150
IB) April
735S
Jl ITT RO-GOLD WYN-MAYER.
1929. With Ramon Navarro, Benee Adorer- .
Dorottrv Jan is. Donald Crisp. .
THEME: A young trader and orphan girl
faU in lOTe only to have the girl's guardian
try to separate them. Their affair goes
through.
T
r
PAID (Mel- AT) ~ — J9m
METnO-GOLDWYN-MAY-ER. (RI December
20 1930 (OP( November 15. 1930. With
Join Crawford. Robert Armstrong. Marie Fre-
vost. Kent Douglass, William BakeweU. Polly
Moran. ,
TIIEME: Beautiful girl goes to prison for a
crime she did not commit and seeks revenge.
•PAINTED ANGEL (D-AT) _ ___ 6470
nRST NATIONAL. (R> December 1. 1929.
With Billie Dove. Edmund Lowe. George Mac-
Farlane. J. FarreU MacDonald. Cissy Fitx-
gerald Nellie Ely Baker. WiU Stanton. Norma
Belby.' Douglas Gerrard. Shep Camp. Peter
nigsins. Red Stanley.
PAINTED DESERT. THE (WD-AT) 7540
RK O-PATHE. (R< January 18. ML [HP]
January 17. 1931. With William Boyd. Helen
Twelvetrees William Famum. J. FarreU Mac-
donald. Hark Gable.
THEME: Two p. oncers become enemies alter
a quarrel over an infant boy found in the
desert This boy. grown to manhood, and the
daughter of one of the pioneers bring about
a reconciliation of the two after a series of
dramatic happenings.
PAINTED FACES (CD-AT) _ . 6836
TIFFANT (RI November 20. 1929. Sound
on disc and film. With Joe E. Brown. Helen
Foster. Barton Hepburn. Dorothy Gulliver. Les-
ter Cole Richard Tucker.
THUMB: A story of the lore of a circus
down for -his ward.
•PARADE OF THE WEST
(WCAT) 5582 6906 S785
UNIVEItSAL. (Rt January 19. 1330. With
iLETRO- GO LDWYN-MAYER. IR) December
6. 1930. (NPi October 25. 1930. With Kay
Johnson. Kay Francis. Charles Bickford. Lewis
Stone. Zasu Pitts. Bobby Dukes.
THEME: Two wealthy women struggle for the
affections of a handsome chauffeur.
PAY OFF. THE (Mel- AT) 6377
RADIO PICTURES. (B) October 13. 1930.
(NP) October 4. 1930. With Lowell Sher-
man. Marian Nixon.
PEACOCK ALLEY (D-AT) M6f
TIFFANT. (R) January 10. 1930. Sound
on film. With Mae Murray. George Bir-
rand. Jason Bobards. Richard Tucker.
THEME: A society drama.
-PEACOCK FAN. THE (D) 5300
CHESTERFIELD. (R) March 15. 1929. W.th
Lucien Preval. Dorothy Devan. Tom O'Brien.
Rosemary Theby. Carlton King. Gladdon
James. David Findlay. James Wilcox. Fred
Malatesta. Alice True. Spencer Bell. John
Fowler.
THEME t A mystery fan that means death
to anyone who carries it.
PERFECT ALIBI. THE (D-AT) , 6829
RADIO PICTURES. (A) April 1. 1931. With
Warwick Ward. Dorothy Boyd. Robert Loraine.
Audrey Carten. Frank Lawton. Tom Reynolds.
•PERSONALITY (CD-AT) 6304
COLUMBIA. (Rl Februarr 14. 1930. Sound
on disc and film. With Sally Starr. Johnny
Arthur. Blanche Frederici. Frank Hammond.
Buck Black. Lee Kohlmar. John T. Murray.
Vivian Oakland. George Pearee.
THEME: A comedy of married life.
PHANTOM OF THE 0ESERT (W-AT) 6 reels
SYNDICATE. (R> Novemher 1. 1930. (NPi
February 14. 1931. With Jack Perrin.
•PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (My-PT) 8179
UNIVERSAL. (R> February II. 1929. (NP)
February 13. 1929. With Lon Chaney. Mary
Philbin. Norman Kerry. Arthur E. Carewe.
Virginia Pearson. Snltx Edwards. Gibson G>w-
land. Bernard Siegel. Caesare G ravine. Edith
Torke.
THEME: Mystery concerning a beautiful singer
at L'Opera in Paris.
•PHANTOM RIDER. THE (W) 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) December. 1929 With
Tom Tyler.
•PICCADILLY (D-ME) 8300
SONO ART-WORLD WIDE. (RI July. 1929.
(TOS) August 24. 1929. With Gilda Gray.
Anna May Wong. Jameson Thomas.
•PIONEERS OF THE WEST (W) _ —.5 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) February. 1930. W.th
Tom Tyler.
PLAYBOY OF PARIS (MC) 6512
PARAMOUNT. (R) October IS. 1S30. (HP
September 13. 1930. With Maurice Chevalier.
Frances Dee. O. P. Heggie. Stuart Erwin.
Eugene Pallette. Cecil Cunningham. Frank
Elliot. Dorothy Christy, William B. Davidson.
Erin La B.ssioniere. Charles Giblyn. Fred Lee.
Edmund Breese. Guy Oliver.
•PLAYING AROUND (D-AT) 5972
FIRST NATIONAL. (NP) April 5. 193".
With Alice White. Chester Morris. William
Bakewell. Richard Carhvle. Marion Byron.
Maurice Black. Lionel Belmore. Shep Camp*
Ann Brody. Nell.e V. Nichols.
•PLEASURE CRAZED (D-AT)
FOX. (B) July. 1929.
Sound on film.
With Marguerite Churchill. Kenneth McKtniia.
Dorothy Burgess. Campbell Gullan. Douglas
Gilmore. Henry Kolker, Frederick Graham.
Bex Bell. Charlotte Meniman
THEME: Husband and wife lease home from
crooks. Wife attempts to poison husband. Iwt
the girl in the crook gang with whom he has
fallen in love saves h.m.
4344
With Jack
P. McGowan. Dav.d
•PLUNGING HOOFS (W)
UNIVERSAL. (Ri April 14. 1929
Perrin, Barbara Worth. J.
Dunbar. Bex.
THEME : A wild horse gets trapped. A man
and girl plan different ways of freeing him.
and in doing so get trapped themselves by love.
POINTED HEELS (D-AT) 5689
PARAMOUNT. (Ri December 21. 1929. With
WJliam Powell. Fav Wray. Helen Kane. Ri b-
ard "Skeets" Gallagher. Phillips Holmes.
Adrienne Dore. Eugene Palette.
THEME: A story of the stage.
POINTS WEST (W)
UNIVERSAL. With
Hoot Gibson. Alberta
Vaughn. Frank Campeau. Jack Raymond, Mar-
tha Franklin. Milt Brown. Jim Carey.
THEME: A son's revenge for the death of his
father, a rancher, by an ex-convict.
•P0RI
UFA. (Ri June 7. 1930.
•PRINCE OF DIAMONDS (AT)
COLUMBIA. (R) March 26
on disc and film.
5668
6418
1930. Sound
With Aileen rT.ngle. Ian
Keith. Fritxi Bidgeway. Tyrrell Davis. Claude
King. Tom Bicketts. E. Alyn Warren. Gilbert
Emery. Frederick Sullivan. Sybil Grove. Colonel
McDonnell. Joyzelle.
THEME: A romance of adventure.
•PRINCE OF HEARTS. THE (D) . 5 reels
SYNDICATE.
THEME: A society drama.
PRINCESS AND THE PLUMBER. THE (C0-AT) 6180
FOX. (R) December 21. 1930. (OP) October
IS. 1930. With Charles FarreU. Maureen
O'SulLvan. H. B. Warner. Joseph Cawthome.
Bert Roach. Lucien Prival. Murray Kinnrll.
Louise Closser Hale. Arnold Lucy.
THEME: The son of a plumber installs a
plumbing system in the castle of a prince, falls
in love with his daughter, and stirs away wi:h
her. thus outwitting the prince who had other
plans for his eligible daughter.
•PRISONERS (D-TME) 7800
FIRST NATIONAL. (Rl May 19. 1929. Wi h
Corinne Griffith. James Ford. Ian Keith. Brla
Lugosi. Julane Johnson. Ann Schaeffer. Baron
Hesse. Otto Matieson. Harry Northup.
THEME: A judge, who sentence* a girl to
jail for stealing and then finds that he loves
her and decides to wait for her.
PRODIGAL. THE (D AT) 74tl
ilETRO-GO LDWYN-MAYER- 'Rl February
21. 1931. (NP) January 17. 1931 under the
title of 'The Southerner." With Lawrence
Tibbeft. Esther Ralston. Stepin Fetchit. Ro-
land Young. Hedda Hopper.
THEME: A wanderer returns to h's Southern
home and falls in love with his brother's wife
whom he had never seen.
•PROTECTION (Mel-ME) 5511 5536
FOX. IRI May 12. 1929. Sound on film.
With Dorothy Burgess. Robert Elliott. Paul
Paee. Ben Hewitt. Roy Stewart. Dorothy Ward.
William H Tooker. Joe Brown. Arthur Hoyt.
THEME: An efficient newspaper seeks to break
up a bootlegging ring, despite the protect. on
which It has.
PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ (MC) 7883
UNITED ARTISTS (R> March 1. 1930.
Sound on film. (NP) February 22. 1930.
With Harry Rich man. Joan Bennett. James
Gleason. Lilyan Tashman.
THEME: The story of a musical comedy and
night club star who. with success, deserts his
former companions and teammates, only to re-
turn to them when bad boo re binds him
QUEEN HIGH (MC) 7905
PARAMOUNT. (R) August 23. 1930. (NP)
August 16. 1930. With Charles Buggies,
Frank Morgan. Stanley Smith. Ginger Rorvrs.
Helen Carrington. Theresa Maxwell Cooover.
Betty Garde. Nina Olivette. Budy Cameron.
Tom Brown.
THEME: The eternal bickering of two partners
In the feminine garter business over which one
is responsible for their su
•RACKETEER. THE (D-AT) 6035 6111 6119
RKO PATHE. IR) November 9. 1929. With
Robert Armstrong. Carol Lombard. Roland
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
271
Drew. Jeanette Loff. Paul Hurst. John Loder.
THEME: The killing of a gangster by po-
lice brings love into the life of a young
violinist who had been befriended by the
gangster.
RAFFLES (D-AT) 6509
UNITED ARTISTS. (I!) July 26, 1930. (NP)
July 26, 1930. With Itonald Colman. Kay
Francis. Bramwell Fletcher, Francis Dade.
David Torrence, Alison Skipworth, Frederick
Kerr, John Rogers, Wilson Benge. Running
time. 1 hour. 2U minutes.
THEME: The experiences of Raffles, the Ama-
teur Cracksman, who falls in love, and gives
up the life of crime only to retvrn to it to
save a friend from prison.
RAIN OR SHINE (CAT) 8228
COLUMBIA. (R) August 15, 1930. (NP)
August 16. 1930. With Joe Cook. Louise
Fazenda. Joan Peers, William Collier. Jr..
Tom Howard. David Chasen. Alan Roscoe.
Adolph Milar. Clarence Muse. Ed Martindale.
Nora Lane. Tyrrell Davis.
THEME: A story of the circus, with Joe Cook
the whole show.
•RAINBOW MAN. THE (D-AT) 8500
PARAMOUNT. (Rl May 18. 1929. (TOS)
June 22, 1929. With Eddie Dowling. Marian
Nixon. Franlcie Darro, Sam Hardy, Lloyd
Ingram. George Hayes.
THEME: In which Rainbow Ryan proves
himself worthy of a girl s love, and the love
of a boy, to whom he plays father.
RANGO (D-AT) 5906
PARAMOUNT. (R) March 7. 1931. (NP)
January 24. 1931.
REACHING FOR THE MOON (MC) 8239
UNITED ARTISTS. (R) February 21. 1931.
(OP) December 20. 1930. With Douglas
Fairbanks and Bebe Daniels.
•RECAPTURED LOVE (D-AT) 5993
WARNER BROS. (U) June 14. 1930. (OP)
June 7. 1930. With Belle Bennett. John
Halliday. Junior Durkin.
THEME: Drama of modern marriage with a
novel triangle twist.
•RED HOT RHYTHM (MC) 5783 6981 6981
ItKO PATHE. (R) November 23. 1929.
With Alan Hale. Walter O'Keefo. Kathryn
Crawford. Josephine Dunn. Anita Garvin, Ilka
Chase.
REDEMPTION (D-AT) 6819 6019
METRO - GOLD WYN- MAYER. (R) April 5.
1930. (NP) April 12. 1930. Sound on disc
and film. With John Gilbert. Eleanor Board-
man. Renee Adoree. Conrad Nacel. <
THEME: A debauche atones for his wayward
life by a noble sacrifice.
REDUCING (C-AT) 7023
METRO GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) January 3.
1931. (OP) December 13. 1930. With Marie
Dressier. Polly Moran. William Collier. Jr..
William Bakewell, Anita Pago, Sally Eilers.
THEME: Two sisters who run a beauty estab-
lishment go in heavily for reducing treatments
and a series of hilarious adventures ensues.
REMOTE CONTROL (CD-AT) 5958
METIlO-GOLnWYN-MAYEIt. (It) November
15. 1930. (NP) October 11. 1930. With
William Haines. Mary Doran. J. Miljan. Ed-
ward Nugent. Cliff Edwards. Charles King.
J. C. Nugent. Patricia Garon. Polly Moran.
THEME: A clever crook sends out signals for
a robbery over a radio station, and is finally
unmasked.
RENEGADES (D-AT 8400
FOX. (It) October 26. 1930. (NP) Aug 30.-
Nov. 15. 1930. With Warner Baxter. Myrna
IX)y. Noah Beery. Gregory Gaye. George Cooper.
C. Henry Gordon. Colin Chase. Bela Lugnsl.
THEME: Banded together because they re-
volted against discipline, these four legion-
naires fight their comrades for the right to
rule themselves.
RENO (D-AT) 7000
SONO ART-WORLD WIDE. (R) September
1. 1930. (NP) November 18. 1930. Sound on
disc and film. With Ruth Roland. Kenneth
Thompson, Montagu I/ovc. Sam Hardy.
THEME: A story of America's divorce haven,
and adapted from Cornelius Vanderbilt. Jr.'s
novel of the same title.
RESURRECTION (D-AT)
UNIVERSAL. (R) February 2. 1931. (NP)
January 10. 1931. With John Boles. Lupe
Velez. Wm. Keighley, Nance O'Neil. Rose
Tapley. Michael Mark. Sylva Nadlna.
THEME: Immortal story of love, deception,
remorse and regeneration.
RETURN OF OR. FU MANCHU. THE ( My- AT) 6587
PARAMOUNT. (R) May 17, 1930. (NP)
May 10. 1930. With Warner Oland. Neil
Hamilton. Jean Arthur, O. P. Heggie. William
Austin, Evelyn Hall, David Dunbar. Tetsu
Komal. Tovo Ita. Ambrose Barker
THEME: More and stranger adventure of the
Insidious one.
•RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. THE
(D-AT) 6378 7012
PARAMOUNT. (R) October 26. 1929. (NP)
November 16, 1929. Sound on disc. With
Cllve Brook. H. Reeves Smith. Betty Lawford.
Chariot H»y. Phillips nolmes. Donald Crisp.
Harry T. Morcy. Hubert Druec. Arthur Mack.
THEME: In which Sherlock nolmes In some
of his clever disguises apprehends the villain.
•RICH PEOPLE (CD-AT) 6306 7122 7074
RKO PATHE IB) January 5. 1930. (NT)
October 19. 1929. With Constance Bennett.
Regis Toomey. Robert Ames. Mahlon Hamil-
ton. Ilka Chase. John Loder, Polly Ann
Young.
THEME: A story of a tailor's off day.
•RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD, THE (D AT) 7716
METRO- GOLDWYN-MAYER. IR) Juno 28.
1930. (NP) June 21. 1930. Sound on disc
and Dim. With Elliott Nugent. Louis Mann.
Mary Doran, Leila Hyams. Robert Montgom-
ery. Jesnne Wood. Francis X. Bushman. Jr.
THEME: A German emigrant sacrifices every-
thing for his children and is saved hy one of
them when it appears certain he will lose his
home and buslnest.
RIDER OF THE PLAINS. A (W) 6 reels
SYNDICATE. IR) April 1. 1931. With Tom
Tyler.
"RIDERS OF THE NORTH (W) 6 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) March 1. 1931. With Bob
Custer.
•RIDERS OF THE STORM (W) 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (II) November. 1929. With
Y'akima Canutt.
RIDIN' LAW (W-AT) 5600
BIG 4. (R) May 24. 1930. (OP) July 5. 1930.
Sound on film and disc. With Jack Perrin.
Starlight, Y'akima Canutt, Rene Bordon. Jack
Mower. Ben Corbett. Bobert Walker, Fern
Emmett, Pete Morrison, Olive Young.
RIGHT OF WAY. THE (D-AT) 6142
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) February 7. 1931.
With Conrad- Nagel. Loretta Young, Fred Koh-
ler. William Janney, George Pearce. Emmett
King, Harry Cording. Brandon Hurst. Holli-
well Hobbes. Olive Tell. Y'ola D'Avril. Snitz
Edwards.
THDME: A brilliant lawyer becomes a victim
of amnesia as a result of a fight. How his
life while in this state affects his real life
forms the theme of the story.
RIGHT TO LOVE. THE (D-AT) 7120
PAB AMOUNT. (R) December 27. 1930. (OP)
December 6. 1930. With Ruth Chatterton,
Paul Lukas. David Manners. George Baxter.
Irving Pichel, Veda Buckland. Oscar Apfel.
THEME: Story of life in the farming country
of the Middle West adapted from the novel of
"Brook Evans" by Susan Glaspell.
•ROARING RANCH (W-AT) 5242 6094 6094
UNIVERSAL. (It) April 27. 1930. (OP)
May 24. 1930. With noot Gibson. Sally
Eilers. Wheeler Oakman. Bobby Nelson. Frank
Clark. Leo White.
THEME: Hero foils villain's attempt to rob
him of rich oil lands, after they set fire to his
ranch buildings.
ROGUE OF THE RIO GRANDE 5164
SONO ART-WORLD WIDE. (R) October 25.
1930. (OP) December 6. 1930. Sound on dlso
and film. With Myrna Loy. Raymond natton.
Jose Bohr.
ROGUE SONG. THE (0) 9723
METROGOLDWYN-MAYER (R) May 10.
1930. (OP) February 1. 1930. Sound on disc
and film. With Lawrence Tibhott. Catherine
Dale Owen. F. Lake, Laurel and Hardy.
THEME: Story of a bandit chief who woos by
means of his glorious voice.
ROMANCE (D-AT) 6977
METRO GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) July 26.
1930. (NP) August 30. 1930. With Greta
Garbo. Gavin Gordon. Lewis Stone.
TIIHME: Adaptation of the stage play, dealing
with the love of an actress for a clergyman.
ROMANCE OF RIO GRANDE (D AT. S)
7757 8862 8652
FOX. (R) November 17. 1929. With Warner
Baxter, Antonio Moreno. Mary Duncan. Mona
Marls. Robert Edeson. Agostino Borgato. Albert
Roecardl. Mrs. .Tlmlnez. Majcl Coleman. Charles
Byers. Merril MoCormiek.
THEME: Collcgo bred son of a Mexican
mother and American father Is attacked by
bandits. Taken to grandfather's ranch, where
there it a clash between grandfather and
nephew.
ROSE OF RIO GRANDE 6 reels
SY~NDICATE. (R) May 1. 1930. With Tom
Tyler.
ROUGH ROMANCE (D-AT. S) 4800
FOX. (R) May 18. 1930. (OP) June 21.
1930. With George O'Brien. Helen Chandler.
Antonio Moreno, Noel Francis. Eddie Borden.
Harry Cording. Roy Stewart. David Hartford.
Frank Lanning.
THEME: The life and death struggle between
two men of the great open spaces; one a
stalwart young lumberjack, the other a men-
acing desperado — and the love -inspired bravery
of a lonely woodland lass.
•ROUGH WATERS (D-TME) 4280
WARNER BROS. (R) June 7, 1930. (OP)
July 26. 1930. With Rin-Tin-Tin. Jobyna
Ralston, Lane Chandler. Walter Miller.
ROYAL BED. THE (D-AT) 6791
RADIO PICTURES. (R) January 15. 1931.
(OP) December 13. 1930. With Lowell Slier-
man. Mary Astor.
ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY, THE
(CD-AT) _ 7325
PARAMOUNT. (R) January 31, 1931. (NP)
January 3. 1931. With Ina Claire, Fredric
March. Mary Brian. Henrietta Crosman, Charles
Starrett, Arnold Korff, Frank Conroy, Royal G.
Stout. Elsie Edmond, Murray Alper, Wesley
Stark. Heerschel Mayall
THEME : The story of a famous theatrical
family. The Cavendishes, adapted from the
highly successful Broadway stage play. "The
Royal Family," by Edna Ferber and George S.
Kaufman.
•ROYAL ROMANCE. A (F-AT) 6359
COLUMBIA. (R) March 17. 1930. Sound
on disc and film. With William Collier. Jr..
Pauline Starke. Clarence Muse, Ann Brody.
Eugenie Besserer. Walter P. Lewis. Betty
Boyd. Ullrich Haupt, Bert Sprotte, Dorothy
De Borda.
THEME : A farce based on "Private Property."
•SAP. THE (CD-AT) 7310
WARNER BROS. (R) NovenilKT 9. 1929.
With Edward Everett Horton. Patsv Ruth
Miller. Franklin Pangborn, Edna Murphy.
Alan nale. Russell Simpson, Louise Carver.
m Jerry Mandy.
THEME: When tho struggling Inventor finds
that his brother-in-law has embezzled from the
bank of which he Is clerk, and that the cashier
has done ditto, the Inventor frames a fake
hold up. gets his share, succeeds In specula-
tion and buys out the bank.
SAP FROM SYRACUSE. THE (C-AT, S) 6108
PARAMOUNT. (R) July 26. 1930. (OP)
August 2. 1930. With Jack Oakie. Ginger
Rogers. Granville Bates, George Barbier. Sid-
ney Riggs, Betty Starbuck. Verec Teasdale. J.
Malcolm Dunn. Bernard Jukes. Walter Fenncr.
Jack Daley.
TTTEME: It Is a story of a sap, a group of
practical Jokers, a pair of crooks, a girl and
a mine.
•SARAH AND SON (D-AT) _ 6868
PARAMOUNT. (R) March 2. 1930. (NP)
March 2. 1930. With Ruth Chatterton. Fred-
eric March. Fuller Melllsh. Jr.. Phillip de Lacv.
THEME: A story of mother love.
•SATURDAY NIGHT KID, THE (D-AT)
PARAMOUNT. (R) October 26. 1929. (NP)
November 2. 1929. Sound on disc. With Clara
Bow. James Hall. Jean Arthur. Charles Sellon.
Ethel Wales. Frank Ross. Edna May Oliver.
Ileymen Meyer. Eddie Dunn. Leone Lane. Jean
llnrlow.
THEME: The ever present triangle In the lives
of a boy and girl.
•SATURDAY'S CHILDREN (D-TME) 7950
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) April 14. 1929.
(TOS) May 2.',. 1929. With Corinnc Griffith.
Grant Withers. Albert Contl. Alma Tell. Lueien
Llttleflelil, Charles Lane. Ann Soliaeffer. Marcle
Harris.
THEME: A marriage. No money and they
part. He returns. They Quarrel. He return*
again as a lover. Okay.
•SCANDAL (D) 7200
AMKINO. (R) October. 1929. With L. Fil-
kovskaya.
•RIVER. THE (D-PT. ME) 6536 6808 6597
FOX. (R) October 6. 1929. (NT) November
23. 1929. With Charles Farrell. Mary Duncan.
Ivan Linow. Margaret Mann. Alvredo Sahato.
THEME: The part the river plays in the lives
of a man and a maid, including a whirlpool
and a murder.
•RIVER OF ROMANCE. THE (CD-AT) 7208 7009
PARAMOUNT. (R) July 29. 1929. (NP)
August 3. 1929. With Charles (Buddy)
Rogers. Mary Brian. June Collyer. Henry B.
Walthall. Wallace Beery. Fred Kohler.
Natalie Kingston. Mrs. George Fawcett. Ander-
son Lawler, Georgo Reed.
RIVER'S END (D-AT) 6774
WARNER BROS. (R) November 8. 1930.
•» (NP) September 27. 1930. With Charles Blck-
ford. Evalyn Knapp. J. Farrell MaoDonald.
Zasu I'itts. Walter MoGrail. David Torrence.
Junior Coughlin. Tom Santschl.
•ROAD TO PARADISE (D-AT) 6926
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) July 20. 1930. (OP)
July 5. 1930. With Loretta Young. Jack Mul-
) 1 1 11. George Barraud. Raymond Hatton, Katb-
lyn Williams. Dot Farley. Winter Hall. Ben
Hendricks. Jr.. Georgette Rhodes. Puniell
Pratt. Fred Kelscy.
THEME: Loretta Young, in a dual role, im-
personates a society girl and robs her wall safe.
She is caught but not prosecuted, and thereby
hangs the tale.
ROADHOUSE NIGHTS (CD-AT) 7202 .
PARAMOUNT. (R) Februarv 22, 1930. (NP)
March 1, 1930. Sound-on-fllm. With Helen
Morgan, Charles Ruggles. Fred Kohler, Jimmy
Durante. Fuller Mcllish. Jr.. Loon Donnelly.
Tammany Young. Joe King. Lou Clayton.
Eddie Jackson.
THEME: A story of a newspaper reporter
breaking Into a roadhouse for a story.
•ROARING ADVENTURE (W) 4344
UNIVERSAL. (It) October 6. 1929. With
Jack Hoxie. Mary McAllister, Marin Sals,
Francis Ford.
THEME: A rancher's son. who li\es in the
East, visits his father, and while there breaks
up a gang of cattle thieves and finds the girl
of his heart.
s
SACRED FLAME. THE (D-PT. ME) 6015
WARNER BROS. (R) November 30, 1929.
With Paulino Frederick.
, THEME: She loves one of two brothers, and
when he's crippled and urges her to go about
with the other she comes to love him instead.
The cripple's death casts suspicion upon them,
but the mother explains she innocently was
the cause.
SAFETY IN NUMBERS (CD-AT. S) 7074
PARAMOUNT. (R) Juno 21. 1930. (NP)
May 3. 1930. With Charles Rogers. Josephine
Dunn, Roscoo Karns. Virginia Bruce, Carol
Lombard. Katberine Crawford.
THEME: Three beauties of the Broadway stage
try to mother Buddy Rogers.
•SAILOR'S HOLIDAY (CD-AT) 5299 5354 5260
PATHE. (R) September 14. 1929. Willi Alan
Hale. Sally Eilers. George Cooper, Paul Hurst,
Mary Carr. Charles Clary.
THEME: A story of a sailor's off day.
•SALLY (D-AT) 9277
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) January 12. 1930.
With Marilyn Miller. Alexander Gray. Joe E.
Brown. T. Roy Barnes. Pert Kelton. Ford
Sterling. Maude Turner Gordon, Nora Lane.
E. J. Radcliffe. Jack Duffy.
THEME: A former waitress makes good as a
Follies dancer and wins the man she loves.
•SALUTE (D-AT) 6438 7678 7721
FOX. (R) September 1. 1929 (NP) October
26. 1929. With George O'Brien. William Janey.
Frank Albertson. Lumsden Hare. Stepin
Fetchlt. David Butler. Rex Bell. John Breedon.
THEME: One brother at West Point, the
other at Annapolis.
SANTA FE TRAIL. THE (W-AT) 5839
PARAMOUNT. (NP) August 30. 1930. (NP)
October 25. 1930. With Richard Arlen. Rosita
Moreno. Eugene Pallette. Mitzi Green. Junior
Durkin. Hooper Atchley. Luis Albeml. Lee
Shumway.
THEME: The story of a land poor Senor. a
mortgage grabbing cafe proprietor and a near
ma-ssacre by Indians.
272
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
•SCANDAL (D-TME)..... 6475 6675
UNIVERSAL. (R) May 4, 1929. (TOS) June
13. 1929. With Laura LaPlante. John Boles,
Jane Winton, Huntley Gordon. Nancy Dover,
Eddie Phillips, Julia Swayne Gordon.
THEME: A society whirl, including polo and
a murder.
6689
Produced by Howard
SCANDAL SHEET (D-AT)
PARAMOUNT. (R) January 31, 1931. (OP)
December 20, 1930. With George Bancroft.
Clive Brook, Kay Francis, Regis Toomey,
Frances Dee.
SCARFACE (D-AT)
UNITED ARTISTS.
Hughes.
SCARLET PAGES (D-AT) _ 5937
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) September 28. 1930.
(OP) August 9, 1930. Sound on disc. With
Elsie Ferguson, Marian Nixon. Grant Withers,
John Halliday, Charlotte Walker, Daisy Bel-
more, Neely Edwards, Helen Ferguson. DeWitt
Jeannings.
THEME: A woman attorney, in defending a
case, is confronted with a scarlet page from
her past.
•SCARLET SEAS (D-TME) 6237
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) January 12. 1929.
(TOS) February 2, 1929. Sound on disc. With
Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson. Loretto
Young, James Bradbury, Sr., Jack Curtis,
Kntite Erickson.
THEME: A story of the sea, and the hard
fighting men who sail it.
SCOTLAND YARD (D-AT) 6750
FOX. (R) October 19, 1930. (NP) October
25-November 15, 1930. With Edmund Lowe
(dual role), Joan Bennett, Donald Crisp.
Georges Renevant, Lumsden Hare, David Tor-
rence. Barbara Leonard. Halliwell Hobbes.
Carroll Naish. Arnold Lucy.
THEME: Affection is revived in the heart of
a beautiful young English noblewoman through
the medium of plastic surgery when fate puts
another man in her deceased husband's place.
SEA BAT. THE (Mel-AT) _ 6253
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) July 5.
1930. (OP) May 3, 1930. With Charles Bick-
ford. John Miljan, Raauel Torres. Nils Asther.
THEME: Dramatic love story against a tropi-
cal background.
SEA GOD. THE (CD-AT) 6534
PARAMOUNT. (R) September 13 1930. (NP)
August 23, 1930. With Richard Arlen. Fay
Wray. Eugene Pallette, Ivan Simpson, Robert
Gleckler.
THEME: A tale of rivalry to the death be-
tween an old-fashioned villain and a new-
fashioned hero, both adventurers and both skip-
pers of South Sea trading vessels.
SEA LEGS (C-AT) 5673
PAJKAMOUNT. (R) November 29. 1930.
(NP) November 29. 1930. With Jack Oakie.
Harry Green. Eugene Pallette. Lillian Roth.
THEME: This picture presents Jack Oakie in
the garb of a Frenchman.
SEA WOLF. THE (D-AT) 8000
FOX. (R) September 21. 1930. (NP) October
11. 1930. With Milton Sills. Jane Keith. Ray-
mond Hackett, Mitchell Harris, Nat Pendle-
ton. John Rogers, Harold Kinney, Sam Allen.
Harry Tenbrook.
THEME: The experiences of a woman, a boy
whom she is trying to save from going to the
dogs and a cruel sea captain.
SEAS BENEATH (D-AT) 9100
FOX. (R) March 29. 1931. With George
O'Brien, Marion Lessing, Warren Hymer,
William Collier. Sr., Walter C. Kelly, Walter
McGrail, Nat Pendleton, Maurice Murphy.
Larry Kent, Gaylord Pendleton. Henry Victor.
John Loder. Mona Maris, Ferdinand Schumann-
Heink, Harry Tenbrook. Harry Weil, Terry
Ray. Ben Hall. Hans Furberg, Francis Ford.
THEME: Commander Bob Kingsley, U. S. N.,
is placed in command of a mystery ship with
confidential orders to seek out and destroy
a dangerous submarine which had become the ^
scourge of the seas.
'SECOND CHOICE (D-AT) 6150
WARNER BROS. (R) January 4, 1930. With
Dolores Costello.
'SECOND FLOOR MYSTERY. THE (My-AT) 5268
WARNER BROS. (R) April 26. 1930. (OP)
May 10. 1930. With Grant Withers. Loretta
Young, H. B. Warner. Claire McDowell, Sid-
ney Bracy, Craufurd Kent.
THEME: Mystery-drama based on the novel.
"The Agony Column," by Earl Derr Biggers.
SECOND WIFE (Mel-AT) 6058
RADIO PICTURES. (R) February 9, 1930.
With Conrad Nagel, Betty Compson.
•SECRET SIX, THE (D-AT)
METRO - GOLD WYN-MAYER. (R) April 25.
1931. With Wallace Beery, Marjorie liam-
heau. Jean Harlowe, John Miljan, Johnny
Mack Brown. Charles Gable. De Witt Jennings.
THEME: Exciting Intrigue fostered by an
unscrupulous ring of men in a moderate Ameri-
can city.
SEE AMERICA THIRST (C-AT) 6256
UNIVERSAL. (R) November 24. 1930. (NP)
October 25. 1930. With Harry Lancdon. Slim
Summerville, Bessie Love, Tom Kennedy, Mat-
thew BetZ, Mitehell Lewis. Stanley Fields.
Lloyd Whltlock, Dick Alexander, I*ew Hearn,
LfljBOy Mason.
THEME: Two hoboes fall heir to a cargo of
wet goods that belongs to a gang of racketeers.
SEED (D-AT)
UNIVERSAL. (PR) April 18, 1931. With
John Roll's, Genevieve Tobin, Lois Wilson.
Richard Tucker. Jed Proutv. ZaSu Pitts. Dickey
Moore, Don & Terry Cox. Jack & Bill Willis.
Arthur East. Ltiana Walters. Francis Dade.
THEME: Story of love, passion and parent-
hood, centralized among the members of an
amazing American family.
•SEEDS OF FREEDOM (D) 6900
amkino. (it) September, 1929. With L. M.
I^onldoff.
*SENOR AMERICANO (W-AT) ...5412 6592 6450
UNIVERSAL. (R) November 10. 1929. With
Ken Maynard. Kathryn Crawford, J. 1*. Mc-
Gowan, Gino Corrado, Tarzan the horse, Frank
Beale, Frank Yaconnelli.
THEME: Young American wins the heart of
a Spanish girl by saving her father from
losing his ranch because of a crooked land
dealer.
'SEVEN DAYS LEAVE (D-AT) 6507 7300
PARAMOUNT. (R) January 25, 1929. (NP)
February 1, 1930. With Gary Cooper, Beryl
Mercer, Dalsey Belmore, Nora Cecil, Temple
Pigett, Arthur Hoyt, Arthur Metcalfe.
•SEVEN FACES (D-AT) 82r9 7757
FOX. (R) December 1. 1929. With Paul
Muni, Marguerite Churchill. Lester Lonergan,
Eugenie Besserer. Gustav von Seyffertitz, Rus-
sell Gleason, Walter Rogers.
•SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE (My CD-AT) 6579
RADIO PICTURES. (R) January 12, 1930.
With Richard Dix. M. Seegar.
SHADOW OF THE LAW (D-AT) 6392
PARAMOUNT. (R) June 14. 1930. (NP)
June 28, 1930. With William Powell. Marion
Schilling.
THEME: William Powell tries to go straight
after a spectacular jail break.
SHADOW RANCH (W-AT) 5766
COLUMBIA. (R) September 10, 1930. (OP)
November 15, 1930. With Buck Jones, Mar-
guerite De La Motte, Kate Price, Ben Wilson.
Al Smith, Frank Rice, Ernie Adams, Slim
Whitaker and Robert MacKenzie.
The second of the "Buck Jones Specials."
•SHADY LADY, THE (D-Synchronized)
5508 6132 6132
PATHE. (R) January 29. 1929. With
Phyllis Haver, Robert Armstrong, Louis Wol-
heim. Russell Gleason.
THEME: The story of a girl who innocently
becomes involved in a New York murder case,
and later in a smuggling plot.
•SHANGHAI LADY (CD-AT) 5847 6043 5926
UNIVERSAL. (R) November 17, 1929. (NP)
December 7, 1929. With Mary Nolan. James
Murray. Wheeler Oakman, Anders Randolph.
Yola D'Avril, Mona Rico. Jimmie Leong. Irma
Lowe, Lydia Yeamans Titus.
THEME: Two people, a man and a girl who
have strayed from the straight and narrow find
love in spite of odds, which reforms them.
•SHANNONS OF BROADWAY (C-AT)
5653 6278 6155
UNIVERSAL. (R) December 8. 1929. With
James Gleason, Lucille Webster Gleason, Mary
Philbin, James Breedon. Harry Tyler, Helen
Mehrmann. Slim Summerville. Tom Kennedy.
Walter Brennan, Alice Allen, Robert T.
Haines.
THEME: A Broadway musical comedy team
buys an hotel in a little New England town,
and after many tribulations, sell it for $25,000.
•SHE COULDN'T SAY NO (MC) 6413
WARNER BROS. (R) February 15. 1930.
(NP) February 22. 1930. With Winnie Light-
ner, Chester Morris. Johnny Arthur. Sally
Eilers. Tully Marshall. Phyllis Havers.
SHE GOT WHAT SHE WANTED (D-AT) 8203
TIFFANY. (R) December 18. 1930. (OP)
October 18, 1930. With Betty Compson, Lee
Tracy, Alan Hale, Gaston Glass, Dorothy
Christy, Fred Kelsey.
THEME: The story of a woman who seeks
the spirit of true love — and finds it.
SHE'S MY WEAKNESS (CD-AT) 6727
RADIO PICTURES. (R) August 1, 1930.
(OP) June 28, 1930. With Sue Carol. Arthur
Lake. Lucien Littlefleld and William Collier,
Sr.
SHEER LUCK (ME) 6 reels
BIG 4. (R) January 26. 1931. (OP) July 5.
1930. Sound on disc. With Jobyna Ralston. '
Nick Stuart. Bobby Vernon. Reed Howes. Philo
McCullough, John Ince, Margaret Landis.
•SHIP FROM SHANGHAI. THE (D-AT) 6225
METRO -GOLD WYN-MAYER. (R) January 21.
1930. (NP) May 3. 1930. Sound on film and
disc. With Louis Wolheim, Conrad Nagel. "
Carmel Myers. Holmes Herbert, Zeffie Tilbury.
Ivan Linow. Jack MacDonald.
THEME: A half-crazed sailor piloting a ship
on which are many interesting people.
•SHOW BOAT (D-AT) 10290 11772
UNIVERSAL. With Laura La Plante. Joseph
Schildkraut. Emily Fitzroy, Otis Harlan. Helen
Morgan, Jan-1 La Verne. Alma Rubens. Jack Mc-
Donald. Neely Edwards.
THEME: A story of the Mississippi.
•SHOW FOLKS (CD-ME) 6581 6581
PATHE. (R) October 21, 1929. With Eddie
Quillan. Lina Basauette. Robert Armstrong.
Carol Lombard. Bessie Barriscale. Crauford
Kent.
•SHOW GIRL IN HOLLYWOOD (D-AT) 7213
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) April 20, 1930. (NP)
May 10. 1930. Sound on disc. With Alice
White, Jack Mulhall. Ford Sterling. Blanche
Sweet. John Miljan, Virginia Sale. Spec O'Don-
nrll. Lee Shiunway. Herman Bing.
THEME: The story of a girl who. when
starred, becomes unbearably temperamental.
Shown the stupidity of her attitude by her
sweetheart, she goes back to work and becomes
a spectacular success.
SHOW OF SHOWS (MC) 11692
WARNER BROS. (R) December 28. 1929. With
77 stars, including John Barrymore. Monte
Blue, Ted Lewis. Richard Barthelmess. Sally
lilane. Irene Bordonl. Dolores Costello. Frances
Lee, Douglas Fairbanks. Jr.. Frank Fay. Win-
Llghtncr. Nick Lucas. .Ta<-k Mulhall. Rin-Tin-
Tin. Ben Turpin, Grant Withers.
■SILENT ENEMY. THE (D) 7551 7551
PARAMOUNT. (R) August 2. 1930. (OP)
Mav 17. 1930.
THEME: The story of the enemy that has long
confronted the red skinned natives of the Hud-
son Hay country.
SILVER HORDE (D-AT) 6735
RADIO PICTURES. (It) October 2r>. 1931).
(OP) September 27, 1930. With Evelyn Brent.
Louis Wolheim, Jean Arthur, Raymond Hatton,
Joel McRea.
•SIN FLOOD (D-AT)
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) 1930. Sound on
disc. With Douglas Fairbanks. Jr., Dorothy
Bevier, Noah Beery, Anders Randolf.
SIN TAKES A HOLIDAY (D-AT) 7304
RKO PATHE. (R) November 23. 1930. (NP)
November 29-December 6, 1930. With Constance
Bennett, Kenneth MacKenna, Basil Rathbone,
Rita LaRoy, Louis Bartels.
THEME: A young girl, secretary to a lawyer
marries her employer in order to foil a design-
ing woman. She blossoms into a society
woman of great allure and thereby wins the
love of her husband.
•SIN TOWN (W) 4554
PATHE. (R) January 20. 1929. With Elinor
Fair, Ivan Lebedeff, Hugh Allan, Jack Oakie.
THEME: The experiences of two buck privates
after the war, in a village known as "Sin
Town" which is dominated by a ruffian and
his gang.
•SINGER OF SEVILLE, THE (D-AT) 9178
METRO -GOLDWYN-MAYER. Sound on disc
and film. With Ramon Novarro. Dorothy Jor-
dan, Renee Adoree, Ernest Torrence, Nance
O'Neill, Marie Dressier.
THEME: The romantic career of a young
Spanish student with an operatic voice.
SINGLE SIN, THE (D-AT)
TIFFANY. (R) February 23, 1931. (NP)
February 21, 1931. With Bert Lytell, Kay
Johnson, Paul Hurst, Matthew Betz, Robert
Emmett O'Connell.
THEME: The battle of a woman to reestab-
lish herself after she has lost friends, position
and prestige.
•SINGLE STANDARD. THE (D-ME) 6569
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) July 21.
1930. With Greta Garbo, Nils Asther. John
Mack Brown, Dorothy Sebastian, Lane Chand-
ler, Robert Castle. Mahlon Hamilton, Kathlyn
Williams. Zeffie Tilbury.
THEME: A girl meets a sailer she loves. He
is called away and she marries another man.
The sailor returns, but against her wishes the
girl sticks to her husband and baby.
SINNERS HOLIDAY (Mel-AT) 5536
WARNER BROS. (R) October 11. 1930. (NP)
October 25. 1930. With Grant Withers, Evalyn
Knapp, James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Lucille
La Verne. Noel Madison, Otto Hoffman. War-
*" ren Hymer. Purnell B. Pratt. Ray Gallagher,
Hank Mann.
THEME: A story set against the background
of an amusement park and picturing the lives
of concessionnaires and centering about the
machinations of an undercover beer racket.
SINS OF THE CHILDREN (D-AT) 7716
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) June 28.
1930. (NP) June 21. 1930. Sound on disc
and film. With Elliott Nugent. Louis Mann.
Mary Doran. Leila Hyams, Robert Montgomery.
Jeanne Wood, Francis X. Bushman, Jr.
THEME: A German emigrant sacrifices every-
thing for his children and is saved by one of
them when it appears certain he will lose his
home and business.
SISTERS (D-AT) km
COLUMBIA. (R) June 15. 1930. (OP) June
28, 1930. With Sally O'Neil, Molly O'Day.
Russell Gleason, James Robards, Morgan Wal-
lace. John Fee, Carl Stockdale.
SIT TIGHT (C-AT /iu8
WARNER BROS. (R) February 28, 1931. (OP)
October 4, 1930. With Winnie Lightner, Joe
E. Brown, Claudia Dell, Paul Gregory, Lotti
Loder, Hobart Bosworth. Frank Hagney, Snitz
Edwards.
THEME: Winnie Lightner as an owner of a
health institute and Joe E. Brown as a would-
be-wrestler, and the experiences that befall
them.
•SKIN DEEP (D-PT, ME) 5940
WARNER BROTHERS. (TOS) October 5.
1929. With Monte Blue. Betty Compson. John
Davidson. Tully Marshall,
•SKINNER STEPS OUT (AT) 6645 6652 6521
UNIVERSAL. (R) December 4. 1929. With
Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy. E. J. Ratcliffc.
Burr Mcintosh. Lloyd Whitloek, Kathryn Ker-
rigan. Edna Marian.
THEME: Skinner finally wins the position
which he makes his wife believe he has.
SKIPPY (C-AT)
PARAMOUNT. (R) April 25. 1931. With
Jackie Cooper, Jackie Searl, Robert Coogan,
Mitzi Green.
SKY HAWK (D-AT) 6966 7100 6927
FOX. (R) January 29. 1930. With John Gar-
rick, Helen Chandler. Gilbert Emery. Lennox
Pawle. Lunsden Hare, Billy Bevan, Daphne
Pollard. Joyce Compton.
THEME: Lone Pilot in combat with giant
dirigible proves his courage.
•SLIGHTLY SCARLET (D-AT) 5234 5234
PARAMOUNT. (R) February 22. 1930. (NP)
March 8. 1930. Sound on film. With Uvelyn
Brent. Clive Brook, Paul Lukas. Eugene
Palette, Helen Ware, Virginia Bruce. Henry
Wadswnrth. Claud Allister, Christiane Yves.
Morgan Farley.
THEME: A charming American girl and a
debonair Englishman flirt in Paris.
•SMILING TERROR (W) 4525
UNIVERSAL. (R) June 30. 1929. With Ted
Wells. Derelys Perdue, Al Ferguson. Red
Osborne.
THEME: In which a gold mine Is "salted"
and sold for real, and the later discovery that
there really Is gold In it.
■SO LONG LETTY (D-AT) 5865
WARNER BROS. (It) November lfi. 1929. (NP)
January 11 and Fehruarv 8. 1930. With
Charlotte Greenwood. Bert Roach. Grant With-
ers. Claude Olllinewater. Patsy Ruth Miller.
Helen Foster. Marion Ityron.
•SMILING IRISH EYES (D-AT) 7932 8550
FIRST NATIONAL. (It) July 28. 1929. Sound
1931
The MUilON PICTURE ALMANAC
273
on disc. (NP) September 7. 1929. With Col-
leen Moore. James Hall, Claude Gillingwater,
Robert Homans. Aggie Herring. Betty Fran-
cisco. Julanna Johnston, Robert O'Conner, John
Beck, Edward Earl, Tom O'Brien, Oscar Apfel.
THEME: The vicissitudes of a romance be-
tween an Irish colleen and a young violinist.
•SO THIS IS COLLEGE (C-AT) 6104 9143
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) October 26.
1920. With Elliott Nugent. Robert Montgom-
ery, Sally Starr.
THEME: Two college pals who get into a
quarrel over a girl. But they succeed in win-
ning the championship football game.
SO THIS IS LONDON (C-AT) 8298 8298
FOX. (R) June 8. 1930. (NP) May 31. 1930.
Sound on disc and film. With Will Rogers.
Irene Rich. Frank Albertson, Maureen O'SuIli-
van. Lumsden Hare, Martha Lee Sparks, Mary
Forbes, Dorothy Christy, Ellen Woodsten.
THEME: A story of misunderstandings be-
tween Americans and Britons, with many
pierced shafts thrown in, but ending in a happy
compromise and mutual understanding.
SOCIAL LION. THE (C-AT) 5496
PARAMOUNT. (R) June 7. 1930. (NP) June
21. 1930. With Jack Oakie. Mary Brian. Skeets
Gallagher. Olive Borden.
THEME: Smart cracking Jack Oakie in a
story of an amateur pugilist trying to go
society.
SOLDIER'S PLAYTHING. A (CD-AT) 5166
WARNER BROS. (R) November 1. 1!)30.
With Lotti Loder, Harry Langdon. Ben Lyon.
- Jean Hersholt, Noah Beery. Fred Kohlcr. Otto
Matieson, Lee Moran, Marie Astaire, Frank
Campeau.
THEME: When the business of making fun
and love becomes entangled with army disci-
pline— comedy and romance Just after the
armistice.
SOLDIERS AND WOMEN (D AT 6671
COLUMBIA. (I!) April 30. 1930. With Ailleen
Pringle, Grant Withers. Helen Johnson. Walter
McGrail. Emmett Corrigan. Blanche Friderici.
Wade Boteler. Ray Largay, William Colvin.
Sam Nelson.
THEME" : A story of the U. S. Marines in
Haiti.
SOM BRAS DE GLORIA
SONO ART-WORLD WIDE. (R) February.
1930. Sound on disc and film. Spanish version
of "Blaze o' Glory." With Jose Bohr.
•SON OF THE GODS (D-AT) _ 8344
FIRST NATIONAL (Rl March 9. 1930.
Sound on disc. With Richard Barthclmess.
Constance Bennett. Dorothy Mathews. Barbara
Leonard. Jimmy Eagles. Frank Albertson. Mil-
dred Von Dorn. King Hoo Chang. Geneva
Mitchell.
THEME: The heartbreaks of a young Ameri-
can who has been reared by a Chinese.
SONG OF KENTUCKY. A (D-AT) 7519 7281
FOX. (R) November 10, 1929. With Lois
Moran. Joe WagstafT. Dorothy Burgess. Douglas
Gilmore. Hedda Hopper. Edward Davis. Her-
man Ring. Bert Woodruff.
THEMD: Rack track romance centered around
the Kentucky Derby.
•SONG OF LOVE (D AT) 7720
COLUMBIA. (R) November 15. 1929. With
Belle Walker, Ralph Graves. David Durand.
Eunice Quedens. Arthur Houseman. Charles
Wilson.
SONG 0' MY HEART (D-AT. S) 7740
FOX. (R) September 7. 1930. (OP) March
15. 1930. With John McCormack. Alice Jovce.
Maureen O'Sullivan. Jean Clifford, J M. Ker-
rigan. John Qwrltik, Edwin Schneider. Far-
rell Macdona'd. Effle Elsler. Emilv Fitzmv.
Ahrtrea de Segurola. Edward Martindel.
THEMD: A story laid in the Ireland of l>cau-
ty, tradition and sentiment.
SONG OF SONGS (MC) 11692
WARNER BROS. (R) December 28. 1029.
With 77 stars, including John Barrvmore.
_ Monte Blue. Ted Lewis, Richard Barthclmess.
Sally Blane. Irene Bordoni. Dolores Costello.
Frances Lee, Douglas Fairbanks. Jr.. Frank
Fav. Winnie Lightner. Nick Lucas. Jack Mul-
hall. Rin-Tln-Tin. Bin Turpin. Grant Withers.
SONG OF THE CABALLERO 6524
UNIVERSAL. (Rl June 29, 1930. (OP) July
12. 1930. With Ken Maynard.
•SONG OF THE FLAME (D-AT) 6503
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) Mav 25. 1930. (NP)
May 17. 1930. Round on disc. With Bernice
Claire. Alexander Gray, Noah Beery. Alice
(lentle. Rert Roach. Inez Courtney, Shep Camp,
Ivan Linow.
THEME: A story of a scheming revolutionist
In Russia.
SONG OF THE WEST (0) 7185
WARNER BROS. (R) March 15. 1930. With
John Boles. Vivlennc Segnl. Joe E. Brown.
Edward Martindel. narrv Gribhnn. Marie Wells,
Sum Hardy. Marlon Bryon, Rudolph Cameron.
THEME: The story of a man. discharged
from the army, who becomes an Indian scout,
kills his enemv by accident, masquerades as a
parson, marries a colonel's daughter, becomes
a gambler, goes to the dogs after estrangement
from his wife and flnallv stages a comeback
and is reinstated In the army.
SONS 0' GUNS (MC)
("•CITED ARTISTS. With Al .Tolson.
•SONS OF THE SADDLE (W-AT 6872
UNIVERSAL. (Rl August 3. 1930. (OP) Au-
gust 9. 1930. With Ken Maynard. Doris Hill.
Joe Oirard. Francis Ford. Harry Todd.
•SOPHOMORE. THE (C-AT) 5799 6653 6526
PATHE. (R) October 24. 1929. (NP) August
24, 1929. With Eddie Quillan. Sally O'Nell.
Stanley Smith. Jeannette Loff. Russell Olenson.
Sarah Padden. Brooks Benedict, Spec O'Don-
nell.
•SOUTH SEA ROSE (D-AT) 6489 6353
FOX. (R) December 8. 1929. With Lenore
Ulrlc. Charles Blckford. Kenneth McKennn.
Farrell MacDonald. Rlizah-th Patterson. Tom
Patrlcola. Ilka Chase. George MacFarlane.
Ben Hall, Daphne Pollard. Roscoe Ates, Char-
lotte Walker. Emil Chautard.
SOUP TO NUTS (C-AT)..... 6340
FOX. (It) September 28. 1930. (OP) October
25. 1930. With Ted Healy, Frances McCoy.
Stanley Smith, Lucile Browne. Charles Win-
ninger. Hallam Cooley. George Bickel. Wil-
liam H. Tooker.
THEME: A sentimental love story between two
delightful youngsters played against a back-
ground of farce, wit and downright "nut"
humor.
SOUTHERNER. THE (D-AT) 7481
METRO - GOLD WYN -MAYER. See "Prodigal.
The."
♦SPEAKEASY (CD-AT) 5775
FOX. (R) March 21. 1929. Sound on film.
(NT) April 27. 1929. With Paul Page. Lola
Lane. Henry B. Walthall, Helen Ware. Warren
Hymer, Stuart Erwin. Sharon Lynn. Erville
Anderson. James Guilfoyle, Helen Lynch, Mar-
jorit Beebe, Sailor Vincent, Joseph Cawthorn,
Ivan Linow.
THEME: Amateur detective discovers foul
murder to be suicide.
•SPEEDWAY (CD-ME) 6962
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) September
7. 1929. Sound on disc. With William
Haines, Anita Page. Ernest Torrence. John Mil-
jan. Karl Dane.
THEME : A youth who wins the first victory
for an old racing veteran. And also the girl.
•SPITE MARRIAGE (C-ME) 7047
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) April 6.
1929. With Buster Keaton. Dorothy Sebas-
tian. Edward Earle. Leila Hyams, William
Bechtel, John Byron.
THEME: A girl who marries a man she
doesn't love just to spite another man. But
she learns to love her husband.
SPOILERS (D-AT) 8128
PARAMOUNT. (Rl September 20. 1930. (NP)
September 13. 1930. With Gary Cooper. Kay
Johnson. Betty Compson, William Boyd, Harry
Green. James Kirkwood. Oscar Apfel.
SPRING IS HERE (MC) 6386
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) April 13. 1930. (OP)
April 2fi. 1930. Sound on disc. With Lawrence
Gray, Bernice Claire. Alexander Gray. Louise
Fazenda. Ford Sterling. Inez Courtney.
SPURS 5303
UNIVERSAL. ( R ) July 2<f. 1 930. (NP) Sep-
tember. 6. 1930. With Hoot Gibson and nelen
Wright.
THEME: Conflict of two men for love of the
same girl whose choice is not made until the
storm reveals it to her.
•SQUALL. THE (D-AT) 7085 9456
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) Mav 20. 1930. Sound
on disc. (NP) Juno 29. 1929. With Myma
Loy. Alice Joyce. Richard Tucker. Carroll Nye.
TiOretta Young.
THEME: The story of a gypsy girl, who fas-
cinated by a rich country gentleman, nearly
ruins his home life.
SQUEALER. THE (D-AT) 6358
COLUMBIA. (R) August 20. 1930. (OP)
September 13. 1930. with Jack Holt. Dorothy
Rcvler. Davey T/"e. Matt Moore. Zn«u Pitts.
Robert Ellis, Mathew Betz. Arthur Housm.m.
Louis Natheaux. Eddie Kane and Ddilie
Sturgls.
THEME: Drama of New York's underworld.
•STAIRS OF SAND (D) 4900
PARAMOUNT. (R) June S 1929. With Wal-
lace Reerv. J an Arthur. Phill'os R nolmes.
Fred Kohler. Chester Conklin. Guy Oliver. Lil-
lian Worth. Frank Rice. Clarence Sherwood.
THEME: A hold bandit who flnallv allows the
hero and heroine to love each other without
interfering.
STEPPING OUT (C-AT)
METRO GOLD WYX-M AVER, (R) April 18.
1891. (NP) March 21. 1931 Sound on fllm
and disc With R»gina'd Dennv. Charlotte
Greenwood. Leila Hyams. Merna Kennedy.
Cliff Edwards, Lillian Rond. Richard Tucker.
STOLEN HEAVEN (D-AT) 6832
PARAMOUNT. (Rl February 21. 1931. With
Nancy Carroll. Phillips nolmes.
STORM. THE (D-AT) 7203
UNIVERSAL. (Rl August 19. 1930 (NP)
August 30. 1930. With Lune Velez Paul Cnv-
anaugh. William Bovd. Alphonz Etbier. Ernie
S Adams.
THEME: The story of two men and n girl
marooned by storms in a lonely cabin In the
Northwest.
•STORM OVER ASIA (D)
AMKINO. (NP) Sept. 13. 1930.
•STRANGERS MAY KISS (D-AT) 6930
MKTRO OOLDWYN-MAYTTR. (R) March 21.
1931. (NP) February 28. 1931. Sound on
film and disc. With Norma Shearer. R, Mont-
gomery. Nell Hamilton M. Ramheau, Irene
Rich. Hedda Hopper, Hale Hamilton.
THEME: A woman's search for love takes her
throughout the Continent and produces an un-
expected climax.
•STREET OF CHANCE (D-AT) 5962 7023
PARAMOUNT. (Rl February 8, 1930. Sound
on fllm. With William Powell. Jean Arthur,
Kay Francis. Regis Toomey. Stanley Fields.
Brooks Benedict. Betty Francisco. John Risso.
Joan Standing. Maurice Black. Trying Bacon.
THEME: The storv of the all-absorbing power
In a man's life — gambling.
STRICTLY DISHONORABLE (CO-AT)
UNIVERSAL.
STRICTLY MODERN (CD-AT) 5632
FIRST NATIONAL. (Rl March 2 1930. Sound
on disc. With Dnrotbv Mnrkalll. Sidney Rlaok-
mer. .Tulannc Johnston, Warner Richmond.
STRICTLY UNCONVENTIONAL (CD-AT) 4970
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER (R) April 19.
19.10. (OP) February 22. 1929. under title "The
Circle." Sound on disc and fllm. With Cath-
erine Dale Owen. Allison Skinworth. Paid Cav-
nnagh. Lewis Stone. Ernest Torrence.
TTTTTME: Adaptation of Somerset Mnugham's
brilliant comedy of English society folk.
•STUDIO MURDER CASE. THE (My-AT) 6500
PARAMOUNT. (R) June 1. 1929. (TOS) June
22. 1929. With Neil Hamilton, Warner Oland.
Fredric March, Florence Eldridge. Doris Hill.
Eugene Pallette. Chester Conklin. Lane Chand-
ler. Gardiner James, Guy Oliver. E. H. Calvert.
Donald MacKenzie.
THEME: Richard Hardell who has won a
chance in a motion picture is found murdered
on the stage set. The murderer is found out
and the innocent girl acquitted.
•SUCH MEN ARE DANGEROUS (D-AT) 7400
FOX. (R) March 10. 1930. (NP) March 15.
1930. With Warner Baxter, Catherine Dale
Owen, Albert Conti. Hedda Hopper, Claude
Allister, Bela Lugosti.
THEME: Ugly but wealthy man has his face
remade by a plastic surgeon to win the love
of the girl he loves.
SUNNY (D-AT. S) 7256
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) November 23. 1930.
(NP) October 11, 1930. With Marilyn Miller.
Lawrence Gray, Joe Donahue. O. P. Htggie.
Inez Courtney. Barbara Bedford, Judith Vos-
selli. Ben Hendricks, Jr., Mackenzie Ward and
Cljde Cook.
THEME: An equestrienne flees from the circus
to escape a forced marriage. Her adventures
form the basis of the story.
•SUNNY SIDE UP (D-AT) 1 1 13 1
FOX. (R) December 29. 1929. Sound on fllm.
With Janet Gaynor. Charles Farrell. Sharon
Lynn. Frank Richardson. El Brendel. Marjorie
White. Joe Brown. Mary Forbes. Alan Paul!.
Peter Gawthorne.
THEME: Wealthy young man. after wondering
what it is all about, comes to the realiza-
tion that he really loves the East Side girl.
SUNNY SKIES (CD-AT) 6944
TIFFANY. (R) May 1. 1930. (OP) May 24.
1930. With Benny Rubin. Marceline Day.
Rex Lease. Marjorie Kane, Wesley Barry. Greta
Grandstedt.
THEME: A college musical.
SUNRISE TRAIL. THE (W-AT) 5993
TIFFANY. (R) February. 7. 1931. With Bob
Steele. Blanche Mehaffey.
SWANEE RIVER
SONO ART- WORLD WIDE. (R) March 15'!
1931. (NP) January 31. 1931. Sound on fllm.
With Thelma Todd and Grant Withers.
SWEET KITTY BELLAIRS (CD-AT) 5772
WARNER BROS ( R) August 9. 1930. (NP)
September 13. 1930. With Claudia Dell and
*~ Perry Askam.
THEME: An over- flirt at ions girl of Merry Old
England over-reaches herself by coquetry.
SWEET MAMA (CD-AT) 5012
FIRST NATIONAL (R) July 0. 1930. (NP)
July 19. 1930. With Alice White. David Man-
ners. Rita Flynn. Kenneth Thompson. Lee
Mnran, Lee Snumway, Lou Harvey. Richard
Cramer. Robert Elliott.
THEME: Alice White rescues her hoy friend
from the clutches of a gang of crooks.
SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES (D-AT) 7008
FIRST NATIONAL. (It) June 15, 1930. (NP)
July 5. 1930. Sound on disc. With Billie
Dove. Clive Brook. Sidney Blackmcr, Leila
Hyams. John Lodcr, Crauford Kent.
SWEETHEARTS ON PARADE (CD-AT) 6247
COLUMBIA. (R) August 15. 1930. (NP)
October 25. 1930. With Alice White. Lloyd
Hughes. Marie Prcvost. Kenneth Thomson. Ray
Cooke. Wilbur Mack, Ernest Wood. Max
Asher.
•SWEETIE (CD-AT) 6303 8859
PARAMOUNT. (R) November 2. 1929. (NP)
December 7. 1929. With Nancy Carroll. Stan-
ley Smith. Helen Kane. Joseph Depew. Jack
Oakie. William Austin. Stuart Eiwin. Wallace
MacDonald. Aileen Manning.
THEMD: A high school picture In which foot-
ball plays a big part.
•SWELLHEAD (COAT) 6213
TIFFANY. (R) March 24. 1930. (OP) April
20. 1930. With James Gleason, Johnnie Walker,
Marion Schilling, Paul Hurst.
THEME: A swell headed prize fighter who
forgets the friends of his poorer days after at-
taining the heights — and his awakening.
SWING HIGH (CD-AT. S) 8331
RKO PATHE. (R) Mav IS. 1930. (NP) Mav
24. 1930. With Helen Twelvetrces, Fred Scott.
Chester Conklin. Ben Turpin, Dorothy Rurgess.
Nick Stuart. Robert Edeson. Stepin Fetchlt.
Daphne Pollard, Sally Starr, John Sbeehan,
Mickey Bennett. George Fawcett. Rrvant Wash-
burn. Little Billy and William Lnngan
THEME: Life and love under the Big Top with
all the glamour of the circus as a background.
SYMPHONY IN TWO FLATS
SONO ART-WORLD WIDE. (Rl December
15. 1930. Sound on film. With Ivor Novello
and Jacqueline Logan.
•SYNTHETIC SIN (D-ME) 6724 7035
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) January 6. 1929.
Sound on disc. With Colleen Moore. Antonio
Moreno. Kathryn McGuire. Edvthe Chapman.
Montagu Love. Gertrude Astor. Gertrude How-
ard. Ben nendrlcks. Jr.. Raymond Tucker.
THEME: A stage struck girl encounters gang
life in New York, and after experiences which
lead almost to a murder charge against her.
she Is freed to become the wife of her sweet-
heart, a playrlght.
TAILOR MADE MAN. A (C-AT) 7318
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) April 4.
1931. (NP) March 7. 1931. Sound on fllm
and disc. With William Haines. Dorothy Jor-
dan. Ian Keith. Marjorie Ramheau, Hedda
Hopper. Hale Hamilton.
TAKE THE HEIR (C-ME) 570O
BIO 4. (R) January. 1930. With Edward
Everett norton. Dorothy Devore. Frank Elliott.
FJdythe Chapman. Otis Harlan. Kay Deslys.
Margaret Campbell,
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The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
TALK OF HOLLYWOOD (CD-AT) 6586
SONO ART- WORLD WIDE. (E) December,
1929. Sound on disc and film. With Nat
Carr, Fay Marbe, Hope Sutherland.
♦TAMING OF THE SHREW (C-AT) 6116
UNITED ARTISTS. (R) October 2G. 1929.
With Mary Fickford and Douglas Fairbanks.
TARNISHED LADY, THE (D-AT)
PARAMOUNT. (R) May 2. 1931. With Tal-
lulah Bankhead, Clive Brook.
•TEMPLE TOWER (Mel-AT) 5200 5200
FOX. (R) April 6, 1930. (OP) May 17, 1930.
Sound on disc and film. With Kenneth Mac-
Kenna, Marceline Day, Henry B. Walthall,
Cyril Chadwick. Peter Gawthorne, Ivan Lin-
low, Frank Lanning.
THEME: The breaking up of a sinister band
of jewel thieves, led by an Apache, the
Masked Stranger, by a dauntless young man
and operators from Scotland Yard.
TEMPTATION (D-AT) 6279
COLUMBIA. (R) June 5, 1930. (OP) June
28, 1930. With Lois Wilson. Lawrence Gray,
Billy Bevan. Eileen Percy, Gertrude Bennett,
Robert T. Haines, Jack Richardson.
TEXAN. THE (D-AT) 7142
PARAMOUNT. (It) May 10, 1930. (NP) May
24. 1930. With Gary Cooper, Fay Wray,
Emma Dunn.
THEME: Touching story of boy who cannot
deceive another's mother.
•TEXAS COWBOY, A (W) 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) February, 1930. With Bob
Steele.
•THEIR OWN DESIRE (D-AT) - 5850
METRO- GOLD WYN-MAYER. (R) December
27, 1929. (NP) January 4. 1930. With Norma
Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone, Belle
Bennett, Ernest Torrence.
•THEY HAD TO SEE PARIS (CD-AT) 8602
FOX. (R) September 8, 1929. (NP) Decem-
ber 7, 1929. Sound on diso and film. With
Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Marguerite Churchill.
Fifi Dorsay, Owen Davis, Ivan Lebedeff, Rei
Bell. Christiane Ives, Edgar Kennedy. Marcelle
Corday, Marcia Manon. Theodore Lodi, Bob
Kerr, Andre Cheron. Gregory Gay.
THEME: Oil is discovered, and then the fam-
ily has to go to Paris. The mother wants the
daughter to marry a marquis, but they all see
the folly involved and the worth of the old
home town.
THIRD ALARM. THE (Mel-AT) 5707
TIFFANY. (R) November 17, 1930. (OP)
November 8, 1930. With James Hall, Jean
Hersholt, Paul Hurst. Anita Louise. Hobart
Bosworth. Mary Doran, Dot Farley. Nita Mar-
tan. Georgie Billings, Walter Perry, Aileen
Manning.
THEME: A thrilling fire story that is cli-
maxed by an orphanage fire.
•THIRTEENTH CHAIR (Mel-AT). 5543 ,„ 6571
METRO- GOLD WYN-MAYER. (R) October 12.
1929 Sound on film and disc. With Con-
rad Nagel Leila Hyams. Margaret Wycherly.
Helen Milliard. Holmes Herbert. Mary Forbes.
Bela Lugosi, John Davidson, Charles Quar-
termaine. Moon Carol.
THEME: A murder trial in which the guilty
person is found after a hard battle.
•THIS MAD WORLD (D-AT) 5446
METRO- GOLD WYN-MAYER. (R) May 3.
1930 Sound on disc and film. With Basil
Rathbone, Kav Johnson. Louise Dresser.
THEME: A drama during the world war as
seen from the German side.
•THIS THING CALLED LOVE
(CD-AT) 6687 6875 6697
RKO PATHE. (R) December 15, 1929. With
Constance Bennett. Edmund Lowe. Koscoe
Karns. ZaSu Pitts. Carmelita Geraghty. John
Roche. Stuart Erwin, Ruth Taylor.
THEME: A girl who would not believe that
marriages were made in heaven finds that
after all real happiness is in the arms of her
husband, rather than in the arms of other
men.
THOROUGHBRED (AT) -■ 5425
TIFFANY. (R) August 10. 1930. (OP) Aug-
ust 23. 1930. Garon-Barry.
THOSE THREE FRENCH GIRLS (C-AT, S) 6760
METRO-GOLD WYN-MAYER. (R) October 10.
1930 (NP) Sept. 0, Oct. 24. 1930. With Fifl
D'Or'sav, Reginald Denny. Cliff Edwards, Yola
D'Avril. Sandra Ravel, George Grossmith. Ed-
ward Brophy. Peter Cawthorne.
THEME: The escapades of three French girls
and a useless scion of an English earl.
•THOSE WHO DANCE (Mel-AT) 6870
WARNER BROS. (R) April 19. 1930. (OP)
July 12. 1930. With Monte Blue. Lila Lee.
Betty Compson. William Boyd. DeWitt Jen-
nings. William Janney. Wilfred Lucas.
THEME: Underworld melodrama based on the
story by George Kibbe Turner.
THREE FACES EAST (D-AT) 6520
WARNER BROS. (R) July 20. 1930. (NP)
September 13, 1930. With Constance Bennett
and Erich von Stroheim.
THEME: The European spy system against the
background of the World war.
THREE LIVELY GHOSTS (CD-AT* 7488
UNITED ARTISTS. (R) September 15. 1929.
With Robert Montgomery. Claud Allister.
Charles McNaughton, Beryl Mercer. Joan
Bennett.
•THREE OUTCASTS (W) 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (It) September. 1929. With
Yakima Canutt.
•THREE SISTERS (D-AT) 6442
FOX. (R) April fi. 1930. (OP) April 20.
1930. Sound on film. With Juno Collyor.
Tom Dresser. Louise Dresser. Kenneth MrKon-
na. Joyce Compton. Addte McPhall. Clifford
Satim Paul Porcasl. John Sainpolis, Sidney
DtGrey
THEME: Three sisters, two of whom marry
and the third studies opera. War breaks out.
trouble ensues, but after the armistice, every-
thing is righted and happiness comes.
•THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES (D-AT) 5166
FOX. (R) April 7, 1929. Sound on film.
(TOS) June 8, 1929. With Warner Baiter.
Mary Duncan, Edmund Lowe, Earle Fox. Don-
ald Gallagher, Florence Lake.
THEME: Man held for murder Is tried, but
girl whom murdered man wronged finally con-
fesses that she killed him.
•THUNDERBOLT (D-AT) 7311 8571
PARAMOUNT. (It) June 22, 1929. (TOS)
August 3. 1929. With George Bancroft. Rich-
ard Arlen, Fay Wray. Tully Marshall, Eugenie
Besserer. James Spottswood, Fred Kohler,
Mike Donlin. S.' S. R. S. Stewart, George Irv-
ing. Robert William Thorne, E. H. Calvert,
King Tut.
THEME: An underworld gangster who swears
revenge, and finally goes to his death with a
great understanding.
TIGER MURDER CASE, THE (My-AT) 5554
UFA. (It) September 12. 1930.
THEME: German detectives solve a strange
murder mystery in an unusual way.
•TIGER ROSE (D-AT) 5509
WARNER BROS. (BP) June 22, 1929. With
Ltpe Velez, Monte Blue.
TIME, PLACE AND THE GIRL, THE (D-AT) . 6339
WARNER BROS. (BP) June 22, 1929. With
Grant Withers. Betty Compson, James Kirk-
woid, Bert Roach.
•TIP OFF, THE (W) .. 4109
UNIVERSAL. (R) June 2. 1929. With Wil-
liam Cody, George Hackathorne, Duane Thomp-
son, L. J. O'Connor, Jack Singleton. Robert
Bolder. Monte Montague, Walter Shumway.
THEME: A robber finally sacrifices himself
for a pal who loves the girl he loves, after
trying to double cross them both.
•TO THE SOUTH SEAS (Trav-PT. M) 5400
TALKING PICTURE EPICS. (R) September
1. 1930. Sound on film.
THEME: Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Pinchot and
their son, Giffy, in an informal account of
their cruise.
•TOAST OF THE LEGION (D-AT)
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) October 12, 1930.
With Berenice Claire. Walter Pidgeon. Edward
Everett Horton, Claude Gillingwater, Frank
McHugh, Judith Voseli, June Collyer, Albert
Gran, "G" Sisters.
THEME: A French mannequin becomes an
opera singer and loses her sweetheart, but she
inadvertently gets him back at a banquet in
her honor.
TOL'ABLE DAVID (D-AT) _ 7350
COLUMBIA. (R) November 15. 1930. (NP)
November 22, 1930. With Richard Cromwell,
Noah Berry. Joan Peers, George Duryea, Henry
B. Walthall, Edmund Breese, Barbara Bedford,
Helen Ware, Harlan E. Knight, Peter Rich-
mond, James Bradbury, Sr., Richard Carlyle.
THEME: A simple story of a mountaineer's
feud between two families. All talking ver-
sion of Joseph Hergesheimer's celebrated story.
TOM SAWYER (CD-AT) 7646
PARAMOUNT. (R) November 15. 1930. (NP)
October 18. 1930. With Jackie Coogan. Junior
Durkin, Mitzi Green, Clara Blandick. Ethel
Wales, Mary Jane Irving. Dick Winslow.
Lucien Littlefield. Jackie Searle, James Dar-
well. Billy Maylor, Billie Butts, Charles Sellon.
THEME: Adaptation of Mark Twain's famous
story of youth.
•TONIGHT AT TWELVE (CD-AT) 5172 7051 6984
3NIVERSAL. (R) September 29, 1929. With
adge Bellamy, George Lewis, Robert Ellis,
Margaret Livingston, Vera Reynolds, Norman
Trevor, Hallam Cooley, Madeline Seymour, Don
Douglas, Josephine Brown.
THEME: 'Tonight at twelve" written on a
letter, causes some dissension in the Keith fam-
ily, but explanations straighten out the matter.
TOO YOUNG TO MARRY (CD-AT) 6156
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) April 25, 1931. Sound
on disc. With Loretta Y'oung, Grant Withers,
O. P. Heggie, J. Farrell Macdonald, Richard
Tucker. Emma Dunn and Virginia Sale.
THEME: A domineering motner refuses to let
her daughter marry, but during her absence
the father puts one over on her.
TOP SPEED (C-AT) - 7200
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) August 24. 1930.
(NP) September 6. 1930. With Joe E. Brown,
Bernice Claire, Jack Whiting, Frank McHugh,
Laura Lee, Rita Flynn, Edmund Breese, Wade
Boteler. Cyril Ring. Edwin Maxwell. Billy
Bletcher.
THEME: The story of two clerks from Wall
Street who, on a vacation, decide to spend one
night "in the money."
TRADER HORN (Mel-AT) 11.252
METRO-GOLD WYN-MAYER. (NP) January 24.
1931. With Harry Carey. Duncan Renaldo,
Edwina Booth. ~
THEME: An African adventurer witnesses
strange tribal rites and the romance of a white
girl adopted by a jungle tribe.
•TRAIL OF '98. THE (D-ME) 8799
MBTRO-GOLD WYN-MAYER. (R) January 5.
1929. (NP) March 23. 1929. With Dolores
del Rio. Harry Carey. Tully Marshall. Ralph
Forbes. Tenen Holtz. Karl Dane. George Holtz.
Russcl Simpson. John Down. George Cooper.
THEME: The days of the Gold Rush and the
boy who makes good to win his sweetheart.
•TRAILING TROUBLE (W-AT) 5336 5354 5198
UNIVERSAL. (R) March 23. 1930. (OP)
March 29. 1930. Hoot Gibson. Margaret
Quimhv. Pete Morrison. Olive Young. William
McCall.
THEME: Adventures of a cowboy In a city,
where he saves a Chinese girl from a gang
of ruffians and returns to the ranch, where
the plot against him Is exposed.
TRAILS OF DANGER (W-AT) 5400
BIG 4. (R) September 30, 1930. Sound on
film and disc. With Wally Wales, Virginia
Browne Faire, Jack Perrin, Bobby Dunn, Pete
Morrison, Lew Meehan, Joe Rickson, Frank
Ellis, Buck Connor.
•TRANSPORT OF FIRE (D)
AMKINO.
TRENT'S LAST CASE (My-PT, ME) .... 580O 5894
FOX. (R) May 31. 1929. Sound on film.
With Raymond Griffith. Raymond Hatton.
Marceline Day, Donald Crisp, Lawrence Gray.
Nicholas Soussanin, Anita Garvin, Ed Kennedy.
•TRESPASSER. THE (D-AT) 8223
UNITED ARTISTS. (R) October 5, 1929.
With Gloria Swanson, Robert Ames, Kay
Hammond.
•TRIAL MARRIAGE (D-TME) 6506 6639
COLUMBIA. (R) March 10, 1929. (TOR)
April 20. 1929. With Norman Kerry, Sally
Filers, Jason Robards, Thelma Todd, Charles
Clary, Naomi Childers, Rosemary Theby, Ger-
trude Short.
THEME: A story of a girl who steals her
sister's sweetheart and enters a trial marriage
with him. The other sister in return married
her sister's boy friend. After the excitement
they all realize they're wrong and go back
to their former love.
•TRIAL OF MARY DUGAN, THE (D-AT) 10,000
METRO- GOLD WYN-MAYER. (R) June 8.
1929. (NP) July 13. 1929. Lewis Stone, Norma
Shearer. H. B. Warner, Raymond Hackett.
Lilyan Tashman. Olive Tell. Mary Doran, De-
Witt Jennings, Winfleld North. Landers Ste-
vens, Charles Moore, Claud Allister.
THEME: A boy attorney saves his sister from
jail by proving that she didn't kill, as accused.
TRIGGER TRICKS (W-AT) 5123 5461
UNIVERSAL. (R) June 1. 1930. With Hoot
Gibson, Sally Eilers, Walter Perry, Max
Asher, Monte Montague.
•TROOPERS THREE (D-AT) 7239
TIFFANY'. (It) February 15. 1930. Sound on
film. (NP) February 22. 1930. With Rex
Lease, Dorothy Gulliver, Slim Summerville,
Roscoe Karns.
THEME: A story of the U. S. Cavalry.
TRUE TO THE NAVY (CD-AT. S) 6396
PARAMOUNT. (R) May 31, 1930. (NP)
May 31, 1930. With Clara Bow, Harry Green.
Frederic March, Sam Hardy.
THEME: The gobs have a swell time trying
to keep up with Clara Bow.
TRUTH ABOUT YOUTH (D-AT) 6235
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) November 30. 1930.
(OP) November 29. 1930. Sound on disc.
With Loretta Young, David Manners, Conway
Tearle, J. Farrell Macdonald. Myrtle Stedman,
Myrna Loy, Ray llallor and Yola d'Avril.
THEME: Dick's scandalous affair with a
night club hostess wrecks the engagement of
Phyllis Ericson. but everything turns out all
right in the end.
•TWIN BEDS (C-PT, ME) 5902 7266
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) July 14. 1929.
Sound on disc. With Jack Mulhall. Patsy Ruth
Miller. Armond Kaliz, Gertrude Astor, Knute
Erickson. Edythe Chapman. Jocelyn Lee. Nita
Martan, ZaSu Pitts, Eddie Gribbon. Ben
Hendricks, Jr., Carl Levines, Alice Lake, Bert
Roach.
THEME: A drunk, entering the wrong apart-
ment at night — the apartment of newlyweds —
creates a situation which nearly ends in
estrangement of bride and groom.
•TWO-GUN MAN. THE (W-AT)
TIFFANY. With Ken Maynard.
•TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING (My-AT). . 7 reels
SYNDICATE. With Edith Roberts. Noah Beery.
Margaret Livingston.
•TWO WEEKS OFF (CD-ME) 6701 8080
FIRST NATIONAL. (R* May 12. 1929. Sound
on disc. (NP) June 8. 1929. With Dorothy
Mackaill, Jack Mulhall, Gertrude Astor, Jimmy
Finlayson, Kate Price. Jed Prouty. Eddie
Gribbon, Dixie Gay. Gertrude Messinger.
THEME: A comedy situation created by mis-
taken Identity in which a plumber is thought
, to be a famous film star.
u
UNDER MONTANA SKIES (CD-AT) 5273
TIFFANY. (R) September 10 1930. (NP)
October 25, 1930. With Kenneth Harlan. Doro-
thv Gulliver. Slim Summerville, Nita Martan,
Harry Todd. Ethel Wales, Lafe McKee, Chris-
tian Frank.
THEME: The troubles of a theatrical troupe
stranded in the land of cowboys and horse
thieves.
•UNDER A TEXAS MOON (F-AT. S) 7498
WARNER BROS. (R) April 1. 1930. (NP)
April 6. 1930. With Frank Fay. Raquel
Torres, Myrna Loy. Noah Beery, Fred Kohler.
Armlda. Tully Marshall.
THEME: Musical farce all in Technicolor,
based on the story by Stewart Edward White.
UNDER TEXAS SKIES (W-AT) _ 5119
SYNDICATE. (R) November 15, 1930. (NP)
January 17, 1931. With Bob Custer. Bill
Cody.
UNDERTOW (D-AT) ...6233 5132 5025
UNIVERSAL. (R) February 23. 1930. (NP)
March 8. 1930. Mary Nolan. Robert Ellis.
John Mack Brown.
THEME: The wife of a lighthouse keeper
thinks she wants to run away when her hus-
band becomes blind, but she realizes at the
end that she was wrong.
UNFAITHFUL (D-AT) 7039
PARAMOUNT. (It) March 14. 1931. (NP)
February 28. 1931. With Ruth Chattcrton.
Paul Lukas. Juliette Compton.
•UNHOLY THREE. THE (Mel-AT) 6300
METRO-GOLD WYN-MAYER. (U) July 12.
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
275
1D30. (NP) July 19, 1030. With Lon
Chaney. Lila Lee, Ivan Linow. Harry Earles,
Elliott Nugent.
THEME: Three crooks led by a ventriloquist.
•UNKNOWN RIDER. THE (W)._ 5449
SYNDICATE. (It) September, 1929. With
Fred Church.
UNMASKED (D-AT) _ 5449
ARTCIiASS. (It) Dec. 15. 1929. Sound on
disc and film. With Robert Warwick. Sam
Ash, Milton Krims. Lyons Wickland, Susan
Corrow, William Corbett. Charles Statlty, Kate
Iloemer, Waldo Edwards, Roy Byron, Clyde
Dellson. Helen Mitchell. Marie Burke.
•UNTAMED (D-AT) 5348 7911
METItO - G O LD WYN - MAYER. (Rl November 23.
1929. (NP) December 14, 1929. With Joan
Crawford. Robert Montgomery, Ernest Tor-
rence. Holmes Herbert. John Miljan. Gwen Lee.
Edward Nugent. Don Terry, Gertrude Astor,
Milton Famey. Lloyd Ingram. Grace Cunard,
Tom O'Brien. Wilson Benge.
THEME: The escapades of a girl, reared in
the South Seas, who is brought to New York
by her guardian.
UP AND UP. THE (D-AT)
UNIVERSAL. With Mary Nolan.
UP FOR MURDER (D-AT)
UNIVERSAL. With Lew Ayres. Genevieve
Tobin, Purnell B. Pratt. Dorothy Peterson.
Kenneth Thompson. Freddie Burke Frederick.
Betty Jane Graham. Aileen Manning. Frank
McHugh. Louise Beavers. Frederick Burt.
THEME: Drama of poor boy's fight to the top
in big business, and of his romance with a
rival's mistress.
UP THE CONGO (Trav-PT) 5800
SONO ART-WORLD WIDE. (R) December 15.
1929. With African natives.
THEME: A novelty Jungle picture.
UP THE RIVER (C-AT) 8200
FOX. (It) October 12. 1930. (OP) October
11. 1930. With Spencer Tracy. Claire Luce.
Warren Hymer. Humphrey Bogart. William
Collier, Sr.. George MacFarlane. Gaylord Pen-
dleton. Goodee Montgomery, Robert E. O'Con-
nor. Joan "Charier" Lawes. Noel Francis. Louise
Mackintosh. Black & Blue. Morgan Wallace.
Edythe Chapman. Althea Hcnly. Keating Sis-
ters. Wilbur Mark. Pat Somerset. Harvey Clark.
Carol Wines. Sharon Lynn. Adele Windsor.
Mildred Vincent. Johnnie Walker. Joe Brown.
Richard Keene.
THEME: St. Louis and Dannemora Dan are
pals — as long as both are getting the benefits
of their friendship. Jail, to them, is a vaca-
tion because of their ability to break out of.
and into, any penitentiary at will.
•UTAH KID. THE (W-AT) 4408
TIFFANY. (R) October 27. 1930. (OP) No-
vember 22. 1930. With Rex Lease. Dorothy
Sebastian. Tom Santschi. Mary Carr. Walter
Miller. Lafe McKee. Boris Karloff. Bub Os-
borne.
THEME: A hunted outlaw marries a girl to
save her from his gang. He goes straight
after a battle to save her and the sheriff,
her fiance.
VAGABOND KING. THE (D-PT. ME) 9413
PARAMOUNT. (R) April 19. 1930. (NPl
March 1. 1930. With Dennis King. Jeanette
MarDonald. O. P. negg:e. Lillian R"th. War-
ner Oland. Arthur Stone. Thomas Ricketta.
THEME: Bated on the life of Francois Vil-
lon, a Parisian poet who lived In the 1Mb
century.
•VEILED WOMAN. THE (D M. S) 5181 5192
FOX. (Rl April H. 1929. Sound on film
With Lia Tora. Paul Vinrentl. Walter Mr-
Grail. Josef Swickard. Kenneth Thompson. An-
dre Oheron. Ivan LehodefT. Maude George.
THEME: Young girl become* gambling house
attraction, shoots patron. Pierre takes the
blame, and later they discover they love each
other.
•VENGEANCE (D-AT) 6169
COLUMBIA. (R) February 22. 1930. (NP)
March 8. 1930. Sound on disc and film.
With Jack Holt. Dorothy ReTier. Philip Strange.
George Pearce. Hayden Stevenson. Irma A.
Harrison. Ernest A. Conly.
THEME: A drama of revenge in the Congo.
•VENUS (ME) 6814 6882
UNITED ARTISTS. (Rl October 12. 1929
With Constance Talmadge. Andre Roanne.
Jean Murat. Max Maxudian.
VIENNESE NIGHTS (0) 9001
WARNER BROS. (Rl January 3. 1931. (NP)
Miv 24. 1930 With Alexander Gray. Vivienne
Segal. Jean Hersholt. Bert Roach. Louise Fa-
zenda. Jean Hersholt, June Purcell. Alice
Day. Milton Douglas.
•VIKING. THE (D-ME) 8186
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (R) November
28 1929. (NP) October 2G. 1929. All Techni-
color. With Pauline Starke. Donald Crisp. Le-
Roy Mason. Anders Randolf. Richard Alexan-
der Harry Lewis Woods. Albert MacQuarrie.
Roy Stewart. Torben Meyer. Claire MacDowell.
Julia Swayne Gordon.
THEME: A story of the tenth century re-
volving around the explorations of Leif Ericsson.
•VIRGINIAN. THE (D-AT) 7404 8717
PARAMOUNT. (R) November 9. 1929. (NP)
January 18. 1930. With Gary Cooper. Walter
Huston. Richard Arlen. Mary Brian. Chester
Conklln. Eugene Palette. E. H. Calvert. Helen
Ware Victor Potel. Tex Young. Charles Sterens.
THEME: A rustler type of western, with Texas
as the setting. A typical story of the cattle
ranches in the latter half of the nineteenth
century.
•VIRTUOUS HUSBAND (CD-AT)
UNIVERSAL. (R) April 12. 1930. (OP)
March 21. 1930. With Elliott Nugent. Betty
Compson. Jean Arthur. Allison SUipworth. J.
C. Nugent. Tully Marshall.
THEME: Sparkling comedy drama of a young
man whose mother wanted him to be a hus-
band in name only, and whose wife wanted
him to be her complete lover.
VIRTUOUS SIN. THE (D-AT) 7238
PARAMOUNT. (R) November 1, 1930. IMP)
November 1. 1930. With Walter Huston. Kay
Francis, Kenneth McKenna. Jobyna Howland.
Paul Cavanaugn. Eric Kalkhurst. Oscar Apfel.
Gordon McLeod. Youoca Troubetzkey. Victor
Potel.
•VOICE OF THE CITY. THE (D-AT) _ 7427
METRO- GOLD WYN-MAYER. (Rl April 13.
1929. (NP) May 18. 1929. With Robert
Ames. Willard Mack, Sylvia Field. James Far-
ley. John Miljan, Clark Marshall, Duane
Thompson, Tom McGuire. Alice Moe, Beatrice
Banyard.
THEME: An accused murderer escapes Jail,
and in the incidents which follow the real
criminal is discovered.
w
"W" PLAN, THE (D-AT) 8814
RADIO PICTURES. Produced by British In-
ternational. (R) March 15 1931. Sound on
film. With Brian Aherne, Madeline Carroll
and Gibb McLaughlin featured.
•WAGON MASTER, THE (W-ME15697 6519 6335
UNIVERSAL. (Rl September 8. 1929. With
Ken Maynard, Edith Roberts, Fred Dana.
Tom Santschie. Jackie Hanlon. Bobbie Dunn.
Al Ferguson.
THEME: A story of a wagon express, and
how it is saved from bandits: a pretty girl
and the hero of the express outfit.
•WALL STREET (D-AT) 6336
COLUMBIA. <R) December 1. 1929. With
Ralph Ince and Aileen Pringle.
WAR NURSE (D-AT) 7333
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (Rl November
22. 1930. (NP) November 1. 1930. With
June Walker. Anita Page. Zasu Pitts. Robert
Montgomery, R. Ames. Marie PreTost. EL Hop-
per, Edward Nugent, Helen Jerome Eddy. Ellen
McCarthy. Martha Sleeper. L. Bushman, M.
Vavitch.
THEME: Background of the war Is experi-
enced by a group of volunteer nurses at the
front.
WAY FOR A SAILOR (CD-AT) _ 7967
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER. (B) September
20. 1930. (OP) September 20. 1930. With
John Gilbert. Leila Hyams. Jim Tully. Wal-
lace Beery. Doris Lloyd. Polly Moran
THEME: Swashbuckling adventures of a ro-
mance-loving seaman in all parts of the
world.
WAY OF ALL MEN. THE (DAT) 6032
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) September 7. 1930.
(NP) September 27. 1930. With Douglas
Fairbanks. Jr.. Dorothy Revier. Anders Ran-
dolf. Robert Edeson. Henry Kolker. Noah Beery.
Wade Boteler. William Orlamond. Ivan Simp-
son, William Courtney, Julanne Johnson. Ed-
die Clayton.
THEME: In the face of an Impending flood,
a handful of trapped men alter their charac-
ters and swear love for one another and ex-
tend forgiveness for past wrongs. The flood is
averted and the old characters immediately ap-
pear and squabbling continues.
WAY OUT WEST (C-AT) 6407
METRO <;oiJ>WYN- MAYER. (R) August 2.
1930. (NP) August 23. 1930. With William
Haines. Katherine Moylan.
THEME: A new type of Western comedy, with
a romantic and adventurous background.
•WEARY RIVER (Mel-TME) . 7565 7978
FIRST NATIONAL. (It) February 10. 1929
Sound on disc. (TOS) May 18. 1929. With
Richard Barthelmess. Betty Compson. George
Stone. William Holden. Louis Natheaux.
Raymond Turner, Robert O'Connor.
THEME: A bootlegger is framed by a rival
gangster, and sent "up the river." His singing «
over the radio wins for him the love of the
rival's sweetheart. On his release he is pro-
tected from gangland by the girl and the
police, and becomes a radio star.
•WEDDING BELLS (D AT) 6621
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) December 14. 1929.
(NP) May 17. 1930. Sound on disc. With
II. B Warner. Lous Wilson. Olive Borden.
Hallam Cooley. James Ford. Kathleen Wil-
liams. Aileen Manning.
THEME: The efforts of two girls, one a
senseless flapper, the other a sane young
woman, to win the love of a wealthy clubman.
•WELCOME DANGER (C-AT) 10.796 9955
PARAMOUNT. (R) October 10. 1929. (NPi
January 18. 1930. Sound on disc. With
Harold IJovd Barbara Kent. Noah Young.
Charles Middleton. William Walling.
WEST OF CHEYENNE (W-AT) _ 6 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) January 15. 1931. (NP)
March 7. 1931. Sound on film and disc.
With Tom Tyler and Josephine Hill.
•WESTERN HONOR (W) 4849
SYNDICATE. (R) March. 1930. (OP) May
17. 1930. With Bob Steele.
•WESTERN METHODS (Wl 5 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) December. 1929. With
Fred Church.
WESTWARD BOUND (W-AT) 6 reels
SYNDICATE. (R) January 23. 1931. (NP)
January 24. 1931. Sound on film and disc.
5327 feet. With Buddy Roosevelt and Allene
Ray. (R) December 1. 1930.
WHAT A MAN (CD-AT) 6800
SONO ART-WORU) WIDE. (R) June 1.
1930. (OP) March 29. 1930. Sound on disc
and film. With Reginald Denny. Miriam
Seegar.
WHAT A WIDOW (CD-AT) 8128
UNITED ARTISTS. (R) September 13. 1930.
(NPI October 11. 1930. Sound on film. With
Gloria Swanson. Owen Moore. Lew Cody. Mar-
garet Livingston.
•WHAT MEN WANT (D-AT) 6041
UNIVERSAL. (R) July 13. 1930. (OPl
September 6. 1930. With Pauline Starke. Beu
Lyon. Hallam Cooley. Robert Ellis. Barbara
Kent. Carmelita Geraghty.
THEME: S.ster gives up the man she loves
so that the younger sister may wed him.
•WHEEL OF LIFE (D-AT) 5305 5153
PARAMOUNT. (R) June 15. 1929. (TOS)
July 6. 1929. With Richard Dix Esther
Ralston. O. P. Heggie. Arthur Hoyt. Myrtle
Stedman. Larry Steers, Regis Toomey. Nigel
de Brulier.
THEME: A soldier saves a girl, unhappily
married from drowning, and in the end mar-
ries her. after her husband is killed in battle.
•WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR HEART AWAY (CD-AT)
UFA. Sound on disc and film. With Lilli.ni
Harvey. Igo Sym. Harry Halm. Alexander
Sascha. Karl Platen. Valeria Blanka. Rudolf
Biebrach. Wolfgang Kuhle. Fritz Schmuck.
THEME: The story of a little orphan who. as
a stowaway on a freighter, finds love and hap-
piness in her marriage to the boat's captain.
•WHERE EAST IS EAST (D-PT, ME) _ G5H0
METRO - GO IJ) WYN -MAYER. (Rl May 4
1929. (NP) June 15. 1929. With Lou
Chaney. Lupe Velez. Estelle Taylor. Lloid
Hughes. Louis Stern. Mrs. Wong Wing.
THEME: The story of a faithless mother and
wife, and the efforts of her husband, a irapi*T
of wild animals, to protect his daughter from a
fate similar to his own.
•WHISPERS
UNITED ARTISTS. (R) December 20. 1930
With Chester Morris.
•WHITE DEVIL (D-PT. S)
UFA. Sound on disc and film. With Ivan
Mosjukin. Lil Dagover. Betty Amann. Frltl
Alberti. Georg Seroff. A. Chakatouny, Harry
Hardt. Alexander Mursky. Kenneth Riv'e Hugo
Doeblin. Alexei Bondireff. Lydia Poiecliinu
Henry Bender. R. Biebrach. Bobby Burns.
THEME: A story of a leader of a rebellious
band in the Caucasian mountains, his conflict
with the Cxar of Russia and his troops, prompt-
ed by the desperado's marriage to the Czar's
favorite dancing girl and the eventual mortal
wounding of the leader.
WHITE HELL OF PITZ PALU (D-AT) 7519
UNIVERSAL. 'Ri June 1. IS130. iNP) June
14. 1930. With Leni De/enstahl. B. Spring
Ernst Peterson.
•WHITE OUTLAW (WC-ME)
UNIVERSAL. (Rl May 25. 1930. Re-issue.
Jack Hoxie. Marceline Day. William Welsh
Duke L*e. Floyd Sharkleford. Charlie Brinley'
THEME: A cowboy befriends a wild horse, ami
brealis up a gang of horse rustlers.
WHOOPEE (MC) 8,n3
UNITED ARTISTS. (R) September 27. 1930
(NP) September 20. 1930. With Eddie Cantor
Eleanor Hunt. Paul Gregory. John Rutin rfonl
Ethel Shutts. Spencer Charters. Chief Caupoli-
can. Albert Hackett. Will H. PhJlbrick. Wal-
ter Law. Marilyn Morgan.
THEME: The story of a nervous egocentric
hypochondriac who elopes with the daughter,
of a wealthy rancher.
WHY BRING THAT UP (CD-AT) 6124 7882
PARAMOUNT. (R) October 12. 1929. Sound
on disc. (NP) November 2. 1929. Willi
Moran and Mack. Evelyn Brent. Harry Green.
Bert Swor. Freeman S. Wood. Lawrence Les-
lie. Helene Lynch. Selmer Jackson. Jack Luden.
Monte Collins. Jr.. George Thompson. Eddie
Kane. Charles Hall.
•WHY LEAVE HOME (MC) 6388
FOX (R) August 25. 1929. With Waiter
Catlett. Sue Carol. David Rollins. Richard
Keene. Dixie Lee. Nick Stuart. Jean Bary.
Ilka Chase.
•WIDE OPEN (CD-AT) 634l
WARNER BROS.
THEME: Comedy farce presenting complica-
tions in the life of a mild mannered bride-
groom.
WIDOW FROM CHICAGO. THE (DAT) 5773
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) November 9. 1880.
(NP) November 1. 1930. Sound on disc. With
Neil Hamilton. Edward G. Robinson. Alice
White. Frank McHugh. Brooks Benedict. Doro-
thy Matthews. Ann Cornwall and Betty Fran-
cisco.
THEME: A girl gets In with a gang of
crooks to avenge the death of her brother.
WILD COMPANY (Mel-AT) 6606
FOX. (R) July 19. 1930. (NP) July 20
1930. With Frank Albertson. H. B. Warner.'
Sharon Lynn. Joyce Compton. Claire McDow-
ell. Frances McCoy. Richard Keene. Kenneth
Thomson. Mildred Van Dora. Bela Lugosi.
Bobby Callahan. George Fawcett.
THEME: A pleasure loving young man gets
entangled with a gang of racketeers and a
murder. His father's self-condemnation saves
him and reunites him with his sweetheart.
WILD MEN OF KALIHARI (Tra»-PT. M) 4600
TALKING PICTURE EPICS (Rl November
21. 1930. (OP) November 29. 1930. Sound
on film.
THEME : Dr. C. Ernest Cadle and natives and
animals of the Kalahari desert In an au-
thentic adventure film.
•WILD ORCHIDS (D-ME) 9235
METRO- GOLD WYN-MAYER. (R) February
23. 1929. (TOS) February 23. 1929. With
Greta Garbo. Lewis Stone. Nils Asthcr.
THEME: A husband, prompted by the im-
portunities of his estranged wife, kills a tiger,
thus saving the life of his wife's lover. His
heroism renews the love of his wife for him.
•WILD PARTY. THE (COAT) 6036 7167
PARAMOUNT. (R) April 25. 1929. (TOSi
April 13. 1929. With Clara Bow. Fredrio
276
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
March, Marceline Day, Shirley O'Hara, Jack
Lucien. Jack Oakie, Arthur Rankin. Lincoln
Stedman, Joyce Compton, Ben Hendricks, Jr.,
Jack Redmond, Adrienne Dore, Jean Lorraine,
Virginia Thomas. Kay Bryant, Alice Adair,
Amo Ingram, Benee Whitney. Marguerite
Cramer.
THEME: A story of an exclusive girl's
school and a handsome professor.
•WINGED HORSEMAN, THE (W) 5544
UNIVERSAL. (B) June 23. 1829. With Hoot
Gibson. Buth Elder. Charles N. Schaeffer. Al-
lan Forrest, Herbert Prior.
THEME: An unknown airplane persists in an-
noying a ranchman whose son finally comes
from the East, and with a bit of pretty
flying, puts a stop to the machinations of his
father's enemy.
WINGS OF AOENTURE (Mel-AT) 5050
TIFFANY. (B) August 1, 1930. (OP) Aug-
ust 9, 1930. With Bex Lease. Armida, Clyde
Cook. Nick DeBuiz, Fred Malatesta, Nadja,
Bo Boland.
THEME: Two American commercial aviators
get twisted up in a revolution across the
border.
•WISE GIRLS (CD-AT) 8818
METBO-GOLDWYN-MAYEB. (B) September
25. 1929. Sound on disc and film. With
Elliott Nugent. Norma Lee. Boland Young. J.
C. Nugent, Clara Baldnick. Marion Schilling.
Leora Spellman, James Donlan.
THEME: A family comedy revolving around
two sisters desirous of marriage, a testy old
father, and a young man, bruve at heart, but
not in spirit.
•WITH BYRO AT THE SOUTH POLE (Trav-PT,
M) 7411
PAB AMOUNT. (B) June 28, 1930. (NP)
June 28, 1930.
THEME: The complete pictorial record of the
famous Byrd expedition.
•WOLF OF WALL STREET, THE
(D-AT) 6396 6810
PABAMOUNT. (E) February 9. 1929. (TOS)
March 16. 1929. With George Bancroft, Bac-
lanova. Paul Lukas. Nancy Carroll. Lane
Chandler. Brandon Hurst, Paul Guertsman.
Crauford Kent.
THEME: Wall street and the money madness
that possessed the men who work in it. with
the Stock Exchange as a background.
WOMAN HUNGRY (WD-AT) ~ 6118
FIRST NATIONAL. (B) April 4. 1931. (OP)
April 4. 1931. Sound on disc. With Lila
Lee Sidney Blackmer. Fred Kohler. Raymond
Hatton. Kenneth Thompson. Olive Tell. J.
Farrell Macdonald, Tom Dugan and David
Newell. .,
THEME: A girl is forced to marry an outlaw
as a protection against his two companions.
After many trying situations, they find happi-
ness.
•WOMAN RACKET. THE (D-AT) 6387
METRO-OLD WYN-MAYER. (R) January 24.
TEN BEST PICTURES OF 1930
The Film Daily Poll of Newspaper, Trade
and Fan Magazine Critics
In Order of Total Votes Received
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Uni-
versal )
Abraham Lincoln (United Artists)
Holiday (Pathe)
Journey's End (Tiffany)
Anna Christie (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
The Big House (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
With Byrd at the South Pole (Paramount)
The Divorcee (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Hell's Angels (United Artists)
Old English (Warner Bros.)
1930. Sound on disc and film. With Tom
Moore. Blanche Sweet, Sally Starr, Bobby Ag-
new. John Miljan. Tenen Holtz, Lew Kelly,
Tom London, Eugene Borden, John Byron, Nita
Martan. Bichard Travis.
THEME: A wife deserts her husband to return
to the life of a cabaret entertainer. She be-
comes involved in criminal machinations, but
through her husband, a detective, the case is
solved and she returns to him.
•WOMAN TO WOMAN (D-AT) 6079 8065
TIFFANY. (R) November 5. 1929. Sound
on disc and film. (NP) November 23. 1929.
With Betty Compson, George Barraud. Juliette
Compton.
WOMEN EVERYWHERE (Mel-AT. S) 7500
FOX. (B) June 1, 1930. (OP) June 14,
1930. With J. Harold Murray, Fin Dorsay,
Clyde Cook. George Grossmith, Walter Mc-
Grail. Bose Dione. Balph Kellard.
THEME: A romantic story of love and gun-
running in Morocco.
•WONDER OF WOMEN. THE
(D-PT. ME) 6835 8796
METBO-GOLDWYN-MAYEB. (B) July 31.
1929. (NP) August 17. 1929. With Lewis
Stone. Leila Hyams, Peggy Wood. Harry My-
ers, Sarah Padden, George Fawcett, Blanche
Frederici. Wally Albright, Jr., Carmencita John-
son. Anita Louise Fremault, Dietrich Haupt.
Ullrlc Haupt, Jr.
THEME: The story of a famous composer,
who. financially embarrassed, finds solace in his
former sweetheart. In the death of his wife,
however, he finds the inspiration for his great-
est work.
•WORDS AND MUSIC (CD-AT) 6500
FOX. (B) July 21, 1929. Sound on film.
(NP) September 21. 1929. With Lois Moran.
David Percy, Helen Twelvetrees. William Or-
lamond, Elizabeth Patterson, Duke Morrison,
Frank Albertson, Tom Patricola, Bubbles
Crowell. Biltmore Quartette.
THEME: Contest staged by college for the
best musical comedy number.
WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT (C-ME) 6 reels
BIG 4. (B) March, 1930. With Walter
Forde, Pauline Johnson.
•WRECKER. THE (D-ME) 6558
TIFFANY. (B) August 20, 1929. Sound on
disc and film. With Carlyle Blackwell, Bcnita
Hume. Joseph Striker, Winter Hall.
THEME: Story of a train disaster.
•YOUNG DESIRE 'D-AT) 6110 6529
UNIVEBSAL. (R) June 15. 1930. (OP)
July 12. 1930. With Mary Nolan, William
Janney. Mae Busch, Ralph Harrold, Claire
McDowell, George Irving.
THEME: Dancing girl in carnival show gives
up marriage with college youth rather than
ruin his career, and dies in spectacular leap
from balloon, freeing the man she loves.
•YOUNG EAGLES (D-AT) 6710 6406
PARAMOUNT. (R) April 5, 1930. (NP)
March 23. 1930. With Charles (Buddy) Sog-
ers, Jean Arthur, Paul Lukas. Stuart Erwin,
Frank Ross, Jack Luden. Freeman Wood.
Gordon De Main, George Irving. Stanley
Blvstone.
THEME: Epic of the air.
YOUNG MAN OF MANHATTAN (CD-AT) 7306
PARAMOUNT. (R) May 17. 1930. (OP)
April 26, 1930. With Claudette Colbert, Nor-
man Foster, G.nger Rogers, Charles Ruggles, Les-
lie Austin, Four Aalby Sisters, H. Dudley
Hawley.
THEME: The story of a young sports WTiter
and his motion picture columnist wife, whose
aggressiveness keeps the family in funds. A
drink of poison liquor and temporary blindness
afford the climax of the story.
•YOUNG NOWHERES (D-AT) 5256 7850
FIRST NATIONAL. (R) October 20. 1929.
Sound on disc. (NP) November 23. 1929.
With Richard Barthelmess, Marian Nixon. Bert
Roach. Anders Bandolf, Baymond Turner.
Joselyn Lee.
THEME: The romance of an elevator boy.
and the troubles encountered when he gives a
party for his sweetheart in the apartment of
a wealthy tenant.
YOUNG WOODLEY (D-AT) 7442
BBITTSH INTEBNATIONAL. (R) September
20, 1930. (NP) October 4, 1930. With Made-
leine "Carroll, Sam Livesay, Aubrey Mather.
Billy Milton. Gerald Rawlinson, John Teed.
Tony Halfpenny. Frank Lawton.
THEME: The psychological study of a young
school boy in love for the first time.
RELEASES PRIOR TO 1929-30 SEASON
A
ABIE'S IRISH ROSE (C-PT) 10.471
Par. (R) Jan. 5. 1929. Charles Rogers. Nancy
Carroll and Jean Hersholt.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN __......12,000
FN (R) Feb. 2. 1924. George A. Billings.
ACE OF CADS. THE 7786
Par. (B) Oct. 30. 1926. Adolphe Menjou and
Alice Joyce. -„
ACQUITTAL. THE - 6523
Univ. (B) Oct. 27. 1923. Special cast.
ACROSS THE PACIFIC 605*
WB (B) Oct. 16. 1926. Monte Blue.
ACROSS TO SINGAPORE (Mel) 6749
MGM (E) April 28. 1928. Bamon Novarro,
Joan Crawford. Ernest Torrence. Frank Cur-
rier, Dan Wolheirn, Duke Martin, Edward
Connelly and James Mason.
ACTRESS. THE (D) - G908
MGM (E) April 28, 1928. Norma Shearer.
Gwen Lee. Lee Moran, Boy D'Arcy. Virginia
Pearson. William Humphrey and Effie Ellsler.
ADAM AND EVIL ■— 6i93
MGM. <B) Aug. 13, 1927. Cody-Pnngle.
ADVENTURE ■ _...6G02
Par. (E) May 2. 1925. Moore-Starke.
ADVENTURE MAD (D) ... .5897
Par. Produced by Ufa. (E) March 31. 1928.
Eric Barclay, Lillian Hall Davis. Nils Asther.
Nina Vanna. Albert Steinruck and Paul Praetz.
ADVENTURER, THE (D) 4709
MGM. (B) Dec. 10. 1927. Tim McCoy. Dor-
othy Sebastian. Charles Delaney. George Cowl,
Michael Visaroff, Gayne Whitman. Alex Melesh
and Katherine Block.
AFFAIR OF THE FOLLIES. AN 6433
FN. (B) March 5. 1927. Billle Dove.
AFLAME IN THE SKY (Mel)
FBO (Badio). (R) Dec. 18. 1927. Sharon
Lynn. Jack Luden. William Humphreys. Robert
McKlim, Bill Scott. Charles A. Stevenson. Bill
Franev. Mark Hamilton and Walter Ackerman.
AFRAID TO LOVE 6199
Par. (B) April 23, 1927. Vidor-Brook.
AFTER BUSINESS HOURS 5600
Col. (R) .T"lv 4. 1925. Elaine nammerstein.
AFTER MARRIAGE 4960
Madoc. (B) Nov. 21. 1925. Margaret Living-
ston.
AFTER MIDNIGHT .6312
MGM. (E) Aug. 27. 1927. Norma Shearer.
AFTER THE BALL _ 6500
Anderson. Produced by T. O. D. C. (B)
Jan. 5. 1924.
AFTER THE STORM (Mel) 5459
Col. (B) April 17. 1928. Hobart Bosworth.
Eugenia Gilbert, Charles Delaney. Maude
George, George Kuwa and Linda Lorwio.
AGAINST ALL ODDS 4900
Fox. (B) Aug. 9. 1924. Charles (Buck)
Jones.
AIR CIRCUS. THE (CD-PTME) 7702
Fox. (B) Sept. 30, 1928. David Eollins,
Arthur Lake, Sue Carol, Charles Delaney,
Heinie Conklin. Louise Dresser and Earl Bobin- ■ - 1
son.
AIR HAWK. THE 5000
FBO (Badio). (B) Dec. 20. 1924. Al Wilson.
AIR LEGION. THE (D) 6361
FBO (Radio). (E) Jan. G, 1929. Ben Lyon.
Key to Abbreviations
AE
AP&.D..
CBC
Chad
Col
Cos
DDC
Excel ..
f.
FBO
FN
GA
Gold
Gst
Hod
LB _
MG
MGM
Mon
Par
PDC
Play
PS
Pref
Prin
Ray
RKO
Sel*
so
Tlf
TODC
Tru
U
UA
Vita
W&N
WB
Associated Exhibitors (Now RKO Pathe)
Allied Producers & Distributors
C B C (Now Columbia)
Chadwick Pictures
Columbia
_ Cosmopolitan
Davis Distributing Corporation
Excellent
Length of film in feet
Film Booking Offices (Now Radio)
First National
Grand-Asher
Goldwyn (Now MGM)
Goldstone, Phil
Hodklnson (Now RKO Pathe)
Lee Bradford
Metro-Goldwyn (Now MGM)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Monogram
Paramount Publix
Producers Distributing Corp. (RKO Pathe)
Playgoers Pictures
Producers Security
Preferred Pictures
_ _ Principal
_ Rayart
RKO Productions
_ _ Selznick
special cast
Tiffany
Theatre Owners Dist. Corp.
_ Truart (Now Tiffany)
Universal
United Artists
Vitagraph (Now Warner Bros)
Weber and North
Warner Bros.
Antonio Moreno, Martha Sleeper, John Gough
and Colin Chase.
AIR MAIL, THE 6976
Par. (B) March 28. 1925. Baxter-Dove.
ALASKAN, THE 6736
Par. (B) Sept. 27. 1924. Thomas Meighan.
ALASKAN ADVENTURES 5678
Pathe. (B) May 28. 1927. Art Young.
ALEX THE GREAT (C) 5872
FBO (Badio). (B) May 13, 1928. Bichard
"Skeets" Gallagher, Albert Conti, Patricia
Avery, Buth Dwyer and Charles Byer.
ALIAS MARY FLYNN 5559
FBO (Badio). (R) May 30. 1925. Evelyn
Brent.
ALIAS THE DEACON 6869
Univ. (B) June 25, 1927. Jean Hersholt.
ALIAS THE LONE WOLF (My) 5831
Col. (B) Aug. 23, 1928. Bert Lytell. Lois
Wilson, William V. Mong, Ned Sparks. James
Mason. Paulette Duval, Ann Brody and
Alphonz Ethier.
ALIAS THE NIGHT WIND 4145
Fox. (B) Aug. 25. 1923. William Bussell
ALIBI (MEL-AT) 1867
UA. (R) April 20, 1929. Eleanor Griffith.
Mae Busch, Pat O'Malley and Chester Morris.
ALIMONY 6917
FBO (Badio). (B) Feb. 2. 1924. Special cast.
ALL ABOARD 6300
FN. (B) April 2. 1927. Johnny Hines.
ALL AROUND FRYING PAN 5519
FBO (Badio). (B) Nov. 28. 1925. Fred
Thomson.
ALL AT SEA (C) 5345
MGM. (B) Feb. 9. 1929. Karl Dane and
George K. Arthur.
ALMOST HUMAN (D) 5596
Pathe. (B) Dec. 20, 1928. Vera Beynolds.
Kenneth Thomson. Mejel Coleman, Claire
McDowell. Ethel Wales. Fred Walton and the
three dogs. Hank, Paul and Trixie.
ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS 8514
Par. (R) May 29. 1926. Gilda Gray.
ALONG CAME RUTH 5000
MG. (R) Aug. 2. 1924. Viola Dana.
AMATEUR GENTLEMAN. THE 7790
FN. (B) Sept. 11. 1926. Richard Barthel-
mess.
AMAZING VAGABOND. THE (MEL) _ 5081
FBO (Badio). (B) April 7. 1929. Bob Steele.
—AMERICA 14.000
UA. (E) March 8. 1924. D. W. Griffith
Production.
AMERICAN BEAUTY 0333
FN. (B) Oct. 22. 1927. Billie Dove.
AMERICAN MANNERS - 5200
FBO (Badio). (R) Sept. 6. 1924. Bichard
Talmadge.
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
277
AMERICAN PLUCK 5900
Chadwick. Lit) July 11. 1925. George Walsh.
AMERICAN VENUS. THE
Par. (It) Feb. 0. 192U. Esther Kalston.
ANCIENT HIGHWAY. THE 750C
l'ar. (It) Nov. 21. 1925. Holt-Do\c.
ANGEL OF BROADWAY. THE 0574
Pathe. (B) Nov. 5. 1927. Leatrice Joy.
ANKLES PRE K ERRED 5498
Fox. (It) March 12. 1927. Madge Bellamy.
ANNA CHRISTIE 7013
FN. (II) Dec. 1 1923. Blanche Sweet.
ANNIE LAURIE 8730
MUM. (It) Mav 14. 1927. Lillian Gish.
ANY WOMAN 59G3
l'ar. (It) June 13. 1925. Alice Tern'.
ANYBODY HERE SEEN KELLY (CD) 0243
Univ. (It) Sent. 9. 1928. Tom Moore. Bessie
Love. Tom O'Brien. Kate Trice. Alfred Allen.
APACHE RAIDER. THE (W) 5755
Pathe. (HI Feb. 12. 1928. Leo Malotiey.
Eugenia Gilbert, Tom London. Don Coleman.
Jack Ganzhorn. Joan Itenee. William Merrill ^
McCormack. Frederick Dana. Itobert L. Smith.
Walter Shumway and Murdock MacQuarrie and
Whitehorse.
APRIL SHOWERS - 0350
l'ref. (It) Nov. 17. 1923. Colleen Moore.
ARAB. THE 0710
MG. (It) July 12. 1924. Novarro-Terry.
ARE PARENTS PEOPLE ? 6580
Par. (It) June 20. 1925. Bronson-Vidor-
Menjou.
ARE THE CHILDREN TO BLAME?
Tru (Tif.). (It) 1923. Corrigan-Shannon.
ARGENTINE LOVE
Par. (It) Jan. 3. 1925. Bebc Daniels.
ARIZONA CYCLONE (W)
Unlv. (It) May 6. 1928. Fred Humes. George
B. French, Margaret Gray. Cuyler Supplee.
Pee Wee Holmes. Benny Corbelt. Dick
L'Estrange and Scotty Matlraw.
ARIZONA EXPRESS. THE
Fox. (It) March 29. 1924. Charles J..m-
ARIZONA ROMEO. THE I
Fox. (It) Jan. 31. 1925. Buck Jones.
ARIZONA SWEEPSTAKES. THE 5418
Dnlv. (It) Nov. 21. 1925. Hoot Gibson.
ARIZONA WHIRLWIND 1134
Pathe. (It) March 19. 1927. Bill Cody.
AROUND THE WORLD IN THE SPEEJACKS
Par. <R) Dec. 1. 1923.
AS MAN DESIRES 7' I
FN. (Rl Jan. 31. 1925. Milton Sills.
ASHES OF VENGEANCE
FN. (R) Aug. 18. 1923. Norma Talmadgc.
ATTA BOY '•T7.'.
Pathe. (It) Oct. 9. 1920. Monty Banks.
AUCTION BLOCK. THE
MGM. (It) Feb. 27. 1920. Charles Ray.
AUCTIONEER. THE
Fox. (It) Feb. 5. 1927. George Sidney.
AVALANCHE (W)
Par. (R) Dec. 1. 1028. Jack Holt. Doris
Hill, Baclanova. John Darrow. Guy Oliver and
Richard Winslow.
AVENGING FANGS 4335
Pathe. (It) June 4. 1927. Sandow (dog).
AVERAGE WOMAN. THE
Burr. (R) Feb. 2. 1924. Special cast.
AWFUL TRUTH. THE 5917
Pro-Dls-Co. (Pathe). (It) July U, 1925.
Ayrcs Baxter.
B
BABBITT
WB. (R) Aug. 2, 1924. Willard Louis.
BABY MINE (CD) 5332
MGM. (It) Jan 21. 1928. Karl Dane. George
Arthur. Charlotte Greenwood and Louise Lor-
raine.
BACHELOR BRIDES Mil
Pro-Dls-Co. (Pathe). (It) May 22. 1920. Rod
ItocQUe.
BACK TO GOD'S COUNTRY 57M
Univ. (R) Aug. 0. 1927. Hence Adoree
BACK TO LIFE MM
AF. I Pathe). (Hi Feb. 28. 1925. Patsy Both
Miller.
BACKBONE Nil
Goldwyn (MOM). (Hi April 7. 1923 Sloman
I*roductlon.
BACKSTAGE '"s|
Tif (Hi July 9. 1927. William Collier. Jr
BAD COMPANY !M81
AE (Pathe). (It) Jan. 24. 1925. Madge
Kennedy.
BAD MAN. THE 0401
FN. (R) Oct. 20. 1923. Holbronk Bllnn.
BAD MAN'S BLUFF 4111
AE. (Pathe). (It) Jan. 1. 1927. Buffalo Bill.
Jr.
BALLYHOO BUSTER. THE 4809
Pathe. (Rl Dec. 31. 1927. Buffalo Bill. Jr.
BANDIT'S SON. THE (W) 4 7 <
FRO (Itadloi. (It) Nov. 20. 1027. B"li Steele.
Tom Lingham. Hal Daws. Stanley Taylor. Ann
Sheridan. Hobby Mack. Bninev Gilmorc and
Finch Smiles
BANDOLERO. THE I
MGM. (Rl Oct. 11, 1924. Special cast.
BANDIT BABY. THE MM
Radio lit) June 20. 192.1. Fred Thomson.
BANDIT BUSTER. THE MM
AE (Pathe). (R) Dec. 25. 1920 Buildv
Roosevelt.
BANTAM COWBOY. THE (W) IBM
FBO (Itadloi. (It) Aug. 12. 1928. Ml
Barton. Frank Rice. Tom 1. Ingham, Dorothy
Kitchen, nob Fleming. Bill Palon and Sam
Nclaou.
BAR-C MYSTERY, THE 47.M'
Pathe (R) March 27. 1920. Dorothy Phillips
BARBED WIRE . SMI
Par. (m Aug. 13. 1927 Negri Brook.
BARDELYS. THE MAGNIFICENT MM
MOM. (R) Nov. 13. 1920. Gilbert Boa rd-
man.
BARE KNEES (CD) 0000
Gotham (Hi Feb. 1. 1928 Virginia Lcc Cor
bin. Donald Keith. Jane Wlnton. Johnnie
Walker, Forrcft Stanley and Maude Fulton
BAREE. SON OF KAZAN 0803
Vita. (WB). (It) May 3D. 1925. Anita Stew-
art.
BAREFOOT BOY. THE 5800
CBC (Col.). (R) Nov. 24. 1923. Special
cast.
BARGAIN _ 5000
Tri. (It) Sept. 29. 1923. W. S. Hart.
BARKER. THE (O-PTME) 7137
FN. (It) Dec. 30. 1928. Milton Sills. Douglas
Fairbanks. Jr.. Gcoree Cooper. John Erwin.
S. S. Simon. Dorothy Mackaill. Betty Comp-
son and Sylvia Ashton.
BARNUM WAS RIGHT (C-AT) 431C
Univ. (R) Sept. 22. 1929. Silent. 4316; sound
on disc. 5043; sound on Him. 4928. Glenn
Tryon. Merna Kennedy. Otis Harlan. Basil
Radford. Isabelle Keith. Lew Kelly. Clarence
Burton. Gertrude Sutton.
BARRIER. THE _ 6480
MGM. (It) Sept. 4, 1926. Buster Keaton.
BAT. THE 8219
C.V (R) March 27. 1926. Louise Fazenda.
BATTLING BUDDY _ 4000
Art. (R) Sept. 13. 1924. Buddy Roosevelt.
BATTLING BUTLER .;:■>
MGM. (Hi Sept. 4. 1926. Buster Keaton.
BATTLING BUNYAN . 4900
AE (Pathe). (Ill Dec. 27. 1924. Wesley Barry.
BATTLING ORIOLES _ 5000
Pathe. (R) Aug. 23. 1924.
BEASTS OF PARADISE
Univ. Serial. (Hi Oct. 27. 1923. William Des-
mond.
BEAU BR U M M EL 1
WB (HI April 12. 1924. John Barrymore.
BEAU GESTE irj.600
Par. (HI Sept. 4. 1920. Special cast.
BEAU SABREUR (Mel) 6586
Par. (HI Jan. 7. 1928. Gary Cooper. Kic
Lyn Brent. Noah Beery. William Powell. Ros-
coe Karns. Mitchell Lewis. Arnold Kent. Itaoul
Pacli. Joan Standing. Frank Heicher. and Os-
car Smith.
BEAUTIFUL CHEAT. THE i*;-,
Univ. (H) July 5. 1924. Winifred Brvson.
BEAUTIFUL CITY. THE
FN. (R) Nov. 14. 1925. Richard Barthel-
tlless
BEAUTY AND THE BAD MAN
l*ro-Dls-Co. (Pathe). (It) July 4. 1925. Mabel
Ballln.
BEAUTY SHOPPERS MM
Tif. (HI July 16. 1927. Mae Busch
BEDROOM WINDOW. THE
Par (K) June 21. 1924. Win. De.Mllle Pro-
duction.
BEFORE MIDNIGHT ,s.,-,
Ginsberg. (It) July 11. 1025 William Hus
BEGGARS OF LIFE (Mel-PTM) 7805
Par. (It) Sept. LI. 1028. Wallace Beery.
Richard Arlen. Louise Brooks. Edgar Blue
Washington. If. A. Morgan. Andy Clark. Mike
Dunlin. Hoscoe Karnes. Holier! Perry. Johnnie
Morns. Gorge Kfi.on.irtx. Jacnuc Chaplin.
Robert B rower and Frank Rrownlce
BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK 6874 ■
Par (It) June 20. 1925. Hnrton Ralston.
BEHIND CLOSEO DOORS (My) -.v.;
Col. (Rl Feb. 24 1929. Virginia Valll.
Gaston Glass. Olto Malleaen. Andre DcSegurola.
Fanny Mldgley. Torben Meyer. Broderlck O'Far-
rell. Otto Hoffman.
BEHIND THE CURTAIN 4075
Univ. (K) July 5. 1924. Winifred Brvson
BEHIND THE FRONT 555 s
Par. nil Feb. 20. 192'-. Bacry-Hatton.
BEHIND THE GERMAN LINES (D-ME) HB4
Par. (R) Jan. 12. 1929. Foreign cast. Official
German war pictures. Sound and silent.
BEHOLD THE WOMAN BOO
Vita (WB). (It) Aug. 2. 1924. Blaekton
production.
BEING RESPECTABLE 7500
WB (Hi Aug 10. 1021 Special cast.
BELLAMY TRIAL. THE (Mel-PTME) ISM
MOM. (HI March 2. 1929. Hetty Bronson
Leatrloc Joy. Edward Nug.nl. George Barraud.
Margaret Livingston. Kenneth Thomson. Mar-
garet Dcddon. Charles B Mlddleton. and
Charles Hill Mallei.
BELLS. THE 6300
Chadwlck. (R) Nov. 13. 1920. Lionel Barry
more.
■BELOVED ROGUE. THE ,vi
UA. (R) April 2. 1927. John Barrymore.
BELOVED VAGABONO. THE 17
FBO (Radio). (Rl April 10. 1924. Carlyle
Blackwcll.
BELOW THE DEADLINE (D) 5500
Ches (R) May 1. 1929. Barbara Worth.
Frank Leigh. J. P. McGt.wan. Frank Merril.
Arthur Rankin. Virginia Sale. 'Tim" Ward
UN Gory. Fred Walton. Bill Paton. Charles
Hickman. Mike Donlln.
BELOW THE LINE 6053
WB (R) Oct. 3. 1925. Rln-Tln-Tln.
BEN HUR 12.00,1
MGM. (HI Jan 16. 1926. Ramon Novarro.
BERLIN AFTER DARK (Mel) 6553
W W. Produced by UFA. (R) June. 1929.
Kurt Gerron. Ernst Stahl-Nachbauer. Fritz
Kampcrs anil Grlta Ley.
BERTHA. THE SEWING MACHINE GIRL 5242
Fox. (Rl Dec. 25. 1926. Madge Bellamv
BEST 8AD MAN. THE is.:
Fox. (R) Dec. 12. 1925. Tom Mix
BEST PEOPLE. THE ffM
Par. (R) Nov. 7. 1925. Baxter Ralsimi
BETTER MAN THE 4673
FBO (Radio). (Hi Aug. 7. 1926. Richard
Talmadgc.
BETTER 'OLE. THE 8649
WB. IB) Oct 23. 1920. Svd Chaplin
BETWEEN DANGERS 1
Pathe. (R) Feb. 5. 1927. Buddy Roosevelt.
BETWEEN FRIENDS MM
Vila IWB). (It) April 20. 1924. Blackion
production.
BETWEEN WORLDS 6400
Weiss. (R) Jul» 19. 1924. Fritz Lang pro-
duction.
BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK 67111
MGM. (11) .May 1. 1920. Marion Davies.
BEWARE OF BLONDES (Mel) 5649
Col. (It) July 1. 1928. Dorothy Hevier. .Matt
Moore. Hoy D'Arcy. Robert Edeson. Walter 1".
Lewis, Hazel Howell and Harry Semels.
BEWARE OF MARRIED MEN (CD-M) 5380
WB. (It) Jan. 14. 192S. Irene Rich. Myrna
Loy. Audrey Ferris. Clyde Cook. Richard
Tucker. Stuart Holmes.
BEWARE OF WIDOWS • ... 5777
Univ. (R) May 7. 1927. Laura La Plante.
BEYOND THE ROCKIES - 4900
FBO (Radio). (R) March 20. 1926. Bob
Custer.
BEYONR THE SIERRAS (W) 5896
MGM. (R) Sept. 15. 1928. Tim McCoy. Syl-
via Beecher. Roy D'Arcy. Polly Moran. Richard
R. Neill. J. Gordon Russell.
BIFF BANG BUDDY 4500
Artclass. (It) Sept. 20. 1924. Buddy Roose-
velt.
BIG BROTHER _ 7080
Par. (Ri Jan. 5. 1924. Tom Moore.
BIG CITY. THE (Mcl) _ 6838
MGM. (It) Feb. 18. 192S. Lon Chaney. Mar-
celine Day. James Murray. Betty Compson. Wal-
ter Percival. Lew Short and Eddie Sturgis.
BIG DAN 5934
Fox. (R) Nov. 10. 1923. Buck Jones.
BIG KILLING. THE (CD) 5930
Par (R) May 19. 1928. Wallace Beeo'.
Raymond Hatton. Anders Randolph. Mary
Brian. Gardner James. Lane Chandler. Paul
McAllister. James Mason. Ralph Yearsley.
Bruce Gordon. Leo Willis. Ethan Laidlaw. Rob-
ert Kortman, Walter James and Roscoe Ward.
BIG PAL 5800
Ginsberg. (It) Oct. 24. 1925. William Rus-
sell.
BIG PARADE. THE 12.550
MGM. (It) Dec. 5. 1925. Gilbert-Adoree.
BIG SHOW. THE . 5385
AE 1 Pathe). (It) May 15. 1926. John Lowell.
BIG TIMBER 4650
Univ. (R) Aug. 9. 1924. William Desmond.
BIGGER THAN BARNUM'S 5391
FBO (Radio). (Rl July 17. 1920. Ralph Lewis.
BITTER APPLES 5463
WB 1 It 1 May 7. 1927. Monte Blue.
BLACK BIRD. THE 6688
MGM. (It) Feb. 13. 1926. Lon Chaney.
BLACK CYCLONE 5058
l'aihe. (Ill May 30. 1925. Rex (horse).
BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS. THE 5803
WB. (Hi July 23. 1927. Monte Blue.
BLACK GOLD .._ _ _.
Stelner. Ill) 1924. Pete Morrison.
BLACK LIGHTNING KM
Lumas. (R) Nov. 8. 1924. Thunder (dog).
BLACK OXEN .7037
FN. (Ill Jan. 19. 1924. Coiinne Griffith.
BLACK PARADISE 4962
Fox. (R) June 12. 1926. Madge Bellamy.
BLACK PEARL. THE (MY-ME) ... 5201
Ray. (R) Jan. 1. 1929. Ula Lee and Bav
Hallor.
-BLACK PIRATE. THE S388
UA. (R) March 20. 192G. Douglas Fairbanks.
BLACK TRAIL. THE ...4615
Unlr. (Ill June 21. 1924. Jack Hoxle.
BLIND ALLEYS MM
Par. (R) March 5. 1927. Mclghan-Brcnt
BLIND GODDESS 7363
Par. (R) April 17. 1926. Holt -Halston.
BLINDFOLD. THE (DM) 5598
Fox. (R) Dec. 8. 1928. Lois Moran. George
O'Brien. Don Terry'. Karle Foxe. Maria Alba.
Fritz Field. Andy Clyde. Crawford Kent. Rob-
ert E. Homans. John Kelly. Phillips Smallcv.
BLINKY . 5740
Univ. (R) Sept. 1. 1923. Hoot Gibson.
BLIZZARD. THE 5800
Fox. (R) March 1. 1924. Special cast.
BLOCK SIGNAL. THE |
Gotham. (It) Oct. 9. 1926. Ralph Lewis.
BLOCKADE (D) 6409
FBO (Itadloi. (Rl Jan. 30. 1929. (Sound
version Issued June. 19291. Anna (). Nilsson
and Francis J. McDonald.
BLONDE FOR A NIGHT (CD) 5927
Pathe. (Rl March 3. 1928. Marie Prevost.
Franklin Pangborn. Harrison Ford. T. Roy
Barnes. Luclen I.ltilefleld.
BLONDE OR BRUNETTE 5872
Par. (It) Jan. 15. 1927. Menjou-Nlssen.
BLONDE SAINT. THE 6800
FN. IRI Dec. 11. 1926. Lewis Stone and
Doris Kenvon.
BLONDES BY CHOICE (CD) 6987
Gotham (It) Oct. 1. 1927. Claire Windsor.
Allan Simpson. Walter liters. Rodil Rosing.
Bess Flowers. Leigh Willard. Jack Gardner.
Louis Carver. Mai Wells. Alice Belcher and
Joseph Belmont.
BLOOD SHIP. THE tUt
Col. (Rl Dec. 3. 1927. Hobart Bosworth.
BLOODHOUND. THE 4S00
FBO (Radio). (Rl July 11. 1925. Bob Custer.
BLOW FOR BLOW (W)
Univ. (R) May 19. 1929. Hoot Gibson. Ann
Christy. Andy Wilson. Walter Hrctinan. Fran-
cis Ford. Joe Rlckson. C. E. Anderson and
Marv Foy.
BLOW YOUR OWN HORN 0315
FBO (Radiol. (HI Nov. In. 1923. Warner
Baxter.
BLUE BLAZES 4700
Univ. (Rl Jan. 10. 1020. Pete Morrison.
BLUE DANUBE. THE (D) MM
Pathe. (HI Feb. 18. 1928. Leatrice Jov.
Joseph Schlldkraut. Nils Asther. Seena Owen.
Mav Rohsnn. Albert Gran, anil Frank Belcher.
BLUE EAGLE. THE
Fox. (R) Sept. 25. 1926. George O'Brien.
BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE 1 1
Par (Hi Aug. 19. 1923. Gloria Swanson.
BLUEBEARDS SEVEN WIVES ",4
FN. (R) Jan. 2. 1920 Ben Lyon.
BLUFF M42
Par fill May 10. 1924 Ayres- Moreno.
BOBBED HAIR 7SI7
WB. (Rl Nov. 14. 1025. Prevosi -Harlan.
278
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
BODY AND SOUL 5002
MUM. (11) Nov. 10. 1027. Pringlc-Keuy.
BONANZO BUCKAROO. THE ..4460
AE (Pathe). (10 Aug. 21. 1026. Buiralci
Bill. Jr.
BONDMAN, THE (D) 7000
WW. Produced by British and Domin.ons
Film. (It March 17. 1020. Norman Kerry.
BOOMERANG. THE 6714
SchuL UD March 21. 1025. Anita Stewart.
BORDER BLACKBIRDS 5236
Pathe. (It) Sept. 1U, 1027. Leo Maloney.
BORDER INTRIGUE 5000
IPC. (It) May 30, 1925. Franklyn Farnum.
BORDER LEGION, THE 7084
Par. (It) Nov. 1. 1924. Antonio Moreno.
BORDER SHERIFF, THE 4440
Univ. (It) March 27. 102G. Jack Hozle.
BORN RICH 7100
FN. (It) Dec. 20, 1924. Claire Windsor and
Bert Lytell.
BORN TO BATTLE 5153
FBO (ltadio). (It) March 27. 1020. Tom
Tyler.
BORN TO THE WEST 0043
Par (It) July 10. 1920. Jack Holt.
BORROWED HUSBANDS 7000
Vita (WBI. (It) 1924. Williams-Vidor.
BOSS OF THE RUSTLER'S ROOST. THE (W) 4833
Pathe. (R) May 12. 1928. Don Coleman.
Ben Corbctt. Tom London. Eugenia Gilbert. Al-
bert Hart, Dick Hatton, Frank Clark, William
Bertram and Chet Ityan.
BOWERY CINDERELLA. A 0900
Etc. (R> Nov. 26. 1927. Hulette-O'Malley.
BOY OF FLANDERS. A 7018
MGM. (It) April 5. 1924. Jackie Coogan.
BOY OF MINE 7000
FN. (R) Dec. 8. 1923. Ben Alexander.
BOY RIDER. THE 4858
FBO (Radio). (R) Oct. 8. 1927. Buzz Barton.
BRANDED SOMBRERO. THE (W) 4612
Fox. (R) Jan. 21. 1928. Buck Jones. Leila
Hyams, Jack Baston. Leo Kelly, Francis Ford,
Josephine Borio and Stanton Heck.
BRASS BOTTLE. THE 5200
FN. (R) Aug. 4. 1923. Tourneur Production.
BRASS BOWL. THE 5830
Fox. (R) Nov. 29. 1924. Edmund Lowe.
BRAVEH EART -■ 7256
Pro-Dis-Co. (Pathe). (K) Jan. 23. 1926.
BREAD •„•-;„„. fi5"n
MG (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). (It) Aug. 2. 1924.
Schertzinger production.
BREAKFAST AT SUNRISE 5100
FN (It) Nov. 26. 1927. Constance Talmadge.
BREAKING INTO SOCIETY 4112
FBO (Radio). (R) Dec. 29. 1923. Bull
Montana.
BREAKING POINT. THE 0064
Par. (R) April 19. 1924. Special cast.
BREATH OF SCANDAL 0940
Schul. (R) 1924. Betty Blythe.
BREATHLESS MOMENT, THE 5556
Univ (R> Feb 9. 1924. William Desmond.
BREED OF THE BORDER 4030
FBO (Radio). (R) March 14, 1025. Lefts
Flynn.
BREED OF THE SEA 5408
FBO (Radio). (It) Oct. 30. 1926. Ralph Ince.
BREED OF THE SUNSET (W) 4869
FBO (Radio). (R) Feb. 11. 1928. Bob Steele.
George Bunny, Dorothy Kitchen. Leo White.
Larry Fisher.
BRIDE OF THE STORM. THE 0800
WB (R) April 10. 192G. Dolores Costello.
BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY. THE: (D-PT-M-E) 7880
MGM. (R) March 30. 1929. Lily Damita and
Ernest Torrence.
BRIDGE OF SIGHS, THE 6604
WB. (R) April 4. 1925. Dorothy Mackaill.
BRIGHT LIGHTS 0260
MGM. (It) Nov 28. 1925. Charles Ray.
BRIGHT LIGHTS OF BROADWAY 6700
Prin. (R) Nov. 3. 1923. Doris Kcnvon.
BRINGING UP FATHER (CD) 6344
MGM. (R) March 31. 1928. J. Farrcll Mac-
donald, Jules Cowles. Polly Moran, Marie
Dressier. Gertrude Olmstead. Grant Withers.
David Mir and Tenon Holtz.
BROADWAY AFTER DARK 6300
WB (Ri Mav 31. 1924. Adolphe Menjou.
BROADWAY AFTER MIDNIGHT 0199
Krel. (R) Oct. 29. 1927. Priscilla Bonner.
BROADWAY BABIES (D-PT) (Sound) 8007
FN. (Tt) June 30. 1929. Alice White. Charles
Delancy. Tom Dugan. Bodil Rosing. Sally
Eilers. Marion Brvnn. De Joselyn Lee.
BROADWAY BOOB. THE 5083
AF, (Pathe). (R) April 3. 1920. Glenn
BROADWAY DADDIES (CD) 5537
Col. (R) April 7. 1928. Jacqueline Logan.
Alex B. Francis. Rex Lease. Phillips Rmalley.
DeSacis Mooers, Clarissa Sclwynne and Betty
Francisco.
BROADWAY GALLANT. THE 5510
FBO (Radio). (R) June 5. 1926. Richard
Talmadge.
BROADWAY GOLD GS00
Tru. (Tif.) (R) July 28. 1923. Elaine Ham-
mers! ein.
BROADWAY LADY. A 5500
FRO (Radio). (B) Dec. 19. 1925 Evelyn
Brent.
BROADWAY MADNESS 8845
Exc. (R) Oct. 8. 1927. Marguerite De La
Mottc.
BROADWAY NIGHTS 6705
FN. Ml) Mav 21. 1927. Lois Wilson.
BROKEN BARRIERS «21«
MO (MGM). (It) Aug. 16. 1924. Reginald
Barker production.
BROKEN HEARTS 7800
.TafTn. (R) March 20. 1926. Lila I*e.
BROKEN LAWS -
FBO (Radio). (R) Jan. 31. 1925. Mrs.
Wallace Rrtd.
BROKEN WING. THE G21G
Pref. (R) Hept. 1. 1923. Miriam Cooper.
BRONCHO TWISTER. THE 5435
Fox. (TO April 2. 1927. Tom Mil.
BRONCO STOMPER. THE (W) 5108
Pathe. (Tt) March 17. 1028. Don Coleman.
Ben Corbett, Eugenia Gilbert. Frank Clark,
Florence Lee. Tom London. Milts ""Bud" Os-
borne. Frederick Dana and Whit' horse.
BROTHERLY LOVE (CD-PTE) 6053
MG.M. (It) Oct. 13, 1928. Karl Dane.
George Arthur, Jean Arthur. Richard CarJyle.
Edward Connelly and Marcia Harris.
BROTHERS (D) 0092
Itayart. (It) Feb. 1. 1020. Barbara Bedford
and Cornelius Keefe.
BROWN DERBY, THE 6590
FN. (It) June 5. 1920. Johnny Ilines. -
BROWN OF HARVARD 7041
MGM. (R) May 15. 1026. Jack Pickford.
» BRUTE. THE 0001
• WB. (R) May 2. 1927. Monte Blue.
BUCK PRIVATES (CD)
Univ. (R) June 17. 1928. Lya De Putti.
Malcolm McGregor. Zasu Pitts. James Mar-
cus. Eddie Gribbon, Ed Duncan. Bud Jamison,
and Les Bates.
BUCKAROO KID, THE G167
Univ. (It) Nov. 20. 1920. Hoot Gibson.
BUCKING THE TRUTH 4305
Univ. (R) June 26. 1926. Pete Morrison.
BULLDOG ORUMMOND (My-AT).... 8376
UA. (R) Aug. 3. 1920. Ronald Colman and
Joan Bennett. Sound and silent.
BULLET MARK. THE (W) 4550
Pathe. (It) March 19. 1928. Jack Donovan.
Gladys McConnell, Joseph Girard, Albert J.
Smith. Lincoln Plumcr and Margaret Gray.
BURNING DAYLIGHT (Mel) 6500
FN. (R) March 10, 1928. Milton Sills. Doris
Kenyon, Arthur Stone, Big Boy Williams, Law-
ford Davidson, Jano Winton, Stuart Holmes.
Edmund Breese and Howard Truesdale.
BURNING THE WIND (W) 5202
Univ. (R) Feb. 11, 1929. Hoot Gibson.
Virginia Brown Faire. Cesare Gravina. Robert
Homans, George Grandee, Boris Karloft and Pee
Wee Holmes.
BURNING TRAIL. THE 4783
Univ. (R) April 11, 1925. William Desmond.
BURNING UP BROADWAY (D)
Ster. (R) Jan. 30. 1928. Helene Costello.
Ernest Hilliard, Robert Frazer and Sam
Hardy.
BURNT FINGERS 5854
Pathe. (It) Feb. 12. 1927. Eileen Percy.
BUSTIN' THROUGH 4500
Univ. (R) Oct. 3. 1925. Jack Hoxie.
BUTTER AND EGG MAN. THE (CD) 6457
FN. (R) Sept. 2. 1928. Jack MullialL Greta
Nissen, Sam Hardy, William Demarest and
Gertrude Astor.
BUTTERFLIES IN THE RAIN 7319
Univ. (R) Jan. 1. 1027. La Plante-Kirkwnod.
BUTTERFLY _ 7472
Univ. (R) Aug. 30. 1923. Laura La Plante.
BUTTONS (D) 6050
MGM. (tt) Dec. 24. 1027. Jackie Coogan.
Lars Hanson. Gertrude Olmstead. Paul Hurst.
Roy D'Arey. Polly Moran. Jack McDonald and
Coy Watson, Jr.
CABARET 7175
Par. (R) May 7. 1927. Gilda Gray.
CACTUS TRAILS
FBO (Radio). (R) Jan. 15. 1927. Bob Custer.
CAFE IN CAIRO. A 6020
Pro-Dis-Co (Pathe). (R) Mar. 28. 1925. Pris-
cilla Dean.
CALGARY STAMPEDE, THE 5024
Univ. (R) Oct. 10. 1925. Hoot Gibson.
CALIFORNIA STRAIGHT AHEAD 7.123
Univ. (R) Sept. 5. 1025. Reginald Denny.
CALL OF COURAGE. THE 4601
Univ. (R) Sept. 12. 1925. Art Acord.
CALL OF THE CANYON 0903
Tar. (R) Den. 29, 1923. Richard Dix.
CALL OF THE HILLS 5000
Lee-Brad. (R) Mav 5. 1923. Maul Malcolm.
CALL OF THE KLONDIKE. THE 5803
Rav. (R) Aug. 21. 1026. Gaston Glass.
CALL OF THE WILDERNESS 4218
AE (Pathe). (R) Dec. 18, 1020. Sandow
(dog).
CALLAHANS AND THE MURPHYS. THE 6126
MGM. (R) July 16, 1927. Dressier- Moran.
CAMEO KIRBY 6931
Fox. (R) Oct. 7. 1923. John' Gilbert.
CAMERAMAN. THE (C) 6995
MGM. (R) Sept. MS. 192S. Buster Kenton.
Marceline Day. Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracy
and narry Gribbon.
CAMILLE 8700
FN. (R) Mav 2. 1027. Norma Talmadge.
CAMILLE OF THE BARBARY COAST 5308
AD (Pathe). (It) Aug. 1. 1925. Mae Busoh-
Owen Moore.
CAMPUS FLIRT. THE 6702
Par. (R) Oct. 2, 1926. Bcbe Daniels.
CANADIAN THE 7773
Par. (R) Deo. 11. 1926. Thomas Meighan.
CANARY MURDER CASE. THE (My-AT)
_ (Sound on dim) 5943
Par. (R) Feb. 16. 1929. William Powell. James
Hall. Louise Brooks and Jean Arthur.
CANYON OF ADVENTURE. THE (W) 5800
FN. (lO April 29. 1928. Ken Maynard. Vir-
ginia Brown Falre. Eric Mayne. Theodore
I.orch. Tyrone Brereton. nal Salter. Billy
Franey. Charles Wllaker and Tarzan.
CANYON OF LIGHT. THE
Fox. (R) Dec. 11. 1926. Tom Mix.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Sehul. (R) Jan. 25. 1925. Clara Bow.
CAPTAIN BLOOD - 10.063
Vita (WB). (R) Sept. 20. 1924. J. Warren
Kerrigan.
CAPTAIN JANUARY 8104
Prln. (R) July 12. 1921. Baby Peggy.
CAPTAIN SALVATION 7395
MGM. (R) July 2. 1027. Lars Hanson.
CARNATION KID, THE (C-PT) (l)>>e| 7136
Par. (Ill Mar. 2, 1929. Douglas Macl-ean.
Frances Lee and Lorraine Eddy.
CARNIVAL GIRL, THE 4902
AE (Pathe). (It) Aug. 14. 1020. John Dar-
row and Marion Mack.
CASE OF LENA SMITH. THE (D) 7229
Par. (R) Jan. 10, 1029. Esther Italston.
James Hall. Fred Kohler, Emily Fitzroy and
Gustave Von Scyffertitz.
CASEY AT THE BAT 6040
Par. (R) April 10, 1027. Beery-Sterling.
CASEY JONES 0073
Ray. (It) Dec. 24, 1027. Ralph Lewis.
CAT AND THE CANARY, THE 7713
Univ. (R) Sept. 11. 1927. Laura La Plante.
CAVE MAN, THE 6741
, WB. (R) March 13, 1920. Mat Mooro and
Marie Prevost.
CERTAIN YOUNG MAN. A (D) 5679
MGM. (R) June 2, 1028. Ramon Novarro.
Marceline Day. Renee Adoree, Carmel Myers,
Bert Roach. Huntley Gordon and Ernest Wood.
CHANG 6536
Par. (R) Mav 2. 1927. Wild animal picture.
CHANGING HUSBANDS 6799
Par. (R) Julv 5. 1924. Leatrice Joy.
CHAPTER IN HER LIFE. A 6330
Univ. (R) Sept. 15, 1923. Jane Mercer.
CHARGE OF THE GAUCHOS (Mel) 5548
FBO (Radio). (R) Sept. 15. 1928. Francis
X. Bushman. Jacqueline Logan, Guido Trento.
Paul Ellis. Henry Kolker. Charles Hill Mailes.
John Hopkins, Charles K. French. Olive Has-
brouch, Mathilda Comont. Jack Ponder. Lige
Conley. Gino Corrado and Frank Hagney.
CHARLEY'S AUNT 7243
Pro-Dis-Co (Pathe). (It) Feb. 1. 1025. S.vd
Chaplin.
CHARMER. THE 6076
Par. (R) Sept. 15. 1923. Pola Negri.
CHASER, THE (C) 5744
FN. (R) Feb. 11. 1928. Harry Langdon.
Gladys McConnell. Helen Hayward, William
Jamison anil Charles Thurston.
CHASING TROUBLE 4304
Univ. (R) June 19, 1926. Pete Morrison.
CHEAP KISSES 6538
FBO (Radio). (R) Nov. 15. 1024. Special
cast.
CHEAPER TO MARRY 5021
MG (MGM). (R) Feb. 14. 1925. Conrad Nagel.
CHEAT. THE 7323
Par. (R) Sept. 15. 1923. Pola Negri.
CHEATERS 6023
Tiff. (R) March 12. 1927. Pat O'Malley.
CHEATING CHEATERS (D) 5623
Univ. (R) Oct. 9, 1027. Betty Common,
Kenneth Harlan, E. J. Radcliffe. Maude Tur-
ner Gordon. Sylvia Ashton, Erwin Connelly.
Eddie Gribbon, Lucien Littlefield and Ccasare
Gravina.
CHECHAHCOS. THE 7000
AE (Pathe). (It) Mav 17, 1024. Special cast.
CHEERFUL FRAUD. THE 6945
Univ. (R) Dec. 11. 1926. Reginald Denny.
CHICAGO 5503
Pathe. (R) Dec. 31. 1927. Phyllis Haver.
CHICAGO AFTER MIDNIGHT (Mel) 7996
FRO (Radio). (R) Jan. 21. 1928. Ralph
Ince. .tola Mendez. Lorraine Rivcro. James Ma-
son. Carl Axzelle. nelen Jerome Eddy, Ole M.
Ness, Rob Seiter and Frank Mills.
CHICKEN A LA KING (CD) G418
Fox. (R) June 30. 1923. Nancy Carroll,
Ford Sterling. Arthur Stone. George Meeker.
Frances Lee, Carol Holtoway and Nora Hayden.
CHICKIE 7600
FN. (R) May 9. 1925. Dorothy Mackaill.
CHILDREN OF DIVORCE 6871
Par. (R) May 2, 1927. Bow-Ralston.
CHILDREN OF THE WHIRLWIND 0500
Arrow. (R) Oct. 17, 1925. Lionel Barrymore.
CHILDREN OF JAZZ 0OSO
Par. (R) July 21. 1923. Theodore Kosloff.
CHINATOWN CHARLIE (CD) G3G5
FN. (IO Feb. 18. 1928. Johnny nines.
•Louise Lorraine. Harry Gribbon. Scooter
Lowry, Kamiyama Sojin. Anna May Wong.
George Kuwa. Fred Knblcr and Jack Bur-
dette.
CHIP OF THE FLYING U 8586
Univ. (R) March 20, 192G. Hoot Gibson.
CHORUS KID. THE (D) 6000
Gotham. (R) June. 1023 Virginia Brown Faire,
Bryant Washburn. Thelma Hill. Hedda nop-
pcr. John Batten. Tom O'Brien and Sheldon
Lewis.
CHORUS LADY, THE 6020
Pro-Dis-Co (Pathe). (R) Feb. 21. 1025.
Margaret Livingston.
CHRISTINE OF THE HUNGRY HEART 7500
FN. (R) Nov. 1, 1924. Vldor-Baxter.
CHU CHIN CHOW 8408
MG (MGM). (R) Feb. 21. 1925. Betty
Blythe.
CIRCE. THE ENCHANTRESS 8888
MG. (MGM). (R) Sept. 13. 1924. Mae
Murray.
CIRCLE. THE 5511
MGM. (R) Oct. 3, 1925. Boardman-Mac-
Gregor.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE (D)
Chest. (R) Jan. 15. 1929. nelen Foster.
Charles Gerrard. Cornelius Keefe. Alice Kike.
Ray Hallor. Fred Walton and Jack Tanner.
CIRCUS AGE. THE 4801
Fox. (R) June 18. 1927. Tom Mix.
CIRCUS COWBOY. THE 6100
Fox. (R) May 3. 1924. Charles (Buck) Jones.
CIRCUS CYCLONE. THE 4307
Univ. (R) Aug. 22. 1925. Art Acord.
CIRCUS DAYS - 6000
FN. (R) June 30. 1923. Jackie Coogan.
CIRCUS KID (Mel-PTME) 6085
FBO (Radio). (R) Oct. 7. 1928. Frankle
Dnrrn. Helen Costello. Poodles Uanneford. Sum
Nelson. Lionel Belmore. Johnny Gough. Sir*
Cronies and Charles Gcmora.
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
279
CIRCUS ROOKIES (C) . ...5653
MUM. (It) March SI, 1928. Karl Dane.
George Arthur. Louise Lorraine, Sydney Jarvis
and Fred Himes Uumes.
CITY. THE 5500
Fox. (Ill Nov. 27. 1926. Nancy Nash.
CITY GONE WILD. THE 5408
l'ar. (It) Dec. 10. 1927. Thomas Meighan.
CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS. THE C097
Par. (K) Oct. 11, 1924. Louise Dresser.
CLANCY'S KOSHER WEDDING C700
FBI). (Kadio). (11) Sent. 10. 1927. George
Sidney.
CLASH OF THE WOLVES G478
WB. (B) Nov. 28, 1925. Bin-Tin-Tin.
CLASSIFIED C927
FN. (B) Nov. 14. 1925. Corinne Griffith.
CLASSMATES 6983
FN. (B) Nov. 29, 1924. Richard Barthelmess.
CLAW. THE „ 5252
Univ. (B) May 28. 1927. Kerry-Windsor.
CLEAN HEART, THE 8U00
Vita (WB). (B) Sept. 27. 1924. Percy Mar-
mont.
CLEAN-UP MAN. THE (W) 4232
Univ. (It) Feb. 12. 1928. Ted Wells. Peggy
O'Day. Henry Herbert. George H. Beed and
Tom Carter.
CLEAN-UP. THE 5051
Univ. (B) Sept. 29. 1923. Herbert Rawlin-
son.
CLIMBERS. THE GC31
WB. (B) May 28. 1927. Irene Rich.
CLINGING VINE. THE 6400
PDC (Bathe). (B) July 31. 1926. Leatrice
Joy and Tom Moore.
CLOSED GATES... _ 5503
Sterling. (B) May 28. 1927. Johnny Harron.
CLOTHES MAKE THE PIRATE 8000
FN. (B) Dec. 12. 1925. Leon Errol.
CLOUD RIDER. THE 5070
FBO (Kadio). (R) Feb. 21. 1925. Al Wilson.
CLOUDED NAME. A..._ _ 4885
l'lay. (R) March 3. 1923. Norma Shearer.
COAST OF FOLLY. THE - 7001
Bar. (R) Sept. 12. 1925. Gloria Swanson.
COBRA - 6895
Par. (B) Dec. 19. 1925. Budolph Valentino.
CODE OF THE COW COUNTRY 4512
l'athe. (B) June U, 1927. Buddy Boosevelt.
CODE OF THE NORTHWEST 3905
AE (Bathe). (R) Sept. 11. 1926. Sandow
(dog).
CODE OF THE SCARLET (W) 5000
FN. (R) June 23. 1928. Ken Maynard.
Gladys McConnell. lid Brady. J. 1*. McGmvan.
Dot Farley, Sheldon Lewis. Harold Salter.
Joe Rickson and Robert Walker.
CODE OF THE SEA BOM
Bar. (R) June 7. 1924. La Rocque-I»gan.
CODE OF THE WEST 6777
Par. (R) April 25. 1925. Owen Moore.
CODE OF THE WILDERNESS 6480
Vita (WB). (R) July 12. 1924. Bowers Cal-
houn.
COHENS AND KELLYS. THE 7774
Univ. (R) March 6. 1926. Sidney-Murray
COLLEGE 5910
UA. (It) Sept. 17. 1927. Buster Keaton.
COLLEGE BOOB. THE 5350
FBO (Radio). (It) Aug. 21. 1920. Lefty
Flvnn.
COLLEGE COQUETTE (CD-AT) 5566
Col. (Rl Aug. 5. 1929. Silent 5566; sound
6149. Ruth Taylor. John Holland. William Col-
lier. Jr.. Jobyna Ralston. Edward I'iel. Jr.
COLLEGE DAYS 7300
Tiff. (R) Nov. 6. 1926. Marcellne Day.
COLUMBUS 4000
l'athe. (R) Oct. 6. 1923. ^-le Historical
series.
COMBAT 'Til
Univ. (R) Feb. 27. 1926. House Peters.
COMBAT 5100
Palhe. (R) Oct. 15. 1927. George Walsh.
COME AND GET IT (W)
FBO (Radio). (It) Feb. 3. 1929. Bub Steele.
COME ON COWBOYS - 4700
Arrow. (R) March 24. 1924. Dick Hatton.
COME TO MY HOUSE (D) 4300
Fox. (It) Dec. 25. 1927. Olive Borden. An-
tonio Moreno. Bon Bant. Cornelius Keefe.
Doris Lloyd and ltlchard Maltland.
COMING OF AMOS. THE 56T7
PDC (Pathe). (R) Sept. 19. 1925. La
Rocque-Goudal.
COMING THROUGH 6522
WB. (It) Nov. 7. 1925. Thomas Melghan.
COMMON LAW. THE 7500
Selznlck. (R) Nov. 10. 1923. Corinne Grif-
fith.
COMPROMISE 6789
WB. IB) Nov. 7. 1925. Irene Rich-Brook.
CONDUCTOR 1492 6500
WB. (R) Feb. 23. 1924. Johnny Hlnes.
CONFESSIONS OF A QUEEN 58no
MG (MOM). (It) April 4. 1925. Alice Terrv.
CONFIDENCE MAN. THE 6500
Par. (R) April 26. 1924. Thomas Meighan.
CONTRABAND
Par. (R) April 4. 1925. Wilson-Noah Beery.
CONVOY _ 7724
FN. (R) May 21. 1927. Lowell Sherman and
Dorothy Mackalll.
COP. THE (Mel) 7054
Pathe. (It) Aug. 19, 1928. William Bovd.
Alan Hale. Jarquellne Logan. Ilobert Arm-
strong Tom Kennedy. Louis Nathcaux and
Phil Sleeman.
COQUETTE (D-AT) S993
UA. (R) March 30. 1929. Mary Plckford.
Johnny Mack Brown. Matt Moore. John Saln-
polls. William Janney. George Irving and
I/Otilse Beavers.
CORPORAL KATE 74(10
PDC (Pathe). Vera Reynolds.
u,COSSACKS, THE (D) 8001
MOM. (R) April 14. Ifi2ft. John Gilbert
Itenee Adoree. Krnrst Torrenoe. Dale Fuller.
\ Msrv Aldrn. Josephine Horlo. Nell Neely
Yorke Sherwood. Joseph Marl and Paul Hurst!
COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE. THE 6622
AE (Bathe). (R) Feb. 13. 1926. Compson-
Peters.
COUNT OF LUXEMBOURG. THE C40U
Chad. (It) Feb. 27. 1926. George Walsh.
COUNT OF TEN. THE (D) _
Univ. (It) July 1. 1928. Charles Ray. James
Gleason. Jobyna Ralston, Edythe Chapman.
Arthur Lake and Charles Sellon.
COUNTERFEIT LOVE 0000
Play. (R) June 30. 1923. Special cast.
COUNTRY BEYOND. THE 5303
Fox. (It) Oct. 23. 1926. Olive Borden.
COUNTRY KID. THE 6500
' WB. (It) Nov. 10. 1923. Wesley Barry.
COURAGEOUS COWARD, THE
BusselL (B) Dec. 6. 1924. Jack Meehan.
COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH 9000
AE (Pathe). (B) Oct. 20. 1923. Charles Ray.
COVERED WAGON. THE 10 000
Par. (Ri March 31. 1923. Cruze Production.
COWARD, THE 5093
FBO (Radio). (R) Sept. 10. 1927. Warner
Baxter.
COWBOY AND THE COUNTESS. THE 5345
Fox. (It) Feb. 13. 1926. Buck Jones.
COWBOY CAVALIER. THE (W) _ 5420
Pathe. (It) Feb. 4. 1928. Buddy Boosevelt.
Olive Hasbrouck. Charles K. French. Fanny
Midgley. Bobert Walker, Bob Clark and Wil-
liam Byno.
COWBOY COP. THE 4355
FBO (Itadio). (It) Aug. 7. 1926. Tvier-
Darrow.
COWBOY KID. THE (W) 4291
Fox. (R) July 15. 1928. Rex Bell. Mary
Jane Temple. Brooks Benedict. Alice Belcher
Joe De Grassc. Sid Crossley. Billy Bletcher.
COWBOY MUSKETEER. THE 4500
FBO (Radio). (R) Jan. 2. 1926. Tom Trier
CRACKERJACK. THE 0700
Burr. (R) May 23. 1925. Johnny Hlnes.
CRADLE SNATCHERS. 0281
Fox. (R) June 4. 1927. Louise Fazenda •
CRAIG'S WIFE (D) 0670
Pathe. (It) Sept. 22. 1928. Irene Rich.
Warner Baxter. Virginia Bradford. Carroll
Nye. Lilyan Tashman. George Irving. Jane
Berkley. Mabel Van Buren. Ethel Wales and
Itaida Rae.
CRASH. THE (D-M) r,i25
FN (R) Sept. 28. 1928. Milton Sills. Thelraa
Tndd. Wade Boteler. William Domarest. Fred
Warren. Sylvia Ashton and DeWitt Jennings
CRASHING THROUGH (W) 44SO
»'»«?«• <R) Feb «. 1928- J«ck Padjan.
William Eugene. Sally Rand. Blister Gardner
Thomas Santsrbl and Duke R. Lee.
CRIMSON BANNER. THE 4775
PDC (Pathe). (R) June 13. 1925. Priscilla
Dean.
CRITICAL AGE. THE 4500
Hod. (Pathe). (R) May 19. 1923. Pauline
Garon.
CROOKED ALLEY 4590
Univ. (R) Dec. 1. 1923. Laura La PlanteV "
CROOKS CAN'T WIN (Mel) 03'0
FBO (Radio). (It) Feb 1. 1928. Ralph
Lewis. Thelma Hill. Sam Nelson. Joe Brown
Eugene Strong. James Eagle and Charles Hall
CROWD. THE (D) S5,„
MGM. (R) March 10. 1928. Eleanor Roard-
man. James Murray. Bert Roach. Daniel G
Tomlinson. Del Henderson. I.ucv Resumont
I'reddie Burke and Alice Mildred loiter
CROWDED HOUR. THE 6558
Par. (R) May 9. 1925. Belx Daniels.
CROWN OF LIES. THE 5090
Par. (Rl Aug. 10. 1926. Pola Negri
CRUISE OF THE HELLION. THE 0089 *
Ray. (R) Sept. 24. 1927. Special cast.
CRYSTAL CUP. THE r
FN (Rl Oct. 29. 1927. Maekaill Mulhall.
CUPID'S FIREMAN SOon
Fox. (U) Dec. 28. 1923. Buck Jones.
5828
CURLYTOP
Fox. (R) Jan. in. 1925. Shirley Mason.
CYCLONE CAVALIER 4903
Hay. (R) Sept. 26. 1925. Shirley Howes!
CYCLONE COWBOY. THE 4447
Pathe. (R) Jan. 8. 1927. Wally Wales.
CYCLONE RIDER. THE 0472
Fox. (R) Sept. 20. 1924. Special cast.
CYRANO DE BERGERAC
Atlas. (R) July 18. 1925. Foreign cast.
CYTHEREA
.7603
FN. (R) May 31. 1924. Rich-Stone.
D
DADDIES 6800
» WB. (R) Feb. 23. 1924. Belasco Play.
DADDY'S GONE A HUNTING 5851
MG (MGM). (Rl March 7. 1925. Marmnnt-
Jovce.
DAMAGED HEARTS 6154
FRO (Radio). (R) March 1. 1924. Special
cast.
DANCE MADNESS 0393
MGM. (Ri Feb. 6. 1926. Nagcl-Wlndsor
DANCE MAGIC _ «58S
FN. (R) Aug. 13. 1927. Starke-Lyon.
DANCER OF PARIS. THE 6220
FN (Rl March 27. 1926. Tearle-Mackalll.
DANCER OF THE NILE. THE 5787
FRO (Radio). (R) Oct. 27. 1923. Carmel
Mvers.
DANCERS. THE „ fl050
Fox (R) Jan. 24. 1925. O'Brien Itubcns-
Bellamy
DANCING DAYS _ HOn M
Pref. (R) Sept. 25. 1926. Helene Chadwlck. _-
DANCING MOTHERS flU
Par. <B> March 13. 1926. Joyce-Tearle-Bow.
DANGER AHEAD 5000
PG. (R) Dec. 29. 1923. Richard Talmadge.
DANGER GIRL. THE 5000
PDC (Pathe I. (Rl Feb. 6. 1926. Priaciiia
Dean.
DANGER LINE. THE 5S00
FBO ( Radio). (It) May 24, 1924. Sessue
Hay akawa.
DANGER RIDER. THE (W) 5357
Univ. (It) Nov. 17. 192S. Hoot Gibson. Eu-
genia Gilbert. Beaves Bason. Monte Montague.
King Zany. Frank Beale and Milla Davenport.
DANGEROUS BLONDE 4919
Univ. (11) May 17. 1924. Laura La i'lante
DANGEROUS COWARD. THE _ 6000
FBO (Itadio). (B) May 31. 1924. Fred
Thomson.
DANGEROUS DUB. THE 4472
AE (Pathe). (R) July 31. 1926. Buddy
Roosevelt.
DANGEROUS FLIRT. THE 5297
FBO (Radio). (R) Dec. 6. 1924. Evelyn
Brent.
DANGEROUS INNOCENCE 6759
Univ. (R) March 28. 1925. Laura La Plante
DANGEROUS MAID. THE 7337
FN. (R) Dec. 22. 1923. Constance Talmadge.
DANGEROUS MONEY 5912
Par. (It) Oct. 25. 1924. Bebe Daniels.
DANTE'S INFERNO 54SO
Fox. (It) Oct. 11. 1924. Special cast.
DAREDEVILS REWARD (W) 49S7
Fox. (It) Feb. 11. 1928. Tom Mix. Natalie
Joyce. Lawford Davidson. Billy Betcher. Harry
Cording and William Welch
DARING LOVE... .'. 5606
Tru (Tiffany). (R) July 5. 1924. Elaine
Hammerstcin.
DARING YEARS. THE 7000
Equity. (It) Aug. 4. 1923. Mildred Harris.
DARING YOUTH 5975
Princ. (R) May 17. 1924. Daniels-Kerry.
DARK ANGEL. THE 5711
FN. (It) Sept. 19. 1925. Colman-Banky.
DARK STAIRWAY. THE 5030
Univ. (It) June 28, 1924. Herbert Bawlinson.
DARK SWAN, THE 0800
WB. (R) Dec. 6. 1924. Prevost Blue ( had-
wick.
DARLING OF NEW YORK 0260
Univ. (R) Nov. 3. 1923. Baby Peggy.
DATE WITH A DUCHESS. A (C)
Par. (It) March 21. 1928. Adolphe Mcnjou
Evelyn Brent. Rose Dlone. Emil Chautard.
Mario Carillo. Leonardo de Vesa and Jules
Itancourt.
DAUGHTERS OF PLEASURE 0000
Pnnr. (Itl May 24. 1924. Prevost-Blue-Bow.
DAUGHTERS OF TODAY 7000
Selz. (It) March 15. 1924. Patsy Ruth Miiier.
DAUGHTERS OF THE RICH _ 0075
Pref. (R) Juno 30. 1923. Gasnier Production
DAUGHTERS WHO PAY 58oo
Banner. (It) May 30. 1925. Marguerite de La
Motte.
DAVID COPPERFIELD C282
AE (Pathe). (It) Nov. 17. 192.'!. Speciai cast.
DAWN OF A TOMORROW, THE 0084
Par. (It) April 5. 1924. Jacqueline Logan.
DAY OF FAITH. THE C557
Goldwyn (MGM). (It) Dec. 8. 1923. Eleanor
Boardman.
DAYS OF '49
Arrow. (R) April 5. 1924. Serial. Neva
Gerber.
DAYTIME WIVES 0051
FBO (Itadio). (R) Sept. 8. 1923. Dorelys
Perdue.
DEAD LINE. THE 5000
FBO (Itadio). (R) July 10. 1926. Bob Custer
DEADWOOD COACH. THE 6346
Fox. (R) Jan. 10. 1925. Tom Mix.
DEARIE _ 5097
WB. (It) June 18. 1927. Irene Rich.
DEATH VALLEY Si* reeis
FD. (R) Aug. 20. 1927. With Carroll Nve.
DECLASSE _ 7go9
FN. (R) April 4. 1925. Corinne Grimth.
DEMI-BRIDE, THE 0886
MGM. (It) April 2, 1927. Shearer-Cody.
DENIAL. THE 4791
MO (MGM). (R) March 21. 1925. ciaire
Windsor.
DENVER DUDE. THE 5292
Univ. (R) Feb. 26. 1927. Glbson-Mchaffey.
DESERT BRIDE. THE (Mrl) 59*8
Col. (R) April 14. 1928. Betty Compson.
Allan Forrest. FMward Martlndel. Otto Matle-
sen. Roscoe Karns. and Frank Austin.
DESERT FLOWER. THE 6837
FN (R) June 13. 1925. Colleen Moore
DESERT GOLD C850
Par. (It) April 10. 1926. Neil Hamilton.
DESERT NIGHTS (D-M-E) 0177
MOM (Ri March 9. 1929. John Gilbert and
Mary Nolan.
DESERT OF THE LOST. THE (W) 4933
Pathe. (R) Dec. 18. 1927. Wally Wales
Peggy Montgomery. William J. Dyer. Edward
Cecil. Richard Nelll. Kelly Gafford. Rav Murro
George Magrlll and Charles Whltaker.
DESERT OUTLAW
Fox. (R) 1924. Charles (Buck)' Jones.'
DESERT RIDER. THE (W) 494-,
MGM (R) May 11. 1929. Tim McCoy and
Raquel Torres.
OESERT SHEIK. THE 5044
FBO (Radio). (It) Sept. 20. 1924. Wanda
Hawley.
DESERT VALLEY 473.
Fox. (R| Jan. 8. 1927. Buck Jones. "*
DESERT'S PRICE. THE 5709
Fox. (R) Dec. 19. 1925. Buck Jones
DESIRE 0500
Metro (MGM). (R) Sept. 22. 1923. Premier
Production.
DESIRED WOMAN. THE |m
WB, (R) Sept. 3. 1927. Irene Rich.
OEVIL DANCER. THE 7000
UA. (R) Dec. 24. 1927. Gllda Gray.
DEVIL HORSE. THE 5853
Pathe. (R) June 12. 1926. With Rex (horse).
DEVIL'S APPLE TREE. THE (D) 0430
TS (TIM. (Rl Feb. 20. 1929. Dorothy Sebas-
tian. Larry Kent. Ruth Clifford and Edward
Martlndel.
280
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
DRUMS OF JEOPARDY 0529
Tru. (Tit'.). (It) -March 15, 1924. Elaine
Hammerstein.
DRUSILLA WITH A MILLION 7391
FBO (Radio). (It) June 6. 1923. Mary Carr.
DUCHESS OF BUFFALO. THE 6940
FN. (R) Aug. 21. 1926. Constance Talmadge.
DULCY 6830
FN. (R) Sept. 8. 1923. Constance Talmadge.
DURAND OF THE BAD LANDS 5844
Fox. (R) Oct. 24. 1925. Buck Jones.
DEVIL'S CARGO, THE 7980
Par. (It) Feb. 21, 1925. Wallace Beery,
DEVIL'S CHORUS, THE 6750
MOM. (It) April 10, 1926. Norma Shearer.
DEVIL'S DOORYARD 4838
Arrow. (R) Aug. 25, 1923. William Farnum.
DEVIL'S ISLAND . ..6900
Chad. (R) Aug. 28, 1926. Pauline Frederick.
DEVIL'S SKIPPER. THE (Mel) 5510
TS (Tif) (R) February. 1928. Belle Bennett.
Montagu Love, Cullen Landis. Mary McAllis-
ter Gino Corrado. G. Raymond Nye. Pat
Hartigan. Adolph Millar. Phillip Sleeman,
and Frank Leigh.
DEVIL'S TRADEMARK. THE (D) .5984
FBO (Radio). (It) March 3. 1928. Belle
Bennett, William V. Mong. Marion Douglas,
William Bakewell, William Desmond, Patrick
Cunning and Olin Francis.
DEVIL'S TWIN, THE 5478
Pathe (R) Dec. 10. 1927. Leo Matoney.
DIAMOND HANDCUFFS (Mel) 6070
MGM (R) May 5, 1928. Eleanor Boardman.
Conrad Nagel, Lawrence Gray, Sam Hardy.
Lena Malena, Gwen Lee, John Roche, George
Cooper, Lew Harvey. E. Warren and Charles
Stevens.
DICE WOMAN, THE _~ : .. . 5614
PDC (Pathe). (R) June 19. 1926. PnsciUa
Dean. .
DICK TURPIN 5224
Fox. (R) Feb. 7. 1925. Tom Mix.
DIPLOMACY ..• —■ » - ; 6950
Par (R) Sept. 25. 1926. Blanche Sweet.
DIVINE LADY, THE (D-PTME) .10,101
FN (R) Oct 27. 1928. Connne Griffith.
Victor Varconi.' H. B. Warner, Ian Keith
William Conklin, Marie Dressier, Michael
Vavitch, Dorothy Cumming and Montagu Love.
DIXIE HANDICAP, THE ...... •-■ 6905
MG (MGM). (R) Jan. 10. 1925. Windsor-
Keenan.
DIXIE MERCHANT, THE 5l26
Fox. (R) March 20. 1926. J. Farrell Mac-
donald. _ ,
DOCTOR'S WOMEN. THE (D) - 7 reels
WW Produced bv UFA. (R) 1929. Miles
Mander. Louis Lorch. Ruth Weyher and Margot
Manstad.
DOES IT PAY? ■•» ■■ 6652
Fox (R) Sept. 8. 1923. Hope Hampton.
DOG JUSTICE (Mel) 5°63
FBO (Radio). (R) June 16. 1928. Ranger
(dog). Eddie Hearn. Nita Martan. James
Welsh and Al J. Smith.
DOMESTIC MEDDLERS (CD) . ... -r~5»2
TS (Tif) (R) Oct. 20, 1928. Claire Wind-
sor Lawrence Gray. Roy D'Arcy. Jed Prouty.
DOMESTIC TROUBLE (C-M) ..........5104
WB (R) March 24, 1928. Clyde Cook.
Louise Fazenda. Betty Blythe. Jean Laverty
and Arthur Rankin.
DON DESPERADO 5804
Pathe. (R) May 7, 1927. Leo Maloney.
DON JUAN 10-018
WB. (R) Aug. 21. 1926. John Barrymore.
DON MIKE ... 5723
FBO (Radio). (R) March 5. 1927. Fred
Thomson.
DON Q. SON OF ZORRO 11,000
UA. (R) June 27. 1925. Douglas Fairbanks.
DON'T CALL IT LOVE ... ... ,\ ,, „ fil"
Par. (R) Jan. 5. 1924. William DeMille
production.
DON'T MARRY FOR MONEY
D„JVTtLN, THE wfpE H°"Se Pet<"S' 0W8- ETERNAL LOVE (D-M-E) .
,™ IH-E V™ ^;.,, UA. (R) May 11. 192f
WB. (R) Feb. 5, 1927. Irene Rich.
DO YOUR DUTY (CD) 6027
FN (R) Oct. 13. 1928. Charlie Murray.
Lucien Littlefteld. Doris Dawson. Charles De-
laney. Ed Brady. Washington Blue. Aggie
Herring and George Pierce.
DOOMSDAY (D) 5665
Tar. (R) Jan. 21. 1928. Florence Vidor.
Gary Cooper. Lawrence Gray. Charles A.
Stevenson.
DOROTHY VERNON OF HADDON HALL 10.000
UA. (R) May 17. 1924. Mary Pickford.
DOWN THE STRETCH 6910
Univ. (R) May 2. 1927. Robert Agnew- —
Marian Nixon.
DOWN UPON THE SWANEE RIVER 5800
Lee-Brad. (R) Oct. 21. 1925. Charles Em-
mett Mack.
DRAG NET. THE (Mel) 7866
Par. (R) May 26. 1928. George Bancroft.
Evelvn Brent. William Powell. Fred Kohler.
Leslie Fenton. Allan Garcia. Harry Scmels.
Syd Marks. George Irving and Alfred Allen.
DREAM OF LOVE (D)
MGM. (R) Dec. 22. 1928. Joan Crawford.
Nils Asther. Aileen Princle. Warner Oland.
Carmel Myers, Harry Reinhardt. Harry Myers.
Alphonse Martell and Fletcher Norton.
DRESS PARADE 6599
Pathe. (H) Nov. 5, 1927. William Boyd.
DRESSED TO KILL (Mel) 6566
Fox. (R) April 14. 1928. Edmund Lowe.
Marv Astor. Ben Bard. Charles Morton. It.
O. Pennell. Robert Perrv. Joe Brown. Tom
Dugan. John Kelly and Robert E. O'Connor.
DRESSMAKER FROM PARIS 7080
Par. (R) March 28. 1925. .Toy-Torrence.
DRIFTER. THE (W)
FBO (Radio). (R) March 18. 1929. Tom
Mix.
DRIFTIN' THRU 4820
Pathe. (R) Feb. 27. 1926. Harry Carey.
DRIFTING 7394
Univ. (R) Sept. 1. 1923. Special cast.
DRIFTWOOD (D) 6267
Col. (R) Nov. 7. 1928. Don Alvarado. Mar-
cellne Day, Alan Roscoe. J. W. Johnson.
Fred Holmes. Fritzl Brunette. Nora Cecil. Joe »
Mack.
DRIVIN' FOOL 5800
Hod (Pathe). (R) Sept. 8. 1923. Wally Van.
DROP KICK. THE 6802
FN. (It) -Oct. 8. 1927. Richard Barthelmess.
DRUG STORE COWBOY. THE 4356
IPC. (R) Feb. 3. 1925. Franklyn Farnum.
EAGLE, THE 0756
UA. (R) Nov. 21. 1925. Rudolph Valentino.
EAGLE OF THE SEA, THE 7250
Par. (R) Nov. 27. 1926. Cortez-Vidor.
EAGLE'S FEATHER 6500
Metro (MGM). (R) Sept. 22. 1923. Premier pro-
duction.
EARLY TO BED 5912
Fox (R) May 29, 1926. Matt Moore.
EARTH WOMAN. THE 5830
AE (Pathe). (R) May 29, 1926. Mary Alden.
EAST LYNNE 8975
Fox. (R) Nov. 7. 1925. Rubens-Lowe.
EAST OF BROADWAY 5785
AE (Pathe). (R) Nov. 22. 1924. Owen Moore.
EAST OF SUEZ
Par. (R) Jan. 17. 1925. Poli Negri.
EAST SIDE. WEST SIDE 8154
Fox. (R) Oct. 22. 1927. With O'Brien-Valli.
EAST SIDE. WEST SIDE 6000
Prin. (R) April 28. 1923. Eileen Percy.
EASY COME. EASY GO (CD) 5364
Par. (R) May 19. 1928. Richard Dix. Nancy
Carroll. Charles Sellon, Frank Currier. Arnold
Kent. Christian J. Frank, Joseph J. Franz
and Guy Oliver.
EASY PICKINGS 5400
FN. (R) Feb. 26. 1927. Nilsson-Harlan.
ELLA CINDERS 6510
FN. (R) June 2G. 1926. Colleen Moore.
EMPTY CRADLE, THE 6600
Tru (Tiff). (R) Mav 19, 1923. Alden-Morev.
EMPTY HA..jS 6976
Par. (R) Aug. 30. 1924. Jack Holt.
ENCHANTED COTTAGE. THE 7331
FN. (R) May 31. 1924. Richard Barthelmess.
ENCHANTED HILL, THE 6326
Par. (R) Jan. 9. 1926. Holt-Vidor.
ENCHANTED ISLAND. THE 4857
Tiff. (R) June 25. 1927. Henry B. Walthall.
ENEMIES OF WOMEN 10.901
Goldwyn (MGM). (R) April 14. 1923. Cosmo-
politan production.
ENEMY SEX, THE 7861
Par. (R) July 12. 1924. Betty Compson.
ENEMY. THE (D) 8194
MGM. (R) March 10. 1928. Lillian Gish.
Ralph Forbes, Ralph Emerson. Frank Currier.
George Fawcett. Fritzi Ridgeway. John S. Pe-
ters. Karl Dane. Polly Moran and Billy Kent
Shaefer.
ENTICEMENT 6224
FN. (R) Feb. 3. 1926. Mary Astor.
ESCAPE, THE (Mel) 5109
Fox. (R) April 14. 1928. William Russell.
Virginia Valli, Nancy Drexel, George Meeker.
William Demarest and James Gordon.
ETERNAL CITY. THE 7800
FN. (R) Dec. 1. 1923. Special cast.
G318
929. Sound 6948. John
Barrymore. Camilla Horn. Victor Varconi,
Mono Rico and Hobart Bosworth.
ETERNAL STRUGGLE 7374
Metro (MGM). (R) Sept. 22, 1923. Reginald
Barker Production.
ETERNAL THREE. THE
Goldwyn (MGM). (R) Oct. 13. 1923. Neilan
production.
ESCAPE, THE 4500
Univ. (R) April 24. 1926. Pete Morrison.
EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS
Fox. (R) Nov. 20. 1926.
EVANGELINE (D-M-E) 8264
UA. (R) Aug. 24 1929. Dolores Del Rio.
Donald Reed. Roland Drew. Alec B. Francis.
James Marcus and Paul McAllister.
EVENING CLOTH F^ G287
Par. (R) April 9. 1927. Menjou-Valli.
EVERLASTING WHISPER. THE 5611
Fox. (R> Oct. 31. 1925. Tom Mir.
EVERYBODY'S ACTING 6139
Par. (R) Nov. 27. 1926. With Betty Bron-
son.
EVERY MAN'S WIFE 4305
Fox. (R) June 13. 1925. Elaine Hammer-
stein.
EVE'S LEAVES-. 6750
PDC (Pathe). (R) May 29. 1926. Joy-Boyd.
EVE'S LOVER 7237
WB. (R) Aug. 8. 1925. Irene Rich and
Bert Lytell.
EVE'S SECRET 0305
Par. (R) June 20. 1925. Compson-Holt.
EVOLUTION 4200
Red Seal. (R) July 25. 1925.
EXCESS BAGGAGE (D-ME) 7180
MGM. (R) June 23. 1928. William Haines.
Josephine Dunn. Neely Edwards. Kathleen
Clifford. Greta Grandstcdt, Ricardo Cortez and
Cyril Chadwlck.
EXCHANGE OF WIVES 5300
MG (MGM). (It) October 17. 1925. Board-
man-Codv.
EXCITEMENT 191
Univ. (R) April 19. 1924. Laura LaPlante.
EXCITERS. THE 5039
Par. (R) June 10. 1923. Bebe Daniels.
EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS 6087
Pref. (R) Jan. 22. 1927. Lillian Rich.
EXCUSE ME 5684
MG (MOM). (R) Feb. 3. 1925. Shearer-
Naccl.
EXTRA GIRL. THE 5700
AE (Pathe). (It) Oct. 13. 1923. Mabel Nor-
mand.
EXIT SMILING G4G1
MGM. (R) Nov. 20, 1920. Beatrice Liilie
EYES Or THE TOTEM 02"8
Pathe. (R) May 14. 1927. Wanda Hawley
FAINT PERFUME 6228
Schul. (R) June 27. 1925. Seena Owen'.'
FAIR CHEAT, THE 5300
FBO (Radio). (It) Sept. 29. 1923. Dorothy
Mackaill.
FAIR CO-ED. THE fi,no
MGM. (ft) Oct. S3 IDS'- Marien Davit!.'
FAKER. THE (D) 5G51
E21' , (IU ?an- 2> 1929" Jacqueline Loga'n'a'n'd
Charles Delaney.
FALL OF EVE, THE (CD-AT) 5rn„
Ccl (It; June 135,9 Bllant t Sound '
6245. Patsy Ruith Miller. Ford Sterling. Jed
Prouty, Gertrude Astor. Arthur Rankin. Betty
Farrington and Fred Kelsey
FAMILY SECRET, THE .. 507s
Univ. (R) June 21. 1924. Baby Peggy
FAMILY UPSTAIRS. THE 5971
Fox. (R) July 31 1926. Virginia Valli'
FANCY BARRAGE (CD-PTME) 6447
» WB. (R) Feb. S3 im Audrey Ferric '
FAR CRY, THE fl7rs
FN (R) March 0 1926. Sweet Mulhall '
FARMER'S DAUGHTER, THE (CD) 5140
Fox. (R) Sept. 15. 1928. Marjor'i'e" Heche.
Warren Burke. Arthur Stone. Lincoln Stedman
Harry Dunkinson and Sam DeGrasse.
FASCINATING YOUTH fiRS9
rzJ'-^l. m May 22' 192G Charles Eccers.
FASHION ROW 7,nn
Metro (MGM) (P.) Dec. 8. 1353 Ma- Mur
FASHIONABLE FAKERS ijnnn
FBO^(Radio) (ft) Dec It im Jchnnie
FASHIONS FOR WOMEN j,,.
TACx>ar-.ri.R).Al:ril S 1?s" Esth2r IrJttcn
FAST AND FEARLESS 4Rnn
Art-lass. (R) Sept. 2 195,4 Buffalo Hill Jr
FAST AND FURIOUS
„.5*T <R> Ju'y 9 I;'-' ftennald Benny
rAol atl, THE fifific
fast-wor^'thI' «>—*«■ '
„M1""' <R> S*Dt S? 195.4 Denny LaFlante
r AUaT ollf|
fear'bound" D" U' "• EmiI Z
FEEL^^^CD? ^ "™
far (R) Feh 25. 195.8. E-be Daniel.-
Melbourne MacDowell. George Irving. Charles
Sellon Heime Conklin, William Powell and
Richard Allen.
FEET OF CLAY „.,r
(i° 0ct" *• 1924' Special "cast'.
FEMALE, THE nr-
FIFTrT AVENUE* *? Bttty C:mPson
™ll'%8i (R) Feb- 20- 1926 -^-nt/503
FIFTH AVENUE MODELS R*o,
■r.r™ v„. ,R) Jan' 24' 1525 Mifim
FIFTY FIFTY GIRL, THE (CD) 6402
Par. at) Feb. 11, 1928. Bebe Daniels
James Hall, William Austin. George Kotso-
naros and Johnnie Morris
FIFTY-FIFTY
c,r^^aeoe) ,R) AUB- 1 lr'S- H=Pe Hampten
FIG LEAVES fi4„s
c, • <B» •Tu"' 17- 1926- George O'Brien:
FIGHT TO THE FINISH. A... 4fi<n
<R> Aug. 21. im Fairbanks-Haver
FIGHTIN' COMEBACK. THE 44,5
Pathe. (R) April 2. 1927. Buddy Roosevelt.
FIGHTIN' REDHEAD. THE (W) 47,o
FBO (Radio). (R) Feb. 11. 1928. Buzz Bar-
ton. Duane Thompson. Milburn Morante Bob
Fleming. Edmund Cobb and Edward Hearn
FIGHTING AMERICAN, THE ' >«.
Univ. (R) May 31. 1924. Special cast'.'
FIGHTING BLADE. THE S7M
FN. (R) Oct. 27. 1923. Richard Bartheirness
FIGHTING BOOB, THE ,,,„
FBO (Radio). (R) May 1. 1926. Bob Custer
FIGHTING BUCKAROO. THE 5nn,
Fox. (R) May 1. 1920. Buck Jones.'
FIGHTING COURAGE 50no
DDC. (R) July 11. 1925. Ken Mavnard.
FIGHTING COWARD, THE 0501
Par. (R) March 29. 1924. Cruze produc-
tion.
FIGHTING DEMON. THE 5470
FBO (Radio). (R) June 0. 1925. Richard
Talmadge.
FIGHTING EAGLE, THE g002
Pathe. (R) Sept. 17. 1927. LaRocnue-Haver.
FIGHTING FURY [49]
Univ. (R) Aug. 2. 1924. Jack Hoxic.
FIGHTING HEART. THE 8978
Fox. (It) Sept. 26. 1925. George O'Brien and
Billic Dove.
FIGHTING LOVE 7107
PDC (Pathe). (R) June 4. 1927. Jctta
Goudal.
FIGHTING PEACEMAKER. THE 5080
Univ. (It) April 10, 1920. Jack Hoxie.
FIGHTING THREE. THE 4108
Univ. (R) May 21. 1927. "Jack Hoxie.
FIGHTING SAP. THE 5138
FBO (Radio). (R) June 24. 1924. Fred
Thomson.
FIGHTING SHERIFF. THE 5000
IPC. (R) May 23. 1925. Bill Cody.
FIGHTING SKIPPER. THE Serial— 15 Parts
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
281
19, l'J27. Marguerite De
Kin-Tin-Tin (dog).
7300
J-
FINAL EXTRA, THE U000
liumas. (11) Feb.
La Motte.
FIND YOUR MAN
WB. (It) Oct. 4. 1924
FINDERS KEEPERS (CD)
Univ. (It) Feb. 5, 1928. Laura La Flante.
John Harron, Edmund Breese, Arthur Itankin,
Bill Gorman, Eddie Phillips and Joe Mack.
FINE CLOTHES 0971
FN. (It) Aug. 15, 1U25. Lewis S. Stone.
FINE MANNERS 0435
Far. (It) Sept. 18, 1926. Gloria Swauson.
FINGER PRINTS 7031
WB. (It) Jan. 22, 1!)27. Louise Fazenda.
FIRE BRIGADE, THE 8616
MGM. (It) Dec. 25, 1926. McAvoy-ltay.
FIRE PATROL, THE 6600
Chad. (It) May 26. 1924. Special cast.
FIREMAN, SAVE MY CHILD 5399
Par. (It) Dec. 10. 1927. Beery-Hatton.
FIRST AUTO, THE 0767
WB. (11) July 9. 1927. Barney Oldfield.
FIRST KISS. THE (D) 6134
Par. (It) Aug. 4. 1928. Fay Wray. Gary
Cooper, Lane Chandler, Leslie Fenton, Paul
Fix, Malcolm Williams and Monroe Owsley.
FIRST NIGHT. THE 5500
Tif. (It) Feb. 19, 1927. Bert Lytell-Devore.
FIRST YEAR, THE 6038
Fox. (It) Feb. 6. 1926. Matt Moore.
FLAME OF THE ARGENTINE 5004
FBO (Itadio). (It) Aug. 14, 1926. Evelyn
Brent.
FLAME OF THE YUKON, THE 5800
l'DC ll'athe). (U) June 26. 1926. Seena
Owen.
FLAMES 5888
AE (Pathe). (11) Sept. 18. 1926. Eugene
O'Brien-Virginia Valli.
FLAMING BARRIERS
Par. (11) Feb. 9. 1924. Jaciiueline Logan.
FLAMING FOREST, THE
MGM. (11) Nov. 29. 1926. Moreno-Adoree.
FLAMING FRONTIER. THE 8828
Univ. (11) April 17. 1926. Hoot Gibson.
FLAMING WATERS 6591
FBO (Itadio). (It) Feb. 0. 1920. Malcolm
MacGregor.
FLAMING YOUTH 8484
FN. (It) Nov. 21. 1923. Colleen Moore. .
FLASHING SPURS
FBO (Itadio). (It) Jan. 24. 1925. Bob Custer.
FLEET'S IN. THE (CD) 6918
Par. (It) Sept. 22. 1928. Clara Bow. James
Hall. Jack Okie. Bodil ltosing.
FLEETWING (Mel) 4939
Fox. (It) June 24. 1928. Harry Norton.
Dorothy Janis. Ben Bard, Robert Kortman.
Ervllle Alderson. James Anderson and Blanche
Fridercia.
FLESH AND THE DEVIL ....... S759
MGM. (It) Jan. 15. 1927. Gilbert -Garbo.
FLIRTING WITH LOVE 6920
FN. (It) Sept. 0. 1924. Colleen Moore.
FLOODGATES 7000
Lowell. (It) March 8. 1924. John Lowell.
FLOWER OF THE NIGHT
Par. (It) Oct. 31. 1925. Pola Negri.
FLOWING GOLD BOOS
FN. (It) March 1. 1924. Nllsson-SUls.
FLYIN' COWBOY. THE (W) 1
Univ. (It) July 1. 1928. Hoot Gibson. Olive
Hasbrouck. Harry Todd. William Bailey.
Buddy Phillips and Ann Carter.
FLYING DUTCHMAN, THE
FBO (Itadio). (11) Aug. 3, 1923. Lloyd Carl-
ton production.
FLYING FEET. THE (D-M)
MGM. (It) Jan. 19. 1929. ltamon Novarro
and Anita Page.
FLYING HORSEMAN. THE I ;i
Fox. (It) Sept. 11. 1920. Buck Jones.
FLYING MAIL. THE I
AE (Pathe). (It) Sept. 25. 1926. Al Wilson.
FLYING ROMEOS (C) 0172
FN. (R) April 7. 1928. George Sidney.
Charlie Murray. Fritz! Itidgeway. Lester Bar-
nard. Duke Martin. James Bradbury. Jr.. and
Belle Mitchell.
FOG BOUND 5092
Par. (R) June 9. 1923. Dorothy Dalton.
FOLLY OF VANITY. THE 5250
Fox. (It) Feb. 14. 1925. Billle Dove.
FOOL. THE 9500
Fox. (It ) April 25. 1925. Edmund I/>we.
FOOL'S AWAKENING. THE 5763
Metro (MGM). (It) Feb. 16. 1924. Harrison
Ford.
FOOLS FOR LUCK (C) 5852
Par. (It) April 7. 1928. W. C. Fields. Ches-
ter Conklin. Sally Blanc. Jack Laden, Mary
Alden. Arthur Housman. Robert Dudley and
Martha Mattox.
FOOL'S HIGHWAY
Univ. (R) March 15. 1924. Virginia Valll.
FOOLS IN THE DARK 7002
FBO (Radio). (R) July 26, 1924. Patsy Ruth
Miller.
FOOLS OF FASHION 5484
Tif. (It) Oct. 9. 1920. Mae Busch.
FOOTLOOSE WIDOWS 71
WB. (R) July 3. 1926. Fazcnda-Logan.
FOR ALIMONY ONLY 6400
PDC (Pathe). (R) Oct. 9. 1920. Joy-Brook.
FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE
Par. (R) April 17. 1926. narold Lloyd.
FOR SALE
FN. (R) July 5. 1924. Wlndsor-Menjou.
FOR WIVES ONLY 5790
PDC (Pathe). (R) Dec. 4, 1926. Marie Pre-
vost.
FORBIDDEN CARGO
FORBIDDEN PARADISE 7000
Par. (It) Nov. 29. 1924. Pola Negri.
FORBIDDEN WOMAN. THE 0568
Pathe. (B) Nov. 5. 1927. Jetta Goudal.
FOREIGN LEGION, THE (Mel) 7S28
Univ. (It) Sept. 22. 1928. Lewis Stone. Nor-
man Kerry. Mary Nolan, June Marlowe, Crau-
furd Kent and Walter Perry.
FOREVER AFTER 6330
FN. (It) Oct. 23. 1926. Hughes-Astor.
FORGIVE AND FORGET 58OU
CBC (Col). (It) Nov. 10, 1923. Estelle
Taylor.
FORGOTTEN FACES (Mel) 7640
Par. (It) Aug. 4, 1928. Clive Brook, Mary
Brian, Olga Baclanova, William Powell, Fred
Kohler, Ja.ck Luden.
FORTY HORSE HAWKINS 5149
Univ. (11) April 26. 1924. Hoot Gibson.
FORTY WINKS 0293
Par. (It) Feb. 14. 1925. Viola Dana.
FOUR-FLUSHERS. THE (C) 6193
Univ. (It) Jan. 8. 1928. George Lewis.
Marion Nixon, Eddie Phillips, Churchill Itoss.
Jimmy Aye. Burr Mcintosh. Otto Hoffman,
Winifred North, Hayden Stevenson, Patricia
Carron.
FOUR FOOTED RANGER. THE (W)
Univ. (It) March 25. 1928. Dynamite. Ed-
mund Cobb. Marjorie Bonner, l'earl Sindelar.
Francis Ford. Pat Bounty, Frank M. Clark.
Carl Sepulveda.
FOUR WALLS (Mel)
MGM. (R) Sept. 8, 1928. Joan Crawford.'
John Gilbert. Vera Gordon. Carmel Myers.
ltobert Emmet O'Connor. Louis Natheaux and
Jack Byron.
FOURTH COMMANDMENT. THE
Univ. (It) April 23 1927. Belle Bennett and
Mary Carr.
FRAMED 5282
FN. (It) July 9. 1927. Milton Sills.'
FRECKLED RASCAL. THE (W)
FBO (Radio). (It) March 31. 1929. Buzz
Barton.
FRECKLES (D) G131
FBO (Itadio). (It) Feb. 4. 1928. ' John Fox
Jr.. Gene Stratton. Hobart Bosworth. Eulalie
Jensen. Billy Scott and Lafe McKee
FREE LIPS (Mel) 5700
?D- JR)^July I4> 192s- Marlowe;
Jane Novak. Frank Hagney. Ernie Shields.
Olm Francis. Edna Hearn
FRENCH DRESSING . ...
FN (It) Dec. 17. 1027 H. B. Warner and
Lois Wilson.
FRESHMAN. THE
~J£t&& J"ly 25- 1925- Harold Urn, I
FRIENDLY ENEMIES
.8881
(Itl May 16. 1925. Weber &
l'DC (Pathel
Fields.
FRISCO SALLY LEVY
MGM. (It) April 23. 1927." Sally 6'Neil
FRIVOLOUS SAL
62SS
Eugene O'Brien.
FN. (It) Jan. 17. 1925
FRONTIER TRAIL. THE
Pathe. (It) June 19. 1926. Harry Carey
FUGITIVE. THE
Arrow. IR| Nov. 29. 1924'
FUGITIVES (Mel-M)
Ben Wilson.
Don Ter'ry ,M- 37 ' 1929 '" M»dge Bellamy "and
FURY OF THE WILD (W)
FBO (Radio). (It) Jan.
(dog).
6. 1929. Hanger
Mary Philbin.
Jack Hoxie.
7419
4561
Bill Cody.
4639
Fred
4700
GAIETY GIRL. THE
Univ. (It) June 7 1924.
GALLOPING ACE. THE
Univ. (R) April 5. 1924.
GALLOPING COWBOY. THE
AE (Pathe). (Ri Mav 22. 1926
GALLOPING FISH. THE
Suction1" M8rC" 22, 1924' Thomas Ince Pro-
GALLOPING GALLAGHER
FB() (Radio). (R) .March 29. 1924
Thomson.
GALLOPING GOBS. THE
Pathe. (R) Feb. 19. 1927. Buffalo Bill. Jr
GALLOPING VENGEANCE
FBO (Radio). (It) March 28. 1925. Bob
Custer.
GAMBLING FOOL. THE
IPC. (R) May 9. 1925. Franklvn "Parnu'in"'
GAMBLING WIVES
Arrow. (R) March 22. 1924. Marjorie Daw
GANG WAR (Mcl-PTME) rikr
FBO (Radio). (TP) Srnt. 21 M28 Olive
Borden. Jack Plekford, Dddie Gribbon. Walter
Txinff nnri IrV-inL- ■ i.. .,
5000
Alice Terry.
FBO (Radio).
Brent.
(R) April 4. 1925. Evelyn
I/ong and Frank Chew.
GARDEN OF ALLAH. THE
MOM. (It) Sept. 10. 1927
GARDEN OF WEEDS
Par. (R) Nov. 15. 1924. Special cast.
GATE CRASHER. THE (C) 5597
Univ. (H) Dec. 9. 1928. Glenn Tryon. Patsv'
Ruth Miller. Miller T. Rnv, Beth Harol Fred
Malatesta. Tiny Sandford. Claude Payton
Ttussell Powell and Al Smith.
534t__ GAUCHO. THE
UA. (R) Nov. 20. 1927. Douglas Fairbanks
GAY DEFENDER. THE
Par. (R) Dec. 31. 1927. Richard iix.
GAY OLD BIRD, THE ,,..v|
WB. (R) March 12. 1927. Louise Fazenda
GAY RETREAT. THE
Fox. (R) Oct. 8. 1929
..7840
.4850
Sammy Cohen.
8500
02::u
9265
5524
FORBIDDEN HOURS (D) 4937
MGM. (R) March 17. 1928 Ramon Novarro.
Itenee Artoroc. Shirley O'Hnra. Roy D'Arcv
Edward Connelly. Dorothy Cummlng and Al-
Ix-rta Vaughn.
-GENERAL. THE
UA. (R) Feb. 12. 1927. Buster Keatnn.
GENTLE CYCLONE. THE
Fox. (R) July 3. 1920. Buck Jones.
GENTLE JULIA
Fox. (R) Jan. 19. 1924. Bessie Lore.
.7500
5837
GENTLEMAN *F LEISURE. A... ,riq,
rT^rr..tU) !Ub' **■ J«k Holt
GENTLEMAN OF PARIS. THE 6017
„**I- <"> "<*. 8. 1927. Adolphe Me'njou
GEORGE WASHINGTON COHEN (CD)
?S (Tift- (It) Dec. 30. 1928. George" Jes'sei.'
Robert Ldeson. Corliss Palmer. Lawford David-
son, Horence Allan and Jane La Verne
GEORGE WASH I NGON, JR. ,,„„
GERALD CRAN^sVoN'S^ LADY ^ ^ 2
rFTT.Lr. 10' lm Ctam Bov, 5,1S
GETT NG GERTIE'S GARTER fifi„
Pr£ost(1"atlle)- Uti Feb' ^ i<arie 9
GHOST CITY. THE c .
GIGOLO' m °et U,t-' -^™'on
R^ue,PaUleK ,K) °« # "*>- iiod 'La?SSS
GILDED BUTTERFLY. THE
Bert rjfei Jan' A'tna' R'uuens'and'2""
GINGHAM GIRL, THE
£n° (Eadu»- <*> ** so !» Lcis"wii:t5;E'
GIRL FROM CHICAGO THE
"B^Ro'^^ 5978
G I RL>J F ROM ' Gay" PA REE THE^ ^
GIRL FROm' rSmoT'tH^ ^ra LaMa. ^
C-ctham. ;it) Sect J 4 ivy - . - 6179
—GIRL I LOVE, THE Carmel Myers.
l»A. (R) Mar-h '11 u«i r-. ' .J100
GIRL IN THE LIMOUS.NE Lharles Ka>
GIRL IN THE PULLMAN. THE
„, I'athe. (R) .\ov. 5 9,; 5867
GIRp,!?vF THE LIMBERLOSV 1 reV0St' „
Gre?. ,Kadi0)- "« toTnrSS. Gloria00""
GIRL ON THE BARGE (D-PTME)
SFWW & W£ r ^ 'o^Y'sound'*"*
Malcolm McGregor M,!rri °xi ,Sally
GIRL* WHO 'wouYd'n r THE ""^ «
Schul. (It) Aug. 22 7o»n V, 5979
I* Motte 3' Marguerite De
GIRLS GONE WILD (CD-M) ,Q *
fox. (R) Feb. 24 1929 £••••••■"•< Sound) 5.132
Mck Stuart J' Sue Carol and
GLE?BoTE,R1!°tF JHE BUNTED
JBOn (Radl0). (R) June K m urtv5,*,
GLORIOUS TRAIL, THE (Wl
TO. (R) Sept. 29 192S SETm 5700
<ilndys McConnell Vr,nt ir K<'n Mavnard,
James Bradbury Jr 1 , "f5' Les Bates.
Vowlache ' "ly Fransy and Chief
GO STRAIGHT
GO WEST m May 3 13SS Ow^n' Moore G1°*
MGM. ( R ) \-y " " ■R„«~"'t- ^6
GOD GAVE ME TWENTY CENTS
Par. (ID Nov. » \m £ C532
GOING CROOKED Moran'
GOINGS;'" D- '18'192«' Bessie live; 5425
M^Lea"n*hil- <R) °« 1 ^ Dougiac^8'*
GOLD AND THE GIRL
G 0 L D ''d I G C E Rs'3 T H E ^ ™ *°* *™
GOLd'heELS S0,,,• 227m Sope Hampton: C5M
*ox. (R) Ftb. * 1925. Robert Agnew 6°2°
GOLD RUSH. THE
rn.nru o^ "" M' 1825 Char»6 Chaplin! 8555
GOLDEN BED. THE „„.
SSoatS? ,an- n' 15SJ- 0 B D.Miib8"84
GOLDEN COCOON. THE 7ann
I WB. (It. Dec. 26. 1925. Helene Chadwick! " 2
GOLDEN PRINCESS. THE „„.
Par. (It) Sept. 19 1925 Betty Branson
GOLDEN STRAIN. THE 59s„
tax. (It) Jan. 9. 1926. Hobart Bosworth
GOLDEN WEB. THE
Gotham. (R) Sept. 11. 1926 Lilum Til, h
GOLDFISH. THE 712n
rna'dge <R> APt" 19' 19«- ' Constance Tal-
GOLF WIDOWS (CD) 5592
Col. (R) May 29. 1928. Vfra It-vnolds Har
rison Ford John Patrick. Sally Rand. Kath-
leen Key. -\ernon Dent. Will Stanton.
GOOD AND NAUGHTY ««.
Par. (R) June 26. 1926. Pola Negri
GOOD AS GOLD 4r.r
Fox. (R) June 11. 1927. Buck Jones.
GOOD BAD BOY , K
Prin. (R) June 7. 1924. Joe Butterwortlv
GOOD MORNING JUDGE (CD) 5045
Univ. IR) April 29. 1928 Reginald Denny.
Nolan. Dorothv Gulliver. Otis narlan
WUIIam Davidson. William Worthington. Bull
Montana. Sailor Sharkey and Charles Coleman.
GOOD TIME CHARLEY
• WB. (R) Nov. 26. 1927. Oland-Costelio'-Cook. '
GOODBYE KISS. THE (CD-ME) 8030
FX. (It) July 7. 1928. Jolinnv Burke. Sallv
mim, Mnttv Kemp. Wheeler Onkmnn Irving
Bacon. Lionel Belmore. Alma Bennett. Car-
melita Geraghty. Jean Lavertv.
GOOSE HANGS HIGH. THE 6I85
Par. (R) March 21. 1925. Constance Bennett.
GOOSE WOMAN. THE 75nn
Univ. (R) Aug. 1. 1925. Dresser-.Tack Pick-
ford.
282
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
GORILLA. THE - 7133
FN. (It) Nov. 26. 1027. Charlie Murray.
GORILLA HUNT, THE 43C2
FBO (Radio). (It) Dec. 11. 192G.
GOVERNOR'S LADY, THE 7069
Fox. (It) Jan. 5. 1024. Harry Millarde pro-
duction.
GRAIL, THE 4617
Fox. (It) Sept. 29. 1923. Dustin Farnum. ,
GRAND DUCHESS AND THE WAITER, THE 6314
Par. (11) Feb. 27. 1926. Menjou- Vidor.
GRASS - 6000
Par. IB) April 11. 1925.
GRAUSTARK _ 5000
FN. (It) Sept. 26. 1925. Norma Talmadge.
GREASED LIGHTNING (W) 4294
Univ. (R) July 29. 1928. Ted Wells. Betty
Caldwell, Walter Shumway, Lon Poff. George
Dunning, Myrtis Crinley and Victor Allen.
GREAT DECEPTION. THE 5855
FN. (B) Aug. 28. 1926. Lyon-Pringle.
GREAT DIAMOND MYSTERY 5096
Fox. (R) Nov. 1, 1924. Shirley Mason.
GREAT DIVIDE, THE 7811
MGM. (B) Feb. 21. 1925. Alice Terry.
GREAT GATSBY, THE 7206
Pur (B) Dec. 4. 192G. Baxter-Wilson.
GREAT K & A TRAIN ROBBERY. THE 4800
Fox. (B) Oct. 16. 1926. Tom Mix. ,
GREAT MAIL ROBBERY, THE 6504
FBO (Eadio). (R) July 2. 1927. Theo. Von
Eltz.
GREAT WHITE WAY. THE 10.000
Goldwyn. (R) Jan. 12, 1924. Cosmopolitan.
GREATER GLORY, THE 0710
FN. (R) May 15. 1920. ' Tearle-Nilsson.
GREATEST LOVE OF ALL, THE 6400
AE (Pathe). (R) Jan. 17, 1925. George
Beban.
GREEN GODDESS, THE 9100
Goldwyn. (B) Aug. 25. 1023. George Arliss.
GREYHOUND LIMITED. THE (D-M-E-PT) 6114
WB. (E) March 23, 1029. Monte Blue.
GRINNING GUNS 4689
Univ. (B) May 14. 1927. Hoxie-Ena Greg-
ory.
GRIP OF THE YUKON. THE (Me!) 6509
Univ. (R) April 28. 1928. Neil Hamilton.
•Francis X. Bushman. June Marlowe. Theodore
Lorch. Otis Harlan, James Farley. Burr Mc-
intosh.
GRIT 5800
Hod (Pathe). (B) Jan. 12, 1924. Glenn
Hunter.
GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE 5692
Par. (R) July 11. 1925. Florence Vidor-
Matt Moore.
GRUMPY 5G21
Par. (R) April 7. 1923. Theodore Roberts.
GUILTY ONE, THE 5365
Par (R) June 28. 1924. Agnes Ayres.
GUN FIGHTER. THE 5000
Fox. (R) Sept. 22. 1923. William Farnum.
GUN LAW (W)..._ Six Reels
FBO (Radio). (R) March 3. 1029. Tom Tyler.
GUN RUNNER, THE (D) 5516
TS (Tif). (R) Nov. 20. 1928. Ricardo Cor-
tez, Nora Lane, Gino Corrado, John St. Polis.
H
HALF A BRIDE (CD) 6263
Par. (R) June 16. 1928. Esther Ralston.
Gary Cooper. William J. Worthington. Free-
man Wood. Mary Doran, Guy Oliver and Ray
Gallagher.
HALF-A-DOLLAR BILL- 5700
MGM. (R) Dec. 15, 1923. Anna Q. Nilsson.
HALF-WAY GIRL. THE 7570
FN. (R) Aug. 8. 1925. Kenyon-Hughes.
HANDS ACROSS THE BORDER 5367
FBO (Radio). (R) June 12, 1926. Fred
Thomson.
HANDS UP _ 5883
l'ar. (B) Jan. 30. 1926. Raymond Griffith.
HANGMAN'S HOUSE (Mel) 6430
Fox. (B) May 13. 1928. Victor McLaglen.
Larry Kent, Earle Foxe. Hobart Bosworth,
Belle Stoddard, Joseph Burke and Eric Mayne.
HAPPINESS 7700
MGM. (R) March 8. 1924. Laurette Taylor.
HAPPINESS AHEAD (D) 7000
FN. (R) May 20. 1928. Colleen Moore. Ed-
mund Lowe. Charles Sellon. Edythe Chapman,
Carlos DuraJi. Lilyan Tashman, Robert Elliott,
Diane Ellis.
HAPPY WARRIOR. THE 7865
Vita (WB). (B) July 18. 1925. Alice Cal-
houn.
HAROLD TEEN (C) 7541
FN. (B) April 21. 1028. Arthur Lake, Mary
Brian. Lueien Littlefleld. Jack Duffy, Alice
White, Jack Eagan. Hedda Hopper. Ben Hall.
William Bakewell. Lincoln Stedman. Fred Kel-
sey, Jane Kecklcy. Ed Brady and Virginia
Sale.
HARP IN HOCK. A 5990
Pathe. (R) Nov. 5, 1927. Rudolph Schild-
kraut.
HARVESTER. THE 7044
FBO (Radio). (R) Nov. 19. 1927. Orville
Caldwell.
HARBOR LIGHTS 5000
AE (Pathe). (R) Oct. 20, 1923. Tom Moore.
HARD HITTING HAMILTON 5000
Artolass. (It) Oct. 18. 1924. Buffalo Bill. Jr.
HARDBOILED _ 5986
FltO (Radio). (R) Feb. 3. 1929. Sally
O'Neill. Donald Reid and Lilyan Tashman.
HARDBOILED ROSE (CD-PTME)
WB. (It) July. 1929. Myrna Loy.
HAUNTED HOUSE. THE (Mel-ME) 5793
FN. (R) Oct. 27. 1028. Chester Conklln.
Larry Kent. Thilma Todd. Montagu Love.
Flora Finch. William V. Mong. Barbara Bed-
ford. Eve Southern and Edmund Breese.
HAUNTED LADY. THE (CD)
Univ. (R) March 31, 1929. (Laura LaPlante.
John Boles. Jane Winton, Huntley Gordon.
Julia Swayne Gordon, Eddie Phillips and
Nancy Dover.
HAVOC 9283
Fox. (R) Sept. 12. 1925. George O'Brien.
HAWK OF THE HILLS (W) 4840
Pathe. (B) March 17. 1929. Allene Bay
and Walter Miller.
HAWK'S NEST. THE (Mel) 7390
FN. (B> May 26. 1928. Milton Sills, Mon-
tagu Love. Doris Kenyon, Mitchell Lewis,
Stuart Holmes and Kamiyama Soiin.
HE WHO GETS SLAPPED _ 6600
MG (MGM). (R) Nov. 15, 1924. Lon Chaney.
HEAD MAN. THE (CD)
FN. (R) June 30, 192S. Charlie Murray,
Loretta Young. Larry Kent, Lucien Littlefleld,
E. J. Radcliffe. Irviug Bacon, Harvey Clark,
Sylvia Ashton, Dot Farley, Martha Mattox and
Rosa Gore.
HEADIN' FOR DANGER (Mel)
FBO (Radio). (R) June 19, 1928. Bob Steele,
Jola Mendez. Al Ferguson, Tom Forman,
Frank Rice. Harry DeRoy.
HEADIN' WESTWARD (W)
Syn. (R) March 31. 1929. Bob Custer.
HEADLINES 5480
AE (Pathe). (B) Aug. 1. 1925. Joyce-Corbin.
HEADWINDS 5486
Univ. (B) March 28. 1923. Peters-Miller-
Travers.
HEART BANDIT, THE 4900
MGM. (R) Jan. 19, 1924. Viola Dana.
HEART BUSTER, THE _ 4500
Fox. (R) July 19, 1024. Tom Mix.
HEART OF A FOLLIES GIRL (D) 5957
FN. (R) March 10, 1928. Billie Dove. Larry
Kent, Lowell Sherman, Clarissa Selwynne and
Mildred Harris.
HEART OF A SIREN 6700
FN. (R) March 21. 1925. LaMarr-Tearle.
HEART OF MARYLAND. THE 5868
WB. (R) July 30, 1927. Dolores Costeilo.
HEART OF THE YUKON. THE _ 6562
Pathe. (R) May 21, 1927. John Bowers.
HEART RAIDER, THE 5075
Par. (R) June 16. 1923. Agnes Ayres.
HEART THIEF, THE 6035
PDC (Pathe). (R) May 21. 1927. Joseph
Schildkraut.
HEART TO HEART (D) 6070
FN. (R) July 7. 1928. Mary Astor, Llovd
Hughes, Louise Fazenda. Lucien Littlefleld,
Thelma Todd, Raymond McKee. Aileen Man-
ning and Virginia Gray.
HEART TROUBLE (C) ... 5400
FN. (R) July 21. 1928. Harry Langdon.
Dons Dawson, Lionel Belmore, Madge Hunt.
Bud Jaimson, Alark Hamilton and Nelson Mc-
Dowell.
HEARTS AND FISTS 5438
AE (Pathe). (R) March 6, 1926. John
Bowers.
HEARTS OF OAK 5336
Fox. (R) Oct. 11, 1924. Special cast.
HELD BY THE LAW 6929
Univ. (R) April 2, 1927. Ralph Lewis.
HELD TO ANSWER 5601
MGM. (R) April 3. 1923. Viola Dana.
HELL-BENT FOR HEAVEN 6578
WB. (R) May 15, 1926. Patsy Ruth Miller.
HELL SHIP BRONSON (Mel)
Col. (R) June. 1928. Noah Becrv. Mrs. Wal-
lace Reid, Reed Howes. Helen Foster, James
Bradbury, Sr., and Jack Anthony.
HELLO CHEYENNE (W) 4618
Fox. (R) May 12, 1928. Tom Mix. Caryl
Lincoln. Jack Baston. Joseph Girard. Al St.
John, Martin Faust and William Caress.
HELL'S HIGHBOARD 6084
PDC (Pathe). (B) Sept. 12. 1925. Leatrice
Joy.
HELPFUL HOGAN 5400
Hod (Pathe). (R) July 28. 1923. Grant
Mitchell.
HER BIG NIGHT 7G03
Univ. (R) Sept. 4, 1926. Laura LaPlante
HER FATHER SAID NO G808
FBO (Badio). (R) Jan. 1. 1027. Mary Brian.
HER HONOR THE GOVERNOR 6712
FBO (Radio). (R) July 31, 1926. Pauline
Frederick.
HER HUSBAND'S SECRET 6150
FN. (K) Feb. 21, 1925. Antonio Moreno.
HER LOVE STORY 7000
Par. (R) Oct. 11. 1924. Gloria Swanson.
HER NIGHT OF ROMANCE 7211
FN. (R) Dec. 6. 1924. Constance Taimadge.
HER REPUTATION 700O
I FN. (It) Sept. 15. 1923. May McAvoy.
HER SISTER FROM PARIS 7255
FN. (R) Sept. 5. 1925. Constance Talmadge.
HER TEMPORARY HUSBAND 6723
FN. (R) Dec. 22. 1923. Sydney Chaplin.
HERITAGE OF THE DESERT 6917
Par. (R) Feb. 2, 1924. Bebe Daniels.
HERO OF THE CIRCUS. THE (D) 5906
Univ. (R) Feb. 24, 1929. Maciste. Minv
Dovia, Helen Rangro. Albert Collo. Victor
Bianehi. Teranz Sala and Guarracina.
HERO FOR A NIGHT. A 5711
Univ. (R) Nov. 20. 1927. Glenn Tryon.
HEROES OF THE NIGHT 6500
Gotham. (It) Feb. 5. 1927. Landis-Nixon.
HEY! HEY! COWBOY 5378
Univ. (It) April 9. 1927. Hoot Gibson.
HEY RUBE (D) 6290
FBO (Radio). (It) Dec. 8. 1928. Hugh Tre-
vor. Gertrude Olmstead. Ethlyn Clair. ISert
Moorchouse, Walter McGrall. James Eagle.
HIDDEN ACES 4620
1'athc. (R) Sept. 3. 1927. Charles Hutchin-
son.
HIDDEN LOOT 4738
Univ. (R) Oct. 31, 1925. Jack Hoxie.
HIDDEN WAY, THE 5919
AD (Pathe). (It) Aug. 2S. 1926. Mary Carr.
HIGH HAND, THE 5679
Pathe. (It) Sept. 11, 1926. Leo Maloney.
HIGH HAT- _.. _ 6161
FN. (11) March 19, 1927. Ben Lyon-Marv
Brian.
HIGH SCHOOL HERO 5498
Fox. (It) Oct. 29. 1927. Nick Stuart and
Sally Phipps.
HIGH SPEED 4927
Univ. (R) June 7, 1924. Herbert ltawlinson.
HIGHBINDERS, THE 548G
AE (Pathe). (R) May 8. 1926. William T.
Tilden.
HILL BILLY. THE...- 5734
Allied P & D. (R) March 22, 1924. Jack
Pickford.
HILLS OF KENTUCKY 6271
WB. (E) Feb. 2G, 1927. Rin-Tin-Tin (dog).
HILLS OF PERIL 4983
Fox. (R) May 14. 1927. Buck Jones.
HIS BUDDY'S WIFE 5226
AE (Pathe). (R) Aug. 1, 1925. Glenn Hunter.
HIS CAPTIVE WOMAN (D-PT) 8305
FN. (R) April 7, 1929. Milton Sills and
Dorothy Mackaill.
HIS CHILDREN'S CHILDREN 8300
Par. (R) Nov. 17. 1923. Bebe Daniels.
HIS DARKER SELF 5000
Hod (Pathe). (R) April 5. 1924. Lloyd
Hamilton.
HIS DOG 6788
Pathe. (R) Sept. 3, 1927. Joseph Schild-
kraut.
HIS FORGOTTEN WIFE 6500
FBO (Badio). (E) April 12. 1024. Bellamy-
iBaxter.
HIS HOUR 6300
MG (MGM). (E) Sept. 20, 1924. Aileen
Pringle.
HIS LAST RACE 5000
Goldwyn (MGM). (E) Sept. 1. 1923. Snowy
Baker.
HIS MAJESTY BUNKER BEAN 7291
WB. (B) Sept. 26, 1925. M. Moore-Devore.
HIS MAJESTY THE OUTLAW 4069
Arrow. (E) 1924. Wilson.
HIS MYSTERY GIRL 4487
Univ. (R) Dec. 29. 1923. Herbert Ravvlinson.
HIS NEW YORK WIFE 5294
Pref. (R) Nov. 27. 1926. Alice Day.
HIS RISE TO FAME 5790
Exc. (R) Feb. 19. 1927. George Walsh.
HIS SECRETARY 6433
MGM. (R) Jan. 2. 1926. Shearer-Cody.
HIS SUPREME MOMENT 6565
FN. (R) April 25. 1925. Sweet-Colman.
HIT AND RUN 5508
Univ. (R) Aug. 16. 1924. Hoot Gibson.
HOGAN'S ALLEY „ 6310
WB. (E) Dec. 5. 1925. Monte Blue.
HOLD 'EM YALE (CD) 7056
Pathe. (R) May 19, 1928. Rod La Rocque.
Jeanette Loff, Hugh Allan. Joseph Cawthorn.
Tom Kennedy. Lawrence Grant, Oscar Smith
and Jerry Mandy.
HOLD THAT LION 5811
Par. (R) Sept. 18. 1926. Douglas MacLean.
HOLD YOUR BREATH 5900
PDC (Pathe). (R) June 7, 1024. Dorothy
Devore.
HOLLYWOOD 8100
Par. (R) Aug. 11. 1923. All-star.
HOME JAMES (CD) 6307
Univ. (R) Sept. 9. 1928. Laura La Plante.
Charles Delaney. Ailepn Manning. Joan Stand-
ing, George Pearce. Arthur Hoyt and Sidney
Bracy.
HOME MADE 6450
Burr. (R) Oct. 29, 1927. Johnny Hines.
HOME MAKER, THE 7755
Univ. (R) Aug. 8, 1925. Joyce-Brook.
HOME STRUCK 5613
FBO (Radio). (R) Jan. 8, 1927. Viola Dana.
HOMEWARD BOUND 7000
Par. (R) Aug. 11, 1923. Thomas Melghan.
HONEYMOON ABROAD (C)
wvv. Produced by British International. (R)
May, 1929. Monty Banks. Gillian Dean, Lena
Halliday. Judy Kelly and Colin Kenny.
HONEYMOON FLATS (C) 6057
Univ. (R) Feb. 24. 1929. George Lewis.
Dorothy Gulliver, Kathlyn Williams. Ward
Crane, Bryant Washburn. Phillips Smalley.
Jane Winton. Eddie Phillips and Patricia
Caron.
HONEYMOON HATE .5415
Par. (R) Dec. 17. 1927. Florence Vidor.
HONOR AMONG MEN 4960
Fox. (R) Oct. 18. 1924. Edmund Lowe.
HONOR BOUND (D) 6188
Fox. (E) April 21. 1928. George O'Brien. Es-
telle Taylor. Leila Hyams, Tom Santschl.
Frank Cooley. Sam DeGrasse. Al Hart and
Harry Gripp.
HOODMAN BLIND 5434
Fox. (R) Jan. 20. 1924. David Butler.
HOOK AND LADDER 5568
Univ. (R) Jan. 19. 1924. Hoot Gibson.
HOOK AND LADDER NO. 9 5240
FBO (Radio). (R) Nov. 26. 1927. Cornelius
Kcefe.
HOOSIER SCHOOLMASTER. THE 5556
Hod (Pathe). (R) March 29. 1924. Henry
Hull.
HORSE SENSE 4648
Arrow. (R) 1924. Raymond Ilatton.
HORSE SHOES 5668
Pathe. (R) April 16. 1927. Monty Banks.
HORSEMAN OF THE PLAINS (W) 4399
Fox. (R) April 7. 1928. Tom Mix. Sallv
Blane. Heinle Conklln. Charles Bvers. Lew
Harvey. Grace Marvin and William Ryno.
HOT HEELS (CD) 5064
Univ. (R) Mnv 26. 1928 Glenn Tryon. Patsy
Ruth Miller. Gretel Yoltz. James Bradbury.
Sr.. Tod Sloan and Lloyd Whitlock.
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
283
HOTEL IMPERIAL 7031
Par. (11) Jan. 8, l'J27. Tola Negri-Jamea
Hall.
HOUSE OF SHAME, THE (D) 6000
Ches. (K) June 30, 1028. Creighton Hale.
Virginia Brown Faire, Lloyd YVIiitlock, Flor-
ence Dudley, Fred Walton and L'alston King.
HOUND OF SILVER CREEK (W) 1095
Univ. (It) June 23, 1928. Dynamite, Edmund
' Cobb, Gloria Grey. Gladden James, Bill Jones
and Frank Bice.
HOW BAXTER BUTTED IN 6302
WB. (R) July 4, 1025. Dorothy Devore.
HULA 5862
l'ar. (B) Sept. 10, 1027. Clara Bow.
HUMAN MILL, THE
MUM. (B) 1023. Alan Holubar production.
HUMAN TORNADO, THE .._4472
FBO (Badio). (B) July 4. 1025. Yakima
Canutt.
HUMMING BIRD. THE J571
Par. (B) Jan. 26. 1924. Gloria Swanson.
HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME. THE U.000
Univ. (B) Sept. 15. 1923. Lon Clianey.
HUNTED WOMAN. THE 1954
Fox. (B) April 4. 1925. Seena Owen.
HUNTRESS. THE 8236
FN. (B) Oct. 13. 1923. Colleen Moore.
HURRICANE KID. THE
Univ. (It) Jan. 3. 1925. Hoot Gibson.
HUSBAND HUNTERS 3600
Tif. (R) Feb. 26. 1927. -Mae Busch.
HUSBANDS AND LOVERS 7882
FN. (It) Nov. 8. 1924. Stone-Cody-Vidor.
HUSBANDS OR LOVERS
Emblem. (It) Dec. 3. 1027. Emil Jannings.
HUTCH OF THE U. S. A
Steiner. (B) May 31. 1924. Charles Hutch-
inson.
I AM THE MAN
Chad. (R) Nov. 1. 1024. Lionel Barrymore.
I WANT MY MAN 617::
FN. (R) April 18. 1925. Sills-Kenyon.
ICEBOUND 6471
l'ar. (It) March 15. 1924. Richard DlZ.
ICE FLOOD. THE 747
Univ. (B) Oct. 2. 1926. Harlan-Dana.
IDAHO RED (W-ME)
FBO (Radio). (B) April 21, 1020. Sound
4783. Tom Tyler.
IDLE TONGUES
FN. (It) Die. 7. 1924. Marmont-Kenyon.
IF I MARRY AGAIN 7401
FN. (R) Jan. 21. 1925. Doris Kenyon.
IF MARRIAGE FAILS 6006
FBO (Radio) (R) June 13. 1925. Jacqueline
Logan.
IF WINTER COMES 10.000
Fox (R) Sept. 15. 1923. l'ercy Marmont.
I'LL SHOW YOU THE TOWN MOO
Univ. (R) June 6. 1925. Reginald Denny.
IMPOSTER. THE 5457
FBO (Radio). (It) May 15. 1926. Evelyn
Brent.
IN BORROWED PLUMES 5719
Arrow. (It) March 27. 1926. Marjorie Daw.
IN EVERY WOMAN'S LIFE
FN. (B) Nov. 15, 1924. Special cast.
IN FAST COMPANY 6000
Tru (Tif). (It) May 24. 1924. Richard Tal-
madge.
IN HOLLYWOOD WITH POTASH AND
PERLMUTTER 6700
FN. (B) Sept. 20. 1924. Special cast.
IN LOVE WITH LOVE
Fox. (B) Jan. 3. 1925. Marguerite de La
Motte.
IN OLD KENTUCKY
MGM. (R) Dec. 3. 1927. James Murray.
IN SEARCH OF A THRILL 5500
MGM (R) Nov. 3. 1923. Viola Dana.
IN THE NAME OF LOVE I
Par. (R) Sept. 12. 1925. Cortez-Nisseii.
IN THE NIGHT
Pro Sec. (It) 1923. Special cast.
IN THE PALACE OF THE KING
Goldwyn (MGM). (R) Dec. 15. 1923. Blanche
Sweet.
IN THE SPIDER'S WEB
IPC. (R) Sept. 29. 1923. Alice Dean.
INEZ FROM HOLLYWOOD
FN. (B) Dec. 13, 1924. Nilsson-Stone.
INFATUATION 5794
FN. (It) Jan. 16. 1926. Corinne Griffith.
INNOCENCE 5923
CBC (Col). (R) Jan. 26. 1924. Anna Q.
Nllsson.
INTERFERENCE (D-AT) 6643
Par. (B) Jan. 5. 1929. Sound 7487. Evelyn
Brent. Clive Brook. William Powell, Doris
Kenvon and Clvdo Cook.
INTERFERIN' GENT. THE 1864
I'athe. (R) Aug. 27, 1927. RulTalo Bill. Jr.
INTO HER KINDGOM 6447
FN. (R) Sept. 4. 1926. Corinne Griffith.
INTO THE NET Serial
I'athe. (R) Aug. 2. 1924. Mulhall -Murphy.
IRON HORSE. THE 11100
Fox. (B) Sept. 13. 1924. Special cast.
IRON MAN THE Serial
Univ. (R) Juno 28. 1924. Albcrtinl.
INTRODUCE ME 6710
AE (Pathe). (B) March 21. 1925. Douglas
MacLean.
IRENE 8400
FN. (R) March 13. 1926. Colleen Moore.
IRISH HEARTS 5597
WB. (R) June 11. 1927. May McAvoy.
IRISH LUCK 7008
Par. (R) Dec. 5. 1925. Thomas Molghan.
IRON MASK. THE (D-PT) 8659
UA. (R) March 9, 1929. Sound 8855. Doug-
las Fairbanks. Marguerite rle la Molte, Dorothy
Revlor. Ullrich llaupt. William Bakewell. Otto
Matleson. Stanley Sanford. Rolphn Sedan. Lon
Poff. Leon Bary. Belle Bennett. Charles Stevens,
Nigel de Brullcr. Gino Corrado and Vera Lewis.
IRRESISTIBLE LOVER. THE" 6958
Univ. (R) Nov. 19. 1927. Lois Moran.
IS LOVE EVERYTHING .0000
AB (Pathe). (B) Nov. 15. 1924. Special cast.
IS MONEY EVERYTHING 5800
Lee-Brad. (It) April 7. 1923. Miriam Cooper.
IS Z AT SOV 6940
Fox. (It) May 21. 1927. George O'Brien.
ISLE OF HOPE, THE 5S00
FBO (BadiO). (11) Sept. 15, 1925. Richard
Talmadge.
ISN'T LIKE WONDERFUL
NA. Produced by Griffith. (It) Dec. 13.
1924. Carol Dempster.
IT - 0542
Par. (B) Feb. 12. 1927. Bow-Moreno.
IT IS THE LAW 6SD5
Fox. (It) Sept. 13, 1924. Special cast.
IT MUST BE LOVE 6848
FN (R) Oct. 16. 1926. Colleen Moore.
IT'S THE OLD ARMY GAME 6889
Par. (It) July 17, 1926. W. C. Fields.
ISLE OF RETRIBUTION, THE 8200
FBO (Badio). (It) May 29. 1926. Lillian
Rich.
J
JACK O' CLUBS 4717
Uiuv (R) Feb. 16. 1924. Herbert ltawlinson.
JADE UUP. THE 4656
FBO (Badioi. (It) July 3. 1926. Brent-Ludin.
JAMESTOWN 4»"»
Pathe. (B) Nov. 3. 1923. Yale Historical
series.
JAWS OF STEEL 5569
WB. (B) Oct. 1. 1927. Bin-Tin-Tin (dug)
JAZZ AGE. THE (D-M) 6245
VBO (Radio). (It) Feb. 10. 1929. Marceline
Day and Douglas Fairbanks. Jr.
JAZZ MAD (D) 6832
Univ. (B) May 19, 1928. Jean Hersholt.
Marian Nixon, George Lewis, Boscoe Karns.
Torben Meyer. Andrew Arbuckle. Charles Clary.
Clarissa Selwynne. Patricia Caron and Albert
Hertz.
JAZZ SINGER, THE .8117
WM. (B) Oct. 22. 1927. Al Jolson.
JEALOUS HUSBANDS 6500
FN. (B) Dec. 29. 1923. Maurice Tourneur
production.
JESSE JAMES 8656
Par. (B) Oct. 22. 1927. Fred Thomson.
JIM THE CONQUEROR 6S24
PDC (Pathe). (It) Jan. 1. 1927. William
Boyd.
JIMMIES MILLIONS 5167
FBO (Radio). (It) Feb. 28. 1925. Richard
Talmadge.
JOANNA 7900
FN. (B) Dec. 26. 1925. Mackaill-Mulhall.
JOHNSTOWN FLOOD. THE ...6258
Fox. (It) March 13. 1920. George O'Brien.
JOSSELYN'S WIFE 5800
Tif. (It) Nov. 27. 1926. Pauline Frederick.
JOY GIRL. THE 5877
Fox. (B) Sept. 24. 1927. Olive Borden.
JUDGMENT OF THE HILLS 5700
FBO (Badio). (B) Aug. 20. 1927. Valli-
D arrow.
JUDGMENT OF THE STORM 6320
FBO (Radio). (R) Jan. 5. 1924. Lloyd
Hughes.
JUST A SONG AT TWILIGHT 5000
PS. (It) 1923. Richard Bartbelmess. .
JUST A WOMAN 6363
FN. (B) June 6. 1925. Wlndsor-Tearle.
JUST ANOTHER BLONDE
FN. (B) Dec. 25. 1926. Mackaill Mulhall.
JUST MARRIED (C) 6039
Par. (R) Aug. 18. 1928. James Hall. Ruth
Taylor. Harrison Ford. William Austin. Ivy
Harris. Tom Rickctts. Maude Turner. Lila Lee.
Arthur Hoyt. Wade lioteler, Mario Carillo.
JUST OFF BROADWAY (D) 6000
Chest. (B) Feb. 15. 1929. Donald Keith.
Ann Christy. I»arry Steers. De Saeia Miun-rs.
Jack Tanner. Syd Saylor. Beryl Roberts and
Allien Dresden.
JUST OFF BROADWAY (D) 6000
Fox. (R) Feb. 22. 1924. John (iilbert.
JUST SUPPOSE >:l'7h
FN (It) Jan. 30. 1926. Richard Barthel-
mess.
K
K— THE UNKNOWN 81 16
Univ. (It) Sept. 6. 1924. Virginia Valli.
KEEP SMILING _ 5400
AE (Pathe). (R) Aug. 1. 1925. Monty
Banks.
KEEPER OF THE BEES. THE 0712
FBO (Radio). (It) Oct. 17. 1925. Frazer-
Bow.
KENTUCKY PRIDE
Fox. (B) Aug. 29. 1925. Henry B. Walthall.
KICK-OFF. THE (CO)
Exc. (B) March 17. 1928. George Walsh.
I^eila Hvams. Bee Amann. Earl Larimore.
VV. L. Thome. Joo Burko and Jane Jennings.
KID BROTHER. THE ; I
Par. (It) Jan. 29. 1927. Harold Lloyd.
KID BOOTS 5050
Par. (R) Oct 23. 1920. Cantor-Bow.
KIDS CLEVER. THE (C) 5792
Univ. (B) Feb 17. 1929. Glenn Tryon.
Kathryn Crawford. Lloyd Whitlock. Bussell
Simpson. Florence Turner. Virginia Sale. Stepin
Fechit. Max Asher. Joan Standing and George
Chandler.
KIKI 8279
FN. (R) April 17, 1926. Norma Talmadge.
KING COWBOY (W) 6269
FBO (Radio). (R) Nov. 17. 192S. Tom Mix.
Sally Blanc. Lou Meehan. Barney Furey.
Frank Leigh. Wynn Mace and Robert Fleming.
KING OF KINGS. THE 13.500
PDC (Pathe). (R) April 23. 1927. Special
cast.
KING OF THE CAMPUS (CD-AT)
Univ. (R) 1929. Georgo Lewis. Dorothy Gul-
liver. Eddie Phillips. Havden Stevenson.
Churchill Ross. CollettC Merton.
KING OF THE RODEO (W) ... rsotind on film) 5509
Univ. (It) Jan. 20. 1930. Hoot Gibson. Kath-
ryn Crawford. Slim Summcrvillc. Charles K.
French. Monty Montague. Joseph W Gerard.
KING OF THE TURF, THE B21U
FBO (Radio). (It) March 13. 1026. Kenneth
Harlan.
KING UK THE WILD HORSES 5UO0
I'athe. (It) March 29, 1924. Bex (horse).
KING UF MAIN STKEET, 1HE 0223
Par. (11) Nov. 7, 1925. Menjou-Love.
KIT CARSON (Mel) 7464
Par. (R) June 23. 1928. i"red Thomson.
Nora Lane. Dorothy Janis, Raoul Paoli, Wil-
liam Courtright, Nelson McDowell and Ray-
mond Turner.
KISS IN A TAXI, A 6430
Par. (It) April 2. 1927. Bebe Daniels.
KISS BARRIER, THE 5i)0O
Fox. (B) -May 23, 1925. Edmund Lowe.
KISS FOR CINDERELLA. A 9621
Par. (11) Jan. 9. 1920. Betty Bronson.
KISS IN THE DARK, A 5767
Par. (11) April IS. 1925. Adolphe Menjou.
KISS ME AGAIN _ 6722
WB. (It) Aug. 15. 1925. Prevost-Blue.
KIVALINA OF THE ICE LANDS 57011
BCB. (It) July 11, 1925. Special cast.
KLEIN SCHMIDT'S ADVENTURE IN THE FAR
NORTH
Lee-Brad. (It) July 2S. 1923.
KNOCKOUT. THE 7450
FN. (R) Oct. 10. 1925. Milton Sills.
KNOCKOUT RILEY 70S0
Par. (R) April 23. 1927. Dix-Brian.
KOSHER KITTY KELLY G193
FBO (Radio). (R) Oct. 2, 192G. Viola Dana.
LA BOHEME S530
MGM. (R) March 13, 1926. Lillian Gish
and John Gilbert.
LADDIE 6931
FBO (Radio). (It) Sept. 4. 1926. John
Bowers.
LADIES A TEASE 5800
FD. (R) Oct. 15, 1927. Pauline Garon.
LADIES AT PLAY 6119
FN. (B) Nov. 29. 1926. Kenyon- Hughes.
LADIES MUST DRESS 5599
Fox. (It) Dec. 17. 1927. Virginia Valli.
LADIES NIGHT IN A TURKISH BATH (CD) ...6502
FN. (R) April 1. 1928. Dorothy Mackaill.
Jack Mulhall. James Finlayson. Sylvia Ashton.
Harvey Clark. Beed Howes and Guinn Williams.
LADIES OF THE MOB (Mel) 6792
Par. (It) May 26. 1928. Clara Bow. Rich-
ard Arlen. Helen Lynch, Carl Gerard. Mary
Alden. Bodil Bosing, Lorraine Rivero and
James Pierce.
LADIES TO BOARD 0112
Fox. (R) Feb. ">3. 1924. Tom Mix.
LADY BE GOOD (CD) 0603
FN. (B) May 12. 1928. Jack Mulhall. Doro-
thy Mackaill. John Miljan, Nita Marton. Dot
Farley, James Finlayson, Aggie Herring, Jay
Eaton, Eddie Clayton and Yola d'Avril.
LADY IN ERMINE. THE 6400
N. (B) Jan. 8. 1927. Corinne Griffith.
LADY OF THE NIGHT
MGM. (B) March 14. 1925. Norma Shearer.
LADY OF THE PAVEMENTS (D-S-PT)
UA. (R) Feb. 16. 1929. William Boyd. Jetta
Goudal. Lupc Velez. George Fawcett, Albert
Contl and Henry Armetta.
LADY OF QUALITY. A 8646
Univ. (R) Dec. 22. 1923. Virginia Valli.
LADY RAFFLES (My) r.471
Col. (R) Feh. 25. 1028. Kstelle Taylor. Ro-
land Drew. Lilyan Tashman, Ernest Hilliard
and Winifred l.mdis.
LADY ROBINHOOD 558O
FRO (Radio). (Rl Aug. 15. 1925. Evelvn
Brent.
LADY. THE 7357
FN. (R) Feb. 14. 1925. Norma Talmadge.
LADY WHO LIED. THE 71)1
FN. IB) July 18. 1925. Lewis Stone-Valll.
LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN 7816
WB. (R) Dec. 12. 1925. Colman-Rich.
LAST COMMAND. THE (D) S231
Par. (R) Jan. 23. 1928. Emil .Tannings. Eve-
lyn Brent. William Powell. Nicholas Soussa-
nin, Michael Vlsaroff.
LAST EDITION. THE 0100
FBO (Radio). (It) Oct. 31. 1925. Balph
Lcrwla,
LAST HOUR. THE 0000
Hurr. (B) Jan. 13. 1923. Milton Sills.
LAST LAUGH. THE 05110
Univ. (R) Feh. 7. 1925. Emil Jannings.
LAST MOMENT. THE 0000
Goldwyn (MGM). (R) June 2. 1923. Special
cast.
LAST OF THE DUANES 0942
Fox. (R) Aug. 30. 1924. Tom Mix.
LAST TRAIL. THE 5190
Fox. (It) Feb. 5. 1927. Tom Mix.
LAST WALTZ THE 0150
Par. (R) Nov. 19. 1927 Foreign cast.
LAST WARNING. THE (MyD-M-PT) 7731
Univ. (R) Jan. 0. 1929. Sound. 7.080.
Laura T/a Plante. D'Arcy Corrigan, John Boles.
Roy D'Arcy. Burr Mcintosh. Mack Swain.
Margaret Livingston. Torben Meyer. Carrie
Dummy. Montagu Love. Bert Roach. Slim
Summervllle. Tom O'Brien and Fred Kelsey.
LATEST FROM PARIS. THE (CD) 7743
MGM. (R) Feb. 18. 1028. Norma Shearer.
George Sidney. Ralph Forbes, Tcnen Holtz.
William Bakewell. Margaret L.mdis and Bert
Roach.
LAUGH. CLOWN. LAUGH (D) 701.-
MGM. (B) April 21. 1928. Lon Chancy.
Bernard Slegel. Loretta Young, Cissy Fitzger-
ald. Nils Asther and Gwen Lee.
LAUGHING AT DANGER mil'
FBO (Radio). (R) Dec. 20. 1924. Richard
Talmadge.
LAUGHING AT DEATH (W) 5500
FBO (Radio). (R) June 2. 1929. Bob Steele
LAW FORBIDS. THE SMS
Univ. (R) March 8. 1924. Baby Peggy.
LAW OF FEAR (Mel) 176)
FRO (Radio). (R) Feb. 11. 1028. Ranger
(dog). Jane Bcld. Sam Nelson. Al Smith.
284
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
LAW OF THE MOUNTED (W) 4694
Synd. IB) Feb. 28. 1929. Bob Custer.
LAW" OF THE RANGE. THE (W) 5305
MGM. (It) Feb. 4. 1928. Tim McCoy. Joan
Crawford. Rex Lease, Bodil nosing. Tenen
Holtz.
LAWFUL LARCENY...- - 556o
1'ar (Rl Aug. 4. 1923. Special cast.
LAWLESS MEN
Stciner. I It I 1924. Neal Hart.
LAW OF THE LAV/ LESS 6387
Par (It) June 3U. 1923. Dorothy Dalton.
LAZYBONES 7234
Fox. (It) Oct. 31. 1925. Buck Jones.
LEARNING TO LOVE G099
FN. (R) March 7. 1925. Constance Tal-
BBBOflB
LEATHERNECK. THE (D-PT) ~ 6898
Pathe (R) Feb. 24. 1929. William Boyd.
LEAVE IT TO GERRY 6400
G-A. (R) Julv 19. 1924. Billie Rhodes.
LEAVENWORTH CASE. THE 5400
Vita (WBI. (R) Nov. 24. 1923. Whitman
Bennet production. ,
LEGEND OF HOLLYWOOD. THE 5414
PDC (Pathe). (R) Jan. 10. 1925. Harmont-
Pitts.
LEGIONNAIRES IN PARIS — — 5, , 1
FBO (Radio). (R) Dec. 31. US. Cooke-
Guard. .._„
LEOPARD LADY. THE (D) - 6650
Pathe (R) Jan. 28. 1928. Jacqueline Logan.
Alan Hale. Robert Armstrong. Hedwig Reicher.
James Bradbury. Sr.. Dick Alexander. William
Burt. Sylvia Ashton. Kay Deslys. Willie Mae
Carson.
LES MISERABLES " 13
Univ. (R) Aug. 27. 1927. Foreign cast.
LET 'ER GO GALLAGHER (D) : .-5888
Pathe (R) Jan. 28. 192S. Junior Coughlin.
Harrison Ford, Elinor Fair. Wade Boteler.
E. H Calvert. Ivan Lebedeff.
LET IT RAIN - - -, 6052
Par. (R) March 12. 1927. Douglas Mac-
Lean- «nn
LET 'ER BUCK - -.- 5d00
Univ (R) Jan 10. 1925. Hoot Gibson.
LET NOT MAN PUT ASUNDER _ 8000
Vita (WB). (R) Jan. 26, 1924. Special cast.
LET'S GET MARRIED _ ------ 6800
Para. (R) March 20. 1926. Dn-Wilson.
LET'S GO - ^198
Tru (Tif). (B) Nov. 17. 1923. Richard Tal-
madge.
LET'S GO GALLAGHER — - 5182
FBO (Radio). (R) Oct. 10, 1925. Tom
Tyler. .
LEW TYLER'S WIVES - ----- 6.o<
Pref (R) Julv 10. 1926. Frank Mayo.
LIFE OF RILEY. THE __ - 6,20
FN (R) Oct. 1. 1927. Sidney -Murray.
UrWS3S! G^E6cV: a! 1924! Emory'"10
Johnson production.
L'GpIr°F,RVE^RI< ^V^ove:
UGpIr™^ 0*'L^ 1923: Percy Marmom.
US5S!,M(kTa^ 1 'mST ^ Huni Bellamy
LIGHTNING LARIATS ... ■ Trier
FBO (Radio). (R) Jan. 22. Uil.
Darro. rnnn
LIGHTNING RIDER. THE g—6000
PDC (Pathe). (R) June 21. 1924. Harry
LIGHTS OF OLD BROADWAY — - c437
MCM (B) Nov. 14. 1925. Marion Dav.es.^
L1GKBO°nTad.o> !F) Oct 13 195.2 Butn
Stonehouse. gg67
ULAFG "(*> Sept"MlE) 1928V Colleen Moore Gary
Cboper. Eugenie Bcsserer Burr Mcintosh.
Kathryn McGuire. <'lcve Moore. Jack Stone.
Emile Chautard and Arthur Lake.
LILIES OF THE FIELD — - 8510
FN (Rl March 22. 1924. Corinne Griffith.
LILIES OF THE STREET -■ - - 7210
PBO (Radio). (11) April 25. 1925. Virginia
Corbin. .„,,
LILY OF THE DUST - 6811
Par. (Rl Sept. 6. 1924. Pola Negri.
■ I |_y THE 6268
Fox (B) Oct. 9. 1926. Belle Bennett.
LIMITED MAIL. THE — • - '144
WB. (It) Sept. 12. 1925. Monte Blue. ^ era
Reynolds.
LION AND THE MOUSE. THE ■- 5600
H,k1 (Pathe). (R) April 7. 1923. Wyndham
Standing.
LISTEN. LESTER - -■ - 5844
Prin (R) May 10. 1924. Special cast.
LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY , 8500
UA (R) Oct. 31. 1925. Mary Pickford.
LITTLE CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER 6300
WB (R) Feb. 24. 1923. Special cast.
LITTLE FIREBRAND. THE 4615
Pathe (R) Julv 2. 1927. Edith Thornton.
LITTLE FRENCH GIRL. THE 5G28
Par. (R) June 13. 1925. Joyce-Brian.
LITTLE GIANT. THE 6850
Univ (Rl Julv 18. 1925. Glenn Hunter.
LITTLE IRISH GIRL. THE 6667
WB (Rl May 22. 1926. Dolores Costello.
LITTLE JOHNNY JONES 6000
WB (Rl Aug. 25. 1923. Johnny Hines.
LITTLE JOURNEY. A 60SS
MGM (R) Jan. 15. 1927. Windsor-Haines.
LITTLE OLO NEW YORK 10.000
Goldwyn (MGM). (R) Aug. 18. 1923. Marlon
Davtea.
LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE
Arrow. (R) May 26. 1923. E. K. Lincoln.
LITTLE ROBINSON CRUSOE 5717
MG (MGM I. (Rl Aug. 16. 1924. Jackie
Coogan. r
LITTLE SAVAGE. THE (W) 4781
FBO (Radio) (Rl May 19. 1929. Buzz Bar-
ton.
LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COME.
THE (D) 7700
FN. (It) April 7. 1928. Richard Barthelmess.
Molly O'Day. Doris Dawson. Gardner James.
Claude GillinswaU r, Gustav von Seytlertitz,
Martha Mattox. Daiid Toirence and Eulalie
Jensen.
LITTLE WILDCAT. THE (D-PTME) .5161
WB. (It) Jan. 5. 1929. Sound, 5644. Aud-
rey Ferris.
LITTLE YELLOW HOUSE (D) 6424
FBO (Radio). (It) June 2. 192S. Orville Cald-
well, Martha Sleeper, Lucy Beaumont, Free-
man Wood, Edward Peil. Jr.. William Orla-
mond and Edythe Chapman.
LIVE WIRE. THE..._ 6850
FN (It) Sept. 12. 1925. Johnny Hines.
LOCKED DOORS 6221
Par. (R) Jan. 24. 1925. Com pson- Roberts.
LOCO LUCK 4827
Univ. (R) Jan. 22. 1927. Art Acord and Fay
Wrav.
LONDON 6 reels
Par. (R) Nov. 13. 1926. Dorothy Gish
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT 5687
MGM. (R) Dec. 17. 1927. Lon Chaney.
LONE CHANCE. THE 4385
Fox. (R) May 24, 1924. John Gilbert.
LONE EAGLE, THE 5862
Univ. (R) Dec. 24. 1927. Raymond Keane.
LONE HAND SAUNDERS 5453
FBO (Radio). (R) Dec. 4. 192G. Fred
Thomson.
LONE STAR RANGER. THE 5250
Fox. (R) Sept. 29. 1923. Tom Mix.
LONE WOLF. THE _ 6000
AE (Pathe). (R) May 10, 1924. Holt-
Dalton.
LONE WOLF RETURNS. THE 5750
Col. (R) July 31, 1926. Bert Lytell and Bil- .
lie Dove.
LONE WOLF'S DAUGHTER. THE (D).... (Sound) 6214
Col. (R) Jan. 13. 1929. Bert Lytell and
Gertrude Olmstead.
LONESOME (CD-PT) 6785
Univ. (It) Jan. 20, 1929. Glenn Toon and
Barbara Kent.
LONESOME LADIES 571S
FN. (R) Sept. 24. 1927. Stone-Nilsson.
LONG LIVE THE KING 9364
MGM. (R) Nov. 10. 1923. Jackie Coogan.
LONG LOOP. THE 5977
Pathe. (R) Jan. 15. 1927. Leo Malonev.
LONG PANTS 5550
FN. (R) April 9. 1927. Harrv Langdon.
LOOKING FOR TROUBLE 43C2
Univ. (It) May 8. 1926. Jack Hoxie.
LORD JIM _ 070'
Par. (R) Nov. 28. 1925. Percy Marmont
LORRAINE OF THE LIONS G700
Univ. (R) Aug. 8. 1925. Norman Kerrv
LOST— A WIFE 0420
Par. (R) July 4, 1925. Menjou-Nissen.
LOST AT SEA G400
Tif. (R) Aug. 21. 1926. Gordon-Sherman- J.
Novak.
LOST AT THE FRONT 5559
FN (R) June 25. 1927. Sidnev-Murrav.
LOST LADY. A " 6700
WB. (It) Feb. 3. 1925. Irene Rich.
LOST WORLD. THE 9700
FN. (Rl Feb. 28. 1925. Bessie Love.
LOST ZEPPELIN. THE (D-AT) (Sound) 6857
Tif. (R) Dec. 20. 1929. Sound on disc and
film. Conway Tearle. Virginia Valli. Ricardo
Cortes.
LOVE 7900
MGM. (R) Dec. 3. 1927. Garbo-Gilbert.
LOVE AND GLORY 7094
Univ. (R) Aug. 16. 1924. Special cast.
LOVE AND LEARN (CD) 5837
Par. (It) Jan. 21. 1928. Esther Ralston.
Lane Chandler. Hedda Hopper. Claude King.
Jack J. Clark. John Trent. Hal Craig. Helene
Lynch. Katherine Parrish. Martha Franklin.
Jerry Handy, Dorothea Wolbert. Johnnie Mor-
ris and Guy Oliver.
LOVE BANDIT, THE 6000
Vita (WB). (R) 1924. Doris Kenyon.
LOVE BRAND. THE 4832
Univ. (R) Aug. 11. 1923. Roy Stewart.
LOVE 'EM AND LEAVE 'EM 6075
Par. (R) Dec. 18. 1928. Evelyn Brent.
LOVE GAMBLE. THE 5766
Ginsberg. (R) Julv 11. 1925. Lillian Rich.
LOVE HOUR. THE 703G
Vita (WB). (R) Sept. 12. 1925. Huntly
Gordon and Louise Fazenda.
LOVE HUNGRY (CD) 5782
Fox. (R) March 10. 1928. Lois Moran.
Lawrence Gray. Marjorie Beehe. Edythe Chap-
man. James Neill and John Patrick.
LOVE IN THE DESERT (D-TME) 6365
FBO (Radio). (R) March 17. 1929. Silent.
0365: sound 5365. Olive Borden. Hugh Trevor.
Noah Beerv, Frank Leigh. William Tooker.
Ida Darling. Alan Roscoe. Fatty Carr. Charles
Brinlev. Pearl Varnell. Gordon Magee.
LOVE LETTERS 4749
Fox. (R) March S. 1921. Shirley Mason.
LOVE MAKES 'EM WILD 5508
Fox. (It) March 19. 1927. Johnny Harron.
LOVE MART. THE 7388
FN. (R) Dec. 31. 1927. Billie Dove.
LOVE MASTER. THE 6779
FN (Rl Jan. 19. 1924. Stroncheart (dog).
LOVE ME AND THE WORLD IS MINE (C) 6813
Univ. (R) 1928. Man- Philhin. Norman
Kerry. Bettv Compson. Henry B. Walthall.
Martha Mattox. Charles Sellon. Mathilde
Rnindnge (loorge Siecmann. Robert Anderson.
Albert Conti. Emily Fitzroy and Charles
Puffy.
LOVE OVER NIGHT (CO) 5733
Pathe (It) NOT. 25. 1928. Rod La Roomie.
Jeanette Loff. Richard Tucker. Tom Kennedy.
Marv Carr.
LOVE PARADE. THE (D-AT) 7094
Par. (It) Jan. 18. 1930. Silent. 7094: sound
on disc. 10.022. Maurice Chevalier. Jeanette
MacDonald. Lupino I,ane. Lillian Roth. Edgar
Norton. Lionel Belmore. Albert Rorcardi.
Carleton Stockdale. Eugene Palette. Russell
Powell. Margaret Fealy. Virginia Bruce.
LOVE PIKER. THE _„ 6237
Goldwyn (MGM). (It) July 21. 1923. Anita
Stewart.
LOVE PIRATE. THE „ 4900
FBO (Radio). IR) Nov. 17. 1923 Carmel
Myers.
LOVE THIEF, THE 6822
Univ. (K) June 12, 1926. Kerry-Nissen.
LOVE THRILL, THE 6038
Univ. (R) May 21, 1927. Laura Lal'lante.
LOVE TRAP, THE 5710
GA. IR) Sept. 15. 1923. Bryant Washburn.
LOVELORN. THE 6110
MGM (R) Dec. 24. 1927. Sally O'Neil.
LOVERS 5291
MGM. (11) May 2. 1927. Novarro-Terry.
LOVERS IN QUARANTINE 6570
Par. (R) Oct. 31. 1925. Bebe Daniels.
LOVERS ISLAND _ 4624
AE (Pathe). (It) Feb. 27. 1926. Hope
Hampton.
LOVER'S LANE 6000
WB. (Rl Nov. 29. 1924. Special cast.
LOVE'S GREATEST MISTAKE 6007
Par. (R) Feb. 19. 1927. Evelvn Brent.
LOVES OF AN ACTRESS ( D-M) 7434
Tar. (R) June 23. 1928. Pola Negri. Nils
Asther. Mary McAllister. Richard Tucker.
Phillip Strange, Paul Lukas. Nigel DeBrulier.
Robert Fischer and Helene Gore.
LOVES OF CARMEN- 8538
Fox. (B) Oct. 8. 1927. Dolores Del Rio.
LOVES OF CASANOVA (D) 6179
MGM. (R) Feh 16. 1929. Foreign cast: Ivan
Mosoujkine. Diana Kerenne. Suzanne Bian-
chetti. Jenny Jugo, Rini de Liguoro. Nina
Kochitz. Olga Day. Paul Guide. Decoeur.
Bouamerane. Rudolf Klein-Roege.
LOVES OF RICARDO. THE 7477
Beban. (It) Sept. 4. 1926. George Beban.
LOVES OF SUNYA. THE 7311
UA. (R) March 19. 1927. Gloria Swanson.
LOVE'S BARGAIN 6 Reek
FBO (Radio). (R) March 21. 1925. Daw-
Brook.
LOVE'S WHIRLPOOL .6028
Hod (Pathe). (R) March 22. 1924. Kirk-
LOVE'S WILDERNESS 6900
FN. (R) Dec. 20. 1924. Corinne Griffith.
LOVEY MARY 6167
MGM. (R) July 3. 1926. Bessie Love.
LOVING LIES 6526
Allied P&D. (R) Feb. 2. 1824. Monte Blue.
LUCK _ _ _ 6000
Burr. (R) March 31. 1923. Johnnv Hines.
LUCKY DEVIL. THE 5935
Par. (R) July 18. 1925. Richard Dix.
LUCKY HORSESHOE. THE 5000
Fox. (R) Aug. 29. 1925. Tom Mix.
LUCRETIA LOMBARD 7500
WB. (R) Dec. 22. 1923. Irene Rich.
LULLABY. THE 7179
FBO (Radio). (Rl Jan. 12. 1924. Jane Novak.
LUNATIC AT LARGE. THE 5521
FN. (R) Feb. 5. 1927. Leon Errol.
LYING WIVES 7000
Abram. (It) May 2. 1925. Clara K. Young.
M
MAD HOUR (D) 6625
FN. (R) March 17. 1928. Sally O'Neil.
Alice White. Donald Reed. Larry Kent. Low-
ell Sherman. Norman Trevor. Tully Marshall.
Margaret Livingston. Kate Price and Rose
Dione.
MADAME POMPADOUR 7180
Par. (R) Aug. 6. 1927. Dorothv Gish.
MADAME SANS GENE 5000
Pro Sec. (R) 1923. Special cast
MADAME SANS GENE _ 9994
Par. (Rl Mav 2. 1925. Gloria Swanson.
MADAME WANTS NO CHILDREN 5415
Fox. (R) April 16. 1927. Maria Corda.
MADAME X (D-AT) 8S06
MGM. (R) April. 1929. Raymond Hackett and
Ruth Chatterton.
MADE TO ORDER HERO. A (W) 4120
Univ. (R) Aug. 4. 1928. Ted Wells. Mar-
jorie Bonner. Pearl Sindelan. Jack Pratt.
Benny Corbetf. Pee Wee Holmes. Scotty Mat-
traw. Dick I.'Estrange.
MADEMOISELLE FROM ARMENTIERES (D) 544t
MGM. (R) Sept. 1. 1922 Estelle Brody.
Marie Ault. John Stuart. Alf Goddard. Hum-
lierstone Wright. John Hamilton. Sergt. I.
Smith. Colonel English. Albert Raynor. Boris
Ranevskv. Clifford Hratherlev. Gabriel Rosea.
MADEMOISELLE MIDNIGHT 677S
MG (MGM). (R) May 17. 1924. Mae Mur-
ray.
MADEMOISELLE MODISTE 6230/
FN (R) May 8. 1926. Corinne Griffith.
MADONNA OF THE STREETS
FN. (R) Oct. 25. 1924. Alia Nazimovi.
MAGIC FLAME. THE 830»
UA. (R) Sept. 24. 1927. Colman-Banky.
MAGIC GARDEN. THE 680T
FBO (Radiol. (R) Feb. 26. 1927. Margaret
Morris.
MAGICIAN. THE 6960-
MGM. (Rl Nov. 6. 1926. Alice Terry.
MAGNIFICENT FLIRT. THE (CD)
Par. (R) April. 1928. Florence Vldor. Al-
bert Conti. Loretta Young. Matty Kemp. Mari-
etta Mlllner. Ned Sparks.
MAIN EVENT. THE 647?
Pathe. (R) Nov. 5. 1927. Vera Reynolds.
MAKING OF O'M ALLEY. THE
FN (R) Julv 4. 1925. Sills-Mackaill.
MAKING THE GRADE (CO M) 5024
Fox. (Rl Feh in. 1929. Silent. 5024: sound.
5903. Edmund Ixiwe and Loll Mnran.
MAN AND MAID
MO (MGM). (Rl April 18. 1925. Cody-
Adoree.
MAN AND THE MOMENT (D-PTME) 0539-
FN. (Rl June 23. 1929. (NPI Aug. 3 1929.
Silent. 6539: sound. 7086. Billie Dove. Rod
La Roeniie, Owen T<oe. Robert Sellable.
Charles Sellon. George Bunnv.
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
285
MAN BAIT 5SH5
Pro-lhs-Co (Pathe). UJ) Jan. 2'J. 1927.
Marie Prevost.
MAN CRAZY 5542
FN. (Rj Dec. 24. 1927. MackaiU-Mulhall.
MAN FOUR SQUARE, A 4744
Fox. (K) June 5. 1926. Buck Jones
MAN FROM BRODENY'S, THE 7100
Vit (WB). (R) Dec. 8. 1923. J. Warren
Kerrigan.
MAN FROM HARDPAN, THE 5814
Pathe. Ot) Feb. 20. 1927. Leo Maloney.
MAN FROM THE WEST, THE 4474
Univ. (R) Dec. 4. 1926. Art Acord.
MAN FROM WYOMING. THE 4717
Univ. (Rj Jan. 2ti. 1924. Jack Hoxie.
MAN IN BLUE. THE 5634
Univ. (B) Feb. 2S. 192.5. RawUluan - Bellamy.
MAN IN HOBBLES. THE (CD)
TS ITU). (R) Dec. 29. 1928. John Harron.
Lila Lee. Eddie Nugent. Betty Evans, Bill
Anderson. Sunshine Hart, Lucien Littlefleld.
Vivian Oakland.
MAN IN THE ROUGH (W) 478
FBO (Radio). (R) Feb. 11. 1928. Bob Steele
Matjorie King. Tom Lingham. William Nor-
ton Bailev, Jav Morley.
MAN IN THE SADDLE. THE 5492
Univ. (R) July 17. 1926. Gibson-Kay Wray
MAN LIFE PASSED BY. THE 6200
MGM. (Ri March 1. 1924. Novak-Marmont.
MAN MUST LIVE. A 0116
u» J*ii*J&)J£&: 3- 1925- "'chard Dix.
MAN NEXT DOOR. THE
Vita (\YB). (R) June 9. 1923. David Smith.'
production.
MAN OF IRON. A
mam hnr nnai iTUvy i 1925' Lione' Bwmore.
Ml Or QUALITY, A 5640
„_ .?*£■„ «) Nov. 6. 1926. George WaM,
MAN ON THE BOX. THE MOl
u.J^JJ'J 0ct- 10- 192s- s5-d CbmjUn.
MAN POWER 5S17
Par. (R) Aug. 6, 1927. Dix-Brian.
MAN WHO LAUGHS. THE (D-M) 10 185
Lniv (R) Nov. 4. 1928. Mary ITiilbln. '
Conrad Veldt, Julius Molnar. Josephine Crow-
ill. Torben Meyer. George Siegmann. Rrandon
Ilurst. Baclanova. Nick de Ruiz. Sam de
Grasse. Stuart Holmes. Cesare Gravina. Ed-
gar Norton. Charles Puffy. Frank I'uglino and
( armen Costello.
MAN WHO WAITED. THE 5nnn
ma^who'w'on^-thV'.1923- Spp" * 55oo
MAN^WHO ' CA^ME* BACK'^TH E,)Stin 55 8*73
Fox. (Rl Sept. C. 1924 Social cast
MAN WHO FIGHTS ALONE. THE
Par (Rl Aug. 9. 1924 William Farnum
MAN WHO FOUND HIMSELF. THE r ■..,«
Par. (Rl Sept. 5. 192" Thomas M.iclian
MAN WHO PLAYED SQUARE. THE 6500
Fox. (R) Dec. 20. 1924. Charles iRurkl
Jones.
MAN WITHOUT A CONSCIENCE. THE 71 Ri
,TO (Rl June 27. 1925 Lnnia-Bh*
MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY. THE
MANF W,THR0'ufeA H E A FTT f T HE**'' ~
man^oman^nd^.n2' ,n24' N' k"-'rU\->,o
MGM 'Rl Dec 17 1927 .tnhn Gilliert
MAN WOMAN AND TEMPTATION
MGM (R) 1923. Nihln production
MAN. WOMAN AND WIFE (D-ME)
Unlv (Rl Jan. 13. 1929. Mormon Kerrv.
PoollDel Stark* Marion Nixon. Kenneth Harlan.
u»u^^,'."■.f.'l^d,^''n,■ Bvron Douglas.
MANHANDLED
„. J*K_ <?' *»«■ fl- 1^24 Gloria Swanson
MANHATTAN 0415
Par (Rl Nov 9 1034 Richard Dix.
MANHATTAN COCKTAIL (Me')
Fox. (Rl T>ec. 192' Nancv Carroll. Rich-
nrd Arlen. Danny O'Sloa. Paul I.ukas. T.ilvan
Tashmon.
MANHATTAN COWBOY THE (W)
Svn (Rl Jan 31 1929. Boh Custer
MANHATTAN MADNESS
AE (Pathel. (R) Aug. 1. 1925. Dcmpsev-
Tovlnr
MANICURE GIRL, THE 5059
P«r. IR> .1 ne 27. 1925. Bebe Daniels.
MANNEQUIN
Par (Ri Jan. 30. 1926. Joyce-Baxter
MAN S MATE. A 5,141
Fox. (R) April 12. 1924. John Gilbert.
MAN'S PAST. A 5910
TJniv IRI Rent. 17. 1927 Conrad Veidt.
MANSION OF ACHING HEARTS. THE 0147
S-hul (Ri March 14. 1925. Ethel Clayton
.0077
MANTRAP
Par. (Rl Jnlv 24. 1920. Torrence-Bow.'
MARE NOSTRUM 11 T>eels
MOM (Hi F-h 27. 192*. Terry-Moreno:
MARK OF THE BEAST. THE 5988
Hod (Pathe). (R) June 10. 1923. Robert
Ellis.
MARQUIS PREFERRED (C)
Par. IRI Feb. 2. 1929. Adolphe Menjou.
Chester Conklin and Nora Lane.
MARRIAGE 5440
Fox. (Rl Feb 20 1927. Virginia Villi.
MARRIAGE CHEAT. THE
FN. (Rl J— 14. 1»24 .Toy-Marmnnt-Menlou
MARRIAGE CIRCLE. THE 0022
WB. (R) Feb 0. 1924. I.uhitsch production.
MARRIAGE CLAUSE. THE
TTnlr. (R) July 3. 1920. Francis X. Bushman.
MARRIAGE LICENSE ~ 7168
Fox. (B) Sent. 4. 1926. Alma Rubens
MARRIAGE MAKER. THE
Par. (R) Sept. 29. 1923. Wm. DeMille pro-
duction.
MARRIAGE MARKET. THE
CBC (Coll. (B) Dec. 29. 1923. Pauline
Goron.
MARRIAGE MORALS 4400
W&N (R) Aug. 11. 1923. Will Nigh pro-
duction.
MARRIAGE WHIRL. THE
FN. (Rl July 25. 1925. Corinne Griffith
MARRY IN HASTE
PO. (B) March 8. 1924. William Fairbanks.
MARRIAGE IN TRANSIT
Fox. (Rl April 11. 1925 Edmund Lowe
MARRY ME 5526
Par. IB) July 26. 1925. Vidor-Hortou.
MARRY THE GIRL (D) _ -
Ster. (11) March 1. 192S. Barbara Bediord.
Robert Ellis. Florence Turner. Al Roscoe. Paul
Weigel. Freddie Fredericks and DeWltt Jen-
nings.
MASK OF LOPEZ, THE 4900
Mon. (R) Nov. 24, 1923. Fred Thomson.
MASKED ANGEL. THE (D) 6300
FD. (R) April 7, 1928. Betty Compson, Erick
Arnold, Wheeler Oalanan. Jocelyn Lee, Grace
C'unard, Lincoln Plumer, Robert Homans, Jane
Keckley.
MASKED BRIDE. THE
MGM. (R) Dec. 12. 1925. Mae Murray.
MASKED DANCER. THE J887
Prin. (R) May 31. 1924. Helene Chadwick.
MASKED WOMAN, THE 5442
FN (R) Jan. 22. 1927. Nilsson-Blinn.
MASKS OF THE DEVIL (D) - 6575
MGM. (B) Nov. 17. 1928. John Gilbert.
Alma Rubens. Theodore Roberts. Frank Reicher.
Eva Von Berne. Ralph Forbes. Ethel Wales
and Polly Ann Young.
MASQUERADE BANDIT. THE 4919
FBO (Radio). (R) July 10. 1920. Tyler-
Darro.
MASTER OF MEN 6800
Vita (WB). (R) April 21. 1923. Special cast.
MATINEE IDOL. THE (CD) 5925
Col. (Rl April 7. 1928. Bessie Love. Johnnie
Walker. Lionel Belmore. Ernest Ililliard. Sid-
ney D'Albrook. and David Mir.
MATINEE LADIES 6352
WB. (B) April 23. 1927. May McAvoy.
MATING CALL. THE (D) 6411
Par. (R) Sept. 8. 1928. Thomas Meighan.
Evelvn Brent. Renee Adoree. Alan Roscoe.
Gardner James. Helen Foster. Luke Cosgrave.
Cyril Chadwick. Will R. Walling.
MAYTIME 7500
Pref. (R) Dec. 8. 1923. Ethel Shannon.
McFADDEN'S FLATS 78M
FM (B) Feb. 12. 1927. Murray-Conklin.
ME GANGSTER (D-M) 6042
Fox. (R) Nor. 3. 1928. June Collyer. Don
Terry. Anders Randolf. Stella Randolf. Al
Hill. Burt Mcintosh. Walter James. Gustav
von Revffcrtltz. Herbert Ashton. Harry Cattle.
Joe Brown. Arthur Stone. Nigel De Brulier.
Carol Lombard. Bob Percy.
MEANEST MAN IN THE WORLD. THE 6500
FN. (R) Sept. 29. 1923. Bert Lytell.
MEASURE OF A MAN IBTS
Uniy. (B) Sept. 20. 1924. William Desmond.
MEDDLER. THE
Univ. (B) May 23 1925. William Desmond.
MEDDLIN' STRANGER. THE 1575
Pathe. (R) June 4. 1927. Wally Wales.
MEDDLING WOMEN MOO
Chad. (R) 1924. Lionel Barrymore.
MEET THE PRINCE
Pro-Dls-Co (Pathe). (B) July 3. 1926. Jo-
seph Schildkraut.
MEMORY LANE 6825
FN. (Bl Feb. 6. 1926. Boardman-Nagel.
MEN - 6504
Par. (R) May 17. 1924. Pola Negri.
MEN ANO WOMEN ^223
Par. (R) April 11. 1925. Richard Dix.
MEN IN THE RAW UU
Univ. (R) Nov. 10. 1923. Jack Hoxie.
MEN OF DARING
TJniv. (R) April 9. 1927. Jack Hoxie and
Ena Gregory.
MEN OF STEEL Ml
FN (Rl July 24. 1926. Sills-Kenyon.
MEN OF THE NIGHT
Ster. (R) July 24. 1926. Herbert Itawlinson.
MERRY WIDOW. THE 10.017
MGM. (R) Sept. 12. 1925. Murray-Gilbert.
MERTON OF THE MOVIES
P"». (B) Sept. 20. 1924. Glenn nunter.
MESSALINA «l"
FBO (Radio) (B) Sept. G. 1924. Spectacle.
METROPOLIS 10.400
Par. (B) March 12. 1927. Foreign east.
MIAMI 1 7
PfO-DU-CO (Pathe). (B) June 14. 1924. Betty
Compson.
MICHAEL OHALLORAN
Hod (Pathe). (R) June 23. 1923. True-
Boardman.
MICHAEL STROGOFF 9315-
TJniT. (B) Oct. 30. 1926. Foreign cast.
MICHIGAN KIO. THE (CD) 6030
Unlr. (B) Oct. 21. 1928. Conrad Nagel.
Renee Adore*". Lloyd Whitlock. Fred Esmel-
tnn. Adolph Mllar. Maurice Murphy. Virginia
Orev and Dick Palm
MIDNIGHT ALARM. THE
Vita (WB). (R) Aug. 11. 1923. Special cast.
MIDNIGHT FLYER. THE 6030
FBO (Badin). (Bl March 6. 1926. Landis-
Devore.
MIDNIGHT GIRL. THE 0300
Chad. (R) March 28. 1925. Lila Lee.
MIDNIGHT KISS. THE 5025
Fox. (Bl Aug. 7. 1920. Janet Oaynor.
MIDNIGHT LIMITEfi. THE 5855
Bav. (B) Dec. 20. 1925. Gaston Glass.
MIDNIGHT LOVERS
FN. (B) Not. 13. 1926. Stone-Nilsson.
MIDNIGHT MADNESS (D) 5650
Pathe. (R) March 25. 1929. Jacqueline Logan.
Clive Brook. Walter McGrail. James Rrad-
hurv. Oscar Smith. Vadim fran-fT. T.ouis
Nath«-aux. Clarence Burton. Virginia Sayle.
Frank Hncnev and Emmett King.
MIDNIGHT MOLLY
FRO Radio. (R) Feb. 3. 1925. Evelyn Brent.
MIDNIGHT ROSE (0 ) 5689
Univ. (R) March 17. 1928 Lva de Puttl.
Kenneth Farlan. Henry Knlker. Lorrimer
Johnston. George I*arkin. "Gunboat" Smith.
Wendell Phillip Franklin. Frank Brownlee.
MIDNIGHT SUN THE S707
Univ. (R) Mav 8. 1920. LaPlante-O'Malley.
MIDSHIPMAN. THE
MGM. (R) Oct. 31. 1925 Ramon Novarro
MIKE 6755
MGM (Rl Jan. 23. 1928. Sallv O'Ncll.
MILLION BID. A 0310
WB. (Rl June 4. 1927. Dolores Costello.
MILLION DOLLAR COLLAR. THE (W-M-E) 5561
WB (R) Feb. 9. 1929. Kin-Tin-Tin (dog).
MILLION DULLAR HANUICAP. THE 6095
Pro-Dis-Co (Pathel. (R) Feb. 13, 1926. Vera
Reynolds. ,
MILLION TO BURN, A - -- «»6
Univ. IK) Nov. 3. 1923. Herbert Rawhnson.
MILLIONAIRES -:~ G9u'J
WB. (R) Nov. 20. 1926. George Sidney.
MINE WITH THE IRON DOOR '800
Prin. (R) Dec, 27. 1925. Special cast.
MIRACLE BABY. THE — 6000
FBO (Radio). Hi) Aug. 18. 1923. Harry
MIRACLE MAKERS, THE .. .. ........5834
AE (Pathe.. (R) Dec. 22 1923. Leah Baird
MIRACLE OF THE WOLVES. THE ... ,10.346
Foreign— French. (Rl March 7. 1925. Special
cast. _ c.j^i
MISS BLUEBEARD - ---- blai
Par. (It) Feb. 14. 1925. Bebe Daniels.
M'Spar^fTS^L^S Bebe baniels:
M'SWBG ^^13^^ 1927: -Syd Chaplin':
MOANA — -r— - 0133
Par. (R) Feb. 27. 1926. -
MOCK FRY
MLM 'P.' Sept. 1". 1"'- Lon Chaney.
MODEL FROM MONTMARTRE. THE (D) .--•■-__5941
Par. (R) Sept. 15. 1928. Nita Naldi. Dan
Petrovitch. Louise LaGrange. Maurice de
Cononge.
MODELS AND ARTISTS -—
Arrow. (R) 1924. Bobby Dunn.
MODERN MARRIA G E - b6il
Selz. (Rl April 14 1923. Bushman-Bayne.
MODERN MATRIMONY „ 4",U
s,lz (Rl Nov. 3 1923. Owen Moore. m2
M°JFBO Utad'.or" UU Aug. £ 1927. Bob Steele.
MOMENT OF TEMPTATION. A -6658
KBO ( Radio ). (R) Dec. 10. 1927. Charlotte
Stevens. 5139
M°NMCYMTALp:SMay 5.S U 0 Claire Windcor and' "
Owen Moore. ,,-.>n
^^5. 1927. Olive Borden: fl
M° BL? n^No, 297 1926: McGrego^Devore:
M0*V^ OTLt 8. !*». Special cast:
»0HS™%?Z^WZV.*. Ku..o„„ V..,ennno^5-
M0N%?-TMR u"E March 19SS Lon Chaney '
MONTMARTRE — - „ , 7UUU
Par (Bl Oct. 11. 1924. Pola Negri. g6g|J
M00Kl!()0rita',ho|AE (151 July 9 1527 Maria Corda ' '
M°^ir *T^;,™1 1924. Dorothy Dalton.
MORALS FOR MEN
5439
.6500
Tif. (R) Dec. 5. 1925. Tearle- Ayres.
MORAN OF THE MOUNTED
Ray. (B) Sept. 4. 1926. Reed Howes.
MORE PAY— LESS WORK — —
Fox. (R) July 10. 1926. Brian-Conklin.
MORGAN'S LAST RAID (W) _ — — „„v
MGM. (R) Jan. 5. 1929. Tim McCoy and
Dorothy Sebastian.
MOTHER
FBO (Badlo) .' (R) March 19. 1927. Belle
Bennett.
MOTHER KNOWS BEST (D-PTME) m."6
Fox (R) Not. 17. 1928. Madge Bellamy.
Louise Dresser. Barry Norton. Albert Gran.
Joy Auburn. Stuart Erwin. Lucien Littlefleld.
Dawn O'Day. Annette De Kirby. Aaron De
K,r,'v
MOTH ERS-IN - LAW 6.25
Pref. (R) Aue 25. 1923. Gasnier produc-
tion.
MOULDERS OF MEN - - . 6413
FBO (Radio). (R) April 9. 1927. Tearle-
Morrls.
MOULIN ROUGE (D) ^8312
WW Produced by British International. (Bl
Jan.' 30. 1929. Eve Gray. Olga Chekova and
John Bradln.
MR. WU 7003
MGM. (R) June 4. 1927. Chaney-Dresser.
MUSIC MASTER. THE • 7754
Fox. (R) Jan. 22. 1927. Alec B. Francis.
-MY BEST GIRL ^ 8700
TJA. (R) Not. 12. 1927. Mary Pickford.
MY HUSBAND'S WIVES 4509
Fox (R) Not. 22. 1924. Mason-Washburn.
MY LADY'S LIPS 6609
Schul. (R) July 25. 1925. Clara Bow.
MY OLD DUTCH 7750
TJniv. (Rl May 1. 1926. McAvoy-O'Malley.
MY MAN 6800
Vita (WB). (B) Feb. 23. 1924. Patsy Buth
Miller.
MY OFFICIAL WIFE 7846
WB. (B) Not. 6. 1926. Irene Rich.
MY OWN PAL 6038
Fox (R) March 27. 1926. Tom Mix.
MY SON 6552
FN. (R) April 18. 1925. Nazlmora.
MY WIFE AND I
WB (Rl May 30, 1925. Irene Rich.
MYSTERIOUS LADY. THE (D) 7650
MGM (R) Mav 26. 1928. Ǥreta Garbo. Con-
rad Nag»l. Gustar Ton Seyffertltz. Edward Con-
nellv Allien Pollet. Richard Alexander.
MYSTERIES OF YUCATAN 5000
Fox. (R) Aug. 25 1923.
MYSTERY CLUB. THE
TTniT. (R) Sept. 19. 1920. Matt Moore.
MYSTIC. THE 5147
MGM. (R) Sept. 12. 1925. Pringle-Tearle.
N
NAME THE MAN
Goldwyn (MGM). (R) Jan. 12. 1924. Sea-
strom production.
NAME THE WOMAN (D) 5544
Col. (Rl June 19. 192.9. Anita Stewart.
Huntley Gordon. Gaston Glass. Chappell Dos-
sett. Julanne Johnson. Jed Prouty.
286
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NAMELESS MEN (Met) 57OS
XS (Tif). (it) March 31. 1928. Antonio
Moreno. Claire Windsor. Kay Hallor. Eddie
Unbbon. Sally liand. Step-in Fetchit. Caro-
lynne Snowden and Charles Clary.
NAPOLEON (D) 0803
MGM. (It) Oct. 27. 1928. Waldimir Rouden-
l;o. Albert Dieudonne, Alexander Koubitzky,
Harry Krimer. Edmond Van Daele. Antonin
Artaurd. Gina. Manes, and Nicholas Koline
NAPOLEON AND JOSEPHINE 6591
FBO (Itadioi. (R) June 7, 1921. Special cast.
NARROW STREET. THE . . . 670U
WB. (R) Jan. 17, 1925. Dorothy Devore and
Matt Moore
NAUGHTY BABY (CD-M) 6406
FN. (R) Dec. 16. 1928. Alice White. Jack
Mulhall. Thelma Todd. Doris Dawson. James
Ford. Natalie Joyce, Frances Hamilton. Fred
Kelsey. Rose Dione, Fanny Midgelv, Benny
Rubin, Andy Devine. Georgie Stone, Raymond
Turner, Larry Banthim
NAUGHTY BUT NICE 6520
FN. (R) July 16. 1927. Colleen Moore.
NAVIGATOR. THE 5600
MG (MGM). (R) Sept. 13, 1924. Buster
Keaton.
NEAR LADY. THE 4g!2
Univ. (R) Dec. 15. 1923. Gladvs Walton.
NECESSARY EVIL. THE
FN. (R) May 23. 1925. Ben Lyon-Dana.
NE'ER DO WELL. THE 7414
1'ar. (R) May 12. 1923. Thomas Meighan.
NEGLECTED WOMEN 6265
FBO (Radio). (R) Aug. 9. 1924. Seena Owen.
NELL GWYNN 9000
Par-British. (R) Feb. 6. 1926. Dorothy Gisn.
NELLIE. THE BEAUTIFUL CLOAK MODEL 7000
Goldwyn (MGM). (R) April 0. 1924. Special
cast.
NERVOUS WRECK, THE 6730
Pro-Dis-Co (Pathe). (R) Oct. 23. 1920. Ford-
Haver.
NEST. THE 7393
Exo. (R) Oct. 15. 1927. Pauline FredericK.
NET. THE 60DO
Fox. (R) Feb. 9. 1924. Barbara Castleton.
NEVER SAY DIE ^ 5891
AE (Pathe). (R) Sept. 13. 1924. Douglas
MacLean.
NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET si 13
MGM. (R) Aug. S. 1925. Anita Stewart and
Bert Lvtell.
NEW BROOMS 5443
Par. (R) Nov. 14. 1925. Neil Hamilton.
NEW COMMANDMENT. THE
FN. (R) Nor. 7, 1925. With Blanche Sweet
and Ben Lyon.
NEW KLONDIKE. THE 7445
Par. (R) April 3. 1926. Thomas Meighan.
NEW LIVES FOR OLD. 6706
Par. (R) March 7. 1925. Betty Compson
NEW TOYS 7250
FN. (Rl Feb. 28. 1925. Richard Barthclmess.
NEW YEAR'S EVE (D-M)
Fox. (R) Feb. 17, 1929. Mary Astor and
Earle Fox.
NEW YORK 6S77
Par. (R) Feb. 5. 1927. Ricardo Cortez and
Lois Wilson.
NEWS PARADE (Mel) 6C79
Fox. (R) May 26. 1928. Nick Stuart. Sally
Phipps. Brandon Hurst. Earle Foxe. Truman
H. Talley, Cyril Ring, and Franklyn Under-
wood.
NEXT CORNER. THE 7081
Par. (R) Feb. 23, 1924. Lon Chaney.
NIGHT CLUB. THE 5732
Par. (R) May 16, 1925. Raymond Griffith.
NIGHT CRY. THE 6300
WB. <R> April 24. 1026. Rin-Tin-Tin (dog).
NIGHT FLYER. THE (Mel) 5954
Pa'he. (Rl Feb. 5. 1928. William Boyd.
.lobyna Ralstnn. rhilo MoCullouch. Abb . , .
Schaeffer. DeWitt Jennings, John Milerta and
Robert Dudley.
NIGHT HAWK. THE 5195
Pro-Dis-Co (Pathe). (R) June 14. 1924. Harry
Carey.
NIGHT LIFE 6235
Tif. (R) Dec. 10. 1927. Alice Day and Johnny
Harron.
NIGHT LIFE OF NEW YORK 6998
Par. (R) July 25. 1925. LaRocque-Torrence.
NIGHT MESSAGE. THE 4531
Unit (R) March 29. 1924. Gladvs Hulette.
-NIGHT OF LOVE. THE 7440
T7A. (R) Jan. 20. 1027. Colman-Banky.
NIGHT PATROL. THE 5085
FBO (Radio). (R) April 3. 1926. Richard
Talmadge.
NIGHT WATCH. THE (D-ME) 6612
FN. (R) Oct. 13. 1928. BiHie Dove. Paul
Lukas. Donald Reed. Nicholas Soussanin.
Nicholas Bela. George Periolat. William Tookcr.
and Gns Partos.
NINETY AND NINE. THE 6800
Vita (WB). (R) Dec. 23. 1023. David Smith
production.
NO MORE WOMEN 6186
Allied P & D. (Rl Feb. 2, 1924. Matt
Moore and Madge Bellamy.
NO MAN'S GOLD 5754
Fox. (B) Aug. 14. 1926. Tom Mix.
NO MAN'S LAND 4042
FltO (Radiol, (it) Nov. 21. 1925. Bob Custer.
NO MAN'S LAW 6903
Pathe (R) May 2. 1027. Rex (horse).
NO OTHER WOMAN (D) 5071
Fox. (R) June 23. 1028. Dolores Del Rio.
Don Alvarado. Ben Bard. Paulette Duval.
Roslta Marstini. Andre Lanoy.
NO PLACE TO GO 6431
FN. (B) Dec. 10. 1027. Mary Astor.
NOBODY'S CHILDREN (D-M)
Fox. (R) March 10. 1929. All-star cast.
NOBODY'S WIDOW 6421
Pro-Dls-Co (Pathe). (U) Jan. 15, 1927. Joy-
llav Haver
NO-GUN MAN. THE 4522
ISO (Radiol. (It) Jan. 17. 1925. Ixfty Flynn.
NONE BUT THE BRAVE (CD) 5031
Fox. (R) Aug. 5. 1928 Charles Morion.
Sallv Phlpps. Farrell MncDonald. Sharon
Lvnn. Tom Kennedy. Billy Butts. Alice Adair
and Tyler Brooks.
NONE SO BLIND
Arrow. (R) February. 1923. Special cast.
NORTH OF NEVADA 5000
FBO (Radio). (R) March 15, 1924. Fred
Thomson.
NORTH STAR 4715
AE (Pathe). (R) March 6, 1926. Strongheart.
NOT A DRUM WAS HEARD 4823
Fox. (R) Feb. 9. 1921. Buck Jones.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION 6140
FBO (Radio). (R) July 23, 1927. Ralph Ince.
NOT SO LONG AGO 6943
Par. (R) Aug. 8. 1925. Bronson-Cortez.
NOTCH NUMBER ONE 4740
Arrow. (R) 1024. Ken Wilson,
NOTORIOUS LADY, THE 6040
FN. (R) May 14. 1927. Lewis Stone.
NOW WE'RE IN THE AIR 5798
Par. (R) Dec. 17, 1927. Beery-Hatton.
NUT-CRACKER, THE 57S6
AE (Pathe). (R) April 17, 1926. Horton-
Busch.
o
0. U. WEST 5000
FBO (Radio). (R) April 11, 1925. Lefty
Flvnn.
OBJECT ALIMONY (D) 6266
Col. (R) Dec. 22. 1928. Lois Wilson, Ethel
Grey Terry, Douglas Gilmore, Roscoe Earns.
Carmelita Geraghty, Dickey Moore. Jane
Keckley. Thomas Curran.
OBLIGIN' BUCKAROO, THE 4575
Pathe. (R) Oct. 8, 1927. Buffalo Bill. Jr.
OFF THE HIGHWAY 7641
PDC (Pathe). (R) Oct. 3. 1925. Marguerite
De La Motte.
OH, BILLY
Arrow. (R) 1924. With Billy West.
OH. DOCTOR 6587
Univ. (R) Nov. 29, 1924. Reginald Denny.
OH. KAY (CD) 6100
FN. (R) Sept. 8. 1928. Colleen Moore.
Lawrence Gray, Alan Hale, Ford Sterling,
Claude Gillingwater, Julanne Johnston. Claude
King, Edgar Norton, Percy Williams, Fred
Oheck.
OH, WHAT A NURSE 0600
WB. (R) March 6. 1926. Syd Chaplin.
OH, YOU TONY 0392
•Fox. (R) Sept. 27. 1924. Tom Mix and Tony
(horse).
OLD CLOTHES 5915
MGM. (R) Nov. 21. 1925. Max Davidson.
OLD FOOL. THE _ 6147
Hod (Pathe). (R) Dec. 29, 1923. James
Barrows.
OLD HOME WEEK 6780
Par. (R) June 6, 1025. Thomas Meighan.
OLD IRONSIDES 10,080
Par. (R) Dec. 11. 1026. Halston-Beery.
OLD LOVES FOR NEW 7423
FN. (R) May 1. 1926. Lewis Stone.
OLD SAN FRANCISCO 7001
WB. (R) June 25, 1927. Dolores Costello.
OLD SOAK. THE.._ 7445
Uniy. (R) Sept. 11. 1926. Jean Her=holt.
ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH 7156
Vita (WB). (R) Nov. 3. 1023. Blackton
production.
ON THE GO .'. 4825
Artclass. (R) April 4. 1925. Buffalo Bill.
Jr.
ON THIN ICE 7046
WB. (R) March 21. 1925. Tom Moore.
ON TIME 6630
Tru (Tif). (R) March 15, 1924. Richard
Talmadge.
ONE EXCITING NIGHT _ 11.000
UA. (R) Oct. 21, 1923. D. W. Griffith pro-
duction.
ONE INCREASING PURPOSE 7677
Fox. (R) Jan. 15. 1927. Lowe-Lee.
ONE LAW FOR THE WOMAN 6000
Vita (WB). (R) 1924. Landis-Harris.
ONE MAN GAME 4689
Univ. (Rl Feb. 12. 1927. Fred Humes.
ONE MAN RANCH _ 4400
Univ. (R) Dec. 12. 1925. Pete Morrison.
ONE NIGHT IN ROME 5883
MGM. (R) Sept. 27. 1924. Laurette Taylor.
ONE MAN DOG (W)
FBO (Radio). March 3, 1929. Banger (dog).
ONE MINUTE TO PLAY 7430
FBO (Radio). (R) Aug. 28. 1026. Red
Grange.
ONE OF THE BRAVEST 5679
Gotham. (R) Nov. 28. 1925. Balph Lewis.
ONE RAINY NIGHT (PT)
Univ. (R) June 16, 1929. Laura LaPlante.
ONE-ROUND HOGAN 6357
WB. (R) Oct. 8. 1927. Monte Blue.
ONE STOLEN NIGHT
WB. (R) April. 1929. Betty Bronson and
William Collier Jr.
ONE WAY STREET 5600
FN. (R) April 4. 1925. Ben Lyon and Anna
O. Nilscon.
ONE WOMAN TO ANOTHER 1022
Par. (R) Sept. 24. 1927. Florence Vidor.
ONE YEAR TO LIVE
FN. (R) March 7. 1925. Ailccn Pringlc.
ONLY 38 6175
Par. (R) June 23, 1923. Win. DeMille pro-
duction.
ONLY THING. THE 7 S l' I
MGM. (R) Doc. 5, 1925. Boardmnn-Nagel.
ONLY WOMAN THE
FN. (Rl Nov. 8. 1924. Norma Talmadge.
OPEN ALL NIGHT
Par. (Rl Sept. 20, 1924. S[>coial cast.
OPEN TRAIL. THE 4S00
Univ. (R) Mav 9. 1025. Jack Hoxie.
ORCHIDS AND ERMINE 873 1
FN. (Rl April 9. 1927 Colleen Moore.
OTHER MEN'S DAUGHTERS 5980
GA. (R) Jan. 19. 1924. Ben Wilson pro-
duction.
OTHER WOMAN'S STORY THE 6080
Schul. mi Oct. 31. 1925. Alice Calhoun.
OTHER WOMEN'S HUSBANDS 0721
WB. (It) May 8, 1926. Biue-Prevost.
OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS (D) 7652
MGM. (It) Sept. 1. 1928. Joan Crawford.
John Mack Brown, Dorothy Sebastian. Anita
Page, Kathlyn Williams, Nils Asther, Edward
Nugent, Dorothy Cummings, Huntley Gordon.
Evelyn Hall and Sam De Grasse.
OUR HOSPITALITY 6220
MGM. (R) Nov. 24. 1923. Buster Keaton.
OUT ALL NIGHT 6170
Univ. (R) Oct. 1. 1927. Denny-Dixon.
OUT OF THE RUINS (D) 6100
FN. (It) Sept. 15. 1928. Richard Barthel-
mess. Robert Frazer, Marian Nixon, Emile
Chautard. Bodil Bosing, Eugene Pallette,
Rose Dione.
OUT OF THE STORM _ 0500
Tif. (R) April 24. 1926. Jacoueline Logan.
OUTCAST (D-ME) 6622
FN. (R) Oct. 27. 1928. Corinne Griffith. Ed-
mund Lowe. Huntley Gordon. Evelyn Carver.
Louise Fazenda, Sam Hardy. Patsy O'Byrne
and Lee Moran.
OUTLAW DOG. THE 4721
FBO (Radio). (B) April 23. 1927. Ranger
(dog).
OUTLAW EXPRESS, THE 5479
Pathe. (R) Nov. 6. 1926. Leo Maloney.
OUTLAWS OF RED RIVER.. 5327
Fox. (R) April 23. 1927. Tom Mix.
OUTLAWS OF THE SEA 5395
Selz. (R) April 7, 1923. Marguerite Courot.
OUTLAWED (W) 6057
FBO (Radio). (R) Jan. 21. 1929. Tom Mix.
OUTSIDE THE LAW 8000
Univ. (R) May 15, 1926. Priscilla Dean.
OUTSIDER, THE 1424
Fox. (R) Jan. 30, 1926. Jacqueline Logan.
OVERLAND STAGE. THE 6392
FN. (R) Dec. 25 1926. ken Maynard.
OVERLAND TELEGRAPH (W) 4S15
MGM. (R) March 2, 1929. Tim McCoy and
Dorothy Janis.
PACE THAT THRILLS, THE 6911
FN. (R) Oct. 24. 1925. Ben Lyon.
PADDY-THE-NEXT-BEST-THING 6000
Allied P&D. (R) Oct. 20, 1923. Mae Marsh.
PADLOCKED 6700
Par. (R) Aug. 28, 1920. Lois Moran.
PAID TO LOVE 6SS8
Fox. (R) Aug. 6. 1927. O'Brien- Valli.
PAINT AND POWDER 7000
Chad. (R) Oct. 17, 1925. Elaine Hammer-
stein.
PAINTED FLAPPER, THE 5000
Chad. (R) 1924. Kirkwood-Garon.
PAINTED PEOPLE 5700
FN. (R) Feb. 9. 1924. Colleen Moore.
PAINTED PONIES '. 5416
fjniv. (B) July 23. 1927. Hoot Gibson.
PAINTED POST (W) 4952
Fox. (R) July 7. 1028. Tom Mix. Natalie
Kingston. Philo McCullough. Al St. John.
Fred Gamble.
PAINTING THE TOWN 5909
Univ. (R) June 25. 1927. Glen Tryon.
PAJAMAS 5S7G
Fox. (R) Dec. 10. 1927. Olive Borden.
PALACE OF PLEASURE. THE 5467
Fox. (R) Jan. 23. 1926. Lowe-Compson.
PALM BEACH GIRL, THE 6918
Par (R) July 3. 1926. Bebe Daniels.
PALS IN PARADISE ...6696
PDC (Pathe). (B) Nov. 29. 192G. Marguerite
D" La Motte.
PALS IN PERIL 4710
Pathe. (R) June 25. 1927. Buffalo Bill. Jr.
PALS OF THE PRAIRIE (W)
FBO (Radio). (R) July 7. 1929. Buzz Bar-
ton.
PAMPERED YOUTH
Vita (WB). (R) Feb. 21. 1925. Cullen Lan-
dis.
PARADISE 7090
FN. (R) Sept. 25. 1926. Sills-Bionson.
PARADISE. THE 5140
Schul. (R) Jan. 31, 1925. Owen Moore.
PARADISE FOR TWO 6187
Par. (B) Jan. 29. 1927. Dix-Bronson.
PARIS 5580
MGM. (R) June 12, 1926. Charles Ray.
PARIS AT MIDNIGHT 6995
PDC (Pathe). (R) May 15. 192G. Jetta
Goudal and Lionel Barrymore.
PARISIAN LOVE
Schul. (B) Aug. 15. 1925. Clara Bow.
PARISIAN NIGHTS
FBO (Radio). (R) March 7. 1925. Elaine
Hammerstein.
PARTNERS AGAIN
UA. (R) Feb. 27. 1926. Sidney-Carr.
PARTNERS IN CRIME (C) 66n0
Par. (R) Feb. 25. 1928. Wallace Beery, Ray-
mond Hatton. Mary Brian. William Powell.
Jack T.uden. Arthur Housman. Albert Roccnrdi.
Joseph W. Giard. George Irving. Bruce Gor-
don. Jack Richardson.
PASSING OF WOLF MAC LEAN 1712
Russell. (R) Nov. 29. 1924. Special cast.
PASSIONATE YOUTH 6400
Tru (Tifl . (R) July 18. 1925. Beverly Bayne
PATENT LEATHER KID. THE 11.412
FN. (R) Aug. 20. 1927. Richard Barthel-
PATHS TO PARADISE 6741
Par. (R) Julv 11. 1925. Raymond Griffith.
TATRIOT. THE (D-M) ... 10.172
Par. (R) Sept. 8. 1928. Enill JannlnEs.
Florence Vidor. Lewis Stone. Vera Veronla.
Neil Hamilton. Harry Cording.
PATSY 6500
Tru (Tif). (It) 1923. Zasu Pitts.
PATSY. THE (CD) 72SD
MOM. (It) April 7. 1928. Mnrinn Davirs.
Onill.- Cadwell. Mario Oresslcr. Del Hender-
son. Lawrence Grav. Jane Winton.
PAUPER MILLIONAIRE A 4304
Plav. (R) Feb 10. 1923. C. M. Hallnid
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WW, Produced by Briuch international.
(ID June, 1929. Olga Chekova, Sidney Suberly
ajid Henry Baudin.
PAYABLE ON UEMAND
Sterner. (Ill 1924. Leo Maloney.
PEACOCK FEATHEKS 6717
Univ. (It) Sept. 5. 1925. Logan-Landis.
PEAK OF FATE G8U0
T. B. Rogers. (Hi June 27. 11)25.
PEAKS OF DESTINY (D) 5582
Par. Produced by UFA. (ID Jan. 7. 1998.
J^ouis Trenker, Leni Kiefenstahl, Brents Pe-
tersen, and Frieda Richard
PENROD AND SAM G275
FN. (St) June 23. 11)23. Special cast.
PERCH OF THE DEVIL GS07
Univ. Ill) Feb. 5. 11)27. Mae Busch.
PERCY 0 reel*
Pathe. (K) March 14. 11)25. Charles Bay.
PERFECT CLOWN. THE 5700
Chad. (It) Jan. 2. 192G. Larry Semon.
PERFECT CRIME. THE (Mcl-PTME) 6331
FBO (Radio). (It) Sept. 1. 1928. Clive
Brook. Irene Utah, Gladys McConnell. Ed-
mund Breese. James Farley. Phil Gastrock.
Tully Marshall. Jane LaYerne.
PERFECT FLAPPER. THE
FN. (R) June 28. 11)24. Colleen Moore.
PERFECT GENTLEMAN. THE
Pathe. (It) Sept. 24. 1927. Monty Banks.
PERFECT SAP. THE 5620
FN. (It) Jan. 22. 1927. Ben Lyon and
Pauline Starke.
PETER PAN _ 9593
Par. (It) Jan. 10. 192r> Betty Bronson.
PETER THE GREAT 7000
Par. (It) July 7. 1923. Emil Jannings.
PHANTOM BULLET. THE
Univ. (It) May 29. 1926. Gibson-Percy.
PHANTOM BUSTER. THE 4497
I'athe. (Itl Auk. 20. 1927. Buddy Roosevelt.
PHANTOM CITY. THE (W)
FN. (R) Nov. 17, 1928. Ken Maynard. Eu-
genia Gilbert, James Mason, Charles Mailes.
Jack McDonald, Blie Washington. Tarzan
(horse).
PHANTOM FLYER. THE (D) 1859
Univ. (It) March 17. 1928. AI Wilson. Lil-
lian Gilmorc. Buck dinners. Billy "Had"
Jones. Don Fullen. Myrtis Crinley. Mary Corn-
Willis and Larrv Steers.
PHANTOM HORSEMAN 4389
[ Univ. (It) March 15. 1924. Jack Hoxie.
PHANTOM JUSTICE 8839
FHO (Radio). (R) Jan. 26. 1924. Special
cast.
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. THE
Univ. (R) Sept. 19 1925 Loo Chancv.
PHANTOM OF THE RANGE (W) 4781
PBO (Radio). (It) Jan. 21. 1928. Tom Tr-
ier. Charles Mollugh. Duanc Thompson.
Krankie Darro. James Pierce. Marjorie Zicr
and Renos
PIED PIPER MALONE 7364
Par. (R) Feb. fl. 1924. Thomas MeiKhan.
PINCH HITTER. THE
AE (I'athe). (R) Feb. 20. 1926. Glenn Hun
ter.
P INTO KID. THE (W) 4881
WHO (TtadiO). (It) Fch 4. 1928. Bon Bar-
ton. Frank Rico. James Welsh. Gloria Lee.
MllbunM Moranti. Hugh Trevor. William Pat-
ton nnd Waller Shumwav.
PIONEER TRAILS 6926
Vita (WB). (R) Oct. 27. 1923. Special cast.
PIRATES OF THE SKY 1839
Pathe. (R) May 21. 1927. Charles Hutchin-
son.
PLASTIC AGE. THE 9489
Sfhul. (R) May 21. 1927. Charles Hutchin-
son.
PLAY GIRL. THE (C) 5200
Fox. (R) April 22. 1928. Madge Bellamy.
Johnny Mack Brown. Walter MoGrail. Lionel
Rplmnra. Tbelmi Bill, Anlln Garvin and
Harry Hmhroeke.
PLAY GOES ON. THE (D)
Univ. (R) April 21, 1929. James Murray.
PLAY SAFE 4915
Pathe. (R) Jan 29. 1927. Monty Banks.
PLAYING WITH SOULS 5831
FN. (It) March 7. 1925. Jacqueline Logan.
PLEASURE BEFORE BUSINESS 5560
Col. (R) Mav 14. 1927. Pat (VMallcv.
PLEASURE MAD 7547
MGM. (R) Nov. 24. 1923. Reginald Barker
production.
PLUNDERER. THE r.slL'
Fox. (R) April 5. 1924. Frank Mayo.
POKER FACES 7s<k
TJniv. (It) July 24. 1926. Iinrtnn-LaPlantP.
POISON
RtatDtf. (R) Sept. 13. 1924. Charles Hutch-
inson.
POISONED PARADISE 6866
Prof. (Rl March 8. 1924. Kenneth Harlan.
PONJOLA 7066
FN. (R) Oct. 20. 1923. Anna Q. Nilsson.
PONY EXPRESS. THE n: 21
Par. (It) Sent. 26. 1925. Compson-Cortez.
POOR NUT. THE 8887
FN. (R) Sept. 16. 1927. Mulhall Murray.
POPULAR SIN. THE 6241
Par. (Rl Dec. 25. 1926. Vldor-Brook.
PORTS OF CALL .- .nil
Fox (It) Jan 24. 1925. Edmund Lowe
POTASH AND PERLMUTTER TT'in
FN. (R) Sept. 22. 1923. Alexander Carr and
Sam Bernard.
POTTERS. THE 8880
Par. (R) Jan. 22. 1927. W. C. Fields
POWER (CD) 6692
Pathe (Rl Oct. 13. 1928. William Howl.
Alan Hale. Jacqueline Logan. Jerry Drew, Joan
B'Tinett, Carol Ixunluird. Pauline Curlew
PRAIRIE MYSTERY, THE 5660
Tru (Tlf). (Rl June 19. 1923. Bud Olbome
PRAIRIE WIFE. THE 8487
MO (MOMI. (Rl May 16. 1925. DeTOre-
Tlawllnson.
PREP AND PEP (CD-M) 9088
Fox. (Rl Nov 3. 1928 David Rollins. N'.m.'V
Dr.i.l. John Darrow. E. II. Cnlvert. Alhert-
>nn Rnliert
PRETTY LADIES 5822
MOM. lit) July 25. 1925 Zasu Pitts.
PRICE OF A PARTY. THE 5500
AE (I'athe). (11) Oct. 18, 1924. Harrison
Ford.
PRICE OF PLEASURE, THE GUIS
Univ. (It) June 13, 1925. Valli -Kerry.
PRIDE OF PAWNEE (W) 4750
FBO (Radiol. 11) June 9. 1929. Tom Tyler.
PRIMROSE PATH. THE 6S00
Arrow. (It) Oct. 3. 1925. Clara Bow.
PRINCE AND THE BALLET DANCER (D)
WW. Produced by Hugo Engel. (It) June.
1929. Albert Paulig. Dina Graller. Werner
l'lttschau and Anna Kallina.
PRINCE OF BROADWAY. THE 5SO0
Chad. (It) Jan. 9. 1926. George Walsh.
PRINCE OF HEADWAITERS. THE 6400
FN. (It) July 22. 1927. Lewis Stone.
PRINCE OF PILSEN 6600
PDC (Pathe). (It) May 8. 1926. George Sid-
PRINCE OF TEMPTERS. THE 7786
FN. (It) Oct. 3(1. 1926. Lois Moran.
PRINCESS OF BROADWAY. THE 5765
Pathe. (R) March 5. 1927. Garon-Walker.
PRISONERS OF THE STORM 6102
Univ. (R) Sept. 16. 1926. House Peters.
PRIVATE AFFAIRS 6132
PDC (Pathe). (R) Aug. 1. 1925. Gladys
Hulette.
PRIVATE IZZY MURPHY
WB. (It) Oct. 30. 1926. George Jessel.
PRIVATE LIFE OF HELEN OF TROY 7694
FN. (It) Dec. 17. 1927. Maria Corda.
PRODIGAL DAUGHTERS G21G
Par. (R) April 28, 1923. Gloria Swanson.
PROUD FLESH _ 5770
MG (MGM). ill) April 25. 1925. Eleanor
Boardman.
PROUD HEART 8943
Univ. (It) Nov. 14, 1925. Rudolph Schild-
kraut.
PROWLERS OF THE NIGHT 4390
Univ. (ID Dec. 18. 192G. Fred Hume.
PUPPETS 7468
FN. (It) July 3. .1926. Milton Sills.
PURE GRIT 4571
Univ. (R) Jan. 5. 1924. Roy Stewart-
PURITAN PASSIONS i;
Hod (Pathe). (R) Sept. 15. 1923. Glenn
Hunter.
PURPLE HIGHWAY. THE G574
Par. (R) Aug. 4. 1923 Madge Kennedy.
PUT 'EM UP (W) 4200
Univ. (It) March 11. 1928. Fred Humes.
Gloria Gray. Tom London. Harrv Semel. Pee
Wee Holmes. Benny Corbctt. Charles Colby
Bert Starkey.
QUALITY STREET 7103
MGM. (II) Nov. 12. 1927. Marion Davles.
QUARTERBACK. THE 7114
Par. (R) Nov. 6. 1926. Dix-Ralstnn.
QUEEN OF DIAMONDS 5129
FBO (Radio). (H) Feb. 13. 1926. Evelyn
Brent.
QUEEN OF THE NIGHT CLUBS (CD-AT)
WR. (R) March. 1929. Texas Giiinan.
QUICK TRIGGERS (W) 1 |TJ
Univ. (H) July 15. 1928. Fred Humes.
Dcrclys Perdue. Robert Chandler. Wilbur Hack
William H Baimhridge. Orpha Alba. Gilbert
Pee Wee Holmes. Scotty Mattraw. Dick D'Es-
trango and Itennv Corbctt.
QUICKER'N LIGHTNIN' 5000
Artclass. (R) June 6. 1925. Buffalo Bill. Jr
QUICKSANDS 6306
Selz. (ID April 7. 1923. Ctiadwick-Dix.
QUITTER. THE (D) 567i
Col. (ID April 1. 1929. Ben Lyon. Dorothy
Revlcr. Fred Kohler. Charles Mi-Hugh. Shorn
Hall. Jane Daly. Henry Otto. Claire MacDowell.
QUO VADIS R74,
FN. (ID Feb. 28. 1925. Emil Jannings.
RACE FOR LIFE. A (Mel-M) (777
WB. (R) Feb. 18. 1928. Rin Tin Tin (dog)
Virginia Browne Falrc. Carroll Nye. Bobby
Gordon. James Mason. Pat Hartigan.
RACING LUCK 660O
AE (Pathe). (It) July 26. 1924. Monty-
Ranks.
RACKET. THE (Mel) 7S..S
Par. (ID Juno 36. 1928. Thomas Mclghan.
Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim. George Stone
John Darrow. Skeots Gallagher. Lee Moran
' ian Prival. Tony Mario. Honrv So. II, v. S.iui
Dc Grasse. James Marcus. G. Pat Collins.
RAFFLES 5557
Univ. (It) May 16. 1925. House Peters.
RAG MAN. THE -ws-,
MG (MGM). <R> Nov. 22. 1924. Jackie
Coogan.
RAG MAN. THE ... rlMS
MO (MGM). (R) March 14. 1925. Jackie
Coogan.
RAGTIME 6706
FD. (Rl Sept. 3. 1927. John Bowers.
RAINBOW THE (D-E) Jin
TS (Tif). (R) Fob. 15. 1929. Dorolliv Schas-
tian. Lawrence Gray. Harvey Clark and Sam
Hardy.
RAINBOW TRAIL. THE r, '"1
Fox. (R) May 2. 1925. Tom Mix
RAINMAKER. THE fOSS
Par. (It) June 12. 1926. William Collier. Jr
RAMBLIN' KID. THE .. . 6305
Univ. (R) Oct. 20, 1923. Hoot Gihsnn.
RANGE TERROR. THE 4759
FBO (Radio). (R t Fill 14. 1925 Hob Custer
RANGER OF THE BIG PINES THE 71 181
Vita (WB). (Rl Aug. 8. 1925. Kenneth Har-
lan and Helene CosteJJo.
RANSOM (Mel)
Col. (ID June 30. 1928. Lois Wilson. Ed-
mund Burns. William V. Mong. Blue Wash-
ington, James Lcnng and Jackie Coomb*.
RAPIDS, THE 490U
iioa (Paine), (it) June m. 1923. Barry x.
Moray.
RAGutU EDGE, THE USUO
Uuiuwyn (MUM j . (ID June 1G. 1923. Mum
Palnieri.
RANSUN S FOLLY 7322
FN. (ID May 21). 192G. Barthelmess-MacVaUl.
RARIN' TO GO 5000
Artclass. Utj Aug. 2. ib24. Buuuy Itoosefeu.
RAWHIUE 44tiO
AE (I'athe). (ID Juue 5. lS)2o. Buttalu Bui.
Jr.
RECKLESS AGE, THE G954
tint?. (It) May 31. 1924. Reginald Denny.
RECKLESS COURAGE 4S51
Artclass. (It) May 2, 1925. Buddy Roosevelt.
RECKLESS LAO Y, THE 7336
FN. (R) Feb. 13. 192G. Belle Bennett.
RECOIL, THE 71/89
MG (MGM). (11) July 12. 1924. Bljthe-
Hamilton.
RECOMPENSE 7379
WB. (ID May 2. 1925. Marie Prevost,
RE-CREAT1UN UK 0H1AN KbNI. IHt GS78
Pnu. (ID March 14. 1925. Harlan-UwdwJck.
RED DANCE, THE (Mcl-M) 925U
Fox. (1() Sept. 22. 1928. Dolores Del Itio.
Charles Farrell, Ivan Liuow. Boris Chaisky,
Dorothy UerleT. Audio Segurola and Denietrios
Alexis.
RED DICE 7357
PDC (Pathe). (It) May 1, 192G. La Kocque-
De La Motte.
RED HAIR (CD) c.331
Par. tit) March 3. 1U2S. Clara Bow. Lane
Chandler, Lawrence Grant. Claude King, Wil-
liam Austin. Jacqueline Uadsou
RED HOT HOOFS 4USI
FBO (Radio). (It) Nov. 13. 1926. Tom Tyler.
RED HOT LEATHER 4555
Univ. (11) Nov. 27. 192G. Jack Hoxie.
RED HOT SPEED (C-PT) «B21
Univ. Ill) Jan. 27, 1929. Reginald Denny.
Alice Day, Charles Byer, Fritzi ltidgewav.
Thomas Ricketts. DeWiU Tanning, and Hector
Sunn.
RED HOT TIRES CG60
WB. (It) Nov. 7. 1925. Monte Blue.
RED LIGHTS e$u
Goldwyu (MGM). (It) Sept. 22. 1923. Marie
Prevost.
RED LILY. THE 0975
MG (MGM). (II) Aug. 16. 1924. Belinett-
Novarro.
RED LOVE 63oo
Davis. (R) May 23. 1925. John Lowell.
RED MARK. THE (D) 7935
I'athe. (It) July 14. 1928. Nena Quartan).
Gaston Glass, Gustav von SeyfTcrtitz. Rose
Dione. Luke Cosgravc. Eugene Palletto. Jack
Roiier and Charles Denis.
RED MILL. THE 6337
MOM. (ID Feb. 19. 1927. Marion Davics.
RED RAIDERS. THE 7050
FN. (ID Oct. 15. 1927. Ken Maynard.
RED RIDERS OF CANADA (Mel) 0419
FBO (Radio). (B) Jan. 21. 1928. Patsy
Ruth Miller. Charles Byer. Harry Wood. Rex
UMM and Barney Furey.
RED SWORD. THE (D) 6243
FBO (Radio). (It) Feb. 17, 1929. Marian
Nixon. William Collier. Jr.. Carmel Myers.
Allan Roscoe.
RED WARNING. THE 4795
Univ. (R) Dec. 15. 1923. Jack Hoxie.
REDEEMING SIN. THE 0227
Vita (Will. (R) Jan. 31. 1925. Nazimova.
REDEEMING SIN. THE ( -PTME)
WB. (It) April G, 1929. Dolores Costello.
REDHEADS PREFERRED 5366
Tii. (ID Jan. 15. 1927. Raymond Hitchcock.
REDSKIN (D-ME) 7204
Par. (ID Feb. 23. 1929. Sound on disc. 7643.
Richard Dix and Gladys Belmont.
REGULAR FELLOW. A 5027
Par. (R) Oct. 17. 1925. Raymond Griffith.
REGULAR SCOUT. A 5564
FRO (Radio). (II) Nov. 29. 1926. Fred
Thomson.
REJECTED WOMAN. THE 7701
MG (MGM). (It) Mav 3. 1924. Ruhen-Nagcl.
REJUVENATION OF AUNT MARY. THE 5844
Pathe. (II) Aug. 6, 1927. May Robson.
RENO 70OO
Goldwyn (MGM). (It) Dec. 22, 1923. Rupert
Hughes production.
RENO DIVORCE. A 5492
WIS. (ID Oct. 29. 1927. May McAvoy.
.RESCUE. THE (D-ME) 7910
UA. (It) Jan. 12, 1929. Silent 7910; sound
7980. Ronald Oilman. Lily Damita. Alfred
Hickman, Theodore von Eltz, John Davidson.
Philip Strange. Bernard Scigel. Kamiyama
Sojin. Laska Winters and Duke Kahanamoku.
RESTLESS WIVES 8080
Burr. (It) Fob. 16. 1924. Doris Kcnyon.
RESTLESS YOUTH (D) 6085
Col. (R) Dec. 22. 1928. Marcoline Day.
Ralph Forbes, Norman Trevor. Rohi rt Ellis,
Mary Mabery, Gordon Elliott and Coy Watson.
RESURRECTION 9120
UA. (ID April 16, 1927. La Rocque-Dcl Rio.
RETURN OF PETER GRIMM. THE Gl'GG
Fox. (ID Nov. 20. 1926. Janet Gaynor.
REVELATION 875J
MO (MGM). (R) July 5. 1924. Viola Dana.
RICHARD THE LION-HEARTED 7909
Allied P&D. (ID Nov. 3. 1923. Wallace Booty.
RICH BUT HONEST 548(1
Fox. (ID June 4. 1927. Nancy Nash.
RIDE 'EM HIGH I! 13
Patio-. (It) Oct. 8. 1927. Buddy Roosevelt.
RIDE FOR YOUR LIFE 5 310
Univ. (It) March 1. 1924. Hoot Gibson.
RIDERS OF MYSTERY 5000
IPC. (ID May 2. 1925. Bill Cody.
RIDERS OF THE DARK (W) 5014
MOM. (ID May 5. 192S. Tim McCoy. Doro-
thy Dwan. Rex Lease. Roy D'Aroy. Frank
Currier. Bert Roach. Dick Sutherland.
RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE 3578
Fox. (It) March 21. 1925. Tom Mix.
RIDERS OF THE RANGE I
Tru (Tif). (R) May 12. 1923. Special cast.
/
288
T/ie MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
RIDERS UP 4904
Univ. (It) Way 3. 1924. Creighton Haie.
RIDGEWAY OF MONTANA 4843
Univ. (R) May 10. 1924. Jack Hoxie.
RIDIN' KID FROM POWDER RIVER. THE 5727
Univ. (It) Oct. 25, 1924. Hoot Gibson.
RIDIN' PRETTY 4812
Univ. (R) Jan. 17. 1925. William Desmond.
RIDIN' ROWDY, THE 4794
I'athe. (R) April 23. 1927. Buffalo Bill, Jr.
RIDIN' THE WIND 7581
FBO (Radio). (R) Oct. 24, 1925. Fred Thom-
son.
RIDIN' THUNDER 4354
Univ. (R) May 16. 1925. Jack Hoxie
RIDING DEMON. THE (W) 4380
Univ. (R) Aug. 18. 1929. Ted Wells. Kath-
leen Collins. Lucy Beaumont and Otto Bibber
RINTY OF THE DESERT (Mel-M)
WB. (R) May 19. 1928. Rin-Tin-Tin (dog)
Audrey Ferris. Carrol Nye. l'aiil Panzer, Otio
Hoffman, Grover Lignon.
RIP SNORTER
Arrow (R) Nov. 22. 1924. Hatton.
RISKY BUSINESS 6594
PDC (Pathe). (R) Sept. 18. 1926. Vera
Reynolds.
RITZY
Par.
RUSTLE OF SILK. THE 6947
Par. (R) May 19, 1923. Betty Compson.
RUSTLER'S RANCH 5230
Univ. (R) June 5, 1926. Art Acord.
RUSTLING FOR CUPID 4835
Fox. (R) May 8. 1926. George O'Brien.
Kirkwood-Bellamy.
" jack Muiiiall.
Ben Alexander.
Ken Maynard.
..5800
..7345
..6326
..4S20
..490S
ST. ELMO 6000
Fox. (R) Aug. 18. 1923. John Gilbert.
SACKCLOTH AND SCARLET - 6732
Par. (R) April 11, 1925. Alice Terry.
SADDLE HAWK. THE 4419
Univ. (R) March 7. 1925. Hoot Gibson.
SAILOR IZ2Y MURPHY 6020
WB. (R) Dec. 10. 1927. George Jessel.
SAILOR'S SWEETHEART. A 5685
WB. (R) Oct. 15. 1927. Faztnda-Cook.
SAINTED DEVIL. THE 8633
Par. (R) Dec. 6, 1924. Rudolph Valentino.
SALLY 8636
FN. (R) Mar. 28. 1925. Colleen Moore.
S.ALLY, IRENE AND MARY 5564
MGM. (R) Dec. 19. 1925. Special cast.
5:™L__SALLY OF THE SAWDUST 9500
UA. (R) Aug. 15. 1925. Griffith production.
SALLY OF THE SCANDALS (Mel) 6059
FBO (Radio). (R) April 28. 1928. Bessie
Love. Irene Lambert, Allan Forrest. Margaret
Quimby, Jimmy Phillips. Jack Raymond. Jerry
Miley.
SALLY'S SHOULDERS (Mel) 0279
FBO (Radio). (R) Oct. 20. 192S. Lois Wil-
son, George Hackathorne, Lucille Williams.
Huntley Gordon, James Mason, Edythe Chap-
man and lone Holmes.
SALOME OF THE TENEMENTS 7017
Par. (R) Mar. 7. 1925. Goudal-Tearle.
SALOMY JANE 6270
Par. (R) Sept. 15. 1923. Jacciueline Logan.
Adolphe Menjou.
Adolphe Menjou and
..520S
.6170
..1600
(R) .Tune 25. 1927. Bettv Bronson.
RIVER PIRATE. THE (Mel-M) 6937
Fox. (R) Sept. 29. 1928. Victor McLagien.
Lois Moran. Nick Stuart. Earle Foxe. Donald
Crisp. Robert Perry.
RIVER WOMAN, THE (D-E) 8 reels
Gotham. (R) August. 1929. Lionel Barrvmore
and Jacqueline Logan.
ROAD HOUSE (Mel) 4990
Fox (R) Aug. 4. 1928. Maria Alba War-
ren Burke. Lionel Belmore. Julia Swavne Gor-
don. Temple Pigott. Florence Allen. .Taek
Onkie. Eddie Clayton, Jane Kecklev. Joe Brown
Kay Bryant.
ROAD TO GLORY. THE
Fox. (R) Feb. 20, 1926 Mav McAvov
ROAD TO MANDALAY THE ' SALVATION HUNTERS. THE 5930
Y iMt 6551 /\ UA. (R) Feb. 14, 1925. George K. Arthur.
•-.<;««
July 10, 1926. Lon Chancy and
Ramon Novarro
MGM. (R
Lois Moran
ROAD TO ROMANCE. THE
MGM. (R) Nov. 19. 1927
ROAD TO YESTERDAY. THE
PDC (Pathe). (R) Dec.
Schildkraut.
ROARING ADVENTURE
Univ. (R) Feb. 14. 1923.
ROBIN HOOD..
UA. (R) Oct. 28, 1923
ROCKING MOON . ",.„
TrD*min2th;) <R' Jan 30 13« Lilyan
ROLLED STOCKINGS fi247
Par. (R) July 30. 1927. James Hall and
Louise Brooks.
ROLLING HOME
Univ. (R) May 22. 1926. ' Denny-Nixon;
ROMANCE AND RUSTLERS aqoq
Arrow. (R) Nov. 15. 1924 Canutt
ROMANCE OF A MILLION DOLLARS
Pref. (R) Aug. 7. 1926. Glenn Hunter.'
ROMANCE RANCH
1924. John Gilbert
12, 1925. Joseph
4800
Jack Hoxie.
10.000
Douglas Fairbanks.
.6831
SANDRA 7794
FN. (R) Dec. 6. 1924. Barbara LaMarr.
SANDY 7850
Fox. (R) April 17. 1926. Madge Bellamy.
SAN FRANCISCO NIGHTS 7000
Gotham. (It) Dec. 24. 1927. Percy Marmont.
SANTA FE TRAIL Historical Serial. 15 parts
Arrow. (R) Aug. 11. 1923.
SATAN AND THE WOMAN (D) 6400
Dxc. (R) Feb. 25. 1928. Claire Windsor.
Cornelius Keefe. Vera Lewis, Thomas Holding.
James Mack. Edithe York, Madge Johnston.
SATAN IN SABLES 72G0
WB. (R) Oct. 31. 1925. Lowell Sherman.
SATAN TOWN 5460
Pathe. (R) Aug. 14. 192G. Harry Carey.
SATIN GIRL, THE 5591
GA. (R) Dec. 8. 1923. Mabel Forrest.
SECRETS OF THE NIGHT 6138
Univ. (R) Dec. 20, 1924.
SEE YOU IN JAIL
FN. (It) April 23, 1927.
SELF-MADE FAILURE, A...
FN. (R) June 28. 1924.
SENOR DAREDEVIL
FN. (R) July 10, 1926.
SENORITA 6634
Par. (R) May 14. 1927. Bebe Daniels.
SENSATION SEEKERS 7015
Univ. (R) Jan. 29, 1927. Billie Dove.
SERENADE
Par. (R) Dec. 24. 1927.
SERVICE FOR LADIES
Par. (R) Sept. 3. 1927.
Kathryn Carver.
SET UP, THE
Univ. (R) April 3. 1926. Art Acord.
SEVEN CHANCES 5113
MG (MGM). (R) March 28. 1925. Buster
Keaton.
SEVEN DAYS 6974
PDC (Pathe). (R) Sept. 12. 1925. Lillian
Rich.
SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE 6648
Par. (R) Nov. 14. 1925. Douglas MacLean.
SEVEN SINNERS G927
WB. (R) Dec. 19. 1925. Prevost-Brook.
SEVENTH HEAVEN _...8000
Fox. (It) May 28. 1927. Gaynor-Farrell.
SEVENTH BANDIT, THE 5353
Pathe. (R) April 3. 1926. Harry Carey.
SHADOW OF THE EAST 5874
Fox. (R) Feb. 16. 1924. Special cast.
SHADOW OF THE LAW, THE 4526
AE (Pathe). (R) March 20. 1926. Clara Bow.
SHADOWS OF PARIS 6549
Par. (R) March 1. 1924. Pola Negri.
SHADOWS OF THE NORTH 4943
Univ. (R) Aug. 25. 1923. William Duncan.
SHAKEDOWN. THE (D-PT) 6753
Univ. (R) Feb. 24. 1929. Murray Kent. Harry
Gribbon. Wheeler Oakman. .Tackine Hanlon.
Jack Raymond, George Kotsandros and Florence
Dudley.
SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOR 5218
Pref. (R) Oct. 30. 1926. Bdith Roberts.
SHAMROCK HANDICAP, THE 5685
Fox. (R) Mav 22. 1926. Janet Gaynor.
SHANGHAI BOUNO 5315
Par. (R) Nov. 12. 1927. Dix-Biian.
SHANGHAI ROSE (D) G539
Rayart. (R) March 1. 1929. Irene Rich.
SHANGHAIED 5998
FBO (Radio). (R) Aug. 20, 1927. Ralph Ince.
SHARP SHOOTERS (CD) .5380
Fox. (R) Feb. 4. 1928. George O'Brien. Lois
Moran, Noah Young. Tom Duaan, William
Demarest. Gwen Lee. Joseph Swickard.
SHATTERED REPUTATIONS 5000
Lee-Brad. (R) Oct. 27. 1923. Johnnv Walker.
• lA/nMiN^THF""' ""^ * """" 7-™^=— SHE GOES TO WAR (D-MES) 88G4
SATIN WOMAN, THE. —•••-»•-- Wallace FA. (R) June. 1929. Eleanor Boardman.
(R) Aug. 13. 1927
.5300
.6417
..G640
..7506
.8800
.5150
4409
Fox. (R) July 12
ROMEO MIXUP
Arrow. (R) 1924. Edmund Cobb'.'
ROOKIES
MGM. (R) May 7. 1927.' Dane Arthur
ROSE-MARIE (D) 7n2
MGM. (R) Feb 18, 1928. James Murray
Joan Crawford. House Peters. Creighton Hale
George Cooper. Pollv Moran. Gibson Gowland'
Lionel Belmore. William Orlamond. Harry
Gribbon and Ralph Yearslev.
ROSE OF PARIS fi3eo
Univ. (R) Oct. 4. 1924. Marv Philhin.
ROSE OF THE GOLDEN WEST ' 6477
FN. (R) Oct. 8. 1927. Marv Astor.
ROSE OF THE TENEMENTS 6678
FBO (Radio). (R) Dec. 18. 1926. Shiriev
Mason.
ROSE OF THE WORLD
WB. (R) Nov. 21. 1925. Patsy Ruth Miller
ROSITA
TIA. (R) Sept. 15. 1923. Mary Pickford!
ROUGED LIPS
MGM. (R) Rent. 8. 1923. Viola Dana.
ROUGH AND READY
Univ. (R) Jan. 8. 1927. Jack Hoxie and Ena
Gregory.
ROUGH HOUSE ROSIE . 5952
Par. (R) June 4. 1927. Clara Bow.
ROUGH RIDERS 1' 071
Par. (R) March 19. 1927. Noah Beery and"
George Bancroft.
ROUGH RIDIN' 4670
Arfclass. (R) April 26. 1924. Buddy Roose-
velt.
ROUGH RIDIN' RED (W) . ... 4714
FRO (Radio). (R) Dec. 1. 1928. Buzz Bar-
ton. Frank Rice. Betty Welsh. James Welch
Bert Moorehouse and Ethan Laidlaw.
ROUGHNECK. THE 7500
Fox. (R) Dec. 13. 1924. George O'Brien.
RUBBER HEELS 5614
Par. (R) July 16. 1927. Ed Wynn.
RUBBER TIRES 0301
PDC (Pathe). (R) April 9. 1927. Bessie Love
RUGGED WATER fi015
Par <RI Aug. 8. 1925. Lois Wilson and
Wallace Beerv.
RUGGLES OF RED GA«> 7500
P»Jt IR) Sent. 22. 1923. Ernest Torrence.
RUNAWAY THE r,->\8
Par. (R) Mav 8 1926. Bow-Baxter.
RUNAWAY EXPRESS THE
Univ. (R) Aug. 28. 1926
RUNNING WILD
Par. (R) June 18. 1927.
RUPERT OF HENTZAU
Selz. (Rl July 21. 1923.
RUSH HOUR. THE (C)
Pathe. (R) Dec. 12. 1927. Marie Prevost.
Harrison Ford. Sccna Owen. David Butler.
Ward Crane.
Hoot Gibson.
With Ricliard Dix
..5509
5577
Jack Daugherty.
' W.' C.' Melds.' "'
Hainmerstein-Lvtell.
.5863
.6368
9400
Lumas
Reid.
SAWDUST TRAIL. THE
Univ. (R) July 19, 1924.
SAY IT AGAIN
Par. (R) June 19, 1926
and Alyce Mills.
SAY IT WITH SABLES (D) 6401
Col. (R) Aug. 4, 1928. Francis X. Bushman,
Helene Chadwick. Margaret Livingston. Arthur
Rankin. June Nash. Alphonz Ethier and Edna
Mae Cooper.
SAY IT WITH SONGS (D-AT) (Sound) 8324
WB. (R) Aug. 24. 1929. Al Jolson, Davey
Lee, Marian Nixon.
SCANDAL PROOF 4400
Fox. (R) June 6. 1925. Shirley Mason.
SCAR HANAN 46S4
FBO (Radio). (R) Mar. 28. 1925. Yakima
Canutt.
SCARAMOUCHE 9600
MGM. (R) Oct. 13, 1923. Rex Ingram pro-
duction.
SCARLET HONEYMOON. THE 5080
Fox. (R) Mar. 14. 1925. Shirley Mason.
SCARLET LADY, THE (D) 6443
Col. (R) Sept. 8. 1928. Lya De Putti, Don
Alvarado. Warner Oland, Otto Maties'n. John
refers, Valentina Zimina and Jacqueline Gads-
den.
SCARLET LETTER. THE 9000
MGM. (R) Aug. 21, 1926. Lillian Gish.
SCARLET LILY. THE 6000
FN. (R) July 21. 1923. Katherine MacDonald.
SCARLET SAINT, THE 6880
FN. (R) Nov. 21. 1925. Astor-Hughes.
SCARLET SEAS (D-PTM) 6237
FN. (R) Dec. 1. 1928. Richard Barthelmess.
Betty Compson. Loretta Young. James Brad-
bury. Sr.. Jack Curtis. Knute Erickson.
SCHOOL FOR WIVES 6182
Vita (WB). (R) April 11. 1925. Tearle-
Holmquist.
SCRAPPIN' KID. THE 4664
Univ. (R) Dec. 5. 1925. Art Acord.
SEA BEAST, THE 10.250
WR. (R) Jan. 30. 1926. John Barrymore.
SEA HAWK. THE 12.045
FN. (It) June 14. 1924. Milton Sills.
SEA HORSES 6565
Par. (R) March 6. 1926. Holt-Vidor.
SEA TIGER. THE 5606
FN. (R) May 14. 1927. Milton Sills.
SEA WOLF. THE 6763
PDC (Pathe). (R) July 10. 1926. Ralph W.
Ince.
SECOND HAND LOVE
Fox. (R) Oct. 20. 1923. Buck Jones.
SECOND YOUTH 6169
MG (MOM). (R) April 19. 1924. Special cast.
SECRET ORDERS 34s.
FBO (Radio). (Rl April 17. 1926. Evelyn
Brent.
SECRET STUDIO. THE 5870
Fox (It) June 25. 1927. Olive Borden.
SECRETS 8345
FN. (R) April 5. 1924. Norma Talmadge.
John Holland
SHE WOLVES 5783
Fox. (R) Mav 9. 1925. Rubens-Mulhall.
SHEPHERD KING. THE 8500
Fox. (R) Dec. 22. 1923. Special cast.
SHERIFF OF SUN DOG 4949
Arrow. (R) June 2. 1923. William Fairbanks.
SHERLOCK. JR 4065
MG (MGM). (R) May 17. 1924. Buster
Keaton.
SHE'S A SHEIK 6015
Par. (R) Nov. 26. 1927. Bebe Daniels.
SHIELD OF HONOR THE 6172
Univ. (R) Dec. 17. 1927. Neil Hamilton.
SHIFTING SANDS 5308
Hod (Pathe). (R) Oct. 20. 1923 Peggv
Hylan.
SHIPWRECKED 5865
PDC (Pathe). (R) July 3. 1926. Seena Owen.
SHOCK PUNCH. THE 6151
Par. (R) May 23. 1925. Richard Dix.
SHOOTING OF DAN McGREW 6318
MGM. (R) April 12. 1924. Barbara La Marr.
SHOPWORN ANGEL THE (CD-PT) 7112
Par. (R) Jan. 12. 1929. Sound 7373. Garv
Cooper. Nancy Carroll and Paul Lukas.
SHORE LEAVE 6856
FN. (R) Oct. 3. 1925. Richard Barthelmess.
SHOW GIRL (CD-ME) 6133
FN. (R) Sept. 15. 1928. Alice White. Don-
ald Reed. Lee Moran. Charles Delanev. Rich-
ard Tucker. Gwen Lee. .Timmie Finlavson. Kate
Price. High Roman. Bernard Randall.
SHOW PEOPLE (CD-PTE) 7453
MGM. (R) Sept. 29. 1928. Marion Davi-s.
William Haines. Dell Henderson. Paul Ttalli
Tenen Holtz. Harry Gribbon. Sidney Braev
Polly Moran. Albert Conti.
6H0W. THE 6309
MGM. (R) March 19. 1927. Gilbert-Adoree.
SHOWDOWN. THE (D) 76I6
Par. (R) Feb. 18. 1928 George Rnn-roft.
Evelyn Brent. Neil Hamilton. Fred Kohler.
Helen Lvnch. Arnold Kent. Leslie Fenton and
George Kuwa.
SHOW-OFF. THE 6196
Par. (R) Sept. 11. 1926. Ford Sterling.
SHRIEK OF ARABY. THE 4150
Allied P&D. (R) April 24. 1923. Sennett-
Turpin.
SIBERIA 6950
Fox. (R) Anril 24. 1926. Rubens-Lowe
SIDE SHOW OF LIFE. THE 7SU
Par. (R) Aug. 2. 1924. Ernest Torrenc-.
SIEGE 6424
Univ. (R) June 20. 1925. Valll-O'Brien.
SI EGFRIEO 900D
UFA. (Rl Sent. 12. 1925. Foreign cast.
SIGN OF THE CACTUS. THE 4MS
Univ. (R) Jan. 10. 1925. Jack Hoxie.
SIGNAL TOWER. THE 6714
Univ. (R) May 24. 1924. Jewel Production.
SIGNED 5790
Fox. (R) July 16. 1927. Blanche Sweet
SILENCE 7518
PDf' (Pathe). (It) June 5. 1926. Vera Rev
nolds.
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
289
SILENT ACCUSER, THE 5S83
MG (MGMi. (It) Nov. 9. 1924. Peter the
Great (dog).
SILENT COMMAND, THE
Fox. (R) Sept. 15, 1923. Edmund Lowe.
SILENT HERO. THE 5002
Ray. (Rl Aug. 20. 1927. Robert Frazer.
SILENT LOVER. THE 0500
FN. (R) Dec. 4. 1926. Milton Sills.
SILENT PARTNER, THE 580C
Par. (R) Sept. 1. 1923. Leatrice Joy.
SILENT RIDER, THE 5808
Univ. (R) Dec. 25. 1920. Hoot Gibson.
SILENT SANDERSON 4SJ1
PDC (Pathe). (R) June 20. 1925. Harry
Carey.
SILK STOCKING SAL 5367
FBO (Radio). (R) June 3, 1925. Evelyn
Brent.
SILK STOCKINGS 5947
Univ. (R) Aug. 20. 1927. Laura La Plante.
SILENT STRANGER. THE 5000
FBO (Radio). (R) April 19. 1924. Fred
Thomson.
SILENT WATCHER. THE
FN'. (R) Oct. 18. 1924. Glenn Hunter
SILKEN SHACKLES 6001
WB. (H) June 5. 192C. Irene Rich.
SILKS AND SADDLES (CD)
Univ. (R) Jan. 20. 1929. Marian Nixon.
Sam De Grasse. Montagu Love, Otis Harlan,
Mary Nolan. David Torrence. Johnnv Fox.
Jr., Hayden Stevenson and Claire McDowell.
SILVER COMES THROUGH
FBO (Radio). (It) May 28. 1927. Fred
Thomson.
SILVER VALLEY .5300
Fox. (It) Oct. 29. 1927. Fred Thomson.
SIMON THE JESTER
PDC (Pathe). (It) Not. 28. 1925. Eugene
O'Brien.
SIMPLE SIS G'18
JVB. (R) June 11. 1927. Louise Fazenda "
and Clyde Cook.
SIN CARGO C400
Tif. (R) Dec. 11. 1926. Shirlcv Mason
SIN SISTER. THE (CD-M)
Fox. (R) Jan. 3. 1929. Nancy Carroll and
Lawrence Gray.
SINGAPORE MUTINY. THE (Mel) 6812
FBO (Radio). (It) Oct. 27. 1928. Itali h In,,..
Est rile Taylor. James Mason. Gardner James.
Will Mac, Harry Allen. Carl Axzcllc. Mar-
tha Mattox, Robert Gaiilard and Frank New-
berg.
SINGER JIM McKEE
Par. (It) April 12. 1924. William S. Hart.
SINGING FOOL. THE (CD-PTME) KS1
WB (It) Jan. L 1929. Al Jolson
SINGLE MAN. THE (CD)
MGM. (R) Jan. 12, 1029. Lew Cody and
Aileen Princle
SINGLE WIVES
FN (R) Aug. 9. 1924. Grlfnth-SilN
SINNERS IN HEAVEN
Par. (R) Sept. 20. 1924. Danicls-Iln
SINNERS IN LOVE (Mel) 6310
FBO (Itadio). (Ill Nov. 3. 1928. Olive Bor-
den. Huntley Gordon. Seena Owen. Ernest
Hilliard. Daphne Pollard and Phillip Smaller.
SINNERS IN SILK
MG (MGM I. (Rl Aug. 3o. 1924. MenjOB-
Boardman.
SINNERS PARADE (Mel) 5616
Col. (R) Oct. 20. 1928. Victor Varronl.
Dorolhy Itevier. John Patrick. Edna Marlon.
Marjorie Bonner. Clarissa Selwynne and Jack
Mower.
SINS OF THE FATHERS D-M) 7701
Par. (R) Oct. 20. 1928. Emil Jannlngs. Ruth
Chatterton. Barrv Norton Jean Arthur. Jack
Luden. Zasu Pitts. Mathew Brtz. Harry Cord-
ing. Arthur Housman. and Frank Belcher.
SIOUX BLOOD (W) on
MGM. (R) April 20. 1929. Tim McCoy.
SIR LUMBERJACK . 5146
FBO (Radio). (R) April 24. 1926 I.efty
Flynn.
SIREN OF SEVILLE. THE
PDC (Pathe). (R) Nov. 29. 1924. Prlscllla
Dean.
SIX CYLINDER LOVE
Fox. (R) Dec. 22. 1923. Ernest Tnux.
SIX DAYS 8010
Goldwyn (MGM). (Rl Sept. 29. 1923. Corinnr
Griffith.
SIX FIFTY. THE 5100
Univ. (R) Oct. 6. 1923. Nile* Welch.
SIX SH00TIN' ROMANCE. A 1837
Univ. (R) Jan. 23. 1926. Jack Hoxle.
SIXTH COMMANDMENT. THE
AE (Pathe). (R) 1924. Special cast.
SIXTY CENTS AN HOUR 5632
Par. (R) May 26. 1923. Walter Hlers.
SKEDADDLE GOLD
Pathe. (R) Aug 6. 1927. Wallv Wales.
SKINNER'S BIG IDEA (CO)
FBO (Radio). (R) Nov. 3. 1928. Brvant
Washburn. William Orlamond. James Brad-
Imrr. Sr.. Robert Dudley. Ole If. Ness. Charles
Wellealey. Martha Sleeper and Hugh Trevor.
SKINNER S DRESS SUIT
Univ. (R) Dec. 26, 1925. Dcnny-LaPlante.
SKIRTS (C) 5801
MGM (Rl June 2. 1928. Syd Chanlln. Betty
Balfour. Nancy Rigg. Annie Esmond. Edmond
Bcon. Diana Wilson. Clifford McLaglen and
Enid Stamp.
SKY SKI ODER, THE (D)
Univ. (R) Jan. 13. 1929. Al Wilson Helen
Foster, Wilbur McGaugh and Pee Wee Holmes.
SKYSCRAPER (D) 7040
Pathe. (R) April 9. 1928. William Ttovd.
Alan Hale. Sue Carol and Alberta Vaughn.
SKYROCKET. THE
AE (Pathe). (R) Jan. 23. 1926. Peggy Hop-
kins Joyce.
SLAVE OF DESIRE MTB
Goldwyn (MGM). (R) Dec. 15. 1923. Special
cast.
SLAVE OF FASHION. A 5906
MGM. (Rl Aug. 1. 1925. Shearer-Cody.
SLAVES OF BEAUTY 5412
Fox. (It) June 11, 1927. Special cast.
SLIGHTLY USED 6412
WB. (R) Sept. 24, 1927. McAvoy-Nagel.
SLIM FINGERS (Mel)
Univ. (It) March 24. 1929. William Cody.
Duane Thompson, Wilbur Mack, Monte Man-
tague, Arthur Morrison, Charles King and
Josef Levigard.
SLIDE. KELLY. SLIDE 7865
MGM. (R) April 2, 1927. William Haines.
SMART SET (Mel) 6476
MGM. (R) March 10. 192S. William Haines.
Jack Holt. Alice Day. Hobart Bosworth, Coy
Watson. Constance Howard. Paul Nicholson
and Julia Swayne.
SMILE. BROTHER, SMILE 6548
FN. (R) Sept. 17. 1927. Mulhall-Mackaill.
SMILIN' GUNS (W) ,
Univ. (R) April 7. 1929. Hoot Gibson.
Blanche MehalTey. Virginia Pearson. Robert
Graves. Leo White. Dad Gibson. James Brail -
'bury. Jr.. Walter Brennan and Jack Wise.
SMOOTH AS SATIN
FBO (Itadio). (R) July 4. 1925. Evelyn
Brent.
SMOULDERING FIRES .7356
Univ. (R) Dec. 13. 1924. Frederick-La-
Plante.
SNOB. THE _ - 6315
MG (MGM). (R) Nov. 8. 1924. Special
cast.
SNOB BUSTER. THE _ 497"
Ray. (R) Aug. 22. 1925. Reed Howes.
SNOW BRIDE. THE .6000
Par. i It I May 26. 1923. Alice Brady.
SNOWBOUND
Tif. (It) July 30. 1927. Betty Blythe.
SO BIG 8501
FN. (It) Jan. 17. 1925. Colleen Moore.
SO THIS IS LOVE (CD) 5440
Col. (It) Feb. 25. 1928. Shirley Mason.
William Collier. Jr.. Johnnie Walker. Ernie
Adams. Carl Gerard. William H. Straus and
Jean Laverty.
SO THIS IS MARRIAGE - 6300
MG (MGM). (Rl Jan. 3. 1925. Nagel-
Boardman-Codv.
SO THIS IS PARIS 6235
WB. (It) Sept. 4. 1926. Monte Blue.
SOCIAL CELEBRITY. A
Par. (It I Mav 1. 1920. Menjou- Brooks.
SOCIAL CODE 5000
MGM. (Ill Oct. 6. 1923. Premier production.
SOCIAL HIGHWAYMAN. THE U0T
WB. (Rl June 26. 1926. Dorothy Devore.
SOCIETY SCANDAL. A I
Par. (It) March 22. 1924. Gloria Swanson.
SOFT LIVING (CD) 5629
Fox. (R) Feb. 18. 1928. Madge Bellamy.
John Mack Brown. Mary Duncan. Joyce
Compton. Thomas Jefferson. Henry Kolker.
Olive Tell. Maine Geary. Tom Dugan and
David Wengren.
SOMEONE TO LOVE (D) 6323
Par. (R) Dec. 29. 1928. Mary Brian. Charles
Rogers. William Austin. Jack Oakie. James
Kirkwood. Marv Alden and Frank Relcher.
SOMETHING ALWAYS HAPPENS (CD) ITH
Par. (R) March 3. 1928. Esther Rals'on.
Nell Hamilton. Kamiyama Sojin. Charles Sel-
lon. Roscoe Earns, Lawrence Grant and Mlseha
Auer.
SON OF HIS FATHER. THE o'.i2.r>
Par. (R) Oct. 10. 1925. Bessie Love.
SON OF THE SAHARA. THE
FN. (It) May 24. 1924. Special cast.
SON OF THE SHEIK. THE
UA. (R) Aug. 7. 1926. Valentino Banky
SODA WATER COWBOY
Pathe. (R) Oct. 1. 1927. Wallv Wales.
SOFT CUSHIONS ... T
Par. (It) Aug. 27. 1927. Douglas Maclean.
SOME MOTHERS BOY (D)
Hay. (H) Feb. 15. 1929. Man' Carr and
Jason Robards.
SOME PUMPKINS
Chad. <R) Dec. 26. 1925. Charles Ray
SONG AND DANCE MAN. THE
Par. IR) Feb. 13. 1926. Thomas Moore and
Ressle Ixive.
SONG OF LOVE. THE I
FN. (Rl Jan. 19. 1924. Norma Talmadge.
SONG OF LOVE (D-AT) _ (Sound) 7720
Col. (R) Nov. 25. 1929. Belle Walker. Ralph
Graves. David Dtirand. Eunice Quedens. Arthur
Houseman. Charles Wilson.
SONORA KID. THE
FBO (Itadio). (R) March 5. 1927. Tom
Tyler.
ORRELL AND SON
UA. (R) Nov 19. 1927. H. B. Warner and
Anna Q. Nilsson.
SORROWS OF SATAN. THE 11.
Par. (R) Oct. 23. 1926. Menjou-Dempster.
SOS YOUR OLD MAN 6347
Par. (R) Nov. 20. 1920. W. C. Fields.
SOUL FIRE 8262
FN. (R) May 16. 1925. Richard Barthelmess.
SOUL MATES 6073
MGM. (It) Jan. 16. 1926. Prlngle-Lowr
SOULS AFLAME (D) 6200
FT). (R) April 21. 1928. Gardner James.
Grace Lord. Ruddy Rarton. Raymond Wells.
Edward Lackave and Gael Kelton.
SOUL'S AWAKENING. A .6000
CBC (Coll. (R) Sept. 6. 1924. Flora Le-
Breton.
SOULS FOR SABLES 6000
Tif (Rl Sept. 5. 1925. Claire Windsor and
Eugene O'Brien.
SPANGLES 5633*
Unlr. (R) Nov. 6. 1926. Marian Nixon.
SPANISH DANCER THE M34
Par. (R) Oct 20. 1923. Pola Negri.
SPARROWS 6 reels
UA. (R) Oct. 9. 1926. Mary Pickford.
SPEED LIMIT. THE MM
fiotham. (R) March 27. 1926. Itavmond Mc-
Kee.
SPEED SPOOK. THE Onon
Burr. (It) Aug. 30. 1924. Johnnv Hines.
SPEED WILD 47"ii
FBO (Radio). (R) May 23. 1925. Leftv
Flynn.
SPEEDING VENUS. THE 5560
PDC (Pathe). (R) July 24. 1926. Priscilla
Dean.
SPEEDY (C) „ ..... 7960
Par. (R) April 28. 1928. Harold Lloyd. Ann
Christy. Rert Woodruff and Brooks Benedict.
SPIRIT OF THE U. S. A.. THE 8312
FBO (Radio). (It) May 31. 1924. Emory
Johnson production.
SPIRIT OF YOUTH. THE (D) 6216
IS (Tif). (R) Jan. 10. 1929. Dorothy Se-
bastian. Larry Kent. Betty Francisco, Douglas
pilmore, Maurice Murphy and Anita Fremauli.
SPITFIRE 6109
AE (Pathe). (R) July 5. 1921. Special cast.
SPLENDID CRIME. THE 0069
Par. (R) Jan. 2. 1926. Bebe Daniels.
SPLENDID ROAD. THE 7646
FN. (R) Dec. 19. 1925. Nilsson-Frazer.
SPOILERS, THE 8928
Goldwyn (MGM). (It) July 7. 1923. Hampton
production.
SPOOK RANCH 5147
Univ. (R) May 2. 1925. Hoot Gibson.
SPORTING AGE, THE (D) 6464
Col. (Rl March 2. 1928. Belle Bennett.
Holmes Herbert. Carroll Nye. Josephine Borio
and Edward Davis.
SPORflNG CHANCE. THE 6696
Tif. (Ill July 11. 1925. Dorothy Phillips.
SPORTING LIFE 6709
Univ. (It) Sept. 26. 1925. Bert Lytell and
Marian Nixon.
SPORTING GOODS (D) _ 5951
Par. (Rl Feb. 18. 192S. Richard Dix. Ford
Sterling. Gertrude Olmstead. Philip Strange.
Myrtle Stedman. Wade Boteler. Claude King
and Maude Gordon.
SPORTING VENUS. THE 5928
MG I MGM i. (It I May 23. 1925. Sweet -
Colman.
SPORTING YOUTH 6712
Univ. (Rl Feb. 2. 1924. Reginald Denny.
SPOTLIGHT. THE 4866
Par. (R) Dec. 3. 1927. Esther Ralston.
SPRING FEVER 6705
MGM. (It) Dec. 10. 1927. William Haines.
SPUDS 4930
Pathe. (It) April 9 1927. Larry Semon.
SQUARE CROOKS (Mel) 5355
Fox. (It) March 4. 192S. Robert Armstrong.
lohn Mack Brown, Dorothy Dwan. Dorothy
Appleby. Eddie Sturgis. Clarence Burton. Lydia
Dickerson and Jack Oakie.
SQUARE SHOULDERS (Mel-PT) 5477
Pathe. (Rl March 10. 1929. Junior Coghlan.
STAGE MADNESS 5620
Fox. (Rl Jan. 29. 1927. Virginia Valli.
STAGE STRUCK 6691
Par. (It I Nov. 28. 1925. Gloria Swanson.
STAND AND DELIVER (Mel) 5423
Pathe. (R) May 12. 1928. Rod La Rocque.
Lupe Velez. Wamer Oland. Louis Natheaux.
James Dime. A. Palasthy. Frank Lanning,
Bernard Siegel. Clarence Burton and Charles
Stevens.
STAR DUST TRAIL. THE 4686
Fox. (Hi March 7. 1925. Shirley Mason.
STARK LOVE 6203
Par. (R) March 19. 1927. Forrest James.
STARK MAD ( Mel- AT) I IT
WB. (It I March 2. 1929. Sound 6681. H. B.
Warner and Louise Fazenda.
STEADFAST HEART. THE
Hod (Pathe). (R) Special cast.
STEEL PREFERRED 6717
PDC (Pathe). (Ill Jan. 9. 1926. Vera Rey-
nolds.
STEEL TRAIL. THE Serial 15 parts
Univ. (It) Aug. 11. 1923. Duncan.
STEELE OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED ROD
Vita (WB). (R) June 27. 1925. Bert Lytell.
STELLA DALLAS 10.157
UA. (R) Nov. 28. 1925. Colman-Bennett.
STELLA MARIS
Univ. (R) Jan. 30. 1926. Mary Philhin.
STEPHEN STEPS OUT 5153
Par. (R) Dec. 1. 1923. Douglas Fairbanks.
Jr.
STEPPING ALONG 7 reels
FN. (R) Nov. 27. 1926. Johnnv Hines.
STILL ALARM. THE
Univ. (R) Jan. 9. 1926. Helen Chadwick.
STOCKS AND BLONDES (CD) MM
FBO (Itadio) (It) July 14. 1928. Gertrude
Astor. Jacqueline Logan. Skeets Gallagher and
Albert Conti.
STOLEN BRIDE. THE 717
FN. (R) Sept. 3. 1927. Billle Dove.
STOLEN KISSES (C-PTME) 5683
WB. (R) May. 1929. Sound 6273. May
McAvoy.
STOLEN LOVE (D) 6223
FBO (Radio). (R) Dec. 22. 1928. Marre-
line Day. Rex I .ease. Owen Moore. Helen
Lynch. Blanche Frederici. Joy Wlnthrop and
Betty Blythe.
STOLEN SECRETS 47 4J
UnlT. (R) March 22. 1924. Herbert' Rawltn-
son.
STOOL PIGEON (Mel) 5792
Col. (R) Nov. 17. 1928. Olive Borden. Charles
Dclaney. Lucy Beaumont. Louis Natheaux.
Ernie Adams. Al Hill. Robert Wilber and
Clarence Burton.
STOP FLIRTING 5161
PDC (Pathe). (R) June 27. 1925. Wanda
Hawley.
STOP. LOOK AND LISTEN
Pathe. (R) Jan. 23. 1926. Larry Semon.
STOP THAT MAN (CD)
Univ. (Rl Feb 25. 1928. Arthur Lake.
Barbara Kent, Eddie Or'bhon. Warner Rich-
mond Walter McGrall. George Slegmann and
Joe Glard.
STORM 8REAKER. THE 6064
Univ. (R) Sept. 19, 192.'). House Peters.
STORM DAUGHTER. THE
Univ. (R) April 19. 1924. Priscilla Dean
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1931
STORMY SEAS 4S03
Ali (1'allle). Ill) July 21. 1923. J. V. Ml-
Uowan.
STOxY WITHOUT A NAME 51)12
Par. (11) Oct. is. 11)24. Ayres-Moreno.
STRANDED 5114
Ster. (It) Sept. 10, 11)27. Shirley Mason.
STRANDED IN PARIS C1UG
Par. (R) Dec. 18, 192G. Bube Daniels.
STRANGE CARGO (D-AT) 0134
Pathe. (K) March 31. 11)21). Sound 7U99. All-
star cast.
STRANGER. THE 66G0
1'ar. (H) Feb. 10. 1U24. Richard Dix.
STREET ANGEL (D-PTME) 9222
Fox. (R) Aug. 11), 1328. Janet Gaynor.
Charles Farrell, Guido Trcnto, Henry Armetta.
Natalie Kingston. Louis Liggett, Milton Dick-
enson, Helena Herman, David Kashner. Gino
Conti. and Jennie Bruno.
STREET OF FORGOTTEN MEN, THE G36G
Par. (R) Aug. 1, 1925. Marniont-Brian.
STREET OF SIN. THE (Mel) G218
Par. (R) April 28. 1928. Emil Jannings.
Fay Wray, Baclanova, Ernest Johnson, George
Kotsonaros, Johnnie Morris, John Gough and
Jack Burdette.
STREETS OF SHANGHAI (Mel) 5276
TS (Til). (R) Dec. 15. 1927. Pauline Starke.
Kenneth Harlan, Margaret Livingston, Eddie
Gribbon, Jason Robards, Mathilde Comont.
Kamiyama Sojin, Anna May Wong. Tetsu
Komai, Toshiye Ichioka and Media Ichioka.
STRIVING FOR FORTUNE (D) 5337
Exc. (R) Jan. 15. 1928. George Walsh.
Beryl Roberts, Joe Burke, Louise Carter.
Brian Donlevy, Dexter McReynolds and Tefft
Johnson.
STRONG BOY (D-M) 55G7
Fox. (R) March 3, 1929. Victor McLaglen
and Leatrice Jov.
STRONG MAN, THE 6882
FN. (R) Sept. 18. 192G. Harry Langdon.
STRONGER WILL, THE (D) 6536
E.xc. (R) Feb. 25. 1928. Percy Marmont.
Rita Carewe. Howard Trucsdell. Merle Ferriss,
William Morton and Erin La Bissioniere.
STUDENT PRINCE. THE 9541
MGM. (R) Sept. 24. 1927. Novarro-Sliearer
SUBSTITUTE WIFE, THE 0580
Arrow. (R) Oct. 31. 1925. Jane Novak
SUBWAY SADIE G727
FN. (R) Sept. 25. 1926. Mackaill-Mulhaii.'
SUMMER BACHELORS 678'
Fox (R) Jan. 1. 1927. Madge Bellamy.
SUN DOG TRAILS
Arrow. (R) 1923. William Fairbanks
SUNDOWN (W) 90no
FN. (R) Oct. 23. 1924. Special cast.
SUNNY SIDE UP 5994
PDC (Pathe). (R) July 17. 1920. Vera Rey-
nolds.
SUNRISE 10 reeIs
Fox. (R) Oct. 1. 1927. O'Brien-Gavnor.
SUNSET LEGION. THE (W) 6763
Par. (R) April 21. 1928. Fred Thomson.
William Courtwright. Edna Murphy and Harry
Woods.
SUN-UP 5819
MGM. (R) AUT. 29. 1925. Starke-Nagel.
SUNSET DERBY. THE 50AO
FN. (R) July 2, 1927. Mary Astor.
SUNSET PASS (W) SSG2
Par (Rl Feb. 9. 1929. Jack Holt. Chester
Conklin. Nora Lane and John Loder.
SUPER SPEED 5997
Ray. (R) Feb. 3. 1925. Reed Howes.
SURGING SEAS 4700
Sleiner. (R) April 26. 1924. Charles Hutch-
inson.
SURRENDER S249
Univ. (R) Nov. 12. 1927. Mary Philbin.
SUZANNA 8000
Allied P&D. (R) March 3. 1923. Mabel
Normand.
SWAN. THE 5889
Par. (R) March 14, 1925. Adolphe Menjou.
SWEET ROSIE O'GRADY BIOS
Col. (R) Oct. 2. 1926. Shirley Mason.
SWIM. GIRL, SWIM 6121
Par. (R) Sept. 17. 1927. Bebe Daniels.
SWORDS AND THE WOMAN 6000
FBO (Radio). (R) July 12. 1924. Pedro De-
Cardoba.
SYNCOPATING SUE 6770
FN. (R) Nov. 20. 1926. Corinne Griffith.
TAILOR MADE MAN 8049
UA. (R) Dec. 9. 1923. Charles Ray.
TAKE IT FROM ME 6649
Univ. (R) Oct. 16. 1920. Reginald Denny.
TALKER. THE 7861
FN. (R) May 23. 1925. Nilsson-Stone.
TAMING THE WEST 5340
Univ. (R) Feb. 28. 1925. Hoot Gibson. "s. —
TANGO CAVALIER. THE
Aywon. (R) Nov. 3, 1923. George Larkin.
TARTUFFE, THE HYPOCRITE 6053
TJFA. (R) Sept. 3. 1927. Emil Jannings.
TARZAN OF THE GOLDEN LION 580?
FRO (Radio). (R) April 2. 1927. James
Pierce.
TAXI (C) _ 5760
FHO (Radio). (R) Sept. 22. 1928. Chester
Conklin, Martha Sleeper. Hugh Trevor. Gustav
ton ScyfTertitz. Ethel Wales. Lee Moran. Jem
Mlliv. Charles Bver.
TAXI DANCER. THE 6203
MOM. lit) March 12. 1927. Joan Crawford.
TAXI I TAXI! 7173
Unlr. (It) Feb. 19. 1927. Horton-Nixon.
TEA FOR THREE 6150
MOM. (R) Not. 12. 1927. Cody-Pringle.
TEARIN' INTO TROUBLE USt
Pathe. (IM March 5. 1927. Wallv Wales
TEA WITH A KICK 5950
AT. (Pathe). (Rl Sept. 8. 1923. Special cast.
TEARIN' LOOSE 5000
Artclnsn. (R) June 13. 192.V Wnllv Wales.
TEARING THROUGH 4714
FBO (Radio). (R) May 9. 1925. Richard
Talmadge.
TEASER, THE 0800
Univ. (R) May 30. 1925. Laura LaPlante.
TEMPLEOF VENUS, THE 8000
Fox. (R) Nov. 10. 1923. Special cast.
TEMPORARY MARRIAGE 7000
Prin. (R) May 5. 1923. Kenneth Harlan.
TEMPTRESS. THE 8221
MGM. (R) Oct. 23. 1920. Garbo-Moreno.
TELEPHONE GIRL. THE 5455
Par. (R) May 21. 1927. Madge Bellamy.
TELL IT TO SWEENEY G0OG
Par. (R) Oct. 22. 1927. Conklin-Bancroft.
TELL IT TO THE MARINES 8800
MGM. (R) Jan. 1. 1927. Chaney-Haines.
TEN COMMANDMENTS THE 12.1100
Par. (R) Jan. 5. 1924. C. B. DeMille pro-
duction. Special cast.
TEN MODERN COMMANDMENTS 0497
Par. (R) July 23. 1927. Esther Ralston.
TENDER HOUR. THE 740)1
FN. (R) May 28. 1927. Dove-Lyon.
TENTH AVENUE (Mel) 6370
Pathe. (R) July 14. 1928. Phyllis Haver.
Victor Varconi. Joseph Schildkraut. Louis
Natheaux, Robert Edeson. Ethel Wales. Casson
Ferguson and Ernie E. Adams.
TERROR. THE 4802
Univ. (R) July 10. 1926. Art Acord.
TESS OF THE D'U RBER V I LLES 7500
MG (MGM). (R) Aug. 9. 1924. Blanche
Sweet.
TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY 10.000
UA. (R) Nov. 25. 1923. Mary Pickford.
TESSIE G800
Arrow. (R) Oct 10. 1925. McAvoy-Agnew.
TEXAS BEARCAT. THE 4770
FRO (Radio). (It) May 16. 1925. Sally Rand.
TEXAS STEER. THE 6259
Univ. (R) Sept. 25 1926. Hoot Gibson.
TEXAS TOMMY (W)
Syn. (R) April 30. 1929. Bob Custer.
TEXAS TRAIL. THE 4720
PDC (Pathe). (R) July 18. 1925. Harry
Carev.
THANK YOU 6900
Fox. (R) Oct. 3, 1925. George O'Brien-
Logan.
THAT BLONDE (PT)
Univ. (R) May 5. 1929. Laura LaPlante.
THAT DEVIL. QUEMADO 47'd
FBO (Radio). (R) April 18. 1925. Fred
Thomson.
THAT FRENCH LADY 5470
Fox. (R) Aug. 16. 1924. Shirley Mason.
THAT MAN JACK 5032
FBO (Radio). (R) Julv 25. 1925. Bob Custer.
THAT MODEL FROM PARIS G200
Tif. (It) Sept. 18. 1926. Marceline Day.
THAT ROYLE GIRL 1(1.2".'!
Par. (R) Jan. 23. 1926. Carol Dempster
THAT'S MY BABY 6805
Par. (R) April 24. 1926. Douglas MacLean
THIEF IN THE DARK. A (Mel) 5937
Fox. (R) May 19. 1928. George Meek-r.
Doris Hill. Gwen Lee, Marjorie Beebe. Er-
ville Aldcrson. Mich all Vavitch. Noah Young.
C. M. Belcher. Raymond Turner. James Ma-
son. Torke Sherwood. Frank Rice and Tom
McGuire.
THERE'S MILLIONS IN IT 6000
FBO (Radio). (R) June 28. 1924. Special
cast.
THIEF OF BAGDAD. THE 12.000
Douglas Fairbanks production. (Rl March 29.
1924.
THIEF OF PARADISE _ 7231
FN. (R) Jan. 24. 1925. Sam Goldwyn pro-
duction.
THIRD DEGREE. THE 7047
WB (R) Jan. 8. 1927 Dolores Costello.
THIRTEENTH HOUR. THE 5252
MGM. (R) Dec. 3, 1927. Lionel Barrvmore.
THIS FREEDOM 701"
Fox. (R) Dec. 8. 1923. Special cast.
THIS IS HEAVEN (D-ME) 794S
UA. (R) Man-h. 1920. Vilma Bankv. James
nail. T,U"ian Littlefleld and Fritzi Ridgewav.
THOSE WHO DANCE 7312
FN (R) June 21. 1924. Thomas n. Ince
production
THOSE WHO JUDGE 5700
Banner. IR) Aug. 2. 1924. Special cast.
THREE AGES 5251
MGM. (R! Sent. 8. 1923. Buster Keaton.
THREE BAD MEN 8000
Fox. (Rl Aug. 28. 1920. George O'Brien.
THREE FACES EAST 7419
PDC (Pathe). (R) Feb. 20. 1926. Jetta
Goudal.
THREE HOURS 5760
FN. (R) April 16. 1927. Corinne Griffith.
THREE MILES UP 4 1!
Univ. (R) July 9. 1927. Al Wilson.
THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING 6293
Burr. (R) Feb. 23. 1924. Constance Binnev.
-THREE PASSIONS (D-ME)
UA. (R) June 1. 1929. Sound 6646. Alice
Terry. Ivan Pctrovitch. Sbavle Onrdncr, Clare
Kamrs, Gerald Fielding. Andrew Engleman and
Leslie Faber.
THREE RING MARRIAGE (Mel) 5834
FN. (R) April 28. 1928. Mary Astor.
Llovd nnches, Lawford Davidson. Alice White.
Yola d'Avril. Harry Earles. Tiny Earlcs. R. E.
Madscn. Rudolph Cameron.
THREE SINNERS (D) 7141
Par. (Rl April 7. 1928. Pola Negri. War-
ner Baxter. Paul Lnkas. Anders Randolph.
Tullio Carminnti. Anton V.nvcrka. Ivy Harris.
• William von Hardonberg. Baclanova.
THREE WEEK ENDS (D) -.902
Par. (R) Dec. 22. 1928. Clara Bow. Neil
Hamilton. Harrison Ford, Lucille Powers.
Julia Swayne. Jack Redmond, Edvthe Chap-
niHn. CJnv Oliver and William Holden.
THREE WEEKS 7540
Goldwvn (MGM). (It) April 12. 1924. Pringle-
Nagcl.
THREE WISE CROOKS 007 1
FBO (Radio). (R) Oct. 17. 102V Evelyn
Brent.
THREE WISE FOOLS 094G
Goldwyn (MGM). (It) July 14, 1923. Claude
Gillingwater.
THREE WOMEN 8200
WB. (It) Sept. 27, 1924. Lubitsch produc-
tion.
THREE'S A CROWD 5G6S
FN. (R) Oct. 8. 1927. Harry Langdon.
THRILL CHASER, THE 5196
Univ. (R) Dec. 1. 1923. Hoot Gibson.
THROUGH THE DARK 7999
Goldwyn (MGM). (R) Jan. 19. 1924. Colleen
Moore.
THRU THE FLAMES 5000
PG. (R) June 30. 1923. llichard Talmadge.
THUNDER MOUNTAIN 7500
Fox. (R) Oct. 10. 1925. Madge Bellamy.
THUNDER RIDERS, THE (W) 4353
Univ. (R) April 28, 1928. Ted Wells, Char-
lotte Stevens. William A. Steele. Bill Dyer.
Julia Griffith. Bob Burns. Pee Wee Holmes,
Leo White. Dick d'Estrange.
THUNDERGATE G505
FN. (It) Dec. 15. 1923. Owen Moore.
THUNDERING DOWN G000
Univ. (R) Oct. 6. 1923. Jewel production.
THUNDERING HERD. THE 7187
Par. (R) March 7. 1925. Holt-Wilson.
THY NAME IS WOMAN 9087
MGM. (R) March 1. 1924. Barbara LaMarr.
TIDE OF EMPIRE (M-ME) 6552
MGM. (R) March 23. 1929. Itenee Aduree
and George Duryea.
TIDES OF PASSION 6279
Vita (WB). (R) May 2, 1925. Mae Marsh.
TIGER ROSE S000
WB. (It) Dec. 15. 1923. Lenore Ulrich.
TIGER LOVE 5325
Par. (R) June 28. 1924. Melford production.
TILLIE THE TOILER filGO
MGM. (R) June 11, 1927. Marion Davies.
TILLIE'S PUNCTURED ROMANCE (C) 5733
Par. Christie production. (R) Feb. 25. 1928.
W. C. Fields. Chester Conklin. Louise Fazenda.
Mack Swain. Soris Hill. Grant Withers. Tom
Kennedy. Babe London. Kalla Pasha. Billy
Piatt. Mickey Bennet, Mike Rafetto and Baron
von Dobeneck.
TIMBER WOLF, THE 4S09
Fox. (It) Sept. 19. 1925. Buck Jones.
TIME. THE COMEDIAN 1757
MGM. (R) Dec. 26. 1925. Busch-Cody.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED 50S2
Fox. (R) Oct. 5. 1923. William Russell.
TIMES SQUARE (CD-PT) 10.500
Gotham. (R) Sept. 1929. Alice Day. Eddie
Kane. Arthur Lubin, Emil Chautard, John
Miljan. Natalie Joyce, Josef Swickard.
TIME TO LOVE 4926
Par. (R) July 9. 1927. Raymond Griffith.
TIMID TERROR. THE 4872
FBO (Radio). (R) Dec. 25. 1926. George
O'Hara.
TIN GODS S563
Par. (R) Oct. 2. 1926. Meighan-Adoree.
TIN HATS 6598
MGM. (R) Dec. 4. 192G. Nagel-Windsor.
TIPPED OFF 42S4
Play. (R) Nov. 3. 1923. Special cast.
TO THE LADIES 02GS
Par. (R) Dec. 8. 1923. Helen Jerome Eddy.
TO THE LAST MAN 0905
Par. (R) Sept. 8. 1923. Richard Dix.
TOMBOY. THE 6 reels
Chad. (R) Jan. 3. 1925. Devore-Rawlinson.
TOMMY ATKINS
WW. Produced by British International. (R)
April. 1929. Walter Byron. Lillian Hall-Davis
and Henry Victor.
TOMORROW'S LOVE 5842
Par. (R) Jan. 24. 1925. Agnes Ayres.
TOO MANY KISSES 5759
Par. (R) March 14. 1925. Richard Dlx.
TOO MUCH MONEY 7000
FN. (R) Jan. 30, 1926. Anna Q. Nilsson
and Lewis Stone.
TOO MUCH YOUTH 4S00
Gerson. (R) Feb. 21. 1925. Richard Holt.
TOP OF THE WORLD. THE 7107
FN. (R) Feb. 28. 1925. Anna Q. Nilsson.
TOPSY AND EVA 7450
UA. (R) Aug. 13. 1927. Duncan Sisters.
TORNADO. THE 0375
Univ. (R) Nov. 15. 1924. House Peters.
TORRENT, IBANEZ
MGM. (R) March 20. 1926. Cortez-Garbo.
TOlMiH GUY. THE 5(51
I BO (Radio). (R) April 3. 1926. Fred Thom-
i on.
TOWJER OF LIES. THE Oslo
MOM. (R) Oct. 10. 1925. Shearer-Chancy.
TRACKED (Mel) 4957
FBO (Radio). (R) Dec. 1. 1928. Rancor
(doc). Sam Nelson. Caryl Lincoln. Al Smith.
Jack Henderson. Art Robbins. Clark Corn-
stock.
TRACKED IN THE SNOW COUNTRY 7139
WB. (R) Auk. 1. 1925. Rin-Tin-Tin (dog).
TRACKED BY THE POLICE 5813
WB. (R) Mil 21. 1927. Rin-Tin-Tin (dog)
TRAFFIC COP. THE 5193
FRO (Radio). (R) Feb. 27. 1926. Lefty
Flvnn.
TRAFIC IN HEARTS
CBC (Col). (R) July 12. 1924. Mildred
Harris.
TRAGEDY OF YOUTH (D) 5361
TS (Tif). (TO Jan. 15. 1928. Warner Bax-
ter. Patsv Ruth Miller. Buster Collier. Claire
McDowell. Harvev Cl3rk. Margaret Qnimhy.
Steppin Fetchit. Belle Bennett.
TRAIL OF '98 (D) 8799
MOM. (R) Dec 29. 1928. Dolores Del Rio.
Ralph Forbes. Harry Carev. Kar' Dane. Tullv
Marshall. Emily Fitzroy. Tencn Iloltz. Russell
Simpson. Cesare Oravlna. George Cooper. John
Down. E. Alvn Warren.
TRAIL RIDER. THE ITS1
Fox. (Rl Feb. 21. 1925 Buck Jones.
TRAIL OF HORSE THIEVES. THE (W) 4<:3
FRO (Radiol. (R) Jan. 13. 1929. Tom Tvlor
TRAMP. TRAMP. TRAMP 5830
FN. (R) June 12. 1920. Harry Langdon
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
291
TRANSCONTINENTAL LIMITED. THE 0400
Chad. (Jtj March 6. 1926. Johnnie Walker.
TRICK OF HEARTS. A (W) 5495
Univ. (B) March 17. 1928. Hoot Gibson.
Georgia Hale. Joe Rickson. Kosa Gore. Howard
Truesdale. Heinie Conklin. George Ovey. Nora
Cecil. Dan Crirnmins and Grace Cunard.
TRILBY 7321
FN. (R) Aug. 4. 1923. R. W. Tully pro-
duction. 48*
TRIPLE ACTION 1800
Univ. (R) Nov. 7. 1925. Pete Morrison.
TRIP TO CHINATOWN, A 5594
Fox. (R) June 20. 1920. Margaret Livingston.
TRIUMPH 8292
Par. (R) May 3. 1924. Cecil DeMille pro-
duction.
TROPIC MADNESS (D) 6217
FBO (Radio). (B) Dec 2S. 1!<28. Leatrire
Joy. Lena Malena. George Barraud. Henry
Sedlev. Albert Valentino, David Durand.
TROUBLE BUSTER. THE 5nno
Steiner. (R) Feb. 21. 1925. Leo Maloney.
TROUBLE SHOOTER. THE 5702
Fox. (R) May 17. 1924. Tom Mix.
TROUBLE WITH WIVES. THE 6489
1'ar. <R) Aug. 15. 1925. Florence Vidor and
Ford Sterling.
TROUBLE OF A BRIDE 1015
Fox. (It) Dec. 27. 1921. Siiecial cast.
TRUE AS STEEL 0434
MG (MGMl. (R) June 2S. ISM. Rupert
Hughes production.
TRUE HEAVEN (D-M) 5531
Fox. IR) Jan. 20. 1929. George O'Brien and
Lois Moran.
TRUNK MYSTERY. THE 433S
Pathe. (R) June 11. 1927. Charles Hutchin-
son.
TRUTH ABOUT WIVES. THE
Selz. (R) June 9. 1923. Betty BlMhe.
TRY AND GET IT 5807
Hod (Pathe). (R) April 12. 1924. Bryant
Washburn.
TUMBLEWEEDS 7254
DA. (R) Jan. 2. 1916. William S. Hart.
TUMBLING RIVERS 4075
Fox. (R) Aug. 27. 1927. Tom Mix.
TURN BACK THE HOURS (Mel) 5900
Gotham. (R) April 1. 1928. Myma I.oy,
Walter Pldgeon. Sam Hardy. George Stone.
Sheldon T.cwis. Josef Swickard. Ann Brody.
Jovzelle Joyner, Nanette Villon.
TURNED UP 4990
Steiner. (R) Sept. 27. 1924. Charles Hutch-
inson.
TURMOIL. THE 7000
Unlr. (R) June 7. 1924.
TWELVE MILES OUT 7899
MUM. (R) July 30. 1927. John Gilbert.
TWENTY DOLLARS A WEEK MM
Selz. <R) June 21. 1924. George Arllss.
TWENTY-ONE
FN. (R) Dee. 1. 1923. Richard Barthelmes*.
TWIN BEDS (C-PTME) .... 5803
FN. (R) Julv 14. 1929. Silent. 5902: sound
on disc. 7260. Jack Mulhall. Patsy ltuih
Miller, Armond Kaliz. Gertrude Astor. Knute
Erickson, Edvthe Chapman, Joeel wi Lm, Nita
Marfan. ZaSu Pitts. Kddle Grlhlnm. Bin Hen-
dricks. Jr.. Carl Levlnnes. Alice Lake. Bert
Roach.
TWINKLETOES 7-
FN. (R) Jan 1. 1927. Colleen Moore.
TWISTED TRIGGERS 447"
AE (Pathe). (R) Aug. 7. 1926. Wally Wales.
WO ARABIAN KNIGHTS
DA. (R) Oct. 29. 1927. William Bovd.
TWO CAN PLAY 5465
AE (Pathe). (R) April 24. 1926. Clara It u
TWO GIRLS WANTED
Fox. (II) Oct. 15. 1927. Gaynor-Tryon.
TWO-GUN MAN. THE 5189
FBO (Radio). (R) July 24. 19"'; Fred -
Thomson.
TWO-GUN OF THE TUMBLEWEED 5670
Pal he. (Rl July 23. 1927. I*o Maloney.
TYRANT OF RED GULCH (W) _ 4823
FIIO (Radio). (R) Dec. 8. 1928. Tom Tvler.
l'rnnkic D.-irro. Josephine Hario. Harry Woods.
Si rgf Tcinoff. Barney Fury.
u
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN 11.008
Univ. (R) Nov. 12. 1927. Special cast.
UNDER THE BLACK EAGLE (Mel) 5001
MOM. (It) March 24. 1928. Ralph Fn.h. s.
Mareellnc Dnv. Bert Ron eh, William Fair-
bunks. Marc McDermott. and Flash.
UNDER THE RED ROBE 12 000
Had Cos. (Bl Nov. 24. 1923.
UNDER THE ROUGE MM
AD (Pathe) (R) Aug. 1. 192.',. Percy-Moore.
UNDER THE TONTO RIM (W) 5991
Par. (R) Feb. 4. 1928. Richard Arlen.
Alfred Allen. Marv Brian, .tick I.udcn. narrv
T. Mnny. William Franey. Harry Todd. Bruce
Gordon.
UNDER WESTERN SKIES 0 18]
Pnlv. (R) July 10. 1926. Xorninn Kern
UNDERSTANDING HEART. THE 0037
MOM. (It) Mav 14. 1927. Joan Crawford.
UNDERWORLD 7643
Par. (ID Sept. 3. 1927. George Ran ■reft.
UNEASY PAYMENTS 4770
l'"!!0 (Radiol. (Rl Feb. 12. 1927 Albert!
Vnughn.
UNGUARDED HOUR. THE """oTlT"
FX (R) Dee. 5. 1925. Sllls-Kenyon.
UNGUARDED WOMEN (05]
Par. (R) July 5. 1924. Daniels Dix.
UNHOLY THREE THE reus-
MOM Oil Aug. 15. 1923. Lot, Chancy and
Mae Buseh.
UNINVITED GUEST. THE 8148
MOM I It i March 8. 1924. Jean Tolley.
UNKNOWN CAVALIER. THE
FS, (R) Nov 6. 1926. Ken Mavnard.
UNKNOWN PURPLE. THE 8050
Tm ITif). (Rl Dc. g, i9;;3 HrtU7 IS Wal-
HMD.
UNKNOWN SOLDIER. THE 7979
PDC (Pathe). (R) June 12. 1926. Charles
Emmett Mack.
UNKNOWN, THE 5517
MGM. (R) June 18. 1927. Chaney-Kerry.
UNNAMED WOMAN. THE 6300
Arrow. (R) Oct. 24. 1925. Katherine Slac-
Donald.
UNSEEING EYES S500
Hod (Pathe). (R) Nov. 3. 1923. Lionel
Barrymore.
UNTAMABLE. THE 4776
Univ. (R) Sept. 8. 1923. Gladys Walton.
UNTAMED LADY. THE 6132
Par. (R) April 3, 1926. Gloria Swanson.
UNTAMED YOUTH 5000
FBO (Radio). (R) May 10. 1924. Ralph
Lewis.
UP IN MABEL'S ROOM 6345
PDC (Pathe). (R) June 26. 1926. Prevost-
Ford.
UPLAND RIDER. THE (W)
FX. (R) April. 1928. Ken Mavnard. Marion
Douglas. Lace McKee. Sidnev Jams, Robert
Walker. Buddy Dunn. David Kirby. Robert
Mailsb.
UPSTAGE 6048
MGM. (R) Nov. 27. 192C. Norma Shearer.
UPSTREAM „ $510
Fox. (R) Feb. 12. 1927. Nancy Nash.
UP THE LADDER r>9">
Univ. (Ri Jan. 31. 1925. Virginia Valii.
V
VAGABOND CUB. THE (W) i;n
FBO (Radio). (R) Feb. 10. 1929. Buzz Bar-
ton.
VAGABOND TRAIL. THE 456*
Fox. (R) March 22. 1924. Charles Jones.
VALENCIA 5681)
MGM. (R) Jan. 8. 1927. Mae Murray.
VALLEY OF BRAVERY. THE ... 5021
FBO (Radio). (R) June 19. 1926. Bob
Custer.
VALLEY OF HUNTED MEN THE (W) 452"
Palhe. (R) Feb. 19. 1928. Buffalo Bill. Jr..
Kathleen Collins. Oscar ApM. Alma Ray-
ford. Jack Ganzhom. Frank Griffith.
VALLEY OF THE GIANTS. THE 6100
FN. (It) Dec. 10. 1927. Sllls-Kenyon.
VAMPING VENUS (C)
FN. (R) May. 1928. Charlie Murray. Lotdat
Fazenda. Thclma Todd. Russ Powell. Joe Bo-
nomo. Big Boy Williams. S|»« O'Donnell.
Fred O'Herk. Gustav von Scvffertltz. Gus
Partos. Janet MeI.eod and Yola d'Avril.
VANISHING AMERICAN. THE 10 063
Par. (R) Oct. 24. 1925. Dix Wilson.
VANISHING PIONEER. THE (W) 5S31
Par. (R) June 23. 1928. Jack Holt. Sallv
Blane, William Powell. Fred Kohler. Guy
Olmr. Oscar Karns. Tim Holt and Marcia
Manon.
VANITY 5923
PDC (Pathe). (R) June 18. 1927. Leatrlee
Jov
VANITY'S PRICE IUI
FRO (Radio). (R) Sept. 20. 1924. Anna Q.
Nllsson.
VARIETY rM4
Par. (R) July 10. 1926. Jannlngs-D* Puttl.
VARSITY (D-PTME) 6349
Par. (R) Oct. 27. 1928. Charles Rogers.
Mary Brian. Chester Conklin. Phillips Holmes.
Robert Ellis. John. Westwood. Princeton Oni-
vorslty undergraduates.
VENGEANCE OF THE DEEP 4753
Selz. |R) April 28. 1923. Ralph Lewis.
VENUS (D-M) .. gfg]
UA. (Rl Oct. 12. 1929. Constance Talmadge.
Jean Murst. Max Maxudian. Andre Roannc
and Baron Flls.
VERDICT. THE |]U
PG. (R) June 27. 1925. Lou Tellegen.
VERY CONFIDENTIAL 56"0
Fox. (R) Dee. 3. 1927. Madge Bellamv.
VIRGIN LIPS (0) ,,.|s
Col. (R) Aug. 18. 1928. Clive Rorden. John
Boles. Marshall Ruth. Alexander Gill Richard
Alexander. Erne Veo. Harry Scmels. Arline
Pretty. William Tooker.
VIRGINIAN. THE g010
1'r.f. |R) Nov. 21. 1923. Kenneth Harlan.
VIRTUOUS LIARS
Vita (WB). (R) April 19. 1921 liaiiil Powell
VOICE OF THE STORM (D) | , ,|.
FRO (Radio). (It) Jan. 13. 1929. Karl Dane.
Martha Sleeper.
VOLCANO
Par. (Rl June 12. 1926. Daniels Cortex.
VOLGA BOATMAN. THE |n ,
PDC (Palhe). (R) April 24. 1926. William'
Boyd.
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WAGES FOR WIVES 6000
Fox. (II) Dec. 5. 1925. Jacqueline Logan.
WAGON SHOW. THE (W) fM
FX. (R) March 17. 1928. Ken Mavnard
Marion Douglas. Maurice CottellO, Fred Mala-
tesla. George Davis. Ma) liolcy, Paul Welge]
and Jlenry Roqucmore.
WAKING UP THE TOWN ._ is..
DA. (Rl April 11. 1925. Jack Piekford and
Norma Shearer.
WALL STREET WHIZ. THE un
FRO (Radio). (It) Nov. 7. 192". Richard
Talmadge.
WALLFLOWERS (D) mm
FRO (Radio). (R) Feb 4, 1928. Hugh
Trevor. Mabel Julienne Scott. Jean Arthur
Charles Stevenson. Ixila Todd. Mrs. Temple
Plgott. Craiifunl Kent. Reginald Simpson.
WALLOPING WALLACE 4700
Artclass. (R) Oct. 11. 1924. Buddy Roosevelt.
WALTZ DREAM. THE ;3e.
MOM. (Ill Aug. 7. 1926. Foreign cost.
WANDERER OF THE WASTELAND 8700
Par. (R) .May 31. 1924. Jack Holt.
WANDERER. THE 8173
Par. (Rl Sept. 5. 1925. Torrence-Nissen.
WANDERING DAUGHTERS 5471
FN. (R) July 7. 1923. James Young produc-
tion.
WANDERING FIRES 6300
Arrow. (R) Oct. 17. 1925. George Hacka-
thorne.
WANDERING HUSBANDS 6300
PDC (Pathe). (It) May 10. 1924. Kirkwood-
Lee.
WANING SEX. THE
MGM. (R) Oct. 2. 1926. Shearer- Nagel.
WANTERS. THE 6871
FN. (R) Dec. 8. 1923. Marie Prevost.
WAR HORSE. THE 4953
Fox. (R) Feb. 19. 1927. Buck Jones.
WARMING UP (D-ME) 6509
Par. (R) May 20. 1928. Richard Dix. Jean
Arthur, Claude King. Philo McCullough.
Roscoe Karns. Wade Boteler. Billy Kent
Schaefer, James Dugan and Mike Donlln.
WARRENS OF VIRGINIA 60UII
Fox. (R) Nov. 1. 1924. Special cast.
WATCH YOUR WIFE 6974
UniT. (R) March 13. 1926. Valli-O'Malley.
WATER HOLE. THE (W) 6319
Par. (R). July 21. 1928. Jack Holt. Nancy
Carroll. John Boles. Ann Christy. Montague
Shaw. Lydia, Veamens Titus. Jack Pen-in. Jack
Mower. Paul Ralli. Tex Young. Bob Miles and
Greg Whltespear.
WATERFRONT (CD-ME) 6142
FN. (R) Sept. 22. 1928. Dorothy Mackaill.
Jack Mulhall. James Bradbury. Jr.. Knute
Erickson. Ben Hendricks. William Norton
Bailev. Pat Harmon.
WAY OF A GIRL. THE 5000
MG (MGM). (It) April 11. 1925. Eleanor
Boardman.
WAY OF ALL FLESH. THE SIS0
Par. (R) July 2. 1927. Emil Jannings.
WAY OF A MAN. THE 9000
Palhe. (R) Nov. 24. 1923. Featured serial.
WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR _ 5000
IPC. (R) Sept. 22. 1923. George Larkin.
WAY MEN LOVE. THE 7511
GA. (R) Nov. 17. 1923. Elliot Dexter.
WE AMERICANS (O) 9151
Univ. (R) May 5. 1928. George Sidney.
Patsy Ruth Miller. George Lewis. Eddie tl rib-
bon. Beryl Mercer. John Boles. Albert Gran.
Michael Visaroff. Daisy Bclmore. Rosita Mars-
tini. Kathlyn Williams. Edward Martindel.
Josephine Dunn. Andy Do Vine. Flora __Bjam-
ley. Jacob Bleifer.
WE MODERNS 60"9
FN. (R) Dec. 12. 1925. Colleen Moore.
WEDDING BELLS 5869
Par. (R) July 23. 1927. Raymond Griffith.
WEDDING MARCH. THE (D-ME) 10.400
Par. (R) Oct. 27. 1928. George Fawcett.
Maude George. Erich von Stmheim. George
Nichols. Zasu Pitts. Iliighie Mack. Matbew
Hit/. Cesare Gravina. Dale Fuller. Fay Wrav.
Svd Braoev.
WEDDING SONG. THE
PDC (Palhe). (Rl Jan. 2. 1926. Leatrlee Jov.
WEEK-END HUSBANDS STO0
FBO (Radio). (R) Feb. 9. 1924. Alma
Rubens.
WEEK END WIVES (CO)
WW. Produced by British International. (R)
July. 1929. Monty Banks. Estlee Brody.
Jameson Thomas and Annette Benson.
WELCOME HOME 5909
Par. (R) May 30. 1925. Baxter-Wilson.
WELCOME STRANGER 6618
PDC (Pathe). (It) Oct. 25. 1924. Florence
Vidor.
WE'RE IN THE NAVY NOW 5519
Par. (R) Nor. 20. 1920. Beerv-Hatton.
WEST OF ZANZIBAR (0) 8168
MGM. (R) Dee. 8. 1928. Lon Chancy. Lionel
Barrymore. Warner Baxter, Mar>' Nolan. Jane
Daly. Roscoo Ward. Kalla Pasha and Curtis
Nero
WEST POINT (D) 8090
MGM. (Rl Jan. 21. 1928. William Haines.
Joan Crawford. Nell Neelv. William Bakewell.
Ralph Emmerson. Leon Keller. Major R. G.
Moses.
WEST OF THE WATER TOWER 7000
Par. (R) Jan. 12. 1924. Glenn nunter.
WESTERN FATE
Arrow. (R) 1924. Hatton Gerbvr.
WESTERN FEUDS 4908
Arrow. (It) July 26. 1924. Edmund Cobb.
WESTERN LUCK 5020
Fox. (R) June 28. 1924. Charles (Buck) Jones.
WESTERN WALLOP. THE 4611
I nlv. (HI Oct. 11. 1924. Jack Hoxle.
WESTERN YESTERDAYS
Arrow. (R) 1924. Edmund Cobb.
WET PAINT 5HI9
Par. (It) June 5. 1926. Raymond Griffith.
WHAT EVERY GIRL SHOULD KNOW 8881
WB. (It) March 19. 1927. Patsy Rulh Miller.
WHAT FOOLS MEN 7349
FN. (Ill Oct. 10. 1925. Lewis Stone.
WHAT HAPPENED TO FATHER .... 5567
Wit (R) July 9. 1927. Warner Oland.
WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES 6700
I'niv. (R) Dec. 19. 1925. Reginald H um
WHAT PRICE BEAUTY (D) 5000
Pathe. (R) Jan. 22. 1928. Nita Naldi. Pierre
O.ndron. Dolores Johnson. Virginia Pearson.
Mxnia UBT. Sally Winters. La Supervla. Mari-
lyn Newklrk. Victor Potcl. Spike Rankin.
Templar Saxe and Leo White.
WHAT PRICE GLORY \\ 400
Fox. (B) Nov. 29. 1926. McLaglen-I.owe.
WHAT SHALL I DO? 6000
PDC (Pathe). (R) June 28. 1924. Doroihv
Mackaill.
WHEEL OF CHANCE. THE (D) 6895
FX. (R) June 2. 1928 Richard Barthel-
mess. Rodil Rosing. Warner Oland Una
Basqupite. Margaret Livingston. Ann SohaefTcr
Sldn y Franklin. Martha Franklin.
292
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
..7264
WHEEL, THE
Fox. (II) Sept. 5. 1925. Ford-Livingston.
WHEN A GIRL LOVES 5S7G
AE (Pathe). (It) May 3, 1925. Special cast.
WHEN A MAN LOVES 10(149
\VB. (It) Feb. 12, 1927. John Barrymore.
WHEN A MAN'S A MAN 6910
FN. (R) Feb. 16, 1924. John Bowers.
WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE (D) ... 6242
Rayart. (It) Jan. 15, 1929. ilex Lease and"
Helene Costello.
WHEN LOVE GROWS COLD 6500
FBO (Iiadio). (It) Feb. 20. 1926. Natacha
Rambova
WHEN ODDS ARE EVEN 42sT~ WILD JUSTICE
WILD BILL HICKOK 6S93
Par. (It) Dec. 1, 1923. William S. Hart.
WILD BULL'S LAIR, THE 52S0
FBO (Radio). (R) Aug. 8. 1925. Fred
Thomson.
WILD GEESE 6448
TS (Tif). (R) Dec. 10. 1027. Belle Bennett.
WILD HORSE MESA 7164
Par. (R) Aug. 22, 1925. Jack Holt, Noah
Beery and Billie Dove.
WILD HORSE STAMPEDE 4776
Univ. (R) July 31, 1926. Jack Hoxie and Fay
Wray.
,..f.°.xv.(R) Dec- l- 1923- William Russell.
WHEN THE DOOR OPENED 6515
.....Fmr- (R) Nov- 2s- 1925- Jacqueline Logan.
WHERE IS THE WEST? 4532
Univ. (R) Sept. 22, 1923. Jack Hoxie.
WHERE THE NORTH BEGINS... . 6200
wherEf WAki^ 19f'£ ™» Tin Tin (d;K) " ""
WHERE WAS I? C630
u/u^'ouK', Aug- 29- 1925- Reginald Denny.
WHICH SHALL IT BE? 5000
PDC (Pathe). (R) April 19, 1924. Special
WHILE' LONDON SLEEPS 5810
wh.^ th!' (^me1,1 ' -' , h''r!nTin
FN (R) July 14. 1928. Dorothy Mackaill.
Ralph Forbes. Anna Q. Nilsson. Lowell Sher-
man. Albert Gran. Marc McDermott. Lou
Payne. Arthur Olavtnn.
WHIP WOMAN. THE (D) 605S
FN. (R) Feb. 11. 1928. Estelle Tavior. An-
tonio Moreno. Lowell Sherman, Hedrta Hopper
Julanne Johnson and Loretta Young
WHIPPING BOSS. THE 5S00
Mon. (R) Dec. 8. 1923. Special cast.
WHIRLWIND OF YOUTH. THE
Par. (R) June 11. 1927. Lois Moran
WHIRLWIND RANGER
Arrow. (R) 1924. Hatton-Gerber.
WHISPERED NAME, THE
Univ. (R) Jan. 19. 1924. Ruth Clifford;
WHISPERING SAGE...
Fox. (R) April 9. 1927. Buck Jones!
WHISPERING SMITH fiI„
PDC (Pathe). (R) May 8. 1926. H E Warner
WHISPERING WINDS (D-PTS)
TS (Tif) (IF.) May 1 I'v; S.-utlura
Malcolm McGregor and Patsv Ruth Miller
WHISPERING WIVES ™nR
„ (H) 0ct- 30- 1926 Anita Stewart
WHITE BLACK SHEEP. THE . fi7qR
wuf-r'r JB DeC' 13 1SK Richar:1 Earthilm?3s
WHITE DESERT, THE papa
MG (MGM). (R) July ' 18 ~ ~= G4M
O Mallev.
WHITE FANG
fd'og) (I,adi0)- (U) >la>' 2. 1925- Strongheart"
WHITE FLANNELS
WB. (R) April 2, 1927. Louise Dresser".'
WHITE GOLD
Peter the Great (dog).
..ossi;
..5886
.5196
..4483
1925. Windsor-
.5800
..6820
(R) April 9. 1927. Jetta Goudai
1926. Jacqueline
(1189
.5412
.4000
PDC (Pathe)
WHITE MICE
AE (Pathe.) (R) March 27
Logan
WHITE MONKEY, THE fil9,
FN. (R) June 13. 1925. Barbara LaMarr. - it
WHITE MOTH. THE G57I
FN. (R) June 21. 1924. LaMarr-Te'arie!
WHITE OUTLAW. THE 4S30
Univ. (R) June 27, 1925. Jack Hoxie. ""
WHITE PANTHER. THE
PG. (R) Feb. 9. 1924. Snowy Baker.
WHITE PANTS WILLIE 6350
FN. (R) Aug. 6, 1927. Johnnv Hines.
WHITE PEBBLES 4485
Pathe. (R) Aug. 20, 1927. Wally Wales!
HITE ROSE. THE U „•>■)
UA. (R) June 2. 1923. Mae Marsh.
WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS (Mel-
PTME) 7905
MGM. (R) July 7. 1928. Monte Blue Ra-
quel Torres and Robert Anderson.
WHITE SHEIK, THE (CD)
WW. Produced by British International. (It)
December. 1929. Jameson Thomas. Lillian
Hall-Davis and Warwick Ward.
WHITE SISTER. THE (D)
MGM. (R) Feb. 2. 1929. Lillian Gish and
Ronald Colman.
WHITE SIN 6237
FBO (Radio). (R) Feb. 23, 1924. ' Madge
Bellamy.
WHITE THUNDER 4550
FBO (Radio). (R) June 13, 1925. Yakima
Oanutt.
WHITE TIGER 7177
Univ. (It) Nov. 24. 1923. Prisciila Dean.
WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING. THE 6662
Univ. (R) Aug. 14. 1926. Horton-Corbin.
WHY BE GOOD (CD-E) 7507
FN. (R) March 17. 1929. Colleen Moore.
WHY GIRLS GO BACK HOME 5262
WB. (R) Mav 29. 1926. Patsy Ruth Miller.
WHY MEN LEAVE HOME 7400
FN. (R) May 3, 1924. John M. Stahl Pro-
duction.
WHY WOMEN LOVE
FN. (R) Oct. 31, 1925. Blanche Sweet
WICKEDNESS PREFERRED (CD) JiDlL,^ WOMAN OF
MGM. (It) Feb. 11. 1928. Lew Cody, Aileefr-^^ UA. (R)
.6570
Pringlc. Mary McAllister. Bert Roach, George
Arthur.
WIFE OF THE CENTAUR 6586
MG (MGM). (It) Jan. 17. 1925. Gilbert-
Boa rdman.
WIFE WHO WASN'T WANTED. THE 8868
WB. (H) Sept. 19. 1925. Irene Rich.
WIFE'S RELATIONS. THE (CD) :j
Col. (R) Feb. II. 1928. Shirley Mason.
Gaston Glass. Ben Turpln. Arthur Rankin.
Flora Finch. Lionel Belmor". Ann and Kali/..
Maurice Ryan and James Harrison.
WIFE'S ROMANCE. A 10
MGM. IR) Nov. 3. 1923. Clara K. Young.
WILD BLOOD (W) 1197
Univ. (It) Feb. 10, 1929. Iter. Jack Crosby.
Mary Ellis, Luke Connor. John Ellis and Star-
llKht.
UA. (R) Aug. 29, 1925.
WILD OATS LANE 6900
PDC (Pathe). (R) April 10. 1926. Viola
Dana.
WILD ORANGES 7000
Goldwyn (MGM). (R) March 15. 1924. King
Vidor Production.
WILD PARTY, THE 5034
Univ. (R) Oct. 13, 1923. Gladvs Walton.
WILD TO GO 4570
FBO (Radio). (R) May 8. 1026. Tyler-Darrow.
WILD WEST ROMANCE (W) 4921
Fox. (R) Aug. 18, 1928. Rex Bell. Caryl
Lincoln, Neill Neeley, Billy Butts. Jack
Walters, Fred Parke. Albert Baffert, George
Pearce and Ellen Woodsten.
WILD WEST SHOW (W) 5254
Univ. (R) April 21, 1928. Hoot Gibson,
Dorothy Gulliver. Allan Forrest, Monte Blue,
Gale Henry. Roy Laidlaw and John Hall.
WILD. WILD SUSAN 5775
Par. (R) Aug. 22. 1925. Bebe Daniels.
WILDERNESS WOMAN. THE 7533
FN. (R) May 22. 1926. Pringle-Sherman.
WILDFIRE 6=150
Vita (WB). (R) June 20. 1025. Aileen
Pringle.
WIN THAT GIRL (CD) 5337
Fox. (R) Oct. 20. 1928. David Rollins. Sue
Carol. Tom Elliott. Roscoe Karns. Olin Francis.
Mack Fluker. Sidney Bfacey. Janet McLeod.
Maxine Shellv and Betty Recklaw.
WIND. THE (D) 6721
MGM. (R) Nov. 3. 1928. Lillian Gish.
Lars Hanson. Montagu Love. Dorothy Cum-
mings, Edward Earle. William Orlamond, Laon
Ramon, Carmencita Johnson and Billy Kent
Schaefer.
WINDING STAIRS. THE 7500
Fox. (R) Oct. 17. 1925. Rub ns-Lowe.
WINDS OF CHANCE 9554
FN. (R) Aug. 29. 1925. Nilsson-B. Lyon.
WINE 6220
Univ. (R) Aug. 23, 1924. Clara Bow.
WINE OF YOUTH 6000
MG (MGM). (R) July 26, 1924. Special cast.
WINGS (D-ME) 12 267
Par. (R) Jan. 5. 1929. Clara Bow. Charles
iRogers and Richard Arlen.
WINGS OF THE STORM 5374
Fox. (R) Dec. 4, 1926. Thunder (dog).
WINGS OF YOUTH, THE 5340
Fox. (R) May 9. 1925. Madge Bellamv.
WINNER TAKE ALL 5949
Fox. (R) Oct. 25, 1924. Charles (Buck)
Jones.
WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH THE 8 Reels
UA. (R) Dec. 4. 1926. Colman-Banky
WINNING WALLOP, THE 5000
IGotham. (R) Oct. 30. 1926. William Fair-
banks.
WISE GUY, THE 7775
FN. (R) June 26, 1926. Astor-Kirkwood.
WISE VIRGIN. THE
PDC (Pathe). (R) 1924. Patsy Ruth Miller.
WISE WIFE. THE 5629
Pathe. (R) Nov. 5. 1927. Phyllis Haver.
WITH THIS RING 5333
Schul. (R) Sept. 19. 1925. Alvce Mills.
WIVES OF THE PROPHET. THE 6560
1 Lee-Brad. (R) Jan. 9. 1926. Special cast.
WIZARD OF OZ. THE 6300
Chad. (R) April 25, 1925. Larrv Semon.
WIZARD, THE 5629
Fox. (R) Dec. 3, 1927. Edmund Lowe.
WOLF MAN. THE 5145
Fox. (R) March 15. 1924. John Gilbert.
WOLF SONG (CD.PT) 6060
Par. (R) March 2, 1929. Silent 6060; sound
on disc 6769. Gary Cooper, Lupe Velez and
Louis Wolheim.
WOLF'S CLOTHING 7068
WB. (R) Jan. 29. 1927. Monte Blue.
WOLF'S FANGS. THE 5000
Prod Sec (Rl 1923 Wilfred Lytell.
WOLVES OF THE NIGHT
Fox. (R) 1924. William Farnum.
WOLVES OF THE NORTH Serial
Univ. (R) Aug. 16. 1924. William Duncan.
WOLVES OF THE CITY (Mel)
Univ. (R) Feb. 24. 1929. William Cody.
Sally Blaine, Al Ferguson. Monte Montague.
Louise Carver and Charles Clary.
WOMAN AGAINST THE WORLD (My) 5283
TS (Tif). (R) Jan. 1. 1928. Harrison Ford.
Georgia Hale. Lee Moran. Gertrude Olmstead.
William Tooker, Tda Darling. Walter Hiers.
Harvey Clark. Sally Rand. Rosemary Theby.
Charles Clary.
PARIS. A 8000
Oct. 13. 1923. Charles Chaplin
Production.
WOMAN OF THE JURY. THE 7143
FN. (It) May 17, 1924. Special cast.
WOMAN IN THE NIGHT (D) 8 Reels
WW. Produced bv British International. (R)
March. 1929. Maria Corda and Jameson
Thomas.
WOMAN HATER. THE 6591
WB. (It) Julv 25. 1(12".. Chadwick Brook.
WOMAN IN WHITE (CD)
WW Produced hv BrltlKh and Dominions
Film. (ID July. 1929 Blanche Sweet, ITad-
dnn Mason. Jerrold Robert-Shaw and Louise
l'russing.
WOMAN OF THE WORLD. THE
Par. (R) Dec. 26. 1925. I'ola Negri.
WOMAN ON TRIAL. THE
Par. (ID Oct. 1. 1927. Pola Negri.
WOMAN PROOF 76S7
Par. (R) Nov. 10, 1923. Thomas Meighan.
WOMAN TO WOMAN 6804
Selz. (R) April 26, 1924. Betty Compson.
WOMAN WISE (CD) 5050
Fox. (R) Jan. 28. 1928. William Russell.
June Collyer, Walter Pidgeon, Theodore Kos-
loff. Raoul Paoli, Ernest Shields and Duke
Kahanamoku.
WOMAN WITH FOUR ACES 5700
Par. (It) June 30, 1923. Betty Compson.
WOMANHANDLED 6705
Par. (R) Jan. 16. 1926. Richard Dix.
WOMANPOWER 6240
Fox. (R) Oct. 2. 1926. Ralph Graves.
WOMAN'S FAITH, A 6023
Univ. (R) Aug. 15, 1925. Rubens-Marmont.
WOMAN'S WAY, A (CD) 5472
Col. (R) March 31, 1928. Warner Baxter,
Margaret Livingston. Armand Kaliz, Mathilde
Comont, Ernie Adams and John St. Polis.
WOMEN WHO GIVE 7500
MGM. (R) March 22, 1924. Barker Produc-
tion.
WOMEN'S WARES 5614
Tif. (R) Nov. 19, 1927. Evelyn Brent.
WON IN THE CLOUDS (Mel) 4348
Univ. (R) April 22, 1928. Al Wilson, Helen
Foster, Frank Rice, George Fench, Joe Bennett,
Al Prisco. Myrtis Crinley, Frank Tommick,
Roy Wilson, Ivan Unger, Red Sly and Art
Gobel.
WONDER OF WOMEN, THE 6835
MGM. (R) July 31. 1929. Silent 6835.
sound 8796. Lewis Stone, Leila Hyams.
Peggy Wood. Harry Myers. Sarah Padden.
George Fawcett. Blanche Frederici. Wally Al-
bright, Jr.. Carmencita Johnson, Anita Louise
Fremault. Dietrich Haupt, Ullric Haupt. Jr.
WORLD STRUGGLE FOR OIL. THE 4410
Selz. (R) Oct. 4, 1924. Special cast.
WRECKAGE 5592
Banner. (R) Sept. 5, 1925. May Allison.
WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. THE 6447
Pathe. (R) Dec. 3. 1927. Sam De Grasse.
WRIGHT IDEA. THE (C) r. G300
FN. (R) July 7. 1928. Johnny Hines, Louise
Lorraine. Edmund Breese, Charles Biblyn,
Fred Kelsey. Henry Herbert, Walter James
and Blanche Craig.
WRONG MR. WRIGHT, THE 6459
Univ. (R) March 5. 1927. Jean Hersholt.
WYOMING (W) 4435
MGM. (R) April 14. 1928. Tim McCoy. Doro-
thy Sebastian, Charles Bell. William Fair-
banks. Chief Big Tree. Goes-in-the-Lodge.
Washington Blue, Bert Henderson.
WYOMING WILDCAT. THE 5156
FBO (Radio). (R) Dec. 5. 1925. Tom Tyler.
YANKEE CLIPPER. THE 7920
PDC (Pathe). (R) May 14, 1927. William
Boyd.
YANKEE CONSUL, THE 6148
AE (Pathe). (R) Feb. 23, 1924. Douglas
MacLean.
YANKEE MADNESS 4680
FBO (Radio). (R) April 5, 1924. Larkin-
Dove.
YANKEE SENOR. THE 4902
Fox. (R) Feb. 13, 1926. Tom Mix.
YELLOWBACK (D)
FBO (Radio). (R) Jan. 20, 1929. Tom
Moore and Seena Owen.
YELLOW BACK. THE 4766
Univ. (R) Oct. 9. 1926. Fred Humes.
YELLOW FINGERS 5594
Fox. (R) April 10. 1926. Olive Borden.
YELLOW LILY, THE (D) 71S7
FN. (R) April 28. 1928. Billy Dove. Nicholas
Soussanin. Clive Brook. Gustav von Sey-
ffertitz. Jane Winton.
YESTERDAY'S WIFE 6500
CBC (Col.). (R) Sept. 22. 1923. Marguerite
De La Motte.
YOLANDA 12.000
Goldwyn (MGM). (R) March 1, 1924. Marion
Davies.
YOU ARE GUILTY 5000
Burr. (R) March 31, 1923. Edgar Lewis
Production.
YOU CAN'T FOOL YOUR WIFE 5703
(R) May 5. 1923. Special cast.
YOU CAN'T GET AWAY WITH IT G1F2
Fox. (R) Nov. 24. 1923. Percy Marmont.
YOU NEVER KNOW WOMEN 0064
Par. (R) Aug. 7. 1926. Vidor-Brook.
YOU'D BE SURPRISED 5904
Par. (R) Oct. 9. 1926. Raymond Griffith.
YOUNG APRIL 6858
PDC (Pathe). (R) Sept. 11. 192G. Joseph
and Rudolph Scbildkraut.
YOUNG IDEAS 4005
Univ. (R) July 12. 1924. Laura LaPlante.
YOUNGER GENERATION. THE (D) 7J4i;
Col. (R) Jan. 24. 1929. Sound 7866. Jean
Hersholt and Lina Basquette.
YOUR WIFE AND MINE (CD) 5867
Exc. (R) Sept. 1. 1928. Phyllis Haver.
Lewis. Barbara Tennant, Blanche Upright.
Jane Lufhoro.
Stuart Holmes. Wallace MacDonald. Katherino
YOUTH AND ADVENTURE 5 Reels
FBO (Radio). (R) Jan. 24. 1925. Richard
Talmadge.
YOUTH FOR SALE 6500
Burr. (R) Oct. 18. 1924. Sigrid Holmquist.
YOUTHFUL CHEATERS 5700
Hod (Pathe). (ID June 2. 1923. Glenn
Hunter.
ZANDER THE GREAT 3844
MGM. (It) Mav 10. 1S25. Marion Davles.
ZAZA 7076
Par. (ID Sept. 29. 1923. Gloria Swanson.
1931
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SILENT PICTURES
Comparatively few silent pictures are be-
ing produced by the major companies, and
the number from independent producers is
steadily dwindling, a survey shows. Among
the larger concerns, the silent print is a
thing of the past as a real factor in dis-
tribution. This fact is more conclusively
proved by the generally known rapid in-
crease in the number of sound equipped
houses throughout the country.
The companies from whom information
was compiled include Warner, First Na-
tional, Paramount, Radio, Universal, Fox
and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Of these, Universal is the single com-
pany which makes silent versions of all
features produced.
Warner and First National have entirely
discontinued the production of silent ver-
sions, and report practically none now
available.
Fox reports that no silent versions are
row being made, and that though there
may be a few old silent prints scattered
through the various exchanges, it is at best
only a negligible number.
Paramount is making a few of the almost
obsolete versions, and had available 39 fea-
tures in all on June 1.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had perhaps the
largest list available, totaling 44 pictures of
feature length, with the exception of Uni-
versal, which makes silent versions of all
productions. This compares with a 1930
MGM figure of 78.
Radio Pictures' list contained a total of
15 titles, with no additions since the 1930
report.
Big 4, a leading independent company
producing chiefly Westerns, reported no
silent prints available, and none being made.
Following are lists of avai'able silent
films, for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Para-
mount and Radio.
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER
Marianne
Not So Dumb
Their Own Desire
Ship from Shanghai
The Kiss
This Mad World
Navy Blues
Speedway
Girl Said No
Our Modern Maidens
Untamed
Montana Moon
Free and Easy
Devil May Care
In Gay Madrid
Ann • Christie
Caught Short
His Glorious Night
Redemption
Woman Racket
Lady to Love
Children of Pleasure
The Viking
Bishop Murder Case
Thirteenth Chair
I'nholy Night
Divorcee
Girl in the Show
About Women
It's a Great Life
Hallelujah
Mysterious Island
Dynamite
Chasing Rainbows
So This Is College
The Ftoradora Girl
Sins of the Children
The Sea Bat
Our Blushing Brides
Romance
Way Out West
Let Us Be Gay
PARAMOUNT
Four Feathers
The Mysterious Dr.
Fu Manchu
The Soul of France
The Dance of Life
The Love Doctor
Woman Trap
The Return of Sher-
lock Holmes
The Virginian
The Mighty
Glorifying the Amer-
ican Girl
The Kibitzer
The Love Parade
Burning Up
Dangerous Paradise
Only the Brave
Young Eagle*
The Devil's Holiday
Ladies Love Brutes
Laughing Lady
Hungarian Rhapsody
Illusion
Welcome Danger
Fast Company
Bring That Up
" turday Night
Why
The
Kid
Sweetie
Half Way to Heaven
Marriage Play-
Th
ground
Applause
Light of the Western
Stars
Seven Days' Leave
Street of Chance
Slightl
Sarah
With
y Scarlet
and Son
Byrd at
the
South Pole
The Big Pond
Charming Sinners
The Greene Murder
Case
True U> the Navy
Case of
Grisha
Lovin' the Ladies
Love Comes Along
Lawful Larcency
Delightful Rogue
Night Parade
Beau Bandit
Framed
RADIO PICTURES
Sergeant
Shooting Straight
French Gertie
Side Street
Half Marriage
Girl of the Port
Midnight Mystery
Seven Keys to Bald-
pate
CASTING
Motion picture extras during 1930
earned a total of $2,460,012, an increase
of approximately $59,000 over 1929, ac-
cording to the annual report of the Central
Casting Bureau. Since the advent of the
Bureau the money earned by extras has
constantly increased. The Casting Bureau,
since its founding in 1926, has made it
possible for extras to earn a total of
$12,364,685.32.
During 1930 the Bureau made 252.446
placements for extras. There have been
1,381,215 placements. The average daily
placement for 1930 was slightly less than
that in 1929, amounting to 807 against
840. This, however, is compensated by
the average daily wage which during 1930
was $9.74 as against $9.13 for 1929. Since
the establishment of the Bureau in 1926
there has been a steady increase in the
average daily wage. In that year extras
were paid on the average of $8.46 a day.
The total yearly placement of World war
veterans has decreased slowly over a pe-
riod of four years, primarily due to the
absorption of veterans in other more
lucrative and more permanent forms of
employment. In 1927 there were 23,765
placements of veterans, while in 1930 there
were but 12,181 placements. Veterans in
1927 earned $158,499.21, while in 1930
they earned but $83,293.40.
The Central Casting Bureau has been
extremely active in finding work for Ne-
groes. This figure shows a consistent in-
crease during the last four years. Negro
extras earned $323,937.41 during 1930,
there being 8,506 placements.
The cost of placement for adults and
children has shown a constant increase
over a four year period, jumping from 32
cents to 45 cents in the case of adults and
from 5 5 cents to 75 cents in the case of
children.
One of the most enlightening features
of the report issued by the Casting Bureau
for 1930 pertains to the children. Sixty
per cent of all children used, worked three
days or less in the year of 1930. There
are approximately 1,700 children regis-
tered at the Casting Bureau. The total
money earned last year by children
amounted to $41,650. There were 5.815
placements. The average wage was $7.16.
while the average daily placement was
nineteen.
The figures reveal that 17,541 extras
are registered with the Central Casting
Bureau at the present time. Registration
gives no guarantee of employment and the
figures show that out of these thousands
only 833 averaged one day a week or
more of work. Of that total number, 803
extras averaged three days a week or less.
Details of earnings and placements of
extras are given in the accompanying table:
TOTAL MONEY EARNED BY EXTRAS
1926
$2,195,395.65
259,259
1927
$2,838,136.30
330.397
1928
$2,469,711.28
TOTAL PLACEMENTS
276.155
1929 1930
$2,401,429.31 $2,460,012.00
TOTAL, $12,364,685.32
262.958
TOTAL. 1.381.215
710
$8.46
AVERAGE DAILY PLACEMENTS
905 758 840
AVERAGE DAILY WAGE
$8.59 $8 94 $9.13
252.446
807
$9.74
TOTAL PLACEMENT VETERANS
23.765 16.775 19,158 12.181
MONEY EARNED BY VETERANS
$158,499.21 $95,264.24 $1 17.087.02 $83,293.50
TOTAL. $606,224.15
TOTAL PLACEMENTS COLORED
3.754 10,916 8.726 8.506
TOTAL. 39.237
MONEY EARNED BY COLORED EXTRAS
$30,036.00 $89,702.09 $67,804.08 $76.524 00
TOTAL. $323,937.41
Cost per placement: Adult
.32 .36 .42 .45
Of the 17,541 extras registered, onlv 833 averaged I day a week or more.
Of that number, 803 extras averaged 3 days a week or less.
TOTAL MONEY EARNED BY CHILDREN. 1930 $41,650.00
TOTAL PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN, 1930 5.815
AVERAGE DAILY WAGE OF CHILDREN. 1930 $7.16
AVERAGE DAILY PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN. 1930 - 19
Cost per placement: Children
.55 .70 .54 .77
Sixty per cent of all children used worked 3 days or lesj during the entire year of 1930.
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1931
INDEPENDENT
PRODUCTION
The independent producer in 1931-32
gives every indication of succeeding in a
concentrated effort to regain the position
he held before the advent of sound placed
him in a state of almost complete inactivity,
principally by reason of his inability to
meet the great cost involved in the produc-
tion of talking pictures.
A total of 192 features, 247 short fea-
tures and eight serials will be made in the
independent field by 22 companies, a sur-
vey by Motion Picture Daily shows.
Monogram heads the list with 28 fea-
tures. In the even dozen division are
Artclass, Big 4, and the embryonic produc-
ing organization planned by M. H. Hoff-
man and J. G. Bachmann. One of the
interesting developments in the independ-
ent end of the business is the rapidly-
growing number of organizations which
plan to release foreign language talkers in
this market. Ufa promises 25 German fea-
tures and as many shorts. Capital Film
Exchange declares it will have 24 in Ger-
man; First Division three in French, and
Judea, six in Yiddish.
In addition to schedules definitely set,
there are several new companies which are
not yet ready to talk. One for instance,
intends to specialize in foreign language
pictures and may have a limited group of
its own theatres coupled with its distribu-
tion. Ufa, too, proposes a chain of 30
houses on an exclusive all-German policy.
Behind the more healthy condition of
the independent and his brighter outlook
for the new season are several factors.
Practically all independent houses of any
importance in the country are now
equipped with sound apparatus, and the
total is increasing daily; independents'
banking interests are looking more favor-
ably on their efforts, and responding more
substantially than within the past two years;
and the condition of the state rights ex-
changes, following the last two precarious
years, is decidedly on the upgrade.
Approximately 30 independent produc-
ers will enter the list during the season,
including many new units. Among the
latter are companies sponsored by:
Harry Asher, Boston.
M. H. Hoffman.
Larry Darmour.
M. D. Sikawitt, organizer of Headline
Pictures.
I. J. Kandel, Ideal Pictures.
M. H. Hoffman, Jr., Allied Pictures.
Hollywood Productions.
Charles Hutchinson.
Reed Productions.
Liberty Productions.
Welshay Pictures.
W. Ray Johnston has launched his new
Monogram Pictures Corporation.
John R. Freuler, president of Big 4, has
outlined his most extensive program to
date.
Others who have planned output more
pretentious than ever before are:
George Batchellor, Chesterfield.
Nat Levine, Mascot.
Dave Mountain, Richmont.
L. E. Goetz.
Bryan Foy.
Samuel Cummins.
Irving Briskin.
Larry Darmour.
William Alexander.
Congo Pictures.
Al Pollock of Hollywood Productions.
M. J. Weisfeld will produce six feature
films and at least 12 shorts under the Talk-
ing Picture Epics banner.
Harry Thomas continues with First Di-
vision Pictures.
Simple Simon Comedies, producing in
New York, will offer a comedy short
group, continuing from its intial effort late
in 1930.
Independents' 1931-1932
Plans
Company Features Shorts
Allied 6
Artclass 12 *2
Associated Cinemas of America,
Inc 4
Big 4 12
Capital Film Exchange 24 24
Central Film Co 12
Chadwick 6
Chesterfield 6
Continental 6
Falcon Not set
First Division 3
Headline Pictures 4
Hoffman-Bachmann 12
Ideal 24
Judea 6 24
Liberty 4
Mascot *4
Meteor 8
Monogram 28
Pioneer 8
Regal Talking Pictures 1
G. C. Reid 6 12
Simple Simon Comedies 24
Talking Picture Epics 6 12
Ufa 25 25
Visugraphic 26
J. D. Williams 1
World International Pictures.... 4 64
*2
Total 192 247
* Serials.
DISC PRINTS DECREASE
The industry would save half a million
dollars a year by elimination of disc ver-
sions of feature pictures, according to an
estimate.
The figures, from authoritative produc-
tion sources, are derived on the basis of
the usual method of preparing the disc
prints of features, which is the re-recording
on disc after a film has been completely
produced. The cost of recording on the
master disc is estimated at about $2,000.
Theatre records cost in the neighborhood
of $3 per set, and with the addition of ex-
press charges and the like on several thou-
sand such records, it is figured the discs,
to supply the accounts having only disc
equipment, would run to something like
$20,000 per film, or $150,000 per year.
A survey of the country's theatres, said
Motion Picture Herald on May 9, 1931,
has resulted in the following figures:
Total Sound Equipped Theatres 13,500
Disc Equipped Only 5,042
Sound-on-film and Disc Equipped.. 8,458
The general opinion among both equip-
ment and production men was that the disc
was rapidly going out, though a great many
of the theatres were equipped with both
sound-on-film and disc apparatus, in a com-
bination equipment. One official closely in
touch with the equipment situation said
there were less than half the number of
"disc only" equipped houses there were in
the country last year.
In the New York State territory, for
example, figures indicated a proportion of
about five to one of sound-on-film installa-
tions to disc. Only one of every 10
contracts, it was estimated, called for a disc
attachment.
All pictures are made in combination by
most of the major companies, with the disc
equipped houses for which that form is
made, noted as only the smaller theatres.
One company official estimated that
2,000 "disc only" accounts in January,
1931, had decreased by May 9 to about
1,500, indicating an average conversion to
sound-on-film of 500 in every six months
period. He said, however, that, in his
opinion, after the final conversion is made,
there will still remain some 1,000 to 1,500
small houses which will retain disc until
they close their doors for one reason or
another.
ADVERTISING FILMS
British National Film is reported to have
concluded negotiations in Germany, France,
and Belgium for the international screen-
ing of advertising films. According to a
statement made by British National, adver-
tising films will have the entree to 2,000
theatres in France, 900 in Germany, and a
smaller number in Belgium. This company,
which claims distribution throughout India
and Ceylon, reports that agreements now
held will enable it to show advertising
films in approximately 6,000 theatres. Esti-
mating an average audience of 500 with
two performances a day, this would mean a
daily circulation of 6,000,000.
TEN BEST DIRECTORS OF
1929-30
The Film Daily Poll of Newspaper, Trade
and Fan Magazine Critics
In Order oj Total Votes Received
ALFRED E. GREEN ("Disraeli," "Green Goddess,"
"Man from BlankleyV ) .
KING VIDOR ("Hallelujah," "Not So Dumb").
CLARENCE BROWN ("Anna Christie," "Wonder
of Women," "Navy Blues").
LIONEL BARRYMORE ("Madame X," "Unholy
Night," "His Glorious Night").
ERNST LUBITSCH ("The Love Parade," "Eternal
Love") .
ROY DEL RUTH ("Desert Song," "Hottentot,"
"Gold Diggers of Broadway," "The Aviator,"
"Second Floor Mystery," "Hold Everything").
HERBERT BRENON ("Lummox," "Case of Ser-
geant Grischa").
JAMES WHALE ("Journey's End").
FRANK LLOYD ("Drag," "Dark Streets." "Young
Nowheres," "Son of the Gods").
SIDNEY FRANKLIN ("Last of Mrs. Cheyney,"
"Devil May Care").
Honorable Mention — David Butler, John Crom-
well, Harry Beaumont, Luther Reed, Ludwig Berger,
Raoul Walsh, John Ford, Frank Tuttle, Dorothy
Arzner, Edmund Goulding. Frank Capra, Hobart
Henley, Wesley Ruggles, F. Richard Jones, Alan
Crosland, Victor Fleming, Cecil B. DeMille. Frank
Borzage, Henry King, Richard Wallace, Michael
Curtiz, Bayard Veiller. Robert Z. Leonard, Millard
Webb, Alfred Santell, Sam Taylor.
TWO BILLION WATTS
Two billion watts of electric current!
Enough to operate 80,000,000 average-sized lights.
Or, 10,000,000 homes.
Reduced still farther down the dizzy scale of statis-
tics, this vast annual power consumption of the Radio
lot in Hollywood will nightly light a city of 33,300
homes, or of 100,000 population.
A mathematical genius — only a genius could do it
— might translate this tremendous equation into terms
of bread toasters, washing machines and vacuum clean-
ers. However, this current has a more romantic
usage.
Under the eye of William Johnson, chief electrician,
it feeds into the studio six gigantic generators, turns
camera motors, projection machines and lights sets.
It takes a lot of power to burn a single incandescent
lamp — from 500 to 2500 watts — and there have been
times when 300 lamps on a single set were insufficient.
Actual power input metered into the studio is
actually 2,003,610 kilowatts for the year ending
March, 1931 — a kilowatt hour corresponds to 1,000
watts of current measured over a period of an hour.
The studio's ranch, near Encino, consumes an annual
power consumption of 6,730 kilowatts.
Handling this immense power is a man's job. In
normal times 150 electricians arc employed. At pcatt
times, when production is at its height, 280 operator*
arc engaged. The average for the coming year will
be about 220 men.
Distribution
op
Major companies of the
United States maintain their
position as leading distributors
in all the foreign territories —
The developments o< the year
in all foreign countries are re-
viewed through the eyes of the
Department of Commerce in a
census of distribution— A
handy reference list of ex-
changes, both independent
and producer-owned.
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The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
UFA PRESENTS
A SERIES OF
NEW PICTURES FOR
SEASON 1931-32
including
"DER GROSSE TENOR" A music drama W1,h Emil
Jannings
"DREI VON DER
A Pommer Production with
TANKSTELLE" L'lian Harvey-Wi"y RiacSb
Otto Gebuehr
Renate Mueller
"DAS FLOETENKONZERT
VON SANSSOUCI"
"EIN BURSCHENLIED AUS
HEIDELBERG"
"DOLLY MACHT KARRIERE"
"DIE BLONDE
NACHTIGALL
"EINBRECHER"
Musical Comedy with
Betty Bird-Willy Forst
Musical Comedy with
Dolly Haas-Kurt Gerron
Musical Comedy with
Else Elster-Arthur Hell
Musical Comedy with
Lilian Harvey-Willy Fritsch
A Pommer Production with
Gustav Froehlich-Charlotte
Ander
"MONTE CARLO MADNESS" %£^°?&lH™Z$£
"VORUNTERSUCHUNG"
Other UFA world famous International pictures are
DEVI L." ' 'LAST COMPANY. ' ' ' LOVE \VA LTZ, ' '
VAGABOND," starring artists of continental renown.
UFA SHORT FEATURES-
SUPREME ACHIEVEMENT OF NOVELTY
IN SHORTS
l' FA has contributed to new motion pirture ancles. Every reel
different. Produced in all parts of the world by specially trained
scientists and cameramen.
EVERY THEATRE NEEDS UFA
SILENT— TALKING— MUSICAL SHORTS
"THE WHITE
"IMMOllTAL
f
Distribution
Distribution methods of American
companies at home and abroad — A
Who's What of distributing companies,
home office executives — Lists of com'
panies and personnel, exchanges of both
producer-exhibitors and independents,
Film Boards of Trade and of non-com-
mercial companies — The Advertising
Code of Ethics.
American producer-distributors
maintain a direct exchange distribution
system, with some few exceptions, in
all territories throughout the world.
The method of operation is similar to
the methods under which exchanges
are operated in the domestic territory,
with such corrections as may be neces-
sary to meet the market conditions of
the individual territories. With one
exception, national distributors all op-
erate their own exchanges in the
United Kingdom and with three excep-
tions their own exchange systems in
Australia and New Zealand. There
are from ten to eighteen distribution
points in the United Kingdom and
from six to ten Australia.
Several of the companies have 100
per cent direct distribution in foreign
territories. Others still market their
product through the territorial sales
method in the smaller countries.
In spite of the fact that English
dialogue materially has reduced the
number of pictures suitable for dis-
tribution in many of the non-English
speaking territories, there has been no
curtailment of distribution. By vari-
ous methods of reconstructing English
dialogue pictures and the acquisition of
native production, major companies
have maintained their status as the
leading distributors in all the impor-
tant foreign language territories.
Due to the fact that local conditions
so materially enter into the formula-
tion of policies and operations, the
executive direction of foreign distribu-
tion is quite different than the highly
systemized distribution plan prevailing
in the United States. Most of the
large companies maintain a major ex-
ecutive in charge of operations in the
United Kingdom, another major execu-
tive in charge of operations in Europe
and a third major executive in charge
of operations in Australia. Under
these general executives, responsible to
the general manager of foreign opera-
tions, local resident managers operate
the exchanges in each individual terri-
tory with considerable latitude because
of native conditions.
Due to the necessity of revision of
productions to meet native conditions,
including censorship, prints are made
locally in the major territories of
Europe. Australia and South America
are the only two large territories which
are supplied with positive prints from
America. The export negative usually
is shipped first to London, then to Ber-
lin, then to Paris and then back to
London where it is held for the with -
drawal of incidental prints to replace
used and worn-out prints in other
territories. 8 *
Contrary to general impression, ma'
jor companies do not attempt to dis-
tribute their entire product in all of
the territories of the world. England,
Australia, the Argentine, Brazil and
some of the Far Eastern territories
consume virtually 100 per cent of the
American-made pictures. Particularly
in Europe the American producer-
distributors select a varying proportion
of their yearly product for distribution,
shelving pictures which do not fit the
psychology of people in the territory
or for some other reason are best not
distributed.
EXCHANGE
OPERATION
The distribution problem in the picture
industry is such a complex one that there
can be no comparison with any other line
of business. The physical handling of the
product involves a mass of detail that would
stagger the layman familiar only with the
activities of a commercial enterprise, whose
troubles are practically over when the goods
are shipped. That step is the simplest in
the operation of an exchange, thus named
because it provides a steady change of
films for the consumer.
Passing over the work involved in mak-
ing the sale of a picture or a group, there
arises the intricate problem of getting book-
ings for the pictures set in. The urgent
necessity of obtaining quick playdates may
conflict with previous bookings by the ex-
hibitor; the result is a condition that re-
quires much valuable time to solve.
The booker also is confronted with the
possibility that more day and date bookings
may be obtained by the salesmen than there
are prints in the office. In such a case
he will have to make a substitution, with
the consent of the showman, or borrow
a print from the nearest branch office.
Some companies are attempting to solve
this problem by the use of central book-
ing offices, with a master booker keeping
records on the prints in a number of ex-
changes and seeing that each is kept in cir-
culation at all times.
Another clement contributing to the diffi-
culties of exchange management is the un-
certainty of transportation and the weather.
The film must reach the theatre in time,
for "the show must go on," therefore it
is essential that precautions be taken to
see that there are no delays; concomit-
antly, it is unprofitable to ship it too soon
and thus lose another playdatc. Often,
when circumstances require, airplanes or
fast automobiles are chartered to deliver
the "show."
The return of a print after its showing
entails further labor. Every foot of the
celluloid is gone over by inspectors and
if it has been damaged repairs must be
made. Sometime careless projection injures
a print to such an extent that entire se-
quences must be replaced, and it is shelved
until duplicates can be ordered from the
laboratories.
Owing to constant changes, no definite
figure on the total personnel of exchanges
in this country is available, although sales
297
executives agree that it is in excess of 7,500.
A typical roster of employees in a major
office comprises the following:
Branch manager.
Assistant manager.
Office manager.
Salesmen.
Bookers.
Shipper and assistants.
Accessory clerk and assistants.
Cashier and assistants.
Contract clerks.
Stenographers.
Film inspectors.
Projection ists.
Film cutters.
Disc record clerks.
Typists.
File clerks.
Statistical clerks.
Telephone operator.
Information clerk.
Porter.
Watchman.
In addition to the foregoing, there are
division managers, district managers and
traveling auditors.
The number of exchanges ranges from
IS down to but a few: the last-named are,
of course, those of small companies. These
are in key cities and service exhibitors in
specified territories.
Distribution costs fluctuate greatly, the
average ranging between JO and 35 per
cent.
EXCHANGES IN THE UNITED STATES
ALBANY, N. Y.
COLUMBIA: 1050 Broadway.
EDUCATIONAL: 1050 Broadway.
FIRST GRAPHIC: 1046 Broadway.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
MCM: 1060 Broadway.
PARAMOUNT: 5 3 Orange street.
RKO PATHE: 3 5 Orange street.
RKO RADIO: 1048 Broadway.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNIVERSAL: 1054 Broadway.
VITAGRAPH: 1056 Broadway.
SONO ART-WORLD WIDE: 1050 Broadway.
A
ATLANTA, GA.
BROMBERG, A. O: 156 Walton street.
COLUMBIA: 131 Liberty street.
EDUCATIONAL: 162 Walton street.
ELTABRAN: 156 Walton street.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 162 Walton street, northwest.
MGM: 191 Walton street.
PARAMOUNT: 158 Walton street.
RKO PATHE: 164 Walton street.
RKO RADIO: 183 Walton street.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 154 Walton street.
UNIVERSAL: 193 Walton street.
VITAGRAPH: 163 Walton street.
A
BALTIMORE, MD.
APEX FILM EXCHANGE: 412 East Baltimore street.
CLOVER PROD.: 240 Fallsway street.
FAVORITE FILM CO., INC.: 143 East Elizabeth
street.
FILM SERVICE: 228 North Gay street.
GLOBE FILM SERVICE: Haefels building.
A
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
BROMBERG. ARTHUR C, ATTRACTIONS: 529
North 18th street.
A
BOSTON, MASS.
ACME DIST.: 16 Piedmont street.
ADAMS, J. K.: 20 Winchester street.
BENSAM PICTURES: 28 Piedmont street.
COLUMBIA: 10 Piedmont street.
CONSOLIDATED: 12 Piedmont street.
EDUCATIONAL: 57 Church street.
FIRST DIVISION: 19 Piedmont street.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 78 Broadway.
HI-MARK: 44 Church street.
INDEPENDENT FILMS: 10 Piedmont street.
MGM: 46 Church street.
PARAMOUNT: 58 Berkeley street.
RKO PATHE: 39 Church street.
RKO RADIO: 59 Church street.
RAYART: 54 Piedmont street.
ROYAL FILMS: 46 Church street.
SCREEN ART PICTURES: 42 Melrose street.
SUPER FEATURES, INC.: 28 Piedmont street.
SPECIALTY FILM: 14 Melrose street.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UFA-EASTERN DIVISION: 28 Piedmont street.
UNITED ARTISTS: 13 Stanhope street.
UNIVERSAL: 37 Piedmont street.
VITAGRAPH: 52 Church street.
WORLD-ART PICTURES: 28 Piedmont street.
A
BUFFALO, N. Y.
CELEBRITY PRODUCTIONS: 505 Pearl street.
COLUMBIA: 505 Pearl street.
EDUCATIONAL: 505 Pearl street.
FIRST GRAPHIC: 505 Pearl street.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 496 Pearl street.
MGM: 509 Pearl street.
PARAMOUNT: 4646 Franklin street.
RKO PATHE: 505 Pearl street.
RKO RADIO: 505 Pearl street.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 505 Pearl street.
UNIVERSAL: 505 Pearl street.
VITAGRAPH: 470 Franklin street.
A
BUTTE, MONT.
COLUMBIA: 51 West Broadway.
MGM: 38 West broadway.
PARAMOUNT: 5 5 West Granite street.
RKO PATHE: 116 West Granite street.
RKO RADIO: 116 West Granite street.
UNITED ARTISTS: 38 West Broadway.
UNIVERSAL: 23 South Montana street.
A
CHARLESTON, W. VA.
CHARLESTON FILM: 811 Virginia street. East.
COLUMBIA: 707 Drydcn street.
UNIVERSAL: 225 Hale street.
A
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
BROMBERG. A. O: 505 West Fourth street.
COLUMBIA: 219 West Fourth street
EDUCATIONAL: Second and Poplar streets.
FIRST NATIONAL: Sec Vitagraph.
FOX: 505 West Fourth street.
MGM: 426 West Fourth street.
PARAMOUNT: 309 South Church street.
RKO PATHE: 221 West Fourth street.
RKO RADIO: 213 South Mint street.
RKO RADIO: 2011 Jackson street.
UNITED ARTISTS: Second and Poplar streets.
UNIVERSAL: 313 South Church street.
VITAGRAPH: 311 South Church street.
WORLD WIDE PRODUCTIONS: Second -and Poplar
streets.
A
CHICAGO, ILL.
BLAND BROS.: 1018 South Wabash avenue.
COLUMBIA: 831 South Wabash avenue.
DAILY NEWS SERVICE: 15 North Wells street.
EDUCATIONAL: 829 South Wabash avenue.
EXCLUSIVE FILM: 732 South Wabash avenue.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 910 South Wabash avenue.
GREIVER: 831 South Wabash avenue.
JUDELL: 829 South Wabash avenue.
M. y M. EXCHANGE: 808 South Wabash avenue.
MGM: 1 327 South Wabash avenue.
PARAMOUNT: 1306 South Michigan avenue.
RKO PATHE: 1023 South Wabash avenue.
PILGRIM: 26 East Eighth street.
RKO RADIO: 908 South Wabash Avenue.
SECURITY: 808 South Wabash avenue.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 802 South Wabash avenue.
UNIVERSAL: 831 South Wabash avenue.
UNIVERSITY CINEMA SERVICE: 806 South
Wabash avenue.
WABASH: 1018 Wabash avenue.
VITAGRAPH: 1307 South Wabash avenue.
WESTERN FEATURE: 1018 South Wabash avenue.
CINCINNATI, OHIO
COLUMBIA: 1634 Central parkway.
EDUCATIONAL: 1634 Central parkway.
EXCELSIOR: 459 East Fifth street.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FISCHER FILM EXCHANGE: 1635 Central parkway.
FOX: 1638 Central parkway.
MCM: 1638 Central parkway.
MOTION PICTURE SERVICE: Broadway Film
building.
PARAMOUNT: 1214 Central parkway.
RKO PATHE, INC.: 1634 Central parkway.
RKO RADIO: 1634 Central parkwav.
STANDARD: 1634 Central parkway.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 1634 Central parkway.
UNIVERSAL: 1634 Central parkway.
VITAGRAPH: 1208 Central parkway.
A
CLEVELAND, OHIO
COLUMBIA: 629 Film Exchange building.
EDUCATIONAL: 507 Film Exchange building.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FISCHER FILM: 518 Film Exchange building.
FOX: 2219 Payne avenue.
IMPORT FILM: 212 Film Exchange building.
INDEPENDENT PICTURES: 706 Film Exchange
building.
IVANHOE: 401 Film Exchange building.
MGM: 2346 Payne avenue.
PARAMOUNT: 1735 East 23rd street.
REX FILM: 219 Film Exchange building.
RKO PATHE: 2340 Payne avenue.
RKO RADIO: 1745 East 23rd street.
STANDARD: 600 Film Exchange building.
SELECTED PICTURES: 401 Film Exchange building.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
TRI-STATE: 208 Film Exchange building.
UNITED ARTISTS: 1611 East 21st street.
UNIVERSAL: 23 42 Payne avenue.
VITAGRAPH: 2 300 Payne avenue.
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COLUMBUS, OHIO
OHIO FILM y AERIAL: 218'/, North High street.
PARAMOUNT: 251 North Fifth street.
A
DALLAS, TEXAS
ALLIED FILM: 308 South Harwood street.
COLUMBIA: 304 South Harwood street.
EDUCATIONAL: 302'/- South Harwood street.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 306 South Jefferson street.
LONE STAR FILMS: 304'/; Harwood street.
MGM: 2013 lackson street.
PARAMOUNT: 300 South Jefferson street.
PENNY. DICK: 203 Mclhi Theater building.
RKO PATHE: 320 South Harwood street.
RKO RADIO: 2011 Jackon street.
SQUARE-DEAL: Film Exchange building.
SYNDICATE: Film Exchange building.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 308 South Harwood street.
UNIVERSAL: 308 South Harwood street.
VITAGRAPH: 508 Park street.
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DENVER, COL.
COLUMBIA: 2071 Broadwav.
EDUCATIONAL: 2144 Chamna street.
FIRST NATIONAL: Sec V.tagraph.
FOX: 2140 Champa street.
MGM: 805 2 1st street.
MILE HIGH FILM EXCHANGE: 828 21st street.
PARAMOUNT: 1625 Court place.
RKO PATHE: 2165 Broadwav.
RKO RADIO: 809 21st street.
SHEFFIELD EXCHANGE SYSTEM: 2075 Broadway.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 2065 Broadwav.
UNIVERSAL: 801 21st street.
VITAGRAPH: 2115 Chamna street.
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DES MOINES, IA.
COLUMBIA: 1005 High street.
EDUCATIONAL: 1005 High street.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 1022 High street.
MGM: 1111 High street.
PARAMOUNT: 1117 High street.
RKO PATHE: 1003'/2 High street.
RKO RADIO: 915 Grand avenue.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNIVERSAL: 1001'/. High street.
VITAGRAPH: 1001 High street.
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DETROIT, MICH.
CAPLAN, SAM: Film Exchange building.
COLUMBIA: 610 Film Exchange building.
CRESCENT: 414 Film Exchange building.
EDUCATIONAL: 710 Film Exchange building.
EXCELLENT: 518 Film Exchange building.
FAVORITE: 612 Film Exchange building.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 66 Sibley street.
GRAPHIC: 610 Film Exchange building.
MGM: 400 Film Exchange building.
METROPOLITAN: 700 Film Exchange building.
PARAMOUNT: 2949 Cass avenue.
RKO PATHE: 210 Film Exchange building.
RKO RADIO: 310 Film Exchange building.
STANDARD: 500 Film Exchange building.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 422 Film Exchange building.
UNIVERSAL: 2310 Cass avenue.
VITAGRAPH: 2300 Cass avenue.
FARGO, N. D.
DAKOTA FILM: 110 North Fifth street.
A
HOUSTON, TEX.
HOUSTON FILM: 2207 Washington avenue.
A
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
BIG FEATURE: 400 North Illinois street.
COLUMBIA: 448 North Illinois street.
EDUCATIONAL: 120 West Michigan street.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 326 North Illinois street.
MGM: 438 North Illinois street.
MIDWEST: 218 Wimmer building
PARAMOUNT: 116 West Michigan street.
RED SEAL: 406 North Illinois street.
RKO PATHE: 120 West Michigan street.
RKO RADIO: 428 North Illinois street.
SECURITY: 404 North Illinois street.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 408 North Illinois street.
UNIVERSAL: 326 North Illinois street.
VITAGRAPH: 120 West Michigan street.
A
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
PARAMOUNT: 110 North Lee street.
RKO RADIO: 1262 West Adams street.
A
KANSAS CITY, MO.
COLUMBIA: 113 West 17th street.
EDUCATIONAL: 130 West 18th street.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 1901 Wyandotte street.
INDEPENDENT: 115 West 18th street.
LIBERTY: 1818 Wyandotte street.
MGM: 19th and Central.
MIDWEST: 110 West 18th street.
PARAMOUNT: 1800 Wyandotte street.
RKO PATHE: 111 West 17th street.
RKO RADIO: 1717 Wyandotte street.
TIFFANY: Sec Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 1706 Baltimore avenue.
UNIVERSAL: 1710 Wyandotte street.
VITAGRAPH: 1701 Wyandotte street.
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LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
HOME STATE: 108 South Cross street.
A
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
ACME: 1906 South Vermont avenue.
ALL-STAR FEATURE: 1910 South Vermont avenue.
ANCHOR FILM DIST.: 6912 Hollywood boulevard.
COLUMBIA: 1914 South Vermont avenue.
COOPERATIVE: 1912 South Vctmont avenue.
EDUCATIONAL: 1920 South Vermont avenue.
FIRST NATIONAL: Sec Vitagraph.
FOX: 2019 South Vermont avenue.
HICKEY. GEORGE A.: 1620 Cordova.
MGM: 1620 Cordova.
PARAMOUNT: 1980 South Vermont avenue.
RKO PATHE: 1926 South Vermont avenue.
RKO RADIO: 1924 South Vermont avenue.
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STANDARD MOTION PICTURE SERVICE, INC.:
1906 South Vermont avenue.
SUPREME: 1910 South Vermont avenue.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 1966 South Vermont avenue.
UNIVERSAL: 1960 South Vermont avenue.
VITAGRAPH: 1968 South Vermont avenue.
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LOUISVILLE, KY.
AMERICAN: Al amo Theatre building.
BIG FEATURE RIGHTS: 917 West Jefferson street.
EDUCATIONAL: 917 West Jefferson street.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
MEMPHIS. TENN.
COLUMBIA: 416 South Second street.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 597 South Second street.
HOME STATE FILM CO.: 108 South Cross street.
MGM: 494 South Second street.
PARAMOUNT: 265 South Front street.
RKO PATHE: SO; Mulbcrrv street.
RKO RADIO: 492 South Second street.
UNIVERSAL: 399 South Second street.
VITAGRAPH: 500 South Second street.
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MILWAKUEE, WIS.
BAIER FILM: 713 Wells street.
CELEBRATED PLAYERS: 715 Wells street
COLUMBIA: 345 Eighth avenue.
CONTINENTAL: 108 Ninth street.
EDUCATIONAL: 814 North 11th street
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 292 Elghth street.
FRACKMAN FILM: 713 Wells street.
KAY-BEE: 713 Wells street.
LUDWIG: 721 Wells street.
MGM: 726 State street.
MIDW EST: 145 Seventh street.
PARAMOUNT: 335 Eighth street.
RED SEAL: 713 Wells street.
REGAL: 210 11th street.
RKO PATHE: 104 Ninth street.
RKO RADIO: 341 Eighth street.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNIVERSAL: 717 Wells street.
VITAGRAPH: 149 Seventh street.
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MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.
CELEBRATED: 70 Glenwood avenue
COLUMBIA PICTURES CORP.: 66 Locb arcade
EDUCATIONAL FILM EXCHANGE: 1111 First
avenue. North.
ELLIOT. F. YORK: 310 Film Exchange building
EQUITABLE: 502 Film Exchange building
FIRST NATIONAL: Sec Vitagraph.
FOX: 36 Glen wood avenue.
MGM: 74 Glen wood avenue.
PARAMOUNT: 1100 First avenue. North.
RKO PATHE: 72 Glen wood avenue.
RKO RADIO: 42 Glenwood avenue.
SCREEN CLASSICS: 519 Loeb arcade.
TIFFANY: See Tiffany.
UNITED ARTISTS: 1109 First avenue, North.
UNIVERSAL: 1105 First avenue, North.
VITAGRAPH: 954 First avenue. North.
A
NEW HAVEN. CONN.
COLUMBIA: 154 Meadow street.
EDUCATIONAL: 154 Meadow street.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 114 Meadow street.
MGM: 154 Meadow street.
PARAMOUNT: 154 Meadow street.
RKO PATHE: 154 Meadow street.
RKO RADIO: 154 Meadow street.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 134 Meadow street.
UNIVERSAL: 126 Mead ow street.
VITAGRAPH: 154 Meadow street.
WORLD ART PICTURES: 148 Meadow street.
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NEW ORLEANS, LA.
BROMBERG ATTRACTIONS: 1101 Perdido street.
COLUMBIA: 1507 Tulanc street.
EDUCATIONAL: 220 South Liberty street.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 218 South Liberty street.
MGM: 223 South Liberty street.
PARAMOUNT: 215 South Liberty street.
RKO PATHE: 221 South Liberty street.
RKO RADIO: 419 Dryadcs street.
TIFFANY: Sec Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 147 South Liberty street.
UNIVERSAL: 145 South Liberty street.
VITAGRAPH: 150 South Liberty street.
A
NEW YORK. N. Y.
AMKINO: 723 Se venth avenue.
AY WON: 729 Seventh avenue.
BELL PICTURES: 630 Ninth avenue.
BIG 4 FILM CORP : 130 West 46th street.
BIG THREE: 630 Ninth avenue.
BIG "U" (UNIVERSAL): 622 Ninth avenue.
BILTMORE PICTURES: 630 Ninth avenue.
CAPITAL FILM: 630 Ninth avenue.
CASTLE FILMS: 650 Ninth avenue.
COLUMBIA PICTURES: 650 Ninth avenue.
COSMOS: 630 Ninth avenue.
DORA: 630 Ninth avenue.
EDUCATIONAL: 630 Ninth avenue.
FILM EXCHANGE: 729 Seventh avenue.
FIRST DIVISION: 650 Ninth avenue.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FITZ PATRICK: 729 Seventh avenue.
FOX: 345 West 44th street.
HOLLYWOOD: 630 Ninth avenue.
INDUSTRIAL FILMS: 622 Ninth avenue.
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOPLAY: 218 West 42nd
street.
MGM: 630 Ninth avenue.
NEW ERA EXCHANGE: 630 Ninth avenue.
PARAMOUNT: 331 West 44th street.
RKO PATHE SHORT SUBJECT EXCHANGE: 55
West 45th street.
RKO PATHE: 622 Ninth avenue.
RKO RADIO: 630 Ninth avenue.
STATES CINEMA: 729 Seventh avenue.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 622 Ninth avenue.
UNIVERSAL: 622 Ninth avenue.
VITAGRAPH: 321 West 44th street.
WORLDART PICTURES CO., INC.: 650 Ninth
OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLA.
BROMBERG (ALLIED FILM CO.): 704 West Grand
avenue.
COLUMBIA: 702 West Grand avenue.
EDUCATIONAL: 702'/; West Grand avenue.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 521 South Robinson street.
MGM: 5 15 South Robinson street.
MID-WEST: 125 South Hudson street.
PARAMOUNT: 701 West Grand avenue.
RKO PATHE: 515 South Robinson street.
RKO RADIO: 706 West Grand avenue.
SYNDICATE: 119 South Hudson street.
SPECIAL PICTURES: Film building. 705 West
Grand avenue.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNIVERSAL: 5 19 West Main street.
VITAGRAPH: 115 South Hudson street.
A
OMAHA. NEB.
CAPITAL PICTURES CORP.: 1508 Davenport
street.
COLUMBIA: 1514 Davenport street.
EDUCATIONAL: 1508 Davenport street.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 1509 Chicago street.
LIBERTY: 1524 Davenport street.
MGM: ITU Davenport street.
PARAMOUNT: 1610 Davenport street.
RKO PATHE: 1508 Davenport street.
RKO RADIO: 1508 Davenport street.
SECURITY: 1506 Davenport street.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 1508 Davenport street.
UNIVERSAL: 1515 Davenport street.
VITAGRAPH: 1511 Davenport street.
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
CAPITAL: 1314 Vine street.
COLUMBIA: 1232 Vine street.
CONSOLIDATED: 1237 Vine street.
EDUCATIONAL: 1309 Vine street.
FIRST NATIONAL: Sec Vitagraph.
FOX: 310 North 13th street.
GOLD MEDAL: 1 3 39 Vine street.
INTERSTATE (UNIVERSAL): 1308 Vine street.
LIBERTY: 1359 Vine street
MASTERPIECE: 529 Vine street.
M<iM: 1228 Vine street.
PARAMOUNT: 1201 Vine street.
PHILADELPHIA EXCHANGE: 1 5 5 5 Vine street.
RKO PATHE: 1224 Vine street.
RKO RADIO: 510 North 15th street.
SUCCESS: 12 59 Vine street.
TIFFANY: See Educational
UNITED ARTISTS: 1255 Vine street.
UNIVERSAL (INTERSTATE): 1308 Vine street.
VITAGRAPH: 1225 Vine street.
PITTSBURGH. PA.
ALEXANDER FILM SERVICE. INC.: 1024 Forbes
street.
COLUMBIA: 162 3 Boulevard of Allies.
EDUCATIONAL: 1014 Forbes street.
FIRST NATIONAL: Sec Vitagraph.
FOX FILM CORP.: 1014 Forbes street.
INDEPENDENT PHOTOPLAY: 1030 Forbes street.
MGM: 1635 Boulevard of Allies.
PARAMOUNT: 1727 Boulevard of Allies
PINKNEY FILM SERVICE: 1028 Forbes street.
PROGRESS FILM SERVICE, INC.: 1030 Forbes
street.
RKO PATHE: 162 3 Boulevard of Allies.
RKO RADIO: 1625 Boulevard of Allies.
STANDARD FILM: 1018 Forbes street.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 1014 Forbes street.
UNIVERSAL: 1709 Boulevard of Allies.
VITAGRAPH. INC.: 1014 Forbes street.
PORTLAND. ME.
AMERICAN FEATURE: 588 Congrecs street.
PARAMOUNT: 263 South Johns street.
UNITED ARTISTS: 614 Fidelity building.
PORTLAND. ORE.
COLUMBIA: 124 North 12th street.
EDUCATIONAL: 126 North 12th street.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX- 128 North 12th Street.
MGM: 451 Glisan street.
PARAMOUNT: 201 North 19th street.
RKO PATHE: 443 Glisan street.
RKO RADIO: 203 North 19th street.
STAR: 444 Glisan street.
SHEFFIELD EXCHANGES: 464 Glisan street.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNIVERSAL: 445 Glisan street.
VITAGRAPH: 441 Glisan St.
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ST. LOUIS, MO.
COLUMBIA PICTURES CORP.: 3306 Olive street.
EDUCATIONAL: 5534 Olive street.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX FILM CORP.: 3 316 Olive street.
MGM: 3010 Olive street.
PARAMOUNT: 3201 Olive street.
PREMIER PICTURES CORP.: 5508 Olive street.
PROGRESSIVE PICTURES: 3 520 Lindell boulevard.
RKO PATHE: 5318 Olive street.
RKO RADIO: 3312 Olive street.
TIFFANY: See Educationai.
UNITED ARTISTS: 5510 Lindell boulevard.
UNIVERSAL: 3 320 Olive street.
VITAGRAPH: 3214 Olive street.
A
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
COLUMBIA: 258 East First South street.
EDUCATIONAL: 214 East First South street.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 216 East First street.
MGM: 204 East First South street.
PARAMOUNT: 200 East First South street.
RKO PATHE: 206 East First street.
RKO RADIO: 256 East First South street.
SHEFFIELD: 252 East First South street.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 254 East First South street.
Universal: 208 East First street.
Vitagraph: 210 East First South street.
A
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS
PARAMOUNT: 501 Solcdad street.
UNIVERSAL: 610 Soledad street.
A
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL: 290 Turk street.
COLUMBIA: 177 Golden Gate avenue.
COOPERATIVE: 284 Turk street.
EDUCATIONAL: 191 Golden Gate avenue.
E. L. C. CO.: 298 Turk street.
FIRST NATIONAL: Sec Vitagraph.
FOX: 308 Turk street.
GOODWILL. INC.: 298 Turk street.
INDEPENDENT: 177 Golden Gate avenue.
LEAVITT CINE: 565 Market street.
MGM: 259 Hyde.
PARAMOUNT: 201 Golden Gate avenue.
RKO PATHE: 321 Turk street.
RED SEAL: 209 Golden Gate avenue.
RKO RADIO: 310 Turk street.
SUPREME: 294 Turk street.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 229 Golden Gate avenue.
UNIVERSAL: 129 Hyde.
VITAGRAPH: 140 Leavenworth street.
A
SEATTLE. WASH.
COLUMBIA: 2404 First avenue.
EDUCATIONAL: 2415 Second avenue.
FIRST NATIONAL: Sec Vitagraph.
FOX: 2516 Second avenue.
G. & H.: 5419 Second avenue.
HURST. P. C: 2419 Second avenue.
MGM: 2401 Second avenue.
MONARCH: 2419 Second avenue.
PARAMOUNT: 2415 Second avenue.
RKO PATHE: 2512 Second avenue.
RKO RADIO: 2407 Second avenue.
SHEFFIELD EXCHANGE SYSTEM: 2418 Second
avenue.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 2405 Second avenue.
UNIVERSAL: 242 1 Second avenue.
VITAGRAPH: 2422 Second avenue.
A
SIOUX FALLS. S. D.
PARAMOUNT: 518 South Main street.
RKO RADIO: 121 West Twelfth street.
UNIVERSAL: 221 South Main street.
A
SYRACUSE. N. Y.
ADVANCE PICTURES: 549 South Snlina street.
OUALTOPLAY: Burt and Montgomery streets.
THEATRE OWNERS ASSOCIATION: Nicollet
hotel.
UNITED ARTISTS: 502 Locb Arcade.
UNIVERSAL: 1105 First avenue.
VITAGRAPH: 70 Glenwood avenue.
A
WASHINGTON. D. C.
COLUMBIA: 916 G street, Northwest.
EDUCATIONAL: 916 G street. Northwest. ,
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FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 932 Jersey Avenue, Northwest.
LIBERTY: 916 G street, Northwest.
MGM: 1009 New Jersey avenue, Northwest.
PARAMOUNT: 1101 North Capitol avenue.
PROGRESS. 916 G street. Northwest.
RKO PATHE: 916 G street. Northwest.
RKO RADIO: 92-t New Jersey avenue, Northwest.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 916 G street, Northwest.
UNIVERSAL: 924 New Jersey avenue, Northwest.
VITAGRAPH: 916 G street. Northwest.
EXCHANGES
IN CANADA.
CALGARY, ALTA.
CANADIAN EDUCATIONAL FILMS, LTD.: 212
Traders building, 405 Eighth avenue.
CANADIAN UNIVERSAL: 408 East Elghth street.
COLUMBIA: Traders building, third floor
FAMOUS-LASKY: 320 Traders building
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 111 First street. West.
REGAL FILMS. LTD.: 303 Traders building
RKO RADIO: 326 Traders building.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: Traders building, 405 Eighth
avenue.
VITAGRAPH: 300 Traders building, 405 Eighth
MONTREAL, QUE.
CANADIAN EDUCATIONAL FILM. LTD.: 5909
Monkland avenue.
CANADIAN UNIVERSAL FILMS, LTD.: 5907
Monkland avenue.
CINEMATOGRAPHE FRANCO CANADIAN: Uni-
versity Tower building.
COLUMBIA PICTURES OF CANADA. LTD.:
5975 Monkland avenue.
FAMOUS LASKY FILM SERVICE, LTD.: 5899
Monkland avenue.
FILM DE LUXE: 660 St. Catherine West.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX FILM CORP.: 5903 Monkland avenue
REGAL FILMS, LTD.: 5905 Monkland avenue
RKO RADIO: 5911 Monkland avenue.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS CORP.: 5911 Monkland avenue
VITAGRAPH: 5957 Monkland avenue.
A
ST. JOHN, N. B.
CANADIAN EDUCATIONAL: 158 Union street
(Box 132).
CANADIAN UNIVERSAL: 162 Union street
COLUMBIA: 87 Union street.
FAMOUS-LASKY FILM SERVICE: 133 Princess
street.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 87 Union street.
MARITIME (COLUMBIA): 87 Union street.
REGAL FILM: 133 Pri ncess street.
RKO RADIO: 27 Prince William street.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 162 Union street.
VITAL FILMS: 29 Prince William street
VITAGRAPH: 162 Union street.
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TORONTO, ONT.
CANADIAN EDUCATIONAL: 277 Victoria street.
CANADIAN UNIVERSAL: 2^7 Victoria street.
COLUMBIA: 21 Wil ton square.
EXCELLENT: 6 Dundas street.
FAMOUS-LASKY: 111 Bond street.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 287 Victoria street.
GAUMONT BRITISH: 277 Victoria street.
REGAL (Dist. for MGM and RKO Pathe): 277
Victoria street.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS. 277 Victoria street.
VITAGRAPH: 21 Dundas street.
VANCOUVER, B. C.
CANADIAN EDUCATIONAL: 1218 Burrard street.
CANADIAN UNIVERSAL: Exchange building.
COLUMBIA: Exchange building.
FAMOUS-LASKY: Exchange building.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 1210 Burrard street.
GAUMONT BRITISH CORP. OF CANADA: See
Tiffany.
REGAL FILMS, LTD.: Exchange building.
RKO RADIO: Exchange building.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: Exchange building.
VITAGRAPH: 1206 Burrard street.
WINNIPEG, MAN.
CANADIAN EDUCATIONAL: 504 Film Exchange
building.
CANADIAN UNIVERSAL: 502 Film Exchange
building.
COLUMBIA: 302 Film Exchange building.
FAMOUS-LASKY: 500 Film Exchange building.
FIRST NATIONAL: See Vitagraph.
FOX: 400 Film Exchange building.
REGAL: 303 Film Exchange building.
RKO RADIO: 503 Film Exchange building.
TIFFANY: See Educational.
UNITED ARTISTS: 403 Film Exchange building.
VITAGRAPH, LTD.: 330 Film Exchange building.
Sales Percentages
Basic territorial sales percentages which are used
by national distributors in the U. S. remain prac-
tically unchanged despite the new developments under
sound, a survey in February showed.
In the case of state right distribution percentages,
and those involving foreign markets, there still pre-
vails the same condition of uncertainty which existed
at sound's inception.
The following chart gives in detail average key-
city distribution percentages of national distributors,
and a comparison with sales percentages in 1928 when
sound first obtained a strong foothold on the industry's
structure:
Territories of 1928 Sales 1931 Sales
Nat'l Distribs. Percentages Percentages
Albany 1.76% 1.67%
Atlanta 2.92 3.10
Boston _ 6.58 7.27
Buffalo _ 2.86 2.87
Charlotte 1.30 1.33
Chicago 6.74 6.26
Cincinnati _ 3.39 3.28
Cleveland 4.06 4.02
Dallas _ „ 3.25 3.08
Denver 1.50 1.57
Des Moines _ 1.47 1.61
Detroit 4.01 3.86
Indianapolis „. 2.50 2.46
Kansas City _ 2.33 2.73
Los Angeles 3.63 3.35
Louisville 1.21 1.79
Memphis 1.03 1.01
Milwaukee 2.23 2.27
Minneapolis 2.72 2.51
New Haven 1.88 1.90
New Orleans....- 1.71 1.37
New York City 14.53 15.49
Oklahoma City 1.45 1.52
Omaha 1.26 2.27
Philadelphia _ _ 6.33 6.01
Pittsburgh 4.11 3.89
Portland. Ore _ 1.05 1.19
St. Louis _ 2.40 2.25
Salt Lake City 1.25 1.25
San Francisco 3.23 3.11
Seattle 1.72 1.65
Washington, D. C 3.40 3.08
Totals 100.00% 100.00%
This table represents the average basic sales split-
up of the entire industry. The percentages were
compiled by obtaining sales percentage charts from
leading national distributors, and from these an aver-
age chart was obtained.
The only appreciable changes were in Boston and
New York territories, each of which now contribute
close to one per cent more gross rentals than in 1928.
The chart, aside from indicating how the various
territories contribute to each dollar grossed by na-
tional companies, tells to what extent new theatre
construction has hit various sectors in the past few
years.
Territories which now contribute lower gross rent-
als than three years ago, include:
Albany, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Memphis, New
Haven and Seattle, all of which have dropped less
than one-tenth of one per cent.
Denver, Detroit, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, St. Louis
and San Francisco, all off less than one-quarter of one
per cent.
Cincinnati, Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles,
New Orleans, Philadelphia and Washington, which
have dropped less than one-half of one per cent.
Territories which now contribute more gross rentals
than three years ago, include:
Atlanta, up two-tenths of 1%; Boston, up seven-
tenths of 1%; Buffalo, up .01; Charlotte, .03; Den-
ver, .05; Des Moines, .12; Louisville, .58; Milwau-
kee, .04; New York City, .96; Oklahoma. .07;
Omaha, .01; Portland, Ore., .14; and Salt Lake City,
which remains unchanged. (Note: Foregoing percent-
ages are all less than one per cent.)
How Films Are Used in Instructional Work
Table I
RELATIVE FREQUENCY IN THE USE OF SUBJECT FILMS IN CONNECTION
WITH CURRICULAR AND EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN 517
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES
Subjects Showing Per Cent
Total
Physical, Ed 3,186 7.22
Soc. Sciences 17,919 40.56
Natural Sci 11,919 26.18
English 1,826 4.13
Mathematics 230 .52
Commercial 1,721 3.89
Manual Arts 2,152 4.87
Home Economics 1,999 4.52
Professional 278 .63
General 1,017 2.30
Agriculture 758 1.72
Entertainment 949 2.15
Safety 12 .02
News Reels Ill .25
Clubs 36 .08
Thrift 1 .00
Language 72 .16
Total 44.186 100.00
Showings Per Cent
Curricular-
Showings Per Cent
— Extra Curricular —
1,035
2,979
3,094
441
48
669
721
739
167
889
185
862
6
30
27
0
0
2.34
6.75
7.00
1.00
.11
1.51
1.63
1.67
.38
2.01
.42
1.95
.01
.07
.06
.00
.00
32,294 73.09
1 1 .892
26.91
Table U
RELATIVE FREQUENCY IN WHICH FILMS WERE USED FOR CURRICULAR
AND EXTRA CURRICULAR PURPOSES IN PRIMARY.
JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS
Subjects Showings
Total
Physical Erl 3,186
Social Science 17.919
Natural Science 11,919
English 1,826
Mathematics 230
Commercial 1,721
Manual Arts 2,152
Home Economics 1,999
Professional 278
General 1,017
Agriculture 758
Entertainment 949
Safety 12
News Reels Ill
Clubs 36
Thrift 1
Language 72
Total 44,186
Per Cent
Showings Per Cent
unior High
Showings Per Cent
Senior High—
1.363
3,551
4,336
734
64
805
894
930
131
177
583
501
2
45
19
0
57
3.08
8.04
9.81
1.66
.14
1.82
2.02.
2.10
.30
.40
1.32
1.13
.00
.10
.04
.00
.13
17,964 40.65
12,030 27.23
14.192 32.12
FOREIGN NOTES
A substantial return to healthy busi-
ness in the motion picture industry
in Europe in 1931-32, with the great-
est competition in the history of the
European film business, applying
equally to American sound-film equip-
ment companies, is forecast by George
R. Canty, American trade commis-
sioner at Paris, in the light of develop-
ments of the past year, as recorded in
the annual resume by the U. S. De-
partment of Commerce.
Gains in grosses of wired theatres,
considerably offset the losses in silent
smaller houses, except in Germany,
and total receipts were greater than
ever before, Canty said. New houses
were erected in unprecedented num-
bers. Film production was infinitely
better than silent film standards, with
the exception of Germany. In general
an optimistic trade feeling was preva-
lent in Great Britain and France.
In Germany, however, internal difficulties
had their effect throughout the German-
speaking market. Germany's film-control
restrictions precluded the possibility of
profitable importation of pictures, and the
tariff of the Klanfilm-Tobis combination
was so high as to make the entire German
production industry suffer, except Ufa,
which had a special contract .
Irregularity in method of film financing
was another deterrent on the Continent.
Most of the larger companies operate with
public money, but Canty pointed out a
hit or miss policy of borrowing against
exorbitant interest rates.
Revival of international agreements for
joint bilingual production, was in evidence
though such agreements had suffered from
unfitness to sound film conditions. Produc-
tion in four or five languages was a spent
policy, but there was a trend toward bilin-
gual on distribution assurances.
Following is Canty 's resume in part:
The British film business continued its rapid strides
Product was good, and the films produced were well
supported by the public. That phase of the British
film act obligating domestic exhibitors to show a cer-
tain footage of British film in proportion to the whole
was less felt than heretofore. As a result, public con-
fidence in the film business manifested a happy return.
In France the industry worked to capacity; in Ger-
many it was one-sided: and in Italy it was at low ebb
because of internal difficuties. In all other countries
the situation ranged from indifferent to poor. The
highest amount on record was put into European nega-
tive cost, and as considerable capital was required also
to accomplish studio betterments, cinema construction,
and reproducing installations, it was apparent that
credit was plentiful. No evidence of a tendency to
liberalize existing legislative restrictions, which would,
in effect, ease the flow and increase the utility of this
new capital investment, was seen.
Except in so far as domestic films were concerned,
the distribution curve throughout Europe declined ma-
terially. This was essentially due to the general in-
ability of exporting companies to meet foreign demand
with their sound films. Innumerable films that other-
wise might not ever have entered distribution, and
many re-issues were released to meet the needs of
unwired houses. Otherwise, the decline would have
been greater.
The outstanding happening in the year's activities
was the German-American sound-patents conference,
the result of which provided for a complete inter-
change of patent rights and manufacturing and tech-
nical information, and the division of the world into
three parts for equipment sales.1 While the confer-
ence included certain German and American companies
only, it was intended that the arrangements made
would be available to all world companies. The con-
ference put an end to European lawsuits filed against
certain American companies for alleged patent infringe-
ments. These suits had a retarding effect on the film
business in general, and it was seen early that their
continuance would cause an irreparable loss.
Film Production
It was previously predicted that the first definite
evidence of public approval of the sound film would be
the sign for European producers to mobilize their
forces for the launching of serious production sched-
ules. This is just what happened during 1930, after
very dismal results during the previous year, when
the transition period started.
Accurate information of the results of the year
under review is not entirely available, inasmuch as
complete statistics are not kept regularly in Europe.
The situation is made more difficult because in the few
leading countries of production, where a reasonable
attempt is made to keep statistics, no records have
been made of foreign versions of domestically made
features. Thus, in France, for example, it is possible
which 82 per cent of the European output occurred.
The output of the smaller countries was maintained
quantitatively, very likely because producers were ex-
perimenting with the theory that their products would
be acceptable because of national characteristics.
These national films suffered in export sales, owing to
language barriers. It is questionable whether the
smaller countries can continue successfully with their
relatively limited production plans.
Wherever total features in the accompanying table
were less in 1930 than in 1929, the real situation was
worse than the figures indicate, inasmuch as a great
many out-of-date or inferior films were released be'
cause of the market scarcity of sound films. Other'
wise the old films would probably not have been dis-
tributed. For the most part they helped exhibitors
to fill play dates, but failed to attract the customary
remunerative rentals. Incidentally, the number of
subjects in the various 1930 totals was obviously less
than the figures indicate, since separate count was
1929
1930
Feature films
Estimated
Feature films
Estimated
Country
produced
cost
produced
cost
Austria
_ 19
$ 275.000
12
% 300,000
Baltic States
14.500
3
26,000
60.000
Rlilgaria
8.000
Paul knidlaiil.il
300.000
23~
750.000
Denmark
70.000
7
450,000
Finland
„ . .._ _ . 4
40.000
1
15,000
Frrmr*-
2,030,000
160
7.200.00O
Germany
8.000,000
193
12.500.000
Great Britain .. ■ ■■■
40
3,200.000
135
10,000.000
C.rrrre
2
6.000
7
45.000
Hungary
4
70.000
4
100,000
Italy _..
4
1C0.000
7
350.000
Norway
J
75.000
2
25.000
PnlanH
180,000
7
210.000
Pfimioal
>
8.000
5
185.000
Rumania
19.000
6
50.000
Spain
. _ _ . . .20
300.000
10
200.000
_ - . 12
325,000
14
600.000
Switzerland
1
24.000
5.000
Total .
.. _.. ..412
S15.135.500
597
$33,030,000
The table shows the estimated total number 0/ feature films made during 1930. by countries,
together with estimated negative costs involved, as compared with the previous year. In percentage
figures the results /or 1930, as compnred with 1929. show an increase 0/ 45 per cent in the number
0/ films produced and 118 per cent increase m negative costs.
to determine from the data of the censorship office the
number of French films produced locally, but as re-
gards foreign versions that are not required to be cen-
sored in the country of origin, the figures had to be
based on information received from several unofficial
sources. In addition, there are isolated cases where a
film which was produced in one country, where no
sound studios existed or were available, was sent to
another for sound recording, and then entered on
the records as having been produced in both coun-
tries. There are also manv cases where old silent
films were sound-scored during 1930 and then entered
as part of the production of that year.
In the compilation of available figures it has been
decided that it would be better to count original pro-
ductions and their foreign versions separately, and also
to list as current productions any old silent films that
were sound-scored. In France, for instance. 94 domes-
tically made features were censored in France, and 66
foreign versions that were not censored locally were
made for export. Therefore, for the purposes of this
review. 94 plus 66. or 160 features were turned out
during the year.
The bulk of European film production continued to
center in Great Britain, Germany, and France, in
made of films in their silent, sound, and foreign
versions.
New Motion Picture Theatre Construction
A great many small theatres, whose ultimate elimi-
nation was foreseen some time ago, were discontinued
during 1930, but the seatage loss thereby was prob-
ably recompensed by the many theater renovation*
and enlargements that also occurred. Accurate statis-
tics of these changes have never been kept throughout
Europe, but from the point of view of business, the
trend is encouraging, for the smaller houses elimi-
nated would probably never have been able to show
sound films.
The results for 1930 in the construction of new
cinemas show a decidedly upward movement. Not only
do these new houses bulk large in number, but most
of them appear to have been erected with a view for
their future possibilities and w^re therefore well
located. During 1950. 478 houses with 467,568 seats
were added in Europe, as compared with 439 cinemas
and 383.550 seats during 1929. The 1930 gain over
the previous year was, therefore, 39 new houses and
84.018 seats.
As was to be expected, the bulk of the cinema con.
1930
Per cent
change
Item . 192S 1929 Number from 1929
Germany:
Total features 520 426 305 —29.6
American features 205 142 97 —31 6
Percentage of market —
German 42.5 45.1 50 4 -f 5. J
American 39 4 33.3 31.0 — 2. J
Other foreign 18 21.6 18.6 — 3 0
France:
Total features 583 437 478 -4-9
American features 313 21 1 237 '+12
Percentage of market —
French 16.1 119 19 4 -f- 7.5
American 53.7 48 3 49 6 + 1.3
Other foreign 30.2 40.0 31.0 — 9
Great Britain: Total features 778 758 873 + 15.35
•American current films were practically all off the French market for six months during 1929 because of
film quota difficulties.
The table shows the number 0/ feature films censored during 1930 in Germany, France, and Great
Britain, the origin of those reviewed in the first two, and the change from 1929.
301
302
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1931
struction took place in Great Britain, Germany, and
France, the three principal film markets of Europe.
Whatever was done in other countries was courageous,
however, since conditions were generally against such
investments.
The year was discouraging for American film sales,
and the number of American releases was lower than
for many years past.
As a single exception, the British situation was ex-
cellent. American business there was unquestionably
the best on record. The continued progress in the
equipping of cinemas for the reproduction of sound
films, the addition of many new theaters, the fact that
American dialogue features constituted no problem to
the English-speaking public, the absence of new quota
difficulties, and the acknowledged success of the
British industry itself, which was reflected in greater
interest in the motion picture as a form of entertain-
ment— all tended to help American business.
Results in Germany, France, and Italy, however,
•were disappointing. In Germany a tighter film-con-
trol measure adversely affected American possibilities,
though this restriction was tempered somewhat by the
fact that the American industry found it extremely
difficult to meet local demand with German dialogue
films from the United States. As a consequence, the
number of American films on the German market was
lower than for a decade, at least.
In France results were somewhat better. Film busi-
ness in general was good, although two French com-
panies practically monopolizing theater circuits, se-
verely handicapping American release possibilities, as
the French industry was turning out a record number
of feature films. One leading American company in-
augurated its policy of production in France of multi-
lingual versions and met with satisfactory success in
view of the multitude of new problems involved.
In Italy the continued enforcement of an official
ruling preventing the exhibition of films in foreign
dialogue, together with an evident dislike of the cali-
bre of dialogue films in the local language, reduced
the situation to its lowest ebb in years. Italian patrons
have now had two successive years of indifferent
motion-picture entertainment.
In other countries where English, French, or Spanish
is either the first or second language, or approxi-
mately so, such as Scandinavia, Spain, Rumania,
Greece, Turkey, results in view of already described
limitations were satisfactory enough. But in other
countries, where German is the first or, definitely,
the second language (Poland and Czechoslovakia ex-
cluded), American film business suffered appreciably.
Such countries are the Netherlands, Switzerland, Aus-
tria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria. American
prestige was satisfactorily maintained in Czechoslovakia
and Poland, even though German is the second lan-
guage of these countries, but this was purely because
of present national feelings against the use of the
German tongue. (In Poland a Government ban
exists against the showing of German dialogue films.)
While 1930 may be recorded as the most difficult
year since American film distribution in Europe
achieved any importance, it is not yet certain, at
least in so far as several American companies are
concerned, that the crisis has yet been reached. Most
American companies regard continental production for
foreign-speaking markets with apprehension, because
of such factors as recording and distributing costs,
where certain foreign sound equipment is concerned,
the limited outlet in "wired" cinemas, and local
distribution problems that appear at the moment to
be almost insurmountable.
It is to be assumed, therefore, that competition for
European business will for the coming release season
be principally in foreign dialogue films produced in
the United States. These will very probably be ex-
pensive investments when matched against the rev-
enues that they will bring, but until such time as
cinema wirings will have increased sufficiently in
number to justify other experiments there appears to
be no other alternative if American sound films are
to be accepted on the Continent.
Sound Film Studios
The end of 1930 found practically all adequate
studios of the silent film days equipped for the pro-
duction of sound films, and with few exceptions the
apparatus installed was of the few leading world
manufactures. The few exceptions involved Petersen
and Poulson, British Acoustics, British Talking Pic-
tures, and Selenophon. A few other makes have been
installed throughout Europe, but they can hardly be
called adequate.
The amazing progress which has been made in
equipping European studios is sufficient evidence of
the seriousness with which European producers have
met sound-film demand. Thus, at the end of 1930,
it is estimated that 42 different studios were equipped
with sound-film apparatus, as compared with 21 at
the corresponding time the year before. This in-
crease is the more remarkable when it is considered
that expansion occurred during 1930, not only of some
of the studios equipped during 1929, but also of
some 1930 additions as well.
Full details as to the exact number of stages, film
recorders, disc recorders, and working channels are
not available.
From available reports, it appears that the saturation
point of sound studios has nearly been reached, and
it is expected jhat but relatively few new studios will
be equipped during 1931. France seems likely to
have two additions, and Czechoslovakia and Hungary
one or two each. However, expansion of some of the
existing plants is very likely.
New
Seats
New
Seats
v_»ountry
cinemas
^AA„A
added
cinemas
added
Bnttic States
3,250
6
2 , 3 30
7,500
4
3,450
Bulgaria
450
22,000
60
26,000
1
900
1,800
20
?n nnn
76
5 4 700
Germany
123
en nnn
60
40 000
Great Britain
"71
?nn nnn
175
*>*n nnn
1
450
J
Hungary
2
1 050
I
4 500
8 000
7
4,100
7
5 ',000
1
1,400
Poland
1
1,000
Portugal
6
5,100
4
2,800
4
3,000
5
7.000
- 10
15,000
48
51,588
Sweden
7
4.000
5
2,500
10
6,000
9
4.000
, 4
3,000
4
2,500
Yugoslavia -
6
2,000
2
1.500
Total ..
439
383,550
478
467,568
The table gives th# estimated number of new cinemas and seats added, as compared with the pre-
vious year. While a substantia/ increase is revealed over 1929. it should be remembered that that year
was the readjustment period when, except in Great Britain, large gains were hardly to be expected.
The J 930 gams are significant, however.
Dec. 31, Dec. 31,
Country
1929
1930*
Germany
2
13
Great Britain
10
12
France
5
10
Italy „
1
1
Spain
1
Denmark
1
1
1930 figures take no account of disk-recording studii
Dec. 31, Dec. 31,
Country 1929 1930*
Poland 1
Austria 1 2
Czechoslovakia 1
Sweden 1
Total 21 42
only.
The table shows the total number oj studios equipped for sound as oj December 31. 19i0, compared
with December 31. 1929, by countries.
Total
number
of instal-
Year En
ded Dec. 31,
1929
Year Ended Dec.
31, 1930
lations
American
Foreign
American
Foreign
as of
Cinemas
sets in-
sets in-
Cinemas
sets in-
sets in-
Dec. 31,
Country
wired
stalled
stalled
wired
stalled
stalled
1930
Austria
2}
15
8
130
29
101
153
Baltic States
3
64
64
67
Belgium
_ 1 1
11
89
13
76
100
Bulgaria
22
3
19
22
Czechoslovakia
14
8
6
145
43
102
159
_ _.. 18
15
3
107
13
94
125
Finland
4
4
61
61
66
France
_ 166
92
74
420
163
257
•365
Germany
223
223
1.578
1,578
1.801
Great Britain
980
688
292
1,183
847
336
2.163
Greece
_ 7
4
3
29
11
18
36
J 10
6
4
108
8
100
118
_ .'. 5 1
25
- 26
175
54
121
•210
_ _. 57
5
52
93
7
86
150
Norway
„ 7
5 •
2
32
18
14
39
Poland
8
8 ■
54
24
30
62
Portugal
9
6
3
9
Rumania
2
i
86
21
65
89
Spain
15
11
4
158
74
84
173
_ _ 45
16.
29
366
42
324
411
Switzerland
_ 10
8
2
94
38
56
104
2
2
21
8
13
23
13
11
2
55
7
48
68
1,670
936
734
5,079
1.429
3,650
6.720
*Discrepancies in
1929 and 1930 totals are accounted for by
machines
scrapped
after installation duri
ng 1929.
The table lists the total number of theatres that were wired /or the reproduction of sound
films, divided by countries, as of December 31, 1930. compared with the corresponding period of a
year ago. The table also divides these totals between the numbeT of sets of American and foreign
ma\es.
[Lists of wired cinemas (as or' December 31, 1930)
in practically all of the countries covered in th;s
bulletin may be obtained by American firms from
the Commercial Intelligence Division of the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington,
D. Cm if such firms are on its Exporters' Index.)
Wired Cinemas
An encouraging feature of Europe's effort to keep
pace with sound'film demand was the remarkable
progress made in the equipping of theatres for re
production. At the end of 1930, there were approxi'
matcly 6,720 cinemas thus wired, as compared with
1,670 at the end of the previous year, a gain of
5,050, or 302 per cent. In arriving at this total, it
was necessary to include those houses that were out'
fitted with so-called "bootleg'' apparatus, inasmuch
as film exchanges felt no hesitancy in supplying them
with sound films. While the total in question is not
large in terms of similar progress made in the United
States, it should be borne in mind that continental
Europe is literally dotted with small cinemas that
under existing credit conditions could hardly afford
to enter into this new field of competition. Suffice
it to say that the vast majority of houses seating 500
or more have become sound-film play dates, and a
surprising number of houses under this capacity have
followed suit. Market supplies of talking films un-
derstandable to local patrons having been generally
insufficient, owners of silent houses attempted to wait
out the situation, hoping cither for a return to silent
films or for a marked decrease in sales prices of the
more adequate equipment. As the situation clcarlv
showed that the silent film, to all intents and pur-
poses, was doo.Ticd, and as the market supply of films
which could be exhibited in these houses gradually
indicated exhaustion, makers of cheaper types of
equipment made progress in their sales. This was
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continued to prevail that the better makes are worth
the price.
European Demand
It is the general trade impression that Europe is
definitely committed to the sound film, and that the
good sound film offers better entertainment than the
good silent feature.
There is little difference in the general European
demand for sound films. Tastes being so similar, it
is evident that the British and American demand may
be alike. Reports from alt parts of the Continent,
however, indicate a strong desire for films of the
silent feature formula, plus the dialogue and sound
effects that are understandable and Jiot excessive.
Other things being equal, it is reasonably certain that
films of this character will find greater appeal in the
larger markets, and it is certain that they now con-
stitute the single hope of redeeming lost confidence
in the smaller markets. Meanwhile, a mixed demand
will continue to prevail, with kev cities supporting
their sound-equipped theatres and with the provincial
"unwired" theatres evidencing some indifference.
Since the sound film first appeared on the con-
tinental market the novelty stage has come and to
all serious intents gone, during which period the
American product maintained its favored position
without any difficulty.
During 1930 the continental public was offered a
varied assortment of films for approval. Since it is
obviously not to be expected that the public under-
stood that these were for the most part makeshift
films for exhibition during the transition period only,
or until such time as demand could be ascertained
and met, it is small wonder that some dissatisfaction
resulted. For example, films with the following
characteristics were on the market:
(a) Silent feature!.
(b) Sound-svnchronized films with music in their
original versions.
(c) Foreign features with dialogue sequences in the
native tongue, carried by local artists.
(d) Foreign dialogue features, with native language
subtitles cut in.
(e) "Special foreign versions" with sound effects
and/or songs remaining, but with all dialogue deleted
in favor of local language subtitles.
Films of the first two categories were very popular.
In the case of the silent features, wired houses would
not use them unless they were outstanding successes,
which was rare, while unwired houses refused to pay
rentals commensurate with previous rates, thus ren-
dering their market value practically nil. It was evi-
dent that the market supply of sound-synchroniicd
films was limited and would soon become exhausted.
As regards films in class (c). the competition of
domestically made features in the local language was
too great in the so-called producing countries. While
films of foreign origin (chiefly from the United States)
including reputable national artists were in many in-
stances admittedly of excellent technique, they failed
to satisfy as national films. For other markets, the
cost of these films was unquestionably more than th-:
revenue which they would bring.
Films in class (d) were generally unpopular, al-
though in some countries, notably the Scandinavian,
where they vie with the German dialogue films for
popularity, they met with what appears to be a
temporary success. (Regarding the most popular
foreign attractions in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark,
it is believed by some that the American dialogue
films have the better demand, while others feel just
as strongly for the German dialogue features. At
present it appears that quality films in the original
version of cither of these languages find equal
demand. )
Films in class (e) were not onlv unpopular, but
did much to destroy public confidence in talking
films. This situation was particularly noticeable in
the small continental markets. All in all. it was
increasingly evident throughout 1930 that the con-
tinental cinema goers missed their favorite screen
artists as well as the old super films.
Changes in Legislation
Contrary to more cr less general expectations, the
sound film has not nullified continental film restric-
tions. Rather docs it appear that these restrictions
may become sharper and assume different trends as
the few countries where they exist recognize the
problems of foreign trade in sound films.
During 193(1 the British film control entered upon
the fourth year as prescribed by law.
New regulations of the German restrictions, com-
monly referred to as the "kontingent," were pro-
mulgated for the film season beginning July 1. 1930.
These provisions, aiming to meet the new situation,
were so severe as virtually to close the German
market to all foreign films, so far as possible profits
were concerned.
The French contingent, calling for a ratio of seven
distribution licenses for imported films to one Frcn;h
feature, was further extended until September 30, 1931.
under the option included in an agreement signed
between representatives of the organized French and
American trades, respectively, with the approval of
the French undersecretary of State for Fine Arts,
in September, 1929.
The Austrian "kontingent" likewise underwent a
change to meet sound film conditions, but amend-
ments had to be made soon afterward to cover dis-
crepancies contained in the first pronouncement. In
effect, the situation became more acute to all but
importers of German-made films.
The Hungarian regulations were changed from the
previous year. While import certificates are still re-
quired, these are not based on local production, and
consequently the change is slightly for the better for
all importers of foreign films.
The Italian restriction continued without change,
although there were threats to institute a form of
protection whereby domestic production of feature
films would become obligatory against the importa-
tion of certain numbers of foreign features.
The entertainment tax as applied to cinemas was
increased slightly in the city of Riga. Latvia.
A slight reduction took place in the entertainment
tax for cinemas in France.
The Danish Government appointed a special com-
mittee to investigate the cinema situation with a view
to bringing about relief for exhibitors by a reduction
in the entertainment tax.
The International Patents Agreement
The international agreement on sound-equipment
patents, between the German Tobis and Klangfilm on
the one hand, and Electrical Research Products (Inc.)
and R. C A. Phototone (Inc.) on the other, which
was made in Paris on July 22. 1930. was probably
the most important single outstanding development
of the year. The agreement, which resulted in the
withdrawal of several court actions, had for its chief
aims the exchange of patent rights throughout the
world of the German and American companies in-
volved; and the division of the world into three dif-
ferent categories for the sale of sound-film equipment
— first "exclusive German territory," second "ex-
clusive American territory," third "neutral territory."
Thus, so far as Europe is concerned, "exclusive Ger-
man territory" means Germany (including the Free
City of Danzig, the Saar Basin, and the Territory of
Mcmcl). Austria. Hungary. Switzerland, Czecho-
slovakia, Netherlands. Denmark, Norway, Sweden.
Finland, Yugoslavia, Rumania, and Bulgaria. "Ex-
clusive American territory" means Russia alone, while
"neutral territory" means Great Britain, Belgium,
Luxembourg. France. Spain. Italy. Poland, Lithuania,
Latvia. Estonia, Greece, and Turkey.
In regard to manufacture and sale of apparatus,
the arrangements made possible to complete inter-
change of German and American patent rights and
manufacturing and technical information to the end
that apparatus incorporating the best German and
American ideas will be available for installation in
all countries.
To offset any prevalent belief that the agreement
tendid to form a world trust, the confreres carefully
announced publicly that the arrangements made are
not only available to American and German interests,
but arc available likewise to the interests of all
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other nations, the purpose being to provide for the
widest possible use of patent rights and technical
information controlled by the German and American
interests, these interests seeking the world-wide de-
velopment of the talking-picture industry.
Under the terms agreed upon, films recorded by
the American group outside the "exclusive German
territory" jn the language of the "exclusive German
territory" shall be subject to a recording fee and a
distribution license fee payable to the German group
entering "exclusive German territory." On the
other hand, films recorded by the German group out-
side the "exclusive American territory" in the lan-
guage of the "exclusive American territory" shall be
subject to a recording fee and a distribution license
fee payable to the American group upon entering
the "exclusive American territory." In either of
these two instances, recording and distribution of
news reels will be on a freely competitive basis
throughout the world, subject, however, to the spe-
cial minimum recording license that exists in America.
The agreement is for 15 years without option.
Following is a resume of the past year's develop-
ments in the motion picture industry in Europe, as
compiled by C. J. North, chief of the Motion Picture
Division of the Department of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce.
UNITED KINGDOM
[Trade Commissioner Martin H. Kennedy, London'}
The moving picture industry of the United Kingdom
enjoyed continuous and uninterrupted growth during
1930, highlights being liquidation of losses incurred
in the silent film industry, the formation of new
companies and the overhauling of studio equipment.
Production and distribution of British made films in-
creased, and many more theatres were wired.
Production:
There were 116 sound feature films produced with
8 German, 8 French and 3 Spanish versions. Nearly
all of these were produced by 17 companies in the
12 studios now wired for sound film production.
Their average cost was around $75,000. No silent
features were made.
Distribution:
The number of films tradeshown was 747, of which
119 were American, 1 42 British, 49 German, 22
French and 15 from other countries. Of these, 501
were talking pictures, America contributing 400 and
the United Kingdom 87.
Exhibition:
There were estimated to be 5,166 theatres in the
United Kingdom as of December 3 1, 1930. Of
these 3,151 are wired. Six sound systems account for
2,533 of these, and installations of American equip-
ment total about 1 ,600. There were 195 new thea-
tres constructed with an additional seating capacity of
around 293,000.
A
FRANCE
[Trade Commissioner George R. Canty, Paris']
The French film industry made unmistakeable prog-
ress. Production increased 207 per cent over the
previous year with negative costs higher by 240 per
cent. New theatre construction jumped 280 per
cent with a trend toward larger and more adequate
theatres, and theatre receipts jumped an average of
50 per cent in wired houses but decreased 25 per
cent in unwired houses, leaving, however, a net in-
crease of 25 per cent. Theatre wiring increased by
150 per cent. Unfortunately, American participation
in the market was less than in previous years with
a consequent falling off in revenues.
Production
No less than 43 companies produced films in France.
A total of 76 sound films were produced with 66
foreign versions, and 18 silents. In addition 162
shorts were made. Ten sound studios were involved.
Distribution:
478 features and 616 shorts were released during
the year, as compared with 437 features in 1929. Of
these, 237 features and 379 shorts were of American
origin as compared with 211 features in 1929. Ger-
many contributed 111 features as against 130 in 1929,
and France 94 as compared with 52.
Exhibition:
76 new theatres were built adding a seating capacity
of 54,700. This compares with 20 new houses with
70,000 seats in 1929. 420 theatres were wired — 163
-with American apparatus and 257 with foreign. In-
cluding the 1929 figures, this gives a total as of
December 31 of 565 theatres in France and North
Africa with sound installations. The total of theatres
in France and North Africa is about 3,200.
A
GERMANY
•t Assistant Commercial Attache Douglas Miller, Berlin]
Sales of American pictures to Germany declined
through three main causes. First, the change from
silent to sound pictures made more effective control
over the German market by the holders of patent
rights (Tobu-Klangfilm) . Second, the new German
film import regulations effective July 1, and running
wntil June 30, 193 1, were much more stringent than
Highlights of 1930 in
Europe
(From Annual Report of Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce)
Thirty-three millions was spent in making 600 fea-
tures in European studios, including old silents scored
for sound.
6,079 theatres were wired in 1930 as against a
total of 1,670 at the end of 1929.
135 features were made in Great Britain as against
40 the year before; 160 in France contrasted with 52
in 1929; only one more in Germany than in 1929,
but $4,000,000 more was spent in production.
Cost of production increased over threefold in
Great Britain and France.
Exports of American films to Europe increased from
110 million feet in 1929 to 122 million in 1930.
any preceding regulations. Third, the general business
depression which cut down theatre attendance.
Production:
Statistics are not entirely clear on this point, but
somewhere around 160 films were produced. A large
number of companies were involved, 24 companies
producing more than one film apiece. Thirteen stu-
dios have been equipped for sound.
Distribution:
305 films were distributed, of which 151 were
German and 97 from the United States. This is
compared with 192 German and 142 American the
year before.
Exhibition:
As of December 31, 1930, there were 5,087 thea-
tres in Germany, only nine new theatres being added
during the year. Estimates place the number of
wired houses at 1930. Due to the patent situation,
there are no American installations.
A
ITALY
[C. Mathews, Cler\ to Commercial Attache, Rome]
Italy has not accepted the sound film with the
same degree of enthusiasm as other countries. In
addition the sale of American pictures was ham-
pered by decrees of the authorities which prohibited
foreign dialogue and which imposed a 5 per cent
cut in contract prices.
Production:
Three sound films were produced by one studio.
Distribution:
About 160 talking pictures and 190 silents were
distributed, estimates placing the American share of
the market at about 75 per cent.
Exhibition:
There were 209 theatres wired as of December 31,
1930, with 70 of these using American equipment,
and 147 using 16 foreign makes. (The discrepancy
between the 209 theatres and 217 equipments is ac-
counted for by the fact that 8 theatres have two sets
each. )
About six new theatres were constructed or con-
verted, adding 8,000 new seats.
BELGIUM
{Commercial Attache R. C. Miller, Brussels]
The year was not a good one for theatre owners,
as they had to pay high prices for sound films, and
houses still using silent films had difficulty in securing
product. A large number of new theatres were wired.
Production:
There is one studio which turns out silent films of
a patriotic nature. No studios are equipped for sound
film production.
Distribution:
About 600 films were released during the year, of
which 50 per cent were French and 40 per cent
American.
Exhibition:
Five new theatres with 3,500 seats were opened dur-
ing the year. About 88 theatres were wired, 24 with
American apparatus, which, with the 1 1 wired in
1929, makes a total of 99 theatres as of December 31,
1930.
THE NETHERLANDS
[Commercial Attache Jesse F. Van Wic\cl, The Hague]
The year was in general a good one for distributors
and exhibitors, though there was a slight falling off
in theatre attendance. Outstanding developments were
the increase in wired theatres and more serious com-
petition from German films through the better under-
standing of German than English by the Dutch
public.
Production:
Production is confined to a few shorts of local
interest.
Distribution:
There were 479 films released, with 274 from the
United States, 146 from Germany, 20 each from
England, France and 19 other countries.
Exhibition:
Eleven new theatres of a combined seating capacity
of 7,000 were built or converted. About 100 theatres
were wired, bringing the total as of December 31 up
to 150. The great majority used locally manufactured
equipment.
DENMARK
[Acting Commercial Attache Paul Pearson,
Copenhagen'}
General:
The year was rather unfavorable to the Danish
motion picture trade, due to the fact that the prices
of both films and sound equipment were more expen-
sive than the Danish exhibitor could readily afford.
Production:
Four silent films, Pat and Patachon, and one sound
film were produced, this latter being made in Nor-
wegian, French and German as well as Danish.
Distribution;
581 feature films were censored, of which 314 were
sound and 267 silent. Including shorts, the total
number is L,249, of which 737 were of American
origin.
Exhibition:
One new theatre with seating capacity of 900 was
built in Copenhagen. About 125 theatres were
wired for sound, which, with the 20 wired in 1929,
makes a total of 145 theatres sound equipped as of
December 31, 1930. Of this total, 28 are equipped
with American apparatus.
A
NORWAY
[Commercial Attache Marquars H. Lund, Oslo]
The general situation was characterized by difficulty
in securing silent films for the houses yet unwired.
American prestige held up well, but competition
from Germany is becoming keener as Norwegians
understand German much better than English.
Production:
Two features — both silent — were produced together
with a few short subjects.
Distribution:
A total of 73 3 films, both features and shorts, were
censored, 202 were sound films and about 62 per
cent of these were of American origin.
Exhibition:
No new theatres were built or converted. Thirty-
two theatres were wired, which, with 7 wired in
1929, makes a total of 39 sound equipped theatres.
Of these, 13 have American apparatus.
A
SWEDEN
[Trade Commissioner Basil B. Dahb, Stockholm]
There was a slight increase in admissions to thea-
tres. American prestige has suffered somewhat due
to the feeling that American sound films have too
much dialogue and too little action. The few Ameri-
can films released with Swedish dialogue, however,
have been quite successful.
Production:
Eleven sound features were produced, of which
two had German versions and one an English ver-
sion. Many short subjects were also produced.
Distribution:
Of 3,915,455 meters of films censored in Sweden
during 1930, 2,085,939 were from the United States,
858,822 meters were of Swedish origin.
Exhibition:
Eleven theatres were either built or reconstructed,
adding a total of 3,500 seats. About 350 theatres
were wired in 1930, bringing the total up to 411 as
of December 31. 73 of these had American apparatus.
A
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
[Commercial Attache K. L. Rankin, Prague]
Exhibitors had a pretty good year with generally
excellent theatre attendance, despite the expenses of
installing sound equipment, increased prices for sound
films, and the heavy entertainment tax reduced
profits. American sound films have decreased some-
what in popularity due to the language obstacle, and
German films in spite of nationalistic sentiment are
being more widely shown.
Production:
Seven sound features — three of which were made
in both German and Czech — and 13 silent films were
produced. In addition, four silent films were synchro-
nized, two in Berlin and two in Prague and Czech
versions of two American films were also made.
Distribution:
2,079 films of all sorts were censored. 1,064 were
from the United States, 504 from Germany, 293 from
Czechoslovakia, and France 90.
Exhibition:
About 60 theatres were constructed or converted,
adding 26,000 seating capacity. 145 theatres were
wired, which, added to the 14 in 1929, gives a total
of 159 wired theatres as of December 31, 1930.
5 1 theatres have apparatus of American manufacture.
A
ESTONIA
Not more than two features were produced, these
being of local interest only. American films suffered
somewhat from German competition but nevertheless
were maintained at 50 per cent average of showings.
Three new motion picture houses were constructed and
about 23 were wired, all with foreign apparatus.
A
LATVIA
[Commercial Attache Let C. Morse, Riga]
Outstanding features in Latvia were increased
theatre wiring, growing competition from German
sound pictures, and legislation involving higher thea-
tre taxation, which cut down exhibition profits and
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About 125 short films, mostly of an educational
and adverising nature, were produced. They were
all silent. There is no sound or feature film pro-
duction.
Dutribution:
A total of 784 films of all sorts were censored.
Of these. IM were German, 296 American and 125
Latvian. Of sound films censored, 82 were American
and 63 German.
Exhibition:
One new theatre was built and several were re-
constructed. Twenty-six theatres had been wired as
of December 31 as against one at the close of the
previous year. Of these, 16 have German equip-
ment, a local apparatus and one a French set.
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LITHUANIA
[Consul Hugh S. Fullerton. Kovno]
The chief highlights of the year were the growth
of the sound picture and the increased German com-
petition due to the better understanding of its
language in Lithuania.
Production
No film production as such. Two or three educa-
tional shots were made
Distribution
Between 3 50 and 400 films distributed, about 27
per cent from the United States.
exhibition:
Two new theatres were built and one was closed.
Sixteen theatres out of 75 in the country have been
wired as of December 31.
FINLAND
[Trade Commujioner Frederick C. Sommcr .
Hching/oTi]
Attendance at theatres decreased from the previous
year and exhibitors' profits have been small. Sound
films are popular but better understanding of German
than English has created increased competition from
German sound films.
Production
One feature first made as a silent, but then
chromxed, was produced. A few short subjects also
were made .
Distribution
610 films were released, of which 392 were from
the United States, 111 from Germany. 31 from Fin*
land. 19 from Russia, 18 from Sweden and 39 from
other countries,
fxhtbitton
There were no new theatres built. 55 theatres
were wired, and as 4 were sound equipped in 1929.
a total of 59 theatres were wired as of December 31.
Only 2 have American apparatus.
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POLAND
[Acting Commercial Attache Gilbert Red/ern. Warsau)]
1930 was a trying year for exhibitors. Depressed
economic conditions cut down theatre attendance,
and with the high prices charged for sound films,
plus the difficulty of getting suitable material, ex-
hibitors have been lucky to make both ends meet.
In spite of this, installation of sound equipment has
continued to make headway.
Production.
Seven films — all sound — were produced. There
are several small studios, which in addition produced
considerable short subject material.
Distribution:
1,647 films of all sorts were released during the
first 9'/2 months of 1930. Of these 1.283 were of
American origin and 137 from Germany. 719 sound
films (including shorts) were released, 605 from the
United States and 42 from Germany.
Exhibition
Only one new theatre was built, while several
were closed. By December 31, 61 houses were wired
as against 15 at the close of the previous year.
About 35 per cent of these are using American equip-
ment.
SWITZERLAND
[Asst. Trade Commissioner Henry E. Stebbins, Berne]
The sound film has attained considerable popularity
as exemplified by a notable increase in theatres wired.
As Switzerland is a trilingual country, however, the
necessity for versions of American pictures in Ger-
man. French and Italian is apparent to meet the
needs of the market. At present, due to the lan-
guage factor, German films are actively competing
with American product and have attained great
popularity.
Production:
One silent feature was made and a number of short
subjects.
Dutributton:
Estimates indicate the distribution of 250 silents
and 120 sound films. Of the former, about 65 per
cent and of the latter 5 5 per cent were American.
Exhibition:
Nine new theatres were built with a total seating
capacity of about 2,500. Six theatres were closed.
About 104 theatres were wired as of December 31,
is against 10 at the close of 1929. 41 installations
were American.
AUSTRIA
[Assistant Commercial Attache D. E. Spencer, Viennj]
The economic depression in Austria arrested to a
certain degree the development of the film trade.
Sound films continud to displace silents, but in this
American companies are meeting keen competition
from Germany. The Austrian contingent law, which
was changed as of December 1 , had a hampering
effect on the American trade.
Production.
Two sound films and 3 silents were produced in
two sound equipped studios.
Distribution:
147 sound features and 362 silents were distributed.
Of these 85 sound features and 151 silents were sup-
plied by Germany, and 53 sound features and 168
silents by the United States.
Exhibition.
Thirty theatres were remodeled and none built.
Total wired theatres as of December 31 is 153. of
which 29 have American equipment.
HUNGARY
[Assistant Trade Commissioner Walter M. Slair((.
Budapest]
The general film situation was critical owing to
lack of theatre attendance, and increased charges for
sound films. American films are beginning to feel
German competition, as many more Hungarians un-
derstand German than English.
Production:
Three sound features were produced, one with a
Rumanian version.
Distribution:
A total of 323 features were censored for release,
these consisting of 199 sound and 124 silent films.
132 of the former and 72 of the latter came from
the United States.
Exhibition:
Theatres built and reconstructed reached a total
of 5 with 1.806 seats, but a number of theatres were
closed. Ten theatres had been wired in Hungary
during 1929. and 108 additional were wired in 1930.
making a total of 118 wired as of December 31.
A
SPAIN
From figures at hand it is believed that 10 feature
films were produced. So far as distribution it con-
cerned films from the United States held their own
very well averaging around 75 per cent of all those
distributed. New theatres constructed amounted to
48 seating an additional 51.500 persons and 15S
theatres had sound equipment installed, which with
the 15 wired at the end of 1929 gives a total of
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A
PORTUGAL
[Commercial Attache Richard C. Long, Lisbon]
American prestige held up well, but the public is
tiring of films with foreign dialogue. Exhibitors object
to the cost of sound fijms and equipment.
Production:
One sound film (not yet complete) and four silents
were produced, also a few shorts.
Distribution
350 features were released, of which 60 were sounc.
American films numbered 260 silents and 49 sound,
as against SO German silents and 3 German sound
films.
Exhibition:
Four theatres adding 2,800 seats were built or re
constructed. Nine theatres were wired, six with
American equipment. Together with six wired in
1929, this makes a total of 15.
A
YUGOSLAVIA
[Commercial Attache £mii Ke\ich, Be/grade]
General.
The most interesting development was the increased
demand for German pictures, which it is estimated cut
into American business by a*bout 20 per cent. The
reason for this is the language factor. Increased prices
for sound films have cut into exhibition profits, but
they had a generally satisfactory year.
Production:
One silent feature was made, but production in gen-
eral is at a minimum.
Distribution:
242 features were released, of which 134 came from
the United States and 72 from Germany. The United
States also supplied 260 shorts as against 54 from
Germany.
Exhibition:
Two new theatres were built or reconstructed, add-
ing 1,500 seats. 68 theatres were wired during 1930,
of which 18 equipments were American. As only one
theatre was wired in 1929, the total wired as of
December 31, is 69.
A
GREECE
[Acting Commercial Attache Ralph B. Currcn.
Athens]
General:
General conditions in the film trade have not been
very satisfactory. Economic depression and heavy tax-
ation have cut down exhibition profits. American
prestige held up as well as can be expected and sound
films were well attended, even with the limited knowl-
edge of English on the part of Greek audiences.
Production:
Seven silent features were produced, of which one
had a considerable local success. Production is as yet
relatively undeveloped.
Distribution:
Between October I, 1929, and September 20, 1930,
a total of 264 films was released. Of these, 194 were
of American origin. Of the total, 126 were features,
the number of American being 72, of which 37 were
silent and 35 sound.
Exhibition.
One theatre was built and two were reconstructed,
adding about 2.800 seats. Thirty theatres were wired
in 1930, which, with the 1929 figures, makes the
total 36 as of December 31.
A
BULGARIA
[Vice Consul Thomas F. Sherman. Sofia]
Despite the economic depression, business was gen-
erally better than in 1929. Sound films arc popular
and American prestige was increased though there is
strong competition from German sources.
Production:
Four silents of a primitive type.
Distribution
Nearly 900 films of all sorts were released. Official
statistics are not available, but it is believed German
films were in the majority with films from the United
States next.
No new theatres were constructed or converted. Of
a total of about 155 theatres, 22 were wired as of
December 31.
RUMANIA
{Commercial Attache Sprouhl Fouche, Bucharest"}
General:
The general film situation was less satisfactory than
in 1929 for two reasons. First, the economic depres-
sion cut down theatre attendance and second the in-
creased prices of sound films absorbed existing profits.
Increased competition is being felt from both French
and German sources.
Production:
Only a few shorts were produced.
Distribution .
About 300 films were released — 125 silent and 175
sound. About 80 per cent of the silent and 60 per
cent of the sound films were of American origin.
Exhibition:
Five new theatres were built and 20 were recon*
structed, making an added seating capacity of about
7,000 seats. 86 theatres were wired in 1930, which,
with thoce wired in 1929, makes a total of 89 as of
December 31. American equipments number 15.
A
TURKEY
[Commercial Attache Julian E. Gillespie. Istanbul]
General'
Exhibitors reported better business by about 20 per
cent from the period September 15 to December 31
over the previous year. This is accounted for largely
by new theatre wirings, which gave a wider market.
American prestige suffered, however, on account of the
language barrier as the number of English speaking
people in Turkey is much smaller than those under-
standing French or German. Thus, French and German
films have made considerable gains.
No features were produced.
Distribution:
143 features were exhibited — 98 sound and 45
silent. About 50 per cent of the sound and 80 per
cent of the silents were of American origin.
Exhibition:
Three theatres were built and one reconstructed
adding about 2.500 seats. As of December 31. 23
theatres were wired (21 in 1930 and two in 1929).
Nine of these had American apparatus.
QUOTAS
Most severe of the quota regulations in
force in the principal countries of the
world are those existing in Germany, birth-
place of the quota as a protection against
American product. The German law,
shifted from time to time, has been, and
continues to be. always in a direction more
inimical to American films.
In England, where a 10-year regulation
is in force, the law is strict and more seri-
ous for American interests than in other
countries, because, naturally, the English
speaking countries form the most adaptable
market for American pictures since the ad-
vent of talkers. In others, language itselt
forms a strong barrier.
The regulations in France. Italy and the
smaller countries are continually shifting,
and up to now. have not generally been
taken too seriously.
Following is a summarization of existing
regulations in each of the major countries
of the world, as of June 1, 1931.
England
On April 1, 1931, the percentage of British films
on distributors became I2l/i%\ the quota on exhib-
itors remains 7Vl% until October t, 1931, when it
becomes 10%. This law, the Cinematograph Films
Act, became first effective January 1, 1928, and re-
mains in force for ten years. The quota percentage
on exhibitors and distributors increases periodically
by 2Vi% until it reaches 20% on both.
France
The French contingent regulations, effective March
1, 1928, provide seven import certificates for each
film of the first category (a film of which the author,
technical director, director, his assistants and the
cameramen must all be French; the sets must have
been made exclusively in studios belonging to French
companies and on French territory; the principal roles
may include foreign actors to the extent that these
actors do not exceed 25%, although the right to a
foreign actor is recognized even if the number is not
divisible by four, etc.) produced in France, plus two
certificates for films exported for foreign exploitation.
Importers are entitled to import free of contingent
regulation 60% of the number of films imported into
France by them in 1927. On September 19, 1929,
by agreement between the French Government and the
representative of the American industry, these condi-
tions were to remain effective until October 1, 1931.
Germany
The new German contingent regulations effective
between July 1, 1931, and June 30, 1932, provide
for the insurance of 105 permits for sound feature
films and 70 permits for silent feature films with 20
additional permits in the discretion of the Minister
of the Interior, to be issued, probably, for sound
pictures. The proportion of the total number of per-
mits allotted to any given company depends on the
proportion of the German film supply that it has
distributed during the preceding calendar year.
Hungary
On July 1, 1930, the Prime Minister of Hungary
issued a decree which, when made effective by the
Hungarian Ministers of Commerce and Interior, pro-
vided for the abolition of the contingent system of
20 licenses for each Hungarian film of feature length
and specifying a fixed charge of 1,000 pengos for
import certificates for sound films of more than 1,500
meters and 200 pengos for certificates for short sound
films less than 400 meters in length. In addition to
the 20 filler and 7 filler charges now in force, there
will be charged a supplementary fee of 20 fillers per
meters and 200 pengos for certificates for short sound'
films. Silent films are exempted from supplying an
import certificate while ncwsreels. cultural educational
and scientific films arc exempt from all charges except
the import duty of $50 per 220 pounds.
Austria
Effective April 7, 1931, the Austrian film rcgu-
lations were modified to the extent that to obtain
import permits for sound feature films which, to be
understood by the general public require the insertion
of text and titles, Wi bonus certificates arc required
for 2 prints thereof; 2 'A certificates for 3 prints; and
3 certificates for 4 prints. The former regulations
provided for 3 contingents for each sound film of
feature length. No contingents arc required for silent
features.
Italy
As of October 1, 1927, regulations in Italy pro-
vided for the reservation on the total days of showing
of not less than the tenth part for the projection of
national films. From this total of days the period
from July 1 to September 30 is excluded.
New Zealand
Bv the Cinematographic Films Act, 1928, which
became effective January 1, 1929, New Zealand in-
stituted a quota act similar to that of England, bv
the terms of which the distributors percentage of
British or New' Zealand films became 10% on Jan-
uary 1, 19.31, and the exhibitors percentage became
"Vl"/o for the year ending September 30, 193 1. As
in England, these quota percentages advance peri-
odically by 2'/>% until a maximum of 20% is
reached.
State of Victoria (Australia)
On July 1, 1927, the provision of the Victoria
censorship law requiring the showing in each program
of 1,000 feet of Australian made pictures and the
same quantity of British made pictures, went into
effect.
Province of Ontario (Canada)
About April 1, 1931, the Theatres and Cinema-
tographs Act of the Province of Ontario was amended
to enable the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make
regulations requiring that a portion of the films avail-
able for distribution to exhibitors and the films ex-
hibited in each theatre shall be of British manufac-
ture and origin and fixing such proportions on a
monthly or yearly basis. The Ontario Government
now has power to make quota regulations without
further legislation.
Rum.-inia
In March. 1931. regulations were issued in Ru-
mania compelling the inclusion of 1.000 ft. of edu-
cational film in all movie performances.
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PRODUCERS AND
DISTRIBUTORS
NON-COMMERCIAL
PICTURES
ABBOTT S DAIRIES (INC.)
31st and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia. Pa.
Ice Cream, production and pasteurization of milk.
ACME EDUCATIONAL FILM SERVICE
736 Wabash Avenue. Chicago, III.
General Library.
ACME SOUND PRODUCTS CORPORATION
35 E. Waclter Drive, Chicago. III.
Producers and distributors of educational and indus-
trial films — and of portable talking-picture equip-
ment.
AIR REDUCTION SALES COMPANY
3-42 Madison Avenue. Xeiv Tor![
Acetylene Welding.
AJAX ELECTROTHERMIC CORPORATION
Trenton, N.. }■
High-frequency furnaces.
ALEXANDER FILM COMPANY
Alexander Industries Build. ng. Colorado Springs. C Io.
Advertising films.
ALPHA FILM LABORATORIES
3437 Part\ Heights Avenue. Baltimore. Md.
Producers.
ALPHA PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY
13 South Third Street. Easton. Pa.
Cement.
AMER-ANGLO CORPORATION
701 Seventh Avenue. 7\cw Tor); City
Educational subjects.
AMERICAN ABRASIVE METALS COMPANY
50 Church Street. \ew Torl[ City
Safety subjects.
AMERICAN BOY. THE
550 Lafayette Boulevard. Detroit. Mich.
Airplanes.
AMERICAN BRASS COMPANY
4/4 Meadow Street. Waterbury. Conn.
Mining, smelting, refining and fabricating of copper
and brass products.
AMERICAN CAR AND FOUNDRY COMPANY
30 Church Street. ?iew fork City
Manufacture of transportation equipment.
AMERICAN DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION
15/8 Davenport Street. Omaha. \cb.
General Library.
AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATON
58 East Washington Street. Chicago. III.
Agriculture: rural life.
AMERICAN FILM CORPORATION
319 Leob Arcade Building. Minneapolis. Minn.
General Library.
AMERICAN LEATHER PRODUCERS. INC.
J Porlj Avenue. N,cm Yor\ City
Leather.
AMERICAN LEGION FILM SERVICE
777 \orth Meridian Street. Indianapolis. Ind.
World War and others.
AMERICAN MOTION PICTURE COMPANY
Alamo Theatre Building. Louisville. Ky .
Producer; film distributed by clients.
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
77th Street and Central Pari; West, N.eiv Tori; City
Natural history, geography, history.
AMERICAN PAPER AND PULP ASSOCIATION
18 East 4/st Street. \cw Yor\ City
Paper.
AMERICAN ROLLING MILL COMPANY
Middletou'n. Ohio
Manufacture of ingot iron.
AMERICAN SOCIAL HYGIENE ASSOCI*TION
370 Seventh Avenue. ?l-w York\ City
Social hygiene.
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CONTROL OF CANCER
25 West 43rd Street. \ew Tpr\ City
Educational film on control of cancer.
AMERICAN STEEL AND WIRE
208 South LaSalle Street. Chicago. III.
Industrial subjects.
AMATEUR MOVIES CORPORATION
* 132 South /5th Street. Philadelphia. Pa.
General library.
AM Kl NO CORPORATION
737 Seventh Avenue. Ticw Tor\ City
Educational, scientific, geographical, biological, ethno-
graphical.
ANDLAUER FILM COMPANY
3/2 Oz4r\ Building. Kansas City. Mo.
Salt mining, lumber, candy manufacturing and others.
ARC FILM COMPANY
729 Seventh Avenue. \ew Tori; City
Religious subjects and others.
ARMOUR AND COMPANY
Union Stoci( Yards. Chicago. Ill
Meat products.
ARTCLASS PICTURES CORPORATION
1540 Broadway. \ew Yor\ City
Religious and recreational subjects.
(Continued on payc SOS)
Motion Picture Equipment Exports for
the First Six Months of 1930
Preliminary exports figures for the first six months of 1930. says N. D. Golden, Assist-
ant Chief of the Motion Picture Division of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com-
merce, show that 1,218 standard size 35 millimeter motion picture projectors valued at
$313,116 were sold abroad as against 702 projectors with a value of $178,591 during the
first six months of 1929. However, a decrease is noted in our projector exports of the
16 millimeter type. During the first six months of this year 715 projectors of the port-
able or amateur type valued at $69,610 were exported as against 946 projectors of 16
millimeter type valued at $92,589 in 1929.
The following table shows our exports of 35 and 16 millimeter projectors to the
various geographical sections of the world for the first six months of 1929 and 1930.
MOTION PICTURE PROJECTORS
Six Months 1929-1930: Projectors 35 Millimeter
1929 1930
Country
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
_ _ 152
$53,083
646
$137,829
Far and Near East
.... 244
53.141
352
76,999
Latin America
26.291
119
57,176
Canada
41.311
63
15,885
"... , 211
4.765
38
24.327
702
$178,591
1.218
$313,116
Projectors Less Than
35 Millimeter
259
$24,896
168
$17,152
Far and Near East
42.117
242
21.3 35
Latin America
8.039
85
13.536
Canada
14.087
217
16.918
950
3
669
Total
946
$92,589
715
$69,610
The following table shows our exports of 35 and 16 millimeter projectors to the ten
leading individual countries throughout the world for the first six months of 1929 and
1930.
MOTION PICTURE PROJECTORS
Six Months 1929-1930: Projectors 35 Millimeter
1929
1950
Country
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
United Kingdom
- _ „ 80
$23,163
347
$75,96<J
- _ „ in
15.136
224
34.009
_ 20
12.655
104
18.005
IS
10.394
63
17.190
— 217
41.311
63
75.96S
1,583
46
11.321
__ 48
6.277
38
9.097
2.988
32
22.502
South Africa
4.694
32
22.486
Belgium
0
28
1.788
MOTION PICTURE PROJECTORS
Six Months 1929-1930: Project
ors Less Than 35 Millimeter
1929
1930
Country
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
_ 131
$14,087
217
$16,918
376
20.350
150
14.757
27
3.590
48
2,737
_ _ 8
1.279
37
1.632
_ _ 16
2.600
28
5.274
Sweden
8
640
28
4.063
France
„ 9
1.660
26
3.914
United Kingdom
93
7.240
26
1.929
New Zealand ...
423
24
1.040
Switzerland
5.810
21
2.167
Cameras
Exports of motion picture cameras of the 35 millimeter type for the first six months
of 1930 also show a slight increase. During this period 430 cameras valued at $194,608
were exported as against 419 cameras valued at $142,847 for the first six months of 1929.
Exports of the 16 millimeter camera have decreased almost fifty per cent for the first
half of 1930. During this period 761 cameras of 16 millimeter type, valued at $91,519
were exported as compared with 1,383 cameras valued at $136,176 during the same
period of 1929.
The following table shows our exports of 35 and 16 millimeter cameras to the geo-
graphical sections of the world for the first six months of 1929 and 1930.
MOTION PICTURE CAMERAS
Six Months 1929-1930: Cameras 35 Millimeter
1929 1930
Country Number Value Number Value
Europe - 216 $67,821 248 $111,942
Far and Near East 139 47.626 84 35,585
Latin America - _ 25 8,692 45 18.950
Canada _ - 34 17.048 24 14,648
Africa 5 1.660 29 13.483
Total „ _ 419 $142,847 430 $194,608
Cameras Less Than 35 Millimeter
Europe „ 470 $39,620 250 $25,093
Far and Near East 650 63.893 312 39,8<4
Latin America 1 13 22.039 104 18.134
Canada - _ 106 8.246 93 8.138
Africa _ 44 2.374 2 500
Total 1 .583 $156,172 761 $91,519
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MOTION PICTURE CAMERA EXPORTS
To Ten Leading Individual Markets
Six Months 1929-1930:
Country Number
United Kingdom 157
Switzerland _ 1
Italy _ 2
France 27
Spain _ 2
South Africa _ 0
Canada _ 34
India _ 10
Philippine Islands 2
Netherlands 1?
Cameras 35 Millimeter
1929
Value
$34,037
75
2,712
14,743
1,656
0
17,048
7,131
1,000
6,190
1930
Number
Value
72
$37,720
41
5,935
40
18,687
26
15,735
26
17,157
26
12,447
24
14,648
23
12,308
21
" 12,420
13
5.066
Six Months. 1929-1930: Cameras Less Than 35 Millimeter
1929 1930
Country Number Value Number Value
Japan „ - 377 $34,073 230 $29,023
United Kingdom - 209 9,221 114 3,471
Canada - 106 8,246 93 8,138
Switzerland 168 14,129 50 5,616
Argentina 35 14,208 50 11,156
Netherlands _ 15 1,534 40 8.609
China - 48 4.403 36 4,248
France _ _ 11 1.728 23 2.870
Philippine Islands 5 707 13 1,364
Australia 181 19.263 10 1,032
Due to the absence of export figures of sound equipment during 1928 comparative
figures are not available. It might also be mentioned that only values of such equip-
ment are available inasmuch as exporters of sound equipment do not always send the
complete sound reproducing unit as a single shipment.
The following tables show the value of our exports in sound motion picture apparatus
to the geographical sections of the world and also the ten leading individual markets.
SOUND EQUIPMENT
Exports 1930
3,001,324 Canada 283,847
_ 702.588 Africa _ 35,974
_ 561,843
Europe
Fai and Near East-
Latin America
Total
SOUND EQUIPMENT
Leading Individual Markets
United Kingdom _ _ 1,771,721
France - 601,391
Canada _ 283,847
Australia _ 268,050
Italy „ _ „ 222,295
Argentina _ 164,35 1
PhilipDine Islands 125,864
New Zealand 112,031
Chile 88,788
Brazil 83,008
Projection Arc Lamps
For the first six months of 1930, 569 projection arc lamps with a value of $46,65 3
were exported to foreign markets. Comparative figures for the same period are not avail-
able as this is the first year of this classification.
U. S. EXPORTS OF SOUND AND SILENT PICTURES
U. S. EXPORTS OF SOUND AND SILENT PICTURES
First Nine Months of 1930
EUROPE
Country
Country
United Kingdom
France
Germany ...
Italy .
Spain „
Czechoslovakia ...
Sweden -
Poland
Austria
Belgium _
Hungary
Denmark
Yugoslavia _
Portugal
Switzerland
Finland
Rumania .
Norway
Netherland» _
Greece _
Turkey
Latvia
Estonia ..— ■
Total
Sound
Films
Sound
Films
.26,905,485
..13.583,828
.. 9,248,728
.. 2,516,294
.. 3.468,769
.. 536,046
.. 2.085.915
. 1,589.641
.. 680,107
- 987,994
.. 322.676
.. 1.757.601
.. 1.006.200
.. 398.592
.. 404,304
528.740
794.356
548,586
.. 1.699,362
_ 666,978
_ 342,556
.. 259.505
45.779
70,368.042
Silent
Films
Silent
Films
6,133.183
3,734,685
2,135,142
1.068,179
1.693.382
506,253
858.923
626.349
703.974
1.016,422
198.497
1.008,561
26.104
127.283
147,649
240,344
398.099
295,046
434.094
190,407
88,818
307,176
176,777
22.115.347
Percentage Percentage Number
Sound Silent Theatres
Percentage
Sound
81.4
78.4
81.2
70 2
67.2
51.4
70.8
71.3
41.9
44.3
61.7
63.2
97.4
75.8
73.2
68.7
66.6
65.0
79.6
77.8
79.4
45.8
20.5
76.1
Percentage
Silent
18 6
21.6
18.8
29.8
32.8
4S.6
29.2
28.7
59.1
45.7
38.3
36.8
2.6
24.2
26.8
31.3
33.4
35.0
20.4
22.2
20.6
54.2
79.5
23.9
Number
Theatres
4,500
3,236
5,360
2,500
2,600
1.250
1,190
861
745
710
524
400
362
398
310
300
279
245
215
185
108
70
55
26.453
Theatres
Wired
Number
Theatres
Wired
2,602
460
939
168
150
175
95
70
116
30
82
70
49
15
91
20
50
37
95
32
10
f
3
5,344
ASBESTOS PAPER MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
1701 Winter Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Distributed by Bureau of Mines.
ASSOCIATION OF PACIFIC FISHERIES
826 Skinner Building. Seattle, Wash.
Salmon industry in North Pacific region.
ATKINS, E. C.
402 South Illinois Street, Indianapolis, Ind.
Manufacture of steel saws.
ATLANTIC MOTION PICTURE SERVICE
739 Boyleston Street, Boston, Mass.
General educational and industrial subjects.
ATLAS EDUCATIONAL FILM COMPANY
Jill South Boulevard. Oal; Pari- III.
Produce and distribute industrial and educational films.
AUDIO-CINEMA, INC.
161 Harris Avenue, Long Island City, H- T.
Laboratories.
BAIER. WALTER A. FILM COMPANY
713-715 Wells Street, Milwaukee, Wis.
Specialty subjects.
BAKELITE CORPORATION
247 Pari; Avenue, Hew York City
Manufacture of Bakelite products.
BALL BROTHERS COMPANY
Muncie, Ind.
Manufacture of glass jars and canning of foods.
BAUSCH AND LOMB OPTICAL COMPANY
Rochester, H- T.
Manufacture of optical glass.
BELDING HEMINGWAY COMPANY
180 Madison Avenue. Hew York City
Manufacture of silk and silk products.
BELL AND HOWELL
1801 Larchmont Avenue, Chicago, III.
Subjects for education and entertainment.
BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA
1835 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Telephones.
BIGELOW HARTFORD CARPET COMPANY
385 Madison Avenue, Mew Tori; City
Manufacture of carpets.
BIG FEATURE RIGHTS CORPORATION
917 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, Ky.
Theatrical and educational.
BLOCK. SAMUEL A.
152 West 42nd Street, Hew York City
Medicine and hygiene.
BOARD OF COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
523 County Building, Chicago. III.
Educational subjects.
BOARD OF EDUCATION. DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL
INSTRUCTION
203 Studio Building. Kansas City, Mo.
Educational films for school use.
BOARD OF NATIONAL MISSIONS
156 Fi/th Avenue. Hew York City
Social service.
BOLLMAN-GRANT MOTION PICTURES
723 Seventh Avenue, Hew York City
General library.
BOLLMAN. HENRY
201 West 49th Street, Hew York City
Educational and entertainment.
BOSTON WOVEN HOSE AND RUBBER COMPANY
29 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, Mass.
Rubber.
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Pari; Avenue Building. 2 Pari; Avenue, Hew York City
Boy Scout activities.
BOY SCOUT FOUNDATION OF GREATER NEW YORK
220 West 42nd Street, Hew Yor\ City
Boy Scout activities.
BRAUNSTEIN. CY
729 Seventh Avenue, Hew Tor); City
General library.
BRAY PRODUCTIONS. INC.
729 Seventh Avenue. Hew Tori; City
Educational and entertainment subjects.
BREYER ICE CREAM COMPANY
43rd and Woodland Avenue. Philadelphia. Pa.
Manufacture of ice cream.
BROWN. H. S.
806 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, III.
General library.
BROWNING STUDIOS
110 West 40th Street. Hew York City
Modern uses of steel and others.
BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL ECONOMICS
1108-10 Sixteenth Street, Washington. D. C.
General library. .
BURROUGHS ADDING MACHINE COMPANY
6071 Second Boulevard. Detroit, Mich.
Business machines.
BURTON HOLMES LECTURES. INC.
7510-14 >iorth Ashland Avenue, Chicago, III.
Travel and industrial subjects.
CADILLAC MOTOR CAR COMPANY
2860 Clarl; Avenue. Detroit, Mich.
Automobiles.
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
BUREAU OF CHILD HYGIENE
356 State Building. Fresno, Cal.
Child hygiene.
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RE-
SOURCES. DIVISION OF FISH AND GAME
510 Russ Building. San Francisco. Cal.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT GROWERS EXCHANGE
Box 530. Station C. Los Angeles. Cal.
Growth, harvesting and packing fruits.
1931
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LATIN AMERICA
Number
Sound
Silent
Percentage
Percentage
Number
Theatres
Country
Films
Films
Sound
Silent
Theatres
Wired
Brazil _
4,897,113
4,602,970
51.6
4S.4
1,600
125
6,542,465
48.6
'1.4
975
100
.1 one t?i
3,001,939
58.9
41.1
701
1 36
Cuba
1,992,703
2,131,610
48.3
51.7
457
36
Chile
2,105,380
2,378,458
46.9
53.1
221
43
957,619
49.6
50.4
218
13
636,880
64.9
35.1
125
20
Venezuela
314,482
1,525,858
17.7
82.3
123
8
Peru
567,341
973,678
36.8
63.2
70
8
15,430
83.6
16.4
47
1
Panama „
„ 2,393,986
2,106,125
53.2
46.8
38
2
Dominion Republic -
177,695
1,123,786
13.6
86.4
31
1
1,288,305
702,509
64.2
35.8
8
2
24,771
7,056
77.8
22.2
27
1
Guatemala _
1,024.527
420,772
70.9
29.1
39
2
10,600
13.601
43.8
56.2
25
0
* Nicaragua
6,600
600
91.7
8.3
24
2
6.600
28.840
18.6
81.4
20
0
Costa Rica
_ 6.600
15.970
29.3
70.7
21
4
Jamaica
25.552
122,358
17.3
82.7
Utner r>. W. Indies.
275.226
1.113.524
19.8
80.2
27,710,870
28,422.048
49.4
50.6
4,770
504
•More silent films
undoubtedly received probably by way
of Egypt and
hence these
do not appear on our
export records.
F
A R E A
Number
Sound
Silent
Percentage
Percentage
Number
Theatres.
Country
Films
Films
Sound
Silent
Theatres
Wired
Australia —
12.973.536
2.565,075
84.1
15.9
1,276
540
New Zealand ~
3.828.773
566.176
87.1
12.9
443
189
-. 1.879,050
1.675.686
52.9
47.1
1.327
25
India — — .....
1,842.177
3.184,073
36.6
63.4
355
20
Philippine Islands —
_ 1.260.460
1.612,193
43.9
56.1
282
55
1.648.504
1.610.225
50.6
49.4
233
40
_ 591.439
1.760.962
25.1
74.9
214
23
_ 1,464.718
1,579,397
48 2
51.8
42
19
_ _25.488.657
14.553.788
63.6
36.4
4.172
911
AFRICA
A N D N
EAR EAST
Number
Sound
Silent
Percentage
Percentage
Number
Theatres
Country
Films
Films
Sound
Silent
Theatres
Wired
South Africa
1.360.643
1.247,645
52.1
47.9
480
56
Egypt ______ _..
, 758,546
498.26''.
60.3
39.7
65
36
18,000
136,932
11.6
88.4
20
1
•Palestine ,
82.199
13.352
86.
14.
21
1
Total
2.219.388
1,896.191
53.9
46.1
586
94
•More silent films undoubtedly received probably by way of Egypt and hence these do not appear on our
export records.
CALIFORNIA AND HAWAIIAN SUGAR REFINING
CORPORATION
215 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Refining of sugar cane.
CAPITAL PROJECTOR AND FILM COMPANY
133 West Washington Street, Chicago, 111.
Miscellaneous educational.
CARBORUNDUM COMPANY.
Niagara Falls, H- T.
Manufacture of abrasives.
CARPENTER-GOLDMAN LABORATORIES
J61 Harris Avenue, Long island City, N- T.
Specialty subjects.
CARLSON STUDIOS
3810 Broadway. Chicago. /II.
Animated drawing for technical, educational and in-
dustrial films.
CARNATION MILK PRODUCTS COMPANY
Oconomowoc, Wis.
Production of evaporated milk.
CARTER CINEMA PRODUCING COMPANY
531 Fi/th Avenue, New Tori; City
General library.
CARTER'S INK COMPANY
Cambridge 41, Boston, Mass.
Development of writing and alphabet, manufacture of
ink and carbon paper.
J. I. CASE THRESHING MACHINE CO.. INC.
Racine, Wis.
Tractors, threshers, combines and other farm ma-
chinery.
CASTLE FILMS
630 Ninth Avenue, New Tori; City
Semi-educational and novelty films.
CATERPILLAR TRACTOR COMPANY
San Leandro, Cal.
Caterpillar tractors.
CATHOLIC FILM SYNDICATE
1125 Union Mortgage Building. Cleveland, Ohio
Religious.
CENTRAL FILM COMPANY
729 Seventh Avenue, Hew Tori; City
Specialty subjects.
CEREAL SOAPS. INC.
334 East 27th Street. Hew Tori; City
On care of hair.
CHAMPION SPARK PLUG COMPANY
Avondale and Upton Avenue, Toledo, Ohio
Manufacture of spark plugs.
CHASE CANDY COMPANY
Sylvanie at Fi/th, St. Joseph. Mo.
Candy making.
CHESTERFIELD PRODUCTIONS
1540 Broadway, Hew Tori; City
Theatrical.
CHICAGO. BURLINGTON AND QUINCY R. R.
COMPANY
547 West Jackson Boulevard. Chicago, /II.
Travel.
CHICAGO FILM LABORATORY
/322 Belmont Avenue, Chicago, III.
Educational and industrial firms.
CHICAGO LYING IN HOSPITAL
426 East 51st Street, Chicago. /II.
Obstetrical subjects.
CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC R. R.
COMPANY. AND CHICAGO ROCK ISLAND AND
GULF RAILWAY COMPANY
LoSalle Street Station, Chicago. /II.
Transportation facilities of modern railway, building
of railway.
CHURCH FILM COMPANY
28 Piedmont Street. Boston, Mass.
Entertainment, health, religious, industrial, educa-
tional.
CHURCH AND SCHOOL FILM EXCHANGE
315 Poll; Building, Des Moines, Iowa
General education, religious and entertainment.
CINE ARTS PRODUCTIONS
6060 Sunset Boulevard. Hollywood, Cal.
General library.
cTNECRAFT FILMS
Z900 Buttonwood Street, Philadelphia. Pa.
Producers, films distributed by clients.
CINEMA ATTRACTIONS
729 Seventh Avenue. Hew Tori; City
Roadbuilding and miscellaneous industrial.
CLEVELAND BOARD OF EDUCATION
Cleveland. Ohio
School activities.
CLEVELAND TRACTOR COMPANY
Cleveland, Ohio
Tractors in road construction and other uses.
CLEVELAND TWIST DRILL COMPANY
1242 East 49th Street, Cleveland, Ohio
Use and abuse of twist drills.
CLYDE IRON WORKS SALES COMPANY
Duluth, Minn.
Log loaders, skidding and track-lifting machines.
COLGATE PALMOLI VE PEET COMPANY
9/9 North Michigan Avenue. Chicago. /II.
Mouth health.
COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA. NATIONAL SOCI-
ETY OF
942 Lal;e Shore Drive. Chicago, /II.
Americanization.
COLUMBIA GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION
61 Broadway, Hew Tori; City
Gas and electricity.
COLUMBIA ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
CORPORATION
61 Broadway, New Tori; City
Production of natural gas.
COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION
729 Seventh Avenue. New Tori; City
Entertainment.
COLUMBUS CANNING COMPANY
Columbus, Wis.
Canning of food products.
COMMUNITY COUNCILS
Room 2240. Municipal Building, New Tori; City
Community subjects.
COMMUNITY MOTION PICTURE SERVICE LIBRARY
4 Wilsey Square, Ridgewood, N- J-
Educational films only.
COMMUNITY SERVICE. INC.
3/5 Fourth Avenue. New Tori; City
"Playtime."
CONCRETE "FORM HOLD" CORPORATION
Culver Building. Culver City. Cal.
History of, and construction with, concrete,
CONSOLIDATED FILM INDUSTRIES
J 776 Broadway, New Tori; City
Health, home economics.
CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY OF NEW YORK
4 Irving Place. New Tori; City
History, manufacture and use of gas.
CONVERSE AND COMPANY
88 Worth Street. New Tori; City
Specialty subjects.
COOPERATIVE FILM EXCHANGE
284 Turl; Street. San Francisco, Cal.
General subjects, sound and dialogue subjects.
CRANE COMPANY
836 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, /II.
Development of the bathtub.
DAVIS. H. 0.
Z06 South Hudson Street. Oklahoma City. 0\la.
General subjects, including religious.
DAVIS AND CLARK
217 Duflcld Street. Brooklyn. N. T.
Surgical subjects.
DeFRENES AND COMPANY
Willjes-Barre. Pa.
Industrial subjects.
DELAWARE SAFETY COUNCIL
2047 Du Pont Building, Wilmington, Del.
Public Safety.
DENNISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY
300 Howard Street. Framingham, Mass.
Use of crepe paper in window trimming.
DENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN.
INC.. INTERNATIONAL
755 Pari; Avenue. Hew Tor\ City
Care of the teeth.
DE VRY SCHOOL FILMS (S«e Q R S)
DIERKS LUMBER AND COAL COMPANY
700 Cates Building, Kansas City, Mo.
Lumber.
DIRMEYER STUDIOS. INC.
259 Monroe Ave.. Rochester. N. T.
Dairy Products, Girl Scouts, optical glass and others.
DITMARS. RAYMOND L.
New Tori; Zoological Pari;, Hew Tori; City
Animal biology.
DIVISION OF UNIVERSITY EXTENSION. STATE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Room 21, State House. Boston, Mass.
Educational.
E. I. Ou PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
Wilmington, Dei.
Industrial subjects.
EAG LE-PICH ER LEAD COMPANY
/34 N. LaSalle Street
Manufacture and uses of lead.
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY. "KODAK CINE-
GRAPHS"
Rochester, N. T.
Educational, entertainment, novelties.
EASTMAN TEACHING FILMS. INC.
343 State Street. Rochester, N. T.
Classroom films.
ECONOMIST FILM SERVICE
239 West 39th Street, New Tori; Citj
Retail salesmanship.
EDITED PICTURES SYSTEM
/30 West 46th Street, New Tor/; City
General, for school and church.
EDUCATIONAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY
19/3 A Commerce Street. Dallas. Texa*
General library.
EDUCATIONAL FILM EXCHANGE
150/ Broadway, New Tori; City
Primarily theatrical.
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EDUCATORS CINEMATOGRAPH FOUNDATION
70 Fifth Avenue, Hew York City
Pedagogical only.
ELECTRICAL RESEARCH PRODUCTS. INC.
250 West 57th Street, Hew York City
Develop and produce educational films with sound.
ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH COMPANY
35 East \Vac\er Drive, Chicago. /II.
Manufacture of a watch.
ELLIS, CARLYLE
J 30 West 46th Street, Hew Yor\ City
Health and social service; also copper and zinc.
ESCAR MOTION PICTURE SERVICE COMPANY
10008 Carnegie Avenue at 100th Street, Cleveland,
Ohio
Arc welding in manufacturing and others.
FILM BUREAU, INC.
153 East 50th Street
Patriotic and educational subjects.
FILM CLASSIC EXCHANGE
265 Franklin Street, Buffalo, Hew Tor);
General educational subjects.
FILM EXCHANGE. INC., THE
729 Seventh Avenue, ^eif Torlj City
Nature subjects and general library.
FILM LIBRARY OF THE ASSOCIATED CHURCHES
804 South Wabash Avenue. Chicago, III.
Educational, religious and recreational.
FIRST NATIONAL PICTURES. INC.
321 West 44th Street. New Tor/j City
Primarily theatrical.
FIRST DIVISION DISTRIBUTORS
723 Seventh Avenue, Hew York City
Primarily theatrical.
FITZPATRICK PICTURES. INC.
729 Seventh Avenue, Hew Tot1( City
Music subjects.
FORMFIT COMPANY. THE
508 South Franklin Street, Chicago, III.
Corsets, brassieres.
FORD MOTION PICTURE LABORATORIES
Detroit, Mich.
General educational and travel subjects.
FOX FILM CORPORATION
850 Tenth Avenue, Hew York City
Primarily theatrical.
FRANK R. CHURCH FILMS
6558 Pmehaven Drive, Oakland, Cal.
Industrial and educational films.
FRUIT OF THE LOOM MILLS
40 Worth Street. Net*. Tor)( City
Industrial subject.
FYRE-FREEZ CORPORATION
17 West 46th Street, New Tor); City
Fire extinguishing tests.
GANZ, WILLIAM J.
507 Fifth Avenue. New Yor\ City
Producer, miscellaneous library.
GENERAL BUSINESS FILMS. INC.
250 West 57th Street. Hew York City
Producer, miscellaneous library.
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
1 River Road, Schenectady, N- T.
Science, industry and education.
GENERAL FILM LIBRARY
729 Seventh Avenue, New Tor\ City
General library.
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
Detroit, Mich.
Traffic safety, better roads, roads in national parks and
others .
GIBSON STUOIOS
Castleton, N- D.
Entertainment and educational.
GINN AND COMPANY
15 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass.
Bookbinding.
GOODRICH RUBBER COMPANY. THE B. F.
A\ron, Ohio
Manufacture of rubber products.
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
Aljron, Ohio
Rubber industry and related fields.
GOWEN. ROBERT F.
Ossimng'On'Hudson. N- T.
Amateur motion picture service.
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
175 East Fourth Street, St. Paul, Minn.
Scenic and travel.
GRIGGS. COOPER AND COMPANY
St. Paul. Minn.
Industrial and educational.
HAMMERHILL PAPER COMPANY
Erie. Pa.
The making of paper.
HANNA ENGINEERING WORKS
1765 Elston Avenue, Chicago. III.
Art of riveting.
HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., JOHN
Boston, Mass.
Health, safety and others.
HARCOL MOTION PICTURES INDUSTRIES
610 Baronne Street, Hew Orleans, La.
Industrial, health, religious and entertainment.
HARDWICKE-ETTER COMPANY
West Houston Street, Sherman, Texas
Cleaning cotton in a gin.
HASTINGS MOTION PICTURES. INC.
Hastings, Mich.
General subjects.
HEARST NEWSPAPERS
119 West 40th Street. Hew York City
"The Making of a Newspaper."
HECKER-JONES-JEWELL MILLING COMPANY
40 Corlears Street, Hew York City
Wheat.
HERCULES POWDER COMPANY
400 Market Street, Wilmington. Del.
Industrial.
HILL, HOWARD
21 Second Street, San Francisco. Cal.
Miscellaneous subjects.
HOLLYWOOD FILM ENTERPRISES
6060 Sunset Boulevard , Hollywood, Cal.
Educational and entertainment.
HOLLYWOOD MOVIE SUPPLY
6058 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood , Cal.
Miscellaneous educational, industrial and travel.
HOLY LAND FILM COMPANY
110 West Eighth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio
"Pilgrimage to Holy Land."
HOME FILM LIBRARIES
1845 Grand Central Terminal. Hew York City
Miscellaneous entertainment subjects.
HOMESTEAD FILM
732 South Wabash Avenue. Chicago. /II.
Agricultural and other educational.
HOMES AND EDWARDS SILVER COMPANY
1600 Seaview Avenue, Bridgeport , Conn.
HUDSON COAL COMPANY. THE
424 Wyoming Avenue, Scranton, Pa.
Mining and preparation of anthracite coal.
IDEAL PICTURES CORPORATION
26 East Eighth Street, Chicago, III.
Entertainment, religious, educational.
ILLINOIS STEEL COMPANY
208 South La Salle Street, Chicago, III.
Manufacturing and manufactures of steel.
ILLINOIS TUBERCULOSIS AND PUBLIC HEALTH
ASSOCIATION
516V2 Fast Monroe Street, Springfield, III.
Public health subjects.
INDIANA TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION
1220 Meyer Kiser Bank, Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind.
Preservation of public health.
INDUSTRIAL FILM SERVICE
1126 Boyleston Street, Boston, Mass.
Industrial and travel.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORA-
TION
50 Broad Street, Hew Tori; City
Mechanics of business.
INTERNATIONAL DENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
FOR CHILDREN. INC.
130 East End Avenue, Hew Tori; City
Also see Dental Health Foundation for Children.
INTERNATIONAL GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Schenectady, H. T.
See General Electric Company.
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OF
AMERICA
806 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, III.
Agricultural and educational subjects.
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER EXPORT COMPANY
INC.
Harvester Building. Chicago. III.
Agricultural and educational subjects.
INTERSTATE IRLN AND STEEL COMPANY
104 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, III.
The story of alloy steel.
IOWA STATE COLLEGE, VISUAL INSTRUCTION
SERVICE
Ames, Iowa
Educational subjects.
JAM HANDY PICTURES SERVICE
6227 Broadway, Chicago, 111.
Miscellaneous library.
JAWITZ PICTURES CORPORATION
630 Ninth Avenue, Hew York. City
Miscellaneous library.
JENSEN, ALBRECHT
Box 73. General P. O.. Hew Yor\ City
Massage and exercises combined.
JOHNSON, MARTIN EXPEDITION CORPORATION
30 Church Street, Hew York. City
JORDON COMPANY, 0. F.
East Chicago, Ind.
Maintenance of railroad roadways.
KEMP FILM LABORATORIES. INC.
1600 Broadway, Hew Yor\ City
Miscellaneous library.
KENT SCIENTIFIC MUSEUM
Grand Rapids. Mich.
Travel, natural history, industrials and others.
KLEINE, GEORGE
804 South Wabash Avenue. Chicago. III.
Educational and entertainment subjects.
KLEINSCHMIDT. CAPTAIN F. E.
220 West 42nd Street, Hew York. City
Educational and entertainment on the Far North.
KODASCOPE LIBRARIES. INC.
33 West 42nd Street. Hew York City
Educational and entertainment in wide variety.
LARKIN COMPANY. INC.
Seneca Street, Buffalo, H. Y.
Soap, salesmanship.
LEAVITT CINE PICTURE COMPANY
3150 Wilshire Boulevard. Los Angeles. Cal.
LEE-BRADFORD CORPORATION
701 Seventh Avenue, Hew York City
LEGGETT. J. ALEXANDER COMPANY
2 West 46th Street. Hew York City
General educational subjects.
LIBBY, McNEILL AND LIBBY
U. S. Stock Yards, Chicago, 111.
Canned meats and other food products.
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
PaT^ Square Building, Boston, Mass.
Industrial safety.
LIDGERWOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Elizabeth. H- ]■
Heavy machinery.
LIPTON. THOMAS J., INC.
Hobolten, H. ]■
Tea growing.
LINE. GRACE
10 Hanover Square, Hew York City
Travelogues of Panama, Peru, Chile, Bolivia.
LONG-BELL LUMBER COMPANY
Kansas City, Mo.
Lumber industry subjects.
LOUCKS & NORLING. INC.
245 West 55th Street. Hew Yor\ City
Producer only, films distributed by clients.
LUTHERAN FILM DIVISION, INC.
132 West 46th Street. Hew Yor\ City
Religious.
MALKAMES EDUCATIONAL FILM COMPANY
705 West Diamond Avenue, Hazelton, Pa.
Mining of anthracite coal.
MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON
10th Floor, Arctic Building, Seattle, Wash.
Miscellaneous library.
MARYLAND STATE GAME DEPARTMENT
512 Munsey Building, Baltimore, Md.
Game and hunting subjects.
McCAMPBELL AND COMPANY
320 Broadway, New Tor!; City
"From cotton to cloth."
McCRUM. DR. THOMAS B.
4144 Charlotte Street, Kansas City Mo.
Dental health subjects.
McCURDY FILMS
56tn and Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.
Oral hygiene subjects.
MELVILLE SHOE CORPORATION
555 Fifth Avenue, Hew Yor\ City
Manufacture of men's and boys' shoes.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. BOARD OF
EDUCATION
740 Rush Street. Chicago, III.
Methodist educational enterprises.
METRO GOLDWYN MAYER
1540 Broadway, Hew York City
Primarily theatrical.
METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
I Madison Avenue. Hew York City
Health subjects.
METROPOLITAN MOTION PICTURE COMPANY
108 West 34th Street, Hew York City
Educational and entertainment.
MICHIGAN FILM LIBRARY
408 Film Building, 2310 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
Educational, recreational and religious.
MIAMI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. MOTION PIC-
TURE DIVISION
Miami. Fla.
Civic subjects.
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM
Milwaukee, Wis.
Special subjects.
MINNESOTA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION
11 West Summit Avenue, St. Paul. Minn.
Health subject.
MODERN WOODMFN OF AMERICA
Rod; Island, III.
Health, scenic, nature and history of M. W. A.
MOELLER. A. J.
250 Par\ Avenue, Hew York City
Poem adaptations.
MORRIS-JOSEPH INDUSTRIAL FILMS
18 Horth Joachim Street, Mobile, Ala.
Mainly producer, distribution by clients.
MOTION PICTURE MACHINE COMPANY
607 Seville Street, Pittsburgh. Pa.
MOTION PICTURE SERVICE
903 Lloyd Building, Seattle, Wash.
General library.
MOVIE MAKERS. INC.
110 West Eighth Street. Cincinnati, Ohio
Producers of industrial motion pictures.
MUIR. JAMES C. AND COMPANY
10 South 18th Street, Philadelphia. Pa.
General educational subjects.
MULTI COLOR FILMS
201 North Occidental Boulevard. Los Angeles, Cal.
Colored industrials.
MUSEUMS
American Museum of Natural History, Hew York City
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fifth Avenue at 82nd
Street, Hew York City
Missouri Educational Museum, St. Louis, Mo.
Hew Jersey State Museum, Trenton, H- ]■
Hew York (H- Y.) Society of Natural Sciences. New
Torit City
Pennsylvania Commercial Museum, Philadelphia, Pa.
MUTUAL FILM LABORATORY
1737 North Campbell Avenue, Chicago. /II.
Specialty subjects.
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Phone: BRjonl 9-9667
George Barnett. Secy, find Treas.
Cable Address: "HEN ARIAS"
MODERN FILM SALES CORP.
729 Seventh Avenue, New York
Foreign Distributors of
M
ODERN
FE4TI RES
COMEDIES
SERIALS
C.ARTOO\*
EDI CATIOXALS
Prints Available in Talking. Synchronized and Silent Versions
PARIS
6 Rue D'Amboise
RESIDENT BUYERS of
FILM and EQUIPMENT
LONDON
92 Tooley St.
"MODERN" EFFICIENCY
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
306 Madison Avenue, \ew Yor\ City
Travel subjects.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
85 \inth Avenue. .\eu' Tori; City
Baking of biscuits.
NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS
85 John Street, \ew Tort, City
Fire prevention.
NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY
Dayton, Ohio
Industry.
NATIONAL CHILD WELFARE ASSOCIATION
70 Fifth Avenue. \ew Tork, City
Molding of child character.
NATIONAL DAIRY COUNCIL
221 Xonh La Salle Street. Chicago. 111.
Dairy and health subjects.
NATIONAL FILM CORPORATION
2510 Cass Avenue. Detroit. Mich.
Educational and recreational.
NATIONAL FURNITURE AND BEDDING COMPANY
104 Delaware Street. Leavenworth Kan.
Manufacture of mattresses.
NATIONAL GARDEN BUREAU
139 Xorth Wells Street. Chicago. /II.
Care of the garden.
NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY
III BroddirjY. \ew "ior\ City
Manufacture and uses of white lead.
NATIONAL MOTION PICTURE BUREAU
25 Pemberton Square, Boston. Mass.
Industrial and educational.
NATIONAL MOTION PICTURES COMPANY
Holliday Building. Indianapolis. Ind.
Health and safety subjects.
NATIONAL SAFE WALKWAY SURFACES CODE
50 Church Street. \ew Tork. City
Safety.
NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL
106 East Ohio Street. Chicago. III.
Accident prevention.
NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION
370 Seventh Avenue. \ew Tork. City
Health subject*.
NEWARK MOTION PICTURE STUDIOS
843-845 Broad Street. \ew Tork, City
Educational.
NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM
State House Annex. Trenton, 7x. J.
Miscellaneous library.
NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES. AGRICULTURE RE-
LATIONS DEPARTMENT
La Salle Street Station. Chicago. III.
NEW YORK EDISON COMPANY
4 Irving Place. -\eu' Tork, City
Electricity.
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY
St. Paul. Minn.
Educational and scenic pictures of Northwest.
NORTH EAST SERVICE. INC
391 Lyell Avenue. Rochester. ,\. T.
Electrical.
NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY
Minneapolis. Minn.
Educational.
NORTHWEST FUEL COMPANY
St. Paul. Minn.
Educational
NORTON COMPANY
I \ew Bond Street. Worcester . Mass.
Grinding and its relation to industry.
NOVAGRAPH FILM CORPORATION
25 West 45th Street. New Tork, City
Fducational. medical and miscellaneous.
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
Otis Building. 260 Fi/th Avenue. \ew Tork, City
Elevators.
PACIFIC FILM SERVICE
861 Seward Street. Hollywood. Cal.
Mostly producer non-theatrical films.
PARAMOUNT FAMOUS LASKY CORPORATION
Paramount Building. Times Square. \ew Tork, City
Primarily theatrical.
PARKER. DAVID F
1913 Commerce Street, Dallas. Texas
Geographical, historical.
PARKS-CRAMER COMPANY
Fitchburg, Mass.
Specialty subjects.
PARTHENON PICTURES
1650 Broadway. \ew Tork, City
Entertainment.
PATHE EXCHANGE. INC.
35 West 45th Street. \ew Tork, City
Educational, recreational.
PATHEGRAMS. PATHE EXCHANGE
35 West 45th Street. \ew Tork. City
Educational, recreational.
PATHESCOPE COMPANY OF AMERICA. INC.
33 West 42nd Street. \ew Tork. City
General library.
PEABODY. HENRY G.
P. O. Box 111, Pasadena. Cal.
National park subjects.
PEPSODENT COMPANY
V19 .\orth Michigan Avenue. Chicago. 111.
Oral hygiene, use of the tooth brush.
PEROFF PICTURES. INC.
67 Vl'est 44th Street. ,\cw Tork, City
Recreational.
PHOENIX PHOTOPLAY EXCHANGES OF AMERICA
130 West 46th Street. -\ew Tork. City
Religious subjects.
PICTORIAL CLUBS. INC.
35 West 45th Street. ?\ew Tork. City
Specialty and entertainment subjects
PILGRIM PHOTOPLAY EXCHANGE
26 East Eighth Street. Chicago. III.
General library.
PINE TREE MILKING MACHINE COMPANY
2851 West I9th Street. Chicago. III.
M l- ■ machines.
PINKNEY FILM SERVICE
1028 Forbes Street. Pittsburgh. Pa.
Educational and entertainment.
PIPER AND HEATON
208 East Broadway. Portland. Ore.
Miscellaneous library.
PLAYGROUND AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION OF
AMERICA
31} Fourth Avenue. \ew Tork. City
Safety, health, character.
PLYMOUTH FILM CORPORATION
156 Fifth Avenue. ,\ew Tork. City
Temperance and religion.
PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION
33 West Grand Avenue. Chicago. III.
Uses of cement.
PROGRESSIVE FILM CORPORATION
916 G. Street, 7\. W., Washington. D. C.
Miscellaneous library.
PROTECTO FILMS. INC.
105 West 40th Street. \ew Tork. City
Educational, religious, historical.
PRUDENCE COMPANY. INC.
331 Madison Avenue, \ew Tork, City
Thrift films.
PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER OF ALEMEDA COUNTY
121 East 1 1th Street. Oakland. Cal.
Health.
PUB' I" SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN
ILLINOIS
72 West Adams Street. Chicago. III.
Electricity and gas.
PYCOPE COMPANY
Jopl:n. Mo.
Dental health.
QUAKER OATS COMPANY. SCHOOL HEALTH
SERVICE
141 West Jack.son Boulevard. Chicago. III.
Foodstuffs.
QUALITY DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION
1540 Broaduay. ,\ew Tork, City
Mostly entertainment.
QUANDT A. 4. SONS
374 Guerrero Street. San Francisco. Cal.
Building lacquer.
Q R S-De VRY CORPORATION
333 \orth Michigan Avenue, Chicago. III.
Educational, geographical, health, nature study.
RADIO CORP. OF AMERICA
233 Broadu'ay. \ew Tor1, C;tv
Radio.
RAYART PICTURES
723 Seventh Avenue, \ew Tc-rfc. City
Mostly theatrical.
RAY-BELL FILMS. INC.
817 University Avenue. St. Paul. Minn.
Scenic and industrial.
R. D. C. PRODUCTIONS (Formerly CENTRAL MO-
TION PICTURE PRODUCTIONS)
Southbridge. Mass.
Primarily theatrical.
READING IRON COMPANY
Bacr Building. Reading. Pa.
Making of puddled wrought iron pipe.
RK0 DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION
1560 Broadway, \cw Tork, City
Primanlv theatrical.
RELIGIOUS MOTION PICTURE FOUNDATION. INC.
140 Xassau Street. \ew Tor\ City
Religious.
REMINGTON TYPEWRITER COMPANY
374 Broadway. \eu' Tork, City
REYNOLDS. ERNEST M.
165 East 19th Street. Cleveland. Ohio
Geographic and scenic.
RHINELANDER REFRIGERATOR COMPANY
Rhinelander, Wis.
Refrigeration.
ROCHESTER GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION
89 East Avenue. Rochester. .\. T.
Gas and clcctncitv. artificial resuscitation.
ROCKFORD FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS ASSO-
CIATION
1006 Fourth Avenue. Rockjord. III.
Manufacture of furniture.
ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION FILM
LIBRARY
28 East 20th Street. ,\ew Tork. City
History and hiogra-hv of President Roosevelt.
ROSS. HERMAN. ENTERPRISES. INC.
622-630 .\inth Avenue. Xew Tork. City
General library.
ROTHACKER FILM CORPORATION
7510 ,\orth Ashland Avenue. Chicago. III.
General librarv.
ROWLAND ROGERS PRODUCTIONS
74 Sherman Street. Long Island City
Health, science and industry.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER COMPANY
100 East 42nd Street. New Tork, City-
Baking processes.
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FEATURES
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Producer of
"TERRY TOONS"
(Educational Release)
2826 DECATUR AVE.
Raymond 9-1312 BRONX, N. Y.
fill BY CAMERA EXCHANGE
727 Seventh Avenue. New Tor); City
Miscellaneous library.
RUSS ELL - MILLER MINING COMPANY
432 Security Building Minneapolis, Minn.
Flour milling.
SANFORO EDUCATIONAL FILM SERVICE
732 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago. III.
General library.
SAVE THE SURFACE CAMPAIGN
18 East 41st Street, Hew Tor); City
Manufacture of paint and varnish.
SEIDEN FILMS. INC.
729 Seventh Avenue. New Tori; City
General library.
SHECKLER, ARTHUR V.
220 'i'yles Building. Louisville, Ky.
Miscellaneous library.
SHEFFIELD FARMS COMPANY. INC.
524 West 57th Street. Hew Tort City
Milk.
SH I ELY, J. L.. SAND AND GRAVEL COMPANY
St. Paul. Minn.
Sand and gravel, crushed rock plant operation.
SHEVILLIN-HIXON COMPANY
Bend, Ore.
Lumbering.
SHREDDED WHEAT COMPANY
85 Ninth Avenue, Hew Tort; City
Shredded wheat.
SINGER SEWING MACHINE COMPANY
Singer Building. yyew Tori; City
Sewing by modern methods.
SOCIETY FOR VISUAL EDUCATION. INC.
327 South La Salle Street. Chicago, III.
General educational subjects.
SOFT WHEAT MILLERS ASSOCIATION
1527 Broad Street. Nashville. Tenn.
Flour milling.
S0N0 ART- WORLD WIDE PICTURES. INC.
130 West 46th Street, Hew Tori; City
Mainly entertainment.
SOUTHERN LUMBER COMPANY
Warren. Arl;.
Lumbering.
SPRAGUE PUBLISHING COMPANY (THE AMERI-
CAN BOY MAGAZINE)
La Fayette Boulevard. Detroit, Mich.
Building and flying model airplane*.
STANDARD FILM SERVICE
600 Film Building. Cleveland. Ohio
Entertainment and educational subjects.
STANDARD MOTION PICTURE SERVICE
1906 South Vermont Avenue. Los Angeles, Cal.
Produce and distribute non-theatrical films.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF INDIANA
910 South Michigan Avenue. Chicago. III.
Gasoline, lubricating oil.
STANLEY EDUCATIONAL FILM DIVISION
220 West 42nd Street, Hew Tor\ City
On transportation.
STARK FILMS
219 West Center Street. Baltimore, Md.
Industrial and educational subjects.
STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
8 Washington Street, Hartford Conn.
Health.
STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
State House, Springfield, III.
Health.
STETSON, JOHN B. COMPANY
Fifth and Montgomery Avenue. Philadelphia, Pa.
Manufacture of hats.
STONE, GEORGE E.
Carmel. Monterey County. Cali/ornia
Biological.
STONE & WEBSTER
49 Federal Street, Boston, Moss.
Water and steam power.
ST. PAUL. CITY OF. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY
St. Paul Minn.
Educational.
STUDEBAKER CORPORATION OF AMERICA
South Bend. Ind.
Automobile industry.
STUEBING COWAN COMPANY, THE
Holyol;e. Mass.. and Cincinnati, Ohio
Industrial.
SUNSET PRODUCTIONS
1542 North Stanley Avenue. Hollywood, Cal.
Pioneer days.
SWIFT AND COMPANY
Union Stocl; Yards, Chicago, III.
Meat packing and canning.
TALKING PICTURES EPICS. INC.
11 West 42nd Street, Hew Tori; City
Travel and science.
TEITEL. A.
804 South Wabash Avenue. Chicago. III.
Entertainment and juvenile.
TEN THOUSAND LAKES OF MINNESOTA ASSO-
CIATION
1501 University Avenue. St. Paul, Minn.
Scenic.
THOMPSON. HOWARD E.
15 Hew\ir\ Avenue. Trenton, H- }■
General subjects.
TIFFANY PRODUCTIONS. INC.
729 Seventh Avenue, Hew Tori; City
Primarily theatrical.
TEXAS GULF SULPHUR COMPANY
51 Fast 42nd StTeet. Hew Tor); City
Distributed by Bureau of Mines.
UFA FILMS
1540 Broadway. Hew Tot); City
Films of educational value.
UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES
207 East Ohio Street. Chicago, III.
Fire prevention.
UNITED ARTISTS
729 Seventh Avenue. Hew Tori; City
Primarily theatrical.
UNITED CINEMA COMPANY
130 West 46th Street, Hew Tori; City
Educational industrial, religious and recreational.
UNITED PROJECTORS AND FILM CORPORATION
228 Franklin Street, Buffalo, N- T.
Miscellaneous library.
U. S. BUREAU OF MINES. EXPERIMENT STATION
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Films dealing with mineral and allied industries.
U. S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
Washington. D. C.
Reclamation subjects.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTRE
Washington, D. C.
Agricultural subjects, forestry, highway construction.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. CHILDREN'S
BUREAU
Washington, D. C.
Child health and welfare.
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. WOMEN'S
BUREAU
Washington, D. C.
Women's work.
U. S. NAVY RECRUITING BUREAU
Washington and Christopher Streets, Hew Tor); City
Travel and navy life.
UNITED STATES RUBBER COMPANY
1790 Broadway. Hew Tori; City
Production of crude rubber.
UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION. BUREAU
OF SAFETY. SANITATION AND WELFARE
71 Broadway. Hew Tor\ City
Industry, health, welfare.
UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA
170 W. Madison Street. Chicago. III.
History and development of a modern printing plant.
UNIVERSAL CINEMA
115 Horth Pennsylvania Avenue. Indianapolis, Ind.
Public health subjects.
UNIVERSAL FILM EXCHANGE
730 Fi/th Avenue. Hew Tor^ City
Mostly theatrical.
UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEMENT
208 South La Salle Street. Chicago. III.
Story of Portland cement.
UNIVERSITY FILM FOUNDATION
40 Oxford Street, Cambridge. Mass.
Exclusively educational in collaboration with faculty
and staff of Harvard University.
UNIVERSITIES
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arl;.
University 4 Arizona. Tucson. Ariz.
University of California, Berkeley, Cal.
University of Colorado, BouldeT, Colo.
University of Indiana, Bureau of Visual Instruc-
tion, Bloomington, Ind.
University of Iowa. Visual Education Department.
Iowa City, Iowa
Kansas State Teachers College. Emporia. Kan.
University of Kansas. Bureau of Visual Instruc-
tion, Lawrence, Kan.
Massachusetts State House. Boston. Mass.
University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minn.
University of Missouri, Visual Education Service.
Columbia, Mo.
University of State of Hew Tor);. Albany, N- T.
North Carolina State College. Raleigh, N- C.
North Dakota Agricultural College, Fargo, H- D.
University of Texas. Austin. Tex.
University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Utah
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
VENARD. C. L.
702 South Adams Street, Peoria, III.
Agricultural subjects.
VERITAS FILMS
829 Harrison Street, Oakland. Cal.
Miscellaneous library.
VISCOSE COMPANY. THE
171 Madison Avenue, Hew Tor); dry
Manufacture of rayon
VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF BROOKLYN
80 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, N- T.
Work of visiting nurse.
VISUAL EDUCATION SERVICE. INC.
7024 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CaJ.
Food.
VISUALIZIT. INC.
581 Peachtree Street. Atlanta. Ga.
Educational and entertainment for theatrical and non-
theatrical fields.
VISUAL TEXT SALES COMPANY
1890 South Crenshaw Boulevard. Los Angelej. Cal.
Miscellaneous library.
VISUGRAPHIC PICTURES. INC.
247 Pari; Avenue, Hew Tor\ City
Entertaining and educational subjects, aviation, radio.
vocational guidance and travelogues.
WA FILMS, INC.
130 West 46th Street, Hew Tor); City
Miscellaneous library.
WARNER BROTHERS
321 West 44th Street. Hew Tori- City
Primarily theatrical.
WELCH GRAPE JUICE COMPANY
Westfield. H- T.
Grapes and grape-juice manufacturing.
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY
120 West 41st Street. Hew Tor\ City
Pertaining to electrical transmission of sound and
general electrical subjects.
WHOLESOME FILMS SERVICE. INC.
48 Melrose Street, Boston. Mass.
Educational, religious, health, industry, entertainment
with some theatrical features.
WILDING PICTURES PRODUCTIONS, INC.
1358 Mullett Street, Detroit. Mich.
Automotive.
WILD FLOWER PRESERVATION SOCIETY
3740 Oliver Street. Washington, D. C.
Wild flowers.
WILLOUGHBYS
110 West 32nd Street. Hew Tork City
Recreational and scenic.
WINSTON. JOHN C.
1007 Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa.
Bookmaking.
WORCESTER FILM CORPORATION
130 West 46th Street. Hew Tor\ City
General library.
WORLD FILMS
406 Englewood Avenue, Chicago, III.
General library.
WORLD WIDE PICTURES
130 West 46th Street. Hew Tor/; City
Mostly theatrical.
WYKO PROJECTOR CORPORATION
33 West 60th Street. New Tori; City
General library.
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS FILM SERVICE
386 Fourth Avenue. New Tori; City
Distributors of "The Chronicles of America Photo-
plays."
YELLOW CAB COMPANY
1123 Cathedral Street. Baltimore. Md.
Cab service.
YOSEMITE PARK AND CURRY COMPANY
Tosemite National Pari;. Cal.
Scenic.
Y. M. C. A. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF MOTION PIC-
TURE BUREAU
120 West 41st Street. New Tori; City
300 West Adams Building. Chicago. III.
General library.
YOUNG. RICHARD P. FILM PRODUCTIONS
635 Tujunga, Burban^. Cal.
General educational subjects.
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MOTION PICTURE THEATRES OF
THE WORLD— 1930
Number Wired
Country Theatres
Europe _ _ _ 28,454
United States _ 22.731
Latin America _ _ 4,954
Far East 4,283
Canada _ 1,100
Africa _ 769
Near East 74
Total
62.365
•Above figures are approximations.
EUROPE
Country Theatres
Germany 5.360
England 4,500
France _ 3,236
Spain 2,600
Italy
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Poland
Austria
Belgium .
Hungary _..
Denmark
Portugal
Yugoslavia
Switzerland ...
Finland
Rumania
2.500
1.800
1,250
1,190
861
745
710
524
400
398
362
310
300
279
Norway _ „ 245
Netherlands
Greece —
Bulgaria
Turkey .._ _..
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Other Countries
215
185
138
108
70
55
53
60
Total
Country
Brazil
Argentina
Mexico
Cuba
Chile
Colombia
-..28.454
LATIN AMERICA
Theatres
_ 1.600
_ 975
.. 701
_ 457
221
.. 218
Uruguay _ 125
Venezuela ..
Porto Rico _ _.
Peru „
Salvador -
British West Indies
Guatemala
Panama
Dominican Republic
Honduras
Ecuador -
Nicaragua
Costa Rica -
Bolivia _
123
113
70
47
42
39
38
31
27
25
24
21
20
for Sound
5.401
12.500
527
905
450
116
1
19,900
Sound
Installations
939
2,602
460
150
168
175
95
70
116
30
82
70
15
49
91
20
50
37
95
32
11
10
5
3
6
20
5.401
Sound
Installations
•125
100
136
36
43
13
20
8
18
8
1
5
2
2
MOTION PICTURE THEATRES
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD 1930
THOUSANDS
OF
THEATRES
5
10
15
20
25
EUROPE
UNITED STATES
LATIN AMERICA
FAR EAST
CANADA
AFRICA
NEAR EAST
|:49545.?>-
I 4283- >22o
] MOO'*?
] 769»o
74/
ITAUCA IHDKATC SOUMD mSTALLATtOMS
ALL 7HC 4J>f riCU*C3 tmt AAPAfOriMATTOMS
(Continued on following page, column 1)
MOTION PICTURE THEATRES
IN EUROPE 1930
MOTION PICTURE THEATRES
IN LATIN AMERICA 1930
BRAZIL
ARGENTINA
MEXICO
CUBA
CHILE
COLUMBIA
URACUAY
VENEZUELA
PORTO RICO
PERU
SALVADOR
BR WEST INOICS
GUATE MALA
PANAMA
DOMINICAN REP
HONDURAS
ECUADOR
NICARAGUA
COSTA RICA
BOLIVIA
PARAGUAY
HAITI
BERMUDAS
BRITISH CUIANA
DUTCH W. INDIES
BR. HONDURAS
NUMBCR OF THEATRES
mm :
1123 a
39 i
38 I
MOTION PICTURE THEATRES
IN THE FAR EAST 1930
JAPAN
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
INDIA
PHILIPPINE IS
CHINA
NCTHCRLANO
CAST INOICS
SIAM
BRITISH MALAYApJ
FR INDO CHINA
CEYLON
FIJI ISLANDS
SOCIETY IS
MOTION PICTURE THEATRES
IN AFRICA & THE NEAR EAST 1930
SOUTH AFRICA
NORTH AFRICA
EGYPT
EAST AFRICA
MADAGASCAR
SYRIA
PALESTINE
PERSIA
IRAQ
NUMBER OF THEATRES
100 200 30O 40O
480
1 4
1
■ 20
■ 21
■
|7
»»C« T $ OvmO It*
314
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(Continued from preceding page, column 1)
Paraguay 9
Haiti 9
Bermudas 8 2
British Guiana S 1
Dutch West Indies 4
British Honduras 2
Total 4,954 527
♦Arrangements completed for 16 additional instal-
lations.
AFRICA AND NEAR EAST
Sound
Country Theatres Installations
South Africa 480 56
North Africa 211 22
Egypt °5 36
East Africa 9 2
Madagascar 4
Syria 20 X.
Palestine 21
Persia 26
Iraq '
Total 843 117
FAR EAST
Sound
Country Theatres Installations
Japan 1.327 25
Australia 1.276 540
New Zealand 443 189
India 355 20
Philippine Islands 282
China 23 3 40
Netherland East Indies 214 *17
Siam 42
British Malaya 42 19
French Indo China 34
Ceylon 24
Fiji Islands 0
Society Islands 5
Total 4.283 905
*Six additional installations ordered.
Preliminary figures of American motion picture ex-
ports for the first nine months of 1930 show an
increase of 8,900,540 feet and a value increase of
$719 212 over exports for the corresponding period
in 1929, says C. J. North, chief of the Motion
Picture Division of the Bureau of Foreign and Do-
mestic Commerce. The United States shipped to all
markets of the world during the 1930 period
210 037 969 linear feet of motion pictures with a
declared value of $6,168,703 as compared with
201 137,429 linear feet valued at $5,449,491 for
the corresponding period in 1929. This 1930 total
incidentally is the largest since the Motion Picture
Division began to make compilations on the subject
back in 1925.
The largest increase was in exports of positive
motion pictures which amounted to 201,320, 49.
linear feet valued at $5,166,805 in the first nine
months of 1930 as against 195.018.280 linear feet
valued at $4,610,723 for the same period in 1924.
Exposed negative film also shows an increase, the.
figures for the 1930 period being 8,717,477 feet with
a declared value of $1,001,898 as against 6,119 149
feet valued at $838,768 for the 1929 period. It is
interesting to note that of the motion picture films
exported from the United States during the first nine
months of 1930, 5,208,810 feet of negatives and
132,239,581 feet of positives were sound synchro-
nized As 1930 is the first calendar year in which
sound films received a separate classification from
silent films in our export statistics, no comparison
in this regard can be made with the 1929 period.
Dutribution of American Pictures
Since the introduction of the sound and dialogue
film Europe has become by far our largest quantity
market at the same time maintaining us position as
our best source of revenue. For the first nine months
of 1930 American exports of motion pictures to this
region reached the unprecedented total of 93,537,82-
feet or not far below half of our total film exports.
This figure furthermore shows an increase of nearly
•>i Od fect more than for the 1929 pen. id which
in turn topped 1928 by nearly 25,000.000 feet. As
a matter of fact. Europe accounts for something more
than our total gain in film exports, for both Latin
America and the Far East showed declines from 1929.
The former, which was our largest quantity market
as recently as 1928, fell about 850,000 feet below
its 1929 figure, while the Far East totals declined
just over 8,000.000 feet. This latter was due almost
entirely to the falling off in film exports to Aus-
tralia. Of other regions Canada showed a gain of
nearly 2,000,000 feet and South Africa an almost
equivalent loss.
The accompanying tabic gives in detail the quan-
tity and value of film exports to the various regional
divisions of the world.
America Film Exports by Geographical Location
First 9 Months of 1929 First 9 Months
Countries Linear Feet Vilue Linear Feet
Europe 74.366,404 $2,324,219 93,537,822
Latin America 57,695,969 1,438,356 56,851,729
Far East ; 47,049,888 1,030,348 38,878,767
Canada 10,609,548 462,734 12,534,397
South Africa 3,459,097 87,155 2,608,288
Other Countries 7,956,523 106,679 5,626,966
Total 201,137,429 $5,449,491 210,037,969
of 1930
Value
$3,212,341
1,362,808
918,281
501,469
70,805
102,999
$6,168,703
Distribution by Countries — Europe — Latin
America
The United Kingdom remains by far our leading
individual film market, showing an increase of nearly
10,000,000 feet over its record 1929 figures. France,
which stood ninth in the 1928 period and seventh in
1929, went to second place in 1930 both in Europe
and in the world. Her total of 17,318,513 linear
feet is well over double her film importations from
the United States during the first nine months of
1929. Germany, our third largest market in Europe,
has declined from fifth to sixth place as a world
market even though our exports of films to Germany
for the 1930 period were nearly 1,000,000 feet
greater than in the 1929 period. Spain appears as
our fourth largest European market and the ninth
in the world. This is the first time this country has
been in the first ten of our world markets.
The three countries in Latin America which almost
invariably appear among our ten leading film markets
are (in that order) — Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.
This year is no exception to the rule, but Argentina
has dropped from third to fourth though there is
declined nearly 6,000,000 feet. The only other Far
Eastern country which stands among the first ten
markets for American films is India which as for
the same period last year holds tenth position.
Curiously enough just 2,344 feet less of film was
exported to this market for the first nine months of
1930 than in the first nine months of 1929.
Exports by Countries
The accompanying table gives details of United
States film exports to the leading individual markets
of the world.
American Imports of Motion Pictures
For the first nine months of 1930 American im-
ports of negatives amounted to 1,746,114 linear feet
with a declared value of $22 1,932 as against 1,926,749
feet valued at $243,254 for the same period in 1929.
For these periods the imports of positives were re-
spectively 3,407,355 feet valued at $163,563 as com-
pared with 3,764,797 feet valued at $130,729. In
the case both of negatives and positives the total
imported during the first nine months of 1930 was.
less than during the first nine months of 1929.
United States Exports of Films to Individual Leading Markets
Countries of
Destination
United Kingdom
France
Argentina
Canada ...
Germany
Brazil
Mexico ...
Spain
India
First 9 Months of 19J
9
First 9 Months of
1930
Rank
Linear Feet
Value
Rank
Linear Feet
Value
1
23,111,066 i
1,049,760
1
33,038,668
$1,708,843
7
8,022,510
199,863
2
17,318,513
429,703
2
21,133,317
435,652
3
15,538,612
393,303
3
14,829,125
368,344
4
12,640,569
344,935
6
10,609,548
462,734
5
12,534.397
501,469
5
11,532,705
354,501
6
12,083,870
321,075
4
12,673,107
303,807
7
9,500,083
198,842
8
6,739,505
162,150
8
7,304,112
193,769
9
5,162,151
112,294
10
5,031,522
124,194
10
5,029,178
128,490
only a very slight decrease in our film exports to
Argentina. Brazil has dropped from fourth to sev-
enth, while Mexico remains eighth. Exports of films
to Brazil declined over 2,000,000 feet while similar
exports to Mexico showed an increase of a little
under 1,000,000 feet.
The Far East
Australia, which led the world as a quantity
market for American films from 1925 through 1928,
continued the decline which set in for the nine
months' period of 1929, but nevertheless went up
from fourth to third place in the markets of the
world. The film footage sent to Australia, however.
American Foreign Trade in Non-Exposed
Film
During the first nine months of 1930 American
exports of films sensitized but not exposed reached
a total of 60,098,922 linear feet valued at $1,341,543
as compared with 44,965,833 feet valued at $980,202
for the first nine months of 1929. Coincident with
this gain there was a tremendous decline in the
amount of non-exposed film imported. Whereas for
the 1929 period the amount reached a total of
273,357 feet valued at $3,472,079 in the 1930 period
this fell off to 103,095,089 with a value of $933,444.
Industrial Film Producers and Distributors
Personnel
Alexander Film Company
Colorado Springs, Col.
PRESIDENT
J. Don Alexander
VICE-PRESIDENT
D. M. Alexander
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
R. A. Duncan
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Mark Fitzgerald
Has made nine industrial motion pictures (but not
all of them in the past twelve months) for Kuncr-
Empson Co., Brighton, Col.; Continental Oil Co.,
Public Service Co., Denver, Col.; Bradley Knitting
Co., Dclavan, Wis.; Florsheim Shoe Co., Chicago;
Walk-Over Shoe Co., Silent Automatic Corp., De-
troit; Radio Corporation of America, New York;
three for screening in sales departments, six for
screening in theatres. Average footage: from 250
to 2,000 fect; total footage of raw stock used an-
nually: negative 405,101 feet; positive 3,855,044 fect;
uses standard, 3 5 mm. raw stock.
Atlantic Film Corporation
Pittsburgh. Pa.
PRESIDENT
Chas. S. Stanton
TREASURER
John A. Scanlon
Has made 14 industrial motion pictures in the
last year, 1 1 for screening in sales departments, 3
for screening in theatres. Average footage, 500 feet;
total footage of raw stock used annually: negative.
30.000 feet; positive, 150,000 feet; uses Eastman and
Dupont raw stock. Several hundred shorts were
produced for commercial and other uses.
Burton Holmes Lectures, Inc.
7510 H. Ashland Avenue
Chicago, III.
PRESIDENT
E. Burton Holmes
VICE-PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
O^CAR B. DepUE
SECRETARY AND MANAGER OF INDUSTRIAL
DIVISION
Burton W. Depue
MANAGER OF LECTURE DIVISION
\V. W. Wlstcott
Has made 1 1 industrial motion pictures in the last
year, for Eli Lilly and Co., Standard Oil Co. (Ind.),
American Depositor Corp., Radium Service Corp.
of America. Red Top Steel Post Co., and others..
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four for screening in sales departments. Average
footage, 2 to 4 reels; total footage of raw stock used
annually: negative, 101,592 feet; positive, 1,940,33!
feet; uses Eastman panchromatic and super-sensitive
negative and Eastman positive raw stock.
Church and School Film Exchange
3178 Polk Building
Des Moines, Iowa
MANAGER
E. F. BlDDLE
Distributor only.
Frank R. Church Films
J 7/9 Jefferson Street
Oakland. Cal.
GENERAL MANAGER
Frank R. Church
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Ken P. Allen
Has made 4 industrial motion pictures in the last
year, two for screening in sales departments, one for
screening in theatres. Average footage, 4 reels;
total footage of raw stock used annually: negative,
30,000 feet; positive, 214,000 feet; uses Dupont
panchromatic raw stock.
DeFrenes and Company
Will(es-Barre, Pa.
PRESIDENT
Joseph DeFrenes
Has made 15 industrial motion pictures in the last
year, for various companies, 10 for screening in sales
departments, 2 for screening in theatres. Average
footage, 2,000 feet; total footage of raw stock used
annually: negative, 60,000 feet; positive, 300,000
feet; uses Eastman raw stock.
Films of Commerce, Inc.
35 West 45 th Street
Pathe Building
Hew York City
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Don Carlos Ellis
VICE-PRESIDENT AND PRODUCTION
MANAGER
Henry C. Grant
SECRETARY
Douglas Gordon
Has made 20 industrial motion pictures in the last
vear, for Chilean Nitrate ol Soda Educational Bureau,
International Fire Equipment Corporation, Silica Gc.
Corporation. Wcstinghouse Electric Manufacturing
Company, Joseph Hilton Sons, National Dairy Show.
National Sugar Refining Company. General Electric
Company. Tobacco By-Products cV Chemical Company,
Hegcm.m f? Harris. Howard Clothes. Inc.. Canadian
Pacific R. R., Troy Fire Dept.. 8 for screening in
sales departments, 4 for theatres. Average footage:
2 reels; uses non-inflammable Dupont 35 and 16 mm.
General Electnc Comp-"iv
Visual Instruction Section
Schenectady, H- T.
HEAD OF SECTION
John Klenke
Has made thirty industrial morion pictures in the
last year, for General Electric departments, 28 for
screening in sales department, 2 for screening in
theatres. Average footage, 1.000 feet; total footage
of raw stock used annually: negative, 150.000 feet
(approximately); positive. 1,350.000 feet (approxi-
mately): uses DuPont negative and Eastman positive
raw stock.
Harcol Motion Picture Industries, Inc.
6/0-6/2 Baronne Street
Hew Orleans, La.
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
A. Harrison. Jr.
VICE-PRESIDENT
A. W. Harrison
SFrRFTARY AND TREASURER
H. Harrison
Has made 22 reels of industrial motion pictures in
the last year, for the State of Louisiana and various
companies, 4 for screening in sales departments.
Average footage: 1,000 feet; uses all types of 'aw
stock.
Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc.
6058 Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood . Cal.
MANAGFR PRODUCTION AND EQUIPMENT
DIVISIONS
F. K. RoCKETT
Has made 24 industrial motion pictures in the last
-year, for Cclitc Co. (now Johns-Manvillc Co.), Asso-
ciated Realty Owners. Inc.. Los Angeles, Cal., Dar-
nell Co., Lt., Long Beach. Cal.. Dr. Richardson, Los
Angeles, Cal., Universal Engineering Co., Los
Angeles. Cal.. Union Oil Co , Los Angeles, Cal .
Automobile Club of So. Cal., Los Angeles, Cal.,
Southern Sierras Power Co., Riverside, Cal., Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Co., Los Angeles, Cal., Los Angeles
Soap Co., Los Angeles, Cal., National Cash Register
Co., Los Angeles, Cal., Seaboard Royalty Co., Los
Angeles, Cal., Hy Vis Oil Refining Co., Los Angeles,
Cal., Gruss Air Spring Co., Los Angeles, Cal., Clear
Lake Beach Co., Los Angeles, Cal., Crescent City
Co., Los Angeles, Cal., Community Industries, Los
Angeles, Cal., Hollywood Movie Supply Co.. Holly-
wood, Cal., Protective Life Insurance Co., Birming-
ham, Ala.; mostly for use of sales forces, 3 for screen-
ing in theatres. Total footage of raw stock used
annually for both industrial work and other purposes
in the laboratory includes: 16 mm. film, negative
17,795 feet, positive 3,404,256; 35 mm. film, nega-
tive 204.031 feet, positive 2,129,383; uses all kinds
of 16 mm. and 35 mm. raw stock.
Loucks and Norling Studios
245 West 5 5th Street
Hew York City
PARTNERSHIP
A. H. Loucks
J. A. Norling
Has made 12 industrial motion pictures in the last
year, for Harbison-Walker Refractories Co., Pitts-
burgh Code Co., Naylor Pipe Co., Eastman Kodak
Co., Cities Service Co., Henry L. Doherty Co.,
U. S. Steel Corp. and many others, all of them for
screening in sales department. Average footage: one
to five reels; average two reels; total footage of raw
stock used annually: negative, 100.000 feet; positive,
1,000,000 feet; uses Eastman and some DuPont raw
stock.
Malkames Educational Film Co.
Hazleton. Pa.
PRESIDENT
Don Malkames
TREASURER
George Malkames
SECRETARY
Carl Malkames
Has made 5 industrial motion pictures in the last
year, for many companies, and also has synchronized
many productions for other companies which produce
films, as they specialize in sound recording, 3 for
screening in sales departments, 2 for screening in
theatres. Average footage, 2,000 feet; total footage
of raw stock used annually: negative, 30.000; positive,
100.000; uses Eastman Panchro Type 2 raw stock.
Metropolitan Motion Picture Co.
2310 Cass Avenue
Detroit. Mich.
PRESIDENT
Maurice J. Caplan
VICE-PRESIDENT
Max Smitt
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Arthur Caplan
Has made 6 industrial motion pictures in the last
year for Chrysler Corp., all for screening in sales
departments. Average footage, 1.000 feet; total foot-
age of raw stock used annually: negative. 250,000;
positive, 2,000.000; uses Eastman raw stock.
Q. R. S.-DeVry Corporation
333 H- Michigan Avenue
Chicago. 111.
PRESIDENT
T. M. Pletcher
VICE-PRESIDENT
C. Sundberg
TREASURER
A. C. Barclay
Rothacker Film Corp.
/I3 West Austin Avenue
Chicago. III.
also
729 Seventh Avenue
Hew 1 ork
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Douglas D. Rothacker
VICE-PRESIDENT
J. Don Alexander
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
J. D. Alexander, Jr.
Has made 20 or more industrial motion pictures in
the last year, about 15 per cent for screening in
sales departments, 10 per cent for screening in thea-
tres. Average footage, 2.000 feet; total footage of
raw stock used annually: negative. 50,000 feet; posi-
tive, 1.000,000 feet.
Ray-Bell Films, Inc.
8/7-823 University Avenue
St. Paul. Minn.
PRESIDENT
R H. Ray
VICE-PRESIDENT
E. E. Bell
SECRETARY
A. M. Griswold
TREASURER
C. A. Nyquist
Has made about 20 industrial motion pictures in
the last year, for various industrial manufacturers,
nearly all for screening in sales departments, three
lor part theatre screen. Average footage: 1 reel
1.000 feet; uses Eastman Kodak Co. raw stock.
Rowland Rogers Picture Service
74 Sherman Street
Long Island City, ;\ T
PRESIDENT
Rowland Rogers
SECRETARY
E. J. Wood
Has made more than 25 reels in the last year
about one-half for screening in sales departments, one
tor tneatres. Average footage. 1,000 feet; uses East-
man raw stock.
Society for Visual Education, Inc.
32< S. La Salle Street
Chicago. 111.
PRESIDENT
M. M. Witham
VICE-PRESIDENT
B. J. Kleenip
SECRETARY
Irene Gonser
Produces educational films only and pictorials (still
turn slides). Uses Eastman non-inflammable raw
stock.
Stark-Films
(■Successor to Starlj &• Edwards)
219 W. Centre Street
Baltimore, Md.
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Milton Stark
SALES MANAGER
William Kinc
DISTRIBUTION MANAGER
Harry Vogelstein
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Philip Stark
Has made 8 industrial motion pictures in the last
year, for various industrial and educational organiza-
tions within a radius of 100 miles of Baltimore, Md.,
6 for screening in sales departments, 2 for screening
in theatres. Average footage. 1.000 feet; total foot-
age of raw stock used annually: negative. 25 000 feet-
positive. 75.000 feet, including 16mm.; uses DuPont
raw stock.
Strickland Industrial Film Corporation
16} Walton Street
Atlanta, Ga.
PRESIDENT
Robert B. Strickland
SECRETARY
W B McCoy
LABORATORY SUPERINTENDENT
V. A. Lambert
SALES MANAGER
F. L. Cannon
MANAGER EQUIPMENT SALES (16 mm. and
35 mm.)
W L. Welch
Has made 7 industrial motion pictures in the last
year, for Coco Cola Co., Campbell Coal Co.. Atlan-
tic 2nd Pacific Tea Co • Atlanta Metallic Casket Co..
Wofford Oil Co., Atlanta Stove Works, Caterpillar
Tractor Co., 2 for screening in sales departments. 5
for screening in theatres. Average footage, 500 feet;
total footage of raw stock used annually: negative
30,000 feet; positive, 100,000 feet; uses Eastman raw
stock.
Van Beuren Corporation
/560 Broadway
Hew York City
PRESIDENT
Amedee J. Van Beuren
W. V. Currie
E. A. EscHMANN
Visua1 Service Co., Inc.
245 West 55th Street
Hew York City
PRESIDENT
A. H. Loucks
VICE-PRESIDENT
B. F. Haugh
Frank Lappin
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
J. A. Norling
316 The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1931
DISTRIBUTOR DRAFT OF PROPOSED CONTRACT
Final text of distributors ' proposed standard licens-
ing agreement, completed by them following the
Atlantic City meetings o/-the "5-5-5 " con/erence,
held early in July, at which proposed changes in the
agreement were drafted by distributors, the M. P. T.
O. A. and Allied States Association.
There are two forms to the proposed agreement, a
"long" and "short." The former, appearing below,
is immediately followed by the "short" agreement:
Agreement of license under copyright of the motion
pictures distributed by the distributor for exhibition
at the theatre of the exhibitor respectively named and
specified in a Short Form License Agreement (here-
inafter referred to as the Short Form) containing the
Schedule hereinafter referred to, and in which Short
Form by reference hereto there shall be deemed in-
corporated and made a part thereof all of 4ie pro-
visions of this Standard License Agreement as if
therein fully set forth. This agreement of License
and said Short Form shall be for all purposes deemed
one complete and single instrument.
Warranty as to Form
The distributor warrants that this license agreement
contains all of the provisions of the twenty-six (26)
numbered articles of the "Standard License Agree-
ment" recommended by the Motion Picture Producers
and Distributors of America, Inc.; the Motion Picture
Theatre Owners of America and the Allied States
Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors, an authen-
ticated copy of which has been filed with each of
said organizations. That any and all additional pro-
visions are not inconsistent with or in contradiction
of the provisions of said numbered articles and are
printed or written in the Schedule of the Short Form
under the caption "Added Articles"; and that any
such added provision shall be deemed to have been
so added after the date of the recommendation of this
form of Standard License Agreement, to conform with
the distributor's own business policy.
License and Time and Place op Exhibition
First: Subject to the terms and conditions herein-
after stated, and those specified in the Short Form
in. which by reference hereto all the provisions hereof
shall be deemed incorporated therein, the distributor
hereby grants to the exhibitor and the exhibitor ac-
cepts a limited license under the respective copyrights
of the motion pictures designated and described in
the Schedule of the said Short Form all the provisions
of print shall be deemed to include the records, discs
and any other device which by this reference thereto
are made a part hereof as if herein fully set forth;
and if in such Short Form it is provided that this
license is for sound motion pictures, under any copy-
right of any matter included in any sound recorded
therefor, to exhibit publicly said motion pictures and
to reproduce for public performances such recorded
sound in synchronism therewith, but only at the said
theatre for the number of successive days and for the
sums in the said Schedule specified and for no other
use or purpose. Each such license so to reproduce
such recorded sound is granted upon the exhibitor's
express warranty and upon condition (a) that the
sound reproducing equipment in the said theatre will
operate reliably and efficiently to reproduce such re-
corded sound with adequate volume and high quality
whether recorded upon a print or upon records, discs
or other similar devices; and (b) if copyrighted mu-
sical compositions are included in such recorded sound,
the exhibitor now has or will have at the date or
dates of the exhibition of each of such motion pic-
tures and the reproduction of such recorded sound, an
effective license from the copyright proprietor or from
any licensee of the copyright proprietor to perform
publicly the said copyrighted musical compositions.
The distributor reserves the right to record the sound
for reproduction in synchronism with the exhibition
of said motion pictures or any of them on the print
thereof or on records or discs as the distributor may
from time to time determine, provided that if the
sound reproducing equipment in said theatre will re-
produce sound recorded only on prints or only on
discs, as represented and specified by the exhibitor
in the Short Form, then upon written notice to the
exhibitor of the recording of such sound only by
means other than that specified in the Short Form, the
exhibitor shall have the right to cancel this license
agreement as to all motion pictures affected by such
other method of recording upon written notice to
such effect given to the distributor not later than
fourteen (14) days after the receipt by the exhibitor
of the said notice of the distributor and upon the
Riving of such notice by the exhibitor the license as
to each such picture shall terminate and revert to the
distributor. If, however, the sound reproducing equip-
ment in said theatre is thereafter during the term
hereof changed by the exhibitor and as then changed
reproduces sound recorded by such other method of
recording, the exhibitor's notice of cancellation shall
be deemed revoked and the license of said motion
pictures affected thereby reinstated upon written notice
to such effect by the distributor, provided that said
motion pictures shall not have been in the meantime
licensed to mother exhibitor for the same run in
the same locality as that granted to the exhibitor and
specified in the Short Form.
If more than one theatre is designated no motion
picture is licensed hereunder for exhibition at more
than one of such theatres unless otherwise specifically
agreed upon in the Short Form.
Provided this license is for sound motion pictures
and the recorded sound is not recorded upon a print,
all references hereinafter made to a disc upon which
sound is recorded for reproduction in synchronism
with the exhibition of a print.
Payment Upon Percentage Basis
SECOND: (a) If the license fee or any part thereof,
of any of said motion pictures shall be computed
upon the exhibitor's receipts, or any part thereof,
the exhibitor shall deliver to the distributor at the
end of each day's exhibition a correct itemized state-
ment of the gross receipts of said theatre for admis-
sion thereto upon the exhibition date or dates of each
motion picture for which payment is so required to
be made, signed by the exhibitor or the exhibitor's
manager and the exhibitor's cashier or treasurer, which
statement shall include such additional facts and
figures, if required in the Schedule, for the deter-
mination of the license fee. Should the distributor
so require, such itemized statement shall be made upon
forms furnished by the distributor. Upon the ex-
hibition date or dates of each motion picture an
authorized representative of the distributor is hereby
given the right to verify the sale of all tickets of
admission to said theatre, and the receipts therefrom;
and for such purpose shall have access to the theatre,
including the box office, and also the right to examine
all entries relating to such gross receipts and such
facts and figures in all the exhibitor's books and
records, and if hereunder it is provided that the ex-
hibitor make certain expenditures and/or deductions,
to examine all entries relating to such expenditures
and/or deductions. The distributor, or its authorized
representative, also shall have access for a period of
four (4) months after the receipt by the distributor
of each such statement, to all entries in all of the
exhibitor's books and records relating to such gross
receipts, expenditures and/or deductions and such
facts and figures for the purpose of verifying such
statement. The distributor agrees, unless such repre-
sentative is an employee of the distributor or em-
ployed as a checker, not to employ as a representa-
tive for such purpose any person a resident of or
employed in the place where the said theatre is lo-
cated, other than a person engaged in business as an
accountant. The distributor agrees that any infor-
mation obtained pursuant to the provisions of this
clause will be treated as confidential, excepting in any
arbitration proceeding or litigation in respect to this
license.
Liquidated Damages for Breach ip Licensed
Upon Percentage Basis
(b) If the license fee or any part thereof, of any
of said motion pictures shall be computed either in
whole or in part, upon a percentage of the admission
receipts of said theatre or any part thereof or upon
a percentage of such receipts and a fixed sum and if
the exhibitor fails or refuses to exhibit any such
motion picture as herein provided, the exhibitor shall
pay to the distributor as liquidated damages for each
day that the exhibitor fails or refuses to exhibit such
motion picture, a sum equal to such percentage of
the average daily gross receipts of such theatre during
the period of thirty (30) operating days immediately
prior to the date or dates when said motion picture
should have been so exhibited, hereunder or, as the
case may be, equal to such percentage of said average
daily gross receipts plus such, fixed sum provided, how-
ever, that if the exhibitor shall exhibit such motion
picture for less than the full number of days provided
for in the Short Form, for each day less than the said
full number of days, the sum equal to sixty-five per
cent (65%) of the gross receipts of said theatre during
the last day of the exhibition thereat of such motion
picture. A sworn statement of the said daily gross
receipts shall be delivered by the exhibitor to the
distributor upon demand therefor.
Term
THIRD: The term of this agreement shall begin
with the date fixed or determined as hereinafter pro-
vided for the exhibition at the said theatre of the first
motion picture deliverable hereunder and shall con-
tinue for a period of one year thereafter unless other-
wise in the Short Form provided; or unless any of
the motion pictures shall not be available for ex-
hibition hereunder during said period of one year by
reason of the provisions of Article Eighth hereof, then
the said one year term shall be deemed to be ex-
tended to the date of the expiration of the period of
protection, if any. granted in respect to the last of
said motion pictures deliverable hereunder and if no
period of protection shall have been granted then to
the last date of exhibition hereunder of such last
motion picture.
Delivery and Exhibition op Prints
FOURTH: (a) The distributor agrees during the
term of the license and within a reasonable time after
each of said motion pictures is generally released for
public exhibition and become available for exhibition
by the exhibitor hereunder to deliver to the ex-
hibitor a print in physical condition for exhibition,
and if the license is for sound motion pictures, which
will clearly reproduce the recorded sound in synchro-
nism therewith, and the exhibitor agrees to exhibit
such print of each of said motion pictures upon the
date or dates during said term as herein provided.
Such date or dates so fixed or determined shall be for
all purposes the exhibition date or dates of each such
motion picture as though definitely specified in the
Short Form before execution thereof by the exhibitor.
General and Pre-Release
(b) The public exhibition of any of said motion
pictures for three (3) consecutive days at prices cus-
tomarily and usually charged for admission to the
theatre where so exhibited in the territory wherein
is located the exchange out of which the exhibitor is
served, excepting any "road show," "tryout," "pre-
view," or "pre-release" exhibitions thereof, shall be
deemed the general release for public exhibition of
such motion picture but only in such territory. A
"pre-release" exhibition shall be deemed any ex-
hibition because of seasonal conditions making desir-
able exhibitions in advance of general release as
herein defined.
Exhibition in Order op General Release
(c) The exhibitor agrees to exhibit each of the
motion pictures licensed hereunder in the order of
its general release by the distributor in the exchange
territory in which the said theatre is located. The
exhibitor shall have the right to select any of the
motion pictures for exhibition out of the order of its
general release, subject to prior runs and/or protec-
tions granted other exhibitors, on the date or dates
determined as provided in Article Seventh hereof or
otherwise agreed upon, but only upon the following,
conditions (a) that the exhibitor is not in default
hereunder and shall have fully complied with all the
provisions, if any, set forth in the Short Form for
the exhibition of one or more of said motion pictures
at specified intervals; and (b) that the distributor and
the exhibitor shall then agree upon the date or dates
upon which all of the motion pictures generally re-
leased prior to the general release of such motion pic-
tures and available for exhibition hereunder shall be
exhibited by the exhibitor, which date or dates shall
be within thirty days from the first exhibition date
of the motion picture to be exhibited out of the order
of its general release; or in the alternative the ex-
hibitor shall then pay to the distributor the license
fee for each of such motion pictures then generally
released and available for exhibition hereunder, and
as to any thereof which shall not be exhibited by the
exhibitor within thirty days from the first exhibition
date of the motion picture to be exhibited out of the
order of its general release, the grant of the run and'
protection period in respect thereof shall be deemed
waived by the exhibitor. Upon the failure or refusal
of the exhibitor to exhibit any of such motion pic-
tures then generally released and available for exhibi-
tion hereunder within said thirty days period or to
pay the license fee thereof, the right of the exhibitor
to thereafter select for exhibition any motion picture
out of the order of its general release shall be for-
feited. The provisions of this paragraph (c) shall
not be deemed to limit or qualify the provisions of
Article Seventh hereof excepting as in this paragraph-
(c) specifically provided.
Delivery by Distributor
FIFTH: The Distributor shall make deliveries here-
under to the Exhibitor, or the Exhibitor's authorized'
agent, by delivery at the Distributor's exchange, or
to a common carrier, or to the United States Postal
Authorities. If deliveries are made to a carrier they
shall be made in accordance with the carrier's deliverv
schedule in time to reach the place where the said
theatre is located in sufficient time for inspection ancF
projection before the usual time for the opening of the-
said theatre.
Acceptance"
SIXTH: Unless notice of acceptance of this appli-
cation by the distributor is sent to the exhibitor by
mail or telegraph within the number of days after the-
date thereof hereinafter specified (immediately follow-
ing the name of the city wherein is situated the ex-
change of the distributor from which the exhibitor
is served, or if such city is not hereinafter named then
within the number nf days specified immediately fol-
lowing the city hereinafter named nearest thereto)
said application shall be deemed withdrawn and the
distributor shall forthwith return any sums paid on
account thereof by the exhibitor. Albany, 10; At-
lanta. 20; Boston, 10; Buffalo, 10; Charleston. 1';
Charlotte, 15; Chicago, 15; Cincinnati, 20; Cleveland-
15; Dallas, 30; Denver, 20; Des Moines, 15; Detroit.
15; Indianapolis, 15; Jacksonville, 15; Kansas City,.
15; Los Angeles. 25; Little Rock, 15; Louisville, 15;
Memphis, 20; Milwaukee, 15; Northern New Jersey,
7; Minneapolis, ZD; Butte, 30; New Haven, 10; New-
Orleans, 15; New York City. 7; Oklahoma City. 20;
Omaha. 20; Peoria, 15; Philadelphia, 10; Pittsburgh,.
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
317
14; Portland, Ore., 30; St. Louis, 15; Salt Lake City,
30; San Francisco, 25; Seattle, 30; Washington,
D. C, 14.
Selection or Designation of Playdates
SEVENTH; The exhibition date or dates of each
motion picture unless definitely specified or otherwise
provided for in the Short Form or otherwise agreed
upon shall be determined as follows:
Notice of Availability
1. Subject to prior runs and/or protection granted
or hereafter granted to other exhibitors and within
a reasonable time after a print or prints of any of
said motion pictures are received at the exchange of
the distributor out of which the exhibitor is served
and any such motion picture then being available for
exhibition by the exhibitor hereunder the distributor,
provided the exhibitor is not in default hereunder,
shall mail to the exhibitor a notice in writing of the
date when such motion picture will be available for
exhibition by the exhibitor, such date being herein-
after referred to as the "available date." Such notice
shall be mailed to the exhibitor at least fifteen days
before the "available date" therein specified.
Selection by Exhibitor
2. The exhibitor shall within fourteen days after
the mailing of such notice select the exhibition date
or dates, within the period commencing with the
available date and ending thirty days thereafter, by
giving to the distributor written notice of the date or
dates so selected. If the exhibition date or dates so
selected by the exhibitor are not open for the ex-
hibitor because such date or dates have been pre-
viously assigned to another or other exhibitors then
the exhibition date or dates shall be determined as
provided in the following paragraphs (a) and (b).
(a) If other dates within said thirty day period
are open the exhibitor shall immediately select from
such other open dates another date or other dates,
failing to do so then the distributor shall have the
right to designate such date or dates within the period
beginning not earlier than two weeks and ending not
later than six weeks from the date first selected by
the exhibitor and written notice thereof shall be
given or mailed the exhibitor fourteen (14) days be-
fore the date so designated by the distributor.
(b) If no other date or dates within the said
thirty day period are open then the exhibitor shall
designate the date or dates which shall be within the
period beginning not earlier than two weeks and end-
ing not later than six weeks from the last day of the
said thirty day period and written notice thereof
shall be immediately given or mailed to the distributor
by the exhibitor. If the exhibitor fails to so desig-
nate such date or dates then the distributor shall have
the right to make such designation within the same
period and written notice thereof shall be mailed to
the exhibitor fourteen days before the date so desig-
nated by the distributor.
Failure to Exhibit
3. If the exhibition date or dates of any motion
picture are not selected by the exhibitor as herein-
before provided or otherwise agreed upon or the ex-
hibitor fails or refuses to exhibit such motion picture
on the date or dates designated bv the distributor if
designated as provided in paragraphs "a" and "b"
hereof then the sum or sums payable hereunder for
the license to exhibit such motion picture forthwith
shall become due and payable and the grant, if any.
of the run and/or protection period in respect to such
motion picture shall be deemed revoked with the
right to the exhibitor if such payment has been made
to exhibit such motion picture hereunder upon written
request mailed or delivered to the distributor within
sixty days after the available date therefor upon a
date or dates not in conflict with any run and /or
protection period granted or hereafter granted to other
exhibitors; failing to make such request within said
period of time the license of such motion picture
granted hereunder shall terminate and revert to the
distributor. Nothing contained in this paragraph 3
shall deprive the exhibitor of the right to offer, upon
the hearing or trial of any controversy arising here-
under, competent evidence in mitigation of damages.
First Run Exhibitions
EIGHTH: (a) If in the Short Form the exhibitor
is granted a first run of the said motion pictures, the
exhibitor shall exhibit each of the feature motion
pictures excepting those described in Paragraph (d)
of this Article within the period beginning with the
date scheduled and announced by the distributor for
the general release of each feature motion picture in
the territory wherein is located the exchange of the
distributor out of which the exhibitor is served and
ending one hundred and twenty (120) days there-
after, notwithstanding any provision of Article Seventh
hereof to the contrary. If the first exhibition date of
any of the said motion pictures shall occur on a date
later than ninety (90) days after its scheduled and
announced general release date, then the period of
protection of such motion picture shall be reduced
so as to expire one hundred and twenty (120) davs
after said scheduled date of its general release. Upon
the failure of the exhibitor to exhibit any feature mo-
tion picture within said period of one hundred and
twenty (120) days, the grant of the said first run
and the protection period in respect thereof shall be
deemed waived by the exhibitor and the license fee
as to such feature motion picture shall thereupon
forthwith become due and payable to the distributor,
with the right to the exhibitor to exhibit such fea-
ture motion picture as hereinafter in Paragraph (e)
of this Article provided.
Second Run Exhibitions
(b) If in the Short Form the exhibitor is granted a
second run of the said motion pictures and any other
exhibitor having been granted the first run thereof im-
mediately prior to such second run fails to exhibit any
of the feature motion pictures, excepting those de-
scribed in Paragraph (d) of this Article within the
said period of one hundred and twenty (120) days
specified in Paragraph (a) of this Article, the exhib-
itor shall exhibit each such feature motion picture
within the period beginning with the date of the ex-
piration of the said one hundred and twenty (120)
days period and ending fourteen (14) days thereafter,
notwithstanding any provision of Article Seventh
hereof to the contrary. Upon the failure of the exhib-
itor to exhibit any such feature motion picture within
said fourteen (14) days period the grant of such sec-
ond run and the protection period if any in respect
thereof shall be deemed waived by the exhibitor and
the license fee as to such feature motion- picture shall
thereupon forthwith become due and payable to the
distributor with the right to the exhibitor to exhibit
such feature motion picture as hereinafter in Paragraph
(e) of this Article provided.
Subsequent Runs Exhibitions
(c) If in the Short Form the exhibitor is granted
a run subsequent to a second run of the said motion
pictures and an/ other exhibitor having been granted
the second run thereof immediately prior to such sub-
sequent run fails to exhibit any of the feature motion
pictures, excepting those described in Paragraph (d) of
this Article within the said period of fourteen (14)
days specified in Paragraph (b) of this Article the ex-
hibitor shall exhibit each feature motion picture within
the period beginning with the date of the expiration of
the S3id fourteen day period and ending seven (7) days
thereafter, notwithstanding any provision of Article
Seventh hereof to the contrary. Upon the failure of
the exhibitor to exhibit any such feature motion pic-
ture within said seven (7) day period, the grant of
such subsequent run and the protection period if any in
respect thereof shall be deemed waived by the exhib-
itor and the license fee as to such feature motion pic-
ture shall thereupon forthwith become due and payable
to the distributor with the right to the exhibitor to
exhibit such feature motion picture as hereinafter in
Paragraph (e) of this Article provided.
Extended Runs
(d) Any of the motion pictures which shall have
been exhibited at any theatre in the said territory for
more than one show week prior to the run in the
Short Form granted the exhibitor shall be excepted
Irom the provisions of this Article and of Paragraph
(b) of Article Fourth.
Exhibition After Revocation of Run and
Protection
(e) Upon the revocation of the grant of the run
and/or the protection period of any feature motion
picture as provided in Paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of
this Article, the exhibitor upon payment of the sum
or sums payable hereunder as provided in this Article
for the license to exhibit such feature motion picture,
shall have the right to exhibit the same hereunder upon
a date or dates not in conflict with any run and/or
protection period granted or hereafter granted to other
exhibitors, upon written request mailed or delivered to
the distributor within sixty (60) days after the last
date upon which such feature motion picture should
have been exhibited by the exhibitor as provided in
this Article. Failing to make such request within said
period of sixty (60) days the license to exhibit such
feature motion picture granted hereunder shall termi-
nate and revert to the distributor.
Assignment Upon Sale of Theatre
NINTH: This license shall not be assigned by
either party without the written consent of the other,
provided, that if the exhibitor sells the said theatre or
transfers any interest therein and is not in default here-
under, the exhibitor may assign this license to the
purchaser of the theatre or of such interest without
the written consent of the distributor but any such
assignment shall not be valid or of any effect here-
under unless a written acceptance thereof by the as-
signee assuming the obligations of the exhibitor shall
be delivered to the distributor. Any such assignment
shall not release the exhibitor from any liability here-
under unless such release from liability is consented to
by the distributor in writing.
Vf.rbal Promises; Changes in Writing
TENTH: This license agreement is complete and all
promises, representations, understandings and agree-
ments in reference thereto have been expressed herein.
No change or modification hereof or changes in or
modification of the Short Form shall be binding upon
the distributor unless in writing signed by an officer of
or any person duly authorized by the distributor at its
main office in New York City, excepting in an emer-
gency and only then a change or modification may be
consented to in writing but only by the representative
of the distributor managing the distributor's exchange
out of which the exhibitor is served provided such
change or modification docs not change or modify the
run, and/or protection period, or decrease any license
fee specified in the Short Form.
Return of Prints by Exhibitor
ELEVENTH: The exhibitor shall promptly after
the last exhibition on the last date of the license
period of each motion picture return the print thereof.
with the reels and containers furnished therewith, to
the distributor's exchange or deliver the same to a car-
rier designated or used by the distributor for delivery
to such exchange or as otherwise directed by written
instructions of the distributor for delivery to another
exhibitor in each case adequately valued or insured and
the exhibitor shall pay all transportation charges but
not exceeding a sum equal to the cost of transporting
a print from the distributor's exchange to the exhibitor
and returning it to the distributor's exchange and if
insured all insurance charges therefor.
Loss op or Damage to Prints
TWELFTH: The exhibitor shall immediately notify
the distributor's exchange by telegram of the loss,
theft, destruction of or damage to any print and the
exhibitor shall pay to the distributor a sum equal to
the cost of replacement at the distributor's exchange
for each linear foot thereof and if this license is for
sound motion pictures for each record and for each
record case, lost, stolen, destroyed or damaged in any
way in the interval between the delivery to and the
return thereof by the exhibitor. The exhibitor shall
not be liable for the damage to or destruction of any
print provided such damage or destruction occurred
while in transit from the exhibitor and provided that
such print was adequately valued or insured by the
exhibitor. Provided the exhibitor is not in default
hereunder the distributor shall at the option of the
exhibitor repay or credit to the exhibitor any sum so
paid for a lost or stolen print, excepting "news reels,"
upon the return thereof to the distributor within
sixty days after the date when the same should have
been returned hereunder. All claims by the exhibitor
on account of the condition or the late or non-arrival
of a print, or by the distributor because of damage
thereto by the exhibitor shall be barred hereunder
unless any such claim if made by the exhibitor, shall
be made by a telegram setting forth fully the condition
complained of sent by the exhibitor to the distributor
prior to the second public exhibition thereof, or if
delivery of a print has been delayed, within one hour
of its arrival; if any such claim is made by the dis-
tributor urless a notice in writing by the distributor is
sent to the exhibitor within forty-eight (48) hours,
Sundays excepted, of the receipt by the distributor of
a damaged print or of a notice by another exhibitor
that a print was received by such other exhibitor in a
damaged condition.
Description
THIRTEENTH: The distributor shall have and
hereby reserves the right in the sole discretion of the
distributor to change the title of any of the motion
pictures specified in the Schedule, to make changes in,
alterations and adaptations of any story, book or play
and to substitute for any thereof any other story, book
or play excepting for those based upon a well known
named book or play.
The distributor also shall have the right to change
the director, the cast or any member thereof of any
of said motion pictures but the exhibitor shall not be
required to accept for any feature motion picture de-
scribed in the Short Form as that of a named star or
star combination or as the production of a named
director or as that of a well known named book or
play any feature motion picture of any other star or
the production of any other director or of any other
book or play as the case may be.
Reissues
FOURTEENTH: The distributor warrants that none
of the licensed feature motion pictures are reissues of
old negatives, old negatives retitlcd. or foreign pro-
duced by a foreign producer, excepting those specifi-
cally set forth as such in the Short Form.
Advertising
FIFTEENTH: The distributor warrants that the
said motion picture will not contain any advertising
matter for which compensation is received by the
distributor.
Cutting or Alteration of Prints
SIXTEENTH- The exhibitor shall exhibit each
print in its entirety and shall not copy, duplicate, sub-
rent or part with possession of any print. The exhib-
itor shall not cut or alter any print, excepting to make
necessary repairs thereto, or when required by any
duly constituted public official or authority or with the
written or telegraphic consent of the distributor. The
exhibitor however may cut the print of a news reel.
The exhibitor shall leturn each print in the same con-
dition 3S received, reasonable wear only excepted.
Advertising Accessories
SEVENTEENTH: The exhibitor shall not lease or
sell any advertising accessories purchased from the dis-
tributor by the exhibitor for use in connection with
the exhibition of any of said motion pictures.
Protection and Rlin
EIGHTEENTH: The run and protection period, if
any, granted the exhibitor shall be specified in thi-
Short Form; and if a protection period granted shall
affect alike two or more theatres a waiver of such
protection period by the exhibitor as to any one of
such theatres shall be deemed to be a waiver of such
protection period as to all such theatres. The distrib-
utor shall not grant a license to exhibit any of said
motion pictures for exhibition on a date prior to the
"run" or prior to the expiration of the "protection
period" if any in the Short Form specified at any the-
atre named in the Short Form or within the terri-
torial limits therein specified. Such period of protec-
tion as to each of said motion pictures shall be com-
puted from the last date of the exhibition thereof
licensed hereunder. If protection is granted against a
named theatre or theatres indicating that it is the in-
tention of the distributor to grant such protection
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against all theatres in the immediate vicinity of the
exhibitor's theatre then unless otherwise provided in
the Short Form, such protection shall include any
theatre in such vicinity thereafter erected or opened.
Advertising Prior to First Run
NINETEENTH: If the exhibitor is granted a sec-
ond or subsequent '"run" of the said motion pictures
the exhibitor shall not advertise any thereof by any
means of advertising prior to or during the exhibi-
tion of any one of said motion pictures by any other
exhibitor having the right to the first or a prior run
thereof and charging admission prices higher than the
prices charged for admission to the exhibitor's theatre,
excepting advertising inside the theatre not intended
for removal therefrom by the public, unless the first
date of exhibition hereunder of any such motion pic-
ture shall be within fifteen days from the last exhibi-
tion date of such first or prior run exhibition, in
which case the exhibitor shall have the right to ad-
vertise the exhibition of such motion picture but shall
not in any advertising thereof announce or state that
the prices cha rged for admission are or will be less
than the admission prices charged by the exhibitor
having the first or prior run of such motion picture.
Nothing in this Article contained shall be deemed to
prohibit the exhibitor from advertising generally all
of said motion pictures as a group but such general
advertising shall not refer to any one of said motion
pictures during its exhibition by any other exhibitor
having the first or immediately prior run thereof, ex-
cepting as herein provided. For a breach of the pro-
visions of this paragraph the distributor shall have in
addition to all other rights the right to exclude and
except from this license any motion picture advertised
in violation of the provisions hereof by written notice
to such effect mailed to the exhibitor and upon the
mailing of such notice the license of such motion pic-
ture shall terminate and revert to the distributor.
Taxes
TWENTIETH: The exhibitor shall pay to the dis-
tributor upon demand, any tax, fee or other like
charge now and/or hereafter imposed or based upon
the delivery and/or the exhibition of prints of motion
pictures and/or upon the sums payable under this
license by the exhibitor to the distributor. If under
any statute or ordinance any such tax, fee or other
like charge is or shall be payable or paid by the dis-
tributor and the exact amount pavable hereunder by
the exhibitor is not therein definitely fixed or cannot
be exactly determined, then the exhibitor shall pay
such part of any such tax. fee or other like charge
paid or payable by the distributor as shall be fixed in
the manner determined by the then President of the
American Arbitration Association.
Admission Charge
TWENTY-FIRST: The exhibitor during the whole
of the license period of each of the motion pictures
shall charge each adult for admission to said theatre
not less than the sum of ten cents unless a greater
minimum admission charge is herein elsewhere speci-
fied. If during any such period less than said sum of
ten cents or such greater minimum charge is charged
for admission to said theatre, the distributor, in addi-
tion to all other rights, shall have the right at the
option of the distributor to immediately terminate the
license of the motion picture then being exhibited by
written notice to such effect and upon the giving of
such notice the license of such motion picture shall
forthwith terminate and revert to the distributor.
Prevention op Performance
TW ENTY-SECOND: If the exhibitor shall be pre-
vented from exhibiting or the distributor from deliv-
ering any of the said motion pictures for causes be-
yond their direct control then this license in respect to
each such motion picture shall terminate and revert to
the distributor without liability on the part of either
party provided reasonable written notice of such ter-
mination and the cause thereof is given.
Pictures Not Generally Released
TWENTY-THIRD: If any one or more of said
motion pictures excepting the motion pictures which
may be "roadshown," shall not be generally released
by the distributor for distribution in the United
States during the period specified in the Short Form
each such motion picture shall be excluded from this
license unless the exhibitor shall give written notice to
the distributor not later than thirty days after the
end of said period that the exhibitor elects to exhibit
hereunder all such motion pictures. If written notice
of such election be given as aforesaid, the distributor
shall deliver and the exhibitor shall exhibit each such
motion picture when available for exhibition hereunder
excepting that any thereof not so "generally released"
within two years after the end of said period shall be
also excepted and excluded from this license. The
distributor shall have the right to exhibit or license
the exhibition of any motion picture so excepted and
excluded when and where desired by the distributor
and all claims of the exhibitor in respect thereof are
hereby expressly waived by the exhibitor.
Option to Exclude If Group Licensed
TWENTY-FOURTH : Provided the exhibitor is not
in default hereunder and shall have fully complied with
all of the provisions, if any, set forth in the Short
Form for the exhibition of one or more of the feature
motion pictures licensed hereunder at specified inter-
vals and not less than twenty feature motion pictures
have been licensed hereunder at one time, the exhib-
itor shall have the right to exclude from this license
not to exceed five (5%) per cent of the total number
of the feature motion pictures so licensed but onlv
upon the following conditions: (a) that the license fee
of each feature motion picture licensed hereunder in-
cluding the score charge, if any, averages less than
$251.00 or if the license fee of each feature motion
picture is to be computed upon a percentage of the
receipts or any part thereof of the exhibitor's theatre,
that the license fee of each of such feature motion
pictures exhibited at said theatre during the term
hereof shall have averaged less than the sum of
$251.00; (b) that the exhibitor shall give to the dis-
tributor written notice of the exhibitor's election to
exclude any of said feature motion pictures not later
than fourteen days before the date or dates fixed for
its exhibition hereunder and at the same time shall
pay to the distributor the license fee therefor specified
in the schedule, unless such license fee is to be com-
puted upon a percentage of the receipts of the exhib-
itor's theatre in which case no license fee or score
charge, if any, need be paid to the distributor as a
condition for excluding such feature motion picture;
excepting as hereinafter in this paragraph provided;
and (c) that if the license fee computed upon a per-
centage of the receipts or any part thereof the exhib-
itor s theatre including the score charge of each of
the feature motion pictures licensed and exhibited here-
under averages a sum in excess of $250.00 then the
exhibitor shall within thirty days after the expiration
of the term hereof exhibit hereunder as herein provided
each of the feature motion pictures, the license fees
of which are to be computed upon a percentage of the
said receipts but excluded from this license by the
exhibitor pursuant to the provisions of this article; and
the exhibitor shall pay to the distributor the license
fee therefor.
In computing the said five (5%) per cent of the
total number of feature motion pictures licensed here-
under fractions of less than one-half shall be disre-
garded.
Upon the failure or refusal of the exhibitor to fully
and completely comply with each and every condition
hereinabove in this article specified and upon which
the exhibitor is granted the right to exclude any of the
feature motion pictures licensed hereunder, such right
to exclude any feature motion picture and thereafter
to exclude from this license additional feature motion
pictures, shall thereupon forthwith terminate and shall
not again be granted hereunder during the term hereof.
Provided that before the expiration of the term of
this license agreement the exhibitor shall have exhib-
ited as in this license provided all of the feature mo-
tion pictures specified in the Schedule and generally
released for public exhibition as defined in Paragraph
(b) of Article Fourth hereof excepting those, if any,
excluded as provided in this Article and shall have
paid to the distributor at the times herein specified,
the license fee of each thereof, the distributor within
thirty days after the expiration of the term of this
license agreement shall pay to the exhibitor a sum
equal to the aggregate of the license fees of the feature
motion pictures excluded by the exhibitor from this
license as provided in this Article paid by the exhib-
itor to the distributor.
Upon the exclusion of each of the feature motion
pictures permitted by the previsions of this Article the
run and protection period, if any, granted the exhib-
itor in respect thereto shall be deemed waived by the
exhibitor and the license thereof shall thereupon
terminate and revert to the distributor.
Racial or Religious Subject Matter
TWENTY- FIFTH: If the exhibitor shall claim that
the exhibition of any motion picture licensed here-
under at the said theatre will be offensive to the pub-
lic in the place where such theatre is located, because
of racial or religious subject matter, and if the ex-
hibitor shall give written notice to the distributor of
such claim within a reasonable time prior to the date
fixed for the exhibition thereof hereunder, such claim
shall be immediately submitted to the Board of Arbi-
tration herein specified. If such Board of Arbitration
shall specifically determine that the exhibition of such
motion picture at said theatre will be offensive to the
said public because of racial or religious subject mat-
ter, then such motion picture shall be excepted from
the license and the license thereof revert to the dis-
tributor. The distributor may exhibit or license the
exhibition of any motion picture so excepted when and
where desired by the distributor free from all claims
of the exhibitor.
If the distributor shall be of the opinion that any
motion picture licensed hereunder will be offensive to
the public in the place where the exhibitor's theatre
is located, because of racial or religious subject matter,
the distributor shall have the right to except and ex-
clude such motion picture from this license, upon con-
dition that such motion picture shall not thereafter be
licensed for exhibition in such place unless such racial
or religious subject matter is eliminated therefrom dur-
ing the term hereof in which case such motion picture
shall again be deemed licensed hereunder.
Road Shows
TWENTY-rlXTH: The distributor shall have the
right to exhibit and/or cause to be exhibited as a
"roadshow," at any time prior to the exhibition here-
under, such of the motion pictures licensed hereunder
as the distributor may from time to time select and
determine, provided, however, that such roadshow ex-
hibitions shall be at theatres at which admission prices
for evening performances, during such exhibitions
thereof, of not less than one dollar shall be charged
for the majority of the orchestra scats, and further
provided that, except in the cities of New York and
Los Angeles, not more than two of- such motion pic-
tures shall be so roadshown.
If any such roadshow exhibition shall be in the city
of New York, N. Y., and if the exhibitor's theatre be
situated in a territory then served by the distributor's
exchange or exchanges located in said City, the distrib-
utor shall have the right to except and exclude from
this license any such motion picture (not exceeding in
the aggregate two of such motion pictures) so road-
shown in said City upon sending written notice to
such effect to the exhibitor not later than eight weeks
after the commencement of such roadshow exhibition
in such City, provided the distributor shall be like
notice except and exclude such motion picture from
all other license agreements containing this Article
and licensing the exhibition of such motion pictures in
such territory. Such exception and exclusion shall not
be affected in case the distributor shall inadvertently
omit to send such notice to any of such other exhib-
itors.
If any such roadshow exhibition shall be in the city
of Los Angeles, Cal., and if the exhibitor's theatre be
situated in the territory then served by the distrib-
utor's exchange or exchanges located in said City, the
distributor shall have the right to except and exclude
from this license any such motion picture (not ex-
ceeding in the aggregate two of such motion pictures)
so roadshown in said City, upon the same terms and
conditions above provided for the exception and ex-
clusion of motion pictures roadshown in the city of
New York.
If and when any such roadshow exhibition (except
any roadshow exhibition in New York and/or Los
Angeles) shall be in the territory served by the dis-
tributor's exchange or exchanges serving the exhibitor's
theatre, such motion picture so roadshown in such
territory shall forthwith be excepted and excluded from
this license. The distributor shall send written notice
to that effect, to the exhibitor within fourteen (14)
days after such roadshow exhibition commences.
The distributor may so exercise such right to except
and exclude any such motion picture from time to
time, in the respective territories, as above defined, in
the United States. Any motion picture so roadshown
in any place in the United States and not excepted and
excluded from this license as aforesaid, shall not
be deemed available for exhibition hereunder until
after the completion of such roadshowing of such
motion picture in the United States, and such motion
picture shall be exhibited hereunder as and when
available.
For each motion picture that the distributor shall
except and exclude, as aforesaid, the exhibitor is
hereby granted the option to except and exclude from
this license one of the other motion pictures licensed
hereunder, but only if the exhibitor shall give to the
distributor written notice to such effect not later than
fourteen days before the date fixed for the exhibition
hereunder of such other motion picture. The distrib-
utor may exhibit and/or license the exhibition of any
and all motion pictures excepted and excluded from
this license by the distributor and/or the exhibitor, as
aforesaid, when and where desired by the distributor,
free from all claims of the exhibitor in respect thereof
and the license of each thereof shall forthwith upon
exclusion as hereinbefore provided terminate and revert
to the distributor.
Recommendations
The distributor and exhibitor organizations before
named respectfully recommend to all distributors and
exhibitors of motion pictures in the United States the
use of the foregoing Standard License Agreement and
recommend:
That a copy of every application signed by the
exhibitor, be left with the exhibitor at the time of
signing and in the event of acceptance as therein
provided a duplicate copy signed by the distributor
be forwarded to the exhibitor within a reasonable
time thereafter.
That in a Short Form License Agreement there be
specified (a) whether the license is for the exhibition
of sound or silent motion pictures or both; (b) the
license fee of each motion picture; (c) the number of
days for which each is licensed; (d) the run and
protection period, if any, agreed upon; (e) any
provision in respect of the exhibition date or dates of
the several motion pictures.; (f) an identifying descrip-
tion of each motion picture, excepting in long term
and/or franchise and/or service license agreements pro-
viding for more than one year's "releases," the mo-
tion pictures be generally identified as motion pictures
released by the distributor or by any like general
description, and in such long term and/or franchise
and/or service license agreements the provisions of
the Standard License Agreement be incorporated
therein, excepting further that any "short subject"
motion picture be identified or described by a brand
or other similar description; and (g) all additional
provisions permitted by the numbered articles of the
Standard License Agreement as well as all additional
clauses.
That "news reels" or "short subjects" be licensed
without requiring the licensing of feature motion pic-
tures or vice versa, excepting that the distributor
may include in any long term, franchise and/or
service license agreement feature motion pictures
and/or "short subject" motion pictures and/or "news
reels."
That the following clause be added to the Short
Form License Agreement only in respect, of photo-
plays produced by a producer not controlled by the
distributor, bur only if the distributor's contract with
such producer provides that such pictures shall be
sold separately and apart from other pictures dis-
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tributed by the distributor, and that it be of no
effect unless specifically agreed to in writing by the
exhibitor:
**The distributor's right to approve or reject
this application or any other application signed by
the exhibitor at the same time, or any other time,
is not dependent upon the approval or rejection by
the distributor of such other application or this
application.
Dated July 1, 1930.
STANDARD SHORT FORM LICENSE
AGREEMENT
Agreement of license under copyright made in one
or more counter-parts between
a corporation (hereinafter referred to as the dis*
tributor, party of the first part) and the exhibitor
(hereinafter named and referred to as the exhibitor
operating the theatre hereinafter designated at the
end hereof, party of the second part).
WITNESSETH:
The parties hereto agree:
FIRST: Subject to the terms and conditions here-
inafter stated and those specified in the Standard
License Agreement negotiated and agreed to on July
1, 1930, by Motion Picture Producers and Dis*
tributors of America, Inc., the Motion Picture Theatre
Owners of America, and the Allied States Association
of Motion Picture Exhibitors and which by this ref'
er*nce thereto shall be deemed incorporated in and
made a part hereof as if herein fully set forth in one
complete and single instrument, the distributor hereby
grants to the exhibitor and the exhibitor accepts a
limited license under the respective copyrights of the
motion pictures designated and described in the
Schedule hereof.
Payment
SECOND: The exhibitor agrees to pay to the
distributor for such license as to each such motion
picture the fixed sums specified in the Schedule hereof
at least four (4) days in advance of the date of de-
livery of a print thereof at the distributor's exchange
or of the date of shipment thereof to the exhibitor
by another exhibitor, unless after the acceptance cf
this application by the distributor such payment is
otherwise agreed to by the distributor in writing
signed by an office of or any person duly authorized
by the distributor at its main office in New York
City. If the license fee or any part thereof of any
of the said motion pictures shall be computed upon
the exhibitor's receipts or any part thereof, the ex-
hibitor agrees to pay such license fee to the dis-
tributor upon demand therefor at the end of each
day's exhibition of each of such feature motion pic-
tures and in the absence of such demand to pay to
the distributor such license fee immediately after the
last exhibition upon the last date of such exhibition
thereof; or if the license period of any of such mo-
tion pictures is longer than one week then as to each
such motion picture, to pay the license fee thereof
to the distributor immediately after the last exhibition
of each of such motion pictures at the end of each
week.
RUN: -
PROTECTION:
THIRD: (strike out (a) or (b) as the case may
be).
(a) This license is not for sound pictures.
(b) This license is for sound pictures and the ex-
hibitor represents that the sound reproducing equip-
ment in said theatre will reproduce prints
sound recorded on and (unless equipment will repro-
duce sound on discs prints and on discs
strike out the words '"and discs" or the words
"prints and" as the case may be).
Representations as to First Runs
FOURTH: All agreements or representations that
the feature motion pictures specified in the Schedule
will be exhibited and/or licensed for exhibition prior
to their exhibition hereunder at one or more theatres
shall be set forth in writing in the Schedule.
FIFTH: The releasing period for general distribu-
tion in the United States of the motion pictures
specified herein begins _
and ends _
Acceptance of Application
SIXTH: This instrument shall be deemed an ap-
plication for a license under copyright only and shall
not become binding until accepted in writing without
alteration or change by an office of or any person
duly authorized by the distributor and notice of ac-
ceptance sent to the exhibitor as provided in the
Standard License Agreement. The deposit by the
distributor of any check or other consideration given
by the exhibitor at the time of application as payment
on account of any sums payable hereunder or the
delivery of a print of any of the motion pictures or
the sale of any advertising accessories shall not be
deemed an acceptance hereof by the distributor.
One Application
SEVENTH: This application and any application
for other motion pictures of the distributor executed
by the exhibitor at the same time shall be deemed,
but only for the purpose of Article Sixth of the
Standard License Agreement, one application unless
an agreement to the contrary contained herein is
specifically signed by the exhibitor.
Arbitration
// the exhibitor or the distributor shall not elect
to arbitrate as provided in Article Eighth opposite
hereto, said article shall be stricken from this License
Agreement and here initialled be/ore execution by the
Exhibitor or by the Distributor be/ore acceptance,
as the case may be.
_ (Initial Here)
EIGHTH: The exhibitor and the distributor re-
spectively, freely and voluntarily agree that as a
condition precedent to the commencement of any
action or proceedings in any court by either of them
to determine, enforce or protect the legal rights of
either hereunder, each shall submit all claims and
controversies arising hereunder for determination by
arbitration (hereby expressly waiving the oath of
the arbitrators) pursuant to Rules of Arbitration,
copies of which have been deposited with the Ameri-
can Arbitration Association, 521 Fifth Avenue, New-
York City, bearing date, July I, 1930, and iden-
tified by the signatures of the respective duly author-
ized officers of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners
of America, the Allied States Association of Motion
Picture Exhibitors and the Motion Picture Producers
and Distributors of America, Inc., and by this refer-
ence made a part hereof as if herein fully set forth,
a copy of which shall be furnished to the exhibitor
and the distributor upon request therefor.
The hearing of any such controversy shall be had
before the Arbitration Board in the city wherein is
situated the exchange of the distributor from which
the exhibitor is served, or if there be no such
Arbitration Board in such city, then before the Arbi-
tration Board in the city nearest thereto, unless the
parties agree in writing that such hearing be had in
some other place. If either party fails or refuses to
submit to arbitration any such claim or controversy,
the other party may apply to a United States Dis-
trict Court, or to any other court, including a court
of a state in which such hearing would otherwise
not be had, for an order to proceed to arbitrate in
which case such hearing shall be had in such place
as the court to which such application is made may
lawfully direct; and if an order is made by any such
court directing that such hearing be had in a place
where there is no such Arbitration Board, the arbi-
trators appointed in accordance with the said Rules of
Arbitration shall convene at the place ordered
by such court. Upon the failure or refusal of such
arbitrators to convene at the time and place directed
by order of such court, and to hear and determine
such claim or controversy, other arbitrators shall be
appointed by such court in the manner provided by-
law.
The parties hereto further agree to abide by and
forthwith comply with any decision or award of the
arbitrators and consent that any such decision or
award shall be enforceable in or by any Court of
competent jurisdiction pursuant to the law of such
jurisdiction now or hereafter in force.
If the exhibitor shall fail or refuse to submit
arbitration any such claim or controversy or to abide
by and comply with the award of the arbitrators in
respect thereto, the distributor may at its option sus-
pend the deliveries of the motion pictures provided
for in this and in each other existing license agree-
ment between the parties hereto and/or terminate this
and such other license agreement; and upon such
termination the aggregate of the license fees of all
motion pictures specified in this and any other such
license agreement then not exhibited forthwith shall
become due and payable by the exhibitor.
If the distributor shall fail or refuse to submit to
arbitration any such claim or controversy or to abide
by and comply with the decision of the award of an
Arbitration Board in respect thereto within the num-
ber of days specified in Article Sixth of the Standard
License Agreement of which this Short Form License
Agreement is a part following the name of the citv
in which such Arbitration Board is located, the ex-
hibitor may at the option of the exhibitor terminate
this and any other existing license agreement between
the parties hereto by mailing a notice to such elTcct
to the distributor within seven (7) days after such
failure or refusal.
Any such termination bv either party shall be with-
out prejudice to any other right or remedy which the
party so terminating may have by reason of any
breach by the other party of this or any other exist-
ing agreement between the parties.
Each of the parties hereto, without notice to the
other, may apply to any Court having jurisdiction to
mak-: this agreement to arbitrate a rule or order of
such Court.
Schedule
End of Schedule
In witness whereof
the exhibitor, operating the
Theatre, located at
in the _ has
(City and State)
on — -.executed this
(Date)
application, which upon written acceptance thereof
by the distributor shall be deemed to be the license
of the said exhibitor for the exhibition of the mo-
tion pictures specified in the Schedule, but only at
the said Theatre in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereof and all the provisions of the Stand-
ard License Agreement referred to and described in
Article First of this Short Form, the receipt of a
copy of which the exhibitor hereby acknowledges,
which by this reference thereto are deemed incor-
porated herein and made a part hereof as if herein
fully set forth.
t Exhibitor)
Accepted _
Date _ -
(Distributor)
By — -
THE CODE OF
ADVERTISING ETHICS
{Code of Advertising Ethics — Subscribed
to by representatives of 19 motion picture
companies and theatre circuits.}
1. We subscribe to the Code of Business
Ethics of the International Advertising
Association, based on "truth, honesty
and integrity."
2. Good taste shall be the guiding rule of
motion picture advertising.
5. Illustrations and text in advertising
shall faithfully represent the pictures
themselves.
4. No false or misleading statement shall
be used directly or implied by type
arrangements or by distorted quota-
tions.
5. No text or illustration shall ridicule or
tend to ridicule any religion or re-
ligious faith; no illustration of a char-
acter in clerical garb shall be shown
in any but a respectable manner.
6. The history, institutions and national-
ities of all countries shall be repre-
sented with fairness.
7. Profanity and vulgarity shall be
avoided.
8. Pictorial and copy treatment of officers
of the law shall not be of such a
nature as to undermine authority.
9. Specific details of crime, inciting imi-
tation, shall not be used.
10. Motion picture advertisers sha'l bear
in mind the provision of the Produc-
tion Code that the use of liquor in
American life shall be restricted to the
necessities of characterizations and
plot.
11. Nudity with meretricious purpose, and
salacious postures, shall not be used.
12. Court actions relating to censoring of
pictures, or other censorship disputes,
are not to be capitalized in advertising.
Those who signed the Advertising Code:
Glendon Allvine, Fox; J. R. Bray, Bray
Productions, Inc.; Hyatt Daab, Radio Pic-
tures: Oscar Doob, Loew's Theatres: How-
ard Dietz, MGM, Hal Roach Studios; S.
Charles Einfe'd. First National: Pat* Dowl-
mg, Christie; Bruce Gallup, United Artists;
Paul Gulick, Universal: Emil Jensen, In-
spiration; Henry Linet, Columbia; Mark A.
Luescher, RKO; Charles E. McCarthy,
Paramount Publix: G. R. O'Neill, Pathe;
Al Selig, Tiffany; Michael Simmons, Sono-
Art Productions; P. L. Thomson, Erpi;
A. P. Waxman, Warner Bros.: Gordon S.
White, Educational.
CHECKING THEATRE
RECEIPTS
Indicative of the most recent developments in the
field of the checking of theatre receipts in connection
with the establishing of returns to the distributor and
the exhibitor in percentage playing of motion pictures
is Ross Federal Service, Inc., of which Harry A. Ross
is president and Claud Saunders general manager.
Headquarters are in the Palmolive Building, Chicago,
and branches have been established in key cities
throughout the United States.
Ross Federal Service. Inc., was chartered under the
laws of the State of Illinois and authorized to transact
its business in most of the states of the Union. It
was organized and established to meet the require-
ments of parties to percentage playing of pictures and
in its operation systematically and authentically to
cover ticket sales and admissions to places of enter-
tainment for its clients.
Twenty-one branches have been established to date
(May 26. 1931) and the company has in its emplov
3.000 field representatives. All personnel is bonded.
Heretofore film distributors in general had main-
tained in their branch offices a corps of checking rep-
resentatives whose operations were limited chiefly to
local situations, with the cost of covering remote
locations a factor. Ross Federal Service has field rep-
resentatives available in cities and towns far distant
from exchange centers.
HOME OFFICE EXECUTIVES
A
ADAMS, CLEVE: General sales manager of the
West for RKO Iladio 1'ictures. Entered industry in
1918 as salesman in Indianapolis branch of Universal.
After four years was made special representative at
home office. Later was given charge of the Cincinnati,
Columbus and Charleston exchanges with headquarters
in Cincinnati. After three years was made assistant
general sales manager in charge of all branches from
Canadian border to Texas and Central and Southwest
states. Resigned from Universal to join FBO as divi-
sion manager of Central and Southwest territories.
Later wa9 appointed short subject sales manager and
then promoted to manager of the New York exchange
in charge of the metropolitan district. Present posi-
tion is that of general sales manager of the West of
RKO Distributing Corporation. Inc.
ANDERSON, R. E. : Executive in charge of account-
ing and contracts. Electrical Research Products, Inc.
Graduate of Princeton University (1903). civil engineer,
also studied at University of Glasgow, Scotland. Was
connected for number of years with United States Navy
Denartment at Washington in Bureau of Construction
and Repair. Following this was assistant to general
manager of Lake Torpedo Boat Company of Bridgeport,
Conn., leaving that company to go with Augusta-
Savannah Navigation Company, Augusta, Ga., as gen-
eral manager. Was comptroller of Vitaphone Corpora-
tion, treasurer of R. Hoe and Company, Inc., makers
of printing presses. During the war became associated
with Winchester Repeating Arms Company of New
Haven. Conn., as assistant to general superintendent,
and was in turn industrial engineer, comptroller, treas-
urer and financial vice president. Also financial vice
president of Simmons Hardware Company and presi-
dent of Barney and Berry, Inc., skate manufacturers.
Joined Electrical Research Products, Inc., in 1927.
having charge of accounting, contractual and mis-
cellaneous business activities in connection with talk-
ing motion pictures. Is a director and member of
executive committee of Mid-City Trust Company of
Plainfleld. N. J., and director of Exhibitors Reliance
Corp.
ABEL, SYDNEY E. : General sales manager of
RCA Photophone, Inc., New York. Became identified
with motion picture industry In early days. Four years
with Mutual Film Corporation as branch manager in
Harrisburg, Wilkes-Barre and Pittsburgh. Pa.; branch
and division manager for Vitagraph. Lubin, Selig. Es-
sanay. Inc.. in Cleveland and Chicago for five years.
From special representative to sales promotion manager
and then foreign manager. Fox Film Corporation, for
ten years.
AYLESWORTH. MERLIN HALL: Chief executive.
National Broadcasting Company; b. Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, July 19. 1887; e. bachelor of literature. Univer-
sity of Denver; Colorado Agricultural College, Univer-
sity of Colorado. University of Wisconsin and Columbia
University; m. Blanche Parrett ; has two children; hv.
golf. Has been chief executive of National Broadcasting
Company since inception in 1926. Practiced law in
Fort Collins. Col. In 1914 became chairman of the
Colorado Public Utilities Commission, which position
he held until 1918. At that time became head of the
Utah Power and Light Company, in Salt Lake City. In
1919 went to New York with N. E. L. A. to reorganize
that organization. Is a member of the Christian
Church and belongs to several clubs and organizations,
including Sigma Chi (Wisconsin), the Lotos and Engi-
neers Club. New York; Pelham Country Club, also
of New York.
B
BALLENTINE, E. W.: Manager of exchange opera-
tions of Pathe; e. high school and bachelor of litera-
ture degree at college. Has been in motion picture
Industry »bout five years, first for FBO Pictures Cor-
poration in Boston office and later serving In capacity
of treasurer's representative for the same company,
covering all branches throughout the country with head-
quarters in New York City. Two years ago resigned
to accept his present position as manager of exchange
operations for Pathe Exchange. Inc.
BALSHOFER. FRED J.: President and general man-
ager. Radiotone Pictures Corporation: b. New York
City. November 2, 1878; p. Christine and Gustave Bals-
hofer: e. normal school, mechanical engineer, dramatic
art; married, and has one child 10 years old. Over 25
years in the picture business. Started with Lubin of
Philadelphia, as cameraman and lahoratorian. In the
year 1909 he was one of the organizers of New York
Motion Picture Company (Bison), later known as 101
Bison: subsidiary companies. Keystone. Kay Bee.
Broncho : was vice president and general manager of
those companies until 1913. Then he organized Ford
Sterling Company, producing comedies, also the allied
company releasing these pictures through Universal.
The vear 1914 he joined Metro with Joe Siegel and
Richard Rowland, and organized Quality Company star-
ring Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne. In 1915
he organized York Company, starring Harold Lockwood
and May Allison, releasing these pictures as well as
BuBhman's through Metro until 1918. when Harold
Lockwood passed away. Since this time he has pro-
duced independently with such stars as Julian Eltinge
and Virginia Rappe. and later gave Rudolph Valentino
one of his first important roles as a heavy In a World
war picture entitled "Over the Rhine." After the
advent of the talkers he organized Radiotone Company,
specializing in all-dialog Spanish pictures. Now is pre-
paring to produce a series of outdoor dramas of the
Early West.
BALSLY. LEE D.: Advertising accessory sales man-
ager for Fox Film Corporation. Started in motion pic-
ture business in 1910 as owner and manager of Aladdin
theatre. Springfield, Mo. Later advertising manager
for A. D. Fllnton. distributor of Famous Players Pic-
tures (Iowa. Kansas. Missouri and Nebraska). Be-
came branch manager for Metro at Kansas City and
It was during this connection that *he Kansas City Film
Board of Trade was organized with Balsly as secre-
tary. Then came a connection with Paramount. Ia
an active member of AMPA.
BARRY. FRANCIS T.: Assistant to general manaci r
of Fox Hearst Corporation: b. Brooklyn. N. Y.. 1897:
e James Madison high school and private schools. New
York City In U. S Army. 1917-19: then secretary
to Frank Tllford. president of Park and Tilford; secre-
tary to Loula Selbold. secretary to William Fox. Then
became assistant to general manager of the Fox Hearst
organization.
BARUCH, SYDNEY NORTON: Inventor of Movie-
phone device and active head of Sound Pictures, Inc.,
research engineer; b. Mamaroneck, N. "Y.. March 14,
1890; p, Sophia von Kitzinger and Joseph Baruch.
non-professionals; e. Mamaroneck public and high
schools. Cooper Union, special course in engineering
and mathematics. University of California, special study
lectures on electrical phenomena. 1911; California. Ne-
vada and Stanford universities. 1913-17. doctor of
science. Invented thermo relay and other devices for
which he received gold medal award of international jury
of scientists headed by Prof. Vladimir Karapetof of
Cornell university and Dr. Steinmetz. 1915: invented
the depth bomb used successfully in destruction of
submarines during the World War. 1910. Chief research
engineer. Federal Telegraph Company (now radio divi-
sion of Postal Telegraph Company), builders of largest
radio station in world; president. Public Service Corpo-
ration of California, 1919-20; chief research engineer.
General Petroleum Company of America. 1921. Built first
high power portable broadcast station from which Roxy
broadcast on a trip through Canada over WEAF and
affiliated stations CHCR. WKBK. WKBO. 6XT Calif..
LY Bordeaux, France. WBNY N. Y.. 1925: director and
controller. United Broadcasting Chain of Radio Sta-
tions, 1928; member of Radio Conference, United States
Department of Commerce: member Royal Society of
London, Physical Society of London, American Institute
of Radio Engineers. Scottish Rite Masons. Shriners.
Lives at 175 W. 93d street. New York City.
BATSEL. M. C. : Chief engineer of RCA Photophone,
Inc. Laboratory assistant. Bureau of Standards; elec-
trical engineer. Signal Corps. U. S. Army; lieutenant
Signal Corps. Radio Development Section; engineer in
charge, radio receiver and design work. Westinghouse.
1920-29. Entered the employ of RCA Photophone. Inc..
in July. 1929.
BORTH WICK. GEORGE: Assistant treasurer and
auditor of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors
of America, Inc. ; b. Edinburgh, Scotland, February
13, 1889; p. William and Annie Borthwick: e. St.
Mary's Cathedral Choir School, George Heriot's School
and Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, Scotland; m.
Nora Hunter and has one child. George Hunter Borth-
wick. Originally trained in insurance and thereafter
took up accountancy, being promoted to assistant comp-
troller of a large insurance company in Scotland.
Joined the army on August 4, 1914, and served on
French and Belgian fronts, reaching rank of major,
served six months as bayonet fighting instructor to
the third and fourth American divisions in Charlotte.
N. C, proceeding with the fourth Division back to
France in April. 1918: returned to America in 1919
and held position as insurance manager and auditor
of American Cotton Oil Co.. N. K. Fairbank Com-
pany and others; thereafter, director and general man-
ager of an insurance brokerage firm, in August, 1925,
came to the motion picture industry on tax work in
Connecticut; August, 1926. auditor of MPPDA and
Film Boards of Trade, in December, 1928, assistant
treasurer and auditor of MPPDA.
BOWES. MAJOR EDWARD: Vice president of Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation and managing
director of Capitol theatre. New York City ; b. San
Francisco; e. Lincoln school and private tutors; m.
Margaret Illington, professional. Associated with Sel-
wyn Company, produced plays. Became vice president
of Goldwyn Pictures Corporation. In 1919. with asso-
ciates, built the Capitol theatre in New York City and
has been managing director of it since. Member.
Sleepy Hollow Country Club. Major. Special Reserve
O. It. C. Broadcasts "Major Bowes Capitol Family"
over International chain. Homes, New York City and
Westchester County.
BRANDT. JOE: President. Columbia Pictures Cor-
poration: h. Troy, N. Y.. July 20. 1882; e. New York
high school and New York university, holding bachelor
of literature degree from N. Y. U. : admitted to the
bar in 1906; m. and has one child: hy. bridge, reading
and travel. Entered the motion picture industry as
private secretary to Carl Laemmle in 1908. Previous
to this he was with the Hampton Advertising Agency,
and also served as New York representative of Billboard,
and was for a time advertising manager of the Dra-
matic Mirror: with Carl Laemmle was instrumental in
formation of Universal Film Corporation; resigned his
position of general manager, forming his own business,
C. B. C. Rales Company (which later became Colnmhia).
in partnership with Harry and Jack Cohn. in 1921.
BRAUNINGER, A. C. : Director of sales promotion'
activities. Warner Bros. : first venture in motion pic-
tures with Vitagraph in the capacity of salesman: fol-
lowing this h° assumed the position of director of sales
promotion activities when Vitagraph Company came un-
der the Warner administration. He has built his career
on a secure foothold — a foundation provided by one of
the finest technical institutes in America.
BRIGGS. 0. H.: Sales manager. DuPont-Pathe: b.
Tllmira. N. Y. , 1896: e. was graduated from Elmira
Free Academy and continued his studies at Cortland
and Cornell. After leaving school in .1916 he spent
two years with the New York Telephone Company and
Federal Telephone and Telegraph company as district
commercial representative in Western New York terri-
torv. Tn 1918 he entered the technical training school
established by E. T. dnPont de Nemours & Companv
at Wilmington. Del. Later the same year was assigned
to the position of supervisor of transportation at the
Key of Abbreviations
b. born
div. divorce
c. educated
h. height
hy. hobby
m. married
p. parents
r. n. real name
w. weight
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Carney's Point plant of the DuPont company. In 1919
he was transferred to the chemical products division
of the DuPont company, then located in New York
City; in the same year he was transferred to the home
office of the company at Wilmington and spent the next
three years as manager of the solvents and nitrocellulose
solutions sales department of that division. In 1922 he
was transferred to the Parlin Works headquarters as
manager of the promotion department, taking over the
exploitation and sales of Duco, the new nitrocellulose
finish for automobiles and furniture. While he was in
charge of this department the DuPont company had
completed the building of its four million dollar mo-
tion picture plant at Parlin. At this time it was de-
cided to incorporate the film business as a subsidiary
company. The DuPont company with a controlling in-
terest together with Pathe Freres of Paris and Pathe
Exchange, Inc., of New York, formed the DuPont-Pathe
Film Manufacturing Corporation in 1924. Went with
the new company as sales manager.
BRISK IN. IRVING: General manager of Chester-
field Motion Picture Corporation; b. February 28. 1903,
h. G feet 1 inch; black hair and blue eyes; w. 195
pounds ; e. high school and business college ; m. Jean
Bressler, non-professional; hy. 'making money and
how." Started in the picture business in 1923. Has
been general manager for Banner Productions. Sterling
Productions and now for Chesterfield.
BROWN, HIRAM S. : President of Radio-Keith-
Orpheum Corporation; b. of Quaker ancestry on a
Maryland farm, 1883 ; e. was graduated from Wash-
ington college of Chesterton, Md.. in 1900. later be-
coming chairman of the board of directors of his Alma
Mater, an honor which he continues to hold; married
and has one child, a graduate of Princeton University,
and is now attending the Harvard Graduate School of
Business Administration. After graduation he went to
New York City, his first position being in the editorial
offices of the New York Herald; next to Washington,
D. C, in the capacity of newspaper reporter, and later
entered the employ of the president of the National
Railways of Mexico, becoming expert in and familiar
with public utilities work. At the outbreak of the
World war he went to the officers' training camp at
Plattsburg and in 1917 entered the Army with a cap-
taincy; was promoted to a lieutenant colonelcy and
made chief of the finance division of the air service.
After the war he served the Federal Liquidation Com-
mittee in settling aircraft contracts with France. Re-
suming his expert work In public utilities, he was
chosen for the task of examining and rectifying the
affairs of Central Leather Company, upon which he
founded and perfected the United States Leather Com-
pany, of which he became president. He served in that
capacity until he was chosen for. and accepted, the
presidency of Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation. Lives
at Rye, N. Y.
BROWN, HOWARD C: Vice president of Colorart
Pictures Corporation, Ltd., and executive of Brown-
Nagel Productions. b. Newport, N. H., August 15,
1901; e. Boston public schools and Boston Universiry.
Was associated with Technicolor Motion Picture Cor-
poration for several years in executive and production
capacity. In 1926 organized Colorart Pictures. Inc.,
Massachusetts Corporation, which specialized in pro-
duction of short subjects in Technicolor, which were
released by Tiffany Productions. Inc. In 1929. merged
with Synchrotone Pictures Corporation and Kennedy
Pictures Corporation, forming Colorart Synchrotone
Corporation, of which he was elected first vice presi-
dent. In 1930. with Curtis F. Nagel and Claude
Flemming, organized Brown-Nagel Productions, special-
izing in short subjects, particularly in conjunction and
cooperation with Howard Hughes Multicolor Films, Ltd.
Became vice president of Colorart Pictures Corporation.
Ltd.. and is active executive with Brown-Nagel Pro-
ductions.
BROWN. WILLIAM: Vice President and general
counsel of Radio Corporation of America ; b. Jacksonville.
111., October 24. 1870; p. William and Clara Brown;
e. Whipple Academy, Illinois College. U. S. Military
Academy, West Point. Washington University. St. Louis.
Mo : m. Marguerite Manierre. Admitted to Illinois
bar. 1897. assistant attorney C. & A. Ry.. member of
firm Scofield & Brown: Prussing. Brown & King; Hay
& Brown; district attorney C. & A. Ry. ; local attorney
M. K. T. Ry. ; assistant to president of Radio Cor-
poration of America. 1920-21; vice president and
general attorney. 1922-27; vice president and general
counsel since 1928. Vice president and director. Radio
Real Estate Corporation of America: president and
director Marconi Telegraph Cable Company. Inc., of
New York: president and director. Marconi Teleirr.ii'h
Cable Company. Inc., of New Jersey; president and
director. Bartholomew Building Corporation; vice presi-
dent and director, Radinmarine Corporation of America:
director. National Broadcasting Company. Inc. ; director.
RCA Institutes. Inc. ; U. S. naval officer of customs,
Chicago. 1913-19; Lieut. Col. U. S. Signal Corps
(Res. ). Member, Bar Association of New York City.
Chicago Bar Association. Phi Delta Phi. Cluhs:
Army and Naw (New York) : Greenwich Country
(Greenwich): Milton Point Casino (Rye): University
(Chicago): Indian Harbor Yacht (Greenwich); Great
Contains Island Beach & Yacht (Portchester). Home.
983 Park Avenue. New York; Knollwood Drive. Green-
wich. Conn. Office. 233 Broadway. New York.
BRULATOUR. JULES E. : Distributor of Eastman
Kodak films; b. New Orleans. La. ; a. Mt. St. Mary's
College, Maryland. Sprinc Hill College. Alabama and
Tulane University. New Orleans: married Hone Hamp-
ton, star of opera, stage and screen; hv. prizefights,
theatres, travel. Settled in New York in 1898. Be-
came associated with Manhattan Optical Compaav
of Creskill. N. J., manufacturers of platinum and
silver photographic papers, as well as cameras and
lenses: traveled from Maine to California for this or-
ganization and th^n became the sales manager of
Lumiere North American Company, which established
a branch in Burlintrton. Vt. . with a foreign office
in TA*ons. France. This company manufactured photo-
graphic plates, papers, and motion picture films. Was
elected president of Motion Picture Rales and Distribut-
ing Company, consisting of Independent producers.
Was one of the organizers of Universal Film Company
and was elected first president but resigned after a
few days, because it interfered with his regular husi-
n<ss. which was selling unexposed film. Gave up the
Lumiere agency and became associated with Eastman
Kodak Companv. as distributor of Its motion picture
films for the United States. Was the orcanizer and
builder of the Peerless and Paragon Film Studios:
also one of the organliers of Wor'd Film, and be-
came interested in other film production companies.
1931
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Became a director of Famous-Players-Lasky Corpora-
tion and is still a director of Paramount Publix.
Also is a member of the advisory board of the Chemi-
cal Bank and Trust Co. Chairman of the board of
directors of the Mercantile Bank and Trust Co.. and
director of Setay Co.. Inc.
BRUNET. HENRI P.: Manager of exchange opera-
tions. Columbia Pictures Corporation; b. lie Havre,
France. February 11, 1894: naturalized AmericaD, June,
1930; e. at college in Peronne. France, 1902-11; Ab-
bottsford School. Folkestone. England. 1911-13; account-
ing department. Bon Marche. France. 1913-16; French
Army. 1917-19; accounting, Monat Film. Paris. France.
1919-21; m. Peggy Brainard. has one child. Joined
Pathe Exchange, Inc., New York, and became assistant
booker. New York, in September. 1923; assistant booker
in Dallas; booker in Detroit, office manager, and in
Chicago was promoted to inspector booker. 1924; was
transferred to the Pathe export department. 1925-26:
assistant manager, exchange operations. 1926-27 ; in
1927 and 1928 he was traveling auditor of Tiffany Pic-
tures: then became manager of exchange operations for
Columbia.
BUCHER. E. E.: Assistant vice president of Radio
Corporation of America: b. Akron, Ohio; e. high school
and private tutors. Joined DeForest Wireless Tele-
graph Company of America as experimental and in-
stallation engineer in 1903. Constructed and erected
several high power wireless stations in the Middle
West and on the Great Lakes for this firm, and en-
gaged in considerable experimental work on behalf of
that company at its most Important stations. In 1907
the American DeForest Company was absorbed by the
United Wireless Telegraph Company, which company
he joined as installation expert and experimental
engineer in 1907. and was responsible for the installa-
tion of a large number of land stations and special
installations on ships for the government and for the
merchant marine. Organized training school for the
United Wireless Telegraph Company in 1909. Was
appointed instructing engineer and also chief inspector
of that company. In 1910 be initiated the first radio
schools for the Y. M. C. A. in New York City. Dur-
ing the period from 1909 to 1912 he also conducted
research work in radio telegraphy for the United Wire-
less Telegraph Comimnv and was responsible for the
guidance of several of the technical and commercial
operations of that company. When the affairs of the
United Wireless Telegraph Company were taken over
by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America
in 1912. he joined the Marconi Company as an in-
structing engineer in charge of training schools. De-
voted several subsequent years to long distance radio
experiments and holds a large number of United
States patents. While, on the staff of the Marconi
company he was also technical editor of The Wireless
Age. 1913-17. Author of "Practical Wireless Teleg-
raphy." "Wireless Experimenters' Manual." "Vacuum
Tubes in Wireless Communication." and a number of
other works. On December 1. 1919. he was assigned
to special duty with the Radio Corporation of Amer-
ica, and in charge of obtaining contracts for radio
communication apparatus. Waa appointed commercial
engineer of the Radio Corporation of America in Feb-
ruary. 1920. Appointed manager of the sales department
of the Radio Corporation of America in February 1922.
In charge of all general sales. Made general sales man-
ager in 1924. In October. 1927. he was promoted to
assistant vice president In charge of contact with the
licensees under RCA patents. With the formation of
RCA Photophone. Inr . in April. 192*. he became vice
president of the new company. On January 1. 1929. he
was promoted to executive vice president. He is now
an executive officer of the Radio Corporation of America,
with the position of assistant vice president.
BUCKLEY. HARRY 0.: Vice president. United
Artists Corporation and vice president and general
manager of United Artists Theatre Circuit. Inc.: b.
St. Louis. Mo.. February 24. 1887: e. St. Louis:
married and makes his home in New York. At the age
of 21 he was manager of the Oirrlck theatre in St.
Louis, which was followed by his appointment as
manager of the Columbia theatre in that city. He
served in the World War and after the Armistice he
became associated with United Artists Corporation, as
manager of its Kansas City exchange. Later he was
transferred to Los Angeles as branch manager of that
exchange. He withdrew from this concern and took over
the supervising of the roadshows of "Robin Hood" and
later "Thief of Bagdad . " Was for a time also per-
sonal and business manager of M»rv Pirkford and
Douglas Fairbanks In New York City and in 1926
became one of the three members of United Artists
Executive Committee: also Is general manager of United
Artists Theatre Circuit. Inc.
BURGER. PAUL: General sales assistant and East-
ern division manager of United Artists Corporation.
Entered motion picture business with Metro Pictures
Corporation in 1919 as manager of accessory department.
Had previously been In newspaper work as reporter on
metropolitan dailies and also, later, as account execu-
tive with several wellknown national advertising agen-
cies. When Metro was purchased by Loew. he was
made general purchasing agent for Loew and Metro,
then sales promotion manager when Goldwvn nnd Metro
consolidflted. later a general representative of the sales
department. In 192S Joined United Artists as sales
assistant to Al Lirhtman.
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CABALLERO. CHARLES: Chief of purchasing and
engineering department of Fox Theatres Corporation and
Fox Film Corporation: h. Brooklyn. N. Y. . March 24.
1890: e. Brooklyn and Parochial schools, and St. John's
College of Brooklyn: m. non- professional and has two
children: hy. swimming, boating and hiking. He went
to California In 1913 and joined Gore brothers In 1920:
in 1922 he organized and since has headed the pur-
chasing department of West Coast Theatres in Los
Angeles. Cal.. and since April. 1930. has headed the
purchasing and engineering department of Fox Theatres
Corporation, and Fox Film Corporation. New York City.
CALLAGHAN. ANDREW Li Business manager.
Western Division. Technicolor Motion Picture Corpora-
tion; b. Chicago. 111.. August 1. 1889: h. 6 feet: gTav
hair and blue eyes: w. 200 pounds; p. Anna and
Charles Callaghan. non -professionals : e. Armour
Academy. Chicago, and Chicago University and Uni-
versity of Michigan: m. Gertrude Cramer, non-pro-
fessional; hy. golf. Was assistant to George K. Spoor,
president of Easanay Film Manufacturing Company,
from 1915 to 1910. Independent producer from 1920
to I92S Had under his supervision Beaaie Love. George
Arils* and Fred Thomson: also, directors Frank Bor-
zage and James Young
CALVERT, LOWELL V.: Manager, recording divi-
sion of RCA Photophone. Inc. Eight years with
.baucationai Film hi nunges. Inc. In 1911 he be-
came connected with General Film Company as sales-
man in Minneapolis. In 1915 he joined Finkelstein &
Ruoen Theatrical Enterprises, interrupting nis services
with that organization to do his bit in the World WTar.
On his return from France in 19iy he became director
of the Garrick theatre in Minneapolis. Later he super-
vised construction of the Capitol theatre in St. Paul
and the State theatre in Minneapolis tor F. & R. as
general manager of theatres. Joined Educational in
1922, becoming general manager in 1925. Joined RCA
Photophone. Inc.. in spring of 1930.
CAMP, WALTER: President. Inspiration Pictures.
Inc.; b. New Haven. Conn.. 1891; e. Westminster
school, graduate of Yale university (bachelor of artsi.
in 1913. After graduation took position with New
Haven Railroad and systematically went through every
department, thereby obtaining the widest possible ex-
perience in every branch of railroading. In 1916 be-
came traffic manager of the Connecticut Company which
has charge of the trolley interests of the New Haven
Railroad in Connecticut. Massachusetts and Rhode Is-
land. Served a9 captain of infantry of the 28th divi-
sion and was its intelligence officer in France. Upon
receiving his discharge in 1919 became associated with
the Mercantile Ship Building Corporation and the
banking firm of W. A. Harriman ft Company and in
1920 was named vice president of the American Ship
ft Commerce Corporation; in 1924 became actively in-
terested in motion pictures as president of Inspiration
Pictures, Inc. Is a member of the board of directors
of many corporations including Art Cinema, the New
Madison Square Garden. Merchant Sterling Corporation
and the American Ship ft Commerce Corporation.
CHRISTIE. ARTHUR E. : President. Sound Pictures.
Inc., distributors of the Moviephone sound device; b.
Sussex, England. November 24, 1886: e. English Paro-
chial schools and Queen's Royal college. Is connected
with treasury department of American Telephone ft
Telegraph Company and formerly an executive of
American Ire Company, and Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
road Company. Lives at 175 W. 93rd street. New York
City.
CLARK. JOHN D.: General sales manager of Western
Division. Paramount l*ublix Corporation : b. Newark.
N. J.. 1880; e. public and Newark high school. Staunton
Military academy and New Jersey law school. Practically
all his business life has been spent with Paramount,
starting in the Philadelphia exchange as salesman: later
promoted to branch manager and then appointed special
representative for the Middle West. He was then called
to the home office and appointed sales manager of
division No. 3.
CLOFINE. M. D. : Managing editor of Hearst Metro-
tone News: b. Philadelphia. Pa.; e. Philadelphia public
schools. Newspaper experience as reporter and editor
in Atlanta, Philadelphia. New York and other cities.
Hearst newspaper executive. 1914-17. With the U. S.
Army as an infantry officer. 1917-19. in U. S. and
France. Editor of International Newsreel. MGM News.
Is now managing editor of Hearst Metrotone News pro-
duced by Fox Hearst Corporation. New York City.
COCHRANE. ROBERT H.: Vice president of Uni-
versal Pictures Corporation : b. Wheeling. W. Va. : e.
Toledo. Ohio, high school, graduated in 1897. Then
became a reporter on the Bee; later advanced to city
editor: in 1904 joined his brothers Phil D. and Witt
K. in Chicago, in the Cochrane Advertising Agency,
which firm handled the regular run of newspaper and
magazine accounts. One of these accounts was Con-
tinental Clothing Company of Oshkosh. Wis., of which
Carl laemmle was manager. In February. 1906.
Laemmle bought a theatre on Milwaukee avenue. Chi-
cago, and the following October opened an exchange.
A few weeks after this Cochrane bought an interest in
the Laemmle Film Servia*. In January. 1913, he be-
came a full fledged and active member of the Universal
organization and upon coming to New York was made
a vice president of the corporation.
COHEN. EMANUEL: Editor of Paramount News and
director of short feature productions for Paramount
I*ublix Corporation: b. Hartford. Conn.. August 5.
1892: was graduated from public schools. Townsend
Harris high school and in 1912 from College of the
City of New York; 1912-14 a writer on politics and
economics; 1914-1915 associate editor of Pathe News;
1915-193C editor. Pathe "News: 1922-1926 editor. Pathe
Review; also director of short feature production for
Pathe; in 926. editor. Paramount News, and director
of short feature productions for Paramount. Also
major. United States Armv Reserves. Decorated Com-
mendatore dell' Ordine della Corona d'ltalia Member
of Motion Picture club. Explorers club. Society of
Motion Picture Engineers. National Press rluh. the
Judean Society. Briarcllff Country club and Commo-
dore Athletic club.
COKELL. WALTER B. : Assistant secretary. Para-
mount I*ubllx Corporation: b. Denver. Col.: p. Richard
W. and Lida F. Cokell; e. Bach commercial school.
Denver university. Maste commercial school and New
York University: m. Virginia Henson. Railroad ac-
counting in Denver, statistical and auditing for Ameri-
can Telephone and Telegraph Company: ordnance de-
partment. U. S. Armv. first lieutenant: started with
Paramount in May. 1920.
COOK. GRANT L.: Vice president and general man-
ager of Tiffany Productions, Inc.; b. Brant. Mich..
July 8. 1894: e. high school at St. Charles. Mich.,
also literary course at Alma College. Alma. Mich., law
degree from the law school of the University of Michi-
gan. Practiced law from the time of his graduation
until his entrance into the motion picture business in
the middle of 1928. Is associated with L. A. Young
in many different enterprises outside of the motion pic-
ture business, including L. A. Young Spring and Wire
Corporation, manufacturers of automobile cushions and
other springs, and L. A. Young Company, manufac-
turers of golf products distributed under the trade
name Hagcn or Walter Hagen. Is a member of the
legal firm of Clark. Klein. Ferris. Cook ft Williams.
Detroit, and is also largely interested in real estate In
Detroit and Canadian border cities.
COOKE. WALTER P.: Member of board of Radio-
Keith-Orpheum: h. Buffalo. N. Y.. April 28. 1869: e.
Buffalo public schools and was graduated from Cornell
University In 1891 (bachelor of literature) : honorary
doctor of literature. University of Rochester. 1928: m.
May Louise Perry. Began law practice in 1891. mem-
ber of the Arm of Brown ft Cooke; sine* 1906 member
of the firm of Kenefick. Cooke. Mitchell and Bass.
Member Erie County Bar Association: New York State
Bar Association : American Bar Association : president.
Brie County Bar Association In 1905: president. New
York State Bar Association, 1925. Director, Buffalo
Public Library, 1902-17 ; Chairman, council. Univer-
sity of Buffalo; acting chancellor. University of Bul-
taio. 1920-22; trustee, Cornell University; trustee.
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy; trustee. Buffalo State
Teachers College; trustee Buffalo Seminar}'. Chairman
of board of Marine Trust Company of Buffalo; chair-
man of board and general counsel of Great Southern
Lumber Company and New Orleans Great Northern
Railroad Company; director, Buffalo. Rochester ft
Pittsburgh Railway Company; director. Buffalo. Niag-
ara and Eastern Power Company. Is member of board
of directors of Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation.
Clubs: Buffalo. N. Y. : The Buffalo Club, Saturn Club,
Buffalo Country Club. Wanakah Country Club. Niagara
Falls Country Club; New York City: Cornell Univer-
sity Club. Union League Club; Ithaca. N. Y. : Country
Club. New Orleans Country Club; Paris: The Travel-
lers, St. Cloud Country Club. American Club of Paris,
Union Interalliee. Montmorency Golf Club. Residence.
155 Sumner street. Buffalo N. Y. Office address. 1330
Marine Trust Building. Buffalo. N. Y.
CRAVATH, PAUL DRENNAN: Member of board of
directors of Radio-Keith-Orphtum Corporation: b. Ber-
lin Heights. O.. July 14. 1861; p. Erastus M. and
Ruth (Jackson) Cravath; e. Brooklyn Polytechnic Insti-
tute; studied two years in Europe; bachelor of arts.
Oberlin. 1882. doctor of literature. 1923; admitted to
bar. 188C; m. Agnes Huntington of New York. 1892.
Prize tutor in law. Columbia 1886-89; member Cravath.
de Geresdorff, Swaine and Wood; member, representing
U. S. Treasury, of House Mission to the Inter-allied
war conference In Paris. December, 1917; advisory
counsel of American Mission to Inter-Allied Council on
War Purchases and Finance, London and Paris. 1918.
Awarded D. S. M. by General Pershing for "excep-
tionally meritorious conduct and services during the
war." 1919; Chevalier. Legion of Honor (French).
1919: Grand Officer. Order of the Crown (Italian I.
1921; Honorary Bencher of Gray's Inn. London. 1918;
Knight Commander Order S. S. Maurizio e Lazzaro.
1923; Officer of the Crown of Rumania. 1923; member,
bar association of the City of New York. Ohio Society.
N. E. Soc.. Italy America Society (member executive
committee). Clubs: Union League. University. Repub-
lican. City Midday, Metropolitan. Century Association,
Automobile. Congregational. Down Town, Grolier. Pip-
ing Rock. Broad Street. Creek. Seawanhaka-Corinthian
Yacht. St. James (London). Travelers L'Union Inter-
alliee (Paris). Home: 36 E. 72nd street. New York,
and Locust Valley. L. I. Office: 15 Broad street.
New York.
CUMMISKEY. THOMAS: Sports editor of Fox
Hearst Corporation; b. Ireland. August 10. 1898; e.
Columbia University, but left to Join U. S. Marines in
World War; married: has two children. Was a news-
paperman in Springfield. Mass.. and New York, work-
ing on the Morning World. American and Mirror.
Four years sports editor. Hearst morning news organ-
ization. Universal service. Became publicity man for
Fox Films. Is is now sports editor for Fox Hearst
Corporation, distributors of Fox Movietone News and
Hearst Metrotone News.
CURTIS. EDWARD P.: Sales manager. Motion Pic-
ture Mm departmrnt. Eastman Kodak Company; b.
Rochester. N. Y.. January 14. 1897 : p. Alice P. and
Qumey T. Curtis: e. St. George's School, Newport,
K I.. Williams College. Williamstown. Mass. ; m.
Agnes Bartlett: has three children. Major in the
U. S. Air Service. A. E. F.. 1917-1919: decorated with
orders. D. S. C. Croix de Guerre. Order of St. Anne.
Has been with Eastman Kodak Company from 1920 to
date, in the research laboratories, factory and sales
department.
D
de ROCHEMONT. LOUIS: Short subject editor of
Fox Hearst Corporation: b. Boston. Massachusetts.
January 13. 1899; married: served In the U. S.
Navy as line officer. 1917-23; assigned to duty in the
Navy Publicity Bureau, New York. In 1923. Resigned
from the navy to join International Newsreel, serving
in an editorial capacity there until 1926: assistant
editor of Pathe News in charge of the European staff,
1927-28; then joined the editorial staff of Fox Movie-
tone News. In newspaper and motion picture work
both during and after war service he was on the
scene of the Turkish revolution and the subsequent war
between Turkey and Greece, and the Chinese revolution.
Recently in charge of Fox Movietone tiger hunt in the
Malayan Jungles and later went to India during the
Insurrection of the Gandhi rebels. Has visited every
country in the world except Australia.
De ROCHEMONT. RICHARD: Foreign editor of
Fox Hearst Corporation; b. Chelsea. Mass.: e. Cam-
bridge latin School. Williams College. Harvard Uni-
versity (bachelor of arts). Has been member of the
editorial staffs of the Boston Dally Advertiser. Boston
Sunday Advertiser. Pathe News. New York American.
New York Sun. Fox Hearst Corporation Contributor
to Boston Globe. Transcript. Herald. The American
Mercury (1928-30). Contributor to "American History
Told by Contemporaries." edited by Albert Bushnell
Hart.
DAVIS. HARRY PHILLIPS: Member of board of
directors of Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation: b.
Somersworth. N. H.. July 31. 1868; p. Harrison B. and
Helen Home Davis: e. Worcester Polytechnic Institute;
m. Agnes L. Taylor. Worcester. Mass.. 1892. With
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
since 1891: organized detail engineering department;
appointed assistant chief engineer. 1904. manager of
engineering. 1909. assistant to first vice president. 1910;
vice president In charge of manufacturing and engi-
neering activities since 1911: vice president. Westing-
house Inter Works Ry. : Turtle Creek ft Allegheny
R. R. Co. ; director. Bast Pittsburgh ft Wilmerding
Coal Co. : Westinghouse Commercial Investment. Auto-
matic Gear Shift Co.; Radio Corporation of America:
Westinghouse Electric International Co. ; Westinchouse.
Acceptance Corp. : Westinghouse Lamp Co. ; Radto-
Vlctor Corporation of America : RCA Photophone. Inc. ;
RCA Communications. Inc. ; Radlo-Kelth-Orpheum Cor-
poration: chairman of board and director. National
Broadcasting Co. : Audio Vision Appliance Co. Mem-
ber. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs. and Soc Automotive En-
gineering. Electric Manufacturers' Club. Republican.
Episcopalian. Clubs: University. Pittsburgh Athletic
Assn.. Oakmont Country. Edffewood Countrr (Pitta-
burgh). Railroad Engineer's (New York). Originated
radio broadcasting as publlo utility, known as "father
of radio telephone broadcasting"; awarded many pat-
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cnts in electrical appliances. Home: 4917 Wallinsford
street, Pittsburgh. Pa. Address: East Pittsburgh, Pa.
DAVIS, MANTON: Vice president and general at-
torney. Radio Gomporation ot America; b. mayfield,
Ky., July 15. 1876; e. private schools and at West
Kentucky college, studied law at University of Vir-
ginia, graduating in 1UU1 with degree of bachelor of
laws; m. the late Mary Kent, St. Louis. Mo., January,
1918; lias two children, Olivia and .Mary Kent. En-
gaged in general practice of law at St. Louis from 1UU1
until -May, 1917, when lie entered First Officers'
Training Camp at Fort Riley, Kan. ; commissioned cap-
tain of infantry, August 15. 1917; assigned September.
11)17. to 354th Infantry, 89th Division; served with
division in France and Germany; commissioned major
of infantry. .May. 1919; appointed orficer-in-charge of
civil affairs, Coblenz, April, 1919; appointed American
legal advisor, I. A. R. H. C, October, 1919 (lieu-
tenant-colonel JAG-OKC — present commission). Re-
lurned to the United States, April. 1923. In June.
192:). was appointed assistant general attorney, Radio
Corporation of America; December 16, 1927, appointed
g.neral attorney, Kadio Corporation of America; Janu-
ary 1, 1929, appointed vice president and general at-
torney, liadio Corporation of America. Represented
RCA in China, 1925-1926 ; member. Institute ot Pacific
Relations. Honolulu. 1927 ; member. International Radio
Telegraph Conference. Washington. 1927. Is a mem-
ber of Army and Navy club (New York); Metropolitan
club (Washington); Richmond County Country club;
Southern Society of New York; Phi Delta Phi legal
fraternity; Kappa Alpha, academic fraternity; China
Society of America: American Bar Association; and
Bar Association of the City of New York.
DAVISON, F. TRUBEE: Vice president of Martin
Johnson African Expedition Corporation; b. New York
City. February 7, 1896; p. Henry Pomeroy and Kate
Trubee Davison; e. was graduated from Groton
(.Mass.) schools in 1911; bachelor of arts, honoris
causa, Y'ale. 1918; bachelor of literature, Columbia,
1922; m. Dorothy Peabody of Groton. April 16 1920-
children. Frederick Trubee. Endicott Peabody. Daniel
Pomeroy, Gates. Admitted to the New York bar 1922
and began practice in New York City; member of the
New Y'ork assembly from Nassau County, 1922-26;
assistant secretary of war since 1926. Served as it.
j.g. U. S. N. Air Service, World war; chairman
National Crime Commission, August, 1925, to July,
1926; now member of executive committee; trustee
Guggenheim Fund for Promotion of Aviation. National
Playground and Recreation Association; American
Museum of Natural History. Lingman U.. Canton
China. Awarded Navy Cross. Episcopalian. Mason'.
Elk. Clubs: Y'ale. Creek. Racquet and Tennis (New
Y'ork) ; Union League. University, metropolitan. Rac-
quet (Washington); Seawanfiaka-Corinthian Yacht
Home: Locust Valley. L. I. Address: War Depart-
ment. Washington. D. C.
DEPINET, NED E. : Vice president and general man-
ager of HKO Pathe Pictures, Inc.; b. Erie Pa Sep-
tember 9. 1890; e. Erie high school. After being' grad-
uated from high school, he found his first job as
booker and salesman with Imported Film & Supply
Company of New Orleans. In 1910 Imported Film &
Supply Company became a part of General Film Com-
pany, giving him a broader opportunity to familiarize
himself with the marketing of pictures in Southern
territory. His success was so pronounced that in 1911
Universal offered him the place of Southern division
manager, a position that he filled until 1924 when he
was brought to the New York office as one of three
sales directors. Along with his other duties, he con-
tinued to be the right-hand man of William Oldnow
who for many years held the Universal distributing
franchise for the entire South. In the fall of 1926 he
went to First National as a member of the sales cab-
inet organized at that time with the country divided
into three territories. East, South and West Took
over the Southern territory and soon brought the sales
in that part of the country up to a new high marl;
When it was decided to appoint a general sales man-
ager with jurisdiction over all domestic distribution he
was chosen. He was a distributor representative at the
exhibitor-distributor-producer conference in Chicago
When Pathe was acquired by RKO this year he became
an executive of the new company.
DESSEZ. ELIZABETH RICH EY: Writer and lec-
turer and editor of motion pictures, also director of
the educational department of Pathe Pictures; b. and e.
in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and Maryland.
Her grandfather was John Locke. Company A, First
Virginia Cavalry, of the Confederate Army: m. George
A. Dessez and left Virginia to make her home in New
York City. Did considerable writing for newspapers
during her first years in New York and in 1915 became
actively inter- sted in motion pictures. With the desire
to see that her children view suitable pictures when
they went to a theatre, she and a friend, also a Vir-
ginian and the mother of a family, arranged with the
manager of a local motion picture theatre to run chil-
d-en's matinees on Saturday mornings at his theatre.
The exhibitor became interested in the scheme and the
result was the first successful children's matin«es in
New York City. Mrs. Dessez found herself in demand
as a public sneaker and as a result of the successful
experiment. George Kleine gave h»r a place on his
staff doing public relations work for the then famous
Commest Pictures, produced by the Edison Comranv.
During the World war Mrs. Dess'z used her knowledge
of motion pictures in helping select pictures with the
motion picture division of the war work council of the
Y. M. C. A. After the war. she became a member of
the Pathe organization, going in. really, to edit fea-
tures. Shortly afterward she was made a director of
the educational department. Her work in motion pic-
tures has become international in character with her
recent appointment as a member of a committee formed
by the section on Intellectual cooperation of the L"ague
of Notions in Geneva. Member of MnMnn Picture
Committee of World Federation of Education Associa-
tion. Member of Motion Picture Commit'ee of White
House Conference on Child-Health and Prntectio?i.
Present nddress H"te1 Harhizon- Plaza . 101 West 58th
street. New York City.
DIAMOND. L. S. : Assistant director in operation
of the short, feature department for Paramount Publix
Corporation. Started In motion picture industrv w'th
Pathe Exchange. Inc.. in 1915. in the l>""i" offl-e
counting department; later became auditor. During
last ten years with that eomnanv was In charge of
ohvsical distribution of Pathe E-xohang". In February.
1927. joined the Paramount organization as assistant
to Emmanuel Cohen in the operation of Paramount'*
short feature department.
DIETRICH. NOAH: Sccrotnrv treasurer. Caddo Com-
pany. Inc.. and Hughes-Franklin Theatre Corporation.
Ltd.; b. Scott. Wis., February 28, 1SS9; p. John and
Sarah Dietrich; e. graduate of JanesviUe (Wis.) high
school and Judd's College. W7aukegan, 111. ; is a certified
public accountant, Caliiornia; m. Gladys Thomas; has
two children. In the banking business from 19US to
191U; then real estate and public utility accounting. 1911-
1916; oil production, transportation and refinery ac-
counting, 1917-1919; public accounting, 1920; comp-
troller for H. L. Arnold Company. 1921-1925; secretary-
treasurer, Caddo, 1920-1931.
DOIDGE, ROBERT W. : Manager of department of
production and sound. Educational Film Exchanges.
Inc.; b. Roxbury. Mass., October 12, 1S92; p. Clara
Manning Davies and Robert W. Doidge; e. High School
of Commerce, Boston. Mass. Author and publisher of
numerous books on Legerdemain. Collector of conjur-
ing and occult literature. Prior to association with
Educational Film Exchanges, Inc., was assistant to art
director and in charge of theatrical division of Don-
nelly Outdoor Adiertising Company. Boston, mass.
Branch office manager for Albert A. Lane and Maurice
O'Meara, wholesale paper merchants. Manager of de-
partment stores in Lowell, Mass.. Scranton. Pa., and
.lei sty City, N. J. Served with U. S. Marines during
World war. Became assistant to Gordon S. White,
director of advertising and publicity for Educational,
in 1925, and continued in that capacity until his
appointment to the new position in 1930.
DON NER VYVYAN: Fashion editor of Fox Hearst
Corporation; b. New York. Poster artist, scenic and
costume designer, newspaper artist and syndicate writer.
Regular contributor to Sunday New York Times dra-
matic department. New York Evening Telegram, New
Y'ork Evening Sun. Evening World. Sunday World.
Creator of new form of American poster art, the color
silhouette. Decorator of theatre lobbies. Wrote
produced and directed his own silent shorts, released
by Pathe and Paramount. Joined Fox Movietone News
April 1. 1929. as associate director. Holds the title
of fashion editor of Fox Hearst Corporation.
DRAKE, WHITFORD: Vice president. Electrical Re-
search Products. Inc.; b. Massachusetts, 1883; e.
Harvard and was graduated from the Naval Academy
in 1906 and obtained a master of science degree from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1911.
Served in the Navy 1902-1919. resigning the rank of
commander. Accepted a position as works manager of
Baltimore Drydock and Shipbuilding Company, joined
Winchester Repeating Arms Company and was presi-
dent of seven subsidiary companies until 1925. Joined
Western Electric as superintendent of operations at the
Kearney plant, became associated with Western Elec-
trie's commercial department and was made general
manager of Electrical Research Products, Inc.. with the
formation of that company in 1927. until January 1,
1928, when he was elected vice president.
EMERSON. HAROLD DAVIS: Radio department of
division of public relations of Columbia Pictures Cor-
poration; b. Worcester, Mass.; h. 5 feet 10^4 inches:
brown hair, blue eyes; not married; e. public and pri-
vate schools, Ph.D., D.D. Stage training: three years
in dramatic stock in New England. Assistant city
editor. Worcester Evening Post; dramatic and musical
critic and feature writer, Haverhill. Mass., Gazette.
Entered the motion picture field in 1919 in Vitagraph's
publicity department. Later with Warner Bros. Or-
ganized the radio department. Columbia Pictures Cor-
poration. Radio producer, director and actor. Or-
ganized "Little Theatre of the Air," traveling stock
radio company presenting versions of Columbia, Pathe,
Universal and Tiffany productions on air. Creator of
"Ellen and Roger" and "Hollywood Snapshots" used
on 200 stations throughout the country. Author and
lecturer; authority on Indians and prehistoric America.
EZELL. CLAUDE C: Eastern general sales manager,
Warner Bios.; b. Mexia. Texas. July 9, 1882. Began
his film career 28 years ago with Bass Film Company
in New Orleans. Also enjoyed long and successful af-
filiation with General Film Company, where he served
both as branch manager and Southern division manager,
later becoming division manager for Select Pictures.
Joined Warner Bros, several years ago, occupying the
post, of Southern and Western sales manager. In
December. 1928. he was promoted by Sam E. morris to
general sales manager for the company.
FARALLA. DARIO LUCIEN: Treasurer and direc-
tor of Educational Pictures, Inc. ; b. Italy, July 19,
1886; e. college graduate of Royal Institute Leonardo
Da Vinci, and College De Merode. Rome. Chartered
accountant, bachelor of economic sciences. Speaks and
writes English. Italian. French, Spanish. Held com-
mission of lieutenant in Italian Army (Sharpshooters
Corps). Arrived in United States in 1909. naturalized
citizen. Manager of Tocci's Bank. New York City,
1909-12: supervisor-auditor of Pathe Exchange. Inc.
Assistant comptroller with L. J. Selznick Enterprises.
1914-19. Retained in same capacity by Select Pic-
tures Corporation. Appointed comptroller of L. J.
Selznick- Studios when Famous Players bought 50 per
cent interest in Select Pictures Corporation. Assistant
Comptroller of First. National Pictures Tnc, 1922-28.
Transferred later to First National Pictures Corpora-
tion in Burhank. Cal.. ns business manager. Is now
treasurer and director of Educational Pictures, tnc.
Clulis; New York Athletic Club. Los Angeles Athletic
Club. Hollywood Athletic Club. The Masquers, Motion
Picture Club of New York: Lodge No. 22 of B. P. O. E.
FINSTON. NATHANIEL: Director of the department
of music. Paramount Publix Corporation: b. New York
City: n. Philip and Lena Finston: e. public school
graduate and College of the City of New York: violin:
F-l'n and Sam Franko (instructors), piano and har-
mony E. Falk: composition and orchestration (Pietro
Floridio. Tnc.) - m Francs R. Fin=ton: has two daugh-
ters, twins. Member of the Russian Symphony, New
Yn'k: New York Symphony New York City: New York
Philharmonic. New York City: Boston Opera: conduc-
tor and musical director of Rialto theatre. New York
I2'i years): organized the first orchestra of the Capitol
theatre. New York (music'il director) : musical director
of the Chicago theatre. Chicago (Balaban and Katz).
for five years. With the theatre department of Para-
mount - Puhlix theatres. New Vork (three peats) ; with
the Paramount production department. West Coast
studios; musical talent, recording, synchronization, etc.,
for three years.
FLINN. JCHN C: Formerly rice president of r'athe:
Evonston, III.. May 6. 1887 ; married and has >no
children. Entered the motion picture industry in 1914
in the capacity of publicity manager of Jesse L. Lasky
Feature Play Company at the time when it was pro-
ducing Geraldine Farrar's picture, "Carmen." The
next move was with Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
as advertising and publicity manager, when this merger
took place. Flinn exploited "The Covered Wagon" in
the United States, London and Paris. Left that posi-
tion 10 years after his entry into the business to accept
the vice-presidency in charge of advertising and pub-
licity of W. W. Hodkinson Corporation, and subse-
quently became vice president and general manager of
Producers Distributing Corporation (Pro-Dis-Co). In
addition to this office he also held that of president
and director of metropolitan Picture Corporation of
California; vice president and director of Cinema Cor-
poration of America and vice president and director of
Cecil B DeMille Pictures Corporation. Upon the
mergei of Pro-Dis-Co and Pathe be became vice presi-
dent of the combined organizations. Is a member of
the Motion Picture Club, New York Athletic Club, Hud-
son River Country Club of Yonkers, N. Y.. Newpaper
Club of New York, Associated Motion Picture Adver-
tisers of New York. Yonkers Commandery, No. 47.
K. T.. and the Thistle Lodge. No. 900. A. F. & A. M.,
and the National Vaudeville Artists.
FRANKLIN. HAROLD B. : President of Hughes-
Franklin Theatres; b. New York City. April 4. 1889;
black hair and brown eyes; p. Tillie Waldman and
Samuel Franklin, non- professionals; e. College of the
City of New York; m. Anna May White, non-profes-
sional- by. golf and his work. Has been operating
theatres since 1914. Was vice-president of Publix The-
atres then, president of Fox West Coast Theatres—
and now. president of Hughes Franklin Theatres. He
has written two books: "Motion Picture Theatre Man-
agement" and "Sound Motion Pictures."
FRASER. WILLIAM R.: Secretary and general man-
ager of Harold Llovd Corporation; b. Central City. Col..
December 13. 1879; p. Sarah Elizabeth Smith and
James Praser. who settled in the covered wagon days
in Gilpin County. Col., in 1859; e. Leland Stanford
Jr and Cornell universities: m. Olivet Jane Nelson of
El Paso. Texas. .May 8. 1920. First business position
was with American Smelting and Refining Company
with whom he remained four years; later passed the
examinations for the United States Forest Service, re-
maining with the department 15 years, having worked
hit WW through the ranks from clerk to forest super-
visor Left the Forest Service to join Harold Lloyd,
organizing the Lloyd corporation in 1922 and becoming
secretary and general manager. In addition to his
position with the Lloyd corporation he is a director of
the California Trust. Los Angeles; California National
Bank, Beverly Hills: American Green Cross: Associa-
tion of Motion Picture Producers; Hollywood Athletic
Club- Masquers. Hollywood; and vice president and
director of Central Casting Corporation Is a member
of lie Hollywood Athletic Club. Southern California
Athletic Club, Lakeside Golf Club and the masquers,
also of the A. F. & A. M.
fpifomaN LEOPOLD: Lawyer, general coumel
andean- -Ws. Inc.: di-ctor all ^w's Inc
affiliated corporations: director ot MOM and assistant
secretary: b. Saalfeld. Germany. Tune 10, 1887 p.
New™ Sw*Scfool, (t/.B.. MMK ^nutted to
nrictice 191 1 • began practice wilh Elek John 1,1m
viKh 191 -1921: be< "a me general counsel of Loew s
Inc 1921; has been active in executive affairs of
ftew's, inc.. for «,e last »^USTlk£-S£
AUile.i'c" MiUn'coun^^PiiarT 'Motion Picture. Is
a Mason. ' ,
FROHMAN DANIEL: member of hoard of directors
of "Amount Publix Corporation; b Sandusky, 0.
1853: common school education. Office bo> ™w "ru
Tribune. I860; remained in the ™j^*ag2£5^
vears- then became manager of traveling theatrical
eompanies^lirough U. S. ; manager Fifth i venue b -
atre and Madison Square theatre New J**
D^h's theatre New Y^rk. w"th Daniel Frohman Stock
Company! Also manager of English and American
stars and theatrical companies and part owner of the
New Iv e. m theatre. New York: director. Paramoun
Publix- president of Actors' Fund of America Clubs.
Players' Friars. Green Room. National Vaudeville.
Fo s ,'on'al Actors Guild. Jewish Actors Guild Lambs.
Actors Ordei of Friendship. Home: 30 W. 54th street.
Office: Lyceum theatre. New York.
FI1TTER WALTER A.: President of Wafllms, Inc..
New York; V Omaha. Neb.; e. high school and univer-
sity in Omaha : three years was in charge of editorial
department of Cosmopolitan Productions and since IMS
as been doing short subjects on his own. Has produced
over 200 short subjects, among which were five series
of Walter Putter's Curiosities, released by Educational
RKO and Columbia studios, two series of Rare Bits
and Curiosities for Pathe. and one series entitled Na-
ture's Melodies." Recently produced a feature picture
entitled "Fighting for the Fatherland." and also wrote
and presented "Africa Speaks."
GERHART. SAMUEL R. : General manager. Film
FUe Prevention Co.. Inc.. 1111 Commonwealth
1201 Chestnut street. Philadelphia. Pa.: 0. TWIwlel-
ph a Pa.. April 16. 1901; m. Helen Scott. Electneal
engineer designer, sales engineer and manager, busi-
ness manager trn years.
GOLDBERG J. H.: General sales manager. Colum-
bia Pictures Corporation: b. Chicago. 111.. Aug. 10.
1893- e Los Angeles. Was motion picture operator in
Los Angeles until 1911. Took a position with a Cali-
fornia exchange in Los Angeles which was taken over
bv Universal. After release from service In the Marina
Corns in 1917. he took charge of Consolidated Film
Corporation's Los Angeles and San Francisco offices,
which took on a Warner franchise Resigned from Con-
solidate! in 1921 to take charge of picture buying for
West Coast Theatres. Inc. Is now general sales man-
ager of Columbia Pictures Corporation.
GOLDBURG. JESSE J.: General sales manager. Van
Beuren Corporation: h. New York City. October 21.
1885- e New York public schools. Dwight Preparatory
School New York Preparatory School and New York-
Law School. Organized Independent Pictures Corpora-
tion of which he was secretary and general manager,
producing feature productions for the Independent mar-
ket and for distribution through national releasing or-
ganization President and general manager of Ocean
Film Corporation, thereafter president and general man-
1931
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agcr of Rialto Film Corporation, president and general
manager of Independent Pictures Corporation, supervis-
ing producer of Chadwiek Pictures Corporation, pro-
ducer of Westerns for FBO, thereafter president and
general manager of First Division distributors, organizer
of Independent Producers and Distributors, sales man-
ager of General Talking Pictures Corporation-De Forest
Phonofllni; then general sales manager of Van Beuren
Corporation, producers of short subjects for Fatbe re-
lease. He has written more than 50 original screen
stories and supervised their production. ICesides at
132 North Mansfield street, Los Angeles, Cal., and
Hotel Whitenall, New York City.
GOLDEN, NATHAN D. : Assistant chief of the Mo-
tion Picture Division of Department of Commerce; b.
Bellaire, O. , July 4, 18%; e. public and high schools
of Cleveland. O. , attended Emerson Institute and one
year at Columbus University, Washington. D. C. En-
tered Bureau service on August 1, 1021;. as assistant
chief of newly organized .Motion Picture Section and
remained a-s assistant chief when section was raised to
rank of Division on July 1, 1929. Prior to the war. he
was engaged in the motion picture industry in the pro-
duction, distribution and exhibition fields. Served with
the 101st infantry, 2Gth division, during the war. from
October 1. 1917. to April 30. 1919. and was wounded
in action. Commander of Walter Reed Post No. 284
Veterans of Foreign Wars. Is a member of the Inter-
national Alliance of Motion Picture Projectionists of
the United States and Canada. American Projectionist
Society and a life member of the Projection Advisory
Council. Author of two papers presented at conventions
of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers and author
of a number of articles contributed to motion picture
trade publications.
GRAHAM. JOHN CECIL: Member of board of
directors of Paramount Publix Corporation and Para-
mount Service. Ltd. Became identified with film indus-
try in its early days and has continued since with the
following concerns: Western Film Company. St. Louis
Mo.; Svvanson Crawford Film Company. St. Louis!
Mo.; Reliance Motion Picture Coirjpanv. New York:
Universal Film Manufacturing Company. New York;
Mutual Film Corporation. New York. Director of the
following companies: Paramount Publix Corporation
New York; Paramount Film Service. Ltd.. London-
Plaza Theatre Co., Ltd.. London; Carlton Theatre Co..
Ltd.. London; Paramount Manchester, New Castle, and
Leeds Theatres. Ltd.; Olympic Kinematograph Labora-
tories. Ltd.. London; Famous Lasky Film Service. Ltd..
Sydney. Australia: Societa Anonima Imi.hu Filma
Paramount. Rome; Paramount Film Vcrtrieb (; M.
B. II. . Berlin: Societe Anonyme Franchise des Films
Paramount. Paris: Bodete des Grandcs Cinemas Fran-
cals. Paris; and Les Studios Paramount. Paris; Para-
mount Films S. A.. Barcelona: N. V. Paramount
Films. Amsterdam. Address: Paramount House. 102-
170 Wardour street. London. W. I.
GRAINGER. EDMUND C. : Assistant general sales
manager. Fox Film Corporation: b. Medford. Mass.
January 19. 1894: p. James and Elizabeth Grainger: e
graduate of Boston University Law School; married and
has one child.
GRAINGER. JAMES R.: Vice president In charge of
distribution. Fox Film Corporation ; b. New York; e.
Boston. Entered show business while still in teens, serv-
ing as advance man and publicity agent for road shows.
Later business manager and advance man with cir-
cuses and other outdoor attractions. Left outdoor
amusement business to handle the big roadshow screen
attraction. "Cabirla." Then became western divisional
sales manager for Edison Talking Pictures, his terri-
tory including that west of Chicago with headquarters
In San Francisco. Assumed genera] managership of
Thomas Ince Pictures Corporation. Upon death of
Ince be joined Fox Film CoriHiratlon as assistant to
Winflcld Sheehan and a year later resigned and organ-
ized *he Marshall Neilan Productions. During the
time he was general manager for Neilan productions he
represented Charlie Chaplin on distribution of "The
Kid" and other screen successes and also represented
William Randolph Hearst In his association with
Famous Players- Laskv Corporation, through which hp
was distributing pictures at that time. Then became
vice president and salesmanager of the old Qoldwyn
Company. Resigned there to accept the position of
general sales manager of Fox Film Corporation In
1924. In 1930 was elected vice president In complete
ch.irue of sales and distribution in the United States
and Canada.
H
HALL. RAY L.: Rewind editor; h Kentland. Ind. :
e. graduate of Indiana university His earlv training
in news gathering was with the City Press Association
In Chicago and later on the stafT of the Chicago and
Indianapolis papers, establishing an enviable reputation
as political writer in the Middle West with dally syn-
dicated first page signeil column. Went through news
as editorial writer, city editor and managing editor,
eventually Joining the United Press Association with
headquarters In New Y'ork. Then joined the Inter-
national I'ress Association and covered many of the
greatest news events of the times. Detached himself
from newspaiHT work to become editor of the Hearst -
Sellg News Pictorial when that news film was started,
with editorial offices in Chicago. Later came to New
York and organized and edited the Hearst -Vitagraph
News Pictorial: then was active In organization of the
Hearst International Nevvsreel and afterward was placed
in '•barge of 'cohnlcal production of all Hearst screen
product. During the war he was called to organize
the motion picture activities of the American lt--d
Cross and also served as production manager of the
division of films of the committee on »uh"e lnfor-na-
tlon. Following the war he organized the Screen Tele-
graph, released by Mutual, and when thai cotnnany con-
solidated with another, organized and edited K'norrams.
For two vears he was In charge of Fox Varieties.
Became editor of Pathe New*.
HAMMELL. JOHN A.: Manager of the service and
contact departments. Paramount Publix Corporation : h.
Detroit. Mich . September 7. 1883: p. Marv and John
Hammell thnth d-ad) : e. American public and high
schools. French high school and Gernmn university : m.
Louise HoUwedel; two oMUI'-p John en<i TVon's".
Formerly with Rarnum and Ballcv and Buffalo Bill
Circuses. Joined General Film Cnmnanv in 1910 Has
been In th" exhibiting and distribution end of the
motion picture business since that time.
HAMMONS. E. W.: President. Educations' Film
Kxehanges Inc.: b. Winona Miss. 1882: e Winona.
Fort Smith. Ark.. Dallas. Texas, and New York Citv.
In a secretarial capacity he served, successively, the
customs agent of the Mexican National Railways with
offices at Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, the building commis-
sioner of the New York Fire Department in Brooklyn,
and E. L. Ranlett ot Marshall. Spader & Company.
New Y'ork stock brokers. Real estate next claimed his
interest and he connect! d with Dean Alvord and Com-
pany, whom he left to take the managerial reins of
Woodmere Realty Company, thence to the real estate
department of United States and Mexican Trust Com-
pany. The invaluable experience which he gained here
in organizing building and development companies was
reflected in his subsequent ventures in the motion pic-
ture. Alter a brief period of experimentation with
short films of strictly an educational nature, he launched
a campaign to release short comedy and novelty pic-
tures through a special national distribution organiza-
tion. Unable to interest American capital, he appealed
to the great Hudson's Bay Company in England, where
lie succeeded in getting the financial backing he was
seeking, and today he has a company producing and
distributing almost every conceivable type of short
subject.
HANCOCK. HERBERT E.: Member of editorial
board of Fox Hearst Corporation; b. London. England.
August 31, 1885; e. Canterbury College. For fifteen
years was reporter, writer, copy reader and editor on
New York newspapers. With the inception of W. R.
Hearst's International, he entered the motion picture
business as director, producing manager and editor.
He resigned to direct pictures Independently with
H & H Productions. Later he joined Fox Film Com-
pany and organized Fox News, Fox Varieties and Fox
commercial divisions as director-in-chief under Win-
field Sheehan. Then he became business manager and
Measurer of Kinograms IMhlishing Corporation in New
York Citv. resigning in February, 1931. to join the
editorial board of Fox Hearst Cori>oration. producers of
Fox Movietone News and Hearst Metrotone News.
HANNOCK. MILTON: Manager of contract depart-
ment of Columbia Pictures Corporation; b. Newark.
N. J.. January 30. 1890; e. public schools of Newark;
married and has one child. Before entering the motion
picture industry he was in the public accounting field.
Served three years with Bray Productions as office
manager, is completing his third year with Columbia
in various capacities, at present managing the contract
department.
HARDEN. EDWARD W.: Member of board of
Radio Corporation of America: b. Kansas. August 20.
1868; p Mary Walker and James Harden: m. Ruth
Vanderlip. Was financial editor of Chicago Tribune.
1X95-98; with fleet of Admiral Dewey ill Manila in
1898. representing New York World and Chicago
Tribune: six months special commissioner of the V. S.
charged with making a study and report on financial
and commercial conditions in Philippine Islands:
financial editor. New York Commercial. 1899-1904;
vice president and editor-in-chief. Chicago Journal.
1904-05. Member. New Y'ork Stock Exchange; member
Soc. Manila Bay. Military Order Carabao; president
Reynolds Development Co.; »ic,. president. I'alos V. rd. ■
Corp. : director. Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of
America. Radio Corp. of America. Federal Light and
Traction Co.. National Broadcasting Co.. RCA Victor
Corp.. RCA Radiotron Co.. Inc.. Pacific Fidelity Corp..
Bartholomew Building Corp.. Inc.. RCA Communica-
tions, RKO Corp. Clubs: Metropolitan. Bankers. Re-
ecs» India House. Sleepy Hollow Country. Manursing
Island. Author of "Financial and Industrial Condi-
tions In the Philippines." 1899. Home: 1120 Fifth
avenue; office: 52 Wall street. New York.
HARVEY. EDWIN L. : .Managing editor of Fox
Movietone News; b. Gorbam. N. 11.: e. Gould Acad-
emy and Bowdoln College. Enteted newspaiier work
on New York Globe and Commercial Advertiser. 1905.
General reporting and political writing on the New
York Times, and assistant city editor of the New York
Evening Journal. Entered newsreel work on Fox News
in 1920. Transferred to Movietone News. 1928. Opened
the Newsreel theatre (Embassy. New York). 1929.
Opened the British Newsreel theatre (Shaftesbury Ave-
nue. Pavilion, Ixmdonl. 1930. Then liecame managing
editor of Fox Movietone News.
HAYS. WILL H.: President, Motion Picture Pro-
ducers and Distributors of America. Inc.; b. Sullivan.
Ind.. November 5. 1879; p. Marv Cain and John T.
Hays, non- professionals; e. bachelor of arts degree in
1900. master of arts degree in 1901 from Wabash
College and later a doctor of laws degree from Mt.
Union College. On bis twenty-first birthday was
admitted to the Indiana bar. later becoming a
member of his father's law Arm. known for two
generations as the firm of Hays & Hays, and
served as city attorney In Sullivan. Shortly after be-
ginning the practice of law liecame interested In poli-
tics. Accepted the chairmanship of the Republican
County Committee for Sullivan county and by suc-
cessive stages in the state organization, he became
chairman of the Republican central committee of In-
diana in 1914. During the war was chairman of the
Indiana state council of defense. In February. 1918.
become chairman of the Republican National Commit-
tee. Following the election of President Harding, he
was atqiointed postmaster general of the United States,
resigning in 1922 to become president of Motion Pic-
ture Producers and Distributors of America. Inc.
As postmaster general, he quickly raised the postal
service to a high level of efficiency. Furthered the air
mall service, waged a relentless war on mall bandits
by arming emplovees and placing Marines on trains, and
succeeded In humanizing the postal department by a
plan of makinu everv employee a "partner In service."
Under his guidance, many changes have lieen brought
about in the motion picture industry. By self govern-
ment of the industry at the source of production, new
high artistic and moral standards have been established.
Not only do producers now exercise judgment in selec-
tion of screen material through Operation of s coop-
erative study of honks and plays which have possible
objectionable subject matter, hut a studio relations
committee is constantly takini: to the men and women
In the studios accurate reports, advice and suggestions
from authoritative individuals and groups In public.
Through a committee on public relations, which has
now grown into a department of public relations, good-
will has been promoted evervwhere. This department
disseminate! not onlv accurate and reliable Informa-
tion regarding the Industry's purposes and accomplish-
ments, hut also serves as a channel through whleh
helpful suggestions are receiv d from the Interested pub-
lic and passed on to the studios.
Much of his attention has been directed toward estab-
lishment of finer relationships with foreign governments
and with the foreign film industries. Believing that
the screen is one of the most powerful and influential
forces extant lor promotion of goodwill between men
and women and nations, he has encouraged a higher
sense of responsibility in depiction of foreign scenes
and persons, so that now care is taken to see that
nationals of any one country are truthfully and sym-
pathetically introduced to nationals of every other coun-
try. Taking "confidence and cooperation" as a basic
policy of this industry, he has helped bring to ail
branches a deeper consciousness of responsibility for
proper guidance of the motion picture. Under his lead-
ership have been developed also the Film Boards of
Trade, special educational or pedagogic films, surgical
pictures and films for use in churches, a free casting
bureau for extras, and special Saturday morning per-
formances of pictures for children encouraged.
Higher standards in alt forms of publicity and adver-
tising have won wide recognition by publishers and
critics. By raising its standards, exercising Its free-
dom with proper restraint, and establishing itself more
firmly in the hearts of the people, under his leader-
ship, the industry since 1922 has been able to go to
higher levels of artistry with the best wishes and
applause of the public at large.
He has been active also in professional and social
enterprises. Is vice president of the Peoples National
Bank and Trust Co. of Sullivan. Ind. ; director. Con-
tinental Baking Corp., Fletcher American Co.. Indian-
apolis, Ind., Chicago & Eastern Illinois R. R. Co.,
Boys Club Federation; vice president. Roosevelt Memo-
rial Association: trustee. Institute for Crippled and
Disabled Men; member. National Council of Boy-
Scouts of America. Citizens Committee of Salvation
Army, American Green Cross, American and Indiana
State Bar Associations, National Institute for Social
Science. Academy of Political Science, Phi Delta Theta
(president for Indiana six years; national president.
1920-221; chairman, coordinating committee. American
Red Cross and Near East Relief, by appointment of
President Harding. October. 1922; colonel. ORC; elder.
Presbyterian Church; appointed chairman of laymen
committee, Presbyterian Board of Ministerial Relief
and Sustcntation. May 17. 1923.
Lodges: 32d degree Mason, K. T.. Shriner. K. P..
Elk. Loyal Order of Moose. Clubs: University. Colum-
bia, Indianapolis Athletic, Sullivan Rotary, Indian-
apolis Country (Ind. I. Terre Haute (Ind.) Country.
Sullivan (Ind.) Country. Illinois Athletic, Chicago
Club. Hamilton. Post and Paddock, Indiana Society
(Chicago). Metropolitan. National Press. University
(Washington. D. C). Chevy Chase (Md.), Union
League* National Republican. Bankers. Army and
Navy. Friars. Advertising, Embassy, Motion Picture,
Hudson River Country (New York). Hollywood Ath-
letic. California Club. Kiwanis (Cal.), Vermejo (Col.).
May fair.
HERR. EDWIN MUSSER: Member of board of
Radio-Keith-Orpheum ; b. Lancaster. Pa.. May
3. 1800: p. Annie Musser and Theodore Winner: e.
public schools of Lancaster and Denver; m. Mary
Forsyth: entered Sheffield Scientific School of Yale
University in 1881. and was graduated in 1884 with
degree of bachelor of philosophy. In 1912 honorary
degree of doctor of science was conferred on him by
Franklin and Marshall College of Lancaster. Pa., and
In 1915 the degree of master of arts by Yale Univer-
sity. In 1920 was elected a memtxT of Yale Cor-
poration and later was appointed to the prudential
committee, which is charged with all financial matters
connected with University. Also a member of Corpora-
tion'! committee on educational pollc?. Is a member
of Chicago Club. Bankers' Club. New York City Club.
CniiKn -ssional Country Club of Washington. D. C
Kiiuineers' Club, University clubs of New York and
Pittsburgh. Duquesne CUih. Pittsburgh; Oakmont Coun-
try Club. Pittsburgh. Is a director of American Manu-
facturers Export Association. Westinghouse Air Brake
Company, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing
Company. National Broadcasting Company. Radio-
Keith-OTpheum and various other organizations.
HERRON. FREDERICK. I.: Treasurer and man-
ager, foreign department. Motion Picture Producers and
Distnliutors of America. Inc.: b. Cravvfordsville. Ind.:
e. Wabash college fA.B.t; Princeton University; not
married. Was In U. S. Consular Service, and major
In the U. S. R'cular Army. Has been decorated with
the British Military Cross. French Croix de Guerre with
citation, the French Leilifltl of Honor. Spanish Order
of Isabel the Catholic. Is also a colonel In the U. S.
Reserve Corps.
HESS. GABRIEL L. : General attorney. Motion Pic-
ture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc. ; b.
New York City. February 12. 1881; e. New York Citv
public school. College of the City of New York. New
York Law School; m. Katherine Anisley Hawley. and
has two children. He was admitted to the Bar. New
York State In February. 1903.
HODES. HAL: Accessories sales manager of Co-
lumbia Pictures Corixiration Started in motion picture
Industry as an otMTatnr for the old Vitagraph Company.
1904-07. In 1907 joined the Navy for four years, be-
eouiing a rcportci for the Newark Evening New* imme-
diately upon discbarge. After one year on News, be
joined Kalem Company as advertising and publicity
manager. Subsequently he joined Universal as manager
of sales promotion under Joe Brandt, becoming assistant
general sales manager three months later. During
the stay with Universal, he was assigned to help form
Bluebird Productions with the late Sol Herman, and
with the late Harry Berman later brought Jewel Pro-
ductions into being. Another assignment while with
Universal was his apiHiintmcnt as managing editor and
sales manager of the New Screen Magazine, a single
reel subject. Resigned to become General sales manager
of Cosmotiolitan Productions staving with them VA
years, resigninc to become branch manager of New York
exchange for Educational. Some two years later went
into producing end of the business for himself ami
turned out a series of shorts, including Mutt and JetT
cartoons. Sold out and returned to Universal as sales
manauer of the short product ami complete service de-
partments. While there wrote story. "Terry of the
Times." serial released by Universal last year. Next
affiliation was with Columbia in which organization he
has lieen for two years. During that time he lias
beaded various departments, slaving with short subjects,
then director of advertising, publicity and exploitation.
He created an advertising sales deoartment for this
company, which department he now beads.
HOLT. HERBERT S. : Member of hoard of directors
of Famous Plavers Canadian Corporation. President of
Cedar Rapids Mfg. & Power CO., Holt Gundy & Co..
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Investment Bond & Share Corp.. Keystone Transports,
Ltd., London-Canadian Investment Co., Montreal Light,
Heat & Power Cons., Montreal Trust Co., Royal
Bank of Canada, St. Maurice Valley Corp., vice presi-
dent of Dominion Textile Co., HiUcrest Collieries, Ltd.,
chairman of Andian National Corp., Canada Power &
Paper Corp., Port Alfred Pulp & Paper Co.. and di-
rector of many other companies.
HUGUNIN, H. LEE: Assistant general manager.
Mack Sennett, Inc. ; b. Milwaukee, Wis. , May 20.
1882; p. Harry L. and Lena L. Hugunin; e. high
school and business college; m. Lottie Mae Hague-
wood; has one daughter, Marjorie Lee Hugunin. Secre-
tary to Carl Laemmle, Sr., 11)15-1916 ; in charge of
the purchasing division, Los Angeles; supply depot of
the war department, 1917 - 1919 ; production manager.
Mack Sennett. Inc., 192U-1926; assistant general man-
ager since 1927.
HUMM, JOHN: At present with E. A. Pierce &
Company; b. Hatzfeld, Hungary, December 18, 1892;
■e. was graduated from Commercial-Oriental Academy
i>f Budapest; married and has five children. Spent
two years in Paris as special agent of the minister of
commerce of Hungary, also taking a special course at
the Sorbonne. In 1913 came to New York as special
agent of the Hungarian ministry of commerce, serving
in that capacity until the outbreak of the World war.
In October, 1914, he entered the motion picture in-
dustry, affiliating with Pathe as translation clerk, and
then joined the distribution unit. Electric Film Com-
pany, in the same capacity. Moved along with Pathe
Exchange, Inc., wnen that company was organized
December 28, 1914, and worked practically every posi-
tion in the accounting department, became auditor,
assistant general manager, assistant treasurer, and
finally treasurer. Member of the Motion Picture Club
of New York, Freeport B. P. O. E., No. 1253, Rock-
ville Country club, Baldwin Country club, and is also
a member of various civic, commuters' and traveling
men's associations.
HYMES. M. L. : Comptroller, Fox Hearst Corporation;
b. London, England; e. High School of Commerce, New
York University (bachelor of commercial science), cer-
tified public accountant. New York, 1928. National
city auditor. Fox Theatres Corporation, Fox Film Cor-
jioration. At present is comptroller. Fox Hearst
Corporation.
I
1NNERARITY, LEWIS: Formerly was vice presi-
dent and secretary of Pathe ; b. Sherwood, Md. . July
23, 188C ; e. University of Maryland. Entered the
motion picture business in May. 1918. in capacity of
secretary for Pathe Exchange, Inc. Before that was
connected with Colonial Trust Company of Baltimore
and was on legal staff of U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty
Company for eight years. Has practiced law in Mary-
land. Is member of the Bar of State of New York and
of the Supreme Court of the United States. Was
chairman of the committee for the plan of the present
Hays organization and he and Gabe Hess did the work
incident to formation of it. Among various offices held
'by him are: vice president and director of Pathe,
Inc., vice president and director of Pathe Studios, Inc.;
director of Pathe Exchange, Inc. ; vice president and
•director of Safeway Stores. Inc. Is a member of
Merchants Association of New Y'ork and American
Arbitration Association.
J
JACKTER. RUBE: Assistant sales manager of
•Columbia Pictures Corporation : b. New York City.
December 12, 1897. Entered tlie motion picture industry
in 1!)13 with Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
in the sales department. Later joined Samuel Goldwyn.
upon organization of Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, in
capacity of special representative. Then went with Fox
Film Corporation as Fox News staff cameraman, also
as special representative in charge of Fox News sales.
Resigned to go with Universal and in 1924 left Uni-
versal to join Columbia as its first special field repre-
sentative and assisted in nationalizing Columbia Film
Exchange.
JENSEN. EMIL C: Vice president and sales man-
ager. Inspiration Pictures. Inc.; b Brooklyn, N. Y. ,
■February 23. 1892. Architect student from 1906-12;
salesman and assistant manager of Kinemacolor Com-
pany. 1912-15; branch manager, division manager and
field manager of World Film Company, 1915-18; ser-
geant major in U. S. Army. 1918-19; division manager
of Goldwyn Pictures. 1919-21; field manager of FBO,
1921-24 ; sales manager of Inspiration Pictures, 1924-25;
then promoted to vice president and sales manager.
JOHNSTON, W. RAY : President of Syndicate Pictures
Corporation, president of Continental Talking Pictures
Corporation, and president of Kaytone Talking Pictures,
Inc.; b. Janesville, Iowa, January 2. 1892; e. high
school in Janesville, Iowa, and the College of Commerce.
Waterloo. Iowa. Joined the news staff of the Waterloo
Daily Reporter where he remained for some months,
then delved into banking and real estate for several
years. In this connection he met Wilbert Shallenberger.
brother of W. E. Shallenberger, who later organized
Arrow Film Corporation. The brothers were interested
in the old Thanhouser Film Corporation with Charles
J. Hite. who invited Johnston, then 22. to go to New
York as his secretary, which position covered every
angle of studio and distribution activity. Within two
months he was made treasurer of Syndicate Film
Company, which made "The Million Dollar Mystery."
the serial that proved such a bonanza for its producers.
Then followed the trcasurership of Thanhouser and the
presidency of Big Productions Film Corporation. Also
introduced Al Jennings, famous Oklahoma bandit, to the
screen in "Beating Back." Nor did he overlook another
branch of business, for in addition to running Than-
houser studio in Florida Tor eight months, he also had
experience In theatre management. When affairs of
Thanhouser were wound up, Johnston joined W. E.
Shallenberger in Arrow Film Corporation, soon to be
elected to onVe of vice president, which position he
held until 1921 when h" organized and became president
of Itayart Pictures Corporation, which shortly became
one of the leaders among the independents. He Is still
president of B'g Productions Film Corporation, which
serves as an affiliated unit, and in 1929 he organized
Continental Talking Pictures Corporation, and began
production with Trem Carr of a series of RCA Photo-
phone pictures.
K
KAHANE. BENJAMIN B.: Secretary and treasurer
(*f Radio-Keith -Orpheum: b. Chicago. HI.. November
30. 1891 : e. was graduated from Wlnfleld S'o't Schley
s-hool. Murray F. Tuley high school and Chicago Kent
College of Law; married, has two children. Admitted
to the bar of the State of Illinois in October, 1912.
Practiced law in association with Alfred S. Truae,
George A. Trude and Daniel P. Trude (now judge of
Circuit court of Cook county, 111.). 1912-19. Admitted
to the New York bar in June, 1921. In December,
1919, went to New York to assist in organization of the
Orpheum Circuit, Inc., and remained with the com-
pany as general counsel, secretary and treasurer and
member of the board of directors. Returned to Chicago
when the Orpheum Circuit executive offices were moved
back there. Returned to New York upon consolidation
of the interests of Orpheum Circuit. Inc., and Keitu-
Albee companies, and was elected secretary and a di-
rector of the new Keith-Albee-Orpheum Corporation and
various subsidiary companies. Upon formation of
Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation (November, 1928) he
was made secretary and treasurer of this company and
a member of the board of directors, executive com-
mittee and finance committee (similar positions In sub-
sidiary companies). Clubs: Lakeville Golf and Country
Club, Motion Picture Club of New York.
KALMUS, DR. HERBERT T. : President and gen-
eral manager. Technicolor Motion Picture- Corporation;
b. Chelsea, Mass., November 9, 1881; p. Benjamin G.
and Ada Isabella Gumey Kalmus; e. Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (B.S.. 1904), University of
Zurich, Switzerland (Ph.D., 1906); m. Natalie M. Dun-
fee. Is a graduate fellow, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, studying in Europe, 1905-06; Research
association, 1906-07 ; instructor at M. I. T.. 1907-10;
was assistant professor of physics at Queen's University,
Kingston, Ont., 1910-12; professor of electro-chemistry
and metallurgy, 1913-315; director of the res^arcn lab-
oratory of electro-chemistry and metallurgy for the
Canadian Government, 1913-15. He was president of
Dxolon Company, 'luorold, Ontario. Buffalo, New YorK
and Boston. Mass.. 1918-23. He has been president
and general manager of Technicolor Motion Picture
Corporation (motion pictures in natural colors) from
its organization to date. His home address is Center-
ville. Mass. Offices: 110 Brookline Avenue, Boston.
Mass.. and 823 N. Seward street, Hollywood, Cal. He
is a member of the American Institute of Chemical
Engineers. Boston Athletio Club. American Chemical
Society, Algonquin of Boston, American Physical So-
ciety, Brentwood Country Club of A. A. A.'s. Los
Angeles, Cal.. American Society of Testing Materials.
Also is author of about 50 articles written for technical
journals. He is an Episcopalian, and a Republican.
KALMUS, NATALIE M. : Director of the art de-
partment. Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation; b.
Boston, Mass., in 1887 ; p. Ann Jordan Grand Dunfee
and George Kajser Dunfee; e. art school. University.
Zurich. Switzerland, art school. John B. Stetson Uni-
versity. Deland, Fla., Boston Art School. Boston. Mass..
and Curry School of Expression. Boston. Mass.. Queen's
University. Kingston. Ontario; m. Dr. Herbert T.
Kalmus. Has been color expert of Technicolor Motion
Picture Corporation from organization of that company
to date. Belongs to the Wianno Country Club. Wianno.
Mass.. Algonquin Country Club, Boston, Mass., and
Brentwood Country Club, Brentwood. Cal.
KATZ. SAM: Vice president. Paramount Publix
Corporation; b. Russia. 1892, and brought to this
country at age of three months; raised in the ghetto
of Chicago, where his father was a barber. In 1905. at
age of 13. he got a job playing the piano in Carl
Laemmle's first 5-cent motion picture house on Chicago's
West Side, while continuing his school work. At age
of 16. he had his own theatre with 144 folding chairs,
which he later increased to 275 and installed an
orchestra; next year he bought two more theatres. His
main ambition was to become a lawyer and, being
graduated from high school at this time, he entered
Northwestern university where he attended night school
while continuing his business activities. In 1914. he
acquired a theatre seating 800 and soon afterwards
formed Amalgamated Theatre Corporation. About this
time he met Barney Balaban. and the meeting bore
fruit in erection of Central Park theatre, first really
fine theatre in Chicago devoted exclusively to films.
Venture won interest and backing of financial circles
and. before long. Riviera was built, which was followed
by the string of deluxe houses which all Chicago knows
as Balaban & Katz. Impressed by the brilliant success
of this firm, directors of Paramount Famous Lasky
Corporation in 1925 prevailed upon the Chicago concern
to take over management of its houses and Sam Katz
took executive charge of the new enterprise.
KAUFMAN. ALBERT A.: Director and assistant
to Jesse L. Lasky. first vice president of Paramount
Publix Corporation: b. Devils Lake. N. D.. September
25. 1888: p. Esther Kohn and Herman Kaufman: e.
public schools of Chicago. 111. ; m. Rita Spear. Was
appointed director and assistant to Jesse L. Lasky.
first vice president of Paramount Publix. Clubs:
American London; Union Interalliee. Paris; Lambs.
City. New Y'ork City: L. A. Athletic. Los Angeles.
KAW, EDGAR L. : Manager of commercial division
of Fox Hearst Corporation: b. St. Paul, Minn.. 1898;
e. Cornell University (1923): hy. sports, especially foot-
ball. Did confidential work for William Fox. Fox-Case
sound development and now is manager of Fox Hearst
Commercial Division.
KELLY. ARTHUR W.: Vice president, treasurer and
general manager of foreign distribution of United Artists
Corporation; b. London. England. September 7. 1890;
e. London: m. Josephine Frcygang. Started his busi-
ness career in offices engaged in management of the-
atrical enterprises and became business manager of the
largest producing variety companies in England. Came
to America at the age of 21 n represent the Frank .1.
Gould enterprises and at 25 he was a director of twelve
companies. He served in the World War in the British
Tank Corps and later was transferred to the American
Armv. After the war he became associated with the
•'Kmbassv Club" in Ixmdon. Upon his return to
America he became associated with United Artists Cor-
poration and became vice president and later treasurer
of that organization. In 1920 he was given entire
supervision of the foreign department and is at present
one of the executive committee of three of United
Artists.
KEMPNER, ALEXANDER S.: General real estate
representative. Fox Theatres Corporation; b. Boston.
Mass.. October 23. 1890; e. public schools in New York.
In 1910 he entered the real estate business as a mem-
ber of the firm of Louis Kempner & Son. He re-
mained with this firm until 1916 when he became asso-
ciated with Fox Theatres Corporation in charge of real
estate, where he Is at present. He Is a member of
the New York Real Estate Securities Exchange. Inc..
and a member of the New Y'ork Real Estate Board.
KENDALL. MESSMORE: Member of board of
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation: b. Grand
Rapids, Mich.; p. John and Florence Kendall; e.
Columbia University. Member of firm of Kendall and
Herzog; president. Moredall Realty Corporation, which
built and owns the Capitol theatre. New York; vice
president, Geo. H. Doran Company, publishers; presi-
dent, Ladnek Realty Corporation; president, Chile
Bolivia Company; member advisory board. Chemical
National Bank; director, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Corporation ; Porterville Railroad Company. Andes
Mining Company; Santiago Mining Company. Owns
Washington's Headquarters at Dobbs Ferry, where he
resides. Member, American Bar Association. New York
State Bar Association, Association of Bar, City of New
Y'ork. Military Order Loyal Legion, Sons of American
Revolution, A. I. M. E. Clubs: Players, Lotos. Oak-
land. Ardsley, Blind Brook. Bankers. Rockwood Hall.
Bohemian (San Francisco), Everglades, Oasis. Bath
and Tennis (Palm Beach). Address: 1639 Broadway.
New York.
KENT, SIDNEY R.: General manager and member
of board of directors of Paramount Publix Corporation;
b. Lincoln. Neb., and at age or 14, just after he had
finished grammar school, got his first job stoking boilers
in a greenhouse at $5 a week. From this humble be-
ginning he has developed a business career which is
one of the most strikingly successful ones in the annals
of the picture industry. Before he was 20 years old
he had pushed up in Wyoming and was occupying a
responsible i>osition with Colorado Fuel and Iron Com-
pany. He was one of an engineering company and he
and five other men were sole inhabitants of 36 miles
of desolate country. They built their own roads and
pipelines, established camps and literally opened up
territory to civilization and business activity. In 1912
he went to the Pacific Coast with the American Drug-
gists' Syndicate. Shortly afterwards he returned East
where he became a salesman at $50 a week. Three
months later he was the company's assistant sales man-
ager, then assistant to the president and for three and
one-half years he was virtually in charge of the entire
business. A friend talked to him enthusiastically of
the motion picture business. He liked its prospects and
cast his lot with the films with the old Vitagraph Com-
pany. It was not long after that General Film Com-
pany was indicted under the Sherman Law and buried
under judgments aggregating $2.5. 000,000. Frank Hitch-
cock had the job of unravelling the tangle and he
called Sidney Kent to help him. The job was cleaned
up and Kent walked into the office of Adolph Zukor,
president of Famous Players, and sold his services, but
not at a price. That was to be determined if and
when he made good. He went to work in the com-
pany's administration bureau, and at the end of eight
months was getting $250 a week. His first work, in the
distribution department, was as special district manager
of the territory whi^h included the Kansas City. St.
Louis, Omaha and Des Moines offices, which position
he held until May. 1919. when he was called to the
home office to become general sales manager. On Janu-
ary 8. 1921. Zukor appointed him general manager of
distribution and a year later he was elected to the
company's board of directors. In 1926 he was named
general manager.
■ KING. BOB H.: b. Stratham. N. H. , December
11. 1904; h. 5 feet 8 inches: blue eyes and brown
hair: w. 138 pounds; p. Goldie Pemberton and Har-
lev Z. King, professionals: e. Loomis Institute. Wind-
sor. Conn.. Trinity College. Hartford. Conn.: m. Dolly
Varden. non- professional : hy. science and play writ-
ing. In vaudeville with dancing partner. 1916-17.
Was editor of Screen and Stage. Boston: editor and
publisher of New England Film News. Boston: column-
ist for The Vaudeville News. New York; assisted in
rewriting and producing "The Squealer." In 1930
joined Gen'Tal Plav Company as director of advertis-
ing and publicity, and head or stock department; In
1931 was business manager for "Perfectly Scandalous"
produced at the Hudson theatre. New York, bv Ray
Gallo in association with Raymar Productions. Inc.
KINGSTON. AL: b. New York City, September 17.
1902: h. 5 feet 7 inches; blond hair and blue eyes;
w. 160 pounds; p. Clara and Philip Kingston, non-
professionals; e. De Witt Clinton high school. He
was a trade paper writer for a per od of four years,
then a freelance publicity director for one year and
then became general manager of Gus Edwards En-
terprises.
KIRKPATRICK. ARTHUR S. : Assistant general
manager. Educational Film Exchanges. Inc.: b. Chi-
cago. 111.. January 14. 1881: e. grade schools. Chicago:
South Chicago high school. Illinois University. Cham-
paign. 111.: m. Annette Elizabeth Kirkpatrick: has two
daughters and a son. Mildred Caroline. George Clavton
and Margaret Elizabeth. Prior to entering the motion
picture business he was chief engineer of the U. S.
Steel Corporation's interests in Chicago. Started in
the picture business in June. 1913. as manager of
studios of Columbine Motion Picture Company. Den-
ver: became branch manager of Metro, at Portland.
Ore., in 1915: branch manager. Mutual Film Corpora-
tion, in 1916; district manager, and later general sales
manager of Mutual; was general manager of Mutual In
1918 and became vice president and general manager
of Robertson-Cole in 1919: has been assistant gen ral
manager of Educational Film Exchanges since 1921.
Is also vice-president of Educational Pictures, Inc.
KIRSTEIN. LOUIS E.: Member of board of directors
of Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation: b. Rochester.
N Y.. July 9. 1867: p. Jeanette Leiter and Edward
Kirstein: e. grammar school and business college.
Rochester: m. Rose Stein of Rochester. January 23.
1894 : children. Mina Stein. Lincoln Edward. George
Garland. Began as errand boy: then traveling salesman
for E Kirstein Sons Co.. Rochester. 1890-94. became
connected with Andrew J. Lloyd Co.. was made man-
ager of Rochester Optical Co.: Joined Steln-Bloch Co..
Rochester 1901: vice president. William Filene's Sons
Co.. Boston, since 1911: director. B. Forman Co..
Abraham & Straus. Inc. (New York). Radio-Kelth-
Orpheum Corporation: member of Lee. Hlgginson Trust
Co. : director National Better Business Bureau Boston
Better Business Bureau: member. Mass. Industrial
Comm.. Boston Port Authority Board, governing
council of Retail Trade Board: vice president of Bos-
ton Chamber of Commerce: chairman. Publicity Com-
mittee. Mass. Committee of Public Safety since 1917:
member State Advisory Commission of Nat. War Sav-
ings Com. of XT. S. : member. Boston War Camp
Community Service: appointed head of hoard of award
of War Dent, for purchase of all army uniforms. Sep-
tember 1. 1918; vice president. Nat. Administration Com.
of Am. Jewish Congress: chairman. N. F branch. Am.
Jewish Relief Com. : treasurer. Greater Boston People's
Relief Committee: trustee. Harvard Economic Society:
member. Eeonomlc T#ainie (National rmincll): director.
Federated Public Library: member committees to ylalt
Grad. School of Business Administration, and Semitic
1931
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Mus. and Div. Semitic Langs.. Harvard: member, board
01 managers. Children's Hosuitai; director, Beth Israel
Hospital; Boston Legal Aid Society; Jewish Inst, of
Religion (.New York City) ; member, council-at-large.
Boy Sconts of America ; president. Training School lor
Jewish social service; president of board of West End
Honse (Boston); advisor on eddcation of Associated
Y. M. and Y. W. H. A. (Boston). Democrat. Clubs:
Boston City, Elysium, Kernwood Conntry, University,
Pine Brook Valley. University (Boston). City. Aldine.
Metropolis. American (London). Home: 506 Common-
wealth avenue. Office: 426 Washington street, Boston.
Mass.
KNIPE. C. C. : Accessory sales manager of Uni-
versal Pictures Corporation; b. Knoxville. Iowa. July
II. 1890; e. Ottumwa. Iowa. Went to work for Uni-
versal in 1920 as accessory manager in Kansas City,
Mo. Spent two years as district accessory supervisor.
Never worked for any other film company than
Universal. Was transferred to the home office in May,
1930, as accessory sales manager.
KOEGEL. OTTO ERWIN: Member of board of
directors of Fox Film Corporation; b. Boonville. Ind.,
November 23, 1891; p. Laura Coe and Henry Koegel;
LL.B. Natural University Law School. Washington.
D. C. 1915; LL.M.. 1916 (prize for highest average
dnring codrse) ; D.C.L.. Am. U.. 1922; m. Bae Fisher.
Boonville, September 30, 1916; three children. James
Erwin. Ruth Ann, William Fisher. Practiced law at
Washington. D. C. since 1916. also at Chicago since
1924; and in New York City; member of firm. Matthews
& Koegel ; director and counsel of numerous publicity
Utilities; associate counsel. Bureau of War Bisks In-
surance. U. S. treasury department. 1918-23; assistant
general counsel, U. S. Veterans Bureau, February to
May. 1923; assistant U. S. Attorney for D. C. May,
1923, to February. 1924 : professor of law of domestic
relations, cases on torts and cases on criminal law.
National University. 1920-24. Legal members committee
on Hereditary Defectives in U. S. of second international
Congress of Eugenics. New York. 1922; member of
committee on marriage laws. Am. Assn. for Family
Social Work (allied with Russell Sage Foundation):
member American and Chicago bar associations; Sigma
Nu Phi. Republican. Methodist. Mason (32d degree).
Clubs: University (Washington). Union League. West-
moreland Conntry. Shawnee Conntry (Chicago). Au-
thor: ' Common Law Marriage and Its Development in
the United States," 1922. Home: 716 9th street.
Wilmette. 111. Office: 327 S. I .a Salle street, Chicago,
III. , and 100 Broadway. New York City.
KOHN. RALPH A.: Treasurer of Paramount Publix
Corporation; b. Chicago. March 17. 1890: e. Chicago
and New York public schools, lieing graduated from
Townsend high school in 1907. and from New York
University (B. S.. 1911) : m. Marion Feinberg In 1924
and has two children. Entered the law office of Elek
John Ludvigh as clerk and attended law school eve-
nings. Admitted to the New York Bar in June. 1913.
Became assistant counsel and assistant secretary' of
Famous Players Film Company on its formation in
1913. and assistant secretary and assistant treasurer of
Paramount Famous-T.askv Corporation when it was
organized in 1916. Continued in this capacity, except
during the World war when he was first a private
and then a second lieutenant of the Signal Corps.
United States Army. Returned to Paramount after
the war. and was elected director of the company.
January* 31. 1923; elected treasurer of Paramount and
its subsidiaries in August. 1927 : elected director anil
treasurer of Columbia Broadcasting System In 1929.
M'mber of the City Athletic. Fairview Country. Army
and Navy and Friars clubs.
KUSER. J. DRYDEN : Mem!>er of the board of di-
rectors. Fox Film Corjioration ; h. Newark. N. J..
September 24. 1897: p. Anthony Band and Susie Dry-
den Kuser; e. graduate of Prinreton University, class
of 1919; m. Vieva Marie Fisher; has one son. Anthony
D. Kuser. aged 7. State senator (Itepublican). Somer-
set County. N. J. : previously four years in the Assem-
bly; author of travel and ornithological hooks, also a
director of the Trust Company of New Jersey.
L
LAWT0N. JR., FRANCIS: President. General Busi-
ness Films. Inc.. N-w York City; honorary life mem-
ber and past president of the Advertising Cub of
Baltimore; member of the Industrial Motion Picture
Committee. United States Dei\artment of Comim-rce.
American Management Association, and Society of Mo-
tion Picture Engineers. For several vears. be was
Vic president of .Tarn Handy Picture Service. Inc., of
Chicago, and inaugurated its eastern division. He
subsequently was instrumental in bringing tog ther
Under an operating agreement among nine industrial
film producing and distributing companies in differnt
cities throughout the country, one of which was Gen-
eral Business Films. Inc.. with whi^h he is now
ns-oeiatcH Since 1929 he has heen chairman of the
Motion Picture Commltte" of the Advertising Club of
N"W York: was formerly sales manager of Paramount
Business Pictures. Inc.
LEDERER. OTTO: Secretary. First Division Pic-
tures, Inc.; h. New York City: p Rose and Henry
Lederer: e. high school: m. Birdie Marsbon. He
started in the motion picture hus'ness as an exhibitor
in 1910 in Brooklyn. Sold the tbea'rc In 1927. and
went into partnership with Harry II. Thomas, and
bought out Merit Film Corjioration from Chadwick.
LEE. ARTHUR A.: President. AmerAnglo Corpora-
tion: b. Harlem. New York. July 18. 1894; e. public
school No. 184 and Stuyvesant high school. Has been
In the motion picture industry for 19 years; started out
by roadshowing one of the first five-reel pictures ever
produced. Nat C. Goodwin in "Oliver Twist." through-
out thp Dominion of Canada: one year later with Gen-
eral Film Company in Montreal and was later annointed
manager of the special feature department in Canada;
left Canada and went with Picture Playhouse Film
Company and opened branch offices for them throughout
the United States. Resigned from this comoanv and
went with Gaumont Company of New York with head-
quarters at Flushing. L. I.. and left Gaumont to enlist
In the army. Julv 1. 1918. Was discharged from the
army December 25. 1918. and went hack to the Ont-
mont Company until the latter dissolved Its New York
corporation. Then started Lee Bradford Corporation,
which operated until Bradford's death in 1925. at
which time AmerAnglo Corporation was formed, of
which L"e Is president. Also the American represen-
tative of Gainsborough Pictures. Piceadlllv Pictures.
Gaumont Company. Ltd.. Gaumont Rrltlsh Corporation
and Welsh Pearson Elder Corporation: also vice presi-
dent of the Gaumont British Corporation of Canada.
Ltd. ; general manager, foreign department. Tiffany
Productions, Inc. ; a member of Motion Picture club,
Westchester Hills Golf club and Canadian club.
LEEDS. ALBERT W.: Secretary and attorney. Fox
West Coast Theatres; b. Salem, Ore., Jandary 5. 1899;
e. Leland Stanford, Jr., university, class of 1920, and
Stanford Law School (J. D., 1922); he is married and
has one child.
LESSER, SOL: Executive assistant to Carl Laemmle
and in charge of Universal theatres: b. Spokane.
Wash.. February 17, 1890; p. Leiser and Julia
Lesser: e. public schools of San Francisco; m.
Fay Grunauer; has two children. Marjorie and Julian
Lesser. Founder of West Coast Theatres, Inc.. pro-
ducer of Jackie Coogan series, producer of Harold Bell
Wright series, president of Principal Theatres Corpora-
tion of America, general manager of Feature Produc-
tions, Inc., vice president and general manager of
United Artists Theatres of California, Ltd., now in
charge of L'niversal Theatres.
LEWIS, GEORGE FRANCIS: Director and treasurer
of Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation; b. New-
York City. November 21. 1885; p. Francis and Sarah
Kelley Lewis; e. Patchogue high school, Mt. Hermon
School. Cornell University (bachelor of literature 1907):
m. Elizabeth Lofgren. Member of New York State Bar
Association. Delta Chi. Clubs: Cornell University, Glen
Ridge Country. Essex Falls Country. Block Hall. Ad-
mitted to the bar. New York. 1907. Member: Guthrie.
Jerome. Rand and Kresel. attorneys, 1921: Jerome and
Rand. 1924; Tibbetts, Lewis & Rand, 1929. Director
and secretary of General Electric X-Ray Corporation;
director, Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America.
Office: 15 Broad street. New York City: Home. Oak
Lane. Essex Falls. New Jersey.
LICHTMAN. ALEXANDER : Vice president and
general manager of distribdtion, United Artists Cor-
ixuation; b, Hungary, April 4. 1888; married. Came
to this country at an early age and obtained position
as usher in theatre in New York. Later he was a
vaudeville actor and then managed a company of his
own. He became associated with Exhibitors Advertis-
ing Corporation and was eventually the New York
manager for that concern. He was general manager
of distribution for Monopol Film Company which han-
dled such first feature films as "Dante's Inferno."
"Homer's Odyssey" and "The Life of Buffalo Bill." He
was the first sales manager for Famous Players Com-
pany and he was first general manager of distribution
for Artcraft. selling the pictures of Mary Pickford.
Douglas Fairbanks. Elsie Ferguson and William S.
Hart. Merger into Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
made him general manager of distribution for the com-
bined organization and he also filled the same position
for Universal. In 1926 he was appointed special field
representative of United Artists Corporation and he is
now vice president and one of the excutive committee
of that company.
LOEB. JACOB WEIL: Vice president of Fanchon
and Marco. Inc.. vice president of General Broadcasting
System, and general vaudeville hooking manager of Fox
Theatres Corporation; b. Reading. Pennsylvania: e.
private and public schools in Reading. Pa.; m. Ray
Krotosky of Pottsville. Pa. : hy. swimming, boxing,
handball and other athletic sports. Played vio.in in
the orchestra in the opera house in Reading, and drum
in the old Binggold Band, which became part of the
Marine Band at Washington. Was one of the first
to advocate large orchestras and -ood music in picture
houses.
L0EW. ARTHUR: First vice president of Loew's.
Inc. ; b. New York City. October 5. 1897 ; e. public
schools. New York City, New York I'niversity. During
college vacations was cub reporter on New York Evening
Globe. Upon graduation from college became associated
with I^oew's, Inc., the Arm named* for his late father.
Marcus Loew. Later entered the export department
of Metro Pictures Corporation, which was bought by
Loew's. Inc.. in 1920. In 1927 was elected first vice
president of Loew's. Inc.. which controls Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer. One of the youngest Important executives
in theatrical world.
LOLLIER. W. H. (BUD): ■■Motive home office
representative. Fox West Coast Theatres: b. Buffalo.
\\\o . November 3. 1892: p. Henry It. and Elizabeth
Lollier: e. grammar school and high school graduate,
and two years college: m. Hazel Hart. Served as a
pilot during the World war. first lieutenant. U. S.
Reserves. Started with Fox West Coast Theatres In
1920 as auditor, and today Is the oldest employee in
terms of continuous service.
LUDVIGH. ELEK JOHN: General counsel. Para-
mount Iliblix Corporation^ b. New York City: e. public
schools and graduatid from the College of the City of
New York In 1891. Admitted to the bar in 1894 ; New
York State Civil Service Commissioner 1910-12; retired
Trom general practice of law to devote himself exclu-
sively to general counselship of Paramount about 11
>ears ago.
M
MoCONNELL. FRED J.: Sbor' product manager.
Universal Pictures Corporation : b. Waseca. Min-
nesota: e. Ashland. Wis., high school. Chicago
Manual Training school and the University of Wis-
consin. Formerly was connected with the Chicago Her-
ald and Cleveland News: four years New York City
representative for the Chicago Herald: previously in
advertising agency field with Kaufman & Handy Agency
and Taylor Critchfleld Company, both In Chicago; ad-
vertising manager. Northwest Agriculturist, farm publi-
cation: serial representative for Pathe. serial manager
for Universal: in charge of serial production and West-
ern pictures at Universal Citv 1923-2"i. Editor and
vice president of Exhibitors' Daily Review. 1926. and
an inde-iendent producer of Western and doc features
for Pathe. Memlier of the A. M. P. A.. New York
Athletic Club and Elks.
McDONALD. CHARLES: Vice president and produc-
tion manager of Waftlms. Inc. ; started in the motion
picture business with Essanay in the earh- 1900*1.
playing such roles as Ivan In "Michael Strogoff."
Frank James In ".Tames Boys of Missouri." and others.
Returned to the stage and Journalism, wrote the hook
and lyrics of "Tjet's Go." musical comedy success of
few years ago. Was vice president and general manager
of Van Benren Corporation for ten years, during which
time supervised production of over 1.000 one and two
reel comedies. Became vice nresident and production
manager of Wafllms. Inc., whose "Africa Speaks" is
a 1930-31 success.
McKAY, WILLARD STEWART: General counsel.
Universal Pictures Corporation; b. Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Augnst 1, 1895; p. Nevin W. and Susan Stemler
Brmkeihoff McKay; e. Yale University and Fordham
Law School; m. Elizabeth .Margaret Flannery; has one
daughter. Was first lieutenant in the United States
Air Service: foreign service in France and Italy; was
admitted to the Bar in 1921.
MALITZ, FELIX: Vice president and general man-
ager of UFA Films, Inc., New York. Was vice presi-
dent and general manager of former Pathe Freres, and
also managing director of old Electric Film Company,
which later on became Pathe Exchange, Inc., of which,
together with Charles Pathe, he is the founder, and
of which he has been the first vice president and gen-
eral manager. Was forced to leave position during
World war as capital of Pathe was entirely in the
hands of French interests. Later he imported Gernian
war Alms, and for several years was in the exporting
and importing of films.
MALLARD. WILLIAM: General attorney and secre-
tary. Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation; b. New York
City. Jdly 3. 1899; p. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Mallard;
e. University of Georgia (A. B. ). and Columbia Uni-
versity (LL. B.); m. Carrie Lon Boen Mallard: has
one son. Associated in the practice of law with the
firm of Cravath de Sersdorff. Swaine and Wood. New
Y'ork Citv. nnti his connection with RKO in Novem-
ber of 1929.
MALLEN. MRS. AUDREY HASKELL: Director of
the eddcational department. RKO-l'athe Pictdres; b.
Boston. Mass.. May 27. 1S94 : p. George B. Haskell
and Hattie B. Haskell; e. Smith College, Wellesley
College (department of hygiene). University of Cali-
fornia: in 1927 divorced Harry J. Mallen, to whom
she had been married in 1915: has one adopted son.
Was supervisor of physical eddcation. West Orange
(N. J.) pnblio schools. 1914-15; then became salesman
for the eddcational department of Pathe Exchange. Inc.,
special representative of the department, director of the
eddcational department, for Pathe. 1927-31.
MANHEIM, N. L. : Export manager of Universal
Pictdres Corporation: b. Syracuse. New Y'ork. With
the Shuberts five years before the World war. Since
then, with Universal as salesman, assistant general
sales manager, short product manager, general service
manager, and for the past eight years general manager
of the foreign department.
MANHEIMER, MRS. RAE: President. The Film
Exchange. Inc. J b. Russia ; e. tutored privately by a
Columbia professor; m. the late E. S. Manheimer; has
two daughters and one son. Has been operating the
Film Exchange, Inc., for over a year with the assist-
ance of Harvey Pergament. The Film Exchange. Inc..
is an organization which heretofore had been run by
Mr. Manheimer for over a period of twenty years.
MARCUS. LEE: President of RKO Pathe Pictures.
Inc.; b. Buffalo. New York. December 7. 1893; e. pub-
lic school and high school in Buffalo. Four years
general contracting; in the Army for 26 months: and
has been in the motion picture business for twelve
years. Was vice president of RKO Radio Pictures when
selected for the Pathe post.
MARTIN. THOMAS J.: Auditor. Warner Bros. Pic-
tures. Inc.; b. New York City. November 10. 1898: p.
Owen and Bridget Martin: e. Fordham University
(B. A.. 1920) and New York University, post graduate
in accounting; m. Lillian Schaeffler: has one child.
Was with Price Waterhouse & Company, auditors,
from September. 1920. to August. 1925; with Warner
Bros, since September. 1925.
METZGER. LOU B. : Special foreign representative
of Columbia Pictures Corporation, with headquarters
in London. England; h. Kansas City. Mo.. 1895.
When barelv 17 years of age. he undertook his first
job in a film exchange, that of his uncle, in Portland.
Ore., as an insp ctor when that organization handled
Laemmle Film Service. He soon was graduated into
the sales end of the business and remained in that
territory until the war. when he resigned and entered
the Army. Joining the gift Field Artillery of the 8th
Itegular Division. Starting in the ranks he rose to
l>e chief brigade telephone officer of the field artillery
brigade. He has successfully filled every Job In a
branch office, working in Kansas City and in New
York. Became special representative for "The Heart
of Humanity." Universale great war picture: was called
to New Y'ork In 1920 to be a special salesman for the
Stage Woman's War Relief put on by Universal. He
attained a national reputation through his conception
and ixecution of the complete service contract. At the
end of 1925 he was made sales director for the West-
ern division. The success of bis division in completing
long term contracts with Balahan and Katz and other
circuit bookings was largely due to his leadership.
IDon the eve of his departure for Europe in June.
1926. Carl Laemmle appointed him general sales man-
ager In charge of distribution throughout the United
States and Canada. When E. H. Goldstein resigned
In October. 1928. Metzger was made general manager
of the corporation. He now is special foreign repre-
sentative of Columbia.
MEYER. FRANK: Assistant secretary. Paramount
PUblix Corporation: b. St. Louis. Entered hanking
business in 1898. and in 1908 he became connected
with Cameraphone Company in Denver (his people held
the Western rights of the New Y'ork company), one
of the first talking picture companies which numbered
in its roster of stars some of the best known names on
the legitimate stage: in 1909 returned to St. Louis
where he formed an association with Western Film
Exchange Company, later being sent to New Y'ork to
open branch office for that company; among his clients
was Adolph Zukor. who booked film from the Western
exchange for his Comedy theatre. Through business
dealings Mever and Zukor came to know and like each
other, with the result that In 1912 when Famous
Players was organized. Meyer was taken into the new
company. He has served in many capacities with
Famous and Is now general manager of the Paramount
laboratory and general purchasing agent in addition to
his secretarial duties.
MILLI KEN CARL E. : Secretary. Motion Picture
Producers and Distributors of America. Inc.: b P'tts-
fleid. Maine. Julv 13. 1877: p. Charles A and Elbn
Knowlton MlUlken ; e. A. B. Bates. 1S<>7: Harvard.
1899; LL. D.. Ba'es. 1917. Colby. 1918. University of
Maine. 1919: m Emma Vivian Chase. July 31. 1901;
has seven children, six daughters and one son. En-
tered the lumber business with his father after his
graduation from college. Served three terms In the
state senate. Was elected governor of Maine and after
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serving two terms took up a study of motion pictures.
With a group of Maine leaders he produced a series
of pictures from outdoor stories featuring the state's
scenery. In 1925 he was named a member of the
board of directors of Religious Motion Picture Foun-
dation established by William Harmon Foundation
with the cooperation of the Federal Council of
Churches and MPPDA.
While governor, in 1917, he had helped rush through
wartime legislation which in less than twelve hours
authorized a million dollar war loan. After complet-
ing his term of office in 1921, he became a member
of the New England Uailroad Committee investigating
the effect of mergers on New England business. Three
years later he was made collector of customs for his
district.
He was prominent for many years in the activities
of the Baptist Church, YMCA, and Federal Council
of Churches; also toured the United States in 1911 and
1912 with John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. in behalf of the
Inter-church World Movement. Was named president
of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society and
chairman of its finance committee. Then was chosen
president of the Northern Baptist Convention from 1924
to 192(5. For twelve years he was on the International
Committee of the YMCA, also a director of Playground
Association of America. In 1S91 had become a mem-
ber of the Augusta Free Baptist Church and in 1900
joined the Island Falls Free Baptist Church. Became
chairman of the executive committee and then presi-
dent of Island Falls church. Later he joined the Cen-
tral Square Baptist Free Church in Portland. Maine.
Was appointed secretary of the MPPDA when Court-
land Smith joined Fox Theatres Corporation.
MORRIS, EDWIN H: General manager. Music Sales
Corporation (Warner Bros.); b. Pittsburgh. Pennsylva-
nia, December 18, 1908; e. public schools of Cleveland
and Manlius Military Academy. Was with Warner
Bros, for several years in various departments. When
M. Witmark and Sons was purchased by Warner Bros,
he was transferred to that firm in an executive capac-
ity. Since that time, music companies added to the
Warner organization are De Svlva, Brown and Hen-
derson, Inc.. Harms, Inc.. and Remick Music Corpora-
tion. This affiliation resulted in formation of Music
Publishers Holding Corporation, of which he is vice
president. Later with formation of Music Sales Cor-
poration as the retail outlet of the music companies in
the Warner organization, he became general manager of
the corporation.
MORRIS, SAM E.: Vice President of Warner Bros •
b. Oil City, Pa.; e. Cleveland. Ohio. When he finished'
his schooling he went with American Tobacco Company
and as foreign manager for that concern traveled all
over the world. A little later he settled in Cleveland
where he aenuired the Home theatre and two or three
other houses in the same city. It was during this time
that he was elected chairman of film committee of the
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and his work in this
connection eventually developed basic idea of film arbi-
tration boards. From exhibitor he became an exchange
manager in Cleveland for the World Film organization;
then went to New York as vice president and general
manager of Select Pictures Corporation. Nine vears ago
he joined Warner Brothers as head of distribution. One
of his most notable accomplishments was the reorgani-
zation of the selling force when Warner Bros, acquired
the old Vitagraph Company. More recently his efficient
sales methods have been devoted to the popularizing
of \ itaphone talking pictures.
MOSKOWITZ. CHARLES C. : Assistant general man-
ager of Loew's Inc.. in charge of all theatres in
Greater New Y'ork area: h. New Y'ork Citv; e. College
of the City of New Y'ork. New York University and
School of Commerce. Entered Loew's. Inc.. about
seventeen years ago in a minor capacity, and worked
his way up to one of the highest executive positions in
the organization. He has never been connected with anv
other theatrical organization. Clubs: Motion Picture
Club of New Y'ork, Masonic Order and Shrine.
M U LROONEY, THOMAS P.: Foreign sales man-
ager. United Artists Corporation; b. Delaware, Ohio.
March 24. 1899; p. Patrick and Katlierine Mulrooney;
not married.
N
NORTH, CLARENCE J.: Chief of the Motion Pic-
ture Division of the Department of Commerce: b.
Swampscott. Massachusetts. September 13. 1892; e.
Morristown School and Harvard University (class of
1914). Took special courses in history and international
law at Columbia University. 1915. Became secretary to
the general manager of American Car and Foundry
Company in Detroit in 191f>. resigning his post to go
with the War Trade Board in Washington, remaining
there from October. 1917. to April. 1919. Returned to
New York to become managing editor of the business
periodical. Export Trade and Finance, from May,
1919. to December. 1922. Entered service with the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the De-
partment of Commerce January 1. 1923. as editorial
assistant in the Specialties Division. Became chief of
the newly organized Motion Picture Section on July 1.
192(1. and remained as chief when the Section was
raised to the rank of a Division on July 1. 1929.
o
O'HERON. FRANK: Vice president in charge of
operations. TiKO Ttadio Pictures: h. Miltnn. Mass.,
June l(i. 1893: p. James F. and Julia E. O'lleron: e.
Milton high school. Pennsylvania State college. Mas-
sachusetts Agricultural College: m. Mary C. Maclean.
Formerly accountant for Bethlehem Shipbuilding Cor-
poration, then went to FBO in the same capacity in
June. 1925.
O'TOOLE. M. J.: h. Srranton. Pa.: m. and has four
children, two sons and two daughters. One son a
graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, department
of mechanical and electrical engineering: another a
medical student at Georgetown university at Wash-
ington. D. C. Both daughters attending girls' semi-
naries. Apprenticed to the machinist trade at 13
years of age; became a journeyman machinist and in
that capacity was in the service of the Lackawanna
Railroad Company and American Locomotive; reporter
for one year, editor for about 24 years of different
daily and other newspapers in Scranton. Wilkes-Barro
and other cities in Pennsylvania. Handled legislative
work and specialized in iHilitieal writing; manager of
a pleasure park for two years; then became identified
with the Comerford Theatre Company in 1!)20 and is
still affiliated with that Independent circuit Elected
president of the .Motion Picture Theatre Owners of
America in 1924; elected secretary and business man-
ager in 1927 and re-elected in 1928-30, with head-
quarters at 1000 Broadway, New Y'ork. Has also been
chairman of national public service, national legisla-
tive and other committees of that organization and has
handled considerable business for the theatre owners
at Washington and state capitals. Is a memoer of the
New Y'ork Press Club, New Y'ork Athletic Club, New
York Lodge of Moose. Typographical Union, Knights
of Columbus, Equity Club and a major in the reserve
corps of the United States army.
OATES, FRANK R.: Business manager. Technicolor
Motion Picture Corporation; b. New York city, 1888;
p. Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Oates. New Y'ork City; e.
public schools. New Y'ork City, and Cornell University
(graduate. 1910), mechanical engineer; m. Adelaide
Piper, daughter of Col. Alexander R. Piper, of New
York City, and has three daughters. For 10 years
was in the field of mechanical engineering, first with
Westinghouse, Duluth, and later with Toronto Power
and Utitlities interests. Later was associated with the
Bobertson-Cole Company, also had motion picture and
other activities. Since 1924 has been with his present
associates as manager of the Boston Division of the
Technicolor corporation.
OTTERSON, JOHN EDWARD: President and gen-
eral director of Electrical Research Products, Inc. b.
Allegheny, Pennsylvania. .March 29, 1881; graduate of
United States Naval Academy, 1904 ; master of science,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1909. In United
States Navy from 1900 to 1915. retiring as naval con-
structor, rank of lieutenant : general manufacturing
superintendent, vice president, president and director of
Winchester Repeating Arms Company, 1915-1924 : presi-
dent and director of the Winchester company, president
and director of Simmons Hardware Company, president
and director of Winchester Simmons Company, 1922-
1924; assistant general superintendent of International
Western Electric Company, 1924 ; general commercial
engineer, general commercial manager of Western Elec-
tric Company, 1924-1920; general manager, vice president
and director of Electrical Research Products. Inc..
1927; and 1928 to present time president and director
of Electrical Research Products, Inc., and holds the
same offices in Western Electric Company of Argentina,
Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Chile, the Near East and Switzer-
land; director. Western Electric Company, Ltd.. Lon-
don. England: Western Electric Company (Orient),
Ltd.; Exhibitors' Reliance Corporation, New York;
American Arbitration Association, New Y'ork : New Haven
Hospital, New Haven, Conn., and New Haven Chamber
of Commerce: past president. New Haven Chamber of
Commerce and Taylor Society of New Y'ork; member.
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers. New Y'ork
Electrical Society, Merchants' Association of New Y'ork.
Also a member of U. S. Naval Institute. Navy Athletic
League, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni
Association. New Haven Colony Historical Society, New
Haven Chamber of Commerce; clubs. Queen's Club.
London (England), University Club. New Y'ork; Railroad
Club, New Y'ork; Army and Navy, Washington. D. C. :
Embassy, New Y'ork and London : New Haven Country
Club. New Haven Lawn Club Association, Automobile
Club of New Haven. Graduate Club Association, New
Haven. Resides at 77 Edgehill road. New Haven. Conn.
PAINE. CHARLES B.: Treasurer and director. Uni-
versal Pictures Corporation: b. Madison, Wis.. April 2.
1890: p. George and Anna L. Paine; e. public schools;
m. Esther Rittenberg; one daughter. Ann Henrietta.
With Universal for eight years: in the foreign depart-
ment for short time, while there as assistant to the
general manager and treasurer: was elected treasurer in
1928. Prior to his association with Universal he was
in the export and import field for a considerable num-
ber of years, spending some time in South America and
West Indies.
PERGAMENT, HARVEY: Secretary. The Film Ex-
change. Inc.; b. Detroit. Mich.. June 18. 1908: p. J. D.
Pergament; e. Ohio State university and New York
university; m. Dorothy Manheimer.
PETTI JOH N, C. C.: General counsel. Motion Pic-
ture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc., Film
Boards of Trade; b. Indianapolis, Ind.. May 5, 1881;
p. Dr. Otto Band and Lillian A. Pettijohn; e. Indi-
ana University (A. B., 1903), department of law. and
graduate of Shortridge high school, 1911; m. Belle
Bruce, formerly with Vitagraph and Metro (real name
Helen I. Lvnch). Practiced law in Indianapolis. 1903-
1910. and New York. 1910-31; is a member of the
Indiana State Bar Association, and a member of the
bar in New Y'ork; belongs to the National Democratic
Club, the Motion Picture Club. Westchester Country
Club. Indianapolis Athletic Club, and among the fra-
ternal organizations of which he is a member are: The
Masonic. Shrine. Elks. Knights of Pythias.
POOLE, ARTHUR BENSELL: Treasurer of Pathe.
b. St. Paul. Minnesota. 1894; e. University of Minnesota
and Harvard University. Served in France in World
War. Was a certified public accountant. His first
motion picture work was as assistant to the treasurer
of FBO Productions. Became comptroller of Keith-
Albee-Orpheum Corporation, and later treasurer of
Tathe Exchange. Inc. Lives with Mrs. Poole and two
sons at Mt. Kisco. N. Y.
QUIGLEY. GEORGE E. : Vice president and general
manager of the Vitaphone Corporation; b. Weehawken.
New Jersey. September 17. 1886; e. public school and
high school. College of the City of New York and the
law school of New Y'ork university, being graduated from
the latter Institution in 1900; m. Louise Denio in 1910
and has two sons, aged 19 and 12. Associated with
various prominent lawyers from 1900-1910. including
James Troy and Asa Bird Gardiner. Practiced law
independently. 1910-18: then became a member of the
legal department of Western Electric Company. Inc.,
later becoming assistant general attorney of that com-
pany and of its associated oomiiany. Graybar Electric
Company, and general attorney of Electrical Research
Products. Inc. Continued association with Western
Electric Company and its subsidiary companies until
October. 1927. at which time he became a director of
Warner Bros. Pictures, inc.. resigning in December,
1928. becoming vice president and director of First
National Pictures. Inc.. director of Stanley Company
of America and Stanley-Mark Strand Corporation, also
continuing as vice president and general manager of
The Vitaphone Corporation. In 1930 became I member
of the board of directors of N. V. Kuchenmei^ters
Maatschapij voor Sfrekende Films of Amsterdam. Tonbild
Syndikat A. G. (Tobis) of Berlin and Compagnie Tobis
Francaise of Paris. Is a member of Alumni Association
of New Y'ork University, American Bar Association,
Mystic Tie Lodge No. 72, A. F. & A. M., of which he
is past master, Jerusalem Chapter No. 8, R. A. M., and
various other organizations. Resides at Bernardsville,
N. J.
R
REEK, EDMUND: News editor. Fox Hearst Corpo-
ration; b. New York City, May 19, 1897; U. S. Army,
1917-19; Fox Film Corporation, assistant director of
short features; Fox News cameraman and news editor,
1919-1928; transferred to Fox-Case Corporation in 1928.
Member of American Legion and Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
REISMAN. PHIL: General sales manager of Uni-
versal Pictures Corporation; b. St. Paul. Minnesota,
September 14, 1890; e. Central high school and St. Paul
College of Law: married and has two children. In
1917 became salesman for Triangle, and a year later
joined Goldwyn sales staff, returning to Triangle a year
later as manager of the Milwaukee branch. His next
step was with the Hodkinson organization as manager
in Minneapolis. In 1920 he became salesman for Para-
mount. Six months later he was made manager of
Minneapolis exchange and in 1922 was advanced to
district manager, supervising Minneapolis. Omaha. Des
Moines and Sioux Falls. After two years success as
such, Paramount transferred him to Canada as general
manager in that territory. In June. 1925. he was
brought to New Y'ork acting as sales manager of
Eastern division and remained there until May.
when he accepted a position with Pathe as its general
sales manager. On August 1, 1930, he became general
sales manager for Universal. Lives in New Bocheue,
N. Y.
REOCH, ALEXANDER ERNEST: Vice president of
RCA Photophone, Inc.; b. Sheffield. England; e. Shef-
field University (1902). On the electrical engineering
staff of Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, 1J02-
05; chief engineer of the Canadian Marconi Company.
1905-17. In 1917 he joined Marconi Wireless Tele-
graph Company of America as radio engineer In 191.'.
when Radio Corporation of America was formed, ne
was appointed plant engineer in charge of the con-
struction and maintenance of the corporation s high
power transmitting and receiving stations Was en-
gaged in such work until January 1. 1926. At trial
date he transferred to the position of manager of the
production and service department, supervising the cor-
poration's purchases of broadcast receiver apparatus
and tubes: established and supervised a service depart-
ment to provide service to the public on apparatus and
tubes sold: supervised the maintenance and operation
of warehouses to handle such apparatus. In January.
10->9 at the formation of Radio-Victor Corporation,
he was appointed vice president in charge of produc-
tion and service. On January 1. 1930. he was assigned
to the RCA Photophone Company as vice president.
Fellow member of the Institute of Radio Engineers.
Member of the Franklin Institute and Engineer s Club.
ROGERS BUDD: Sales manager. Sono Art-World
Wide Pictures. Inc. Originally in the automotive in-
dustries Having established unusual record as sales
executive in this field, decided to join hands with the
film business to apply successful methods used in for-
mer business. Joined Lumas organization at its incep-
tion six years ago. and became vice president or
Lumas Film Corporation and Gotham Photoplays Cor-
poration.
ROSENZWEIG, CHARLES: General sales manager,
RKO Radio Pictures; b. Bucharest. Rumania. Decem-
ber 15 1894 : eighteen months old when his parents
came to New York: e. public schools of New York and
graduated from evening high school: married: hy. sell-
ing of motion pictures. Started his business career
with the Ben Hampton Advertising Agency: then went
with the United Cigar Stores; left their employ to join
American Tobacco Company as division manager: en-
tered the film business at Big U Exchange as salesman.
After 18 months as salesman, was made manager of the
Big U Exchange; two years later was made Eastern
division manager of Big U. After four years he joined
the old FBO Pictures Corporation as manager of the
New York exchange : and four years later he was made
Eastern division manager for FBO and at the merger
of radio interests with FBO into RKO Productions was
made general sales manager of RKO. Belongs to Mo-
tion Picture Club. Masonic Order. Shrine and Level
Club.
ROSS CHARLES J.: Formerly executive vice presi-
dent of RCA Photophone. Inc. Died in Hollywood in
January 1931. b. Brighton. Ohio: e. country public
schools and high school in Cleveland. Ohio. Worked
for Postal Telegraph Company and telephone com-
pany Studied accounting, and became chief account-
ant for Arthur Young and Company, certified public
accountants Was then engaged to install a system
in Man-oni Wireless Telegraph Company of America
and became general auditor. Became comptroller of
RCA in 1919. Acted in that capacity for many years,
his business taking him to many foreign countries. Was
elected executive vice president of RCA Photophone in
November. 1929. and since bad been the active head
of that company. At the German-American film con-
ference held in Paris in 1930 he was instrumental in
bringing about an agreement between German and
American sound apparatus companies and film pro-
ducers. Was also a member of the board of directors
of E. T. Cunningham Company, Radiomarine Corpora-
tion of America. Radio Torporation of America of
Massachusetts. Marconi Telegraph Cahle Company. Inc.,
of JJew York. Marconi Telegraph Ci>hle Company. Inc..
of New Jersev. president of RCA Photophone of Ten-
ppeccp. chairman of RCA Pbo'oohonc of Austri'ia
Proprietary. Ltd.. chairman of rc \ Photophone. Ltd..
president of RCA Sound Enuipment. Ltd.
SAFRON. JEROME: Eastern divis;on mmnger. RKO
Distributing Corporation : b. New Y'ork Citv. September
5, 1894: p. Anna and Max Safron: e. high s-hool : m.
Rosa Kalter. Fifteen vears in the motion picture busi-
ness; manager for FBO in Detroit. St. Louis Boston.
Philadelphia, and later sales manager of short sub-
jects; in home office, then Eastern division manager.
Has been continuouslv connected with R-D Pictures.
Mutual Film Corporation and RKO for 13 years.
SARNOFF. DAVID: Chairman of the bonrd of di-
rectors of Rndio-Keith-Orphcum Corporation: b. Uzlian.
Minsk. Russia. 1S91 : came with his parents to New
York Citv in 1900; e. public schools: m. T/zette Her-
mant. Julv 4. 1917. and has three children. Robert Wil-
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as a messenger boy for Commercial Cable Company; later
became junior operator for (be Marconi Wireless, rained
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maker's for 72 hours taking the reports of the sinking
ol the Titanic. Hera me commercial manager of the Mar-
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to the same position with the new organization. Is also
a graduate electrical engineer of Trait Institute. Brook-
lyn ; has the honorary degree of doctor of science from
St. Ltwrenoa University. Canton, N. T.J has the order
of Polonia Kcstitutia. conferred by Poland in 11)24;
holds a commission as lieutenant -colonel of the U. S. A.
Signal Corps; and i- a member "| the l>>tUa Ctuby In-
stitute of Kadio Engineers, Railroad rlub. American
Institute of Electrical Engineers, Radio Club of Amer-
ica, American Geographical Society, Economic Club of
New York. Sands Point Club and India House. Kpsilon
chapter of Omicron Alpha Tau and other scientitlc and
social organizations.
SAUNDERS. E. M. : Western sales manager of Metro-
Goldwyn- Mayer. Started in the motion picture busi-
ness for Pittsburgh Calcium Light and Film Company.
Pittsburgh. Pa.. 1906. Became assistant booker to
Richard A. Rowland with the same company. Was
manager of Pittsburgh Eight and Film Company at
Rochester. N. Y.. until this company sold out to
General Film Company, and later managed branches
for General Film Company, at Philadelphia and
Washington. Opened the first office in New York
for Universal Film Company upon the organizing
of this company, raperrlsing New York and New
England. Upon the organizing of A Ion Film Com-
pany he became interested in the New York State
Franchise and with the passing of this organization
became vice president and general manager of New
York Metro Pictures Corp.. holding the franchise for
Metro pictures in the stale of New York. Tills com-
pany sold out to Metro Pictures Corporation and he
became general sales manager of the parent company.
Upon amalgamation of Metro-Goldwyn he assumed the
position of western sales manager.
SAX. SAM : General production manager. Warner
Bros. Eastern Vitaphone Studios; h. 5 feet 4 inches:
w. 139 pounds; e. nubile and h gh school, Chicago. PL;
is married; by. golf. Has lived in Los Angeles, Chi-
cago and New York.
SCHAEFER. GEORGE: Division sales ma nag. r.
Paramount Publix Corporation: b. Brooklyn, New Y'ork,
November 5. 1SH8; e. Brooklyn public and high schools
and Hetrley institute. Entered business with an auto-
mobile manufacturing concern, remaining until 1914.
Started in picture business as secretary to L. J. Selj-
nick. remaining with him until 191ft when he joined
World Film Companv as assistant sales manager: pro-
moted to district manager for that company the follow-
ing vear. In 1920 be joined Paramount as honker at
the New York exchange and one year later was pro-
moted to district manager of New Ensland 'err'tory.
He was appointed sales manager for district Number 1
In Mfl and Is now serving in thit capacity; member
of B. P. O. E. at Kingston. N. Y.
SCHENCK. NICHOLAS M. : President of Loew's.
Inc. and Metro-Gold" vn-Maver Pictures Corporation :
came to America at the age of 9 years with his par-
ents aud brother, Joseph. Worked their way from
errand boys in a drug store to pharmacists with stores
of their own. Marcus Loew became interested in
their amusement park, known as Palisades Park, and
purchased an interest in the business,. Later they
bought an Interest in two theatres. Sehcnrk brothers
hecamo partners In the company known as Loew's
Consolidated Enterprises. Nicholas was first vice presi-
dent and general manager of Loew's, Inc.. and of
Metro-Goldwyn . Mayer when Loew died. Is president
of Loew's, Inc.. and of Metro-Goldwyn -Mayer and
supervises the department of sales and distribution.
SCHENCK. JOSEPH M. : Pr. -nlent of United Art-
ists Corporation; l>. Russia. DecemW-r 2.">. lssj; m.
Norma Talmadge. professional. In 1908 he built Para-
dise Park, at Fort George, northern New York. In
1!'1_' this park proved mi. ■cestui tlwt he and In*
brother Nicholas purchased Palisades Park, at Fort
Lft« N. J., which they own today. While active in the
management of Paradise Park he became associated
with the late Marcus Loew as one of the chief figures
In Loew Theatrical Enterprises. Ultimately, he pur-
chased screen rights to a magazine story, engaging
ltoland West to direct the picture. Josie Collins, mil-
sical comedy artist, was cast in the leading role and
picture was released by Fox. In his early days of film
production Schenck also made two pictures starring
K\> l\n Nesbit Thaw. Later, he signed Hoscoe Arbuckle
for comedies distributed by Paramount. In 1918 he
became producer for Norma Talmadge's pictures. "Pan-
thea." released through Select, being the first produc-
tion. Soon after, he also became producer for Constance
Talmadge's pictures, also released through Select. In
1918 Buster Keaton came under management of Joseph
Schenck. After six years of independent production,
the Talmadge pictures being released through First
National and the Keaton pictures through Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer, Schenck. on December 5. 1924. was elected
Chairman of the board of directors of United Artists
Corporation, which had been founded in 1919 as a
releasing organization for indei>cndcnt films of Mary
Pickford. Charlie Chaplin. Douglas Fairbanks and D.
W. Griffith. Immediately he began expanding United
Artists. In 192% and 1926 Norma Talmadge. Gloria
Swanson, OOrtUU Griffith, John Barrymnre. Samuel
Goldwyn. Morris Oest and other outstanding indepen-
dent producers aligned themselves with Schenck organ-
ization. On May 23. 192fi. he announced the
organization of United Artists Theatre Circuit. Inc.. a
chain of 20 pre-release theatres; on April 4. 1927. the
stockholders of United Artists Corporation elected him
president, to AM the vaeanev created when Hiram
Abrnms died In November. 192fi.
SCHNEIDER. ABE: Assistant treasurer of Co'um-
bla Pictures Cori>oration ; b. New York. April 25. 1993:
e. Morris Hk'h and New York University (bachelor of
arts); married, has one child; hy. bridge and reidinc.
Kulflfd the motion ulcture Industrv In the bookkeep-
ing department of Columbia, and Is now assistant
treasurer of that company.
SCHNITZER. JOSEPH I.: President HKO Radio
Ptororet; b. Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania. March 14. 1887;
e. schools in Pittsburgh; married and has two children.
A veteran of the motion picture industry, haying en-
tered It 22 years aco. in his twentieth vear. as manager
of the Des Moines branch of Pittsburgh Calcium Light
J* Film Company. Within th- next nine years, he was
associated with Mullin Film Service as manager of the
Minneapolis branch and later general manager of the
same company with headquarters in Syracuse. N. Y*.
Two years later he was made general sales manager.
From 1929 until 1922 he held the post of president of
Equity Pictures, going from Equity to the vice-presi-
dency of FBO. Is a member of Hancho Golf Club.
Ambassador Athletic Club of Los Angeles. Oak Hidge
Golf and Beach Point Club of New York. Motion lec-
ture Club. Purchase Country Club at Purchase, N. Y\
Lives at 2*12 Central Park West. New Y'ork.
SCHWARTZ. ISADOR: President of Advance Trailer
Service Corporation; b. Troy. New Y'ork. October 15.
1892; married. 4 children. Is engaged in production
and distribution of coming attraction trailers, short
reel novelties, advertising film, and various other adver-
tising lines for theatres and merchants. Founder and
head of Advance Trailer and allied companies.
SCOTT. HARRY: Sales manager. Van Beuren Cor-
poration. For a number of years he was actively iden-
tified with theatrical interests and for Ave years was
press representative for Ringling Brothers* circus. As
a circus press agent he traveled to all parts of the
country and became intimately acquainted with Dfln-
paper men. theatrical men and motion picture men in
practically every city and town. leaving the circus busi-
ness for motion pictures, he made his first film affilia-
tion with George Klelne. for whom he managed branch
offices in Columbus. Dallas. Boston and Philadelphia.
I*ater was promoted to* the post of Eastern division
sales manager for the Klelne organization, which he
held for some time. At the termination of his connec-
tion with Klelne. he joined the Goldwyn organization,
which he served as special representative. Later he
joined First National and for four years managed its
Detroit office, resigning to become Detroit branch man-
ager for Pathe. He resigned shortly afterward to accept
the position of New Y'ork branch manager for Educa-
tional, and later was made manager of distribution for
Bltz Carlton Pictures, from which post he joined Pathe
as feature sales manager in October. 1923. From the
post of feature sales manager he was appointed general
sales manager in August. 1925. and in 1926 put Into
effect his "personal contact sales plan." At the time
of the merger of PDC and Pathe he assumed the posi-
tion of short subject sales manager, which he held until
he resigned from the organization.
SEDRAN. SAMUEL. Chief of purchasing department.
Universal Pictures Corporation : b. New York City, on
East Side; e. New York public schools. Worked for
wholesale rug company, during which time took course
in finance. Fifteen years ago he became financial
secretary* to Carl Laemmle. next manager of MOeMOTJ
department of Universal, and 11 years ago in charge
of the purchasing department, which position he now
holds. Is an officer of record in almost every' corpora-
tion in which Universal Pictures is interested.
SEIDELMAN. JOSEPH H.: Assistant secretary, act-
ing manatrcr. foreign department. Paramount Publix;
b. Milwaukee. Wis.. March 29. 1895; p. Henry Seidel-
man; e. public school and high school. Milwaukee and
Manniettc University. College of Law; m. Bose Novak
and has* two children. Admitted to bar. Milwaukee.
1916 : served with U. S. Expeditionary Forces abroad
1917-1919. Joined Paramount in 1919 as branch
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manager, Albany, and has been with that company ever
since.
SELIGMAN, AL: Manager of the accessories depart-
ment of Columbia Pictures Corporation; b. New York
City, February 28. 18%; p. Sigmund and Charlotte
Seligman : e. grammar and high school: m. Belle Heftier
Seligman. has one son. With the Pacific Novelty Com-
pany. Served in the World war overseas, being wounded
and gassed. Was also with Consolidated Film Indus-
tries and manager of the Chicago branch of Italph M.
Levey Company.
SHAUER. EMIL E.: Director and general manager
of foreign department of Paramount Publix Corpora-
tion; b. Austria, April 6, 1886; e. public schools in
Chicago. Connected with Mandel Brothers Depart-
ment Store in Chicago as department manager and
foreign buyer for 1G years. Entered the amusement
field with Mitchel Mark in 1905, being connected
at that time with Automatic Vaudeville Company in
association with Adolph Zukor, Marcus Loew, Morris
Kohn, David Warfield and Elek Ludvigh. In 1911 he
organized Shauer-Dryfoos Company, export and import
business with the Philippine Islands and Japan. In
1915 he joined Famous Players Film Company under
Adolph Zukor. with whom he has been associated ever
since, now being an officer and director of Paramount
Publix Corporation and general manager of the foreign
department of that company. Resides at the Croyden,
12 East 80th street. New York City.
SHEEHAN. CLAYTON, P.: General foreign mana-
ger of Fox Film Corporation; b. Buffalo. New York; e.
Lafayette high school. Buffalo: Holy Cross College and
Harvard University. Immediately upon graduation he
entered the service of Fox Films and has been with
Fox uninterruptedly since. Becoming manager of Buf-
falo branch, he rapidly advanced to the post of district
manager of New Y"ork State and then to general repre-
sentative. Next step was to general foreign representa-
tive, and after extensive travel abroad to familiarize
himself with the inner workings of the foreign organiza-
tion he was recalled to New Y'ork and appointed general
foreign manager six years ago. Since his tenure of
office as general foreign manager, conduct of Fox enter-
prises in foreign lands has achieved splendid coordina-
tion rarely found in such a huge and widespread
organization, and the growth in sales has kept pace
with the expansion of Fox pictures.
SHEEHAN. HOWARD J.: Vice president. Fox West
Coast Theatres; b. Buffalo. N. Y.. July 31. 1884; p.
Jeremiah F. and Angeline Sheehan; e. public schools
and two years at college; is single; has two children by
a former marriage. Opened the first theatre in San
Francisco in 191G and subseauently acquired or built
others in Oakland. Alameda, and Eureka. Cal. Sold
out in 1919 and became Pacific Coast division manager
for Fox Film Corporation and in March. 1928, became
vice president of West Coast Theatres. Inc. (now Fox
West Coast Theatres). At present is in charge of ex-
pansion, reconditioning, new buildings, real estate, pur-
chasing, insurance and the like.
SHEEHAN, WINFIELD: Vice president and general
manager of Fox Film Corporation; b. Buffalo. N. Y..
September 24, 1883; p. Jeremiah F. and Angeline M.
Hens Sheehan; e. St. Canisius College. Buffalo. 1897-
1901 (studies interrupted by Spanish-American war).
Became a reporter on the Buffalo Courier. 1901; New
York World and New Y'ork Evening World. 1902-19;
secretary to the fire commissioner. New Y'ork City. 1910;
to the police commissioner. 1911-14; organized the stu-
dios of Fox Film Corporation. Hollywood. 1914; or-
ganizd American, European and other foreign distri-
bution branches and newsreel for the same, 1914-21:
now vice president and general manager of the corpora-
tion. Served as private and corporal 202d regiment.
N. Y. Volunteers, Spanish-American war. 1890-99. He
is a democrat and a Catholic. His home address is
1196 Brooklawn Drive. Beverly Hills; office, 1401 N.
Western avenue. Hollywood. Cal.
SIMMONS. IRA H.: General sales manager of
FitzPatrick Pictures. Inc. Started in the motion picture
business on theatrical paper in 1908; press department
of Buffalo Bill's show and other roadshows; advertising
department and critic on theatrical papers: opened his
own independent exchange for eastern territory: became
sales executive in World Firm Corporation; general
manager for Kinetophonc Corporation, supervising pro-
duction and distribution; organized a company to pro-
duce the first film starring Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Castle, "The Whirl of Life." and Walker Whiteside in
"The Melting Pot": roadshowed special productions:
produced pictures for the independent market; super-
vised production of independent pictures; sales executive
with national organizations.
SINGERMAN. SIDNEY: Manager of program de-
partment. Universal Pictures Corporation: b. Manches-
ter. England. Came to America in 1915 and entered
the service of Universal. Was with Universal for fifteen
years in various capacities until appointed to his present
position as manager of the program department and
editing. Universal Pictures Corporation.
SPETH, RUDOLPH: Director and treasurer of
Eastman Kodak Company; b. Miltenberg. Bavaria.
Germany, January 6. 1871; p. Anna Winterhelt and
Charles Speth: e. public and private schools in
Germany and University of Wuerzburg. First business
experience was with General Insurance Company at
Stuttgart. Germany. Then the cotton exporting business
at Stuttgart for 2>,4 years. Came to this country in 1892
and was accountant in Chicago for a largo brewery
company. Then to Mexico for one year, in the export-
ing and importing business. Returned to Chicago as
accountant for Swift and Company. Secretary for
American Conner. Brass & Iron Works at Chicago for
five vears. followed hv a position as accountant for
Price. Waterhouse & Co. In 1902 accepted a position
with Eastman Kodak Company at Rochester. N. Y.. on
special work, and in 1919 became comptroller. In 1928
was elected treasurer of the company and in 1929 a
director, to which position he devoted his exclusive
time and attention. He is also a director of the
Lincoln- Alliance Bank of Rochester. N. Y. Residence:
34 South Goodman street. Rochester. N. Y'. Country'
home: Rush. N. Y.
SPICKER. FRANK: Art director. Columbia Pictures
Corporation: b. New York City. January 31. 1899; e.
Manual Training high school. Pratt Institute, and
School of Modern An: m. Marguerite Thomas: has a
w.n and daughter. lie taught drawing at Thomas
School of Art. Newark. Was with Dorland Agency,
ItohcrKon-Cole. Vita graph. Warner Bros. Has been
with Columbia Pictures for the part four and a half
years.
STARR. HERMAN: Vice president of Warner Bros.
Pictures, Inc.: b. Camden, New Jersey. September 30.
1808; e. schools of Camden. Associated with Warner
Bros, since 1915. President, First National Pictures,
Inc. (Warner subsidiary). Highly regarded as one of
industry's outstanding business men. Present home is
145 Central Park West, New Y'ork City.
STEELE. CHARLES M. : Comptroller of Tiffany
Productions, Inc. ; b. Decatur, Illinois. Before entering
the motion picture business he engaged in the sale and
distribution of typewriters at St. Louis and Chicago.
Entered the motion picture industry in 1916 as ctomp-
t roller of World Film Corporation. During 1921 and
1922 ne acted as treasurer for Retail Credit Men's As-
sociation of Chicago. He returned to pictures in 1923
and for the next six years was in charge of exchange
operation for First National and Universal. In 1929
he became affiliated with Tiffany as assistant treasurer
and comptroller.
STEVENSON, EDWARD FORD: President and gen-
eral manager of Visugraphic Pictures, Inc. ; b. New
York City, November 25, 1894; p. Edward A. and Alice
Fitch; e. high school; m. Mary Newport Popham: has
three children. Won a commission in active service in
the World war and was wounded. Made an intensive
study of motion picture technique, specializing on pro-
duction of educational, industrial and scientific films,
silent and sound, and coupled his film knowledge with
wide experience in advertising as account executive and
counsel. Was instrumental in bringing about adoption
of the film as a publicity and advertising medium by-
such organizations as the Pennsylvania Railroad. New
York Stock Exchange, Crowell Publishing Company,
Philadelphia Bulletin. Has lectured at various univer-
sities on advertising and business practice. Author of
"Motion Pictures in Advertising and Selling" and other
brochures. Prominent socially. Residence: Ossining.
N. Y. Business address: 247 Park avenue. New York
City.
STOCKOFF, HERMAN: Technical critic of Fox
Hearst Corporation; b. New Y'ork, 1890; New York
Evening Journal photographer; International News Serv-
ice stills; International News Service Corporation cam-
eraman; International News Service Corporation news
editor; at present is technical critic of Fox Hearst
Corporation.
STUART, HERSCHEL: Division manager. Fox North-
west Theatres: b. Franklin. Ky.. July 17. 1890; p.
George and Nancy Stuart; e. public school: m. N.ll
Gaynon Stuart. From newspaper work to handling pub-
licity for chains; then general manager of Hulsey The-
atres and film exchanges; division manager for Para-
mount Theatres in Texas. Oklahoma and Arkansas; also
for eight years Harold B. Franklin's chief of staff, in-
cluding division manager in Washington, Oregon and
Montana, two and a half years division manager for the
Fox Poli Circuit.
STUBER, WILLIAM G.: President of Eastman Ko-
dak Company; b. Louisville. Ky.. April 9. 1864; e. pub-
lic schools of Louisville. His natural inclination toward
photography was inherited from his father. Michael
Stuber, who pioneered in the art before and during
the Civil war. His father's death caused him to go
into the business of photography for himself while still
in his teens. He made his own photographic materials,
striving constantly to improve them and make better
pictures; spent six months in the lalioratory of Dr.
Hugo Smith in Zurich, Switzerland, and he returned
to America to triumph both in the making of photo-
graphic materials and as master photographer. In
1894 was invited by George Eastman to go to Roches-
ter in capacity of sensitized goods expert. At that
time Kodak Park, film manufacturing plant of the
Eastman Kodak Company, which now employs 7,000
workers, had G5. His work in producing and improv-
ing emulsions for the various photographic purixises
is primarily responsible for the present high quality
of Eastman film and other Eastman sensitive materials.
His responsibility for the conduct of the company
steadily increased until he became vice president hut
throughout this period his work was steadFastly de-
voted to the photographic quality of Eastman Kodak
products. In 1920, when Eastman resigned the presi-
dency of the company to become chairman of the
directors. Stuber succeeded him. During the course of
his career, he has been elected to various directorates,
of hanks and other industries. All of these he resigned
when he became president of the Kodak Company. Lives
in Rochester, N. Y.
SZEKLER, AL: General manager. Universal Pic-
tures Corporation; b. Savannah, Ga.. August 31. 1890:
p. Morris and Anna Szekler; e. grammar and high school
in Los Angeles; m. Maria Alzner Szekler. Was i>oster
clerk with Universal in the Chicago exchange in 1914:
then shipping clerk, booker, salesman, assistant manager
with Universal in the Los Angeles office in 1921: was
promoted to assistant general manager for Universal in
South America in 1924 : then to general manager for
South America in 1929: next to general manager of
Universal for Continental Europe in 1931: and this year
to general manager. Universal Pictures Corporation.
T
TALLEY, TRUMAN H.: General manager of Fox
Hearst Corporation; b. Rockport, Missouri. 1891: e.
University of Missouri. Reporter and assistant night
editor of the St. Louis Republic: night ediotr. St. Lou's
Globe-Democrat ; night citv editor, night editor and
news editor of the New Y'ork Herald: director. New
York Herald Bureau at Paris Peace Conference: Euro-
pean manager of New York Herald News Service: special
writer for national magazines on international topics,
especially World's Work and McClures; special writer
and editorial work. New Y'ork Times; foreign editor.
Fox News; director-in-chief, Fox (silent) News: special
representative of William Fox. Organized: British
Movietone News, produced in London; Actualities Fox
Parlantes (Continental Movietone News), produced in
Paris: London News Reel theatre: Fox Tonende
Wochenschau (German Movietone News), produced in
Berlin: Notiziario Fox Movietone (Italian); Noticiario
Movietone Fox (Spanish) : Fox Movietone Nnvosti
(Poland and Balkan States) : Fox Movietone Nleuws
(Holland): Noviades Fox Movietone ( Portugal 1 : Aus-
tralasian Movietone News (Australia and New Zealand) :
South Ameri-an Movietone News; Oriental Movietone
News: Canadian Movietone News: General Hearst
Mctrotone European News; neart Mctrotone Colonial
News (China. India. Australia. New Zealand): Hearst
Mctrotone Canadian News, and Hearst Mctrotone Porto
Rican News. Is now general manager of Fox Hearst
Corporation.
TAMAYO. FERNANDO C: Chief of La tin- American
department of Amer Anglo Corporation: b. Venezuela.
South America. His first connection with motion Pic-
tures was in the summer of 1910; played small "arts for
Pike's Peak Photoplay Co.. Otis B. Thayer directing,
and some Westerns In Colorado Snrings. Col. Two
vears in the U. S. Army during the world war: en-
tered the general export business after his discharge.
In 1923 he returned to motion pictures, acting as pur-
chasing agent, broker and salesman to Latin-American
trade. Adapted and translated titles into Spanish,
doing this woik for three years tor Argentine American
Film Corporation; Fox, two years; also some transla-
tions for United Artists, MGM, and several independent
distributors. Has been on sales force of AmerAnglo
Corporation for several years, one year in ttie ioreign
department of Tiffany Productions. Wrote adaptation
and dialog for first real feature production in Spanish,
"Somoras de Gloria." a version of "Blaze o' Glory,"
for Sono-Art. Returned from the West Coast alter
supervising the dialog and collaborating in direction of
the all-Spanish talking feature, "La Cautivadora."
original production completed for Iberia Productions, Inc.
THOMAS, HARRY H.: President of First Divi-
sion Pictures, Inc.; married; and has two children.
Started motion picture career as an exhibitor in 1907
when he opened the Bushwick Palace theatre in the
Williamsburg section of Brooklyn; six years later be-
came associated with Greater New Y'ork Film Company ;
then with General Film Company which at that time
took over the Greater New Y'ork Film Exchange; then
to Fox as special representative. Organized Alexander
Film Company in 1921 and became an independent
distributor; later became associated with I. E. Chad-
wick, who was president of Merit Film Exchange,
as general manager and vice president. In 1926 Merit
Film was absorbed by him when he organized the
present First Division Pictures, Inc., exchange, which
is the oldest independent exchange in New York City,
and shortly after acquired the Commonwealth Ex-
change with its product. Excellent Pictures. Is a
member of Fort Greene Lodge, A F & A M. No. 922;
an active factor in Elks Lodge, No. 22 in Brooklyn;
member of the Motion Picture Club of New Y'ork and
vice president of Syndicate Pictures Corporation; vice
president of Sono Art World Wide Pictures Corpora-
tion and vice president of Prudence Pictures, Inc.,
and in association with Samuel Zierler. Tiffany Pro-
ductions and Educational Pictures, controls the world
lights for James Cruze Productions, Inc. ; is also vice
president in charge of distribution in the newly formed
Monogram Pictures Corporation.
THOMSON, J. F.: Assistant secretary and assistant
treasurer of Talking Picture Epics, Inc.. New York; b.
Trenton. N. J., in October. 1885; p. J. F. and A. L.
Thomson; e. public schools of Trenton; m. E. D. Mor-
rison; has four children. Studied law two years; with
J. A. Roebling, traffic department, two years; office
manager and personnel, U. S. Government, two years;
seven years traveling auditor. U. S. Government: three
years comptroller and assistant general manager of Mar-
tin Johnson African Expedition Pictures Corporation;
now assistant secretary and assistant treasurer of Talk-
ing Picture Epics; also acts as manager when showing
Epic's product as roadshows in New Y'ork; still with
both corporations.
THOMSON. PHILIP L. : Director of public relations
for Western Electric Company; b. Schenectady, N. Y. ;
e. graduate of Union College. 1900; and also was grad-
uated from Harvard University in 1902. During the
period he was in college and in the year following he
was engaged in newspaper work. Began his business
career in 1905 in the Chicago office of Western Elec-
tric Company and from 1900 to 1911 he was manager
of its Pittsburgh office, and then was called to New
Y'ork to take charge of the company's advertising. For
eighteen years he has been its publicity manager. Direc-
tor of the Association of National Advertisers and its
president. 1923-24; has been a director of the Audit
Bureau of Circulations since 1925 ; and its president
since 1920; also rendered conspicuous service in the
National Electric Light Association and other organiza-
tions of the electrical industry', and has been a frequent
contributor to magazines; in 1925 he received the hon-
orary degree of M. A. from Union college. Lives in
Glen Ridge. N. J.
TINGLE. IOHN H.: Treasurer of RCA Photophone.
Inc.; b. Jamaica. British West Indies. May 7. 1890.
Active service in France during World war with 107th
Infantry', 27th Division, as second lieutenant. Com-
mander of 107th Infantry Post. American Legion.
1929-30. Chief accountant of National Analine Chem-
ical Company (later became Allied Chemical and Dye
Corporation). 1919-23; manager of Lamb. Finlay & Co..
linen importers. 1923-30; manager of credit and collec-
tion department. RCA Photophone. Inc.. June. 1930. to
November. 1930. Elected treasurer of RCA Photophone.
Inc.. November 7. 1930.
TROLAND, DR. LEONARD THOMPSON: Director
of research. Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation;
b. Norwich. Conn.. April 25. 1889; p. Edwin and Ade-
laid Elizabeth O'Brien Troland; e. Massachusetts In-
stitute of Technology (1912); master of arts. Harvard
(1914): doctor of philosophy, 1915; Bowdoin prize iu
chemistry, 1914; Sheldon Traveling Fellow, 1915-16; m.
Florence Rogers Crockford. Research in physiological
optics. Nela Research Laboratory. General Electric
Company. Cleveland, 1915-16; with Harvard since 1916
as assistant professor of psychology, 1922-29; lecturer
on psychology, 1929. Engineer with Kalmus. Comstock
& Westcott. Inc.. 1918-25: chief engineer, Technicolor
Motion Picture Corporation. 1918-25. director of re-
search and process control since 1925: co-inventor and
responsible for development of manufacturing methods
of the Technicolor process for motion pictures in natu-
ral colors. Was employed by the U. S. Navy during
the World war, in developing submarine listening de-
vices; member subcommittee of National Research
Council on vision and aviation psychology, during War.
also committee on physiological optics. Fellow. Am.
Physical Soc. ; member. Society of Motion Picture
Engineers. Acoustical Society of America. Ilium. Engi-
neering Society. Am. Psychol. Assn.. Optical Soc.
America (president 1922-23). A. A. A. S.. Alpha Delta
Sigma. Author (with Daniel F. Comstock): "Nature
of Matter and Electricity." 1917: "The Present Status
of Visual Science." 1922; "The Mvstery of Mind."
1925: "Fundamentals of Human Motivation." 192«:
"The Principles of Psyhophysiologv" (4 vols.). 1929:
also numerous technical papers. Is now director of
research and process control of Technicolor Motion
Picture Corporation. Home: 66 Fresh Pond Lane.
Cambridge, Mass.
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VAN BEUREN. AMEDEE J.: President and general
manager of Van Beuren Corporation: h. New York
City. Prior to his entry into the motion picture indus-
try he was associated in an executive capacitv with
Van Beuren Bill Posting Company, organized hv his
father. Has been Identified chiefly with Production nf
novel tv short reels. Cubs: Lotus. New York A 'hide.
W-stchestcr Country. Motion Picture Nation"! Va"dc-
vllle Artists. Elks. Carnvl Country. Winged Foot Golf.
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VAN PRAAG. M. : General sales manager. Advance
Trailer Service Corporation; b. Philadelphia. September
23, 1901; p. B»muel and Henrietta Van Praay: e. pub-
lic schools of New York. huh school of New York, and
College of the City of New York; married and has one
child. Started sixteen years a^o in the film business
with General Film Company as rew.nder. shipping
clerk. Held various positions with that companv grad-
ually working up to cashier and Imoker. Then went
with Tatln* in Pittsburgh as hooker; next to Kansas
City with Pathc as booker; then left Paihe to go In
business for himseir as an exhibitor in Kansas City.
Kan.; operated theatre of his own for six years, during
that time he was secretary and then president of the
Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Kansas for several
years; also vice president of the Motion Picture Theatre
Owners of America and member ot the board ot direr
tors In L92S he sold out his theatres and went with
I'niversal as a salesman in Kansas City; then key city
salesman in Chicago; next to New Haven; was made
manager of the Washington Universal office; promoted
to manager of the New York office, then assistant gen-
eral sales manager in charge of the Western Division;
later promoted to general sales manager of I'niversal.
which position he held for over two years, up to 1980.
Severed his connections with T'niversai, and Inter be*
came general sales mannger of A<!\an"e Trailer Sen ice
Corporation, where he has been ever since.
VOLCK. ADELBERT GEORGE: vice president of
Myron Selznick. Inc.. and vice president and treasurer
of Frank Joyce- Mvron Selznick. Ltd.; b. on ranch near
Houston. Texas. August (I. 1SS<".; h. 6 feel »4 itidi ;
grayish black hair and brown eyes; w. 171 pounds: p.
Elizabeth Bell Hates and George Andrews Volck. non-
professionals; e. by tutors brought from Germany; m.
Helen Halstcad. non-professional; by. work, writing,
engineering and scientific research, finance and foreign
travel. Member, American Society of Civil Kngineers;
lieutenant commander. Civil Engineering Corps. I'nited
States Navy Reserve; American Institute of Klectrical
Kngineers; American Society of Mechanical Engineers;
military engineer member. Society of American Military
Kngineers; associate member. United States Naval In-
stitute; active member. Society of Motion Picture Engi-
neers ; member. Technicians Branch. Academy or Mo-
tion Picture Arts and Sciences; member, SoeietO des
Ingenieurs Civlls dc France ; Registered civil engineer.
State of California. June to September. 1004. with
Wllmer Waldo. C. E. October. 1905. to May. 190".
with O'Rourkc Engineering and Construction Companv,
New York City. May. 1907. to August. 1910, with
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Com-
pany. December. 1910. to August. 1911. with Red
Hook Light and Power Company. 1911 to 1918, inspec-
tion trip to Panama for study of construction and engi-
neering methods. Six months with New York Kdison
Company. From 1914 to February. 1917. in KurojH* for
studv. observation and Investigation of engineerinc and
business methods in Encland. France. Italv. Sicilv.
Switzerland. Spain and North Africa. January, 1918.
to June. 1920. with the United State* Shipping Board,
Emergency Fleet Corporation, in Washington under
Admiral Bowles, then with Headquarters in New York
Citv »s resident engineer under Admiral Rous«eau.
June. 1920, to May, 1921. foreign travel. May. 1921. to
February. 1922. research work, financial studies and
general consulting engineering work for Warren F.
TTayes. corresnondents for Clarence TTodsnn & Com-
pany. Inc. June, 1922. to Los Angeles as vice presi-
dent In chamo of finance and production. Selznick Pic-
tures Corporation and vice president of Select Pictures
Corporation. Later with Rohlnson-Cole Studio; then
special financial and consult intr work in connection
with other motion picture enterprises. With Thomas
II. Ince Studios as assistant production manager, as-
sistant general production manager, organization and
efficiency engineer and chief engineer. Februarv. 1923.
to April. 1928. with Cecil B. DcMillc Pictures Cor-
poration as assistant general manager and chief engi-
neer. February. 1929. to the present date as vU e
president of Myron Selznick. Inc.. and also vice presi-
dent and treasurer of Frank Joyce-Myron Selznick. Ltd.
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WARNER. ALBERT: Vice president and treasurer
of Warner Bros. Pictures. Inc.. and treasurer of V'ua-
uhone Corporation; major In II. O. T. C. ; b. Balti-
more. Md. ; e. in that city. As did the other brothers.
Albert found work between school hours and thus re-
ceived his first training In business. Leaving school
he went to work with Swift and Company, the packers,
and. for once and the only time, he was a CXBnpetlUir
with his brother. Harry, who was with Armour and
Company. Each of the Warner boys had a full share
in making Warner success. When they opened their
first theatre In Newcastle. Pa.. Allien was ticket seller
and looked after the finances. It also fell to his lot to
be the salesman of the firm when the Warner brothers
opened their film exchange. He then found his ex-
perience with Swift valuable. Again, when Warner
Features was established. It was Albert who handled
the sales. When the branch exchange was opened at
Cleveland, Albert took charge of It. When the Warner
firm fell on hard times and. for a period, the brothers
had to separate. Albert took a position as film sales-
man with other firms and thus filled In the period
Mitt] the brothers came together lo produce "My Four
Years In Germany." Here again his talent as salesman
stood him in good stead. While the other members of
the firm were getting the picture out. Albert applied
high pressure methods and sold it before it was even
finished. The success of "My Four Years in Germany"
having once more put Warner Bros, on their feet.
Albert took direct charge of the finances of the firm.
It was no easy Job. either, for while they were doing
excellent business thev were usually in need of ready
money. It was the Job of Albert to make It go as far
ps possible. In course of time the business of Warner
Bros had grown to such proportions it was necessary
to organize Warner Bros. Pictures. Inc. This gave the
flrm an opportunity lo issue stock, the returns of
which provided financial sinews of war for their ven-
tures. It was under this banner that Wamer Bros,
developed the Vita phone talking pictures, it was Albert
who pored long and anxiously over the balance sheets
to make both ends meet. In spite of their desperate
High' thev did make ends meet and Albert stayed on
tb*> Job evry hour of the day until there was a clear
road ahead. He continues to occupy his post as guar-
dian of the treasury, now that success has come to
Warner Bros., but aside from that takes a verv direct
interest in the selling of *he business, which was
his Ttt-v» work.
WARNER. HARRY M. : President. Warner Bros.
Pictures, Inc.: b. in Ttussla: when hut fl years of age
was brought to this country and settled iii Baltimore:
e. In that city. Opened lip a bicvele shop In TouniBf-
town, Ohio, earlv in l!>o(l when the bicycle craze was
at its height. Having observed the new Invention, mo-
tion pictures, the Warner brothers, under the leader-
ship of Harrv. determined to open a show of their
own. After Inspecting surrounding territory. Newcastle.
Pi., was sclented and thev opened their first theatre.
The Castle, in 1903. Always looking ahead the War-
ner hrothers saw an opportunltv for branching out in
the film business. I'nder the executive head of Harry
Warner they opened film exchange at Pittsburgh to sun-
I it v theatres with product. Again thev were successful
and eventnallv opened branches in nenrhv towns. Harrv.
as usual, was the head of the business, each of the
other brothers having his own share in tnc Work, With
that quality which has marked the Warner brothers'
history from the start. Harry saw an opportunity to fur-
ther extend their operations. They went into market
and lHiught feature pictures which were sold under the
title Warner Features. As a result Warner Features
became active competitors and had marked success.
In course of time, owing to conditions beyond Their
own control, the Warners were compelled to abandon
both their exchanges and Warner Features. Harry and
his brothers went separate ways for the first time in
many years, but this did not last for long. Again
under the executive direction of Harry, the brothers
jollied together to produce James W. Gerard's book.
".My Four Years in Germany." as a picture. Tlv suc-
eea* "f this production marked their first step to final
success. During the development period of Vitaphone
talking pictures as through the whole history of Warner
Bros. Pictures. Inc.. Harry was the executive head of
the firm, position he continues to hold. He is a keen
competitor, game loser, and believes the shortest dis-
tance between two points is a direct line and never
hesitates so lo express himself.
WEBB. STUART WESTON: Dxecutl"?. Pat he Ex-
change. Inc.; b. Worcester. Mass., November 27. 1883;
p. Stephen Weston and Martha Stephenson Boyden
Webb: e. Brookline high school. Harvard t'niicrsitv.
A. B. in llinii; m. Marcia Sewall; three children Willi
City Trust Company in Boston. October. llio.r>: then
assistant secretary City Trust Company. In 1609: later
assistant secretary. Old Colony Trust Company. Iiil2.
also treasurer of Eastern Manufacturing Company; in
1914, vice-president. Old Colony Trust Companv; chair-
man of lioard. Eastern Manufacturing Company. 1916 ;
In Ifilfl was partner Bond and Goodwin: 1022 chair-
man and president. Eastern Manufacturing Company.
WEEKS. GEORGE W.: Vice president and general
manager of Sono Art-World Wide Pictures. Inc : b.
Ann Arbor, Mich : e. Ann Arbor, Mich. Started busi-
ness career as director of advertising campaigns in
Detroit: entered moiion picture industrv in 1910 with
John E. Kunsky as supervisor of Kunskv theatres and
while with Kunskv bought the first two Paramount pic-
tures ever released. leaving Kunsky he joined General
Film Company as salesman, later becoming a I'niversal
franchise holder for Michigan and then a member of
the hoard of directors of Metro franchise holders in
that state. Joined Paramount as salesman in the De-
troit office. Then to general manager of Famous
I.asky Film Service. Ltd., and finally called to the
home office and appointed general manager of distri-
bution, holding that position until becoming Eastern
representative of Christie Film Company: snliseiiuently
formed and became president and general manager
of Sono-Art Productions. Inc.. though maintaining his
former affiliations.
WEISS. ADOLPH: Treasurer of Weiss Bros. Art-
class Itetnres Corporation. Born in New York City.
Established himself in the early days In the Wclsharh
Lamp & Fixture business with a partner by the name
of Samuel Goldhor at 3rd Avenue and llllh Street.
Not finding this sufficient to ocrupv his time, he
branched out Into a new line of endeavor, the
phonograph business. After acquiring the Edison and
Victor franchises he opened up several retail stores in
which to handle the phonograph and talking machine
lines. He took both his brothers. Max and I/nils. to
work in these stores and gave them a general knowl-
edge and training in this huslness. both brothers he-
coming partners. Subsequentlv he bought out the talk-
ing machine department of Western Electric Companv
and conducted the Victor Jobbing Agencv at South
Hth Street. Philadelphia, he having acquired the ex-
clusive franchise for the handling of the entire Victor
talking machine product for the Philadelphia territory.
Just about the time he wanted to retire from the
phonograph field, there loomed a great opportunity In
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1931
the motion picture field. He consequently opened up
a little store theatre with his brothers at Avenue A
and 4th Street and later on developed a chain of mov-
ing picture theatres which he and his brothers op-
erated very successfully for a great many years, later
branching out into the producing field. For the past
15 years he has been connected with his brothers Louis
and Max in the production end of the film business,
having operated studios in New York and Hollywood.
He is still treasurer of Artclass Pictures Corporation,
is interested in and acting as president of the Hill-
crest Golf Club in Jamaica and is also president of
Hiilcrest Manor and Utopia Park Villas in Flushing.
WEISS. LOUIS: Vice president of Weiss Bros.
Artclass Pictures Corporation. Born in New York City.
When he finished his schooling, he started with his
brother. Adolph. in the Welsbach Lamp & Fixture line,
later on taking over the management of phonograph
stores in Philadelphia and New York. After spend-
ing several years in the phonograph business, he con-
tinued with his brothers in the management and op-
eration of several phonograph and talking machine
stores, later on becoming the manager of moving pic-
ture theatres owned and controlled by Weiss Bros. He
also operated several exchanges and for the past 15
years has been engaged actively as vice president and
production manager of the various pictures made and
distributed by Weiss Bros. Artclass Pictures Corpora-
tion. He also handled the distribution of hundreds of
pictures — short subjects, serials and features — produced
by his own companies. Was eeneral manager of the
DeForest Studios for one year. He is busily occupied
at the present time lining up story material and pro-
duction plans for the new Banner 1931-32 program
consisting of six Standard Star features and six Stand-
ard Supreme features, possibly eight outdoor Epics and
an animal serial. In Artclass he is in charge of pro-
duction as well as sales. Is also interested with his
brothels in the Hiilcrest Golf Club as well as the
other Jamaica and Flushing properties controlled by
Weiss Bros.
WEISS. MAX: President of Artclass Pictures Corp.
Bora in New Vork City. After leaving high school
he became associated with his brother in conducting
the Welsbach Lamp & Fixture business and later on
associated himself in the operation and management
of several phonograph stores owned and controlled by
his brother. Adolph. Later on he became actively en-
gaged in the operation of a chain of 15 moving picture
theatres throughout greater New l'ork. Jersey and
Long Island. Conducted the Fulton theatre in Hemp-
stead. L. I., running vaudeville, stock and motion
pictures for many years. Has been actively engaged
in the production and distribution end of the motion
picture business for the past 15 years. Has handled
domestic as well as all of the foreign business of
Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures Corporation, having
made ten trips abroad, each time disposing of all the
Artclass product. At present is busy on the new
1931-32 line up of Artclass Pictures. Is also acting as
treasurer of the Hiilcrest Golf Club in Jamaica and
Hiilcrest Manor and Utopia Park Villas property in
Flushing.
WHITE, CLINTON M.: Business manager. Amer-
Anglo Corporation; entered motion picture industry in
August. 1912. as special representative of General Film
Company and in December of that year was sent to
Montreal. Canada, as branch manager of the company's
exchange in that city. In May. 1914. he returned to
the United States as assistant general manager of
Gaumont Company at Flushing, Long Island. In 1920
he joined the sales department of Arrow Film Corpora-
tion and was with that organization until 1922, at
which time he left the film business until 1927. He is
now associated with AmerAnglo Corporation.
WINTER. ALICE AMES: Director of public rela-
tions, Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of
America; p. Kev. and Mrs. Charles G. Ames; e. Welles-
ley (A. B. and A. IS.) ; m. Thomas G. Winter; has
two children. Mrs. Winter was from 1920 to 1924
president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs.
She has given more than three thousand addresses in
all parts of the country with eminent success. Her
audiences have been drawn from men's and women's
clubs, schools, colleges, universities, and civic organiza-
tions. Mrs. Winter acted as chairman of literature
and of international relations for the General Federa-
tion before and after her presidency. During the war
she was chairman of the Minnesota Women's Council
of Defense as well as of the State Safety Commission.
President Harding appointed her as a member of the
Advisors' Committee of the great Conference on the
Limitation of Armament. She has served as member
of great numbers of public service organizations. Two
novels. "The Prize to the Hardy" and "Jewell Weed,"
ha\e come from her pen. as well as "The Business of
Being a Club Woman." the standard volume on organ-
ization methods, and. more lately, "The Heritage of
Women." From 1924 to 1928 she was contributing
editor of the Ladies Home Journal, supplying an article
a month. Numerous articles in other periodicals have
come from her. She is a member of the Association
of University Women. League of American Pen Women,
Daughters of American Revolution, and numerous patri-
otic and public organizations.
WISEMAN, SIR WILLIAM: Member of board of
Paramount Publix Corporation; b. February 1. 1885;
tenth baronet; e. Winchester College; Jesus College,
Cambridge University, England. Partner in the bank-
ing firm of Kuhu. Loeb and Co., New Y'ork. Director
of Paramount Publix Corporation. New York ; Famous
Players Canadian Corporation. Toronto; UnitPd States
Rubber Company; New York; National Railways of
Mexico. New York board. Served in the World war.
1914-16. lieut.-col., Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.
In charge of the British Military Mission in America,
1916-18. Chief adviser on American Affairs to the
British delegation to the Peace Conference in Paris,
1918-19.
WORMSER. MORTIMER: Comptroller. Columbia Pic-
tures Corporation; b. New York City. August 6, 1895:
p. Leopold and Sarah Wormser; e. public school. Com-
mercial high school. New York preparatory school, and
Pace Institute of Accounting: not married. Has done
private accounting for seven years, and public account-
ing for five years.
Y
YOUNG, L. A.: President. Tiffany Productions. Inc.;
b. Chicago. 111.. 1877 ; e. Bryant and Stratton's Col-
lege: m. Ola Young; two children. Zella Young and
Leonard Young. President of L. A. Young Spring and
Wire Corporation, manufacturers of automobile cush-
ions, and he is also president of L. A. Young Company,
manufacturers of Hagen golf products.
YOUNG. RICHARD P.: Producing director and
owner of Richard P. Young Productions, Hollywood; b.
Maysville. Ky. . No\ ember 17, 1897; p. Mr. and Mrs. H.
W. Young; e. Woodward high school at Cincinnati.
University of Cincinnati and now taking sound courses
at University of Southern California, also studied law;
not married. He wrote a number of Christie and
Strand comedies. Later was a member of the Fox
News Reel staff, director of productions for Rommel
Motion Picture Company of Cincinnati, director for
Argus Enterprises of Cleveland, connected with Fox
Studios in Hollywood and now owner and director of
his own organization, making educationals. Recently
was appointed a member of the advisory committee of
the Industrial and Educational Film Division. United
States Department of Commerce, by Secretary' Lamont.
z
ZUKOR. ADOLPH: President of Paramount Publis
Corporation; b. Ricse. Hungary, January 7, 1873; p.
Jacob and Hannah Zukor; m. 1897; has two children.
At the age of 16 he emigrated to this country, where
he became a sweeper in a fur store in New York City.
Worked hard, studied diligently and advanced rapidly
■ — an advance considerably hastened financially by his
invention of a patented fur clasp. In 1892 he went to
Chicago, where he became successful in the fur trade.
Returned to New York in 1901 and in 1903 ventured
with the late Marcus Loew in the penny arcade, a
theatrical novelty then much in vogue. This was the
foundation of the Marcus Loew Enterprises, of which
Loew became the president and Zukor treasurer. In
1912 Zukor decided to form Famous Players Film Com-
pany. In the formation of this company he had the
services or Daniel Frohman, one of the few leaders of
the legitimate theatre who recognized the artistic pos-
sibilities of the screen. The first production of the new
company was Sarah Bernhardt in "Queen Elizabeth."
This was followed by James K. Hackett in "The Pris-
oner of Zenda" and these two were the first two fea-
ture pictures of multiple-reel length produced. The
reception accorded these pictures by the public encour-
aged other producers to follow Zukor's example and in
1913 Jesse L. Laskv and other associates organized
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, with similar
policv of producing multiple-reel photoplays based on
wellknown plays and enacted by wellknown players.
In 1916. Zukor's company. Famous Players Film Com-
pany, and Jesse L. Lasky's Feature Play Company
combined under the name of Famous Players-Lasky
Corporation. At the same time, to insure the stability
of the distribution outlet for the company's productions.
Famous Plavers-Lasky Corporation absorbed Paramount
Pictures Corporation, a distribution and sales organiza-
tion. Thus Famous Plavers-Lasky Corporation not
onlv produced but also sold its own pictures. Under
Zukor's management and guidance some of most famous
stars of the screen were developed. Erected theatres in
the kev cities of the country. This led eventually to
the establishment, in 1926. of Publix Theatres Corpora-
tion, subsidiary of Famous Players-Lasky Corporation.
In 1927 Famous Plavers-Lasky changed its corporation
name to Paramount Famous-Lasky Corporation and in
1930 to Paramount Publix Corporation. Today Para-
mount, through its subsidiary, owns a large number of
theatres both in this country and abroad. The stock
of Zvdcor's company was the first motion picture stock
to be traded in on the New York Stock Exchange.
ADVERTISING AND PUBLICITY
ADELSTEIN. NATALIE: Assistant publicity direc-
tor, Tec-Art Studios, Inc., of Cal., Hollywood, Cal. ;
b. Boston. Mass., May 22. 1912; p. William and Mirian
Adelstein; e. graduate of Hollywood high school, one
year at the University of California, Los Angeles; not
married; hy. horseback-riding, dancing, swimming,
aquaplaning. Studied dancing at the Walter S. Wills
Studio of stage dancing in Hollywood. Sings over the
radio.
ADLER, WILLIAM S.: Advertising and publicity
department. Radio-Keith-Orpheum. Chicago and Los
Angeles. Cal.; b. Chicago. 111.. June 17. 1903: h. 6
feet: dark brown hair and brown eyes; w. 198 pounds:
p. Carrie Kramer and David Adler, non-professionals;
e. Hyde Park high school, Chicago, and University
of Illinois, also University of Chicago; not married;
hy. gymnastics, swimming, canoeing and ice-skating.
In 1924 he was a short subject booker for Fox Film
Corporation. Chicago; in 1925 for Goodman and Harri-
son theatres. Chicago; 1925 to 1928 in the advertising
and publicity department of Lubliner and Trinz The-
atres, Chicago; 1928 and 1929, advertising and pub-
licity department. Marks Brothers' theatres. Chicago;
and 1930-1931 Radio-Keith-Orpheum. Chicago and Los
Angeles.
BAER, FRED: Public relations counsel: owns and
directs the publicity service known as Fred Baer &
Associates; b. Belleville. 111.. August 31. 1889: e.
public schools in that city and preparatory school in
St. Louis; graduate of the University of Illinois (1911);
married and has three children. Has been active in
motion picture publicity since 1919: served as corre-
spondent for St. Louis newspapers: from 1911 to 1917
was reporter and editor on newspapers in St. Louis,
Philadelphia, New York. With the 305th Infantry.
1917-1918; Universal Pictures Corporation 1919; Urban-
Kineto. 1920; founded the publicity bureau now
owned and directed by him in 1921. Member of
Newspapu Club ol N,w York: mini ( lull of New York;
77th Division Association: Associated Motion Picture
Advertisers. Lives in Mount Vernon, N. Y. Busi-
ness address: 366 Madison avenue. New York City.
BE ALL, HARRY HAMMOND: Director of own bu-
reau of publicity; b. Gailipolis. Ohio February 22.
1889: h. 5 feet 8 inches, brown hair and eves; w. 190
pour.ds; p. Lizzie Augusta Bayes and Basil Beall. non-
professionals: e. Walnut Hills high school. Cincinnati.
Ohio; San Diego and Itedlands high school. Pomona
college prep, school. Inland Stanford. Jr.. University.
University or Southern California; m. Betty Rush,
feature writer. Was newspaper reporter, editor and
publicity writer; publicity director for Sid Gauman.
until sale of the Grauman theatre: head or own public-
ity enterprises at 6605 Hollywood boulevard. Holly-
wood.
BLOECHER. WILLIAM: Warner Bros, publicity de-
partment: b. Wittenberg. Wis.. October 2. 1898; h.
G feet 1V4 inches; blond hair and hazel eyes; w. 170
pound*; P. Ida Rackow and Louis Bloecher: e. Witten-
berg high s'hool and the University or Wisconsin; by.
tennis, reading and bridge.
BOTSFORD. A. M.: Advertising director or Para-
mount Publix Theatres. New York City; b. Rocktord.
111.; e. Williams college (A.B.I, specializing in Eng-
lish; married and has three children. Was city editor or
the Quincy (111.) Herald: reporter on the New York
World. He was with Paramount Famous Lasky in
July, 1917, as publicity writer; advertising manager.
1920-1925; and he then became advertising manager of
l*ublix theatres.
BRAND, HARRY: Publicity director. United Art-
ists Studios; b. New York City. May 1G. 1896; p. Celia
and Louis Brand: e. Los Angeles high school. Uni-
versity of Southern California; not married. News-
paper work, sports editor for Los Angeles Express,
secretary to Tormer Mayor Snyder or Los Angeles. He
was with Joseph M. Schenck ror 11 years.
BRITT, GEORGE: Formerly handled publicity ror
Paramount-Publix Corporation at the Long Island
Studio: b. Millersburs. Ky.. 1895: e. public schools
and Duke University. Durham, N. C. After gradu-
ation he engaged in the newspaper business for ten
years and then joined Paramount in August. 1927. Is
now a staff writer on the New York Telegram.
BROWN. GEORGE: Director or advertising and pub-
licity. Western Division. Radio-Keith-Orpheum ; b.
Cincinnati. Ohio. September 15. 1893: p. Louis and
Pearl Brown: e. high school. Columbia University.
Medical School (and a long visit to Hollywood): m.
Kathryn Bittenbender and has two children; studied
music, studied medicine at college, worked ror Monte
Bell on the Washington (D. C.) Herald; to N. Y.
atter the war and worked for the Globe, doing pub-
licity for Reisenwekers. At 27 years of age was adver-
tising manager for Universal, remaining there for al-
most 8 years. Then freelanced for a period, for Helen
Morgan. Texas Guinan. Harry Richmond and others.
Then to Warner, rrom which Harold R. Franklin
retched him for the Coast. Now on Coast to handle
all RKO Coast houses.
BUELL, JED:. Director or publicity. Mack Sen-
nett. Inc.. Los Angeles. Cal.: b. Denver. Col.. 1897: p.
Dora Phelps and William J. Buell: e. Corona school
and North Denver high schood: not married. Was
treasurer of the Denver Orpheum : business manager
of Elitch's Gardens theatre. Denver; treasurer. Den-
ham theatre. Denver; eight years manager of West
Coast theatres, including the DeLuxe. Alvarado and
Westlake. Ix)s Angeles. In 1928 was general man-
ager of California Universal Chain Theatres, headquar-
ters Orange County. Cal. In 1930 was made direc-
tor of publicity. Mack Sennctt Studios.
CAMPBELL. DAN: United Press. Honolulu bureau:
b. Pittsburgh. Pa.. December 30. 1901; h. 5 feel 4
inches; black hair and grey eyes; w. 118 pounds: p.
Margaret Yinger and Dan Campbell, non-proressionals;
e. South Hill high school and the University or Pitts-
burg; no stage training: m. Edna Haves Itarrv. non-
proressional. Publicity at Tec-Art. Hollywood, until
1929. when he joined the western staff or United
Press. Was transferred to the Honolulu Bureau in
1930.
CARROLL. CHARLES P.: Director of advertising
and publicity at Warner Bros. Stanley Hudson Coun-
try theatre: b. New York City. November 23. 1893; h.
5 feet 5 inches; brown hair and grey eyes; w. 140
pounds; p. Catherine and Frank Carroll, non-profes-
sionals; e. Stuyvesant high school and University of
Chicago: m. Irene Lewis, non-professional; hy. avia-
tion.
CLARK. JAMES A.: Manager, ad sales department.
Paramount-Publix Corporation. New York City: b.
Uniontown. Pa.. January 29, 1901.
COLLIER. ROBERT: Fox West Coast Theatres pub-
licity department: b. Prairie du Chien. Wis.. July 30.
1894 : h. G feet 2 inches: black hair and brown eyes:
w. 185 pounds: p. Sarah and the late Robert Collier:
e. Wauwatosa high school. Northwestern Academy and
University of Wisconsin; m. Jeanne Gore, professional:
hy. golf, tennis, flying and motoring.
CROOKER. HERBERT: Publicity manager. Warner
Bros. Pictures. New Y'ork City; b. Minneapolis. Minn..
December 12, 1893: e. Cornell University and the
University of Virginia. Entered the editorial depart-
ment of the New York Globe: later joined Triangle
Film Corporation, doing publicity work. At the out-
break of the World war he enlisted in the navy; after
the war. entered publicity department of Pathe. where
he remained for eight sears; then became associated
with the editorial staff or the Morning Telegraph and
later joined the New York Times. Subsequently he
became publicity director and Eastern representative ror
Johnny Hines Productions, rollowing which he joined
First National in the publicity department where he
remained until its merger with Warner Bros., with
whom he is now connected.
DIETZ. HOWARD: Director or advertising and pub-
licity. Mctro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation. New
York City. Started his career as a newspaper cor-
respondent, later going into the advertising business.
Joined the Goldwyn Company, beginning as a special
writer, gradually taking a hand at stories and ad-
vertisements and suggesting ideas. Was made head
or publicity, advertising and exploitation ror that com-
pany. With the merger or Metro-Goldwyn and Louis
B. Slayer in 1924 he became advertising manager
and is now director or advertising and publicity for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Wrote most of the lyrics and
contributed novel ideas for "The Little Show." also
many of the lvrics for "The Second IJttle Show."
latest work tor the theatres is "Three's a Crowd": has
also written a book ror children. "June Goes Down-
town."
DOHERTY. DANIEL: Director or advertising and
publicity. Fox Hearst Corporation: b. New York Citv.
January 15. 1S97: reporter. New York Sun. 1916-17:
U. S. A. Air Service. 1917-18; New York Sun. 1918-19;
Universal Service. 1919-21: United Press. 1921-22: Cos-
mopolitan News Service. 1922-24 ; publicity manager
Fox Film. 1924-27 : news editor. Fox News. 1927-28:
assistant news editor. Fox Hearst Corporation (Movie-
tone and Metrotone). 1928-29. and now director or ad-
ertislng and publicity or the Fox Hearst organization.
1931
EDDY. DON: Publicity director to Radio Pictures,
los Angeles. Cal. ; b. Hannibal Mo.. July 1. 1896:
h. 5 feet 8 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 200
pounds; p. Jessie Hynes and W. T. Eddy; e. Hannibal
(Mo.) high school; m. Helen Pollard: hy. golf, tennis,
fishing and shooting.
EINFELD. S. CHARLES: Director of advertising
and publicity and public relations. Warner Bros.. Inc.,
New York City; b. New York City. October 25. 1901:
p. Richard and Cecilia Einfeld; e. high school, prepara-
tory school and Columbia University; ni. May Bond
Einfleld; has a son. Richard Barnard Einfeld.
EPSTEIN, DAVE A.: b. St. Louis, Mo.. July 21.
1890; h. 5 feet, G% inches; sandy hair and brown
eyes; w. 155 pounds; p. Max and Golda Epstein; m.
Margaret H. Walsh. Formerly associated with Uni-
versal as scenario editor, also produced Harry Carey
feature Westerns, Hoot Gibson, Art Acord, short sub-
jects and serials starring Eddie Polo. Helen Gibson.
Gertrude Astor. Marie Walcamp and others. In 1918
he became associated with Fox. supervising the writ-
ing of continuities. Has had under his jurisdiction
such writers as Harvey Gates. Joseph Poland. George
Pyper. Arthur Zellner and others.
ETTINGER, MARGARET: Freelance publicist; b.
Freeport. 111.. October 20. 1890; p. Harriet Wilcox
and Elias Ettinger; e. Evanston Academy. Evanston.
111. Has been on the editorial staff of Photoplay
magazine and a reporter on the New Y'ork Evening
Telegram, also Hollywood correspondent for the New
York Morning Telegraph: she was in the publicity de-
partment at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, publicity director
for Marshall Neilan Productions and is now a free-
lance publicist. Her clients and accounts are: Tech-
nicolor, The Mayfair Club, the Brown Derby. Lila Lee.
Natalie Moorhead. Blanche Sweet. Vera Reynolds. Glenn
Tyron. Edward Woods. Noah Beery. Robert Ellis.
Hallam Cooley. John Robertson. Josephine Lovett and
Alan Crosland.
FIDLER. JAMES M. : b. St. Louis. Mo.. August
24. 1900: u. 5 feet 10 inches; light brown hair and
blue eyes; w. 150 pounds: p. Belle and William Port-
man Fidler. non-professionals; e. Central high school.
Memphis. Tenn. ; m. Dorothy Lee. RKO contract player:
hy. golf, bridge, swimming, tennis and collecting clip-
pings. Publicity representative for the following: Olive
Borden. Sue Carol. Betty Compson. Arthur Lake. Ed-
mund Lowe, Marian Nixon. Lilyan Tashman. Helen
Twelvetrees. Mary Astor. Alice White. Barbara Kent.
Neil Hamilton, ltaymond Hackett. Ralf Harolde. James
Hall and Dorothy Lee.
FORANT. ANNETTE: Publicity director for Hal
Roach Studio. Culver City. Cal.: b. Boston. Haa.,
July 25. 1910; p. George J. Forant; e. grade school.
Boston, Mass.. Santa Monica high school, commercial
college; m. Archie D. Hamilton; no children. Held
the position of private secretary in various architec-
tural firms and with campaign workers. Was placed
at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as script girl, and three
months later was transferred to the Hal Hoach Studio
as secretary to> the publicity director.
FOWLER. JACK: Direct.. r of advertising and pub-
licity. Fowler Studios. Hollywood. Cal.: b. St. Paul.
Minn.. July. 1893; h. (i feet; dark hair and hazel
eyes: w. U8 pounds: p. Nora C. Bailey and Frank
W. Fowler, non-professionals; m. Grace Mae Nell: hy.
golf, reading, writing, collecting old l)ooks and fishing.
Stage experience for two seasons, with Players Club.
San Francisco. In 1910 and Bishop Opera Company.
Oakland. Cal.. 1917; light operas (stage manager and
second comic of stock companv). Screen experience from
1914 to 1916 and from 1922 to 1929; with Keystone
Comedies, gags and parts in 1914. also worked with
Bosworth. Harold Lloyd. Famous Players I,askv and
Universal. He then became assistant to C. B. De.Mllle.
Frank Iteicher. E. J. l^eSaint for Famous Players-
Lasky for a year and one-half. Then was in the
Army during 1917-18 and traveled from 1919 to 1922.
Returned to Ix>s Angeles, Cal.. in 1922 to join the
staff of Hollywood News as motion picture editor and
later assisted in the organization of I.os Angeles Illus-
trated Daily News and became motion picture editor
and critic, which inisition be held for two and one-
half years. Then went to the First National publicity
department and adapted two stories for First Na-
tional, under the dlrectior or June Mathis. Went to
I'DC as publicity man. left P D C to Join Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer publicity department. Was studio host,
in charge of previews and entertainment, for three
years.
GALLAGHER. JOSEPH H.: Formerly director of
public relations. Columbia Pictures Corporation. New
York City: b. New York City. March 3. 1885: p. Anna
M. McDonald and Thomas Coltnn Gallagher: e. New
York elementary schools. New Y'ork high schools and
business college: m. Cora C. Slavln: has three children.
Has had experience on New York newspaiiers. as pub-
lishers' representatives: advertising agency. New Y'ork
Theatre Program Corporation.
GARVER. OLIVER B. : Paramount publicity de-
partment. Hollywood. Cal.: b. Peoria. 111.. March 11.
1900; h. 5 feet 11 Inches: brown hair and eves: w.
165 pounds: p. Edna Bailey and W. H. Garver: e.
Hollywood high school and the California Institute of
Technology: m. Frances Parker. July 2. 1925. non-
professional. Experience as follows: with the sports
department of the Los Angeles Times. 1923: advertising
and publicity director. Stanley W. Smith. Inc.. South-
em California distributors. Peerless automobiles. 1924-25:
then Joined Cecil B. DeMille publicity staff. Novem-
ber. 1925: became personal representative for Rod I.a-
Rocoue. October. 1927: and In June 1928 became asso-
ciated with Harry nammond Beall in freelance pub-
licity enternrises.
GERSDORF. PHIL: Director of publicity at RKO-
Pathe studios. Culver City. Cal.: h. Sherman. Texas.
August 31. 1900; h. 5 feet 11 inches; brown hair and
blue eyes: w. 165 pounds; p. Laura C. Gersdorf and
George Richard Gersdorf. non-professionals: c. Fast
Denver high In Denver. Col., and Lewis and Clark
high in Snokane. Wash.; m. R-ulah L. Metcalf. non-
professional: hv. fishing and golf. Publicity experience
In Tern- Ramsavc's department at the Rivoli and
Rialto. New Y'ork: former city manager for Southern
Enterprises In Macon. On.: also managed theatres and
did publicity work In Detroit for Charbu II. Miles,
also in Jacksonville. Flu., and Atlanta. Ga.. was field
exploitation man for Goldwvn Pictures, stationed In
the Cincinnati. Ohio, exchange: went to California as
director of publicity for Hunt Stromhcrg. who was
rroductng Independently at the time: later with Me'ro.
then Metro-Ooblwvn-Mavcr th<-n with Metropolitan Pic-
tures and with Cecil B. DeMil'e. remaining with
Pa-he studio when DeMille left to Join Metro-Goldwyn-
Mnver
GEYER. 0. R. : Manager, foreign publicity and ad-
vertising. Paramount Publlv: born and educated in
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Missouri and entered newspaper field on leaving school
and did reportorial and editorial work on Missouri.
Oklahoma and Iowa newspapers; left night city editor-
ship of Des Moines Register and Leader to take up
magazine writing in 1916; to New Y'ork in 1917 and
continued magazine writing for a year: joined publicity
department of Famous Players Lasky Corporation in
1918 and a year later became manager of foreign pub-
licity and advertising.
GIERGERICH. CHARLES J.: Director of publicity
and advertising for Pathe; b. New York City. Asso-
ciated directly or indirectly with the motion picture
business since 1918; business experience almost en-
tirely that of publicist. Has been reporter, editor,
dramatic critic and advertising manager on New Y'ork
newspapers and publisher and editor of monthly peri-
odicals. Connected with the motion picture industry
as director of advertising and publicity for the origi-
nal "Big Four" combination — Vitagraph. Lubin. Selig
and Essanay companies. Became West Coast director
of publicity for the same company: director of ex-
ploitation for special big feature productions of JBO:
manager and personal representative or stars and di-
rectors; author and director of several independent
feature productions; personal business representative of
the cartoonists Walter E. Disney and "UB" Iwerks.
introducing the "Mickey Mouse." "Silly Symphony"
and "Flip the Frog" cartoons; sales manager for
Powers Cinephone Equipment Corporation; then direc-
tor of publicity and advertising for Pathe.
GOULD. PAULA: Director of her own bureau of
publicity; b. New Y'ork City: h. 5 feet 4 inches: black
hair and brown eyes: w. 110 pounds; p. Antoinette
Gould: e. Washington Irving high school and Colum-
bia University. New Y'ork: hy. reading, motoring, the
theatre and writing fiction. She has been a press
agent since she was 17. and for seven years she was
general pres9 representative for RKO Productions in
New Y'ork: for the past three years has had her own
publicity bureau, located at 723 Seventh avenue. New
Y'ork City. Has written and sold more than thirty
short stories.
GRANEMAN. EDWARD: b. Schenectady. N. T.
Newspaper work for ten years, then two years in the
A. E. F.. and ten years In Hollywood as publicity
man Became director of publicity for James Cruze.
Inc. Resigned from Cruze Corporation on July 1.
1930.
GRIMM. BEN H.: Sales promotion manager. Uni-
versal lectures Corjioration. New Y'ork City; b. Union
City. N. J.. Ffljruarv 16. 1892: p. John and Klise
Grimm: e. Union City high school. U. S. A. School
of Military Aeronautics. Cornell University: m.
Eunice Blanche Whitenaok: has a son aged 6 and a
daughter 3. Early newspaper training culminated In
four years on the New York Evening Journal as as-
sistant city editor: next handled West Coast pub-
licity with Metro; was associate editor and adver-
tising manager of Moving Picture World: advertising
manager of Selznick Pictures. Associated Exhibitors;
assistant advertising manager of Universal: advertising
manager of Columbia Pictures.
GRUHLKE. MAX H.: House manager of Castle
Amusement Companv. Castle theatre; b. Montelle. Wis..
June 22. 1908: p. Mr. and Mrs. EE. A. Gruhlke: e.
grammar school, two years high school, two years
Ripon college.
GULICK. PAUL: b. Hancock. N. H. : p. Rev. Har-
vey Gullck. a Congregational minister: e. high school
at Shelburne. Vt.. and Burlington high school, also
the University of Vermont. Burlington. After gradua-
tion he took up the selling of life insurance and after
a summer of more or less (mostly lessl enthusiastic
insurance selling: he became principal In one of the
Charlotte schools: then went to New York and took
the position of assistant to his cousin, the dry goods
editor of The Journal of Commerce. Then followed
a number of years In and around newspaper work in
New Y'ork. Including a period with Philip Mindil run-
ning a press bureau: these two then formed Philip
Mindil. Inc. Through this connection Gullck ac-
quired considerable experience in the legitimate the-
atre field of press agentry. being advance man at dif-
ferent times for companies put out hv Joe Wclit-r.
Arthur Hammerstein and Al Woods; then re-entered
the Journalistic field as city editor of Vanltv Fair,
then a theatrical and sports weekly and the parent of
the present Vanity Fair. First connection with the mo-
tion picture industry was early in 1911 when George U.
Stevenson, then editor of Universal Weekly, a Laemmle
publication, engaged him to run a convention daily at a
big film convention then being held in the Grand
Central Palace. New Y'ork City; he then did two
months' press work for Ijaommle during the run of
"Samson" at the Republic theatre. New Y'ork. and
managed a film theatre In Hartford. Conn., for Atlas
Theatres Company. Then went to Mutual for several
months On September 1. 1913. Gullck lolned the
Universal organization In New York as director of
publicity and editor of Universal Weekly. For several
summers preceding his shift to the Universal forces In
1913. and for one or two summers afterward, he took
a fleer In theatrleal stock oomnan'es. In such towns
as Elmira. N. Y\. Providence. R I.. Portland. Maine
(three summers), and Hartford. Conn.
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HACKER. TOM 1.: b. Hem Y'ork City. November 21.
1907; h. 5 feet 10 incbes; hrown hair and eves: w.
138 pounds: p. Mav McKee and Tom B. Hacker, non-
professionals: e. nrlva'e and nuhlic schools of Detroit.
Michigan and Cass Technical College at Detroit: not
married: hv. radio and electrical f xperimenting. photog-
raphy, fishing and. sketching. No stage or screen ex-
ner'enee. With Mctro-Gnldwyn-Maver from 1926 to 1929
in the technical detriment, and In Anril 1929. became
a m-mhe' of the western staff of Fxhihitors Herald-
World, wlwrc he remained until 1931. when he Joined
Charlotte Itocers. freelance publicity agent.
HALEY. ROBERT J : Assistant to publicity direc-
tor Chicago Division. Radio-Keith -Orpheum: b. Wood-
stock. PL, June 3. 1908: e. high school at Wood-
stock. Two vars with Marks Rros.. two and a half
years with RKO
HARVEY. GEORGE W.: Advertising Art Service.
1074 Broadway. New Y'ork City; h. March 12. 1880;
e high school. Fort Ann. N. T. . Albany business col-
lege and New Y'ork University School of Commerce.
Was sales promotion manager of the Simmons-Board-
man Publishing Company, publishers of The Railway
Age and other transportation trade magazines, and was
associated with Walter Ostrandcr. who Is rated one
of the foremost mall order advertising experts in Amer-
ica. An assistant sales manager in the New York
office of the Helvetia Milk Condensing Companv he
received a thorough s->tcs training. Served one venr
overseas during the World war In the 304th field
artillery, a unit of the 77th division. New Y'ork out-
fit. After the war he Joined the publicity department
of the American Legion, national headquarters. During
the administration of Colonel Hantord MacNider as
national commander of the Legion he became per-
sonal publicity man and confidential secretary to Mac-
Nider He was a member of the publicity staff that
conducted Marshal Foch on his 20.000-mile tour of
the United States. Visited every state in the Lnion
during his association with MacNider. covering a
total of some 125.000 miles. At the termination of
MacNider's term he became attached to the advertis-
ing and publicity department of W. W. Hodkinson Cor-
poration, distributor of motion pictures, where he was
eventually made advertising manager. Following tne
absorption of Hodkinson by P D C and the merger
of this organization with Pathe and its subsequent
reorganization the responsibility for all the publicity
and advertising activities of the company was centralized
with Harvev at the head. Is past president. Associated
Motion Picture Advertisers. From July. 1929. to August.
1930. advertising manager for Warner Bros. Pictures.
Inc.. under A. P. Waxman. In August 1930. ta
association with Herbert Jaediker. organized Haryey-
Jaediker Advertising Art Service, specializing in motion
picture advertising.
HEALY WILLIAM J.: Exploitation director. Co-
lumbia Pictures: b. New Y'ork: e. university.
HEIFETZ LOUIS E.: Director of publicity. Dar-
mour Studios. Hollywood. Cal. : b. Boston Mass..
February 28. 1897: h. 5 feet 5 inches; brown hair and
eves- w 142 pounds: p. Anna Wolfe and. Abraham
Heifetz- e Chelsea high school. Boston: not married:
hv tennis. Started in newspaper Held with the Boston
Post in 1912: has been in motion picture distribu-
tion since 1914 with Famous Players. Metro and. state
right exchanges. With trade papers since 1927 ana
publicity for several years.
HELLER. WILSON B.: b. Omaha. Neb.. August 1.
1893; n. 6 reel: blond hair and blue eyes: w. Do
pounds: p. Blanche B. and William S. Heller, non-
professionals : e. Omaha high school and JJUTendtl of
Missouri; m. Wilmirth Holdaway. ?on- professional. Is
publicity director for Ted-Art Studio. Hollywood. Cal.
HESS JULIUS JACQUES: National director of
advertising of RKO Theatres. New Y'ork City: b.
UESSZ England. June 9 1S92: e. ?t Augustine s
Ecole Mayone. Antwerp. Belgium: Kings College, uni-
versity of London: not married: hy. collecting rare
books first editions. Was on the reportorial staffs
of various London daily newspapers and the Sydney
Morning Herald. Sydney. Australia: then followed as-
sociations with Gaumont. Ltd.. Spencer Films Ltd..
Fine Arts Studio Hollywood. Triangle Films. Universal
Films Hollywood, the Los Angeles Express and Los
Angeles Record San Francisco Chronicle and San
Franciio Examiner: Famous Players- Lasky Corpora-
tion in San Francisco and Chicago: Warner Bros and
Lubiner & Trinz theatres: then director of Publicity
and advertising. Marks Brothers Theatres CbiCMO.
and director of publicity and advertising. Western
division of Radlo-Keith-Orphetim. Chicago. Is now
national director of advertising RKO theatres.
HOLM AN. RUSSELL: Advertising manager. Para-
mount Publix Corporation. New York City: b Patten-
burg N J.. October 20. 1893: e. public schools of
Newark N J., was graduated from Barringer high
school. 'Newark, in 1911 and from Princeton University
in 1915' on the editorial staff of the Tiger in college
and also news editor of the Princeton Pictorial Re-
view' on the baseball and basketball squads and won
a Phi Beta Kappa key: m. and has two children,
both girls. Following his graduation from Princeton.
Holman worked as a reporter on the Newark l.vening
News the Newark Sunday Call and the Wall Street
journal: left the last-named job to join the Navy as a
seaman in Mav. 1917: and was discharged from the
Navy in March 1919. as a lieutenant (J. g.l. having
ierved the bulk of his enlistment on transports, operat-
ing between this country and France. Resuming
civilian life, he became associated with the advertis-
ing department of McClure's Magazine. The major
part of his duties consisted of doing advertiisng and
publicity for McClure Productions. Inc.. the motion
Picture producing branch of the publication's activities.
Deciding to make motion pictures his vocation he left
M. ( lure's and Joined Paramount in June. 1919. and
has been with that company ever since. After filling
various positions In Paramotmt's advertising and pub-
licity departments, he became. In 1922. assistant ad-
vertising manager of the companv under A. M. Bots-
ford and with the transfer of Botsford to I'ublix in
1925 he was made advertising manager of Paramount,
which position he holds today. His vocation is writ-
ing. He has written and has published some 30 or
more short stories and articles, also eight novels, all
based on motion pictures. The latter include narotd
Lloyd's "The Freshman." and "Speedy." Clara Bow s
"The Fleet's In" and "The Love Parade." Member
of the Sound Beach Golf and Country Club, the
A. M. P. A., and the Cloister Inn Club of Princeton
University.
HOWE. HAL: Associated with Don McElwaine. for-
mer publicity director for Pathe. under firm name of
McElwaine and Howe: h. Mt. Vernon N. Y.. April
15. 1886: h. 5 feet 5 Inches: blond hair and grev-
green eyes: w. 143 pounds: p. Margaret Field and
William W. Howe, non-professionals: e. Mt. Vernon
high school: m. Josephine C. non-nrofesslonal : hy.
airplaning. singing and motoring. Editor of Screen
Book publicity counsel for Max Factor. Richard Dix.
George Hackathorne. Ben Lyon. Michael Fokine I -n*
Malena. Thelma Todd and Lucien Prival. and song
writers Jack King anil W. Franke narling. Now with
Don McElwaine.
JOHNSTON. JOHN LeROY: Publicity director. Uni-
versal Studios. Universal City. Cal. : h. Bloomfleld.
Green county. Indiana. December 28. 1896: p. Mr. and
Mrs C C. Johnston: e. St. Paul. Minn., grammar
schools Mechanic Arts high. St Paul. St. Paul Insti-
tute of Art: m. Gladys Wren Bahcock (19181. and has
three children. Newspaper writer and artist at 13 years
of age: St. Paul Dailv News. Pioneer Press-Dispatch.
New York Evening Mail, editor of Amusements. 1916:
press agent. St. Paul Svmphnnv Orchestra: assistant
nuhlicitv director. Universal (New Y'ork). 1918: pnh-
licltv and advertising director. Finkelstein and Ruhen
Circuit (1919-19201: Famous P'avcrs (T,ns Angeles.
1921): publicity and advertising dire-tor. Southern En-
terprises (72 theatres in Texas). First National Pic-
tures (Portland. Seattle. Butte), promoted to New
York office in 1923: was publicity agent for Thomas
II Ince (Culver City. 19231. Frank T.lnvd (1923-19261.
M«ck Sennett (19261. First National S'lK'ins (1920-
1928). puhli-ltlv director. Columbia (192SI Edwin
Carewe 11928-1929). publirity director. Universal
Studios. 1930-1931.
JONES. CHARLES REED: Director of publicity
and advertising of Mascot Pictures Corporation. New
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York City; b. Woodside. N. T.. May 1. 1896 ; p. George
W. and Kate Keed; e. Columbia University (school
of journalism). Edited Photoplay Journal and Film-
play; director of advertising and publicity for Chadwick
Pictures Corporation; is a contributor to all fan maga-
zines; author of "The King Murder." "The Torch
Murder," "Rum War Murders," "The Van Norton
Murders," and other detective and mystery novels;
also wrote the story and dialog of "The Public
Enemy."
JOSEPH. JOHN E. : Advertising department, Chicago
division, Radio-Keith-Orpheum; b. Hinsdale, 111., July
12, 1898; e. University of Chicago class of 1920; m.
Lorene Winn Joseph; has one boy, John Winn Joseph.
8. Started after college with Sam Gerson doing adver-
tising agency work and Shubert publicity, went to
Herald and Examiner as motion picture critic ; after
four years of that to advertising department of PubLx-
Balaban and Katz. after four years to a more important
position with Radio-Keith-Orpheum in advertising.
KAHN, HENRY J.: Publicity department of Publix-
Balaban & Katz. Chicago; b. Philadelphia, Pa., May
3, 1908 ; p. Joseph and Gizella Kahn ; e. Chicago pub-
lic schools, military academies in Florida and Michi-
gan, Carl Schurz high school in Chicago ; majored in
Journalism at high school. Did merchandising with
Sears, Roebuck & Co., was in publicity and adver-
tising department of Publix-Balaban & Katz, 1925-
1930; same with Publix-Detroit, 1930-1931.
KALVER. ROY L. : District advertising manager of
Publix-Balaban & Katz. Chicago; b. Chicago. 111., De-
cember 12, 1899; p. I. A. Kalver and Sarah Kalver;
e. graduate of University of Illinois. 1921. Ran a
small theatre in Decatur, Ind., in 1926; joined Balaban
& Katz in September. 1926; was treasurer, assistant
manager and manager of numerous theatres until De-
cember, 1929, when he entered advertising work; has
charge of advertising for Varsity, Norshore, Harding.
Nortown. Senate, Tower and Maryland theatres in
Chicago.
KAUFMAN, HENRY: Publicity and exploitation
representative for the American General Film Company.
Formerly dramatic critic for New York Staats-Herold.
KIESLING. BARRETT C: Publicity department.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Culver City, Cal. ; b. Detroit.
Mich., June 24. 1894; p. Henry and Caroline Kies-
ling; e. grammar school and high school. South Pasa-
dena. Cal., Pomona College. Los Angeles Junior Col-
lege, Occidental College (graduate) : m. Lilliam Wend-
ling; no children. Became press agent for Clune's
Pasadena theatre in 1915. after previous newspaper ex-
perience with the Los Angeles Times and other papers.
Later was press agent for Clune's Pasadena theatre and
Clune's Broadway. Los Angeles. Served in the war
with the ordnance detachment. 604th Engineers. Re-
turned to become assistant manager of Clune's Pasa-
dena theatre. Joined the publicity department of
Lasky Studio in 1920. Was made studio publicity
director of Realart Pictures in 1922; personal publicity
representative of Cecil B. DeMille since 1922; 1924
to 1927 national publicity director of Producers Dis-
tributing Corporation (Pro-Dis-Co) : 1927-1928 studio
publicity director. Pa the; now at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Was president of Wampas in 1928; chairman, credentials
committee. Wampas. 1926-1930.
KRUMGOLD. JOE: b. Jersey City. N. J.. April 9.
1904; e. New York University; h. 5 feet 8 inches; w.
173 pounds; brown hair, brown eyes: hy. yachting.
Head of foreign publicity department for Paramount.
LARKIN, MARK: Director of publicity, association
of Motion Picture Producers; b. Snelling. Cal.; p.
Frank and Catherine Larkin; e. public school and
California school of mechanical arts; also Wilmerding
School of Industrial arts, both private schools in San
Francisco; m. Hazel Crow Larkin; three children, one
girl and 2 boys. Thirteen years in newspaper work.
Was public director for Mayflower Photoplay Corpora-
tion, which made "The Miracle Man," and for ten
years publicity director for Douglas and Mary; for
one year Western editor of Photoplay magazine. Has
also written some fiction.
LEVY, MILTON N.: Publicity, Publix-Balaban &
Katz, Chicago; b. Chicago, 111.. February 11. 1907;
p. Max Levy : e. graduate of Northwestern University
school of journalism ; m. Sophie Lippert. Has been
with Publix-Balaban and Katz for two years; previously
wrote publicity stories for the Stack-Globe Advertising
Agency and before that was editor of a trade news-
paper.
LEYSER. BILLY: b. Brooklyn. N. Y ; h. 5 feet 7
inches; gray hair and brown eyes; w. 15S pounds; e.
Hempstead. L. I.. N. Y. ; hy. golf and fishing. Stage
experience in amateur theatricals. Started out as a
motion picture exhibitor in Buffalo and Cleveland:
then became film salesman for Mutual Film Com-
pany in Western New York and Northwestern Penn-
sylvania; then branch manager of film exchange in
Buffalo, N. Y., later becoming exploitation and sales
manager of film exchange in Cleveland, Ohio: motion
picture editor of the Cleveland News and Sunday
News Leader for six years; then director of publicity
for Universal. Universal City, Cal. ; director of pub-
licity of Metropolitan Pictures Corporation; director of
publicity for Harry Langdon and director of publicity
or Inspiration Pictures. Inc.. Tec- Art Studios: now at
Metropolitan Sound Studios, Inc.. as dirctor of pub-
licity and advertising for Educational Studio. Inc.,
Christie Film Co., and Metropolitan Sound Studios.
Inc.
LUESCHER. MARK A.: Director of national pub-
licity for Radio-Keith-Orpheum; b. West Sand Lake.
N. Y.. 1876; e. public schools. Syracuse. N. Y.. Cor-
nell University, special course in art department: mar-
ried and has two children. Started a weekly magazine
in Syracuse called Itemarques. illustrating bis own
writings. Charles Sherlock, managing editor of the
Syracuse Standard, liked his writings, his drawings,
and his matter iMTtaining to shows, and made, him
dramatic editor and cartoonist of that newspaper. Lee
and Sam Shubert, then just "breaking into the show
business" in Syracuse, engaged him for manager of
their first theatre in Rochester, the Baker, and when
they acquired the Herald Square theatre in New York
City, he was sent there ns business manager and
press agent. With Louis Werha. he opened the first
roof garden theatre in New York City: conceived and
exploited the sensational "Rouge Domino" {.Mile.
Dazie); formed the firm of Werha & Luescber: pro-
dii'-'d "The Soring Maid," "Miss Dudelsack." "Her
Little Highness." "The Master Mind." also managed
and starred Christie MacDonald, Lulu Giaser, Mltzi.
Tom M'Nuighton. Nora Bayes. Louis Mann. Oal-
Hirher & Shean. Mae Murray. Franclne Tiarriniore and
Edmund Brepse: became general manager for F F.
Proctor; personal representative and national publicity
chief for Martin Beck of the Orpheum Circuit: direc-
tor general and press representative for C. B. Dilling-
ham and the New York Hippodrome ; director of pro-
motion and publicity for Keith-Albee : now bead of
national publicity for RKO, member of Lambs Club.
Scottish Rite. Westport Country Club, Greenfield Hill
Country Club, Fairfield Country Hunt Club. Waffle
and Cornell Continuous Reunion Club. Summer home
at Shady Brook Farm, Southport, Conn.
LUNTZEL, JAMES R.: Publicity manager, Granada
and Marbro Theatres, Publix-Balaban and Katz, Chi-
cago; b. Lexington, Ky.. December 6, 1903; e. school
of journalism. University of Kentucky; m. Julia McCoy
O'Day; has one son, James R. . Jr., Z%, one daughter,
Lynne O'Day, 18 months. Police and court reporter.
Louisville (Ky. ) Courier Journal, Lone Herald Post.
Lexington (Ky. ). Herald, and copy desk of Milwaukee
Sentinel, free.ance publicity. Louisv.lle including, cam-
paigns of Louisville Community Chest and Republican
city and county committee: director of publicity, Wis-
consin Anti-Tuberculos.s Association; director of pub-
licity, Keith-Albee Louisville Theatres; member of ad-
vertising department of Fox Midwesco Theatres, Inc..
Milwaukee; with Balaban and Katz since July 15, 1930.
MCCARTHY, CHARLES E.: Public relations direc-
tor of Parmount Publix Corporation; b. Wareham.
Mass., 1891; e. public schools at Middleboro. Mass.:
married; home address, 14 Elm place, Nutley. N. J.
He was employed as a reporter and editor of various
New England. New Jersey and New York newspapers.
He joined the publicity department of Fox Film Cor-
poration in 1918; became publicity manager of Para-
mount Famous Lasky Corporation in 1919 ; was
promoted to director of public relations of Paramount
Publix in 1929.
MORRIS, VIRGINIA: Advertising department of
Warner Bros, and First National. New York City; b.
Troy, N. Y. ; e. in Troy at the Emma Willard school
and at Smith college. Northampton, Mass. In 1922
she joined the motion picture industry to write publicity
for B. P. Schulberg at Preferred Pictures. Later she
was placed in charge of all advertising and publicity
for Schulberg. Has also been affiliated with the pub-
licity staffs of Fox and Universal; her association with
Warner Bros, began in 1926. In addition to handling
trade paper and newspaper publicity for Warner Bros.,
she has done extensive freelance writing for news-
papers and motion picture fan magazines.
MOSS. ALEX: b. London. England. November 24,
1891; h. 5 feet 7 inches; dark brown hair and eyes;
w. 152 pounds-; hy. chess, reading.* Started as a
special writer and for three and a half years was
associated with Floyd W. Parsons in conducting the
Everybody's Business Department in the Saturday Eve-
ning Post. Contributed articles to leading periodicals.
Collaborated with Floyd W. Parsons on the author-
ship of two books. "Everybody's Business" and "Amer-
ican Business Methods." Later on was instrumental
in the founding and development of "Advertising and
Selling," authoritative advertising and merchandising
publication in its field. Was its managing editor.
Then joined the motion picture industry with Warner
Bros, as a member of the advertising and publicity
department. Later joined Columbia Pictures, about
four years ago. Was transferred to the Coast studios
of Columbia. Is in New York City at the present
time.
MURPHY. EUGENE K.: Advertising and publicity
of Publix-Balaban & Katz, Chicago: b. Chicago. 111.,
August 10. 1909; p. J. Michael and Marion Grey; e.
grammar, high school, journalism, also newspaper edu-
cation on local papers. Entered Publix-Balaban & Katz
in 1926 after one year in jewelry business, held many
positions with Publix-Balaban & Katz and is han-
dling the group of Publix Theatres known as "Publix
Greater Talkies."
NEILSON. RUTGERS: Publicity and advertising de-
partment, RKO-Pathe Distributing Corporation New
York City: b. Perth Amboy, N. Y. ; e. Plainflel'd high
school and New York University. Entered the film
business in the publicity department of Metro Pic-
tures Corporation under Arthur James. During the
World war in limited service as bulletin editor of the
United States Army Gas Defense Plant in Long Island
City; March, 1919. returned to the film business as
advertising and publicity director for Amedee J. Van
Beuren's theatre and film enterprises. Topics of the Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew Comedies. Ernest True
comedies. Adventure Films and Aesop's Film Fables.
Then joined C. C. Burr as director of advertising
and publicity for Doris Kenyon. Johnny Hines and
Constance Binney features. Left the film business to
join Macfadden's Publications. Became associate editor
of Dance Lovers Magazine; then research man on the
American Weekly Magazine (Hearst Sunday Magazine).
Returned to the film business as a member of the
Pathe publicity and advertising department, where he
has been for several years.
NICHOLAS. TED: Publicity director of Publix-
Skouras Theatres in Indianapolis. Ind. ; b. April 6.
1905. in Indiana; e. Arsenal Technical high school in
Indianapolis and attended Northwestern University at
Evanston. 111., also was graduated from the United
States Naval Hospital Corps Training School at Mare
Island, Cal. First newspaper experience was gained
on the Indianapolis Star as a snorts correspondent.
Was in the employ of the Indianapolis News from
September, 1928, until 1930 as a motion picture editor
and art critic. Also did considerable book reviewing
for the literary editor since he was his assistant.
Became publicity director of Publix-Skouras Theatres
in Indianapolis in August. 1930.
NOLAN. WARREN: Publicity writer. United Artists
Corporation. New York City; b. Brooklyn. N. Y.. Mav
18: 1903; p. Mary and James Nolan: e. Commercial
high school. Brooklyn, St. Viators College. Illinois.
Georgetown University. Washington. D C. ; m May
Williams; has a daughter. Patricia. Had four years
nrlth the New York Times, two years with the New
York Telegram and has been with United Artists Cor-
poration for five years,
O'M ALLEY, AGNES: b. Pittsburgh. Pa.. .Tune 12.
1900; p. Anastasia and John Roger O'Mallcv. non-
professionals: e. Union b!-b s»hool and Carnegie Tech.
Pittsburgh. Pa.; m. Dr. Rudolph Marx, physician and
surgeon. Publicity career smarted as publicity director
for Mack Sennett Studio. 1922-1925: Photo-uav staff.
New York. 1926: Mack Sennett studio. 192": motion
ntcture critic. Screen Secrets Magazine. 1928; Hal
Roach Studio. 1929: also contributor to fan maga-
zines. Now out of the motion picture and newspaper
fields.
PARSONS »*. A.: Fox Film advertising department:
h Bvfleld. AfeSft. , October 2. 1884 : e. graduated from
W'lbraham academy in Massachusetts and Weslevnn
university In Connecticut: m. Charles Hazel, daughter
or ReT, Chir'es Baker Bc«se. Sentember 7. 1910 and
has two children. Nan and I,owell. Several years free
lance fiction writer; two years with the "London Times" ;
own advertising agency two years; advertising manager
and secretary the W'omanada Land Company; vice presi-
dent Systems and Service. Inc. ; advert.sing and pub-
licity manager Pathe 1913-1917; advertising manager
Pathe 1917-27; in charge of national publicity Pathe.
1927. Resigned from Pathe in 1929. Is a member of
Sons of American Revolution, New England Historic and
Genealogical Society of Boston, etc.. Squadron A. Na-
tional Guard of New York, 1917-18; ex-president Ridse-
view Community Club of West Orange. N. J. ; ex-presi-
dent liidgeview Tennis Club; Berkeley Tennis Club of
Orange, N. J. ; Phi Nu Theta ; contributor to several
magazines; was president of the A. M. P. A., 1918-19.
Lives at 16 Grove street, Madison. N. J.
PINE, WILLIAM HOY: Publicity and advertising
of Publix-Balaban & Katz, Chicago; b. Los Angeles.
Cal.. February 15, 1896; p. Florence and Arthur Pine;
e. elementary schools and Columbia University; m.
Anna Baum and has one child. Started life as re-
porter on the New York American in 1915, took over
the New York Hippodrome as publicity agent, became
advance man for Ringling Bros, circus, went to Broad-
way as advance agent for legitimate shows; in 1920
"discovered" Gilda Gray who was starting a career
as Mary Michalski in Milwaukee; in 1926 left Gilda
Gray to assume a position with Balaban & Katz
in Chicago. Handling the Chicago and McVickers
theatres.
POLLOCK, LEO A.: Freelance motion picture edit-
ing and advertising: b. New York City; e. schools
of Philadelphia. Became newspaperman at 18. Served
on various Philadelphia and New York newspapers,
holding, among other posts, that of drama and motion
picture editor of the New York Evening Journal; was
in the Army two years; in 1920 was publicity manager
for Fox West Coast Studios and later occupied the
same post with Cosmopolitan Productions; in 1927 be-
came editor of MGM International Newsreel. con-
tinuing with the latter until 1930: is now in free-
lance motion picture editing and advertising. Office:
c/o William J. Ganz Company. 507 Fifth avenue. New
York City?
POLLOCK. LOU: Advertising representative of the-
atres for Publix-Balaban & Katz, Chicago; b. Liver-
pool, England, February 16. 1904; p. Max and Pauline
Simburg: e. Canada public school. New York, and
Trenton (N. J.) high school. Did newspaper reporting
and was makeup advertising man for direct selling
companies; next in freelance publicity contract work,
including theatrical; then with Balaban & Katz.
QUARBERG, LINCOLN: b. Mondovi, Wis.. Novem-
ber 25. 1901; h. 5 feet, 10 inches: black hair and
hazel eyes; w. 160 pounds; e. University of Wisconsin
(1921). Is now publicity director of Caddo Company.
Hollywood. Cal.
REDDY, JOSEPH PATRICK: Publicity manager of
Harold Lloyd Corporation; b. New York City, Novem-
ber 18. 1893; e. public schools: married, and has one
child. Started as an office boy on the old Morning
Telegraph, subsequently rising to assistant sporting edi-
tor, and later to sports editor; in 1914 went with the
snorts department of the New York Times and remained
there until the war. Enlisted in the tank corps; and
after his discharge joined Robertson-Cole as assistant
publicity director. Six months later went to Pathe
under Randolph Lewis and became publicity director
there when "his chief" went to England to write
scenarios for Rudyard Kipling. A year later Harold
Lloyd offered him a position on the West Coast.
REEVE, ARCH: Publicity manager. Paramount Pub-
lix Corporation, Los Angeles, Cal. ; b. Glenwood. Iowa.
December 28. 1889: p. William and Ruth A. Reeve:
e. Los Angeles high school. Occidental College (three
years): m. Mary Noyes Reeve; has three sons. Had
nine years' newspaper experience, sports editor Sun-
day editor, feature writer on the Los Angeles Examiner.
Tribune and Evening Express. He has been with
Paramount Publix for eleven years.
ROBINSON. CARLYLE R. : Director of Publicity.
Charles Chaplin Film Corporation: b. Raleigh. N. C.
September 22, 1887 ; e. public schools. Brooklyn. N. Y. ;
hy. baseball, football, basketball, tennis, golf. Form-
erly newspaper reporter on Brooklyn Standard Union.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York Press, Los Angeles
Times, L. A. Tribune. Entered pictures in 1914 with
David Horsely Film Company; joined Charlie Chaplin
in 1916.
ROGERS. CHARLOTTE: Publicity director for
Hollywood Knickerbocker hotel and freelance publicity
representative. Hollywood, Cal.: b. St. I>-'is. Mo..
March 19. 1904 ; h. 5 feet G inches: auburn hair and
dark blue eyes: w. 125 pounds; p. Beatrice and Max
Forbes, non-professional: e. Central high school. St.
Louis. Mo.. Oglethorpe University. Atlanta. Ga. and
Washington University, St. Louis. Mo. : hy. interior
decorating and collecting rare art. Two years as
private secretary to the general contract agent of
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. St. Louis. Mo.,
and assistant to Miss Forbes of the Lottye Forbes
School of Dramatics. St. Louis, Mo. ; two years with
Standard Pictures Corporation. Hollywood, as assist-
ant to the president and publicity director: 1929.
Hollywood Bowl publicity department and freelance
publicity representative.
ROTHSTEIN. NAT G.: Advertising manager, pub-
licity and exploitation manager. Libertv Productions.
Los Angeles. Cal.: b. Eau Claire. Wis. 1887: n.
Isaac and Sophia Rothstein; e. EatJ Claire grammar
schools, private college; m. Ruth Hoffman : no chil-
dren. Conducted an advertising agency in Chicago:
was the first advertising manager of Maurice L. Roth-
child. Chicago: advertising manager for Woolf's. Chi-
cago: advertising manager for Werner & Werner. St.
Louis: advertising manager for Universal. New York,
for eight years: five years advertising manager for
FBO (now RKO). New York: produced the first colored
ads used in motion picture advertising: originated and
published first multi-paged insert: originated and pro-
duced first advertising campaign books, now known
as press books; originated first special position and
single insert in motion picture trade papers.
RUDULPH. GERALD K.: Director of advertising
and publicity. RCA Photophone. Inc. : b. Bowling
Green. Ohio: married and has one son and one daueh-
ter. Formerly with Fox Film Corporation as publioitv
manager: editor of Motion Picture Magazine: menacing
editor of the Buffalo Enouirer. Buffalo. N. Y. . for
ten years. Resides in Brooklyn. N. Y.
SCHLAGER. SIG: b. Boston. Mass. Mav 1. 1899;
e. Boston English high, and college. New York: hy.
music, tennis, etchings. Publicity for manv notables,
personal representative for the late Thos. IT. Tnce. J.
P-rker Read. Jr. exploited "White Gold." "Gorilla."
"Companionate Marriage" and "Gigolo" for head of
First National. Introduced first newspaper comic
1931
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strips as feature pictures ("Ella Cinders." "Harold
Teen." etc.). Publicity and general advisory work
for stars, directors and executives.
SEADLER, SILAS F.: Advertising manager. Mctro-
Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation; b. New YorK City.
August 31. 1897; e. Columbia University (School of
Journalism, class of 1917). Newspaper work, free-
lance press agent, feature writer lor Hearst papers;
publicity department ot Itealart Pictures; director of
publicity and advertising. Arthur S. Kane Pictures:
then joined the advertising department of Uoldwyn
Pictures. Now is advertising manager of Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer.
SELIG. A. L.: Chief of division of public relations.
Columbia Pictures Corporation. Started his career as
reporter on the staff of the New York World, where
he remained for three and one-half years. The next
twelve years he worked for the New York Journal and
other Hearst newspapers; then joined with Under-
wood and Underwood, managing the news picture de-
partment, later organizing and managing the com-
mercial photography and portrait department. Handled
publicity for Theda Bara for Fox Film Corporation for
three years and for William Farnum. for nearly two
years. Left Fox to join United Artists, where he
handled the Douglas Fairbanks feature. "The Three
Musketeers." as a roadshow. Then he opened his own
publicity bureau in New York City. Six years ago
be joined Tiffany and handled publicity for Tiffany.
Truart. and Renown Films. Resigned as publicity
advertising and exploitation manager of Tiffany Pro-
ductions. Inc.. to take charge of the public relations
department of Columbia.
SHAPIRO. VICTOR MANSFIELD: b. New York
City. January 25. 1893: e. was graduated from High
School of Commerce and New York University (B. S. .
1913) ; not married. His first job was assistant pro-
motion manager. Hearst Magazine: then promotion man-
ager for Leslie-Judge: then cartoonist for the Detroit
Journal: in 1915 he became assistant advertising and
publicity director for Vitairraph: In January. 1917. be-
came advertising chief for F. J. Seng, and continued
there until September. 1917. when he enlisted in the
Army. Company 1. 30fith Infantry. After the war he
became exploitation and puhlicity director for Pathe
Exchange. Inc. ; was In this capacity for more than
four years, and in February. 1 021 . was appointed direc-
tor of publicity and advertising for Samuel Goldwyn.
In March. 1920. he became advertising and publicity
director for United Artists, a post he held until Feb-
ruary. 1929. He Is a member of the Cltv Athletic
Club. Centennial Lodge. No. Tf.3. F. & A. M.. the
American I-egion and is past president of the Asso-
ciated Motion Ilcture Advertisers. Early in 1929
he became* director of publicltv for Fox Studios. New
York. City. N. T.
SHEA. JOSEPH C: Assistant director of publicity.
Fox Film Studios. Hollywood. Cal.: b. Ilttsfleld. Mass .
July 5. 1898: p. Emma Jane Fitzgerald and Nicholas
Shea: e. Yonkers high school. Yonkers. N. Y.. and
Fordham University. Has been associated with Uni-
versal Pathe. PDC. A. L. Erlanger. J. J. McCarthy
and Metro.
SILVER. MILTON: Director of advertising. Universal
Picture* Corporation. New York Citv b. New York
City: e. public schools in New York and other cities,
also dcWitt Clinton high school of New Yo-k He
started his business career in 1907 with the American
Magazine: then became successively bookkeeper sta-
tistician, salesman, purchasing agent and advertising
writer in manufacturing, business and derw»rtment
stores: was in the United States Armv during the
World war; secretary, treasurer, co-editor. Ross I*ub-
lishing Company, publishing Who's Who on the
Screen and The Little Movie Mirror: he was managing
editor of Movie Weakly, Marfadden Publishing Com-
panv: wen' to Universal Pl-tures Corporation in
Angus' 1921: co-author t>f the Broadway stace produc-
ts- "The Mv«terv Ship." In 1927: ass'stant advcrtls-
i"e manacr. Un versa 1 pictures Cornor-tion: appointed
director of advertising. Universal. In December. 1928.
SIMMONS. MICHAEL L : Director of advertising
and publicltv. Sono All-Wortd Wid- PWuif. New
York City: e. graduste of Columbia University (school
of journalism I . Served a number of vears as re-
porter on news|»pers : l»came managing editor of
Exhibitors Dally Reiicw; then staff editor of Film
Da'l-- and then motion picture editor of the Morning
Telegranh. Si**nt a yeir abroad s'udving film condi-
tions 11925-192111 during whl'h time he served as ex-
ploitation director for Universal In London He is
the author of "First Aid." "What's the Answer."
"Mv Ladv Beautiful" and "The Saving Grace." adapted
"After the Verdict." and "High Speed Love" for
General Talking Pictures.
SMITH NANCY: r n. Mrs. Charles S. Sollars:
b Marvsville. Mo.: h. 5 feet 7 inches: black hair and
green eves; w. 115 pounds: p. Nancy L Wallace and
J. T. Wallace, non-professionals: e prhate school and
normal training school at Warrenshurg. Mo.: m.
Charles S. Sollars. non- professional ; hv. press agenting.
No stage experience Started publicity work with her
daughter. Dorothy Dwan. and after four years In Holly-
wood is now handling the following film folk: James
and Lucille Gleason. Russell Gleason. Robert Armstrong.
Ken Maynard. I^nuise Fazenda. Natalie Moorhead.
Anthony Bushell. Zelma O'Neal. Sidney Itlarkmer Helen
Chandler. Lawrence Grant. Edmund Breese. William
Beaudlne. director. Edward H. Griffith, director. She
has also handled Mary Eaton. Millard Webb. Wm.
Carver. Lenore Coffey. Morgan Farley. A] Santell. Doro-
thy Phillips and Vera Reynolds.
SMITH. PETE: I'ubllrity director. Metro- Goldwyn -
Mayer Studios. Culver City. Cal. : h. New York City.
September 4. 1892: h. 5 feet 9 Inches: blond hair and
gray eyes: w. 140 pounds: p. Frieda and August Smith:
e. DeWitt Clinton high school. New Y'ork City, and
business college; m. Margaret Ganss: hy. golf. Pub-
licity director tor Paramount tor rive years: Me:ro-
Goldwyn-Mayer tor four years: was with Marshall Neilun
for three years and free lanced one and one-hall years.
Is now with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.
SNELL. PAUL: Publicity department. Paramount
West Coast Studios; b. Chicago. 111.. January 19. liKH :
h. 6 feet 1 inch; light hair and gray eyes: w. 105
pounds; p. Eleanor Swanson and A. P. Schnellenberger.
non-professionals: e. Whitehall high school. Whitehall.
Mich., and University of Valparaiso. Valparaiso. Ind. ;
m. Lillian Bane, non-professional.
STEELE. JOSEPH HENRY: Personal representative
to Richard Bariheliness. Warner Bros. -First National
Pictures. Burbank. Cal.; b. Philadelphia. Pa.. Septem-
ber 6. 1897: e. University of Pennsylvania (three years).
Academy of Fine Arts. Philadelphia (two years). Sau-
mur School. France; m. Beatrice M. Salvador; has two
children. Has been reporter, editor, exploitation man.
soldier, actor, stage director, advertising writer, column-
ist, feature writer, managing director of deluxe picture
house (Palace theatre. San Antonio. Texas!, and cor-
rently contributes to fan magazines and news syndicates
and is writing special articles for Vanity Fair.
STODDARD, WILLIAM E.: Sales and publicity
manager. Triangle Film Corporation. Los Angeles. Cal.:
b. Chicago. 111.. August 26. 1900: p. Edw. B. and I^ura
W. Stoddard; e. Northwestern University: m. Frances
Marie Neutz; no children. Former commercial connec-
tions with Chicago firms: five years with Sears. Roebuck
and Company, leaving his position of operating super-
intendent of retail stores in the southwest region in
1830 to join Triangle Film Corporation.
THOMAS. GEORGE H.: Editorial director, publicity
department. Warner Bros.-First National lectures. Bur-
bank. Cal.: b. West Liberty. Iowa: married: has six
children. He was with Scnpps-Howard newspapers fur
fifteen years in various editorial capacities: publicity
director for Thomas H. Ince. Mary Pickford and
Warner Bros. Pictures.
TUKI0 A0YAMA: r. n. Masajiro Kaibatau: b.
Gifuken. Japan. March 15. 1888: p. Mr. and Mrs. H.
Kaibatau: e. high schools in Japan and America, dra-
matic school in Chicago, one year in college: m. Kuwa
Kosaki. has four children. Was editor of the Japanese
Daily News for five years, also writer and dramatic
critic; ten years leading man with Japanese stock
companies, also director and dramatist, six months in
vaudeville with his own company. He was starred with
"Cherry Blossom Players" under L. E. Behymer's man-
agement. Had six years In motion pictures: co-star with
Ixiis Wilson in "Hari-Karl" or "Who Is Your Ser-
vant*" i Robertson-Cole I : co-star with Helen Holmes
in 'The Tiger Band" (Warner Bros, serial) and over
sixty productions as technical director, assistant di-
rector with Vitagraph. Is now with the Japanese Movie
Magazine and The Kodan Club.
V0IGHT. HUBERT L. : Director of publicity for
First National Studios at Burbank. Cal.: b. Lacrosse.
Wis.. March 4. 1902: h. 5 feet 11 inches: black hair
and brown eyes: w. 150 pounds; p. Barbara Gorham
and 1/ouis Volght : e. Lacrosse high and Columbia
university. New York City. Was for four and a half
years in the publicity department of Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer in New York City; then two years as manager
of the publicity department under Howard Dietz.
WAXMAN. A P.: Director of publicltv and adver-
t sing. ItKO Pathe. New York: b. Brooklyn. N Y..
December 25 1892: e. Philadelphia. IV public schools.
Has had stage experience. Entered picture field in UN,
Formerly was d rector of publicity and advertising of
Warner Bros.
WESHNER. DAVID E.: Director of advertising pub-
licity and exploitation. Warner Bros. Theatre Circuit.
New York City; b. Brooklyn. N Y. . November 11.
1894: p. Louis and Bertha Weshner: e. graduate of
Hushwick high school. Brooklyn. N. Y. (191.11; New
York University (A. B.. 1917) : m. Goldie White, has
two children. Ted and Dorothy. Taught school. 1917-
1919. at Kohut S-hool for Boys. Riverdale-on-Hudson.
N. Y. : special publicity and newspaper work. 1919-1921:
treasurer of Taunev I*rintlng and I*uhlishing Corp..
1922: In 192.1 was ,-ditor. Motion Ilcture Post- 1924-
1920. president. Weshner-Davldson Advertising Agency
and handling publicity, advertising and exploitation for
Independent and national producers: publicity and ad-
vertising director for Johnny Hines (1924-1920): pro-
duction manager 11927). Action Pictures. Hollywood.
Cal.: director of advertising and publicity 11928).
Stanlev-Faluan Corporation: 1929-19.10. general man-
ager. Stanley-Fabian Corporation (00 theatre*' : I9.V-
1911 din—tor of advertising, publicity and exploitation
for Wamer Rros. Theatres. Inr.
WHELAN. LESLIE B. : Manager of exploitation and
advertising. Harold Lloyd Corporation. New York City:
b Newark. N J.. February 18. 1894: e. Franklin public
and Barrlnger high schools. Newark. N J . Scton Hall
College. South Orange. N. J. Was on the reportorial
staff of the Newark Evening Star and Newark S'ar-
E'cle and sporting editor of Newark Ledger: then be-
came exploitation representative for Paramount Famous
I.asky Corporation In 1919. Resigned In 1925 and
joined Harold IJoyd Corporation as manager of ex-
ploitation and advertising.
WHITBECK. FRANK: Director of advertising and
publicity. Fox West Coast theatres: h. Rochester N. Y. :
p. Charles and Catherine Whitbeck; m Laura Harring-
ton : has a son.
WHITE. GORDON S. : Director of advertising and
publicity. Educational Film Exchanges. Inc.. New York
City: b. St. Louis. Mo.. 1894. Started newspaper work
at the age of 18 on the St. Louis Republic, after
which be connected with the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
and subsequently with the St. Louis Star and Chicago
Herald and the Chicago Daily News. After a fling at
New York newspaper work, he joined Educational,
where his newspaper background stood him in good
stead in taking complete charge of the advertising and
publicity department. He has been connected with
Educational Film Exchanges. Inc., since May. 1921.
WHITM0RE. WILL: Member of public relations de-
partment. Western Electric Corporation, New York Citv:
b. Lockhart. Texas. August 12. 1902; p. Will H. and
Gertrude Whitmore; e. Northwestern University. Evans-
ton. Hi. (graduate of the school of journalism I ; not
married. Formerly business and trade freelance writer
and served several years on the editorial staff of
Exhibitors Herald-World.
WILLIAMS. NED E. : Advertising department of
Publix-Balaban *: Katz. Chicago: b. Council Bluffs.
Iowa. November 3. 1896; p. R. H. Williams: e. high
school: m. Helen E. Pryor. Fifteen years active in
newspaper work in Omaha. Des Moines. Sioux City,
and New York, was dramatic and motion picture edi-
tor and critic and columnist: three years as freelance
press agent in New Y'ork for Van & Schenck. Ben
Bernic. Gene Austin. Ben Pollack. Park Central Hotel.
Silver Slipper club. etc. One year on staff of Publix
Opinion for Paramount -l^iblix Corporation.
WILSON. HARRY D.: b. Milwaukee. Wis.. Decem-
ber 9. 1896; h. 6 feet; dark brown hair and gre1" eyes;
w 186 pounds; p. the late Mina Strachan and the
late Augustus Wilson, non-professionals; e. Chicago and
New York grammar schools, manual arts, and Los
Angeles high schools: received his stage training in
Los Angeles stock company and Orpheum Circuit (about
three years altogether) ; married and divorced Maryon
Aye. professional; hy. tennis. One of the first Key-
stone Cops with Fred Mace. Sterling. Chaplin and
othe-s in the gang. "Went through as many brick
break aways' as any and has scars to prove it." Key-
stone cop roles did not appeal to him (nor did the
scars) so he went into publicity of the Sennett Com-
pany twelve years ago with Harry Carr. now of the
Los Angeles Times. Then with Sol Lesser and Mack
Sennett Bathing Girls for a year, producing 30 shows
and bringing Lester and the late Hiram Abrams to-
gether for the sale of world rights to this film and the
Iiersooal appearance of the girls. While with Lesser
he handled Jackie Coogan from the time of his appear-
ance in "The Kid" to the time he went with Marcus
Loew: also Baby Peggy for Lesser: then to First Na-
tional; and then with Edwin Carewe for five years: also
with roadshows. Was with Dolores Del Rio in a
publicity capacity in association with Edwin Carewe
from the time she started her career up to the time
when he came back from Europe, to assume the pub-
licity post for Joseph M. Schenck productions. Re-
signed as publicity representative for Schenck and went
hack with Edwin Carewe for a year. Resigned that
position in January'. 1930.
WINGART. EARL W.: Publicity director. Paramount
Publix Corporation. New York Citv: b. Wichita Kansas
December 22. 1890: h. 5 feet 10 inches: brown hair
and hazel eyes: w. 1S5 pounds: p. Josephine and H J.
Wingart. non-professionals; e. Topeka high school. Uni-
versity of Kansas and received stage training with the
Majestic Stock Company. Topeka. Kan. : m. Marcia
Freer, singer: hy. golf, motoring, swimming. He is a
former newspaper man; has handled publicity at the
Paramount Long Island studio and also held the posi-
tion of unit business manager In the production depart-
ment of that studio: is now publicity director for
Paramount Publix.
WOLFF. WILLIAM A.: Advertising manager of
Western Electric and Electric Research Products. Inc..
New York City: b. New York City. August 14. 1883;
p. Carl and Johanna Wolff: e New York public schools.
College of the City of New York. Columbia University
(school of engineering, degree of electrical engineer.
1905): m. Dr. Harrlette Hart ID.D.S ); has three chil-
dren. John Carl. Catherine. Dorothy. Has been with
Western Electric Company since graduation from Co-
lumbia, first as telephone engineer, later In the manu-
facturing and sales departments: then In advertising,
becoming advertising manager In 1928. President of
Technical Publicity Association for two terms. 1921 and
1924: president of National Industrial Advertisers As-
sociation. 1926-7.
YEARSLEY. C. L. (BILL) : Formerly advertising
manager of World Wide Pictures. Inc ■ b Bracken
County. Ky.. July 20. 1877: married and lives In New
York City. Entered the motion picture business as
advertising and publicity manager for chain theatres
in 1912: joined First National Pictures In 1917 and
remained In charge of advertising and publicity until
1923: since then has done scenario work, freelance
commercial art and advertising copy work. Joined World
Wide Pictures. Inc.. In 1928.
YOUNG. L0N: Director of West Coast publicity.
Columbia Pictures Corporation. Los Angeles. Cal.; b.
Providence. R. I.. July 8. 1887: p. Frederick A. and
Emily Young: e. went to England at the age of 5.
private schools until 8. then Portland College. Ealing
College and Eton University. England: m. Helen
Eleanor Young: no children. He has been associated
with the show business in all branches all his life:
toured the Orient and I*. S. with his own magic act
under the name Leonzo: opened one of the first picture
houses in l"roiidence. R. L. In 1908. later managing
theatres in New England: joined Fox Film Company as
its first exploiteer in 1918: later he went to Selznick
and Select: was then for five years director of adver-
tising and publicity for Warner Bros., resigning to go
into the business of commercial advertising photog-
raphy: later he became director of advertising and
publicity of Gotham: went to the coast in 1928 to
produce a series for Chesterfield : formed Audible Pic-
tures, produced the first three Independent talkies and
later joined Columbia.
0
MOTION PICTURE COMPANIES
Advance Trailer Service Corporation
1 1 1 Westchester Square
Phone: Bryan' Q-9800
Hew Yor\ City
PRESIDENT
Herman Ropbins
VICE-PRESIDENT
P. Cruen
GENERAL SALES MANAGER
Morton Van Praac
EXCHANGES
New York City, Film Center Building.
Chicago, 845 South Wabash Avenue.
Los Angeles, 1928 South Vermont Avenue.
AmerAnglo Corporation
226 West 42nd Street
Phone: Wisconsin 7-1756
Hew Yor\ City
PRESIDENT
Arthur A. Lee
GENERAL MANAGER
C. M. White
SALES MANAGER
William F. Barrett
American General Film Corporation
1440 Broadway
Hew Tor\ City
Phone: Pennsylvania 6-757J
Cable. Generfilms Hew Yor\
(Official American agent of Aafa-Tobis (Tonibild
Syndikat of Berlin)
PRESIDENT
Edward Ringler
TREASURER
Sigurd Dahl
Amkino Corporation
723 Seventh Avenue
Phone: Bryant 9-7680
Hew Yor\ City
PRESIDENT
L. I. Monosson
Represents the following companies for the territories
of the United States, Canada and Central America:
Souizkino — Moscow.
Intorgkino — Moscow.
Ukrainfilm — Kiev.
Goskinprom of Georgia — Tiflis.
Armenkino of Armenia — Erivan.
Belgoskino of White Russia — Minsk.
Turmenkino of Turkmenistan — Tashkent.
Uzbekogoskino of Uzbekistan — Samarkand.
Artclass Pictures Corporation
729 Seventh Avenue
Phone: Bryant 9-3169
Hew "York City
PRESIDENT
Max Weiss
VICE-PRESIDENT
Lours Weiss
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Adolph Weiss
Big 4 Film Corporation
1 501 Broadway
Chicliering 4-2641
Hew "York City
PRESIDENT
John R. Freuler
TREASURER
Edward N. Bonavia
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Henry Taylor
SALES MANAGER
Thomas Guinan
PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
Helen Harrison
EXCHANGES
Albany, N. Y., 1046 Broadway.
Atlanta, Ga., 154 Walton Street. N. W.
Boston, Mass., 28 Piedmont Street.
Buffalo, N. Y., 505 Pearl Street.
Charlotte.'N. C, 505 West Fourth Street.
Chicago, 111., 808 South Wabash Avenue.
Cincinnati, Ohio., 1635 Central Parkway Avenue.
Cleveland, Ohio, East 21st and Payne Avenue.
Dallas, Texas, 308 South Harwood Street.
Denver, Colo., 2075 Broadway.
Detroit, Mich., 2310 Cass Avenue.
Indianapolis, Ind., 404 North Illinois Street.
Kansas City, Mo., 110 West 18th Street.
Little Rock, Ark., 108 Cross Street.
Los Angeles. Cal., 1912 South Vermont Avenue.
Milwaukee, Wis., 102 Ninth Street.
Minneapolis, Minn., 70 Glenwood Avenue.
New Haven, Conn., 134 Meadow Street.
New Orleans, La., 1001 Perdido Street.
New York, N. Y., 6th floor. Film Exchange Building.
Oklahoma City, Okla., 704 West Grand Avenue.
Omaha, Nebr., 1508 Davenport Street.
Philadelphia, Pa., 1 339 Vine Street.
Pittsburgh, Pa., 1024 Forbes Street.
Portland, Ore., 462 Glisan Street.
St. Louis, Mo., 3320 Lindell Blvd.
Salt Lake City, Utah, 252 E. First South Street.
San Francisco, Calif., 284 Turk Street.
Seattle, Wash., 2418 Second Avenue.
Tampa, Fla., 714 Twiggs Street.
Washington, D. C, 916 Mather Bldg.
Bray Productions, Inc.
729 Seventh Avenue
Phone: Bryant 9-6941
Hew Yor\ City
PRESIDENT AND PRODUCTION HEAD
J. R. Bray
VICE-PRESIDENT
P. A. Bray
SECRETARY AND PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT
M. Goodman
SALES DEPARTMENT
J. A. Jacobs
Wm. H. Bristol Talking Picture
Corporation
Waterbury, Connecticut
PRESIDENT
Franklin B. Bristol
TREASURER
Harris Whittemore
SECRETARY
Terrence F. Carmody
"Bud" Pollard Productions
723 Seventh Avenue
Phones: Columbus 5-7480
Hew Yor\ City
PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR
"Bud" Pollard
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Raymond D. Lewis
J. E. Brulatour, Inc.
1540 Broadway
Phone: Bryant 9-4712
Hew Tori; City
PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
J. E. Brulatour
VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
W. J. German
SECRETARY
M. B. Reilly
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
L. A. Bonn
Distributors of motion picture films manufactured by
Eastman Kodak Co.
(CHICAGO OFFICE)
1727 Indiana Avenue
Phone: Calumet 3692
Chicago, 111.
MANAGER
F. J. Radtke
J. E. Brulatour, Inc.
6700 Santa Monica Boulevard
Phone: Hillside 6131
Hollywood, Cal.
PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
J. E. Brulatour
VICE-PRESIDENT
W. J. German
VICE-PRESIDENT
E. O. Blackburn
SECRETARY
G. Nestel
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES
G. H. Gibson
J. L. COURCIER
Cameo Broadcasting and Recording
Studio
1780 Broadway
Phone: Circle 7-3884-5-6
Hew Yor\ City
CHIEF STUDIO EXECUTIVE
M. J. Minti
Type of recording equipment installed: 78x33 1/3
R. P. M., Special make, both film and disc;
personnel employed at studio, 20; money in-
vested in studio, $150,000.
Celebrity Productions, Inc.
723 Seventh Avenue
Phone: Bryant 9-6067-8-9
Hew Tori; City
PRESIDENT
P. A. Powers
VICE-PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
H. A. Post
SECRETARY
M. F. O'Leary
GENERAL MANAGER
H. A. Post
TERRITORIAL DISTRIBUTORS
Chicago. 111., B. N. Judell, Inc., 830 South Wabash
Avenue.
Buffalo, N. Y., First Graphic Exchanges, 505 Pearl
Street.
Los Angeles, Cal., All Star Features, Inc., 1928
South Vermont Avenue.
San Francisco, Cal., All Star Feature Distributors,
Inc., 298 Turk Street.
Seattle, Wash., Sheffield Exchange System, 2418
Second Avenue.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Standard Film Exchanges, 1014
Forbes Street.
Chesterfield Motion Picture
Corporation
1540 Broadway
Phone: Bryant 9-6884
Hew Yor\ City
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
George R. Batcheller
EXCHANGES
Boston, Mass., Cameo Screen Attractions, Inc., 50
Melrose Street.
Buffalo, N. Y., Standard Film Exchanges, 505 Pearl
Street.
Cleveland, Ohio, Independent Pictures, Inc., 706
Film Bldg.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Independent Pictures, Inc., Film
Mart Bldg.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Standard Film Service, 1018 Forbes
Street.
Detroit, Mich., Favorite Film Co., 610 Film Ex-
change Bldg.
Chicago, 111., Security Pictures Corp., 808 South
Wabash Avenue.
Dallas, Texas, Allied Film Exchanges, Film Ex-
change Building.
Little Rock, Ark., Home State Film Company.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Home State Film Company.
Los Angeles, All Star Features Distributors, 1910
South Vermont Avenue.
Milwaukee, Wis., Celebrated Players, 713 Wells
Street.
Minneapolis, Minn., Equitable Film Co., 702 Film
Exchange Bldg.
New York City, Holly%vood Pictures Corp., 630
Ninth Avenue.
Philadelphia, Pa., Gold Medal Film Co., 1339 Vine
Street.
St. Louis, Mo., Premier Pictures Corp., 3308
Olive Street.
Seattle, Wash., Greater Features, Inc., 2418 Second
Avenue.
San Francisco, Cal., All Star Features Distributors,
298 Turk Street.
Washington, D. C, Gold Medal Film Co.
FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION
Classplay Pictures Corp., 729 Seventh Avenue.
New York City.
Cinema Patents Company, Inc.
1776 Broadway
Hew York Citv
Circle 7-1150
PRESIDENT
M. J. SlEGEL
VICE-PRESIDENT
R. I. POUCHER
H. A. HuEBNER
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
H. J. Yates, Jr.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
M. K. Lader
DIRECTORS
H. J. Yates, M. J. Siecel, M. H. Ladenstein.
Columbia Pictures Corporation
729 Seventh Avenue
Phone: Bryant 9-9510
Hew Torl( City
PRESIDENT
Joe Brandt
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VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
OF PRODUCTION
Harry Cohn
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Jack Cohn
ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Abe Schneider
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER AT
W EST COAST
Sam Briskin
DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING. PUBLICITY AND
EXPLOITATION
Al Sblig
DIRECTOR OF SALES
Lou Metiger
ASSISTANT SALES MANAGER
Rube Jackter
SALES COMMITTEE
Phil Dunas. Joe Goldberg, Joe McCondille,
Phil Meyers, Abe Montague, Sam Moscow*.
Morris Safier. Lou Weinberg.
MANAGER OF EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
H. P. Brunet
GENERAL COUNSEL
Nathan Burkan
MANAGER OF ACCESSORIES DEPARTMENT
Al Seligman
ACCESSORIES SALES MANAGER
Hal Hodes
COMPTROLLER
Mortimer Wormser
HOME OFFICE MANAGER
Floyp Weber
DIRECTOR OF ROADSHOWS
Wayne Pierson
MANAGER OF SALES ACCOUNTING
DEPARTMENT
Milton Han nock
MANAGER OF PRINT AND RECORD
DEPARTMENT
George Josephs
EXCHANGES AND MANAGERS
Albany. N. Y.. Chas. Johnston. lO'O Broadway.
Atlania. Ga., L. C. Ingram. 151 Walton Street,
N. W.
Boston, Mass.. T. F. OToole. 10 Piedmont Street.
Buffalo, N. Y.. Joe Miller. 5 05 Pearl Street.
Charlotte. N. C. R. J. Ingram. 219 West Fourth
Street.
Chicago. III., L. W. Alexander, S51 Scuth Wabash
Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio, Maurice White, 1634 Central
Parkway.
Cleveland. Ohio, H. C. Bisscll. Film Exchange
Building.
Dallas. Texas. J. B. Underwood. 304 Scuth Har-
wood Street.
Denver. Colo.. J. R. Bcalc. 2071 Broadway.
Des Moines. Iowa. Joe Lew. 1005 High St.
Detroit, Mich., C. H. Shalit, 606 Film Exchange
Bldg.
Indianapolis, In J., A H. Kaufman, 44S N. Illinois
Street.
Kansas City. Mo., L Geo. Ross, 115 West 17th
Street.
Los Angeles. Cal.. W. C. Riter. 1908 South Ver-
mont Avenue.
Memphis, Tcnn., J. J. Rogers, 396 South Second
Street.
Milwaukee. Wis., J. C. Osscrman, 345 Eighth
Street.
Minneapolis, Minn., B. C. Marcus, 66 Glcnwood
Avenue.
New Haven, Conn., Louis Astor, 130 Meadow
Street.
New Orleans. La.. H. Duvall, 1507 Tulanc Avenue.
New York City. Phil Mcvcrs, 650 Ninth Avenue.
Oklahoma City, Okla.. F. L. Stocker, 702 West
Grand Street.
Omaha. Neb.. L. C. Durham. 1514 Davenport
Street.
Philadelphia, Pa.. H. E. Wcincr. 1232-34 Vine
Street.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Martin Soloman, 1623 Boulevard
of the Allies.
Portland. Ore.. C. E. Tillman. 124 Ncrth 12th
Street.
Salt Lake City. Utah. J. F. Baker. 258 East First
South Street.
San Francisco. Cal., Phil Wcinstcin, 177 Golden
Gate Avenue.
Seattle. Wash., Neil Walton, 2404 First Avenue.
St. Louis. Mo., Will Baker. 3506 Olive Street.
Washington, D. C, S. A. Galanty. 916 G Street,
N. W.
SUBSTATION
Butte. Mont., Sec Salt Lake City, 51 West Broad-
way, phone 221.
Dupont Pathe Film Manufacturing
Corporation
35 West 45th Street
Phone Brvani 9-5915
Tiew Tor\ City
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Newton I. Steers
VICE-PRESIDENT
G. A. ScA N LA N
PLANT MANAGER
D. H. KlNLOCH
ASSISTANT PLANT MANAGER
J. H. Theiss
DIRECTOR RESEARCH LABORATORY
Dr. V. B. Sease
SALES MANAGER
O. H. Briggs
Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester. X,. T.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
George Eastman
PRESIDENT
William G. Stlber
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Frank W. Lovejot
Lewis B. Jones
W\lter S. Hlbbell
ASSISTANT VICE-PRESIDENT
A. Stlber
SECRETARY
Thomas J. Hargrave
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Alice K. Hutchison
TREASURER
Rudolph Speth
ASSISTANT TREASURERS
J. L. Gorham
M. B. Folsom
P. W. Turner
SALES MANAGER— MOTION PICTURE FILM
Edward P. Curtis
EASTMAN KODAK STORES
( Alphabetically by name of state)
Los Angeles. Cal.. 64 5 South Hill Street.
San Francisco, Cal.. 5 45 Market Street.
Hollywood. Cal., 6706 Santa Monica Boulevard.
San Diego. Cal.. 419 Broadway.
Denver. Colo., 626 16th Street.
Washington. D. C. 607 14th Street.
Atlanta. Ga., 185 Pcachtree Street.
Chicago. III.. 153 North Wabash Avenue.
Davenport. Iowa. 518 Brady Street.
Dcs Moines. Iowa. 810 West Locust Street.
Sioux City, Irwa, 608 Pierce Street.
New Orleans. La.. 215 Baronne Street.
Baltimore. Md.. 509 N. Charles Street.
Boston. Mass., 58 Bromneld Street.
Boston. Mass.. 46 Providence Street.
Detroit, Mich.. 1255 Washington Blvd.
Detroit. Mich.. 156 W. Lamed.
Duluth. Minn.. 550 West Superior Street.
Minneapolis. Minn , 112-114 South Fifth Street.
St. Paul. Minn.. 91 East Sixth Street.
St. Louis. Mo.. 1009 Olive Street.
Kansas City. Mo., 916 Grand Avenue.
Kansas City, Mo.. 1006 Main Street.
Kansas Citv. Mo.. 21 East 11th Street.
Lincoln, Neb, 1217 "O" Street.
Omaha. Neb.. 419 South 16th Street.
Atlantic Citv. N. I.. 1755-37 Boardwalk.
New York City, Madison Avenue at 45th Street.
New York Citv, 745 Fifth Avenue.
New York City. 235 West 25rd Street.
Cleveland. Ohio. 806 Huron Road.
Cleveland, Ohio, 347 Euclid Avenue and 176 The
Arcade.
Cleveland. Ohio. 1915 East Ninth Street.
Youngstown. Ohio. 7 Wick Avenue.
Cincinnati. Ohio, 27 West Fourth Street.
Portland, Ore.. 545 Washington Street.
Philadelphia. Pa.. 1020 Chestnut Street.
Pittsburgh. Pa.. 606 Wood Street.
Seattle. Wash.. 1415 Fourth Avenue.
Milwaukee. Wis.. 427 Milwaukee Street.
Calgary. Alta., 1005 First Street.
Montreal. Que., 286 Craig Street.
Montreal. Que., 886 St. Catherine Street.
Toronto. Ont., 66 King Street.
Vancouver. B. C. 610 Granville Street.
Winnipeg, Man., 472 Main Street.
Educational Film Exchanges, Inc.
I 501 Broadway
Phone: Pennsylvania 6-7400
y{ew fork City
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Earle W. Hammons
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER
A. S. Kirk Patrick
VICE-PRESIDENT
Bruno Wevers
TREASURER
Dario L. Faralla
COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
C. F. Catlin
DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING AND PUBLICITY
DEPARTMENT
Gordon S. White
PURCHASING AGENT
B. J. Kearney
MANAGER OF DEPARTMENT OF PRODUCTION
AND SOUND
R. W. Doidce
GENERAL SALES MANAGER
Stanley W. Hatch
SALES PROMOTION
J. R. Wilson
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT
F. X. Carroll
FIELD REPRESENTATIVE
Harvey Day
FOREIGN MANAGER
L. J. Wooldridge
EXCHANGES
Albany. N. Y., 1050 Broadway.
Atlanta, Ga., 141 Walton Street, N. W.
Boston, Mass., 57-59 Church Street.
Buffalo. N. Y.. 505 Pearl Street.
Calgary, Alta., 212 Traders Building.
Charlotte, N. C, Second and Poplar Streets.
Chfcago, 829 South Wabash Avenue.
Cincinnati, O., 1654 Central Parkway, West.
Cleveland. O., 507 Film Building.
Dallas, Tex., 302 (A South Harwood Street.
Denver, Colo., 2144 Champa Street.
Des Moines, la., 1005 High Street.
Detroit, Mich.. 710 Film Exchange Building.
Indianapolis. Ind., 120 West Michigan Street.
Kansas City. Mo., 130 West ISth Street.
Los Angeles, Cal., 1920 South Vermont Avenue.
Louisville, K>\, 917 West Jefferson Street.
Milwaukee. Wis.. 210 Eleventh Street.
Minneapolis. Minn.. 1111 First Avenue. North.
Montreal, Que., 5909 Monkland Avenue.
New Haven, Conn., 154 Meadow Street.
New Orleans, La., 220 South Liberty Street.
New York City. 650 Ninth Avenue.
Oklahoma City, Okla., 7021; West Grand Avenue.
Omaha. Neb., 1508 Davenport Street.
Philadelphia. Pa.. 1323 Vine Street.
Pittsburgh. Pa.. 1014 Forbes Street.
St. John, N. B.. 158 Union Street.
Salt Lake City. Utah. 214 East First South Street.
St. Louis, Mo., 3334 Olive Street.
San Francisco. Cal., 191 Golden Gate Avenue.
Seattle. Wash., 2415 Second Avenue.
Toronto, Ont., 277 Victoria Street.
Vancouver, B. C 1218 Burrard Street.
Washington. D. C. 916 G Street. N. W.
Winnipeg, Man., Film Exchange Building.
Electrical Research Products, Inc.
(Subsidiary of Western Electric Company, Inc.)
250 West 57th Street
Phone Columbus 5-2200
.\ew Tor^ City
PRESIDENT
J. E. Otterson (195 Broadway)
VICE-PRESIDENTS
W. Drake
H. G. Knox
H. M. Wilcox, in charge of operations.
George C. Pratt
TREASURER
R. E. Anderson
SECRETARY
H. B. Gilmore (195 Broadway)
GENERAL SALES MANAGER
C. W. Bukn
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
J. S. Ward
OPERATING MANAGER
L. W. Co n ROW-
MERCHANDISE MANAGER
J. P. Dinsmore
METHODS ENGINEER
A. E. Ralph
CHIEF OFFICES
New York City, executive offices at 195 Broadway.
Distribution offices at 250 West 57tb Street.
Manufacturing offices at Hawthorne, Chicago.
OPERATING DIVISIONS
Eastern Division, New York, A. J. Hodges.
Southern Division. Washington, T. K. Glcnnan.
Central Division, Chicago, W. W. Simons.
Southwestern Division, Kansas City, G. L. Car-
rington.
Western Division. Los Angeles, H. A. Robinson.
BRANCH OFFICES
United States
Atlanta, Ga., Hurt Building, Edgewood Avenue.
Boston, Mass., Statlcr Building, 20 Providence
Street.
Buffalo. N. T., Gcrrans Building.
Charlotte. N. C, Johnston Building.
Chicago, III., Standard Oil Building. 910 South
Michigan Avenue.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Keith Theatre Building, 525
Walnut Street.
Cleveland, Ohio, Union Trust Building.
Dallas. Texas, Allen Building.
Denver. Colo., Denver National Building, 821 17th
Street.
Dcs Moines, Commonwealth Building.
Detroit. Mich., Francis Palms Building. 2111 Wood-
ward Avenue.
Hollywood, Cal., 7046 Hollywood Boulevard.
Jacksonville, Fla., Palmer Building, 317 Forsyth
street.
Kansas City. Mo.. Board of Trade Building.
Memphis. Tcnn . First National Bank Building.
Minneapolis. Minn., Plymouth Building, Hennepin
and Sixth Streets.
New Orleans, La.. Pcrc Marquette Building.
Oklahoma City. Okla., Perrine Building.
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Philadelphia, Pa., Fidelity. Philadelphia Building,
Broad and Walnut Streets.
Pittsburgh, Pa., 2105-2114 Koppers Building.
Portland, Ore., Graybar Building, Park and Flan-
ders Streets.
San Francisco, Cal., Golden Gate Theatre Build-
ing, 25 Taylor Street.
Scranton, Pa., Union National Bank Building.
Seattle, Wash., Skinner Building, 1326 Fifth
Fifth Avenue.
Spokane, Wash., Old National Bank Building.
St. Louis, Mo., 520 Louderman Building.
Washington, D. C„ 346 Munsey Building.
SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
Western Electric Company, Inc., of Argentina,
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Western Electric Company (Australia), Ltd., 250
Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia.
Western Electric Company of Brazil, Sao Paulo,
Brazil.
Western Electric Company (Orient), Ltd., Capitol
Theatre Building, 21 Museum Road, Shanghai,
China.
Western Electric Company, Inc., of Cuba, Aguiar
75, Room 402, Havana, Cuba.
Carrera Seis Numero Mil Tres, Cali, Colombia.
Western Electric Company, Ltd., Bush House, Ald-
wych, W. C. 2. London, England.
Western Electric Company (New Zealand), Ltd ,
Hope Gibbons Building, Courtenay Place, Wei-
| lington, New Zealand.
Canada
Northern Electric Company, Ltd., 637 Craig Street,
Montreal, Canada.
Film Exchange, The, Inc.
729 Seventh Avenue
Phone Bryant 9-4150
Xeu; Tori; City
Cable: Mani/ilmx
PRESIDENT
R. Manheimer
GENERAL MANAGER
H. Percament
PUBLICITY AND ADVERTISING
D. Manheimer
First Division Pictures
630 Hinth Avenue
Phone: Pennsylvania 6-4424
T^ew Yorlj City
PRESIDENT-TREASURER
Harry H. Thomas
VICE-PRESIDENT
Murray Rosenbluh
SECRETARY
Otto Lederer
First National Pictures, Inc.
321 West 44th Street
Phone- Cheering 4-2200
}\ew York City
PRESIDENT
Herman Starr
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Sam £. Morris
G. E. Quigley
TREASURER
S. Carlisle
SECRETARY
Robert W. Perkins
EASTERN GENERAL SALES MANAGER
Claude Ezell
WESTERN GENERAL SALES MANAGER
Gradwell L. Sears
FOREIGN SALES MANAGER
H. A. Bandy
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY AND ADVERTISING
S. Charles Einpeld
WEST COAST PRODUCTION MANAGERS
Hall Wallis
G. Graham Baker
DIVISIONAL SALES MANAGERS
A. W. Smith, Jr., Eastern division.
Carl Lesserman, Western division.
EXCHANGES
Albany, N. Y., 1056 Broadway, Benjamin Kal-
menson.
Atlanta, Ga., 133 Walton Street, Fred M. Jack.
Boston, Mass., 52 Church Street, T. B. Spry.
Buffalo, N. Y.. 470 Franklin Street. Frank J. A.
McCarthy.
Charlotte, N. C, 311 South Church Street, F. P.
Bryan.
Chicago, 1307 South Wabash Avenue, Joe Ver-
gesslich.
Cincinnati. Ohio., 1208 Central Parkway, Paul E.
Krieger.
Cleveland, Ohio, 2300 Payne Avenue, Walter J.
Brandt.
Dallas, Ten., 508 Park Avenue, Joseph E. Luckctt.
Denver, Colo., 2115 Champa Street. J. H. Ashby.
Dcs Moines, la.. 1001 High Street, E. J. Tilton.
Detroit. Mich.. 2300 Cass Avenue, F. E. North.
Indianapolis, Ind., 120 West Michigan Street,
Floyd Brown.
Kansas City, Mo., 1701 Wyandotte Street, William
Warner.
Los Angeles, 1918 South Vermont Avenue, N. H.
Brower.
Memphis, Tenn., 500 South Second Street, H. D.
Hearn.
Milwaukee, Wis., 208 11th Street. C. K. Olsen.
Minneapolis, Minn., 954 First Avenue, North,
W. C. Brimmer.
New Haven, Conn., 134 Meadow Street, M. H.
Keleher.
New Orleans, La., 150 South Liberty Street, L.
Connor.
New York, 630 Ninth Avenue, J. C. Vergesslich.
Oklahoma City, Okla., 523 South Robinson Street,
T. O. Byerle.
Omaha, Neb., 1511 Chicago Street, George W.
Taif.
Philadelphia, Pa.. 1225 Vine Street, W. J. Heenan.
Pittsburgh, Pa., 1014 Forbes Street, R. H. Haines.
Portland, Ore., 441 Glisan Street, Vete Stewart.
St. Louis, Mo., 3212 Olive Street, D. P. Rathbone.
Salt Lake City, Utah, 212 East First South Street,
William F. Gordon.
San Francisco, 140 Leavenworth Street, Charles H.
Muehlman.
Seattle, Wash., 2422 Second Avenue, Al Oxtoby.
Washington, D. C, 916 G Street, N. W., Robert
Smeltzer.
Calgary, Alberta, Can., 300 Traders Building,
E. H. Teel.
Montreal, Que., Can., 5957 Monkland Avenue,
A. Gorman.
St. Johns, N. B., Can., 162 Union Street, G. M.
Hoyt.
Toronto, Ont., Can., 21 Dundas Square, H.
Paynter.
Vancouver, B. C, Can., 1206 Burrard Street,
Joseph Plottel.
Winnipeg, Man., Can., Film Exchange Building,
G. A. Matthews.
FOREIGN DISTRIBUTORS
LONDON, W. 1, England, First National Pathe,
Ltd., 103 Wardour Street.
PARIS, France, Robert Schless, Films First Na-
tional, 25 Rue de Courcelles.
BERLIN, SW 48. Germany, P. Kauffman, Defina,
Deutsche First National Pictures G.m.b.H., Fried-
richstrasse 10.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Max Stoehr, Firna Pictures,
Inc., Stampfenbachstrasse 69.
OSLO, Norway, Svein Aas, A/S First National
Pictures of Norway, Akergsgate, 8.
STOCKHOLM. Sweden, S. A. G. Swanson. A-B
First National Pictures of Sweden, Kungsgatan 50.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, John Olsen, First Na-
tional Pictures of Denmark, Vestre Boulevard 4.
AMSTERDAM, Holland, F. Diwell, N. V. Ufa
Film Maatschappij, Heerengracht — 592.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, P. Engel, First National
Pictures of Hungary, Erszebetkorut 9-11.
SYDNEY, Australia, Ralph Clark. First National
Pictures (Australasia) Ltd.. 221 Elizabeth Street.
KOBE, Japan, Horace T. Clarke, First National
Pictures (Japan) Inc., 176 Sannomiya-cho, 1
chome.
SINGAPORE, Straits Settlement, Joe Fisher. First
National Pictures (East) Ltd., 76 Robinson Road,
P. O. Box 230.
BOMBAY, India, Alex M. Hague, Pathe Building,
Ballard Estate, P. O. Box 345.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico, Felipe Mier, First Na-
tional Pictures of Mexico, Apartado bis 75.
HAVANA, Cuba, Nat Liebeskend, First National
Pictures (Cuba) Inc., Estradas Palmas (Con-
sulado) 59.
SHANGHAI. China. Luther M. Jee, Peacock Mo-
tion Picture Corporation, Capitol Building, 21
Museum Road, cor. Soochow Road.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, J. S. Barkey, Flor-
ida 336/44.
FitzPatrick Pictures, Inc.
729 Seventh Avenue
Phone: Bryant 9-4384
N.eto Tor^ City
PRESIDENT
Jame=. A. FitzPatrick
TREASURER
James A. FitzPatrick
GENERAL SALES MANAGER AND SECRETARY
A. J. Olsen
EUROPEAN REPRESENTATIVE
Recinald Reubenson
EXCHANGES
Albany, N. Y., 1046 Broadway.
Atlanta. Ga., 125 Walton Street.
Boston, Mass.. 28 Piedmont Street.
Buffalo, N. Y.. 505 Pearl Street.
Chicago, 111.. 831 Wabash Avenue.
Cincinnati, O., 1632 Central Parkway.
Cleveland. O.. 600 Film Building.
Dallas. Texas, Film Exchange Building.
Denver, Colo., 2075 Broadway.
Detroit, Mich., 2310 Cass Avenue.
Indianapolis, Ind., 406 North Illinois Street.
Kansas City, Mo., 110 West 18th Street.
Los Angeles, Cal., 1910 S. Vermont Avenue.
Milwaukee, Wis., 713 Wells Street.
Montreal, Canada, 366 Mayor Street.
New Orleans, La., 1001 Perdido Street.
New York City, 630 Ninth Avenue.
Minneapolis, Minn., 70 Glenwood Avenue.
Oklahoma City, Okla., 704 W. Grand Avenue.
Omaha, Nebr., Film Exchange Building.
Philadelphia, Pa., 1329 Vine Street.
Pittsburgh, Pa., 1014 Forbes Street.
Portland, Oregon, 462 Glisan Street.
St. Louis, Mo., 3 320 Lindell Blvd.
Salt Lake City. Utah, 252 East First South Street.
San Francisco, Cal., 298 Turk Street.
Seattle, Wash., 2418 Second Avenue.
Washington, D. C, Mather Building.
Fox Film Corporation
850 Tenth Avenue
Phone: Columbus 5-3320
Cable: FoxfUm. Tsletv Yorl(
^eoj Tot\ City
PRESIDENT
Harley L. Clarke
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Winfield Sheehan, general and production man-
ager.
James R. Grainger, in charge of distribution.
Samuel R. Burns, vice-president and secretary.
W. C. Michel, vice-president and treasurer.
Glenn W. Griswold, advertising and public rela-
tions.
COMPTROLLER
Sidney Towell
ASSISTANT GENERAL SALES MANAGER
Jack Sichelman
E. C. Grainger
W. J. Kupper
DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING AND PUBLICITY
Glendon Allvine
ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT
Victor M. Shapiro
GENERAL FOREIGN MANAGER
Clayton P. Sheehan
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Harley L. Clarke, Matthew C. Brush, Charles W.
Higley, Winfield Sheehan, William Fox, Murray
W. Dodge, W. S. Ingold, John L. Kuser, O. E.
Koegel, S. R. Burns, W. C. Michel.
STORY EDITOR IN THE EAST
Joe Shea
Fox Movietone News
GENERAL MANAGER
Truman Talley
EDITOR
Edward L. Harvey
NEWS EDITOR
Edmund Reek
DISTRICT MANAGERS
C. W. Eckhardt, Chicago. 111.
H. F. Campbell, Boston. Mass.
George M. Ballentine, Seattle, Wash.
BRANCHES AND MANAGERS
Albany, N. Y., 1052 Broadway, J. F. Dermody.
Atlanta, Ga., 197 Walton Street, N. W., G. W.
Fuller.
Boston, Mass., 78 Broadway, Harry F. Campbell.
Buffalo, N. Y., 496 Pearl Street, Sidney Samson.
Charlotte, N. C, 505 West 4th Street, J. W.
Fuller.
Chicago, 111. .910 S. Wabash Avenue, C. W.
Eckhardt.
Cincinnati, Ohio, 1632 Central Parkway, W. C,
Bachmeyer.
Cleveland, Ohio, 2219 Payne Avenue, I. J.
Schmertz.
Dallas, Texas, 306 S. Jefferson Street, C. E.
Hilgers.
Denver, Colo., 2140 Champa Street, R. J. Mor-
rison.
Des Moines, la., 1022 High Street, Stanley Mayer.
Detroit, Mich., 66 Sibley Street, Lester Sturm.
Indianapolis, Ind., 326 N. Illinois Street, George
Landis.
Kansas City, Mo., 1901 Wyandotte Street. W. E.
Scott.
Los Angeles, Calif., 2019 S. Vermont Avenue, Ben
Gould.
Memphis. Tenn.. 397 S. 2nd Street. T. W. Young.
Milwaukee, Wis., 1016 N. Eighth St., Harry
Mclcher.
Minneapolis, Minn., 36 Glenwood Avenue, M. A.
Levy.
New Haven, Conn., 114 Meadow Street, B. A.
Simon.
New Orleans, La., 218 S. Liberty Street, B. L.
Dudenhefer.
New York City, 345 West 44th Street. H. H. Bux-
baum.
Oklahoma City. Okla.. 521 S. Robinson Street. W.
A. Ryan.
Omaha. Ncbr.. 1509 Chicago Street, C. R. Blu-
baugh.
Philadelphia. Pa.. 1238 Vine Street, Edgar Moss.
Pittsburgh, Pa., 1014 Forbes Street. Ira H. Cohen.
Portland, Ore., 12S North 12th Street, Charles
Powers.
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St. Louis. Mo.,
Salt Lake City.
C. L. Walker.
San Francisco.
Voigt.
Seattle. Wash ,
lentine.
Washington. D.
John Dillon.
CANADIAN DISTRICT MANAGER
Toronto. Ont.. 287 Victoria Street, J. P. O'Loghlin.
CANADIAN MANAGERS
Calgary, Alta., 1111 First Street. West, V. M.
Skorey.
Montreal. Que.. 5963 Monkland Avenue. H. J.
Bailey.
St. John. N. B . 87 Union Street. R. J. March.
Toronto. Ont.. 287 Victoria Street. J. P. O'Loghlin.
Vancouver. B. C, 1210 Burrard Street. C. R.
Dippie.
Winnipeg. Man., 365 Hargrave Street, J. H. Huber.
FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION
Australasia
S. S Crick, managing director. Sydney.
Australia, Adelaide, 22 Waymouth Street, A. B.
Jepson.
Australia. Brisbane. Circular Quay building. Queen
Street. D. C. Graham.
Melbourne. 184 Russell Street. R. L. Rowe.
Australia. Perth. 660 Hay Street. A. E. Lightfoot.
Australia. Sydney. 97 Goulburn Street. R. H.
Shafto.
New Zealand. Auckland. Guthrie's building. Albert
Street, G. M. Brown.
New Zealand. Wellington. 5 5 Courtney Place. E.
L. Rutledgc.
Launccston, Tasmania. 99 Brisbane Street. O.
Wilson.
Malaysia
Dutch East Indies. Weltvreden. Rijswijk. S.
Samuels.
Dutch East Indies. Soerabaia. Gang Onderling Be-
lang 8. J. F. Geers
Singapore. S. S., 76 Orchard Road, P. Domingo.
Central America
Cuba, Havana. Rafael Maria dc Labra 73, A.
Ruscica.
Cuba. Santiago dc Cuba, Jose a Saco (Alta). 39.
A Gauncho.
Mexico. Mexico City. Uruguay 60. G. N. Bell.
Porto Rico. San Juan. 20 Allen Street, C. Zeno.
Central Europe
J. Aussenberg. managing director. Berlin.
Austria. Vienna. VI Mariahlifcrstrasse 47. R. Spiel-
mann.
Czechoslovakia, Brunn, Tnda Legionaru Cis., 12
A. Grunberger.
Czechoslovakia, Prague, II Poric 15. A. Heller.
Germany, Berlin. Unter der Linden 16. M. Sklarek.
Germanv. Breslau, Schweidnitzcr Strassc 31, A.
Hirsch.
Germany. Dusseldorf. Scbadowstrasse 41. W.
Schmidt.
Germany. Frankfurt, a/m, Liebfrauenberg 29, C.
Christian.
Germany, Hamburg. Buschstrassc 2. M. Scholzel.
Germany. Leipzig. Karlstrasse 1. M. Eisner.
Germany, Munich, Theatinerstrassc 8, S. Cahn-
mann.
Holland, Amsterdam, Rokin 38, L. Groen.
Hungary, Budapest. VIII Rokk Szilard u 20. K.
Matzner.
Jugoslavia. Zagreb. C. Ulica 2. L. Schanzer
Jugoslavia. Novisad. Jevrejska 2. agents. G. cV A.
Vie.
Jugoslavia, Beograd, Kralia Petra up 60, agents,
G. 6/ A. Vig.
Latvia, Riga, Brivibas Iela 12, L. Stammer.
Lemberg, Poland. Spplka z ogr. odp, A. Leistyna,
Zastcpca na Malopolske.
Poland. Warsaw. Wierzbowa 7. F. Fleminger.
Scandinavia
J. Aussenberg. managing director. Berlin.
Denmark. Copenhagen, 16 Frederiksberggade, H.
Frandsen.
Sweden. Stockholm. Kungsgatan 12-14, F. Anderson.
Continental Europe
Algiers, Algiers. 45 Rue Sadi Carnot. C Laval!.
Belgium, Brussells, 3 5 Rue Fosse aux Loups, L.
Lhuintre.
Egypt. Alexandria, 12 Mahmoud Pacha El Fala'ti.
L. Giordano.
France. Bordeaux. 40 Rue Poquelin-Moliere. M.
Blanquc.
Lille. France, 38 Place aux Bleuets. R. Romon.
Lyons. France, 15 Place Morand. C. Bauche.
France, Marseilles. II Rue Dieude. A. Lafon.
France. Pans. 17 Rue Pigalle. J. C. Bavetta.
France, Strasburg, 3 Rue du 22 Novembre, M.
Poulet.
Greece, Athens. 4 Voulis Street. S. T. Stephens.
Italy. Bologna. Via Gallcra 662. U. Bassi.
Italy, Florence. Via Canto de Nelli 9. R. Verusio.
Italy, Genoa, Via Domenico Fiasella. 28r, P. Vas-
sallo.
Italy, Milan, Viale Monte Santo No. 16. B.
Andreoli.
Italy. Naples. Piazza Delia Carita 6, G. Lauricella.
Italy. Palermo, Piazza Marina 69 (Agent), M.
Ballo.
Italy, Rome, Via xx Settembre 5 8. B. Fux.
Italy. Trieste. Via Valdirivo 27, F. Micucci.
Italy, Turin, Via Pomba 7, A. Reggiani.
Italy, Venice, Fondamcnta Rio Marin 862, C.
Guamieri.
Morocco. Casablanca. 19 Avenue du General Drude.
J. Fred).
Spain. Barcelona, 280 Valencia. S. S. Horen.
Spain, Bilboa. Gardoqui 3, A. Arche.
Spain, Madrid, 23 Los Madrazo, M. Ortiz.
Spain, Valencia. Colon 7, C. Juarez.
Switzerland, Geneva. IS Rue dc la Croix-d'Or. G.
Lendi.
Great Britain
W. J. Hutchinson, managing director. London.
England. Birmingham, 51 John Bright Street, C. H.
Phillip.
England. Liverpool. 109-111 Islington Street. A. S.
Barber.
England. Leeds, 33-35 Commercial Street, M.
Lawrence.
England. London, 3 Berners Street W. I., J. H.
Craine.
England. Manchester. 53 King Street. West. H. G.
Newman .
England. Newcastlc-on-Tyne. St. Nicholas Cham-
bers. Amen Corner. H. Broughton.
Ireland. Dublin, 9-B Lower Abbey Street, D.
Cooper.
Scotland. Glasgow. 142 a St. Vincent Street. R. E.
Langton.
Wales. Carditf. 14 The Friary, C. Greenslade.
Far East
China, Shanghai. 21 Museum Road, Capitol Build-
ing. I. W. Rodgers.
Japan, Fukuoka City. 16 Shimoyorozu-Machi, D.
Araki.
Japan. Osaka. 38-1 Chome, Minami Dori. Nishiku-
Yedo Bon. I. Iga.
Japan. Tokyo. 12 Motodaiku-Cho. Nihonbashi Ku..
C. V. Hake.
Korea. Seoul, 199-2 Chome. Kogane Machi, K.
Fuui.
Cebu, P. L, Cebu. F. Bautista.
Philippine Islands, Manila, 5 18-520 Reina Regente,
Bimondo. L. DePnda
Philippine Islands. Pulupadan. Occidental Negros,
V. Del Rosario.
South America
Aigentini. Buenos Aires. Bartolomc Mitre 1759,
E. P. Cetran.
Argentina. Rosario. San Luis 801. P. Trulis.
Brazil, Botucatu. Avenue Flonano Peixoto 16-C, A.
Morra.
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Brazil, Divinopolis, S. Pereira.
Brazil, Juiz de Fora, Rua Floriana Peixoto 345, A.
Costa.
Brazil, Porto Alegre, Rua dos Andradas 50, F.
Tartarelli.
Brazil, Recife, Rua Marque: de Olinda 151, [. G.
Neto.
Brazil, Riheirao Preto, Rua Americo Brasiliense 89,
U. Minelli.
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Rua da Constituicao 41, A.
Rosenvald.
Brazil, Sao Paulo, Rua do Triumpho 55, A.
Pereira.
Brazil, Sao Salvador, Rua Arsenal de Marhina 18,
J. Carvalho.
Brazil, Uba, Praca Guido Marlieri 105, A. Nery.
Chile, Concepcion, Pasaje Freira Oficins, 7, C.
Alarcon.
Chile, Santiago, Calle Neuvayork 11, A. Rezendc.
Chile, Valparaiso, Calle Yungay 583, J. H. Chiesa.
Uruguay, Montevideo, Cuareim 1321, J. Sanchez.
Home Office Representatives
J. P. Ryan.
D. Goodman, Dutch East Indies.
J. H. Muncaster, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
L. F. Moore.
Fox Hearst Corporation
("Publishers of Fox Movietone Hews and Hearst
Metrotone Hews)
460 West 54th Street
Phone: Columbus 5-7200
Hew Tor\ City
GENERAL MANAGER
Truman H. Talley
MANAGING EDITOR FOX MOVIETONE NEWS
EDITOR. EMBASSY NEWS REEL THEATRE
Edwin L. Harvey
MANAGING EDITOR HEARST METROTONE
NEWS
Michael Clofine
NEWS EDITOR
Edmund H. Reek
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR
Benjamin Migcins
SHORT SUBJECTS EDITOR
Louis deRochemont
TITLE EDITOR
Herbert E. Hancock
BERLIN EDITOR
Russell Muth
AUSTRALIAN EDITOR
Harry Lawrenson
LONDON EDITOR
Gerald Sanger
PARIS EDITOR
Richard deRochemont
FOREIGN EDITOR
Russell Gaines
STUDIO DIRECTOR
George Lane
TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR
James S. McKeon
PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
Dan Doherty
COMPTROLLER
Max L. Hymes
CHIEF CUTTER
Benjamin Loweree
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Earl Allvine
ASSISTANT TO THE GENERAL MANAGER
Francis T. Barry
WASHINGTON SUPERVISOR
Arthur DeTitta
CHICAGO SUPERVISOR
Jack Darrock
WEST COAST SUPERVISOR
Joseph Hubbell
FASHION EDITOR
Miss Vyvyan Donner
ASSIGNMENT EDITOR
Jack Haney
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
Walter Bredin
AVIATION EDITOR
John Kuhne
NAVAL EDITOR
Bonney Powell
FEATURE EDITOR
J. C. Brown
SPORTS EDITOR
Thomas Cummiskey
METROPOLITAN EDITOR
John L. McManus
COMMERCIAL SUPERVISOR
Lawrence W. Davee
MANAGER EMBASSY THEATRE
Mrs. B. S. Dove
POLITICAL EDITOR
Georce Boothby
TECHNICAL REVIEW
Herman SiocKorr
Fox Theatres Corporation
444 West 56th Street
Phone: Columbus 5-3i20
Hew Tor); City
PRESIDENT
Harley L. Clarke
VICE-PRESIDENT
W INFIELD SHEEHAN
VICE-PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
W. C. Michel
VICE-PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY
Samuel R. Burns
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
Oscar S. Oldknow
GENERAL MANAGER
Harry Arthur
GENERAL PURCHASING AGENT
Charles A. Caballero
COMPTROLLER
Wilfred Eadie
DIRECTOR ADVERTISING AND PUBLICITY
Gabriel Yorke
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Harley L. Clarke, Arthur F. Lafrentz, Samuel W.
Fordyce, Robert C. Winmill, A. E. Gilbert, Otto
E. Koegel, Walter R. Herrick, C. E. Hetrick,
Montgomery Clark, William Fox.
DIVISION MANAGERS
New England, Fox Poli Theatres, Herschel Stuart,
general manager.
Wisconsin, Fox Midwesco, H. J. Fitzgerald, general
manager.
Bronx and Upper Manhattan, Harry Woodin,
manager.
Brooklyn, Samuel Rinzler, manager.
New Jersey, Harry M. S. Kindred, manager.
New York, upstate, Marshall Taylor, manager.
Chicago, Sidney Meyers, manager.
Fox West Coast, Oscar S. Oldknow, executive vice*
president.
Fox Theatres Eastern Division
PRESIDENT
Harley L. Clarke
VICE-PRESIDENT
Oscar S. Oldknow
GENERAL MANAGER
Harry Arthur
GENERAL VAUDEVILLE BOOKING MANAGER
Fanchon cV Marco
GENERAL REAL ESTATE REPRESENTATIVE
Alexander S. Kemper
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Harley L. Clarke, Arthur F. Lafrentz, Samuel W.
Fordyce, Robert C. Winmill, William Fox, A. E.
Gilbert, Otto E. Koegel, C. E. Hetrick, Mont-
gomery Clark, Walter R. Herrick.
Fox West Coast Theatres
Washington and Vermont, Los Angeles
PRESIDENT
Harley L. Clarke
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
Oscar S. Oldknow
VICE-PRESIDENT
Howard Sheehan
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
Alfred Wright, General Counsel
Charles Buckley, Special Counsel
Albert W. Leeds, Attorney and Secretary
John Bertero, Attorney and Assistant Secretary
TAX DEPARTMENT
W. H. Lollier
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Rylis Hemington
FANCHON 6? MARCO
Marco
FILM BUYING
J. J. Sullivan
E. Port Major, Assistant
VAUDEVILLE
M. D. Howe
PERSONNEL
Bruce Fowler
BUILDING SUPERVISOR
Leo Hungerford
PUBLICITY AND ADVERTISING
Frank Whitbeck
EXPLOITATION
Bob Collier
TREASURER
H. G. Delabar
J. W. Bark, Assistant
REAL ESTATE
Louis Cohen, Manager
Edward J. Feder, Assistant Manager
INSURANCE
Irving Epsteen
PURCHASING
Al Hanson
SOUND PROJECTION
R. H. McCullouch
Gaumont British Corporation
of Canada, Ltd.
277 Victoria Street
Toronto, 2, Ont., Canada
GENERAL MANAGER
H. L. Pfaff
EXCHANGES
Calgary, Alta., Traders Building, H. D. Buckley.
Montreal, Que., 5969 Monkland Boulevard, M. M.
Davis.
St. John, N. B., 158 Union Street, M. J. Stahl.
Toronto, Ont., 277 Victoria Street, H. L. Pfaff.
Vancouver, B. C, 1218 Burrard Street, W. A.
Barnes.
Winnipeg, Man., Film Exchange Building, J. A.
Wilson.
Oscar Hanson, Inc.
'Hew Yor\ City
EXECUTIVE
Oscar R. Hanson
(Producing and distributing sponsored reels.)
Hughes-Franklin Theatres
7051 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, Cal.
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Harold B. Franklin
DIRECTOR
Howard Hughes
VICE-PRESIDENT
Joseph M. Schenck
VICE-PRESIDENT
Neil S. McCarthy
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Noah Dietrich
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Howard Hughes, Joseph M. Schenck, Harold B.
Franklin, Neil McCarthy, Noah Dietrich.
OPERATIONS
J. J. Franklin
PROMOTION
Manny Feldstein
SOUND AND SOUND MAINTENANCE
Lodge Cunningham
ACCOUNTS
Frank Macdonald
ACQUISITIONS
Max Kravetz
SHOWMANSHIP AND MANAGING EDITOR OF
"NOW"
Jepf Lazarus
DIVISION MANAGERS
Earl L. Crabb, The Northwest
Col. David E. Dow, Kansas
Eugene O'Keepe, Montana
H. B. Robb, Texas
E. H. Rowley, Texas
Inspiration Pictures, Inc.
729 7th Avenue
Phone: Bryant 9-7300
~Kew Tori; City
PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
Walter Camp
VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
E. C. Jensen
SECRETARY
Frederick H. Stokes
ASSISTANT TREASURER
W. F. GUNSHIMAN
Kinograms Publishing Corporation
120 West 41st Street
Phone: Pennsylvania 6-1520
Hew Tori; City
PUBLISHER
Captain G. McL. Baynes
MANAGING EDITOR
Forrest Izard
ASSOCIATE EDITOR AND BUSINESS
MANAGER
Leo A. Pollack
NEWS EDITOR
Leo A. Pollack
FEATURE AND FILM EDITOR
Allyn Butterfield
DISTRIBUTOR
Educational Film Exchanges, Incorporated
Loew's, Incorporated
Broadwax at 45th Street
Phone: Bryant 9-7800
Hew York City
PRESIDENT
Nicholas M. Schenck
VICE-PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
David Bernstein
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VICE-PRESIDENTS
Arthur M. Lorw
David L. Loew
Edward A. Schiller
SECRETARY
Leopold Friedman
ASSISTANT TREASURERS
Charles K. Stern
Charles C. Moskowitz
Len Cohen
COMPTROLLER AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Jesse T. Mills
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES
H Helborn-
Isidor Frey
DIRECTORS
David Bernstein. Harley L. Clarke, Leopold Fried-
man, Arthur M. Loew, David L. Loew, William
A. Phillips. Daniel E. Pomeroy, Harry M. Rice,
J. Robert Rubin, Nicholas M. Schenck, Charles
M. Schwab, David Warfield.
Martin Johnson African Expedition
Corporation
Rooms 1246-1250. 1/ West 42nd Street
Phone. Longacre 5-3669
\cw Torl[ City
PRESIDENT
D. E. Pomeroy
VICE-PRESIDENT
F. Trlbee Davison
SECRETARY-TREASURER
James L. Clark
ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER
A. L. Seixas
DIRECTOR
F. R. Wilson
GENERAL MANAGER
M. J. Weispeldt
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER
J. Fred Thomson
Mascot Pictures Corporation
1650 Broadway
Phone Circle 7-2564
\ew Yot\ City
Tec Art Studios
Hollywood
PRESIDENT
Nat Levine
VICE-PRESIDENT
F. J. Levine
SECRETARY
J. S. Kessler
TREASURER
F. J. Levine
SALES MANAGER
Thomas McConnell
Melkon Motion Picture Laboratory
306 Stuart Street
Boston, Mass.
PRESIDENT
O. D. Melkon
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
(■Subsidiary of Loeu>'s. Inc. J
1540 Broadway
Phone Bryant 9-7SOO
Cable Address Metro Films. Hew "fork
N.eur 7ot\ City
PRESIDENT
Nicholas M. Schenck
VICE-PRESIDENTS
J. Robert Rubin
Edward Bowes
Arthur M. Loew
David Bernstein
TREASURER
David Bernstein
ASSISTANT TREASURERS
Charles K. Stern
David L. Loew
Chas. C. Moskowit:
R. Lmarus
SECRETARY AND GENERAL COUNSEL
J. Robert Rubin
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES
Jesse T. Mills
Leopold Friedman
S. S. Braunberg
Hattie Helborn
A. C. Gonzalez
DIRECTOR LEGAL AND
PRODUCTION DEPARTMENTS
J. Robert Rubin
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
C. K. Stern
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
Charles Sonin
FILM DEPARTMENT
William Kelly
FOREIGN
Arthur M. Loew
SALES DEPARTMENT
Felix Feist
PUBLICITY AND ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT
Howard Dietz
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Nicholas M. Schenck, chairman; J. Robert Rubin,
David Bernstein, Edward Bowes, Felix F. Feist,
Arthur M. Loew.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nicholas M. Schenck, J. Robert Rubin, David
Bernstein, David Warfield, Edward Bowes. Arthur
M. Lcew, William Braden, David L. Loew,
Jesse T. Mills, Messmore Kendall, Leopold Fried-
man, Edward Schiller, Felix F. Feist, E. M.
Saunders, Chas. C. Moskowitz.
DISTRICT MANAGERS
W. A. Scully, New York, Boston, New Haven,
Washington, Charlotte.
J. E. Flynr., Detroit, Albany, Buffalo, Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Pittsburgh.
C. E. Kessnich. Atlanta, Dallas, Memphis, New
Orleans, Oklahoma City.
G. A. Hickey, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Port-
land. Salt Lake City, Seattle.
H. Wolfberg, Kansas City, Des Moines, Kansas
City, Omaha, Denver. St. Louis.
S. A. Shirley, Chicago, Indianapolis, Milwaukee,
Minneapolis.
EXCHANGES AND MANAGERS
Albany. 1060 Broadway. R. Pielow.
Atlanta, lul Walton Street, J. W. Hanlon.
Boston. 46 Church Street, M. N. Wolf.
Buffalo, 509 Pearl Street. E. K. O'Shea.
Butte, 111 Granite Street (Shipping Office Only).
Charlotte, 426 West Fourth Street, [, Furman.
Chicago, 1327 South Wabash Avenue, F. Men-
delssohn.
Cincinnati, 1638 Central Parkway Boulevard, E. M.
Booth.
Cleveland. 2346 Payne Avenue, Frank D. Drew.
Dallas. 2013 Jackson Street. L. Bickel.
Denver. 805 21st Street, J. S. Hommcl.
Des Moines. 618 12th Street. W. E. Banford.
Detroit, 2310 Cass Avenue, F. J. Downey.
Indianapolis, 421 North Illinois Street, W. W.
Williman.
Kansas City. 220 West 18th Street, F. C. Hensler.
Los Angeles. 1620 Cordova Street. J. J. Milstcin.
Memphis. 502 South Second Street. J. F. Wil-
lingham.
Milwaukee. 732 West State Street, S. Shurman.
Minneapolis, 74 Glcnwood Avenue, W. H. Work-
man.
New Haven. 134 Meadow Street, J. R. Smith.
New York, 630 Ninth Avenue, J. Bowen, New
York, D. A. Levy, New Jersey.
New Orleans, 223 South Liberty Street, C. J.
Bnant.
Oklahoma City, 515 South Robinson Street, W. B.
Zoellner.
Omaha, 15 12 Davenport Street, H. J. Shumow.
Philadelphia. 1228 Vine Street. Robert Lynch.
Pittsburgh, 1631 Boulevard of the Allies, J. J.
Maloney.
Portland. 451 Glisan Street, L. Amachcr.
St. Louis, 3010 Olive Street. C. T. Lynch.
Salt Lake City, 204 East First South Street. M.
Safflc.
San Francisco, 259 Hyde Street. G. C. Parsons.
Seattle, 2401 Second Avenue. L. Wingham.
Washington, 1009 New Jersey Avenue, N. W ,
R Berger.
FOREIGN
Algeria
Algiers, 62 Rue de Constantine.
Argentina
Buenos Aires. Calle Corricntes 2120.
Bahia Blanca. Calle Donaldo 24.
Mcndoza. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Rosario, Calle Maipu 777.
Santa Fe, Calle San Martin 3020.
Australia
Sydney. Manchester Unity Building, 160 Castle-
reagh Street.
Adelaide. Mctro-Goldwyn House. James Place.
Melbourne, 486 Bourke Street.
Brisbane. Maritime Buildings, Circular Quay.
Perth, Economic Buildings, William Street.
Austria
Vienna. VII, Ncubaugasse I.
Belgium
Brussels, 416 Rue des Plantes.
Brazil
Rio dc Janeiro. 207 Rua Setc dc Setembro, Caixa
Postal 2724.
Sao Paulo, Caixa de Correio 2973 — Rua Santa
Ephigenia 196.
Bcllo Horizonte, State of Minas, Geracs, Avcnida
do Commercio 444.
Juiz de Fora, State of Minas, Geracs, Galeria Pio
X No. 62.
Campos. State of Rio, Praca Sao Salvador 20,
Caixa Postal 137.
Recife (Pernambuco) , Avenida Marquez de Olinda,
280-1.
Porto Alegre, Rio Grandcdo Sul, Rua General
Camara 228, Caixa Postal 129.
Ribeirao Preto, Caixa Postal 436, Rua Sao Sebastiao
66-A.
Chile
Santiago, Casilla C. Morande 227.
Valdivia, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Valparaiso, Calle Prat 173, Casilla 1560.
Concepcion, Calle Colo Colo 523, Casilla 1190.
Cuba
Havana, Calle Industria No. 80.
Czecho Slovakia
Prague II. Vaclavske Nam. 49, Palais Avion.
Bruenn, Franzouska 13.
Denmark
Copenhagen, Vester Boulevard 27.
Dutch East Indies
Batavia, Petjenongan No. 48 F. Weltevreden, Java.
Soerabaia, 3 Gang Onderlinge, Belang, Soerabaia.
Egypt
Alexandria, 28 Rue Fouadler.
Finland
Helsingfors, Mikaelsgatan 9.
France
Paris, 37 Rue Condorcet.
Marseilles, Rue de Abeilles 7.
Bordeaux, 8 Rue du Palais-Gallien.
Nancy, Rue Victor Hugo 4.
Strasbourg, 3 Rue Molle.
Lyons, Cours Vitton 69.
Nantes, Rue Marcoeur.
Lille. 4 Rue des Buisses.
Toulouse, 13 Rue Boulbonne.
Germany
Berlin S.W. 48. Friedrichstrasse, 225.
Berlin S.W. 48 — Parufamet Verleihetriebe, G.m.
b.H., Friedrichstrasse 225.
Koenigsberg, Hintere Vorstadt 8.
Dusscldorf. Graf Adolph Strasse 83-7.
Hamburg. Esplanade 6.
Leipzig, Karlstrasse 1.
Frankfurt A/M, Rossmarkt 15.
Muenchen. Marienplatz 11-12.
Great Britain and Ireland
England
London, 19-21 Tower Street.
Liverpool. 13 Rcnshaw Street, London Road.
Leeds, 34 Wellington Street.
Manchester, Arkwright House, Parsonage Gardens.
Newcastle on Tync. 210 Westgate Road.
Birmingham, 21 Smallbrook Street.
Ireland
Dublin, 92 Lower Abbey Street.
Scotland
Glasgow, 10 Dixon Street.
Wales
Cardiff, Dominion House, Queen Street.
Guatemala
Guatemala City. 12 Calle Pomiente No. 3, Esquina
4a.
Greece
Athens, 15 Themistocles Street.
Holland
Amsterdam, Damrak 49.
Hungary-
Budapest VIII, Foherccg-Sandor Ter 3.
India
Bombay, Wilson Road, Ballard Estate, P. O. Box
837.
Calcutta. 170 Dhurrumtollah Street, P. O. Box
8990.
Italy
Rome, Via Quattro Novembre 149.
Bari. Via Dante Alighicri Num. 114.
Palermo, Amerigo Amari 83.
Catania, Via S/ Tomaselli 90.
Bologna. Piazza XX Setembre 4.
Milan, Piazzale Fiume 2.
Turin, Via G. Pomba 18.
Florence. Via Dei Pecori 1.
Naples. Galleria Umbcrto 1 No. 27.
Genoa, Corso Podesta 5a.
Ancona, Corso Vittorio 40.
Trieste, Via Donizetti 3.
Japan
Tokio, 2-go No. 3 Itchomc Yurakucho, Kojimachi-
ku. P. O. Box F-34 Central.
Osaka, Premier House, 28 Migashi Umeda-cho,
Kita-ku.
Aomori, No. 41 Ohmachi.
Kyushu, No. 41 Shimonishi-machi, Fukuoka.
Jugo-Slavia
Zagreb. Jejaccvicev Trg. 17.
Novi Sad, Wilsonow Trg. 7.
Belgrade. Knez Mihajlova 28.
Korea
Seoul, No. 148 2-chome Koganemachi.
Mexico
Mexico City, Calle de Capuchinas 32.
Morocco
Casablanca, 36 Rue dc l'Aviatcur Vedrincs.
N.eu/ Zealand
Wellington, Druids Chamber, Lambton Quay.
Norway
Ovre, Slotsgate 21.
Palestine
Jerusalem, Boite Postalc 390.
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1931
Peru
Lima, Pileta de la Merced 148.
Philippine Islands
Manila, 419-23 Avenida Rizal.
Iloilo. P. O. Box 542.
Cebu, Cine Auditorium.
Legaspi, P. O. Box 154.
Poland
Warsaw, Marzalkowsko 96.
Lemberg, Kopernika 11.
Katowice, Kosciuszlci No. 5.
Porto Rico
San Juan, Allen Street No. 8.
Portugal
Lisbon, Rua Braamcamp 10 R/C.D.
Roumania
Bucharest, B-Dul Domnitei 3.
Oradea, Strada Rimanoczy 7.
Spain
Barcelona, Calle Maliorca 220.
Bilboa, Ercilla 16.
Valencia, Granvia Germanias A. F.
Madrid, Plaza Callao 4.
Sevilla, Marques de Paradas 39-41.
Murcia, San Judas 7.
La Coruna, Plaza Mendez Nunez.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands) San Pedro
Alcantara 8.
Palma de Mallora (Balearic Islands) Caille Colon
60.
Straits Settlement
Singapore, 58 Orchard Read.
Sweden
Stockholm, 65 Kungsgatan.
Switzerland
Geneva, 15 Boulevard George Favon.
Tasmania
Hobart, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Turkey
Constantinople, 303 Grand Rue de Pera, Messir
Han No. 2.
Monogram Pictures Corporation
Corporation
723 Seventh Avenue
Phone: Bryant 9-5450
New Yoj\ City
(■Federation of 20 independent regional distributors)
PRESIDENT
W. Ray Johnston
VICE-PRESIDENT FOR PRODUCTION
Trem Carr
VICE-PRESIDENT FOR EXCHANGES
Harry H. Thomas
VICE-PRESIDENT FOR FOREIGN
James V. Ritchey
TREASURER
Albert Fiedler
ASSISTANT TREASURER
J. P. Friedhoff
SECRETARY
M. S. White
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
W. Ray Johnston, Harry H. Thomas, Herman
Rifkin, James V. Ritchey and Albert Fiedler.
National Screen Service Corporation
126 West 46th Street
Phone: Bryant 9-9800
New Tori; City
PRESIDENT
Herman Robbins
VICE-PRESIDENT
T. Gruen
GENERAL SALES MANAGER
M. Van Praag
DISTRIBUTION CENTERS
New York, 126 West 46th Street.
Los Angeles, 1922 South Vermont Avenue, Jack
Fier, manager.
Chicago. 810 South Wabash Avenue, H. C. Young,
manager.
London, England, 25 Denmark Street, W. C. 2.,
Capt. Paul Kimberly, manager.
SALES OFFICES
Atlanta, Ga., 183 Walton Street, J. R. Kitchen.
Boston, Mass., 39 Church Street, S. E. Hacking.
Buffalo, N. Y., 505 Pearl Street, Louis Schwartz.
Cleveland, Ohio. 713 Film Building, Arthur
Ehrlich.
Dallas. Tex., 312!/2 S. Harwood Street, Roger
Miller.
Des Moines, la., 518 28th Street. L. L. Wells.
Detroit, Mich.. 66 Sibley Street, C. H. Powell.
Indianapolis, Ind., 947 N Pennsylvania Avenue,
W. Frcudenberger.
Kansas City, Mo., 110 West 18th Street, J. E.
Dodson .
Milwaukee, Wis., 728 N. State Street, Al Perretz.
Minneapolis, Minn., 522 Girard Avenue, C. Coren.
Oklah oma City, Okla., 705 West Grand Avenue,
Wallace Walthall.
Philadelphia, Pa., 1237 Vine Street, Harry Kirsch-
gessner.
Pittsburgh. Pa., 2337 Sherbrook Street, Jack Judd.
St. Louis, Mo., 5560 Pershing Street, J. Flannery.
San Francisco, Cal., 298 Turk Street, Louis
Reichert.
Washington, D. C, 2901 Connecticut Avenue,
E. L. McShane.
Paramount Publix Corporation
Paramount Building
1501 Broadway
Phone: Chid;ering 4-7050
New Tor); City
PRESIDENT
Adolph Zukor
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
Jesse L. Lasky
VICE-PRESIDENT
Sidney R. Kent
VICE-PRESIDENT
Sam Katz
SECRETARY
Elek John Ludvigh
TREASURER
Ralph A. Kohn
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Emil E. Shauer
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Eugene J. Zukor
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Harry M. Goetz
ASSISTANT TREASURER AND
GENERAL AUDITOR
A. John Michel
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Norman Collyer, Frank Meyer, Walter B. Cokell,
Albert A. Kaufman, Melville A. Shauer, Joseph
H. Seidelman.
DIRECTORS
Frank Bailey, Jules E. Brulatour, William H.
English, Daniel Frohman, John Cecil Graham,
Felix E. Kahn, Gilbert W. Kahn, Sam Katz,
Albert A. Kaufman, Sidney R. Kent, Ralph A.
Kohn, Jesse L. Lasky, Elek Von Ludvigh, Emil
E. Shauer, Casimir I. Stralem, Sir William Wise-
man, Herman Wobber, Adolph Zukor, Eugene J.
Zukor.
PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT
Jesse L. Lasky, first vice-president in charge of
production.
B. P. Schulberg, managing director, West Coast
production.
Walter Wanger, James Cowan, J. W. Fingerlin,
New York Studios. Ned Marin, associate pro-
ducer. Richard Rowland, associate producer.
Hector Turnbull.
Albert A. Kaufman, assistant to Mr. Lasky.
THEATRE DEPARTMENT
Sam Katz, vice-president.
Sam Dembow, Jr., director of buying and booking.
A. M. Botsford, advertising director.
Eugene Zukor, director of maintenance.
Dr. E. A. LaPorte, director of sound projection.
John Balaban, Milton Field, de luxe divisional
director. Theatre Management department.
D. J. Chatkin, East Atlantic divisional director,
Theatre Management department.
Arthur Mayer, Midwest divisional director, Theatre
Management department.
William Saal, Southwest divisional director. Theatre
Management Department.
DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT
Sidney R. Kent, vice-president.
George J. Schaefer, general sales manager, Eastern
division.
John D. Clark, general sales manager, Western
division.
John Hammell, manager. Sales Analysis and Ex-
change Service department.
Miles Gibbons, sales manager for short features
in the East.
Stanley Waite, sales manager for short features in
the West.
G. B. J. Frawley, manager. Sales Statistics depart-
ment.
Frank Meyer, general purchasing agent.
Leon J. Bamberger, Sales Promotion department.
PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
Charles E. McCarthy, director.
A. M. Botsford, advertising director for theatres.
A. O. Dillenbeck, Hanff-Metzger Advertising
Agency.
Russell Holman, advertising manager.
J. A. Clark, manager. Ad Sales department.
Arch Reeve, publicity director. West.
Earl Wingart, publicity director, East.
George W. Akerson.
PARAMOUNT NEWS AND SHORT FEATURES
DEPARTMENT
Emanuel Cohen, editor and general manager.
Louis Diamond, assistant to general manager.
William P. Montague, Jr., assignment editor.
AUXILIARY PERSONNEL
Dan Hyncs, manager storehouse, 141 East 25th
Street, New York. N. Y.
Trevor Faulkner, manager, film depot, Fifth and
Pierce Avenues, Long Island City, N. Y.
Palmer H. Stilson, general traffic manager, Para-
mount Building, Times Square. New York. N. Y.
MANAGERS OF DIVISIONS. DISTRICTS
AND EXCHANGES
Eastern Division
District No. 1, Boston, Mass., 58-62 Berkeley
Street, Tom Bailey, district manager.
Boston, Mass., 58-62 Berkeley Street, William Erbb.
New Haven, Conn., 134 Meadow Street, E. D.
Callahan.
Portland, Maine, 263 St. Johns St., J. H. Stevens.
District No. 2. New York City, 33 1-337 W. 44th
St., J. J. Unger, district manager.
New York City. 33 1-337 West 44th St., M. S.
Kusell.
New York City, 33 1-337 West 44th St., Harry
Randel.
New York City, 331-337 West 44th Street, E. W.
Sweigert.
Albany, N. Y., 33 Orange St., Kenneth Robinson.
Buffalo, N. Y., 464 Franklin Street. M. W.
Kempner.
District No. 3, Philadelphia, Pa., 1201 Vine
Street, W. E. Smith, district manager.
Philadelphia, Pa., 1201 Vine Street, P. A. Bloch.
Washington, D. C, 1101 North Capitol Street,
Harry Hunter.
District No. 4, Cleveland, Ohio, 1735 East
23rd Street, J. E. Fontaine, district manager.
Columbus, Ohio. 251 North Fifth Street, M. R.
Clark.
Cleveland, Ohio, 1735 East 23rd Street, M.
Simon.
Pittsburgh. Pa., 1727 Boulevard of Allies, Harry
Goldstein.
Cincinnati, Ohio, 1214 Central Parkway, G. A.
Smith.
District No. 7, 158 Walton Street, Atlanta, Ga.,
H. G. Ballance, district manager.
Atlanta, Ga., 158 Walton Street, D. Prince.
Memphis, Tenn., 265 South Front Street, Paul
Wilson.
Charlotte, N. C, 307-309 South Church Street,
P. Longden.
Jacksonville, Fla., 110 North Lee Street, S.
Chesnutt (PP of NJ).
New Orleans, La., 215 South Liberty Street,
H. F. Wilkes.
Dallas, Tex., 300 South Jefferson Street, J. B.
Dugger (PP of NJ).
San Antonio, Tex., 501 Soledad Street, H. E.
Pickett (PP of NJ).
Western Division
District No. 5, Chicago, 111., 1327 South Wabash
Avenue, N. F. Agnew, district manager.
Detroit, Mich., 2949 Cass Avenue. Otto Bolle.
Chicago, 111., 1327 South Wabash Avenue, J. O.
Kent.
Milwaukee. Wis.. 1121 Eighth Street, Allen
Usher.
Indianapolis, Ind., 116 W. Michigan Street,
Charles Reagan.
District No. 6. Kansas City, Mo., 1800 Wyan-
dotte Street, R. C. Li Beau, district manager.
Kansas City, Mo., 1800 Wyandotte Street, Oscar
Morgan.
St. Louis, Mo., 3203 Olive Street, M. Schweitzer.
Oklahoma City, Okla., 701 West Grand Avenue.
R. E. Heffner (PP of NJ).
Des Moines, Iowa, 1125 High Street, R. M. Cope-
land.
District No. 8, Denver. Colo., 1625 Court Place,
H. W. Braly, district manager.
Denver, Colo., 1625 Court Place, S. Henley.
Salt Lake City. Utah, 200 East First Street, South.
E. J. Reed.
Butte, Mont., 5 5 West Granite Street (Shipping
Station) .
District No. 9, San Francisco, Cal., 201 Golden
Gate Avenue, M. H. Lewis, district manager.
San Francisco. Cal., 201 Golden Gate Avenue.
J. J. Partridge.
Los Angeles, Cal., 1980 South Vermont Avenue.
C. N. Peacock.
Seattle, Wash., 2413 Second Avenue, H. N. East
(PP of NJ).
Portland, Ore., 201 North 19th Street, Frank
Clark.
District No. 11, Minneapolis, Minn., 1100 First
Avenue. North, B. Blotcky, district manager.
Minneapolis, Minn., 1100 First Avenue, North,
C. A. Roeder.
Sioux Falls, S. D.. 318 South Main Street, A.
Anderson.
Omaha, Nebr., 1610-12 Davenport Street, A.
Mendenhall.
FAMOUS LASKY FILM SERVICE
Canadian Offices
Toronto, Ont., Ill Bond St., M. A. Milligan,
general manager, executive office.
District No. 1, Toronto, Ont., Ill Bond Street.
Jack Hunter.
Montreal. Quebec, 5899 Monkland Avenue, Ed
English.
St. John. N. B.. 133 Princess Street, P. J. Hogan.
District No. 2. Vancouver. B. C. Film Exchange
Building, Davie and Burrard Streets, William
Hanshcr, district manager.
Calgary. Alta.. 320 Traders Bldg., William Kelly.
Vancouver, B. C, Film Exchange Building, Davie
and Burrard Street, William Hansher.
1931
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Winnipeg, Man., Film Exchange Building, Har'
grave St., Dave Brickman.
FOREIGN DIVISION
Emil E. Shauer, general manager; J. H. Seidelman,
assistant manager. Paramount Building, 1501
Broadway, New York City.
John Cecil Graham, general foreign representative
(headquarters, London).
I. Blumenthal. assistant general foreign represen-
tative, studio contact (headquarters, Paris).
David Souhami, manager. France, Spain, Portugal,
Italy (headquarters, Paris).
G. J. Schaeffer, division manager, Germany, Cen-
tral Europe, Holland, Scandinavia (headquarters.
Berlin).
Les Studios Paramount. 7 Rue des Reservoirs, St.
Maurice (Seine), Paris.
Cable: StudPara, Paris
Australia
(Australia, \ew Zealand, Java, Straits Settlements,
F. M. Stares. Siam)
John W. Hicks, Jr., managing director.
William J. Clark, general sales manager.
V, Hurworth, assistant general sales manager.
F. Gawler, S. H. Craig, C. E. Henderson, district
managers.
Cables, Paramount.
Australia, Sydney, Reservoir Street, G. P. O.
Box 2617. Famous Lasky Film Service, Ltd.
(home office for above mentioned territories).
Australia. Melbourne, 256-258 King Street, Fa-
mous Lasky Film Service, Ltd., H. A. Kelly,
branch manager.
Australia. Brisbane, 451 Ann Street, Famous Lasky
Film Service, Ltd., Cleave J. Shepherd, branch
manager.
Australia, Perth, 230 William Street. Famous
Lasky Film Service, Ltd., C. Abotomey, branch
manager.
Australia, Adelaide, 172-174 Gawler Place. Fa-
mous Lasky Film Service, Ltd., Val Board,
branch manager.
Tasmania, Australia, Launceston. St. John Street,
Famous Lasky Film Service, Ltd. (shipping sta-
tion).
New Zealand, Wellington. Cuba and Dixon
Streets, Famous Lasky Film Service, Ltd., Stan-
ley H. Craig, branch manager.
New Zealand. Auckland, 129-131 Albert St.,
Famous Lasky Film Service, Ltd. (shipping sta-
tion).
Dutch East Indies. Java, Gang Pool 7. Wclts-
vereden. Famous Lasky Film Service. Ltd.. J. A.
Groves, general manager for Far East, Andre
Olsen, branch manager.
Dutch East Indies. Java, Boomstraat 6, Soeraba'a,
Famous Lasky Film Service, Ltd., S. G. Robin-
son, branch manager.
Straits Settlements. Singapore, 51 Robinson Road.
Famous La«ky Film Service, Ltd., Tom Ken-
nard, branch manager.
Central America
(Central America. Panama. Jamaica. B. \V\ /..
Colombia. Venezuela. Ecuador )
Harry Novak, general manager.
Cables: Paramount.
Canal Zone. Cristobal. P. O. Box 5071. Para-
mount Films. S. A. (home office for Central
America).
Guatemala, Guatemala City, Apartado 253, Agencia
Para La America Central, Paramount Films,
A. S.. S. E. Pierpoint, branch manager.
Colombia, Bogota, Apartado 3 3 3. Paramount Films
S. A.. Alvaro Reyes, branch manager.
Colombia. Call, Apartado -60, Paramount Films,
S. A. (shipping office).
Cuba
("Cuba. Po»to Rico, Dominican Republic. Wejt Indies.)
Cable. Paramount.
Cuba. Havana. Estrada Palma, 112. Paramount
Films of Cuba, S. A , A. L. Pratchctt. branch
manager.
Porto Rico, San Juan. Apartado 653, Tanca lO'/j.
Paramount Films of Porto Rico, J. P. Donohue,
branch manager.
France
(France, Belgium. Switzerland. Egypt. Algeria. Tunis.
• Morocco)
Davis Souhami, administrateur-dclcgue.
Henri Klarsfcld, sales manager.
Cables, Paramount 96.
France, Bordeaux. 46, Rue Pcyronnet, S. A. F.
Des Films Paramount, Edmond Lagneau, branch
manager.
France. Lille. 5. Rue d'Amiens, S. A. F. Des
Films Paramount. Leon Joannin, branch manager
France, Lyons. 16. Rue Stella, S. A. F. Des
Films Paramount, Marcel Yot, branch manager.
France, Marseilles. 26-a, Rue de la Bibliothcque.
S. A. F. Des Films Paramount, Robert Leng-
let, branch manager.
France. Nancy. 68 Rue du Faubourg St. Jean.
S. A. F. Des Films Paramount. Henri Dcssort,
branch manager.
France, Pans, 1 Rue Meyerbeer. Societe Anonvme
Francaise Des Films Paramount (home office for
above territories).
France. Paris. 67-69 Rue Fessart. Societe Anonvme
Francaise Des Films Paramount, Maurice Poirier,
branch manager.
France. Rennes, 15, Rue Alexandre Duval,
S. A. F. Des Films Paramount (shipping sta-
tion).
France, Strasbourg, 5, Rue Neuwiller, S. A. F.
Des Films Paramount, Marcel Colin, branch
manager.
Algeria, Algers, 17 bis Rue Clauzel, S. A. F.
Des Films Paramount, Emile Bellych, branch
manager.
Africa, Tunis, 84 Rue de Portugal, S. A. F. Des
Films Paramount (shipping station).
Morocco, Casablanco, 136 Boulevard de la Gare,
S. A. F. Des Films Paramount, Hugo Tosi,
branch manager.
Egypt, Cairo, 23, Rue Tewfik, S. A. F. Des
Films Paramount, Maurice Faraud, branch
manager.
Belgium, Brussels, 31, Chaussee de Haecht,
S. A. F. Des Films Paramount, Emile Gourdon,
branch manager.
Switzerland, Basil, Reichensteinerstrasse 14, Robert
Rosenthal.
Cables: Eosfilm.
Germany and Central Europe
(Germany . Austria. Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia,
Jugoslavia, Roumania, Baltics. Finland,)
G. J. Schaefer, general manager.
Cables: Parimount.
Germany. Berlin, Friedrichstrasse 225, Paramount
Film Vertrieb, G. M. B. H
Germany, Berlin. Friedrichstrasse 225. UFA-Para-
mount-Metro Verleih Betriebe G. M. B. H.
(home office for Parufamet). Cables: Parufamet.
Germany, Berlin, Friedrichstrasse 225, Parufamet,
Erich Wolff, branch manager.
Germany, Dusseldorf, Graf Adolfstrasse 83-87,
Parufamet. Jean Birkhahn, branch manager.
Germany, Frankfort, a/M. 15 Rossmarket, Paru-
famet, Josef Schwarz, branch manager.
Austria. Poland and The Baltics (headquarters
Vienna) cables. Paramount, E. J. Lipow, dis-
trict manager.
Austria, Vienna VII. Neubaugasse 1, Paramount
Films G. M. B. H., A. Lichtscheindl, branch
manager.
Hungary, Budapest, VIII, Rakoczi-ut 59, Para-
mount Filmforgalmi R. T.. L. Foldes, branch
manager. Cables. Paramountfilm.
Czccho-Slovakia, Bruenn. Dominikanerplatz 2, Para-
mount Filmova. s.r.o. (shipping station).
Czccho-Slovakia. Prague. II. Palais Habich. Stepan-
ska ul. Paramount Filmova Spol, s.r.o., R.
Jellinek. branch manager.
Jugoslavia, Zagreb. Frankopanska-ul 5a. Jugo-
slavensko D. D. Za Promet Paramount Filmova,
cables. Paramount, M. F. Jordan branch man-
ager.
Poland. Kattowice. Kosciuszki 1, Paramount Films
(shipping station).
Poland, Lemberg, Plac Marjacki 5, Paramount
Films, S. Tyktin. branch manager.
Poland. Warsaw, Sienna 4, Paramount Films sp.z.
ogr. odp , M. Czaban, branch manager.
Estonia. Rcval/Tallin, Suur Karja 18. Paramount
Films A/S, (shipping station).
Latvia. Riga, Woldemarstrasse. 36, Paramount
Films A/G. A. Kuzmin. branch manager.
Lithuania. Kovno. Laisvcs Al., 46, Paramount
Films A/G. (shipping station).
Rumania. Bucarest. Str. Baratiel, 2. Paramount
Films S. A. R., N. G. Palugyay, branch man-
ager. Cables, Paramount.
Holland, Amsterdam. 399 Keizersgracht. N. V.
Paramount Films Holland. C. Peercboom, branch
manager. Cables. Paramount.
Great Britain and Ireland
f England. Scotland. Wales, Irish Free S'atesJ
John Cecil Graham, managing director.
Cables. Paramount.
Montague Goldman, general manager of distribu-
tion (headquarters London).
Harold E. Walker, district manager for London,
Birmingham, Cardiff.
Ben Simmons, district manager at Leeds, for Leeds,
Liverpool, Manchester and Dublin.
I. Collins, district manager at Newcastle, for
Newcastle. Glasgow.
England. Birmingham. 12 John Bright Street. Para-
mount Film Service, Ltd.. John Corper. branch
manager.
England. Le.-ds. 48 Wellington Street. Paramount
Film Service. Ltd.. D. Gilpin, branch manager.
England. London. W. I., 166 Wardour Street.
Paramount Film Service. Ltd. (home office),
Oswald H. Cohen, branch manager.
England, Liverpool. 124 Dale Street. Paramount
Film Service. Ltd., H. D. Nisbet, branch man-
ager
England. Manchester. 22 Dickinson Street. Para-
mount Film Service. Ltd., Louis Harris, branch
manager.
England. Newcastlc-on-Tyne. Paramount House,
Bath Lane. Paramount Film Service. Ltd., I.
Collins, branch manager.
Ireland. Dublin. Paramount House, 11 Pearse
Street. Paramount Film Service. Ltd.. J. G.
Bell, branch manager.
Wales. Cardiff. 16-18 Priory Street, Paramount
Film Service. Ltd., E Hancock, branch manager
Scotland, Glasgow. 164 Buchanan Street. Para-
mount Film Service, Ltd., J. Hamson, branch
manager.
India
(India, Burma, Ceylon.)
India. Calcutta. P. O. Box 2048, Charles Ballance.
Cables- Famfilm.
Italy
(Italy, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria,)
Americo Aboaf, managing director.
Cables: Paramount.
Italy, Bologna, Via Galliera 66/2, S. A. I. Films
Paramount, Sig. Mario Annovazzi, branch man-
ager.
Italy, Florence. Piazza Strozzi, 6. S. A. I. Films
Paramount, Sig. Caesare Aboaf, branch manager.
Italy, Genoa, Vi. Granello 56-58 Rossi, S. A. I.
Films Paramount, Sig. Vittorio de Semo, branch
manager.
Italy, Milan, Via Morgagni, 22. S. A. I. Films
Paramount. Count Edoardo Micheroux de Dillon,
branch manager.
Italy. Naples, Via Roma, 34'-bis, S. A. I. Films
Paramount. Cav. Salvatore de Angelis, branch
manager.
Italy, Palermo, Via Mariano Stabile 139 D. E.,
S. A. I. Films Paramount, Sig. Gino Baraz-
zuoli. branch manager.
Italy, Rome, Via Magenta No. 8, S. A. I. Films
Paramount (home office for Italy). Cav. Arrigo
Bocchi, branch manager.
Italy. Trieste, Via Sant' Anastasio, 1/S. A. I.
Films Paramount, Sig. Pietro Alabrese, branch
manager.
Italy, Turin, Corso Vittotio Emanuele, 6, S. A. I.
Films Paramount, Sig. Corrado de Simmone,
branch manager.
Italy, Venice, Calle Priuli, 103, Sestiere Canna-
reggio, S. A. I. Films Paramount (sub branch).
Japan
(Japan, Korea. China. Philippine Islands)
Tom D. Cochrane, R. E. Maclntyre (representa-
tives for the Orient).
Cables: Paramount.
Japan. Fukuoka, Katakura Building, 23 Kamigofuku
Machi, Famous Lasky Paramount Films, Ltd.
(sales office), H. Hirai, sales manager.
Japan, Sapporo, Shichijo Minami Yon-Chome, Fa-
mous Lasky Paramount Films, Ltd. (sales office),
H. Hoshina, sales manager.
Japan, Tokyo, Osaka Building. 3 Uchisaiwai-cho,
1 Chc.me, Kojimachiku. Paramount Films, Ltd.,
S. Sasha, sales manager.
Seoul. Korea. Yoko Kishin.
China. Hong Kong, c/o Central Theatre, Queen's
Road. Central, Paramount Films of China, Inc.
China. Shanghai, Capitol Building, 21 Museum
Road. Paramount Films of China. Inc., J. F.
Perkins, branch manager.
China, Tientsin. 193A Victoria Road, Paramount
Films of China, Inc. (sales office). L. Hsu. sales
manager.
Mexico
C. C. Margon. general manager.
Cables: Paramount.
Mexico. Mexico City, Calle Ayuntamiento No.
46 (Apartado Postal 108 bis). Paramount Films,
S. A., Gordon B. Dunlap, branch manager.
Scandinavia
(Sweden, \orway. Denmar\)
Carl P. York, general manager.
Cables: Paramount.
Denmark. Copenhagen. Vestre Boulevard 29. Fil-
maktiebolaget Paramount, Harold Frost, branch
manager.
Finland, Helsingfors. Glogaten 8, O/Y Paramount
Films. A. B., Harry Hammar, branch manager.
Norway. Oslo. Torvgaten 9, Film-Aktieselskapet
Paramount, E. Eriksen, branch manager.
Sweden, Stockholm, 13 Kungsgatan, Filmaktie-
bolaget Paramount (home office for Scandinavia).
South America
(■Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay. Paraguay. Chile. Peru.
Bolivia. J
John L. Day. Jr., general manager.
Cables: Paramount.
Brazil, Bahia, Rua Consclheiro Dantos No. 27, Sao
Salvador. Paramount Film (S. A.), Manoel de
Araujo, branch manager.
Brazil. Botucatu, Est. de Sao Paulo. Avenida Flori-
ano Peixoto, 30. Paramount Films (S. A.),
Adhcmar L. Cesar, branch manager.
Biazil, Cruzeiro, Est. de Sao Paulo, Rua Jorge
Tibirica, 5 3 C, Paramount Films (S. A.),
Aurello Correalc. branch manager.
Brazil, Curityba, Est. do Parana, Rua 15 de No-
vembro 107. Paramount Films (S. A.), Carlos
Lirzcndorf. branch manager.
Brazil. Juiz de Fora. Minas Geraes. Rua Marcchal
Deodora 209. Paramount Films (S. A.). Renato
Coelho de Almeida, branch manager.
Brazil. Porto Alegrc, Est. do R. G. do Sul. Rua
General Andrade Neves. 100. Paramount Films
(S. A ), Julia Marpas Mespie. branch manager.
Brazil. Recife, Pernambuco. Rua Conde de Boa
Vista 195. Paramount Films (S. A ). Benjamin
Ramos, branch manager.
Brazil, Ribeiroa Preto. Est. de Sao Paulo, Rua
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Visconde de Inauma, 30, Paramount Films
(S. A.), Rodolpho Paladini, branch manager.
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Rua Evarista da Veiga 132,
Paramount Films (S. A.), Tibor Rombauer,
branch manager.
Brazil, Sao Paulo, Rua do Triumpho 21, Para-
mount Films (S. A.), Bruno Cheli, branch
manager.
Frederick W. Lange, manager for Argentina, Uru-
guay, Paraguay.
Raui Viglione, district manager.
Cables: Paramount.
Argentine Republic, Bahia Blanca, Calle Estomba
211, Paramount Films (S. A.), A. Vagheggini,
branch manager.
Argentine Republic, Buenos Aires, Ayacucho
518/20, Paramount Films (S. A.), Sigfredo
Bauer, branch manager (home office for Argen-
tina, Paraguay, Uruguay).
Argentine Republic, Cordoba, Calle Ituzaingo 235,
Paramount Films (S. A.), C. R. Flaherty,
branch manager.
Argentine Republic, Rosario de Santa Fe, Calle
Maipu 931, Paramount Films (S. A.), E. J.
Croce, branch manager.
Uruguay, Montevideo, Calle Yi 1385, Paramount
Films (S. A.), Juan Oliver, branch manager.
Benito del Villar, manager for Chile, Peru,
Bolivia.
Cables: Paramount.
Chile, Concepcion, O'Higgins 566 (Casilla 53-C),
Paramount Films (S. A.), Sts. Greene and Cia,
Concessionaires.
Chile, Iquique, Casilla 137, Paramount Films
(S. A.), Srs. Martinez Hinos and Cia, Con-
cessionaires.
Chile, Santiago, Tenderini 159, Paramount Films
(S. A.), (home office for Chile, Peru, Bolivia).
Chile, Valparaiso, Prat No. 175 (Casilla 3792),
Paramount Films (S. A.), Exequiel A. Puelma,
branch manager.
Peru, Lima, Apartado 582, Paramount Films
(S. A.), Ernest S. Hayes, branch manager.
Bolivia, La Paz, Paramount Films (A. A.), Hono-
rio Garcia, Rep.
Spain, Portugal
M. J. Messeri, managing director.
Cables: Paramount.
Spain, Barcelona, 91 Paseo de Gracia, Paramount
Films (S. A.), J. Soriano, branch manager
(home office for Spain and Portugal).
Spain, Bilbao, Alameda Mazarredo, 6, Paramount
Films (S. A.), Manuel de Diego, branch man-
ager.
Spain, Madrid, Avenida Pi y Margall, 22, Para-
mount Films (S. A.), Eugenio Hernandez, branch
manager.
Spain, Seville, Calle San Pablo, 41, Paramount
Films (3. A.), D. Rafael Alberola Altra, branch
manager.
Spain, Valencia, Calle Sorni, 14, Paramount Films
(S. A.), Vicente Saiso, branch manager.
Portugal, Lisbon, Rua Braamcamp, 10, Paramount
Films (S. A.), F. Ressano Garcia, branch man-
ager.
Powers Cinephone Equipment Corp.
723 Seventh Avenue
Phone: Bryant 9-6067
Hew Tor\ City
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
P. A. Powers
TREASURER
H. A. Post
SECRETARY
M. O'Leary
TECHNICAL ENGINEERING
G. L. Crapp
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
Ken. Rice
EASTERN REPRESENTATIVE
Fred A. Rice
Radio Corporation of America
233 Broadway
Phone: Eldorado 5-6300
New Tor); City
PRESIDENT
David Sarnopf
VICE-PRESIDENT
William Brown
ASSISTANT VICE-PRESIDENT
Elmer E. Bucher
COMPTROLLER
H. A. Sullivan
TREASURER
Gforce S. De Sousa
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Alexander Nicol
SECRETARY
Lewis MacConnach
GENERAL FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVE
Colonel Samucl Reber
PRESS BUREAU
Glenn I. Tucker, manager public relations
EXCHANGES
Pacific Division, San Francisco 235 Montgomery
Street, G. Harold Porter, manager.
Eastern District Sales Office, New York, 233 Broad-
way, A. R. Beyer, district sales manager.
Southern District Sales Office, Atlanta, Ga., 101
Marietta Street, Pierre Boucheron, district sales
manager.
Central District Sales Office, Chicago, 100 West
Monroe Street, P. G. Parker, district sales man-
ager.
Southwestern District Sales Office, Dallas, Tex.,
Santa Fe Building, M. S. Tinsley, district sales
manager.
New York City, R. C. A. Institute of America,
326 Broadway, Rudolph L. Duncan, director.
New York City, Radiomarine Corporation of Amer-
ica, 66 Broad Street, Charles J. Pannill, vice-
president and general manager.
FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES
Paris, A. H. Morton, European manager, 156 Rue
de L'Universite.
Buenos Aires, George W. Have, Edificio Banco Bos-
ton 567 Av. Pres. Roque Saenz Pena.
Manila, Colonel C. H. Nance, Far Eastern manager,
Pacific Building.
Rio de Janeiro, P. A. Dans, Caixa, Postal 2726.
Shanghai, Alanson B. Tyrrell, Room 211, Robert
Dollar Building, 3 Canton Road.
RKO-Pathe Pictures, Inc.
35 West 45th Street
Phone: Bryant 9-6700
?(ei» Tori; City
CHAIRMAN OF BOARD
Hiram S. Brown
PRESIDENT
Lee Marcus
VICE-PRESIDENTS
C. J. Scollard
Charles R. Rogers
Ned E. Depinet
SECRETARY
William Mallard
TREASURER
Herman Zohbel
GENERAL SALES MANAGER
Ned E. Depinet
EASTERN SALES MANAGER
E. J. O'Leary
WESTERN SALES MANAGER
J. F. McAloon
SHORT SUBJECT SALES MANAGER
A. H. SCHNITZER
CANADIAN REPRESENTATIVE
T. W. Brady
MANAGER OF EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
E. W. Ballentine
ADVERTISING COUNSEL
A. P. Waxman
PURCHASING AGENT
J. T. Richards
ASSISTANT TREASURER AND ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
Amos Hiatt
SUBSIDIARIES
RKO Pathe Distributing Corp.
RKO Pathe Studio Corp., Ltd.
RKO Pathe Export Corporation
FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION
RKO Pathe Export Corporation
President — Lee Marcus
Vice-President— C. J. Scollard
Vice-President and General Manager — T. S. Dele-
hanty
Vice-President — Charles R. Rogers
Vice-President — Ned E. Depinet
Treasurer — Herman Zohbel
Secretary — William Mallard
Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary — Amos
Hiatt
DISTRICT MANAGERS
E. L. McEvoy, Eastern District Manager, 630
Ninth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
W. E. Callaway, Southern District Manager, 320
S. Harwood St., Dallas, Texas.
Cresson E. Smith, Midwestern District Manager,
1023 S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 111.
J. H. Maclntyre, Western District Manager, 1926
S. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, Cal.
EXCHANGES AND MANAGERS
Eastern Division
Albany, L. Garvey, 37-39 Orange Street, Albany,
N. Y.
Boston, R. C. Cropper, 39 Church Street, Boston,
Mass.
Buffalo. H. T. Dixon. 505 Pearl Street, Buffalo,
N. Y.
Cincinnati, S. C. Jacques, 1634 Central Parkway,
Cincinnati, O.
Cleveland, Harry Gibbs. 2340 Payne Avenue,
Cleveland, O.
New Haven, Nat Furst, 134 Meadow Street. New
Haven, Conn.
New York R. S. Wolff, 630 Ninth Avenue, New
York, N. Y.
Philadelphia R. Mochrie, 1222-26 Vine Street.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Pittsburgh, E. Eschman, 1623 Boulevard of Allies
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Washington, Robert Smeltzer, 916 "G" Street
N. W., Washington, D. C.
Southern Division
Atlanta, C. W. Allen, 164 Walton Street. Atlanta,
Oa.
Charlotte, R. C. Price, 227 West 4th Street.
Charlotte, N. C.
Dallas A. M. Avery, 320 S. Harwood Street,
Dallas, Texas.
Memphis, S. M. Sachs, 302 Mulberry Street,
Memphis, Tenn.
New Orleans, G. C. Brown, 221 S. Liberty Street,
New Orleans, La.
Oklahoma City, W. R. Pittenger, 515 S Robin-
son St., Oklahoma City, Okla.
Midwestern District
Chicago, W. E. Branson, 1023 S. Wabash Avenue
Chicago, 111.
Des Moines, N. Sandler. 1003'/2 High Street. Des
Moines, la.
Detroit, H. Silverberg. 2310 Cass Avenue, Detroit,
Mich.
Indianapolis, J. C. Corbett, 120 W. Michigan
Street, Indianapolis, Ind.
Kansas City. Ray Nolan, 117 W. 17th Street.
Kansas City, Mo.
Milwaukee, Lou Elman, 534 N. Ninth Street.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Minneapolis, M. E. Montgomery, 72 Glenwood
Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.
Omaha, R. S. Ballantyne, 1508 Davenport Street,
Omaha, Nebr.
St. Louis, C. R. Lundgren, 3318 Olive Street, St.
Louis, Mo.
Western District
Denver, J. H. Ashby, 2165 Broadway, Denver,
Colo.
Los Angeles, A. J. O'Keefe, 1926 S. Vermont
Ave., Los Angeles, Cal.
Portland, L. E. Hoss, 443 Glisan St., Portland,
Ore.
Salt Lake City, R. W. Drew, 206 E. 1st Street.
S., Salt Lake City, Utah.
San Francisco. M. E. Cory, 321 Turk Street, San
Francisco, Cal.
Seattle, H. L. Percy, 2312 Second Avenue. Seattle,
Wash.
ENGLAND
P. D. C., Ltd.
London— W. C. 2. 12 Great Newport Street,
Reginald Smith, managing director.
Leeds— 58 Wellington Street, F. Bloomfield. man-
aging director.
Cardiff— 20 Castle Arcade, E. Hancock, managing
director.
Birmingham— 34 John Bright Street, Arthur Cowan,
managing director.
Newcastle-on-Tyne— Streets Building, 87 Westgate
Road, G. Jay, managing director.
Liverpool— 36 Cooper's Building, A. R. Cooper,
managing director.
Manchester— 10-11 the Parsonage, Jack Goddard,
managing director.
Glasgow— 211 Hope Street, L. Ralston, managing
director.
Dublin— 97 Middle Abbey Street, J. Reynolds,
managing director.
Pathe News
35 West 45th Street
Phone: Bryant 9-1300
Hew Tor\ City
GENERAL MANAGER
CoURTLAND SMITH
ASSISTANT TO GENERAL MANAGER
Jack S. Connolly
EDITOR OF PATHE NEWS
Edward Percy Howard
NEWS EDITOR
Claude R. Collins
AVIATION EDITOR
Ruth Nichols
EDITOR PATHE REVIEW
Thomas Chalmers
RCA Photophone, Inc.
411 Fifth Avenue
Phone: Ashland 4-7605
Hew Tor)[ City
PRESIDENT
David Sarnopf
1931
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EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
Alexander E. Reach
VICE-PRESIDENT
Lawrence B. Morris
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS
Ernst O. Heyl
TREASURER
John H. Tingle
SECRETARY
Leu-is MacConnach
COMPTROLLER
Everett J. Schneider
MANAGER, CREDITS AND COLLECTIONS
C. J. Terwilliger
GENERAL COUNSEL
Laurence B. Morris
GENERAL SALES MANAGER
Sydney E. Abel
MANAGER. ADVERTISING AND PUBLICITY
Gerald Rudulph
MANAGER OF RECORDING OPERATIONS
Lou-ell V. Calvert
CHIEF ENGINEER
M. C. Batsel
EXPORT MANAGER
Van Ness Philip
Radio-Keith-Orpheum
J 564 Broadway
Phone: Bryant 9-9300
New York. City
PRESIDENT
Hiram S. Brou n
VICE-PRESIDENT
B. B. Kahanb
SECRETARY
Wm. Mallard
TREASURER
Herman Zohbel
GENERAL MANAGER
Jos. Plunkett
GENERAL EUROPEAN REPRESENTATIVE
Basil Dean
DIRECTORS
Lee Marcus, B. B. Kahane, Hiram S. Brown, David
Sarnoff, Joseph Plunkett.
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
1560 Br
Phone. Bryant 9-9460
New Torl( City
PRESIDENT
J. I. ScHNITIER
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Frank O'Heron
Charles Rosen:weic
B B. Kahane
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF PRODUO
TION
William LeBaron
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
J. J. Nolan
GENERAL SALES MANAGER OF THE WEST
Cleve Adams
GENERAL SALES MANAGER OF THE EAST
Jerome Sapron
W ESTERN DIVISION MANAGER
Clippord C. Wallace
EASTERN DIVISION MANAGER
Harry Michaelson
FOREIGN SALES MANAGER
Ambrose Douling
ADVERTISING. PUBLICITY AND EXPLOITA-
TION MANAGER
Hyaat Daab
PURCHASING AGENT
Dan Douger
TREASURER
Herman Zohbel
SECRETARY
William Mallard
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Frank O'Heron
DIRECTORS
J. I. Schniticr. Lee Marcus. B. B. Kahane. Paul
Ma:ur. David Sarnoff, Joseph Plunkett, Hiram S.
Brown.
EXCHANGES AND MANAGERS
Albany. N. Y.. 1048 Broadway. C. R. Halligan.
Atlanta, Ga.. 185 Walton Street. C. B. Ellis.
Boston, Mass., 60 Church Street, Wm. H. Gardiner.
Buffalo. N. Y., 505 Pearl Street. J. W. Holden.
Charlotte, N. C, 211 South Mint Street. Wm.
Conn.
Chicago, 111., 908 S. Wabash Avenue, Wm. Brum-
berg.
Cincinnati, Ohio, 1634 Central Parkway. A. J.
Mem.
Cleveland, Ohio, 1745 E. 23rd Street, F. H.
Hathaway.
Dallas. Tews, 2011 Jackson Street, L. E. Harring-
ton.
Denver, Colo., 809 21st Street, S. N. Feinstein.
Des Moines, la., 1005 High St.. B. J. McCarthy.
Detroit, Mich.. 2310 Cass Avenue. Nat Levy.
Indianapolis, Ind., 428 N. Illinois Street, Claudo
E. Penrod.
Jacksonville, Fla., 1262 W. Adams Street, H. M.
Lyons.
Kansas City, Mc, 1717 Wyandotte Street. R. E.
Churchill.
Los Angeles, Cal.. 1924 S. Vermont Avenue, N. P.
Jacobs.
Memphis. Tenn., 192 S. 2nd Street, P. M. Baker.
Milwaukee, Wis., 341 Sth Street, A. N. Schmitj.
Minneapolis, Minn., 42 Glenwood Avenue, M. J.
Frisch.
New Haven, Conn., 134 Meadow Street, B. Pitkin.
New Orleans, La., 419 Dryades Street, Paul H.
Tessier.
New York. N. Y.. 630 9th Avenue. J. Ellis.
Oklahoma City. Okla.. 706 W. Grand Avenue,
Sam Benjamin.
Omaha, Neb.. 1508 Davenport Street. S. W. Fitch.
Philadelphia, Pa., 1320 Vine Street, Sam Rosen.
Pittsburgh, Pa.. 1623 Boulevard of the Allies,
M. M. Schulgold.
Portland. Ore.. 126 N. Twelfth Street. Wm. Kelly.
San Francisco. Cal.. 310 Turk Street. G. Wm.
Wolf.
St. Louis. Mo.. 3 312 Olive Street. E. W. Penrod.
Seattle. Wash., 2407 2nd Avenue. E. A. Lamb.
Salt Lake City. Utah. 256 E. First South Street,
T. J. Walsh.
Sioux Falls. S. D.. 121 W. Twelfth Street, T. M.
Eckert.
Washington. D. C 924 New Jersey Avenue, N.
W., F. L. McNamcc.
Canada
Calgary. Alta., 326 Traders Building, Vernon
Dixon.
Montreal, Que., 5975 Mcnkland Avenue, E. H.
Wells.
St. John. N. B.. 27 Prince William Street. A. I.
Gaudet.
Toronto. Ont., 277-279 Victoria Street, W. J.
Mitchell.
Vancouver. B. C Film Exchange Building. W. S.
Jones.
Winnipeg. Man., Hargrsve Street at Ellice, S. H.
Decker.
Recording Laboratories of America,
Inc.
Sound Studios and Laboratories
220 East 3Sth Street
Phone Vanderbilr 3-9562
New Tor\ City
PRESIDENT AND TREASURER AND GENERAL
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Jess Smith
RECORDING ENGINEERS
Percy Glenn
Anthony G. Weber
Henry Kuehnel
ELECTRICIAN
James Hanlet
CHIEF PROPERTY MAN
Edward Kane
Roxy Theatres
Phone: Circle 7-6000
New Tor\ City
PRESIDENT
Harley L. Clarke
VICE-PRESIDENT
Harry C. Arthur
Sai l E. Rogers
TREASURER
William C. Michel
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Arthur A. Jones
SECRETARY
F. R. Burns
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Felix Jenkins
directors
S. L. Rothafcl. Harley L. Clarke. W. C. Michel.
Francis L. Robbins. Harry C. Arthur. Jr., Saul
Rogers, Felix A. Jenkins, Arthur A. Jones, Ernest
W. Ni:er. Fred W. Pope. William C. Chandler.
F. R. Burns.
Service-on-Sound Corporation
IS. O. S. Corporation]
1600 Broadway
New Tor\ City
PRESIDENT
Josep A. Tannenbaum
Manufacturers' agents on rebuilt and new motion
picture apparatus, projection, lighting and sound
equipment. (Mail order exclusively.)
Sono Art-World Wide Pictures, Inc.
1501 Broadway
Phone: Pennsylvania 6-7400
New Yor\ City
PRESIDENT
Bruno Weyers
VICE-PRESIDENT
A. F. Kl RK PATRICK
SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT TREASURER
Charles F. Catlin
TREASURER
D. L. Faralla
SALES MANAGER
Budd Rogers
CHAIRMAN OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
E. W. Hammons
ADVERTISING AND PUBLICITY MANAGER
Michael L. Simmons
Sound Pictures, Inc.
1476 Broadway
Phone: Bryant 9-4242
New Torl( City
PRESIDENT
Arthur E. Christie
TREASURER
William S. Remendi
SECRETARY
Nathan Lurie
DIRECTOR
Harry Jordan
GENERAL MANAGER
Sydney N. Baruch
CHIEF ENGINEER
James Chupp
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY
Jeanne Kingman
EXCHANGES
In the course of establishment in all important
cities.
Syndicate Pictures Corporation
723 Seventh Avenue
Phone Bryant 9-5450
New Tori; City
PRESIDENT
W. R^Y Johnston
VICE-PRESIDENT
Trem Carr
TREASURER
J. P. Friedhopp
SECRETARY
M. S. White
EXCHANGES
Foreign distributors: AmcrAnglo Corp., 226 West
42nd Street. New York City.
New York City, Syndicate Exchanges, Inc.
Philadelphia, Pa., Success Pictures, Inc.
Washington, D. C Liberty Film Exchange.
Boston, Mass., Hollywood Films Corp.
Buffalo, N. Y., Standard Exchanges, Inc.
Albany, N. Y., Standard Exchanges, Inc.
Atlanta, Ga., Arthur C. Brombcrg Attractions.
Charlotte, N. O, Arthur C. Brombcrg Attractions.
New Orleans. La.. Arthur C. Bromberg Attractions.
Tampa. Fla., Arthur C. Brombcrg Attractions.
Detroit, Mich., Graphic Film Exchange, Inc.
Cleveland, O.. Independent Pictures, Inc.
Cincinnati, O . Independent Pictures, Inc.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Alexander Film Service. Inc.
Chicago. 111., Security Pictures, Inc.
Indianapolis. Ind., Security Pictures, Inc.
St. Louis. Mo.. Premier Pictures Corp.
Kansas City. Mo.. Midwest Film Distributors.
Oklahoma City. Okla., Syndicate Pictures Co.
Dallas, Tex., Syndicate Pictures Co.
Omaha, Nebr.. Capitol Pictures Corp.
Milwaukee, Wis.. Midwest Film Co.
Denver, Colo., Sheffield Exchange System.
Salt Lake City, Utah. Sheffield Exchange System.
Portland, Ore.. Sheffield Exchange System.
Seattle. Wash.. Sheffield Exchange System.
Los Angeles, Cal.. All Star Features, Inc.
San Francisco, Cal., All Star Features, Inc.
Talking Picture Epics, Inc.
Rooms 1246-1250
II West 42nd Street
Phone Longacre 5-3669
New Torl( City
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Daniel E. Pomeroy
PRESIDENT
Frank R. Wilson
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VICE-PRESIDENT
George Palmer Putnam
VICE-PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF
DISTRIBUTION
M. J. Weisfeldt
TREASURER
N. P. Rathvon
SECRETARY
Lewis L. Delafield, Jr.
ASSISTANT TREASURER AND ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
J. F. Thomson
DIRECTORS
Daniel E. Pomeroy. George D. Pratt, Arthur H.
Lockett, H. P. Davidson, Jr., Lewis L. Delafield,
Jr., M. J. Weisfeldt, George Palmer Putnam,
N. P. Rathvon, Frank R. Wilson.
CENTRAL REPRESENTATIVE
A H. McLaughlin
EASTERN REPRESENTATIVE
John N. Weber
WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE
R. A. Mitchell (see attached list)
BRANCHES AND MANAGERS
Atlanta, A. C. Bromberg Attractions, A. C.
Kincey, 154 Walton Street.
Boston, Cameo Screen Attractions, 50 Melrose
Street.
Buffalo, Film Classic Exchange, C. H. Tarbox, 265
Franklin Street.
Charlotte, N. C, A. C. Bromberg Attractions.
Chicago, B. N. Judell, Inc., A. H. McLaughlin,
831 S. Wabash Avenue.
Cincinnati, Fischer Film Exchange, 1635 Central
Parkway.
Cleveland, Fischer Film Exchange, Film Exchange
Building.
Dallas, Allied Film Exchange, Al Wolf, Film Ex-
change Building.
Denver, Sheffield Film Exchange, 2075 Broadway.
Des Moines, Security Pictures Corp., Film Ex-
change Building.
Detroit, Favorite Film Exchange, 610 Film Ex-
change Building.
Indianapolis, B. N. Judell, Inc., 406 N. Illinois
Avenue.
Kansas City, Midwest Film Dist. Inc., L. R. Allen,
110 W. 18th Street.
Los Angeles, Standard Motion Pic. Co., R. D.
Olmstead, 1906 S. Vermont Avenue.
Milwaukee, Red Seal Short Subjects, 713 Wells
Street.
Minneapolis, Celebrated Film Exchange, Film Ex-
change Building.
New Orleans. A. C. Bromberg Attractions.
New York, Biltmore Film Exchange, Chas. Gould,
630 Ninth Avenue.
Omaha, Security Pict. Corp., Film Exchange Build-
ing.
Philadelphia, Masterpiece Film Attractions, 1329
Vine Street.
Pittsburgh, Progress Pictures Corp., 1030 Forbes
Street.
Portland, Greater Features, Fred L. Daniels.
Salt Lake City, Sheffield Film Exchange, 252 E.
First South Street.
San Francisco, All Star Pictures Corp., Carl Mil-
ton, 298 Turk Street.
Seattle, Sheffield Film Features, Fred L. Daniels,
2418 Second Avenue.
St. Louis, Progressive Pic. Corp., 3320 Lindell
Boulevard.
Tampa, Fla., A. C. Bromberg Attractions.
Washington, D. O, Trio Productions, Inc., 916 G
Street N. W.
DISTRICT MANAGERS
Eastern, John N. Weber
Central West and South. A. H. McLaughlin
Western Sales Manager, R. A. Mitchell
Pittsburgh, Jesse Kaufman
Tannenbaum, Inc., J. C.
Main Office
1600 Broadway, New Yor\ City
Warehouse and Shipping Department
101 Beel{man Street. New Tot^
Export Service Division
Suite 809. 120 Liberty Street. New fork
PRESIDENT
Josef A. Tannenbaum
SECRETARY-TREASURER
M. E. Edelston
GENERAL MANAGER
Josef A. Tannenbaum
Manufacturers representatives of leading lines of
motion picture, theatre and amusement supplies.
Technicolor Motion Picture
Corporation
1/0 Brooltline Avenue. Boston, Mass.
823 N. Seward Street. Hollywood. Cal.
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH
Dr. Leonard T. Troland
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
J. A. Ball
BUSINESS MANAGER, EASTERN DIVISION
AND PLANT MANAGER, BOSTON
F. R. Oates
BUSINESS MANAGER, WESTERN DIVISION
A. J. Callaghan
BUSINESS MANAGER, NEW YORK CITY
J. E. D. Meador
ASSISTANT TREASURER AND SECRETARY
S. M. Corekin
PLANT MANAGER, HOLLYWOOD
George A. Cave
Tiffany Productions, Inc.
729 Seventh Avenue
Phone: Bryant 9-2968
New Yor\ City
PRESIDENT
L. A. Young
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT, SECRETARY
AND TREASURER
Grant L. Cook
GENERAL SALES MANAGER
Carl J. Gae
COMPTROLLER
Charles M. Steele
DIRECTOR ADVERTISING AND PUBLICITY
Gordon S. White
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Joe Rutkin
EXCHANGES AND MANAGERS
E. J. Hayes, 1046 Broadway, Albany, N. Y.
J. W. Manghan, Jr., 154 Walton Street, Atlanta,
Ga.
H. I. Goldman, 42 Piedmont Street, Boston, Mass.
W. C. Gehring, 505 Pearl Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
W. L. Parker, 206 South Poplar Street, Charlotte,
N. C.
Elmer Grace, 806 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago,
III.
Mark Goldman, 163 5 Central Parkway, Cincin-
nati, Ohio.
Allan Moritj, Film Exchange Building, Cleveland,
Ohio.
J. S. Groves, 308 South Harwood Street, Dallas,
Tex.
Sam Cain, 2044 Broadway, Denver, Colo.
L. J. Miller, 915 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, la.
William Flemion, 2310 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
T. C. Montgomery, 432 North Illinois Street,
Indianapolis, Ind.
E. S. Olsmith, 1712 Wyandotte Street, Kansas
City, Mo.
George Caldares, 1916 South Vermont Street, Los
Angeles, Cal.
J. L. McKinney, P. O. Box 2283, Memphis, Tenn.
J. E. O'Toole, 195 Seventh Street, Milwaukee,
Wis.
T. A. Burke, 64 Glenwood Avenue, Minne-
apolis, Minn.
Ben J. Lourie, 126 Meadow Street, New Haven,
Conn.
Wm. V. Adwell, 218 South Liberty Street, New
Orleans, La.
Al Blofson, 630 Ninth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
C. A. Gibbs, 705!/2 West Grand Avenue, Okla-
homa City, Okla.,
Sydney Lehman, 1516 Davenport Street, Omaha,
Neb.
Harry Brown, 1313 Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Joseph Lefko, 1014 Forbes Street. Pittsburgh, Pa.
George Lefko, 449 Glisan Street, Portland, Ore.
M. A. Hulling, 288 Turk Street, San Francisco,
Cal.
George Falkner, 250 East First South Street, Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Roy Avey, 3206 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo.
R. C. Hill, 2417 Second Avenue. Seattle, Wash.
I. Hanover, 916 G Street, N. W., Washington,
D. C.
Canada
Harold Pfaff, 277 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ont.
Maurice Davis, 5969 Monkland Boulevard, Mon-
treal, Que.
J. A. Wilson, Film Exchange Building, Winnipeg,
Man.
W. A. Barnes, 1212 Burrard Street, Vancouver,
B. C.
H D. Buckley. 212 Traders Building, Calgary,
Alta.
M J. Stahl, 158 Union Street, St. John, N. B.
DISTRICT MANAGERS
Phil E Meyer, New York.
Wm. Shapiro, Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland. De-
troit. New Haven, Pittsburgh.
Joe Merrick, Chicago, Indianapolis, Milwaukee,
Minneapolis, Omaha. Des Moines.
R. A. Morrow, Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Kan-
sas City, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, St
Louis.
M. A. Brown, Denver, Los Angeles, Portland,
San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Seattle.
Harold Pfaff, Canada.
FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION
Arthur A. Lee, general foreign manager.
William F. Barrett, sales manager.
CONTINENTAL EUROPE
Paris, France, 6 Rue Lamennais.
Berlin, Germany, Gneisenaustrasse 99.
UNITED KINGDOM
London, England, 87, Regent Street.
United Kingdom Distributors
London, England, Film House, Wardour Street,
Gaumont Company, Ltd.
Branch offices at: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds,
Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Belfast, Car-
diff, Dublin, Glasgow.
Trans-Lux Theatres Corporation
(Subsidiary of KKO Radio Pictures, Inc.)
Phone: Wickersham 2-9620
New Tor\ City
VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF OPERATIONS
John Zanpt
True Story Pictures
Macfadden Building
Phone: Trafalgar 7-4500
New Tor\ City
PRESIDENT
William Thompson
VICE-PRESIDENT
Wesley F. Pate
SECRETARY-TREASURER
S. H. Wood
DIRECTORS
William Thompson, S. H. Wood, Wesley F. Pate.
UFA Films, Inc.
1540 Broadway
Phone: Bryant 9-7890
New Torl( City
PRESIDENT
Frederick Wynne-Jones
VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Robert C. Richter
SECRETARY
Wilhelm von Bechtolshfim
TREASURER AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Ernest Eisele
ASSISTANT TREASURER
George Nit:e
United Artists Corporation
729 Seventh Avenue
Phone Brvant 9-7300
New Tori; City
PRESIDENT, CHAIRMAN OF BOARD
Joseph M. Schenck
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Dennis F. O'Brien, general counsel.
Al Lichtman, general manager of distribution.
Arthur W. Kelly, treasurer and general manager
of foreign distribution.
Harry D. Buckley.
SECRETARY
Albert H. T. Banihap
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Sumner W. Taylor
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Mary Rusk
ASSISTANT TO GENERAL MANAGER
Harry Gold
ADVERTISING-PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
Bruce Gallup
MANAGER CONTRACT DEPARTMENT
Moxley Hill
FOREIGN SALES MANAGER
Thomas Patrick Mulrooney
DIRECTORS
Joseph M. Schenck, Dennis F. O'Brien, Nathan
Burkan, Albert H. T. Banzhaf, Harry D. Buck-
lev, James A. Mulvey and Bertram S. Nayfac!.-,
Lloyd Wright.
DISTRICT AND EXCHANGE MANAGERS
District No. 1, Paul Burger, 630 Ninth Avenue,
New York City, district sales manager.
Atlanta, Ga., C. E. Peppiatt, 154 Walton Street.
Boston, Mass., Chas. M. Stern. 13-19 Stanhope
Street.
Charlotte. N. C. Jack Emenhiscr, 224 West
Second Street.
New Haven. Conn., Arthur Horn, 134 Meadow
Street.
New Orleans. La., Leo J. Doty, 147 South Lib-
erty Street.
New York, N. Y., Moc Strcimcr. 630 Ninth
Avenue.
Philadelphia, Pa., H. G. Bodkin. 1235 Vine
Street.
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Washington, D. C. Saul Resnick, 916 G Street.
N. W., Room 702.
District No. 2. Jack Goldhar. 505 Pearl Street,
Buffalo. N. Y.
Buffalo. N. Y.. Jack Kaplan. 505 Pearl Street.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Walter P. Loewe, 1654 Central
Parkway Boulevard.
Cleveland, Ohio, Charles Kranz. 1611 East 21st
Street.
Detroit. Mich., J. D. Goldhar, 2310 Cass Avenue,
Room 422.
Indianapolis, Ind., A. M. Goodman, 408 North
Illinois Street.
Pittsburgh, Pa.. Bert Stern, 1014-16 Forbes Street,
Uptown. P. O.
District No. 3. District sales manager.
Chicago. 111., Edward Grossman. 804 South Wabash
Avenue.
Dallas, Texas. Doak Roberts, 308 South Harwood
Street.
Kansas City. Mo., William E. Truog. 1706 Balti-
more Avenue.
Milwaukee, Wis., T. R. Thompson, 639 North
71st Street.
Minneapolis. Minn.. Al Hoffman, 1109 First
Avenue, North.
Omaha, Neb., D. V. McLucas. 1503 Davenport
Street.
St. Louis, Mo., Joe Levy. 3311 Olive Street.
District No. 4, L. J. Schlaifer, Los Angeles,
district sales manager.
Denver. Colo.. Guy F. Navarre. 2065 Broadway.
Los Angeles. Calif., F. E. Benson. 1963 S.
Vermont Avenue.
Salt Lake City. Utah. E. J. Druckcr. 254 East
First South Street.
San Francisco, Cal., D. J. McNerncy. 229 Golden
Gate Avenue.
Seattle. Wash., Frederic Gage, 2403 Second
Avenue.
District No. 5. H. M. Masters, Toronto, district
sales manager.
Calgary, Alta., John R. Welch, Traders Building.
Montreal. Que.. A. J. Jeffrey. 5975 Monkland
Boulevard. Notre Dame De Grace.
St. Johns. N. B., A. J. Jeffrey, Odd Fellows
Building, 85 Union Street.
Toronto. Ont., S. Glazer, 277 Victoria Street.
Vancouver, B. C. Philip Sherman, Film Exchange
Building, 1214 Burrard Street.
Winnipeg, Man.. M. C. Hill. 405 Film Exchange
Building.
FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION
British Isles
United Artists Corporation. Ltd.. Film House,
Wardour Street. London. W. I . England. Cable:
Unartisco.
Maurice Silverstone. general manager.
E. T. Carr, general sales manager.
BRANCHES
Birmingham. L. Edgar. 1-7 Hill Street.
Leeds, S. Jackson. 1 Upperhrad Row.
Liverpool. Timothy Coop, 10 Commutation Row*.
London, W. Walsh. Film House. Wardour Street.
Manchester, D. Carr. 3. The Parsonagrt Deans-
gate.
Newcastle-on-Tync. A Henderson, 4 Westmor-
land Road.
Dublin. J. J. Martin. 71 Middle Abbey Street.
Glasgow. W Bendon. 127 West Nile Street.
Cardiff. E. G. Milloy. 9 Queen Street.
Continental Europe
Les Artistes Associes. S A.. 20 Rue d' Aguesseau.
Paris. France. Cable: Utartistu.
Guy Croswell Smith, general manager.
Lacy Kastner, assistant general manager.
Branches
Bordeaux. France. Rene Cousinct 42. Rue Vital
Carles.
Lille. France. Maurice Feyaubois. 23 Grand Place.
Lyons. France. Jean Boulin. 22 Rue Centrale.
Marseilles. France. Henri Rachet, 154 La Canne-
bicre.
Paris. France, Emile Bertrand, 20 Rue d' Agues-
seau.
Strasbourg. France. Ernest Mullcr. 22 Rue du
Dome.
Algiers, Algeria, Henri Agero. 5 Boulevard Gam-
betta.
Brussels, Belgium. Marcel Coppcns. 53 Boulevard
du Jar Jin Botanique; cable. Utartistu.
Copenhagen. Denmark. William Jensen, 14 Ham-
merlichgade; cable. Bigfour.
Prague. Czecho-Slovakia, Julius Schmitt, Prag II.
Vaclavske nam 49, Palais Avion; cable. United-
film.
Hague. Holland, Loct Barnstijn. Hoefkade 9; cable,
Unartisco.
Hclsingfors. Finland, August Schenstrom, 39
Esplanadagatan; cable, Utartistu.
Rome. Italy. Mario Luporini, 22 Via del Quirinale;
cable. Utartistu.
Bologna, Italy, Lons Montagnani, 66 b Via Gal-
liera.
Florence, Italy. Oreste Curcio, 13 Via Panzani.
Milan, Italy, Caesar Borgini, 44 Via Allesandro
Manzoni.
Naples, Italy. Romano Postempski. 22 Via Medina.
Trieste. Italy. Giovanni Francisconi. 18 Via Cecilia
de Rittmeyer.
Turin, Italy, Giovanni Niggi. 29 Via Lagrange.
Genoa, Italy, Giacomo Maglia, 2 Piazza San Sa-
bina.
Oslo. Norway. August Schenstrom. Kirkegaten 20;
cable, Utartistu.
Barcelona. Spain, Eduardo Gurt, Rambla de Cata-
luna 62; cable, Utartistu.
Stockholm. Sweden, August Schenstrom, Birger
Jarlsgaten 15; cable, Utartistu.
Geneva. Switzerland. J. H. Brandt, 3 Rue de la
Confederation; cable, Utartistu.
Berlin. Germany. Christophe Goldstein, Kochstrasse
73; cable, Unitedfilm.
Australia
United Artists (Australasia). Ltd., 221-223 Eliza-
beth Street, Sydney. N. S. W., Australia.
P. O. Box 3210; cable. Unitartaus.
Ralph Doyle, general manager.
Cecil Marks, general sales manager.
Branches
Adelaide. South Australia, Alf North, Berger
House, 88 Currie Street.
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, F. Kenny, 372
Queen Street.
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Hal Andrews, 234
Swanston Street.
Perth. West Australia. Eric Lamb, Film House,
621a Wellington Street.
Svdney. N. S. W.. Australia. A. R. Carmichael,
221-223 Elizabeth Street.
Wellington. New Zealand, Bernie Allen, 55 Cour-
tenay Place.
Cuba
United Artists Corporation of Cuba, S. A.
(Artistas Unidos, S. A.), 39-41 Rafael Maria
de Labra (Aguila) Street, Havana. Cuba; cable,
Unartisco.
Argentina, Paraguay. Uruguay
Henry Weiner. manager. Los Artistas Unidos.
S. A., Calle Cordoba 1249. Buenos Aires.
Argentine: cable, Unartisco.
Guv P. Morgan, general manager.
Branches
Rosario. Argentina. E. Zanovello. Calle Rioja 124".
Santiago. Chile. G. Lopez. Casilla 623.
Valparaiso. Chile, G. Lopez.
Mexico
Artistas Unidos. S. A., Capuchinas 67, Mexico.
D F . Mexico.
Philip Sumner, president and treasurer.
S. C. de la Garza, manager.
Colombia, Venezuela. British. Dutch and French
Guianaj. Curacao. Trinidad. Windu-ard and
Leeward Islands
United Artists Corporation. Masonic Temple,
Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone. P. O. Box,
5044; cable. Unartisco.
Walter Gould, manager.
Brazil
Aristas Unidos. Praca Marechal Floriano 51. Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil: cable. Unartisco.
Enrique Baez, general manager.
Branches
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Emilio Lacaste, Praca
Marechal Floriano 51.
Sao Paulo. Brazil. Birgilio Castcllo. Rua dos Gus-
moes 5 3- A.
Porto Alegre. Jose B. Pavao, Rua Andrade Neves
41.
Shanghai. China. Krisel cy Krisel. agents. 21 Mu-
seum Road: cable. Lesnk.
Calcutta. India. J. F Madan or1 Co., 5 Dharam-
talla Street; cable. Cinemadan
Tokyo. Japan. Charles Dreher. Central post office
box F-34; cable. Oneone.
Manila. P. I., Lvric Film Exchange. Inc.. 670-6,6
Dr.smarinas. cable. Filma.
United Artists Theatres of California,
Inc.
Los Angeles. Gil.
PRESIDENT
Joseph M. Schenck
DIRECTORS
Lou Anger. Abraham Lehr, Edwin J. Loeb
Universal Pictures Corporation
730 Fifth Avenue
Phone Circle 7-7100
.\cui Torlt City
PRESIDENT
Carl Laemmle
VICE PRESIDENT
R H COCHIASE
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
Carl Laemmle, Jr.
TREASURER
C B Paine
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Eugene F. Walsh
SECRETARY
Helen E. Hlghes
GENERAL COUNSEL
WlLLARD S McKaT
COMPTROLLER
Oscar C. Binder
GENERAL MANAGER
Al Zekler
GENERAL SALES MANAGER
Phil Reisman
SHORT PRODUCT MANAGER
Fred J. McConnell
ADVERTISING MANAGER
Milton Silver
SALES PROMOTION MANAGER
Ben Grimm
PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
Pavl Gclick:
PROGRAM DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Sidney Sincermak
EXPORT MANAGER
N. L. Manheim
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT CHIEF
Sam Sedran
MANAGER. SUPPLY DEPARTMENT
Mildred H.artridge
HEAD OF EXPLOITATION. ADVERTISING AND
PUBLICITY
P. D. Cochrane
EASTERN SALES MANAGER
Ted Schlanger
WESTERN SALES MANAGER
Harry Lorch
IN CHARGE OF UNIVERSAL THEATRES
Sol Lesser
DISTRICT MANAGERS
S. Wittman, 730 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
W. M Richardson. 193 Walton Street, Atlanta,
Ga.
M. S. Landow. 1308 Vine Street. Philadelphia. Pa.
Dave Miller. 505 Pearl Street. Buffalo. N. Y.
W. J. Heineman, 1960 South Vermont, Los An-
geles, Cal.
E. T. Gomersall, 831 South Wabash. Chicago, LH.
Clair Hague, general manager for Canada. Toronto,
Ont., Can.
(Dec 26) another district mgr. to be named for
Dallas. San Antonio, Oklahoma City.
EXCHANGE MANAGERS
Eastern Division
Albany. N. Y.. 1054 Broadway. A. J. Herman.
Atlanta. Ga., 195 Walton Street. W. M. Rich-
ardson.
Boston, Mass.. 57 Piedmont Street. M. E. Morey.
Buffalo. N. Y.. 505 Pearl Street. D. Miller.
Charlotte. N. C, 515 South Church Street. C.
Bain.
Cincinnati. O.. 1654 Central Parkway, Paul E.
Kneger.
Cleveland, O.. 2542 Payne Avenue. B. Rose.
Memphis. Tenn., 599 South Second Street, W. E.
Sipe.
New Haven, Conn.. 126 Meadow Street. M.
Joseph.
New Orleans. La.. 145 South Liberty Street. P. L.
Spindler.
Philadelphia. Pa., 1308 Vine Street. M. S.
Landow.
Pittsburgh. Pa.. 1709 Boulevard of Allies. H.
Milstein.
Washington, D. C. 924 New Jersey Avenue,
C. P. Lester.
Calgary, Alta.. 312 Traders Building. F. Vaughan.
Montreal. Que., 5907 Monkland Avenue, D.
Leduc.
St John. N. B., 158-62 Union Street. W. A.
Sault.
Toronto. Ont., 277 Victoria Street, C. Hague and
S Brint.
Vancouver. B. C, Burrard (f Davie, R. A. Scott.
Winnipeg. Man.. 502 Film Exchange Building,
R. S Bell.
New York. N. Y.. 650 Ninth Avenue, L. Abrams,
Big U Exchange.
Western Division
Butte. Mont.. 25 South Montana Strezt. W. K.
Millar.
Chicago. 111.. 851 South Wabash Avenue. H. M.
Herbel.
Dallas. Tex.. 308 South Harwood Street, R. C.
Mcllheran.
Denver. Col., 801 21st Street. C. J. Feldman.
Des Moines. Iowa, Tenth and High Streets, H. J.
Chapman.
Detroit. Mich . 2310 Cass Avenue, S. Hackford.
Indianapolis, Ind., 326 North Illinois Street, O.
Kuschner.
Kansas City. Mo.. 1710 Wyandotte Street, H.
Taylor.
Los Angeles, Cal., 1960 South Vermont Avenue,
G. Naylor.
Milwaukee. Wis.. 717 Wells Street. G. Levine.
Minneapolis. Minn.. 1105 First Avenue. North,
J. E. Garrison.
Oklahoma City. Okla.. 519 W. Main Street, R. I.
Payne.
Omaha. Neb., 1513 Davenport Street. J. M.
Skorey.
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Portland, Ore., 445 Glisan Street, [, Schlank.
St. Louis, Mo., 3320 Olive Street, L. T. Fidler.
Salt Lake City, Utah, 20S East First Street, J.
Abrose.
San Antonio, Tex., 610 Soledad Street, L. C.
Bailey.
San Francisco, Cal., 129 Hyde Street, K. Hod-
kinson.
Seattle. Wash., 2421 Second Avenue, G. E. Rosen-
wald.
Sioux Falls, S. D., 221 South Main Street, J.
Langan.
FOREIGN DISTRIBUTORS
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monroe Isen, Universal
Pictures Corporation of Argentina, Calle Via-
monte 1549.
Rio de Janeiro. Brazil, Leo Beran, Universal Pic-
tures do Brasil, S. A., Rua Buenos Aires No.
255-257.
Santiago, Chile, Natalio E. Bertolini, Universal
Pictures Corporation of Chile, Casilla 1331,
Nueva York 17.
Lima. Peru, L. A. Sarmiento, Universal Pictures
Corporation of Peru, Edificio Olcese, 20 Pise,
Calle Pileta de al Merced 148.
Bombay No. 4, India, S. Kusiel. Universal Pic-
tures Corporation of India, The Film House,
New West End Cinema Compound, Lamington
Road.
Tokyo, Japan, Lipton, Astrachan, Universal Pic-
tures (Japan), Ltd., Nichibei Building, Kyo-
bashi-Ku.
Weltervreden, Java, Jack R. Hayes, Universal Pic-
tures Corporation of Java, Deca Park.
Manila, P. I., C. L. Brookheim, Universal Pic-
tures Corporation of Far East, 2262 Azcarraga.
Singapore, S. S., K. H. Tann. Universal Pictures
Corporation of Singapore, 2S7 Orchard Road.
Shanghai. China, Norman Westwood, Universal
Pictures Corporation of China, 217 Czechuen
Road, P. O. Box 565.
Sydney, Australia, Here Mclntvre. Universal Film
Mfg. Co., (A/Sia), Ltd., Lincoln Building. 280
Pitt Street.
Wellington, New Zealand. Clifford Eskell, Universal
Film Mfg. Co. (A/Sia), Ltd., 45 Courtney
Place.
Mexico City, Mexico, J. De La C. Alarcon,
Universal Pictures Corporation of Mexico, Aven-
ida Uruguay 43, Aparta do Postal 70.
Havana, Cuba, Harry C. Simpson, Universal Pic-
tures Corporation of Cuba, Calle Industria 112.
Cristobal, Panama, E. N. Ferro, Universal Pic-
tures Corporation of Central America, P. O.
Box 135.
Caracas. Venezuela, Ernst Aue, manager, Apar-
tado No. 244. Conde A. Carmelitas No. 2.
Wien VI, Austria, Peter Paul Horner, Universal
Film G.m.b.H., Mariahilfers str. 7.
Brussels. Belgium. F. Bourland, Universal Film
Societe Anonyme. 20 Place des Martyrs.
Prague II, Czecho-Slovakia, Leopold Schiller, Uni-
versal Film, G.m.b.H., Vodickova 20.
Alexandria, Egypt, Paul Schlatermund, Universal
Pictures Corporation of Egypt, 42 Nabi Daniel
Street.
Paris, France, Max Laemmle, Universal Film Societe
Anonyme, 2 Square Trudaine, Paris 9e, 52 Rue
des Martyrs.
Berlin. W., 66, Germany, Fritz Kaelber, Deutsche
Universal Film Verlei, Mauerstrasse 83/84 IV
Etg.
Warsaw. Poland. N. Herzog, Universal Pictures
sp.z. Org. Odp., 65 Aleja Jerozolimska.
Barcelona, Spain, Norman J. Cinnamond, Hispanc-
American Films, Calle Valencia 233.
Stockholm, Sweden, L. A. Gussinsky, Universal
Film Aktiebolag, Kungsgatan 7.
Turin, Italy, Stefano Pittaluga (agent). Via Luisa
Del Carreto.
San luan. Porto Rico, Messrs. Del Valle, Ojeda
Soltero, P. O. Box 173.
Amsterdam. Holland, Messrs. Croeze y Bosman,
N. V. Universal Film Booking Office, Nievwe
Docllenstraat, 8.
Zurich, Switzerland, B. Kady, Monopol Films,
A. G., Todistrasse 61.
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES
Berlin, W. 66, Germany, Fritz Keller (general
manager for Continental Europe), Universal
Pictures Corporation.
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monroe Isen (general
manager for Latin-America), Universal Pictures
Corporation of Argentina.
Manila, P. [„ Chas. L. Brookheim (personal rep-
resentative for Far East).
Wien, Austria, R. Rappaport (district manascr for
Central Europe), Universal Film, G.m.b.H.
Van Beuren Corporation
1560 Broadway
Phone Bryant 9-5361-2-3
N.CUJ Tot\ City
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Amedp.p J. Van Beuren
VICE-PRESIDENT
B. S. Kahane
SECRETARY
Clayton "J. Heermance
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
William Maillard
TREASURER
Herman Zohbel
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Frank M. Snell
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Amedee J. Van Beuren, Hiram S. Brown, B. B.
Kahane, Joseph Plunkett, Clayton J. Heermance,
Frank M. Snell, James Turner.
GENERAL SALES MANAGER
Harry L. Scott
DISTRIBUTION
Aesop's Film Fables, through Pathe Exchange, Inc.
Grantland Rice Sportlights, through Pathe Exchange,
Inc.
Vagabond Adventure Series, through Pathe Ex-
change, Inc.
Song Sketches, through Pathe Exchange, Inc.
Visugraphic, Inc.
247 Pari; Avenue
Phone: Wicl;ersham 2-6SiO
\ew Tori; City
PRESIDENT
Edward F. Stevenson
VICE-PRESIDENT
F. F. Stevenson
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
N. R. Hardy
Wafilms, Inc.
729 Seventh Avenue
Phone. Bryant 9-6210-6211
\ew Tori; City
PRESIDENT
Walter A. Futter
VICE-PRESIDENT
Charles McDonald
SECRETARY
William Rubenstein
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc.
321 West 44th Street
Phone: Chicfcering 4-2200
\ew Tori; City
PRESIDENT
H. M. Warner
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Albert Warner, treasurer.
Jack L. Warner, in charge of production.
Sam E. Morris, general manager.
Herman Starr, in charge of music.
Edwin H. Morris, with limited powers.
SECRETARY
Abel Cary Thomas
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES
H. S. Barepord
P. A. Chase
E. K. Hf.ssberg
COMPTROLLER-ASSISTANT TREASURER
S. Carlisle
AUDITOR
T. J. Martin
ASSISTANT AUDITOR
H. M. Doherty
EASTERN GENERAL SALES MANAGER
C. C. EzELL
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN GENERAL SALES
MANAGER
Gradwell L. Sears
WESTERN SALES MANAGER
Carl Lesserman
GENERAL SALES MANAGER OF VITAPHONE
SHORT PRODUCT
Norman H. Moray
EXCHANGES AND MANAGERS
Albany, N. Y., 1058 Broadway, Benj. Kalmenson.
Atlanta, Ga., 163 Walton Street, J. T. Ezell.
Boston, Mass., 131 Arlington street, Thos. B.
Spry.
Buffalo, N. Y., 470 Franklin Street, H. A. Seed.
Charlotte, N. C, 311 South Church Street, F. P.
Bryan.
Chicago, 111., 1307 South Wabash Avenue, Joe
Vergesslich.
Cincinnati, Ohio, 1208 Central Parkway, Truly S.
Wildman.
Cleveland, Ohio, 2300 Payne Avenue, J. C.
Fishman.
Dallas, Tex.. 508 Park Avenue, Fred M. Jack.
Denver, Col., 2115 Champa Street, Charles
Gilmour.
Des Moines, Iowa, 1117 High Street, E. J. Tilton.
Detroit. Mich., 2300 Cass Avenue. F. E. North.
Indianapolis, Ind., 438 N. Illinois Street, Paul E.
Kriegcr.
Kansas City, Mo., 1701 Wyandotte Street, M. C.
Sinift.
Los Angeles. Cal., 1918 South Vermont Avenue,
Harry Lustig.
Memphis, Tenn., 500 South Second Street, H. D.
Hearn.
Milwaukee, Wis., 812 Eleventh Street, R. T.
Smith.
Minneapolis, Minn., 954 First Avenue, North,
L. E. Goldhammer.
New Haven, Conn., 134 Meadow Street, J. A.
Davis.
New Orleans, La., 150 South Liberty Street, Fred
Goodrow.
New York, 630 Ninth Avenue, E. Goldstein.
New Jersey, 630 Ninth Avenue, Nat Beier.
Brooklyn, N. Y., 630 Ninth Avenue, Harry
Decker.
Oklahoma City, Okla., 115 South Hudson Street,
J. O. Rohde.
Omaha, Nebr., 1511 Chicago Street, Geo. W. Taif.
Philadelphia, Pa., 1225 Vine Street, W. J. Heenan.
Pittsburgh, Pa., 1623 Boulevard of Allies, R. H.
Haines.
Portland, Me., 441 Glisan Street, W. C. Brimmer.
St. Louis, Mo., 3212 Olive Street, A. W. Wein-
berger.
Salt Lake City. Utah, 212 East First South Street,
Wm. F. Gordon.
San Francisco, Cal., 243 Goldengate Avenue,
Charles Muehlman.
Seattle, Wash., 2405 Second Avenue, N. H.
Brower.
Washington, D. C, 916 G Street, N. W., Robert
Smeltzer.
Calgary, Canada, 300 Trader Building, H. C.
Davis.
Montreal, Canada, 5957 Monkland Avenue, C. R.
Osborn (Notre Dame De Gras).
St. Johns. Canada, 162 Union Street, J. Butler.
Toronto, Canada, 21 Dundas Square, Frank Meyers.
Vancouver, Canada, 1206 Burrard Street, J.
Plottel.
Winnipeg, Canada, 404 Film Exchange Building,
Wolfe Cohen.
Warner Bros. Theatres
Phone: Chic^cring 4-2200
32J West 44th Street
7\ew Tori; City
GENERAL MANAGER
Dan Michalove
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER
E. L. Alterson
DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING AND PUBLICITY
FOR ALL WARNER THEATRES
David Weshner
DISTRICT MANAGER FOR WARNER BROS.
MID-WEST THEATRES AT OKLAHOMA
CITY
Leto J. Hill
FILM BUYER
Clayton E. Bond
CHIEF BOOKER
Donald Jacocks
GENERAL ZONE MANAGERS
William Goldman, in Philadelphia, Pa.
J. K. Payette, in Washington, D. C.
John H. Harris, in Pittsburgh, Pa.
C. J. Latta, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Harry M. Kalmine, in Newark, N. J.
Lou Lazar. in Albany, N. Y.
I. J. Hoffman, in New Haven, Conn.
Edward Peskay, in St. Louis, Mo.
Cullen Espy, in Indianapolis, Ind.
Bernard Depkin, in Milwaukee, Wis.
James Coston, in Chicago, 111.
Lee L. Goldberg, in Louisville, Ky.
Western Electric Company, Inc.
195 Broadway
Phone Cortland 7-7100
\ew Tor); City
PRESIDENT
Edgar S. Bloom
VICE-PRESIDENTS
H. A. Halligan
C. G. Stoll
W. F. Hosford
W. T. Teague
I. W. Bancker
W. P. Sidley
J. H. Ray
C. L. Rice
S. S. Holmes
W. H. Meese
COMPTROLLER
R H. Gregory
TREASURER
F L. GlLMAN
SECRETARY
H B Gilmorp
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
P. L. Thomson
PERSONAL DIRECTOR
D. S. G. Eliot
PLANTS
Hawthorne. Chicago; Kcany. N. J.; Philadelphia,
Pa., and (under construction) Baltimore, Md.
Attendance at motion picture
theatres reaches huge total of
300,000,000 per week-
Listing of theatre circuits, small
and large, is presented, as
well as useful information on
two thousand key theatres of
the United States — Of special
service is the detailed presen-
tation of construction costs of
large and small theatres.
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What it costs to construct the motion picture theatre of three general types, presented
in convenient table form for comparative purposes. These statistics are not intended to be
absolute, since the range of variation from theatre to theatre in each class is wide enough
to have considerable ejfect upon any general treatment of construction and operation costs.
The tables belou.' show, however, such costs as they are li\ely to be encountered in typical
examples of the classes of theatres indicated. It should also be noted that in each case,
the theatre represented is of strictly modern character in construction and facilities'.
Class I. — Theatre Seating 800 in a Small City
Structural steel $ 2,000.00
Electrical work and fixtures 7,000.00
Excavating 300.00
Rock, sand, gravel, etc ; 1,500.00*
Lumber, cement, plaster 12,000.00*
Brick 4,000.00
Roofing 400.00*
Ornamental tile work 1,000.00*
Insulating material 300.00
Heating and ventilating 2,500.00
Plumbing and fixtures 3,000.00
General painting „ 900.00
Decorative painting 1,500.00*
Construction insurance 600.00
Sheet metal work 1,000.00
Finish hardware 1,500.00
Ornamental iron work 500.00*
Doors, windows, general hardware 5,000.00
Labor and supervision 20,000.00
Total cost (minus architect's fee) $65,000. 00f
*The cost of items of this character is greatly influenced by the style of architecture and the materials chosen
to carry it out, by local conditions and by the distance of the site from the source of material.
tAttractive theatres of this size have been built for half this amount, however, by reducing considerably the
facilities that the modern theatre usually possesses and by employing only the plainest of decorative treatments.
Class II. — Theatre Seating 1,500 in Metropolitan Neighborhood or Business
Section of Medium-Sized City
Excavating $ 4,000.00
Sheathing 700.00
Concrete ... 15,000.00
Formwork 8,000.00
Structural steel and reinforcing 4,000.00
Brick 12,000.00
Backup tile "8,000.00
Erecting and carting (including labor) 20,000.00
Ornamental iron work 3,000.00
Partitions (tile or gypsum) 2,000.00
Plastic ornamentation (plaster and terra cotta) 30,000.00*
Roofing 3,000.00
Sheet metal work 2,000.00
Windows and doors, general hardware 12,000.00
Wood floors, including labor 900,00
Ground labor 900.00
Miscellaneous lumber, including labor 2,000.00
Finish hardware 1,500.00
Glass and glazing 1,000.00
Marble, terrazzo and tile work 4,000.00
General painting 1,000.00
Decorative painting 5,000.00
Heating and ventilating 20,000.00
Plumbing and gas, including fixtures 10,000.00
Electrical work and fixtures 30,000.00
Total cost (minus architect's fee) $200,000.00
*A greatly variable 6gure, depending radically upon the style of architecture, as, to a lesser extent, do a
number of other items, readily recognizable.
Class III. — Theatre of Metropolitan "Deluxe" Type Seating 3,500
(Note. The following data covers construction of a building housing both theatre and office and store space,
according to the arrangement commonly necessary for the profitable operation of theatres of this magnificence.
Of the total cost, the theatre portion proper may be said to represent 40 per cent.)
Excavation and foundations $ 150,000.00
Steel 300,000.00
Steel erection 80,000.00
Concrete 200,000.00
Tile partitions 70,000.00
Plastering 400,000.00
Ornamental iron work 82,000.00
Heating and ventilating 450,000.00
Stage rigging 60,000.00
Cement finish 65,000.00
Marble, terrazzo and tile work 200.000.00
Electrical work and fixtures 230.000.00
Hardware - 20,000.00
Millwork 175,000.00
(Continued on next fage)
What is the representative cost, in
detail, of constructing a large theatre
of the first class? A small theatre?
What is the normal outlay for oper-
ation of a theatre? — The text and status
of the proposed new standard exhibi-
tion contract — World theatres by nar
tions, circuits in the United States —
Two thousand \ey theatres.
ACTIVE THEATRES IN U. S.
BY STATES
{Estimated as of Jan. 1, 1931}
Alabama 177
Arizona 67
Arkansas 246
California 739
Colorado 207
Connecticut 168
Delaware 33
District of Columbia 50
Florida 213
Georgia 192
Idaho 143
Illinois 1,085
Indiana 504
Iowa 665
Kansas 413
Kentucky 353
Louisiana 230
Maine 203
Maryland 167
Massachusetts 388
Michigan 564
Minnesota 552
Mississippi 158
Missouri 620
Montana 167
Nebraska 444
Nevada 32
New Hampshire Ill
New Jersey 437
New Mexico 65
New York 1,480
North Carolina 264
North Dakota 280
Ohio 908
Oklahoma 431
Oregon 191
Pennsylvania 1,102
Rhode Island 67
South Carolina 143
South Dakota 245
Tennessee 218
Texas 843
Utah 254
Vermont 99
Virginia 225
Washington 366
West Virginia 399
Wisconsin 480
Wyoming 69
Total 17,457
SOUND IN BRITAIN
London — Nearly three-fourths of the theatres in the
British Isles were wired for talkers by April 1, 1951,
according to a census completed by Western Electric
and showing a rapid growth to a total of 5,079 mo-
tion picture theatres in England. Scotland, Wales and
Ireland. This figure included those open only once
a week. There were also 220 theatres in construction.
Of the 5,079 houses, averaging one to each square
mile. 3,595 were wired for talkers, 1.265 of them
with Western Electric equipment. Ireland had 2S6
theatres, 148 of them wired and 51 by Western
Electric; Scotland 616. with 542 wired. 127 by West-
ern Electric; Wales 346. with 222 wired and 62 by
that company; and England 3,831, with Western
Electric in 1.045 of the 2,683 sound-equipped.
Under construction in Ireland were seven, with 7
in Wales, 26 in Scotland and 180 in England.
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PROTECTION
Establishment of zoning schedules on a
cooperative basis first was undertaken in
May, 1930, when effort was made by dis-
tributors, affiliated and independent theatre
owners to agree upon protection schedules
at Los Angeles.
There was then pending a criminal con-
spiracy action against Fox West Coast
Theatres, its affiliates and several distribu-
tors, alleging that the protection granted
the circuit amounted to a "freeze-out" of
independents and was illegal under the
antitrust laws. At the time, meetings were
arranged between distributors and theatre
owners to draft an agreement covering pro-
tection in the territory.
Protection schedules agreed to by all
parties concerned would constitute a legal
form of agreement which would stand in
court, it was felt, hence the plan for na-
tional zoning. In addition, distributors
wanted definite commitments in the matter
of playdates, assuring their revenue return
at a given time, through the establishment
of dates on films' availability.
The Los Angeles agreement was the
forerunner of others in a systematic plan
to zone the entire country. Chicago, long
a center of extended protection, was the
second territory chosen for institution of
protection schedules. A series of meetings
held there failed to produce any agreement,
affiliated and independent theatres being
far apart in their demands.
Following this, meetings were held in a
number of key cities throughout the coun-
try with varying results. Agreements were
made tentatively in a number of cities, but
Allied States Association took a stand op-
posing any protection agreements. This
resulted in postponement of zoning plans
and withdrawal of independent exhibitors
from the continuing committee at Los An-
geles, as the exhibitor body in that zone
is a unit of Allied.
Now, the Allied organization is assem-
bling data from its members, preparatory
to a court fight on the issue of extended
protection.
CONTRACT
[Exhibition Section]
I The text of the proposed new Stand-
ard exhibition contract will be found
on page 316. in the ?ectiton entitled
Distribution.]
Whether the motion picture industry is
to have a standard form of licensing agree-
ment, sanctioned by exhibitors and dis-
tributors, is a matter that the United States
government must decide. Distributors and
exhibitors are in accord on a proposed new
form of contract, but it will not be put
into effect until the Department of Justice
gives its formal approval upon the legality
of the contract form. Efforts now are un-
derway by the Motion Picture Theatre
Owners of America to obtain the Govern-
ment's stamp of approval on the proposed
new contract.
The proposed new standard form of
agreement was adopted by distributors and
exhibitors after several months of negotia-
tions. The now-famous Thacher decree
had outlawed the arbitration agreement of
the old uniform contract, undermining the
effectiveness of that form of agreement
drafted as a result of the Trade Practice
Conference in 1927.
(Continued from preceding page)
Painting 50,000.00
Glass and glazing 30,000.00
Elevators 90,000.00
Metal doors 6,000.00
Store fronts 45,000.00
Metal stairs 10,000.00
Sheet metal 14,000.00
Roofing 7,000.00
Fixtures 4,000.00
Elevator enclosure 37,000.00
Granite 9,000.00
Architectural terra cotta 60,000.00
Roofing 6,000.00
Windows 20,000.00
Caulking 500.00
Finished carpentry 2,000.00
Civil engineers 2,500.00
Mechanical engineers 5,000.00
Metal partitions 60,000.00
Acoustical treatment 10,000.00
Decorating 50,000.00
Total cost (minus architect's fee) $3,000,000.00
AVERAGE ADMISSIONS AS AGAINST AVERAGE RECEIPTS Above are the box office gauges
of 20 cities, the black '« each gauge representing the average admission price per seat; the while the
average receipts per seat. Merely as an example let 7\eu- Tory's 10 per cent on average admissions
represent 10 cents. This uould bring the average intake per seat to almost $2.10. a higher propor-
tionate average than prevails in any other city, says Motion Picture Herald.
With the industry confronted by a state
of chaos, as a result of the Thacher decree,
S. R. Kent, vice president and general man-
ager of Paramount, broke the impasse
November 20, 1929, when he invited the
MP TO A and Allied States Association
to meet with distributors to draft a new
standard form of agreement.
Under the Kent proposal distributors, the
M P T O A and Allied each named a com-
mittee of five members to work on the
new draft. The first meeting of the 5-5-5
committee was held December 10, 1929,
in New York. After a series of meetings,
a long adjournment was taken to enable
distributors' attorneys to consider the legal
phase of the contract discussions. The
Thacher decree had caused misgivings as
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from which receipts were obtained was a decline noted, these three being Des Moines, Minneapolis
and Portland. In the above chart the white uprights indicate the average gross jor the last 30 weeljs
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tical lints represent average weekly box office receipts per seat in each of the 20 cities for same period.
to the legality of any form of agreement
adopted in concert and it was to avoid
entanglements that the delay was insisted
upon.
Meanwhile, all of the various distribu-
tors were adopting their individual forms
of contract, most of them reverting to the
advance deposit system. Individual draft-
ing of contracts, it was pointed out, avoided
the aspects of illegality in view of the
Thacher decree.
Meetings on the contract were resumed
in New York April 1, 1930, with distribu-
tors insistent that as many exhibitors as
possible be asked to contribute suggestions
on the form of agreement. Under the
plan, the completed document was to be
submitted to the two exhibitor organiza-
tions for ratification, as well as to the dis-
tributor unit, and then submitted individu-
ally to all exhibitors. It was proposed to
have one master contract, copy of which
would be retained by all exhibitors, and a
short form of agreement covering the
playing arrangement.
Throughout the next two months, a
series of meetings was held by subcommit-
tees composed of three members of the
organizations. The contract was dissected
and rewritten, the former standard contract
serving as a groundwork for the new form
of agreement.
After the 3-3-3 conferences had reached
a temporary agreement, the 5-5-5 confer-
ences were resumed June 30 at Atlantic
City. After four days of deliberations, the
committees agreed upon a tentative draft,
details of which, including the proposed
rules of the new "moral" arbitration sys-
tem, were to be worked out by Gabriel L.
Hess of the Hays office and Abram F.
Myers, president of Allied. A series of
meetings was held and a set of rules ten-
tatively agreed to.
Both the MP TO A and Allied States
Association have agreed to the proposed
new form of contract now awaiting Gov-
ernment approval before going into effect.
There is little likelihood that the contract
will become effective prior to the 1932-33
selling season.
THEATRE CIRCUITS
ABBOTT, H. : Apollo Theatre. Chicago. 111.
ALBRIGHT, H. : Toledo.
ALGER, E. E. : Teru Theatre. Feru. QL
ALLEN. WADE E. : Catherine Theatre. Detroit. Michi-
gan.
ALLISON THEATRES. R. : Rivoli Theatre. Cresson.
Pa.
AMERICAN THEATRES COMPANY: Associated
Theatres, 214 West 5th Street. Cincinnati.
AMHERST THEATRE CO.: Amherst Theatre. Am.
herstdale. W. Va.
ANDERSON, FRED W. : Morris Theatre. Morris. 111.
ARKANSAS AMUSEMENT CORPORATION: Capitol
Theatre. Little Rock, Arkansas. Ed. Rowley, presi-
dent.
ARMENTROUT. RUSSELL: K. V. Opera House.
Pittsfleld. 111.
ASSOCIATED THEATRES, INC.: John Kalafat.
president. Film Exchange Building. Cleveland.
ATKINS. R. E. : Miners' Theatre. Dowcll. 111.
BAILEY: Bunkie. Louisiana; R. L. Bailey. Sr..
owner.
BAKER SHOW COMPANY: Luling. H. G. Stein.
manager.
BARLOW. II. A. Ohio.
BARNES. F. E. : Strand Theatre. Carmi. 111.
BARIt BROTHERS: 1580 Broadway. New York City.
David Manheimer. rep.
BECK ENTERPRISES. C. E. : 7 W. Madison Street.
Chicago. 111.
ISKEC1ILEK, C. R.: Rialto Theatre. Charlotte. Michi-
gan.
BETDLER AND SMITH: 519 Maine Street. Toledo.
BELLEFONTAINK AMUSEMENT CO., THE: M.
Mooney. president, c/o First National Picture Dist.
Corp.. 2311(1 Payne Avenue. Cleveland.
BENESH. CHARLES AND SON: Avon Theatre. Chi-
cago. 111.
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, ; ;u
30.000 *> 100.000 ^35l,OOOk,50QOOO ^
I ] 101 OOP 4o 700,000 E^50l,OO0»o75Op00 V
3 201,000 *> 350.000 ■75IOOOte looooao
■fl 1 1 00.000 ro 1,560.000
7 >
AJeu> Tor\ State, as indicated by the outline map above, has more theatre seats than any other state in the country, its 1,83 J
houses boasting of 1,576,980. This figure, however is below average from standpoint of population. The average for the en-
tire country is 10 persons per seat, while 'Hew Tor\ has only 1 seat per 8 inhabitants. The map indicates the number of seats
per state.
BENFIELD. R. J.: Morris. Minn.
BK.NNIS. STKVK: Lincoln Theatre. Lincoln. 111.
BENTON, WILLIAM: Congress Theatre. Saratoga.
N. Y.
BERKOWITZ AND STOTTF.lt: O. Stotter. secretary.
215a Film Exchange Building. Cleveland.
BERKSON. I.: 11053 8. Michigan Avenue. Chicago.
111.
BIBA BROTHERS: Springfield Tlieatre. Clilcago. III.
BIJOU AMUSEMENT COMPANY: Nashville. Tenn.
BIKOS. NICK: Plaza Theatre. Gary. Ind.
BINNAltD. I. M. : Lewiston. Idaho.
BIRD. HERMAN AND TILLIK: Rivoli Tlieatre. Grand
Rapids. Michigan.
BIRKENSHAW, H: Sandy. Utah.
BIRMINGHAM. T. H. : Cleveland.
BLACK HILLS AMUSEMENT COMPANY: Dcadwood.
So. Dakota.
B LA I It THEATRES ENTERPRISES: Blair Tlieatre
Building. Belleville. Kansas. Sam II. Blair, man-
ager.
BLAND BROTHERS: Gunther Building. Chicago. 111.
BliOOMER. NOAH: Rex Tlieatre. Belleville. 111.
BOTZUM. A. I'.: Akron.
BI.UMENFELD THEATRE CIRCUIT: 2!'2 Turk St..
San Francisco. Cal.
BOWIJNG. C C. : Harlan. Ky.
BOYD KNTERI'RISES. A. R. : 1700 Sansom Street.
Philadelphia. Pa.
BRECHER THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES. LEO: 024
Madison Avenue. New York City. 1*0 Breeder, rcp-
resentative.
ltllW'KA. L. : B(tOn Tlieatre. Chicago. III.
BROAD. THOMAS : Regent Tlieatre. St. Marys. Ohio.
BROTMAN, B. : Avon Theatre. Mollne. 111.
BKOWARSKY BROTHERS THEATRES: Hippodrome
Theatre. Pittsburgh. Pa.
BROWN. C. O. : Manring and Brownie Theatres.
Middleslxiro. Ky.
BROWN CALDWELL II.: New Liberty Tlieatre.
Zanesvllle.
BROWN. s A M ITCL J.: Dexter Theatre. Detroit.
Michigan.
BROWN THEATRICAL CO.: Liberty Tlieatre. Zanes-
vllle. Ohio.
BROWN. W. W. : Alcazar Tlieatre, Grand Rapids.
Michigan.
BUCKXUM. C. D.: Emmett. Idaho.
Bill NELL. E. : Metropole Theatre. Chicago. 111.
BRYAN. M. W. : Gay Tlieatre. Jeff. Ky.
RUBEN. F. C. : National Tlieatre. Akron. Ohio.
BUTTERFIELD THEATRES. INC.. W. S : Detroit.
C. AND M. AMUSEMENT CO.: Hippodrome Theatre.
Marietta. Ohio.
C. AND M. THEATRICAL CO.: Logan. W. Va.
CAIN. JR . W. T.: Garden Tlieatre. Louisa. Ky.
CARL AND FRED GROSS: Grand Tlieatre. New
Lexington. Ohio.
CAR LEY AND LEVERENZ: Regent Theatre. Allegan.
Michigan.
CARPENTER. CHARLES: East Moline. 111.
CARTER, P. C: Plains. Montana.
CARVER. SAM: Ferryfleld Theatre. Detroit. Michi-
gan.
CABIN, LEON: West Tampa. Fla.
CASLKR. N. : Star Theatre. NashTille. Michigan.
CASSIDY. W. A.: Mecca Theatre. Midland. Michigan.
(ELINA AMUSEMENT CO.: Wy, koff Bldg.. Cincin-
nati. Ohio.
CELOUD. F. J.: Scdalia Tlieatre. Sedalia. Mo.
CENTRAL STATES THEATRE COMPANY: Royal
Tlieatre Building, Noisington. Kansas. O. K. Mason.
president.
CENTRAL STATES THEATRES. INC.: 500 Iowa
Building. Des Moines. Iowa.
CENTURY CIRCUIT. INC.: 152 W. 42nd Street.
New York City. Jules Levy, representative.
(HACKERS. PHIL: State Tlieatre Bldg.. Springfield.
Ohio.
CHACOS BROTHERS: P. O. Box 14S. Coshocton.
CHAMBERLAIN AMUSEMENT ENTERPRISES: Vic-
toria Tlieatre. Shamokin. Pa.
C1IARNAS AND FISHMAN: Strand Tlieatre Bldg..
322 Summit Street. Toledo.
CHESBROUGH. WILLIAM: Garden Theatre. Colum-
bus. Ohio.
CHURCHILL. E. E. : La Harpe. III.
CIRCLE THEATRES. LTD.: c/o Million Dollar Tliea-
tre. 3rd and Broadway. Los Angeles.
CLUSTER. R. C. : Grand Theatre. Sparta. 111.
( (K ALIS AMUSEMENT CORP.: 2531 Broadway.
New York city. Samuel D. Cocalls. representative.
COCHOVETY. LEWIS: Mishawaka. Ind.
COHEN. ABE: Grand Tlieatre. East Palestine. Ohio.
COHEN. BEN AND LOU: Colonial Theatre. Detroit.
Michigan.
COIIN AND BERNSTEIN: Crystal Tlieatre. Detroit.
Michigan.
COI NES AND BROWN: Lyric Tlieatre. Cambridge.
Ohio.
COLE. IRA: Stone Coal Tlieatre. Hhodell. W. Va.
COLEMAN. THEO. : American Tlieatre. Mt. Carniel.
111.
COLE'S CHAIN THEATRES: Rosenberg. Texas. Mart
Cole, general manager.
COLLEGE THEATRE CO.. INC.: Hall Tlieatre.
Columbia, Mo. Woods and Barrett.
COLLINS. W. A.: Regal Tlieatre. Elvins. Mo.
COIOXIAL AMUSEMENT COMPANY: Orpheum Thea-
tre. Harrisburg. III. Steve Farrar.
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON COMPANY: Pueblo.
Colorado.
COLUMBIA AMUSEMENT CO.: Grand Theatre
Bldg.. Ashland. Ky.
COMERFORD THEATRES. INC.: State Tlieatre Bldg..
Scranton. Pa.
COMMUNITY THEATRES. INC.: 53fi W. Wisconsin
Ave.. Milwaukee, Wis. C. W. Nebel. general man-
ager.
CONSOLIDATED AMUSEMENT ENTERPRISES : 1500
Broadway. New York City. Al Suchman. represen-
tative.
CONSOLIDATED COAL CO.: Fairmont. W. Va.
CONSOLIDATED THEATRES. INC.: John Kalafat
and M. B. llorwitz. Film Exchange Building. Cleve-
land.
CONSOLIDATED THEATRES. INC.: Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma.
CONSTANT. A. O. : Interstate Theatres, Inc.. Ameri-
can Amusement Company. Steulienville.
CONSTANT] CIRCUIT: Riviera Tlieatre. Tacoma.
Washington. D. Constant!, owner.
C<X>PER. A. J.: Casto Tlieatre. Ashtabula. Ohio.
COOPER BROTHERS: Gold Tlieatre. Chicago. III.
COOPERATIVE THEATRE SERVICE CORPORATION:
Detroit.
COPLAN. GUS G.: Colony Tlieatre. Detroit. Michigan.
CORBIN AMUSEMENT CO.: 311 Hernando Bldg..
Lexington, Ky.
CORNELL THEATRES. INC.: (BufTalol Berinstein
Brothers. Elmira. N. Y.
COSTON. SAM: Charm Tlieatre. Chicago. 111.
COVELESKI. JOHN: Dunbar Theatre. Detroit. Michi-
gan.
COWIJTZ AMUSEMENT COMPANY: Columbia Thea-
tre. UmgVlaW, Washington. W. G. Ripley, manager.
CRAGIN AND PIKE: Las Vegas. Nevada.
CREMEN. J. C: Carey Theatre. Baltimore. Md.
CRESCENT AMUSEMENT COMPANY: Alhambra
Theatre. Ilopkinsville. Ky.
CRESCENT AMUSEMENT COMPANY: Capitol Thea-
tre Bldg.. Nashville. Tenn. Tony Sudekum. presi-
dent.
CRONE. J.: Ideal Tlieatre. Cincinnati. Ohio.
CUDDEBACK. J. C. : Ideal Tlieatre. Flushing.
Michigan.
CUMBERLAND AMUSEMENT COMPANY: Tullahoma.
Tenn.
CUNNINGHAM. JOHN: lakeland. Fla.
CUSER. A. : Queen Theatre. Chicago. III.
DAMM. JOHN L. : Strand Theatre. Wadsworth.
DARLING. L. G.: Kenmare. N. D.
DAVID SNAPER THEATRES: 140 Smith Street.
Perth Aniboy. N. J. David Snaper. representative.
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Organization Chart of Theatre Circuit
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DAVIS. MERLE: Butte. Montana.
DE LODDER. FRED: Aloma Theatre. Detroit.
Michigan.
DELFT THEATRES. INC.: Marquette. Michigan. H.
S. Gallup.
DELI SI THEATRES. JOSEPH L. : Liberty Theatre.
Saltzburg. Pa.
DICKINSON. MRS. G. B. : Mackay. Idaho.
DICKINSON THEATRES. INC.. GLEN W. : 1101
Davidson Building. 17th and Main Streets. Kansas
City. Mo.
DIGLACOMO. J.: 2110 Wentworth Avenue, Chicago.
m
DISHONG. RAYMOND. GLADYS OR ODELL \ :
Leipsic.
DODGE. HUSTON: Elston Building. Cincinnati. Ohio.
DO MORDAUNT AND BREN'NEN: Blackfoot. Idaho.
DRAKE, JAMES : King Bee Theatre. St. Louis. Mo.
DREBERT. J. F. : Princess Th-atre. Boomer. W. Va.
DI'UINSKY. BARNEY: Miller Theatre. Jefferson
City. Mo.
DCBINSKY BROTHERS THEATRES: Liberty Theatre
Building. 11th and Main Streets. Kansas City. Mo.
Ed. Dubinsky. general manager.
Dl'NCAN. J.: Decatur. 111.
DUNCAN. L. J.: West Point. Ga.
DURKEE. FRANK. ENTERPRISES: Harford and
Hamilton Avenues. Baltimore. Md.
D WIGHT AND PULLEN: Havana. 111.
EARL FORTE CIRCUIT: Ambassador Theatre. 56th
and Baltimore Avenue. Philadelphia. Pa.
EASTERN IOWA THEATRE COMPANY: C. L. Niles.
Grand Theatre. Anamosa. Iowa.
EAVES THEATRES. INCORPORATED: Rialto Thea-
tre. Union. S. C.
EGYPTIAN THEATRE CO. : Egyptian Theatre.
Mounds. 111. Lloyd Oiler and Marie B. Wagner.
KLKHORN COAL CO.: Wheelwright, Ky.
ENGLISH. J. W. : Homestead. Fla.
ESSANESS THEATRES CORP.: 010 S. Michigan
Avenue. Chicago, 111,
FAR WEST THEATRES : 1520 Queen Anne Avenue.
Seattle. Washington. L. O. Lukan. manager.
FAUST. O. A.: Butler.
FAY. E. M. : Providence. R. I.
FEDERATE!) THEATRES. INC.: 312'-4 S. Hanvood
Street. Dallas. H. A. Cole, president.
FEDERIIAR. B. : Cameo Theatre. Akron. Ohio.
F ETCHER AND NORTMAN: Drexel Theatre. Chicago.
111.
FINK EL THEATRE COMPANY: Hilltop T.ieatre.
Pittsburgh. Pa.
FINKKLSTEIN THEATRES. INC.: Hamm Building.
St. Paul. Minn.
FISHMAN : Dixwcll Theatre. Dixwell Avenue. New
Haven. Conn.
FI.AKS. M.: Lincoln Theatre. No. 1. Baltimore. Md.
1 I. El KENSTEIN THEATRES. A. J.: Rowland Thea-
tre. Phillippsburg. Pa.
F LEI SCH MANN. G. L. : The Atlas Theatre Company.
Toledo.
FLUCKSA. GEORGE and TATf. JOHN: Casino
theatre. Detroit. Michigan.
FLCEGEL. W. J.: Pckln. 111.
FODOR. J.: South Bend. Ind.
FORDSON COAL CO.: Stone. Ky.
FOURTH AVENUE AMUSEMENT COMPANY: Logans-
port, Ind.
FOX THEATRES CORPORATION: 850 10th Avenue,
New York
Fox Film Corporation. Altanta. Ga.
Fox Metropolitan Playhouses. Inc.. 1000 Broadway.
New York.
Fox Metropolitan Playhouses, Inc.. Buffalo. New
York.
Fox Metropolitan Playhouses. Inc.. 1410 National
Savings Bank Bldg.. Albany.
Fox .Midland Theatres, Midland Theatre Building.
Kansas City. Mo.
Fox-Midwesco Theatres. Inc.. 1032 N. 6th Street.
Milwaukee. Wis.
Fox-Midwest Theatres. Midland Theatre Bldg.. Kan-
sas City, Mo.
Fox Rocky Mountain Theatre Co.. Denver. Colo.
Fox Theatres. 50 W. Monroe Street. Chicago. 111.
Fox Theatres Corporation, Boston.
Fox Theatre Corporation. Des Moines.
Fox New England Theatres Corp.. Fox Bijou Build-
ing. New Haven. Conn.
FOX WEST COAST THEATRES: 1609 N. Washing-
ton Street. Los Angeles. Cal.
Fox Bellingham Theatres. Washington.
Fox Everett Theatres. Washington.
Fox Ives Theatres. Washington.
Fox Pacific Theatres. Washington.
Fox Washington Theatr s. Washington.
Mission Amusement Company. Washington.
Northwest Theatres Company. Washington.
Fox West Coast Theatres, Montana, c/o William
Steege. division manager.
Fox West Coast Theatres. Denver. Colorado.
Rialto Th"atre Company. Seattle. Washington.
Fox West Coast Theatres. Inc.. 107 Broadway. Port-
land. Oregon.
Fox West Coast Theatr.-s. Inc.. Humboldt Bldg..
St. Louis. Mo.
FREDEBICK. C. O. : Loyal Order of Moose. Norwalk.
FREEPORT ILLINOIS THEATRES. INC.: Frreport.
111.
FRISINA AMUSEMENT CO.: Colonial Theatre. Gil-
lespie, 111.
FRITZ. ELMER : Clifford Theatre. Urbana. Ohio.
FRYE AND MUENCH: Danville. 111.
G. AND P. CIRCUIT: 201 Ninth Street. Brooklyn. N.
Y. Genell and Pekelner. representatives.
GAERTNER THEATRES. T/)U : Ritz Theatre. 1607
No. Washington St.. Baltimore. Md.
GARMAN. I..: Avalon Theatre. Baltimore. Md.
QA VAN, JOHN: Butte. Montana.
GAYCOURT AMUSEMENT CORPORATION: 305 Court
Street. Brooklyn, N. Y. Greenfield and Goidil. r p-
resentatives.
GEORGE. EMIL: Box 224, Brown Theatre. Wapako-
neta. Ohio.
GEORGIA THEATRES. INC. : Donalsonville. Ga.
GERR1B. M. : Westville. 111.
GERSON. M. : New Colonial Theatre. 11th and Moy-
amensing Avtnue. Philadelphia. Pa.
GERTZ. J.: Davenport, la.
GERVERS. WILLIAM: 3340 Whitfield Avenue. Cin-
cinnati, Ohio.
GHESLER. T. M.: Bingham. Utah.
GILFORD. F. and BENESH, K. : Ashland Theatre.
Chicago. 111.
GILLESPIE. G. H. : Tarns, W. Va.
GILLETTE. JOHN J.: Tooele. Utah.
GOLD THEATRES. L. : Treat Theatre. 68 Orange
Street, Newark. N. J. Louis Gold, representative.
GOLDBERG HEATRES. AARON: 760 Market Street.
San Francisco, Cal.
GOLDEN STATE THEATRE & REALTY CORP.: 25
Taylor Street. San Francisco. Cal.
GOLDMAN BROTHERS: Rainbow Theatre. St. Louis.
Mo.
GOLDSON. H. : Ideal Theatre. Chicago. 111.
GOODMAN AND HARRISON: Douglas Theatre. Chi-
cago. 111.
GOODMAN. JULIUS: Astor Theatre. Baltimore. Md.
GORDON. A. G. : Weiser. Idaho.
GORDON BROTHERS: Chopin Theatre. Chicago. III.
GORE BROTHERS. INC.: Room 13. 1914 So. Vermont
Avenue, Los Angeles. Cal.
GORTATOWSKY BROTHERS: Albany, Ga.
GOULD. MRS. H. B. : Avalon Theatre. Lawrenceville.
111. George Smith, manager.
GOULD THEATRES: Gould Theatre. Pittsburgh. Pa.
GRAPHIC CIRCUIT COMPANY: S. Kurson. 179 Ex-
change Street, Bangor. Maine.
GRAY. S. T. : Lyric Theatre. Greenfield. Ohio.
GREEN. IRVING: Coolidge Theatre. Watertown.
Mass.
GREENFIELD THEATRES. LOUIS R.: 109 Golden
Gate Avenue. San Francisco. Cal.
GREGORY. JOHN: Springfield. Ohio.
GRIFFITH AMUSEMENT CO.: 70014 W. Grand Ave-
nue. Oklahoma City. Okla.
GROMRACHER CIRCUIT: Spokane Theatres. Inc..
Liberty Theatre. R. A. Grombacher. owner. Seattle.
GROSS. FRANK: Superior Theatre. S421 Superior
Avenue, Cleveland.
GROSS. W. D. : Coliseum Theatre. Juneau. Alaska.
W. D. Gross, owner.
GROSSMAN. N. B. : Pocatello, Idaho.
GUMBINER. A.: Paulina Theatre. Chicago. 111.
GUSDANOVIC. PAUL: 417 Film Exchange Build-
ing. Cleveland.
GUY. HOMER: Dayton. Ohio.
HA1NLINE. ANDREW L. : Macomb. III.
HALCAR THEATRE CORPORATION: S. Halper.
Garfield Theatre. Chicago. 111.
HALL INDUSTRIES: Henry Hall. Beerille. Texas.
HAMAL. GRACE P.: Milford. Utah.
HAMRICK CIRCUIT: 1421 Fifth Avenue. Seattle.
Washington. John Hamrick. owner.
HANSEN. MARK M.: 6021 Hollywood Boulevard.
Hollywood, Cal.
HARRIS THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES: 3410 Broad-
way. New York City. Harry Harris, representative.
II ARRIS- YOELIER CIRCUIT: c. p. I. H. Harris.
Hurley. Idaho.
HART. W. L. : Norka Theatre. Akron. Ohio.
IIARTSOUGH. J. E. : Apple River. 111.
HARTWIG. W. B. : East Helena. Montana.
HECHT CIRCUIT. HARRY K: Palace Theatre. Pas-
nlC, N. J. Harry K. Herht. representative.
HENRY. H. C. : Valentine Theatre. Defiance.
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HER RON" S THEATRES, MISS F. : Plaza Hotel.
Newburgh. New York. George Cohen, representative.
HERSKER-SFDARI COMPANY : Family Theatre.
Hazleton. Pa.
HEYDE. PHIL H. : Elks Theatre. Olney. 111.
HEYWOOD AMUSEMENT CO.: Gem Theatre. New
Richmond. Wis. Jack Heywood.
HICKMAN. RAY C. : The Guernsey Theatre Com-
pany. Cleveland.
HIEHLE. E J.: The Midland Theatres Company.
Cleveland.
HIGHLAND PARK THEATRE COMPANY: L.
Laemmle. Highland Park. ni.
HILDINGER BOOKING COMPANY: Arcade Build-
ing. Trenton. N. J.
HFRSH AMUSEMENT COMPANY: Century Theatre.
6th and Erie Avenue. Philadelphia. Pa.
HJRSHBERG BROTHERS: Easterly Theatre. Chi-
cago. 111.
HOBOLTH. HARRY: Palace Theatre. Capac. Michi-
gan.
HOFFMAN. M. H. : Monmouth. 111.
HOME THEATRES CIKCUIT: Strand Theatre. Rob-
inson. 111. Joe Hewitt.
HORWITZ. HARRY: Cleveland.
HORWITZ. M. B. : 211 Film Exchange Building.
Cleveland.
HOWARD AND MEYERS: Isis Theatre. Felicity.
Ohio.
HOWELL. H. F. : Lochgelly. W. Yi.
HUDSON. ROBERT: Kendallrille. Ind.
HULL. W. G.: Ely. Nevada.
HUNTINGTON THEATRE CO.: Keith-Albee Theatre.
Huntington, W. Ya.
HUNT'S THEATRES. INC. : Philadelphia. Pa.
ILLINOIS AMUSEMENT CO.: Washington Theatre.
Belleville. 111. Joseph Dosberger.
IMPERIAL THEATRE CHAIN : Clark Building. Pitts-
burgh. Pa.
INDEPENDENT THEATRES. INC. : Chattanooga. Tenn.
INDIANA COUNTY* THEATRES CO.: Grand Theatre.
Bellefonte. Pa.
INLAND THEATRES CORPOIHTION: Willi Walla.
Washington. Frederick Mercy.
INTERNATIONAL AMUSEMENT CO.: Ogden Theatre.
Denver. Colorado.
INTERSTATE THEATRES CORPORATION: 708 Met-
ropolitan Theatre Bldg. . Boston.
INTER -STATE THEATRES. INC.: 1524 Davenport
Street. Omaha. Vehr.
IRON CITY AMUSEMENT COMPANY: Ironton. Ohio.
HSU THEATRICAL CORPORATION : 15fif> Broadway.
New York City. H. Shiftman, representative.
JACKSON. GEORGE R. : Waverly Theatre. E. St.
Louts. 111.
JAMES. THOMAS: Comet Theatre. St. Louis. Mo.
JARODSKY. L. : New Paris Theatre. Paris. 111.
JARVIS AMUSEMENT COMPANY: Garden Theatre.
Lansing. Michigan.
JASPER. J. E.: Virginia and Kentucky Theatres.
Somerset. Ky.
.TAYONEY. JAMES: Crown Theatre. Chicago. III.
JENKINS. E. D. : Markay Theatre. Jackson. Ohio.
JOHNSON BROTHERS: Joe Johnson. Dora. Ala.
JOHNSON". H. S. : Berwind Theatre. Berwind. W. Va.
JOHNSON AND BOBBINS. INC.: Garden Theatre.
New Haven. Conn.
JOLSOX. J.: Ball Square. Somerville. Mass.
JONES. G. C. : Victor Theatre. Cincinnati. Ohio.
JONES. LAWRENCE: Malad. Idaho.
JONES. LI NICK AND SCHAEFER: 33« S. State
Street. Chicago. 111.
JULIUS GEERTZ: 7. nith Theatre. Davenport. Iowa.
K. AND C OPERATING CORPORATION: Bingham-
ton. N. Y. M. E. Comerford.
KAIMANN BROTHERS: O' Fallon Theatre. St. I.< u
Mo.
KALLARR". PETE: Gary. Ind.
KAI.l.ET THEATRES: Oneida. K T.
KAI'UN, MAIItlCE: Cleveland.
KAUFMAN. A. E. : Kaufman Theatre. Montpeller.
KKUJ-'K. LEO: Columbia Amusement Co.. Paducah.
Ky.
KEITH DETROIT CORP.. B. F. : RKO Downtown
Tlieatre. Detroit. Michigan.
KENWORTHY. Hi Moscow. Idaho.
KERASOTES BROTH ERS: SpringnVlrt. III.
KIMMEL BROTHERS : West End Tlieatre. D troit.
Michigan.
KINGSTON POCAHONTAS COAL CORP.: Hemphill.
W. Va.
KINZELER. A. F. : Elite Theatre. Dayton. Ohio.
KIRBY BROTHERS: Palace Tlieatre. Roibnro. N.
C. O. T. Kirby. manager.
KLUTH AND MANNING: Cut Bank. Montana.
KNIGHT. G. C. : Caldwell. Idaho.
KNITSON. H. W.: Livingston. Montana.
KOLB. DR. O. C. : Odd Fellows Temple Bldg.. Cin-
cinnati. Ohio.
K0PLAB, HARRY: Montgomery Theatre. St. Louis.
Mo.
KOPPERS STORES. INC.: Pittsburgh. Pa
KRAFT. MRS. LESLIE (A. ID: McKinlev and
Kraft. Cleveland.
KREIGHBAUM. CHARLES: Rochester. Ind.
Kill DEI. CIRCUIT: Congress Theatre. Newark. N. J.
Moe Kridel. rep.
KRIM. LEON: Emrire Tln-atre. Detroit. Michigan.
KULINSKI. STir\"E: Farnum Theatre. Detroit.
Michigan.
KYLE. GEORGE: Spring Valley. Wis.
Total Seating Capacities of Theatres in the U. S.
Number of Seating People
State Theatres Capacities Population Per Seat
A 1 K
255
105,443
2 rVd"; 707
98
48,734
415 831
~\JJ, (JO O
ft 0
O.J
253
109^595
1 854 48?
17 0
1/ .V
951
699,651
5 67? 000
ft 1
262
128,296
1 01=; 04"?
ft 0
193
173,775
1 604 711
0 7
66
37^701
zw'wi
0.0
T~i; r t ri/* t rtf Cr\]
48
41754
486 860
1 i 7
260
129,945
1 466 625
A j TVV^Ul- O
11 3
209
1 08^631
2 902 443
17 4
211
76,784
'445*837
^ ft
0.0
Til ITlrtt c
1 396
861,987
7 607 684
ft ft
0.0
635
304* 178
1 ??S 600
10 f%
749
331720
2 467 900
a>,w/ , y\j\j
7 4
544
225^624
1,879,946
ft 0
O.v
It nn til cl^V
525
244769
26?V668
10 ft
l\J.O
T rm ic.m5
270
128 404
2 004 406
'\fl 7
10./
265
I27744
797 423
fx 7
Ox
VI fa 1 ^ ri/1
202
121,444
1 629 321
1 \ d
10. *t
\.I^cc^cniic**ttc
547
497 '] 56
4?[i'?'646
ft f,
\t i f n i (T^ n
649
486' "590
4 84? ?80
0 0
\i innpeota
568
231.386
2 =566 44=;
1 1 0
I 1.1/
\A iccitcinni
246
109,178
2 007 070
1ft 1
10.0
\ficcrnin
871
468.224
7 7
185
69 926
7 ^
435
168810
1 ^7ft 000
1 C, ?Vu
ft 1
0. 1
51
23,324
00 ftOI
3 ft
0.0
142
73*475
fjj,a;70
fx %
0.0
510
479 530
4 0?R 097
ft %
80
1 833
35,986
477 ?i <
*ti/ ID
1 1 ft
1 576 980
1 ,j/ K', you
1? fi10 SOI
7 0
N"iiT*tV» Carolina
341
143,504
1 1 70 7R7
77 0
291
8K910
ft \
1 145
644 215
A AQQ Q-3 7
10 7
363
172,140
2,391,777
13.9
170
96.906
952,691
9.8
1,191
823 581
9 640 802
11 7
91
72.644
'681732
9.4
157
58.323
1,732.567
29.7
269
91,347
690,755
7.5
242
118.821
2.608.759
21.1
1,025
471.252
5,821.272
12 3
Utah
257
102.636
502,582
4.7
123
54.645
359,611
6.5
295
136.352
2,419.471
17.7
361
170.948
1.561,967
9.1
787
327.397
1.728.510
5.2
590
318.087
2.980.282
9.3
77
34.009
224.597
6.6
TOTALS
21.284
12,143.761
122.696.577
10.1
Total seating capacity of the 21,284 sound and having only one scat tor every three persons. Utah
silent theatrical accounts listed on the books of dis- has four for every scat and West Virginia five,
tributors now reaches 12.142 761. representing one New York, California, Illinois and New Jersey
scat for every ten persons in the United States. each with eight persons per scat, arc all below the
The average seating capacity of all accounts is 571, national average,
although averages for first ?nd second runs reach well Although all of the 21,284 accounts listed on the
over 1.500 scats. books of distributors arc not in operation, nor arc
South Carolina is the most undcrseated state in they all regular theatre structures (some arc lodge
the country, having but one seat for every 29 persons. halls, etc.), nevertheless, each is considered a the*
Alabama is a close runner-up with 25 for every atncal account by major companies. They pay regular
theatre scat, while North Carolina is third, having rental charges when operating.
a scat for every 22 inhabitants. Other southern Actual number of theatres (theatre buildings) is
states follow closely in this category, indicating the said to range between 14,000 and 18,000.
South to be the most underseatcd geographical division New York leads in the total number of accounts,
of the U. S. having 1,833 with Illinois runner-up with 1.396
Other sections of the country run more or less to accounts. District of Columbia, with 48, and Dela-
average, with Nevada in top place for ovcrseating, ware, 66, are, as usual, at the bottom of the list.
L. E. A. It. AMUSEMENT COMPANY* : E. A. R.
Theatre. Chicaso. 111.
LA CROSSE THEATRE CORP.: II. II. Burford.
managing director. Minneaiiolis.
LA CROSSE THEATRE CO.: La Crosse. Wisconsin.
LAKE AMUSEMENT CO.: I W. Lake Street. Min-
ncapolis. Henry Green, managing director.
LAM AMUSEMENT COMPANY: Rome. Ga.
LAMBERT. M. W. : Roundup. Montana.
LANCASTER. TOM: Grande Tlieatre. Detroit.
Michigan.
LANGDON. V. R.: Alvin Theatre. Chicago. DDL
LA PORTE THEATRE COMPANY : I-i Porte. Ind.
LASKER AND SONS. J.: 310 S. Michigan Avenue.
Chicago. III.
UVTHROP CIRCUIT. CAITAIN: Cordova. Alaska.
Caitain A. E. Ijithrop. owner.
LAWRENCE. JOSEPH L: Rialto Theatre. Salt Lake
City. Utah.
LEA D BELT AMUSEMENT CO.: Rnseland Theatre.
Flat River. Mo. George II. Karsch. manager.
LEAHY'. R. P.: Washington Tlieatre. Bay City. Michi-
gan.
LEE AMUSEMENT COMPANY. INC.: Cuthbert. Ga.
LEFKOW1CH AND GREENBERGER : Oth- Yincent
Building. !Hh and Vincent Streets. Cleveland.
LEIGH. N. E. : Parma. Idaho.
LEVENSON. JOSETH: 294 Washington Street. Boston.
Mass.
LEVY. HENRY: 2621 Vine Street. Cincinnati. Ohio.
LEWEN PIZOR CIRCUIT: Bailey Building. 1218
Chestnut Street. Philadelphia. Pa.
LEWIS. L. L.: Lyric Theatre. Rolla. Mo.
LEWIS. DR. P. O. : Palace Theatre. Evarts. Ky.
LIBSON. I.: Keith Theatre Bldg.. Cincinnati, Ohio.
LICHTMAN THEATRES. A. E. : Lincoln Theatre. 1213
U St. N. W.. Memphis. Tenn.
LIGGOTT. F L. MRS.: McRae. Ga.
LINDSAY. GEORGE: Eureka. Utah.
LITTIEJOHN. WILLIAM AND ELSIE H. : Price.
Utah.
IX1EW. E. M. : 21fi Tremont Street. Boston. Mass.
I,OEWS. INC.: (Atlanta. Ga.)
U1EWS I NCOR I*ORATED : 1540 Broadway. New
York City.
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LOEWS. INC.: New York. Cincinnati.
LOEWS. IXC. : J. VogeL 1540 Broadway. New York-
City.
LOEWS INCORPORATED: Indianapolis.
LOEWS. INC.: Canal and S. Rampart Streets. New
Orleans. La. Rodney Toups. manager.
LOEWS. INCORPORATED: 1540 Broadway. New
York City. David Loew. rep.
LOEWS STATE: Houston.
LOEWS THEATRES, INC.: 1306 F Street. N. W..
Washington.
LOEWS THEATRES. INC.: Century Theatre. 18 West
Lexington Street. Baltimore. Md.
LOEWS UNITED ARTISTS PENN THEATRES:
Sixth Street. Pittsburgh, Pa.
LONDON. J. D.: Arcadia Theatre. Detroit. Michigan.
LONG. LOUIS F. : Safford Theatre. SafTord. Arizona.
LONG AND SONS. E. M. : The Cadiz Theatres Com-
pany. Cleveland.
IX) YE. THOMAS: Superior. Wyoming.
LUCAS AND JENKINS: 141 Walton Street. Atlanta.
Ga.
LTJDY BOSTEN: Amusu Theatre. Muscatine. Iowa.
LUSH. HARRY: P. and A Theatre. Northville. Michi-
gan.
LUST THEATRES. SIDNEY B. : Palace Theatre. 307
Ninth Street. N. W.. Washington.
LYLLYBROOK AMUSEMENT CO.: P. O. Box 492.
Beckley. W. Va.
LYRIC AMUSEMENT CO.: Strand. Pt. Pleasant.
W. Va.
LYRIC THEATRES CO.: D. C. Meadows, manager.
Cincinnati.
MADDOX. P. G.: Archer. Fla.
MAESTANDREA. M. : Cleveland.
MAINE AXD NEW HAMPSHIRE THEATRES COR-
PORATION: J. J. Ford. Metropolitan Building.
Boston.
MAKINSON AND GAETHKE: Park Theatre. Bar-
berton.
MALCO THEATRES. INC.: 415 So. Second Street.
Memphis, Tenn. M. A. Lightman. president.
MANHATTAN PLAYHOUSES. INC.: 1560 Broadway.
Xew York City. J. H. Steinman. representative.
MAXXIXG. WINK: Etowah. Tenn.
MANOS. GEORGE A.: The Manos Amusement Com-
pany, Cleveland.
MANSFIELD. M. : Idle Hour Theatre. Tama. Iowa.
MARCHESI. .1. E. : Standard. 111.
MARCUS NOTES THEATRES: Criterion Theatre.
Ninth and E. Streets. N. W. . Washington.
MARCUS. P. P. : Fort Benton. Montana.
MARR. G. E.: Family Theatre. Saginaw. Michigan.
MARTIN. CHESTER: Orpheum Theatre. Cincinnati.
Ohio.
MARTIN. R. E. : Columbus. Ga.
MCCARTHY' BROTHERS: Loomis Theatre. Chicago.
111.
McCOLLUM. A. B. : Urbana. 111.
McCURDY. E. B.: Columbia Theatre. Baltimore. Md.
McDANIEL AND ANDERSON: Kalispell. Montana.
MENGES. LOUIS: State Theatre. E. St. Louis. 111.
MICHIGAN THEATRE CO.: A. Eisenman. Michigan
Theatre, Flint. Michigan.
MIDLAND THEATRES CO.: Newark. Ohio.
MIDWEST THEATRE OPERATING COMPANY. INC.:
(Unaffiliated! . No. 623. W. Grand Avenue. Okla-
homa City. Okla.
MILLER. C. F. : Fremont Theatre. Fremont. Ohio.
MILLER. J. CLIFFORD: Lehi, Utah.
MILLER, .1. C: Quincy. 111.
BOLLS. G. W. : Dooley. Montana.
MILTON. JOHN: Lawn Theatre. Chicago. 111.
MIXER AMUSEMENT CO.: Majestic Theatre. Rice
Lake. Wis. Geo. Miner.
MITCHELL BROTHERS: Patio Theatre. Chicago. 111.
MOGLER. MRS. ADELAIDE: Bremen Theatre. St.
Louis, Mo.
MOORE. G. E. : Pesotum. 111.
MOORE. C. H.: Royal Theatre. Groverhill.
MOORE. JOW: Havre. Montana.
.MORRIS. T. M. : Am-rican Falls. Idaho.
MOUNTAIN STATES THEATRE CORP.: (Publix).
Denver Theatre Building. Denver. Colorado.
MUKAT CIRCUIT. S. : Atlas Theatre. 412 Maynard
Street. Seattle. Washington. S. Mukai. owner.
MULTNOMAH THEATRES CORPORATION: Bagdad
Theatr". 1100 Hawthorne Avenue. Portland. Oregon.
Ed. Fautz.
MURPHY. J. P.: Merrv Widow Theatre. St. Louis.
Mo.
MEYERS, W. C. : Francisville. Ind.
NATIONAL THEAT'tES COMPANY: National Thea-
tres. Cincinnati. Ohio.
NATION AT, THEATRES SYNDICATE: 25 Taylor
Street. San Francisco. Cal.
NEISIiVSKA THEATRE CORP.: Uptown Theatre.
Omaha. Neb.
NELSON AND RENNF.R CIRCUIT: 104 Grand
Street. Brooklyn. N. Y. Louis Nelson & Irving
Uenner. representatives.
NFTH. .1. REAL: 39 West Broad Street. Columbus.
Ohio.
NEW iWAtUm THEATRICAL CORP.: Cameo Theatre.
Newark. N. J. Mr. Schwartz, representative.
NEWBURY CIRCUIT: Rivoll Theatre. Belmar. N.
J. Mr. Newbury, rep.
NIEI-SON, 11: Logan. Utah.
NOMAVI) THEATRE ENTERPRISE: (Unaffiliated).
Shawnee, Oklahoma.
NOMIKOS. V. A.: New Regent Theatre, Chicago. 111.
NORItIS AMUSEMENT COMPANY: 440 Widener
Building. Philadelphia. Pa.
NOTOPOLOS THEATRES. A. N. : Strand Theatre.
Johnstown. Pa.
O. K. THEATRES: Oskar Kom. 180114 Commerce
Street. Dallas.
OT'OXXELL AND SHERMAN: J. S. OTonnell. Vita-
Temple Theatre. Toledo.
OHLWEIN. J. G.: Joy. 111.
O'KEEFE AND FREGGER: Billings. Montana.
OLESZMICZ. STANLEY: Chopin Theatre. Detroit.
Michigan.
ORR. THOMAS E. : Albertville. Ala.
OSTROWSKY. A.: Banner Theatre. Chicago. 111.
OTTAWA AMUSEMENT COMPANY: Peter and James
Gregory. Ottawa. 111.
OWENS. MILO: Electric Theatre. Dundee, Michigan.
P. & R. AMUSEMENT CO.: Piqua. Ohio, Frank
E. Rugh. manager.
PACE. C. M. and PETERSON. N. G. : Delta. Utah.
FACETS THEATRES. WALTER: McHenry Theatre.
1032 Light Street. Baltimore. Md.
PACIFIC NATIONAL THEATRES, INC.: 318 W. 9th
Street. Los Angeles. Cal.
PADBURY. C. P.: Ennis Theatre. Ennis. W. Va.
PALEY. J.: Empire Theatre. Chicago. HI.
PAPOUUAS, CHARLES: Steubenville.
PARAMOUNT- PUBLIX THEATRES: L. D. Netter.
Paramount Building. New York. A. Bevan, 60 Scol-
lay Square. Boston.
FARAMOUNT-PUBLIX THEATRES: 323 W. Gth
Street. Los Angeles. Cal.
PARAMOUNT-PUBLIX THEATRES : 175 X. State
Street. Chicago. 111.
PARAMOUXT-PUBLIX THEATRES: Des Moines.
PAR AMOUNT- PIT? LIX THEATRES: (Atlanta. Ga.)
PARAMOUNT-PUBLIX THEATRES: Kentucky Thea-
tre. Lexington, Ky.
PARAMOUXT-PUBIJX THEATRES: Milwaukee.
PARAMOUNT-PUBLIX THEATRES: 1717 Wyandotte
Street. Kansas City. Mo. J. L. Finske. district
manager.
PARAMOUNT-PUBLIX THEATRES: c/o Harry
David, division manager. 52 W. 2nd South. Salt
Lake City. Utah.
PARAMOUXT-PUBLIX CORPORATION: Paramount
Building. Xew York City.
PARAMOUXT-PUBLIX THEATRE CORP.: World
Theatre Building. Omaha. Xebr.
PARAMOUXT-PUBLIX CORP.: 1401 Tulane Avenue.
Xew Orleans. La.
PARAMOUXT-PUBLIX THEATRES. INC.: Alhambra
Theatre Building. Charlotte. N. C. Warren Irvin.
PARROTT. W. H. : LaFollette. Tenn.
PASTOR. JOE: Argmore Theatre. Chicago. 111.
PECK. J. C. : Rowena Theatre. Fenton. Michigan.
PEECHIA CIRCUIT. A. G. : Eatonville. Washington.
A. G. Peeehia. owner.
PERRY BROTHERS: c/o Harmon Perry. Ogden.
Utah.
PEKItAS, GEORGE: Rivoli Theatre. Columbus. Ohio.
PEKRAS. JOHN: Dreamland Theatre. Elyria. Ohio.
PENCE. L. I.: Lebanon. Ohio.
PERTA. THOMAS: Rock Springs. Wyoming.
PERT ZZI. JOHN: Youngstown.
PETERSON. M. W. : Fillmore. Utah.
PFISTER. C. F. : Colonial Theatre. Troy. Ohio.
PHOENIX AMUSEMENT CO.: c/o Iris Theatre. Flor-
ence, Arizona.
PHOENIX AMUSEMENT CO.: Strand Theatre Bldg..
Lexington, Ky.
PIERCE, A. E. : Stockton. 111.
PIERCE. L. G. : MRS. : Rainbow Theatre. Chicago. 111.
PIRTLE. S. E. : Orpheum Theatre. Jerseyville. 111.
PITTS THEATRES. BENJAMIN: Colonial Theatre.
Fredericksburg. Ya.
PLAYHOUSE OPERATING CO.. INC.: 342 Madison
Avnue. New York City. Charles Casey, represen-
tative.
POLKA BROTHERS: Maywood State Bank Building.
Maywood. 111.
POPI'LAR AMUSEMENT CO.: Moon Theatre. Omaha.
Nebr.
POROZYXSKI. F. : 3776 E. 71st Street. Cleveland.
PORTEI.T. THEATRE CO.: Greenwood Theatre. De-
troit. Michigan.
POSEL. LEO CIRCUIT: Lyric Theatre. 2nd and Mor-
ris Streets, Philadelphia. Pa.
POTTER. C. R.: Ontario. Oregon.
PRAEGER AND BROWN: Hippodrome Theatre.
Newport. Ky.
PRICE THEATRES CO.. THE: Grand Theatre. New-
ark. Ohio
PRUDENTIAL LONG ISLAND THEATRES : 630-0th
Avenue. New York City. Joseph M. Seider. repre-
sentative.
PUR1.1X-GREAT STATES THEATRES. INC.: Loop
End Bldg.. Chicago. 111.
PUBLIX MICHIGAN THEATRES. INC.: Alhambra
Theatre. Detroit. Michigan.
PURLIX-SAENGER THEATRES. INCORPORATED:
Greensboro. N. C. H. F. Kincey. c/o National
Theatre Building.
PUBLIX AND SUBSIDIARY CORP.: 162 North State
Street. Chicago. 111.
PUBLIX THEATRE CORP.: Paramount Theatre
Bldg.. Temnle Street. New Haven. Conn.
PI'P.I. IX THEATRES CORP : 1501 Broadway. New
York City. Samuel Dembow. renr scntatlve.
pur.cn AND Hl EBNEit AMUSEMENT corp.: Dvker
Theatre. Brooklyn. N. Y. Fred Huebner. represen-
tative.
QTJAHTA. v.: HMbwood. m.
RADIO KEITH OKIHEUM: 1560 Broadway. New
York City.
RADIO KEITH ORPHEUM: Orpheum Tin aire Seat-
tle. Washington. Homer Gill, division manager.
RKO: c/o Orpheum Theatre, 844 So. Broadway. Los
Angeles. Cal.
RKO: (Atlanta, Ga.)
RADIO -KEITH -ORPHEUM : Milwaukee.
RADIO-KEITH-ORPHEUM: University Place. New
Orleans. La. Vic Meyers, mgr.
RKO: Omaha.
RADIO-KEITH-ORPHEUM: Albany. N. Y. A. S.
Rittenberg, district manager.
RADIO-KEITH-ORPHEUM: St. Louis.
RKO CIRCUIT: Market and Hyde Streets. San Fran-
cisco. Cal.
RADIO-KEITH-ORPHEUM CIRCUIT: 1560 Broad-
way. New York City. Jules Levy, representative.
RADIO-KEITH-ORPHEUM CIRCUIT: Philadelphia.
RKO-M1DWEST CORPORATION: 301 Palace Thea-
tre Bldg., Cincinnati. Ohio.
RKO PENN. CORPORATION THEATRES : Sheridan
Square Theatre. Pittsburgh. Pa.
RKO AND SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS: State
Lake Theatre Bldg.. Chicago. 111.
RKO THEATRE CORPORATION: Des Moines.
RKO THEATRES. INC.: Empress Theatre. Grand
Rapids. Michigan.
RAFUL, B. : Kenmore.
RAKESTR AW. C. V.: Grand Theatre. Salem. Ohio.
RALEIGH WYOMING MINING CO.: Beckley. W. Va.
RAMSDELL BROTHERS: Granada Theatre. Maiden.
Mass.
RAU. KARL: Maywood. 111.
READE ENTERPRISES. WALTER: 1531 Broadway.
New York City. Walter McChesney and Charles
Bryant, representatives.
REDWOOD THEATRES. INC.: (Geo. Mann Circuit).
988 Market Street, San Francisco. Cal.
(PUBLIX) REGAL THEATRES. IXC: (affiliated).
Criterion Theatre Building. Oklahoma City. Okla.
REGIOXAL CHAIN THEATRES. INC. : M. Pouzznor.
832 Park Sq. Bldg.. Boston.
REINECKE. MR. AND MRS. F. C. : Paramount
Theatre. Akron, Ohio.
REMIJAS. J. : Acadia Theatre. Chicago. 111.
REX AMUSEMENT CO.: 4530 Newberry Terrace. St.
Louis. Mo. Oscar Lehr.
RIALTO THEATRE CO.: Rialto Theatre. Detroit.
Michigan. James C. Ritter.
RICE. C. E. : Glasford. 111.
RICHARDS. R. C. : Bay Street. Louisiana. Miss.
R. C. Richards, buyer.
RIDDICK. C. X.: Pemberton. W. Va.
RITZLER. A.: State Theatre. Lima. Ohio.
RIVERS AND JUNGERT: Lewiston. Idaho.
BOBBINS. RAYMOND: Belt. Montana.
ROBERTSON, JAS. N. : Cinderella Theatre. Detroit.
Michigan.
ROBINS ENTERPRISES CO.. THE: Dan or Ben
Robins. Warren.
RORINSON. ARTHUR: Medhury Theatre. Detroit.
Michigan.
RODGERS. I. W. : Gem Theatre. Cairo. 111.
ROLAND. FRANK J.: Chillicothe. 111.
ROME THEATRES. J. LOUIS: 846 W. North Ave..
Baltimore. Md.
ROOD, KENNETH A. : Gibbs Theatre. Andover. Ohio.
ROSEN BROTHERS: 337 Grand Street. Brooklyn. N.
Y. Rosen Bros., rep.
ROSFNBT ATT AND WELT: 630-9th Avenue. New
York City. Leon Rosenblatt, representative.
ROTH THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES. INC.: Park
Theatre. Morristown. N. J. Mr. Hoffman, represen-
tative.
RUBEN FREIS: Victoria. Texas.
RUSSELL. GENE: Champaign. 111.
RUSSELL. TED: Matherville. 111.
RUTISHAUSER. E. AND P.: Mid City Theatre.
Chicago. 111.
SAENGER THEATRES, INC.: (Publix affiliation).
New Orleans. La.
SAT.KIN CIRCUIT: 18V2-3rd Avenue. New York City.
Ininc Gerber and Salkin. representatives.
SANOWSKY. J.: Venus Theatre. St. Louis. Mo.
SCHAMBEROER THEATRES J. L. : Audi'orium
Theatre Howard and Franklin Streets, Baltimore.
Md.
SCHECK. PHILLIP: Grand Theatre. Baltimore. Md.
SCHTNE ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED: Glovers-
ville. N. Y*.
SCHLOSSMAN. T. J. : Majestic Theatre. Muskegon.
SCHOENSTADT AND SONS. H. : 910 S. Michigan
Avenue. Chicago. 111.
SCHRAM P. C: New Theatre. Kalamazoo. Mich;gan.
SCHREIHER. ALEX: Oriole Theatre. Detroit. Michi-
gan.
SCHREIBER. MRS. NELL: St. Anthony. Idaho.
SCHUCKERT. C. H. : Temple Theatre. Caro. Michi-
gan.
SC't"' TE. WILLIAM J.: Algonac Theatre. Algonac.
Michigan.
STIMA1TO, DAVE L. : Film Exchange Building.
Cleveland.
SCHUSTER, M. CO.. THE: Pearl Theatre. Lorain.
Oh'O.
SCHWARTZ. A. G. AND J. A.: Park theatre,
Painesville. Ohio.
SCHWARTZ. JACK: Park City Theatre. Bridgeport.
Conn.
SCHWARTZ AND LEVINE: 511 Williamson Build-
ing. Cleveland.
SCHWVUTZ THEATRES: 522 Slate Street. Brooklyn.
N. Y. Charles Schwartz, representatives.
SCOTT. M. L. : 124 S. Hanover Street, Lexington. Kv.
SCOVIttE. FSSICK AND REIF: Film Exchange
Building. Cleveland.
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SCRIBANO. CARMEIvO: Garden Theatre. Chicago. 111.
SELIG. S.: Gem Theatre. Chicago. 111.
SELLORS. JOSS: Castle Theatre. Detroit, Michigan.
SEMELROTH. MRS. PHILLIP: Dayton. Ohio.
SHAFER. NICK: Family Theatre. Covington. Ky.
SHARD. ELMER : Pela Amusement Co.. Montgomery
Amusement Co.. and Pela Theatre Co.. 1103 First
National Bank Bldg.. Cincinnati. Ohio.
SHAUER. G. G.: Valparaiso. Ind.
SHAVER, F. W.: Henry. 111.
SHEA. M. A.: 1560 Broadway. New York. N. T.
SHEA OPERATING CORPORATION: (Publix Theatres
Corp.) Shea's Buffalo Theatre. Buffalo. X. Y.
SHEA. M. A.: 1510 Broadway. New York City.
SHERER. HAROLD: Louisville.
SHIFOS. GUS: Middletown. Ohio.
SHORT AND GREENLEE. Kamiah. Idaho.
SHREFFLER. H. D. : Castamba Theatre. Shelby.
Ohio.
SHX'STERMAN THEATRES. AARON: Opera House
Theatre. New Brunswick. N. J. Aaron SUusterman.
representatives.
SIEGEL. KRt'L AND FERGUSON: Iris Theatre.
Detroit. Michigan.
SIMANSKY AND MILLER: 910 S. Michigan Avenue.
Chicago, 111.
SIMONS AMUSEMENT COMPANY. W. A.: c/o W.
A. Simons. Box 1500, Missoula. Montana.
SKIRBOLL. W. N. : Film Exchange Building. Cleve-
land.
SKOURAS BROTHERS ENTERPRISES : (Warner
Bros.). Ambassador Building. St. Louis. Mo.
SMALI.EYS TIIEATE ENTERPRISES: Cooperstown.
X. Y.
SMITH AMUSEMENT COMPANY'. THE: Lemotto
Smith. Alliance.
SMITH. GEORGE: Magna. Utah.
SMITH AND HART. Aubum. Ind.
SMITH, PHIL: 450 Park Square Building. Boston.
Mass.
SMOKELESS COAL CORP.. C. C. D. : Glen White.
W. Vs.
SMOOTS. HARRY V.: Lyric Theatre. Mt. Vernon.
Ohio.
SONDAY. M. M. : Richfield. Utah.
SOUTH STATE THEATRES. INC.: Birmingham. Ala.
SOUTHEAST COAL CO.: Seco. Ky.
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AMUSEMENT CORPORA-
TION: Amusu Theatre. Monticello. Arkansas. B. V.
Mclxmgald. president.
SPARKS ENTERPRISES. E. J.: Palmer Building.
Jacksonville. Fla.
SPIDELL AND HUPRICH: Dover.
SPRINGER CIRCUIT. JACK: 2531 Broadway. New
York City. Jack Springer, representative.
ST. LOUIS AMUSEMENT CO.: Warner Brothers.
Ambassador Building. St. Louis. Mo.
ST. LOUIS ROCKY' MOUNTAIN AND PACIFIC CO.:
Raton, New Mexico.
STALDER AND GILL: Nixon Theatre. Akron. Ohio.
STAU.INGS. A. I.: Rirhfleld. Utah.
STAMATUS AMUSEMENT COMPANY: 2531 Broad-
way. New York City. Mr. Stamatus. rerrvv-ntative.
STANLEY MARK STRAND THEATRES: Warner
Theatre. 1604 Broadway. New Y'ork City. Harry
Cbarnas. representative.
STAR AMUSEMENT CO.: Omar Theatre. Omar.
W. Va.
STARRETT. II. W. : Ottawa. Ohio.
STAUP. E. L. AND P. F. : Delphos. Ohio.
STEEL. DENA: Apollo Theatre. Oberlin. Ohio.
STEELE. B. C. : Century Building. 414 Superior
Avenue W.. Cleveland.
STERLING THEATRES : 20.5 Empr.^s Building.
Seattle. Washington. John Danz. owner.
STERN. ('.: Austin Theatre. Chicago. 111.
STERN. JOSEPH: Highway Theatre. Chicago. 111.
STEVENSON THEATRES. INCORPORATED: Hen-
derson/* N. C. 8. S. Stevenson, manager.
STOLE. JOHN: Lion Theatre. Bellevue. Ohio.
Howard S. Tiemey, Inc.
General Insurance
100 WILLIAM ST.
Howard S. Tierney. President
Darwin R. James, Jr., Secretary
NEW YORK CITY
Telephone. Beekman 3-0399
Cable Address, "Yenreit"'
STRAND AMUSEMENT CO. : Main Street. Bridgeport.
Conn.
SUN THEATRE CO.: Otsego Theatre. Otsego. Michi-
gan. E. N. McFarland. general manager.
SUNBEAM AMUSEMENT COMPANY. THE: 220
Film Exchange Bldg.. Cleveland.
SWANSON. FRED B. : Antioch. 111.
SWE3FEL. H. M.: Majestic Theatre. Pomeroy. Ohio.
SYDCO AMUSEMENT ENTERPRISES: 25 W. 43rd
Street. New Y'ork City. J. J. McLean, represen-
tative.
SZOLl). A.: Peoria. 111.
T. and D.. JR.. ENTERPRISES: 25 Taylor St.. San.
Francisco. Cal.
T\GUE BROTHERS: Bryn Mawr Theatre. Chicago.
111.
TANNER. HARRY: Palace Theatre. Pana. 111.
THATVHER. B. G.: Logan. Utah.
THEATRE INVESTMENT COMPANY: Sound Thea-
tres. 1520 First Avenue. Seattle. Washington. J.
Von Herbers. owner.
THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES: McCarthy Brothers.
Fargo. N. D.
THOMAS. G. W. : Hooppole. III.
THOMAS. LOVE: Hanna. Wyoming.
THOMPSON. NEIL D.: Argos. Ind.
THOMPSON AND RICHELIEU THEATRES : Riche-
lieu Theatre. Bcllefonte. Pa.
TRACEY". H. L: Mystic Theatre. Wlllard. Ohio.
TRIVEI.AS THEATRES. CHRIS: State Theatre. Bel-
wood. Pa.
TRUNK. JOS. W. : The Uptown Theatres Co.. P. O.
Box 12. Y'oungstown.
UNITED CHAIN THEATRES INC.: Lewis Tower
Building. I5th and Locust Streets. Philadelphia. Pa.
UNITED THEATRE CORP.: 152 Hemple Street. New
Haven. Conn.
UNITED THEATRES. INC.: 1401 Tulane Avenue.
New Orleans. La. M. H. Jacobs, general manager.
UNIVERSAL THEATRE: Indianapolis.
V. S. ARMY MOTION PICTURE SERVICE: 3330
Olive Street. St. Louis. Mo.
U. S. COAL AND COKE CO.: Anawalt Theatre.
Ana wait. W. Va.
U. S. THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES. INC.: Film
Exchange Building. Cleveland. Myer S. Fine.
URIJNG. W. B. : Hex Theatre. Steubenville.
VAN MATRE. W. N. :• Galesburg. 111.
VAN WERT AMUSEMENT CO.. THE: T. G. Evans.
Secretary. Cleveland.
VAIUIAU)W CIRCUIT. S. : Victoria Theatre. Cam-
den. N. J.
The Picture Rights of:
"GRAND HOTEL"
Outstanding Dramatic Hit of 1930-31
"DANCING PARTNER"
Bclasco's Stage Success
"MERRY WIDOW"
Lehar's Famous Operetta
"TONIGHT OR NEVER"
Belasco's Stage Success, etc.
WERE SOLD THRO I Oil
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International Playbroker
1639 BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY
VENARD. DAVE : Box 3G. Jamestown. Ohio.
VENTNOR REALTY AND LEASING CO.: Strand
Theatre. Atlantic City. N. J.
VERMES. S.: Cleveland.
VIRDEN THEATRE CO.: Gaiety Theatre. Virdon,
111. Swift and Kienbortz.
WAGNER. AL. J.: Cottonwood. Idaho.
WAKEFIELD THEATRES. INC.: B-B Theatre. 3837
White Plains Avenue. Bronx, N. Y. John C. Bolte.
representative.
WARNER BROTHERS: 1307 South Wabash. Chicago.
111.
WARNER BROTHERS: Philadelphia.
WARNER BROTHERS THEATRES : 1"M Broadway.
Albany. N. Y. Louis Lazar. Albany district man-
ager.
WARNER BROTHERS THEATRES: 6425 Hollywood
Boulevard. Hollywood. Cal.
WARNER BROTHERS THEATRES: Warner Theatre.
MM Broadway. New York City. Harry Cbarnas.
representative.
WARNER BROTHERS THEATRES: (affiliated). Mid-
west Theatre Building. Oklahoma City. Okla.
WARNER BROTHERS THEATRES CORP.: Roger
Sherman Bldg.. College Street. New Haven. Conn.
WARNER BROTHERS THEATRES. INC.: 321 W.
44tb Street. New York City. J. Osborne, district
manager. Dellinger O. H.. Batavia. N. Y.
WARNER BROTHERS THEATRES, INC.: 1307 S.
Wabash Avenue. Chicago. 111.
WARNER BROTHERS THEATRES. INC.: 321 W.
44th Street. New Y'ork City.
WARNER BROTHERS THEATRES. INC.: 536 W.
Wisconsin Ave.. Milwaukee. Wis.. Bernard Depkin.
general manager.
WARNER BROTHERS THEATRES. INC. : 13th and
E. Streets N. W.. Washington.
WARNER CIRCUIT: I. J. Hoffman. New Haven. Ct.
and Park Square Building. Boston.
WAX. M. M. : Royal Theatre. 15th and South Streets.
Philadelphia. Pa.
WEAVER BROTHERS: Cincinnati.
WEECE. J. A.: Farmington. 111.
\\ EIIRENBERG. FRED: Cinderella Theatre. St. Louis.
Mo.
WEIGEL. CHARLES: P. O. Box 956. Cincinnati.
Ohio.
WELI.S. M. O. : Garden Theatre. Chicago. 111.
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AMUSEMENT CO THE-
ATRES: 1 ■ 1 1 ■ ■ Forties Street. Pittsburgh. Pa.
WETZ.MAN. FRANK A. : Avalon Theatre. Detroit.
Michigan.
WH.U.EY. JR.. EDWARD M. : Brooksville. Fla.
WILItY. R. B. : Paramount Theatre Building. At-
lanta. Ga.
WILLIAMS. E. J.: Knoxville. 111.
WILLIAM FRIEHOFER CIRCUIT: Land Title and
Trust Bldg.. Philadelphia. Pa.
WILLIAMS. NAT M. : Thomasville. Ga.
WILMER AND VINCENT THEATRES: Colonial The-
atre. Richmond. Va.
WILMER AND VINCENT CORPORATION: Philadel-
phia.
WILSON THEATRES C. L B. : Covington. Ky.
WISE THEATRES. MARTIN: Birmingham. Ala.
WOLFSON. MEYER THEATRE ENTERPRI SES :
Miami. Fla.
WOODBURY. J. S. : Cedar City. Utah.
WOODSTOCK CIRCUIT: New Theatre. Woodstock.
Va.
WOODWARD THEATRE COL: Ferndale Theatre. De-
troit. Michigan.
YOOST CIRCUIT WILLIAM: 841-851 9th Avenue.
New York City. William Y'oost. representative.
YOUNG. G. A.: Strand Theatre. Maumee. Ohio.
YOUNG. CL\RK M.: Cla-Ze Theatre. Bowling
Green.
YOUNG. R. E. : Palace Theatre. Perrysburg. Ohio.
ZEGIOB. NAZERA: Dreamland Theatre. Lorain. Ohio.
ZORN. E. : Pontiac. 111.
ZOTOS. CHRIST: Roosevelt Theatre. St. Louis. Mo.
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FILM BOARDS OF TRADE
1931
ALBANY (N. Y.) — 17 Steuben street, telephone
3-2S26. K. G. Robinson, president: Miss Bonnie Long,
secretary. Home telephone 4-3455.
ATLANTA (GA.)— 215 One-O-One Building, tele-
phone Walnut 4310. C. B. Ellis, president: E. L.
Cole, secretary. Home telephone Calhoun 2475-J.
BOSTON (MASS.) — 204 Stuart street, telephone Han-
cock 8257. W. H. Erbb, president; Miss Martha W.
Ferris, secretary. Home telephone Jamaica 3791.
BUFFALO (N. Y.) — 344 Delaware avenue. Room 302.
telephone Cleveland 1408. E. K. O'Shea. president;
Miss Emma Abplanalp, secretary. Home telephone
Bidwell 5849-J.
CHARLOTTE (N. C.)— 202 Latta Arcade. 328 South
Trvon street, telephone 2-1430. Ira Furman. president:
Mrs. M. G. Wrenn. secretary. Home telephone 2-0710.
CHICAGO (ILL.)— 910 South Michigan avenue. Suite
511, telephone Harrison 8364. Felix Mendelssohn, sec-
retary; .Miss Edna Pfister, secretary. Home telephone
Whitehall 4970.
CINCINNATI (OHIO)— 1635 Central Parkway, tele-
phone West 8345. Louis Klar, president; Miss E. Mc-
Namee. secretary. Home telephone Woodburn 1139-J.
CLEVELAND (OHIO)— 205 Film Exchange Bldg..
telephone Prospect 0393. A. J. Mertz. president: Mrs.
C. D. MofTett, secretary. Home telephone Endicott
0942.
DALLAS (TEXAS)— 2011% Jackson street, telephone
7-4732. C. E. Hilgers, president; Don C. Douglas,
secretary'. Home telephone 8-2410.
DENVER (COLO.) — 502-8 Midland Savings Bank
Building, telephone Keystone 5208. Duke W. Dunbar,
secretary. Home telephone Tabor 8492.
DES MOINES (IOWA) — 707 Old Colony Building,
telephone 4-9532. R. M. Copeland. president: Miss
Margaret Streeks. secretary- Home telephone 4-5426.
DETROIT (MICH.)— 302 Film Exchange Building,
telephone Cadillac 3804. J. L. Saxe. president: Miss
Audrey Littell, secretary. Home telephone Fitzroy
6110.
INDIANAPOLIS (IND.) — 312 Chamber of Commerce
Building, telephone Lincoln 6361. C. E. Penrod. presi-
dent: Miss Lois Wiss. secretary. Home telephone Hum-
boldt 1777.
KANSAS CITY (MO.)— 1717 Wyandotte street, tele-
phone Harrison 6902. Oscar A. Morgan, president ;
Miss Catherine Northern, secretary. Home telephone
Wabash 4541.
LOS ANGELES (CAL.) — 1914 South Vermont avenu?.
Film Exchange Building, telephone Republic 7806. Geo.
Naylor, president; Mrs. Lola Adams Gentry, secretary.
Home telephone Olympia 6008.
MEMPHIS-LITTLE ROCK— 103 South Second street.
Memphis. Tenn., telephone 8-4538. T. W. Young. Jr..
president; Mrs. Alma Walton, secretary. Home tele-
phone 2-7511.
MILWAUKEE (WIS.) -710 North Plankinton avenue,
telephone Marquette 0106. C. W. Trampe, president ;
Ben Koenig, secretary. Home telephone Hopkins 0554.
MINNEAPOLIS (MINN.) — 515 Penee Building, tele-
phone Atlantic 5043. W. H, Workman, president ;
Mrs. Mabel Dietz. secretary. Home telephone Ken-
wood 7133.
NEW HAVEN (CONN.)— 134 Meadow street, tele-
phone 3-6260. Arthur Horn, president: Miss Kathryn
D. Sullivan, secretary.
NEW ORLEANS (LA.)— 433 Canal Bank Building,
telephone Raymond 3598. G. C. Brown, president :
Mrs J. B. Heine, secretary. Home telephone Walnut
7148.
NEW YORK (N. Y.)— 1560 Broadway, telephone
Bryant 9-8868. Jos. J. Lee. president ; Louise Nizer.
secretary. Home telephone Dewey 7524.
OKLAHOMA CITY (OKLA.) — 623 Security Building,
telephone 3-2248. O. J. Rohde. president; C. R. Zears.
secretary. Home telephone 4-5139.
OMAHA (NEB.)— Medical Arts Building. 17th &
Dodge, telephone Atlantic 4101. S. W. Fitch, presi-
dent; Miss Regina Molseed, secretary. Home tele-
phone Walnut 8396.
PHILADELPHIA (PA.) — 1337 Vine street, telephone
Rittenhouse 1122-23. Robert Mochrie. president; J. H.
Greenberg, secretary. Home telephone Poplar 3829-J.
PITTSBURGH (PA.)— 86 Van Buren street, tele-
phone Atlantic 1558. H. H. Milstein. president: Miss
Emmaline Fineberg. secretary. Home telephone Hiland
8979.
PORTLAND (ORE.) — 122 North 12th street. Film
Exchange Building, telephone Broadway 4704. Frank
Clark, president; Miss Ruth Dovle, secretary. Home
telephone Beacon 0S82.
ST. LOUIS (MO.) — 305 Missouri Theatre Building,
telephone Jefferson 1608. B. B. Reingold. president;
Miss L. B. Schofleld, secretary. Home telephone Jef-
ferson 5994.
SALT LAKE CITY (UTAH) — 625 Continental Bank
Building, telephone Wasatch 7307. C. H. Messenger,
president; D. T. Lane, secretary. Home telephone
Wasatch 8147.
SAN FRANCISCO (CAL.)— Room 628. Golden Gate
Building. 25 Taylor street, telephone Franklin 3012.
G. C. Blumenthal. president; Miss Rowena Foley,
secretary. Home telephone Prospect 2187.
SEATTLE (WASH.)— 2322 Second avenue, telephone
Elliott 0152. N. H. Brower. president: Mrs. R. B.
Lynch, secretary. Home telephone Main 7070.
WASHINGTON (D. C.)— Room 314. 916 G street.
N. W. , telephone District 3705. Rudolph Berger. presi-
dent : Jas. B. Fitzgerald, secretary. Home telephone
Lincoln 9249.
BUTTE (MONT.)— JOINT BOARD OF ARBITRA-
TION—108 Pennsylvania Block, telephone 2-2040.
Harry Meyer, secretary. Home, 403 W. Quartz street,
Butte. Home telephone 3010.
MONTREAL FILM BOARD OF TRADE— 5975 Monk-
land avenue, Montreal, Can., telephone Elwood 6182.
H. J. Bailey, president; Mrs. Clare Sullivan, secretary.
Home telephone Harbour 4565.
TORONTO — 1909 Metropolitan Building, telephone
Elgin 8919. H. Law, president; G. O. Burnett, sec-
retary. Home telephone Hillcrest 2998.
VANCOUVER— 1303 Vancouver Block. telephone
Trinity 6424. Basil Horsfall. president ; Mrs. Viola
Montgomery, secretary. Home telephone Bayview
5471-L.
CALGARY— 900 Lancaster Building. Calgary. Alb.,
telephone M-3742. V. M. Skoray. president: J. A. H.
Millican, secretary. Home telephone M-2614.
WINNIPEG— 601 Canada Building, telephone 22122.
M Hill, president : Miss Leone Matthews, secretary.
Home telephone 28842.
MARITIME— Capitol Theatre Building. 24-28 King
square, St. John. N. B., Canada, telephone Dial 2019.
R. G. March, president : Miss Alice Fairweather, sec-
retary. Home telephone Main 1503-Ring 21.
GENERAL CANADIAN REPRESENTATIVE— Col.
John A. Cooper, 1909 Metropolitan Building. Toronto.
Canada. Home address. 53 Binscarth Road. Home
telephone Randolph 0659.
CUBA FILM BOARD OF TRADE— Manzana de
Gomez 526. Havana. Cuba. Arthur Pratchett. presi-
dent; George Casuso. secretary.
MEXICO — Espana Building. Apartado 25-46. Mexico
City, Mexico. Gen. Norberto C. Olvera, president:
Enrique Zeinert, secretary.
PORTO RICO— Salvador Brau 78. San Juan, Porto
Rico. Carlos Zenas, president; Victor N. Soltero. sec-
retary.
EXHIBITOR ORGANIZATIONS
Allied Exhibitors of the Northwest
c/o H. G. Mapes
444 Glisan Street
Phone: Broadway 0475
Portland, Ore.
PRESIDENT
W. E. Tebbetts, Oriental Theatre, 146 Grand
Avenue, Portland, Ore.
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
V. B. Kenworthy, Globe Theatre, Albany, Ore.
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
W. A. Long, Liberty Theatre, Oregon City, Ore.
DIRECTORS
Leo Seltzer, Hiway Theatre, 1425 Sandy Boulevard,
Portland, Ore.; M: Mattecheck, Lark Theatre,
McMinnville, Ore.; O. Phelps, Venetian Thea-
tre, Hillsboro, Ore.
Allied States Association of Motion
Picture Exhibitors
Union Trust Building
Phone: Metropolitan 1115
Washington. D. C.
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
Abram F. Myers
SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT
Miss B. M. Thompson
Allied Theatre Owners' Association
of Southern Ohio, Kentucky,
West Virginia
1836-37 Central Parlay
Phone. West 3228
Cincinnati, Ohio
PRESIDENT
R E. Mi.yi.rs, Majestic Theatre, Chillicothc, Ohio.
VICE-PRESIDENT
Tom Rcilly, Ri.ilto Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio.
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Wesley Hues, Associated Theatres, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
BUSINESS MANAGER
Frederic Striep
DIRECTORS
Charles. Fine, Empire Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio;
George Brown, Bluefield, W. Va.; H. Bank,
Williamson, W. Va.; R. Hiehle, Parkersburg,
W. Va.; H. Abram, Lancaster, O.; Joseph Stern,
Ironton, Ohio; L. P. Guilfoile, Wellston, Ohio;
Frank Ferguson, Columbus, Ohio; Fred W.
Rowlands, Columbus, Ohio; Leo Dwyer, Celina,
Ohio; R. E. Wells, Dayton, Ohio; Henry Levy,
Cincinnati, Ohio; Phil Miller, Cincinnati, Ohio;
L. B. Wilson, Covington, Ky.; Paul Hooven, Mt.
Sterling, Ky.; J. Isaac, Cumberland, Ky.
Allied Theatre Owners of Iowa, Inc.
T^evada, Iowa
PRESIDENT
Clifford L. Niles, Anamosa
VICE-PRESIDENT
E. O. Ellsworth, Iowa Falls
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Lester F. Martin, Nevada
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Clifford N. Niles, E. O. Ellsworth, N. C. Rice,
Algona; Tom Arthur, Mason City; Harry Hier-
steiner, Des Moines; Jake Cohen, Ottumwa;
T. A. Brown, Iowa City.
Allied Theatre Owners of Nebraska,
Cooperative
Scottsbluff, Neb.
PRESIDENT
W. A. Ostenberg, Scottsbluff, Neb.
VICE-PRESIDENT
C. A. McCloud, York. Neb.
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Lester F. Martin, Nevada, Iowa. (Martin is
also secretary and treasurer of Allied Theatre
Owners of Iowa.)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
W. H. Ostenberg, Scottsbluff. Neb.; C. A.
McCloud. York, Neb.; I. N. Kuhl, Seward.
Neb.; R R. Booth, Nebraska City, Neb.;
William Youngclaus, Madison, Neb.; A. O.
Miller. Atkinson. Neb.; J. L. Galbrcth. Su-
perior, Neb.; A. Burrus, Crete, Neb.; W. M.
Miller, West Point, Neb.
Allied Theatre Owners of Texas
512Vi South Harwood Street
Phone; 7.5094
Dallas, Texoj
PRESIDENT
Will Horowitz, Houston, Texas.
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
Rubin Frels, Victoria, Texas.
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENTS
E. J. Callahan, Crockett, Texas.
A. V. Wade, Gainesville, Texas.
H. T. Hodge, Abilene, Texas.
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
A. W. Lilly, Greenville, Texas.
GENERAL MANAGER
H. A. Cole, Dallas, Texas.
OFFICE MANAGER
B. H Haralson, Dallas, Texas.
FIELD REPRESENTATIVE
M. Harding, Dallas, Texas.
DIRECTORS
W. H Powers, Henderson, Texas; Will Dorbandt,
Athens, Texas; Jonathan E. Lilly, Sulphur
Springs, Texas; J. L. Santos, Wharton, Texas;
Jonathan Stewart, Kaufman, Texas; C. M.
Cooper. Alvarado, Texas; H. G. Stein, Luting.
Texas; H. H. Starcke, Seguin, Texas; H. Boyn-
ton, Hamilton, Texas; P. V. Williams. Munday.
Texas; Homer Mulkey, Clarendon, Texas.
Allied Theatres of Eastern Missouri
and Southern Illinois, Inc.
3 1 2a Olive Street
Phone. Xewstead 1214
St. Louis. Mo.
PRESIDENT
Dr. J. S. Price, Liberty Theatre, East St. Louis,
111.
VICE-PRESIDENT
W. F. DeFrenne, Liberty Theatre, Mexico, Mo.
SECRETARY
Mrs. I. W. Rodgers, Circuit of Theatres, Cairo,
111.
TREASURER
Mrs. Adele Mogler, Bremen Theatre, St. Louis,
Mo.
GENERAL MANAGER
A. M. Elliott
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
357
DIRECTORS
Dr. J. L. Price, \V. F. DeFrenne, Mrs. I. W.
Rodgers, Mrs. Joseph Mogler, Joseph Desberger.
Allied Theatres of Illinois, Inc.
Room 400
1018 South Wabash Avenue
Phone: Wabash J 409
Chicago, lit.
PRESIDENT
Aaron A. Saperstein
VICE PRESIDENTS
E. E. Alger, Peru, III
Aaron Courshon, Chicago
SECRETARY *
David M. Brotman. Chicago
TREASURER
Sidney H. Selig
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Aaron A. Saperstein, E. E. Alger, Peru, III.,
Aaron Courshon, David M. Brotman, Sidney H.
Selig, Nate Wolf, Joseph F. Pastor. Ben Lasker,
Saul M. Meltzt-r, Fred A. Gilford. Edward
Brunell. Sol Best, J Paly. F. W. Anderson,
Morris, 111., E. W. Haferkamp.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Harry H. Lasker, I. Ettelson, Max Small.
Allied Theatres of Massachusetts, Inc.
Boston. Mass.
PRESIDENT OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gporge A. Gilps
VICE-PRESIDENT
Thomas B. Lothian, A L. Erlanger Amusement
Enterprises, Boston.
TREASURER
Stanley Summer, University theatre, Cambridge,
Mnss
Allied Theatres of Michigan, Inc.
607 Fox Building
Phone Cadillac 3470
Detroit, Mich.
PRESIDENT
A. Else ma n , Michigan Theatre, Flint, Mich.
SECRETARY
H. T. Hall. Russell Theatre, 5535 Russell Street,
Detroit, Mich.
TREASURER
John E. Niebes. Dawn Theatre. 8342 Gratiot
Street, Detroit, Mich.
GENERAL MANAGER
H. M. Richev
DIRECTORS
Ray Branch. Strand Theatre. Hastings; Glenn A.
Cross, Rex Theatre, Battle Creek; Fred De
Loddcr, Di-l-thc Theatre. 8935 Mack Avenue.
Detroit; Allen Johnson. Our Theatre. Grand
Rapids; Edgar E Kirchner, Family and Cadillac
Square Theatres. Detroit; Leon Kcim. Macomb
Theatre. Mt Clemens; Tom Lancaster, Grande
Theatre. 8022 W. Jefferson Street, Detroit; H. T.
Reynolds. Family Theatre. Grand Rapids; J. C.
Ritter. Rialto Theatre, 6345 Gratiot Street, De-
troit; Arthur Robinson, Mcdbury Theatre, 5848
Hastings Street. Detroit; Carl Schweighart,
Doric Theatre, 545 5 Grand River Avenue, De-
troit; Alex Schrciber, Loop Theatre. 418 Michigan
Avenue. Detroit; H. A. Wood. Regent Theatre.
Bangor; Frank Wctsman. Avalon Theatre, 13033
Linwood Street, Detroit; Lew Whisper, Picca-
dilly Theatre. 4018 Fcnkcll Street. Detroit.
Associated Theatre Owners
of Indiana, Inc.
Room 315
Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 320 >{. Meridan Street
Phone Lincoln 1 130
Indianapolis, Ind.
PRESIDENT
Sam Neall, (sis Theatre. Kokomo, Ind.
VICE-PRESIDENT
A. C. Zaring, Zaring Theatre. Indianapolis, Ind.
TREASURER
Harrv M-vrki IK, Talbot Theatre, Indianapolis, Ind.
SECRETARY
Mrs. Helen Brown Keller, Indianapolis, Ind.
ATTORNEY AND C.EN'ERAL MANAGER
Charles R. MbTTOI r, Indianapolis, Ind.
DIRECTORS
A C Miller. Lark Theatre. Brazil. Ind.; A. C.
Zaring, Zaring Theatre, Indianapolis, Ind.; Sam
Carlton. Strand Theatre. Frankfort, Ind.; R. R.
B.nr, 9th floor, Roosevelt Building, Indianapolis,
Ind.; Percy Dickson, Eagles Theatre. Wabash,
Ind ; Walter Easlcy. K. of P. Theatre, Greens-
burg, Ind ; Cullcn Espy. Indiana Theatre, Indian-
Jame-t A FitzPatrickv
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1931-1932 Series
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Visugraphic Pictures, Inc*
Producers and Distributors of
ADVERTISING MOTION PICTURES
Edward F Stevenson, Pres'dent
Executive Offices 247 Park Avenue, New York City
WIckersham 2-6530
apolis. Ind ; Paul Meloy. Strand and Alhamhra
Theatres. Shclhyvillc, Ind.; Pete Mailers. Rilev
Theatre. Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Charles R. Metzgcr,
Two Johns Theatre. Indianapolis, Ind.; Sam
Neall, [ail Theatre, Kokomo, Ind.: A. E. Ben-
nett, Liberty Theatre. Muncie. Ind.; A M
Howard, Strand Theatre. Mono. Ind.; Oscar
Fine. Alhambra Theatre, Evansvillc. Ind.; H. E.
Hart. Court Theatre. Auburn, Ind.; Harry
Vonderschmidt, Indiana Theatre. Bloomington.
Ind.; L. M Prcwitt Theatre. Plain6eld, Ind ;
Maurice Rubin, Uptown Theatre, Michigan City,
Ind ; Jack Belger, Gaiety Theatre. Bluffton. Ind.;
Harry Markun. Talbott Theatre. Indianapolis.
Ind.
Central New York Theatre Owners
Association
Albany. K T.
DIRECTORS
C. H. Buckley. A. Stone. Albany; William A
Shirley. Morris Silverman, Schenectady: M. J.
Kallett, Utica; William E. Benton, Saratoga;
William Smalley, Cooperstown; Henry Grossman,
Hudson; Jacob Rosenthal, Troy: Morris J.
Schinc. Glovcrsville; William A. Farley, Albany.
Greater Cincinnati Motion Picture
Exhibitors Association
Cincinnati , Ohio
PRESIDENT
A. J. Holt
VICE-PRESIDENT
M. Chester Martin
SECRETARY
Philip Miller
TREASURER
HlRMAN BLY
DIRECTORS
A. J. Holt. Isaac Libson, Andrew G Hettc-
shcimcr, Charles Fine, J. A. Ackcrman, William
Gervers, M. Chester Martin, Philip Miller and
Herman BIy.
Independent Motion Picture Theatre
Owners of New England, Inc.
54 PicJmont Street
Boston, Mass.
PRESIDENT
Nathan Yamins, Fall River, Mass.
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
Max Levenson, Boston, Mass.
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
W B. Littlepicld. Roxbury, Mass.
TREASURER
Harold Stoneman, Boston, Mass.
SECRETARY
Ehntst H. Horstmann, Boston, Mass.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTE
AI Somerby, Boston; Ed Ansin, Boston; Irving
Green, Maiden; George Ramsdell. Maiden; E. M.
Loew, Boston; Phil Smith. Boston; Stanley Sum-
ner, Cambridge: Julius Jolson. Somcrville; W. H.
McLaughlin, Stoneham; W. T. Fitzgerald.
Hyannis.
Louisiana Allied Association of
Motion Picture Exhibitors
2602 Peniston Street
\- w Orleans. La.
PRESIDENT
A. J. Bethancoirt, Houma, La.
SECRETARY
Ben Halpern
Montana Exhibitors Association
Peoples Theatre Building
Butte, Mont.
PRESIDENT
F. A. Boedecker, Ellen Theatre, Bozeman, Mont.
MANAGER
John A. Gavan
Motion Picture Theatre Owners
of America
1600 Broad u-ay
Phone Pennsylvania 35SO
}^ew Tori- City
PRESIDENT
M. A. Lightman, Memphis, Tenn.
REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENTS
Charles W. Picqi-et, Pinehurst, N. C.
R R. Biechele, Kansas City, Kan.
Sam Dembrow, New York.
Harry Arthur, New York.
Frank C. Walker, New York.
TREASURER
Jay Emanuel, Philadelphia, Pa.
SECRETARY
M. J. Toole, Scranton, Pa.
CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Fred Wehrenberg, St. Louis, Mo.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
William Benton. Saratoga Springs. N. Y.; Jack
Cohen, Philadelphia. Pa.; M. E. Comcrford.
Scranton, Pa.; Fred Dcsberg. Cleveland. Ohio;
Edward M. Fay, Providence. R. I ; Ed Kuykcn-
dahl. Columbus, Miss.; Jack Miller. Chicago,
Ill ; Major L. E. Thompson, New York; Fred
Wehrenberg, Missouri; Charles Williams, Omaha,
Neb.
Motion Picture Theatre Owners of
Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi
409 South Second Street
Memphis. Tenn.
PRESIDENT
H D. Wharton, Warren. Ark.
358
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
VICE-PRESIDENTS
M. S. McCord, Camden, Ark.
Edward E. Kuykendall, Columbus, Miss.
W. F. Ruppin, Covington, Tenn.
J. F. Norman, England, Ark.
Motion Picture Theatres Owners of
Colorado and Rocky Mountain
Region
315 Walter Ban\ Building
Phone Wasatch 3421
Salt Lake City, Utah
PRESIDENT
John J. Gillette, Strand Theatre, Tooele, Utah.
VICE-PRESIDENT
B. Steck, Lyceum Theatre, Ogden, Utah.
TREASURER
John Rugar, Egyptian Theatre, Park City, Utah.
SECRETARY
Homer Holmgren, 315 Walker Bank Bldg., Salt
Lake City.
DIRECTORS
I. H. Harris, Burley Theatre, Burley Idaho; Harry
David, Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City; Walter
Mendenhall, Pinney Theatre, Boise, Idaho; Paul
DeMordaunt, Mission Theatre, Blackfoot, Idaho;
John J. Gillette, Strand Theatre, Tooele, Utah;
B. Steck, Lyceum Theatre, Ogden, Utah; John
Rugar, Egyptian Theatre, Park City, Utah.
Motion Picture Theatre Owners of
Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern
New Jersey and Delaware
301 North 1 3th Street
Philadelphia. Pa.
PRESIDENT
Lewen Pizor, Bailey Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
VICE-PRESIDENTS
C. Floyd Hopkins, Harrisburg, Pa.
L. J. Chamberlain, Shamokin, Pa.
M. Wax. Philadelphia, Pa.
TREASURER
M. Lessy, Philadelphia, Pa.
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ALABAMA
BIRMINGHAM (257,657)
Strand: 1500. W. E.
Alabama: 3000. W. E.
Empire: 1000. W. E.
Ritz: 1800. W. E.
Trianon: 600. W. E.
MONTGOMERY (47,000)
Paramount: 1492. W. E.
Strand: 675. W. E.
MOBILE (66,800)
Saenger: 1000. VV. E.
Lyric : 900. W. E.
ARIZONA
BISBEE (9,205)
Lyric: 1000. W. E.
PHOENIX (42,100)
Orpheum: 1200. W. E.
Rialto: 650. \V. E.
Strand: 900. W. E.
TUCSON (20,292)
Fox: 1300. W. E.
Broadway: 1020. W. E.
Rialto: 958. W. E.
ARKANSAS
HOT SPRINGS (11,695)
Princess: 950. \V. E.
Central: 600. W. E.
LITTLE ROCK (75,900)
Majestic: 1100. R. C A.
Capitol: 1200. W. E.
Royal: 900. W. E.
PINE BLUFF (19,280)
Saenger: 1500. VV. E.
FT. SMITH (32,100)
Joie: 750. W. E.
New: 1000. VV. E.
CALIFORNIA
BAKERSFIELD (18,638)
California: 1014. VV. E.
Fox: 1700. W. E.
Nile: 1096. W. E.
Hippodrome: 860. VV. E.
LONG BEACH (141,390)
Imperial: 811. W. E.
West Coast: 2038. W. E.
Egyptian: 1080. W. E.
Palace: 850. VV. E.
State: 1800. \Y. E.
LOS ANGELES (1,231,730)
Criterion: 2000. W. E.
Loew s State: 2242. VV. E.
Los Angeles: 2200. W. E.
Paramount: 3347. W. E.
Hillstreet: 2916. R. C A.
Orpheum: 2000. R. C A.
Downtown: 2500. VV. E.
United Artists: 2100. W. E.
Palace: 1200. W. E.
Million Dollar: 2145. W. E.
Rialto: 950. VV. E.
Boulevard: 1600. VV. E.
Forum: 2000. VV. E.
Uptown: 1100. VV. E.
Wilshire: 2500. W. E.
Belmont: 1200. VV. E.
Ritz: 1446. VV. E.
Westlake: 1949. W. E.
Egyptian: 1771. VV. E.
Figueroa: 1600. W. E.
Manchester: 1250. VV. E.
Adams: 1350. VV. E.
Mesa: 1442. W. E.
Biltmore: 1250. VV. E.
California: 1900. VV. E.
Carmel: 1098. VV. E.
Stadium: 1200. W. E.
2000 KEY THEATRES
Golden Gate: 1454. VV. E.
Majestic: 1300. VV. E.
President: 850. W. E.
Sunbeam: 1296. VV. E.
Hollywood: 2650. VV. E.
Carthay Circle: 1518. VV. E.
Graumans Chinese: 2028. VV. E.
Pantages: 2300. VV. E.
PASADENA (58,400)
Colorado: 1706. VV. E.
Pasadena: 1194. W. E.
Strand: 900. W. E.
Raymond: 2200. VV. E.
SAN DIEGO (147,897)
Fox: 1960. VV. E.
California: 2021. W. E.
Orpheum: 1400. VV. E.
Cabrillo: 880. VV. E.
ALAMEDA (32,400)
Strand: 1500. VV. E.
BERKELEY (67,800)
West Coast: 1000. VV. E.
Campus: 1500. W. E.
California: 1500. W. E.
FRESNO (60,200)
State: 1245. VV. E.
Wilson: 1928. W. E.
Warner: 2400. W. E.
OAKLAND (284,213)
Oakland: 3800. W. E.
T. & D. : 3796. W. E.
Orpheum: 2700. R. C. A
Vitaphone: 1500. W. E.
Grand Lake: 1800. W.E.
SAN FRANCISCO (625,974)
Fox: 5000. VV. E.
Golden Gate: 2800. VV E
Warfield: 2600. W. E.
California: 2500. W. E.
Marion Davies: 1008. VV E
Orpheum: 2900. W. E.
Paramount: 3000. VV. E.
Coliseum: 2400. W. E.
Warner: 1200. VV. E.
El Capitan: 3000. VV E
Casino: 2000. VV. E.
Columbia: 2000. W. E
Embassy: 1200. VV. E.
Premier: 1468. R. C. A.
St. Francis: 1600. W. E
Union Sq.: 1500. R. C. A.
United Artists: 1465. R. C A.
New Mission: 3000. R. C A
Rialto: 1600. VV. E.
Roosevelt: 1200. W E.
Haight: 1400. R. C. A.
Harding: 1250. VV. E.
New Fillmore: 2200. RCA
Uptown: 1200. VV. E.
Alexandria: 1500. VV. E.
Alhambra: 1400. VV E
Royal: 1400. VV. E.
SACRAMENTO (73,400)
Capitol: 1103. VV. E.
Hippodrome: 1742. VV E
Senator: 2200. W. E.
Alhambra: 1990. W. E.
STOCKTON (48,600)
California: 2100. VV. E.
State: 1510. W. E.
SAN JOSE (44,200)
California: 2200. VV. E
Mission: 1200. W. E.
American: 1400. VV. E.
COLORADO
BOULDER (11,006)
Curran: 712. W. E.
Isis: 707. Deforest.
COLORADO SPRINGS (30,105)
Paramount: 1363. VV. E.
America: 1000. VV. E.
Rialto: 964. W. E.
DENVER (287,644)
America: 1586. W. E.
Denver: 2512. W. E. •
Orpheum: 1650. R. C. A.
Alladin: 1454. VV. E.
Tabor: 2269. R. C. A.
Paramount: 2096. W. E.
PUEBLO (43,900)
Colorado: 1326. VV. E.
Palm: 750. W. E.
Rialto: 800. R. C. A.
TRINIDAD (10,906)
Rialto: 379. Deforest.
West: 1100. VV. E.
CONNECTICUT
BRIDGEPORT (147,206)
Cameo: 1415. W. E.
Globe: 2792. W. E.
Lyric: 2170. VV. E.
Majestic: 2198. W. E.
Palace: 3048. VV. E.
DANBURY (18,943)
Capitol: 1497. W. E.
Empress: 1385. W. E.
Palace: 2000. W. E.
HARTFORD (163.849)
Allyn: 2300. W. E.
Princess: 788. W. E.
Capitol: 3017. VV. E.
State: 4038. W. E.
Palace: 2334. VV. E.
Regal : 946. W. E.
Strand: 1489. VV. E.
Colonial: 1194. W. E.
E. M. Loew: 1404. Deforest.
MERIDAN (36,600)
Palace: 1610. W. E.
Poli: 1605. VV. E.
Capitol: 794. R. C. A.
NEW BRITAIN (69,600)
Capitol: 1445. W. E.
Embassy : 1 004. W. E.
Strand: 2400. VV. E.
NEW HAVEN (162,650)
Bijou: 1627. W.E.
College: N. L W. E.
Poli: 2005: W. E.
Pequot: 1269. W.E.
Paramount: 2373. W.E.
Howard: 1164. W.E.
Roger Sherman: 2076. W.E.
NEW LONDON (25,698)
Capitol: 1756. W. E.
Crown: 1083. VV. E.
Garde: 1603. VV. E.
NOR WALK (30,100)
Empress: 1800. W. E.
Palace: 858. W. E.
Regent: 1003. VV. E.
STAMFORD (40,800)
Palace: 1946. VV. E.
Stamford: 1352. W. E.
Strand: 1419. W.E.
VVATERBURY (101,107)
Palace: 2292. W. E.
State: 2800. W. E.
Strand: 1395. VV. E.
DELAWARE
WILMINGTON (105,191)
Aldine: 1819. W. E.
Arcadia: 1394. W. E.
Grand O. H. : 1387. W. E.
Playhouse: 1400. Universal
Queen: 1724. W. E.
FLORIDA
JACKSONVILLE (129,682)
Arcade: 1000. W.E.
Empress: 600. W. E.
Florida: 3200. W. E.
Imperial: 1000. W. E.
Palace: 500. VV. E.
MIAMI (110,025)
Capitol: 2500. VV. E.
Fairfax: 1509. W. E.
Hippodrome: 1000. W.E.
Olympia: 2500. W. E.
Paramount: 600. VV. E.
TAMPA (100,910)
Franklin: 853. VV. E.
Strand: 853. W. E.
Tampa: 2000. W. E.
Victory: 1550. VV. E.
Florida: N. L. VV. E.
PENSACOLA (33,937)
Saenger: 900. W. E.
Isis: 600. VV. E.
GEORGIA
ATLANTA (347,991)
Capitol: 2100. W. E.
Fox : 4462. VV. E.
Earlanger: 200. W. E.
Georgia: 2500. W. E.
Grand: 1200. VV. E.
Paramount: 2700. W.E.
AUGUSTA (55,700)
Imperial: 1400. VV. E.
Modjeska: 833. VV. E.
Rialto: 500. W. E.
COLUMBUS (45,000)
Grand: 800. W. E.
Paramount: 2800. VV. E.
Rialto: 625. W.E.
MACON (59,200)
Capitol: 950. VV. E.
Rialto: 850. VV. E.
Ritz: 825. VV. E.
SAVANNAH (96,400)
Arcadia: 750. VV. E.
Bijou: 1211. VV. E.
Lucas: 1700. W. E.
Odeon: 750. VV. E.
Savannah: 1320. W. E.
IDAHO
BOISE (21,393)
Fox: 1500. R. C. A.
Granada: 432. VV. E.
Strand : 900. VV. E.
IDAHO FALLS (8064)
Fox: 800. R. C. A.
Paramount: 1200. W. E.
POCATELLO (15,001)
Capitol: 480. Pacent.
Orpheum: 1000. VV. E.
Strand: 500. VV. E.
TWIN FALLS (8324)
Idaho: 500. W. E.
Orpheum: 1600. Cinophone.
ILLINOIS
AURORA (45,900)
Tivoli : 200. VV. E.
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
359
BLOOM INGTOX (30,700)
Irwin: 1200. W. E.
Majestic: 1100. W. E.
CHAMPAIGN (15,873)
Orpheum: 1000. R. C. A.
Rialto: 800. W. E.
Virginia: 1900. R. C. A.
DANVILLE (37,600)
Fischer: 1000. W. E.
Palace: 1092. \V. E.
Terrace: 1584. W. E.
DECATUR (55,000)
Bijou: 1050. \V. E.
Empress: 947. W. E.
Lincoln: 1000. W. E.
ELGIN (34,000)
Crocker: 1560. W. E.
Rialto: 1600. W. E.
FREEPORT (19,669)
Lindo: 1202. W. E.
Patio: 2500. W. E.
GALESBURG (23,834)
Colonial: 500. Deforest.
Orpheum: 700. W. E.
West: 600. Deforest.
TOLIET (41,000)
Orpheum: 1000. W. E.
Princess: 900. W. E.
Rialto: 2268. W. E.
KANKAKEE (16,753)
Luna: 1000. W. E.
Majestic: 1400. W. E.
PEORIA (105,155)
Apollo: 800. W. E.
Madison: 1500. \V. E.
Majestic: 1291. W. E.
Palace: 1500. W. E.
Rialto: 500. W. E.
QUINCY (39,200)
Belasco: 1100. Moviephone.
Orpheum: 1500. \V. E.
Washington Sq. : 1800. W. E.
ROCKFORD (78,800)
Coronado: 1800. W. E.
Orpheum: 1000. W. E.
Palace: 1372. R. C. A.
WAUKEGAN (19,226)
Academy: 1250. W. E.
Genesee: 1500. W. E.
CHICAGO (3,373,753)
Chicago : 4000. W. E. -
McVickers: 2500. W. E.
Oriental: 3500. W. E.
Palace: 2509. R. C. A.
Roosevelt: 1400. W. E.
State Lake: 3000. R. C. A.
United Artists: 1700. W. E.
Woods: 2000. W. E.
Rialto: 1500. W. E.
Norshore: 3500. W. E.
Granada: 3000. W. E.
Uptown: 4500. W. E.
Riviera: 1800. W. E.
Gateway: 3000. W. E.
Sheridan: 3000. W. E.
Belmont: 3000. W. E.
Century: 2500. W. E.
Harding: 2800. W. E.
Congress: 2500. W. E.
Marbro: 5000. W. E.
Paradise: 3500. W E.
Avalon: 2800. W.E.
Capitol: 2415. W. E.
Tivoli: 4000. W. E.
Tower: 2500. W. E.
Senate: 2500. W. E.
State: 2200. W. E.
Midwest: 1800. W. E.
Berwyn: 2000. W. E.
States: 2500. W. E.
Jefferey: 1900. W. E.
Nortown: 2050. W. E.
Monroe: 1000. W. E.
Howard: 1690. W. E.
Varsity: 1850. W. E.
Pantheon: 2400. W. E.
Center: 2800. W. E.
Belpark: 2000. W. E.
Portage Pk. : 1600. W. E.
Rivoh: 1500. W. E.
Commodore: 1000. W.E.
Terminal: 1500. W. E.
Buckingham: 1050. W. E.
Covent Garden: 2250. W.E.
Embassy: 1300. W. E.
Alamo: 1200. W. E.
Crystal: 1834. W. E.
Manor: 1500. W. E.
Mont Clare: 1200. W. E.
Tiffin: 2400. W. E.
Windsor: 1200. W. E.
Biltmore: 2000. W. E.
Crown: 1450. W. E.
Byrd: 1357. W. E.
West End: 1199. W. E.
C entral Park: 2032. W. E.
American: 1226. R. C. A.
Broadway Strand: 1500. W.E.
Milo: 1000. W. E.
Marshall Sq. : 2000. R. C. A.
Atlantic: 1158. W. E.
Ramona: 1000. W. E.
Metropolitan: 1258. W. E.
Regal: 3500. W. E.
Oakland Sq. : 1405. W. E.
Colony: 1625. W. E.
Highland: 2000. W. E.
Peoples: 2400. W. E.
W. Englewood: 1400. W.E.
Picadilly: 2500. W. E.
Grove: 2100. W. E.
Maryland: 1500. W. E.
Englewood: 1300. R. C. A.
Highway: 1400. W. E.
Stratford: 2400. W. E.
Commercial: 1500. W. E.
ALTON (24,682)
Grand : 800. W. E.
Princess: 685. W. E.
Temple: 1100. Deforest.
BELLEVILLE (24,823)
Lincoln: 1500. W. E.
Ritz: 400. W. E.
Washington: 1000. W.E.
Rex: 300. R. C. A.
EAST ST LOUIS (72,300)
Majestic: 850. W. E.
Orpheum : 2000. W. E.
Avenue: 1000. Phototone.
Lyric: 2200. W. E.
SPRINGFIELD (64,700)
Lincoln: 800. W. E.
Majestic: 1000. R. C. A.
Orpheum: 2200. R. C. A.
Strand : 800. R. C. A.
MOLIN'E (30,734)
LeClaire: 1400. W. E.
Paradise: 800. Deforest.
ROCK ISLAND (41,000)
Fort Armstrong: 1700. YV. E.
Spencer Sq.: 1000. W.E.
INDIANA
ANDERSON (29,767)
Paramount: 1500. W. E.
Riviera: 830. W. E.
State: 1500. W. E.
EVANSVILLE (103.151)
Grand: 1160. W. E.
Victory: 2300. W. E.
American: 800. W. E.
FT. WAYNE (115,121)
Emboyd : 3000. W. E.
Tefferson: 1200. W. E.
Palace: 1800. W. E.
Paramount: 2300. W. E.
INDIANAPOLIS (364,073)
Apollo: 1200. W. E.
Uptown : 1 000. W. E.
Circle: 2900. W. E.
Ritz: 1068. W. E.
Indiana: 3133. W.E.
Walker: 1200. W. E.
Keiths: 2000. R. C. A.
Rivoli: 1250. W. E.
Lyric: 1892. W. E.
Granada: 1000. W. E.
Palace: 2700. W. E.
Oriental: 1500. W. E.
Ohio: 1100. W. E
Colonial: 1200. Deforest.
Fountain Sq.: 1500. W.E.
KOKOMO (38,000)
Indiana: 1000. W. E.
Isis: 500. Deforest.
Sipe: 1000. W. E.
LOGANSPORT (21,626)
Logan: 1000. W. E.
Luna: 700. W. E.
MARION (23,747)
Indiana: 1285. W. E.
Paramount: 1400. W. E.
MUNCIE (44,700)
Rivoli: 1800. W. E.
Strand : 400. W. E.
Wysor Grand: 800. W.E.
RICHMOND (31,000)
Indiana: 850. R. C. A.
Ritz: 740. W. E.
Tivoli: 1600. W. E.
TERRE HAUTE (71.900)
Grand: 1132. W. E.
Indiana: 2018. W. E.
Liberty: 1200. W. E.
EAST CHICAGO (47,300)
Forsythe: 500. R. C. A.
ELKHART (24,277)
Bucklen: 900. W. E.
Warner: 2200. W. E.
Orpheum: 650. W. E.
GARY (80,800)
Palace: 2500. W. E.
Tivoli: 1800. W. E.
Grand: 500. Deforest
HAMMOND (52,300)
DeLuxe: 700. W. E.
Orpheum: 1000. W. E.
Paramount: 2000. W. E.
Parthenon: 1500. W. E.
SOUTH BEND (103,694)
Colfax: 2100. W. E.
Granada: 1800. R. C. A.
Orpheum: 2000. R. C. A.
Palace: 1000. R. C. A.
State: 1800. W. E.
IOWA
BURLINGTON (24,057)
Palace: 750. R. C. A.
Rialto: 700. W. E.
Iowa: 500. R. C. A.
CEDAR RAPIDS (53,100)
Iowa: 2000. W. E.
Palace: 400. \V. E.
Paramount: 2500. W. E.
State: 1100. W. E.
DAVENPORT (52,649)
Capitol : 750. R. C. A.
Columbia: 1800. W. E.
Garden: 700. W. E.
Orpheum : N. L. R. C. A.
DES MOINES (142,469)
Des Moines: 1700. W. E.
Garden: 800. Royal.
Orpheum: 1800. R. C. A.
Paramount: 2000. W.E.
Strand: 1000. W. E.
DUBUQUE (41,600)
Ayon: 600. W. E.
Spensley: 1000. R. C. A.
Grand: 600. W. E.
FT. DODGE (19,347)
Iowa: 800: W. E.
Rialto: 800. W. E.
Strand: 500. W. E.
IOWA CITY (11,267)
Englert: 600. W. E.
Strand: 600. Deforest.
MARSH ALLTOWN (15,731)
Capitol: 800: R. C. A.
Casino: 600. W. E.
Strand: 650. W. E.
MASON CITY (20,065)
Strand: 400. \V. E.
Cecil: 1003. R. C. A.
Palace: 750. W. E.
OTTUM \VA (23.003)
Capitol: 560. W. E.
Ottumwa: 560: W. E.
Rialto: 450. W. E.
WATERLOO (36,900)
Palace: 600. W. E.
Paramount: 2000. W E.
Strand: 1100. W. E.
COUNCIL BLUFFS (40.900)
Broadway: 1300. W. E.
Strand: 500. W. E.
Liberty: 900. W. E.
SIOUX CITY (78,000)
Capitol: N. L W. E.
Iowa: 2000. W. E.
Orpheum: 2500. R. C. A.
Princess: 2000. W. E.
. KANSAS
ATCHISON (12,630)
Orpheum : 784. W. E.
Royal : 692. W. E.
COFFEYVILLE (13,452)
Midland: 1000. W. E.
Tackett: 938. W. E.
Columbia: 500. R. C. A.
EMPORIA (11,273)
Granada: 1562. W. E.
Strand: 350. W. E.
HUTCHINSON (23.298)
De Luxe: 800. W. E.
Midland: 1272. W. E.
Royal: 450. W. E.
Strand: 550. W. E.
INDEPENDENCE (11,920)
Booth: 840. W. E.
Mainstreet: 443. R. C. A.
KANSAS CITY (122,327)
Electric: 1500. W. E.
Pershing: 790. W. E.
Granada: 1200. W. E.
LEAVENWORTH (16,912)
Lyceum: 750: R. C. A.
Orpheum: 900. W. E.
NEWTON (9781)
Regent: 700. W. E.
Star: 250. W. E.
PITTSBURG (18,052)
Colonial: 1151. W. E.
Grand : 700. W. E.
Midland: 914. W. E.
TOPEKA (59,500)
Grand: 800. W. E.
Jawhawk: 1596. W. E.
Novelty: 1200. W. E.
WICHITA (109,832)
Kansas: 500. Universal.
Miller: 2250. W. E.
Orpheum: 2100. W. E.
Palace: 1750. W. E.
Uptown: 2000. W. E.
KENTUCKY
LOUISVILLE (307,807)
Alamo: 1050 W. E.
Loew's State: 3500. W. E.
Uptown: 1100. W. E.
National: 2300. W. E.
Kentucky: 796. W. E.
Rialto: 3050. W. E.
Strand: 1800. W. E
Mary Anderson: 1500. W.E.
ASHLAND (14,729)
Grand: 500. W. E.
Capitol: 900. W. E.
COVINGTON (58,500)
Liberty: 1000. R. C. A.
Wilson: 1021. R. C. A.
LEXINGTON (47,500)
Ben Ali: 1400. W. E.
Kentucky: 1276. W. E.
State: 888. W. E.
Strand: 1150. W. E.
NEWPORT (29,317)
Hippodrome: 1980. W. E.
Strand: 800. W. E.
Temple: 600. W. E.
PADUCAH (24,735)
Arcade: 1195. W. E.
Columbia: 1400. W. E.
Orpheum: 800. W. E. •
LOUISIANA
BATON ROUGE (21,782)
Publix: 900. W. E.
Louisiana: 600. W. E.
NEW ORLEANS (455,792)
Loew's State: 3200. W.E.
Orpheum: 1500. W. E.
Saenger: 3200. W. E.
Strand: 1000. W. E.
Tudor: 700. W. E.
Globe : 600. W. E.
SHREVEPORT (65.400)
Majestic: 700. W. E.
Strand: 900. W. E.
Capitol: 700. W. E.
MAINE
BANGOR (25,978)
Bijou: 800. W. E.
Opera House: 1500. W. E.
Park: 900. W. E.
LEWISTON (35,500)
Empire: 1320. Deforest.
Strand: 2885. W. E.
PORTLAND (76,400)
Empire: 1200. W. E.
Maine: 900. W. E.
State: 2058. W. E.
Strand: 1000. W. E.
Keiths: 1834: W. E.
MARYLAND
BALTIMORE (801,741)
Broadway: 800. W. E.
Valencia: 1487. W. E.
Waverly: 750. Deforest.
Boulevard: 800. W. E.
Grand: 1150. W. E.
Hippodrome: 3000. W. E.
Auditorium: 1580. R. C. A.
Keiths: 2400. R. C. A.
Embassy: 1277. Cinephone.
Loew's Century: 3075. W.E.
Red Wing: 700. R. C. A.
Parkway: 1000. W. E.
Belnord : 1 750. W. E.
Stanley: 3287. W. E.
State: 1600. W. E.
Metropolitan: 1500. W. E.
Palace: 1000. Deforest.
New: 1200. W. E. ,
Ritz: 900. W. E.
Rivoli: 1800. W. E.
Mc Henry: 800. W. E.
Hampden: 1060. W. E.
Bridge: 912. W. E.
Regent: 1400. W. E.
Pimlico: 999. W. E.
CUMBERLAND (34,400)
Liberty: 1136. W. E.
Maryland: 1400. Goodall.
Strand: 1400. R. C. A.
HAGERSTOWN (28,064)
Colonial: 1000. Pacent.
Maryland: 1601. W. E.
Academy: 600. W. E.
MASSACHUSETTS
BOSTON (783,451)
Beacon: 1000. W. E.
Fenway: 1500. W. E.
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The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
Keith Albee: 3237. W. E.
B. F. Keith: 2907. R. C. A.
Loew's State: 3700. W. E.
Metropolitan: 4100. W. E.
Modern: 800. W. E.
Orpheum: 3100. W. E.
Uptown : 2000. R. C. A.
Wash. St. Olympia: 2500. W. E.
Scolley Sq. Olmpyia: 1800.
W. E.
Globe: 1437. W. E.
Capitol: 1749. W. E
Egyptian: 2054. W. E.
Exeter St.: 1000. W. E.
Fields Corner: 1800. W. E.
Strand: 1819. W. E.
Broadway: 1815. W. E.
Strand: 1500. W. E.
National: 3000. Deforest
Jamaica: 1200. W. E.
Dudley: 1200. \V. E.
Rivoli: 1500. W. E.
Shawmut: 1400. W. E.
Bowdoin Sq.: 1400. W. E.
Lancaster: 1380. R. C. A.
Central Sq.: 1100. W. E.
Oriental: N. L. \V. E.
BROCKTON (67,343)
Brockton: 850. VV. E.
Colonial: 800. W. E.
Rialto: 1000. W. E.
Strand: 100. W. E.
CAMBRIDGE (113,650)
Central Sq. : 1800. W. E.
Harvard: 1200. W. E.
University: 1800. W. E.
CHELSEA (48,200)
Broadway: 1000. \V. E.
Olympia: 800. VV. E.
EVERETT (42,500)
Capitol: 1800. VV. E.
Park: 1000. W. E.
Rialto: 800. W. E.
FALL RIVER (114,348)
Bijou: 1400. W. E.
Capitol: 1800. \V. E.
Durfee: 2500. W. E.
Empire: 1300. VV. E.
FITCHBURG (44,200)
Fitchburg: 1750. R. C. A.
Lyric: 992. R. C. A.
Shea's: 818. VV. E.
HAVERHILL (49,232)
Colonial: 1400. W. E.
Paramount: 1800. VV. E.
Strand: 1346. Moviephone.
HOLYOKE (60,400)
Strand: 1175. VV. E.
Suffolk: 981. Deforest.
Victory: 2296. VV. E.
LAWRENCE (93,500)
Broadway: 1500. VV. E.
Capitol: 900. VV. E.
Modern: 1000. VV. E.
Palace: 2000. VV. E.
Victoria: 800. R. C. A.
Warner: 2400. W. E.
LOWELL (100,300)
Capitol: 900. VV. E.
Merrimac Sq. : 1400. VV. E.
Keiths: 1750. R. C. A.
Strand: 1763. VV. E.
Victory: 977. VV. E.
LYNN (102,327)
Capitol: 1500. Deforest.
Olympia: 1800. W. E.
Paramount: N. L. VV. E.
Warner: 2300. VV. E.
MALDEN (52,400)
Granada: 2300. VV. E.
Mystic: 1200. VV. E.
Strand: 1600. VV. E.
MEDFORD (49,700)
Fellsway: 1000. VV. E.
Riverside: 1800. VV. E.
NEW BEDFORD (112,804)
Bayliss Sq. : 1150. Deforest.
Capitol: 1400. VV. E.
Empire: 1700. W. E.
New Bedford: 1400. VV. E.
Olympia: 2100. VV. E.
State: 1700. VV. E.
NEWTON (54,700)
Paramount: 1500. VV. E.
Regent: 800. W. E.
PITTSFIELD (48,100)
Capitol: 1500. VV. E.
Colonial : 800. W. E.
Palace: 1500. W. E.
QUINCY (63.000)
Strand: 2000 VV. E.
Alhambra: 1600. W. E.
SALEM (42,900)
Federal: 1800. VV. E.
Paramount: N. L. VV. E.
Plaza: soo. w. E.
Salem: 1200. W. E.
SOMERVILLE (103,604)
Ball Sq.: 1299. VV. E.
Capitol: 1766. W. E.
Central Sq. : 1002. W. E.
Teele Sq. : 1000. W. E.
SPRINGFIELD (153,153)
Broadway: 2200. W. E.
Capitol: N. L. VV. E.
Nelson: 1444. VV. E.
Paramount: 1200. VV. E.
Poli Palace: 2500. W. E.
Bijou: 900. VV. E.
TAUNTON (39,800)
Park: 1600. VV. E.
Strand: 1200. R. C. A.
VVALTHAM (35,700)
Central: 800. VV. E.
Embassy: 1200. VV. E.
WORCESTER (196,395)
Capitol: 2000. VV. E.
Olympia: 1200. W. E.
Plymouth: 1500. W. E.
Poli Elm: 2478. W. E.
Poli Palace. 3238. VV. E.
Warner: 1600. VV. E.
Regent: 1300. VV. E.
MICHIGAN
ADRIAN (11,878)
Croswell: 1074. VV. E.
Family: 423. W. E.
BATTLE CREEK (43,500)
Bijou: 1053. VV. E.
Post: 902. W. E.
Regent: 965. VV. E.
Strand: 584. VV. E.
BAY CITY (49,200)
Columbus: 850. VV. E.
Bay: 776. W. E.
Regent: 1300. VV. E.
Washington: 917. W. E.
DETROIT (1,564,397)
Garden: 903. W. E.
Majestic: 1651. W. E.
Alhambra: 1472. VV. E.
Highland Pk. : 600. W. E.
Linwood La Salle: 1498. VV. E.
Century: 1990. W. E.
Ferry Field: 1325. W. E.
Granada: 1750. VV. E.
Senate: 1200. W. E.
Times Sq. : 1700. R. C. A.
Ferndale: 995. VV. E.
Stratford: 987. R. C. A.
Grande: 1837. R. C. A.
Lincoln Sq. : 1850. W. E.
Lancaster: 1200. R. C. A.
Lasky: 998. W. E.
Martha Washington: 1000.
R. C. A.
Farnum: 900. R. C. A.
Temple: 1573. R. C. A.
Palace No. 1: 1349. W. E.
Strand: 1384. VV. E.
Rialto: 1334. W. E.
Roosevelt: 1700. Humaphone.
Rivola: 1010. W. E.
De Luxe: 1500. W. E.
Lakewood: 1270. VV. E.
Uptown: 1550. W. E. '
Avalon. 1972. W. E.
Dexter: 1100. VV. E.
Adams: 1770. VV. E.
Cinderella: 1897. Deforest.
Downtown : 2950. R. C. A.
Fisher: 2975. VV. E.
Fox: 5500. VV. E.
Grand Riviera: 2800. VV. E.
Hollywood: 3436. W. E.
Uptown: 3200. R. C. A.
Madison: 1976. W. E.
Michigan: 4038. VV. E.
Paramount: 3448. VV. E.
State: 3000. VV. E.
United Artist: 2070. VV. E.
Regent: 2253. W. E.
Riviera Annex: 1800. VV. E.
Tuxedo: 1800. W. E.
Oriole: 2200. VV. E.
Ramona: 2000. W. E.
Great Lakes: 2000. R. C. A.
Kramer: 1732. VV. E.
FLINT (156,422)
Capitol: 2200. W. E.
Garden: 1000. VV. E.
Michigan: 1500. VV. E.
Palace: 1430. VV. E.
Regent: 1600. VV. E.
Savoy: 650. VV. E.
State: 1000. VV. E.
Strand: 940. VV. E.
GRAND RAPIDS (168,234)
Empress: 1800. W. E.
Isis: 1177. VV. E.
Kent: 1000. W. E.
Majestic: 1250. W. E.
Regent: 1803. VV. E.
Stocking: 741. VV. E.
Family: 600. Deforest.
Wealthy: 578. Deforest.
IONIA (6,935)
Ionia: 750. W. E.
Orpheum: 260. R. C. A.
Regent: 400. W. E.
JACKSON (59,700)
Capitol: 1654. W. E.
Family: 822. Deforest.
Majestic: 1703. W. E.
Michigan: 2000. VV. E.
Regent: 1000. W. E.
Rex: 730. W. E.
KALAMAZOO (54,500)
"Capitol: -1090. W. E.
Fuller: 1007. VV. E.
Regent: 817. W. E.
State: 2000. VV. E.
LANSING (73,200)
Capitol: 756. VV. E.
Lansing: 750. W. E.
Gladmere: 1500. W. E.
Orpheum: 443. Deforest.
Strand: 1825. W. E.
MUSKEGON (44,300)
Majestic: 750. W. E.
Michigan: 1847. W. E.
Regent: 1000. W. E.
Rialto: 500. W. E.
Strand: 750. W. E.
State: 1000. W. E.
PONTIAC (49,800)
Oakland: 1500. W. E.
Orpheum: 1200. W. E.
Rialto: 920. W. E.
State: 1300. W. E.
Strand: 1175. VV. E.
PT. HURON (30,700)
Desmond: 1320. W. E.
Family: 568. W. E.
Majestic: 1375. W. E.
SAGINAW (73,300)
Auditorium: 4000. W. E.
Family: 354. Universal.
Franklin: 1425. VV. E.
Mecca Palace: 798. W. E.
Regent: 600. W. E.
Strand: 829. W. E.
Temple: 2196. W. E.
Wolverine: 800. W. E.
MINNESOTA
DULUTH (101,417)
Granada: 1000. VV. E.
Garric: 1000. W. E.
Lyceum: 1300. VV. E.
Lyric: 1000. W. E.
Orpheum: 1000. W. E.
Doric: 400. VV. E.
MINNEAPOLIS (464,750)
Astor: 1200. VV. E.
Century: 1600. W. E.
Hennepin-Orpheum : 2600.
R. C. A.
Lyric: 1500. W. E.
Minnesota: 4200. VV. E.
7th Street: 1500. R. C. A.
State: 2750. W. E.
Grand: 1000. W. E.
Uptown: 980. W. E.
Granada: 950. VV. E.
Pantages: 2000. W. E.
Nakomis: 400. W. E.
Rialto: 600. VV. E.
Loring: 600. W. E.
New Arion: 650. W. E.
Bijou: 1500. Vitatone.
ST. PAUL (271,418)
Palace-Orpheum: 1400. R. C. A.
Paramount: 2375. W. E.
President: 1500. R. C. A.
Riviera: 1100. VV. E.
Strand: 750. W. E.
Tower: 1000. VV. E.
Park: 1000. W. E.
Uptown: 1000. VV. E.
MISSISSIPPI
COLUMBUS (10,501)
Princess: 700. VV. E.
JACKSON (22,817)
Century: 700. VV. E.
Istrione: 400. VV. E.
Majestic: 800. VV. E.
MERIDIAN (23,399)
Temple: 850. VV. E.
MISSOURI
COLUMBIA (10,392)
Missouri: 1500. W. E.
Hall: 1200. W. E.
ST. LOUIS (822,032)
Ambassadorc: 3000. W. E.
Fox: 4000. W. E.
Grand O. H.: 2225. R. C. A.
Loew's State: 3673. VV. E.
Midtown: 2000. W. E.
Missouri: 3558. VV. E.
New Grand Central: 1850. VV. E.
St. Louis: 3881. R. C. A.
Capitol: 929. VV. E.
Lindell: 1745. VV. E.
Shenandoah: 1750. W. E.
Granada: 2200. VV. E.
JOPLIN (29,902)
Fox: 1781. VV. E.
Hippodrome: 1296. W. E.
KANSAS CITY (392,640)
Globe: 1750. VV. E.
Mainstreet: 2500. W. E.
Midland: 3800. VV. E.
Newman: 1800. VV. E.
Pantages: 2090. W. E.
Royal: 1200. VV. E.
Apollo: 1120. W. E.
Isis: 1417. W. E.
Plaza: 1950. W. E.
Uptown: 2043. W. E.
ST. JOSEPH (78,400)
Colonial: 536. Royalto"e.
Paramount: 1616. W. E.
SPRINGFIELD (50,600)
Gillies: 1400. VV. E.
Paramount: 700. W. E.
MONTANA
ANACONDA (11,668)
Bluebird: 750. W. E.
BILLINGS (15,100)
Babcock: 1500. VV. E.
BUTTE (43,100)
Broadway: 1200. Phototone.
Fox: 1550. W. E.
Rialto: 1200. W. E.
GREAT FALLS (30,900)
Liberty: 1680. VV. E.
Grand: 1000. W. E
Rainbow: 800. VV. E.
HELENA (12,037)
Antlers: 550. Pacent.
Marlow: 1279. W. E.
MISSOULA (12,668)
Rialto: 800. W. E.
Fox: 1000. W. E.
NEBRASKA
GRAND ISLAND (13,947)
Capitol: 1177. VV. E.
Majestic: 1000. W. E.
HASTINGS (11,647)
Rivoli: 1000. VV. E.
Strand: 600. W. E.
LINCOLN (62,700)
Capitol: 1500. Biophone.
Colonial: 700. VV. E.
Lincoln: 1500. W. E.
Orpheum: 1500. VV. E.
Rialto: 1200. VV. E.
Stuart: 400. W. E.
NORFOLK (8,634)
Granada: 1600. VV. E.
Lyric: 350. W. E.
OMAHA (214,175)
Orpheum: 2975. R. C. A.
Paramount: 3000. VV. E.
State: 900. VV. E.
World: 2500. VV. E.
NO. PLATTE (10,466)
Fox: 1104. VV. E.
NEVADA
RENO (12,016)
Granada: 1500. VV. E.
Wigwam: 700. VV. E.
Majestic: 1000. VV. E.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
MANCHESTER (84,000)
Crown: 700. VV. E.
State: 1500. W. E.
Vitaphone: 700. VV. E.
Palace: 1000. VV. E.
Star: 1400. W. E.
Strand: 1000. VV. E.
NASHUA (30,000)
Colonial: 850. VV. E.
State: 1000. VV. E.
Tremont: 1000. VV. E.
NEW JERSEY
ATLANTIC CITY (53,800)
Capitol: 1200. Deforest.
Colonial: 1200. Pacent.
Earle: 2000. VV. E.
Embassy: 1000. W. E.
Globe: 1400. Pacent.
Stanley: 2200. VV. F:.
Steel Pier: 2000. VV. E.
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
361
Strand: 1088. Deforest.
Virginia: 1000. W. E.
Warner: 4200. \V. E.
CAMDEN (117,172)
Grand: 1193. Pacent.
Lyric: 2145. \V. E.
Stanley: 2200. \V. E.
Towers: 1200. W. E.
TRENTON" (122,610)
Capitol: 1978. \V. E.
Lincoln: 2300. \V. E.
Orpheum: 800. Deforest.
Stacey: 750. VV. E.
State: 1500. R. C. A.
Trent: 998. R. C. A.
ASBURY PARK (12,400)
Lyric: 825. \V. E.
Mayfair: 1800. \Y. E.
Ocean: 600. Pacent.
Paramount: N. L. \V. E.
Rialto: 750. W. E.
St. James: 1825. \V. E.
Savoy: 1100. R. C. A.
BAYONNE (91,000)
DeWitt: 2880. \Y. E.
Lyceum: 1000. R. C. A.
Strand: 1400. \V. E.
EAST ORANGE (61.700)
Embassy: 2144. VV. E.
Hollywood: 1674. Pacent.
Palace: 1200. W. E.
Strand: 1200. \V. E.
ELIZABETH (114.551)
Liberty: 1800. \V. E.
Recent: 2452. W. E.
Ritz: 2815. \V. E.
Strand: 1000. \V. E.
State: 1200. W. E.
HOBOKEN (68,166)
Fabian: 3036. \V. E.
U.S.: 1107. W. E.
TERSEY CITY (316.914)
Central: 2069. Pacent.
Fulton: 1700. \V. E.
Loew's: 5500. VV. E.
National: 1294. W. E
Ritz: 1491. Pacent.
Stanley: 4335. \V. E.
State : 2500. W. E.
Tivoli: 1265. \V. E.
Capitol: 1700. \V. E.
Orpheum: 1200. W. E
Rialto: 1000. \V. E.
Apollo: 600. \V. E.
Strand: 500. \V. E.
KEARNEY (32,100)
Hudson: 1700. Pacent.
Repent: I860. \\\ E.
MONTCLAIR (28.810)
Claridge: 1336. R. C. A.
Montclair: 1200. Pacent.
Wellmont: 2137. W. E.
NEWARK (441,170)
Branford: 3100. W. E.
Capitol: 1250. Pacent.
Mosque: 3281. W. E.
Newark: 1989. R. C. A.
Rialto: 1778. W. E.
Stanley: 1978. W. E.
Loew's State: 2600. W. E.
Terminal: 1700. W. E.
Bergen: 1000. Pacent.
Essex: 1500. Deforest.
Mindlin: 420. W. E.
Ritz: 1991. W. E.
West End: 1000. W. E.
Tivoli: 1954. W. E.
Rivoli: 2200. Pacent
Mt. Prospect: 11 00. R. C. A.
Regent! 1992. W. E.
Roosevelt: 1649. Pacent.
Orpheum. 1800. Phototone.
Palace: 2309. R. C. A.
Schuberts: N. L. W. E.
NEW BRl'NSWICK (38,900)
Rivoli: 1604. W. E.
Opera House: 1000. Pacent.
State: 2198. VV. E.
PASSAIC (69.900)
Capitol: 3500. W. E.
Ifontank: 2950. W. E.
Palace: 1000. W. E.
Rialto: 800. W. E
PATERSON (138.2671
Fabian: 3285. W. E.
Garden: 1347. Pacent.
Lyceum : 1000. W. E.
Regent: 1903. W. E.
Rivoli: 1802. W. E.
U. S.: 1470. R. C. A.
PERTH AM BOY (48.100)
Crescent: 800. W. E.
Majestic: 2100. W. E.
Strand: 1200. W. E.
PLAINFIELD (32.500)
Liberty: 1200. W. E.
Oxford: 1700. W. E.
Strand: 1800. W. E.
UNION CITY (63,600)
Capitol: 2114. W. E.
Lincoln: 1822. W. E.
Roosevelt: 1858. Pacent.
Strand: 900. Pacent.
State: 1654. W. E.
Temple: 1000. Deforest.
NEW MEXICO
ALBUQUERQUE (15,157)
Kimo: 1300. W. E.
Mis>ion: 2300. W. E.
Sunshine: 1200. W. E.
NEW YORK
ALBANY (127,358)
Grand: 1604. R. C. A.
Harmanus Hall: 2076. R. C. A.
Leland: 1400. W. E.
Madison: 1943. W. E.
Ritz: 1134. W. E.
Strand: 1943. W. E.
AMSTERDAM (35.600)
Regent: 1150. Pacent.
Rialto: 1400. W. E.
Strand: 1200. W. E.
KINGSTON (26,688)
Broadway: 1500. W. E.
Reade's Kingston: 1000. W. E
NEWBl'RGH (30,400)
Academy: 1127. W. E.
Broad wav: 1344. W. E.
Park: 1000. W. E.
POUGHKEEI'SIE (35,000)
Bardavon: 1500. W. E.
Rialto: 1500. R. C. A.
Stratford: 1410. W. E
SCHENECTADY (93.000)
New Strand: 1400. W E.
Proctor's: 2738. R. C. A.
State: 2200. R. C. A.
TROY (72,300)
Lincoln: 976. W. E.
Troy: 1967. W. E.
UTICA (102.633)
Avon : 2000. W. E.
Colonial: 1200. W. E.
Utica: 2000. W. E.
Stanley: 2936. W. E.
WATERTOWN (33.100)
Avon: 1000. W. E
Olympia: 1000. W. E.
ROME (26.341)
Capitol: 2200. W. E.
Strand: 1400. W. E.
AUBURN (35.677)
lefferson: 1357. W. E.
Strand: 1725. W. E.
BINGHAMTON (72,900)
Binghamton: 1804. W. E.
Capitol: 2400. W. E.
Riviera: 1695. W. E.
Strand: 1200. W. E.
BUFFALO (172,913)
Buffalo: 3489. \V. E.
Century: 3076. W. E.
Gt. Lakes: 3024. W. E.
Hippodrome: 2089. W. E.
Lafayette: 2999. W. E.
Elmwood: 1600. W. E.
Victoria: 1500. W. E.
Seneca: 1750. W. E.
Bailey: 1795. W. E.
Granada: 1746. W. E.
Kensington: 1366. W. E.
North Park: 1440. W. E.
ELM IRA (49.000)
Capitol: 1500. W. E.
Kenny's: 23(2. W. E.
Majestic: 1255. W. E
Strand: 1000. W. E.
GENEVA (14.648)
Geneva: 1900. R. C. A.
Regent: 1000. W. E.
ITHACA (17,004)
State: 1800. W. E.
Strand: 1500. W. E.
1AMESTOWN (44.300)
Palace : 1 700. W. E.
Opera House: 1300. W E.
Winter Garden: 1000. W. E.
NIAGARA FALLS (58,300)
Bellevue: 1535. R. C. A.
Cataract: 1434. W. E.
Strand: 2061. W. E.
ROCHESTER (325,019)
Eastman: 3500. R. C. A.
Capitol: 1500. W. E.
Palace: 3000. R. C. A.
Temple: 1496. R. C. A.
Picadilly: 2250. W. E.
Regent: 1600. W. E.
Rochester: 4000. W. E.
Strand: 1200. W. E.
Riveria: 1600. W. E.
SYRACUSE (209,277)
Eckel: 1452. W. E.
DeWitt: 1200. W. E.
Keith s: 2514. R. C. A.
State: 2908. W. E.
Riviera: 1000. W. E.
Rivoli: 1250. W. E.
Regent: 1000. W. E.
Paramount: 1500. W. E.
BROOKLYN (2,474,481)
Albee: 3000. R. C. A.
Fox : 4088. W. E.
Metropolitan: 3618. W. E.
Orpheum: 3500. R. C. A.
Paramount: 4126. W. E.
Strand: 2870. W. E.
Tivoli: 2500. Deforest.
Carlton: 1390. VV. E.
Terminal: 1652. VV. E.
New Atlantic: 1126. W. E.
Sanders: 1501. VV. E.
Park: 1340. VV. E.
Alpine: 2158. W. E.
Bay Ridge : 1 796. VV. E.
Dicker: 2000. R. C. A.
Fortway: 2328. VV. E.
Albermarle: 2700. W. E.
Farragut: 1913. VV. E.
Flatbush: 1695. R. C. A.
46th St.: 3500. VV. E.
Kings: 3609. W. E.
Marine: 2143. W. E.
Parkside: 600. W. E.
Patio: 2609. VV. E.
Rialto: 1552. R. C. A.
Avalon: 2030. W. E.
Kingsway: 1792. W. E.
Leader: 1200. VV. E.
Manor: 1780. VV. E.
Mayfair: 1795. VV. E.
Mid wood: 1196. VV. E.
Sheepshead: 1894. VV. E.
Beverly: 1644. VV. E.
Boro Park: 2391. W. E.
Walker: 2312. W. E.
Benson: 1317. W. E.
Marlboro: 2253. W. E.
Oriental: 2753. VV. E
Coney Island: 2500. VV. E.
Tilyou: 2218. R. C. A.
Bedford: 1908. W. E.
Brevoort: 2039. W. E.
Kameo: 1465. W. E.
Savoy: 1236. W. E.
Congress: 222i. VV. E.
Riviera: 2198. VV. E
Commodore: 1333. W. E.
Republic : 2698. VV. E.
Alba: 1681. VV. E.
Broadway: 2088. \V. E.
Folly: 1937. VV. E.
Kismet: 1303. W. E.
State : 1 1 78. VV. E.
Belvedere: 850. R. C. A.
Glenwood: 1300. VV. E.
Oasis: 1858. W. E.
Parthenon: 1600. VV. E.
Ridgewood: 2150. W. E.
Gates: 2868. W. E.
Alhambra: 1661. VV. E.
Colonial: 7250. VV. E.
DeKalb: 2242. VV. E.
Capitol: 1900. W. E.
Ambassador: 2046. W. E.
Bitlmore: 1717. VV. E.
Carroll: 1863. W. E.
Kinema: 1206. W. E.
Palace: 1648. VV. E.
Premier : 3000. VV. E
Stadium: 1879. VV. E.
Stone: 1528. VV. E.
Stratford: 1710. W. E.
Supreme: 1727. W. E.
Embassy: 1448. VV. E.
Warwick: 1.200. W. E.
Messerole: 2006. VV. E.
Madison: 2771. R. C. A.
Pitkin: 2817. VV. E.
Garden: 1125. W. E.
Keith's: N. L. N. L.
LefTerts : 1 596. VV. E.
Richmond Hill: 2232. R. C. A.
FLUSHING (35.000)
Flushing: 2967. R. C. A.
Prospect : 2249. W. E.
Roosevelt: 1758. W. E.
MT. VERNON (51,900)
Embassy: 800. W. E.
Gramaton: 2388. W. E.
Mt. Vernon: 1734. R. C. A.
NEW ROCHELLE (45,800)
Lowe's New Rochelle: 2044.
W. E.
Keith's New Rochelle: 2701.
R. C. A.
YONKERS (135,123)
Proctor's: 2030. R. C. A.
Strand: 1344. W. E.
Yonkers: 3000. W. E.
NEW YORK (6,958,792)
86th St.: 1400. VV. E.
Canal: 2500. W. E.
Delancey: 1788. VV. E.
Ave. B: 1800. W. E.
Commodore: 2500. W. E.
42nd St.: 2358. VV. E.
Sheridan: 2500. VV. E.
New York: 1633. VV. E.
Circle: 1400. W. E.
116th St.: 1800. VV. E.
7th Ave. : 2000. VV. E.
Rio: 2600. VV. E.
Boston Road: 1697. Roy. Am.
Fleetwood: 1700. VV. E.
Inwood: 1893. VV. E.
Victory: 1756. VV. E.
Freeman: 1640. VV. E.
Lexington: 3559. W. E.
Apollo: 2000. W. E.
Clinton: 1294. W. E.
Palestine: 1800. VV. E.
Hollywood: 1400. W. E.
Academy of Music: 3600.
VV. E.
14th St.: 1400. W. E.
Tcffcrson: 2893. R. C. A.
Plaza: 510. W.E.
Monroe: 2200. W. E.
79th St.: 1022. VV. E.
Park Lane: 2500. W. E.
Star: 2296. VV. E.
Grand O. H.: 2200. Deforest.
23rd. St.: 1500. R. C. A.
Greeley: 1901. W. E.
Arena: 953. VV. E.
Astor: 1441. VV. E.
Cameo: 600. R. C. A.
Capitol : 5000. W. E.
Embassy: 598. W. E.
Gaiety: 832. W. E.
Globe: 1416. W. E.
Hippodrome: 5000. WE.
Hollywood: 1800. VV. E.
Paramount: 4000. W.E.
Rialto: 1960. VV. E
Rivoli: 2122. W. E.
Roxy: 6200. W. E.
State: 3500. VV. E.
Strand: 2989. VV. E.
Warners: 1286. VV. E.
Cosmo: 1420. VV. E.
Tivoli: 1400. R. C. A.
Central Pk. : 1800. VV. E.
Harlem Grand: 1485. W.E.
Proctor's 125th St.:1681.
R. C. A.
Adelphia: 1039. W. E.
81st St.: 1621. R. C A.
83rd St.: 2633. VV. E.
Stoddard: 1475. VV. E.
Beacon: 2673. VV. E
Jap. Gardens: 1036. VV. E
Manhattan: 895. W. E.
Nemo: 900. W. E.
Olympia: 1279. W. E.
Riverside: 1858. R. C. A.
Symphony: 1411. W.E.
San Jose: 978. VV. E.
Mt. Morris: 1200. VV. E.
Regent: 1845. R. C. A.
Harlem O. H.: 1734. VV. E.
Victoria: 2345. W. E.
Lafayette: 1245. VV. E.
Bunny: 702. Biophone.
Claremont: 1104. Biophone.
Gotham: 2600. Biophone.
Audubon: 2571. VV. E.
Gem : 594. VV. E.
Marble Hill: 1638. VV. E
Willis: 2400. VV. E.
National: 2333. W. E.
Royal: 2196. R. C. A.
Borland: 1896. VV. E.
Congress: 1800. VV. E.
Empire: 1660. VV. E.
Franklin: 3041. R. C. A.
Boulevard: 1975. VV. E.
Oxford: 1950. VV. E.
Park Plaza: 1962. W. E.
Avalon: 1400. VV. E.
Belmone: 1432. VV. E.
Castle Hill: 1454. VV. E.
Daly: 1460. VV. E.
Elsmere: 1500. VV. E.
Fairmont: 2504. W. E.
Interboro: 1450. W.E
Rosedale: 1285. W. E.
Ward: 1831. W. E.
Crotona: 2210. W. E.
362
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
Ogden: 1379. W. E.
Burnside: 2178. W. E.
Fordham: 2422. R. C. A.
Grand: 2430. \V. E.
Kingsbridge: 11 IS. W. E.
U. S.: 1579. W. E.
Valentine: 1224. \\r. E.
Allerton: 1232 W. E.
Burke: 1078. W. E.
Laconia: 1160. W. E.
Mosholu: 911. W. E.
Tuxedo: 1716. W. E.
Wakefield: 1330. W. E.
Chester: 2341. R. C. A.
Little Carnegie: 409. R. C. A.
Paradise: 3840. W. E.
Selwyn: 1067. W. E.
167th Street: 2321. VV. E.
175 Street. 3441. W. E.
Proctor's 86th St.: 2500. W. E.
Loew's Orpheum : 2000. W. E.
ASTORIA (LONG IS. CITY)
(182,000)
Astoria: 2753. \Y. E.
Broadway: 1295. VV. E.
Crescent: 1903. VV. E.
Grand: 2175. W. E.
BAYSHORE (10,420)
Regent: 800. R. C. A.
Bayshore: 2000. \V. E.
CORONA (52,250)
Corona: 1228. \V. E.
Granada: 1766. W. E.
Plaza: 1500. W. E.
FAR ROCKAWAY (32,800)
Columbia: 1335. R. C. A.
Strand: 1781. R. C. A.
FOREST HILLS (15,400)
Forest Hill: 895. W. E.
FREEPORT (15,467)
Freeport: 1826. \V. E.
Grove: 1938. W. E.
GLEN COVE (11,430)
Cove: 1658. W. E.
GREAT NECK (4,010)
Playhouse: 1169. W. E.
HEMPSTEAD (12,650)
Hempstead: 1627. \V. E.
Rivoli: 1992. W. E.
HUNTINGTON (7,960)
Huntington: 1200. VV. E.
FACKSON HEIGHTS (21,000)
Boulevard: 1839. VV. E.
Jackson: 1404. \V. E.
JAMAICA (130,750)
Jamaica: 1790. VV. E.
Hillside: 2584. VV. E.
Merrick: 2490. VV. E.
Savoy: 1893. VV. E.
Valencia: 3544. VV. E.
LONG BEACH (18,200)
Castle: 1400. VV. E.
Lido : 600. VV. E.
LYN BROOK (11,993)
Lynbrook: 1749. VV. E.
PATCHOGUE (6,860)
Patchogue: 2000. R. C. A.
PT. WASHINGTON (12,890)
Beacon: 1501. VV. E.
QUEENS VILLAGE (13,400)
Queens: 2200. VV. E.
RICHMOND HILL (93,550)
Garden: 1125. VV. E.
Lefferts: 1586. VV. E.
Richmond Hill: 2232. R. C. A.
WOODSIDE (32,500)
Sunnyside: 2030. W. E.
Woodside: 1800. W. E.
OZONE PARK
Cross Bay 1425. VV. E.
WOODHAVEN (112,950)
Roosevelt: 1450. W. E.
I'ORT RICHMOND, S. I. (19 000)
Ritz: 2126. W. E.
ST. GEORGE (29,300)
St. George : 2856. VV. E.
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHVTLLE (28,504)
Imperial: 1 160. VV. E.
Plaza: 1320. VV. E.
Strand: 350. W. E.
CHARLOTTE (54,600)
Alhambra: 750. VV. E.
Broadway: 1400. W. E.
Carolina: 1500. VV. E.
DURHAM (43,900)
Carolina: 1800. VV. E.
Rialto: 750. VV. E.
GREENBORO (48,700)
Carolina: 2400. VV. E.
Imperial: 700. VV. E.
National: 1800. W. E.
RALEIGH (31,000)
Capitol: 500. Roy. Amp.
Palace: 900. W. E.
State: 1200. W. E.
WILMINGTON (37,700)
Bijou: 600. Deforest.
Carolina: 1000. R. C. A.
Royal : 800. R. C. A.
VVTNSTON-SALEM (71,800)
Carolina: 2500. W. E.
Colonial: 800. W. E.
State: 1500. W. E.
NORTH DAKOTA
FARGO (21,961)
Fargo: 1000. VV. E.
Garrick: 700. VV. E.
State: 1000. W. E.
GRAND FORKS (14,010)
Orpheum: 600. R. C. A.
Paramount: 500. W. E.
Strand: 650. W. E.
OHIO
CHILLICOTHE (15,831)
Sherman: 750. VV. E.
Majestic: 600. VV. E.
CINCINNATI (449,331)
Keith Albee: 3600. VV. E.
Capitol: 2000. VV. E.
Family: 1140. R. C. A.
Keats: 1500. VV. E.
Lyric: 1400. VV. E.
Strand: 1300. VV. E.
.Orpheum: 1200. VV. E.
COLUMBUS (289,056)
B'way: 1000. VV. E.
Grand: 1000. VV. E.
Keiths Palace: 3016. VV. E.
Broad: 2000. W. E.
Loew's Ohio: 2500. VV. E.
Majestic: 1000. R. C. A.
State: 1600. W. E.
DAYTON (200,768)
Colonial: 1800. VV. E.
Keiths: 2000. VV. E.
Loews: 2500. VV. E.
Strand: 1500. VV. E.
State: 850. VV. E.
HAMILTON (42,800)
Palace: 500. VV. E.
Paramount: 1600. VV. E.
MARIETTA (15,140)
Auditorium: 400. VV. E.
Hippodrome: 1160. R. C. A.
MIDDLETOWN (23,594)
Gordon: 666. R. C. A.
Paramount: 1500. VV. E.
Strand: 600. VV. E.
NEWARK (26,718)
Auditorium: 1200. Bristol.
Midland: 1200. VV. E.
PORTSMOUTH (39,800)
Columbia: 1000. VV. E.
Leroy: 775. W. E.
Lyric: 650. W. E.
Fairbanks: 1300. W. E.
SPRINGFIELD (70,200)
Regent: 1300. VV. E.
State: 800. VV. E.
ZANESVILLE (30,640)
Liberty: 1200. VV. E.
Quimby: 650. VV. E.
VVelier: 1300. VV. E.
AKRON (256,353)
Colonial: 1600. VV. E.
Palace: 2000. R. C. A.
Loew's: 2500. VV. E.
Orpheum: 980. VV. E.
Strand: 1180. VV. E.
Norka: 700. R. C. A.
Rialto: 900. R. C. A.
CANTON (105,524)
Alhambra: 900. VV. E.
Loews: 3000. VV. E.
Palace: 1892. VV. E.
Lyceum: 1500. VV. E.
CLEVELAND (901,402)
Allen: 2900. VV. E.
Cameo: 1160. VV. E.
Hippodrome: 3861. VV. E.
Palace: 3150. R. C. A.
Mall: 1350. W. E.
State: 3500. VV. E.
Stillman: 1872. W. E.
Alhambra: 1600. VV. E.
Circle: 1890. VV. E.
Keiths 105th St.: 2647. R. C. A.
Park: 3400. VV. E.
Liberty: 1400. VV. E.
Doan: 1320. VV. E.
Uptown: 3200. VV. E.
Olympia: 1600. W. E.
New B'way: 1435. VV. E.
Broadvue: 2100. VV. E.
Lyceum: 1800. Wonderphone.
Granada: 2190. W. E.
Variety: 1600. Deforest.
Hilliard Sq.: 1500. W. E.
Lincoln: 940. W. E.
E. LIVERPOOL (21,411)
American: 500 W. E.
Ceramic: 1200. VV. E.
State: 600. W. E.
ELYRIA (20,474)
Capitol: 900. VV. E.
Dreamland: 460. R. C. A.
Rivoli: 440. VV. E.
LIMA (47,700)
Ohio: 1800. W. E.
Sigma: 950. W. E.
State: 1000. W. E.
LORAIN (43,100)
Palace: 1850. W. E.
Tivoli: 675. R. C. A.
MANSFIELD (32,500)
Majestic: 950. Pacent.
Ohio: 780. W. E.
Ritz: 400. R. C. A.
MARION (27,891)
Marion: 685. VV. E.
Palace: 1540. VV. E.
STEUBEN VI LLE (32,600)
Capitol: 2000. VV. E.
Grand: 1000. Deforest.
TOLEDO (290,787)
Cameo: 1642. W. E.
Palace: 1400. R. C. A.
Paramount: 3500. W. E.
Rivoli: 2700. R. C. A.
Valentine: 1300. W. E.
World: 1740. VV. E.
State: 1950. VV. E.
WARREN (36,100)
Ohio: 750. W. E.
Robbins: 1340. VV. E.
YOUNGSTOWN (170,004)
Dome: 999. W. E.
Keith Albee: 2200. R. C. A.
Paramount: 1505. VV. E.
State: 2200. VV. E.
Park: 1450. VV. E.
OKLAHOMA
ENID (16,576)
Aztec: 1200. VV. E.
Criterion: 400. W. E.
OKLAHOMA CITY (182,845)
Circle: 964. W. E.
Empress: 985. W. E.
Liberty: 1300. VV. E.
Midwest: 1600. W. E.
Warners: 1950. VV. E.
OKMULGEE (17,430)
Hippodrome: 1500. VV. E.
Orpheum: 1250. VV. E.
TULSA (141,281)
Main Street: 800. VV. E.
Majestic: 570. VV. E.
Orpheum: 1400. W. E.
Rialto: 1250. W. E.
Ritz: 2000. W. E.
OREGON
ASTORIA (14,027)
Astoria: 850. VV. E.
Liberty: 700. VV. E.
CORVALLIS (5,752)
Majestic: 658. VV. E.
Whiteside: 1100. W. E.
EUGENE (10,593)
McDonald: 800.. VV. E.
Rex: 600. VV. E.
PORTLAND (229,122)
B'way: 1800. VV. E.
United Artists: 962. VV. E.
Paramount: 3400. VV. E.
Oriental: 2040. VV. E.
SALEM (17,679)
Capitol: 1000. VV. E.
Elsimore: 1400. Phototone.
PENNSYLVANIA
ALTOONA ,(67,000)
Capitol: 800. R. C. A.
Mischler: 1293. VV. E.
Olympic: 1000 R. C. A.
State: 2600. VV. E.
Strand: 1500. VV. E.
BUTLER (23,778)
Butler: 1700. W. E.
Capitol: 500. VV. E.
Harris Majestic: 600. W. E.
ERIE (115,875)
Columbia: 800. R. C. A.
Perry: 800. Pacent.
Strand: 1250. VV. E.
Colonial: 400. VV. E.
McKEESPORT (49,500)
Harris: 1980. W. E.
Memorial: 2066. W. E.
Victor: 500. VV. E.
Capitol: 500. VV. E.
JOHNSTOWN (72,700)
Cambria: 800. W. E.
Majestic: 800. R. C. A.
NEW CASTLE (50,700)
Penn: 800. VV. E.
Regent: 600. Pacent.
Victor: 500. VV. E.
Capitol: 750. VV. E.
PITTSBURGH (669,631)
Aldine: 1800. VV, E.
Davis: 1000. VV. E.
Fulton: 3000. VV. E.
Harris: 1000. R. C.A.
Penn: 3500. VV. E.
Stanley: 4500. VV. E.
Warner: 2200. VV. E.
Cameraphone: 600. VV. E.
Enright: 3300. VV. E.
Sheridan Sq. : 2200. R. C. A.
Schenley: 1200. VV. E.
VVTLKINSBURG (24,403)
Rowland: 400. VV. E.
Regal: 500. R. C. A.
ALLENTOWN (94,600)
Colonial: 1968. R. C. A.
Embassy: 1050. VV. E.
Rialto: 1910. VV. E.
State: 1419. VV. E.
Strand: 1000. VV. E.
BETHLEHEM (64,400)
College: 1400. VV. E.
Colonial: 1500. VV. E.
Globe: 1600. VV. E.
Palace: 1000. VV. E.
CHESTER (70,400)
Stanley: 2344. VV. E.
State: 1121. VV. E.
Washington: 1576. VV. E.
VVm. Penn: 1000. VV. E.
EASTON (37,400)
Embassy: 1114. VV. E.
Seville: 1800. VV. E.
State: 1824. R. C. A.
Third St.: 900. VV. E.
Strand: 700. VV. E.
HARRISBURG (84.600)
Colonial: 1176. VV. E.
Regent: 1600. VV. E.
State: 2074. R. C. A
Victoria: 1798. VV. E.
HAZLETON (36,800)
Capitol: 2344. W. E.
Grand: 891. VV. E.
LANCASTER (57,100)
Capitol: 1600. VV. E.
Colonial: 1500. R. C. A.
Grand : 990. VV. E.
Hamilton: 1100. Pacent.
NORRISTOWN (35,300)
Garrick: 850. VV. E.
Grand : 900. VV. E.
Norris: 2500. VV. E.
PHILADELPHIA (1,961,458)
Arcadia: 650. VV. E.
Boyd: 2338. VV. E.
Earle: 2700. VV. E.
Fox: 2457. W. E.
Keiths: 1600. VV. E.
Mastbaum: 4692. VV. E.
Karlton: 1066. VV. E.
Palace: 1100. VV. E.
Stanley: 3013. VV. E.
Stanton: 1500. VV. E.
Victoria: 917. W. E.
Alhambra: 1699. W. E.
Rexy: 2051. VV. E.
Royal: 1100. W. E.
Broadway: 2183. VV. E.
Astor: 1391. VV E.
Grand O. H.: 3000. R. C. A.
Park: 1657. VV. E.
Uptown: 2146. VV. E.
Fairmont: 1295. VV. E.
Alleghany: 2856. W. E.
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
363
Kent: 1900. W. E.
Circle: 2991. \V. E.
Forum: 1777. \V. E.
Frankford: 1600. W. E.
Roosevelt: 2000. W. E.
Carman: 2000. W. E.
Colonial: 2552. \V. E.
Germantown: 1190. R. C. A.
Orpheum: 1683. W. E.
Erlen: 1500. W. E.
Logan: 1920. W. E.
Rockland : 758. W. E.
Colney: 1985. \V. E.
Oxford: 1600. Deforest.
Nixon: 1870. W. E.
State: 3030. W. E.
Cross Keys: 2000. W. E.
Imperial: 1500. W. E.
69th St.: 1796. W. E.
Tower: 3300. \V. E.
Benn: 1345. \V. E.
Parker: 2050. W. E.
READING (110,289)
Arcadia: 600. W. E.
Astor: 2478. W. E.
Capitol: 2093. W. E.
Colonial: 1800. W. E.
Embassy : 3000. W. E.
State: 1228. W. E.
SCRANTON (143.428)
Capitol: 1794. W. E.
Ritz: 1720. W. E.
Riviera: 1015. \V. E.
State : 920. W. E.
Strand: 1542. W. E.
West Side: 1975. \V. E.
SHENANDOAH (24.726)
Capitol: 500. W. E.
Strand: 856. W. E.
WILKES BARRE (78.300)
Capitol : 2009. W. E.
Irving: 1553. W. E
Orpheum : 848. W. E.
Penn: 1953. WE.
Savoy: 1100. W. E.
WILI IAMSI'ORT (43.100)
Capitol: 2421. W. E.
Keystone: 1400. W. E.
Majestic: 1200. W. E.
Park: 1400. W. E.
Rialto: 1230. W. E.
YORK (49,400)
Capitol: 1024. W. E.
Rialto: 800. W. E.
Strand: 1327. W. E.
York: 1200. W. E.
RHODE ISLAND
NEWPORT (31.374)
Colonial: 1200. W. E.
Opera House: 975. W. E.
Paramount: 1500. W. E.
PAWTUCKET (71,000)
Capitol: 1500. W E.
Imperial: 1100. W. E.
Leroy: 2500. W. E.
Music Hall: 1600. Paccnt.
Strand: 1900. W. E.
PROVIDENCE (251.029)
Albee: 2314. R. C. A.
Fays: 1938. W. E.
Loews State: 2500. W. E.
Majestic: 2262. W. E.
Victory: 1619. R. C. A.
Rialto: 1442. W. E.
Strand: 1552. W. E.
Uptown: 1472. W. E.
WOONSOCKET (51,100)
Bijou: 1500. Royal Amp.
Lourier: 1000. Royal Amp.
Rialto: 900. W. E.
Stadium : 800. W. E.
SOUTH CAROLINA
CHARLESTON (74.100)
Garden: 900. Deforest
Gloria: 1800. W. E.
COLUMBIA (41,800)
Imperial: 750. W. E.
Ritz: 675. W. E.
GREENVILLE (23,127)
Carolina: 500. W. E.
Egyptian: 500. W. E.
SPARTANBURG (22.638)
Montgomery: 1000. W.E.
Strand: 600. W. E.
SOUTH DAKOTA
ABERDEEN (14,537)
Capitol: 600. W. E.
Orpheum: 650. W. E.
SIOUX FALLS (31,200)
Orpheum : 900. W. E
State: 1000. W. E.
TENNESSEE
MEMPHIS (252,049)
Palace: 2600. W. E.
State: 3000. W. E.
Orpheum: 2000. R. C. A.
Palace: 1100. W. E.
Pantages: 1750. W. E.
Strand: 1200. W. E.
Warner: 2300. W. E.
JACKSON (18,860)
Lyric: 750. W. E.
State: 750. W. E.
Gem: 700. Phototone.
CHATTANOOGA (119.339)
American: 1000. W. E.
Rialto: 800. W. E.
State: 900. W. E.
Tivoli: 2400. W. E.
KNOXVILLE (105.797)
Majestic: 1200. W. E.
Ritz: 400. W. E.
Gem: 800. R. C. A.
Riviera: 1000. W. E
Strand: 1100. W. E.
Tennessee: 1500. W.E.
NASHVILLE (153.153)
Belmont: 1500. W. E.
Bijou: 1800. W. E.
5th Ave. : 500. W. E.
Knickerbocker: 1100. W.E.
Paramount: 2000. W.E.
Princess: 1200. W. E.
Vendome: 1500. W. E.
TEXAS
AMARILLO (15,494)
Deandi: 1050. W. E.
Fair: 1250. W. E.
Mission: 900. W. E.
Rialto: 750. W. E.
AUSTIN (38.200)
Hancock: 1092. W. E.
Majestic: 1200. W. E.
Queen: 921. W. E.
BEAUMONT (52,500)
Jefferson: 1903. W. E.
Liberty: 958. W. E.
DALLAS (260,397)
Capitol: 1034. W. E.
Majestic: 2774. W. E.
Melba: 1806. W. E.
Old Mill: 1357. W. E.
Palace: 2500. W. E.
Ritz: 920. W. E.
EL PASO (101,975)
Alameda: 500. Deforest.
Colon: 750. VV. E.
Ellaney: 885. W. E.
Palace: 900. W. E.
Plaza: 2274. W. E.
Texas Grand: 1200. W. E.
Wigwam : 700. W. E.
FT. WORTH (160,892)
Hollywood: 1700. W. E.
Liberty: 1558. W. E.
Majestic: 1450. W. E.
Palace: 1540. W. E.
Worth: 2365. W. E.
GALVESTON (49.100)
Martini: 1200. W. E.
Queen: 828. W. E.
Tremont: 550. W. E.
HOUSTON (289,428)
Ins: 1114. W. E.
Kirby: 1466. W. E.
L. State: 2519. W. E.
Metropolitan: 2510. W. E.
Queen: 850. W. E.
Texan: 1400. W. E.
SAN ANTONIO (254,562)
Aztec: 3000. W. E.
Empire: 1200. W. E.
Majestic: 4000. W. E.
Palace: 1370. W. E.
State: 2200. W. E.
Texas: 2736. W. E.
WACO (44,800)
Orpheum: 1000. W. E.
Strand: 522. W. E.
Waco: 1500. W. E.
WICHITA FALLS (60,000)
Majestic: 1300. W. E.
Palace: 1100. W. E.
State : 992. W. E.
Strand: 900. W. E.
UTAH
OGDEN (37,600)
Egyptian: 1500. W. E.
Orpheum: 2000. W. E.
Paramount: 1900. W.E.
PROVO (10,303)
Paramount: 1240. W. E.
Strand: 500. W. E.
SALT LAKE (140,058)
Capitol : 2400. W. E.
Granada: 2500 W. E.
Orpheum : 2300. W. E.
Pantages: 2200. W. E.
Paramount: 1500. W. E.
Victory: 1300. W. E.
VIRGINIA
LYNCHBURG (38,500)
Academy: 1200. R. C. A.
Isis: 700. R. C. A.
Paramount: 1530. W.E.
Trenton: 800. W. E.
NEWPORT NEWS (48,800)
Olympic: 900. W. E.
Palace : 900. W. E.
Rialto: 800. W. E.
NORFOLK (127,808)
Granby: 1000. W. E.
L. State: 3200. W. E.
Norva: 1500. W. E.
Strand: 1000. W. E.
PETERSBURG (36,400)
Century: 950. R. C. A.
Bluebird: 600. W. E.
Palace: 600. W. E.
PORTSMOUTH (59.500)
Colony: 725. W. E.
Gates: 725. Deforest.
Tivoli: 1000. W. E.
RICHMOND (182,083)
Bijou: 1200. W. E.
Byrd: 1384. W. E.
Capitol: 800. W. E.
Colonial: 1500. W. E.
Loew's: 2201. W. E.
National: 1500. R. C. A.
ROANOKE (61,900)
American: 1600. W. E.
Roanoke: 1000. R. C. A.
Rialto: 600. Royal.
WASHINGTON
ABERDEEN (15.337)
D & R: 1000. W. E.
Aberdeen: 1050. W. E.
Weir: 1000. W. E.
BELLINGHAM (25,585)
American: 1200. W. E.
Avalon: 600. W. E.
Grand: 900. R. C. A.
Mt. Baker: 1740. VV. E.
EVERETT (27,644)
Everett: 1200. W. E.
Granada: 1000. W. E.
Orpheum: N. L. W. E.
OLYMPIA (7,795)
Capitol : 900. W. E.
Liberty: 700. W. E.
SEATTLE (363.134)
Blue Mouse: 980. W. E.
Capitol: 550. W. E.
Coliseum : 201 7. W. E.
Columbia: 1000. W. E.
Fifth Ave.: 2420. W. E.
Follies: 1800. W. E.
Fox: 3000. R. C. A.
Seattle Paramount : 3000. W. E.
Egyptian: 1000. W. E.
Neptune: 1000. W. E.
SPOKANE (115.514)
Audian: 1000. W. E.
Granada: 600. W. E.
Liberty: 900. W. E.
Orpheum: 1200. W. E.
Post St. : 800. W. E.
TACOMA (106,831)
Blue Mouse: 550. W. E.
Broadway: 1500. W. E.
Colonial: 900. W. E.
Pantages: 1800. W. E.
Rialto: 1100. W. E.
WALLA WALLA (15.503)
Capitol: 1050. W. E.
Liberty: 972. W. E.
Strand: 500. W. E.
WENATCHEE (6.324)
Liberty: 750. W. E.
YAKIMA (18.539)
Capitol: 2000. W. E.
Liberty: 1000. W. E.
WEST VIRGINIA
CHARLESTON (50.700)
Capitol: 1100. W. E.
Kcarse: 2200. W. E
Rialto: 800. W. E.
Virginian: 1100. W. E.
HUNTINGTON (65,100)
Keith Albee: 3000. W. E.
Orpheum: 1200. W. E.
Palace: 1200. W. E.
PARKERSBL'RG (20,050)
Smoot: 1200. W. E.
Lincoln: 900. W. E.
CLARKSBURG (30,900)
Moore's O. H. : 1000. W. E.
Ritz: 1000. Deforest.
Robinson Grand: 1300. W.E.
WHEELING (56.208)
Capitol: 3000. W. E.
Court: 1200. W. E.
Liberty: 800. W. E.
Rex: 600. W. E.
Virginia: 800. W. E.
WISCONSIN
APPLETON (19,561)
Appleton: 750. W. E.
Fox: 1800. W. E.
BELOIT (21.284)
Majestic: 800. W. E.
Rex: 600. Deforest.
FOND DU LAC (23,427)
Fond du Lac: 1800. W. E.
NewGarrick: 1100. Voisa-
phone.
Retlaw: 1126. W. E.
GREEN BAY (34,900)
Fox: 2082. W. E.
Orpheum: 750. R. C. A.
Strand: 937. W. E.
JANESVILLE (18.293)
Jeffries: 1200. W. E
Opera House: 647. W.E.
KENOSHA (52,700)
Gateway: 1400. W. E.
Kenosha : 2500. W. E.
Lake: 1500. W. E.
MADISON (47,600)
Capitol: 2200. W. E.
Orpheum : 2246. R. C. A.
Parkway: 1100. W. E.
Strand: 1400. W. E.
MANITOWOC (17,563)
Capitol: 1500. W. E.
Mikadow: 800. R. C. A.
MILWAUKEE (568.962)
Alhambra: 2500. W. E.
Garden: 1250. W. E
Majestic: 2000. W. E.
Merrill: 1200. W. E.
Miller: 1500. W. E.
Palace: 3000. R. C. A.
Riverside: 2200. R. C. A.
Strand: 1206. W. E.
Wisconsin: 3500. W. E.
Oriental: 2500. W. E.
Garfield: 1900. W. E.
Uptown: 1000. W. E.
Tower: 1500. W. E.
Modjeska: 2500. W. E.
OSHKOSH (33.200)
Rex: 650. Deforest.
Oshkosh: 1450. W. E.
RACINE (69,400)
Rialto: 800. W. E.
State: 800. W. E.
Venetian: 1500. W. E.
SHEBOYGAN (34.004)
Fox : 1 000. W. E.
Majestic: 800. W. E.
Sheboygan: 1400. W. E.
EAU CLAIRE (20,906)
State: 1269. W. E.
Wisconsin: 1000. W. E.
LA CROSSE (30.400)
Bijou: 800. W. E.
Majestic: 800. W. E.
Riviera: 800. W. E
Rivoli: 1400. W. E.
SUPERIOR (39.671)
Palace: 650. W. E.
People: 650. W. E.
Savoy: 650. W. E.
Capitol: 350. Movicphone.
WYOMING
CASPER (11.447)
America: 826. W. E.
Rialto: 750. W. E.
CHEYENNE (13,829)
Lincoln: 1200. W. E.
Paramount: 928. W. E.
Princess: 996. W. E.
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PLAQUE AWARDS
[The following list includes those theatre*
whose sound reproduction conformed to the
standard set by the Exhibitors Herald-World,
thereby gaining for them the bronzed Plaque
as a recognition of Better Sound.]
ARKANSAS
Concord Theatre, Springdale
Lyric Theatre, Harrison
Majestic Theatre, Green Forest
Ozark Theatre, Berryville
Plaza Theatre, Harrison
Prospect Theatre, Little Rock
ARIZONA
Elks Theatre, Prescott
ALABAMA
Alcazar Theatre, Dothan
Liberty Theatre, Luverne
Liberty Theatre, Roanoke
Playhouse Theatre, Fairhope
Princess Theatre, Decatur
Princess Theatre, Gadsden
Rialto Theatre, Birmingham
River View Theatre, Riverview
Si'NON Theatre, Demopolis
Sumter Theatre, York
Tiger Theatre, Auburn
CALIFORNIA
Alhambra Theatre, Sacramento
Corona Theatre. Corona
Dimond Theatre, Oakland
Downtown Theatre, Los Angeles
El Campanil Theatre, Antioch
Fairfax Theatre, Oakland
Gem Theatre, Colusa
Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood
Hollyway Theatre, Los Angeles
Lemoore Theatre, Lemoore
Oaks Theatre, Berkeley
Paramount Theatre, Los Angeles
Victoria Theatre, Los Angeles
CANADA
Avalon Theatre, Ottawa, Ont.
Belle Theatre, Belleville, Ont.
Capitol Theatre, Moose Jaw, Sask.
Capitol Theatre, Peterboro, Ont.
Capitol Theatre, Springhill, N. S.
Capitol Theatre, Windsor, Ont.
Cole's Theatre, Bellevue, Alta.
Ilo Ilo Theatre, Cumberland, B. C.
Madison Theatre, Toronto, Ont.
O'Brien Theatre, Almonte, Ont.
O'Brien Theatre, Arnprior, Ont.
O'Brien Theatre, Pembroke, Ont.
O'Brien Theatre, Renfrow, Ont.
Orpheum Theatre, Estevan, Sask.
Palace Theatre, Chatham, N. B.
Palace Theatre, Windsor, Ont.
Patricia Theatre, London, Ont.
Patricia Theatre, Powell River, B. C.
Regent Theatre, Hamilton, Ont.
Regent Theatre, Peterboro, Ont.
Rex Theatre, Kamloops, B. C.
Royal Theatre, North Bay, Ont.
Star Theatre, Edmundston, N. B.
Tivoli Theatre, St. Thomas, Ont.
Trent Theatre, Trenton, Ont.
Walkerville Theatre, Walkerville, Ont.
CANAL ZONE
Balboa Theatre, Balboa
COLORADO
Aladdin Theatre, Denver
Colorado Theatre, Aguilar
Federal Theatre, Denver
Fox Theatre, Montrose
Gem Theatre, Golden
Hippodrome Theatre, Julesburg
La Jara Theatre, La Jara
Mesa Theatre, Grand Junction
Muse-U Theatre, Cortez
Orpheum Theatre, Denver
Peerless Theatre, Holyoke
Rialto Theatre, Alamosa
Santa Fe Theatre, Denver
Sun Theatre, Holly
Sun Theatre, Otis
Valley Theatre, Manassa
CONNECTICUT
Palace Theatre, Torrington
Star Theatre, New Milford
Town Hall Theatre, Old Lyme
DELAWARE
Plaza Theatre, Milford
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Fox Theatre, Washington
Loew's Theatre, Washington
Metropolitan Theatre, Washington
Tivoli Theatre, Washington
FLORIDA
Biltmore Theatre, Miami
Circle Theatre, Sebring
Dreka Theatre, DeLand
Fairfax Theatre, Miami
Rosetta Theatre, Miami
Williamson Theatre, Winter Haven
GEORGIA
Buckhead Theatre, Atlanta
Cherokee Theatre, Monroe
City Auditorium Theatre, West Point
Fox Theatre, Atlanta
Keith's Georgia Theatre, Atlanta
Madison Theatre, Madison
Rialto Theatre, Macon
Royal Theatre, Blackshear
Star Theatre, Covington
IDAHO
Adelaide Theatre, Nampa
American Theatre, Caldwell
Novelty Theatre, Paris
Ramona Theatre, Buhl
Rex Theatre, Salmon
Rialto Theatre, Boise
Schubert Theatre, Gooding
ILLINOIS
Adelphi Th eatre, Chicago
Alcyon Theatre, Highland Park
Arcada Theatre, St. Charles
Avaloe Theatre, Chicago
Center Theatre, Chicago
Chicago Theatre, Chicago
Deerpath Theatre, Lake Forest
Egyptian Theatre, DeKalb
Family Theatre, Sheldon
Fargo Theatre, Sycamore
Fox-Capitol Theatre, Benton
Hamilton Theatre, Chicago
Hippodrome Theatre, Herrin
Lane Court Theatre, Chicago
Liberty Theatre, Vandalia
Lincoln Theatre, Lincoln
Lincoln Theatre, Robinson
Lincoln Theatre, Springfield
Marshall Square Theatre, Chicago
Morris Theatre, Morris
New Drake Theatre, Chicago
Norshore Theatre, Chicago
Orpheum Theatre, Eldorado
Orpheum Theatre, Harrisburg
Pekin Theatre, Pckin
Plaisance Theatre, Chicago
Polka Brothers Fargo Theatre, Geneva
Princess Theatre, Peoria
Princess Theatre, White Hall
Prophet Theatre, Prophetstown
Rialto Theatre, Bushnell
Rialto Theatre, Champaign
Saunders Theatre, Harvard
State Theatre, DuQuoin
Strand Theatre, East Moline
Strand Theatre, Mendota
Strand Theatre, West Frankfort
Teatro Del Lago, Wilmette
Tivoli Theatre, Knoxville
Virginia T heatre, Champaign
West Theatre, Galesburg
York Theatre, Elmhurst
INDIANA
Amuzu Theatre, Oakland City
Armo Theatre, South Bend
Columbia City Theatre, Columbia City
Grand Theatre, Union City
Huntington Theatre, Huntington
Indiana Theatre, Salem
Indiana Harbor, East Chicago
Isis Theatre, Kokomo
Messner Theatre, Attica
Paramount Theatre, Marion
Premier Theatre, Valparaiso
Rialto Theatre, Tell City
Royal Theatre, Garrett
IOWA
American Theatre, Cherokee
A-MusE'U Theatre, Muscatine
Auditorium Theatre, Corydon
Broadway Theatre, Council Bluffs
Capitol Theatre, Ottumwa
Circle Theatre, Nevada
Colonial Theatre, Clarion
Cota Theatre, Waukon
Cresco Theatre, Cresco
Earle Theatre, Carroll
Empress Theatre, Akron
Firemen's Theatre, New Hampton
Fox Theatre, Washington
Granada Theatre, Webster City
Grand Theatre, Anamosa
Grand Theatre, Independence
Grand Theatre, Oelwein
Harlan Theatre, Harlan
Hildreth Theatre, Charles City
Humota Theatre, Humboldt
Idle Hour Theatre, Dunlap
Iowa Theatre, Bloomfield
Iowa Theatre, Emmetsburg
Lake View Theatre, Lake View
Lyric Theatre, Preston
Metro Theatre, Gilmore City
New Ames Theatre, Ames
New Grand Theatre, Story City
New Royal Theatre, Charter Oak
New Strand Theatre, Griswold
Northwood Theatre, Northwood
Palace Theatre, Vinton
Palace Theatre, Waverly
Park Theatre, Clear Lake
Princess Theatre, Boone
Princess Theatre, Eagle Grove
Princess Theatre, Parkeisburg
Princess Theatre, Storm Lake
Regent Theatre, Cedar Falls
Rex Theatre, Fairfield
Rialto Theatre. Boone
Rialto Theatre. Burlington
Ritz Theatre, Correctionvi'le
Ritz Theatre, Rolfe
Royal Theatre, LeMars
Spensley Theatre, Dubuque
Star Theatre, Sioux Rapids
State Theatre, Holstcin
Strand Theatre, Des Moines
Windsor Theatre, Hampton
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KANSAS
Auditorium Theatre, Delphos
Avalon Theatre, Glasco
Booth Theatre, Independence
Delharco Theatre, Concordia
Dickinson Theatre, Belok
Dickinson Theatre, Hiawatha
Dreamland Theatre, Hernngton
Mainstreet Theatre, Russell
Majestic Theatre, Scott City
Majestic Theatre, Washington
Nu-Era Theatre, Oswego
Perkins Theatre, Holton
Princess Theatre, Lincoln
Rabourn Theatre, Almena
State Theatre, Larned
Stella Theatre, Council Grove
Uptown Theatre, Junction City
Uptown Theatre, Parsons
Wareham Theatre, Manhattan
Wonderland Theatre, Lindsborg
KENTUCKY
Ben Ali Theatre, Lexington
Capitol Theatre, Bowling Green
Cumberland Theatre, Cumberland
Grand Theatre, Frankfort
Grand Theatre, Lancaster
Jenkins Theatre, Jenkins
Lyric Theatre, Carlisle
State Theatre, Frankfort
Strand Theatre, Lexington
LOUISIANA
Avalon Theatre, Hammond
Bailey Theatre, Oakdale
Ideal Theatre, Ponchatoula
Melz-Arcade Theatre, Fcrriday
Orpheum Theatre, New Orleans
Paramount Theatre, Elizabeth
Redwood Theatre, Bogalusa
State Theatre, Bogalusa
Theatre Wilbert, Piaqueminc
Tudor Theatre, New Orleans
MAINE
Chic Theatre, Milo
Colonial Theatre, Augusta
Gayety Theatre, Van Burcn
Opera House, Stonington
MARYLAND
Liberty Theatre, Cumberland
Maryland Theatre, Hagcrstown
Strand Theatre, Cumberland
MASSACHUSETTS
Andersen's Theatre, Mattapan
Old Colony Theatre, Plymouth
Orpheum Theatre, Foxboro
Reading Theatre, Reading
Strand Theatre, Ipswich
Weymouth Theatre, Weymouth
MICHIGAN
Braumart Theatre, Iron Mountain
Coliseum Theatre, Bronson
Colonial Theatre, Big Rapids
Community Theatre, Harbor Beach
Diamond Theatre, Lake Odessa
Family Theatre, Grand Rapids
Ideal Theatre, Clare
Iris Theatre, St. Johns
Lloyd Theatre, Menominee
Maxine Theatre, Croswcll
Mazda Theatre, L'Ansc
Our Theatre, Grand Ranids
Princess Theatre, Clare
RKO Downtown Theatre, Detroit
Ready Theatre, Nilcs
Regent Theatre, Allegan
Silver Family Theatre, Greenville
Star Theatre, Sanduskv
State Theatre, Grand Lodge
Strand Theatre, A'ma
Strand Theatre, Caro
Strand Theatre, Hastings
Strand Theatre, Lowell
Sun Theatre, Plainwell
Sun Theatre, Portland
Sun Theatre, Vicksburg
Temple Theatre, Saginaw
Wealthy Theatre, Grand Rapids
Woodside Theatre, Bay City
MINNESOTA
Avalon Theatre, Granite Falls
Community Theatre, Arlington
Family Theatre, North Branch
Family Theatre, Pine City
Garden Theatre, Renville
Idle Hour Theatre, Stephen
Leb Theatre, Cloquet
Ludeke Theatre, St. Peter
New Orpheum Theatre, Ada
New State Theatre, Olivia
New Topic Theatre, Fairfax
Orpheum Theatre, Pipestone
Palace Theatre, Luvernc
Rex Theatre, Calumet
State Theatre, Springfield
Unique Theatre, Litchfield
MISSISSIPPI
Arcade Theatre, Brookhaven
Louisville Theatre, Louisville
Mingo Theatre, Amory
Regent Theatre, Cleveland
Regent Theatre, Indianola
MISSOURI
Ashland-Rex Theatre, St. Louis
DeGraw Theatre, Brookficld
Delpheus Theatre, Mound City
Dickinson Theatre, Independence
Dickinson Theatre, Macon
Dickinson Theatre, Marceline
Dickinson Theatre, Slater
Dickinson Theatre, Trenton
Farris Theatre, Richmond
Gillioz Theatre, Springfield
Li may Theatre, St Louis
Liberty Theatre, Mexico
Mainstreet Theatre, Kansas City
Midland Theatre, Kansas City
Missouri Theatre, St. Joe
New Grand Theatre, Desloge
Newman Theatre, Kansas City
Opera House, Paris
Orpheum Theatre, Neosho
Paradise Theatre. Mansfield
Paramount-Rock Port Theatre, Ruck
Port
Plaza Theatre, Kansas City
Plaza Theatre, Lamar
Princess Theatre. Aurora
Regal Theatre, Elvins
Rialto Theatre, Monctt
Royal Theatre. Unionvi'le
Shafer Airdome Theatre, Edgcrton
Valencia Theatre, Macon
MONTANA
Lake Theatre. Baker
Liberty Theatre. Kalispcll
Lyric Theatre Havre
New Myrtle Theatre, Lcwistown
Palace Theatre. Malta
Star Theatre, Bridger
NEBRASKA
Artwood Theatre, Craig
Capitol Theatre, Grand Island
City Theatre, David City
Crystal Theatre, Scribner
Douglas Theatre, Newman Grove
Dundee Theatre, Omaha
Egyptian Theatre. Scottsbluff
Family Theatre, Friend
Gay Theatre, Wayne
Granada Theatre, Norfolk
IDYLHOUR Theatre. Greeley
Lyric Theatre, Atkinson
T yric Theatre, Crete
Lyric Theatre, St. Edward
Lyric Theatre, Tekamah
Majestic Theatre, Lexington
Majestic Theatre, Oakland
Markle Theatre, Wymore
Mazda Theatre, Aurora
Minden Theatre, Minden
Moon Theatre, Spencer
Omar Theatre, Schuyler
Pal Theatre, Wood River
Palace Theatre, Clearwater
Plainview Theatre, Plainview
Rex Theatre, Albion
Rialto Theatre, Stanton
Rivola Theatre, West Point
Rivoli Theatre, Hastings
Royal Theatre, O'Neill
Silver Hill Theatre, Oshkosh
Star Theatre, Bloomfield
Star Theatre, Callaway
State Theatre, Omaha
Stuart Theatre, Lincoln
Sun Theatre, Gothenburg
Ulysses Theatre, Ulysses
Veterans Memorial Theatre, Stratton
Wahoo Theatre, Wahoo
Zorn Theatre, Benkelman
NEVADA
El Portal Theatre, Las Vegas
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Orpheum Theatre, Woodsvillc
NEW JERSEY
Capitol Theatre, Woodbine
Palace Theatre, Salem
NEW MEXICO
Del Rio Theatre, Las Cruces
Lyceum Theatre, Clovis
Muse-U Theatre, Tularosa
Princess Theatre, Tucumcari
Ritz Theatre, Hobbs
NEW YORK
Allen Theatre, Solvay
Avon Theatre, Boonville
Bay Shore Theatre, Bay Shore, L. I.
Colonial Theatre, Albany
Community Theatre, Catskill
Criterion Theatre, New York City
Edwards Theatre, East Hampton
Embassy Theatre, Port Chester
58th Street Theatre, New York City
Galli Curci Theatre, Margarctville
Great Lakes Theatre, Buffalo
Harmanl s Bleecker Hall, Albany
Hollywood Theatre, Buffalo
Lafayette Theatre, Buffalo
Lansing Theatre, Troy
Leland Theatre. Albany
Library Opera House, Marathon
Little Picture House, New York City
Lyric Th fatrf, Binghamton
Patchogue Theatre, Patchogue
Playhouse Theatre, Ticonderoga
Roxy Theatre, New York Citv
Shea's Buffalo THEATRE, Buffalo
Shea's Century Theatre, Buffalo
State Theatre, Ithaca
Warner Bros. Theatre. New York City
NORTH CAROLINA
Broadhurst Theatre, High Point
Broadway Theatre, Charlotte
Carolina Theatre, Greensboro
Carolina Theatre, Hamlet
Carolina Theatre, Morgantown
Carolina Theatre, Pinchurst
Carolina Theatre, Wilson
Carolina Theatre. Charlotte
Masonic Theatre, New Bern
New Wilson Theatre, Wilson
North Newton Theatre, Newton
Paris Theatre, Durham
Richmond Theatre, Rockingham
Stevenson Theatre. Henderson
Turnage Theatre. Washington
Webb Theatre, Shelby
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NORTH DAKOTA
Gem Theatre, Hillsboro
Grand Theatre, Larimore
Grand Theatre, Mohall
New Lyric Theatre, Rugby
Palace Theatre, Wildrose
Rex Theatre, LaMoure
State Theatre, New England
OHIO
American Theatre, East Liverpool
Brewster Theatre, Brewster
Cameo Theatre, Cleveland
Cedar-Lee Theatre, Cleveland Heights
Champion Theatre, Columbus.
Colonial Theatre, Akron
Colonial Theatre, Cambridge
Corlett, Cleveland
Dorsey Theatre, Johnstown
Euclid Theatre, Cleveland
Fayette Theatre, Washington C. H.
Forest Theatre, Cincinnati
Granada Theatre, Cleveland
Grand Theatre, Tiffin
Heights Theatre, Cleveland
Hilliard Square, Cleveland
Hippodrome Theatre, Cleveland
Hough-79th, Cleveland
Keith-Albee Theatre, Akron
La MAX Theatre, Wilmington
Lasalle, Cleveland
Loew's Theatre, Akron
LoNet Theatre, Wellington
Loraine -Fulton, Cleveland
Majestic Theatre, Athens
Majestic Theatre, Chillicothe
Midland Theatre. Newark
New Capitol Theatre, Delphos
Norwood, Cleveland
Opera House, Ashland
Opera House, Loudonville
Opera House, Millersburg
Orpheum Theatre, Akron
Orpheum Auditorium-sky Theatre,
Cincinnati
Palace Theatre, Akron
Palace Theatre, Holeate
Palace Theatre, Lancaster
Paramount Theatre, Youngstown
Princess Theatre. Toledo
Ravenna Theatre, Ravenna
Regel Theatre, Lancaster
Regent, Cleveland
Rialto. Cleveland
State Theatre, Cleveland
State Theatre, East Liverpool
State Theatre, Galion
State Theatre, Lima
State Theatre. Napo^on
Stillman Theatre. Cleveland
Strand Theatre. Akmn
Temple Theatre. Willard
Vine Theatre, Mount Vernon
Virginia Theatre WelUton
Wind-a-meer, Cleveland
OKLAHOMA
Arrow Theatre, Broken Bow
Coleman Theatre, Miami
Cozy Theatre, Checotah
Idle Hour Theatre, Ouinton
Tewel Theatre. Okemah
Liberty Theatre, Carnegie
Lyric Theatre, Stigler
Majestic Theatre. Madill
Palace Theatre, Eufaula
Paramount Theatre. Cushing
Princess Theatre. Savre
R. & R. Palace, KfcAVeter
Ramona Theatre. Frederick
Rex Theatre, Elk Citv
Ritz Theatre. Comanche
Ritz Theatre, Stroud
Ritz Theatre Tulsa
Washington Theatre, Atoka
OREGON
Colonial Theatre, Eugene
Hiland Theatre, Myrtle Point
Holly Theatre, Medford
Idle Theatre, Burns
Star Theatre, Forest Grove
PENNSYLVANIA
Academy Theatre, Meadville
Adelphi Theatre, Reynoldsville
Alto Theatre, Columbia
Arcadia Theatre, Wellsboro
Ardmore Theatre, Ardmore
Bedford Theatre, Bedford
Clark Theatre, Westfield
Embassy Theatre, Jenkintown
Embassy Theatre, Lewistown
Irving Theatre, Carbondale
Library Theatre, Warren
Majestic Theatre, Gettysburg
Morris Theatre, Morrisdale
New Carnegie Theatre, Carnegie
Old Home Theatre, Six Mile Run
Park Theatre, Meadville
Roxian Theatre, McKees Rocks
Victor Theatre, McKeesport
Victoria Theatre, Danville
PORTO RICO
Broadway Theatre, Ponce
San Jose Theatre, Santurce, San Juan
SOUTH CAROLINA
Carolina Theatre, Bennettsville
Liberty Theatre. Darlington
Lyric Theatre, Easley
Majestic Theatre, Camden
Opera House, Abbeville
Opera House, Newberry
Reliance Theatre, Orangeburg
SOUTH DAKOTA
Capitol Theatre, Sioux Falls
Colonial Theatre, Watertown
Crystal Theatre, Onida
Deadwood Theatre, Deadwood
Elks Theatre, Rapid City
Empress Theatre, Beresford
Gem Theatre, Philip
Glud Theatre, Viborg
Grand Theatre, Pierre
Homestake Opera House, Lead
Lyric Theatre, Artesian
Lyric Theatre, Redfield
New Broadway Theatre. Centerville
New Grand Theatre, Highmore
New Hamline Theatre, Estelline
New Ritz Theatre, DeSmet
Orpheum Theatre, Sioux Falls
Rex Theatre, Rapid City
State Theatre, Elk Point
Strand Theatre, Britton
Strand Theatre, Springfield
Unique Theatre. Sisseton
Wapazo Theatre, Faith
TENNESSEE
Capitol Theatre, Clarksville
Capitol Theatre, Paris
Cherokee Theatre, Copperhill
Doradele Theatre. Copperhill
Frances Theatre, Dyersburg
Orpheum Theatre, Memphis
Palace Theatre. Gallatin
Park Theatre, Chattanooca
Princess Theatre, Columbia
Princess Theatre, Morristown
Princess Theatre, Murfreesboro
TEXAS
Alcove Theatre, Stamford
Arcadia Theatre, Kerrville
Bf.ltonian Theatre, Belton
Colonial Theatre. Hondo
Crystal Theatre, Gilmer
Granada Theatre. Plainview
Grand Theatre, Pecos
L' Arcade Theatre, Yorktown
Mission Theatre, Mission
New Theatre, Falfumas
O-K Theatre, Marfa
Palace Theatre, Fredericksburg
Palace Theatre, Slaton
Palace Theatre, Snyder
Queen Theatre, Canadian
Queen Theatre, Dallas
Queen Theatre, Palacios
Queen Theatre, Wharton
Rialto Theatre, Brownfield
Rialto Theatre, Kingsville
Rig Theatre, Wink
Ritz Theatre, Big Spring
Ritz Theatre, Hale Center
Rogue Theatre, Wheeler
Strand Theatre, Rogers
UTAH
Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City
Elberta Theatre, Brigham City
Gem Theatre, Salt Lake City
Ideal Theatre, Heber
Paramount Theatre, Salt Lake City
RKO Orpheum Theatre, Salt Lake C
Victory Theatre, Salt Lake City
VERMONT
Opera House, Bellows Falls
VIRGINIA
Byrd Theatre, Richmond
Colony Theatre, Portsmouth
Loew's Theatre, Richmond
Reedville Theatre. Reedville
Salem Theatre, Salem
Victory Theatre, Saltville
WASHINGTON
Balboa Theatre, Everett
Everett Theatre, Everett
Grand Theatre, Bellingham
Liberty Theatre, Washougal
Oak Harbor Theatre, Oak Harbor
Renton Theatre, Renton
Star Theatre, Goldendale
Weir Theatre, Aberdeen
WEST VIRGINIA
Burt's Theatre, Mannington
Fairmont Theatre, Fairmont
Opera House, Shepherdstown
Ritz Theatre, Clarksburg
WISCONSIN
Adams Theatre, Adams
Adler Theatre, Neillsville
Adler's Waupaca Theatre, Waupaca
Auditorium Theatre, Seymour
Badger Theatre, Reedsburg
Crescent Theatre, Shawano
Delavan Theatre, Delavan
Fox Theatre, Appleton
Fox Theatre, Green Bay
Fox Theatre, Marinette
Fox Theatre, Merrill
Fox Theatre, Sheboygan
Fox Theatre, Stevens Point
Fond Du Lac Theatre. Fond Du Lac
Oriental Theatre, Milwaukee
Oshkosh Theatre. Oshkosh
Palace Theatre, Antigo
Paradise Theatre, West A'lis, Milwau
Uptown Theatre, Milwaukee
Gail Theatre, Mauston
Garfield Theatre, Milwaukee
Gateway Theatre. Kenosha
Grand Theatre. Wausau
Tsle Theatre, Minoqua
Ieffris Theatre, Janesvfle
Liberty Theatre. Milwaukee
T yric Theatre. Leona
Majestic Theatre. Bcloit
Majestic Theatre. Rhinelander
May Theatre, Mayville
Merrill Theatre, Milwaukee
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Milwaukee Theatre, Milwaukee
Mirth Theatre, Milwaukee
Modjeska Theatre, Milwaukee
Odeon Theatre, Beaver Dam
Palace Theatre, Wisconsin Rapids
Parkway Theatre, Madison
Parkway Theatre, Milwaukee
Pastime Theatre, Kiel
Plaza Theatre, Burlington
Plaza Theatre, Milwaukee
Princess Theatre, Milwaukee
Relda Theatre, Marshfield
Rialto Theatre, Nekoosa
Savoy Theatre, Milwaukee
State Theatre, Racine
Strand Theatre, Madison
Strand Theatre, Milwaukee
Strand Theatre, Whitewater
Tivoli T HEATRE, Milwaukee
Tower Theatre, Milwaukee
Vista Theatre, Mukwonago
Wausau Theatre, Wausau
West Bend Theatre, West Bend
Wisconsin Theatre, Milwaukee
WYOMING
America Theatre, Casper
Isis Theatre, Green River
Lincoln Theatre, Cheyenne
Pastime Theatre, Pine Bluffs
Rialto Theatre, Casper
Strand Theatre, Evanston
Victory Th eatre, Kemmerer
DAYLIGHT SAVING
Four hundred and eighty-three cities in
17 states, and others in Canada have day-
light saving from April to September. The
total has been considerably reduced under
1930 due to vigorous battles staged by ex-
hibitors and others in amusement fields
who are hit the worst of any branch of
business.
States and towns in which daylight sav-
ing time was used in 1931 included the
following:
Delaware
Wilmington
CONNECTICUT
Notwithstanding the attempt of rural legislators to
prohibit the observance of Daylight Saving by the pass-
age of law making it an offense to show other than
Eastern Standard Time on clocks or timepieces publicly
displayed. Daylight Saving is observed by banks, offices,
stores and factories in the following places:
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord. Manchester and Nashua effect observance
of Daylight Saving by starting the working day one
hour earlier.
NEW JERSEY
Ansonia
Bethel
Bridgeport
Bristol
Danbury
Danielson
Darien
Derby
Greenwich
Harford
Killiniley
Manchester
Meriden
Middletown
Milford
NaugatucJc
New Britain
Pensacola
Blue Island
Chicago and Its suburbs
Chicago Heights
Evanston
Harvey
Crown Point
East Chicago
Fort Wayne
Garrett
Gary
Nt-w Haven
New Ixindon
New Milford
Norwalk
Norwich
Rockville
South Manchester
South Norwalk
Southington
Stamford
Torrington
Wallingford
Waterbury
Watertown
Willimantic
Winsted
Kewanee
Maywood
Oak Park
Waukrgan
Wheaton
Hammond
La Porte
Michigan City
South Bend
MAINE
Has a State law. similar to that of Connecticut, pro-
hibiting the observance of other than Eastern Standard
Time. Notwithstanding this measure. Daylight Saving
Time la observed in the following cities and towns:
Auburn Orchard Beach
Bath Portland
Belfast Saco
Blddeford Sanford
Brunswick Spring Vale
Calais Watervllle
Lewiston
Augusta and Bangor. It Is reported, may observe
Daylight Saving Tune in 1931.
MASSACHUSETTS
Entire State
MICHIGAN
In addition to the cities located In that portion of
the State which Is within the Eastern Time Zone, prac-
tically all of the cities and towns In the lower penin-
sula follow Eastern Standard Time the year 'round.
MINNESOTA
'Minneapolis
NEW YORK
•Observed by members of the Chamber of Commerce
and Board of Trade.
Albany
Amityville
Amsterdam
Ardsley
Athens
Babylon
Baldwin
Ballston Spa
Batavia
Bay Shore
Bayville
Beacon
Bedford
Bellmore
Bell port
•Binghamton
Blue Point
Bolton
Brewster
Briarcliff Manor
Hronxville
Brooklyn
Buffalo
Cairo
Cambridge
f anajoharie
Catskill
( Ydarhurat
Center Moriches
Centerport
Chappaqua
Chatham
HOQ mans
Cohoes
Cold Spring Harbor
Congers
Cornwall
Croton on nudson
Dobbs Ferry
Dolgeville
East Aurora
East Hampton
Ellenvllle
Elmsford
Farmingdale
Far llockaway
Floral Park
F u-hing
Fonda
Forest Hills
Fort Edward
Fort Plain
Frankfort
Free port
Garden City
Glen Cove
Glens Falls
Gloversville
Goshen
Great Neck
Greenport
Greenwich
Haines Falls
Harmon
Harrison
Hartsdale
Hastings-on-Hudson
Haverstraw
Hawthorne
Hempstead
Herkimer
Hewlett
Highland
Highland Falls
mm
Hudson
Hudson Falls
Huntington
I lion
Irvington
Islip
Jamaica
Jamestown
Jericho
Katonah
Kingston
Lake George
I/ake Mahopae
Lancaster
Ijtrchmont
I-awrence
Leroy
IJberty
Lindenhurst
Utile Falls
T/>ckport
tang Beach
Ixvust Valley
Long Is'and City
Lynbrook
Malverne
Mamaroneck
Manhasset
Massapequa
Mechanicsville
Medina
Merrick
Middletown
Millbrook
Mineola
Mohawk
Monroe
Monticello
Montrose
Mount KJsco
Mount Vernon
Newburgh
New Rochelle
New York
Niagara Falls
Northport
North Tonawanda
Northvllle
Nyack
Oriskany
Ossining
Oyster Bay
Patchogue
Pawling
PeekskiU
Pelham
Pelham Manor
lTiilmont
Piermont
Plandome
Plcasantville
Point O' Woods
Port Chester
Port Jefferson
Tort Jervis
Port Washington
Poughkeepsle
I*urchase
Queens Village
Quogue
Ravena
Rensselaer
Rhlnebeck
Richmond Hill
Iliverhead
Uoi-kville Center
Rome
Itoslvn
Rye
Sac Harbor
St. Johnsville
Saratoga Springs
Saugerties
Sayville
Scarborough
Scarsdale
Schenectady
Schuvlervllle
Sea Cliff
Seaford
Shandaken
Smithtown
Southampton
Southold
Springfield Gardens
Spring Valley
Suffem
Syoeset
Tarrytown
Tonawanda
Troy
Turkahoe
Tuiedo
Dtlca
Valhalla
Valley Stream
Walden
Wantagh
Wapplngers Falls
Warrensburg
Warwick
Watervliet
West Hampton
West Point
Westbury
White Plains
Whitesboro
Wllliamsrllle
Woodbury
Woodhaven
Woodmere
Woodstock
Yonkers
Asbury Park
Madison
Atlantic City
Manasquan
Atlantic Highlands
Milltown
Barnegat City
Millville
Bavonne
Monmouth Beach
Belleville
Montclair
Belraar
Morristown
Bloomfleld
Netcong
Bernardsville
Newark
Boonton
New Brunswick
Borden town
North Bergen
Bound Brook
Nutley
Bradlev Beach
Ocean City
Bridget on
Ocean Grove
Burlington
Orange
Butler
Park Ridge
Caldwell
Passaic
Camden
Paterson
Cape Mav
Penns Grove
Carlstadt
Perth Am boy
Carteret
Pitman
CTiaT h a m
Pla infield
("ollingswood
Pleasantville
Cranbury
Point Pleasant
Cranford
Princeton
Dover
Rahway
East Orance
Raritan
Egg Harbor City
Red Bank
Elizabeth
Ridge wood
Elmer
Riverton
Enclewood
Roosevelt
f-'airhaven
Roselle
Klcmington
Rum son
Eort 1a*
Rutherford
Frefhold
Seabrght
Garfield
Sea Isle City
Olassboro
Seraucus
Glen Ridge
B omenille
Gloucester
South Amboy
Harkensack
South Orange
Hackettstown
Sprinc Lake Beach
Haddonfleld
Summit
Hammonton
Sussex
"arrison
Swedesboro
Ha^-brouck Heights
Ten a fly
Hawthorne
Toms River
Highlands
Trenton
Hichtstown
Tuckerton
Hoboken
Cnion
Imngton
Vineland
7nmm City
Weehawken
Kearney
West field
Kevnort
West New York
Lake hurst
West Orange
I - i - ■ 'A ■< H 1
Wild wood
l-amhertville
Williamstown
Ladl
Wood bridge
Long Branch
Woodbury
I.yndhurst
Wrightstown
OHIO
Due lo demands for Daylight Saving In cities, towns
and villages outside the Eastern Time Zone, the entire
state was put on Eastern Standard Time, effective
April 3. 1927. by order of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
PENNSYLVANIA
Aliquippa
Allentown
Ambridge
Bethlehem
Braddock
Chester
Coatesville
East on
Johnstown
I -ancaster
Meadville
McKeesport
Norristown
Philadelphia and suburbs
Pittsburgh and suburbs
Reading
•Sharon
Cnlontown
West Chester
•Observed In large factories and offices.
RHODE ISLAND
Entire State
Bennington
•Milwaukee
VERMONT
Manchester
WISCONSIN
•June 2S to September 6.
•Has no ordinance: reports probability of observance
by agreement among business men.
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368
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
EXHIBITOR
ORGANIZATIONS
(Continued from page 358)
SECRETARY AND COUNSEL
George P. Aarons, 301 North 13th Street, Phila
delphia. Pa.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
C. Floyd Hopkins, chairman. Harrisburg. Pa.
L. J. Chamberlain, Shamokin, Pa.; Fred J
Nixon-Nirdlinger, Philadelphia. Pa.; J. V
Shreck, Ashland. Pa.; B. H. Stuckert, Allen
town. Pa.; Walter Steumpfig, Philadelphia, Pa
BOARD OF MANAGERS
Jay Emanuel, chairman, Philadelphia, Pa.; George
H. Kline, Philadelphia, Pa.; David Barrist.
Philadelphia, Pa.; William E. Butler, Philadel-
phia. Pa.; Thomas S. Dougherty, Philadelphia,
Pa.; George M. Lessy, Philadelphia, Pa.; William
Goldman, Philadelphia. Pa.; Allen M. Benn.
Philadelphia. Pa.; Ben Ferrel, Philadelphia. Pa.;
Charles H. Goodwin, Philadelphia. Pa., honorary
life member.
Motion Picture Theatre Owners
of Maryland, Inc.
531 X. Howard Street
Phone. Vernon 1861
Baltimore. Md.
PRESIDENT „ ,
Charles E. Nolte, Arcade Theatre, Harford and
Hamilton Avenues, Baltimore, Md.
VICE-PRESIDENT „ ,
Lauritz C. Garman, Pimlico Theatre, 5144 Park
Heights Avenue. Baltimore, Md.
TREASURER nr n
Frank A. Hornig. Horn Theatre. 2018 W. Pratt
Street. Baltimore. Md.
DIRECTORS _ „ , .
Herman A. Blum. Embassy Theatre. 417 E. Balti-
more Street; Frank H. Durkee, Arcade Theatre.
Harford and Hamilton Avenues; J. Louis Rome.
Rialto Theatre. 846 W. North Avenue; William
Kalb. Columbia Theatre, 709 Washington Blvd.;
Samuel Soltz. Howard Theatre. 113 N. Howard
Street- Thomas D. Goldberg, Walbrook Theatre.
3100 W. North Avenue; Phillip Miller. Republic
Theatre, Annapolis, Md.
Motion Picture Theatre Owners
of New Jersey, Inc.
Afiliated with
Allied States Association of Motion PictuTe Exhibitors
Phone. N.eu>ton 280
Xef'on, >{. J.
PRESIDENT AND NATIONAL DIRECTOR
Sidney E Samuelson. Newton Theatre, Newton,
N. J.
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Peter A. Adams, U. S. Theatre, Paterson
Samuel Varbalow, Victoria Theatre, Camden
ALTERNATE NATIONAL DIRECTOR
E. Thornton Kellv, Grant Lee Theatre. Palisade.
SECRETARY , . ...
Henry P. Nelson. Liberty theatre. Bernardsville.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
J. Uncer, Mayfair Theatre. Hillside.
TREASURER
Frank L. Warren, Garden Theatre, Princeton.
Motion Picture Theatre Owners
of Ohio
39 West Broad Street
Columbus. Ohio
PRESIDENT
William M. James, Columbus, Ohio.
VICE-PRESIDENTS
J. J. Harwood. Cleveland. Ohio
I. Libson. Cincinnati. Ohio
Henry Bieberson. Jr.. Delaware. Ohio
Ed Hiekle, Newark, Ohio.
TREASURER
Caldwell H. Brown. Zanesville, Ohio
SECRETARY
Martin G. Smith, Toledo, Ohio
TRUSTEES „ ,
John A. Schwalm. Hamilton. Ohio; J. A. Holt,
Cincinnati. Ohio; Henry Greenberger, Cleveland.
Ohio; Judge Frank Ruth. Piqua, Ohio; Fred J.
Desberg. Cleveland, Ohio; Burns OSullivan,
Columbus, Ohio.
Motion Picture Theatre Owners of
St. Louis, Eastern Missouri
and Southern Illinois
St. Louis. Mo.
PRESIDENT
Fred Wehrenberg, St. Louii
Motion Picture Theatre Owners
of Southern California
1914 South Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, Cal.
PRESIDENT
L. L. Bard
SECRETARY AND BUSINESS MANAGER
W. E. Knotts
Motion Picture Theatre Owners of
Western Pennsylvania and
West Virginia
PRESIDENT
David J. Selznick
SECRETARY
Fred J. Herrington
Motion Picture Theatre Owners
of Wisconsin
310 Carpenter Building
Phone Marquette 6696-7
Milwaukee, Wis.
PRESIDENT
Fred S. Meyer, Milwaukee.
VICE-PRESIDENT
A C. Gutenberg, Milwaukee.
SECRETARY
James J. Boden, South Milwaukee.
TREASURER
E. Lancemack, Milwaukee.
BUSINESS MANAGER
Sever Bauer, Milwaukee.
RECORDING SECRETARY
L. M. Sale, Milwaukee.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Fred S. Meyer, Milwaukee; A. C. Gutenberg, Mil-
waukee; Bert Fisher, Milwaukee; Steve Bauer,
Milwaukee; Geo. Huebner, Oconomowoc; W. L.
Ainsworth, Fond du Lac; A. C. Berkholtz, West
Bend; F. J. McWilliams, Madison; Henry Gold-
enberg, Milwaukee; Geo. Fischer, Milwaukee;
A. D. Kvool, Milwaukee; E. Langemack, Mil-
waukee; J. Keegan, Milwaukee; James J. Boden,
South Milwaukee; Etta Weisner. Milwaukee.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Henry Goldenberg, Milwaukee; Geo. Huebner,
Oconomowoc; Geo. Fisher, Milwaukee; A. C.
Gutenberg, Milwaukee; J. Keegan, Milwaukee.
COMMITTEE ON MILWAUKEE AFFAIRS
A. C. Gutenberg, Milwaukee; A. D. Kvcol, Mil-
waukee; J. Keegan, Milwaukee; L. K. Brin, Mil-
waukee; Bert Fisher, Milwaukee; Etta Weisner,
Milwaukee; H. Billings, Milwaukee; E. Maertz,
Milwaukee; J. Silliman, Milwaukee.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Etta Weisner, Milwaukee: F. J. McWilliams, Madi-
son; W. L. Ainsworth, Fond du Lac; A. C.
Berkholtz, West Bend; E. Langemack, Milwaukee;
A. D. Kvool, Milwaukee; Bert Fisher, Mil-
waukee.
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Geo. Huebner, Oconomowoc, W. L. Ainsworth,
Fond du Lac; A. C. Berkholtz. West Bend; Geo.
Fischer, Milwaukee; Frank Welter, Wausau; P.
Palmer, Edgerton; Al Roser, Baraboo.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
F. J. McWilliams, Madison; J. Adler, Marshfield;
W. Wiske, Red Granite; A. D. Kvool, Milwau-
kee; James J. Boden, South Milwaukee; J. Kee-
gan. Milwaukee; H. Goldenberg, Milwaukee;
C. W. Trampe. Milwaukee; J. Hickey, New Lon-
don; Ed Maertz, Milwaukee.
Motion Picture Theatres' Association
of Kansas and Missouri
110 West 18th Street
Kansas City, Mo.
PRESIDENT
E. Van Hyning
The Motion Picture Theatres
Protective Association
Adolphus Hotel, Dallas, Texas
PRESIDENT
Judge Roy Walker
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Arthur Keyes
0. A Englebrecht
Sam Heplet
SECRETARY-TREASURER
1. S. Melcher
DIRECTORS
O. A. Englebrecht, Georgetown; W. G. Under-
wood, Dallas; Roy Walker, Lampasas; Sam
Hcflcy, Cameron; M H. Gwynn. Terrill; O. B.
Bridges. Houston; Arthur Keyes. Quanah; Henry
Reeve, Menard; C. DeWolfe. San Saba; I. S.
Mclchcr. Dallas; Paul Scott. Dallas; W. J.
Wootcn, Canyon; Henry Hall. Becvillc.
Northwest Theatre Owners Associa-
tion of Minnesota, North and
South Dakota
-\em Xicoilett Hotel
Phone: Atlantic 3371
Minneapolis, Minn.
PRESIDENT
Bennie Bercer
VICE-PRESIDENTS
O. N. Raths, St. Paul, Minn.
M. C. Riggs, Owatonna, Mjnn.
Charles Lee Hyde, Pierre, S. D.
W. M. Miller, Cloquet, Minn.
TREASURER
H. E. Hoffman, St. Paul, Minn.
SECRETARY
W. W. Arnold, Lakota, N. D.
GENERAL MANAGER
W. A. Steffes
DIRECTORS
Wm. Weisman, Minneapolis, Minn.; J. R. McKin-
lay. International Falls, Minn.; B. J. Benfield,
Morris, Minn.; Geo. Johnson, Red Wing, Minn.;
H. J. Ludcke, St. Peter. Minn.; O. C. Woemp-
ner, Minneapolis, Minn.; J. B. Clinton, Duluth,
Minn.; E. L. Richtmyer. Marshall, Minn.;
Theo. L. Hays, Crookston, Minn.; Harry Dryer,
Minneapolis, Minn.; Howard Klug, Zombrota.
Mjnn.; Charles E. Lyons, Aitken, Minn.; Charles
Perrizo, Grand Rapids, Minn.; Anton Gilles.
Wahpeton, N. D.; Hans J. Peterson, Jamestown.
N. D.; John Piller, Valley City. N. D.; W. T.
McCarthy, Fargo. N. D.; J. C. Snyder. Wilhs-
ton, N. D.; L. R. Stacy, Mobndge. S. D.;
S. J. Smith, Sisseton, S. D.; M. C. Kellogg,
Lead, S. D.; J. L. Anderson, Plankinton, S. D.;
E. W. McFarlane. Groton, S. D.; W. A. Steffes.
Minneapolis. Minn.
Daylight Saving
(Continued from page 367)
EASTERN
Arnprior. Ont.
Bowmanv.lle. Ont.
Brampton. Ont.
Brantford. Ont.
BrockTille. Ont
Buckingham. Que.
Burlington. Ont.
CowansvLUe. Ont.
Gait. Ont.
Ganaouue. Ont.
Grand'Mere. Que.
Guelph. Ont.
Halifax. N". S.
Hamilton. Ont.
Hull. Que.
Iroquois Falls. Ont.
Kingston. Ont.
Kitchener. Ont.
Lacbute. Que.
Lennoxrille. Que.
Levis. Que.
Lunenburg. X. S.
Montreal. Que.
Niagara Falls. Ont.
CANADA
Orillia. Ont.
Oshawa. Ont.
Ottawa. Ont.
Owen Sound. Ont.
Peterboro. Ont.
l'ort Colborne. Ont.
l'ort Hope, Ont.
Quebec. Que.
Uegina. Sask.
Shawinigan Falls. Que.
Sorel. Que.
St. Cathar.nes. Ont.
St. John. N. B.
St. John's, Que.
St. Lambert. Que.
St. Martine. Que.
Trois Rivieres. Que.
Toronto. Ont.
Victoriaviile. Que.
Welland. Ont.
Westmount. Que.
Weston, Ont.
Whitbv. Ont.
'Duration of observance varies but in general approx-
imates the period April 26-September 27.
BRITISH QUOTA
London — The British quota law now enters its
fourth year, automatically increasing to 12Vg%.
The first year, ended March 51. 1929, saw a 1Vi%
quota. In 1930, the law automatically raised the fig-
ure to 10%. Next year, the current 12'/2% regula-
tion advances to 15%, the permanent figure.
The new figure, and next year's large percentage,
were forcing a number of American companies to
establish production units in England to meet quota
requirements. Approximately 86 British made talkers
must be released by English distributors this season.
DARK THEATRES
Distributors are losing a minimum of $10,000,000
annually in rentals because of the darkened condi-
tion of 5,000 U. S. theatres which were forced to
close due to owners' inability to finance sound in-
stallations, a survey in February disclosed.
Although at least 10,000 houses now are dark in
the U. S., it is conservatively estimated that 5,000
of this group are in fit condition to operate.
The $10,000,000 figure is arrived at on the basis
of all houses operating on an average of three times
weekly and making an average expenditure of $12
for each complete show. The weekly figure approxi-
mates $180,000.
SOUND IN AUSTRALIA
With a total of 837 theatre* wired in Australia
and New Zealand, the sound investment in both
British possessions leached $12,500,000 in February,
1931. Exhibitors in both countries were paying a
service fee approximating $550,000.
Australia had 505 film-and-disc and 136 disc de-
vices: in New Zealand. 167 were dual systems, and
29 disc only.
Inter-related Subjects
op
Developments in the field of
public relations pass in review
— The three outstanding legal
decisions of the past twelve
months are presented in detail
— Activities in the field of
public relations take on add-
ed importance — Deaths of the
year — The year's develop-
ments are reviewed by the
Motion Picture Producers and
Distributors of America.
INTER-RELATED SUBJECTS
Resume of MPPDA activities during
19i0 — Deaths in the industry during
1930 — Legal decisions, including a
word on contracts, arbitration, hloc\
booking and monopoly — RCA chart of
organization — Public relations, includ-
ing personnel, aims and methods of
operating.
MPPDA ACTIVITIES
same high ideals and aims which inspired
the new code for production.
Therefore, to make our maximum con-
tribution to the progress of the motion
picture medium, help it fulfill its obliga-
tion and develops its complete community
value, the advertising men of the industry
hereby subscribe to a Code for Motion Pic.
ture Advertising.
Studio Relations Committee
The following have previewing com-
mittees:
American Library Association
Boy Scouts of America
General Federation of Women's Clubs
International Federation of Catholic
Alumnae
Los Angeles Branch American Asso-
ciation of University Women
Los Angeles Tenth District California
Congress of Parents and Teachers
National Society Daughters of Amer-
ican Revolution
Young Men's Christian Association.
Previewing is done at the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. To
make the second part of their program
effective, these groups are distributing their
preview reports widely, not limiting dis-
tribution entirely to their membership,
over the air and through the press. *
At the request of these groups, Mrs.
Thomas G. Winter, formerly president of
the General Federation of Women's Clubs,
a member of the Studio Relations Com-
mittee, organized a study course in motion
picture appreciation. Lectures were de-
livered by prominent industry people. In-
formation relative to the previewing serv-
ice and study course may be obtained from
Mrs. Winter, address 5504 Hollywood
Boulevard, Hollywood, California.
Pictures in Schools
Forty per cent of all motion pictures screened in
517 primary and secondary schools throughout the
country embrace social science subjects, it is revealed
by E. I. Way, chief. Industrial and Educational Sec-
tion of the U. S. Department of Commerce.
Having the cooperation of bureaus of education,
teachers, county and state school superintendents and
commercial organizations. Way conducted a survey of
61m activities in elementary, junior and senior high
schools.
Although the number of schools using films ir.
regular instructional activities has grown in recent
years, authorities admit that progress was hampered
tremendously with the switch from silent to sound.
Majority of the 517 educational institutions em-
braced in the current survey were found to be lack-
ing sound equipment.
The percentage of showings in connection with
curricular and extra curricular activities was 73 and
27, respectively, in a total of 44,186 showings re-
ported by the 517 schools. Following social science
in popularity was natural science, represented by 26
of the showings. The fact that 66 per cent of the
showings was in these two subjects reflects the greater
abundance of films that are available in these fields.
Five other subject fields represent about 25 per
cent of the total, including physical education,
manual and industrial arts, home economics, English
and commercial. Ten other subjects are divided
among the remaining 9 per cent, with the lowest
seven having negligible distribution.
Thirty-three per cent of the showings were given
in connection with curricular work in the social
sciences. Approximately 20 per cent of the curricula!
showings was in natural sciences. For extra curricular
purposes films in natural sciences enjoyed the great-
est popularity, with titles in social science running a
close second.
More than 40 per cent of the total 44.186 show-
ings was in elementary schools, 27 per cent was in
junior high and 32 per cent in senior high schools.
The low figure for junior institutions is attributed to
the fact that a large number of communities do not
have junior high schools.
The most popular subjects in elementary and junior
schools were those relating to social sciences, while
high school attendants prefer subjects relating to
natural sciences.
Codes governing production and adver-
tising are considered by Motion Picture
Producers and Distributors of America,
Inc., as one of the most important develop-
ments of its activities during 1930.
The Production Code went into effect on
February 17, 1930, and the Advertising
Code on June 6, 1930. Each is considered
a complement of the other and each was
subscribed to by the major producing and
distributing organizations in the industry.
The chief purposes of both codes are out-
lined in the following general principles:
Motion picture producers recognize the
high trust and confidence which have been
placed in them by the people of the world
and which have made motion pictures a
universal form of entertainment.
They recognize their responsibility to the
public because of this trust and because en-
tertainment and art are important influences
in the life of a nation.
Hence, though regarding motion pictures
primarily as entertainment without any ex-
plicit purpose of teaching or propaganda,
they \new that the motion picture within
its own field of entertainment may be direct-
ly responsible for spiritual or moral progress,
for higher types of social life, and for much
correct thinking.
During the rapid transition from silent
to talking pictures they have realized the
necessity and the opportunity of subscrib-
ing to a Code to govern the production
of talking pictures and of reacknowledg-
ing this responsibility.
On their part, they ask from the public
and from public leaders a sympathetic un-
derstanding of their purposes and problems
and a spirit of cooperation that will allow
them the freedom and opportunity neces-
sary to bring the motion picture to a still
higher level of wholesome entertainment
for all the people.
1. No picture shall be produced which
will lower the moral standards of those
who see it. Hence the sympathy of the
audience should never be thrown to the
side of crime, wrong-doing, evil or sin.
2. Correct standards of life, subject
only to the requirements of drama and en-
tertainment, shall be presented.
3. Law, natural or human, shall not be
ridiculed, nor shall sympathy be created
for its violation.
With the universal acceptance of the
talking motion picture, the producers
deemed it wise and necessary to adopt a
new and amplified code of principles to
guide the production of this new form of
entertainment.
It is appropriate that those responsible
for the advertising of motion pictures
should take steps to emphasize their kin-
dred purposes, and to make certain that
motion picture advertising shall refter' the
The Studio Relations Committee repre-
sents another important work of the Hays
organization. For four years now, it has
functioned as an advisory body to the in-
dustry on production detail that contains
controversial aspects.
Composed of a representative from each
one of the studios and a representative of
the Motion Picture Producers and Dis-
tributors of America, this group considers
picture themes and their prospective treat-
ment in terms of the public acclaim or
criticism which any similar picture situa-
tion has experienced in the past. The
complete resources of the industry for
gathering such public reaction — the asso-
ciation's open door policy — opinions of
the press — the popularity of pictures as
expressed in patronage — contacts of the in-
dustry's personnel throughout the world
— are available to and utilized by the Stu-
dio Relations Committee in the determi-
nation of what entertainment the world
wants from the motion picture and how
that may be supplied with a minimum of
offense to the most cosmopolitan audience
enjoyed by any medium of human expres-
sion. The four years' experience of this
committee largely supplied the basic prin-
ciples around which the new production
code was formulated and the functioning
of this important organization will be
simplified and aided by the code.
The association also serves as a clearing
house of information, available to the in-
dustry and public alike, on motion pic-
ture subjects.
Through the Public Relations Depart-
ment the industry may make contact with
public groups whenever a company wishes
their cooperation in publicity or exploita-
tion on pictures they have approved. The
organizations, on their own initiative, have
worked out methods of approach to their
membership which have proved increas-
ingly effective at the box office. During
the past year some twenty pictures have
gone through this formula of cooperation
with good results. Public and industry
profit through this contact with potential
theatre audiences otherwise unapproach-
able.
Previewing of Pictures
An immediate source of public reaction
to current pictures is available from the
various public organizations, whose com-
bined membership totals many millions,
reviewing pictures at Hollywood before
their release. The objective of these
groups is twofold. They wish first to fur-
nish their membership with advance and
accurate information relevant to their inter-
est in pictures. They believe that? their
exploitation and support of approved pic-
tures is the most effective program for in-
creasing the number of wholesome and
socially constructed motion pictures.
370
DEATHS OF A YEAR
ABRAHAMS. MAURICE: Ape 45. For several
years professional manager of Waterson. Berlin and
Snyder, resigning to open a publishing house of his
own. Husband of Belle Baker. April. 1931.
ACORO. ART: Former Western star. Found dead
in Chihuahua, Mexico. January, 1931.
ALBEE. E. F. Age 72. Formerly head of Keith-
Albee-Orpbeum. Died at Palm Beach. Fla.. March.
1930.
ARBUCKLE. MACLYN: Actor. April. 1931.
B
BAKER. EDWARD : Studio employee. Hollywood.
Car. man at Metropolitan Sound Studios. November.
1930.
BARNARD. CAPTAIN I. P.: Producer. Louisville.
Was interested with Colonel L. J. Dittmar in Kinema-
color Company and later in Colonel Dittmar's research
work and development of color film. January. 1930.
BATES. LESLIE: Actor. Hollywood. Killed in
auto cra>h. August. 1930.
BECKETT. FRANK: Age 67. Exhibitor. Vermilion.
S. D. Own d Vermilion's first motion picture theatre.
January. 1930.
BECHTEL. WILLIAM A.: Ase 63. Actor. Los
Angeles. Was called first screen player recruited from
legitimate stage. November. 1930.
BELASCO. DAVID : Age 72. Producer and play-
wright. New York. May 14. 1931.
BERNE. DR. LUIS P.: Plastic surgeon. At one
time had large practice in Hollywood film colony.
Died in New York in January. 1931.
BEERY. MRS. MARGARET: Age 74. Mother of
Wallace and Noah Beery. April. 1931.
BIECHELE. ROBERT: Brother of R. R. (DicU
Biechele. regional vice president of Motion Pictur *
Theatre Owners of America. Kansas City. Killed by
hit-and-run motorist. December. 1930.
BIERBOWER. MRS. JANIS E. : Mother of Elsie
Janis. screen and stage star. Hollywood. July. 1930.
BLAUVELT. H. D.: Cameraman. Middletown. N.
T. Started with Pathe in 1913. Accompanied Theodore
Roosevelt on big game hunt in Africa. November.
1930.
BRACKETT. JUDGE J. ALBERT: Age 62. Gen-
eral counsel for Massachusetts and other New Eng-
land exhibitors. Died at Boston. January. 1930.
BRISTOL. MRS. W. S. : Exhibitor. Upper San-
dusky. Ohio. Owned Iowa theatre. October. 1930.
CAGE. C. E.: Exchange man. Dallaa. Texas
Was manager of ad sales at Vniversal branch. Octo-
ber. 1930.
CAMPBELL. HARRY F.: Fox branch manager.
Boston. I>. atli was due to complications from an
infected foot. March. 1931.
CHANEY. LON: Actor. Hollywood. Called "Man
of a Thousand Faces." Latest picture, interrupted
by illness, was "Chlribibi." Last finished production
was his first talking picture, dialogue version of his
"The I'nholy Three." August. 1930.
CHESTERMAN. EVAN R. : Age 60. Director of the
State Division of Motion Picture Censorship. Febru-
ary' 22. 1931.
CLEMENS. LOUIS L. : Age 59. Critic and author
Tacoma. Wash. Dramatic editor of Tacoma Daily
I/edger. Was veteran of legitimate stage. January.
1931.
CLARY. CHARLES: Player. Died March 24, 1931.
CLIFFORD. BILLY "SINGLE": (William Clifford
Shyrlgh. 1 Actor and exhibitor. Operated Clifford
theatre at I'rhana. Ohio. November. 1930.
COLVIN. WILLIAM: Plajcr. Died August 8. 1930.
COURT. A.: Exhibitor. Livingston. Cal. Court
theatre. February. 1930.
GRAHAM. MRS. JOHN CECIL: Wife of Para
mount's general Euroiican manager. March. 1931.
CREWE. MRS. AMELIA: Mother of Regina Crewe,
motion picture editor of the New York American.
February. 1931.
CURRIER. GUY W.: Attorney. Boston. Was ac-
tive in arrangement of financing by which Joseph P.
Kennedy purchased FBO from Graham's of Uindon.
June. 1930.
DRUCE. HUBERT:
April. 1931.
D
English actor and producer.
EAGELS. JEANNE: Star of stage and screen. Died
during UM.
EASTMAN. GEORGE: Age 29. Cameraman. Ki'led
In collision of airplanes on location. Santa Monica.
Cal. January. 1930.
EOESON. ROBERT: Actor. Recently signed as a
dialogue director. Died March. 1931.
EDMONDS. FREDERICK G. : Age So. Lindsay.
Ont. Had owned and onerated Wonderland theatre
since 1907. February. 1930.
ELLIS. DIANE: I'lavr Died ill December. 1930.
ESKIND. BENJAMIN: Exhibitor. MadisonvilV.
Ky. Owned Kentucky theatre. July. 1930.
FARRELL. HARRY: Exhibitor. Nashua. N. H.
Owned Tremont and Colonial theatres in Nashua.
State at Manchester and other houses in New Hamp-
shire. April. 1930.
FARRELL, MRS. DAVID: Mother of Charles Far-
rell. star. Died in Hollywood. Her husband was at
one time an exhibitor. December, 1930.
FARRINGTON. FRANK: Building contractor. De-
troit. Erected Casino theatre, his first project at De-
troit, for John H. Kunsky and the late Arthur Kaile.
November. 1930.
FEIST. LEO: Music publisher. Leo Feist. Inc. Died
June 21. 1930.
FINKELSTEIN. M. L. : Age 62. Exhibitor. St.
Paul. Minn. In motion picture business 20 years, as-
sociated with I. H. Ruben in F & R Circuit.
FISH. ARTHUR: Son of Carl Fish, former pro-
prietor of Alhambra theatre at Akron. Ohio. Killed
in auto accident. July, 1930.
FLINT. MOTLEY H.: Financier. Los Angeles Wai
particularly active in connection with Associated Pro-
ducers. Selznick Pictures, and Warner Brothe-s. Was
slain after testifying in court case. July. 1930.
FLYNN. WILLIAM: Exhibitor. Kansas City. Owner
of Globe theatre Killed in airplane crash. February.
1930.
FORBES. CHARLES: Construction engineer for Fox
West Coast Theatres. Hollywood. Killed in auto
crash. January. 1930.
FRANK. EDWARD: Age 45. Booking agent. St.
Louis. May. 1930.
FRANKEL. BEN: Age 26. Assistant cameraman.
Killed in collision of planes on location. Santa
Monica. Cal. January. 1930.
FRANKLIN. SIDNEY: Actor. March. 1931.
FRISSELL. VARICK: Producer. Missing since
March 15. 1931. when an explosion sank the sealing
steamer Viking near Horse Island, off Newfoundland.
Frissell. New York producer, was making sound mo-
tion pictures of the sealers, with A. E. Penrod. camera-
man, and Russell Harry Sargent, explorer. Sargent
was saved. Penrod was missing with Frissell.
FROHMAN. GUSTAVE: Aire 76. Brother of Dan-
iel Frohman and veteran in legitimate field. New
York. August. 1930.
FRUDENFELD. NATE: District manager for Pub-
llx in Des Moines Executive for World Realty Co.
and A. II. Blank, prior to sale of the latter's circuit
to Publix. February. 1931.
GEHRIG. ADAM : Age 60. Exhibitor. Salisbury.
Mo. Owner and manager of Lyric theatre. February.
1930.
GOLD. MAX: Age 29. Assistant director. Killed
In collision of airplanes on location. Santa Monica.
Cal. January. 1930.
GOOD. ED: Exhibitor. Red Oak. Iowa. Owned
Iowana theatre with his two sons. January. 1931.
GORMAN. MICHAEL: Showman. Ottawa. Ont.
April. 1930.
GUM. JACK: Age 46. Cameraman. Sin Francis-
co. International Newsreel cameraman. October. 1930.
H
HALLEY. MRS. J. J.: Exhibitor. San Andreas.
Cal. San Andreas theatre. February. 1930.
HARRIS. MRS. SAM: Wife of theatrical producer.
New York Had been stage actress. November. 1930.
HARRIS. TOM: Property man. Killed in colli-
sion of planes on location. Santa Monica. Cal. Janu-
ary. 1930.
HART. SUNSHINE: Player. Died In January. 1930.
HAWKS KENNETH: Age IX Director Killed In
collision of airplanes on location. Santa Monica. Cal.
January. 1930.
HEIDELBERG. NATE: Age 66. Musicians union
executive. Dayton. Ohio. President of Dayton Musi-
cians Cnion and for many years a director of or-
chestras. January, 1931.
HESS. MRS. GABRIEL: Wife of the Hays asso-
ciation's attorney. Was thrown from a horse and died
from a fractured skull. April. 1931.
HICKMAN. DEVEREAUX: Age 57. Actor. Hus-
band of Nance O'Neil. April. 1931.
H I GG INS JOHN: Age 2.3. Exhibitor. Manager of
Loew's Alhambra. Drowned ill sailing accident on
lake Erie. June. 1930.
HILL. ULY S.: Exhibitor. Albany. N. V Had
been manager of Stanl y theatres in Albany and Trov.
N. V. Killed In hunting accident. September. 1930.
HOPKINS. WALTER: Artist. New York. Was
veteran artist for Tiffany. July. 1930.
HUGGINS. RAY: Exhibitor. Marshall. Mo.. Audi-
torium theatre. January, 1930.
HUNT. WILLIAM A.: Father of Harvey Hun:,
assistant manager of B. F. Keith's theatre. February.
1931.
I
ISRAEL RICHARD: Exhibitor. Chicago. Had op-
erated nalsted theatre. February. 1930.
IVES. MRS. JULIA CRAWFORD: Director, pro-
duction supervisor and scenario writer. May. 1930.
JOHANNES. HENRY: Age 24 Crip man. Killed
In collision of planes on location Santa Monica.
Cal. January. 1930.
JONES. CHARLES: Exhibitor. LaFayette. Ind.
Founded Arc theatre. October. 1930.
JONES. F. RICHARD: Director and studio execu-
tive. Hollywood. Was at one rime vice president of
Hal Roach studio. December, 1930.
JORDAN. OTTO: Age 26. Assistant cameraman.
Killed in collision of planes on location. Santa
Monica. Cal. January. 1930.
JOSE. EDM0ND: Director. Nice. France. Pion er
American director's first assignment was Norma Tal-
madge's "Poppy." December. 1930.
JUMP. MRS. HARRIET: Grandmother of Jack
Oakie. screen star. Kansas City. July, 1930.
KAIN. CHARLES: Age 49. Exhibitor. Detroit.
Owned circuit of neighborhood theatres. August. 1930.
KLINE. JOHN J.: Exhibitor. owned and man-
aged Princess theatre at Tipton. Mo. Died at Boon-
ville. Mo. October. 1930.
LE MAI RE. GEORGE: Musical comedy star and
producer of Pathe comedies. New Y'ork. January.
193U.
LE VINO. SHELBY: Age 13. Son of Albert Sh-.l-
by l>e Vino, scenario writer. Hollywood. May, 1930.
LEVIS SOL: Exhibitor. San Francisco. Operated
S:rand theatre. May. 1930.
LIBMAN. BILLY: Accessories manufacturer. Lib-
man-Spanjer Company, makers of lobby displays.
Brooklyn. October. 1930.
LITTLESTONE. WILLIAM: lloneer exhibitor. Pitts-
burgh. Operated Brushton theatre in partnership with
H. Goldberg. April. 1930.
LORD. DANIEL M. : Age 86. Founder of Lord-
Thonias-Logan advertising agency. Chicago June.
1930.
LYNG. J. J.: Executive. Died at Neponsit. Long
Island, in attempt to save sister-in-law from drown-
ing. Was vice president in charge of engineering of
Electrical Research Products. Inc. August. 1930.
M
MAIGNE. CHARLES: Writer.
MANAGER. FRANK: Exhibitor. Mansfield. Ohio
Operated Ritst theatre. Killed in auto crash. Febru-
ary. 1930.
MASTBAUM. JAY: Age 70. Pioneer exhibitor.
Philadelphia. I'ncle of late Stanley and Jules E.
Mastbaum and brother of late Joseph A. Masbaum.
Was connected with Stanley Company of America from
Its inception. May. 1930.
MATTOX FRANK: Age 57. Exhibitor. Mansfield.
Ohio. Manager. Ritz theatre. Killed in auto crash.
February. 1930.
MICHAELS ABRAHAM: Exhibitor. New York.
Manag r of Ijoew's 42d street and Lexington avenue
theatre. Suffered fatal injuries when struck upon
head with brief case by woman patron as be sought
to stop quarrel in aisle. March. 1930.
MILLIKEN. MRS. CARL: Wife of secretary of
Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of America.
New York. Interment at Augusta. Maine.
MODE. ZACHARIAH : Interior decorator. Boston.
Decorated number of theatres throughout New England.
August. 1930.
MOORE. LEO: Exhibitor. Centerville. Iowa. Twenty
years in exhibition. Died from stroke of apoplexy
while watching p rformance at Paramount theatre in
Des Moines. November. 1930.
MORGAN J. HOWARD: President of the Albany
Film Board. March. 1931.
MULVIHILL. JOHN H.: Exhibitor. Operated
Elitoh Gardens Company and Broadway theatre at
Denver. Died at Salt lake City. January. 1930.
MURNAU. F. W.: American and German dinctor.
42 years old. Died at Santa Barbara. Cal., after
automobile accident. Directed "The last laugh,"
outstanding early production starring Emil Jannings
and produced in Germany also "Faust." "Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde." Among his pictures for Fox were
"Sunrise" and "4 Devils." His latest was "Tabu."
Paramount release.
MC
MC ELHANEY. HOMER: Theatre executive. San
Francisco. Treasurer of Geary theatre. November.
1930.
MC ELROY. BLAIR: Treasurer of Fitzpatrlck *
McElroy. theatr.' operators with headquarters in Chi-
cago, and of Midland Securities Company. January.
1930.
MC EWEN. W. W.: Age 65. Former exhibitor at
Anderson. Ind. Killed in auto-train cash at Vine-
land. N. J. March. 1930.
N
NEILL. JAMES: Actor, March 15. 19:11. at his
home in Glendale. Cal. Veteran actor of stage and
screen was 70 years old. Joint d a group of pioneers
in motion picture irroduction on the old Jesse U lasky
lot in Hollywood 20 years ago. His last picture ap-
liearance was in "Man to Man." He also was in
"King of Kings" and "The Ten Commandments."
Married Edythe Chapman, character actress. In 1897.
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NOLAN. WARREN: United Artists publicity head.
March 27. 1931.
NORMAND. MABEL: Star. Died at Monrovia.
Cal.. February. 1930. Among her notable hits were
"Mickey." "Peck's Bad Girl." "Suzanna" and "A
Perfect Thirtv-Six." First steady contract was with
Mack Bennett, from 1916 to 1920, but had appeared
earlier in pictures made by D. W. Griffith and Marshall
Neilan.
o
O'CONNELL. J. F. : Exhibitor. Halifax. H. S.
Suffered heart attack while arrancing for opening of
new Capitol theatre. October, 1930.
OTTO. DR. RICHARD: Berlin correspondent of Mo-
tion Picture Herald Was for years on the editorial
staff of Filmkuricr. Died in Berlin in March. 1931.
P
PALANGIO. CHARLES: Exhibitor. Cochrane. Ont.
Proprietor of Empire theatre. Died trying to rescue
his family from hotel Are. December. 1930.
PALEY. JOE: Veteran Chicago exhibitor. May.
1931.
PALMER. PARK J.: Exhibitor. Akron. Ohio. Janu-
ary. 1930.
PATEE. CLAIR M. : Exhibitor. Eawrence. Kan.
Owned Patee theatre. One of America's earliest ex-
hibitors. Started in 1898. July. 1930.
PENROD. A. E. : Cameraman. Given up as dead.
March 15. 1931. when an explosion sank the sealing
steamer Viking near Horse Island, off Newfoundland.
I'enrod was making sound motion pictures of the seal-
ers with Varick Frissell. New York producer, and
Itussell Harry Sargent, explorer. Frissell also is miss-
ing.
PHELAN. EDMUND V.: Former manager of the
Majestic and Colonial. March. 1931.
PIDGEON. MRS. CHARLOTTE E. : Age 82. Fort
I.ce. N. J. Mother of Edward Everett Pidgeon. di-
rector of publicity of Fox theatres. January, 1930.
PRATT. FRANCIS COLE: Age 63. Vice president
of General Electric Company. New York. January.
1930.
PRINCE. HELEN (II) and EDGAR (9): Children of
David Prince, district manager of Paramount I'ublix
at Atlanta. Died in fire at Prince home. November.
1930.
R
RANDOLPH. ANDERS: Actor. Died at Beverly
Hills. Cal. Pioneer character actor of screen. July,
1930.
RHINOCK. WILLIAM P.: Age 4.1. Theatre ex-
ecutive Had been treasurer of Keith's at Cincinnati.
January. 1930.
ROCKNE. KNUTE: Notre Dame football coach.
Killed in airplane crash. March. 1931.
ROSE ORA D.: Exhibitor. Kansas City. Estab-
lished Electric theatre with his father in 1906. Febru-
ary, 1930.
ROSS. CHARLES J.: Executive. Died in Los An-
geles. Was executive vice president of RCA Photo-
phone. Inc. January, 1931.
RUBEN. I. H.: Age 63. Partner of the late M. L.
Finkelstein in Finkelstein and Ituben circuit of 135
theatres with headquarters in the Twin Cities.
RUBENS. ALMA: Star of many pictures. Died Janu-
ary 21. 1931.
RUNEY. CLARENCE E.: Age 63. Cincinnati. Ohio.
Veteran film man and representative of various news-
reel companies.
s
SANTSCHI. TOM: Player. Died April 9. 1931.
SCHEAF. JACK: Age 47. Business agent of Stage
Employees and Projectionists Union. Hamilton. Ohio.
March. 1930.
SCHENCK. JOSEPH: Vaudeville and screen actor.
Died at Detroit. Mich. Member of vaudeville team
of Van and Scbenck. July. 1930.
SCHILDKRAUT. RUDOLPH: Actor. Hollywood.
Among outstanding pictures in which veteran player
appeared were Fox's "Christina" and Cecil B. De-
Mille's "King of Kings" (Pathe). July. 1930.
SCHWALM. MRS. JAMES: Wife of James Schwalm.
assistant manager of the Rialto, February. 1931.
SCOTT. L. N. : Age "0. Exhibitor. Owned Metro-
politan theatres in Minneapolis and St. Paul, legiti-
mate theatres used at times for motion pictures. Died
in Minneapolis. January. 1930.
SILLS. MILTON: Star. Died at Santa Monica.
Cal. Last picture was "The Sea Wolf" in sound.
Was a leading figure in formation of American Acad-
emy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and repre-
sented Actors Branch on board of directors at time
of his death. September. 1930.
SILVERNAIL. CLARK: Writer, actor and director.
Hollywood. Played active part in Actors' Equity dis-
pute with producers in attempt to unionize studio per-
sonnel. October. 1930.
SMITH. MRS. MILDRED: Sister of Barbara Stan-
wyck. May. 1931.
SOLMAN. LAWRENCE: Veteran showman and
president of the Toronto Baseball Club. March. 1931.
STERN. JACKIE: Age 19. Daughter of Emil
Stern, president of Essaness Theatres Corporation.
Chicago. Killed in auto crash. December. 1930.
STROMBERG. BEN B. : Exhibitor. St. Louis. Part
owner and manager of Ritz theatre. February, 1930.
STURGIS. WALTER WOOD: Age 52. Exhibitor.
Died at Dallas. Texas. Buried at Troy. Mo. Owned
chain of theatres in Texas. March. 1930.
SUDEKUM. HARRY: Age 42 Exhibitor. Nash-
ville. Tenn. In industry with his brother. Tony Sude-
kum. since 1905 when they took over Dixie theatre.
Organized chain as Cresc nt Amusement Company.
Harry Sudekum was secretary. December. 1930.
SZAMECKI. EDWARD: Age 36. Exhihitor. Died
at Michigan City. Ind. Owned White Eagle theatre at
South Bend. August. 1930.
T
TITUS. LYDIA YEAMAN: Comedienne and char-
acter actress. Hollywood. January. 1930.
V
VAVICH. MICHAEL: Actor. Hollywood. Was
president of Russian American Art Club. October,
1930.
VIETS. MISS EMMA: Chairman of Kansas State
Board of Review. Died at Girard. Kan. April, 1930.
w
WALKER. HARRY L. : Exhibitor. Aberdeen. S.
D. For many years was largest owner and operator
in Aberdeen and other South Dakota cities. January.
1931.
WALLACE. CHESTER L. : Theatre employee. Dal-
las. Texas. Killed when he grasped electric cord while
standing in puddle of water in organ console pit.
August. 1930.
WALLACE. J. F. : Exhibitor. Albany. Managed
Proctor's Grand theatre. November. 1930.
WARNECKE. CARL. SR.: Age 70. Theatre musi-
cian. Cincinnati. Was at one time active in theatre
orchestras and was father of Carl Warnecke, Jr., of
RKO Albee theatre orchestra. January. 1931.
WARNER. LEWIS: Son of Harry M. Warner. April
4. 1931.
WARNER. W. W.: Advance agent for Roxy and his
gang. Killed in auto crash. February 24. 1931.
WEAVER. JOHN C. : Age 36. Theatre manager and
projectionist. St. Louis. May. 1930.
WELDON. HARRY: Comedian. London. England.
Charles Chaplin was once his understudy. March.
1930.
WELLS. CONRAD: Age 32. Cameraman. Killed
in collision of planes on location. Santa Monica, Cal.
January. 1930.
WEISS. MAX : Exhibitor. Died at Belmont. Cal.
Had theatres at Sacramento and San Jose, Cal. June.
1930.
WHALLEN. JAMES PATRICK: Age 72. A pio-
neer in theatrical field. Louisville. March, 1930.
WILLIAMS. CHARLES G.: Veteran showman.
April. 1931.
WILSON, BEN: Former producer and star. Hollv-
wood. Featured in many of his own productions with
Ruth Stonehous.'. Mav Allison and Dorothy Phillips.
August. 1930.
W0LHE1M. LOUIS: Actor. February. 1931.
WRIGHT. FRED E. : Theatre manager. Died at
Brookline. Mass. Was for years with Shuberts. Klaw
and Erlanger. and Loew's at Boston. March. 1930.
z
ZURO. JOSIAH: Executive. Killed in auto crash
at Torrey Pines. Cal. Was director- general of musi-
cal productions for Pathe. October. 1930.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
The public relations program of the
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors
of American necessarily includes all the
functions and objectives of such a service
in a business that is not, at the same time,
an art, a medium of human expression
with all that entails and a purveyor of
entertainment. It supplies an information
service for the entire industry, making
available data about pictures, players, em-
ployment opportunities, and general infor-
mation about the industry, referring
technical queries to the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences or the
Society of Motion Picture Engineers. It
receives and investigates the type of com-
plaints to which all businesses are heir and
endeavors to meet them to the end of
preserving the good-will of the public, the
industry's principal asset.
The fact that motion pictures are a non-
standardized constantly changing product
and that they are assumed, rightly, to have
an influence on the thinking and social
conduct not only of individuals but of
whole populations, in the first instance
makes any "fixed" public relations policy
impractical, while the character of the mer-
chandise— so to speak — makes its subject
to criticisms wholly unrelated to its tech-
nical excellence.
The Open Door
The socallcd "Open Door" of the Mo-
tion Picture Producers and Distributors of
America is an expression of the industry's
desire to receive the multitude of sugges-
tions that come through it — panaceas for
picture ills, subjects that should be treated
in photoplays or in the news reels for
patriotic, religious or other reasons, the
protests that pictures have given offense
to individual or minority interests, valued
comment and suggestion with the imprac-
tical and the impossible; the evaluating and
disposition of this mass of materials is done
by the Public Relations Department.
The Codes
From this wealth of data, accumulated
over a period of many years, it was possi-
ble to develop the Production Codes and
the Advertising Code so that they repre-
sent a cross-section of informed public
opinion about pictures. In the practical
application of the codes, public relations
supplies the liaison between producer and
consumer, the industry and the public.
Studio Relations
But the Codes necessarily reflect only
the body and treatment of subject matter
on which there is common agreement.
Above this base line of uniform judgment
there is a wide field within which opinion
fluctuates, problems that require solution
for which there arc no precedents, subjects
about which public opinion is continually
changing as it reflects itself in criticism,
verbal approval, or at the box office. To
keep this changing opinion impact upon
tomorrow's pictures, public relations func-
tions through Jason Joy, director of the
Studio Relations Committee at 5 504 Holly-
wood boulevard. Hollywood. Cal.. and
through the studio personnel associated
with him. The process of keeping the
photoplay current with that fleet phantom,
public taste, can be accomplished only at
the source of production in the studios
where pictures are being made. If the
archives of information fail to supply the
answer to some production question, if no
precedent is available, then it is the job
of public relations to find the expert ad-
visor, whether for a "King of Kings" or
"The Big House," whose opinion about
the treatment or use of subject matter
involved is likely to meet with the approval
of the greatest number of interested people.
Reviewing Service
With so varied a product, the American
motion picture industry stands practically
alone in the inclusivcness of its consumer
public — the world. This alone explains its
success. This, too, explains many of its
problems; its consequent inability to cater
to minority group interests. But the prob-
lem is rather one of bringing together the
minority interest and the appropriate pic-
ture, than any dearth of pictures suited to
the taste and interest of any group. The
child audience is a case in point — how shall
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parents and children know in advance what
pictures the family shall see? At Holly-
wood, through facilities afforded by the
industry, pictures are being reviewed by
committees of such groups as the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution, the Gen-
eral Federation of Women's Clubs, the
International Federation of Catholic Alum-
nae, the American Library Association and
the Young Men's Christian Association.
And these reports are being broadcast by
radio, in the press, and through the direct
mailing of monthly lists of approved pic-
tures to the nearly twenty thousand local
motion picture chairmen of these organiza-
tions and other civic bodies interested that
the screen shall realize its potential bene-
ficial influence on social progress. Making
the facilities available to know what pic-
tures these groups wish to support is a
public relations function; the organization
of support for those pictures, now begin-
ning to make itself felt, is a function of the
304 national organizations which have in-
terested themselves in this cooperative
program.
Function of All Personnel
Will Hays has placed the responsibility
for what is called the public relations pro-
gram of the industry on Carl E. Milliken.
secretary of the Motion Picture Producers
and Distributors of America. This pro-
gram is viewed as a continuation of the
direct publicity and exploitation of motion
pictures reaching, in an interpretive way,
the potential motion picture audience,
oftentimes critical, which is not now pat-
ronizing the theatres.
The present Public Relations Depart-
ment is the result of an evolutionary proc-
ess which began in 1922 when sixty
national organizations formed a Public
Relations Commitee to cooperate with the
industry. The transition from committee
to department took place in order that the
public relations activities of the association
might be inclusive of all national bodies
wishing to cooperate and because it was
believed that there should be no inter-
mediary step between the interested public
and the industry.
It is the feeling of the association that
characteristics of the industry's product
unique to pictures make it important that
public relations should be a function of
all industry personnel rather than a pre-
scribed function of a group of specialists.
Discussing this subject. Milliken said:
"Of all the five years of my relationship
to the association, this year just closed has
witnessed the greatest public relations
progress, and I attribute that in large
measure to the increased interest of the
personnel of all branches of the industry
in a study of the public reaction to the
year's product in attempting to interpret
the industry to the public.
"After all." he said, "the objective of
all our public relations activities is a satis-
factory liaison between the theatre and the
community it serves."
Board from club groups anxious to en-
large the activity of their organization into
the wider field of a Council of many or-
ganizations. Speakers from the Board who
have responded are Dr. Walter W. Pettit,
Prof. LeRoy E. Bowman. Dr. George W.
Kirchwey. Dr. Louis I. Harris, Col. Clar-
ence A. Perry. Wilton A. Barrett and Mrs.
Bettina Gunczy of the Staff.
The National Board's service has been
extended to many organizations and groups
including women's clubs, churches, educa-
tional societies, libraries and so forth, and
to interested individuals.
The services consist of publications sup-
plying material for study and the necessary
tools for the work of the Photoplay Guide:
information on the availability of prints for
junior matinees; suggestions and assistance
in booking films; aid in obtaining prints of
exceptional and unsual pictures — not gen-
erally released — for use in arousing interest
in the cultural aspect of the work: classified
subject lists of films such as Selected Book-
Films. Educational List. Music List, for use
in schools, libraries and such groups; a
speakers' bureau providing speakers on
different subjects related to motion pictures;
a reference file of material for study
purposes.
The Sixth Annual Conference of the
National Board of Review was held in New
York City, January 23 to 25, 1930. The
Conference was built upon the topic, "The
Motion Picture as a Social Study." Edu-
cators, research and social service workers
addressed the Conference on subjects touch-
ing its general theme. The speakers
included:
Dr. Joseph L. Holmes, Psychology De-
partment, Columbia University.
Dr. William H. Dudley, former director.
Bureau of Visual Educational. University
of Wisconsin.
Dr. Lee F. Hanmer, director. Recreation
Department. Russell Sage Foundation.
Dr. Walter W. Pettit. director. Depart-
ment of Community Organization, New
York School of Social Work.
Dr. Francis D. Tyson, professor of Eco-
nomics, University of Pittsburgh.
The exhibitor's viewpoint was presented
by Edward Fay. theatre manager of Provi-
dence. R. I. The wcllknown writers,
Sophie Kerr and Gilbert Scldes, were
speakers at an evening session at Roose-
NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW.
The National Board of Review of Mo-
tion Pictures is a citizen organization re-
viewing films in New York City before
their general release, with associate and
advisory members and affiliated citizen
groups throughout the country. It was
founded in 1909 by the People's Institute
in New York City. The National Board
through its volunteer, disinterested mem-
bership seeks to reflect intelligent public
opinion regarding motion pictures. It is
opposed to legalized censorship and in
favor of the constructive method of placing
emphasis upon and building patronage for
the finer and more worthy films in an
effort to encourage and guide the motion
picture in developing its possibilities as an
important medium of expression.
The governing body of the National
Board is the General Committee, evolved
out of the original group organized in
1909. The Executive Committee is the
directing body, formulating policies and
supervising administrative affairs. The
Membership Committee regulates all mem-
bership matters.
The review of pictures is conducted in
New York City by trained review groups
from the Review Committee of more than
250 members, representative of many ac-
tivities and interests, who serve without
pay. It endeavors to express the intelligent
public opinion of the country in the work
of film review, basic selection and recom-
mendation. The decision of the committee
regarding pictures rests upon a majority
ballot.
The Exceptional Photoplays Committee,
composed of critics and students of the
screen, has referred to it all the films which
the Review Committee believes to be of
outstanding artistic merit. After review
and discussion it publishes a critique of
the finest films in a department of the
National Board of Review Magazine.
Through this medium and that of occa-
sional showings of outstanding pictures it
seeks to encourage the artistic development
of the motion picture. This Committee
has been responsible for much of the
theory and plan behind the Little Photo-
play Theatre idea.
The pictures listed below were in the
judgment of the Exceptional Photoplays
Committee the ten best American films and
the five best foreign films submitted to the
committees of the National Board during
the year of 1930:
AMERICAN
All Quiit on the Western Front I'niversal
Holiday _ Pathe
Laughter .Paramount
The Man from Blankley's _ Warner
Men Without Women _ Fox
Morocco _ _ Paramount
Outward Bound Warner
Romance .Metro-Goldw yn-Mayer
The Street of Chance Paramount
Tol'able David Columbia
FOREIGN
High Treason Tiffany
■"Old and New _ .Amkino
Soil Amkino
Storm Over Asia. Amkino
Zwei Herzcn im :< , Takt
- Associated Cinemas of America
The Better Films National Council is the
department of the National Board conduct-
ing the community or affiliated committee
work in the field. The objects of the com-
munity activity are:
1. To study the motion picture as a
medium of entertainment, instruction and
artistic expression ;
2. To encourage the support of the
best motion pictures in the theatre;
3. To bring the best pictures to the
attention of the public through the pub-
lication of a Photoplay Guide, based
upon the selections and audience suit-
ability classifications of the Review Com-
mittees of the National Board of Review;
1. To sponsor Junior Matinees, show-
ing pictures particularly suitable for
boys and girls, and week-end programs
for the family audience, whenever possi-
ble with exhibitors" bookings;
.">. To further the utilization of the
unusual and cultural films which are not
ordinarily shown in the community
theatre ;
6. To endorse and further the use of
visual education in the schools.
The community plan as outlined by the
Better Films Council of the National Board
met with growing interest during the year
1930 in many localities. Groups and clubs
anxious to support the best films found that
this could most effectively be done by rep-
resenting their organization on a Commun-
ity Better Films Committee or Council.
Such a committee being devoted entirely
to the motion picture is a more informed
group, and it has more weight in the
community in contact with the schools,
churches and exhibitors.
Many calls for speakers to tell of the
community plan have come to the National
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1123 No Brbrtson Ave. Just north of Santa Monica Blvd.
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF.
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velt House at which time Mrs. Douglas
Robinson, sister of Theodore Roosevelt,
also spoke. Warner Bros, provided its
private Little Theatre for an evening show-
ing when the delegates were greeted by
Harry M. Warner, president.
A resolution was adopted at the final
session of the Conference which read as
follows:
RESOLVED, that this Conference reaffim its
support of :
(1) The Better Films and Motion Picture Study
Club Plan as interpreted and carried for-
ward by the National Board and its affiliated
groups ;
(2) Unfaltering opposition to legal censorship,
federal and state :
(3) Stimulation of new local effort, and further
organization for a better screen, with na-
tional contact and research aid secured
through the National Board of Review of
Motion Pictures.
The fifteenth annual luncheon brought
to a close the Conference. Dr. George
W. Kirchwey, member of the Executive
Committee, acted as toastmaster and intro-
duced Dr. Harry E. Barnard, director,
White House Conference for Child Health
and Protection called by President Hoover,
who outlined the Conference plans and
the part the motion picture has in any
survey of child life. Other speakers were:
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, former Governor
of Wyoming.
Harry M. Warner, president of Warner
Bios.
Fannie Hurst, novelist.
Franklin W. Fort, Congressman from
New Jersey.
Mayor John T. Alsop, Jr., of Jackson-
ville, Fla.
John M. Casey, Chief of the Depart-
ment of Licenses of Boston, representing
Mayor Curley.
There was a national broadcast of the
program.
A number of members of the National
Board's Committees serve on various com-
mittees of the White House Conference
for Child Health and Protection. Among
them are Dr. Pettit and Prof. Bowman,
Col. Perry and Mr. Barrett. Mr. Barrett
as a member of the Motion Picture and
Theatre Committee contributed to the re-
search making up the findings of this
Committee for the consideration of the
Conference.
The National Board of Review Maga-
zine, containing articles of general interest
cn motion pictures and better films activi-
ties and reviews of exceptional and selected
pictures, has been published monthly
throughout the year. Other regular serv-
ices are the Weekly Guide to Selected
Pictures and the Weekly Official Bulletin.
The Annual Selected Pictures Catalog and
the Annual Selected Book-Films List, the
latter prepared in cooperation with the
National Association of Book Publishers
for Book Week, were issued as usual and
widely distributed. Special classified film
lists have been compiled from time to time.
LEGAL
Supreme Court Decision
on Credit System
Federal Judge Thatcher's 1929 decision
holding the credit system used by distrib-
utors in relation with their dealings with
exhibitors was reversed during 1930 by the
Supreme Court of the United States.
The text of that later decision follows:
United States op America
v.
First National Pictures, Inc., et al.
Supreme Court of the United States
No. 95
Appeal from the District Court of the Southern Dis-
trict of New York.
John Lord O'Brian, the Assistant to the Attorney
General (William D. Mitchell, Attorney Gen-
eral, Claude R. Branch and Charles H. Weston,
Special Assistants to the Attorney General, with
him on the brief) for appellant; John W. Davis
and Cornelius W. Wickersham (Henry W.
Tapt, Paxton Blair, Arthur L. Fisk, Jr., and
Gabriel L. Hess with them on the brief) for
the appellees.
Opinion of the Court
Hov. 24. 1930
Mr. Justice McRevnolds delivered the opinion
of the Court. — The court below denied the relief
sought by the United States. The parties are the
same as those in No. 83, just decided — Paramount
Famous Lasky Corporation, et al. v. The United
States of America — and the opinion there contains
sufficient description of them, their business and
operations.
In 1926 the Apellec Distributors caused each of
the 32 Film Boards of Trade to adopt written rules
for establishment and operation of a local credit
committee. These committees were promptly or-
ganized and have continued to function as required.
The prescribed rules provide —
That to correct abuses and unfair practices the
president shall appoint a credit committee of three
members to investigate and report the names of all
persons who have acquired, by purchase or transfer,
theatres in the territory within which the Film Board
operates. The secretary of the Film Board shall be
secretary of the committee and to him sales and
transfers of theatres shall be promptly reported.
These shall be placed upon a "Credit information
list" and copies furnished to all members of the Film
Board for their confidential information. Upon re-
ceipt of such list each member shall advise the secre-
tary concerning its existing contracts for exhibition of
pictures at the listed theatre and shall state whether
the transfer provided that the new owner should as-
sume and complete outstanding contracts.
Functions of Credit Committee
That - immediately upon receiving information of
the transfer of a theatre the secretary shall request
the new owner to furnish within five days references
concerning his credit standing, etc., and to secure this
information a prescribed form of questionnaire shall
be sent out. The credit committee shall meet weekly
to examine and report upon the credit standing of
new owners and furnish a copy of their report to
members as confidential information.
If a new owner fails to respond to the question-
naire, this fact shall be noted upon the credit in-
formation list. Also the credit committee shall indi-
cate on the list every sale or transfer of a theatre
which upon investigation it concludes was made by
the previous owner for the purpose of avoiding or
being relieved of uncompleted contracts for exhibiting
pictures at such theatre.
There shall also be indicated opposite the name
of each theatre listed (excepting those whose new
owners have agreed to assume and complete all
existing contracts entered into by the prior owners,
and of which agreement notice has been given to or
received by the credit committee) the amount of
cash security, not exceeding SI, 000, which in the
judgment of the committee is a reasonable sum that
members shall require to be deposited as security for
the full and complete performance of each contract
thereafter made and entered into for the exhibition
of pictures at such theatre.
Payment of Security Requisite to Contract
That no member of the Film Board shall enter
into a contract for the exhibition of pictures at any
theatre listed on the credit information list for a
period of 10 days from the date of the first appear-
ance of such theatre upon the list nor thereafter unless
the new owner or lessee of such theatre shall have
paid in cash to such member with whom such owner
or lessee desires to contract for pictures the amount
of security specified on the credit information list.
Certain contracts for "spot-booking," that is for a
picture to be delivered in the immediate future, may
be made within the 10-day period and prior to the
committee's report. The credit committee may from
time to time remove from the credit information list
the name of any theatre owned or operated by a new
owner and thereafter members of the Film Board may
contract with him.
That members upon demand of the credit com-
mittee shall furnish desired information, permit ex-
amination of books and records with respect to any
exhibitor who has sold or transferred his theatre and
has failed to provide for the assumption by the new
owner of existing contracts. A member of the Film
Board who violates any of these rules shall be sub-
ject to suspension or expulsion.
A copy of the "questionnaire" is printed in the
margin. (*) It asks for many particulars concerning
the new owner or transferee of the transferred theatre
and especially demands specification of outstanding
contracts for film service made by the previous owner
and a declaration as to whether the new one has or
will adopt them.
Restriction of Trade Freedom Noted
The definite point of attack in this proceeding is
the agreement for the creation and operation of the
credit committees and their use under prescribed rules
to restrict freedom of sales by distributors and of
purchases by exhibitors.
Ten producers and distributors of films, controlling
60 per cent of the business, agreed to contract with
exhibitors only according to a standard form and then
combined through 32 local film boards of trade with
other distributors, who with themselves control 9ft
per cent of the entire business. The film boards
appoint credit committees and these operate under the
rules above outlined. The obvious purpose of the
arrangement is to restrict the liberty of those who
have representatives on the film boards and secure
their concerted action for the purpose of coercing
certain purchasers of theatres by excluding them from
the opportunity to deal in a free and untrammelcd
market.
Reference to what has just been said in No. 83
1931
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375
and to the opinions in Eastern States Lumber Assn.
v. United States, 234 U. S. 600; United States v.
American Oil Co., 262 U. S. 371; Binderup v.
Pathe Exchange, 263 U. S. 291; and Anderson v.
Shipowners Assn., 272 U. S. 359, will suffice, we
think, to show the challenged arrangement conflicts
with the Sherman Act.
The court below erred in reaching a different con-
elusion and its decree must be reversed. The cause
will be remanded for further proceedings in conformity
with this opinion. Reversed.
The Questionnaire
(*)PIease answer each question, sign and return
to — Credit Committee, Film Board of Trade:
1. Name of theatre.
2. Street address, city and state, population of
city, seating capacity, policy; pictures ( ), vaude-
ville ( ), road shows ( ), number of days open
each week, time of first performance, a. m., p. m.
What days do you have matinees. Time of first
performance.
Telephone number of office; of residence.
Name of person, firm, or corporation, operating
theatre. If a corporation give corporate name.
Name of president, of treasurer, of secretary, of
general manager.
Is stock of corporation or a substantial amount
thereof owned or held by another corporation? If
so, give name of corporation and names of officers
and directors. If partnership, give names of part-
ners. Who is authorized to enter into and sign
contracts?
3. How will the contracts be signed?
4. Is theatre owned or leased? If leased, state
expiration date of lease.
5. Name of lessor. If owner, state name of
owner.
6. On what date was theatre taken over?
7. Place where and date of recording bill of sale.
8. Admission prices.
9. Condition of projection machines.
10. Have you or your operator inspected them,
if not, do you agree tc have them inspected within
30 days?
11. Model of machines Year.
12. Name theatres heretofore conducted, stating
location of each.
1J. If you have never been engaged in the ex-
hibition of pictures, state previous business.
14. Bank references.
15. Other references.
16. Specify contracts for film service made by
previous owner. Name of distributor. Date of con-
tract. Number of pictures unplaycd.
17. Specify contracts you have assumed.
18. If you have not assumed the previous owner's
contracts, will you assume them? (If your answer to
this question is " yes,"' fill out and sign the attached
agreement of assumption). "The undersigned repre-
sents and warrants that the answers to the foregoing
questions are true and are made to induce the members
of the above-named Film Board of Trade to contract
with the undersigned owner of lessee for the exhibition
of motion pictures at the above-named theatre."
"Assumption of Contracts
"Know all men by these presents, that the under-
signed owner or lessee of the theatre, in considera-
tion of one dollar, lawful money of the United States
in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, and other valuable considerations,
hereby agrees to assume, carry out, and fully per-
form each of the contracts now existing between, and
the following distributors; (Name of previous owner)
for the exhibition of pictures at said theatre from
the above date. Distributors, date of contract, number
of pictures unplaycd, class (features, comedies, news,
other shorts).
"Statement of Financial Condition
"Statement of individual, corporation, partnership
(strike out one), operating theatre.
"To Credit Committee of the Film Board: For
the purpose of inducing the members of the Film
Board of Trade to contract with the undersigned
owner (or lessee) for the exhibition of motion pictures
at the Theatre, I (or we) war-
rant and represent that the following is a true and
correct statement of my (or our) financial condition
on the day of 19 and agree that
in case any change occurs that materially reduces my
(or our) ability to pay all claims and demands against
me (or us) or materially increases my (or our) liabil-
ities or decreases my (or our) assets, I (or we) will
forthwith notify you in writing to such effect. Assets:
Cash on hand, and in bank. Notes receivable. Real
Estate (how valued). Furniture and fixtures. Screen,
machines, chairs. All other assets consisting of:
~ Total Liabilities:
Notes payable. Money borrowed. Accounts payable
Mortgages real estate. Chattel trusts. Mort-
gages on personalty and fixtures. All other liabilities
consisting of: Total
"Net worth as of this date S Signed.
(Exhibitor.)
Memorandum of Infringement
Decisions, Opinions, Decrees
as of May 1, 1931
The following are judicial decisions or
decrees which have been handed down in
actions instituted by copyright proprietors
of motion pictures and their respectively li-
censed national distributors in various Dis-
trict Courts of the United States, for in-
fringement of copyright arising out of un-
authorized exhibitions of their respective
motion pictures by exhibitors who held
over and exhibited the same in excess of the
number of days permitted by the licenses
contained in their written exhibition con-
tracts, or who exhibited the pictures at thea-
tres or places not licensed by a written
exhibition contract.
In each instance where decrees were
handed down, the Court awarded the statu-
tory minimum of $250 provided by the
Copyright Law for each picture thus un-
authoruedly exhibited, plus an attorney's
fee and court costs.
APPELLATE COURTS
Circuit Court of Appeals. Fourth Circuit
Pathe Exchange. Inc.. et al. v. William Dal\e
(4 actions CCA 4. April 13. 1931).
This was an appeal from an order of Judge
McDowell of the U. S. District Court, Western
District of Virginia, Harrisonburg Division, dismissing
the complaints in the four respective actions insti-
tuted by Pathe. Universal, First National and Fox
against this exhibitor, upon the ground that the actions
were filed too late within the provisions of a Vir-
ginia Statute of Limitations.
Judge McDowell's opinion was unanimously re-
versed by the three justices of the U. S. Circuit
Court of Appeals.
DISTRICT COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES
U. S. Dist. Court, Western Dist. Michigan, Northern
Division
Vitagraph. et al. v. <;». ha.i,.. 46 F. 2nd 813.
Motions were made by the defendants to dismiss
the complaints in the three actions filed respectively
by Vitagraph, Inc. (Warner), First National and
Paramount against these exhibitors for holding over
pictures an additional day. Ten separate grounds
for the motion were set forth, among them being
that the Copyright Law did not apply to exhibitors
of motion pictures; that the exhibition contracts pur-
suant to which the prints were delivered for the
licensed exhibitions were illegal under the Sherman
Act; that they were executed without valid considera-
tion; that the bills were not verified; that the bills
were defective for want of parties; that the Court
of Equity had no jurisdiction to enforce the penalty
provided by the Copyright Law; laches; that plain-
tiffs were in Court with unclean hands; that First
National Pictures. Inc., was not authorized to do
business in Michigan; and that a construction of the
word "consecutive days" rendered the defendants
immune from liability.
The motions were denied. Judge Raymond's
opinion appears in 46 F. 2nd 813.
These cases came up for trial at Marquette.
Michigan, before Judge Raymond on April 7, 1931.
Judge Raymond signed decrees on that day awarding
damages to the plaintiffs of $250 for each picture
involved.
U. S. D\sl. Court. Eastern Dist., North Carolina.
Durham Division
RKO. et al. v. Logan, Lewis fy Loweiy
Fox v. Logan and Lewis
Universal, et al. v. Logan. Lewis or1 Loivcry
Pathe v. Logan and Lewis
These cases involved holding over, bicycling and
subrenting.
On March 5, 1931, a motion was made to dis-
miss the complaints upon the ground that they did
not state a cause cf action, and that the acts com-
plained of were not protected by the Copyright Law.
Judge Meekins denied the motion in all respects
and sustained the complaint.
The demurrer and Judge Mcckin's order in the
RKO case arc the same in other cases.
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
RKO. et. al. v. Marcus and William Notes
The defendants made a motion before Justice Hitz
to dismiss the complaint in this case (for switching
without authority pictures licensed for one theatre to
another theatre), upon the ground that complaint
failed to state a cause of action in Equity.
On January 23, 1931, Justice Hitz denied the
motion.
U. S. Dist. Court. Southern Dist. of New Torl[
Fox v. Standard Theatres, Inc., and Robert A.
Wolff
Universal, et al., v. same
Motions were made in these cases (for holding
over pictures) to open up the default of the de-
fendants, and dismiss the complaints upon the
grounds that no infringements of copyright were in-
volved, and that the plaintiffs were in court with
unclean hands.
On July 18, 1930, Judge Bondy permitted the
defendants to interpose and answer, but denied their
motion to dismiss the complaint.
U. S. Dist. Court, Western Dist., Michigan, Southern
Division
MetTo v. Lewis
The defendant interposed a counterclaim in this
holdover case, asking damages of $5,000 from the
plaintiff upon the ground that the plaintiff had failed
to deliver prints or sound records on time or satis-
factory prints or sound records, and that certain of
its pictures had so frightened the audience that pat-
ronage was lost.
A motion was made by the plaintiff to imme-
diately dismiss this counterclaim as properly inter-
posed in a copyright infringement suit in Equity.
Judge Raymond granted the motion and dismissed
the counterclaim.
In the following cases final decrees were entered
by various U. S. District Court Judges against ex-
hibitors for holding over without authority pictures
licensed to their respective theatres or for exhibiting
pictures at theatres unlicensed therefor. In each
instance the Court awarded the minimum of $250
for each picture, plus an attorney's fee and court
costs.
U. S. Dist. Court, Eastern Dist. of Missouri, East.
Division
Switching; decrees handed down July 9, 1930 —
Judge Fans
Metro v. Christ Zotos
(17 pictures; $9,000; $900 atty's fee)
First National v. Christ Zotos
(2 pictures; $500; $100 atty's fee)
Educational v. Christ Zotos
(4 pictures; $1,000; $100 atty's fee)
T i/fany v. Christ Zotos
(8 pictures; $2,000; $200 atty's fee)
Warner v. Christ Zotos
(8 pictures; $2,000; $100 atty's fee)
Pathe v. Christ Zotos
(4 pictures; $1,000; $100 atty's fee)
U. S. Dist. Court. Western District, Virginia;
Harrisonburg Division
Switching; decrees handed down August I,
1930 — Judge McDowell
Paramount v. Winesburg
(6 pictures; $1,500; $100 atty's fee)
United Artists v. Winesburg
( 1 picture $250; $50 atty s fee)
U. S. Dist. Court. Northern Dist. oj West Virginia
Hold-overs; decrees handed down Sept. 5, 1930 —
Judge Baker
Fox v. Herbert B. Roy
(2 pictures; $500; $50 atty's fee)
Universal v. Herbert B. Roy
(2 pictures; $500; $50 atty's fee)
U. S. Dist. Court. South Dakota. Western Division
Hold-overs; decrees handed down Oct. 1, 1930 —
Judge Elliott
Fox v. Consolidated Theatres. Inc.. et. al.
(3 pictures; $750; $50 atty's fee)
Metro v. Consolidated Theatres. Inc.. et. al.
(2 pictures; $500; $50 atty's fee)
U. S. Dist. Court. Southern District California.
Central Division
Switching; decrees handed down Feb. 26, 193 1 —
Judge Cosgravc
Columbia v. Mar^ M. Hansen
(1 picture; $250; $100 atty's fee)
U. S. Dist. Court West. Dist. of Michigan. Northern
Division
Hold-overs; decrees handed down April 7, 1931 —
Judge Raymond
Vitagraph. Inc., v. Grobasl(i
(5 pictures; $1,250)
First National v. Grobas^i
(5 pictures; $1,250)
Paramount v. Grobosl^i
(6 pictures; $1,500)
U. S. Dist. Court, Western District. Michigan;
T^orthern Division
Switching; dectees handed down April 7, 193 1--
Judgc Raymond
Universal v. Koo^cr
(3 pictures; $750)
V. S. Dist. Court. Western District. Michigan.
Southern Division
Hold-overs; decrees banded down April 15. 1931
— Judge Raymond
Warner, et. al. v. Herman A. Bird
(1 picture; $250; $100 atty's fee)
Metro v. Herman A. Bird
(3 pictures; $750; $100 atty's fee)
Pathe v. Herman A. Bird
(8 pictures; $2,000; $200 atty's fee)
U. S. Dist. Court. Western District of New Tor\
Holdovers; decrees handed down — Judge Adlcr
Universal v. Joseph A. Rutccl(i
(4 pictures; $1,000; $100 atty's fee)
Fox v. Joseph A. Rufecfe.i
(1 picture; $250; $100 atty's fee)
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R E B ECOVT 5 1 LTO N
Management
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF.
Supreme Court Holds Arbi-
tration Is Illegal
The United States Supreme Court has
upheld decision of Judge T. J. Thacher
that the arbitration system, as practiced un-
der the standard exhibition contract, is il-
legal and is in violation of the Sherman
anti-trust law.
The original Thacher decision was
handed down on October 15, 1929. Text
of the Supreme Court decision follows:
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
ET At.
V.
United States of America
Supreme Court of the United States
No^ 83
Appeal from the District Court of the Southern
District of New York.
John W. Davis and Cornelius \V. Wickersham
(Henry W. Taft, Paxton Blair. Arthur L.
Fisk. Jr., and Cabriel L. Hess with them on the
brief) and appellants; John Lord O'Brian, the
Assistant to the Attorney General (William D.
Mitchell, Attorney General, Claude R. Branch
and Charles H. Weston, Special Assistants to
the Attorney General, with him on the brief)
for appellees.
Opinion of the Court
Xov. 24. 1930
Mr. Justice McReynolds delivered the opinion
of the Court.
By this proceeding the United States seek to
prevent further violation of section 1, Act of Con-
gress approved July 2, 1890 (Sherman Act) c. 647.
26 Stat. 209, through an alleged combination and
conspiracy to restrain interstate commerce in motion
picture films.
Appellants are the Paramount Famous Lasky Cor-
poration and nine other corporations (distributors),
producers and distributors throughout the Union of
60 per cent of the films used for displaying motion
pictures by some 25,000 theatre owners (exhibitors);
the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of
America, a corporation with class "B" membership,
composed of the above-mentioned distributors; and
32 film boards of trade, which severally function
within certain defined regions.
Programs Planned Year in Advance
Each distributor produces and then distributes films
through its own exchanges maintained in 32 cen-
trally located cities — Albany, Atlanta, Chicago. Los
Angeles, etc. Each of these exchanges has a man-
ager, and under his supervision contracts are made
for the use of his distributor's films within the desig-
nated territory or region, and thereafter placed in
the hands of the exhibitors. Other distributors, who
with appellants control 98 per cent of the entire
business, also have managers with like duties in th»
same cities. In each region all of these managers are
associated through and constitute the entire mem-
bership of the local film board of trade.
Under the common practice, in the Spring, when
most of the pictures are still only in contemplation,
each distributor announces its intended program of
distribution for 12 months. After this announce-
ment exhibitors are solicited to enter into written
contracts for permission to display such of the pictures
as they desire. And as no distributor can offer
enough pictures to supply the average exhibitor's full
requirement, he must deal with several.
Under an agreement amongst themselves, appellant
distributors will only contract with exhibitors accord-
ing to the terms of the standard exhibition contract,
dated May 1, 1928. Ordinarily neither party gives
security for compliance with such agreements, by
cash deposit or otherwise.
This standard contract is an elaborate document,
covering eight pages of the record. Under it the
distributor licenses the exhibitor to display specified
photo plays at a designated theatre on definite dates.
Provision is made for cash payment three days in
advance of any shipment, time and place of delivery,
return of the prints, etc., etc. Section 18 (*)
provides in substance that each party shall submit
any controversy that may arise to a board of arbitra-
tion, in the city where the distributor's exchange is
located, established under and controlled by written
rules adopted May 1, 1928; accept as conclusive the
findings of this board; and forego the right to trial
by jury. And further:
"In the event that the exhibitor shall fail or
refuse to consent to submit to arbitration any claim
or controversy arising under this or any other
standard exhibition contract which the exhibitor may
have with the distributor or any other distributor or
to abide by and forthwith comply with any decision
or award of such board of arbitration upon any such
claim or controversy so submitted, the distributor may,
at its option, demand, for its protection and as se-
curity for the performance by the exhibitor of this and
all other existing contracts between the parties hereto,
payment by the exhibitor of an additional sum not
exceeding $500 under each existing contract, such sum
to be retained by the distributor until the complete
performance of all such contracts and then applied, at
the option of the distributor, against any sums finally
due or against any damages determined by said board
of arbitration to be due to the distributor, the bal-
ance, if any, to be returned to the exhibitor; and in
the event of the exhibitor's failure to pay such addi-
tional sum with seven (7) days after demand, the
distributor may by written notice to the exhibitor sus-
pend service hereunder until said sum shall be paid
and/or terminate this contract."
Arbitration Board
The rules of arbitration provide for a board, three
of whom shall be members of the local Film Board
of Trade and three proprietors or managers of theatres
in its region. This Arbitration Board shall have
power to determine the controversy, make findings,
direct what shall be done with respect to the dispute;
"and shall fix the maximum amount" (not exceeding
$500) which each distributor may demand as se-
curity pursuant to the arbitration clause in the event
of the failure of the exhibitor to submit to arbitration
or to comply with the award. The secretary of the
Board of Arbitration is required to notify tbe secre-
tary of the Film Board of Trade of the name and
address of each exhibitor found to have refused tc
arbitrate or comply with an award, and the maximum
amount of security (not above $500) found by the
Board. "On receipt of any such notice, each member
having a contract (or representing a distributor having
a contract) containing the arbitration clause with any
such exhibitor shall demand payment by such ex-
hibitor of such sum as in the judgment of such
member or distributor shall be sufficient to protect
such member or distributor in the performance of
each contract with such exhibitor. Said sum shall
not exceed the actual value of any print thereafter
to be delivered under each such contract plus the
maximum amount fixed by the Board of Arbitration
as aforesaid. Thereafter each distributor (represented
in the membership) to whom such exhibitor shall
have failed within seven (7) days to pay the amount
of security so demanded by such distributor shall
proceed to suspend service under each such contract
until such exhibitor shall have furnished such security
or complied with the decision of such Arbirration
Board. If service under any such contract shall be
so suspended for a period of 10 days such contract,
at the option cf the distributor, may then be can-
celed. No member or distributor having so suspended
service under any such contract with such exhibitor
shall thereafter resume service under any such con-
tract unless and until such exhibitor shall have fur-
nished said security to such member or distributor or
shall have complied with the decision of the Arbitra-
tion Board. Upon the happening of either of such
events service under such contract shall be promptly
resumed by such member or distributor."
The record discloses that 10 competitors in inter-
state commerce, controlling 60 per cent of the entire
film business have agreed to restrict their liberty of
action by refusing to contract for display of pictures
except upon a standard form which provides for com-
pulsory joint action by them in respect of dealings
with one who fails to observe such a contract with
any distributor, all with the manifest purpose to
coerce the exhibitor and limit the freedom of trade.
The United States maintain that the necessary and
inevitable tendency of the outlined agreement and
combination (described with greater detail in the
opinion below) is to produce material and unreason-
able restraint of interstate commerce in violation of
the Sherman Act. Eastern States Lumber Assn. v.
United States, 254 U. S. 600, 614; Bindcrup v. Pathe
Exchange, 265 U. S. 291, 312. The court below
accepted this view and directed an appropriate in-
junction against future action under the unlawful
plan. We agree with its conclusion and the chal-
lenged decree must be affirmed.
Arbitration in Film Business
The Appellants claim: (1) The Standard Exhibi-
tion Contract and Rules of Arbitration dated May 1,
1928, having been evolved after six years of dis-
cussion and experimentation, are reasonable and
normal regulations; so that whatever restraint follows
falls short of unlawful coercion. (2) Arbitration is
well adapted to the needs of the motion picture in-
dustry. ( 5 ) The manner in which the contract and
rules have worked out in practice, and the significant
absence of complaints, reflect their reasonable char-
acter. (4) The decree is inconsistent with the stip-
ulated facts, also with the court's findings of fact.
"Founded upon broad conceptions of public policy,
the prohibitions of the statute [Sherman Act] were
enacted to prevent not the mere injury to an indi-
vidual which would arise from the doing of the
prohibited acts, but the harm to the general public
which would be occasioned by the evils which it
was contemplated would be prevented, and hence not
only the prohibitions of the statute but the remedies
which it provided were coextensive with such con-
ceptions." Wilder Mfg. Co. v. Corn Products Co.,
236 U. S. 165, 174. "The purpose of the Sherman
Act is to prohibit monopolies, contracts and com-
binations which probably would unduly interfere with
the free exercise of their rights by those engaged, or
who wish to engage, in trade and commerce — in a
word to preserve the right of freedom to trade."
United States v. Colgate cf Co.. 250 U. S. 300. 307.
"The fundamental purpose of the Sherman Act was
to secure equality of opportunity and to protect the
public against evils commonly incident to destruction
of competition through monopolies and combinations
in restraint of trade." Ramsay Co. v. Bill Posters
Assn., 260 U. S. 501. 512. "The Sherman Act
was intended to secure equality of opportunity and
to protect the public against evils commonly incident
to monopolies and those abnormal contracts and com-
binations which tend directly to suppress the con-
flict for advantage called competition — the play of
the contending forces ordinarily engendered by an
honest desire for gain." United States v. American
Oil Co., 262 U. S. 371. 388.
The fact that the Standard Exhibition Contract and
Rules of Arbitration were evolved after six years
of discussion and experimentation does not show that
they were either normal or reasonable regulations.
That the arrangement existing between the parties
can not be classed among "those normal and usual
agreements in aid cf trade and commerce" spoken of
in Eastern States Lumber Assn. v. United States,
supra. 612, is manifest. Certainly it is unusual and
we think it necessarily and directly tends to destroy
"the kind of competition to which the public has
long looked for protection." United States v.
American Oil Co.. Supra, 390.
The Sherman Act seeks to protect the public against
evils commonly incident to the unreasonable destruc-
tion of competition and no length of discussion or
experimentation amongst parties to a combination
which produces the inhibited result can give validity
to their action. Congress has so legislated "as to
prevent resort to practices which unduly restrain
competition or unduly obstruct the free flow of such
commerce, and private choice of means must yield to
the national authority thus exerted." Eastern States
Lumber Assn. v. United States, supra, 613.
It may be that arbitration is well adapted to the
needs of the motion picture industry; but when
under rhe guise of arbitration parties enter into un-
usual arrangements which unreasonably suppress nor-
mal competition their action becomes illegal.
In order to establish violation of the Sherman
Act it is not necessary to show that the challenged
arrangement suppresses all competition between the
parties or that the parties themselves are discon-
tended with the arrangement. The interest of the
public in the preservation of competition is the
primary consideration. The prohibitions of the
statute cannot "be evaded by good motives. The
law is its own measure of right and wrong, and
what it permits, or forbids, and the judgment of
the courts cannot be set up against it in a sup-
posed accommodations of its policy with the good
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Year brings developments of
tremendous importance in the
production and exhibition
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Resume of progress in all
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Biographies of motion picture
editors of the newspapers of
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G. E. Mathews, Chairman
M. Abribat
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E. R. Geib
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F. S. Kirby
R. C. Hubbard
M. W. Palmer
G. F. Rackett
M. Ruot
P. von Schrott
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Developments of the greatest sig-
nificance effecting improvement of
production and exhibition of the mo-
tion picture are noted in the report
of the Progress Committee of the So-
ciety of Motion Picture Engineers,
presented before the Society at its
Spring meeting May 25, 1931, in
Hollywood.
Following is an abridgement of that
report as prepared for Motion Picture
Almanac by G. E. Mathews, chairman.
Films and Emulsions. — Concurrent with
the general slackening up of business which
began late in the fall of 1930 and prevailed
throughout the spring of 1931, there was
an abandonment of the wide film program
by the producing organizations. Cost of
installations in the face of a business de-
pression and insufficient public interest in
wide pictures were two probable causes of
this decision.
One of the most important developments
for many years was the introduction of
panchromatic emulsions of increased speed
and improved color sensitiveness, particu-
larly in the red and green regions of the
spectrum. With these ultra-sensitive mate-
rials, exposures may be made under more
difficult conditions of illumination than
with former emulsions or a better definition
and depth of focus may be secured by
stopping down the lens. Such emulsions
offer great promise in connection with
color photography where the difficulties of
obtaining sufficient exposure have long
been recognized. Greater care must nat-
urally be used in handling these faster
stocks both in the camera and in the proc-
essing laboratories.
Faster emulsions for sound recording
work have also been introduced, to replace
'Contributed by C. E. Malhewn
the relatively slow positive film in common
use.
The practice of duplication of all valu-
able negatives is increasing. According to
present technic, master positives are made
on a lavender base positive emulsion, and
the duplicate negative on an especially fine
grain yellow dyed emulsion, particularly
made for duplication.
A direct color process claimed to be
applicable to motion picture film was an-
nounced as being available for exploitation
in Germany. Colloidal silver emulsions are
used which are developed in a closed con-
tainer with the vapors of formaldehyde,
ammonia, and alcohol.
Some measure of the resistance of ex-
posed but undeveloped photographic films
to the action of water, snow, and ice was
shown when the last camp of Andree was
discovered on White Island in August,
1930. The films had been lying there
since 1898. Professor J. Hertzberg of the
Royal Technical University, Stockholm,
Sweden, developed them and found that
50 of the 192 exposures contained traces
of the image: and 20 made satisfactory pic-
tures when processed, thirty-three years
after being exposed in the camera.
Studio and Location. — Refinements in
methods of sound recording represented
the most significant advance in American
studio practice during the winter of 1930-
1931. Production in most of the European
studios had settled down to routine work.
The bulky, heavy "blimps" or sound-
proof housings for cameras are gradually
being displaced by insulation within the
camera body itself. Many improvements
have also been made in the way of silenc-
ing the actual mechanism of the camera.
Features of the new Warner Brothers'
camera are: an enclosed movement; a lens
which moves only in a horizontal plane
during focussing by making the entire tur-
ret movable. A new camera was recently
perfected by the Fearless Camera Company
which is adapted for use either with 3 5
mm. or wider film up to 50 mm. No
housing is required for all average camera
work and the cameraman may use it for
recording sound directly in the camera if
so desired.
During the last six months, there has
been a marked increase in truck shots in
which the camera is mounted on a "dolly"
or perambulator, which is moved with or
around the action during the progress of
a scene. In making "Cimarron," "The
Lady Refuses," and several other pictures,
an elaborate truck was found useful. Parts
of an automobile chassis were used in its
construction. A central tower was built
which could be raised to a height of 23
feet. Additional platforms were also avail-
able so that the truck accommodated about
six people, two cameras, a microphone re-
flector, and other accessories.
Studio Illumination. — One of the most
outstanding developments in studio lighting
equipment during the past six months was
the production of silicon aluminum hous-
ings designed particularly to eliminate the
objectionable noises commonly given off by
the older sheet iron housing when a lamp
is warming up. Common sizes in use are
an 18-inch unit for a 2.000-watt lamp and
a 24-inch unit for the 5,000-watt lamp,
respectively. When it is undesirable to in-
crease the number of 1,000-watt or 1,500-
379
watt units, large reflector types are utilized
which are fitted with 5,000-watt 1 1 5-volt
lamps, and which distribute their radiation
over an angle of 25 degrees.
Sound Recording. — According to Knox
the problems of the sound engineer are
( 1 ) extension of the frequency range of
recording and reproducing equipment, (2)
increasing the volume range so that fainter
and louder sounds can be recorded and
reproduced, and (3) reducing ground noise
to a minimum.
A most significant improvement in the
quality of sound reproduced from variable
density records has resulted from the intro-
duction of the biased valve method of re-
cording by Western Electric. By this
method, ground noise has been reduced to
10 db., according to Silent. A new auxil-
iary circuit is associated with the light
valve, and when the sound currents are
small, the ribbons vibrate over a small
amplitude. As the sound volume increases,
the spacing between the ribbons is in-
creased automatically to a maximum by the
auxilliary circuit. Full benefit of the sys-
tem can be derived only by proper de-
velopment of the sound track and close
cooperation is therefore necessary between
the sound department and the processing
laboratory.
Another ground noise reduction method
of equal significance is that described by
Townsend, Clark and McDowell for use in
conjunction with variable width recording
of sound. In principle, this scheme, like
the Western Electric "Noiseless Recording"
process, consists in rectifying a portion of
the output of the recording amplifier and
using this current to keep the amount of
light admitted to the film at a minimum.
According to reports from the West
Coast Studios, the amount of electrical re-
recording is increasing and the present
tendency is to incorporate sound effects
into the original sound track after it has
been recorded and developed.
A new type of microphone for which
directional pickup characteristics are
claimed, has been developed by RCA Pho-
tophone. The principle on which the
microphone operates is that of induction
of electric current in an extremely thin and
light corrugated aluminum ribbon, placed
between the poles of an electro-magnet.
Sounds normal to the face of the micro-
phone are picked up whereas sounds at
angles to the normal are received very
feebly if at all.
The question of acoustic treatment of
sound stages and theatres continued to re-
ceive active consideration. Linck has re-
ported the results of oscillographic studies
of sound in several types of rooms. On
the West Coast, one of the equipment
manufacturers has built an Acoustic Labor-
atory fitted to make absorption and trans-
mission measurements over a wider fre-
quency band than has ever before been
attempted.
RCA Photophone has designed a com-
pact sound recording truck fitted with a
monitoring and a recording compartment.
The entire Tanar sound truck is insulated
to serve as a monitor room, sufficient
amplification being supplied for four
microphones.
As was foreseen, film recording is tend-
ing to displace disk recording, because of
the greater ease of editing sound records
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on film and the introduction of methods of
minimizing ground noise, whereas disk re-
cording affords little opportunity for further
reduction in surface noise. A selenium
cell designed by Thirring, a condenser type,
is used in the Selenophone process as the
light sensitive element. The company has
developed a method of recording on paper
for use with amateur equipment.
According to a report from India, sound
pictures are becoming increasingly popular
especially since recording equipment has
become available. Three companies have
recording equipment, and the first all In-
dian feature picture scheduled for release
in March was recorded in Hindustani.
This creates a precedent and if followed
will be a tremendous step forward in solv-
ing the vexed question of one language for
the country instead of the 300 odd dialects
at present used.
Thin unbleached muslin cloth, properly
stretched, does away with reverberation al-
most entirely on motion picture sets and
permits much greater flexibility in sound
recording. It is often possible, with such
sets, to take medium and close-up camera
shots simultaneously, using only one sound
pickup. A set made entirely of cloth is a
rarity but it is not uncommon to make
them 75 per cent of cloth.
A
Laboratory Practice. — Since the advent
of the sound picture, the technic of labora-
tory processing has improved considerably.
The significance of sensitometry in relation
to sound and picture quality is being real-
ized more and more each year. Recent
processes of ground noise reduction de-
mand an even higher laboratory precision
in film development. In the field of sen-
sitometry there has been a tendency to
concentrate on time scale devices rather
than on intensity scale instruments. There
is a need, however, for standardization on
a particular type of instrument so that com-
parisons between controls at the various
studios could easily be made.
Problems facing laboratories are (1) a
means of measuring quickly the developing
activity of a bath or the gamma to which
the film is being developed, (2) a method
of maintaining the bromide concentration
constant throughout the life of the solution
and recovering this salt from the bath, and
(3) a non-staining developer for the de-
velopment of variable density sound film.
An investigation has been started by a
special sub-committee of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences relative
to methods and standards in film process-
ing. Formal recognition will be given de-
sirable standards to which there is general
agreement.
Light valve recording on the underex-
posure or "toe" portion of the character-
istic curve is stated by Lewin to be in use
by Paramount for scoring and playbacks.
Goldschmidt has described a photometer
for calibrating printing lamps which em-
ploys a photocell and a precision torsion
galvanometer, reading directly in lux. For
printing "stills" in a German laboratory, a
semi-automatic device is used. Two gradu-
ated filters may be moved simultaneously,
one over the printing light and the other
over a comparison lamp of fixed intensity.
A photometer which compares the extreme
densities on the negative indicates the con-
trast grade of paper required.
A growing demand exists for the inspec-
tion of every release print for sound and
picture quality. One type of film inspec-
tion equipment consists of a standard West-
ern Electric reproducer set installed on a
projector. Sound is picked up by a caesium
cell and fed into an amplifier, having an
out-put ample for headset monitoring, or
with additional amplification, standard
theatre horns may be used. A sound head
made by Vinten is being used in England
for the examination of release print
quality.
A
General Projection Equipment and Prac-
tice.— Practically an instantaneous change
of lenses was stated to be possible with a
new front plate assembly for the Powers
projector. Other modifications are a lens
centering device, a micrometer focussing
pinion, a framing lamp, and an aperature
change assembly. The shutter on the Ger-
man Bauer M-7 projector is now arranged
in front of the condenser lens in accordance
with recent projector construction practice.
The use of separate projectors for re-
producing the sound was initiated in a
London theatre, the Pavilion, in Novem-
ber, 1930. For preview service, in Holly-
wood, one company has provided two
portable dummy sound projectors. These
are installed in the theatre and coupled to
the regular projector before the preview.
This permits the studio to have a preview
of any production using the assembled in-
tercut prints of both picture and sound
track and it eliminates the necessity of
making a sound print which usually re-
quires cutting after the preview.
Sound reproducing equipment is being
manufactured by a British firm which use
a magnetic coupling between the projector
and the turntable. A single photoelectric
cell is placed centrally between two pro-
jectors. On the Friess sound projector, the
starting of the projector and fading is
accomplished automatically by means of the
film strip itself. The film is inserted in the
projector for a change-over without regard
to synchronization. Metallic contacts on
the film then actuate relays successively
which lower the needle into the proper
groove, close the fader circuit, and ex-
tinguish the light in the first projector.
In the Projectophone devised by Mihaly
the sound track image is projected by a
suitable optical system onto a caesium
photocell located at some distance from the
projector. If the detector is located at
one side of the main projection screen, it
obviates the need of wiring between the
projection booth and the screen.
A shallow type horn has been introduced
by the Western Electric Company, which is
provided with twin air columns meeting in
a common mouthpiece. The equipment is
26 inches deep, 107 inches wide, and 62
inches high.
Changes in sound reproduction caused
by varying slit width have been considered
by von Hartel. Besides presenting mathe-
matical formulas concerning the sound in-
tensity variations as the slit is gradually
widened, the paper gives data showing that
halation causes overtones which consist
especially of octaves.
Frediani avoids the use of photocells in
sound reproduction of variable density rec-
ords by passing them between electric con-
tacts connected with the grid circuit of
a thermionic amplifier. For such repro-
duction, paper prints may be used.
A
Projector Lenses, Shutters, and Light
Sources. — The recent use of screen pictures
of large size has led to the development
of lens turrets on projectors with objectives
of the desired focal length ready to be
moved into position to suit the require-
ments of the program.
The demand for higher powered light
sources in the theatres using low intensity
reflecting arc lamps has been met by the
production of a higher amperage trim. It
is designed for 32 to 42 amperes at the
arc. Previously, 32 amperes at the arc was
the highest attainable. The introduction
of a pre-cratered high intensity projector
carbon was also noted.
A
Special Projection Equipment. — Two
new types of portable continuous projec-
tors have been marketed, one for 35 mm.
film and the other for 16mm. film. Ap-
proximately 400 feet of sound film can be
accommodated on the 35 mm. projector.
Considerable research has been con-
ducted by Ives to devise cameras and pro-
jectors for the production of pictures
showing relief. The method consists,
essentially, of making a series of pictures
from juxtaposed points around an object
and projecting the prints from these onto
a special screen. Two types of screens
having these properties have been de-
veloped, one made of vertical solid celluloid
rods, and the other of strips of mirror.
More recently a stationary camera requiring
only a single exposure has been devised
but Ives considers that much research is
considered necessary to perfect the process.
Three new types of screen have been
described in the literature as being avail-
able commercially. A non-inflammable
screen of rubber composition perforated
with small holes was demonstrated in No-
vember in London. Another type of
screen incorporates a cooling system for
the theatre. Behind the metal screen sur-
face is located a refrigerating plant which
causes the screen to become entirely coated
with white frost. In the third type, a
non-glare and pseudo relief principle is
introduced.
A
Theatre Acoustics and Construction. —
From experience to date, it would appear
that the most satisfactory results from the
standpoint of sound reproduction are ob-
tained in theatres having a maximum seat-
ing capacity of not over 2,000 seats. In
theatres of much larger seating capacity,
the sound quality suffers considerably when
the auditorium is only partially filled,
whereas in the smaller theatres this condi-
tion is not as serious.
A chain of midget motion picture houses
is being planned for operation throughout
the United States. The seating capacity
will average about 200 and the shows will
be of varying length from 15 minutes to
1 hour.
In connection with the statement that
about 55 per cent of the 22,7 31 theatres
of the United States are now wired for
sound, it is of interest to learn that the
Opera of Malta, which has remained prac-
tically unchanged since it was built 200
years ago, has recently been wired for the
showing of sound pictures.
According to a U. S. Government Bu-
reau report, acoustic problems in Brazilian
theatres are very difficult of solution. Walls
are made of concrete or stucco and seats
of plain wood. It is extremely difficult to
use drapes as the insects attack most mate-
rials used.
A
Applications of Motion Pictures. — Pro-
duction of sound pictures has been initiated
by the U. S. Agriculture Department in
its own studio in Washington. One of the
first pictures scheduled is the Indian sign
language film which is being made for the
U. S. Department of the Interior.
Sound pictures are receiving attention in
England. In December 800 educational
associations were called into conference at
Burlington House to consider the value of
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motion pictures as a medium of education.
At a test made on February 12, in the
General Electric Laboratories, the features
of a professor of the University of Leipsig,
Germany, were recognized by his friends
as televised across the Atlantic ocean from
Schenectady.
Ives has made further progress with his
television experiments and has found that
scanning by purple light gives better re-
production of image tones. Potassium
photocells sensitive to the blue component
of the purple light are used in conjunction
with caesium cells for the red. Ives has
also constructed a three-channel apparatus
in which prisms placed over the holes in
a scanning disk, direct the incident light
into three photoelectric cells. The three
sets of signals are transmitted over three
channels to a triple electrode neon lamp
placed behind a viewing disk also provided
with prisms over its apertures. An image
of 13,000 elements is thus produced. Good
telephotographs contain about 250,000 ele-
ments, however, and according to Gannett
it is quite impractical under present con-
ditions to radio broadcast such pictures.
A new multiplex system of television was
introduced in England recently which uses
a standard motion picture projector for
transmission of pictures. Five transmission
channels are employed, each transmitting
one-fifth of the picture.
An apparatus has been devised by
Withrow and Boyd which makes possible
simultaneous flame and pressure studies by
photography of individual explosions in a
gasoline engine. The flame pictures were
made on a constantly moving film through
a quartz window in the cylinder head.
A
Color Cinematography. — Comparatively
few color motion pictures were released
during the past six months. Nevertheless,
laboratories for color work continued to
improve their processing equipment and de-
vise additional refinements in their actual
processes. With the marked improvement
in speed and color sensitivity of panchro-
matic emulsions, coupled with improve-
ments in optical systems, lighting equip-
ment and processing, it is likely that fur-'
ther refinements will be forthcoming in
color print quality.
It is significant that a well known pro-
ducing organization demonstrated a three-
color additive process at the meeting of
the New York Section of the Society in
December, 1930. Both originals and prints
made by this process (Keller-Dorian) were
shown. The film has horizontally em-
bossed lenticulations and the copies were
said to have been made by a new optical
printing process.
Macrae offers the suggestion that the
screen should be farther back from the
front seats for an all-color program than
for an ordinary program since the sensitiv-
ity of the eye for color diminishes towards
the periphery of the field of vision.
Another application of the bi-pack
method of exposure has been made in the
Magnacolor process.
The first industrial motion picture made
by the Multicolor process was produced
during the past six months under the title
"Stepping Ahead."
Amateur Cinematography. — In April,
1931, a new camera was announced which
was claimed by its manufacturers to be the
lightest camera using 16 mm. film yet of-
fered to the market. When loaded with
100 feet of film, it weighs 3J/2 pounds.
The cabinet of a new projector for use
with disk records has been designed to
hold both the turntable and projector.
The necessary amplification of the sound
is supplied by a separate cabinet contain-
ing a loudspeaker unit.
A sound projector called the Animato-
phone is so designed that the sound disk
record rotates in a vertical plane and is
connected directly to the projector motor
shaft.
Several models of inexpensive projectors
using 16 mm. film have been marketed,
intended primarily as toys for children.
Projectors and projection accessories
were protected by several patents.
The advantages of the 20-volt lamp for
16 mm. projectors are obvious, both for
spherical and aspheric condenser systems,
a gain of 25 per cent in screen lumens
being shown over 50-volt lamps of the
same wattage. More recently, a 375-watt,
75-volt lamp was made available which is
still a greater improvement over the previ-
ously used types.
At the Congress of German Broadcasters,
held in Vienna last fall, sound records on
paper were shown for playing in conjunc-
tion with amateur cinema projection. The
sound is recorded on sensitized paper strips,
6 mm. wide, on which there is room for
four sound tracks. Three hundred meters
require 40 minutes for reproduction. The
record is of the variable width type and
may be printed either photographically on
paper or mechanically. Sound is repro-
duced by light reflected from the paper.
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Statistics. — There are a total of 75 the-
atres in the U. S. Army camps and posts
in the United States, of which 58 were
equipped for sound pictures during 1930.
About 17,00 performances are given yearly
and the average house seats 400 persons.
Europe now has 33,870 motion picture
theatres which represents an increase since
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angle the new H-W Chairs have that class, comfort, and style which
lend prestige and build profits for any theatre, regardless of size.
Most of the new H-W Chairs have been designed for use in sound
houses. Several of them were developed in cooperation with Publix
engineers who have made exhaustive studies of acoustical requirements
in theatre equipment. The chair shown above is particularly adapted to
sound use. Its soft, luxurious, sound absorbing upholstery; its custom
type of tailoring on the seat and back; and its refreshingly modern aisle
standard make this seat one of the most beautiful and practical designs
ever built.
Publix has installed more than a quarter million H-W Theatre Seats.
Many other leading chains and independents have also specified H-W
Seats because of their fine workmanship, smart design, unusual comfort,
and long wear. If you are planning to seat a new house or reseat an old
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AIMS AND
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OF SMPE*
The Society of Motion Picture Engineers
is a scientific organization patterned along
the lines of many of the older scientific
societies and serves as a stimulating, collect-
ing, and coordinating medium for the tech'
meal and scientific knowledge appertaining
to the motion picture industry.
The membership of about 800 is as di-
versified as the various arts and sciences
which serve the industry and includes re-
search scientists from the universities and
industrial research laboratories, practical
engineers from the factories, studios, labora-
*Contribuled by J. I. Crabtree, President
tories, and theatres, and executives from
all branches of. the industry.
Eligibility for membership is determined
by the Board of Governors, which has in-
terpreted the word "engineer" to apply to
anyone who contributes to the building of
a motion picture so that those who con-
tribute literary, dramatic and artistic talent,
are equally as eligible as those who direct
the business of production and distribution
of motion pictures.
Four Types of Memberships
Membership is of four types: associate,
active, sustaining, and honorary. Any one
who is interested in motion pictures is
eligible for associate membership. Active
membership is granted to those who have
gained distinction in their particular field
of endeavor. Sustaining members are those
who contribute substantially to the support
of the society, while honorary membership
has been granted those scientists of inter-
national fame who, by their inventions and
achievements, have been largely responsible
for the building of this great industry.
Conventions of the society are held semi-
annually, when an opportunity is presented
for the research workers and technicians
irom the various manufacturing and pro-
ducing concerns to pool their knowledge
for the common good but, in turn, each
one who gives receives knowledge from
others in good measure. The lasting per-
sonal friendships formed between the mem-
bers at the society's conventions also add a
further incentive to the mutual interchange
of ideas and information and the value of
these men to their employers is enhanced
accordingly.
The various scientific papers and commit-
tee reports presented at the conventions and
the discussions resulting therefrom are pub-
lished in the Journal of the Society issued
monthly. In addition, the Journal contains
contributed papers, abstracts of current
technical literature, patent abstracts, trans-
lations of outstanding articles appearing in
foreign technical publications, reports of
committee activities, and book reviews.
During the year 1930, 1,500 pages of sci-
entific data were published, including over
100 technical papers dealing with the vari-
ous aspects of production and exhibition.
Comprehensive Technical Source
The Society's Transactions which were
published quarterly from the year 1916 to
1929, together with the Journal of the
Society published since January, 1930, con-
stitute the most comprehensive source of
motion picture technical information in the
world. The potential value of this knowl-
edge to the industry is incalculable and
the actual cost of the research work re-
quired to obtain it amounts to billions of
dollars. The Journal of the Society is dis-
tributed gratis to members but is available
to nonmembers by subscription.
The Society maintains local sections with
headquarters in New York, Chicago, and
Hollywood, which foster a spirit of coopera-
tion among the members who cannot always
attend the semiannual conventions. The
Hollywood section keeps the parent body
in touch with activities on the West Coast
and maintains contacts with the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Collaborate Abroad
The Standards Committee has made
possible the interchange of the essential
parts of apparatus throughout the industry
and has published details of these in book-
let form in collaboration with the Ameri-
can Standards Association. The Society
has also collaborated with the British,
French, and German technical societies on
matters relating to standards.
A subcommittee of the Standards Com-
mittee consisting of the chief engineers of
the various producing organizations, under
an impartial chairmanship, has convened at
frequent intervals during the past year with
a view to recommending dimensional stand-
ards for wide film. The merits of films
having widths varying from 70, 65, 63, and
50 mm. were considered and practical dem-
onstrations arranged. The committee is of
the opinion that film having a width of
50 mm. is adequate to produce a picture
of satisfactory quality on the widest screen
available in the majority of theatres and
has drawn up dimensional standards for
such a film. This does not mean that the
industry will necessarily adopt 50 mm. film
as a means of securing a wide picture or
that the Society considers that the use
of such film is the preferred method of
securing a large screen picture with sound
accompaniment, because there are decided
merits in placing the sound track on a
separate film as outlined in an open dis-
cussion on the subject at the fall, 1930,
meeting of the Society.
To the Society of Motion Picture Engi-
neers is due credit, however, for preventing
the producers from plunging into a scramble
to place wide film apparatus in the field
in the absence of a standard.
Other committees of the society have
dealt with progress in color, methods of
securing better sound recording and repro-
duction, and improved methods of studio
lighting, while the Historical Committee has
prepared reports on the accomplishments of
the industry's pioneers and is assembling
historical apparatus which will be placed in
a suitable depository.
Projection Room Standards
The subject of projection has been given
special attention by the Projection Practice,
Projection Theory, and Projection Screens
Committees and as a result of their efforts,
recommendations for standard lay-outs of
projection rooms of various sizes have been
made and data secured for formulating a
tentative standard for screen brightness.
The past year has also been conspicuous
by virtue of increased activity of the society
in relation to collaboration with other or-
ganizations and societies having interests
related to our own. The society has ac-
quired membership in the American Stand-
ards Association which has recognized the
various standards adopted by the society,
and also in the National Fire Protection
Association which has invited the society
to collaborate with regard to safety meas-
ures in the handling of nitrocellulose film.
The society will be officially represented
at the 1931 International Congress of Pho-
tography in Dresden and arrangements for
the exchange of technical manuscripts have
been made with the Deutsche Kinotech-
nische Gesellschaft which has also con-
ferred honorary membership upon the
presidency of our society. The society was
also represented officially on the Inter-
Society on Color Specifications sponsored
by the Optical Society of America.
A booklet dealing with the Standards
Adopted by the Society of Motion Picture
Engineers, and a 200-page booklet entitled
"Aims and Accomplishments of the Society
of Motion Picture Engineers," which con-
tains abstracts of all technical papers pre-
sented by the society since its beginning,
may be obtained gratis on application to
the society headquarters, 33 West 42nd
Street, New York, N. Y.
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scientifically designed air conditioning
plant affording precision control of
temperature, humidity and circulation.
To produce motion picture prints of
satisfactory quality and long life, de-
veloping in the modern laboratory is
by machine and drying is by a process
involving conditioning of an extreme
degree of accuracy as to moisture con-
tent, temperature and cleanliness
the air.
Thus the motion picture industry em-
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essential in its manufacturing processes
as well as the merchandising of its pro-
duct— entertainment.
It is significant that the foremost ex-
amples of modern film laboratories are
provided with air conditioning systems
designed and engineered by Tiltz —
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Equally notable is the fact that Tiltz
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the fourth theatre in the world to make
its air pure and comfortable for patrons
of the motion picture. Since that time
Tiltz systems have been installed
in twenty-two other theatres in this
country.
A recent Tiltz development brings to
theatres of all sizes the means of offer-
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SOUND*
The rapidity with which the reproduc-
tion and projection of sound in synchron-
ization with motion pictures has been
promoted during the relatively short pe-
riod of its existence has been and is nothing
less than astounding. Our ability to sit
comfortably in the motion picture theatre
of today and hear the silent shadow, not
infrequently representing people who have
answered the Last Roll Call upon earth,
apparently talking to us, singing to us or
producing instrumental music of marvel-
ous beauty, with every semblance of actual-
ity, is something parallel to a great monu-
ment of finest marble — or perhaps even of
sold gold — to the designing and construc-
tion engineers who have brought forth
this marvel of the ages.
The motion picture theatre has avail-
able for use twelve or more different sound
systems, at least two of which maintain a
corps of highly efficient service engineers
who make periodic, systematic examinations
of all their installations, and at all times are
available to the exhibitor or projectionist
for emergency calls. These two corpora-
tions are Western Electric Company and
RCA Photophone, Inc., both of which
put out equipment in several different
forms. The price varies with the form
or type of equipment. The highest grade
system of one or the other of them is
used in practically all of our large, deluxe
theatres, the same being, of course, the
most expensive and best sound reproduc-
tion and projection systems extant. In less
expensive form the systems of these two
corporations are used in very many of our
smaller theatres.
In addition to Western Electric and
RCA Photophone systems there are three
less elaborate ones in use in thousands of
the smaller theatres, namely the DeForest
system Phonofilm, put out by General Talk-
ing Pictures Corporation; the Pacent, by
Pacent Reproducer Corporation and the
Universal Sound System, by a company
of that name.
In addition to these three widely used
systems there are several others which have
attained some degree of favor, as follows:
The Powers System, put out by the Powers
Cinephone Corporation, the Mellaphone,
made by the Mellaphone Corporation,
Rochester, New York; the Royal Ampli-
SMPE REPORT
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1926 of 11,445 houses, seating 5,283,000
persons.
A preliminary survey made by the Mo-
tion Picture Division of the U. S. Depart-
ment of Commerce indicated that there
were over 2,000 concerns in the United
States using motion pictures for business
purposes.
Film exports fell off slightly for the year
1930 as reported by Golden, compared
with 1929, although the actual valuation
increased. Footage and valuation were as
follows:
1930—274,351,000 linear feet valued at
$8,118,000.
1929—282,215,000 linear feet valued at
$7,622,000.
Of the total footage exported, 186,436,-
000 feet, or 67 per cent, represented sound
pictures.
Domestic sound picture equipment sales
for 1930 totalled $32,635,000 according to
Electronics, and export sales amounted to
$8,250,000 which made the total equip-
ment sales equal $40,885,000.
tone, the name of the sponsors of which is
not at the moment at hand; the Phototone
Talkafilm, by Simplimis, Inc.; the Kinetone,
by S 6? S Enterprises, Inc., and the Goetz
System, by Goetz Moviephone, Inc.
This completes the list, save for possibly
some few others that have not as yet had
sufficient usage to become known except
to those using them.
It would be presumptuous to make com-
parison of the basic merits of these various
systems, except in the most broad way. It
would be improper to make such an at-
tempt, for the simple reason that it is
doubtful that any one man has as yet
acquired a sufficiently thorough knowledge
of the relative excellence of them all to
enable him to form a sound judgment as
to the matter of sound reproduction and
projection and dependability and economy
in performance.
It seems very right and proper, however,
to warn exhibitors and projectionists
against the acceptance of unsupported
statements with regard to sound systems or
apparatus. It also seems quite advisable
also to suggest to exhibitors and projec-
tionists that in the purchase of sound re-
production and projection systems there are
three basic points to consider, first, the
relative excellence of results which may be
attained from the system under considera-
tion, as compared with other available sys-
tems; second, the ability of the system
under consideration to operate economically
as to power requirements and repair and
replacement bills; third, just what is going
to happen if there is no "service" pro-
vided and the system lets down and may
be put into successful operation again only
by consultation with some technical man
located, possibly hundreds of miles away.
These are all matters of vital importance,
and unless they be very carefully consid-
ered it is entirely possible that regret and
loss will follow. The exhibitor should also
keep carefully in mind the fact that it is
constant excellence in sound results that
brings in money at the box office, or lack
of it fails to do so.
With these thoughts in mind it may well
be reasoned that high additional first cost
need not necessarily be considered an ex-
travagance; also that money paid out for
service may be an asset instead of a liabil-
ity. It is not what the cost is, but what
the outlay brings in at the box office cash
drawer. In fact, if an additional expense
results either in a better quality of sound
or in more economical, dependable action,
then it certainly is what cannot possibly
be considered as other than a wise, profit-
able investment, except that of course both
installation and operating cost must be
kept within the possibilities of available
patronage.
The matter of sound recording is not
within the legitimate field of this writer's
activities, hence that field will be passed
over with the notation that recently there
has been what seems to be a very great
step taken toward perfection. This im-
provement consists of the reduction of
ground noise to a point where, provided
the theatre equipment be in perfect condi-
tion, it is conspicuous by almost total
absence. Put in another way, unless there
be sound which was recorded by intention,
then there is to all intents and purposes
no sound at all. The improvement is,
your writer can personally testify, very
great.
However, there is one point that can-
not be too highly stressed. It applies equally
to any and all makes of apparatus. It is the
human element. Every sound system must
of course be handled by and cared for by
some man or men. It is self evident that
unless this man or these men give the
apparatus expert care and attention, both
in its handling when in use and in the
item of maintenance, it will not deliver
perfect results. This is a rather tremen-
dously important item, and one to which
many exhibitors give entirely too little
attention.
Assuming the auditorium to be acous-
tically perfect and the sound equipment
itself be in perfect condition and of high
grade basic excellence, if that equipment
be in charge of and handled by a man
who thoroughly understands it, and who
has the necessary ambition and energy to
apply his knowledge at its full value, then
we may assume that the sound in that
theatre will be just about 100 per cent
perfect.
On the other hand, no matter how per-
fect the auditorium may be acoustically,
regardless of how basically perfect the
equipment itself may be, if it be handled
by men who lack expert knowledge, or
have knowledge but lack the energy to
apply that knowledge, then the sound will
not be perfect. It will be imperfect ex-
actly in proportion to the imperfection in
knowledge of the man in charge.
Remembering that perfection in sound,
coupled with perfection in projection of the
motion picture, means maximum results at
the box office, exhibitors and managers
will do well to give very serious considera-
tion to this.
Exhibitors who desire to get the greatest
possible excellence in motion picture pro-
jection and in sound reproduction, must
remember certain facts. First, it is impossi-
ble to have perfection in results unless the
equipment itself be kept in first class con-
dition. That should appeal to the exhibitor
and motion picture theatre manager as
incontestable and indisputable, yet there are
a great many projectionists producing rela-
tively poor results for no other reason than
that the manager compels them to use
worn projector and sound equipment parts
after the time the projectionists have asked
for replacements. It would really seem
that this ought to appeal to exhibitors as
being a practice which in the very nature
of things must be very costly in the end.
Were this matter laid before the courts
it would be so decided on both counts.
Yet we find exchanges supplying films
more or less smeared with oil, and we find
theatre managers accepting that sort of
service, well knowing that perfection can-
not be obtained in either the screen image
or in the sound, if the sound be carried
on the films. We also find the exchanges
delivering films containing mechanical im-
perfections which it was the duty of the
exchange to remove.
It is absolutely absurd to expect high
grade sound or high grade screen images
so long as this practice continues, nor is
it any excuse for an exchange to say it is
the projectionist himself who inflicts the
damage. It is the business of the exchange,
so far as possible, to repair all damage
inflicted by its customers and if the damage
be continuously excessive, the exchange
should take up the matter with the theatre
management for adjustment. That is not
argument. It is just plain common sense.
Summing this whole thing up, we now
have available a considerable number of
sound systems capable of delivering very
close to perfection in results, but in order
to obtain perfection that equipment must
be expertly cared for and handled, and
must be serviced with films and records in
as nearly as possible perfect condition.
'Contributed hy F. II. Richard*©*
1931
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WHY WE DO NOT EXACT A WEEKLY SERVICE CHARGE
FROM DE FOREST PHONOFILM USERS
DE FOREST PHONOFILM equipments are not and never have been
leased on a compulsory weekly service expense basis.
ALL DE FOREST PHONOFILM installati ons (in use over a two year
period) were analysed, and the exhibitors' expense (or both service
and parts determined. The average weekly total cost was found to be
exceptionally low, being a small fraction of the amount charged by
equipment companies, who regularly exact a Fixed service charge.
DEFOREST PHONOFILM EQUIPMENTS ARE DESIGNED,
MANUFACTURED, AND INSTALLED SO THAT SERVICE
REQUIREMENTS AND COSTS ARE AND WILL BE AT AN
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM.
Certainly it is our desire to continue, and reduce if possible, this low
maintenance expense — consistent, or course, with each PHONOFILM
installation providing the highest quality reproduction — every day.
And the every day profitable and highly satisfactory service obtained
by exhibitors who are using PHONOFILM EQUIPMENTS is proof
of the merit of the PHONOFILM EQUIPMENT and its profit-paying
advantages to motion picture exhibitors.
If you are interested in obtaining a new equipment for the reproduction of talking motion
pictures, or replacing the one you are now using, your inquiry is requested.
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EQUIPMENT INDEX
Accessories for Music and Sound
Reproducing Devices
Amplion Radio Corporation, 133-141 W. 21st
Street, New York City.
Basson & Stern, 751 B. 32nd Street, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Bodine Electric Company, 2254 W. Ohio Street,
Chicago, 111.
Carter Sound Equipment Company, 1820 N.
Lawndale Avenue, Chicago, III.
Chicago Cinema Equipment Company, 1736-54 N.
Springfield Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Electrical Research Laboratories, 22nd and Paul-
ina Street, Chicago, 111.
Empire Phono Parts Company, 10316 Madison
Avenue, Cleveland, O.
Fansteel Products Company, Inc., North Chicago,
111.
Forest Electric Corporation, 272 New Street,
Newark, N. J.
Freed-Eiseman Radio Corporation, Junices and
Liberty Avenue. Brooklyn, N. Y.
G-M Laboratories, Inc., 1731-35 Belmont Avenue,
Chicago, 111.
The General Industries Company, Elyria, O.
Gray & Danielson Mfg. Company, 250 First
Street, San Francisco, Calif.
Hobart Bros. Company, Troy, O.
Jewell Electric Instrument Company, 1650 Wal-
nut Street. Chicago, III.
Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company, 1024-70
W. Adams Street, Chicago, 111.
The Lakeside Supply Company, 73 West Van
Buren Street, Chicago, III.
Macy Manufacturing Company, 1449-51 39th
Street, Brooklyn. N. Y.
Newcome-Hawley. Inc., St. Charles, III.
Oliver Manufacturing Company, Film Building,
Cleveland, O.
The Oro-Tone Company. 1000-1010 George Street.
Chicago, III.
Q R S-De Vry Corporation, 333 N. Michigan
Avenue, Chicago, III.
Radio Industries of Canada. Ltd., 120 Fort Street,
Winnipeg, Manitoba.
S. O. S. Corporation, 1600 Broadway, New York
City.
Silver-Marshall. Inc., 6401 W. 65th Street, Chi-
cago, 111.
Simplimus, Inc., 67 Church Street, Boston, Mass.
Van-Ashe Radio Company. Tenth and Walnut
Streets, St. Louis, Mo.
Accounting Systems
Erker Brothers Optical Company, 608 Olive
Street, St. Louis, Mo.
The National Theatre Supply Company, 92-96
Gold Street. New York, N. Y.
Acoustical Products and Engineering
Berliner Acoustic Corporation, 1808 Paramount
Building, New York City.
The Celotex Company, 919 N. Michigan Avenue,
Chicago, III.
Craftex Company. 37 Antwerp Street. Boston,
Mass.
Densten Felt & Hair Co.. Philadelphia. Pa.
General Insulating & Manufacturing Company,
Alexandria, Ind.
The Housing Company, 40 Central Street, Bos-
ton, Mass.
The Insulite Company, 1212 Builders Exchange,
Minneapolis, Minn.
Johns-Manville Cori>oration. 292 Madison Ave-
nue, New York City.
Kendell & Dasseville, Inc.. 67 W. 44th Street.
New York City.
King Studios, Inc.. 309 S. Harwood. Dallas. Tex.
Macoustic Engineering Comiwiny. Ninth and Eu-
clid Avenues, Cleveland, O.
National Rug Mills. Inc., 2494 S. Fifth Street,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Therm-O-Proof Insudation Company, 203 N.
Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Union Fibre Sales. Inc.. Winona, Minn.
United States Gypsum Company, 300 W. Adams
Street, Chicago. III.
Universal Gypsum & Lime Company, 111 W.
Washington Street. Chicago. III.
Western Felt Works. 4029-4133 Ogden Avenue.
Chicago. III.
Weyerhaeuser Forest Products, Merchants Na-
tional Bank Building, St. Paul. Minn.
The Wood Conversion Company, 360 N. Michi-
gan Avenue. Chicago, III.
Act Announcers
Belson Manufacturing Company, 800 Sibley
Street, Chicago, 111.
Davis Bulletin Company, Inc., Lock Street, Buf-
falo. N. Y.
Adapters, Mazda
Best Devices Company, Film Building, Cleve-
land. O.
Monarch Theatre Supply Company, 154 E. Cal-
houn Avenue, Memphis, Tenn.
Addressing and Duplicating Machines
The Addressograph Company, E. 40th Street and
Killey Avenue, Cleveland, O.
Elliott Addressing Machine Company, 117 Leon-
ard Street, New York City.
Rapid Addressing Machine Company, 225 W.
34th Street, New York City.
Speedaumat Addressing Machinery, Inc., 2023
Willow Street. Chicago, III.
Admission Signs
Refer to Signs, Directional
Advertising Films
Alexander Film Company, 3385 South Broadway,
Denver, Colo.
Loucks & Norling, Inc., 245 W. 55th Street,
New York City.
Rothacker Film Corporation, 113 W. Austin
Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Advertising Novelties
Ajax Souvenir Company, 246 Fifth Avenue. New-
York City.
American Badge Company, 141 W. Austin Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Brazel Novelty Manufacturing Company, 4005
Apple Street, Cincinnati, O.
Economy Novelty & Printing Company, 340 W.
39th Strtet. New York City.
The Leader Press, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Philadelphia Badge Company, 942 Market Street,
Philadelphia. Pa.
Pioneer Rubber Company. Willard. O.
Pyroloid Sales Company, Athol, Mass.
Toycroft Rubber Company. Ashland. O.
The Vitaprint Company, 729 S. Wabash Avenue.
Chicago, 111.
Advertising Projectors
Refer to Projectors, Advertising
Advertising. Theatre
Refer to Theatre Promotion
Air Conditioning and Cooling Equipment
Bayley Blower Company, 732 Greenbush. Mil-
waukee, Wis.
Carrier Engineering Corporation, Paramount
Building, New York City.
Clarage Fan Company, North and Porter Streets.
Kalamazoo. Mich.
Cooling & Air Conditioning Corporation, 31
Union Square, New York City.
Kooler-Aiie Engineering Company. 1904 Para-
mount Building. New York City.
Maryland Air Conditioning Corporation, Metal
Building, Baltimore, Md.
National Carbonic Machinery Co., \\ isconsin
Rapids, Wis.
B. F. Reynolds & Company. 118 W. Ohio Street.
Chicago. 111.
Tiltz Air Conditioning Corporation. Ltd.. 480
I/exington Avenue. New York City.
Wittenmeier Machinery Company, 850 N. Spauld-
ing Avenue. Chicago. 111.
York Ice Machinery Company. York, Pa.
Air Dome Tents
D. M. Kerr Manufacturing Company. 1954 W.
Grand Avenue. Chicago. 111.
Martin. N. Y.. Tent & Duck Company. 304 Canal
Street. New York City.
North American Tent & Awning Company. 146.-
61 Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago. III.
Tucker Duck & Rubber Company, 515 Garrison
Avenue, Fort Smith, Ark.
Aisle Lights
Belson Manufacturing Company. 800 Sibley
Street. Chicago, 111.
Brenkert Light Projection Company. 7348 St.
Aubin Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
Brookins & Chapman. Inc., 3912 Carnegie Ave-
nue. Cleveland. O.
Kausalite Manufacturing Company. 8129 Rhodes
Avenue. Chicago. III.
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 60th Street. New York
City.
Major Equipment Company. 4603 Fullerton ave-
nue. Chicago, III.
National Theatre Supply Company. 92-96 Gold
Street. New York. N. Y.
Aisle Ropes
Manilt l Brothers, Inc.. State and Madison Streets,
Chicngo. 111.
Newman Manufacturing Company. Norwood Sta-
tion. Cincinnati, O.
Albert Pick-Barth Company. Inc., 1200 W. 35th
Street. Chicago. III., and 34 Cooper Square.
New York City.
Zero Valve & Brass Corporation, 634 Fourth
Street, Buffalo. N. Y.
Amplifiers
American Transformer Company, 178 Emmett
Street, Newark, N. J.
Elec-Tro-Fone Corporation. 2490 University Ave-
nue, St. Paul. Minn.
Gates Radio & Supply Company. Quincy, 111.
General Amplifier Company, 27 Commercial Ave-
nue, Cambridge, Mass.
Operadio Mfg. Company, St. Charles, 111.
The Oro-Tone Company, 1000-1010 George Street.
Chicago. 111.
Radio Industries of Canada, Ltd.. 120 Fort
Street, Winnipeg. Manitoba.
Radio Receptor Company, 106 Seventh Avenue.
New York City.
Samson Electric Company. Canton. Mass.
Silver Marshall. Inc., 6401 W. 65th Street, Chi-
cago, 111.
The Webster Company, 850 Blackhawk Street.
Chicago, 111.
Van-Ashe Radio Company, Tenth and Walnut
Streets. St. Louis. Mo.
Weber Machine Corporation, 59 Rutter Street,
Rochester. N. Y.
Webster Electric Company, Racine, Wis.
Anchors for Chairs
Ackerman-Johnson Company, 625 Jackson Boule-
vard, Chicago. III.
American Expansion Bolt Company, 108-28 N.
Jefferson Avenue. Chicago, III.
Chicago Expansion Bolt Company, 126 S. Clinton
Street. Chicago. 111.
The National Theatre Sunply Company. 92-96
Gold Street, New York. N. Y.
The Paine Company. 2949 Caroll Avenue, Chi-
cago, III.
Star Expansion Bolt Company. 147-149 Cedar
Street, New York City.
U. S. Expansion Bolt Company, 139 Fran'ilin
Street. New York City.
Arc Regulators
Chicago Cinema Equipment Company, 1736-1754
N. Springfield Avenue. Chicago, 111.
The J. E. McAuley Manufacturing Company. 554
W. Adams Street. Chicago. 111.
Arc Lamps Reflecting
Refer to Lamps. Reflector Arc
Arc Lamps. High Intensity
Refer to Lamps, Reflector Arc
Artificial Flowers and Plants
Adler-Jones Company, 651 S. Wells Street. Chi-
cago. III.
The Aiken Decorative Company, Bloomficld. Ind.
The Botanical Decorating Company. 319-27 W.
Van Buren Street. Chicago. III.
Oscar Leistner. Inc.. 323 W. Randolph Street.
Chicago. 111.
Frank Netschcrt. Inc., 61 Barclay Street, New
York City.
A. L. Randall Company. 729 S. Wabash Ave-
nue. Chicago. III.
Schroeder Art Flower Manufacturing Company.
3341 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, O.
Automatic Change-Overs
Refer to Change-Overs
Automatic Curtain Control
Refer to Curtain Control Mac/lines
Automatic Sprinklers
Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America,
123 William Street. New York City.
Globe Automatic Sprinkler Company. 250 Park
Avenue. New York City.
Grinnell Company, Providence. R. I.
Balloons, Advertising
Refer to Advertising J^ovelties
Banners and Posters (Hand-Painted)
The Arkay Sign Company. Inc.. 121 Film Ex-
change Building, Cleveland. O.
Chicago Show Printing Company, 1335-45 W.
Lake Street, Chicago, III.
H. Dryfhout Company, 736 S. Wabash Avenue.
Chicago. III.
Henry Jackson. 141 Fulton Street. New York
City.
The Leader Press. Inc.. 17 W. Third Street,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Metallite Signs. 385 Halsey Street. Newark.
N. J.
Theatrical Poster Company, 823 S. Wabash
Avenue, Chicago, III.
Batteries
Electric Storage Battery Company, Philadelphia.
Pa.
Philadelphia Storage Battery Company. Ontario
and C Streets. Philadelphia. Pa.
Willard Storage Battery Company. 246 E. 131st
Street, Cleveland. O.
Bell and Buzzer Signal Systems
The Holtzer-Cabot Electric Company. 125
Amory. Roxbury. Mass.
Blocks, Pulleys, Stage Rigging
Refer to Hardware. Stage
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Blowers, Organ
Refer to Organ Blowers
Bolts, Panic
William P. Bolles, 377 Bishop Street, Milwau-
kee, Wis.
Vonnegut Hardware Company, Indianapolis,
Ind.
Bookkeeping Systems, Theatre
Refer to Accounting System
Booth Equipment, Projection
Refer to Projection Booths and Equipment
Booths, Ticket
Refer to Tic\et Booths
Brass Grilles
Refer to Grilles
Brass Rails
Chicago Architectural Bronze Company, 4740
N. Clark Street, Chicago, III.
Daniel Ornamental Iron Works, 4435 W. Di-
vision Street, Chicago, 111.
Illinois Bronze & Iron Works, Inc., 915-23 S.
Kildare Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Newman Manufacturing Company, Norwood
Station, Cincinnati, O.
Edward G. Reinhardt Manufacturing Company,
110 E. Second Street, Cincinnati, O.
F. P. Smith Wire & Iron Works, 2346 Cly-
bourne Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Zero Valve & Brass Corporation, 634 Fourth
Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y.
Brokers, Theatre
A. R. Boyd Enterprise, 1700 Sansom Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
W. J. Miller, 321 Security Block, Des Moines,
la.
Bronze and Iron Work, Ornamental
Chicago Architectural Bronze Company, 4740 N.
Clark Street, Chicago, 111.
Daniel Ornamental Iron Works, 4435 W. Di-
vision Street, Chicago, 111.
General Bronze Company, Long Island City,
N. Y.
Illinois Bronze & Iron Works, Inc., 915-23 S.
Kildare Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Newman Manufacturing Company, Norwood
Station, Cincinnati, O.
F. P. Smith Wire & Iron Works, 2346 Cly-
bourne Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Stewart Iron Works Company, Inc., 504 Stewart
Block, Cincinnati, O.
Zero Valve & Brass Corporation, 634 Fourth
Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Brushes, Screen
Refer to Screen Brushes
Bulletin Boards, Changeable
The Artkraft Sign Company, Lima, O.
Joseph S. Arvid Company, Inc., 1440 Broadway.
New York City.
Crystalite Products Corporation, 1708 Standard
Avenue, Glendale, Cal.
Stanley Frame Company, 727 Seventh Avenue,
New York City.
Tablet & Ticket Company, 1021 W. Adams
Street. Chicago, 111.
Cabinets, Film
Refer to Film Cabinets
Cable, Motion Picture
Belson Manufacturing Company, 800 Sibley
Street, Chicago, 111.
International Projector Corporation, 90 Gold
Street, New York City.
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 50th Street, New York
City.
Rockbestos Products Corporation, New Haven,
Conn.
Twin City Scenic Company, 2819 Nicollett Ave-
nue, Minneapolis, Minn.
Cameras
Bass Camera Company, 179 W. Madison Street,
Chicago, III.
Bell & Howell Company, 1801 Larchmont Ave-
nue, Chicago. III.
The Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y.
3 R S-De Vry Corporation, 393 N. Michigan
Avenue, Chicago, III.
Candy Machines
Refer to Vending Machines
and Scales
Canopies, Theatre
The Artkraft Sign Company, Lima, O.
Covington Metal Products Corporation, 17 W.
8th Street, Covington. Ky.
Edwards Manufacturing Company, 5th, Culvert
and Butler Streets, Cincinnati, O.
Metal Products, Inc., 1434 N. 4th Street. Mil-
waukee, Wis.
Milcor Steel Company, 36th Avenue and Burn-
ham Street, Milwaukee, Wis.
Moynhan & Duchene, 2568 Porter Street, De-
troit, Mich.
Newman Manufacturing Company, Norwood
Station, Cincinnati, O.
W. F. Overly & Sons, Greensburg, Pa.
L. Schreiber & Sons Company, Ivanhoe Avenue
and Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, O.
The W. C. Tyler Company, 3615 Superior Ave-
nue, Cleveland, O.
Carbons
Arco Electric Company, 112 W. 42nd Street,
New York City.
Carbon Products, Inc., 8 Beach Street, New
York City.
M. G. Felder Sales Company, 1560 Broadway,
New York City.
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 50th Street, New York
City.
National Carbon Company, Inc., Madison Ave-
nue and W. 117th Street, Cleveland, O.
Charles W. Phellis & Company, Inc., 130 W.
42nd Street, New York City.
Hugo Reisinger, 11 Broadway, New York City.
Carpets
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., 385
Madison Avenue, New York City.
Collins & Aikman Corporation, 25 Madison Ave-
nue, New York City.
Congoleum-Nairn, Inc., 195 Belgrove Drive,
Kearny, N. J.
Hardwick & Magee Company, Lehigh Avenue
and Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Mohawk Carpet Mills, Inc., Amsterdam, N. Y.
Albert Pick-Barth Company, Inc., 1200 W. 35th
Street, Chicago, 111., and 34 Cooper Square,
New York City.
Roxbury Carpet Company, Central Street, Saxon-
ville, Mass.
Wm. Slater, Jr., 316 N. Michigan Avenue, Chi-
cago, III.
W. & J. Sloane, 577 Fifth Avenue, New York
City.
Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Company, 285
Fifth Avenue, New York City.
M. J. Whittal Associates, Brussels Street, Wor-
cester, Mass.
Carpet Cushioning
Blockson & Company, Michigan City, Ind.
The Celotex Company, 919 N. Michigan Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Clinton Carpet Company, Merchandise Mart,
Chicago, 111.
National Rug Mills, Inc., 2494 South Fifth
Street, Milwaukee, Wis.
Albert Pick-Barth Company, Inc., 1200 W. 35th
Street, Chicago, 111., and 34 Cooper Square,
New York City.
E. W. Sutton Carpet Lining Corp., 5359 Sedg-
wick Street, New York City.
Union Carpet Lining Co., 18 Broad Street, New
London, Conn.
Western Felt Works, 4115 Ogden Avenue, Chi-
cago, 111.
Cement, Film
Refer to Film Cement
Chairs, Theatre
American Seating Company, Grand Rapids,
Mich.
The A. H. Andrews Company, 107 S. Wabash
Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Arlington Seating Company, Arlington Heights,
111.
General Seating Company, 2234-36 Fullerton Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Heywood-Wakefield Company, 174 Portland
Street. Boston, Mas6.
Illinois Theatre Seat Exchange, 1150 S. Michi-
gan Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Steel Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Union City Body Company. Union City, Ind.
Wisconsin Chair Company, Port Washington,
Wis.
Chair Covers
Allied Cloth Specialties Company, Greenville, O.
Dura-Tex Fabrics Company, 216 Webster Street,
Cincinnati, O.
S. M. Hexter & Company, 2400 Superior Ave-
nue, Cleveland, O.
The Hodes-Zink Mfg. Company, Fremont, O.
Made-Rite Fabrics Company, 1426 Sycamore
Street, Cincinnati, O.
Windowcraft Valance & Drapery Company, 328
Superior Avenue, N. W., Cleveland, O.
Chair Fastening Cement
General Seating Company, 2234-36 Fullerton
Avenue, Chicago, III.
Illinois Theatre Seat Exchange, 1150 S. Michi-
gan Avenue. Chicago, III.
Chairs, Folding
Lyon Metal Products, Inc., Aurora, 111.
Standard Manufacturing Company, Cambridge
City, Ind.
Tucker Duck & Rubber Company, Fort Smith,
Ark.
Clarin Manufacturing Company, 2456 Crawford
Avenue, Chicago, III.
Change Makers
Brandt Automatic Cashier Company, Water-
town, Wis.
Hedman Manufacturing Company, 1158 Center
Street, Chicago, 111.
Hoefer Change-Maker Company, 3700 E. 12th
Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Universal Stamping & Manufacturing Company,
2839 N. Western Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Changeable Sign Letters
Crystallite Products Corporation, 1708 Standard
Avenue, Glendale, Calif.
Friedley-Voshardt Company, Inc., 761 Mather
Street, Chicago, 111.
Metal Products, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis.
Change-Overs
Basson & Stern, 751 E. 32nd Street, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Dowser Manufacturing Company, 225 Broadway,
New York City.
Essanay Electric Manufacturing Company 2809
W. Van Buren Street, Chicago, 111.
GoldE Manufacturing Company, 2013 Le Moyne
Street, Chicago, 111.
Guerico & Barthel, 1018 S. Wabash Avenue,
Chicago, 111.
Chimes, Organ
Refer to Organ Chimes
Choppers, Ticket
Refer to Tic\et Choppers
Cleaners, Film
Refer to Film Cleaning Machines
Cleaners, Vacuum
Refer to Vacuum Cleaning Equipment
Clocks, Advertising
Refer to Publicity Cloc\s
Color Films
Colorcraft Corporation, 122 E. 42nd Street, New
York, N. Y.
Du Pont-Pathe Film Manufacturing Corpora-
tion, 35 W. 45th Street. New York, N. Y.
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y.
Harriscolor Films, Inc., 1040 N. McCadden
Place, Hollywood, Cal.
Multicolor, Ltd., 7000 Romaine Street, Holly-
wood, Cal.
Photocolor Corporation, 1650 Broadway, New
York City.
Technicolor, Inc., 15 Broad Street, New York
City.
Color Hoods
Curtis Lighting Company, 1119 W. Jackson
Boulevard, Chicago, 111.
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 50th Street, New York
City.
Reynolds Electric Company, 2651 W. Congress
Street, Chicago, 111.
Rosco Laboratories, 367 Hudson Avenue, Brook-
lyn, N. Y.
Color Wheels
Belson Manufacturing Company, 800 Sibley
Street, Chicago, III.
Hewes-Gotham Company, 520 W. 47th Street,
New York City.
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 50th Street, New York
City.
Rosco Laboratories, 367 Hudson Avenue, Brook-
lyn, N. Y.
Coloring, Lamp
Refer to Lamp Coloring
Composition Flooring
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, Rochester,
N. Y.
Brenkert Light Projection Company, 7348 Saint
Aubin Avenue, Detroit. Mich.
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 50th Street, New York
City.
The Potter Company, 1950 Sheridan Road,
North Chicago. 111.
Sussfeld. Lorsch & Schimmel, 153 W. 23rd
Street. New York City.
Cooling, Ventilating Systems
Allen Air Turbine Ventilating Co.. 1040 14th
Street. Detroit. Mich.
American Blower Company, 6004 Russell Street,
Detroit, Mich.
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Arctic Nu-Air Corporation, Northwest Termi-
nal, Minneapolis, Minn.
Autovent Fan & Blower Company, 1805 N.
Kostner Avenue, Chicago, IU.
Bayley Manufacturing Company, 732 Greenbush,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Blizzard Fan Sales Company, 1524 Davenport
Street, Omaha, Neb.
Buckeye Blower Company, Columbus, O.
Carrier Engineering Corporation, Paramount
Building, New York City.
G. A. Drieling Company, 1716 N. America
Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
General Refrigeration Company, 120 Shirland
Avenue. Beloit, Wis.
Ilg Electric Ventilating Company, 2850 North
Crawford Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Kooler-Aire Engineering Company, 190-1 Para-
mount Building, New York City.
Lakeside Company, Hermansville, Mich.
National Air Filter Company, 5130 Ravens-
wood Avenue, Chicago, 111.
National Carbonic Machinery Co., Wisconsin
Rapids, Wis.
B. F. Reynolds & Company, 118 W. Ohio Street,
Chicago, IU.
B. F. Sturtevant Company, Hyde Park, Boston.
Mass.
Supreme Heater & Ventilating Corporation,
1915 Pine Street, St Louis. Mo.
Tiltz Air Conditioning Corporation, Ltd.. 480
Lexington Avenue, New York City.
Typhoon Fan Company, 345 W. 39th Street,
New York City.
Wittenmeier Machinery Company, 850 N.
Spaulding Avenue, Chicago, 111.
York Ice Machinery Company, York, Pa.
Controls, Curtain
Refer to Curtain Control Machines
Costumes and Costume Fabrics
Eastman Brothers' Studios, Inc., 36 W. 46th
Street, New York City.
Dazians. Inc., 142 W. 44th Street, New York
City.
S. M. Hexter & Company. 2400 Superior Ave-
nue, East, Cleveland. Ohio.
Lester, Ltd.. 18 W. Lake Street. Chicago, III.
Covers, Program
Refer to Program Covers
Covers, Chairs
Refer to Chair Covers
Curtain Control Machines
Armstrong Studios. Inc., 1717 Cordova Street.
Los Angeles. Calif.
Automatic Devices Company, Samuels Building,
Allentown. Pa.
Bruckner-Mitchell, Inc., 532 W. 22nd Street,
New York City.
J. H. Channon Corporation, 223 W. Erie Street.
Chicago. 111.
Peter Clark. Inc., 544 W. 30th Street. New-
York City.
The Econoquipment Manufacturing Company.
Akron, O.
Perkins Curtain Carrier Company. Waterloo. Ia.
Richards-Wilcox Manufacturing Company. Au-
rora. III.
Tiffin Scenic Studios, Tiffin, O.
Twin City Scenic Company. 2819 Nicollet Ave-
nue. Minneapolis, Minn.
Vallen Electrical Company. Inc.. 225 Bluff
Street. Akron, O.
Weaver Brothers Manufacturing Company, 221
West Grand Avenue, Watts, Calif.
Curtain Tracks
Acme Stage Equipment Company. 191 Lafayette
Street, New York City.
Armstrong Studios. Inc.. 1717 Cordova Street,
Los Angeles. Calif.
Automatic Devices Company. Allentown. Pa.
Bruckner-Mitchell. Inc.. 532 W. 22nd Street,
New York City.
J. H. Channon Corporation. 223 W. Erie Street.
Chicago, III.
J. R. Clancy, 1010 W. Belden Avenue, Syracuse.
N. Y.
Peter Clark. Inc., 544 W. 30th Street. New
York City.
Twin City Scenic Company, 2819 Nicollet Ave-
nue, Minneapolis, Minn.
U. S. Scenic Studios. Inc., Film Exchange
Building, Omaha, Nebr.
Perkins Curtain Carrier Company. Waterloo.
Ia.
Vallen Electrical Company, Inc., 225 Bluff
Street, Akron, O.
Volland Scenic Studios, Inc., 3737 Cass Avenue.
St- Louis, Mo.
Curtains, Fireproof
Wm. Beck & Sons Company. Highland and
Dorchester Avenues, Cincinnati, O.
Bruckner-Mitchell. Inc., 532 W. 22nd Street.
New York City.
J. H. Channon Corporation, 223 W. Erie Street,
Chicago, 111.
J. R. Clancy. Syracuse. N. Y.
Peter Clark, Inc., 544 W. 30th Street, New
York City.
Johns-Manville Corporation. 292 Madison Ave-
nue, New York City.
Klemm Manufacturing Corporation, 1455 W.
Austin Avenue. Chicago, 111.
Lee Lash Studios, 226 Washington Street, Mt.
Vernon, N. Y.
Tiffin Scenic Studios, Tiffin, O.
Twin City Scenic Company. 2819 Nicollet Ave-
nue. Minneapolis. Minn.
Volland Scenic Studios, Inc., 3737 Cass Avenue,
St. Louis, Mo.
I. Weiss & Sons. 508 W. 43rd Street, New
York City.
Cutout Machines
International Register Company. 21 S. Throop
Street. Chicago. 111.
Date Strips
Hennegan Company. 311 Genesee Street, Cincin-
nati. O.
National Screen Service, Inc., 126 W. 46th
Street, New York City; 810 S. Wabash Ave-
nue, Chicago. III. ; 1922 S. Vermont Avenue,
Los Angeles, Calif.
Polly Sign Works, 754 S. Wabash Avenue, Chi-
cago, III.
Radio Mat Slide Company, 167 W. 47th Street.
New York City.
Triangle Poster & Printing Co.. 633 Plymouth
Court. Chicago. 111.
Decorating Products and Service
Architectural Decorating Company, 1600 S. Jef-
ferson Street, Chicago. III.
The Craftex Company, 37-39 Antwerp Street.
Brighton Station. Boston, Mass.
Decorators Supply Company. 2547 Archer Ave-
nue, Chicago. III.
Hockaday. Inc.. 1823 Carroll Avenue. Chicago,
III.
Michelo Angelo Studios. 212 E. Superior Street.
Chicago, III.
Sosman & Landis Company, 416 S. Kedzie Ave-
nue. Chicago. III.
The Voigt Company, 1745 N. 12th Street. Phil-
adelphia. Pa.
H. B. Wiggin's Sons Company. Bloomfield. N. J.
Decorative Pottery
Refer to Pottery. Decorative
Detergents
J. B. Ford Company. Wyandotte, Mich.
Dimmers
Frank Adam Electric Company, St. Louis. Mo.
Cutler-Hammer. Inc.. 12th Street and St. Paul
Avenue. Milwaukee, Wis.
General Electric Company. 1 River Road. Sche-
nectady. N. Y.
Hub Electric Company, 2219 W. Grand Avenue.
Chicago, 111.
Kliegl Brothers. 321 W. 50th Street, New York
City.
Major Equipment Company, 4603 Fullerton
Avenue. Chicago. III.
Reynolds Electric Company. 2650 W. Congress
Street, Chicago, III.
Ward-Leonard Electric Company, 37 South
Street. Mt. Vernon. N. Y.
\\ est inghouse Electric & Manufacturing Com-
pany. East Pittsburgh. Pa.
Wm. Wurdack Electric Manufacturing Com-
pany, 4144 Clayton Avenue, St. Louis. Mo.
Disenfectants, Perfumed
Hewes-Gotham Company. 520 W. 47th Street,
New York. N. Y.
The Huntington Laboratories. Inc.. Hunting-
ton, Ind.
Rochester Germicide Companv. Inc., Rochester,
N. Y.
West Disinfecting Company. 16 Barn Street.
Long Island City. N. Y.
Doors, Fireproof
Refer to Fireproof Doors
Draperies
Refer to Stage Scenery and Draperies
Driers, Hand
Refer to Hand Driers
Drinking Cups, Paper
Lily Cup Company, 120 Broadway. New York
City.
Tulip Cup Corporation. 220 Fifth Avenue. New
York City.
Individual Drinking Cup Company. Inc., Easton.
Pa.
The Vortex Manufacturing Company, 421-431 N.
Western Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Ideal Cup Corporation, 317 N. Wells Street, Chi-
cago, 111.
Drinking Fountains
Batchelder-Wilson Company, 2633 Artesian, Los
Angeles, Cal.
Central Brass Mfg. Company, 2950 E. 55th
Street. Cleveland, O.
Century Brass Works, 962 N. Illinois Street,
Belleville. 111.
The Crane Company, 836 S. Michigan Avenue,
Chicago, 111.
General Electric Company, 1 River Road, Sche-
nectady, N. Y.
Mueller Manufacturing Company, Decatur, 111.
Rundle-Spence Manufacturing Company, 52 Sec-
ond Street, Milwaukee. Wis.
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company, Bes
semer Building. Pittsburgh, Pa.
Voigt Company. 1743 N. 12th Street. Philadel-
phia. Pa.
Earphones
Hearing Devices Corporation, Times Building,
New York City.
Western Electric Company, 250 W. 57th Street,
New York City.
Effect Machines
Belson Manufacturing Company, 800 Sibley
Street. Chicago, 111.
Brenkert Light Projection Company, 7348 St.
Aubin Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
Chicago Cinema Equipment, 1736-1754 N. Spring-
field Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Display Stage Lighting Company. 334 W. 44th
Street. New York City.
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 50th Street, New York
City.
Langdon McCormick Studio. 145 W. 14th Street,
New York City.
Electric Measuring Instruments
General Electric Company, 1 River Road, Sche-
nectady. N. Y.
Heyer Products Company, Inc.. 197 Grove Street,
Bloomfield. N. J.
Weston Electric Instrument Company, Waverly
Park. Newark. N. J.
Electric Fans
Century Electric Company, 1806 Pine Street, St.
Louis. Mo.
General Electric Company, 1 River Road, Sche-
nectady, N. Y.
Robbins & Meyers Company. Springfield. O.
Wagner Electric Corporation, 6400 Plymouth
Avenue, St. Louis. Mo.
Western Electric Company, 195 Broadway. New
York City.
Electric Flowers
Oscar Leistner, 319 W. Randolph Street, Chi-
cago, 111.
Electric Lighting and Power Plants
Refer to Lighting and Power Plants
Electric Motors
Refer to Motors, Electric
Electric Pickups
The Audak Company. 565 Fifth Avenue, New
York City.
Best Manufacturing Company, 1200 Grove Street,
Irvington, N. J.
The Oro-Tone Company, 1010 George Street. Chi-
cago, 111.
Pacent Electric Company, Inc., 91 Seventh Ave-
nue, New York City.
Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Company, 1050
Clinton Street. Rochester, N. Y.
Webster Electric Company, Clark and DeKoveer
Avenue, Racine, Wis.
Electric Signs
Refer to Signs, Electric
Emergency Lighting Plants
Refer to Lighting and Power Plants
Engineering Service
Humphrey Davy & Associates, 4234 Market
Street. Philadelphia. Pa.
The Hirsch Corporation, 209 S. Third Street.
Columbus, O.
Kendell & Dasseville. Inc., 67 W. 44th Street.
New York City.
Exit Light Signs
Belson Manufacturing Company, 800 Sibley
Street, Chicago. 111.
Brenkert Light Projection Company, 7348 St.
Aubin Avenue, Detroit. Mich.
Flexhume Corporation, Buffalo. N. Y.
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E. E. Fulton Company, 1018 S. Wabash Avenue,
Chicago, 111.
Hub Electric Company, 2219 W. Grand Avenue,
Chicago, 111.
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 59th Street, New York
City.
Lu-Mi-Nus Signs, Inc., 2736 Wentworth Avenue,
Chicago, 111.
Major Equipment Company, 4603 Fullerton Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Rawson & Evans Company, 710 W. Washington
Street, Chicago, 111.
Viking Products Corporation, 422 W. 42nd Street,
New York City.
The Voigt Company, 1745 N. 12th Street, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Willey Sign Company, 1559 Church Street, De-
troit, Mich.
Fans, Electric
Refer to Electric Fans
Fans, Ventilating
American Blower Corporation, 6004 Russell
Street, Detroit, Mich.
Arctic Nu-Air Corporation, Northwest Terminal,
Minneapolis, Minn.
Autovent Fan & Blower Company, 185 N. Kost-
ner Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Bayley Blower Company, 732 Greenbush, Mil-
waukee, Wis.
A. Hun Berry Fan Company, 28 Binford Street,
Boston, Mass.
Blizzard Fan Sales Company, 1514 Davenport
Street, Omaha, Neb.
Buckeye Blower Company, Columbus, O.
Champion Blower & Forge Company, Lancaster,
Pa.
Fidelity Electric Company, Lancaster, Pa.
Kooler-Aire Engineering Company, 1904 Para-
mount Building, New York City. _
Lakeside Company, Hermansville, Mich.
The New York Blower Company, 3155 Shields
Avenue, Chicago. 111.
Supreme Heater & Ventilating Corporation, 1915
Pine Street, St. Louis, Mo.
Typhoon Fan Company, 345 W. 39th Street, New
York City.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Com-
pany, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
Film Cabinets
American Film-Safe Corporation, 1800 Washing-
ton Boulevard, Baltimore, Md.
Atlas Metal Works. 2601 Alamo Street. Dallas,
Tex.
Belson Manufacturing Company, 800 Sibley
Street, Chicago. 111.
Duplex Motion Picture Industries. 74 Sherman
Avenue, Long Island City. N. Y.
E. E. Fulton Company, 1018 S. Wabash Avenue,
Chicago, 111.
Neumade Products Corporation, 249 W. 47th
Street, New York City.
Film Cabinet Stands
Belson Manufacturing Company, 800 Sibley
Street. Chicago, 111.
E. E. Fulton Company, 1018 S. Wabash Avenue,
Chicago, 111.
Film Cement
Bell & Howell Company, 1801 Larchmont Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Erker Brothers Optical Company, 608 Olive
Street, St. Louis, Mo.
E. B. GrifTen. Oshkosh, Wis.
Hewes-Gotham Company, 520 W. 47th Street,
New York City.
Monarch Theatre Supply Company, 154 E. Cal-
houn Avenue, Memphis. Tenn.
Neumade Products Corporation, 442 W. 42nd
Street, New York City.
Rosco Laboratories, 367 Hudson Avenue, Brook-
lyn, N. Y.
The Theatre Sound Equipment Company, Hope.
Ark.
Film Cleaning Machines
Consolidated Film Industries. 729 Seventh Ave.,
nue, New York City.
Duplex Motion Picture Industries. 74 Sherman
Avenue, Long Island City, N. Y.
Dworsky Film Machine Corporation. New York
City.
Foster & Bartlett, 45 W. 45th Street. New York
City.
Neumade Products Corporation, 249 W. 47th
Street, New York City.
Rex Film Renovator Mfg. Company, 73 E. Nagh-
ten Street, Columbus, O.
Film Developing and Printing
Bell and Howell Company. 1801 Larchmont
Avenue, Chicago. III.
Craft Film Laboratories, Inc.. 729 Seventh Ave-
nue. New York City.
Empire laboratories. Inc., 723 Seventh Avenue,
. New York City.
Film Inspection Machines
Film Inspection Machine Company, 630 Ninth
Avenue, New York City.
Film, Raw
Ansco-Agfa Film Corporation, Binghamton,
N. Y.
Du Pont-Pathe Film Mfg. Corporation. 35 W.
45th Street. New York City.
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y.
Film Reels
Refer to Reels
Fjlm Rewinders
Atlas Metal Works, 2601 Alamo Street, Dallas,
Tex.
Automatic Film Rewinder, Harrisburg, Pa.
Bass Camera Company, 179 W. Madison Street,
Chicago, 111.
Bell & Howell Company, 1827 Larchmont Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Chicago Cinema Equipment Company, 1736 N.
Springfield Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Duplex Motion Picture Industries, 74 Sherman
Avenue, Long Island City, N. Y.
Dworsky Film Machine Corporation, Film Cen-
ter Building, New York City.
Erker Brothers Optical Company. 608 Olive
Street, St. Louis, Mo.
Film Inspection Machine Company, Inc., 33 W.
60th Street, New York City.
Foster & Bartlett, 45 W. 45th Street, New
York City.
E. E. Fulton Company, 1018 S. Wabash Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
GoldE Manufacturing Company, 2013 Le Moyne
Street, Chicago, 111.
Neumade Products Corporation, 249 W. 47th
Street. New York City.
W. G. Preddey, 187 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Calif.
Film Splicing Machines
Bell & Howell Company, 1801 Larchmont Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Duplex Motion Picture Industries, 74 Sherman
Avenue, Long Island City, N. Y.
Dworsky Film Machine Corporation, Film Cen-
ter Building, New York City.
E. E. Fulton Company, 1018 S. Wabash Avenue,
Chicago, III.
Neumade Products Corporation, 249 W. 47th
Street, New York City.
Film Processing Machines
Consolidated Film Industries, 729 Seventh Ave-
nue, New York City.
Duplex Motion Picture Industries, 74 Sherman
Avenue, Long Island City, N. Y.
Dworsky Film Machine Corporation, Film Cen-
ter Building, New York City.
Erker Brothers Optical Company, 608 Olive
Street, St. Louis, Mo.
Neumade Products Corporation, 249 W. 47th
Street, New York City.
Rex Film Renovator Mfg. Company, 73 E.
Naghten Street, Columbus, O.
Fire Doors
Refer to Fireproof Doors
Fire Extinguishers
American-LaFrance and Foamite Corporation,
Elmira, N. Y.
Fyr-Fyter Company. 221 Crane, Dayton, O.
Harker Manufacturing Company, 121 W. Third
Street. Cincinnati, O.
International Fire Equipment Corporation, W.
New Brighton, N. Y.
Pyrene Manufacturing Company, 560 Belmont
Ave.
Fire Prevention for Projectors
Fyre-Gard Manufacturers Company. Aurora. III.
H and A Company, 1507 Cass Avenue, Detroit.
Mich.
Rosco Laboratories. 867 Hudson Avenue, Brook-
lyn. N. Y.
Sentry Safety Control Corporation. 13th and
Cherry Street. Philadelphia. Pa.
Fireproof Curtains
Refer to Curtains, Fireproof
Fireproof Doors
Covington Metal Products, 17 W. Eighth Street,
Covington, Ky.
The Moeschl-Eilwards Corrugating Company,
Inc.. 411 E. Fifth Street, Cincinnati, O.
Variety Fire Door Company, 2958 Carroll Ave-
nue, Chicago. III.
Fireproof Shutters
Belson Manufacturing Company, 800 Sibley
Street, Chicago. 111.
II. B. Cunningham. 964 University Avenue, St.
Paul. Minn.
W. G. Preddey, 187 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Calif.
Best Devices Company, Film Building, Cleve-
land, O.
Fireproof Units
E. E. Fulton Company, 1018 S. Wabash Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Pireproofing Materials
Canvas Proofing & Striping Company, 3522-
3536 Potomac Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Hewes-Gotham Company, 520 W. 47th Street,
New York, N. Y.
Johns-Manville Corporation, 292 Madison Ave-
nue, New York City.
Macoustic Engineering Company, 782 Union
Trust Building, Cleveland, O.
Universal Gypsum Company, 111 W. Washing-
ton Street, Chicago, 111.
U. S. Gypsum Company, 300 W. Adams Street,
Chicago, 111.
Fixtures, Lighting
Refer to Lighting Fixtures
Fixtures, Plumbing
Refer to Plumbing Fixtures
Flashers, Sign
Eagle Sign Company, 575 Albany Street, Bos-
ton, Mass.
Eagle Signal Sales Corporation, Moline, 111.
Reynolds Electric Company, 2650 W. Congress
Street, Chicago, 111.
Time-O-Stat Controls Company, Elkhart, Ind.
Flood Lights
Frank Adam Electric Company, 3650 Windsor
Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.
Belson Manufacturing Company, 800 Sibley
Street, Chicago, 111.
Chicago Cinema Equipment Company, 1736-
1754 N. Springfield Avenue. Chicago, 111.
Curtis Lighting, Inc., 1119 W. Jackson Boule-
vard, Chicago, 111.
General Electric Company, 1 River Road, Sche-
nectady, N. Y.
Hub Electric Company, 2219 W. Grand Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 50th Street, New York
City.
Major Equipment Company, 4603 Fullerton
Avenue, Chicago, III.
Westinghouse Lamp Company, 150 Broadway,
New York City.
Wm. Wurdack Electric Manufacturing Com-
pany, 4444 Clayton Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.
Floor Coverings
Refer to Carpets and Mats and Runners
Flower Baskets, Electric
Refer to Electric Flowers
Flowers, Artificial
Refer to Artificial Flowers
Footlights
Frank Alam Electric Company, 3650 Windsor
Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.
Belson Manufacturing Company, 800 Sibley
Street, Chicago, 111.
Buckeye Distributing Company, 7016 Euclid
Avenue, Cleveland, O.
Chicago Cinema Equipment Company. 1736-1754
N. Springfield Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Chicago Switchboard Manufacturing Company,
426 S. Clinton Street. Chicago, 111.
Hub Electric Company, 2219 W. Grand Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 50th Street. New York
City.
Major Equipment Company, 4603 Fullerton Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Wheeler Reflector Company, 275 Congress
Street, Boston, Mass.
Wm. Wurdack Electric Manufacturing Com-
pany, 4444 Clayton Avenue, St. Louis. Mo.
Fountains, Drinking
Refer to Drin\ing Fountains
Fountains, Ornamental
Refer to Ornamental Fountains
Frames— Poster, Lobby
Joseph S. Arvid Company, Inc., 1440 Broadway,
New York City.
Libman-Spanjer Corporation, 1600 Broadway,
New York City.
Lobby Display Frame Corporation, 723 Seventh
Avenue, New York City.
Newman Manufacturing Company, Norwood Sta-
tion, Cincinnati, O.
Stanley Frame Company, 727 Seventh Avenue.
New York City.
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Furnaces, Coal and Oil Burning
Refer to Heating Systems
Furniture, Theatre
The Ficks Reed Company, 424 Findlay Street,
Cincinnati, O.
S. Karpen & Brothers, 636 W. 22nd Street. Chi-
cago, 111.
Mandel Brothers, Inc., State and Madison
Streets, Chicago, 111.
Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, 111.
W. P. Nelson Company, 614 S. Michigan Ave-
nue, Chicago. 111.
Peabody Theatre Furniture Company, North
Manchester, Ind.
Albert Pick-Barth Company. Inc., 1200 \V. 33th
Street, Chicago, 111., and 34 Cooper Square.
New York City.
Fuses, Electric
The Bryant Electric Company, Bridgeport, Conn.
Chicago-Jefferson Fuse & Electric Company. 1500
S. Laflin Street. Chicago, III.
Gazing Balls, Lobby
Architectural Decorating Company, 1600 S. Jef-
ferson Street. Chicago, III.
Gelatine Sheets
Central Imi>ort Company, 1656 S. Central Park
Avenue. Chicago. 111.
Roseo Laboratories, 367 Hudson Avenue, Brook-
lyn, N. Y.
Transolene Company, Barrington, III.
Golf (Miniature) Courses and Equipment
Burlington Blanket Company. Burlington. Wis.
Miniature Golf Courses of America, Inc.. 41 E.
42nd Street, New York City.
Tom Thumb Division, National Pipe Products.
Rochester, Pa.
National Rug Mills. Inc., 2494 S. 5th Street.
Milwaukee. Wis.
Frank Netschert, Inc., 61 Barclay Street. New
York City.
Western Felt Works, 4029-51 Ogden Avenue.
Chicago, 111.
Whitney Goit & Company, 1922 Baltimore Ave-
nue, Kansas City, Mo.
Generators, Motors
Automatic Devices Company. Allentown, Pa.
Century Electric Company, 1S06 Pine Street, St.
Louis, Mo.
Continental Electric Company, 323 Ferry Street,
Newark, N. J.
Electric Specialty Company, 211 South Street.
Stamford, Conn.
General Electric Company, 1 River Road, Sche-
nectady. N. "ST.*
Hertner Electric Company, 12690 Elmwood Ave-
nue, Cleveland, O.
Hobart Brothers Company. Troy. Ohio.
Ideal Electric & Manufacturing Company, Mans-
field, O.
Imperial Electrical Company, Inc., Ira Avenue,
Akron, O.
Northwestern Electric Company, 409 S. Hoyne
Street. Chicago, 111.
Robbin.s & Meyers Company, Springfield. O.
Roth Brothers, 1400 W. Adams Street, Chicago.
111.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Com-
pany, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
Grilles
Newman Manufacturing Company, Norwood Sta-
tion, Cincinnati, O.
The Stewart Iron Works Company, Inc., 504
Stewart Block, Cincinnati, O.
The Voigt Company, 1745 N. 12th Street. Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Zero Valve & Brass Corporation, 634 Fourth
Street. Buffalo, N. Y.
Gummed Labels
Tablet & Ticket Company, 1021 W. Adams
Street. Chicago. 111.
Hand Blowers
Clements Mfg. Company. 690 Fulton Street, Chi-
cago, III.
Hand Driers
Airdry Con>oration, Groton, N. Y.
Milwaukee Engineering & Manufacturing Com-
pany, 261 S. Water Street, Milwaukee. Wis.
Sani Products Company, Merchandise Mart. Chi-
cago, 111.
Hardware, Stage
Acme Stage Equipment Company, 191 Lafayette
Street. New York City.
Armstrong Studios. Inc., 1717 Cordova Street.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Bruckner-Mitchell. Inc., 532-540 W. 22nd Street.
New York City.
J. H. Channon Corporation. 223 W. Erie Street,
Chicago, 111.
J. R. Clancy, 1010 W. Belden Avenue, Syracuse,
N. Y.
Great Western Stage Equipment Company, 817
Holmes Street. Kansas City, Mo.
Klemm Manufacturing Corporation, 1449-55 W.
Austin Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Lee Lash Studios, 1818 Amsterdam Avenue, New
York City.
Tiffin Scenic Studios. Tiffin, O.
Volland Scenic Studios, 3737 Cass Avenue, St.
Louis, Mo.
Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company, Stam-
ford, Conn.
Hearing Devices
Refer to Earphones
Heaters, Organ
Refer to Organ Heaters
Heaters, Ticket Booth
Refer to Ticket Booth Heaters
Heating Systems
American Foundry & Furnace Company, 915 E.
Washington Street, Bloomington. 111.
Grinnell Company, Providence, R. I.
P. H. McGirl Foundry & Furnace Company,
Bloomington. 111.
L. J. Mueller Furnace Company, 197 Reed
Street, Milwaukee, Wis.
B. F. Reynolds Company, 118 W. Ohio Street,
Chicago, 111.
Supreme Heater & Ventilating Company, 1915
Pine Street, St. Louis, Mo.
Heating Systems, Oil
Caloroil Burner Corporation, 225 W. 34th Street,
New York City. '
Hardinge Brothers, Inc., 4147 Ravenswood Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Rayfield Manufacturing Company. 2559 W. 21st
Street. Chicago. 111.
B. F. Reynolds Company. 118 W. Ohio Street,
Chicago. III.
Supreme Heater & Ventilating Con>oration, 1915
Pine Street, St. Louis, Mo.
C. U. Williams & Sons, Bloomington, 111.
High Intensity Lamps
Refer to Lamps, High Intensity
Holders, Ticket
Refer to Tic\et Holders
Hoffman n-Soons
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Hoods, Color
Refer to Color Hoods
Horn Lifts and Horn Towers
Bruckner-Mitchell, Inc., 532-540 W. 22nd Street,
New York City.
Gates Radio & Supply Company. Quincy, 111.
Littleford Brothers, 501 E. Pearl Street, Cin-
cinnati, O.
United Radio Manufacturing Company, 191
Greenwich Street, New York City.
Vallen Electrical Company, Inc., 225 Bluff
Street, Akron, O.
Incandescent Lamps
Refer to Lamps, Incandescent Projection
Insurance
George J. Diener, 175 W. Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, 111.
Jules Juillard & Company, 175 W. Jackson
Boulevard, Chicago, 111.
Inter-Communicating Telephones
Automatic Electric Company, Inc., 1027 W. Van
Buren Street, Chicago, 111.
S. H. Couch, Inc., Norfolk Downs, Quincy. Mass.
Select-O-Phone Company, Providence, R. I.
Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Company, Roches-
ter, N. Y.
Interior Decorations
Armstrong Studios, Inc.. 1717 Cordova Street,
Los Angeles, Calif.
Continental Studios, 100 E. Ohio Street, Chicago,
111.
Eastman Brothers Studios, Inc., 36 W. 46th
Street, New York City.
The Hirsch Corporation, 209 S. Third Street,
Columbus. O.
Interstate Decorating Company, 1458 S. Wabash
Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Mandel Brothers, Inc., State and Madison
Streets, Chicago, 111.
Manhattan Studios, 134th Street and Park Ave-
nue, New York City.
Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, 111.
Matney Studios, 307 W. 47th Street, New York
City.
Michael Angelo Studios, 212 E. Superior Street,
Chicago, 111.
Novelty Scenic Studios, 340 W. 41st Street, New
York City.
J. A. Torstenson & Company, 860 Fletcher
Street. Chicago. 111.
I. Weiss & Sons, 508 W. 43rd Street, New York
City,
Iron and Bronze Work, Ornamental
Refer to Gummed Labels
Labels, Film
Refer to Gummed Labels
Labels, Gummed
Refer to Gummed Labels
Ladders, Safety
Dayton Safety Ladder Company. 121 W. Third
Street, Cincinnati, O.
Durabilt Ladder Corporation, 419 Fourth Ave-
nue, New York, N. Y.
The Patent Scaffolding Company. 1500 Dayton
Street, Chicago, 111.
Lamp Coloring
Hewes-Gotham Company, 520 W. 47th Street,
New York City.
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 50th Street. New York
City.
Rosco Laboratories, 367 Hudson Avenue, Brook-
lyn, N. Y.
Lamps, Decorative
Art Lamp Manufacturing Company, 1433 S.
Wabash Avenue. Chicago, 111.
Honkel & Best, 431 N. Michigan Avenue, Chi-
cago, 111.
Albert Pick-Barth Company. Inc.. 1200 W. 35th
Street, Chicago. 111., and 34 Cooper Square,
New York City.
Rialto Important Corporation, 135 W. 41th
Street, New York City.
Lamps, High Intensity
Ashcraft Automatic Arc Company, 4214 Santa
Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, Calif.
Brcnkert Light Projection Company, 7348 St.
Aubin Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
Hall & Connolly, Inc., 24 Van Dam Street.
New York City.
Lamps, Incandescent, Projection
Edison I^amp Works, General Electric Company.
Harrison. N. J.
National Lamp Works, Nela Park, Cleveland. O.
Westinghouse Lamp Company, 150 Broadway,
New York City.
Lamps, Mazda
Edison Lamp Works, General Electric Com-
pany, Harrison, N. J.
General Electric Company, 1 River Road, Sche-
nectady, N. Y.
National Lamp Works, Nela Park, Cleveland, O.
Westinghouse Lamp Company, 150 Broadway,
New York City.
Lamps, Reflector Arc
Brenkert Light Projection Company, 7348 St.
Aubin Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
Hall & Connolly, Inc., 24 Van Dam Street.
New York City.
J. H. Hallberg, 29 W. 57th Street, New York
City.
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 50th Street. New York
City.
The J. E. McAuley Manufacturing Company,
554 W. Adams Street. Chicago, 111.
Morelite Company, Inc., 600 W. 57th Street.
New York City.
W. G. Preddey, 187 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Calif.
Strong Electric Corporation, 2501 LaGrange
Street, Toledo, O.
Lantern Slides
Refer to Slides
Lenses
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, Rochester,
N. Y.
G. P. Goerz American Optical Company. 317
E. 34th Street, New York City.
Ilex Optical Mfg. Company, 726 Portland Ave-
nue, Rochester, N. Y.
Jones & Hewitt Company. 2-4 Gordon Street,
Boston, 30, Mass.
Kollmorgen Optical Corporation, 35 Steuben
Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Projection Optics Company, Inc., 203 State
Street, Rochester. N. Y.
Seebold Invisible Camera Corporation. 739 Clin-
ton Avenue, South, Rochester, N. Y.
Semon Bache & Company, 636 Greenwich Street.
New York City.
Spencer Lens Company, 442 Niagara Street,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Sussfield. Lorsch & Schimmel, 153 W. 53rd
Street. New York City.
Wollensak Optical Company, 872 Hudson Ave-
nue, Rochester, N. Y.
Lifts and Elevators for Orchestra, Organ,
Stage and Horns
Acme Stage Equipment Company, 191 Lafayette
Street, New York City.
Bruckner-Mitchell, Inc., 532-540 W. 22nd Street.
New York City.
Peter Clark, Inc., 544 W. 30th Street. New
York City.
Gallagher Orchestra Equipment Company. 616
Elm Street, Chicago, 111.
Lighting Control Equipment
Frank Adam Electric Company, 3650 Windsor
Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.
Chicago Switchboard Manufacturing Company.
426 S. Clinton Street, Chicago, 111.
Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Milwaukee. Wis.
Hub Electric Company, 2225 W. Grand Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Major Equipment Company, 4603 Fullerton Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Ward Leonard Electric Company, 37 South
Street, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Com-
pany, East Pittsburgh. Pa.
Wm. Wurdack Electric Mfg. Co., 4444 Clayton
Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.
Lighting Fixtures and Decorative Lighting
Barker Brothers. Seventh Street. Flower and
Figueroa, Los Angeles. Calif.
Curtis Lighting Company, Inc., 1119 W. Jack-
son Boulevard, Chicago, 111.
I. P. Frink, Inc., 239 Tenth Avenue. New
York City.
The Edwin F. Guth Company. 2615 Washington
Street, St. Louis. Mo.
Henkel & Best, 431 N. Michigan Avenue, Chi-
cago, III.
Kliegl Brothers. 321 W. 50th Street, New York
City.
Victor S. Pearlman Company. 535 S. Wabash
Avenue, Chicago, III.
Rialto Import Corporation. 135 W. 44th Street,
New York City.
Shapiro & Arnson, 20 Warren Street. New York
City.
The Voigt Company, 1743 N. 12th Street. Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Lighting, Flood
Refer to Flood Lights
Lighting, Stage, Equipment
Refer to Stage Lighting Equipment
Lighting and Power Plants
The Electric Storage Battery Company, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Fairbanks, Morse & Company, 900 S. Wabash
Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Kohler Company, Kohler, Wis.
Roth Brothers, 1400 W. Adams Street, Chicago,
111.
Universal Motor Company, Oshkosh, Wis.
Weir-Kilby Corporation, Station H, Cincinnati,
O.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Com-
pany, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
Lights, Aisle
Refer to Aisle Lights
Lights, Exit
Refer to Exit Light Signs
Lights, Spot
Frank Adam Electric Company, 3650 Windsor
Avenue. St. Louis, Mo.
Belson Manufacturing Company, 800 Sibley
Street, Chicago, 111.
Best Devices Company, Film Building, Cleve-
land, O.
Brenkert Light Projector Company, 7348 St.
Aubin Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
Chicago Cinema Equipment Company, 1736-1754
N. Springfield Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Chicago Switchboard Manufacturing Company,
426 S. Clinton Street, Chicago, 111.
Hall & Connolly, Inc., 24 Van Dam Street,
New York City.
Hub Electric Company, 2225 W. Grand Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 50th Street, New York
City.
Major Equipment Company. 4063 Fullerton Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
W. G. Preddey. 187 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Calif.
Reflector & Illuminating Company, 1417 W.
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 111.
Westinghouse Lamp Company, 150 Broadway,
New York City.
Wm. Wurdack Electric Manufacturing Com-
pany, 4444 Clayton Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.
Liquid Soap
Refer to Sanitary Specialties
Lithographers
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 731 Plymouth
Court, Chicago, 111.
Morgan Lithographing Company, E. 17th and
Payne Avenue, Cleveland, O.
Niagara Lithograph Company, 1526-30 Palm-
olive Building. Chicago, III.
The U. S. Printing & Lithograph Company,
407 First National Bank Building. Cincinnati,
O.
Lobby Gazing Balls
Refer to Gazing Balls
Lobby Decorations
Refer to Interior Decorations
Lobby Display
Adswin Corporation, 727 Seventh Avenue. New
York City.
Davis Bulletin Company, Lock Street, Buffalo,
N. Y.
Joseph S. Arvid Company. Inc., 1440 Broadway,
New York City.
Lobby Display Frames
The Arkay Sign Company. Inc., 421 Film Ex-
change Building. Cleveland, O.
Joseph S. Arvid Company, Inc., 1440 Broadway,
New York City.
Libman-Spanjer Corporation, 1600 Broadway,
New York City.
Lobby Furniture
Refer to Furniture, Theatre
Locks, Panic Bolts
Refer to Bolts, Panic
Lobby Merchandising
Refer to Vending Machines and Scales
Luminous Paints
A. Strobl. 101 W. 41st Street. New York City.
Luminous Signs
Refer to Signs, Directional
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Machines, Pop Corn
Refer to Pop Corn Machines
Machines, Ticket
Ansell-Simplex Ticket Company, 2844 W. Chi-
cago Avenue. Chicago, 111.
Arcus Ticket Company, 348 N. Ashland Ave-
nue. Chicago, 111.
Automatic Simplex Register Corporation. 1018
S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago. HL
General Register Corporation. Paramount
Building, New York City.
Globe Ticket Company. 112 N. 12th Street.
Philadelphia, Pa.
O. B. McClintock Company. 139 Lyndale Ave-
nue, North, Minneapolis. Minn.
Mid-West Ticket & Supply Company. 910 S.
Michigan Avenue. Chicago, DL
National Electric Ticket Register Company. 1806
Kienlen Avenue. St. Louis. Mo.
Simplex Ticket Register, Paramount Building.
New York, N. Y.
U. S. Ticket Company. Fort Smith. Ark.
World Ticket & Supply Company. 1600 Broad-
way. New York City.
Marble, Natural
Appalachian Marble Company. Knoxville. Tenn.
Carthage Marble Company. Carthage. Mo.
Chicago Panelstone Company, 2456 W. George
Street, Chicago, 111.
The Georgia Marble Company. Tate. Ga.
Vermont Marble Company. 101 Park Avenue.
New York City.
Marquees
Refer to Canopies, Theatre
Mats, Runners
Boston Rubber Mat Company, 332 A Street,
Boston. Mass.
The Hodes-Zink Manufacturing Company. Fre-
mont, O.
Rub-Tex Products Corporation. Indianapolis.
Ind.
Wear Proof Mat Company. 2156 Fulton Street,
Chicago, 111.
Mazda Lamps
Refer to Lamps, Mazda
Mazda Regulators
The Garver Electric Company. Union City. Ind.
Miniature Golf Courses
Refer to Golf (Miniature) Courses and
Equipment
Motion Picture Cable
Refer to Cable, Motion Picture
Motor Generators
Refer to Generators, Motor
Motors, Electric
Baldor Electric Company. 4351-55 Duncan
Street. St, Louis Mo.
General Electric Company. 1 River Road.
Schenectady. N. Y.
Continental Electric Company, 325 Ferry Street.
Newark. N. J.
The Ideal Electric & Manufacturing Company.
Mansfield. O.
Fidelity Electric Company. Lancaster. Pa.
Hobart Brothers Company, 113 W. Water
Street, Troy. O.
Master Electric Company. Dayton. O.
Robbins & Meyers Company, Springfield, O.
Motors, Phonograph
Refer to Phonograph Motors
Motors, Projector
Bodine Electric Company, 2254 W. Ohio Street,
Chicago. III.
Fidelity Electric Company. 331 N. Arch Street,
Lancaster, Pa.
Music and Sound Reproducing Devices
Amplion Radio Corporation. 133 W. 21st Street.
New York City.
Audio Products Corporation, 138 West Avenue.
Long Island City. N. Y.
Bestone. Incorporated. 1514 Davenport Street,
Omaha. Neb.
Buffalo Radio Engineering Laboratories, 241 S.
Elm wood Avenue. Buffalo. N. Y.
R. S. Burt Scientific Laboratories. 900-04 E.
California Street, Pasadena, Calif.
Duofone, Inc., 2589 E. Jefferson Street, Detroit,
Mich.
Elec-Tro-Fone Corporation, 2490 University
Avenue. St. Paul. Minn.
Electrical Research Products, Inc., 250 W. 57th
Street, New York City.
Enterprise Optical Mfg. Company, 564 W. Ran-
dolph Street, Oiicago. III.
Foto-Voice Company, 817-819 Granby Street.
Norfolk. Va.
Gates Radio & Supply Company. Quincy. 111.
General Talking Pictures Corporation, 218 W.
42nd Street, New York City.
Good-All Electric Manufacturing Company.
Ogallala, Neb.
The D. R Kautz Company. 2115 Madison Ave-
nue. Norwood. O.
Mellaphone Corporation. Rochester Theatre
Building, Rochester, N. Y.
National Motion-Ad Company. 2448 Prairie Ave-
nue. Chicago, 111.
Pacent Reproducer Corporation. 250 W. 39th
Street. New York City.
Peerless Sound Equipment Company. 627 Iron
Avenue. Denver, O.
The Phototone Equipment Corporation of
America, 309 N. Illinois Street, Indianapolis,
Ind.
Pictur-Fone Corporation. 404-10 N. Main Street,
Lima, O.
Powers-Cinephone Equipment Corporation. 723
Seventh Avenue. New York City.
RCA Photophone, Inc., 411 Fifth Avenue. New
York City.
The Rapid Film Company, 1706 Central Park-
way. Cincinnati, O.
Simplimus. Inc. 67 Church Street. Boston.
Mass.
Sono Equipment Corporation. 1200 Shelby
Street. Indianapolis. Ind.
Universal Sound System. Inc. 13th and Cherry
Streets. Philadelphia, Pa.
Vitadisc Company. 92 Mortimer Street. Roch-
ester. N. Y.
Vitaglo Corporation, 4942 Sheridan Road. Chi-
cago, HI.
Weber Machine Corporation, 59 Rutter Street.
Rochester. N. Y.
Western Electric Company. 250 W. 57th Street.
New York City.
Music Publishers
D. Applcton & Company. 35 West 32nd Street,
New York City.
Irving Berlin. Inc., 54 W. Randolph Street.
Chicago. III.
DeSylva. Brown & Henderson. Inc.. 745 Seventh
Avenue. New York City.
Donaldson. Douglas & Gumble. Inc. 1595 Broad-
way, New York City.
Oliver Ditson Company. 179 Tremont Street,
Boston. Mass.
Leo Feist, Inc.. 167 N. Clark Street. Chicago,
HI.
Tax Free Music Publishing Company, 1674
Broadway, New York City.
Remick Music Corporation. 219 W. 46th Street,
New York City.
Villa Moret. Inc., 935 Market Street, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
M. Witmark & Sons. 1659 Broadway, New York
City.
Music Stands
Carlson Cabinet Company, 616 W. Elm Street,
Chicago. 111.
J.'fr. Channon Corporation, 223 W. Erie Street,
Chicago. 111.
Chicago Cinema Equipment Company, 1736-1754
N. Springfield Avenue. Chicago. 111.
Gallagher Orchestra Equipment Company, 616
W. Elm Street, Chicago. 111.
Kliegl Brothers. 321 W. 50th Street, New York
City.
The Liberty Music Stand Company, 1960 E.
116th Street, Cleveland, 0.
Needles, Phonograph
Brilliantone Steel Needle Company of America.
371 Seventh Avenue. New York City.
General Phonograph Company, 25 W. 45th
Street. New York City.
The Lowell Needle Company. Lowell. Mass.
Wall-Kane Needle Company. Inc., 3922 14th
Avenue, Brooklyn. N. Y.
Novelties, Advertising
Refer to Advertising Novelties
Oil Burners
Refer to Heating Systems, Oil
Orchestra Lifts
Refer to Lifts and Elevators for Orchestra,
Organ and Stage
Organs
Maxcy-Barton Organ Company. 314 Mailers
Building, Chicago. III.
Geo. Kilgen & Sons. Inc.. 4016 N. Union Boule-
vard. St. Louis. Mo.
W. W. Kimball Company. 308 S. Wabash Ave-
nue. Chicago. III.
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The Link Organ Company, Binghamton, N. Y.
Marr & Colton Company. Warsaw, N. Y.
Page Organ Company, 519 N. Jackson Street,
Lima, O.
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company. 121 E. Fourth
Street, Cincinnati, O.
Organ Blowers
Kinetic Engineering Company, Lansdowne, Pa.
Spencer Turbine Company, Hartford, Conn.
Zephyr Electric Organ Blower Company, Orr-
villc, O.
Organ Chimes
J. C. Deagan, Inc., 1770 Berteau Avenue, Chi-
cago, 111.
The Kohler-Liebich Company. Inc., 3549-53
Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Organ Heaters
Automatic Electric Heater Company, 1706 Race
Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Kausalite Manufacturing Company, 8129 Rhodes
Avenue, Chicago, 111.
The Prometheus Electric Corporation, 356 W.
13th Street, New York City.
Time-O-Stat Controls Company, Elkhart, Ind.
Organ Lifts
Refer to Lifts and Elevators for Orchestra,
Organ and Stage
Organ Rolls
Refer to Music Rolls
Organ Slides
Refer to Slides
Ornamental Fountains
Barker Brothers. Seventh Street, Flower and
Figueroa, Los Angeles, Calif.
Batchelder-Wilson Company, 2633 Artesian, Los
Angeles, Calif.
The Crane Company, 836 S. Michigan Avenue,
Chicago, 111. „ „ ,
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 50th Street, New York
RuncUe-Spence Manufacturing Company, 52
Second Street, Milwaukee, Wis.
The Halsey W. Taylor Company, Warren, O.
The Voigt Company, 1743 N. 12th Street, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Ornamental Bronze and Iron Work
Refer to Bronze and Iron Wor\
Paint, Plastic
Refer to Plastic Paint
Paint, Screen
Da-Lite Screen Company, 2715 N. Crawford
Avenue, Chicago, III.
Hewes-Gotham Company, 520 W. 47th Street.
New York City.
Walker-American Corporation, 800 Beaumont
Street, St. Louis, Mo.
Panel Boards
Frank Adam Electric Company, 3650 Windsor
Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.
Belson Manufacturing Company, 800 Sibley
Street, Chicago, 111.
Bull Dog Electric Products Company, 7610
Joseph Campeau Street, Detroit, Mich.
The Cleveland Switchboard Company, 2925 E.
79th Street, Cleveland, O.
General Electric Company, 1 River Road, Sche-
nectady, N. Y.
Hoffmann-Soons. 387 First Avenue, 92-96 Gold
Street, New York City.
Hub Electric Company, 2225 W. Grand Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Major Equipment Company, 4603 Fullerton Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
The Trumbull Electric Manufacturing Company,
Plainville, Conn.
Westinghousc Electric & Manufacturing Com-
pany, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
Paper Drinking Cups
Refer to Drin\ing Cups, Paper
Paper Towels
Refer to Towels, Paper
Paste, Poster and Labelling
Hewes-Gotham Company, 520 W. 47th Street,
New York City.
Arthur S. Hoyt Company, 90 Broadway, New
York City.
Peanut Roasters and Popcorn Machines
Refer to Popcorn Machines
Perfumed Disinfectants
Refer to Disinfectants, Perfumed
Perfumes and Perfumers
The Huntington Laboratories, Inc., Huntington,
Ind.
West Coast Perfume Company, Ltd., 6331 Holly-
wood Blvd., Hollywood, Calif.
Phonograph Motors
Bodine Electric Company, 2254 W. Ohio Street,
Chicago, 111.
J. A. Fischer Company, Inc., 393 Seventh Ave-
nue, New York City.
General Electric Company, 1 River Road, Sche-
nectady, N. Y.
The Imperial Electric Company, Akron, O.
Phonograph Turntables
Bodine Electric Company, 2254 W. Ohio Street,
Chicago, 111.
Farrand Manufacturing Company, Inc., Metro-
politan Building, Long Island City, N. Y.
Photoelectric Cells
G-M Laboratories, Inc., 1731-35 Belmont Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Marvin Radio Tube Corporation, 126 Liberty
Street. Chicago, 111.
QRS DeVry Corporation, 333 N. Michigan Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Sylvania Products Company, Emporium, Pa.
Western Electric Company, 250 West 57th
Street, New York City.
Arcturus Radio Company, 255 Sherman Avenue,
Newark, N. J.
Photoframes
Carried by all supply dealers
Pianos
The Baldwin Piano Company, 142 W. Fourth
Street, Cincinnati, O.
W. W. Kimball Company, 308 S. Wabash Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
The Link Company, Inc., Binghamton, N. Y.
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, 121 E. Fourth
Street, Cincinnati, O.
Piano Trucks
The J. H. Channon Corporation, 222 W. Erie
Street, Chicago, 111.
Picture Sets
Novelty Scenic Studios, 340 W. 41st Street, New
York City.
Tiffin Scenic Studios, Tiffin, O.
Volland Scenic Studios, 3737 Cass Street. St.
Louis, Mo.
Pipe Organs
Refer to Organs
Plastic Paint
Architectural Decorating Company, 1600 S.
Jefferson Street, Chicago, 111.
The Craftex Company, 37-39 Antwerp Street,
Brighton Station, Boston, Mass.
Hockaday, Inc., 1823 Carroll Avenue, Chicago,
111.
H. B. Wiggin's Sons Company, Bloomfield, N. J.
Plumbing Fixtures
The Crane Company, 836 S. Michigan Avenue.
Chicago, 111.
Kohler Company, Kohler, Wis.
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company,
Bessemer Building, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pop Corn Machines
Bureh Sales Company, 1432 Wyandotte Street,
Kansas City, Mo.
C. Cretors & Company, 612 W. 22nd Street,
Chicago, 111.
Dunbar Company, 2652 W. Lake Street, Chi-
cago, 111.
Holcomb & Hoke Manufacturing Company, In-
dianapolis. Ind.
Kingery Manufacturing Company, 420 E. Pearl
Street, Cincinnati, O.
Star Manufacturing Company, 4477 Finney Ave-
nue, St. Louis, Mo.
Talbot Manufacturing Company, 1213 Chestnut
Street, St. Louis, Mo.
Portable Projectors
Acme Motion Picture Projector Company. 734
S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago. III.
Bill & Howell Company, 1801 Larchmont Ave-
nue. Chicago, III.
Hewes-Gotham Company, 520 W. 47th Street,
New York City.
QRS-DeVry Corporation, 333 N. Michigan Ave-
nue. Chicago, 111.
The Holmes Projector Company, 1815 Orchard
Street, Chicago, 111.
Safety Projector Company, 310 W. Second
Street. Duluth. Minn.
Poster Frames
Refer to Frames, Poster
Poster Lights
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 50th Street, New York
City.
Metal Products, Inc., 1434 N. Fourth Street,
Milwaukee, Wis.
The Voigt Company, 1743 N. 12th Street, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Poster Paste
Refer to Paste, Poster and Labeling
Pottery, Decorative
Cambiidge-Wheatley Tile Company, 1601 Wood-
burn Avenue, Covington, Ky.
The Rookwood Pottery Company, Mt. Adams,
Cincinnati, O.
Power Plants
Refer to Lighting and Power Plants
Printing, Theatre
Refer to Theatre Printing
Programs
Exhibitors Printing Service, 711 S. Dearborn
Street, Chicago, 111.
Filmack Trailer Company, 730 S. Wabash Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
National Program & Printing Company, 729 S.
Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 111,
Star Program Company, 1799 Jerome Avenue,
New York City.
Program Covers
The Hennegan Company, 311 Genesee Street,
Cincinnati, O.
Projection Booths and Equipment
Atlas Metal Works, 2601 Alamo Street, Dallas,
Tex.
Coxsackie Holding Corporation, Coxsackie, N. Y.
Enterprise Optical Manufacturing Company,
564 W. Randolph Street, Chicago, 111.
E. E. Fulton Company, 1018 S. Wabash Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Holmes Projector Company, 1815 Orchard
Street, Chicago, 111.
International Projector Corporation, 90 Gold
Street, New York City.
The National Theatre Supply Company, 92-96
Gold Street, New York City.
O. K. Harry Steel Company, 2333 Papin Street,
St. Louis. Mo.
E. E. Southern Iron Company, Kienland and
Hamburg, St. Louis, Mo.
Theatre Engineering Service Company, 1442
Beachwood Drive, Hollywood, Calif.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Com-
pany, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
Projection Machines
Baird Motion Picture Machine Company, 31 E.
Runyon Street, Newark, N. J.
The Coxsackie Holding Corporation, Coxsackie,
N. Y.
Enterprise Optical Manufacturing Company,
564 W. Randolph Street, Chicago, 111.
E. E. Fulton Company, 1018 S. Wabash Ave-
nue, Chicago, III.
Holmes Projector Company, 1815 Orchard
Street, Chicago, 111.
International Projector Corporation, 90 Gold
Street, New York City.
Sam Kaplan Mfg. Supply Company, 729
Seventh Avenue, New York City.
The National Theatre Supply Company, 92-96
Gold Street. New York City.
The Pathe Company, Bound Brook, N. J.
Projection Machine Parts
E. E. Fulton Company, 1018 S. Wabash Avenue,
Chicago, 111.
Globe Reliance Corporation, 29 Glenwood Ave-
nue, Minneapolis, Minn.
GoldE Manufacturing Company, 2103 Le Moyne
Street, Chicago, 111.
Guercio & Barthel, 1018 S. Wabash Avenue.
Chicago, 111.
Sam Kaplan Mfg. & Supply Company, 729
Seventh Avenue, New York City.
Lavezzie Machine Works. 160 N. Wells Street,
Chicago, III.
The National Theatre Supply Company, 92-96
Gold Street. New York City.
Precision Machine Company, 368 Milwaukee
Street, Milwaukee, Wis.
Projectors, Advertising
Excelsior Illustrating Company, 228 W. 56th
Street, New York City.
Holmes Projector Company, 1815 Orchard
Street, Chicago, III.
Projectors, Portable
Refer to Portable Projectors
Public Address Systems
H. J. Baier & Son Public Address Systems,
Inc., 2134 Lee Road, Cleveland, O.
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Gates Radio & Supply Company, Quincy, IlL
Miles Reproducer Corporation, 45 West lith
Street, New York City.
The Orchestratone Company, 42 W. 18th Street,
New York City.
Western Electric Company, 250 W. 57th Street,
New York City.
Publicity Clocks
The National Kei-Lac Company, 557 W. Jack-
son Boulevard, Chicago, 111.
Seth Thomas Clock Company, 19 W. 44th
Street, New York City.
Western Clock Manufacturing Company, 107
Lafayette Street, New York City.
Radium Paint
Hewes-Gotham Company, 520 W. 47th Street,
New York City.
Lester, Ltd.. 18 W. Lake Street, Chicago. 111.
Louis E. Samms Studios, 177 N. State Street.
Chicago, 111.
Railings, Bronze and Iron
Refer to Bronze and Iron Wor^,
Ornamental
Rails, Rope
Refer to Aisle Rope
Rain Insurance
Refer to Insurance, Rain
Reconstruction Service
Refer to Building Service
Records for Music and Sound
Reproducing Devices
Brunswick Radio Corporation, 1307 S. Wabash
Avenue. Chicago. III.
Columbia Phonograph Company, 1819 Broad-
way, New York City.
Hollywood Productions. 6331 Hollywood Boule-
vard, Hollywood, Calif.
Pathe Phonograph & Radio Corporation, 20
Grand Avenue. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Raymond Rosen & Company. 119 N. 17th Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Victor Talking Machine Company, Camden,
N. J.
Record Cabinets
Chicago Cinema Equipment Company, 1736 N.
Springfield Avenue. Chicago, 111.
Recording
Columbia Phonograph Company. 1S19 Broadway.
New York City.
Marsh Laboratories, Inc., 64 E. Jackson Boule-
vard. Chicago, III.
The Rapid Film Company. 1706 Central Park-
way, Cincinnati, O.
Stanley Recording Company of America. 1841
Broadway, New York City.
Victor Talking Machine Company. Camden. N. J.
Vitaglo Studios. 4925 Sheridan Road. Chicago.
111.
Rectifiers
America Transformer Company. 17S Emmet
Street. Newark. N. J.
Forest Electric Corporation, 272 New Street,
Newark. N. J.
Fidelity Electric Company Lancaster. Pa.
Garver Electric Company. Union City. Ind.
General Electric Company, Schenectady. N. Y.
Interstate Electric Company. 4339 Duncan Ave-
nue. St. Louis, Mo.
Reynolds Electric Company. 2650 West Congress
Street. Chicago, 111.
Reels
E. E. Fulton Company. 1018 S. Wabash. Chi-
cago. III.
Globe Machine & Stamping Company, 1250 W.
76th Street, Cleveland, O.
Goldberg Brothers. 1646 Lawrence Street, Den-
ver, Colo.
Lincoln Electric & Manufacturing Company,
Boonville, Ind.
Neumade Products Corporation, 249 W. 47th
Street. New York City.
E. J. Schaub. 30 No. Railroad Avenue, Corona.
Long Island, N. Y.
Universal Electric Welding Company, 9-16 Thir-
ty-Seventh Avenue, Long Island City.
Reel End Alarms and Film Indicators
Cinema Specialty Company, Inc., Gary, Ind.
E. W. Hulett Manufacturing Company, 1772
Wilson Avenue, Chicago, 111.
W. G. Preddey. 187 Golden Gate Avenue. San
Francisco, Cal.
Reflectors
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company. Rochester,
N. Y.
Brenkert Light Projection Company, 7348 St.
Aubin Avenue. Detroit. Mich.
Curtis Lighting Company, Inc., 1119 W. Jackson
Boulevard, Chicago, 111.
Hub Electric Company, 2219 W. Grand Avenue,
Chicago, 111.
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 50th Street, New York
City.
Sunlight Reflector Company, Inc., 226-228 Pacific
Street. Brooklyn. N. Y.
Wheeler Reflector Company. 275 Congress Street.
Boston. Mass.
Reflector Arc Lamps
Refer to Lamps, Reflector Arc
Reproducing Devices for Sound and Music
Refer to Music and Sound Reproducing
Devices
Resonant Orchestra Base
Gallagher Orchestra Equipment Company, 616
W. Elm Street, Chicago, 111.
Rewinders
Refer to Film Rewinders
Rheostats
Cutler-Hammer. Inc., Milwaukee. Wis.
General Electric Company, 1 River Road. Sche-
nectady, N. Y.
The Hertner Electric Company. 12690 Elmwood
Avenue. Cleveland, O.
Hoffman-Soons. 387 First Avenue, New York
City.
Kliegl Brothers. 321 W. 50th Street. New York
City.
Ward Leonard Electric Company. Mt. Vernon,
N. Y.
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.. East Pitts-
burgh, Pa.
Rigging- Stage
Refer to Hardware. Stage
Safes, Box Office
Kewanee Safe Company, Kewanee. III.
York Safe & Lock Company. York. Pa.
Sanitary Specialties
Arthur Beck Chemical Manufacturing Company.
4743 Bernard Street. Chicago. 111.
Hewes-Gotham Company, 520 W. 47th Street.
New York. N. Y.
Huntington Laboratories. Inc.. Huntington. Ind.
Lavo Company of America, 48 Seventh Street.
Milwaukee. Wis.
U. S. Sanitary Specialties Company, 435 S.
Western Avenue, Chicago, III.
Scales, Public Weighing
Refer to Vending Machines and Scales
Scenery, Stage
Refer to Stage Scenery and Draperies
Scenic Artist's Service
Chas. L. Hoyland Company, 180 N. Michigan
Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Manhattan Studios. 134th Street and Park Ave-
nue. New York City.
Novelty Scenic Studios. 340 W. 41st Street, New
York City.
Tiffin Scenic Studios. Tiffin. O.
Volland Scenic Studios, 3737 Cass Street, St.
Louis, Mo.
Schools
The Del Castillo Theatre Organ School, 209
Massachusetts Avenue. Boston, Mass.
New York Institute of Photography. 10 W. 33rd
Street. New York City.
Theatre Managers Institute. 325 Washington
Street, Elmira. N. Y.
The Vermond Knauss School of Theatre Organ
Playing, 210 N. Seventh Street, Allentown.
Pa.
White Institute of Organ, 1680 Broadway, New
York City.
Screens
American Silversheet Company, 800 Beaumont
Street. St. Louis. Mo.
Beaded Screen Corporation, 438 W. 37th Street,
New York City.
The Da-Lite Screen Company. 2715 N. Craw-
ford Avenue. Chicago, III.
E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Company, Wilming-
ton. Del.
Minusa Cine Screen Company. 2665 Morgan
Street. St. Louis, Mo.
Raven Screen Company. 147-51 E. 24th Street,
New York City.
Sarasone Screen Company, 80 Boylston Street,
Boston, Mass.
Schoonmaker Equipment Company. 276 Ninth
Avenue. New York City.
Vocalite Screen Company, Roosevelt. N. Y.
Walker Screen Company. 238 Sixth Street.
Brooklyn. N. Y. ; 800 Beaumont Street, St.
Louis. Missouri.
Screen Brushes
American Silversheet Company, 800 Beaumont
Street. St. Louis. Mo.
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Da-Lite Screen Company, 2715 N. Crawford
Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Screen Frames
American Silversheet Company, 800 Beaumont
Street, St. Louie, Mo. ^ ,
Da-Lite Screen Company, 2715 N. Crawford
Avenue. Chicago, 111.
Schoonmaker Equipment Company, 276 JNintti
Avenue, New York, N. Y.
Screen Masks
Armstrong Studios. Inc., 1717 Cordova Street.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Peter Clark. Inc.. 544 W. 30th Street. New
York City. _
Vallen Electrical Company. Inc.. tsiun
Street, Akron, Ohio.
Screen Paint
Refer to Paint, Screens
Seat Covers
Refer to Chair Covers
Seat Indicators
The Acme Electric Construction Company, 407 S.
Dearborn Street. Chicago, 111.
Automatic Electric Company. Inc., 10,27 W. van
Buren Street, Chicago, 111.
BilMarjac Corporation, 1697 Broadway. New
York. N. Y. ...
Gallagher Orchestra Equipment Company, 616
W. Elm Street, Chicago, 111.
Seats, Theatre
Refer to Chairs, Theatre
Shutters, Metal Fireproof
Belson Manufacturing Company, 800 Sibley
Street, Chicago, 111. „ .... „.
Best Devices Company, Film Building, Cleve-
H.1^' Cunningham, 964 University Avenue, St.
Paul, Minn. . _
The Moeschl-Edwards Corrugating Company,
Inc 411 E. Fifth Street. Cincinnati, O.
W. G. Preddey, 187 Golden Gate Avenue. San
Francisco, Calif.
Sign Flashers
Refer to Flashers, Sign
Signal Systems, Usher
Refer to Usher Signal Systems
Signal, Reel End
Refer to Reel End Signals
Signs, Directional
Belson Manufacturing Company. 800 Sibley
Street. Chicago, 111.
Flexlume Corporation, Buffalo, N. Y.
Guercio & Barthel, 1018 S. Wabash Avenue.
Chicago. 111. _ , .
Hub Electric Company. 2219 W. Grand Ave-
nue. Chicago, 111.
The Ideal Sign Company, Inc.. 149 Seventh
Street. Brooklyn. N. Y.
Kliegl Brothers. 321 W. 50th Street, New York
City.
Lu-Mi-Nus Signs. Inc.. 2736 Wentworth Ave-
nue. Chicago, 111.
Lustrolite. Inc.. 209-11 N. Howell Street. Daven-
port, la.
Major Equipment Company. 4603 Fullerton Ave-
nue, Chicago. 111.
Metal Products, Inc., 1434 N. Fourth Street.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Rawson & Evans, 710 W. Washington Street.
Chicago. III.
Tablet & Ticket Company, 1015 W. Adams
Street. Chicago. III.
Viking Products Corporation, 422 W. 42nd
Street. New York City.
The Voigt Company. 1745 N. 12th Street. Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Willey Sign Company. 1559 Church Street. De-
troit, Mich.
Signs, Electric
American Signs Corporation. Kalamazoo, Mich.
The Artcraft Sign Company, Box 86, Lima, O.
Claude Neon Lights, Inc., 50 E. 42nd Street.
New York City.
Commonwealth Electric Sign Company. 4543 W.
Lake Street. Chicago, III.
Federal Electric Company, 8700 S. State Street,
Chicago, III.
Flexlume Corporation, 1100 Military Road. Buf-
falo. N. Y.
Ideal Sign Company, Inc., 149 Seventh Street,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 50th Street, New York
City.
Kolux Corporation, Kokomo, Ind.
Lu-Mi-Nus Signs. Inc., 2736 Wentworth Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Lustrolite. Inc., 209-11 N. Howell Street, Daven-
port, la.
Metal Products, Inc., 1434 N. Fourth Street,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Milne Electric Company, 614 Cherry Street, Mil-
waukee, Wis.
Ralston & Company. 211 Jefferson Street, Wau-
sau. Wis.
The Philadelphia Sign Company, 338 N. Ran-
dolph Street. Philadelphia, Pa.
U. S. Electric Sign Company, 208 E. 27th
Street, New York City.
Willey Sign Company, 1559 Church Street.
Detroit, Mich.
Signs, Exit
Refer to Exit Light Signs
Signs, Marquise and Attraction Board
American Signs Corporation, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Artcraft Sign Company, Box 86, Lima, O.
Claude Neon Lights, Inc., 50 E. 42nd Street,
New York City.
Commonwealth Electric Signs Company. 4543
W. Lake Street, Chicago, 111.
Flexlume Corporation, Buffalo, N. Y.
Hub Electric Company, 2219 W. Grand Ave-
nue, Chicago, IU.
Ideal Sign Company, Inc.. 149 Seventh Street,
Brooklyn. N. Y.
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 50th Street, New York
City.
Kolux Corporation, Kokomo. Ind.
Lu-Mi-Nus Signs. Inc., 2736 Wentworth Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Lustrolite, Inc., 209-11 N. Howell Street, Daven-
port, la.
Metal Products, Inc., 1434 N. Fourth Street,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Milne Electric Sign Company, 614 Cherry
Street, Milwaukee, Wis.
U. S. Electric Sign Company, 208 E. 27th
Street, New York City.
Willey Sign Company, 1559 Church Street, De-
troit, Mich.
Slides
Loucks & Norling, Inc., 246 W. 55th Street,
New York City.
National Studios, 226 W. 56th Street, New
York City.
Quality Slide Company. 6 E. Lake Street. Chi-
cago. 111.
Radio-Mat Slide Company, 1674 Broadway, New
York City.
Ransley Studios. 308 W. Randolph Street. Chi-
cago, III.
Standard Slide Corporation, 230 W. 56th Street.
New York City.
Workstel Studios. 151 W. 46th Street, New York
City.
The U. S. Slide Company. 14 E. 8th Street,
Kansas City, Mo.
Soaps, Liquid
Refer to Sanitary Specialties
Sound Devices, Synchronous and
Non-Synchronous
Refer to Music and Sound Reproducing
Devices
Sound Picture Equipment
Refer to Music and Sound Reproducing
Devices
Sound-Proofing
Berliner Acoustic Corporation, 1808 Paramount
Building, New York City.
The Celotex Company, 919 N. Michigan Ave-
nue. Chicago. 111.
Craftex Company. 37 Antwerp Street. Boston,
Mass.
Densten Felt & Hair Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
General Insulating & Mfg. Company, Alex-
andria, Ind.
The Housing Company, 40 Central Street, Bos-
ton, Mass.
Johns-Manville Corporation, 292 Madison Ave-
nue, New York City.
The Insulite Company, 1212 Builders Exchange,
Minneapolis, Minn.
Kendell & Dasseville. Inc.. 67 West 44th Street.
New York, N. Y.
Macoustic Engineering Company. Ninth and
Euclid Avenue. Cleveland, O.
National Rug Mills. Inc., 2494 South Fifth
Street. Milwaukee. Wis.
Therm-O-Proof Insulating Company. 203 N.
Wabash Avenue. Chicago, III.
U. S. Gypsum Company. 300 W. Adams St,
Chicago, III.
Universal Gypsum & Lime Company. W. Wash-
ington Street. Chicago, III.
Union Fibre Sales Company, Winona, Minn.
Western Felt Works, 4029-4133 Ogden Avenue,
Chicago, 111.
Weyerhaeuser Forest Products, Merchants Na-
tional Building, St. Paul. Minn.
The Wood Conversion Company, 360 N. Michi-
gan Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Sound Reproducing Devices
Refer to Music and Sound Reproducing
Devices
Speakers and Horns
Elec-Tro-Fone Corporation, 2490 University
Avenue, St. Paul, Minn.
Gates Radio and Supply Company, Quincy, 111.
Jensen Radio Manufacturing Company, 6601 S.
Laramie Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Macy Manufacturing Corporation. 1451 39th
Street, Brooklyn. N. Y.
The Magnavox Company, 155 E. Ohio Street,
Chicago, III.
Miles Manufacturing Corporation, 31 W. 21st
Street. New York City.
Oxford Radio Corporation, 2035 W. Pershing
Place, Chicago, 111.
The Potter Company, North Chicago, 111.
Racon Electric Company, Inc., 18 Washington
Place. New York City.
The Rola Company, 4250 Hollis Street, Oakland,
Calif.
Silver-Marshall, Inc., 6401 W. 65th Street, Chi-
cago, 111.
Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing
Company, 1060 University Avenue, Rochester,
N. Y.
Ultra Manufacturing Company, 1038 W. Van
Buren Street, Chicago, III.
The Utah Radio Products Company, 1739 S.
Michigan Avenue, Chicago. 111.
Wright-DeCoster, Inc., St. Paul, Minn.
Speed Indicators
Barbour-Stockwell Company, 100-300 Broadway,
Cambridge, Mass.
Chicago Cinema Equipment Company, 1736-1754
N. Springfield Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Cinema Specialty Company, Inc., P. O. Box
1037. Gary, Ind.
Essannay Electric Manufacturing Company,
2809 W. Van Buren Street. Chicago, 111.
International Projector Corporation, 90 Gold
Street, New York City.
Oliver Manufacturing Company, 2209 Payne
Avenue, Cleveland, O.
Stewart- Warner Speedometer Corporation, 1826
Diversey Parkway, Chicago, 111.
Weston Electric Instrument Corporation, Wa-
verly Park, N. J.
Splicing Blocks
Bell & Howell Company, 1801 Larchmont Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Duplex Motion Picture Industries, 74 Sherman
Avenue, Long Island City, N. Y.
Neumade Products Corporation. 249 W. 47th
Street, New York City.
Spotlights
Refer to Lights, Spot
Sprinklers, Automatic
Refer to Automatic Sprin\lers
Stage Hardware
Refer to Hardware, Stage
Stage Lighting Equipment
Frank Adam Electric Company, 3650 Windsor
Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.
Belson Manufacturing Company, 802 Sibley
Street, Chicago, 111 .
Brenkert Light Projection Company, 7348 St.
Aubin Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
Chicago Cinema Equipment Company, 1736-1754
N. Springfield Avenue. Chicago, III.
Chicago Switchboard Manufacturing Company.
426 S. Clinton Street. Chicago, 111.
C. W. Cole & Company, Inc., 320 E. 12th
Street, Los Angeles, Calif.
Display Stage Lighting Company, Inc., 410 W.
47th Street, New York City.
Great Western Stage Equipment Company, 817
Holmes Street, Kansas City. Mo.
Hall & Connolly. Inc.. 24 Van Dam Street.
New York City.
Hub Electric Company. 2219 W. Grand Avenue.
Chicago. III.
Kliegl Brothers, 321 W. 50th Street. New York
City.
Lee Lash Studios, 1818 Amsterdam Avenue,
New York City.
Major Equipment Company. 4603 Fullerton Ave-
nue. Chicago. III.
Henry Mestrum. 817 Sixth Avenue, New York
City.
Reynolds Electric Company, 2650 W. Congress
Street, Chicago, III.
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Ward-Leonard Electric Company, 37 South
Street, Mt. Vernon. N. Y.
J. H. Welsh, 270 W. 44th Street, New York
City.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Com-
pany, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
Wheeler Reflector Company, 275 Congress
Street, Boston, Mass.
Wm. Wurdack Electric Manufacturing Com-
pany, 4444 Clayton Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.
Stage Riggings
Refer to Hardware, Stage
Stage Scenery and Draperies
Armstrong Studios, Inc., 1707 Cordova Street,
Los Angeles, Calif.
Beck & Sons. Highland Avenue and Dorchester,
Cincinnati, O.
Collins & Aikman Corporation, 25 Madison Ave-
nue, New York City.
Continental Studios. 100 E. Ohio Street, Chicago.
111.
Dazians, Inc., 142 W. 44th Street, New York
City.
DuPont Fabrics Service, Newburgh, N. Y.
Eastman Brothers Studios, Inc., 36 W. 46th
Street. New York City.
Great Western Stage Equipment Company, 817
Holmes Street, Kansas City, Mo.
S. M. Hexter & Company, Inc., 2400 E. Superior
Street, Cleveland. O.
Interstate Decorating Company. 1458 S. Wabash
Avenue. Chicago, 111.
Landish Studios. Inc., 40 Ames Street, Ruther-
ford. N. J.
Lee Lash Studios, 1818 Amsterdam Avenue.
New York City.
Mandel Brothers, Inc., State and Madison
Streets, Chicago, III.
Manhattan Studios, 134th Street and Park Ave-
nue, New York City.
E. L. Mansure Company, 1605 Indiana Avenue,
Chicago, III.
Matney Studios, 307 W. 47th Street. New York
City.
Novelty Scenic Studios, 340 W. 41st Street. New
York City.
Wm. Slater, Jr., 316 N. Michigan Avenue, Chi-
cago, III.
Sosman & Landis Company, 416 S. Kedzie Ave-
nue, Chicago, III.
Tiffin Scenic Studios. Tiffin, O.
Twin City Scenic Company. 2819 Nicollett Ave-
nue, Minneapolis, Minn.
Volland Scenic Studios, Inc., 3737 Cass Avenue.
St. Louis, Mo.
I. Weiss & Sons, 508 W. 43rd Street. New York
City.
Windowcraft Valance & Drapery Company, 328
Superior Avenue, N. W., Cleveland. O.
Statuary
P. P. Caproni & Brother. Inc., 1914 Washing-
ton Street. Boston, Mass.
Silvestri Art Manufacturing Company, 1035 Or-
leans Street. Chicago, III.
Stereopticons
Best Devices Company. Film Building. Cleve-
land, O.
Brenkert Light Projection Company. 7348 St.
Aubin Avenue at Grand Boulevard. Detroit.
Mich.
Kliegl Brothers. 321 W. 50th Street, New York
City.
Sweeping Compound
The Huntington Laboratories, Inc., Hunting-
ton, Ind.
Switches
Frank Adam Electric Company, 3650 Windsor
Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.
Dowser Manufacturing Company. 225 Broad-
way. New York City.
Hart Manufacturing Company, Hartford. Conn.
Hoffman-Soons, 387 First Avenue, New York
City.
Kohler Company, Kohler, Wis.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Com-
pany. East Pittsburgh, Pa.
Switchboards
Frank Adam Electric Company. 3650 Windsor
Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.
Belson Manufacturing Company, 800 Sibley
Street, Chicago, III.
Chicago Switchboard Manufacturing Company,
426 S. Clinton Street. Chicago, III.
Cleveland Switchboard Company. 2925 E. 79th
Street, Cleveland, O.
Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing Company, 12th
and St. Paul. Milwaukee, Wis.
General Electric Company, 1 River Road, Sche-
nectady, N. Y.
Hub Electric Company. 2225 W. Grand Avenue.
Chicago, III.
Kliegl Brothers. 321 W. 50th Street. New York
City.
Major Equipment Company, 4603 Fullerton Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Trumbull Electric Manufacturing Company,
Plainville, Conn.
Ward Leonard Electric Company, 37 South
Street, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Com-
pany, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
Wm. Wurdack Electric Manufacturing Company,
4444 Clayton Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.
Telephones, Inter-Communicating
Refer to Inter-Communicating Telephones
Temperature Control Apparatus
The Foxboro Company, Neponset Avenue, Fox-
boro, Mass.
Johnson Service Company, 149 E. Michigan Ave-
nue, Milwaukee, Wis.
National Regulator Company, 2301 N. Knox
Avenue. Chicago. 111.
Powers Regulator Company, 2720 Greenview
Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Terra Cotta, Architectural
Midland Terra Cotta Company, 105 W. Monroe
Street, Chicago, III.
Northwestern Terra Cotta Company, 2525 Cly-
bourne Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Threatre Accounting Systems
Refer to Accounting Systems
Theatre Costumes
Refer to Costumes and Costume Fabrics
Theatre Curtain Advertising
Chas. L Hoyland Company, 180 N. Michigan
Avenue. Chicago, III.
Twin-City Scenic Company. 2819 Nicollett Ave-
nue, Minneapolis, Minn.
Theatre Brokers
Refer to Brokers
Theatre Dimmers
Refer to Dimmers
Theatre Seats
Refer to Chairs
Theatre Promotion
Adswin Corporation, 727 Seventh Avenue. New
York City.
Davis Bulletin Company, Inc.. Lock Street
Buffalo. N. Y.
Bower Show Print. Fowler. Ind.
Chicago Show Printing Company. 1335-45 W.
Lake Street, Chicago. III.
Exhibitors Printing Service, 711 S. Dearborn
Street. Chicago. III.
Filmack Trailer Company. 838 S. Wabash Ave-
nue. Chicago. III.
The Hammiell Corporation, 1714 Third Avenue,
N., Birmingham, Ala.
The Hennegan Company, 311 Genesee Street.
Cincinnati, O.
The Leader Press. Oklahoma City. Okla.
National Program & Printing Company, 729 S.
Wabash Avenue. Chicago, III.
National Screen Service. 130 W. 46th Street.
New York City.
The Vitaprint Company, 729 S. Wabash Ave-
nue. Chicago. 111.
Frank Roberts. Ill N. Franklin Street, Syra-
cuse, N. Y.
Radio-Mat Slide Company. 1674 Broadway New
York City.
Tickets
The Ansell-Simplex Ticket Company, 2844 West
Chicago Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Arcus Ticket Company, 348 N. Ashland Avenue,
Chicago, 111.
Columbia Printing Company. 1632 N. Halsted
Street, Chicago, 111.
Globe Ticket Company, 116 N. 12th Street, Phil-
adelphia, Pa.
Hancock Brothers, Inc., 25 Jessie Street, San
Francisco, Cal.
International Ticket Company, 50 Grafton Ave-
nue, Newark, N. J.
Keystone Ticket Company, Shamokin, Pa.
Mid-West Ticket & Supply Company, 910 S.
Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 111.
National Ticket Company, Shamokin, Pa.
Weldon, Williams & Lick, Fort Smith. Ark.
World Ticket & Supply Company, Inc.. 1600
Broadway, New York.
Ticket Booths
Atlas Metal Works, 2601 Alamo Street, Dallas.
Tex.
The Caille Brothers Company, 6210 Second
Boulevard, Detroit, Mich.
Libman-Spanjer Corporation, 1600 Broadway,
New York City.
Lobby Display Frame Corporation. 723 Seventh
Street, New York City.
Newman Manufacturing Company. Norwood Sta-
tion, Cincinnati, O.
Stanley Frame Company, 727 Seventh Avenue,
New York.
Ticket Booth Heaters
The Prometheus Electric Corporation. 360 W.
13th Street. New York City.
Time-O-Stat Controls Company, Elkhart, Ind.
Ticket Choppers
Automatic Simplex Register Corporation, 1018
S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, III.
Caille Brothers, 6210 Second Avenue. Detroit,
Mich.
General Register Corp., Paramount Building,
New York City.
Mid-West Ticket & Supply Company. 910 S.
Michigan Avenue. Chicago, III.
Newman Manufacturing Company. Norwood Sta-
tion, Cincinnati, O.
Simplex Ticket Register, Paramount Building,
New York City.
Ticket Holders
Ansell-Simplex Ticket Company. 2844 W. Chi-
cago Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Automatic Simplex Register Corporation, 1018
S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 111.
General Register Corp., Paramount Building.
New York City.
Simplex Ticket Register. Paramount Building,
New York City.
Ticket Machines
Refer to Machines, Ticket
Tiles (for Floors and Decoration)
American Encaustic Tiling Company, Ltd., 16
E. 41st Street. New York City.
Associated Tile Manufacturers. 420 Lexington
Avenue, New York City.
Flint Faience & Tile Company. Flint. Mich.
Mosaic Tile Company, Zanesville, O.
Tool Kits
Enterprise Optical Mfg. Company. 564 W. Ran-
dolph Street, Chicago, 111.
International Projector Corporation. 90 Gold
Street. New York City.
A Screen
for Every Type of Theatre
No one type of screen is best nulled for any type of theatre. A wide house, one with a
steep throw, the long, narrow type or the house using Low Intensity or Mazda light
all should have a screen best suited to their particular condition. We make four types of
sound screen— covering the entire range to suit every possible condition of projection,
type and siae of theatre.
PhromqtitO Tin- Hallmarks of Quality and Service \fpcaY\ie
KJSourtt/ Screen T Sound Screen
Non-GUre- Diffusive Ibim«)p*i
Beaded Screen Corp.
, /erlite Roosevelt, N. Y. SuEfilite
Found Screen L-Jound Screen
{uoMt-uiscuwwT New York Office: 47 W. 24th St. *m**nmm*mmm
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Towels, Paper
Bay West Paper Company, Green Bay, Wis.
Ft. Howard Paper Company, Green Bay, Wis.
Hobert Paper & Fiber Company, Green Bay, Wis.
Trailers
Ad-Vance Trailer Service Corporation, 930
Ninth Avenue, New York City.
Artfilm Studios, Inc., 6601-05 Euclid Avenue.
Cleveland, O.
Artwin Products Corporation, 729 Seventh Ave-
nue, New York City.
Exhibitors Printing Service, 711 S. Dearborn
Street, Chicago, 111.
Filmaek Trailer Company, 838 S. Wabash Ave-
nue. Chicago, 111.
National Program & Printing Company, 729 S.
Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 111.
National Screen Service, Inc., 126 W. 46th
Street. New York City ; 810 S. Wabash Ave-
nue, Chicago, and 1922 S. Vermont Avenue,
Los Angeles.
Quality Slide Company, 6 E. Lake Street, Chi-
cago, 111.
Ransley Studios, 308 W. Randolph Street, Chi-
cago, 111.
United Trailer Service, Film Center Building,
New York, N. Y.
Transformers
Refer to Generators, Motor
Transparencies, Window Displays
Eastman Brothers Studios, 36 W. 46th Street,
New York City.
National Studios, 226 W. 56th Street, New York
City.
Ransley Studios, 308 W. Randolph Street, Chi-
cago, 111.
Uniforms
Angelica Company, 1419 Olive Street, St. Louis,
Mo.
Browning, King & Company, 264 Fourth Ave-
nue, New York City.
Chicago Uniform & Cap Company, 208 East
Monroe Street, Chicago, 111.
DeMoulin Brothers & Company, 1030 S. Fourth
Avenue, Greenville, 111.
Lester, Ltd., 18 W. Lake Street, Chicago, 111.
M. C. Lilly & Company, 293 E. Long Street,
Columbus, O.
Maier-Lavaty Company, 2139 Lincoln Avenue,
Chicago, 111.
Mandel Brothers, State and Madison, Chicago,
111.
A. G. Meier and Company, 205 W. Monroe
Street. Chicago, 111.
National Uniform Company, 12 John Street,
New York City.
Pettibone Brothers Manufacturing Company, 632
Main Street, Cincinnati, O.
The James E. Richards Company, Dayton, O.
Marcus Ruben, Inc., 625 S. State Street, Chi-
cago, 111.
Russell Uniform Company, 1600 Broadway, New
York City.
Western Uniform Company 105 S. Wells Street,
Chicago, 111.
Upholstery Material
L. C. Chase & Company, 89 Franklin Street.
Boston, Mass.
Usher Signal Systems
Refer to Seat Indicators
Vacuum Cleaning Equipment
Apex Electrical Manufacturing Company, 1067
E. 152nd Street, Cleveland, O.
Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Company, Hamilton
and Dewey Avenues, Detroit, Mich.
General Electric Company, 1 River Road, Sche-
nectady, N. Y.
The Hoover Company, Canton, O.
The Morrow Company, Inc., 400 W. Madison
Street, Chicago, 111.
National Super Service Company 812 LaFayette
Street, Toledo, O.
Spencer Turbine Company, Hartford, Conn.
Vending Machines and Scales
A. B. T. Manufacturing Company, 3311 Carroll
Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Advance Machine Company, 4641 Ravenswood
Avenue, Chicago, 111.
The American Vending Company, 39 S. LaSalle
Street, Chicago, 111.
Automatic Canteen Company, 155 W. Austin
Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Columbus Vending Company, 2005-13 E. Main
Street, Columbus, O.
Consolidated Automatic Merchandising Corpora-
tion, 245 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
O. D. Jennings & Company, 4309 W. Lake
Street, Chicago, 111.
Rock-Ola Mfg. Company, 629 W. Jackson Boule-
vard, Chicago, 111.
Watling Scale Manufacturing Company, 4653 W.
Fulton Street, Chicago, 111.
Ventilating Systems
Refer to Air Conditioning and Cooling
Equipment — Cooling, Ventilating Sys-
tems— Electric Fans — Fans,
Ventilating
Ventilators
American Metal Products Company, 5855 Man-
chester Avenue, St. Louie, Mo.
Knowles Mushroom Ventilator Company, 41 N.
Moore Street, New York City.
Sobel & Kraus, Inc., 517-21 E. 136th Street,
New York City.
Volume Controls, Auditorium
Essannay Electric Mfg. Company, 2809 W. Van
Buren Street, Chicago, 111.
Wall Coverings
Beaver Products Company, Inc., 1440 Military
Road, Buffalo, N. Y.
Cornell Wood Products Company, 190 N. State
Street, Chicago, 111.
Universal Gypsum & Lime Company, 111 W.
Washington Street, Chicago, 111.
U. S. Gypsum Company, 300 W. Adams Street,
Chicago, 111.
Vitrolite Company, 133 W. Washington Street,
Chicago, 111.
H. B. Wiggin's Sons Company, Bloomfield,
N. J.
Waste Cans
E. E. Fulton Company, 1018 S. Wabash Ave-
nue, Chicago, 111.
Water Purifiers and Coolers
National Carbonic Machinery Company, Wiscon-
sin Rapids, Wis.
U. S. Ozone Company, 500 N. Dearborn Street,
Chicago, 111.
Wheels, Color
Refer to Color Wheels
The
Sound
Is There
But
You'll
Get It
All Only
With
s
YNCROF1LM
Modern sound recording has been perfected, but only
Syncrofilm has reached equal heights of reproduction. Be-
cause it uses four times as much light as others, it brings
out the faintest marks on both area and density recordings
It sounds all the delicate overtones as well as the funda-
mentals. It is mechanically perfect: precision bearings are
chrome and cadmium plated to resist corrosion and wear.
Uses revolving drum instead of friction gate, so does not
wear or scratch film. Now used in over 2,000 theatres.
The full beauty of sound is on every film. Get it all in the
only possible way — use Syncrofilm. Prices are in line. Ask
for them.
Weber Machine Corp., 59 Rutter Street, Rochester, N. Y.
rmpori Dept., 15 l.alithi St., New York. Cable Addreno, Arlnb, New York.
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schools; Joseph J. Weber, Valparaiso University;
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Robert E. Clark, Otto M. Forkert, Josephine F.
Hoffman, Geneva Holmes Huston, Dwight R.
Furness, R. F. H. Johnson, Marion F. Lanphier,
F. Dean McClusky, Stella Evelyn Myers, Mar-
guerite Orndorff.
"1000 and One"
("The Blue Book of Non-Theatrical Films")
PUBLISHED BY
The Educational Screen, Inc., 5 South Wabash
Avenue, Chicago.
EDITORS
Nelson L. Greene, chairman, Evelyn T. Baker,
Josephine F. Hoffman, F. Dean McClusky,
Stella Evelyn Myers, Marguerite Orndorff.
The Film Daily
16S0 Broadway
Phone: Circle 7-4736-39
\ew Torl[ City
PRESIDENT. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Jack Alicoate
SECRETARY-TREASURER AND GENERAL
MANAGER
Donald M. Merslreau
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Arthur Eddt
MANAGING EDITOR
Don Carle Gillette
HOLLYWOOD REPRESENTATIVE
Ralph Wilk
The Hollywood Herald
Pacific States Life Building
Phone GRamte 2145
Hollywood, Cal.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AND PUBLISHER
Martin Quigley
EDITOR
William A. Johnston
GENERAL MANAGER
Leo Meehan
MANAGING EDITOR
Frank Pope
ADVERTISING MANAGER
Larry Hughes
Hollywood Herald, Ltd.
Publisher of The Hollywood Herald
Pacific States Life Building
Phone GRamte 2145
Hollywood. Cal.
PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
Martin Quigley
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Colvin Brown
William A. Johnston-
Leo Meehan
SECRETARY
George Clifford
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES
Theodore J. Sullivan-
Mildred Early
The Loud Speaker
(Published Monthly by California Chapter 7\o. 7,
American Projection Society. Inc. J
1264 Welton Way
Phone: I125W
Ingle wood. Cal.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
W. G. Crowley
SUPERVISING EDITOR
Rodney T. Bacon
BUSINESS MANAGER
H. E. Alford
CIRCULATION
A. L. Feinstein
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
W. R. Hermancb
Motion Picture Daily
1790 Broadway
Phone: Circle 7-3100
Hew Torlf City
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AND PUBLISHER
Martin Quigley
GENERAL MANAGER
Colvin Brown
EDITOR
Maurice Kann
MANAGING EDITOR
Charles F. Hynes
NEWS EDITOR
Robert Hace
ADVERTISING MANAGER
James A. Cron
Motion Picture Herald
1790 Broadway
Phone. Circle 7-3100
)\ew Tor\ City
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AND PUBLISHER
Martin Quigley
GENERAL MANAGER
Colvin Brown
EDITOR
Terry Ramsaye
BUSINESS MANAGER
George Clifford
MANAGING EDITOR
Ernest A. Rovelstad
NEWS EDITORS
Jay M. Shreck
James Cunningham
ADVERTISING MANAGERS
R. E. Gallagher
H. V. Fecke
Moving Picture Review
110 West 40th Street
Phone: Longacre 5-3198
New Tor\ City
(Published Weekly, with a Theatre Management sec-
tion incorporated in the first issue of each month J
PRESIDENT AND EDITOR
Willard Howe
VICE-PRESIDENT
Wesley A. Stranger
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Ira Glucksman
SECRETARY AND MANAGER THEATRE
EQUIPMENT DEPARTMENT
E. T. Keyser
REGIONAL
The Allied Specialist
(Mimeographed organ of The Allied Theatre Owners
of loiva. Inc. J
Des Moines. Iowa
Associated Publications
4704 East 9th Street
Kansas City, Mo.
The Associated Publications arc: The Reel Journal,
Kansas City, Mo.; Movie Age, Minneapolis,
Minn.; Michigan Film Review, Detroit, Mich.;
Motion Picture Digest, Chicago, 111.; Film Trade
Topics, San Francisco. Cal.; Weekly Film Re-
view, Atlanta. Ga.; The Ohio Showman, Cleve-
land, Ohio; Motion Picture Times, Dallas, Texas;
New England Film News. Boston, Mass; Exhib-
itors Forum, Pittsburgh, Pa. Ben Shlyen is
editor-in-chief of all the publications.
PRESIDENT
Ben Shlyen
EASTERN MANAGER
Charles Mersereau
Canadian Moving Picture Digest
259 Spadina Avenue
Toronto 2, Ont.
Phone: Trimly 1481
EDITOR AND MANAGING DIRECTOR
Ray Lewis
The Exhibitor
Circulation in Eastern Pennsylvania. Southern New
Jersey and Delaware
(Published by Emanuel-G'oodwin Publications J
219 North Broad Street
Philadelphia. Pa.
1600 Broadway, \ew Tor\ City; Washington. D. C.
PUBLISHER
Jay Emanuel
MANAGING EDITOR
Herbert M. Miller
ADVERTISING MANAGER
Paul Greenhai.gh
BUSINESS MANAGER
D. M. JcNKlNS
Exhibitors' Forum
(Publnhed Weelly by Associated Publications,)
1024 Forbes Street
Pittsburgh. Pa.
EDITOR AND MANAGER
Robert T. Klingensmith
The Film Curb
300 West 49th Street
New Torl^ City
PUBLISHER
Tom Hamlin
ADVERTISING MANAGER
C. E. Rauch
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The Film Mercury
7556 Melrose Avenue
Hollywood, Cal.
EDITOR
Tamar Lane
Film Trade Topics
284 Turk Street
San Francisco, Cal.
(Published Weekly by Associated Publications.)
EDITOR AND MANAGER
Warren Stokes
Greater Amusements
803 Lumber Exchange
Minneapolis, Minn.
EDITOR
T. E. Mortensen
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
D. P. Johnson
The Hollywood Daily Reporter
Editorial and Executive Offices
1606 N.orth Highland Avenue
Hollywood, Cal.
Phone: Hollywood 4741
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
W. R. WlLKERSON
NEWS AND ADVERTISING STAFF
William R. Swigart, Frank T. Pope, Larry Urbach,
Larry Hugbes and Vic Enyart.
NEW YORK OFFICE
J. A. Milligan, Manager, 110 West 40th Street.
CHICAGO OFFICE
Daryl Doran, Manager, 6 North Michigan Avenue.
LONDON OFFICE
Heath Cobb, Manager, 80 Wardour Street.
PARIS OFFICE
Jack Spector, Manager, 122 Boulevard Murat.
BERLIN OFFICE
Joseph Wolfgang, Manager, 83-84 Mauerstrasse.
Michigan Film Review
fPublished Weekly by Associated Publications, Inc.)
Free Press Building
Detroit, Mich.
EDITOR AND MANAGER
Earl B. Cookson
Motion Picture Digest
fPublished Weekly by Associated Publications, Inc.)
1018 S. Wabash Avenue
Chicago, III.
EDITOR AND MANAGER
Cari. Hermer
The Motion Picture Record
2319 Second Avenue
Seattle, Wash.
EDITOR
MELVIN G. WlNSTOCK
Motion Picture Times
("Published Weekly by Associated Publications, Inc. J
313 South Harwood Street
Dallas, Texas
Phone: 7-3553
EDITOR AND MANAGER
V. W. Crisp
Movie Age
(Published Weekly by Associated Publications, Inc.)
945 AndTus Building
Minneapolis, Minn.
EDITOR AND MANAGER
M. E. Cupfel
The National Exhibitor
Circulation in Maryland, District of Columbia, Vir»
ginia. Eastern West Virginia, and Delaware
(See THE EXHIBITOR)
New England Film News
("Published Weekly by Associated Publications, Inc.)
16 Piedmont Street
Boston, Mass.
EDITOR AND MANAGER
G. L. Southwell
The New York State Exhibitor
Circulation in Hew Tor\ State and Northern Neitf
Jersey
(See THE EXHIBITOR)
Ohio Showman
("Published Weekly by Associated Publications, Inc.)
J 2805 Cedar Road
Cleveland, Ohio
EDITOR AND MANAGER
Elsie Loeb
Pacific Coast Exhibitor-Bulletin
622 Golden Gate Theatre Building
25 Taylor Street
San Francisco, Cal.
Phone: Prospect 1 1 23
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Thomas D. Van Osten
ADVERTISING MANAGER
M. S. Van Osten
CIRCULATION MANAGER
Pat MacCarthy
The Reel Journal
("Published Weekly by Associated Publications, Inc. J
4704 East 9th Street
Kansas City, Mo.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Ben Shlyen
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FOREIGN
PUBLICATIONS^^
UNITED KINGDOM
THE BIOSCOPE, William H. Mooring, editor. J. H.
Beaumont, managing director. Faraday House, 8/10
Charing Cross Road, London, W. C. 2. Weekly.
BOY'S CINEMA, Amalgamated Press. Ltd., Fleet-
way House, Farringdon Street, London, E. C. 4.
Weekly.
CINEMATOGRAPH TIMES, Cinematograph Exhibi-
tion Association of Great Britain, Broadmead House,
Panton Street, London, S. W. I. Weekly.
DAILY FILM RENTER AND MOVING PICTURE
NEWS, Ernest W. Fredman, managing editor,
89-91 Wardour Street, London, W. 1. Daily.
FILM REVIEW, W. G. Faulkner Co.. Ltd., 72
Oxford Street, London, W. 1. Weekly.
KINEMATOGRAPH WEEKLY, John Dunbar, man-
aging editor. 93 Long Acre, London, W. C. 2.
Weekly.
TODAY'S CINEMA NEWS AND PROPERTY
GAZETTE, Samuel Harris, chairman; L. H. Clark,
editor; New Work representative, L. F. Griswold;
80-82 Wardour Street, London, W. 1. Daily.
FRANCE
CINEMATOGRAPHIE FRANCAISE, 19. rue de la
Cour-des-Noues, Paris 20e. Weeklv.
COURRIER. CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE. 28. Boule-
vard St. Denis, Paris. Weekly.
COMOEDIA. 51. rue St. Georges, Paris. Daily.
CINE-EXPORT JOURNAL, 66 rue Caumartin. Pans.
Monthly.
L'ECRAN, 17, rue Etienne Marcel, Paris. Weekly.
(Organ of French Exhibitors' Syndicate.)
LA SEMAINE CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE, 48.
Boulevard, Beaumarchais, Paris. Weekly.
BULLETIN de la Chambre Syndicale Francaise de la
Cinematographic. (Official organ of the Film
Board of Trade) 13 bis, rue des Mathurins, Paris.
Monthly.
GERMANY
FILM KURIER (official organ of German Exhibitors'
Association). Kothenerstr. 37. Berlin, W. 9. Daily.
DER FILM. Ritterstr. 71. Berlin. S. W. 68.
KINEMATOGRAPH. Verlag Aug. Scherl, Ximmerstr.
35/41. Berlin. S. W. 68. Daily and Weekly.
LICHTBILDBUHNE. Friedrichstr. 225. Berlin. S. W.
48. Daily and weekly.
REICHSFILMBLATT. Stallschreiberstr. 34. Berlin,
S. 14.
SUDDETTSCHE FILMZEITUNG. Pestaloxzistrasse
1. Munich. Weekly.
FILM MAGAZINE. Berlin. Weekly.
ITALY
I. CENEMA ITALIANO, Via Palermo 8. Rome.
Periodical.
L'ECO DEL CINEMA. Via S. Antonio 8. Florence.
Monthly.
IL CINEMATOFRAFO, Via Lazio 9. Rome. Fort-
nightly.
CINE MONDO, Via Principe Oddone 20, Turin.
Fortnightly.
LA RIVISTA CINEMATOGRAFICA, Via Ospedale
4 bix, Turin. Fortnightly.
KINES, Via Aurehans 39. Rome. Weekly.
LA CINEMATOGRAFIA, Via S. Maurilio 20.
Milan. Periodical.
LA VITA CINEMATOGRAFICO, Via Pio Quinto
17, Turin. Montb.lv.
IL CORRIERE CINEMATOGRAFICO, Via Pio
Quinto, Turin. Weekly.
CINEMA TEATRO, Via in Arcione 71, Rome.
CINE GIORNALE, Via Sorgente 5, Trieste. Peri-
odical.
PICCOLO, BARI. Weekly.
KINEMA, Via Fratelli Bronzetti 1, Milan. Weekly.
L'ARTE DEL CINEMA, Via Alessandrini 20, Bo-
logna. Weekly.
BELGIUM
CINEMA, 16 Courte rue de l'Hopital, Antwerp.
FILM REVUE, 16. Courte Rue de l'Hopital. Ant-
werp. Weekly.
SPECTACLES de la Scene de l'Ecran et de la Vie.
19. rue de Pepin. Brussels. Weekly.
REVUE BELGE DU CINEMA. 64. Boulevard Emile
Jacqmaine, Brussels. Weekly.
CINEMA, 34 rue du Marche aux Poulets. Brussels.
Weekly.
BULLETIN DE LASSOCIATION CINEMATO-
GRAPHIQUE DE BELGIQUE. 109 rue Verte.
Brussels. Monthly.
BULLETIN DE LA FEDERATION BELGE CINF-
MATOGRAPHIQUE. 10, Place Rogier. Brussels.
Fortnightly.
NETHERLANDS
NIEUW WEEKBLAD voor de Cinematografie, Nieuwe
Mostraat 24, The Hague. Weekly. (Leading trade
magazine. )
KUNST EN AMUSEMENT. Douzastraat 1. Lekden.
CINEMA EN THEATRE. Douzastraat 1. Leiden.
DENMARK
BIOGRAF-BLADEN (issued by the Joint Association
of Danish Exhibitors) Nygade 3. Copenhagen.
Bimonthly.
NORWAY
FILMEN OG VI, Oslo.
FILM. Oslo.
VILMREVY. Oslo.
SWEDEN
FILM JOURNALEN. Ahlen Akerlunds Forlag. Stock-
holm. Monthly and quarterly.
SVENSK FILMTIDNING, Jutas Backc, 1. Stockholm.
Bimonthly.
BIOGRAFBLADET. Ostcrmalmsgatan 23. Stockholm.
Monthly.
FINLAND
FAMA — Lattia. Sanduddsgatan 18, Helsingfori.
Monthly.
FILMIATTA— Filmrevyd V. Hcnriksgatan 20. Hel-
singfors. Bimonthly.
ELOKUVA. Hakasalmenkatu 1. Helsingfors. 21 per
year.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
"FILMOVY OFICIELNI ORGAN Svazu Filmovcho
Obehodu a Prumyslu," 31 Vodickova ul., Prague
II. Monthly (official film journal of the Associa-
tion of the Motion Picture Trade and Industry).
"ZPRAVOpAJ ZEMSKEHO Svzu Kinomajitelu v
Cechach," Palac Feniz, Vaclavske nam. Prague
II. Monthly. (Bulletin of the Association of
Motion Picture Theatre Owners in the Province of
Bohemia.)
"STUDIO," 6 Purkynova ul. Prague II. Monthly.
"INTERNATIONALE FILMSCHAU," Palac Lu-
cerna, Vodickova ul. Prague II. Monthly. (In-
ternational Film Review.)
LICHTSPEILBUEHNE, 11 Teichgasse, Usti n. 1.
Monthly. (Motion Picture Theatre.)
FILMOVY KURYR, Palac Olympic Spalena ulice.
Prague II. Weekly. (Film Courrier.)
"CESKY FILMOVY EPRAVODAJ" Maceskuv Palac.
Fochova tr., Prague XII. Weekly. (Czech Film
Bulletin.)
AUSTRIA
DAS KINOJOURNAL, Neubaugasse 25, Vienna VII.
MEIN FILM, Canisiusgasse 8, Vienna VII.
OESTERR, Rilmzeitung, Neubaugasse 36, Vienna VII.
SWITZERLAND
CINEMA SUISSE organ of Swiss 61m renters, rue
du Theatre, Montreaux. Bimonthly.
SPAIN
LA PANTALLA, Passeo de San Vicente 20. Madrid.
ARTE Y CINEMATOGRAFIA. Aragon 235. Bar-
celona.
BIBLIOTECA FILMS. Valencia 234, Barcelona.
EL CINE, Seneca 9 y 11. Barcelona.
EL MUNDO CINEMATOGRAFIA. Valencia 200.
Barcelona.
BOLETIN de la Mutua de Fefensa Cinematografica,
Espanola, Rambla de Cataluna 62, Barcelona.
POLAND
FINO DLA WSZYSTKICH, Wierzbowa 7. Warsaw.
Bimonthly.
KINO I TEATRE, Wspolna 54. Warsaw. Bimonthly.
ESTONIA
FILMILCHT. Juninga 1. Tallin.
FILM. MOOD. TANTS. Aia 19. Tartu.
HUNGARY
MAGYAR SZINPAD. (The Hungarian Stage) Rokk,
Szilard utca 18. Budapest VIII.
MOZIHET (The Film Week) Pannonia utca 9.
Budapest V.
SZINHAZI ELET (Theatre Life) Erszebet Korut 29.
Budapest VII.
RUMANIA
CINEMA B-DUL. Elisabeta 14. Bucharest. Bimonthly.
REALITATEA 1LLUSTRATA. Str. Const. Mille No.
7, Turkey.
TURKEY
SINEMA GAZETESI. Resimli Ay. Constantinople.
Weekly.
SOVIET RUSSIA
KINO, Strastnaya PI. 2/42 Moscow. Weekly.
AUSTRALIA
EVERYONE'S (and Australian Variety and Show
World). Gayne Dexter, editor-in-chief. Arthur
Whitford, managing director, 102 Sussex Street,
Sydney.
THE FILM WEEKLY, Martin G. Brennan. pub-
lisher. Herbert Thompson, editor. Harris Kamlich.
advertisement director. P. O. Box, 2608 EE, City
Tattersalls Building. 199 Pitt Street, Sydney.
FAN AND TRADE PRESS
ALICOATE. JACK: Editor and publisher. The Film
Dally, New York City; b. Seattle. Wash.. December 24.
1889; e. was graduated from Georgetown Law school
(LL B. In 1912) : Is married and has three children.
Marshall Neilan Allcoate. Mary Patricia and Virginia
Colleen. Wrote scenarios for one-reel pictures; became
associated with the Washington Post as automobile
editor, later on becoming the first motion picture editor
of the same paper. He received his newspaper training
on the Minneapolis Tribune, from there going to the
Washington Herald. It was after this that he Joined up
with the Post. He wrote a play called • Extra." which
played at the Lorjgacre theatre. New York, and wis
responsible for the book of "When You Smile." a mu-
sical tidbit that played the Central theatre. He Is
chairman of the Film Golf Tournament Committee, and
chairman of the Film Daily Belief Fund. His hobbies
are travel and bridge. He has made five trips to
Europe and eighteen round trips to California.
AARONSON. CHARLES S. : Editorial staff. Mo-
tion Picture Herald, b. New York City; e. public
and high schools. Mt. Vernon. N. Y.. and New York
City: Columbia University (School of Journalism): m.
Varied advertising experience, and newspaper work,
last with New York Times on special assignments.
Editorial department. Exhibitor* Herald-World 1930.
then present position.
ASHBAUGH. DON: Dramatic editor. Glendale News-
Press. Glendale. Cal. : b. San Bernardino. Cal.. Decem-
ber 31. 1898: p. Charles and Zetta Ashbaugh: e. San
Bernardino grammar and high schools. Oregon State
and University of Southern California: m. Helen Eugene
Steele. With the San Bernardino Sun. San Bernardino
Index. Portland. Ore.. News. Portland Journal. Lot
Angeles Record. Los Angeles Express : did press agent
work four years In Los Angeles, with the Glendale News-
Press for four years. Film reviewer four years for the
Motion Picture News, also reviewer at present for
MOTION PICTURE HERALD and MOTION PICTURE
DAILY.
BADER. DAVID: Assistant to Carl Laemmle. Uni-
versal Pictures Corporation: b. New York City. March
4. 1901; p. Leopold and Pauline Bader; e. elementary,
high school and university extension courses at Colum-
bia University. New York and the University of South-
ern California, short period at London Evening Col-
lege; not married. Twelve years with Universal, here
and abroad — England. Germany. France. California.
New York and various exchange centers. With Ar-
row, then with Paramount New York studios in 1920.
two advertising uenctes, several mercantile houses and
business for himself in magazines, publicity, advertis-
ing and exploitation. Personal press representative for
Baby Peggy and many special productions. "Hunch-
back" was one. in England. Did one and one-half
years of research work in connection with data for
John Drinkwater'a biography of Carl Laemmle.
BEATON. WELFORD: Editor and publisher of Film
Spectator. Born In Orlllia. Ontario. Can., and educated
In the public schools. Married. All his life In the
newspaper business — reporter, editor, traveling corre-
spondent, publisher. President of Pacific Ports. Inc..
Seattle. Wash., in which he sold his Interest In 1920.
moving to Southern California. In March. 1926. he
established Film Spectator in Hollywood. He Is a mem-
ber of the following clubs: Masquers. Writers Holly-
wood Athletic Club, and Brentwood Country Club.
BLACK. SAM: Editor-publisher. The Extra. Los
Angeles. Cal.; b. New York City. December 2. 1903: p.
Michael and Anna Black: e. college: not married En-
tered the newspaper and publishing field upon leaving
law school. After working In various Eastern publish-
ing houses he went West to enter the newspaper field,
working on the Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Exam-
iner, and Los Angeles Record. Upon leaving the latter
In 1928 he started The Extra, a motion picture trade
paper covering the Hollywood studio field, and has been
with It since.
BROWN. COLVIN: Vice president and general man-
ager of Quigley Publishing Company. Newspaper man
and writer; successively publicity and advertising man-
ager. Mutual Film Corp. ; associated with David P.
Howells. foreign distributors; vice president. Thomas
H. Ince Corporation: vice president. FBO: executive
vice president. Pathe Exchange. Inc. : vice president
and general manager. Quigley Publishing Company.
CLIFFORD. EDWIN S. : b Elgin. 111.. September
I. 1891; p. Attorney and Mrs. Eugene Clifford; e. public
school and graduated from the Elgin high school In
1908. and read law at the John Marshall and Kent
Law schools in Chicago: m. and has two children.
Worked on editorial department of newspapers In El-
gin. Aurora. Joliet and Waukegan. 111., and on the
"Chicago Tribune." "News." and "Herald and Ex-
aminer." Became managing editor of "Exhibitors Her-
ald" January 1. 1919. Made secretary of the Quigley
Publishing Company in 1923. Became general manager
of "Exhibitors Herald-World" at the time of merger
January 1. 1928. At time of merger of Herald and
News became Chicago genera] manager of Quigley Pub-
lishing Co. and secretary of Chlcagoan Publishing Co..
a subsidiary. Resides at 926 North Kenilworth park-
way. Oak Park. IU.
CLIFFORD. GEORGE: Business manager and sec-
retary of Quigley Publishing Company: e. In publlo
schools of Elgin. 111. Early newspaper training with
the City News Bureau of Chicago. Business tratninjt
with the Chicago Telephone Company and Illinois Steel
Company. Joined Exhibitors Herald as managing
editor In 1917. Became assistant publicity director
of Swift A Company in 1918. Rejoined Exhibitors
Herald later (later Exhibitors Herald-World) In 1920
as business manager and assistant treasurer. Became
secretary and business manager of Quigley publications.
1930.
CRON. JAS. A.: b Cedar Rapids. Iowa, famed aa
home of the Cherry Sisters. Entered newspaper bual-
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ness. Louisville Herald, then Washington Herald.
Lett to go with Washington Post. Left Post
for service in the Navy during the war. After war
became advertising manager of Film Daily with
Joseph E. Dannenberg. Now advertising manager ot
Motion Picture Daily.
CROUCH, WILLIAM F. : Editorial staff. Motion
Picture Herald, Hollywood office; b. Boone. Iowa,
January 16, 1904 ; h. 5 feet lWa inches; brown hair
and blue eyes; w. 175 pounds; p. Loretta and Harry
Crouch, non-professionals; e. Nevada, Iowa, Grinned,
Iowa, and University of Missouri; not married; hy.
aviation and parachute jumping. Screen experience
began as press representative for West Coast theatres
in Sun Diego in 1928. also with Fanchon and Marco
as press representative in l'J2S. Ptrsonal representative
for Gary Cooper in 1929 and with 11KO publicity de-
partment in 1930. Wrote column "Talk of the Talkies."
covering fifty Midwestern papers. Became West Coast
manager ot Motion Picture News and is now on the
editorial staff of Motion Picture Herald.
CUNNINGHAM, JAMES P.: b. Troy, N. T. ; h.
6 feet; w. 2U5 pounds; brown hair and blue eyes; e.
New York at St. Columba's. Commerce high. New
York Evening high. New Y'ork Preparatory; entered
motion picture industry 1919. business department Film
Daily (then Wid's Daily), switching to editorial staff
in 1921 and continuing until 1927; assistant editor to
Joseph "Danny" Dannenberg on Film Daily Y'ear
Book, and in complete charge of Y'ear Book editorial
compilation in 1928 and 1929; participated in com-
pilation of statistical data pertaining to the industry in
1928, 1929. To Motion Picture News in December,
1929, as news editor, continuing with (iuigley Publica-
tions in same capacity on Motion Picture Herald when
Herald and News consolidated in December, 1930.
DAWSON. EDMUND T.: b. New York City, No-
vember 14, 1901; e. Lake View high. Chicago. North-
western U., Evanston. 111. TJ. S. Air Mail Service for
one year, then started in Music and Talent depart-
ment of Quigley Publications as reviewer and adver-
tising solicitor in Chicago, for one year and a half.
Was then sent to New Y'ork as eastern representa-
tive. Music and Talent reviewer, advertising manager
and columnist of "Up & Down the Alley" for that
section in the Motion Picture Herald, since November,
1928.
DOBIE, DUNCAN A., JR.; Publisher, Motion Pic-
ture Magazine and Motion Picture Classic, New Y'ork
City; b. New Orleans, La.. February. 1SU5; p. Dr. and
Mrs. Duncan A. Dobie; e. public schools. New York
City. DeWitt Clinton high school. New York City, Co-
lumbia School of Mines and Engineering, New Y'ork
City; m. Ruth Brewster of Brooklyn, N. \.: has a son,
Duncan, age 14. and a daughter. Kuth, 12. Entered
the publishing business after several years as a civil
engineer. In 1914 joined the advertising department of
Motion Picture Magazine, was made advertising director
in 1916. general manager in 1925. and became publisher
in 1930. Member, Advertising Club of New Y'ork since
1914; member of Motion Picture Club of New Y'ork;
member. Magazine Club. Is a Mason. Spends his
"playtime" at hunting, deep sea fishing and wood-
working.
ELISBURG. HERB: Publicity director. Essaness The-
atres. Chicago, 111.; b. Chicago. 111.. June 5. 1905; h.
6 feet; brown hair and dark brown eyes; w. 200
pounds; p. Elizabeth and Louis A. Elisburg; e. Hyde
Park and Englewood high schools, Elgin Academy, and
Northwestern university ; m. Evelyn Elisburg ; hy. foot-
ball, baseball, horseback riding, swimming and motor-
ing. His publicity career started with the Scholastic
Publication, published by the Chicago Daily Journal,
then became editor for "Orchestra Review" and "Around .
the Town" (Chicago). Next he was an estimator for
Shea-Smith Printers, advertising manager for Hensel
Drug Company, in the publicity department of Balaban
and Katz. then successively director of publicity and
advertising for Lubliner & Trinz. director of publicity
and advertising for Publix Greater Talking Pictures the-
atres, division director of publicity for EKO in the
Northwest, before taking the position with Essaness.
EMANUEL, JAY: Publisher of the Emanuel-Good-
win group of motion picture regionals. The Exhibitor of
Philadelphia. The National Exhibitor of Washington,
and the New Y'ork; State Exhibitor; b. Philadelphia.
Pa. Entered the exhibition field in December, 1911,
after working on the Philadelphia Inquirer as a reporter.
Became secretary and general manager of the first co-
operative exhibitors' group in Philadelphia. Exhibitors'
Booking Offices. Later became assistant manager at
World Film, Philadelphia. Owned and operated states
rights office for two years, then opened the Realart Ex-
change as manager for two years Was Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer's sales manager in Philadelphia for eight years.
Has always been operating theatres, and is now oper-
ating four in Philadelphia. He is treasurer of the
Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America for a third
term. He purchased an interest in the Emanuel-Good-
win group in September, 1929.
EVANS. DELIGHT: Editor and critic. Screenland
Magazine, New York City ; b. Fort Wayne, Ind. : p.
J. O. and Sydney Valentine Evans: e. left school at
15. "education was most informal; has taken courses in
English literature and history, etc."; m. Herbert
Crooker of Wamer-First National. Has been with just
two magazines. Photoplay and Screenland: with the
latter eight years, first as feature writer and reviewer,
then editor. Still doing reviews,1 and still a motion
picture fan. In two years' editorship Screenland has
more than tripled Its circulation.
FAWCETT. CAPTAIN ROSCOE: Pen name. No.
21367. Editor and general manager. Screen Play Maga-
zine and Hollywood Magazine; b. Killarney. Ireland.
December 19. 1888: p. Dr. John and Maria Fawcett; e.
college: married, hag one son. Ex-captain Regular Army-
Air Service several years during the World war and
after, "hence the captain." Sometimes takes his uni-
form off, he says. Address: Minneapolis. Minn.
FECKE. HERBERT V.: b. Melrose. Mass.. July 21,
1900: h. 5 feet 7 Inches: w. 100 pounds: e. Pitts-
burgh and Chicago: entered motion picture Industry 1917
with World Film Corp.. 1918. Independent film dis-
tributor In New England States. 1928, entered ad-
vertising business In Wall Street. 1927. New England
and Canadian branch manager IT. D. Selbert Co.. fin-
ancial publishers. 1928. re-entered motion picture
field as exchangeman. 1928. entered motion picture
trade paper field with Exhibitors Dally Review.
1929. Theatre Management: 1930. Exhibitors Her-
ald-World. Eastern advertising representative. Now
advertising representative Motion Picture Herald.
Member Delia Sigma Fraternity. A. M. P. A. and
Motion Picture Club.
FRENCH. WILLIAM FLEMING: Motion picture edi-
tor. Movie Romances, Blade and Ledger. Extra Money,
in Chicago; special correspondent, feature writer, edi-
torial representative, editorial writer, hcuon writer. Is
editor of Mothers' Magazine. Is a theatrical writer,
fiction and feature contributor to many national maga-
zines, and a sales promotion writer. Is also special
advertising copy writer, and advertising director; inspira-
tional writer, and editor of the Boyce Publications lor
the past five years.
FRIEDMAN, E. M. : Editor and publisher. The Voice
of the Screen, Hollywood, Cal. ; b. London, England.
.May 11. 1900; p. Max 11. and Rose K. Friedman: e.
graduate of the University, Southern California, grad-
uate ot Los Angeles School 01 Optometry, thlee jeuls
ot law at the Southwestern University; not married.
Enlisted in the World war at the age of 17, was dis-
charged in 1918 and "has been discharged from every
other job since," he says, "so he decided to start Ins
own magazine so his job would be permanent. Writes
that he lias been messenger boy, cab driver, reporter,
advertising salesman, plumber's helper, short story
writer, typist, salesuianager-promoter. professional ath-
lete, boxer, football player, lire-guard, real estate pro-
moter, fight promoter, registered optometrist in Cali-
fornia and District of Columbia, has degree ot doctor
of optometry, has been law clerk, law student, world
traveler, and adds that "if he thinks of any more he
will wire."
GALE. ARTHUR L. : Photoplay editor. Movie -Mak-
ers, New York; b. Baker, Ore., May 14. 1904; p. Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Gale; e. grade school, high school,
Dartmouth College, class of 1927 ; not married. Has
held the same position since graduation from college,
also continuity consultant of the Amateur Cinema
League, publishers of Movie Makers.
GALLAGHER, RAY: b. Brooklyn, N. Y. ; e. St.
Leonard's academy, Brooklyn, N. Y". Entered the mo-
tion picture business in 1910 as a member of Vita-
graph's publicity and advertising department at the
Brooklyn studio. With Sam Spedon as manager, made
up the entire personnel of the department. In addition
to publicity, the interviewing of actors and actresses as
prospective" members of the stock company was part
of the enlarged duties of the department. With Jack
Rankin, handled the publicity on the Vitagraph (now
the Criterion) theatre. Later became private secretary
to Commodore J. Stuart Blackston, director general,
in charge of production. Left Vitagraph in 1916 to
enter the distributing end of the business, as a mem-
ber of S. R. Kent's staff at the General Film Com-
pany. In that year was appointed branch manager of
that company at Albany, N. Y.. where he remained un-
til 1918 when he returned to New Y'ork to join the
motion picture department of the New York Morning
Telegraph. Here he remained for three years. In
February 1921 joined Motion Picture News advertising
department. Later appointed advertising manager.
Now a member of the advertising staff of Motion Pic-
ture Herald. Member of The Friars. A. M. P. A. and
The Motion Picture Club.
GALLO. RAYMOND: r. n. Anthony Raymond Gallo:
b. Chicago, 111., July 16, 1902; h. 5 feet 8 inches;
dark brown hair and brown eyes; w. 140 pounds: p.
Mary and Joseph Gallo, non- professionals: e. publio
schools of Chicago, 111. (the Revere), in Boston and
Cambridge. Mass.. received his stage training at the
Colonial College of Dramatic Arts, Boston. Mass.; m.
Madeline Arado, non-professional; hy. traveling, walk-
ing, reading and all indoor and outdoor sports. Six
years stage experience as follows: in dramatic stock in
New England for three years with Temple Players:
played Hobbs in "Little Lord Fauntleroy": Berkley
Cecil in "Under Two Flags"; juvenile lead in "Hazel
Kirk": the convict in "The Bishop's Candlesticks":
the captain in "The Cape Mail"; the auctioneer in
"The Octoroon"; Mike Murphy, character lead, in
"Honeymoon Flats"; featured over Keith Circuit in
"Back from the Grave," a comedy playlet by William
C. DeMille; played the flag sergeant in "The Ameri-
can Ace," featuring Taylor Granville over Keith Cir-
cuit : author and producer of several comedy acts for
vaudeville and for the Liberty theatres during World
War. Four years screen experience as follows: pub-
licity director for Commonwealth Film Exchange. Bos-
ton. Mass. ; "Place of Honeymoons." starring Emily
Stevens; "Annabelle Lee." produced by J. Mitchell
Chapell, and for "Nick Carter." a series of two reelers
featuring Tom Carrigan and Mae Gaston. Assistant
director on "The One Woman." produced by Master-
craft, and of "The American Heiress." starring Doro-
thy Rand: production supervisor for "The Broad Road."
featuring May Allison and Richard Travers: also pro-
duction manager for Associated Authors Productions.
Inc., of Florida: director of "A Romance of Wailke-
gan." produced in Chicago for the Knights of Colum-
bus: director of "The Loyal Moose." produced In
Florida for the I. O. O. M. Other associations have
been Boston manager for the late Meyer Cohen Music
Company: Boston assistant manager for Newspaper
Feature Service. Inc. ; business manager for Marjorie
Rambeau. stage star; T. Grattan Donnelly, author of
"Darkest Russia." Publisher and editor of "The
Stage." a monthly theatrical magazine published in
Boston: publisher and editor of Chicago Vaudeville,
a weekly amusement published in Chicago: and Chi-
cago manager for Zit's Theatrical Weekly. Fol-
lowing two years as presentation editor for Exhibitors
Herald-World, he was transferred to New York as
Eastern advertising representative of Better Theatres.
1929 — Co-producer and director of "Philadelphia." a
play, produced at the Mansfield theatre. New York.
Later In Chicago and Los Angeles. 1931 — Producer
and co-director of "Perfectly Scandalous." a comedy
produced at the Hudson theatre. New York.
GARDENER, H. FREDERICK: Editorial director.
Screen Book Magazine. New Y'ork City; b. Naples,
Italy, January 9, 1902; p. Michael and Susan Gar-
dener: e. Columbia University, journalism and com-
parative literature: m. Faye Iannonc. Art director of
the Metropolitan magazine. 1919-1922; associate editor
of Hearst's International. 1922-23. also associated editor
of Cosmopolitan. 1923-24. managing editor of Every-
body's Magazine, 1924-26; art director. Psychology Maga-
zine. 1926-27. editor. Screen Book. 1928.
GOOOWIN. CHARLES H.: Fourteen years business
manager of Emantiel-Goodwin Publications; b. Phila-
delphia. Pa. In his youth he booked and handled a
chain of 20 Pennsylvania theatres. Was state secretary
of the old Exhibitors League. Pennsylvania, and one of
Its organizers; secretary of the Pennsylvania body for
five years, chairman of the board of managers. Motion
Picture Theatre Owners of Eastern Pennsylvania, for
ten years. He Is completing sixteen years in the mo-
tion picture Held. He was manager of Exhibitors Film
Exchange from 1919 to 1922. and at present Is a mem-
ber of the board of directors of Emanuel Goodwin Pub-
lications.
GREEN HALGH, PAUL: Advertising manager of
Einauuei-UoouwiU Publications; b. Puilaueiphia, Pa.
joined the Barnst- Goodwin Publications in 1U22, when
the Exhibitor was the sole regional, and worked in all
departments. He was appointed advertising manager of
the Exhibitor in 1926. With acquisition of the Na-
tional Exhibitor and formation of the New Y'ork State
Exhibitor he became advertising manager for the entire
group of Emanuel-Goodwiu Publications.
HAGE, ROBERT: Editorial staff. Motion Picture
Daily; b. May 12, 1887; e. Chicago public and high
schools; m. City editor of City News Bureau of Chi-
cago 10 years; on staffs of New York Sun and New
York American; sales organ and house organ editor
for First National Pictures; exploitation writer for
Universal ; a news editor. Motion Picture News. Con-
tributor to 60 magazines and author of scores of
original stories for the screen.
HANCOCK. DON: On the editorial staff of The Film
Daily, New York City ; b. ixindon, England. October 21,
1888; p. the late La Touche Hancock, poet and news-
paper writer and author of the volume, "Desultory
Verse"; e. in public schools of New York; m. Kathenne
Irvin or St. Paul. Alinn.. in 1913. Held several unim-
portant positions with various commercial firms and in
19U8 went on the stage and spent nine years in the
calling; in musical comedies he appeared with Elsie
Janis in "The Fair Co-Ed, " with Eva Tanguay in the
"Follies of 1909." and followed Harry Pilcer in the
light comedy part of Mort Singer's "Heartbreaks."
Then followed several years of stock company experi-
ence, with the Albee stock company at Providence, R. I.,
and with stock companies in Salem. Mass., and Long
Beach, L. I. ; then a trip to Australia as light come-
dian with an American musical comedy company, and
upon his return he entered vaudeville, playing in sev-
eral sketches as light comedian, the most prominent
being with Frank Sheridan in "Derelict." and with
Joseph Jefferson in "Poor Old Jim."
Late in 1916 he left the stage and took a position on
the editorial staff of the Los Angeles Examiner, where
he later became day city editor. His newspaper work
was broken into by his enlistment in the Canadian army
(11th engineers) and upon his return to Los Angeles
he became special correspondent for the Los Angeles
Examiner at San Pedro, Cal. In 1918 he went to New
Y'ork and joined his brother, Herbert Ernest Hancock,
in H. & H. Productions (motion pictures) as business
manager. After producing three pictures they signed
with Fox Film Corporation to organize its newsreel. Fox
News, in 1919, Spent four years with this corporation
as news feature director, news editor and later director-
in-chief of Fox News.
Leaving Fox he went with Macfadden Publications as
director of illustrations in their magazines and was
with them one year; then struck out as an independent
and made a score of illustrated songs in motion pic-
tures for prominent music publishers. On Sept. 14. 1925.
he joined Van Beuren Corporation, as editor of Topics
of the Day, also as director of publicity for all Van
Beuren product. Titled the Smitty Comedies and edited
and titled a number of Walter Fuller's Curiosities. On
Nov. 15. 1930, he joined the editorial staff of Film
Daily. Is a member of the Associated Motion Picture
Advertisers. Lives at 350 West 55th street. New Y'ork
City.
HART, CEDRIC E. : Founder of Sound Waves, also
of Ondra Sonoras. Spanish language motion picture
trade monthly; b. Spokane. Wash.. January 29. 1901.
He was a radio engineer during 1915 and 1916 in New
Y'ork and Salt Lake City ; leading tenor in the Sonora
Grand Opera Company (Mexico). 1917-1919; also with
the American Grand Opera companies in 18 Italian
roles; press representative and personal representative
for eight years for grand opera stars of the Metropol-
itan. Chicago, and San Carlo operas, as well as musical
and concert attractions at Hollywood Bowl, Los An-
geles Philharmonic Auditorium; contributor for several
years to Popular Mechanics and the American, Italian
and Spanish papers and magazines; concert manager
of KDYL (Salt Lake City), 1919; produced and sang
leading tenor roles in world's first radio grand opera
there, Sept. 5, 1919; Puccini's "La Bobeme." Asso-
ciate editor of Mundial, Spanish daily. 1923-25: dur-
ing this period to the present date for Sound Waves,
which was founded by him. and for South American.
United States and foreign publications on subjects of
personalities, music and engineering. Founded Ondra
Sonoras in 1929. Wrote the story for "Los Tres
Amores" for Chris Phillis Productions (comedv muslcale-
feature). 1931.
HERMAN. JUSTIN: Editor. Town Crier Philadel-
phia, Pa.: b. Philadelphia. Pa.. April 29. 1907: e.
school of industrial art. for two years, and a year and
a half at the Academy of Fine Arts. Also went
through grammar school and high school ; not married.
Didn't care for Latin at high school and Math was
Greek to him. so he decided to become an artist.
Studied art in Philadelphia for three and a half Tears.
Sold his first drawing to the New Yorker in 1927. got
a small cheque and decided there was no future In
that line. Went to work for the Daily News in the
sports department at $12 a week, and after three weeks
decided there was no future in that line, either. Went
back to drawing during his final week on the News,
and took three or four masterpieces up to Dave Barrist
on The Exhibitor. He looked at them and then asked
him if he could write. He said yes. and became news
editor of The Exhibitor, also The National Exhibitor.
Spent the next two years attending arbitration meet-
ings in Philadelphia and Washington. Then became
editor of the Town Crier when that magazine was
started in February. 1930. Still draws occasionally,
with work appearing at intervals in the New Yorker
and the Town Crier. Says: "At this writing It ap-
pears there is not much future In these lines, either,
and he is seriously thinking of becoming a professional
picture critic."
HEYN. ERNEST V.: Motion Picture editor. Modern
Screen Magazine. New York City: b. New York Citv.
October 30. 1904: p. Frieda S. and the late Herbert A.
Heyn: e. Trinity school. Horace Mann school, was grad-
uated from Princeton University (1925). studied at the
University of Berlin (1926-27) ; not married Formerly
editor of Famous Stories Magazine, later editor of Film
Fun.
HILL. HOWARD: Business manager of Film Specta-
tor. Born at Shoshone. Idaho, in 1S90. Has been ad-
vertising manager for newspapers In Seattle and T/is
Angeles. Has been business manager of Film Spec-
tator since 1927.
HOLQUIST. HARRY E. : Advertising representative
of Better Theatres: b. 1900; married and one child.
Joined Exhibitors Herald staff In December. 1921. He
obtained his early newspaper training In the editorial
and sporting departments of the Chicago Daily News.
Prior to association with the Herald, he was for two
years research and publicity assistant In the public rela-
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tions department of Swift & Company, Chicago. With
the inauguration of the Better Theatres section of the
Herald- World in May, 1923. he assumed the editor-
ship of this part of the Herald service which has
since grown to occupy such an important place in the
industry. In January, 1928, was appointed Eastern
manager of Better Theatres. In the course of his
work with Better Theatres, he gained a wide acquaint-
anceship among theatre architects, manufacturers and
supply dealers all over the country. Lives in Chicago.
HUBBARD, WALTER WHITELEY: Vice president
and editor, Broadway and Hollywood Movies (month-
ly); b. Philadelphia, l'a., April 15. 1893; p. Walter
and Sarah Hubbard; e. Central high school. Divinity
college, and special work in other universities, including
one in France; degrees, Ps. D. and D. D. ; art educa-
tion: Industrial Art School. Pennsylvania Museum and
School of Applied Art. Graphic Sketch Club, and French
School of Fashion Illustration; m. "The sweetest girl
in the world" ; has one son. Walter Stanley Hubbard.
Is a direct descendant of the founders of Hubbard Pub-
lishing Company, 18C8. at that time one of America's
largest publishing houses, and is distantly related to
Elbert Hubbard of East Aurora. N. Y. Former editor
of The American Art Student and Commercial Artist.
Cartoons magazine. The Professional Bulletin, Stage
and Screen, and The American Aviator. Airplanes and
Airports, monthly. Is a lecturer, author, illustrator.
Was a former instructor at the College of Fine and
Applied Arts. Beaune, Cote d'or, France. Was with the
motion picture organization. 55th Service Company. S.
C. during the World war. Is past president. New York
Exchange Club: officer in Minerva Lodge 792. F. & A.
M. ; member of a theatrical post of the American
Legion and secretary of the National Exchange Club's
Committee on Aviation. Served on newspapers in seven
states of the Union, as artist, dramatic critic and gen-
eral manager. Publisher of the first all-rotogravure
monthly ever printed in America.
HUGHES, LAURENCE A.: Advertising representa-
tive of Quigley Publications, Hollywood; b. Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia. August 1, 1891; h. 6 feet one inch;
w. 180 pounds; black hair and hazel eyes; e. Fort
Street high school, St. Barnabas College and Philip
Lytton school all in Sydney. N. S. W. ; not married;
hy. fishing, swimming, hunting, horses and books.
Four years on the stage with Bland Holt and J. C.
Williamson Productions in Sydney and Melbourne,
stock in New York City. Entered the motion picture
business in 1915 as a character and heavy actor with
Universal. Became a writer and is author of "The
Truth About the Movies" and other books on the in-
dustry. Three years with MGM in exploitation and
publicity, in charge of previews and later social secre-
tary; two years in theatrical and motion picture
agency work; one year with Variety; one year direct-
ing Travelogues; three years in general exploitation
for the opening of new theatres in which Hollywood
stars participated: joined Quigley Publications. Holly-
wood office, in advertising department, 1931
HYNES, CHARLES F. : Editorial staff Motion
Picture Daily; b. December 2, 1900; e. Minneapolis
public and high schools: m. Editor of Greater Amuse-
ments, 5lA years: on editorial staff and managing
editor. The Film Daily: managing editor. Motion Pic-
ture News; then present position.
JACOBINO, LOUIS: Publisher and co-founder of
the Hollywood Daily Screen World; b. Washington. Sep-
tember 26. 1890; e. public schools and Lady of Our
Lord's College. He has had 20 years of newspaper ex-
perience as reporter, editor and publisher. Served five
terms as secretary- treasurer of the Washington State
Press Association, and is one of the founders of the
Washington Newspaper Institute, University of Washing-
ton; also the author of a war volume entitled "With
the Colors." He has been with film publications for
four years.
JENKINS. JOHN CURTIS: Field representative of
Motion Picture Herald, b. Niles. Mich.. February 28.
1858; h. 5 feet 10 inches; gray hair and dark eyes;
w. 170 pounds; p. Mary and John Jenkins, non-
professionals; e. Lake Village schools and Central
Indiana Normal at Danville. Ind. : m. Anna Marion
McGill. non-professional: hy. Ashing. Has been field
representative for the Quigley weekly publication for
four and a half years; also writes column of com-
ment.
JOHNSTON. E. G. : b. Palatine, N. Y. In auto-
motive industry before entering Motion Picture News
organization. During six years with News worked in
independent advertising field r special field investigation :
all editorial routine and at time News was sold held
post of assistant managing editor. Now working with
Charles "Chick" Lewis in Manager's Round Table de-
partment of Motion Picture Herald. Previous news-
paper experience with Montgomery Journal. Mont-
gomery. Ala., on special assignments.
JOHNSTON. WILLIAM A.: Editor of Hollywood
Herald and manager of Hollywood office of Quigley
Publications; e. graduate of Union college. A.B.. 1897;
member of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi. Sons
of the American Revolution. First Job in New York
with Hampton Advertising Agency as copy writer, 1902;
Joined Butterick Publishing Company in 1906 and the
following year went to London. England, as copy
writer with S. H. Benson Company. Ltd. Various edi-
torial and contributing affiliations with the New York
Herald. Hampton's Magazine, Harper's Weekly, The
American Magazine, Munsoy's. Century and other pub-
lications. In 1911-13 publicity work in connection
with the. National Citizens League in behalf of a re-
form in the banking laws. Founded the Exhibitors
Times in 1913 and the same year merged this paper
with the Moving Picture News under the name of
Motion Picture News. President of Motion lectures.
Inc.; president. Angus Company of Delaware: director.
International Trade Papers. Inc.; Angus Company of
New York and National Plumbers Trade Journal.
KANE. SHERWIN A.: Chicago editorial representa-
tive of Quigley Publications; b. Chicago. 111.. February
28. 11)03: e. public schools. University of Notre Dame.
Northwestern University. Reporter for City News Bureau
of Chicago. Chicago Dally News. Santa Monica (Cal.)
Evening Outlook. Hollywood News. Became Chicago
editorial representative for Motion Picture News in
February. 1930, and continued In same capacity for
Quigley Publications.
KANN. MAURICE "RED": Editor. Motion Picture
Dally: h. April 3. 1899; e. Brooklyn. N. Y. grammar
and high schools. College of the City of New York; m.
Broke Into newspaper work on New York Journal of
Commerce: Joined The Film Dally In 1918. later be-
coming managing editor and then editor In 1926. Re-
signed from Film Dally to become editor of Motion
Picture New» In 1929: on amalgamation of Motion
Picture News with Exhibitors Herald-World assumed
present post.
KENNEDY, THOMAS C. : First association with in-
dustry as motion pitcure reviewer and has served in
various editorial, publicity and advertising connections
with Exhibitors Trade Review, Pathe. Hal Roach Mo-
tion Picture News. Quigley Publishing Company. Now
Eastern advertising representative. Motion Picture Her-
ald, Better Theatres.
KLINGENSMITH. ROBERT FRANKLIN: Editor
and manager. Exhibitors' Forum. Pittsburgh, l'a ; b.
Wilkinsburg, Pa.. March 12. 1903; p. Arthur and Lila
Klingensmith ; e. Wilkinsburg high school. University
of Pittsburgh; not married. Publicity director; editor
of the Wilkinsburg Progress, edited other community
newspapers; has done assignments and interviews for
various publications; has been editor of Exhibitors
Forum, regional trade publication, since May, 1929.
LEARY, FRANCIS W. : Motion picture editor. Chel-
sea Evening Record. Chelsea, Mass. : b. Newburyport,
Mass., June 2, 1908; p. Daniel H. and Mary E. Leary;
e. high and prep school; m. Katherine A. Melia; has
a daughter, Patricia Ann. Did reportorial work with
the Haverhill Evening Gazette, Haverhill Sunday Rec-
ord. Lawrence Telegram-Sun, Everett Evening Tribune,
Lynn Telegram-News. Chelsea Evening Record and Bos-
ton Herald.
LEWIS. CHARLES E.: b. Brooklyn. N. Y. Be-
came affiliated with motion picture industry as studio
boy for the old Imp Company in 1909. Later with
Universal, then Kinetophote Corporation as branch ex-
change manager, then Jungle Film Company. Entered
theatre operation field in 1916 and has been at it ever
since as theatre manager, independent theatre owner,
chain theatre general manager and at present oper-
ates a string of suburban theatres around New York.
Became affiliated with trade paper work in 1928 when
he created and conducted for Motion Picture News, the
Managers' Round Table Club, which department was
later taken over in the consolidation of Motion Picture
News and Exhibitors Herald World. He is now con-
ducting this department lor Motion Picture Herald.
MEEHAN, LEO: b. Illinois; e. public and private
schools, Elgin. 111., and Jesuit College of St. Mary's.
Early career: newspaper and magazine writer; publicity
worker for ten years. Screen career: wrote originals
and continuity after breaking in as a reader; assistant
director and director; directed "Wallflower."
"Freckles." "The Devil's Trademark." "Little Mickey
Grogan." "Judgment of the Hills." "The Harvester."
"The Little Yellow House." "Keeper of the Bees";
assistant production manager of RCA Photophone.
Gramercy Studio. New York, in 1929; now general
manager, Hollywood Herald.
MILLER. HERBERT M. : Managing editor. Emanuel-
Goodwin Publications. Inc.. Philadelphia. Pa.: b. Nor-
walk, Conn., July 24, 1900; p. Abraham J. and Julia
Miller; e. Norwalk high school, Syracuse Universitv.
Syracuse, N. Y.. 1922-26; not married. Was graduated
from Syracuse in 1926, then freelanced, contributed to
leading newspapers. Dance, and other magazines: be-
came a member of Miller, Newcomb, Miller, theatrical
publicists. 1927-28; joined Barrist -Goodwin in 1928 as
news editor of the New York State Exhibitor, became
managing editor of the entire group in 1929. was elert-
ed director of Emanuel-Goodwin Publications in 1930.
including the Exhibitor. Philadelphia, the National Ex-
hibitor, Washington, and the New York State Exhibitor.
MODISETTE. HARRY E. : Editor and co-founder of
Hollywood Screen World ; b. Bowling Green. Ohio : p.
Charles and Laura Modisette, of San Bernardino. Cal. ;
e. Bowling Green high school. Davis Business College.
Toledo ; Bowling Green State Normal College. Ohio State
University at Columbus. Ohio Wesleyan University at
Delaware, Ohio. He served in the World war as a
sergeant of infantry. Camp Sherman. Chillicothe Ohio.
Lodge affiliations are as follows: Masons. Knights of
Pythias. 233 Club. Hollywood, and the American Legion.
His newspaper experience has been with the Wood
County Democrat, and the Daily Sentinel-Tribune of
Bowling Green. Ohio: the Riverside Morning Enterprise
of Riverside. Cal.. the Santa Monica Evening Outlook
of Santa Monica, Cal.. of which he was citv editor and
managing editor, then with the Hollywood News at Hol-
lywood. Cal.. as editor and managing editor. He is
the editor and co-founder of the Hollywood Daily Screen
World.
MORTENSEN. T. E. : Editor of Greater Amusements.
Minneapolis. Minn.: b. 1888. Has followed journalism
since graduation from the Universitv of Minnesota.
Was with the Fargo. Aberdeen and Mnnsejaw onoers
Minneapolis Journal and Minneapolis Tribune. Entered
the motion picture trade paper publishing field in 1915
as business manager of Amusements, now Greater
Amusements.
MOSHER. JOHN CHAPIN: Pen name. .T. C. M.
Critic. New Yorker Magazine: b. 1882: e. Williams (A.
B.). Has written the motion picture column in the
New Yorker for the last two years.
NONAMAKER: Better management editor. The Ex-
hibitor (Philadelphia). New York State Exhibitor. Na-
tional Exhibitor Washington. D. C): b. Philadelnhia.
August 22. 1901: e. journalism at University of Penn-
sylvania: married, has two children. Was a freelance
writer: has been connected with Barrist-Goodwin and
Bmanuel-Goodwin Publications for eight years.
O'NEILL, CHARLES B.: Advertising manager of
Better Theatres: b. Summerfleld. O. : graduated from
the Summerfleld high school in 1898; then four years
of preparatory and normal school, specializing in
mathematics, accountancy, English and commercial
law; spent the next five vears as instructor in high
and commercial schools. Served three years as assist-
ant branch manager with the Apperson Automobile
Company in Chicago. From 1910 to 1925 was treas-
urer and advertising manaeer of the automobile maga-
zine. Motor Age. Since 1925 he has be"n a member
of the Quigley Publications staff as advertising manager
of Better Theatres.
ORNSTEIN. WILLIAM: b January 3. 1904: e pub-
lic and high schools. New York City, and Columbia
University. Joined Metro in 1920. working In various
departments Including publicity for seven years: then
assistant editor of Reelnnd Reviews: later New York
representative. Barrist -Goodwin Publications: then
with Film Dallv. Followed with freelance publicity,
then Joined editorial staff of Motion Picture Dally.
1931.
PINCUS. HERMAN: b New York Cttv. December
23. 1905; e. Yonkers high school New York University;
reporter and advertising for nollvwood Filmograph.
Film Dally. Motion Picture News 1928 30. Now with
Motion Picture Dally, reporter and advertising.
POPE. FRANK T.: b. Boston. Mass.; e. public
schools; married and has one child. Broke into news-
paper work on Boston Herald, 1898; New York Eve-
ning Journal, 1902; Boston American, 1904: New
York American. 1907; editor of New York Journal of
Commerce. 1912-22; managing editor. Photoplay Maga-
zine, 1923-24; publicity department of Famous Play-
ers 1924-26; director of publicity of Pro-Dis-Co and
Pathe. 1926-28; news editor. Hollywood Reporter, 1930;
now on editorial staff of Hollywood Herald.
QUIGLEY, MARTIN: President of Quigley Publica-
tions, Inc.. publishers of Motion Picture Herald, Mo-
tion Picture Daily, The Hollywood Herald. Better
Theatres, Motion Picture Almanac, The Chicagoan.
Head office address, 1790 Broadway, New York.
QUIRK, JAMES ROBERT: Editor and publisher.
Photoplay Magazine, New York City; b. Boston, Mass..
September 4, 1884; p. Martin J. and Mary Quirk; e.
Boston University Law School; m. May Allison Quirk;
two children, Frances Denton Quirk and Jean North
Quirk. Newspaper reporter and city editor, Washington
Times; managing editor. Popular Mechanics Magazine:
advertising agency business in Chicago, and since 1915
editor and publisher of Photoplay Magazine.
RAMSAYE. TERRY: editor of Motion Picture Her-
ald; b. Tonganoxie. Kan., November 2. 1885; e. in
Kansas and Massachusetts; first position with the en-
gineering department of the Bell Telephone Company
and the Western Electric Company: in 1905 joined the
editorial staff of the Kansas City Star and Times,
and was subsequently connected with various news-
papers as feature writer and editor, including the
Leavenworth Times, the Omaha Bee, the St. Paul
Pioneer Press, the St. Paul Dispatch, the Associated
Press, the Chicago Evening American. Universal News
Service with the Chicago Tribune. The Chicago
Tribune's adoption of the motion picture serial for
circulation exploitation brought him into contact with
the screen industry. He became the advertising and
publicity director of the Mutual Film Corporation in
1915 and there founded the Screen Telegram, a news-
reel of conspicuous success through the World War.
Subsequently he joined Samuel L. Rothafel's staff
at the Rialto and Rivoli theatres on Broadway.
In 1919. he. in collaboration with Ray Hall, now
editor of Pathe News, launched Kinograms. In 1920
Ramsaye cut all official connections with Broadway,
and in the remoteness of a Long Island farm, en-
gaged in writing for various magazines, meanwhile
carrying through to completeness his two volume his-
tory of the motion picture, "A Million and One
Nights." a labor of some five years. Also produced an
array of adventure and scenic pictures for the Asso-
ciated Screen News, Ltd., of Canada, and edited vari-
ous feature productions, principally expeditionary and
adventure releases, including "The Cruise of the Spee-
jacks" and "Grass" for Paramount. "Martin John-
son's African Hunt" for Metro, and the current road-
show, "Simba." With the advent of the Kennedy
administration at Pathe, he was placed in charge of
non -dramatic releases, including Pathe News, Pathe
Review, the Rockne football series, Johnny Farrell golf
series, and various adventure and topical productions.
He came to the editorship of the Herald February 9,
1931.
ROVELSTAD, ERNEST A.: Managing editor of Mo-
tion Picture Herald: b. Elgin. 111.; November 1, 1891;
h. 6 feet 1 inch; blue eyes and dark brown hair;
w. 170 pounds; p. Inga and Andrew Rovelstad; e.
Elgin high school. St. Olaf college. Northfleld. Minn.,
and Columbia university; married Alice Heiberg. and
has two children. Taught in academy and high school
two years before going to Columbia. Newspaper ex-
perience with Brooklyn Eagle and Minneapolis Journal.
Served in A. E. F. in signal corps. Joined staff of
Exhibitors Herald, now Motion Picture Herald, in April.
1925.
SARGENT. EPES WINTHROP: Pen name. Chicot
(now and then). Author of scenarios, short stories, and
books on film trade subjects, also formerly motion pic-
ture editor. Zit's Theatrical Weekly. New York City; b.
Nassau. Bahamas. August 21. 1872; p. Epes and Jeanne
E. Sargent; e. Mechanicville Academy. Mechanicville.
N. Y.. but did not complete course — "The faculty said
I was too dumb"; m. Evelyn L. Lease Sargent: has
one son. of the same name as his father. Usher. Bijou
theatre. Washington. D. C. 1885; patent lawyer's of-
fice. 1895-6: drug business to 1891. all in Washington:
Musical Courier. 1891-94 ; Variety. 1905; Chicot's Weekly,
same year; press agent, William Morris. 1906-7: Lubin
Manufacturing Company. 1906: Film Index. 1911. and
merged with Moving Picture World. 1911: Zit's Weekly.
1928. Has written many scenarios, more short stories,
five novelettes: picture theatre advertising, "Technique
of the Photoplay," three versions, and with John F.
Barry. "Building Theatre Patronage " Resigned from
Zit's in February. 1931. Now with Variety.
SCHMIDT. GEORGE L.: Manager advertising pro-
duction Quigley Publications; b. Chicago. 111.. Septem-
ber 21. 1904: e. public and high schools. Chicago. 111.:
married: worked with Candy Magazine. 1920-26. as
office manager. Joined Quigley Publishing Company in
June. 1926.
SCHUTZ. GEORGE: Editor of Better Theatres: b.
Shawano. Wis.. September 12. 1898: p. George J. and
Mary Theresa Schutz: e. Shawano public schools and
University of Wisconsin C22) : m. Ruth Reid. Starch
7. 1923; one child. Did newspaper work in Elgin.
111.. Chicago and Jacksonville. Fla. Was with Red
Book Magazine from July. 1923. to February. 1926.
Joined the editorial staff of Quigley Publishing Com-
pany in April. 1927.
SHEA. DENNIS J.: Circulation manager of Quigley
Publishing Company: b. New York City. October 9.
1891; e. publio schools. St. Xavier's high school and
Cooper Union. New Y'ork City: m. June 8. 1913. two
children. Spent two years with Munn & Company,
patent attorneys and publishers of "The Scientific
American." in the blueprint and circulation depart-
ments. Spent 20 years with "Moving Picture World" as
film reviewer, advertising solicitor and circulation man-
ager respectively. Since January 1, 1928. with Quigley
Publishing Company.
SHLYEN. BEN: President of Associated Publica-
tions. Inc.. publisher and editor-in-chief of the ten
trade papers, namely: Film Trade Topics. Motion Pic-
ture Times. Movie Age. The Reel Journal. Motion Pic-
ture Digest. Michigan Film Review. Exhibitors Forum.
The Ohio Showman. New England Film News. Weeklv
Film Review. In 1915 he started working for Standard
Film Corporation as poster clerk, later becoming adver-
tising manager. In 1920 he started The Reel Journal,
which was the keystone for the "resent group of ten
regional publications started In 1927.
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SH RECK, JAY M.: Editorial department. Motion
Picture Herald; b. Tork, Neb., January 6, 1893; p.
George W. and Laura Alice Shreck; e. grade and nigh
schools at York. York college and Northwestern uni-
versity; m. Isabel Brown. January 12. 1918. In the
theatre since 1909 — in the box office, backstage and in
parts with the Grace Barrow-Howard Players. News-
paper experience includes telegraph editor and city desk
on "Omaha Daily." general assignments on the old
"Chicago Examiner" and the "Chicago Tribune" and
desk editor with Associated Press. Served year and a
half as trade paper publicity representative for Para-
mount under the supervision of Charles E. McCarthy.
Joined the editorial staff of the old Exhibitors Herald
in January, 1920. The only interruption in employment
with the Quigley Publishing Company was the year and
a half with Paramount, going there in 1925. Member
of Phi Kappa Psi. college fraternity.
SMITH. FREDERICK JAMES: Managing editor. New
Movie Magazine, New York City ; b. Binghamton. N. Y. ;
p. Commander Frederick R. Smith. C. S. N.. and
Eunice A. Smith; m. Agnes Smith; has one son. Fred-
erick Anthony. One of the first motion picture review-
ers of The Dramatic Mirror and later motion picture
editor of this publication. Editor of The Motion Pic-
ture MaiL weekly section of the old New York Evening
Mail; eastern managing editor of Photoplay, managing
editor for 6H years of the Brewster Publications, in-
cluding Shadowland. The Motion Picture Magazine.
Motion Picture Classic. Beauty. Movie Monthly: man-
aging editor of Screenland; managing editor of Photo-
play for three years; left Photoplay in October. 1929.
to become managing editor of New Movie Magazine.
This magazine now has the largest circulation in the
world. It is one of four magazines constituting the
Tower Group, sold only In the Woolworth Stores. For
four years he was motion picture critic of Liberty
Weekly, contributing a weekly screen page.
SOUTHWELL. GEORGE LESTER: Editor. New Eng-
land Film News. Boston. Mass.: b. Newburyport. Mass..
February 28. 1888; p. Hattie Oliver (Dixon) and George
Washington Southwell: e. common school, two years
high school, one year commercial: is a widower Has
been 26 years in the motion picture industry, starting
that many years ago with Howard Moving Picture Com-
pany at 496 Washington street. Boston. Afterwards with
Klein Optical Company, Continental Building. Boston,
as bookkeeper, shipper and booker. Later with Cosmo-
politan Films. Inc., Winchester street, Boston, as office
manager. Three years at Lawrence. Mass.. as manager
of the Rialto theatre and the last year manager of the
Academy of Music in Haverhill. Mass.. both houses
under lease by Andrew Cobe. a cousin of Jesse L.
Lasky; manager of the Waltham theatre. Waltham.
Mass.. for Samuel Haas, for about a year; travelled
through the middle west and New England for about
five years managing tabloid musical shows; did advance
for Rex the Mental Wizard for one season; manager of
Polly the Human Fly for two seasons: booked sets on
Shubert units while that organization lasted: joined the
staff of Metropolitan Booking Offices. Inc., at Boston,
where he remained until he took over the management
and editorship of the New England Film News for Ben
Sblyen of Associated Publications. Inc.. of Kansas City
(Mo.) and is now in his third year with that organ-
ization.
STEEN. AL: Managing editor of Associated Publi-
cations. Inc., Kansas City. He was born in Chicago,
111.. July 9. 1903: and attended schools in Chicago,
Berkeley. Cal.. Kansas City and Milwaukee. Also at-
tended the University of Missouri from 1922 to 1924
and the University of Oklahoma from 1924 to 1926 and
received the A. B. degree; P. H. F. and Eugenia Steen.
He is married and has one daughter, Jane Ellen.
STOKES. WARREN: Pen names. Spatz. Fay Doubt.
Carl Warren. Motion picture editor. Film Trade Topics.
284 Turk street. San Francisco. Cal. ; b. London. Eng-
land. February 6. 1893: p. William and Katherine
Stokes: e. Worcester Cathedral, specializing in journal-
ism, literature and drama : m. Shirley King, former
screen actress and toe dancer; has one daughter. Terry
Mae. 9 years of age. Warren Stokes' parents died when
he was one year old and he was reared by grandpar-
ents till 15 years of age. Wanderlust brought him to
America at the age of eighteen. A stage career fol-
lowed, embracing musical comedy, burlesque and dra-
matic stock. He wrote a number of vaudeville acts,
joined Lubin Film Company of Philadelphia in the
scenario department, went to Hollywood as a reader In
the story department of Palmer Photoplay Corporation.
Renewing his studies of journalism and dramatic tech-
nique, he became associated with Inside Facts. Pacific
Coast theatrical paper conducting stage and screen re-
views. He edited Gold Leaf Magazine, official organ
of the California Writers Club: freelanced on exploita-
tion and publicity; under various pen names wrote
short stories, special articles pertaining to the theatre
and a number of specials for the Psychology publica-
tion; was appointed editor and manager of Film Trade
Topics by Ben Shlyen, president of Associated Publica-
tiqns. continuing in that capacity for the past three
years. Has contributed humorous bits to Brevity, orig-
inated "Microphonics." a series of comedy broadcasts
on the motion picture industry, and "Filumrythum."
news in rhyme of interest to the motion picture trade
and released exclusively through Associated Publications.
TROTTI. LAMAR: Motion picture editor. The Mo-
tion Picture Monthly. New York, published by Motion
Picture Producers and Distributors of America. Inc. ;
b. Atlanta. Ga.. October 18. 1900; p. John Patterson
and Emma Trotti: e. University of Georgia, being grad-
uated in the class of 1921: m. Louise Kennedy Hall.
Went into newspaper work at Atlanta, upon graduation,
and became reporter, special writer, city editor. Now
is connected with the M. P. P. D. A.
WATERBURY. RUTH: Editor, Silver Screen. New
York; b. Rensselaer. N. Y. ; p. Cyrus and Ellen Tidd
Waterbury: e. private and public schools. Albany. N. T. ;
m. the late Harold Cary. Feature writer. New York
World. New York Daily News, staff writer of Photoplay
Magazine, assistant editor. Smart Set Magazine.
WILK, RALPH: West Coast representative of The
Film Daily; b. Minneapolis. Minn.. July 9. 1893; e.
public schools of Minneapolis and Eveleth. Minn., high
school. He entered newspaper work while a sophomore
in high school, working on the Eveleth News and acting
as correspondent for the Associated Press and Duluth
and Twin City newspapers. During the World war he
served at Camp Dodge. Iowa, and upon his return in
1919 he Joined The Film Daily; in March. 1928. he
became West Coast representative of the publication.
MOTION PICTURE EDITORS
ADAMS. CARL B. : Dramatic and photoplay editor.
Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio; b. July 15. 1898; e. Cin-
cinnati public school. Woodward high school. Univer-
aity of Cincinnati (A. B. degree I; not married. Won
the Phi Beta Kappa key for scholarship. Worked as
commercial secretary at the Chamber of Commerce.
Wrote for numerous trade Journals, especially motion
picture magazines. Joined the Enquirer about eight
years ago as film critic la author of two books.
"Mack." a short romance; "Hidden Strings." "Dia-
mond of Marifa." both volumes of poems. Hii verses
have appeared in various magazines, several having won
poetry prizes. He also has written several novels, none
published as yet. Though he has reviewed pictures for
eight >ears he did not visit Hollywood until last sum-
mer. Is fond of motion pictures and "does not »ee
why a picture cannot be really entertaining without
insulting one's intelligence." Is a member of the Mac-
Dowell Society. American Nature Association. American
Literary Association. Also teaches English literature at
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
AHLGREN. FRANK RICHARD: News editor. Mem-
phis Commercial Appeal. Memphis. Tenn. ; b. Superior.
Wisconsin: p. Mr. and Mrs. O. J Ahlgren: e I-ane
Technical. Chicago: University nf Wisconsin. Madison:
Stale College. Superior. Wis. : Memphis Un.versity Law
School.
ALBRECHT. DAN: Motion picture reviewer. Elkhart
Truth. Elkhart. Ind.; b. Albion. Ind.. November 5.
1905: p. Ed and Ada Albrecht: e. University of Wiscon-
sin (A. B. ); not married. With the Truth since
graduation in 1928.
ARMITAGE. ALBERT: Motion picture editor.
Knoxvllle Journal. Knoxvllle. Tenn.; b. Oreeneville.
Tenn.. June 2. 1905.
BAHN. CHESTER B. : Editor and critic. Syracuse
Herald; b. August 1. 1893: e. Liverpool. New York
Weedsport and Syracuse schools; married, has three
children. Entered newspaper field as a reporter on the
Syracuse Journal in 1912. Subsequent:/ became state
editor, field correspondent with Syracuse N»''onal Guard
troops on Mexican border, assistant city editor, makeup
editor, federal and state reporter, and dramatic and
motion picture editor of the Journal. While with the
Guard he was associate editor of the Rio Grande Rat-
tler, field newspaper of the Sixth Division. U. S. A.
Transferred to the Telegram- American (Hearst) In 1922
as critic: later became columnist and chief editorial
writer. Transferred to the Syracuse Herald as critic In
1925. At present Is critic and morning city editor.
Other newspaper posts: bureau manager. International
News Service: managing editor. Bahn News Service.
BAKER. COLLEY S. : Pen name. "C. S. B": edi-
tor and columnist. Stroudsburg Record. Stroudsburg.
Pa.; b. Washington County. Pa.. January 16. 1R90; p.
Charles E. and Marv A. Baker: e. East Washington
high school and Washington and Jefferson College
(clasa of 1912): m. Marie E. Coyle of Indianapolis.
Ind.. has two children, Robert Charles, aged 14. and
Colley S. Baker. Jr.. aged 12. In addition to his
editorial duties, he Is writer of a column known as
"Words Without Music hv C. S. B ." consisting nf
current criticism and reviews of motion pictures and
small town life. Was formerlv on the staff of the
Philadelphia North American. Trl-State News Bureau
nf Pittsburgh. Unlnntown. Pa., also nn Herald and
Oenlus and Washingtnn (Pa.) Record while In college.
Handled theatrical publicity and nublished theatre pro-
grams In Washingtnn. Pa.. In 1908-1909. At present Is
cnrresnnndent for New York. Philadelphia and Detroit
publications
BALDINGER. WILBER H. : Columnist. Butler Eagle.
Butler. Pa.: h. Spokane. Wash.. November 30. 1906: p.
Dr. A. H. Baldlnger: e. Westminster College (A. B.)
1929: not married Associate edltnr of the Westmln-
strel. 1927-28: assistant In the business administration
department. Westminster. 1928-29: travel snd «tn<tv In
Fiiiw*. North Africa. Smith Amerlra : member of Thefi
TTpsllnn Omega fraternity. Has had varied experience
In amateur theatricals, and Little Theatre mnrements:
conductor since 1930 of "The Talk of the Town" col-
umn in tbe Eagle.
BARAL. ROBERT: Motion picture editor. Journal-
Gazette. Fort Wayne. Ind.; b. Fort Wayne. Ind.. April
2. 19U5; p. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Baral: e. graduate of
public schools and attended Indiana University for two
years; not married. Four years with the Journal-
Gazette doing film and stage assignments. Spent one
summer in Hollywood covering studio news for the
paper.
BARNETT, GRACE LEONE: Motion picture editor.
Freeport Journal Standard. Freeport. 111. ; b. Rockford.
111.; p. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Barnett; not married.
High school and Junior college instructor In English.
Latin and psychology; publicity writer for theatres;
news staff writer.
BASKIN. ALICE HAINES: Pen name. Alice Cal-
houn Haines for published books. Star- News critic for
newspaper work on the Pasadena Star-News. Pasadena.
Cal. ; b. New York City. N. Y. ; p. Benjamin Reeve
and Mary Hodges Haines; e. at home, because of deli-
cate health as child: ra. James Noble Baskin. San An-
tonio. Texas. Began to write in her early teens. Con-
tributed stories to St. Nicholas. Youth's Companion,
etc. Wrote verse and magazine articles. Published
books: "Pets." 1904: "Book of the Dog." 1904:
"Japanese Child Life." 1905; "Boys and Girls." 1905;
"According to Grandma." 1907: "Little Folk of Brit-
tany." 1907; "Luck of the Dudley Grahams." 1907:
"Cockadoodle Hill." 1909: "Partners for Fair." 1912:
"Firecracker Jane" (novel). 1918: "Flower of the
World." 1922 (novel). Dramatic critic of the Pasadena
Star-News since 1921. Has written theatre and film
articles for Film Spectator and other professional peri-
odicals.
BATES. PAULINE COOPER: Motion picture editor.
Arizona Republic. Phoenix. Ariz. : b. Garher. Okla .
March 26. 1901: p. John and Elizabeth Cooper; e.
graduate of Enid high school. U. P. S. Tonkawa.
Okla.. one year, and various newspaper offices: m. Oif-
fnrd T. Bates; has a daughter and a son. Reha and
Thomas Jnhn. Ha3 been a bank clerk and teacher
Began her artive newspaper career on the Blaekwell
Tribune. Blaekwell. Okla. Time out. and change of
location for benefit of her health. Was employed on
the Arizona Republican In July. 1927. and has been
with that publication ever since as feature and Sunday
editor.
BAUER. RUSSELL G.: Reviewer. Clarksburg Ex-
ponent. Clarksburg. W. Va. : b. Bellalre. Ohio. Novem-
ber 11. 1907; p. Mr. and Mrs, V. E. Bauer: e. high
schnol graduate: not married. On the Exponent news
staff five years, reporter three years, city desk two
years, theatres three years.
BAUGH. JAY B.: Pen name. J ISM Motion picture
critic. Dodge City Daily Globe. Dodge City. Kan. : h.
Deerfleld. Kan.. August 15. 1903: p. Thomas E. and
Nannie Baugh: e. college one year, following high
schnnl. and ten years of newspaper experience; m.
Viola A. Hirsh: has two sons. Gordon and Marion.
Career: "Only the usual hectic times Incident to ten
vears as a reporter and city editor on various 'country'
newspapers thrnughnut Kansas " Son of a railroader,
and a product of southwest Kansas.
BEAN. MARGARET: Motion picture editor Spokes-
man-Review. Spokane. Washingtnn. Was graduated
from Smith College In 1913. member nf the Smith Col-
lege canteen unit and served nverseaa during the War.
returned tn Spnkane and became a member of the
editorial staff nf the Spokesman -Review. At present Is
mntinn picture edltnr and feature writer.
BELL. MIRIAM REYNOLDS: Motion picture edltnr.
Indianapolis News. Indianapolis. Ind. : h. Knightstnwn.
Ind.. July 9. 1912: p. R. It and Edith Bell: e. was
graduated from Knlehtstnwn high schnnl. attended But-
ler University. Indianapolis, but did not complete
course. First newspaper experience began In August.
1930. as motion picture editor and art critic of the
News. Does music and book criticisms and occasional
general assignments.
BENNETT. WALDO H.: Motion picture editor.
Bansor Daily News. Bangor. Me. ; b. Newport Me
April 6. 1880: p. George W. and Mary J. Bennett; e.
public schools of Newport. Newport high school 1897
U. of M. clasa of 1901: U. of M. college of law. 1903;
divorced; has a son. Willard E. Bennett. Superintend-
ent of schools. Newport. 1902. collector of taxes. New-
port. 1904-5-6-7. councilman. Bangor. 1930-31. Has
worked on the News since September. 1913.
BEYRER. CHARLES: Drama editor, the San Diego
Sun. San Diego. Cal.; b. South Bend. Ind.. September
19. 1908; p. Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Beyrer; e. grad-
uate of San Diego senior high school; not married
Began newspaper work October 21. 1929. Drama editor
since July. 1930.
BLAWIS. JOHN S. : Editor and critic. Union Star
Schenectady. N. Y. ; b. Whatesboro, IT, Y. . September
29. 1912: e. high school. Has worked since gradua-
tion as copy boy. reporter and desk man for this paper
and the Knickerbocker (Albany) Press.
80YKIN. CLARENCE E. : Motion picture editor
Times-Dispatch, Richmond. Va. : b. Richmond Va
November 18. 1897; p. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Boykln- e'
public schools. John Marshall high school. Richmond,
and Houston. Texas, high school, business course.
Northwestern University, Evanston. short art course.
University of Virginia summer school: not married
Began newspaper work in March. 1915. reporter and
cartoonist. Richmond Evening Journal. Took up the-
atre reviewing. 1917. With the Journal to 1919. then
to the Richmond Evening Dispatch; Richmond News
Leader. 1921. back to Evening Dispatch until 1924:
Petersburg (Va. I Progress- Index for seven months;
then the Richmond Times-Dispatch from November
1924. to the present time. Has filled about every news
position except on the copy desk.
BRAYTON. RICHARD KNOX: Motion picture edi-
tor. LaCrosse Tribune. LaCrosse. Wis. ; b. La Crescent
Minn.. June 16. 1903: p. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Brayton;
e graduate of the University of Wisconsin, class of
1927 with B. A degree: married. At the age of 27 is
managing editor nf the LaCrosse Tribune, only paper in
a town of 40.000.
BROSSOW. OLIVE: Theatre editor. Kenosha Eve-
ning news. Kenosha. Wis. ; b. Texas. September 17
1905: p. John Charles and Lillian Brossow: e North-
land College (A. B. 1929): Wisconsin University (A.
M. 1930): not married. Co-winner of the American
Mercury college essay contest. October. 1929 Has sold
a few short stories. Edited the student paper in her
senior year in college. Has held the present position
since October 1, 1930.
BROWN. ROGER S. : City editor. Dally Argus-
Leader. Sioux Falls. S. D. : e. grade, high school and
college: three children, "not too old." Organized de-
partment about eleven years ago. Still undecided about
talking pictures. Ha9 done press agent work for circus
carnival, repertory shows and vaudeville. Never wrote
a fan letter. Movie people never heard of or from him
be says. Present -Itv editor of Argus-Leader. Motion
picture page each Sunday,
BROWNE. WALTER L.: City editor. Moon-Journal
Battle Creek. Mich.: b. Minneapolis. Minn.. July 31.
1885: p. Glen W. and Nina Sturtevant Browne: e. high
school. University of Oregon; m. Ethel Dowling: has
two sons and a daughter. Walter Glen. Robert Dowling
and Shirley Loretta. Who's Who In America. 1928-
29-30-31.
BROWNING. GEORGE: Motion picture editor Bal-
timore Post. Baltimore. Md : b Baltimore. Md March
26. 1900: p. Cnrnella and Genrge Browning: e Balti-
more City college. Western Maryland college: not mar-
ried. Was lent by the Baltimore Post to the New
York Telegram (also a Scrlpps- Howard paper) as film
critic, and last fall was loaned to another Scrlpps-
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Howard paper, the Pittsburgh Press. Also writes a
radio column for the Post.
BUDWIN. RAY: Writing names, Ray Budwin. Budd
Wynn. Dramatic and music editor. Spokane Daily
Chiunicle. Spokane. Wash.; b. Salt Lake City. Utah.
February 18. 1899; p. Mr. and Mrs. T. Budwin; e.
public schools in Spokane. University of Southern Cali-
fornia, Ohio State University and the last three years
at Columbia University; m. Marie Taylor. Ziegfeld
Follies" and New York show girl. Served with the
L". S. Navy during the World war. Has been to sea
twice since, covering most of the world as seaman,
uiessboy and waiter. Six years on the editorial start*
of the Spokane Chronicle. In 1929 his first book. "The
lteturn of Eurylochus," was accepted and published by
Stratford Company. Boston. Mass. He played two
years in Theatre Guild productions in New York QO
and had three years stock and stage experience in
Spokane.
CAPLEY. ALBERT R.: Dramatic editor. Press-
Scimitar. Memphis. Teuu. He was born and educated
in Memphis, and also attended the Gregg School in
Chicago. Worked for a brier period in the advertising
department of the Chicago American. Started in the
editorial department of the News-Scimitar in 1922 as
police reporter. Has handled everything in the editorial
department from sports to theatres. Has taken part in
skits of the Memphis Newspapermen's Club since its or-
ganization eight years ago. He is married and his
hobby is good books.
CARROLL. HARRISON: Dramatic editor. Los An-
geles Evening Herald. Los Angeles. Cal. ; b. Waco.
Texas. June 23. 1901; p. B. H. and Hallie Harrison
Carroll; e. high school anil graduate of Columbia Col-
lege; m. Corrinne Smith, has one son. Harrison. Jr..
age 4. Started as a cub. Los Angeles Times, in the
summer of 1922. Became Hollywood reporter and later
occupied the same beat on the Los Angeles Examiner.
Became drama editor. Evening Herald, in October.
1927. and in addition is writing a motion picture col-
umn for Premier Syndicate.
CARSON. JEAN V.: Motion picture critic, Casper
Tribune-Herald. Casper. Wyo. : b. Medora. 111.. March
12. 1903: p. Carl C. and Kena Birkenmayer Carson: e.
accredited high school and be also look a business
course at Gem City Business College. Qulncy. 111.; m.
Muriel It. Gelsler.
CATHERS. HUBERT EMORY: Pen name. Hugh
Cathers. Theatre editor, Boise Capital News. Boise.
Idaho: b. Vienna. S. D. . August 25. 1908: p. Mrs.
Olga C. Cathers: e. high school graduate: not married.
Has been in charge of the motion picture section of the
paper for which he now works for the past three years.
CHASE. FRANKLYN H.: Dramatic editor. Journal.
Syracuse. N. Y.; b. Syracuse. N. Y".. September 15.
1864: p. VanBuren and Elizabeth Condor Chase: e.
schools of Syracuse and special University courses in
English literature: has a son. Donald F. Chase of the
Detroit Times and a daughter. Mrs. Frank D. Henry.
New York. Went into the editorial room of the Jour-
nal. Syracuse. October L 1879. Covered theatres from
the beginning of his career. Was managing editor for
10 years, down to 1918. Became associate editor, but
never gave up the theatres. Became traveling corre-
spondent in 1919. Spent three years traveling from
trouble In 35 countries, and searching out the unusual
in theatres. Now spends three to six months each year
In London and Paris, getting caught up on the the-
atres, because of the disappearanc of the roadshow in
America.
CHERRINGTON. HAROLD E. : Dramatic editor.
Columbus Dispatch. Columbus. Ohio; b. Ewington.
Ohio June 19. 1888; p. Mr. and Mn C. W. Cher-
rington: e. Wellston high school and Ohio University.
Athens; m. Harriet Eastman Cherrlruton Has been a
member of the Dispatch editorial staff since 1911.
CLARK. NORMAN : Dramatic editor. News. Balti-
more. Md. : b. Baltimore. Md. His entire newspaper
career has been In Baltimore on the Sun. thr Evening
Sun. the Star, and now the News. Was with A H.
Woods as a press agent for a brief period. Is author
of several one-act plays and revue skits.
CLEMENS. LOUIS L.: Formerly picture editor.
Tacoma Ledger. Tacoma. Wash: died in January. 1931;
b. December 28. 1871. North Manchester. Ind. : p.
BenJ. F. and Emma Benson: high school education: m.
Joserhine Wvnn. Springfield. Tenn.. In 1910: hy. ama-
teur photography and music. On the professional stage
26 vears as manager, director and player. Author of
a drama. "The Davs of Old." and othir lesser plays.
Member of S. A. W. V. and B. P. O. B.
CLINTON. HARRIET PETTIBONE: Drama, music
and film editor. Milwaukee Leader. Milwaukee. Wis ;
b Burlington. Iowa. December 29. 1896: p. J. H. Pet-
tibone; e. University of Colorado. Wisconsin and Co-
lumbia University: m. Fred D. Clinton.
COHEN. HAROLD W.: Motion picture editor and
critic Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: b. Pittsburgh. Pa..
October 23. 1905: p. I,ena and Barney Cohen: e. Penn
State College (A. B. 1926) : not married. In newspaper
work since finishing college — reporter, copy-reader, fea-
ture writer and finally the motion picture desk: also
has had some motion picture trade paper experience
and has written a few magazine articles. Says he "can
never be a success because he never sold newspapers."
COHEN. JULIUS: Motion picture critic. The Jour-
nal of Commerce. New Y ork : b London. England. Sep-
tember. 1898; p. Barnett and Ethel Cohen; e. "limited
to American schools and the Saturday Evening Post":
m. Ethel Dallon. musical comedy actress. To be a
dramatic editor Is and was his only ambition. He
also Is now dramatio critic and editor of this paper.
Savs he likes beer and wines or what have you. and
has no Idea of what heaven or the perfect talking pic-
ture Is like and sav« he will die wondering.
COLLINS. DEAN: Drama editor. Portland Tele-
gram. Portland. Ore.: b. Dallas. Ore.. April 10. 1887 :
p. James U and Mary Collins; e. Dallas college (A. B.
and A. M.): University of Oregon (A. B. and A. M ):
m. Frances S. Stowe. has one child. Reporter and
columnist. Portland Oregonlan: columnist. Portland
Telegram: public! it manager. Universal Exchanges of
the Northwest: publicity. Universal City. Cal. As a
columnist he returned to the Portland Telegram, then
became cltv editor and next dramatb- and literary edi-
tor. Portland Telegram. Song writing, plays and pag-
eants. American Legion. Portland Rose Festival and
various other organizations Magazine writing. Found-
ed the Portland Inter«<-hola«tlc Drama League. Three
times winner of the Guy Bates Post nip for dramatic
writing.
CONDON. WAIDE MOORE: Sunday editor, music,
drama, uuii. art. Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City.
Utah: b. Gabon. Ohio. October 19. 1893; p. Mr. and
Mrs. F. J. <_ouuon; e. high school and college of music
iviolin) ; m. Genniel Johnson, daughter ot late Con-
gressman Jacob Johnson of Utah; has one daughter.
Patricia. Started with the Tribune, Marion, Ohio, as
a reporter. Was reporter, city and telegraph editor and
managing editor of various Ohio dailies until 1916.
Then went to Washington as assistant clerk, committee
on pensions of the house, and also represented a string
of small Ohio dailies. Went to Copenhagen in 1918 as
attache of the American Legation. Back to Washington
in 1919 and on the Washington 1'ost copy desk. Re-
entered diplomatic service early in 1920 and was sent
to Athens. Greece, as chief clerk of the legation. Re-
signed from service in June, 1921, and went to Paris
on the European edition of the Chicago Tribune. Re-
turned to the States in November. 1921, and for several
months served as confidential secretary and publicity
head for the special Greek diplomatic mission to Amer-
ica. Then went to Marion as managing editor of the
Tribune until it was sold and merged with the Star.
President Harding's old paper. Went to New Y'ork in
1923 and assumed the managing editorship of the Wall
Street News. Was also dramatic editor and left in
September. 1927. because of the illness of his daughter.
Went to California for a year and worked a few weeks
in the Paramount publicity department. Went to Salt
Lake in June. 192S, as Sunday and feature editor of
the Tribune. Has charge of all features, magazine,
etc.. as well as drama (legitimate and film), music,
art. literature, financial, layouts, juvenile and an eight-
page Juvenile tabloid section. Has written Quite ex-
tensively, particularly on financial and economic sub-
jects, politics (international! and the economic side of
pictures.
CONNERY. DAVID PUGSLEY: Motion picture edi-
tor. Border Cities Star. Windsor. Ontario: b. 1895.
Winchester. Ontario: e. Winnipeg public and hhjdl
schools; m. Sybil Williams in 1916. has one son. born
in 1917. City editor. Saskatoon (Saskatchewan! Phoe-
nix. 1921-24: city editor. Saskatoon Star. 1924-27: with
Border Cities Star. Windsor. Ontario, since.
COOGAN. MARGARET: Dramatic editor. Daily
Argus. Mount Vernon. N. Y'. : b. Hartford. Conn. ; e.
Hartford public high school. 1917; Hamilton Heights.
1918; Smith college (A. B.. 1922); Columbia UniTtr-
sity (A. M. . 1923) for graduate work in psychology.
English and play producing: not married. Was for a
year bead of the English department, registrar and
dramatic coach at a girls' private school near New
Y'ork City, since then has been on the staff of the
Daily Argus as dramatic editor.
CORNWELL. EDWIN CHARLES: Motion picture
editor, the Wheeling Register. Wheeling. W. Va. ; b.
Grafton. W. Va.. January 31. 1901: p. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank S. Comwell; e. Wheeling" high school. West
Virginia University: m. Alma L. Mayer. Newspaper-
man for 15 years, beginning as a youth as press helper,
then becoming mailing room clerk, proofreader, reporter,
telegraph editor and motion picture critic. Now also
It supervisor of the art department.
COUCHE. MYRTLE FORBES: Drama critic. Port-
land News (evening). Portland. Ore.: b. Montour.
Iowa: p. Wallace and Martha Jane Forbes: m. Charles
F. H. Couche. Eight years private secretary to C. S.
Jensen of Jensen and von Herberg. motion picture the-
atre circuit operators. Five years drama critic of the
Portland News.
DANIEL. FRANK: Theatre editor. Atlanta Journal.
Atlanta. Ga. : b. Tbomaston. Ga.. September 7. 1900;
p. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Daniel: e. University of
Georgia (A. B.). Columbia University. Pulitzer School
of Journalism: not married.
De BERNAROI. JR.. A.: Drama editor. Denver
Post. Denver. Col. : b. December 6. 1891 : Warrensburg.
Mo.: e. Western Military Academy. Alton. III., at-
tended University of Kansas Ian School.
DELEHANTY. THORNTON: Motion picture editor.
New York Evening Post. New York; h. New York
City. December 9. 1893; e. private schools and Colum-
bia University : not married.
DOULENS. HUMPHREY: Motion picture editor.
South Norwalk Sentinel. South Norwalk. Conn : b.
South Norwalk. Conn.. November G. 1907: p. Edw. and
Caroline Doulens: e. Norwalk high school. Columbia
University, extension division: not married. Press agent
for Henriette Wakefield, leading contralto of the Met-
ropolitan Opera Company. Greek Evans, star of light
opera and musical comedy. Correspondent for Vari-
ety. Also a concert manager, having represented
Mario Chamlee. Ruth Miller and other opera singers.
OOYLE. GERALD: Dramatic editor. Queens Eve-
ning News. Jamaica. N. T. ; b. Boston. Mass.. Febru-
ary. 22. 1907: p. Dr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Doyle: e.
New York University. Advertising and reportorlal
experience.
DUNLAP. A. R. : Managing editor and dramatic
critic. Evening Independent. St. Petersburg. Fla.; b.
Danville. Ky. : e. Center College. Danville. Ky. . '95.
and graduated from law school in '97 : m. and has two
children. Practiced law for a time In Danrille. and
then went to Mobile. Alabama, where he did dramatics
and general local work for the Mobile Register. Was
on the Courier- Journal of Louisville. Ky.. four years,
and did some dramatic work there. Moved to Frank-
fort. Ky.. In 1908. and wrote theatre for four ye.irs
Has been In St. Petersburg and with the Evening
Independent for 19 years, doing theatres and a lot of
other things.
ELLISON. WILLIAM W.: Amusement and city ed-
itor. Monroe News-Star and Morning World. Monroe.
La.: b. Atlantn. Ga.. March 5. 1901: p. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Ellison: e. high school: m. Miss Goldie Klegc.
of Phoenix City. Ala. : has three children. For the
last ten years a newspaperman In Georgia. South Caro-
line. Florida, Alabama and Louisiana. Went to
Monroe. June 19. 1929. as telegraph editor of the now
defunct Morning Post, became editor of the Morning
World upon Its establishment there October 29. 1929.
and retained that position when the World and Evening
News-Star merged In the latter part of October. 1930.
Amusements had received little or no attention In
Monroe until he arrived there In the middle of 1929.
He started an entire page Sundays In the Morning
World when It was established and It has been retained
since as one of the leading weekly features. An out-
standing phase of the page Is a column. "Cinema
Calendar." In which the lead paragraphs are devoted to
the latest In the moving picture world followed by a
day by day listing of pictures at the local theatres.
along with short, concise gossip about the feature films.
The page has drawn favorable comment from no less
a personage than Will Hays and celebrities of the au-
dible screen. Including Lillian Roth, Louise Fazenda,
Clara Bow. Zelma O'Neal, Irene Rich. James Gleasoq
and a number of others. No attempt is ever made to
conserve space insofar as pictures are concerned.
FAIRFIELD. EDWARD G. : Editor and motion pic-
ture editor. Telegraph Herald and Times-Journal, Du-
buque. Iowa : b. Lacrosse. Wis. . May 15. 1890 ; p. Mr.
and Mrs. George Fairfield; e. high school and college
in liberal arts; m. Maude Allen. Dubuque. Iowa; has
seven children. Allen E., Lois, Thomas A.. Joan. Ed-
ward G . Anna May and Bruce D. Was a reporter
from 1910 to 1914 in Dubuque and Des Moines. Iowa ;
city editor. Dubuque. 1914 to 1917; Chamber of Com-
merce secretary. 1917-1S-19-20: also served as secre-
tary of various Liberty Loan and Victory Loan drives;
editor. Dubuque Times-Journal. 1920-27 ; editor. Du-
buque Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal (consoli-
dated) since April 1. 1927.
FLYNN. HAZEL EVELYN : Pen name. Rob Reel.
Motion picture critic and editor, Chicago Evening Amer-
ican. Chicago. 111.; b. Chicago. 111.. March 31. 1899:
p. John Edward and Christine Bruce Flynn: e. gradu-
ate Eugene Field Grammar School and Lake View
high school. Chicago. 111., two years University of Illi-
nois. Champaign. 111.; not married. Granddaughter of
an Indiana newspai>er man. Started as extra at
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company and eventually
was placed in the scenario department. Left to become
secretary to James R. Quirk, publisher of Photoplay
Magazine. Other work: l*ublicity department. Taylor
Homes Film Company: editor, educational reel, "Pic-
torial Life": title writer under Terry Ranisaye and
Ray L. Hall for Kinograms. Selznick and Gaumont
News; cafe editor. Evening American, and finally mo-
tion picture columnist. Co-author with Arthur G.
Sbeekman of skit. "The Private Life of a Roxy Usher."
in the New Y'ork hit. "Three's a Crowd." Clubs:
member of Alpha Cbl Omega fraternity. Illinois
Woman's Athletic Association.
FREEMAN. CHARLES A. S.: Motion picture editor.
Olean Herald. Glean. N. Y. ; b. New York City. N. Y..
May 5. 1890; p. Samuel J. and Martha G. Freeman:
e. New York City public schools, high school. Wesleyan
Academy, Centenary Collegiate Institute, Wesleyan Uni-
versity: m. Ima Dell Herdman: has three children.
Newspaper writer and editor for 20 years.
FRINK. CAROL: Motion picture critic. Chicago
Herald and Examiner. Chicago; b. Chicago. 111., Feb-
ruary 1. 1900: p. Dr. Joy L. Fnnk; e. Nicholas Senn
high school. Chicago, and University of Michigan: di-
vorced from Charles G. MacArthur. Newspaper report-
ing and feature writing in Chicago. Boston and New
Y'ork — Herald and Examiner. Chicago. Boston Ameri-
can, and New York American — for the past ten years.
Critic on the Chicago Examiner for the last four ytars.
GERHARD. GEORGE: Motion picture editor and
reviewer. Evening World. New Y'ork: b. Providence.
R- I.. January 3. 1888: e. "kindergarten, primary, high
school and hard knocks"; m. Inez Sebastian. "Still
plugging."
GIUS. JULIUS. JR.: Drama and music editor.
Tacoma Daily News. Tacoma. Wash.; b. Fairbanks.
Alaska. December 31. 1908: p. Mary and Julius Gius:
e. Tacoma public schools and College of I*uget Sound.
Tacoma: not married. Entered the newspaper business
at 1G as a high school correspondent, at 17 was taken
Into the office as general assignment reporter, then for
two years as night wire editor, then to present position.
GOW. JAMES ELLIS: Pen name. James Gow. Mo-
tion picture editor of the former New Y'ork World. New
Y'ork City; b. Greenfield. Iowa. August 23. 1907; p.
James Ellis and Faith James Gow; e. UniversiLv of
Iowa. University of Colorado (A. B. . 1928): not mar-
ried. Born In Iowa, "escaped at earliest opportunity."
and during high school and college was motion picture
and church organist and a stagestruck actor on the
side. Deciding it would be more congenial to starve
in a newspaper office than as a motion picture organist,
he deserted music and went to New York. Secretary
to city editor. The World. 1928; motion picture assist-
ant. 1928: was appointed motion picture critic in Janu-
ary. 1931. before the purchase by the Scripps-Howard
syndicate.
GREEN. J. H.: Pen name. Hi Green. Dramatic
editor. News-Tribune. Tacoma. Wash.: b. Centenille
Ind.. June 6. 1879: p. Datld A. and Irene Green: e.
Kansas State Normal. Kansas State college: m. Vlda
Brockett. With the Capper publications at Topeka;
then the Mexican Herald. Mexico City; owner and ed-
itor of the Gazette and La Gaceta. Guanajuato. Mexico:
editor, the News. Nevada City. Cal. : has been In
Tacoma the last 15 years.
GREENE. W. S.. JR.: Pen name. Wallace Greene.
Sunday editor. Nashville Banner. Nashville. Tenn. : h.
Nashville. Tenn.. July 26. 1907: p. Mr. and Mrs. W. S
Greene: e. city schools. Hume-Fogg high school, now
attending Vanderbllt University: not married. Three
years on the Banner: cub. leg-man. general reporting,
desk man. reviews, criticisms. Sunday desk.
HAARE. WILBERT: Pen name. Bunny Haare. Mo-
tion picture editor. York Dispatch. York. Pa. : b. York.
Pa.. January 13. 1912: p. Mr. and Mrs. George Haare:
e. Madison grade school. Y'ork high school: not mar-
ried. Has been making a special study of the everyday
problems and vocations of the many motion picture
actors ar.d actresses.
HANSON. MERLIN N.: Motion picture editor.
Mobile Register and Mobile News-Item. Mobile. Ala. ;
b. Murphysboro. 111.. October 14. 1903: p. Howard R.
and Bessie N. Hanson: e. high school and college, at-
tending Tulane University: not married. The papers
have no regular motion picture critical or review col-
umn, but he reviews special pictures and others when
requested. He writes "The Play." reviews of the Little
theatre and professional productions. Several of his
one-act plays were produced in New Orleans and one
in Mobile.
HARRIS. RADIE: Motion picture editor. Central
Press Association. 233 East 45th street. New York City;
b. New York City. October 24. 1906; p. Mr. and Mrs.
S. D. Harris: e. Calhoun school. New Y'ork City.
Columhla University: not married. Motion picture ed-
itor, the New York Morning Telegraph. Hollywood
Columnist. New Tork Evening Sun. also a free lance
magazine writer. Now Is motion picture staff writer
for Central Press, monthly contributors to Silver Screen
Magazine. Conducts screen periods over station HOR.
New York Citv. everv Thursday night at 7:*rn p m
Holds a pre's record for Interviewing stage and screen
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celebrities on tie radio. The list includes Joan Craw-
ford. Douglas Fairbanks. Jr., Nancy Carroll, Charles
(Buddy) Rogers, Frederic March, Claudette Colbert.
Philip Holmes. Grace Moore. Mary Duncan, Jean Har-
low. Lois Moran. Fin Dorsay. Bert Lytell. Laura La-
Flante, Stanley Smith. Catherine Dale Owen, Lillian
Roth, Sue Carol, Nick Stuart. Marian Nixon. Helen
Twelvetrees, Sally O'Neil, Eddie Buzzell, Mary Doran,
Lucille Gleason, June Collyer, Buth Boland. Estelle
Taylor, Irene Delroy, Sylvia Sidney. James Hall. Lina
BasQuette, Marie Saxon. Carmel Myers and Stewart
Erwin,
HARTER, RICHARD ROBERTS: Pen name. Dick
Harter. Amusement editor. Canton Repository. Canton.
Ohio; b. Canton, Ohio. May 31. 18S7; p. Isaac and
Emma B. Harter; e. Kenyon college (Ph.B.. 1912),
also attended the Tome school. Port Deposit, Md. .
Trinity Hall, Washington, Pa., and Chateau De Lancy.
Geneva, Switzerland. Served as assistant to Dennis B.
Smith, amusement editor of the Canton Daily News
The latter paper was purchased by the Bepository July
3. 1930. Smith is now a member of the Repository
staff, and many of the pictures exhibited in Canton
are covered by his excellent reviews.
HASKELL, WILLIAM H.: Drama ("if any") and
motion picture editor, Knickerbocker Press and Albany
Evening News, Albany. N. Y. ; b. Albany, N. Y.. June
6, 1890; e. Albany public and high school, "later in
meeting some exhibitors' reactions to reviews"; not
married.
HAUFLER, CHARLES: Motion picture editor. New-
ark Evening News. Newark, N. J.
HAYNES. WILLIAM J. A., JR.: Pen name. Will
Haynes. Motion picture critic and editor. Star. Ports-
mouth. Va. ; b. Clover. Va., March 5. 1899; p. Bev.
W. J. A. Haynes. D. D. ; e. grade school in Ports-
mouth, Va.. high school in Bichmond. Va.. Randolph -
Macon College. Ashland. Va. ; not married. News
reporter on the Richmond (Va. ) Journal, advance agent
for Radcliffe Chautauqua, news reporter for the Lynch-
burg (Va.) News; news reporter for the Lynchburg
(Va.) Advance, for brief periods at various times. Has
served as press agent for vaudeville and motion picture
theatres. On the editorial staff of the Portsmouth
(Va. ) S'ar since February, 1923.
HEARON. FANNING MILES: Managing editor.
Spartanburg Herald. Spartanburg, S. C. : b. Bristol.
Va.. August 16, 1905; p. Charles O. and Belle Mc-
Laughlin Hearon; e. Washington and Lee University
(A.B.); not married. Though his father owned two
papers, he started as a newsboy during grammar school
and has been in the newspaper business since, working
to managing editor, assistant editor, columnist, feature
writer and literary and dramatic critic.
HEFFERNAN. HAROLD: Motion picture editor.
Detroit News; b. 1895. Grand Rapids. Mich.: married,
has two children. Newspaper work as sports editor.
Grand Rapids Herald. Grand Rapids News. Later be-
came reporter, assistant city editor and motion picture
editor. Detroit News. Was with First National Pictures'
publicity department. Detroit and New York, for three
years. Headed his own advertising bureau In Detroit
one year, then returned to Detroit News to take over
motion pictures.
HENDERSON. JEAN: Photoplay editor and critic.
Florida Times-t'nion. Jacksonville. Fla. : b. Peoria.
111.. July 15. 1904: p. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Simmons:
e. high school, college. European travel: divorced: has
one daughter. Fifl Henderson. Trained for concert
singer, started newspaper work at 16. then went into
business and returned to the newspaper in 1929.
HERMANN. IDA: Motion picture critic and dra-
matic editor. Courier-Post. Camden. N. J. ; b. Camden.
N. J.. March 2. 1907: p. Emestlna and Simon Her-
mann; e. high school graduate and two years of college:
not married. "Just hoping to get the right kind of
breaks and make good in a big way." she says. Was
always interested In newspaper work, particularly dra-
matics, and through sheer perseverance and determina-
tion won her present position.
HEWITT. PURSER: Managing editor. Daily Clar-
ion-Ledger. Jackson. Miss.; b. Columbus. Miss. Mav 21
1905; p. Rev W. A. and Olive Haley Hewitt: e. pub-
lic schools. Dallas. Texas, central high of Jackson.
Miss.. Mississippi College. Clinton: University of Chi-
cago and Norwestem University. Evanston: m. Julia
Toy Johnson. Hattiesburg. Miss.: has one daughter
born November 29, 1929. Principal and athletic
director of the Hazlehurst (Miss.) high school. 1925-26.
sports and city reporting for the Clarion- Ledger. 1926-
29. Managing editor. Clarion-Ledger. 1929 to the
present.
HICKMAN. WALTER D.: Motion picture critic.
Indianapolis Times. Indianapolis. Ind ; b Wavnesvllle
111.. March 29. 1890: p. Warren N. Hickman. Ella
Thompson Hickman: e. private instruction, grade school
and high school at Clinton. 111. Higher education at
Illinois College. Jacksonville, 111., and DePaw Univer-
sity at Greencastle. Ind.: not married. In 1912 went
to the Terre Haute Post then to the Scripps-McCrea
paper in Evansville. Ind.. and back to Terre Haute. In
1919 berame dramatic editor, motion picture critic and
feature writer on the Indianapolis Sun. Indianapolis,
which later was purchased by Scripps-Howard. Re-
tained same positions but added music and books. For
the last two years has been lecturing over the state
and also giving a half hour theatrical review weekly
over WKBF.
HILLMAN. GORDON MALHERBE: Assistant dra-
matic editor. Dally Record. Boston. Mass. : h. Dvanston
111.. August 31. 1900: p. Mr. and Mrs. F. H Ilillman:
e. Noble and Greenough school. Boston; not married.
Began as motion picture critic of the Boston Transcript,
also connected at times with the Christian Science
Monitor, Saturday Review (N. Y). and American
Parade Magazine. Worked In pictures with Griffith
and Rex Ingram, also for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Crltio
on one film magazine, contributor to others. Has written
short stories and verse for the Saturday Evening Post.
Woman's Home Companion. American Magazine. Ladies
Home Journal. McCall's, and others here and abroad
HOMAN. W. ERLE: Motion picture editor. Reading
Times. Reading. Pa.: b. Reading. Pa.. September 17.
1896: p. Henry and Elizabeth Homan: e. common
school and high school; m Clara E. Blatt ; has a son.
W. Erie, Jr. Began editorial department work at
age of 14, and became successively reporter, assistant
cEy editor, city editor, telegraph editor and news
editor of the Beading Times: also worked in Philadel-
phia and other Pennsylvania cities. Served In the
A. E. F. 1917-19 and now is a captain. Military In-
telligence. Reserve Corps.
HOLMES. EDWARD M. : Dramatic and motion
picture editor, Ledger-Dispatch, Norfolk, Va, ; b. Nor-
folk. Va. ; p. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Holmes; e. high
school in the good old days and picked up the remain-
der of it on various desks for thirty years; married;
has one son, E. M Holmes, medical student at George- .
town University. He started in the composing room,
went to the city room as office boy early in 1896 and
after varied routines he went on the city desk about
twenty-five years ago and has been doing dramatics
and news desks since that time. He covered the first
experiments with talking pictures in Norfolk and the
first motion picture shown in Norfolk. Began his career
as critic by reviewing a circus during his cub days and
then tackled everything except opera. He tackled the
first of the talkies and "has suffered with them since
the first effort to make them intelligible." Has spe-
cialized in vaudeville for many years but prefers musical
revues, "which were abundant before the first intellec-
tual drought struck the hinterland," He has no hopes
that the road will ever come back but still believes that
a good agent can sell a bad show and can prove that
this has been done and that clever exploitation has put
over many poor motion pictures, silent and otherwise.
He is beginning to believe that critics are being tol-
erated by the public, "which always laughs at the
serious efforts of reviewers to enlighten a certain per-
centage of dumb customers who give no thought to the
story or any other necessary actor in the success of
a picture."
HOSKINS, F. LORELL.: Pen name. BeU. Dramatic
critic, telegraph editor and columnist. Sharon Herald,
Sharon, Pa.; b. Ddinboro. Pa., June 1. 1905; p. Hon.
Francis L. and Margaret B. 11 skins; e. Conneaut
high school, McGuffey Academy, Syracuse University,
Westminster College; not married. Summer residence
is maintained at Hotel Conneaut, Conneaut Lake Park.
Pa., serving as director of publicity for owners of the
resort and hotels. Wrote "Cora's Acre." "Friendly
Portals." "The Conneautees. " "Sand and Driftwood."
and "Rell's Ramblings," all published by Glopfer and
Company.
HOUSTON. LONA MARCEIL: Pen name. Marceil
Houston. Motion picture editor. Ashland Times
Gazette. Ashland. Ohio: b. Olivesburg. Ohio. Septem-
ber 10, 1911; p. Mr. and Mrs. James V. Houston: e.
graduate of Ashland high school; not married. Mem-
ber of the Ashland Times-Gazette staff since Septem-
ber, 1929. Only training in journalism was during
attendance at high school. Served as editor and assist-
ant editor of high school news.
HUGHEY. NINA: Motion picture editor. Cedar
Valley Daily Times. Vinton. Iowa : b. Vinton. Iowa,
March 28. 1910: p. George and Jennie Hughey; e. high
school : not married.
HUGHSTON. JOSEPHINE: Motion picture editor.
San Jose Mercury Herald. San Jose. Cal. ; b. New
Haven. Conn. : p. Alice McLure and George Thompson
Pratt: m. Cornelius Bushnell Hughston; has two
children.
HUNT. HAROLD: Dramatic editor. Journal. Port-
land. Ore. ; b. February 11. 1887. in Ottawa. 111. : p.
James E. and Myrtle Chapman Hunt: m. Florence Mar-
quis. June 18. 1912. and has two daughters and one
son. Sarah Margaret. 17. Nancy. 13. and Phillip 10:
hy. theatre, legitimate and screen, solitaire and some
golf. Was brought to Portland in 1890. Did news-
paper correspondence while at the University of Oregon,
where he was graduated in 1909. Became a reporter
for the Journal in June. 1911. and northwest editor
in Frhrusry. 1919. Was made dramatic editor August
1. 1928.
JACOBS. EDWARD H.: Motion picture editor and
critic. Cleveland News. Cleveland. Ohio: b. London.
Ohio: p. Mr. anil Mrs. George E. Jacobs: e. parochial
schools. Columbus Ohio, and Watterson Catholic Col-
lege: m Marj' Elizabeth Lictner: has one daughter.
Genevieve Elizabeth. 18. Innate love of the theatre
followed his first contact with "Uncle Tom's Cabin" at
the age of 9. Prominent In amateur theatricals and
intimate theatre contact in the role of correspondent
for 18 years of the New York Dramatic News for
Columbus and Cleveland. Most active business that
of advertising manager for various commercial institu-
tions. Accepted the position as motion picture editor
of the Cleveland News. June 18. 1926.
JARREAU. HUNTER: Motion picture editor. Alex-
andria Daily Town T:Uk, Alexandria. La.: b. Alexan-
dria. La.. October 17. 1880: e. public schools and
newspaper work; m. Blanche Adams.
JONES. RALPH T. : Motion picture editor. Atlanta
Constitution. Atlanta. Ga ; b. Liverpool. England. July
19. 1885: p. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones; e. English
public school at Blckerton (this corresponds to prep
or military school in the United Statesi : m. Bessie
May Lipscomb; has four children. Newspaper man
since 1905. Was with many papers and in many cities
prior to 1913. when he married and settled down, but is
"still trying to settle up." Joined the Constitution
staff in 1912. I/eft a couple of times and returned.
Now realizes that, "while the Constitution wouldn't
miss him. he can't get along without the Constitution's
weekly (careful with that thar spelling) stipend."
KEILMANN. E. D.: pen name. "Ki." Amusements
editor. Topeka Daily Capitol. Topeka. Kan.; b. Mon-
treal. Canada. March 13. 1886: p. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Keilmann: e. University of Kansas, Journalism: m.
Blanche Nates: has one daughter. Lucy Jane. Fourteen
years with Capper publications. Served three vears in
the regular army, being discharged in 1915: served with
the National Guard on the Mexican border in 1916 and
as United States correspondent ; served with the A. E. F.
as first lieutenant. O A C Has worked on the fol-
lowing newspapers: Topeka State Journal Topeka Dailv
Capitol. Lawrence Dally Journal World. Manhattan
Nationalist. Hutchinson Gazette. Kansas City Po«t.
Kansas City Star. Was manager for two years of the
Grand theatre at Topeka and explolteer for Goldwvn
pictures. For the past four years, in addition to his
amusement editorship he has been conducting The
Junior Capital. Sunday children's page and dallv broad-
cast (known as "Uncle Dave") for the members of
The Junior Capital Club via Station WLBW. Author
of short stories for several magazines. Colliers and
Blue Book and of children's stories, syndicated and
in book form.
KELLER. JOE: Dramatic editor. Dayton Evening
Herald. Dajton. Ohio; b. Dayton, Ohio. April 9. 1907;
e. Bachelor of Arts. Bachelor of Law. University of
Dayton. Dayton. Ohio (A. B. and B . L.I: not married.
Dramatic editor for the past five years.
KENNARD, JAMES R. : Motion picture editor.
Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah; b. Utah; e.
public schools. Brigham Young College and University
of Utah; married, has four children; hy. normal com-
munity activities. Was raised on a dry farm and
ranch. Traveled from the Atlantic seaboard to Pacific
coast, and northwest. Has been a newspaper man
nineteen years; on local staff, copy desk, feature writer
and dramatic critic.
KERN, (MRS.) ROBERT L. : Advertising manager.
News-Democrat. Belleville. 111.; b. Belleville, 111., Feb-
ruary 28. 1903; p. Henry and Louise Schrodi, nee
Thebus; e. grade and high schools; m. Bobert L. Kern,
son of Fred J. Kern, former congressman and presi-
dent of the state board of administration. Has been
connected with the newspaper for ten years.
KETNER, LESTER; b. St. Louis, Mo.. September 26.
1903; e. St. Louis and San Antonio grammar schools;
hy. boxing, reading, writing and movies. Author of
weekly film and dramatic column now appearing in
The Record, tabloid newspaper, of which he is motion
picture editor and feature staff writer. Has also inter-
viewed several of the leading stage and screen stars,
both in San Antonio and in Hollywood.
KIRKLEY. DONALD: Pen name. D. K. Dramatic
critic and motion picture critic. Sun and Sunday Sun.
Baltimore. Md. ; b. Baltimore. Md.. May 2, 1901; p.
William C. and Susie Howe Kirkley; e. Baltimore
public schools, nigh school, Johns Hopkins University;
m. Gertrude Beaird Kirkley.
KNAPP, HARRY L. : Pen name. The CaU Boy.
Dramatic and motion picture editor. Philadelphia In-
quirer, Philadelphia, Pa. ; b. Bloomsburg. Pa. . May 22,
1863: p. James B. and Caroline Knapp; e. limited to
public schools until 11 years of age, then had to go
out into the world; m. Alice R. S perry. Years ago
was a telegraph operator, then took to the stage, his
last engagement having been in 1890 as stage director
of American Comic Opera Company. That year he be-
came associated with the Inquirer and has been with it
ever since. Originated "The Call Boy's Chat" in 1893.
Chairman, Pennsylvania State Board of Motion Picture
Censors, from 1919 until the present time.
KNIGHT. ERIC M. : Motion picture editor. Public
Ledger. Philadelphia, Pa. ; b. Menston, Yorks, England.
April 10. 1897: p. Frederic H. and Hilda M. Knight;
e. Bewerley School. England; Cambridge (Mass.) Latin:
Boston Museum of Fine Arts; National Academy of
Design (N. Y.); Beaux Arts Institute. In the World
war he served with the Princess Pats. He has worked
on newspapers in New York. Connecticut and Phila-
delphia, and has written a number of short stories for
Liberty and other publications.
KRUG. KARL BERNARD: Dramatic and motion
picture critic. Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh. Pa.; b.
Sistersvillt. W. Va.. May 20. 1897: p. Charles A. and
Matilda Krug; e. Sistersville high school. Randolph -
Macon Academy. Fort Boyal. Va. ; m. Katharyn
Wermuth Krug; has two children. Karl Bernard, Jr..
and Frederick Charles. Dramatic and motion picture
critic of the Pittsburgh Press since 1924; writes a
daily and Sunday column. "The Show Shops"; was
former police reporter, the Wheeling News; began news-
paper work as city editor. Sistersville Dally Oil Be-
view, and has been in that work since 1918.
KURTZ. JEROME: Dramatic editor. Newark Ledger.
Newark. N. J.; b. Newark. N. J., February 12. 1905; p.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Kurtz; e. grammar and high schools;
not married.
LA BELLE. CLAUDE A.: Drama editor. San Fran-
cisco News. San Francisco. Cal. ; b. Concord. N. H..
April 26. 1893; p. Louis and Mary LaBelle: e. Colby
C ollege. Waterville. Maine. School of Law. Boston
University: m. Margaret Clark Nye. Has done news-
paper work in New Hampshire. Maine, Boston. Wash-
ington. Chicago and San Francisco. Did press agent
and motion picture trade paper work in New York,
and was in the advertising business in Manila. Philip-
pines. Was a lieutenant in the Signal Corps during
the World war. Author of numerous volumes of Juve-
nile fiction for A. L. Burt A Company. New York. Is
a member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity and Mystic
Shrine.
LAIRD. LANDON: Dramatic and motion picture
editor. Kansas City Star. Kansas City. Mo. ; b. Kansas
City. Mo.. March 10. 1S95; p. Mr. and Mrs. John P.
Laird; e. grade school. Westport high school. Kansas
City. University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kan. ; not
married. Entered newspaper work. Kansas City Star.
1914. assistant sporting editor, assistant telegraph ed-
itor, assistant city editor. Star. 1914-1917. Entered
the Army in 1917. Photoplay editor. Star, the first the
paper ever had. in 1917. One year in the A. E. F. in
the World war. Returned to the Star. 1919-1924: as-
sistant dramatic editor. 1920-21; dramatic editor. 1922
to date. Has been motion picture editor of the Star
since John C. Moffltt. former editor, went to Holly-
wood to join the scenario department of Universal Pic-
tures Corporation. Has written feature articles and
fiction for The American Magazine and other magazines.
LAWTON, DOROTHY M.: Motion picture editor.
Racine Journal-News. Racine. Wis.: b. Racine. Wis..
November 30. 1900: p. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Lawton:
e. public and high schools at Racine, class of 1924
at University of Wisconsin, extension work at Columbia.
Marquette and University of Wisconsin: member of
Theta Sigma Phi: not married. Her official rapacity
on the Journal-News is society editor hut she also
handles theatres (including free space and criticisms,
etc.) and for variety takes general assignments, covers
most conventions, does the church page. etc. In the
Racine theatres they have had some of the outstanding
staae and screen personages and it has been Miss Law-
ton's privilege to interview many of them. Feature
stories for nearby newspapers have been included in
her work occasionally.
LEEDY. CHARLES A.: Dramatic editor and col-
umnist. Youngstown Telegram. He has been dramatic
editor for this paper for over twenty years, and also
handles the moving picture department. He has written
100 000 jokes in twenty years, and has made millions
laugh. His "Jibes and Jabs" has become an Institu-
tion in Youngstown. and is quoted both in America
and abroad. He has written for America's leading
humorous weeklies, including Life, and Judge. His
Jokes have been flashed on the screen before the eyes
of millions in "Topics of the Day." Leedy recently
was given recognition in "Mirrors of the Year." when
he was picked by Robert TJmmet Sherwood, editor of
Life, as one of the nation's outstanding newspaper
humorists. Before he started making people laugh by
his printed Jokes. Leedy made them laugh from the
stage. For eleven years he trouped with minstrel com-
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panies and repertory organizations. During the twenty
years in which he has conducted "Jibes and Jabs" he
has written an average of 5.U00 jokes a year. Re-
taining his connection with show business in a practical
way, Leedy is a part time entertainer or the Lyceum
type, lecturing humorously on a variety of topics,
chiefly "funny business." He is a member ot the
Lyceum and Chautauo.ua Association. Society of Ameri-
can Magicians and International Brotherhood of Magi-
cians and American Press Humorists.
LEITER. CLAYTON A.: Pen name. Cal. Motion
picture editor. Journal. Hamilton. Ohio; b. Hamilton.
Ohio. April 23. 1872: p. F. Z. and Louise Letter; e.
Hamilton high school; m. Emma Ziliox Leiter. Has
been in newspaper work since 1891. and newspaper and
publicity work, especially theatrical, since 1901.
LUCAS. CLARENCE L.: Manager, theatrical de-
partment. Moline Dispatch. Moline. 111. : b. Rock
Island, 111.. July 1. 1897: p. Daniel E. and Anna M.
Lucas: e. public and high schools: m. Ruth 11. Dor-
wart of Jacksonville. 111. Has spent his entire career
on the Dispatch. Started "at the bottom" about
16 years ago. when just a boy going to school,
working up from one job to another. When theatres
were operated Independently he helped the theatre own-
ers write their advertising copy and also edited the
theatre section. At one time it carried over four pages
of theatre copy, about 60 per cent advertising. He also
holds the title of local advertising manager.
LUCAS. WADE H.: City and amusements editor.
Raleigh Times. Raleigh. X. C. : b. Benson. N. C
August 25. 1901; p. Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Lucas: e.
high school and journalism at North Carolina State
College: not married. State Capital reporter for the
Times for four years. Now city editor and motion pic-
ture editor of the Times. Long interested in motion
pictures and the stage. Conducts column. "Close-ups
and Fade-outs." in the Times. It's devoted to motion
pictures and motion picture celebrities.
McLARAN. WILLIAM R„ JR.: Pen name.
"W M B." Dramatic editor. The Herald. Grand Rapids.
Mich.: b. Frankfort. Ind.. March 14. 1898; p. Mr. and
Mrs. YV. U. McClaran. Sr.: e. Ohio State University:
m. Lois Merriman. Had varied newspaper experience
on the Lima. Ohio. News. Columbus Citizen. Cincinnati
Enquirer. St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Grand Rapids
(Mich.) Herald. Authority on radio and nature
photography.
McCLINTOCK. ROBERT L. : Sunday magazine sd-
ltor. Wichita Beacon. Wichita, Kan. : b. Canon City.
Col.. May 30. 1908: p. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. McClintock:
e. Canon City (Col.) high school. University of Colo-
rado (A.B. 1930); not married. With the Beacon
editorial department since early fall. Fell heir to the
position of motion picture editor when he began to put
out the magazine section of the paper.
McCULLY. JACK T. : Dramatic critic. Times-Pica-
yune. New Orleans. La.: b. Louisville. Ky.. February
22. 190"; p J. M. and Augusta McCulIy: e. grammar
school, high school. St. Mary's Seminary School of
Experience, still attending the latter: m. Oma A. Dud-
ley, an actress for 12 years; has two children. Began
newspaper work In 1918 on the Houston Press. Became
dramatic critic a year later. Worked on all St. Louis
papers during three years. Has trouped ahead of
circuses and carnivals, and promoted publicity for
Indoor trade shows and fairs. Became dramatic critic
on the old Houston Post In 1923. resigned to become
press agent with Luna Park, Houston. Served on copy
desks throughout the country Joined the Times-Pica-
yune In 1930 and has been dramatic critic for the past
year, succeeding John D. Klorer.
MACKIE. ARTHUR D.: Pen name. Ad Dean.
Dramatic editor. Jersey Journal. Jersey City. If. J.: b.
Nantlcoke. Pa.. November 22. 1896: p. Ida and David
Mackie: e. high school. Lafayette College: m. Grace
Forney: one child. David. 3 years old. Alwavs has
been engaged In newspaper work. Served on the Wllkes-
Barre (Pa.) Record: Easton (Pa.) Express. Durham
(N. C.) Sun: Greensboro OK. C.) Daily News; Ports-
mouth (Va.) Star.
MACKLIN. E. JACOB: Associate editor. News-Sun.
Waukegan. 111.: b. Waukegan. HI.. August 30. 190:i:
p. Mr. and Mrs. John Macklln; e. Lake Forest College
(A.B). one year of graduate work at Northwestern
University. Evanston.
MARSH. W. WARD : Motion picture critic. Cleve-
land Plain Dealer. Cleveland. Ohio: b. Edlnboro. Pa..
1893: p. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Marsh: e. high school.
Ertinboro 8tate Normal. Erie Business College and
Adelhert College of Western Reserve University: m.
Mabel Boyes Marsh: has a son. Roger E. Marsh. 8.
Fifteen years with the Plain Dealer.
MARTIN. EDWIN M. : Motion picture editor. Holly-
wood News. Hollywood. Cal.: b Meridian. Miss. Octo-
ber 14. 1901 : p. Mr. and Mrs. E. M Martin. Annlston.
Ala. : e. Columbia University. 1919-20. University of
Alahama. 1921-22. Alabama Presbyterian College (prep
school); m. Maxlne Feather, the artist: has one
daughter. Barbara St. Clair Martin, aged 5. Sold a
plav while attending the University of Alabama. Went
west with It as actor In a small company of Greenwictt
Village Plavers. The play failed and he went back to
newspaper work, which he had begun In New York
while attending Columbia. Other newspaper work In-
cludes: three years with Scripps-IIoward newspaprs
In Albuquerque. N. ML. city editor of the Gallup In-
dependent and later the Gallup Herald. Gallup. N M .
also worked on the Hlustrated Dally News. Lo« An-
geles, and was assistant citr editor of the Santa
Monica Outlook. Santa Monica. Cal. Wrote a daily
column of train Interviews with film celebrities, called
"Star Gazing." and later "The Brick Walk." which
led to a return to Hollywood In 1927 to follow drama
and film writing, nas been drama editor of the nnllv-
wood News for three years. Also conducts a syndicated
column "Clncmanla" In 10 Copley newspapers (of
which the Hollv-wood News Is one). Is a member of
Blaekfrlars Club and Alpha Tail Omega Fraternity at the
University of Alabama.
MARTIN. WILLIAM E. J.: Dramatic editor. Buffalo
Courier-Express. Buffalo. N. T. : b Pottsrlllo. Pa..
October 6. 1891 : p. Mr and Mrs. Grant B Marin:
e. high school: m. Edna L. Bowes- Groror: has a
daughter and a son. Peggr and Charles. Has b»cn In
the newspaper business since his high school d«v« In
the old home town. Rochester. N. Y.. and Newark.
N. J., and several smaller cities In Penn«ylvan'a
Dramatic critic for ten years: films and drama for the
past thr™- rears. Also columnist (theatres) for two
rears Tie «ars h™ has been called malicious, a had
hnr. tough egg. ad Infinitum, has called nlentv of b. n.
flops, and what of Itf He *av« that "If exposes ap-
pear needed of anything or anyhow or anybody,
they'll be made."
MARZ0NI. HATTERSEN: Dramatic editor. Birniing-
hani News and Age Herald. Birmingham. Ala.; no pen
name in the News but he's Will Merlon in the Age-
Herald; b. Pensacola. Fla.. April 6, lSoti; p. B. W.
and Nell W. Marzoni; e. private elementary schools.
I'ensacola Classical School. University of Florida.
United States Naval Academy; in. Louise Glass; has
two sons. Pattersen. Jr., and Tony. Bank clerk, stu-
dent electric engineer, ranching, mucking in a copper
mine, broker's office, sawmill and lumber export office
all served as apprenticeship to the sporting editor's
job with the Pensacola News. Went to Birmingham
News in 1913 and established the first motion picture
page in the South, if not pretty near everywhere
else, in the spring of 1914. Took time out for the
World war. two years and four months in the Navy
from ensign to lieutenant, and back to the News in
1919. Sold his rust short story in 1921 and "has
been selling with sickening irregularity since." One
story adapted to Hints was "Big Hearted Jim" In
Liberty, which became "Brotherly Lore." with Dane
and Arthur, on the screen. "Still writing when no
paltry excuse can be found to avoid working."
MAUCK. (MRS.) GENEVIEVE POWLINSON; Mo-
tion picture editor. Council Bluffs NonpareiL Council
Bluffs. Iowa; b. Perry. Iowa. March 17. 1908: p. Mrs.
G. S. Powhnson; e. high school. Tabor College; m.
Harry Mauck. Jr. Three years' experience on the
Nonpareil staff. "Career more in the future than past."
MAX. ETHEL: Theatre editor. Capital Times, Mad-
ison. Wis. ; b. Sheboygan. Wis. : p. Mr. and Mrs. Mayer
Max: e. University of Wisconsin (B.A. 1928). jour-
nalism course; not married. Officially still a straight
reporter and feature writer with the talkers and occa-
sional road attractions as diversions. Began as a re-
porter wtih the Capital Times in 1926; worked as cub
reporter on the Sheboygan Press.
MEUER. LUCY : Motion picture editor. Catholic
Daily Tribune. Dubuque. Iowa; b. Dubuque. Iowa. July
21. 1906: p. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Meuer; e. high school
and some college: not married. She frequently reviews
local showings of motion pictures under a pen name,
though by no means regularly. The bulk of film re-
views which appear on feature page are supplied by
the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae. This
feature appears weekly, on the Home Circle page.
MILLER. MISS LLEWELLYN: Dramatic critic. Los
Angeles Record. Los Angeles. Cal. ; b. Louisville. Ky. .
December 17. 1899; p. Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Miller; e.
high school and art school and "had a fatal habit of
reading, seeing and staging plays from her fifteenth
year on": divorced: has a son. "Her career started
when she was 5 years old when a well meaning but
misguided aunt took her to a vaudeville theatre." she
says. "On the bill was a band of trained seals. That
began her Interest In actors and the theatre, an Inter-
est that has been growing in violence and intensity
throughout the years. Ever since then she was sold
down the river to the box office, she has been going
to all available shows with a fanatic fervor. Being a
dramatic critic is Just another example of the "punish-
ment fitting the crime."
MILLER. ROSS C: Managing editor. Bakersfleld
Califoraian. Bakersfleld. Cal.: b. Webster City. Iowa.
June 29. 1886; p. Frank C. and Carrie J. Mil'er: e.
high school, travel, newspaper work, stage: m. Thelma
Bernard Miller, historlin-writer. Newspaper and mag-
azine writing, also fiction. Dramatic editor, sporting
editor, city editor, managing editor of papers from the
Middle West to Salt Lake City and California. Sport-
ing and dramatic editor. Salt Lake Telegram. 1916-17.
Real estate editor. Los Angeles Examiner. 1913-16
Number of years In dramatic stock and repertory on
road.
MILLS. HARRY B. : Dramatic editor. Seattle Star.
Seattle. Wash.: b. Sallna. Kan.. August 4. 1891: p.
John and Amanda Mills: e. University of California:
divorced: has one son. Harley Mills. General news
and trade press work, assistant dramatic editor. San
Francisco Chronicle. Shanghai Times, before newspaper
work with Morosco Stock. Los Angeles. The Callfornl-
ans. musical comedy stock and G M. Anderson re-
vues, puhllcitv agent of the T. A D. circuit. San
Francisco, and Jensen and von Herberg. Seattle.
MEAD. JOHN. JR.: Pen name. Jay James. Col-
umnist and editor. Erie Times. Erie. Pa.: b Penn-
sylvania. June 11. 1896; e. Georgetown University:
married: has three children. Experience on Washing-
ton and New Tork newspapers.
NELSON. C. HJALMAR: Pen name. Hal. Theatre
editor. Rockford Morning Star. Rockford. 111.: b. Esca-
naha. Mich.. April 28. 1905; p. Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Nelson: e. Escanaba high school. Unlversltv of Wiscon-
sin: not married. Has been working on newspapers
for the past eight years, getting a university education
In between times. Edited for two years a quarterlv
publication of modem criticisms called "The Will o"
the Wisp" Went to Rockford. III., from Madison.
Wis., and after serving as theatre erlllo on the Rock-
ford Rrpuhlle he hecame theatre editor of the Rockford
Morning Star. Also has done some freelance Action
and poetry.
NORMAN. IRENE: Pen name. Dawn O'Dea Mo-
tion picture editor. Milwaukee Sentinel. Milwaukee.
Wis. : b. Aver. Mass. ■ e. Untve-sitv of Wisconsin
(Journalism. A.B.): m. Alvin Steinkopf.
0'HEARN. TIMOTHY F.: Motion picture editor the
Lawrence Eagle-Tribune. Lawrence. Mass. J b Law-
rence. Mass.. September 9. 1892: p. Timothv F. and
Margaret (McCarthy) O'neam: e. graduate of Lawrence
hich sehool : not married. Has been on the news and
editorial staffs of the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune since
being graduated from Lawrence high school In 1900,
PALMER. HAYDEN. R. : Dramatic editor. State
Journal. Lansing. Mich. : b. Mentour Falls. N. T..
August 15. 1894: n. Albert S. and Julia H. Palmer:
e. high school and oollege. specializing In Journalism:
not married. Twentr years In newspaper work in vari-
ous cities of South Dakota. Minnesota. Iowa and
Michigan.
PARHAM. MRS. JAMES AVERY: Pen name. Man-
Brooks Parham. Motion picture editor. Observer. Char-
lotte. N. C. : h. in North Carolina : p. Robert W and
Catharine Ann Brooks: e. North Carolina colleges,
dramatic department of the Boston Sehool of Expression
and Stage; m. James Avery Parham. managing editor
of the Charlotte Observer Before her marriage was a
concert singer: since her marriage she has been a
motion picture critic and writer Is affiliated with
local and stare women's clubs. Member of the Betti r
Films National Council ol the National Board of
Review.
PARKS, ALBERT E. : Motion picture editor. Daily
Star. Long Island City. N. Y. ; b. Long Island City.
April 4. 1S97: p. Joseph and Ella Parks; e. public
school and high school, short term at Columbia Uni-
versity (medicine); m. Evelyn F. Smith; has two
daughters. Started out to be a physician, was inter-
rupted by the World war. went overseas with Base Hos-
pital 37 and entered newspaper work with the Daily
Star on discharge from the Army in 1919.
PARSONS, LOU ELLA: Executive editor of Hearst
Motion Pictures. Hearst Publications, Los Angeles. Cal. ;
b. Freeport. III.. August 6. 1890; e. Dixon high school.
Dixon College; m. Dr. Harry Watson Martin: has one
daughter. Harriet Parsons. Is in charge of the motion
picture pages of Hearst newspapers, and is employed bv
Universal Service Syndicate, which covers 20.000.000
readers. Is in ber eighth year of service for William
Randolph Hearst. Was formerly with the Morning
Telesraph.
PATTEN. FRANCIS C: Formerly motion picture
editor. American-News. Aberdeen. S. D. : b. Fargo.
N. D.. October 26. 1906: p. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Pat-
ten: e. three years college in South Dakota: not mar-
ried. His entire career has been in journalism, with
some amateur acting He is now with tie Associated
Press at Sioux Falls. S. D.
PERRINS. GLEN: Editorial staff. Standard-Exam-
iner, Ogden. Utah; b. April 6. 1902. Evanston Wv-
oming. Went to Ogden in 190S where he attended
grade schools and Ogden High school. Entered the
University of Utah. 1920. majoring in English. Attend-
ed university four years. His newspaper career began
in 1924 with the Deseret News. Salt Lake City, where
he conducted a theatrical preview column called
Amusements In Salt Lake. Previews of every show in
town were included in the column, which carried an
eight-column spread of photographs of various motion
picture and theatre attractions. Represented Variety
in Salt Lake 1925-1929 and now in Ogden is an occa-
sional contributor to Variety on theatrical happenings
in that city. Has been with the Standard-Examiner
three years connected with the editorial staff, in review
work and general editing and copy reading work.
PETTUS. MERRIDETH B.: Motion picture editor.
Daily Ledger. Tacoma. Wash.: b. Baraboo. Wis.. August
15. 1904: p. Edward L. and Mattie Pettus: e. public
school. University and "seven city editors"; m B-rta
S. Peterson. Has worked on newspapers in Crookston
Minn.. Grand Forks. N. D.. Minneapolis. Minn., and
Seattle. Wash. Was at one time on the staff of the
Show Goer and the Tatler. Seattle (now out of exist-
ence). Contributor to the Seattle Town Crier. Con-
tributor to West Coast magazines under the name of
Burnis Terry and Woodville Thoralev Was press agent
for Ptibllx In Seattle for ten days "and fired."
POTTER. JEANNE 0.: Motion picture and dra-
matic editor. Long Beach Sun. lxing Beach. Cal : b
Canton. Ohio: p. George W. Oidtleid: e. high school.
Columbia correspondence course: m. Chester D Potter
IMttsburgh. Pa.: has three children, all boys. Newspa-
per feature and straight news writer for the Canton
Dally News. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Dispatch
Philadelphia Ledger. Boston Post. Columbus (Ga ) En-
quirer-Sun. Has written much verse for various maza-
zines and newspapers, among them Life. Judge Bowling
Green. Herald-Tribune. New York Times New York
Eion:ns P..s'. Munsev's Asia. Has be, n a feature
writer, columnist, and church and school editor.
POTTER. MERLE: Drama editor. Minneapolis Jour-
nal. Minneapolis. Minn.: b. Corwith. Iowa: p. Truman
Addison and Lotta Srhriner Potter: e high school
Mason City. Iowa. Shattuok Military Academy Fari-
bault. Minn., and University of Minnesota: m. I.uey
How. has two sons. Truman Addison and Dalnes How
Was managing editor of Minnesota Daily. University
of Minnesota, and owned a country weeklv at Wau-
kon. Iowa. Member of Thl Kappa Psi and Sigma
Delta Chi.
PRICE. TED.: Motion picture editor. Inside Facts.
Santa Monica. Cal : It Gallon. Ohio. July 10. 1891; p.
Walker Joseph and Ambra Netta Price; e. common
school, and the theatre since 1903. Comedian in bur-
lesque and vaudeville, scenic artist, projectionist, writer
of vaudeville and burlesque material, salesman, soldier,
schlll and bally in carnival, concessionaire and candy
butcher on the steamer Eastland. Theatre owner and
manager, tramp, portrait painter. Wrote a humor* us
technical story entitled "Why Change Executives?"
Accepted by "Inside Facts" and he was hired to re-
view pictures. "Doing personal confidential analysis
of entertainment and box office values In continuity for
directors and executives and still wondering what It's
all about."
0.UINN. J. KERKER: "Ask Me Another" column.
Peoria Evening Star. Peoria. 111.: b. Peoria. HI.: p.
John A. and Ida Kerker: e. Peoria Central high school
and Bradley college: not married. Founded the motion
picture column. "Ask Me Another." including news,
and questions and answers. Two years experience as
conductor of this column.
RACHMAN. J.: Motion picture editor. Omaha Bee-
News. Omaha. Neb.
RANDOL. ROBERT LUTHER: Dramatic editor.
Star-Telegram. Fort Worth. Texas: h. Ardmore. Okla..
July 24. 1891: p. R. W. and Lottie Wilkes Randol ;
e. Yale. A. B. 1917: graduated from The American
Academy of Dramatic Arts. New York. In 1921: m.
Era Carmen. Has a short professional stage experience,
and belongs to Actor's Equity Association. Has been
on newspapers most of the time since graduation, with
the exception of a vear spent In France as a first
lieutenant in the 11th Field Artillery. U. S A. Also
worked on the following newspapers: New York Even-
ing Post. New Haven Journal-Courier. New Haven
Register Mount Vernon. New York Argus, the Spring-
field. Mass.. Union. The Hartford Times, and the
Kansas City Post
RAYMER. LAURENCE A : Motion picture editor
and reporter. Belolt Dallv News. Belolt. Wis. ; h. Be-
lolt. Wis.. April 10. 1909: p. Ruth and Ray Ravmer:
e. Belolt high school. Belolt College: not married.
National honor student : had a short period of military
training at Fort Sheridan: has done short stories and
poetry. Is a member of Tail Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
RAPER. TOD: Motion picture editor. Columbus Dis-
patch. Columbus. Ohio: b. Columbus. Ohio. June 7.
1906: p Frank S and Georgia Stow Rarer: e. Ohio
State Unlversltv. Columbus and East high school: not
married. Has tven a member of the Dispatch editorial
staff since 1920
RICHARDS. VERNON KILBURN: Dramatic editor.
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Toledo Blade. Toledo. Ohio; b. Sandusky. Ohio. August
23. 1897; p. Charles W. and Celia Kichards; e. Ohio
State University. 1921; m. Anita Elise Kelly.
RIDER, LECTA DENHAM: Motion picture editor.
Chronicle. Houston, Texas; three years a feature writer
on Houston newspapers, and several years back of that
on Eastern newspapers. Occasionally writer of light
fiction. Has a reporter husband. ".Red-headed,
Southern born, and reared in the East."
RING. ROBERT C: Photoplay editor. Newark Sun-
day Call, Newark. N. J.; b. New York City. N. Y..
April 12, 19U5; p. David C. and Josephine Ring; e.
South Tenth street Grammar school. Barringer high
school, both of Newark, N. J., and Irvington high
school; not married. Has been an employe of the
Newark Sunday Call since September, 1920, and has
been motion picture editor for nearly six years. Prior
to that he served a two year apprenticeship in the
department under Rowland B. Stalter. In addition to
editing film pages, he conducts a column called
"Mainly About Movies." and consisting of outspoken
picture reviews and comment on other film angles. The
Sunday Call publishes only on Sunday and has a
circulation of 95,000. He receives an average of 150
letters a year, most of them disagreeing with his
opinions on pictures. His assistant is Mrs. Cladys
Wyngard. He originated the idea of permitting a non-
professional theatre-goer, a girl, to contribute each
week her impressions on current films. The writer was
selected from a group of letter writers, the choice being
baced on her keen interest in motion pictures and
ability to express herself better than most. She knows
no managers and they do not know her even bv sight.
Her views are printed unchanged. There have been
three such contributors since the stunt was started. A
change is made as soon as the writer gets the pro-
fessional theatre-goer slant.
ROOENBACH. CLARK : Motion picture editor.
Chicago Daily News. Chicago. 111. ; b. Cedar Falls.
Iowa. June 26. 1894: p. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Rodenbach;
e. Dartmouth college, class of 1917.
ROGERS. ARCHER GLENN: Motion picture editor.
Geneva Daily Times, Geneva. N. Y. ; b. Geneva. N. Y..
June 23. 1909; p. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Rogers: e.
Geneva high school. 1926. and advertising at Rochester
(N. Y.) Business Institute. 1928; not married. After
being graduated from high school in 1926 he accepted
a position on the Times; left the Times in 1927 to
take an advertising course in the Rochester Business
Institute (N. Y. ). While in Rochester he worked on
sports with the Times-Union; returned to the Times
after his graduation in 1928 and is still there. Cor-
respondent for New York State Exhibitor of Philadel-
phia, film trade magazine; working on sports, radio
and motion pictures at present.
ROSEBROOK. CLARA E. : Motion picture editor.
Portland Evening Express, Portland. Maine: b. Port-
land, Maine; e. Mount Holyoke College. 1922: not mar-
ried. Was a school teacher. 1922-23. and newspaper
reference librarian. 1924-30.
SAUNDERS. ALLEN: Dramatic editor. Toledo
News-Bee. Toledo. Ohio: b. Lebanon. Ind. . March 24.
1890; p. Fred C. and Nancy Ellen Saunders: e. A. B.
and A. M.. Wabash college, work in University of
Chicago and University of Poitiers, France: m. Lois
Leota Long; children. John Philip, born September 9.
1D24, and David Allen. February' 10. 1931. Seven
years Instructor in romance languages at Wabash col-
lege: some experience on professional stage: has pub-
lished numerous magazine short stories; joined the
News-Bee staff in 1927. "Was promoted, or demoted,
as you will, after doing rewrite and featitTea."
SAVAGE, JOHN S. : Motion picture and dramatic
critic. Omaha News and Morning Bee; b. June 25. 1905.
Denver, Col. : e. Omaha public grade and high schools
and the University of Nebraska, where he was affiliated
with the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity; p. Gilbert and
Eunica Savage; m. Mario M. Srhofleld. May 24. 1930.
Editor of the Omaha Tech high annual, associate editor
on the Daily Nebraskan. police reporter and general
assignment reporter on the Omaha World Herald, and
motion picture and dramatic critic on the Omaha News
and Omaha Morning Bee. Was Lincoln. Nebraska,
correspondent for the Omaha Bee-News, covering athletic
and general news at the University nf Nebraska. Also
worked on the Nebraska State Journal in a snorts
capacity. Has written several articles for newstraper
and magazine publication.
SCOTT. MRS. BESS WHITEHEAD: Theatre editor.
Houston Post-Dlspatrh. Houston. Texas: b. Brownwood.
Texas; p. William Tazewell and Sarah Caroline Bamett
Whitehead: e. Baylor college for women (A. B.i. Baylor
University (A. B >: m. widow of H. C. Scott: has two
children. Lila Bess Scott. 10, and H. Clark Scott. 8.
Started her career at the age of 6 with a short story
Incorporating original verse, based on the good little
girl who persuaded her chum to go to Sunday school.
Great hit when recited at children's day services of
Baptist Church Has written verse, stories, articles on
various and sundry subjects^ ever since Started her
newspaper career in Houston In 1915 on the old Houston
Post, three years in theatre publicity In Dallas, married
a Marine during the war (1919), "put the pen away
for the broom and mop. and has never regretted it."
Best poem: blond girl of 10 who herself writes poem
(heaven help her!) Best scoop: Brunet boy of 8 who
when asked what his talent was. answered: "I'm a pretty
good second baseman, but I believe I play football
better!" Returned to newspaper work in 1927.
SHELLMAN. JAMES MERIWETHER: Motion pic-
ture editor. Baltimore Sunday Sun: uses pen name
"Little Jacques Shellman." in column of chatter In
National Exhibitor, regional trade paper serving the
District of Columbia. Virginia. West Virginia and
Maryland; b. October 28. 188R. Brooklyn. N. Y. : P.
Josephine Keith and Harrv J. Shellman: m. Mary
Fayssoux Winslow of Baltimore, and has a daughter
and a son: h. swimming, tennis and collecting books.
Father a newspaper editor, writer and humorist, and his
mother a concert singer and pianist. Attended the
public schools of Brooklyn. N. Y., until the age of 12.
then finished his schooling at the high school at
Westminster. Maryland ne then attended an art
course at the Western Maryland College for two vears.
After leaving school he worked at various occunstions.
such as junior draftsman In the architect's office of
the B. Sc O. R. R.. then In the treasurer's office and
later In the paymaster's office of that company. Began
writing at an early age. and his writings include arti-
cles, stories, scenarios, stage plays synopses, vaudeville
skits and verses. Has written for trade Journals of
various industries, and for newspapers. Joined the
staff of the Baltimore Sun In May. 1918. as a reporter
In December. 1918. be became motion picture editor of
that paper. Besides his regular newspaper work In the
past years he has handled publicity and advertising for
theatres and a roof garden, and has written three novels
and half of a fourth. At present he is motion picture
editor of the Baltimore Sunday Sun and correspondent
for five trade journals and advertising writer and
designer for two theatres.
SHERMAN, AL.: Motion picture editor. New York
Morning Telegraph. New York City; b. New York City.
April 25. 1903; p. Herman and Bertha Sherman; e.
West side public schools, Newark, N. J., Barringer high
school. Central high. South Side high (all in Newarkl.
then Columbia University for a year, and College of
the City of New Y'ork for another year; during this time
a press agent and motion picture enthusiast ; m. Sadye
Rosalind Eisner of Montclair. N. J. Around motion
pictures theatres and the Fort Lee studios morning, noon
and night, and makes a hobby and study of the
motion picture from all angles. Publicity director of
the Rialto theatre in Newark at its opening and until
purchased by the Shuberts; publicity director. Little
Carnegie Playhouse; worked for the Newark Morning
Ledger, Newark Star-Eagle, and was on the staff of
Zit's for three years. Later conducted his own publicity
office until association with the Morning Telegraph.
Also was on the star! of the Central Press Association.
SIKORA. CHARLES J.: Motion picture editor. New
Bntain Record, New Britain, Conn. ; b. New Britain.
Conn.. October. 1907; p. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Sikora: e. Connecticut schools; not married. Has
covered all beats in the city at one time or another
and continues as an all-around reporter.
SIMONS. ROGER l_: Motion picture editor. St. Paul
Dispatch-Pioneer Press. St. Paul. Minn.; b. Red Lake
Falls. Minn.. November 13, 1902; p. Mr. and Mrs. L. C.
Simons; e. Preparatory school. St. Paul Academy
College, University of Minnesota, specializing in bank-
ing and finance: not married. Six years in the Twin
Cities National Bank of St. Paul under his father, its
president and founder. Two years on the editorial staff
of the St. Paul Dispatch as dramatic critic, reporter,
editorial and feature story writer. Hobbies include
naval architecture, astronomy and science, film craft
work in his private studio, and planning his country'
estate. Pet phobia: People who approach him and say.
"I haven't read your review of such and such a picture
— how did you like it T"
SMITH, DENNIS R. : Motion picture editor. Canton
Repository. Canton. Ohio: b. Marietta. Ohio. November
6. 1888; p. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Smith: e. Marietta
public and high schools; m. Man en L. Smith. Has
reviewed motion pictures possibly longer than any other
newspaperman. In their infancy did occasional re-
viewing on the Marietta Times from 1906 to 1910. For
20 years did reviewing regularly with the Canton News
until July 3. 1930. and has been with the Canton
Repository since that time.
SMITH. FRANK: Motion picture editor. Detroit
Daily. Detroit. Mich. : b. Philadelphia. Pa. ; e. high
school; m. Helen Harris.
SMITH. GERALD A.: Motion picture editor. St. Paul
Daily News. St. Paul. Minn : b. Park Falls. Wis..
August 18. 1906; p. S. A. Smith; e. high school, college
reading and free lance study, combined with six years
of newspaper work: m. Meryl Gray. Washburn, Wis.;
has a daughter. Frances. 3 years old.
SMITH. VERNON L. : Editor. Palm Beach Times.
Palm Beach. Fla. : b. Livingston County. Mo.. April 18.
1883: p. George and Elizabeth Smith: e. district school
and self: m. Helene Louise van Hoy. "Cornfield and
newspaper."
SOANES. WOOD: Dramatic critic. Oakland Tribune.
Oakland. Cal. : b. San Francisco. Cal.. November 1.
1895: p. Charles and Mary Soanes: e. private schools
and college: m. Gertrude E Bragg: has two children.
Has been reporter, press agent, theatre manager, theatre
reporter, drama and picture critic.
SODERHOLM. WALLACE D.: Motion picture editor.
Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo. N. T. : b. Lockport.
N. Y. . April 21. 1906; p. Gustave Friechoff Soderholm
and Florence Redmond Soderholm: e. was graduated
from Lockport high school in 1924 "by the grace of
God and not having anything particular to do took a
p course, decided to become an amanuensis" and
went to William Business college, and then to evening
school for courses in French, psychology and journalism:
married. Began writing to motion picture stars at the
age of 12 and "occasionally received answers (not to
mention some 100 pictures gratis). By hook or crook,
he saw all the best movies." Began WTlting for the
hometown Union Sun and the Journal, and In 1927
went to Buffalo to Join the news staff where the late
city editor. William F. O'Connell. gave him a stage-
screen column. "Along the Rialto." which has flourished
since February. 1928. Has Interviewed 100 or so stage
and screen stars.
SOMERS. LEE: Dramatic editor. Washington Herald.
Washington. D. C : b St. Johnsbury. Vt. : p. Willis
C. and Caroline R. Somers; e. Harvard (A. B.I. 47
workshops, and American University. M. C. S.. Ph. D. :
m. Pauline M. Lloyd.
STEELE. HELEN EUGENE: Pen name. Talkie Tess.
Drama editor. Burbank and Eagle Rock News-Press.
Glendale. Cal.: b Cedar Rapids. Iowa. July 31. 1899: p.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Steele: e. Coe college. Cedar
Rapids. Iowa. University of Southern California. Los
Angeles: m. Don Ashbaugh Four years with the Bur-
bank-Eagle Rock News-Press, four years a preview
critic for the former Motion Picture News.
STEVENSON. MABEL GOULDY: Pen name. Mabel
K Stevenson, motion picture and theatre editor. North
Jersev Courier. Orange. N. J. : b. Gatesvllle. Texas.
May 18. 1906: p. Mrs. J. H. Moore (remarried! and
Edwin J Oouldy: e. North side high school and Texas
Christian University, both at Fort Worth. Texas; m.
Steve Stevenson, editor of the Courier. Started news-
paper work wifh a high school column on the Fort
Worth Press (Srripps-IIoward). Upon graduation from
high school went with the old Fort Worth Rc-ord
(Hearst) doing general assignments. Next to the Fort
Worth Star-Telegram In 1925 when it purchased The
Record, and continued with that paper until May. 1929.
handling the amusement pages, aviation and news as-
signments. With the Courier since November 1. 1930.
STINNETT. JACK: Theatre critic. Daily Oklahoman.
Oklahoma City. Okla. : b. Sherman. Texas, June 28.
1902; p. John J. and Ada C. Stinnett: e Oklahoma
and California Universities: has a daughter Jacquelyn
Lues, born in February. 1929 Has served In his pres-
ent capacity a year. Will always prefer critical work
to any other type on newspaper, he says.
SULLIVAN. JOHN JAMESON. JR.: Dramatic editor.
Providence News-Tribune. Providence. R. I. ; b. Paw-
tucket. R. L, January 14. 1898: p. John J. Sullivan;
e. Brown University; not married. Dailies east and
west, publicity in Hollywood and New York, correspond-
ent for film trade and fan magazines.
TAIT, HELEN M.: Motion picture editor. Syracuse
Post-Standard. Syracuse. N. Y. ; b. Gouverneur. N. Y'..
July 16. 1906; p. Charles and Mary R. Tait; e. Gou-
verneur high school. Mount Holyoke college (sophomore
year), St. Lawrence University, summer school in Bos-
ton University; not married. First position was as
stenographer in the St. Lawrence County court house
during her junior year in college. Joined the staff of
the Watertown Daily Times. Watertown, N. Y\. after
graduation in 1927. In August. 1928, got a position as
a stenographer in the Geologic Survey. Department of
Interior, Washington. D. C. Worked three days and felt
the urge for newspaper work again. Obtained a posi-
tion with the S\racuse Post-Standard as secretary to
the managing editor in 1928. Became dramatic critic
in 1930.
TELL, P. W.: Pen name. Chris Graham. Motion
picture editor and critic. Home News. New York City.
If. Y. ; b. New York City. March 14, 1904 ; p. Samuel
and Clara Tell; e. r"blic school "and reading the
Sunday Times"; m. Rae Tell, has two children. Addi-
son M. Tell, "who eats his spinach," and Laurette Tell,
"who doesn't." Gained his present post through hard
work, good conduct, "and the fact that all others sent
to cover films used to fall asleep." Co-author of a play,
"Pressing Business." produced this season at the Re-
public theatre. New York, and on the road. Author of
other plays, none of them produced as yet. however.
"First job was as office boy for the old Vitagraph Com-
pany." and that is believed by film historians to have
hastened the downfall of that organization. Very eccen-
tric, because he doesn't drink. Sleeps on his left side,
because he carries his money in his left-hand pocket.
Never endorsed tooth paste, cigars or face powder, be-
cause no one ever asked him to. Thinks the movies
have a wonderful future, which is why he writes for
the stage. He wouldn't want to impair that future.
Knows everybody in the movie business, but nobody in
the movie business knows him. His two youngsters also
are clever. They take after their mother.
THOMPSON. DANIEL H.: Motion picture critic.
Times, Louisville. Ky. ; b. April 5. 1905. Lynville. Ind. ;
e. Indiana public schools and entered University of
Louisville In February. 1924. being graduated with A.
B. degree in June. 1927. Obtained a position on the
Times as police reporter and remained there for one
year. Then was added to the editorial staff as motion
picture editor. Later was made radio editor also.
THOMPSON. JOHN H.: Author and editor, manag-
ing editor, Torrington Register, Torrington, Conn. ; b.
Brooklyn. N. Y'.. June 6. 1890; p. John H. and Mary E.
Thompson; e. commercial high school. Brooklyn, N. Y. :
m. Christina L. Danvers. has two children. John H.
Thompson. Jr.. and Priscilla D. Thompson. Has been
on the staff of the Register since 1909. Author of
numerous short stories and poems in The Argosy. De-
tective Fiction Weekly, Scotland Y'ard and other maga-
zines. Several stories have been dramatized as screen
shorts.
TOPPING. FREDERICK J.: Motion picture editor.
Evansville Courier and Journal. Evansville. Ind. ; b.
Lafayette. Ind . October 18. 1904; p. Alanson and Ina
Bartlett Topping: e. high school and two years at Pur-
due University; m. Elizabeth Sharp Topping. "Reformed
sports editor." Two years sports writer on Lafayette
Journal and Courier; one year sports writer and editor
of the same paper: one year reporter. Seymour (Ind.)
Tribune; one year reporter, Evansville Courier, which
position he now holds. Edits Sunday motion picture
and amusements page in addition.
TREHOR. HAYNES: News editor, dramatic reviews.
Flushing North Shore Dally Journal. Flushing. N. Y. :
b. Mobile. Ala.. 1904; e. University of Alabama. Co-
lumbia University: m. Mildred Trehor. artist; two chil-
dren. Tony and Barrie King. Author of short stories,
children's plays, director of the children's Little the-
atre. Avocation: paleontology. Has had professional
stage experience.
TRUEBRIDGE. JOHN K.: DramaUc editor. Morning
Oregonian. Portland. Ore.: b. Tacoma. Wash.. March
21. 1899: p. John and Jane Truebridge; e. University of
Washington — "three years of everything but journalism":
m. Frances Ann Fenwick: has two children, a boy and
a girl. Stage career Includes villain in high school
class play and galloping hussar In "The Fortune Teller"
at college. Ten years of newspaper work and "still
believes in Santa Claus. "
VALPEY. HAROLD DAY : Managing editor and mo-
tion picture editor. Daily Evening Item. I.\ nn Mass. :
b. Lynn. Mass.. August 22. 1880: p. Fred B. Valpey: e.
high school and travel: m. Florence M. Towne; has a
daughter. Eleanor L. Valpey. Started with the Lynn
Item as office boy in about 1897 : became reporter, city
editor, managing editor, correspondent of the Associated
Press, contributor to some syndicates, then editorial
writer, dramatic editor, motion picture critic. He has
traveled extensively In the United States. Central Amer-
ica. West Indies and Europe, writing special stories.
VOLTZ. WILLIAM H.: Pen name. W. H. V. Dra-
matic editor. Gazette-Democrat. Philadelphia. Pa.; b.
Cleveland Ohio. December 21. 1858; p. William H. and
Minnie Voltz: e. Cleveland publlo schools and law de-
partment of the University of Michigan: m. Anna A.
Weilmur. Fremont. Ohio; has one daughter and two
sons. Mamie. Weilmur and Claussen. Was sports editor
of the Cleveland Leader from 1880 to 1885. then with
the Philadelphia Press until 1893 and dramatic editor
of the Gazette-Democrat ever since. Is a member of
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WALKER. PAUL: Pen name. L. U. K. Motion
picture editor. Harrlsburg Telegraph. Harrisburg. Pa.;
b. Bolivar, Pa.. November 12. 1898: p. Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Walker; e. Dickinson college. Carlisle college
(A. B.. 1921): m. Margaret Hammond: one daughter.
Patricia. From 1921 to 1931 has done general news-
paper work with the Baltimore News and the Harrisburg
Telegraph.
WALLISER. MARY LOUISE: Motion picture editor
and music critic. Evening News. San Antonio. Texas:
b. St. Louis. Mo.. January 7. 1910; p. Mr and Mrs. A.
W. Walliser: e. Our Lady of the Lake college of San
Antonio. Texas (A. B. degree. 1931): also studied at
the University of California in Los Angeles, Cal. ; not
married. Has Interviewed leading screen and stage
celebrities. Author and producer of "Are Deans Peo-
ple?" a one act playlet of college life. Author of
"Under the Lilacs." a published book of poetry. Author
of numerous short stories.
WARREN. GEORGE C: Drama editor. The Chron-
icle. San Francisco, Cal. : b. Louisville. Ky. : e. schools
of Louisville: is a widower. First In general business.
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WASHBURN. MEL.: Dramatic critic and columnist.
New Orleans Item. Morning Tribune. Item-Tribune.
New Orleans. La. ; b. Edinburgh. Scotland. May 3n.
1885; p. John and Ida Washburn; e. high school, four
years at Culver Military Academy: in. Wilma Veronica
(VDonnell. Spent two years on a cattle ranch in Wyo-
ming and 22 years on newspapers. He was reared on a
farm in Indiana, and cubbed on the Logansport (Ind.)
Journal, then went to the Kokomo Despatch. Chicago
American. Kansas City Post. Memphis Press and Mem-
phis News-Scimitar. St. Louis Times. Cincinnati En-
quirer and to New Orleans in March. 1925. Has
worked in New Orleans as assistant city editor, city-
editor of the Item-News, editor of the Item, dramatic
critic and amusement editor of the Item-Tribune, city
editor of the Morning Tribune. He is at present dra-
matic critic of the Item and Tribune and conductor of
a "Spotlight" column in the Tribune.
WATERBURY. RUTH: Service editor of Smart Set
magazine. Eight years ago joined the Sundav staff of
the New York World. Thence to the Daily News and
while there her work appeared In such magazines as
Liberty. Cosmojxilitan and The Bookman. She was of-
fered a position on Photoplay and stayed there three
years writing interviews and features as well as turning
out a series called "The Ileal Truth About Breaking
Into the Movies." Two years ago she joined the Smart
Set as service editor.
WATERS, WILLIAM J.: Motion picture editor.
Ithaca Journal-News. Ithaca. N Y. ; b. Poughkeepsie.
N. Y.. June 18. 1905; p. William P. and Mary E.
Waters; e. St. Mary's school. Poughkeepsie Pough-
keepsie high school. Cornell University (A. B.. 1927);
not married. I'oughkeepsie Eagle -News and Pough-
keepsie high school. Cornell University (A. B. . 1927);
Ithaca Journal-News since January, 1920. At present
is sports and telegraph editor, as well as photoplay edi-
tor. Also associate editor. Cornell Alumni News. Ithaca.
WENNING. MRS. HOWARD: Pen name. Irene Hipp,
motion picture editor. Mansfield News. Mansfield. Ohio;
b. Mansfield. Ohio, April 3. 1906: p. W. H. Hipp: e.
high school: m. H. P. Wenning. Started writing on the
Mansfield Journal seven years ago. Is a member of the
Ohio Newspaper Woman's association, which annually
awards state prizes for various stories. Has been suc-
cessful in winning prizes for the last three successive
years in feature stories, dramatic and musical criticisms
and news stories.
WHEELER. DEAN: Journal, Sioux City. Iowa.
Handles material on motion pictures for the Sunday
theatre page.
WHIPPLE. DOROTHY F. : Motion picture and dra-
matic editor. Portland Evening News. Portland, Maine:
h. 24 years ago in Portland. Her newspaper career
began immediately after finishing school two years ago.
at the same time that the Evening News came into
existence. Began by being errand girl and stenographer,
evolving into a feature writer, home page editor, then
motion picture and dramatic editor, which position she
now holds together with that of literary page editor.
By no means a prodigy (23 year old women editors
are considered somewhat a rarity), but owes her suc-
cess to common sense and to Maine salt air.
WHITMARSH. FRANCIS EDWARD: Pen name.
Dinny Wbitmarsh. Editor and motion picture editor.
Burlington Daily News. Burlington. Iowa: b. Dorchester.
Mass.. May 11. 1900; p. Frank A. and Rose G. Whit-
marsh; e. high school graduate: not married. News-
iw- reporter, writer and editor for 13 years. His
hobby is sports. Most of his dramatic education came
from reading. Makes annual trips to New Y'ork for
operas and new shows. Is also a hook reviewer.
WILLIAMS. EVAN. JR.: Dramatic editor. Akron
Times-Press. Akron. Ohio; b. New Y'ork City, March 3.
1S99; p. H. Evan Williams; e. Culver Military Acad-
emy. University of Michigan. Columbia University: m.
Fredda Slater; has a son. Evan Williams 3d. 6 years
old.
WOOD. L. E.: Motion picture editor. Waterloo Eve- •
nin- Courier. Waterloo. Iowa; b. Marion. Iowa. June 9.
1ST": e. high school; wife and children dead. Worked
on papers in Buffalo. Rochester. Chicago. Kansas City.
New Orleans, Fort Worth, San Antonio. City of Mexico.
Denver, Des Moines. Cedar Rapids and other points
east. west, north and south — all runs, and for 20 years
doing theatres.
WYLIE. FRANCIS E.: Dramatic editor. Herald-Post.
Louisville. Ky. ; b. Bloomfleld. Ind., April 25. 1905; p.
Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Wylie; e. graduate of Blooming-
ton high school. Bloomington. Ind., and studied one
year at DePauw University. Indiana University (A. B.,
1928). and studied one year at Universite de Grenoble.
Grenoble. France; m. Elizabeth Ellen Johnson: one son.
David Alan Wylie. one year old.
YEAMAN. Elizabeth: Drama editor. Hollywood Daily
Citizen. Hollywood. Cal. : b. Trinidad. Col.. 1905: p.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Yeaman ; e. Columbia Univer-
sity (Pulitzer School of Journalism. LL. B.); not mar-
ried. Features for the Sunday World. New York, and
a number of articles syndicated with North American
Newspaper Alliance. Also city editor of the Fur Trade
Review Weekly. New York, for eight months previous to
moving to California. Was graduated from the society
desk of the Hollywood Citizen after six months and
became drama editor in Slarch. 1930.
ZELLNER. AUGUST: Amusement editor. Tulsa
Tribune. Tulsa. Okla.; b. Neosho. Mo.. January 28.
1901: p. Louis A. and Nellie M. Zellner: e. two years
at the University of Tulsa, one year at Oklahoma A. and
M. : not married. Is intensely interested in motion
picture production and is pushing Tulsa as the "best
show town in the southwest and the amusement meocm
of a million people."
MUSIC AND TALENT
AARONSON. IRVING: Master of ceremonies ud
music conductor; b. New York City. February 7.
1895; h. 5 feet 5'/4 inches; brown eyes and brown hair;
w. 142 iwunds; p. Fannie and Jacob Aaronson: e. De
Witt Clinton high school: m. Christine Marston, pro-
fessional. Entertainer and 7 years vaudeville appear-
ance with orchestra. Conducting vaudeville, accom-
panist to various' stars. Nora Hayes. Allele Ritchie. Bes-
sie Clayton. Appeared in shows with Elsie Janis and
Irene Bordoni. Made a few .shorts for MGM.
ABEL. EARL: Organist: b. Chicago. 111.. Mav 26.
1899: blue eyes; p. Ada B. Inden and John T. Abel,
non-professionals; e. Lane Technical high school and
University of Chicago. S. A. T. C. : m. Lillian Lewis,
non-professional; hy. golf and motoring. Solo organist
at California theatre. Ixis Angeles; Tivoli. San Fran-
cisco; Majestic. Tulsa. Okla.; Auditorium. Berwyn. III.;
Belmont. Chicago; Congress. Chicago; Texas. San An-
tonio. Texas; Paramount. Brooklyn; Paramount, Los
Angeles; Texas. San Antonio, Texas.
ADAMS. DOROTHEE: r. n. Dorothee Adsit: b.
Appleton. Wisconsin. November 22. 1908; h. 5 feet 4
inches; blond hair and brown eyes; w. 126 pounds;
p. Laura Lebemian and Dr. A. E. Adslt. non-profes-
sionals; e. Appleton high school and Lawrence Uni-
versity of Appleton. Wisconsin; hy. singing, drawing
and riding. Stage experience with Wright Dancers.
Keith, dramatic stock. Rendezvous with Clavton. Jack-
son and Durante, also Radio Station WABC with
Paul Ash and Publix Paramount, of New York City.
Screen experience with Universal and Christie In
Hollywood and Radio Pictures. New York.
ADRIAN. LOUIS: Musical conductor; r. n. Leonidas
Methenitis; b. Athens. Greece. May 23. 1901: h. 5 feet
7 inches: black hair and brown eyes; w. 138 pounds:
p. Kathrene and Anton Methenitis. non -professionals:
e. West Division high school. Milwaukee. Wis.; hy. all
kinds of sports. Musical director for Balahan & Katz
for several years and was assistant concert master to
Nathaniel Finston at the opening of the Tivoli theatre.
One year later at the opening of the Chicago theatre he
held the same position. At the opening of the Uptown
theatre four years later he was first associate conductor
to Finston. Later became musical director of his own
orchestra, alternating at all Balaban & Katz de luxe
theatres.
AGNEW. CHARLIE: Master of ceremonies, r. n.
Charles L. Agne: b. Newark. New Jersey. June 22.
1901; h. 1 feet 8 Inches; light brown hair and eyes;
w. 147 pounds: p. Augusta and Charles, professionals:
e. South Side high school, and private musical
tutors: m. Gertrude Bauer, professional: hy. golf.
Has played In vaudeville for years. Played with
Vincent Lopez In his orchestra and can play five In-
struments. Came to Chicago with Dell Lampe and
orchestra to play at the Trianon ballroom and re-
mained there Ave years during which time alternated
with Lampe at the Trianon and Aragon. Left with
Lampe to appear at the Capitol and Avalon theatres
In the presentation fleld. When Lampe became sick
Agnew acted as master of ceremonies and remained
in that position until he became associated with
Publix. Acting master of ceremonies at the Paramount
theatre in Des Moines. Iowa.
ARMSTRONG. BERNIE: Solo organist, r. n. Ber-
nard Armstrong: b. Weston. West Virginia. July 28.
1907: 5 feet 4 inches; black hair and brown eyes:
w. 130 pounds: p. Mollle and Willie Armstrong, non-
professionals: e. Weston high school. W. Virginia
Wesleyan : hy. radio building and chemistry. Stage
experience of eight years, produced local stage shows
and amateur theatricals. No screen experience. Solo
organist at the Stanley theatre In Pittsburgh.
ASH. PAUL: Master of ceremonies: r. n Paul Robert
Aschenhrenncr: h Saxony. Germany. February 11. 1881:
h. 5 feet 11 Inches; auburn hair and blue eves; w. 170
pounds: p. Emily and Robert Aschenhrenncr. mother
non-professional, father, musician: e. nubile school: m.
Ida Gold, ex-professlonal : by. cards (hearts preferred),
golf, other outdoor sports. Started as piano player
for Johnnv Connors In Springfield. 111.. 1909. From
1909 to 1915 orchestra pit piano player at Grand Opera
House In St. ixtuls. Mo . and musical director In Rock
and Pulton's "Candy Shop" musical show, then played
piano In manv cafes on San Francisco's Barbary Coast.
Latter part of IBM organized his first orchestra. "Paul
Ash and His Rag-o-Manlars" and played at Orleon
cafe, San Francisco. Paul Whlteman was first violinist
and Ash piano player. In 1916 got first Job as musical
dir. ctor in pit of Sid Grauman's Strand theatre. San
Francisco. Then leader of Arcadia ballroom. San
Francisco. Served In World War with U. B. Marines.
Returned and toured country as musical director in
Fancbon & Marco's "Let's Go." Then organized first
band show policy at Granada. Oakland. Cal.. with nine
men including Chester Haslett saxophone, and Wilbur
Hall, trombone (both later with Whiteman). Jos.
Seimei. dnims (later at Paramount theatre. New York).
Frank Segress. first trumpet, and Ash at piano. All
went to T & D theatre. Oakland, and after six weeks
were engaged hy Jack Partington for Imperial theatre.
San Francisco. House too small and stage band moved
after two weeks to Granada. San Francisco, where It
stayed four years. Then McVlckers. Chicago, for one
year. Opened Balahan & Katz Oriental Chicago, and
there two years. Next to Paramount. New York, for
five months, back to Oriental, then opened Brooklyn
Parnmount November 24. 1928. Screen experience,
news-reels and one short feature. Musical conductor
at New York Paramount six months. Now on tour.
AUSTIN. RALPH: Comedian, r. n. same; h. Dayton.
Ohio, November 18. 1876: h. 5 feet 6 Inches: brown hair
and eyes; w. 150 pounds: p. Sue and Thomas Austin,
non-professionals; m. Helen McDermott. professional j
hy. golf. In 1903 when he was sixteen years of ag"
he appeared in Morrison's "Faust." Then In
Austin's "Juggling Act." then as "Bailey and Austin."
In musical comedy. "Smith and Austin." in vaude-
ville. "Morton and Austin." musical comedy and
vaudeville and "Seed and Austin." with Publix units.
BAIRD. RAYMOND: r. n. Ravmond Stuart Balrd:
h. Salt Lake City. Utah. December 30. 1912: h. 5 feet
5H inches; dark brown hair and brown eyes: w. 123
pounds: p. Margaret Jane Balrd and John Carlson,
non - professionals : e. private tutor: not married. Has
held the title of "Little Sousa" (copyrighted by per-
mission of John Phillip Sousa) since he was five
vears of age when he conducted the concert band nt
Saltair Beach in Salt Lake City. Utah. In an over-
ture, by score. Work has been as guest conductor
In presentation theatres, and Is at present under
contract as musical director for the Azt*c th-atre.
San Antonio. Texas. He has composed several march
compositions, one. which he has named "The Rov
S"onts of America." Is the official march of the Boy
Scouts of America. Offering Is master of ceremonies
and musical director, and Is also known as America's
youngest saxophone virtuoso, master of ceremonies and
musical director, being not yet eighteen years of age.
BARBER JIMMIE: r. n James Henrv Barber: b.
Greenville. N. C February 27. 1901; h. 5 feet fl Inches:
brown hair and eves: w 148 pounds: p Missouri Elb r
Corbett and the late Marshall Brown Barber, non-pro-
fessionals: e. Greenville high school: hy. athletics and
music. Four years' stage experience and has appear d
with the Capitol Quartette, the Four Dictators. In
IWB units and In musical comedy.
BAYES. AL: r. n. Flovd A. Workman: bt Akron.
Ohio: h. fi feet 1 inch: brown hair and hlue eves:
w. 170 pounds; not married: hv. golf and hearts. Stage
experience In comics and with "The Spider." special-
ties, also with four Publix Units and for Keith
vaudeville for six years, in comedv; name of act.
Bayes and Speck.
BAYES AND SPECK (name of act): BN BAYES.
AL: SPECK. HARVEY CARL.
BEMIS. CHARLOTTE: Dancer, b. Chicago. III..
June 23. 1911: h. 5 feet 2 Inches: blond hair and
grav eves: w. 92 pounds; p. H»lene Secord and Ernest
Albert Bemis. non-professionals; e. by private tutor:
not married: hy. swimming, driving and golf. Stage
experience from Jan. 1926 to Oct. 1928 in picture
houses. Puhllx. Fox and Lncw. and from Oct 1928
to Sept. 1929 In Radlo-Kellh-Orpbeum th"atres with
Bennv Davis and his Broadway Stars. Featured In a
Puhllx Unit.
BERNIE. HARRY: Dancer, b. Jersey City. N. J.
September 26. 1908: h. 5 feet 5% Inches, black hair and
brown eyes: w. 130 pounds: e. Dickinson high school.
Three years stage experience with Kelth-Albee and 2
vears with Publix. Also appeared In "Over the Top"
for Puhllx. Is now working with his two brothers.
Mannic and Tiddie Bernle. In a novelty tap dancing
act entitled "Three Bernle Brothers."
BERGEN. EDGAR: h. Chicago. Illinois. Febuary 16.
1903: h. 5 feet S inches: blond hair and hlue eyes;
w. 135 pounds; p. Mrs. Nellie Bergen, non-profes-
sional: e. Lake View high school and Northwestern
University. Chicago and Evanston. Illinois, respectively;
not married : hy. motion picture photography and flying.
Stage experience with Fanchon & Marco and Marks
Brothers. Screen experience Vitaphone short, comedy
writing at Tec-Art. Presentation offering ventriloquist,
pantomime comedy and writer of sketches.
BERRY. RAMON: Organist; r. n. Charles Ravmond
Berry: b. Sioux Falls. S. D.. January 9. 1906: h. 5
feet 7 inches: brown hair and eyes; w. 125 pounds: p.
Jessie A. and Charles L. Berry, non-professionals: e.
Sioux Falls high school. Began piano study at 5 under
Claude Gonvieere in Sioux Falls: first recital at 10;
began pipe organ study at 13: organist. First Presby-
terian church. Sioux Falls. 1919-24: also organist at
Sioux Falls theatres: concert organ study In St. Paul.
Minn., under Prof. G. H. Fairclough. summers of 1922
and 1923; organist. Merriam Park Presbyterian church.
St. Paul. 1923: Princess theatre. St. Paul. 1923: thea-
tre organ study In Chicago under Claude B Ball. 1925:
solo organist. Irving theatre. Chicago. 1925-26: opened
Fargo theatre. Fargo. N. D.. for F * R. March 15.
1926. as solo organist: solo organist at Alamo theatre.
Chicago. 1926-28; president. Chicago Society of Theatre
Organists. 1929; guest organist for Lynch circuit. Chi-
cago, and has app-ared in concert In Sioux Falls.
Fargo. St. Paul and Chicago: also instructor at Ball
Theatre Organ School. Chicago.
BETTS. DICK: b. Batavla. N. T.. 1905; h. 6 feet:
black hair and blue eyes; w. 160 pounds; e. Batavla
high school: hy. motor boats, organ, pool, ping-pong.
Organist In the following theatres for the past 10
years: Centurv. Buffalo. N. Y. ; Strand. Niagara Falls.
N. V : Granada. Buffalo. N. Y. ; Riverside. Buffalo.
N. Y. : Loew's Rochester. Rochester. N. Y. : State.
Schenectady. N. Y. : Warner Brothers Roger Sherman.
New naven. Conn.: Publix. Stamford. Stamford. Conn.
BIDDLE. JR.. EA RLE VERNON: Dancer, h. Nash-
ville. Tenn.. June 27. 1904 : h. 6 feet 1 Inch: black
hair and hazel eves: w. 174 pounds: p. Viola and
Parle Vernon Biddle. non-professionals: e. John Mar-
shall high school. Richmond. Virginia, and Washington
and Lee University: hy. all athletics and acrobatic
dancing. Stage experience as Caperton and Biddle
adagio dancers with Stanlev presentations, with Ned
Wayhurn's "Gambols" 1928-1929. then with Publix.
Loew and Pox circuits.
BILLINGS. ROBERT: Organist: h. Macon. Mo.
April 5. 1900; h. 5 feet 7 Inches; black hair and
brown eyes; w. 140 pounds: e. West Division high
school. Milwaukee. Wis.; m. non-professional ; hy. golf,
all other sports. Was recording organist for 0. R. S.
Music Roll company for one year, and six years with
P. S Music Roll company. Recorded handplayed rolls,
classical to fox trots, put In novelties and expression.
Entire family musicians. Father an Inventor of Im-
provements on musical Instruments. Also studied voice
extensively.
BLACK. BEN: Master of ceremonies: h. England,
1890: h. 5 feet 8 inches: black hair and blue eyes:
w. 178 pounds; p. Leah and Simon Black, non-pro-
fessionals: not married. Stage career started In 1900
In musical comedy, vaudeville, and master of cere-
monies at San Francisco theatre, the master of
ceremonies for Publix. opened hand policy In the
east at Paramount. New York, and then with Loew's
as master of ceremonies at T/oew's. Jersey City. Now
with Paramount-Puhllx Corp. He has also written
many song hits, best of which Is "Moonlight and
Roses." No screen experience.
BLAIR. CECILLE: Dancer: h. Chicago. Ill . April
28. 1912: h. 5 feet 1 inch: dark brown hair and
hazel-brown eyes: w. 109 pounds: p. Sara and Irving
Blair, non-professionals; e Marshall high school,
Chicago; hy. swimming, likes to plav novelty Instru-
ments and dancing Stage experience started In 1924
with Phillip ITcrschoff In "Stepping High." "Stepping
Co-Eds," "Dance O'Manla." with Keith -Orphcum
Circuit, then with narold Leonard In "narold I^onard
and Company" In vaudeville, with Sophie Tucker at
the Oriental theatre. Chicago, and with Puhllx and
Balahan and Kaiz circuits In Units for five years.
Still featured In Publix and Loew's.
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6LANCHE. ROSE: Adagio dancer, team name
"Blanche and Elliott"; b. Menfro. Missouri, July 17.
1910; h. 5 feet 3 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 100
pounds; p. Ellen and Gus Blanc, non- professionals: e.
Menfro. Missouri ; m. Webster F. Elliott, professional ;
hy. sewing and designing. Stage experience started as
the adagio team of "Blanche and Elliott" in Ned Way-
bum's productions for two seasons, namely 1927 and
192S. Has been working all the metropolitan theatres
and cafes for the past three seasons in New York City,
also Publix and Loew Units.
BLUM. AL AND GUSSIE: b. New York City: p.
Rose and Joseph Blum; e. Lux high school. San
Francisco. Cal. ; hy. golf, sewing and bridge. Stage
experience with Sid Grauman's Egyptian theatre. Holly-
wood. Cal.. and last five years with Fublix. Screen
experience with Hoot Gibson in the following pro-
ductions: "The Phantom Bullet" and with Conrad
Nagel in "A Fool's Paradise."
BRACKS. THE FIVE: Acrobats, r. n. William
Sahwamlein. Gus Spiegilberg. Paul Weberzisky. Fritz
Bibenschneider, George Thiele. Owners of the act.
William Brack and Spielman. Stage experience of
twenty years as acrobats in Europe and United States.
BRITE. JOE: Organist: r. n. Joseph L. Brite: b.
Canton. Missouri. July 9. 1903: h. 6 feet; light brown
hair and blue eyes; w. 145 pounds: p. Jennie and
Sterling P. Brite. non-professionals; e. Laramie.
Wyoming, high school. University of Wyoming; m.
Cordelia Metcalf. non-professional; hy. motoring,
golfing and swimming. No stage or screen experience.
Presentation offering organist. Five years experience
as pianist in theatre orchestras in middle west.
Played several months in various Chicago theatres.
Appeared with Milton Charles in special organ act at
Balahan and K.itz Tivoli. Chicago, during summer
of 1925. Opened organs at Greeley. Colo.. Boulder.
Colo., and Alamosa. Colo. Organist at Elks theatre.
Rapid City, during 1927. and 1928 during President
Coolidge's vacation in Black nills. Present organist
at Homestake Opera House. Lead. S. D. . which
is operated by Homestake Mining company, operators
of world's largest gold mine at I>ead.
BONDER. LOU: Organist; r. n. Louis Bonder; b.
New York City. December 4. 1887: h. 5 feet 9 inches:
brown eyes anil black hair: w. 148 pounds: p. Pearl
and Jack Bonder: e. Boys high school, Brooklyn.
N. Y.. University of Alabama; m. Hilda Windish. non-
professional: hy. music. Organist at Sheffield Theatre.
Brooklyn. K Y.. 1914; Stone theatre. Brooklyn. N. Y..
10 years: Ambassador. Brooklyn. N. Y. . one year: Con-
gress theatre, Brooklyn, one year: is now at Park
Plaza theatre. New York, where lie has been featured
organist for five years.
BROWN ALBERT F. : Organist; b. New York City.
1895; h. 5 feet 8 inches: brown hair and eyes: w.
140 pounds: hy. golf. Creator at organ scrim presen-
tations and writer of the scripts for scrim playlets.
Organist for ten years and soloist for seven years.
Concert organist for Mooseheart from 1922 -1924.
Opened Granada theatre for Marks Brothers In Chi-
cago. 1926 and opened Marbro theatre for them in 1927.
BROWN. BARTLETT K. : Dancer: h. St. Joseph.
Mo.. April 5. 1905: h. 5 feet 04 Inches; blond hair
and blue eyis: w. 125 pounds: p. Ivy Lee and Newton
Wheeler Brown, non -professionals; e. Manual Arts
high school. Los Angeles. Cal. : by. golf, aviation,
swimming and dancing. Jan 1926 to Oct. 1928. pic-
ture houses. Publix, Fox and Loew. and from Oct.
1928 to Sept. 1929 In vaudeville with Benny Davis
and his Broadway Stars.
CANNEFAX. CHARLES: Singer: b. Springfield. Mo..
April 18. 1901; b. 6 feet 2 Inches: brown hair and
blue-gray eyes; w. 195 pounds: brother of the late
Robert L. Cannefax. three cushion billiard champion
of the world. non-i«ofessional : e. Damarach School
of Music. New York City and has had stage training:
not married: hy. golf, handball, baseball and all
other forms of athletics and music. Stage experience
singing juvenile lead and light comedy straights in
stork, baritone of "Artists and Models" In 1924 : with
Radio-Keith-Orpheum from 192*5-29 and recently with
the Publix circuit. Title of act. "Deagon and
Cannefax."
CANNON. STAN: Organist: b. Alexandria. Minn..
March 18. 1900: h. 5 feet 7 inches: gray eyes and
brown hair: w. 140 pounds: P. Olive Van T»on and
Hugh B. Cannon: e. Ballard high school. Seattle, and
University of Washington: hy. pinochle, swimming. Ex-
l>erlence with Jensen Ac Von Herlterg. Seattle. Universal
Theatrical Enterprises. Seattle. Publix. Fox and ltKO.
since 1924.
CAPERTON and BIDDLE name of act. ta
Caperton. Harriette Alexander: Biddle. Jr.. Earle
Vernon.
CAPERTON. HARRIETTE ALEXANDER: Dancer:
b. Richmond. Va.. Dec. 21. 1909: h. 5 feet 4 Inches:
p. Helena Lepoy and Clifford Randolph Caperton.
non -professionals: e. St. Catherine's School: hy. golf,
reading, horseback riding and dancing. Stage ex-
perience as Caperton and Biddle. adagio dancers, with
Stanlev presentations. Ned Wayhurn's "Gambols"
1928-1929. also with Publix. Loew and Fox circuits.
CAPPS. KENDALL: b St I/vuls. Missouri. October
3. 1903; h. 5 feet 7 inches: black hair and blue eyes:
w. 144 pounds: p. Pearl and Edward W. Capps. pro-
fessionals: e. Central high school. St. Louis: m. Gene-
vieve Daughertv. non-professionals: hv. collecting and
reading good books, writing plays and stories, dancing
and music. Stag" experience started in 1915 when he
traveled In vaudeville with his mother, father, brothers
and sisters In an act known as "The Capps Family."
of ten. In 1921 he left the family and organized his
own band act In vaudeville, and In 1922 organized an
act known as "Capps & Savay." and played Orpheum
and Loew Circuits. 1923-1924 he was featured dancer
and musician with IJoyd Ibach's entertainers on Keith
and Orpheum circuits. Winter of 1925 he joined the
Greenwich Village Follies which ran on Broadway. New
York during the season of 1925 and 192/1. then went on
the road wirb Grcnwich Village Follies season 1926
and 1927. Was featured in two Publix presentation
units for 20 weeks each, then joined Shuhcrts' "Hcadln'
South." productions starring Mrlntyre A neath. as fea-
tured dancer, then replaced juvenile lead after two
weeks. 1928 1929 pin veil juvenile part In Shuhcrts pro-
duction "Boom Boom" in New York and on the road.
Winter of 1029 he was featured in Locw's presentation
unit 1930 featured In I 'ublix presentation unit for 20
weeks
CARBONARA, GERALD: b. New York. N. Y.. Dec.
8. 1886: h. 5 feet 5 inches; brown hair and eyes; w.
142 pounds; e. Royal Conservatory of Music. Naples.
Italy. Stage experience as musical conductor. Now
with Paramount Publix Corporation.
CAUSTON. CLARENCE: b. St. John. N. B.. Canada.
March 23. 1900; h. 5 feet 8% inches: brown hair and
eyes; w. 150 pounds: p. Ettie and Robert Oscar Caus-
ton. non -professionals; e. St. John High, and New Eng-
land Conservatory. Boston, and Canada Academy of
Music. Toronto: m. Laura Dyson, non-professional; hy.
putting a show over and psychology. Presentation and
stage experience as musical director of vaudeville and
pictures.
CHAM BERLIN and HIMES (name of act): See
Chamberlin, Peggy; Himos. Ross A.
CHAMBERLIN. PEGGY: b. San Francisco. Cal..
November 3. 1905: h. 5 feet 3 inches; curly brown
hair and blue eyes: w. 110 pounds: p. Jenny Nelson
and William Chamberlin. professionals: e. Classical
high school Stage experience appearing as comedienne
in Tait's Cafe. San Francisco. 1922; Marauard's Cafe,
San Francisco. 1923-1924: and West Coast theatres
1924-1927. Also appeared In picture houses in Chicago
and New York and about six months later joined
Ziegfeld's Follies as featured comedy dancer from 1927-
1928; thence to Europe and appeared in London's Kit
Kat Club and in Paris Cafe des Ambassadeurs. With
Radio-Keith-Orpheum vaudeville, the title of the act
being Cbamberlin & Himes.
CHANG. ANNA: Singer: b. In San Francisco; w.
100 pounds; p. Margaret and Fred S. Chang, non-pro-
fessionals; e. San Francisco high school; hy. reading,
movies, singing and dancing. Stage experience in pres-
entation with Fanchon and Marco. Then with Paul Ash
in her home town. Now in her fourth consecutive year
with Publix. Screen experience in one Paramount Vita-
phone short.
CIMLER. WILLIAM: Organist: b. Secaucus. N. J..
May 29. 1908; h. 5 feet 10 inches: hazel eyes and
brown hair: w. 155 pounds: p. Mary and Jacolim
Cimler; e. Dickinson. Jersey City. N. J., musical train-
ing at Velazco Organ Studios. N. Y. : hy. playing
piano. Organist at Strand. Jersey City; Monticello.
Jersey City; Cameo. Jersey City; Summitt. Union City.
CLARK. MERLE E.: Organist: b. South Haven.
Mich.. April 13. 1897: h. 5 feet 64 inches: black
hair and blue eyes; w. 135 pounds: p. Grace W.
and Wm. E. Clark, non-professionals; e. Schoolcraft.
Michigan. Malek Conservatory of Music. Grand
ltapids. Michigan; m. Marion K. Bott. non-professional;
hy. all sports. Stage experience from 1918 to 1920
trouped with different small time musical acts, playing
piano and singing and in 1919 had his own band-
Merle Clark's Wolverines. Jobbed for Husk O'Hare
and others. Presentation offering organist. Five
years with John H. Kunsky. Detroit. Michigan, assist-
ant at State and Michigan. Doubled stage piano at
State under Herb Straube. Fred Stritt. Russ Morgan.
Solo organist at Grand Riviera. Detroit. Also master
of ceremonies there. Located at Toledo Paramount
(Publix). solo organist since May 15. 1929.
COHEN. SAMMY: Screen player: b. Minneapolis.
Minn.. December 8. 1902: h. 5 feet 8 Inches: brown
eyes: w. 145 pounds: p. Anna and M. Cohen: e. Los
Angeles high school: hy. all athletics. Has had seven
vears' stage experience and three years on screen. In
(1929) "Homesick." "Plastered in Parts." Fox. Fea-
tured in Publix and R.K.O.
CON LIN. RAY: Ventriloquist ; r. n. Wm. R.
O'Connor: b. Chicago. III.. Dec. 5. 1891: h. 5 feet
8% inches: brown hair and eyes: w. 150 pounds:
p. Mary Bowler and William O'Connor, non-profes-
sional; e. McKlnley high school. Chicago: m. Corlnne
Tinier, professional. Stage experience of 18 years with
Orpheum and Keith and one year with Shuhert.
COOK. RUSSELL: Master of ceremonies: r. n.
Russell R. Cook: b. Cascade. Mich.. Aug. 18. 1906; h.
5 feet 6 Inches: brown hair and blue eyes: w. 150
pounds: p. Alice Jane and Ray Gilhert. non-profes-
sionals: e. South high school. Grand Rapids. Mich.,
and University of Michigan: not married: hy. golf,
horseback riding, and all outdoor sjmrts. smoking pipes
and studying, music and compositions. Presentation
work, one vear at the Alamo Cafe, seven months at
the Darls Hotel, forty-two week9 at Stratford theatre,
and now alternating between Capitol and Avalon In-
definitely. Billed as "Cookie and His Ginger Snaps."
Plays 14 Instruments.
COWAN. LYNN: Master of ceremonies: b. Iowa
Falls. Iowa. June 8. 1894: h. 5 feet 64 Inches: brown
hair and eyes: w. 140 pounds; p. Margaret May and
John David Cowan, non-professionals: e. Iowa Falls
public high school. Iowa State University, and Uni-
versity of Wisconsin: m Estelle Davis, professional: hy.
golf, collector of rare birds, song writing. Stage experi-
ence on the B. F. Keith and Orpheum circuits In the
act of Bailey and Cowan, also one season with
Blossom Seely. Made two complete tours of the
world appearing In practically every English speaking
country where they presented their act. The following
three years in motion pictures he wrote and produced
Will Morrisev's Revue and Monkey Business for Olsen
and Johnson on the Paciflo Coast and then went
under contract to Fanchon and Marco as master of
ceremonies which position he still holds. Has ap-
peared in the following theatres: Egyptian theatre.
Hollywood. Calif.. 39 weeks. Boulevard theatre. Los
Angeles. 49 weeks. Raymond theatre. Pasadena. Calif..
18 weeks. TAD theatre. Oakland. Calif.. 18 weeks.
Warfleld theatre. San Francisco. Calif.. 16 weeks. Fox.
St. Louis. 14 weeks. After vaudeville tour around the
world was placed tinder contract at the Wm Fox
west coast studio where he made 23 Van Biblier
Comedies playing opposite Earle Foxe — played the re-
porter In "Fighting Hearts" with George O'Brien, in
"Compromise" with Irene Rich and Cllve Brook.
■•Iren"" with Colleen Moore, and made 12 Vltaphones
for Warner Brothers, short subjects with his orchestra
for James Cntze. Inc. Known by the following
titles: Dr. Jazz. Prince of Pep. Hollywood Joy Boy.
and also known as the singing master of ceremonies
offering songs at the piano playing own accompani-
ment and songs with the .hand. Is the composer of
the following song hits: "Kisses." "Secrets." "Dixie
Highway." "Cross Roads." "T Can't See the Good in
Good-Bve." "Dream nouse." "Billle." "When You
Are Mine." "Love Will Smile on You." "Blue
Hours." 'Tin In I/vvc With You." "Web of Love."
"The New Step." "Then I'll Know Why" and "Where
OM Daffodils Grow " Also wrote the score and spe-
cial songs for James Cnize production "The Great
Gabho." and score for Harold Lloyd's "Welcome
Danger" and United Artists' "Alibi." in Vitaphone
No. 2245. No. 225S. "The Community Singer." No.
2547. No. 2680.
COWDREY. BILL: Organist; r. n. William J. Cow-
drey: b. Cleveland. Ohio. March 18. 1896: h. 5 feet
10 inches; brown hair and blue eyes: w. 130 pounds;
p. Mary Jackson and John Cowdrey. non-professionals;
e. Central high school. Cleveland. Ohio: m. Anna K.
Weislogel of Chillicothe. Ohio, non- professional: hy.
philately, train and locomotive pictures. Was organist
at Sherman theatre. Chillicothe. from July. 1923 to
June. 1928; Smoot theatre, Parkersburg, West Va..
June. 1928. to January. 1929. Student at Emil
Velazco's Theatre Organ School in New York City.
CO WHAM. BERNIE: Organist: b. Oshkosh. Wiscon-
sin: h. 5 feet 10 inches: blond hair and gray eyes;
w. 160 pounds; e. in Oshkosh. Wisconsin. Stage ex-
perience started when he trouped with Winniger Broth-
ers Rep show at the age of fifteen, then several seasons
of stock and vaudeville. He demonstrated for the Bar-
ton Organ Company for seven years, then located in
Milwaukee and opened five theatres there for the Saxe
Amusement Enterprises. He went to Flushing. New
York, in 192S and opened the Keith-Albee Theatre.
CRAFTS. CHARLIE: Master of ceremonies; b.
Roxbury. Mass.. October 6. 1899; h. 5 feet 9 inches :
dark hair and blue eyes; w. 159 pounds; p. Sarah and
Robert Crafts, non-professionals; e. Roxbury high
school. Harvard college and has had stage training;
not married: hy. golf, motoring, baseball and fights.
Stage experience during 1923-26; in vaudeville with an
act Crafts and Haley as the juvenile lead: in Cen-
tury Roof. New York City "Round the Town" com-
pany. Cameo recording artists and from 1927-28 as
master of ceremonies in Philadelphia, known as
Charlie Crafts Blue Heaven. Walton Hotel, at Cafe
Madrid. For the past two years he has been master of
ceremonies for National and been alternating between
the Avalon and Capitol theatres of Chicago.
CRAWFORD. JESSE: b. Woodland. Cal.. 1895: e.
public schools. Portland. Ore. : m. Helen Anderson,
professional. One year in repertoire. Started musical
career as trumpet player in orphanage band, then be-
came pianist in "rep" shows. Began as theatre organ-
ist in Spokane. Wash., about 16 years ago: and since
then has appeared in I'uhlix theatres in Seattle. Los
Angeles. San Francisco. Chicago, and Paramount the-
atre. New York City.
CUSTER. CATHERINE CECILE: Organist: b.
Frances. Washington. Dec. 24. 1911; h. 5 feet: brown
hair and blue eyes; w. 95 pounds: p. Elinor Georgia
and Othmar Custer. non- professionals: e. Sacred
Heart Convent: not married: hy. golf, football and
baseball and music including symphony concerts.
She has been playing as an organist since the age of
13 years. Actual organ work consists of five years
and concert work three years. She was featured at
the Portland Pantages for two years and for six
months at the Radio-Keith-Orphcum. also at Fox's
Hollywood theatre.
OE MARS. ANITA M.: Organist: b. Chicago. 111..
October 16. 1897: h. 5 feet 64 indies: brown hair and
hazel eyes: w. 156 pounds: p. Tres Strauch and
Charles de Mars, non-professionals; e. Parker high
school and the Columbia School of Music; not mar-
ried; hy. tennis, motoring. Iiooks and animals. Mem-
ber of Mil Phi Epsilon Honorary Musical Sorority.
Romany Cluh. Faculty Bush Conservatory. Van Dusen
Organ Club and the N. A. O. Experience as follows:
from 1925-26 secretary of the Chicago Society of
Theatre Organists: 1927-28 president of same and in
1929 again secretary. The last four years has been
head organist of the Capitol theatre.
DE WEES. PAUL: Dancer: r. n. Paul De Wees. Jr.:
b. Pocomoke City. Md.. April 19. 1910: h. 5 feet 34
Inches; blond hair end blue eves; w. 116 pounds:
p. Carrie V. and Paul. Sr.. non-professionals: e.
(iverhrook high school. Philadelphia. Pa.: not married:
hy. golf, riding, tennis and music. Started stage career
in act on Keith-Orpheum Circuit with P. De Wees
I: .in.l with Gus Edwards in 1925. vaudeville in 1926
and 1927 with Publix Unit In act entitled "Non-Stop
to Mars." and in 1928 "Jazz Grab-Bag" and in
"Night in Spam" and "Night in Venice" In 1929.
also with I'uhlix Unit -Radio Romance In 1929.
DE WYN. RICHARD: r. n. Edwin D. Bush: b.
Greenfield. ().. December 23. 1898: h. 5 feet 10 inches:
light brown hair and blue eyes: w. 158 pounds; p.
Mm C and W. D. Bush, non -professionals; e. Wood-
ward high school. Cincinnati. O. . and the Ohio State
university: m. professional : by. anything ift>rtaining to
outdoors. Five years stage experience with Keith.
Radio-Keith-Orpheum and Publix Circuits a standard
act for years. Screen exiierienre In the technical end
until he was blinded by snow while on location in
Tnickee. Nev. Was cameraman at that time taking
feature pictures with Selig P o 1 y scot v Company and also
for Lasky. Universal and other small companies. Cam-
eraman at the time William Taylor was murdered in
Hollywood. A resident of California for the past
eighteen years.
DANIELS. HAROLD: Organist: r. n. Harold Francis
Daniels: h. Henry. III.. March 9. 1902: h. 5 feet 94
inches: hair and eyes brown: w. 156 pounds; p. Mary
C. and George II. Daniels, non-professionals: e. nenry
Township high school and University of Illinois; fn.
E. Lillian Cusark. non-professional. June 5. 1926; hy.
Baby Dorothy. 14 months old. golf and community
organ solos. Featured organist in motion picture thea-
tres for several years.
DAVIDSON. CECIL: r. n Cecil Trvin Davidson: b.
Chicago. 111.. October 27. 1904: h. 5 fee a 74 inches:
black hair and brown eyes; w. 145 pounds; p. Rose
and Maurice Davidson, non-professionals; e. Harrison
high school, Chicago. III.: hy. raising chow dogs. Stage
experience as conductor of orchestra since the age of
15. Was considered the youngest leader In America.
Started leading orchestra for Ascher Brothers in Chi-
cago at the West Etiglewood theatre and after a suc-
cessful engagement of one year left there to go to
Shaefer Brothers' Crystal theatre with an orchestra of
16 men. At that time band was considered one of the
finest In Chicago and after four consecutive years of
success left there to open the Belpark theatre for Bala-
ban & Katz. Was then sent to the North Center
theatre where he was master of ceremonies for the
stageshows and conducting pit orchestra. With I'nited
Theatres Corporation as master of ceremonies at their
Symphony theatre.
DAVIDSON. WALTER J.: b Philadelphia. Pa:
h. 5 feet 6 Inches; brown hnir and gray eves: w. 156
pounds: e Michigan Military Academy. Pennsylvania
college. Director and conductor of Walnut Street
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theatre. Philadelphia; director of Keith 81st and
Palace of New York; director, Balaban and Katz
Uptown theatre.
DAVIS. CHARLIE: Master of ceremonies at Indiana
theatre. Indianapolis. Ind. Was graduated from Notre
Dame University in 1921. First theatre work at Ohio
theatre where he produced his own miniature stage
revues and acted as master of ceremonies. Went to
Indiana theatre in June. 1927, where he has been
master ot ceremonies for the last three and one-half
years, excepting five weeks engagement at the Para-
mount theatre in New York. Then back to Indian-
apolis for 2 months. M. C. at Brooklyn Paramount
for C months and featured M. C. with my own band
at New York Paramount.
DAWSON. LILLIAN: "Crooning" singer: b. Win-
nipeg, Man., November 21. 1910; h. 5 feet 2'ii inches:
blond hair and gray-blue eyes; w. 106 pounds: e.
Shreveport h.gh school, Shreveport, La. : hy. reading
and sewing. Started career in local theatre and after
lirst apjtearance received contract for 40 weeks bookings,
then played vaudeville for one year as sing.e act.
following ttiis with a Publix presentation unit for the
entire circuit; was then featured trlUl the Pitz Broth-
ers Revue in vaudeville, then the Eline All-Girl show
also in vaudeville; completed an RKO vaudeville tour
in her own single act and also Loew's vaudeville; then
starting a Publix presentation unit for tour of en-
tire circuit.
DEAGON and CANNEFAX (name of act): See
Deagon. Grace; Cannefax. Charles.
DEAGON, GRACIE: b. Lockport. N. Y. , January
6. 1000; h. 5 feet 1 inch; dark brown hair and blue
eyes; w. 115 pounds; p. Kathryn and Edwin H.
Deagon. professionals; e. Whittenberg college. Spring-
field, O.. and was brought up on the stage; m. pro-
fessional; hy. golf, swimming and music, costuming
and designing. Has appeared in musical comedy and
with Keith-Orpheum circuit for the last eleven years.
Title of act. "Deagon and Cannefax."
DETRICH. ROY: Master of ceremonies; r. n. Roy
Dieterich; h. on farm near Sandwich. 111., August 22,
; h. 5 feet 11 inches; brown hair and hazel eyes;
w. 174 pounds: p. Phoebe and Lewis Dieterich, non-
professionals; e. Sandwich high school: m. Jennie Griff,
professional : hy. horseback riding and trips through
the big woods. Became choir master at Baptist church
at Hammond. Sang Nanki Po in Catholic church pro-
duction of "Mikado," rehearsed by Prof. Charles Sind-
tinger. Chicago voice teacher, and staged by George
Herbert. Joined Olympic Opera Company and sang
tenor roles of about 20 light operas for two seasons.
Then went into vaudeville and teamed with a comedian,
doing the straight man. First partner was Fred War-
ren, blackface comedian, and then Herbert Ashley.
Nine years ago came to Chicago and sang for Balaban
& Katz for three and one-half years, appearing in
rotation, starting at Chicago theatre, the Tivoli and
the Riviera. Also played the Kunsky theatre in De-
troit for long runs and F & R theatres in St. Paul and
Minneapolis, and the Capitol, Cooney Brothers' National
Playhouses, for 50 weeks. Opened at Avalon in Chi-
cago January 2. 1928. as master of ceremonies and
conductor.
DEVINE. JOHNNY: r. n. John B. Devine: b. New
York City. October 2?. 1897; h. 5 feet 4 inches; light
hair and blue eyes: w. 125 pounds: e. Xavier high
school. New Y'ork City, and Fordham university. New
York; m. Lucylle Fisher, non - professional : hy. cigars
and music. Played piano in vaudeville and also for
dance work about 11 years ago. before studying organ.
Has played theatre organs in New York, St. Paul.
Minneapolis and for six years was located in Chicago.
Now in New York City.
DICTATORS, THE FOUR (name of act): See Bar-
ber. Jimmie: Latour. Hinsdale: Magell, William
(Bill): Scott. Leonard.
DODY. SAM: b. New Y'ork City. February 15. 1885:
h. 5 fret 8 inches; black hair and brown eyes: w. 179
pounds; p. Jacob and Sarah Dody. non-professionals:
e. public, school and New Y'ork University; m. Evelyn
Hughes: hy. prize fights, baseball and golf. Stage
career with Keith vaudeville, burlesque, musical com-
edy. Ted Lewis Frolic, and George Seldies called him
and partner the "Kings of Vanity Fair." also in "Coo
Koo Comedy." Title of act "Lewis and Dody."
DON (of Ron and Don): Organist; r. n. Donovan F.
Moore; b. Yakima. Wash.. January 22. 1907; h. G feet;
blue eyes and brown hair: w. 170 pounds; p. Agnes
Donovan and Fred T. Moore, non-professionals: e.
Marquette high school. University of Washington: hy.
horses, amateur motion pictures, automobiles. Opened
Seattle theatre for Paramount, March 1. 1928. Para-
mount in Portland February 0. 1930. Paramount thea-
tre. San Francisco. Mav 10. 1980. Opened for Fox.
Washington. D. C. Julv 18. 1930; Brooklyn. August
18. 1930; Washington. October G, 1930. Opened in
Philade!i>hia. March 20. 1930.
DOUGHERTY. EGAN M. : Organist: h. San Antonio.
Tex.. NovemlMT 15. 1898; h. 5 feet 10 inches: brown
hair and eyes: w. 155 pounds: p. non - professionals ; e.
Main Avenue high school and S. A. College of Music.
Stage exiierience of seven years, solo and concert organ-
ist. Featnr d at Loew's Valencia. Jamaica. N. Y..
Loew's Paradise. Bronx. N. Y. C. and now at Loew's
new Triboro, Astoria. Long Island.
DUFFIN. MATT (of Matt Iluffln and Jessie Draper):
Dancer: b. Juarez. Mexico. February 18. 1905: h. 5 feet
11 '/4 Inches: light hair and blue eyes; w. 168 pounds:
p. Amelia Catling and James G. Dufnn, non-profes-
sionals; e. East Hi. Salt Lake City. Utah, and Univer-
sity of Utahj hy. hooks on art and the theatre. Stage
experience nlnslsts of the following: two years In
Wilkes Stock Company. Salt Lake City. Utah, one year
director and stage manager for Chrlstensen Ballet, stage
manager and director for one and a half years at high
school and two and a half years dancing for Fanchon
and Marco, also one year with Publix. In John Mur-
ray Anderson's Almanac In New Y'ork City. Screen
experience In part of song and dance man in "Twelve
Miles Out." and assistant director of dancing In "Trail
of 08." Now featured as "Dufnn & Draper" In the
Follies Bergere, Paris.
DUNCAN. FRANCIS K.: b. Chicago. 111.. May 10.
1003: h. 5 feet 0 Inches; black hair and brown eyes;
w. 125 pounds; p. Mary and William Duncan, non-
professionals; hy. baseball, football, golf and aviation
Stage experience for five years as a speelal act in pic-
ture houses. Offering piano act. harmony singing and
comedy. Title of act. "Tracy and Duncan."
DUNN. JIMMIE W.: Presentation acts; b. Chicago
March 27. 189fi; h. 5 feet 10M Inches; black hair and
blue eyes i w. 175 pounds; p. Eva A. Thurman and
James H. Dunn, professionals; e. St. Malachy's; Bryant
and Stratton: stage training in dramatics, musical
comedy, burlesque, vaudeville, circus, presentations; m.
Dorothy Murray, non-professional; hy. auto and all
athletics. Has had 25 years' stage experience. Started
in dramatic stock in child parts and specialties between
acts every summer; school in winter until 15; then
featured youngest leading man in repertoire: vaudeville
as single monologist ; and partner of Florence Lorraine,
Emil Hoch, Richard Duffy, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw; pro-
ductions, played Eddie Cantor's part with B.rt Wil-
liams, "Broadway Brevities"; played Jack Norwonh's
part six months in "Odds and Ends"; starred in
William Friedlander's "Naughty Princess" company;
played Norman Hackett's double in "Double Deuces"
with Otto Kruger. Singing, dancing and talking
comedian "deluxe" in Publix and Balaban & Katz
"wonder theatre of the world." Has been master
of ceremonies in some of the foremost theatres with
band and without, including Newman theatre. Kansas
City, Grand Central at St. Louis. Grand Riviera at
Detroit, Orpheum at Des Moines.
EDWARDS. EDDIE: Presentation act; r. n Eddie
Edrich; b. Brooklyn, N. Y. . March 17. 1902; h. 5 feet
10'^ inches; brown hair and eyes: w. 1G0 pounds: p.
Rachel and Hyman Edrich. non-professionals: e. East-
ern District high school: hy. fishing, baseball, dogs.
Eleven years' experience in vaudeville and Publix unit
musical shows. Name of act is Ross & Edwards.
ELINE. GRACE: Presentation act; b. Milwaukee.
Wis., August 12. 1903; h. 5 feet 1 inch; blond, blue
eyes: w. 116 pounds; p. Grace (Madam Eline, de-
signer for Cecil B. DeMille) and Charles L. Eline; e.
private tutors; hy. horseback riding, golf, short story
writing, painting, aviation. 1908. with Frances Ring
in "The Masterpiece"; 1909. with Andrew Mack in
"Prince of B"; 1910. with Nora Bayes and Jack Nor-
worth in "The Jolly Bachelors"; 1912-13. Elsie Janis.
Montgomery and Stone in "Lady of the Slipper";
1915-1G. danced with Rudolph Valentino in New Y'ork
cafes; 1917-25. vaudeville. Weston and Eline; 192G-27,
with Al Jolson in "Big Boy"; 1928-29, vaudeville and
picture houses with her sister, known as Grace and
Marie Eline. In pictures from 1910 to 1915, also
played in a few shows at that time. With her sister
appeared in Thanhouser pictures and were known as the
Thanhouser Kids, also in Christie comedies.
ELINE, MARIE: Presentation act; b. Milwaukee.
Wis.. February 27. 1905; h. 4 feet 7 inches: dark
brown hair and gray eyes; w. 86 pounds: p. Grace
and Charles L. Dline; e. private tutors: hy. horseback
riding, swimming, dancing, designing, short storv writ-
ing. 1908, with Guy Bates Post in "The Bridge";
1909. with Fannie Ward in "Van Allen's Wife"; 1910,
Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth in "Jolly Bachelors" ;
1911-15. pictures and personal appearances: 1916-18.
vaudeville. Marie Eline and Company; 1919. Christie
pictures; 1921-26. studied; 1926-27. in "Rose-Marie":
1928-29. vaudeville and picture houses. Grace and
Marie Eline. Screen experience: 1910-15. with sister,
known as Thanhouser Kids: 1919-23. Christie comedies.
ELLINGTON. EDWARD KENNEDY: b. Washing-
ton, D. C, April 29, 1899; hy. cards. Master of cere-
monies at Kentucky Club in New York for 5 years;
Cotton Club. New York, for 3hi years.
ELLIOTT, WEBSTER F. : Adagio Dancer, team name
"Blanche and Elliott": b. Granite City, Illinois, Octo-
ber 8, 1907; h. 5 feet 10 inches: blond hair and blue
eyes: w. 162 pounds; p. Leona and Charles Elliott,
non-professionals; e. Soldan High School, St. Louis,
Missouri : m. Rose Blanche, professional. Stage experi-
ence started as the adagio team of "Blanche and
Elliott" in Ned Wayburn's productions for two seasons,
namely 1927 and 1928. Has been working all the met-
ropolitan theatres and cafes for the past three seasons
in New York City, entirely.
EVANS. ADOLPHE: Organist: r. n. Adolphus C.
Evans; b. Chicago. July 7, 1895; h. 5 feet 5% inches;
brown hair and eyes: w. 130 pounds: p. Elizabeth
H. and Adolphus C. Evans, non-professionals; e. Chi-
cago Musical college; m. Mary Binas. non-professional;
h. music and golf. Twelve years as organist in pic-
ture houses.
FAIRBANKS. BENNIE: Master of ceremonies; b.
Newark, New Jersey. Nov. 28. 1906; h. 5 feet 7 inches:
black hair and eyes: w. 135 pounds; p. Bessie and
Harry Fairbanks, non-professionals; e. Central High
School, and Columbia College; hy. swimming, tennis
and boating. Stage cxperienie as product of stage
band doing bits in band and singing. He graduated
to relief master of ceremonies in Newark and Jersey
City and finally opened at the Ritz. Elizabeth, as mas-
ter of ceremonies. He plays the sax and clarinet in
the band.
FAUNTLEROY and VAN (name of act): See
Fauntleroy. Fred: Van Antwerp, Jimmie.
FAUNTLEROY. FRED: b. Gatesville. Texas. June
29. 1894: h. 5 feet 6M. inches: light brown hair and
brown eyes; w. 175 pounds; e. East Central Normal.
Ada. Okla. ; m. Lilliam Frair. non-professional; hy.
tools and guns. Stage experience of eighteen years.
Offering "Rube" act of singing, dancing and musical
novelties. In act entitled "Fauntleroy and Van."
FELICE. DON: Musical conductor, b. Naples. Italy.
March 29. 1904; h. 5 feet 11 inches: black hair arid
dark eyes; w. 145 pounds: p. Autilia Sarnelli and
Joseph Felice, father bandmaster: e. Royal Conserva-
tory. Naples. Italy: not married. Stage experience
started as bandmaster at Riverview Park in Chicago in
1915. then musical conductor with Ascher Brothers Com-
mercial theatre. Chicago. 111., then as musical conduc-
tor in the following theatres from 1918 to 1923 at San
Antonio Civic Symphony Orchestra, from 1923 to 192S
at Palace theatre. San Antonio. Texas, from 1928 to
1929 at Aztec. San Antonio, 1929 at Palace, Washing-
ton, and 1929 to 1930 Valencia. Jamaica. L. I.. N. Y.
FISHER. MARK: Master of ceremonies: h. Phila-
delphia. March 24. 1895; h. 5 feet 10 inches: hlaok
hair and brown eyes; w. 175 pounds: p. Ella Grigg
and Richard Fisher, non-professionals: e. Vare high
school, Philadelphia : m. Lenora Northey. non-profes-
sional: hy. golf, swimming, baseball. Keith circuit
1914-15, stock company. Philadelphia: 1915-17. Juvenile
and straight: orchestra work both in vaudeville and
hotels; Oriole orchestra. 1924-25: master of ceremonies,
Ralahan * Katz 1926-28; now In fifth vear with
Balaban & Katz-Publlx.
FLANDORF. WALTER: Organist: b. Berlin. Ger-
many. February 7. 1893; h. 5 feet 8 Inches: brown
hair and hazel eyes; w. 165 pounds: p. Bianca (Slmon-
etti) and Wilhelm Flandorf. non-professionnls ; p. Ber-
llnlsches Gvmnaslum zum Grauen Kloster. Berlin: m.
Vera Alexandra Sangernebo, professional writer; hy.
swimming, rowing, hiking. Moving picture organist,
concert organist and orchestra conductor since 1914
in U. S. A.
FORAN. JAY (dancer): r. n. John Joseph Foran; b.
North Weymouth. Mass., December 3. 19UG; h. 5 feet
7 inches; blond hail" and blue eyes; w. 130 pounds;
p. Mary E. and John J. Foran. He is a dance creator
and originator, writer of songs and stage material.
During the season of 1923 and 1924 with the Keith
vaudeville circuit, and seasons of 1925-6-7 was the pro-
prietor of the Copley Stud.o of dancing and stage
training, located at 168 Dartmouth Street, Boston,
Mass. Seasons of 1928 and 1929 with Keith vaudeville
circuit in "Rainbow Revue," and "Delmar's Dancing
Lessons." Assistant manager of the Netoco Morton
theatre, Dorchester. Mass.
FORD. EDDIE: Organist; r. n. Edgar A. Ford; b.
New Haven. Conn., October 15. 1905; h. 5 feet 10
inches, brown hair and gray eyes; w. 135 pounds; p.
Ida L. and William H. Ford, non-profess.onals; e.
New Haven high school and Y'ale School of Music; hy.
swimming. Eighteen months, Roger Sherman. New
Haven; 14 months, Tampa theatre (Publix), Tampa.
Fla. ; Aztec, San Antonio. Texas. Featured for 114
years in the Hoyt theatres. Australia.
FRIEDMAN, HAL: Organist; r. n. Harold Milton
Friedman; b. Collinville. Mass.. March 18. 190G; h. 5
feet 10 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 195 pounds; p.
Bessie and Nathan Friedman, non-professionals; e.
Lowell High School: not married; hy. music, photog-
raphy, and writing organ novelties. Traveled as violin
leader in "Tabs" until four years ago, then became
feature organist for Netoco theatres. Since then has
been featured in the var.ous houses of the "Netocos"
chain. Now being featured at the Publix Morton
theatre, Dorchester, Mass.
FRASIK, ART: b. Bay City. Mich.: h. 6 feet: blue
eyes and brown hair: w. 180 pounds: p. Julia and
Michael Frasik; e. Bay City high school: m. Helen
Graff ; hy. hunting, fishing and animals. Concert
work at Bay City; musical conductor and director:
opened the RKO Tower theatre: musical director for 3
years at Riviera, for one year for Publix. for 1%
years for Belmont theatre RKO; at Palace theatre.
Chicago, as general musical director.
FRITZ and JEAN HUBERT (name of act): See
Hubert, Fritz; Hubert, Jean.
GALVAN, DON MIGUEL: b. Zamora. Mexico, Sep-
tember 6, 1902; h. 5 feet 10*4 inches; brown hair and
eyes; w. 160 pounds; e. Horton. Kan., and St. Mary's.
San Antonio, Texas; not married- Stage experience:
Two years as vocalist, also banjo and guitar special-
ties, Sherwood Singing Band, vaudeville presentations;
two years cabaret and night clubs: one year with own
band in vaudeville; two years as master of ceremonies
with Publix; six months touring England. Scotland.
France and Germany, appearing on Stall and Moss
circuits, London Coliseum included. Screen experience:
Shorts in Germany for British Photophone. Ltd.
GART. JOHN: Organist; b. Moscow. Russia. June 6.
1908; h. 5 feet 8 inches: black hair and blue eyes;
w. 155 pounds; p. Reginia and Jacob Gart. father pro-
fessional; e. Conservatory of Music. Moscow; hy. all
athletics. Stage experience started at the age of ten
as piano accompan.st to his father, who was an opera
singer in Europe. Traveled throughout Europe as con-
cert pianist, then came to the United States and started
as organist for Loew's, Inc., playing at Loew's 83rd
Street, New Y'ork City, following with Capitol. Metro-
politan, and Valencia and opened the New Pitkin the-
atre of Brooklyn. . Featured in Loew's Deluxe theatres.
GASKINS. PAULINE: Dancer and singer; b. Pales-
tine, 111., May 11. 1911; h. 5 feet 5 inches; brown hair
and eyes; w. 110 pounds: p. Josephine and Walker
Gaskins. non-professionals; e. Blue Island High School:
not married. Stage experience with Publix units for
four years and musical comedy.
GATANO, ADAM: Dancer; r. n. Adam Di Gaetano;
b. Philadelphia, Pa., November 5. 1906; h. 5 feet 9
inches; hair black and eyes brown: w. 180 pounds:
p. Laura D. and Frank Gaetano, non-professionals; e.
West Philadelphia high school and Pennsylvania col-
lege; not married: hy. dancing and cards. Four years
on Keith circuit, also in Australia and England and
on the Continent. With Publix units, adagio and
Apache dancer.
GEIS. HY. C: Organist: r. n. J. Arthur Geis: b.
Cincinnati. Ohio, in 1893: h. 6 feet 8 inches; dark
brown hair and blue eyes; w. 165 pounds; p. Esther
M. and John C. Geis, non-professionals; e. Holy Cross
university, Cincinnati. Was organist at Grauman's
Metropolitan. Los Angeles, for 2% years: one year at
Rialto. New York City; three years in Boston: one year
in Chicago; one year, E. F. Albee in Cincinnati: two
years with Southern Enterprises, Inc., of Dallas. Texas;
next at Stanley theatre, jersey City.
GILLETTE, BOBBY: Master of ceremonies; r. n.
Robert Gillette; b. Chicago. 111., July 28. 1903; h. 5
feet 10 inches; black hair and dark eyes: w. 150
pounds: p. Harriet and George Gillette, non-profes-
sionals: e. Northwestern university of Evanston. 111.; hy.
golf, tennis, riding, swimming and boxing. Stage ex-
perience started in Shubert vaudeville in musical act
(singing, dancing, banjo and violin), then in Keith
vaudeville in the East and Orpheum vaudeville in the
West. He was also with Fanchon and Marco west
coast theatres for one year as master of ceremonies,
then as m. c. for Loew's at Valencia. New Y'ork. Now
rotating over Loew's presentation circuit. Screen ex-
perience in two Vitaphone shorts for Warner Bros., one
of which was "Syncopated Breezes."
GILROY. WILL: Organist; r. n. William J. Gilroy;
h. 6 feet: black hair and hazel eyes: w. 230 pounds;
p. Rose Quigley and Will Gilroy, non-professionals; e.
Assumption Academy, and Institute of Musical Art: m.
Marion Yeamans. non-professional. Has been organist
at the following theatres: Cameo and Broadway of New
Y'ork. Strand of White Plains. Capitol of Miami. Holly-
wood Hotel of Hollywood. Fla. : Florida of St. Peters-
burg. Fla : Park Lane of New York. Proctors 8Gth and
Proctors 58th street. New York City: Warner Bros.
Beacon. New Y'ork City, and now at Capitol theatre.
New York City.
GIVOT. GEORGE: Comedian: b. Omaha. Nebr.. Feb.
18. 1903; h. 6 feet 1 Inch: black hair and hazel eyes:
w. 180 pounds; p. Adeline and William W. Glvot. non-
professionals: e. Central Omaha, and University of
Chicago: not married. Stage experience started with
Balaban & Katz. being with them for two years, then
1931
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with Ziegfeld Follies for one year. Fanchon and Marco
one year, vaudeville, one year, Publix, one year, and
now featured in Earl Carroll's "Sketch Book." Screen
experience in four GMG talking shurts and one Warner
Bros. Vitaphone short.
GOEBEL, ADOLPH: Organist; b. Begensburg, Ger-
many, February 10, 1899; h. 5 feet 8 inches; brown
hair and blue eyes; w. 100 pounds; p. Theresa Kuglex
and Adolph Goebel, non-professionals; e. Begensburg,
and University of Bavaria, Munich, Germany; not mar-
ried; hy. aviation and wireless telegraphy. No stage or
screen experience. As an organist at the Meserole and
Commodore theatres. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1923-1924. at
Savoy and Brandford theatres. Newark, N. J.. 1924-
1925, Bex theatre. Sheboygan. Wis.. 1925-1927. then
Avelyn Kerr School of the Organ. Milwaukee, Wis..
1927 (instructor and broadcast artist for WISN) and
with Loew's circuit since January, 1928. He opened the
following theatres for Loew's, Inc., January, 1928. Ava-
lon theatre. Brooklyn; February, 1928. Loew's theatre.
Yonkers. and September, 1928. Fairmont theatre. New
York Bronx. Was official demonstrator for Kobert Mor-
ton Organ Company for a while and back at Loew's
Yonkers for three years. Next at Paramount and
Georgia, theatres. Atlanta. Ga., eight months, G months
at the Paramount, Springfield, Mass. ; also radio or-
ganist at Western Electric's experimental station, Bos-
ton, Mass.
GORDON, MYRTLE: Singer; b. Chicago, 111., No-
vember 24. 1905; h. 5 feet 8 inches; gray eyes and
reddish brown hair; w. 15U pounds; p. Lena Bernson
and Max Gordon, non-professionals; e. Marshall high
school; m. Arnold Wolff, non-proress.onal ; hy. bridge
and food.
GRESS. LOUIS: Musical director: b. New York City.
N. Y.. January 20, 1893; h. 5 feet 7 inches; brown
hair and eyes; w. 143 pounds; p. Barbara and George
Gress, non-professionals; m. Helen Herms, professional;
ny. airplanes and wire hair dogs. Musical director for
Shuberts four and one-half years, Ziegfeld seven years,
conducted for Cantor eight years. Nora Bayes. Al
Jolson. Bert Williams and many other stars. His suc-
cesses were "Sinbad." "Kid Boots" and "Follies." No
screen experience.
GRIFFIN. JOSEPH: Singer; b. Brooklyn. N. I.J
h. 5 feet 8 inches: blue eyes and blond hair; w. 160
pounds; hy. horseback riding, golf. Musical training
under Frank Von Neer. Balaban & Katz, four years,
vaudeville, rive years. BKO.
GUTHOERL. I KM A M. : Organist; b. Pittsburgh. Pa.,
December 18. 19U5; h. 4 feet 11 inches; blond hair
blue eyes; w. 120 pounds: p. Catherine and Charles
Guthoerl, professional: e. SI. Peter's high school. Pitts-
burgh, Pa. : not married. Stage experience, played the
leading role In the following plays: "Only Girl."
"Bimbo." "That's That" and "Princess Bonnie." She
was organist at Loew's Pennsylvania theatre. Pitts-
burgh. Pa., for one year and (hen left to open the
Warner Enrtght theatre, where she was featured organ-
ist for forty weeks. Then was transferred to Warner's
Million Hollar theatre. Pittsburgh. Pa.
HAINES, JR.. CHAUNCEY: b. Detroit, Mich..
August 28. 1899; h. 5 feet 94 inches; light hair and
blue eyes: w. 191 pounds; p. Irene Mills and C.
Haines, Sr., professionals: e. Manual Arts high school.
Los Angeles, and the University of Southern California;
received his stage training with Margaret Illlnglon
Company; in. Celtara Chrlstoph. coloratura. San Fran-
cisco Grand Opera Company; hy. motor boating, bout
building, carpentry, cabinet making and photography.
Stage experience with West Coast theatres. I/is Angeles,
three years: at the Forum theatre for one year; at
Grauman's theatre for two years, and five years with
Balaban & Katz In Chicago.
HAMILTON. FRANK: Comedian: b. Randolph.
Mass.. September G, 1898: h. 5 feet 7 inches: brown
hair and eyes; w. 172 pounds; p. Susan and John A.
Hamilton, non-professionals: e. South Boston high and
Boston Tech. : hy. horseback riding, swimming, baseball,
football and ltandball. Stage experience of fifteen years,
of which he was In stock for three years, several years
for Radio-Keith-Orphcum and five years for l*ublix.
Has been featured in the following for Publlx: "Vaca-
tion Days." "Toyland" and "Sparkles of 1916," also
several Balaban and Katz units. Screen experience of
three years doing minor parts with Jean Acker. Mae
Murray and Marlon Davies. Offering is comedy, doing
comedy character singing, specializes In boob characters.
HAMMOND. BETTY: b. San Francisco. Cal..
June 2. 1907; h 5 feet 5 Inches: black hair and
black eyes; w. 110 pounds: e. Cleveland high school.
Cleveland. Ohio: Eastman School of Music. Itochester.
N. Y. ; hy. arranging musical scores. Featured or-
ganist In following theatres: System (heatrc. Syra-
cuse. N. Y. ; Loew's theatres. New York: Saenger.
New Orleans. La. : Liberty. New Orleans. La. : Strand.
New Orleans. La. Theatre and radio orgunist and
arranger of mus.cal scores.
HAND. ARMIN F. : Musical conductor: b. Chicago.
111., November 23. 1889; h. 5 feet 11 Inches; blonde
hair and blue eyes; w. 156 iMmnds; p. Louise and John
A. Hand: e. Waller high school, Chicago; m Elizabeth
Begneri. professional: hy. Jul lai, football, horses, opera
and symphony. Is a musical conductor and has played
at the North Center, llcoadilly for one year, and Wood-
lawn theatres. Opened Stevens hotel, and with Edge-
water Beach hotel for three and one-half years. Was
for twenty years one of the most popular brass band
leaders in the country'- His father organized the first
band and orchestra In Chicago and was Chicago's mo^t
popular leader for forty years.
HANSON. EDDY: Solo organist; r. n. Edward Han-
son: b. Wisconsin; h. 5 feet 84 inches: auburn hair
and brown eyes: w. 167 pounds: e. \Vaui>aca high
school and Lawrence untversily of Appleton. Wis., also
American Conservatory of Music; hy. composing and
reading good books. Presentation offering, a solo organ-
ist. Was one of the first solo organists in Chicago, and
played for Ascher Brothers. Schafer Brolhers and
Lubliner and Trlnz. (hen engaged by Balaban and Katz
at the time Jesse Crawford was transferred to the New
York Paramount lhea(re. Has been fealurcd as solo
organist by Balaban and Katz for the past five years.
Featured In Balaban and Katz deluxe theatres, the
Chicago, Tivoll, Uptown. Paradise and Tower.
HARES. ERNEST: Organist: bom in Wales:
February IS. 1906; h. 5 feet 6 inches: brown hair and
blue eyes; w. 152 pounds; p. Hannah and David Hares,
mother professional, father non- professional; e. Pengam
grammar. University of Cardiff. Wales: m. Harriet
Helene Melka, non-professional; hy. books, educational.
Organist for two years at Loew's State. St. Louis.
Offering, organist, pianist and can sing and talk.
HARRIS, W. J.: Stage producer; b. New York City.
March 14, 1886; h. 5 feet 4 inches: w. 135 pounds.
Twenty-five years on the stage on Orpheum circuit,
Keith circuit, Balaban & Katz. Identified with follow-
ing songs: "Games of Childhood Days," "Yonkle, the
Cowboy Jew," "Please Don't Lean on the Bell."
"Pretty Cinderella." "Sweet Sue." "It's Just Because
It's You."
"HASOUTRA": Danseuse; r. n. Ryllis Barnes; b.
Shanghai, China, September 24, 1906; h. 5 feet 5
inches; light brown hair and green eyes; w. 110
pounds: p. Anne Hejane and John Barnes, artist: e.
Hollywood high school, and one year in the Univer-
sity of Southern California; hy. collecting books on
manners, characters and ceremonial dances of China,
India, Java and Far Eastern Peoples. Stage experi-
ence with the following: "Opera ComiQUe Paris," "Op-
era (Theatre de la Monnaie Bruxellesl." "Opera The-
atre Liceo Barcelona." "lioyal Opera. Madrid."
"Casino de Paris, Paris," "Ed Wynn's Perfect Fool."
"New York Winter Garden." "Spices 1923— Passing
Show," "Empire Theatre, Calcutta, India," "Excelsior
Bombay." "Royal Opera. Cairo." and "Imperial Opera
House. Tokio." Screen experience in shorts and trail-
ers for Aubert and Pathe Studios.
HAVEL. ELECTA: Singer: b. Dryad. Wash.. Septem-
ber 8, 1904 : n. 5 feet 6 inches; blond hair and brown
eyes; w. 130 pounds: p. Mary and Joseph Havel, non-
professionals; e. Stadium high school. Damrosch's
Institute of Musical Art. graduated from there 1924;
hy. golf, tennis, swimming and reading. Stage experience
in concert-opera in English, with Gilbert and Sullivan,
in l*ubln Revues, vaudeville and dramatic stock.
HAYS. ARTHUR: Organist, b. Des Moines. Ia..
January 27. 1895; h. 5 feet 94 inches; dark hair and
grey eyes; w. 155 pounds; p. Frances Hurt and Albert
Havs, father professional; e. West High, Des Moines,
la.. Highland Park college, and Drake university of
Des Moines. Ia. ; m. Ruth Viola Bourke. non-profes-
sional. No stage or screen experience. Offering organ-
ist-slide novelties with microphone. From 1918 to 1921
with A. H. Blank, Des Moines, Ia.. alternating be-
tween the Garden and Bialto theatres, from 1921 to
1922 with Balaban and Katz. Chicago, alternating be-
tween the Tivoli and Riviera theatres, from 1922 to
1927 World Realty Co.. Omaha. Neb., at the World
theatre and in St. Paul. Minn., at the Capitol theatre
for six months in 1920, 1927-1928 Loew's M.dland the-
atre. Kansas City, Mo., and 1928-1029 New Orpheum.
of Memphis, Tenn.. and since September 1. 1929. with
Loew's Palace theatre, of Memphis. Tenn., featured In
mirrophone-sllde organ novelties, and he also broad-
casts each morning, except Saturday and Sunday, over
station WMC.
HERTH. MILTON E.: Organist: b. Kenosha. Wis .
November 3. 1902; h. 5 feet 7 inches: light brown hair
and blue eyes; w. 152 pounds; p. Mary and Eric Herth.
non-professionals: e. Kenosha high school. American
Conservatory of Music: m. Myrtle L. Wells, non-pro-
fessional: hy. duck hunting and golf. Stage experience
started as featured organist at the Orpheum and the
Burke theatres of Kenosha. Wis., also organist at the
Rialto. Racine, during 1925 and 192G. at the Lincoln
theatre. Decatur. 111.. 1927 and 1928. anil at the Em-
press at Decatur. 1928 and 1929. Guest organist for
Publlx theatres.
HIMES, ROSS A.: b. Oakland. Cal.. December 10.
1899; h. 6 feet 2 inches: brown hair and blue eyes:
w 205 pounds; p. Maude M. and Addison X. Himes.
non -professionals: e. Oakland Technical high school.
University of California. Berkeley. Cal.. and received
his stage training appearing In amateur theatricals
while In college. Stage experience with "Topsy and
Eva" 1923-24-25 as specialty blackface dancer and
stage manager, producers Tom Wilkes and Duncan Sis-
ters; with various picture houses such as the Oriental
In Chicago and the Paramount in New York City: also
In Ziegfeld's Follies— Ohambcrlin anil Himes— featured
comedy dancers the season of 1927-28: played charac-
ter part of factory manager In "Here's How." also
featured dancers (Chamberlin and Hlmesl. producers
Aarons and Frcedley; with the Kit Knt Club in 1/in-
don. Paris Cafe des Amhassadcurs. and next with
Ra din -Kel t h - Orpheum vaudeville.
HOFFMAN. LLORA: Prima Donna, r n. I.lnra With-
ers Biggs: b. Lexington. Illinois: p. Mary Enin and
William Franklin Withers, non-professionals; e. Lexing-
ton High School, and University of Illinois: m. C. Ervin
Biggs, non-professional: hy. an'lnue furniture and
quilts, old and new. Stage exp rience as prima donna
In Shuhert's "Gaieties." "Cinderella on Broadway."
"Dancing Olrl." "Spice of 1923." "Shubert Roof."
"Topics." "Red Pepper." Purl9 Edition of "Artists and
Models." Keith and Orpheum vaudeville, loew vaude-
ville. Publlx and Loew presentations.
HOUSE STANLEY: Comedian: r. n. Stanley N.
Kleinhaus: b. New York Cltv. August 4. 1905: h. 5
feet 84 Inches: dark brown hair and brownish gray
eyes: w. 165 pounds: p. Sara and Paul Kleinhaus.
non-professionals; e. Morris high school. New York
City, and College of the City of New York: not mar-
rl'd: hv. swimming, dogs, sport. Stage presentation.
"The Freshman": then with June Hovick. Bralle and
Palln. Stanley House and Company, then I»ublix pres-
entations.
HUBERT. FRITZ : Presentation act: r. n. William
Francis Hubert: b Springfield. Ohio. March in. 190R:
h. 5 feet 6 Inches: blond hair and gray eyes; w. 132
pounds; p. Nettie anil Frank Hubert, non -professionals:
e. Stadium high school. Tacoma. Wash., anil Uni-
versity of Washington. 6 months: not married: hy.
antlnue furniture, hunting, bnatlnc and music. Two
years with Publlx units and Fanchon anil Mann.
Screen experience In Hal Roach comedies. Now tour-
ing Rsdlo-Keith-Orpheum circuit in act called Fritz
Sc Jean Hubert. Also toured Europe.
HUBERT JEAN: Presentation act: r. n.. Eugenia
Bowen Hubert: b. Springfield. Ohio. January 7. 19"6;
h. 5 feet 6 Inches: blond hair and gray eyes: w. 136
pounds; n. Nettle and Frank Hubert: e. Stndium high
school. Tacoma. Wash.: not married: hy. golf, music,
antlnue furniture. Three years with Publlx units and
Roach comedies. Now touring Radlo-Kelth-Orpheum
circuit In act called Fritz & Jean Hubert. Also
toured Europe.
HULTS, ARLO: Organist; h Lawrence, Kans.. June
2fl. 1903; h. 5 feet 11 lm-hes: black hair and brown
eyes; w. 140 pounds: p. Cecllp and A. Porter Hults.
non-professionals; e. Lawrence high school and Kansas
University; Bachelor of Music, organ and piano; or-
ganist at Mainstreet theatre, Kansas City; Loew's Lex-
ington, New York City; Keith's Kenmore, Brooklyn and
KKO. Chester theatre. New York City, and RKO 86th
St.. New York City.
HUTCHINS, BILL: Singer and dancer; r. n. William
J. Hutchinson; b. New York City, Oct. 25. 1899; h.
5 feet 7 inches; light brown hair and blue eyes; w.
135 pounds; p. Mary and Alexander Hutchinson, non-
professionals: e. DeWitt Clinton high school; m.
Margie Ross, professional. Has had several years of
stage experience and at present is in an act with
his sister.
HUTCHINS. HARRIET: Comedienne; r. n. Harriet
Hutchinson; b. New York City. N. Y.. Nov. 16. 1909:
h. 5 feet i% inches; auburn hair and brown eyes:
w. 116 pounds; p. May Drysdale and Alexander Hutch-
inson, non-professionals; e. Evander Childs high school.
New York City; not married; hy. swimming and read-
ing. Stage experience in vaudeville and small comedy
parts in 1926 and 1927. Part of the team of Weston
and Hutchins in 1927 and 1928. Own act 1928 and
1929. With Marks Brothers. Chicago, and Warner pic-
ture houses in 1929 Publix Unit "White Caps" in
1929 and 1930.
INZE. CAROL: r. n. Inez Lilliam Bush: b. Omaha.
Nebr.. February 4. 1899; h. 5 feet 34 inches; dark
brown hair and eyes: w. 118 pounds; p. Martha A.
and William B. Miller, non-professionals; e. Pierce
high school and North Nebraska college: m. Richard
De Wyn. professional: Ivy. collecting antique furniture
and anything of an athletic nature. Twelve years stage
experience playing in stock companies throughout the
west and south for four years and for the last eight
has been playing vaudeville for ltadio-Keith-Orpheum.
last season for Publix.
JENKINS. HARRY JAMES: Organist; b. Boston.
Mass., April 24. 1903: h. 5 feet 9 inches: black hair
and brown eyes: w. 150 pounds; p. Emma D. and
Ulric B. Jenkins, non-professionnls: e. Saugus high
school. Saugus. Mass.. and Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. New England Conservatory of Music; hy.
photography and flying. Has been featured organist at
the following theatres: Goldstein Brothers theatres.
State theatre. TJtlca. N. Y.. 1926. Victory theatre.
Holyoke. Mass.. 1926-1927. Strand theatre. Holyokc.
Mass., 1927. and associate organist at Loew's State
theatre. Boston. Mass.. 1928, next at Public North
Shore theatre. Gloucester. Mass. Arranges own solos
if necessary and works out original ideas.
JOHNS. BROOKE: h. 6 feet 3 Inches: dark brown
hair: hy. fanning, and music. Ten years' stage expe-
rience during which time be lias appeared in musical
comedies for Dillingham, Ziegfeld and in tandon music
halls; also co-starred with Ann Pennington in the
"Follies" from 1922-24. Now under contract with
Skouras Brothers as master of ceremonies; played in
St. I>iuis a year and a half at the Missouri theatre:
featured in a short talker. Now back at the Missouri
In St. Louis.
JOHNSON. ELMER "HAPPY": Organist: r. n. El-
mer Johnson: b. Chicago. 111.. December 1G. 1902; h.
5 feet 104 Inches; blond hair and blue eves: w. 160
pounds; e. Fenger high school; m. Pearl Louise, non-
professional: hy. sports. Has had eight years experi-
ence as organist. Tenor soloist for the Norden Glee
Club, also a member of several other glee clubs. For
eight and one-half years at the Roseland State thea-
tres, alternating lietwcen three of them.
JOYCE. JACK: Singer and dancer: r. n. Harry Hall:
b. Ashton. Lancashire. England. November 5. 1898: h.
5 feet 8 Inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 140
l>ounds; left leg amputated; p. Alice Morrey and
George Hall, non-professionals; e. Trafalgar high
school: hy. writing, horseback riding, inventing. Train-
ing In vaudeville, musical comedy, drama, motion pic-
tures. In Keith and Orpheum vaudeville from 1920 to
1927 : single act consisting of singing, dancing and
monologing: lead In 1920 In Arthur Hammcrstein's mu-
sical comedy. "Poppy": Publlx presentations. 1927-28:
In specialty ideas ami two units— "Levee I^overs" and
"Zvlophania" : also featured on Pacific Const in Fan-
chon and Marco Ideas: on screen played leading char-
acter part of Jean Ri rtaud in "New Lives for Old."
directed bv Clarence Badger with Betty Compson and
Theodore Kosloff in leading roles, released in 1925.
JOYCE. TEDDY: Muster of ceremonies, r. n. Le-
Grande Cuthbcrtson: b. Toronto. Canada. 1903; h. 6
feet 1 Inch: dark brown hair and brown eyes; w. 140
IKiunds: p. Sarah J. Taylor and LcOrande Cuthbcrtson.
non -professionals : e. Raven high school. Toronto. Can-
ada. Peabody Conservatory. Detroit Conservatory of
Music and Toronto Conservatory: not married; hy.
tennis and eccentric dancing. Stage experience as con-
cert violinist for four years. Also did an eccentric
dancing single In Keith vaudeville for about a year.
Then was chosen hy Louis K. Sidney I Loew's) as
master of ceremonies at St. Louis. Indianapolis. Balti-
more. Washington, and for a year and a half at the
Penn. Pittsburgh. Opened loew's New Jersey theatre In
1929, and featured at the Capitol theatre. New York
City. He Is also a Mctro-Goldwyn-Mayer Columbia
recording artist. Screen experience consists of a part
In "The New Commandment." Now with Loew's.
JUDNICK. FRANKIE: Musician and performer: r.
n. Frank Wm. Judnlch: b. San Francisco. Cal.. May
1. 1904: h. 5 feet 7 inches: blue eyes and brown
hair: w, 185 pounds: p. Ursula and Anton Judnlch.
non-professionals: e Mission high school. San Fran-
cisco, Cal.; m. Violet I-ove. professional: hy. hnsebnll.
Seven years stage Experience, Started with Paul Ash
In San Francisco In 1925. In 1925 and 1926 with
Ash at McVlckers and the Oriental. Chicago; played
all Balaban & Kntz deluxe theatres In Chicago: early
part of 1927 did a spot act for Publix throughout the
South: latter part of 1928 wns a double w th Violet
I/ive (wlfel. playing a little Pantages. Orpheum and
Fanchon & Marco time and a tour of the Famous
Players Canadian Theatres. At the Brooklyn Para-
mount theatre since November. 1929.
JUE. FONG: Singer; b. Portland. Ore.. August 9.
1902: h. 5 feet: black hair and brown eyes; w. 150
pounds: p. Rose and Guy Jue. non-professionals; e.
Washington high and University of Oregon. B. A.
1924: not married: hy. tennis and handball. Stage ex-
perience. 120 weeks with Keith-Orphcum and spent sum-
mer while at university working for west coast theatres
presentation. Two venrs and a half with l*ublix in Bag
of Tricks Unit. Springtime Unit and Pirates of Melody.
Tenor.
KAHN. ART: r. n. Arthur Knhn: b. Chicago, 111..
November 10. 1894: h. 5 feet 10 inches: black hair and
brown eyes; w. 171 pounds; p. Hose, non-professional.
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and Maurice Kahn, professional: e. Lewis Institute and
Northwestern university, also American Conservatory of
Music, Chicago; rn. Beatrice Hartenfeld. non-profes-
sional; hy. bridge and baseball. Stage and presenta-
tion experience as master of ceremonies and solo
pianist.
KALIS. HENRY: Orchestra leader: b. Boston. Mass..
December 23. 1899; h. 5 feet 4 inches; brown hair and
blue eyes; w. 120 pounds; p. Fanny and Harry Kalis,
nonprofessionals; e. Somerville school. Somerville.
Mass.. and X. E. Conservatory of Music. Boston, Mass.:
m. Anita Lou. non-professional. Stage experience with
jazz-bands. Played with Mai Hallett for several years,
also with Sam Lanvier at Roseland. New York. De-
voted many years to dance bands, and was leader of
his own band, as well as leader or assistant of many
others. He now has a very fine theatre orchestra.
KAMERN, HENRIETTA: Organist: b. Xew York
City. April 1. 1903; h. 5 feet 3 inches; dark brown
hair and eyes: w. 130 pounds; p. Jennie and Xat
Kamern; m. C. Hales Zelinko. non-professional: hy.
dogs and miniature golf; ten years featured organist
with the Loew circuit, playing at theatres in the
metropolitan district of Xew York; also organ record-
ing artist for Edison.
KAUFMAN. SAM JACK: Master of ceremonies: b.
Itochester. X. Y.. May 5. 1901; h. 5 feet 11% inches;
blond hair and blue eyes: w. 185 pounds: p. Minerva
and Xat Kaufman, non-professionals: e. DeWitt Clin-
ton high. Xew York, and University of Xew York;
not married; hy. golf, books and billiards. Has had
no screen experience. Stage experience on Keith-
Orpheum vaudeville with Emilie Lea for five years, then
a single comedy piano act. in standard picture houses
for two years, and as master of ceremonies for three
years in Chicago. Milwaukee. South Bend. Baltimore,
Richmond. Virginia, Philadelphia and Portland. Ore.
Is also a pianist and singer. Now traveling master of
ceremonies for Fox Circuit.
"KAY": r. n. Katherine Kaderly: b. Xew Phila-
delphia. Ohio; h. 5 feet 1 inch: blue eyes and medium
brown hair: w. 101 pounds. Six years experience as
featured organist: five years at Loew's. Inc.; one year
at Publix; organist at Cameo. Brooklyn. X. Y. ; Burn-
side. Brooklyn; Paramount. Denver. Col., as Jackie
nf team Jackie and Jean: Paramount. Staten Island.
X. Y.. as Kay of team Don and Kay.
KEATES. HENRI A.: Solo organist: b. Liverpool.
England. Febmary 15. 1887: h. 6 feet; brown hair and
hazel eyes: w. 160 pounds: p. Mary Gee and Alfred
Keates. non-professionals: e. Brown high school: m.
Maybelle Gilmore. non-professional; hy. fishing, boat-
ing, golf. Stage experience in chautauaua. lyceum and
\audeville. playing various instruments, including violin,
cello. French horn, drums, piano, organ. Organist
for 23 years, playing deluxe houses in every state in
the Union.
KEESE. ALEX: b. Fort Gaines. Ga.. February 28.
1899: h. 5 feet 9% inches; black hair and brown eyes:
w. 136 pounds: p. Lucy Beall and William S. Keese:
e. Chattanooga high school. Chattanooga. Tenn. : m.
Amy Macdonald. non-professional; hy. golf. Ashing and
reading. Presentation and stage experience as follows:
1924-1925 Howard theatre. Atlanta. Ga., as musical
director, 1925-1926 Palace theatre. Dallas. Texas, musi-
cal director: 1926 Newmann theatre. Kansas City. Mo.,
master of ceremonies and stage leader: 1927 Metropoli-
tan theatre, Houston. Texas, musical director; 1927-
1928 Tivoli theatre, Chattanooga, Tenn., musical direc-
tor and stage leader; 1929 musical supervisor southwest
division for Publix for 75 theatres and with Metropoli-
tan theatre, Boston, master of ceremonies and stage
leader. Offering master of ceremonies, violinist and
music director.
KELLY. JACK (PEACOCK): Conductor: r. n. John
F. Kelly; b. Chicago. Xovember 29. 1898; h. 6 feet;
brown hair and blue eyes; w. 180 pounds; p. Mary and
Robert Kelly, non-professionals; e. Lane high school
and Lewis Institute; m. Alice M. Mueller, professional;
hy. boxing, golf, track. Drummer in band ; original
drum major of Great Lakes Xaval Training Station
Band: for last four years with Mark Fisher's Band
as drummer and arranger: also relief master of cere-
monies for Balaban & Katz.
KERSHNER. RUSS: Solo organist: r. n. Russell
Kershner; b. Summit Hill. Pa., July 23, 1905; h. 5
feet 7 inches; chestnut hair and blue eyes: w. 150
liounds: p. Matilda and Albert Kershner. non-profes-
sionals: e. Tamanua high school. Tamao.ua. Pa.; hy.
tennis, photography and motor-car driving. Xo screen
experience. Presentation offering solo organist. Song
slide and spotlight organ presentations, also original
novelties, community singing. Three years as solo or-
ganist at Comerford's Capitol theatre. Pottsville, Pa.
KINSLEY. FRED: Organist; r. n. Frederick Kinsley;
b. Xew Haven. Conn., May 4. 1886; h. 5 feet 8
inches: brown hair and eyes: w. 145 pounds: p.
Leonie Ambuhl and Frederick Kinsley, non-profession-
als; e. Xew Haven high school and Yale university;
m. Hazel Munson, non- professional. Feature organist
at Cameo, Albemarle, Strand, and Hippodrome. Xew
York: orchestral organist at Hippodrome during big
production shows. Was chief organist of Radio-Keith-
Orphcum circuit.
KOEPPEL. EMI L: Organist: b. Thorold. Ontario.
Canada. July 22. 1885: h. 5 feet 7% inches; black hair
and gray eyes; w. 150 pounds: p. Minnie Gloy and Emil
Koeppel. non-professionals: e. Thorold high and Leip-
zig university: m. Eda Mae Stuebinger, non-professional;
hy. automobiles, speeding and working on the motor.
Presentation offering organist and feature novelty work.
Has been eleven years in theatre work in Toronto,
Canada, and Cleveland. Feature organist at Loew's
Park, Cleveland.
K REVO F F. SAMMY: Dancer; b. Xew York City.
Aug. 28. 1910: b. 5 feet 5% inches: black hair and
brown eyes; w. 135 pounds; p. Celia and Max Krevoff.
professional ballet dancers, formerly: e. Professional
Children's School, and Tarasoff Ballet College, both at
New York City ; not married : hy. golf, swimming, box-
ing, baseball, all sports. Stage experience started at
the age of two years as a dancer in carnivals and
circuses, playing them until he was eight years of
age. Then appeared in Kiddy Acts in vaudeville until
thirteen years old. Won a $5,000 scholarship for
Calvin Coolidge. Later played and featured in vaude-
ville acts, and Publix presentations, Loew's and Fan-
chon and Marco. Played the feature part in the pro-
logue for 10 weeks at the Capitol theatre. New York.
for Harold Lloyd in "The Freshman." Later he
played bits in comedies.
KROMAR. JR.. FRANCIS: Organist; b. Vienna.
Austria. May 27, 1897 ; h. 5 feet 11% inches; dark
brown hair and blue-gray eyes; w. 175 pounds; p.
Sophia and Francis Kromar, Sr., non-professionals; e.
East Technical and Hoffman School of Elocution, both
of Cleveland, O. ; not married; hy. motoring, swim-
ming and general outdoor sports. Organist, master of
ceremonies, orchestra leader and producer of original
organ novelties and presentations. Feature organist of
Warner Bros.. Uptown theatre of Cleveland.
KVALE. AL: Master of ceremonies; r. n. Alfred J.
Kvale; b. Orfordville. Wis.. September 2. 1899; h. 5
feet 8% inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 150
pounds; p. Ida T. Simple and O. J. Kvale; e. Benson
high school. Minnesota, Beloit (Wis.) college and Uni-
versity of Chicago: m. Esther Mae Ransbottom, Nov.
25, 1929; hy. aviation, golf, ski-jumping. Assistant
conductor for Paul Ash and pantomimist for 2% years:
master of ceremonies at Balaban & Katz Xorshore,
Chicago, 1% years: successor to Paul Ash at Oriental,
also at Paradise; master of ceremonies at Oriental and
Uptown.
LAMBERTI: Presentation act; r. n. Basil Lambert:
b. Valparaiso. Ind.. January 9. 189S; h. 5 feet 9%
inches: light brown hair and gray eyes; w. 170 pounds;
p. Minnie and Tomas Lambert, non-professionals: e.
Valparaiso high school and Xorthern Indiana univer-
sity; m. Maude Erkersley, non-professional; hy. ath-
letics, fishing, hunting. Experience in circus, vaudeville,
stock. Sixteen years' experience with Keith. Orpheum,
W. V. M. A.. 1'antages. With Publix at present.
LAMPE. DELL: Master of ceremonies: r. n. Joseph
Dell Lampe; b. Buffalo, N. Y.. February 28. 1928;
h. 5 feet 10 inches: brown hair and blue eyes: w.
168 pounds: p. Josephine Dell and J. Bodewalt Lumpe,
professionals; e. Xew Roehelle high school and Berlin
Musical college. Germany: m. Christine Wood Phillips,
non-professional: hy. golfing, hunting, fishing. Head-
lined with Keith circuit for two years as director of
Vincent Lopez Xo. 2 orchestra ; five years at Trianon
ballroom. Chicago: also at Edgewater Beach hotel.
LANE. LAURA: r. n. Laura Spinner: b. New York
City. January 24. 1909: b. 4 feet 11 inches; black hair
and dark brown eyes: w. 90 pounds: p. Gertrude and
Joe Spinner, non-professionals; e. Textile high school
in Xew Y'ork City ; not married, hy. cooking, swim-
ming and reading. Stage career started doing a double
for four years, then went to night club work for three
weeks, but did not like it. and returned to vaudeville
to appear in a number called "White Way Gaieties."
which ran for about a year and a half. The next try
was in a Publix unit called "Oh Teacher." and next
in another unit for Publix called "Radio Romance."
Made one short talker for Paramount entitled "Station
FUN," in which she sang and danced.
LANE. PAT: Master of ceremonies; b. Indianapolis,
Ind., March 3. U02; h. 5 feet 11 inches; brown eyes
and black hair; w. 105 pounds; p. Katherine Mahoney
and Patrick Daniel Lane, non-professionals; e. Tech
high school. Indianapolis; hy. football, baseball, avia-
tion, time steps. Stage experience in vaudeville, pro-
ductions and minstrels: vaudeville act. presentation at
the Fountain Square Theatre. Indianapolis. Ind., nine
months with Balaban & Katz as a spot act. Master
of ceremonies at the Branford, Newark.
LASSITER. FRANC: r n. Francis Marion Lassiter.
Jr.; b. Houston. Texas. April 3. 1906: h. 5 feet 10%
inches; brown hair and green eyes; w. 165 pounds: p.
Louise K. and Francis M. Lassiter, Sr., non-profes-
sionals; e. Washington high school, Portland. Ore., and
University of Oregon; m. Simonette Coachet. profes-
sional; hy. golf, swimming and all outdoor sports. Stage
experience started in vaudeville, and played Orpheum-
Keith. Loew and Fox vaudeville, then Publix picture
house presentation for three years, then a Broadway
production. In Murray Anderson's Almanac, and re-
turned to picture presentations.
LASSITER. WARREN: Dancer; r. n. William War-
ren Lassiter: b. Houston. Texas. August 28. 1904: h.
5 feet 7 inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 148
I>ounds: p. Louise K. and F. M. Lassiter. non-profes-
sionals; e. Washington high school. Portland, Ore.,
and Oregon State college. Corvallis. Ore. ; m. Bunny
Newlin. professional : hy. golf, swimming and all ath-
letic sports. Is a dancer on the stage.
LATCH. GEORGE: b. Dresden. Germany. March
18. 1893; h. 5 feet 7 inches: brown eyes and brown
hair: w. 154 pounds; p. Martha and Herman Latch;
e. Conservatory of Music. Leipzig and Dresden; hy.
fishing and traveling. Seventeen years experience as
organist. Dedicated 38 organs in U. S.. Canada. Ger-
many. England and France; Publix, Stanley, Warner,
Loew.
LATOUR. HINSDALE: b. Joplin. Mo.. June 14,
1905: h. 5 feet 9 inches; auburn hair and blue eyes;
w. 149 pounds: p. Elizabeth Mildred and Lionel Louis
Latour. father at one time professional: e. Georgia
Military academy. Atlanta. Ga.. four years; hy. am-
I ateur photography, swimming, track work and hurdles.
Three years' stage experience with the Capitol Quartette:
one year with ' The Dictators of Harmony." Publix
unit show, and in the musical show, "The Love Call"
and "White Lights." With the Four Dictators.
LAX. MIRIAM: Singer: b. Russia. September 14;
h. 5 feet 3 inches: titian hair and hazel eyes: w. 130
pounds: p. David Lax. non-professional: e. Wadleigh
high. New York City: hy. attending opera and con-
cert. Stage exiwrience started with Mr. Hugo Riesen-
feld and Joseph Zuro in the chorus at the Rialto.
Rivoli and Criterion theatres in the year 1921. She
soon became a prima donna and worked on Broadway
in three theatres. Was also in three musical produc-
tions under the Shubert management. "Princess Flavla."
"A Night in Paris" and "The Merry World." Then
went witli Publix. and employed by Cambria in many
of his big productions at the Paramount in Xew York,
also went on tour for him anil for Paul Oscard and
Boris Petroff. She was the featured prima donna in
all productions.
LEARY. TED: Master of ceremonies: r. n. Leonard
Tid Lcary; b. Lynn. Mass . May 15. 1902: h. 5 feet 8
inches: brown hair anil blue eyes; w. 150 iwunds: p.
lsabclle Callahan and Dennis F. Lcary. non-profes-
sionals: e. Chelsea high school and Tufts college: m.
Auriole Craven, professional; hy. irolf. bridge, baseball,
football and driving. Stage experience in vaudeville
with Frank France one season: four years a piano act
with Billy Doug; one year with girl pianist: two years
at the Stratford theatre, eight weeks at the Piccadilly,
returning to the Stratford for another. I,cft to appear
in Pathe comedies and has appeared In "Syncopated
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Tnal. "Gentleman of the Evening" and "The Can-
vasseur." Four engagements with National Plavhouses.
also Fox and Paramount Publix circuits.
LETT. ARMINE: Harmony; b. Juniata. Xeb. . June
28. 1906; h. 5 feet 6 inches; auburn hair and brown
eyes; w. 119 pounds; p. Grace I. and Walter E. Lett,
non-professionals; e. Kearney (Neb.) high school and
Nebraska State Teachers college at Kearney. One
year with girls' band, three years in vaudeviile and
presentation in harmony trio.
LETT. MILDRED: Harmony; b. Kenesaw. Neb
October 2S. 1903; h. 5 feet 4 inches; brown hair and
eyes; w. 126 pounds; p. Grace I. and Walter E Lett ■
e. Kearney (Neb.) high school and Nebraska State
Teachers college; hy. golf, tennis, hiking, swimming
1 layed one year with girls' band, three years in
vaudeville and presentations in harmony trio.
LETT SISTERS and LOUISE (name of act): See
Lett, Armine: Lett, Mildred; Nelson. Louis.
LEWIS and DOOY (name of act). See Lewis.
Sam: Dody. Sam.
LEWIS SAM: b. New York City. June 7. 1883: h.
n S3S mcnes: brown hair and eyes; w. 161 pounds-
p. David and Rebbeeca Lewis, non-professionals- e
public schools and New Tork unirersitv; m. Florence
Belmont; hy. prizefights, baseball and golf Stage
career with Keith vaudeville, burlesque, musical com-
edy. T.d Lewis Frolic and George Seldies called him
and partner the "Kings of Vanity Fair." also in
Coo Koo Comedy." Title of act "Lewis and Dody."
. LIPSTONE. LOUIS R. : m. Ruth Fischer, profes-
sional; hy. telephoning, golfing and reading Twentv
years experience as musical director; started out in
Chicago as cafe orchestra leader, later as musical
conductor for picture houses. Joined Balaban & Katz
as musical conductor for their Central Park theatre in
191 <. then played all the Balaban & Katz circuit
WaS,n^ade,?enerlI musical director for Balaban & Katz
in 1925. Has charge of the hiring and firing of mu-
sicians m over twenty-five Balaban & Katz and I.ub-
liner & Trinz theatres, and supervises all musical
ysssu. musi<ai ana producti°n
5V',0LET.: D But,e- Mont- September 24
_ ,.>•> 5 G i"ches: blue eves and black hair-
w. 123 pounds: P. Nellie and Jack Love, non-profes-
sionals; e. Mission high school. San Francisco. Cal •
by. horseback riding. tennis. swimming Played
throughout Canada with Frank Judnick for Famous
{layers Theatres in 1928. On return played some
lantages time on West Coast and for Fanchon &
£52 Unden „Ii,le . of Judni<* & Love in "Blues
Ballads & Bellows. As a single at Silver Slipper
Cafe for 28 weeks In San Francisco. Cal.: later at
Suiter SIipikt Cafe on Broadwav. New York Citv with
Clayton. Jackson & Durante.
LUSTER BROTHERS (name of act): See Luiter.
Nathan Carl: Prickett, Jule.
LUSTER. NATHAN CARL: Acrobat: b. Birmingham
Ala.. D.-cember 4. 1891: h. 5 feet 10H inches: brown
hair and blue eyes; w. 160 pounds: p. Alice and John
Luster; e. Auburn college ; m. Louise Kocb. professional-
hy all sports. Stage experience doing acrobatic stunts
under the title "Luster Brothers" for Radio-Keith-
Orpheum and Publix.
LYON. HAROLD J.: Organist: b. Waterloo. Iowa
September 16. 1907; h. 6 feet 2 inches: dark brown
hair and blue eyes: p. Clara Parker and Judson J
Lyon, church organists; e. East Waterloo high sebooi
and American Conservatory of Music. University of
I ennsylvania; hy. horse racing, broadcasting request
programs: organist, soloist: 1923. Rcdpath Chautauqua
and musical instruments: 1924-25. Strand and Rialto
theatres Waterloo; 192V26. Legion theatre. Marshall-
own. Iowa: 1926. recital trip making all kev cities
throughout Canada and New York: 1927. "capitol
Ottumwa. Iowa, and Strand Amusement Companv Ot-
tumwa. supervisor of music; 1927-28. Strand Greens-
?UkK-. •■»-•• 1928-29. Million Dollar State' theatre
Johnstown. Pa.
McKENNA. EDDIE: Dancer: r. n. Edwin Paul Me-
b. Long Island City. N. Y.. June 8. 1900-
she has black hair and brown eves: w 145 pounds-
p. Julia and John MrKcnna. non-professionals; hv ali
daring sports and six day bicvele racing Stage experi-
ence of sixteen years. Played in "Dearie Rare Horse "
musical comedy in 1919. then with Keith circuit for
nine years in Bergman and McKenna act. then appeared
in the Gingham Girl" and "Listen Lester." Next
with Publix circuit. Screen experience with Alice
Brady in "Out of the Chorus."
McKENNA. JOSEPH A.: Screen and presentation
star: r. n. Joseph A. Monahan. Jr.: b New York Citv
May 16. 1907; p. Irene L. Clair and Joseph A. Mona-
han. father a professional ; h. 5 feet 8V4 inches- black
?vr ?IJd,daIk blue eyes: »• H8 pounds: e. Englewood
IV J.) Professional Children school: hy tennis golf
swimming Played "Gogo" with John Barrvmore in
Peter Ibbetson" 9 months; Keith vaudeville Ave
years ; Publix. Featured on screen in 20 two-reel
photoplays produced by Juvenile Film Corporation
Chips series, including "Chip Off the Old Block "
Chip s Elopement." "Chip's Back Yard Barnstorm-
• FD°r 2S*-— * . Ra'W-" "Chip's 'Carmen'."
Chip s Baseball Nine." "Chip the Plumber." "Chip
Diamond from the Pie." etc.; played under own name'
Joseph A. Monahan. Jr.. as "Chip": also featured In
two two-reel "A .Modem Peck's Bad Boy." produced
bv Athens ■ ilm Company of Boston; plaved "Bov
Ham in "Silver Wings" with Mary Carr anil
numerous important parts with Universal. Featured as
M. C. over Fox Circuit.
MACKENZIE MA0EL0N: Dancing and singing: b
Chicago m Sept. 11. 1909; h. 4 feet 10 Inches;
blond hair and hazel eyes; w. 100 pounds- p Vev
and Paul Mackenzie, professionals: e. Hide Park high
school of Chicago; hy. horse back riding. Stage ex-
perience in vaudeville, cafes and presentations, dancing
and singing.
MAG ILL. EDDIE: Master of ceremonies: r. n Ed-
ward It. Mas-ill: b. New York Cily. November 3 189'-
h. C feet: blue eyes and blond hair; w. 170 pounds'-
p. Annie Dietz and V. B. Magill. non-professionals1
e. Market Street high school, two years at Columbia;
m. Zora Johnson, non-professional: hv. dogs, horses
electricity and carpentry, making electrified megaphones'
seventeen years cabaret and five years stage experience-
original megaphone crooner: used electrified megaphone'
to sing through; four and one-half years continuously
In four theatres for l"ublix; now with Fox theatres
MEYN, TED: Organist; r. n. Theodore A. Meyn;
b. Kansas City, Kan.: h. 5 feet 11 inches; gray eyes
and light hair; w. 140 pounds; p. Charlotte Meyn
and William Meyn. theatre owner; e. Kansas City.
(Kan.) high school, Manhattan Agriculture school;
m. Helen Mary" Schoenenberger. non-professional; hy,
electric trains and creating novelty productions. Ex-
perience in Gruble Brothers Theatres. Kansas City,
Kans., Pantages Circuit, entire West Coast. Loew. In-
corporated. Columbus. Cleveland. Kansas City. Mo., Jer-
sey City, N. J., and in New York City.
MAGILL. WILLIAM (Bill): b. Atlanta. Ga.. Janu-
ary 30. 1902; h. 6 feet; dark brown hair and gray
eyes; w. 160 pounds; p. Sarah Carter and James
William Magill, father professional musician; e. Tech
high school. Atlanta. Ga., four years; hy. golf and all
card games. Six years' stage experience with the
Capitol Quartet, in musical comedy; with "The Dic-
tators of Harmony" in Publix units. Name of act is
the Four Dictators.
MALOTTE. STANLEIGH: Organist; b. Philadelphia.
Pa.. September 5. 1901; h. 5 feet 11 inches; blond
hair and brown eyes; w. 150 pounds; p. Katharine
Donavin and Charles W. Malotte: non-professionals;
e. Northwest high school and University of Pennsyl-
vania: m. Delia Wayne, professional; hy. tennis, swim-
ming and bowling. Was four years with Publix theatres
and previously with Stanley Company of America,
and independents. Also six years experience leading
dance orchestras in Philadelphia territory. At that
time he played the violin professionally. Now fea-
tured at Minnesota theatre. Minneapolis.
MANNING of Manning and Class: Dancer: b.
New York City. March 21; h. 5 feet 5 inches; black
hair and brown eyes: w. 147 pounds; p. Bessie and
Charles Manning : e. Junior high school. Newark. N. J. ;
m. professional; hy. theatrical. Stage experience on all
Keith-Orpheum circuits and Pantages vaudeville, also
on Publix and 15 months in Europe. Classical dancing
on tight wire.
MASTERS. FRANKIE: Mister of ceremonies; r. n.
Frank E. Masterman; b. St. Mary's. W. Va., April
12. 1904; h. 5 feet 10 inches: brown hair and gray
eyes: w. 140 pounds: p. Alice R. and W. N. Master-
man: e. Robinson high school. Culver academy and
Indiana university; trained in dramatics at Indiana
university: hy. golf. Two and one-half years with
Balahan & Katz. at Uptown. Tivoli. Norshore and
Tower, all in Chicago: Biltmore hotels. Victor records.
Now entering fifth year with Balaban & Katz.
MEEDER. WM. H.:
X. J.. July 14. 1901: h.
and eyes: w. 190 pounds:
Meeder. non-professionals;
high school; m. Dorothy
ganist at Lyceum theatre.
Regent theatre. Elizabeth,
theatre. Brooklyn. N. Y..
Hill. Long Island, since
Organist: b. South Orange.
6 feet 4 inches: brown hair
p. Mary Chandler and Henry
e. Columbia (South Orangel
Powell, non-professional: or-
East Orange. N. J.. 1921-22:
N. J.. 1922-28: E. F. Albee
1928. BKO Albee. Richmond
1928.
M El K EL. EDWARD: Organist: h. Chicago. 111..
March 18, 1897; h. 5 feet 7 inches: brunette hair and
brown eyes: w. 140 pounds: p. Johanna and Solomon
Meikel. non- professionals: m. Helen Gadd. non-pro-
fessional; by. golf and tennis. In 1911 he started play-
ing piano in storefront nickel show in Chicago, then
ten years with A. H. Blank Enterprises. Davenport.
Ia.. then six years with Balaban and Katz Uptown.
Tivoli and Harding theatres. He is the originator of
the Organ Club style of organ solo.
MELSON. CHARLIE: Master of ceremonies: r. n.
Zachary Charles Melson : b. New York Citv. September
12. 1901; h. 5 feet 6*t inrhes: dark hair and blue
eyes; w. 140 pounds: p. Rose and Maxwell Melson:
m. Irmanette. professional; hy. pinochle, wife, mother,
and going to the bank. Stage experience began with
song plugging and vaudeville: started career in 1912
playing the bellboy in "Alias Jimmy Valentine" In
Denier: plugged songs from Coast to Coast for Irving
Berlin: played one season in cabarets and vaudeville;
made master of ceremonies by Fanchon and Marco for
whom he opened four theatres. Alexander at Glendale.
Cal.. Raymond in Pasadena. Uptown in I<os Angeles
and Westlake In Los Angeles; also played Loew's State
in Los Angeles and five months at State in Detroit:
opened In July. 1927. at Branford theatre in Newark.
If. J. Alternating with the Stanley in Jersey City,
which he opened in March. 192S: contracted to Fan-
chon and Marco as a manager.
MEROFF. BENNY: Master of ceremonies: b. New
York City. April 19. 1901: h. 5 feet 54 inches: black
hair and blue eyes: w. 141 pounds; p. Luba and Isador
MerofT. professionals: m. Florence Gast. professional:
hy. juggling, oil painting, teaching music, dancing and
golf. Stage experience of 25 years being in vaudeville
with Keith-Orpheum. IView's. Shuberts; specialities
artist. Also with Paramount Publix.
MEUNIER. ALFREDO: r. n. Alfredo Meunier Da
Silva: b. Azores Islands. September 21. 1898: h. 5 feet
I inches: brown hair and blue eyes; w. 147 pounds; p.
Maria Meunier and Antonio Mansel Da Silva. non-
professionals: e. University of Coimbra. Portugal. Liceo
Rossini. Pesaro, Italy; m. Isabel Maria, non-profes-
sional ; hy. all sports. Organist and master of cere-
monies, concert pianist and orchestra conductor.
MEYERS. BILLY: Singer; r. n. William J. Mn.is.
b. Chicago. 111.. January 13. 1909: h. 5 feet 9 inches:
black hair and green eyes; w. 170 pounds: p. Marie
and Math Meyers: e. St. Josephs college and St.
Josephs seminary. Effingham. 111. | hy. reading, musical
instruments, composing and photography. Stage career
started with Paul Ash. and was with him for eight
months, then went to Milwaukee as master of cere-
monies for one year, then back to Balaban and Katz
for three years. Specialty consisted of singing and
acting as straight man. plays eight instruments. M. C.
for Publix.
MILLS, BILLY: Musical director: r. n. William R.
Mills: 1). Flint. Mich.. September 6. 1894: h. 5 feet 7
inches: dark brown hair and blue eyes: w. 170 pounds;
p. non professionals: e. Flint Central high school. Uni-
versity of Michigan and Syracuse university. Univer-
sity of Michigan opera. 1914 (composer) : Svracuse
university opera (composed): B. F. Keith Western pro-
duction 1921 (writer): Isham Jones orchestra. 1921-22
(special material) j U. S. Cantonment productions.
1917-20 (special production material and coach); 31st
Field Artillery Band. 1920 (bandmaster): Balaban A
Katz. Ralph Williams and Mark Fisher units. 1925-28,
as pianist, arranger, and writer of special production
material: National Theatres Corporation. 1928. as gen-
eral musical supervisor and associate producer; concert
appearances, coaching and technical assignments.
MILLER. DON: Solo organist; r. n. F. Donald Miller;
b. Slater. Ia., September 17. 1896; h. 5 feet 7 inches;
blond hair and green eyes; w. 135 pounds; p. Cora J.
Bassett and William H. Miller, non-professionals; e.
Perry high school. Perry. Ia.. Jones CoUege of Music.
Perry. Ia., and Drake university of Des Moines. Ia. ;
m. Jessie Elwell Gathany. professional decorator; hy.
swimming and physical culture training. Came from
musical family, started in early pioneer days as pianist
in small theatre, advancing equally with motion picture
production. Mother was a teacher of piano and organ
and received early musical instructions from her.
Showed longing for theatrical life at age or 12 and
followed it constantly. First important engagement was
at Des Moines theatre, Des Moines, Ia,, having ap-
peared as guest organist through midwest states, also
solo guest organist for Butterfield circuit in Michigan.
During winter season of 1926 was organist at Holly-
wood Beach Hotel. Hollywood. Fla. . where he gave
daily organ recitals, and worked in conjunction with
Arnold Johnson on several concerts. Has been solo or-
ganist with Kunsky-Publix theatres in Detroit, at State.
Fisher. Paramount and Michigan theatres for past three
years, at present Paramount theatre. Not limited to
one type of solo. Does both classics and popular
numbers, and has had great success with community
solos. In fifth year in Detroit for Publix formerly
Kunsky houses.
MILLER. WOODS: Singer; r. n. F. Woods Miller;
b. Chicago, 111.. May 18. 1906: h. 5 feet 10 inches;
dark brown hair and hazel eyes; w. 160 pounds: p.
Margaret and Marvin Ralph Miller, non-professionals;
e. Oak Park and River Forest Township high school,
and University of Illinois and University of Chicago;
by. golf, walking, reading and football. He is a mas-
ter of ceremonies and has appeared at the "LaFayette."
of Los Angeles and the "Alamo" of Chicago. He has
been with Fanchon and Marco. Publix. Orpbeum vaude-
ville and in the following plays with the St. Louis
stock company: "Good Morning Dearie." "Poppy."
"Candy Shop." "Red Mill" and at the Little theatre.
Oak Park. "The Dove Road." "The Cat and the Ca-
nary." "It Pays to Advertise" and "Milestones."
MOORE. DONOVAN F. : Organist: b. Wenatcbee.
Wash.. January 22. 1907; h. 6 feet: brown hair and
blue eyes: w. 155 pounds; p. Agnes and Fred Moore,
non- professionals; e. Wenatchee High, Wenatcbee; Mar-
quette High, Yakima, and University of Seattle and
Seattle college: not married: •*. boating, motors and
aviation. Entered theatrical field with Jensen and
Von Herberg circuit in Wenatchee and Yakima in 1923
and 1924. then progressed to Seattle with the same
firm where attended the two universities. Opened
Seattle theatre for Publix theatres as featured organ
attraction in "Ron and Don" March 1. 1928. Offer-
ing featured organ duo. Using the world's smallest
Playable organ console, this instrument 19 exactly 32
inches square and controls the entire mechanism of
four manual organ by means of a series of stieciai
quadruple contacts, and a bank of extremely intricate
wiring. They have a large repertoire of novelties
built around the basic idea of "Ron and Don" both
at one console and at two consoles. Ron possesses a
tenor voice while Don makes occasional use of an
accordion. Featured as "Ron and Don" oier Fox
Circuit.
MORCELLI. ULDERICO: b. Rome. Italy. October 3.
1888; h. S feet 10 inches: dark brown hair and
brown eyes: e. graduate of Santiago (Chile). National
Conservatory of Music : hy. fencing, art. Director of
San Francisco. Los Angeles Symphony orchestras, also
Hollywood Bowl Symphony; conductor of Grand Opera
Symphonies; for the last ten years conductor in motion
picture theatres.
MOREY. AL: Mallet of ceremonies; r. n. Morey
Alswang; b. Chicago. III.. October 18. 1901: h. 6 feet;
dark hair and blue eyes: w. 165 pounds; p. Florence
and Hyman Alswang. non-professionals; e. Waller high
school and Crane Tech. Six years with bands — Roy
Bargy. Armin Hand. E. E. Sheety. J. Bodewell Lampc:
with l"ublix at North Center theatre, Chicago, and at
Fort Worth. Texas. Atlanta. Ga.. and San Antonio.
Texas: also at Trianon and Aragon ballrooms. Chicago.
Master of ceremonies at Chicago Harding theatre, next
at the Michigan theatre in Detroit.
MURPHY. JOE: Motion picture actor; b. San Jose.
Cal.; h. 6 feet 4 inches: w. 165 pounds; hy. motoring,
dancing, golf. Stage experience in vaudeville. In
pictures ever since Mack Sennett started Keystone
Cops: has been In every phase of game except produc-
ing and camera work; 48 Andy Gump comedies for
Universal as Andy : also in ' The Man Who Laughs."
"The Cat and the Canary ' and other features: also
in Fox Sunshine comedies.
MURPHY. SENATOR F. : Monologulst. r. n. Sam
LeTraunik: b. Chicago. 111.. September 0. 1S88: h. 5
feet 6 Inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 174 pounds: p.
Alice and Max LeTraunik. non-professionals; e. publio
schools: by. rifle shooting, horseback riding and hunt-
ing. Stage experience started in vaudeville in 1904.
Has been with musical comedy, and was in "Gay
Paree" in 1927-1928. With picture theatre units dur-
ing 1928-29-30.
NAVARA. LEON: Master of ceremonies; b. Brooklyn.
N. Y\ . August 16. 1899: h. 5 feet 8 inches: brunette
hair and dark brown eyes: w. 140 pounds; p. Francis
and Zacharv Navara. non-professionals; e. Commercial
high school or Brooklyn. New York and Columbia
University of New York: hy. collector of work or old
music masters. Stage experience started with B P.
Keith Circuit in a single piano and singing act. Then
wilb Irene Bordoni as Bordoni and Navara over Keith
Circuit, and later again did a single over Keith Or-
pbeum Circuits in New York. Organized a band and
plaved as special attraction at various West Coast
Theatres tor a period of four years. Came east and was
engaged at the Stanley Baltimore Earle for a period
of two vears. Opened Loew's Pitkin theatre at Brook-
lyn as master of ceremonies. Featured in vaudeville
at present on the Loew Deluxe Circuit. Screen ex-
perience consists of two Vtaphone Shorts and he has
also done synchronizing for various talking companies.
NEALY. ARTHUR: Singer: r. n. Arthur William
Neely: b. St. Louis. Mo.. January 27. 1897: h. 5 feet
8 inches: brown hair and gray eyes: p. Rosa and
Charles Neely. non-professionals; e. Adams school, St.
Louis: m. Amy Rakey, non-professional: hy. hunting,
fishing, country. Policeman in 1923 at St. Louis.
Eight vears of stage experience, with Skouras Brothers,
Balaban & Katz. Keith circuit. Publix.
NELSON. LOUISE: Harmony; b. Galesburg. DL,
January 28. 1908: h. 5 feet 2 inrhes: blonde hair and
blue eyes; p. Julia and Alex Nelson; e. Galesburg
426
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
DAVID ROSS
"DAVID H. SILVERMAN"
Conducting the
MASTBAUM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
OF 80 ARTISTS
"THE SHOWPLACE OF THE WORLD"
MASTBAUM THEATRE
Philadelphia, Pa.
"The World's Largest Orchestra in Warner Brothers 'Ace* Theatre"
high school: hy. golfing, swimming, horse racing.
Played one year with girls' bands and three years in
vaudeville and presentations in harmony trio.
NEVILLE. DOROTHY: Singer: b. Madrid. Spain.
August 18; h. 5 feet 2Vi inches: dark brown hair
and grey eyes; w. 145 pounds; p. Renee de la Concha
and Thomas de la Concha, mother grand opera s.nger;
e. Sacred Heart Convent. London, and l'aris; m. Orvin
Kutz, non-professional; hy. cooking, singing, swimming
and aviation. Stage experience on concert stage in
Ixindon. England, musical comedies, singing roles,
ingenue in San Francisco. She went to Columbia, South
America, until 1023. then in Earl Carroll's " Vanities"
in 1923 in New York City, with Greenwich Village
Follies in 1924. 1925 and 1920. then in Publix units.
Screen experience with Mack Sennett's Comedies in
1915.
NORTH. JACK: Entertainer: b. Jersey City; h. 5
feet; brown hair and blue eyes: w. 163 pounds; p.
Jersey City high school: not married. After amateur
theatricals, seven years with Publix.
O'CONNOR. JOHNNY: r. n. John O'Connor: b. New
York Cty. September 3. 1888: h. 5 feet 7 nches; brown
hair and blue eyes: w. 1GD pounds; e. in the college
of hard knocks: p. Anna McCarthy and James O'Con-
nor, non-professionals. Sixteen years in the editorial
and business departments of Variety, publisher of the
"Theatre World." six years supervisor of the theatrical
section of the New York Telegraph, author of 104 vaude-
ville playlets, five tabloid musicals and two bonks
"Broadway Racketeers" and "Speed." Now manager
of Warings Pennsylvanians and Dorthy Lee. and others.
PAYNE. JOHNNY: Piano and song; r. n. John C.
Payne; b. Nashville. Tenn.. August I, 1907; h. 5 feet
10% inches; brown hair and brown eyes: w. 168
pounds; e. Montgomery Bell academy at Nashville: not
married; hy. br.dge. reading, eating rocquefort cheese.
Prayed regularly for radio and civic organizations
IWSM at Nashville and K.MOX at St. Louis) four
years prior to going on stage: four months with
Skouras Brothers in St. Louis in 1928 (February 11
to May 27): ten weeks with Brooke Johns; eight
months touring I*ubhx. featured in unit.
PEARL. HAROLD: b. Chicago. 111., November 13.
1908: h. 5 feet 9 inches; brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 115 pounds: p. Sally and Emile Pearl; e. Waller
high school. Chicago, and University of Illinois, which
he is at present attending; not married: hy. swimming,
golf and tennis. Is novelty collegiate organist Was
at tho Virginia theatre at Champaign, III., how at
the Sheridan. Chicago.
PETTIT. LILLIAN F. : of IVttit Sisters; singers and
dancers; b. Gackle, N. D.. September 21. 1910; h
5 feet, brown eyes and dark brown hair; w 110
pounds; p. Constance and Thomas N. Pettit, non-
professionals; e Santa Monica high school. Cal., Uni-
versity of California at Ix>s Angeles. As a child started
ai amateur in dancing contest. Hughie Roman, with
Warner Brothers, heard the Pettit sisters sing har-
mony seven years ago and conceived the idea of an
act as a sister team; he routined and booked the first
act which played up and down the Wi st Coast : later
they were In F. & M.'s Saxapholia Idea which plaved
on the West Coast. Since they have continued with
their own act In the West: this season they came East
In F. & M.'s Romance Idea, doing harmony singing
and dancing In the first Idea and in their own act
they used Instruments, saxophone and trumpet. Also
have done considerable radio work. ITughie Roman
also obtained sen-en work for the sisters as children,
with Colleen Moore In "Sally." and with Florence
Vldor In "Marry Me." later they danced In such films
as "Had Mot Rhythm" and "Hollywood Review of
1030."
PETTIT. LUELLA A.: of Pettit Sisters; singers and
dnniirs; h Gackle. 8. D.. December 12 1911; h 5
EM 2,',4 Inches: brown eyes and blond hair; w. 123
pounds; p Constance I'eltlt and Thomas N. Pettit.
non < professionals; e Santa Monica. Cal., University
of California at Los Angeles. Stage training with
Famhnn & Marco. As a child started as amateur in
dancing eontcM, Hughie Roman, with Warner Bros,
booked the sisters' first act on the West Coast; later
thev were in Ksmhon and Marcn-s Baxapholll Idea
This season they came Host In Fanchon and Marco's
Romance Idea, doing harmony, singing and dancing,
but in their own act they use instruments, saxophone
and trumpet. Also have done considerable radio work.
Roman also arranged for their screen work as children,
with Colleen Moore in "Sally" and Florence Vidor in
"Marry Me." Later they danced in such films as
"Red Hot Rhythm" and "Hollywood Review of 1930."
PHILLIPS. BILL: Organist; b. Poland, November 11;
h. 5 feet 11 inches; brown hair and blue eyes: w.
165 pounds; p. Otilia and Frank, non-professionals;
hy. cards, bowling and baseball. Has been in the
music publishing business for 14 years. At the present
is an organist, having played at the Avalon, Capitol
and Drake theatres. Chicago.
PHILLIPS. HOWARD: Singer; b. New York City,
April 12, 1909: h. 6 feet, brown hair and eyes; w. 180
pounds; p. Charlotte and William Phillips: e. Town-
send Harris Hall, and Columbia College: not married:
hy. golf, tennis, baseball and radio. Stage experience
started with "Rosalie," the musical comedy in which
he sang and danced. He then took to radio. Tenor
soloist with Freshmen hour, Michel men. New Yorker
Hotel Orchestra.
PICO, LARRY: Solo organist; r. n. Lawrence James
Pico; b. New Orleans. La.. December 10, 1878: h. 6
feet, dark brown hair and eyes; w. 140 pounds; p. Vic-
toria Sabater and Bartholomew Pico, non-professionals:
e. private school. New Orleans. La., and Jesuit's College
New Orleans; m. Miss Marjorie Marietta Boykin, non-
professional; hy. photography, baseball, swimming and
music. Piano director and organist since 1904. also
vaudeville musical comedy and pictures, and skating-
rink band.
POWELL, DICK: r. n. Richard E. Powell: b. Mt.
View, Ark.. November 11. 1904 : h. 6 feet: light brown
hair and blue eyes; w. 175 pounds: p. Sally Thompson
and Ewing Powell, non-professionals: e. Little Rock
liifili school and University of Arkansas; m. Mildred
Mound, non-professional; hy. golf, radio and airplanes.
Stage experience with stage bands presentation for about
three years. Master of ceremonies for one year to
date, before that time band soloist. Singing as a spe-
cialty, also conducts all instruments but the violin
and cello.
PRICKETT. JULE: Acrobat: b. Birmingham. Ala..
March 16. 1887: h. 5 feet 11% inches; brown hair and
blue eyes; w. 180 pounds: m. Willie May Keil. non-
professional. Stage experience with Radio-Keith-Or-
pheum and Publix doing acrobatic stunts in an act
entitled "Luster Brothers."
RASCH. ALBERTINA: Dancer: b. Vienna: h. 5 feet
4 inches: black hair and brown eyes; m. Dimitri Tiom-
kin, professional composer. Stage experience, contributes
the ballets to most of Ziegfeld and other New York
musical comedy shows. Screen experience, contributed
two special br.llet numbers to the "Ilollvwood Revue."
also "Devil May Care." "Lord Byron of Broadway" and
"The Rogue's Song "
RAY. JIMMY: Dancer: b. New York City. August 22.
1905: h. 5 feet incites: brown hair and eyes: w.
137 pounds; p. Helen and Morris Levine. Started his
stage career as a Charleston dancer in Chicago, with
Abe Lyman. Was in the Frolics cafe In Chicago for
a year and a half, then with Abe Lyman to the west
coast and was booked in Fanchon and Marco unit, then
to Grauman's Chinese theatre. George Choo's musical
comedy, "Hello Yourself," In New York. The Morris
agency then booked him for three months in the
Ambassador. Paris. Came back to the United States
on Publix circuit in units.
RICH. JIMMY: Organist: r. n. James R. Reich: b.
New York City. Feb. 9. 1900; h. 5 feet 8 Inches;
brown hair and eyes: w. 153 pounds; p. Rose and Ixmls
Reich, non- professionals; hy. motoring, bridge, Stage
experience started at the ago of 13. playing piano in
a theatre in New York City. He then studied
organ and harmony with Hugo Troetchel at the German
Evangelist church in Brooklyn. N. Y. Then played
theatres throughout New York City until 191.8. when
he went to Jersey City for Itaring and Blumenthal at
the National theatre for three years, then Central
theatre until Sept. 28. 1929. at which time Loew's
Jersey City theatre oiicncd. Now featured organist at
the Central theatre. Jersey City.
RIEDER. HAROLD: Organist: b. Dexter. Mich..
December 13, 1894; h. 5 feet 5 inches; dark brown hair
and eyes; w. 155 pounds; p. Katherine Wagner and
Peter Rieder, non-professionals; e. Dexter high school
and Michigan State Normal College and University
of Michigan; m. Ethel May Leaman. non-professional;
hy. motor touring and photography. Musical experience
as director of music, at the Michigan State Normal
College, also Columbia record artist. Theatre experi-
ence, organist at the Majestic theatre. Detroit. Mich..
Rialto and Criterion. New York, feature organist at the
Tivoli, and the Stanley at Newark and Stanley, Jersey
City, also the Branford, Newark, and Fabian, Ho-
boken, N. J. Now back at the Branford. Newark.
ROBERTS. FRANK E. : Organist: b. New Kensing-
ton. Pa., February 21. 1900; h. 5 feet 10 inches; light
hair and blue eyes; w. 138 pounds; p. Rachel and
George G. Roberts, non-professionals; e. New Kensing-
ton high school and Adrian college; m. Amy Kruger.
church soloist: hy. automobiles and baseball. No stage
or screen experience. Was a former musical director
at the Rowland and Clark theatres. Pittsburgh, Pa.
Organist for Warner Bros, theatre. Pittsburgh.
ROCHE. DORIS: Singer; b. Spokane. Wash.. April
4. 1908: h. 5 feet 4% inches: black hair and blue eyes;
w. 116Vi pounds; p. Harriet and Thomas Roche, non-
professionals: e. Mote Mare finishing school; hy. tennis,
soft shoe dancing and riding. Stage experience with
Keith-Albee for years and with Balaban and Katz
as personality singer. Screen experience in Publix unit
"Over the Top." Featured with her husband, Sammy
Cohen, in RKO vaudeville.
RODEMICH, GENE: Master of ceremonies: b. St.
Louis. Mo.. April 3, 1895: h. 5 feet 4 inches: brown
hair and blue eyes; w. 108 pounds; p. Barbara and
Henry Rodemich. non-professionals: m. Henrietta Pank.
non-professional; hy. children. Master of ceremonies
at Grand Central in St. Louis; two years Metropolitan.
Boston: next at Paramount. New York: six years in
pit at Grand Central, where he got first training. Now
leading a radio band in New York City.
RON and Don (name of act): See Moore. Donovan F.
RON: of Ron and Don: Organist; r. n. Renaldo A.
Baggott: b. Wenatchee. Wash.. July 8. 1905: h. 5 feet
10 inches: brown eyes and brown hair: w. 160 pounds;
p. Henrietta Adams and Frank R. Baggott: e. Wenat-
chee high school. University of Washington; hy. horses,
amateur motion pictures, automobiles.
ROSS and EDWARDS (name of act): See Ross,
Harry: Edwards. Eddie.
ROSS. BENNY: Master of ceremonies; r. n. Ben
Rosenberg; b. Hartford. Conn.. February 17. 1907; h
5 feet 8 inches: brown hair and hazel eyes; w. 155
pounds: p. Jenny and Louis Rosenberg, non-profes-
sionals: e. Weaver high school; hy. cartooning and mo-
tion pictures. Stage experience started in vaudeville
as team Ross and Darling. He then went to the
legitimate show "Excess Baggage." and played Morton
Downey's part, that of songplugger. Then at Shubert
theatre of Newark, where Harry W. Crull saw him and
signed him as master of ceremonies for Branford and
Stanley theatres. Completed one year with Warner
Brothers and oiiened stage band policy at the Earle
theatre. Atlantic City, then to Ritz theatre in Eliza-
beth, and at Stanley theatre in Jersey City. N. J.;
at Publix Saenger. New Orleans. La . Paramount. To-
ledo, Ohio, and Shea's BufTalo. Buffalo. N. Y.
ROSS, DAVID: Music conductor: r. n. David II.
Silverman; b. Philadelphia. Pa.: h. 5 feet 7 Inches;
blue eyes and black hair: w. 155 pounds: p. Esther
and Aaron Ross: e. Peabodv College. Baltimore. Md. :
m. Clarita II. Hil!. non -professional : hy. Ashing and
hunting As a child appeared on tour in "The Fatal
Wedding." Started as singer In a dramatic show.
Studied music and at age of 18 became music direc-
tor at Del Mar Garden, St. Iiouls. leading own band.
Then headed music detriment for Frank L Talbot's
HipiMMlromp Theatre. St. Umlt. In 1916 entered pic-
ture Meld and headed music organization of Skouras
Brothers. St. I>otii8. Also made records for Victor and
Brunswick. Directed orchestra at every Skouras house
in St. Louis, from 1916 to 1929. Went to the West
coast In 1929 as music director for First National and
Warner Bros to prepare the svnchronizatlon of musical
scenes for pictures, and conducted orchestra in con-
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during that period. Then came East and resumed
duties aa musical director and conductor at Mastbaum.
Philadelphia.
ROSS. HARRY: Comedy singer; r. n. Henry Rosen-
thal; b. Brooklyn. N. Y.. July 4. 1900; h. 5 feet 84
inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 163 pounds: p.
Sarah and Jacob Rosenthal, father ex-professional; e.
Boys high school. Brooklyn. X. Y. ; stage training In
burlesque; not married: by. baseball, prize fights,
horseback riding, hockey, golf, bridge and rhummy.
Stage experience of eleven years, appearing In vaude-
vUle. musical comedy, burlesque and I*ublix units.
Stage act entitled Ross & Edwards.
ROWAN. ELOISE: Organist: b. Winona. Minn., July
17. 1905: n. 5 feet 2 Inches; black hair and blue eyes:
w. 108 pounds; p. Margaret A. Rowan, non- professional :
e. Fargo high school. Fargo. N. Dak.. Northwestern
university. Eranston, 111., and University of Minnesota.
Minneapolis. Minn. ; not married. Organ novelties act
broadcast over station WCCO. Featured for a year as
one of the Paramount Twins. "Jackie & Jean." at the
Paramount. Denver. Now doing solo work at the Den-
ver theatre. Denver. Colo.
RUSSO. DANNY: b. Chicago. 111.; by. radio, mod-
ern dance music. Studied harmony under Albert De
Capro and violin under Edward Tak. Victor and
Brunswick recording artist. Was one of the first or-
chestra directors with his own band on the air over
WBBII. Was the featured orchestra at the Edgewater
Beach hotel for four years. Opened the Uptown and
Piccadilly theatres. Chicago, also the Aragon Ballroom,
staying a year and a half. I**d the largest dance
band in the country', an aggregation of" 35 men at the
Arcadia Ballroom in Detroit, playing to as many as
7.000 a night. Devoting all his efforts to radio and
at the present time Is playing at the Canton Tea
Gardens broadcasting over WEN II and KYW. through
NBC Also featured on three sustaining programs for
Mil
SABER. DOROTHY: Organist: b. near Troy. Miami
County. Ohio. April 25. 1903: h. 5 feet 6 Inches; dark
brown hair and dark grey eyes; w. 138 pounds; p.
Alice and John Elicker: e. Troy high school. Troy.
Ohio; hy. music, radio, designing, home decorating and
all sports. Employed by Majestic Theatre Company.
Athens. Ohio, as organist, solo and concert. Feature
organKt. Started playing pipe organ in theatre when
10 years of age. Played two years at the Jewe l theatre.
Troy. Ohio, three years May's theatre. Piqua. Ohio,
one season Sigma theatre. L ma. Ohio, and has directed
orchestra and played piano for vaudeville.
SCOTT. G. HOWARD: b. Buffalo. N. Y. . July 13.
1894: h. 5 feet 5 inches: blue eyes and brown hair:
w. 130 pounds; p. Elizabeth and John Scott: e. Perry
high school: m. Helen Lebowltz: hv. fishing and
swimming. Went to Guilmant organ school. New York
City. Solo organist at Brooklyn Academy of Music;
Ma.vfalr theatre. Asbury Park. N. J. ; Convention Hall.
Asbury Park.
SCOTT. LEONARD: b Los Angeles. Cal.. May 27.
1898; h 5 feet 10 Inches: brown hair and hazel
brown eyes; w. 135 pounds: p. Ida Scott Seely and
Howard Scott, non-professionals; e. Polytechnic high
school. Los Angeles. Cal. ; received his stage training
In high school; hy. golf, bowling, poker and motoring.
Stage experience with "Kitty's Kisses" In May. UK;
"Sweetheart Time" in the fall of 192C and in "White
Lights" in the fall of 1927. all these with the Capitol
Quartette; next in Publix unit show. "The Dictators
of Harmony." One of the Four Dictators.
SEED. DAVE: Comedian: r. n. Dave Seid; b. New
York City. July 8. 1898: h. 5 feet 1 inch: black hair
and brown eyes: w. 124 pounds; p. Bessie and Isaac
Seed, non -professionals; e. Erasmus blgh school and
University of New York: hy. horses, riding, golf and
fishing. Stage experience started with Gus Edwards'
"School Days." through Lew Silver's Broadway Brevi-
ties musical comedy, then joined Ralph Austin and went
in vaudeville for seven years, then joined Artists and
Models, and is now starring in l*ublix units. Screen
experience, appeared in "Tarzan of the Apes" In 1919
for National Film Company.
SELLERS. EDNA J.: Organist: b. Iowa: h. 5 feet
1 inch: blond hair and blue eyes; w. 115 pounds; p.
non -professionals: e. Lincoln. Neb.; m. Preston H.
Sellers. Jr.. professional, and has one son 2 Vi years
old: hy. golf and motoring. Organist in Chicago for
ten years, having featured for Balaban and Katz about
four years.
SELLERS. JR.. PRESTON H. : Organist: b. St.
Louis. Mo.. February 24. 1898; h. 5 feet 9 Inches:
dark brown hair and blue eyes; w. 164 pounds: p.
Sallie and Preston H. Sellers. Sr.. non-professionals;
e. East St. Louis: m. Edna, professional, they have
one child: hy. golf. No stage or screen experience.
Organist for 16 years, being four years with I.ubliner
and Trinz and Ave years with Balaban and Katz.
Organ presentations, novelties and community sing-
ing.
SHAPLIN. HELEN MASTERS: Solo organist, r. n.
Mrs. Helen M. Shaplin: b. Pen Argyl. Pa.. February
15. 1900; h. 5 feet 5 inches; medium brown hair and
blue-gray eyes: w. 140 pounds: p. Minnie and Thomas
Masters, non-professionals; e. Pen Argyl high school.
Broad Street Conservatory of Music. Philadelphia, and
Beechwood College. Jenklntown. Pa. : m. Walter B.
Shaplin. non-professional; hy. music, in all branches
and forms. Featured at the Ogontz theatre. Phila-
delphia. Pa.
SHELDON. GENE: Master of ceremonies: r. n.
Kugenr Hume: b. Columbus, O. , February 1. 1908; h. 5
feet 9 inches; brown hair and eyes: w. 145 pounds; p.
Ada and Earl R. Hume, non-professionals: e. West high
school: not married: hy. magic, dogs, football -and swim-
ming. Stage experience started in May. 1926. with a
small musical show, then joined six people flash, and
in October. 1927. devised single act which he showed
for I*ublix and played three Publix units. Played six
months as master of ceremonies at the Minnesota the-
atre. Minneapolis. In November. 1929. opened with
fourth unit, signed for London and Paris. Plays banjo
and dances,
SHEVLIN. JOHN : Irish tenor; b. Pennsylvania. June
24. 1898: h. 5 feet 10 inches: dark brown hair and
blue eyes; w. 175 pounds; e. three years at American
Conservatory of Music In Chicago, two years at Met-
ropolitan Opera House school. 14 months in Germany
and two months in Paris; p. Ellen and William Shev-
lin: not married: hy. boxing, football, motoring.
Eight years on stage.
SHILT0N. BETTY: Organist: b. Portland. Ore..
February 17. 1892: h. 5 feet 54 Inches: blond hair
and blue eyes: w. 134 pounds: p. Eugenia Long and
Da»id N. McQuturff. non-professionals: e. Salem high
school. Salem. Ore., and Willamett university. Salem,
and Fresno State college. Fresno. Cal.: not married:
hy. golf, solitaire, driving car. music and bridge.
Feature organist at the Liberty theatre. Spokane. Wash.,
during 1925; Liberty theatre. Olyninia. Wash., dur-
ing 1926; Fox 5th Avenue theatre. Seattle. Wash.
SHORT. AL (master of ceremonies): b. Brooklyn.
N. Y.. 1893: h. 5 feet 104 inches; auburn hair and
gray eyes: w. 160 pounds; p. Elizabeth and Thomas V.
Short, father professional; e. Springfield high school
and college; m. Esther B. Shaw, non-professional: hy.
golf, fishing, swimming, boating, horseback riding and
tennis. Stage experience as master of ceremonies at
the Capitol theatre of Chicago, general musical director
on the Pacific coast for I*ublix and conductor of sym-
phony orchestras for the following theatres of Chicago:
Riviera and Tivoli of Balaban & Katz. Capitol of
National Theatres corporation. Piccadilly of Schoenstadt
Brothers, and Howard theatre of Publix in Atlanta.
Ga. Vice president and general musical director for
Beltone Productions of Ixis Angeles. Cal. Also pro-
duced twelve miniature musical comedies in color.
SLOSSER. MILTON: Organist; b. Los Angeles. Aug-
ust 12. 1900; h. 5 feet 7 inches; black hair and
brown eyes: w. 138 pounds: p. Mary' and John Slosser.
non-professionals; e. St. Joseph's high school College-
ville. Ind. . Yale university; m. Lea Milton, non-pro-
fessional: hy. golf, motoring, swimming. Master of
ceremonies at Missouri theatre during Frank Fay's
absence. Next at the Mastbaum and Earle theatres.
Philadelphia and now back at the Ambassador. St.
IjouIs.
SMITH. LEONARD: h. Chicago. III.. September 3.
1904; h. 5 feet 9 inches: brown hair and eyes: w. 145
Itounds: p. Louisa K. and George F.. mother was con-
cert pianist ; e. Morgan Park American Conservatory.
Chicago: not married: by. motoring, hiking, and playing
two-piano numbers with Harry Zimmerman. Played
at the Capitol. Stratford. Highland. Jeffrey, and next
at the Avalon. all in Chicago. Has written several
piano compositions, best known of which is "Waltz
Caprice."
SMITH. McNEIL: Solo organist: h. Meridvan. Miss..
May 20. 1902: h. 5 feet 10 Inches: blond hair and blue
eyes: w. 150 pounds: p. Anna and Ollle Smith, non-
professionals; e. Meridian high and Chicago Musical
College; hy. tinkering with organs and read ng good
books. He is a solo organist and has played with the
Marquette theatre five successive years.
SOUDERS JACKIE: h. St. Louis. Mo.. Feb. 13.
1904: h. 5 feet 6 inches: dark hair and hazel eyes:
w. 130 pounds; p. Grace Dey and Robert R. Souders.
non-professionals: e. Lewis and Clark. Spokane, and
Oueen Anne. Seattle. Washington: m. Lillian Hilde-
brand. professional: hy. fishing, golf, swimming, base-
hall and flying. Stage experience began In 1920 playing
trombone in Ix>dge Carbaret. Seattle. Three weeks later
he joined Vic Meyer's orchestra for engagements in
Portland and Seaside. Oregon. Tool; trip to the Orient
as member of S. S. Silver State Orchestra in 1921.
Rejoined Vic Meyers at Butler Hotel. Seattle. 1922. and
left following year to play in Hermie King's Band at
Palace-Hip theatre. Seattle. Organized his own orches-
tra after a year with King and played the following
engagements: Chantecler Cafe. Seattle: Portland Hotel
and Multnomah Hotel. Portland: Butler Hotel. Seattle
Club Lido and Olympic Hotel, both In Seattle. Broke
into the master of ceremonies game as relief man at
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the Fifth Avenue theatre. Then to the Strand theatre.
Vancouver. Canada, Sept. 12, 1927. where he became
musical director and master of ceremonies playing the
Fanchon & Marco Ideas.
SPANGLER, JACK: Musical comedy; r. n. Leonard
Spangier; b. Philadelphia. Pa., April 26, 1900; h. 5
feet 9 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; p. Charlotte
and George Spangier; e. Northeast high school. Temple
university, Warton school, University of Pennsylvania;
stage training at schools in East; not married; by.
golf and billiards. "Gay Parce." 192(1, Shubert, spe-
cialty and sketch; Earl Carroll Vanities. 1927, spe-
cialty and sketch; "Bye. Bye. Bonnie." 1928. John
Armstrong and Lawrence Webber, light comedian;
I'ublix and Keith at intervals playing dancing and
comedy acts. Screen appearances in I'athe News, dance
and exercise interpretations.
SPANGLER. KAY: Musical comedy; r. n. Kay
Spangier; b. Philadelphia. Pa.; 21 years old; h. 5
feet 9 inches; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 100
pounds; p. Charlotte and George Spangler; e. North-
east high school. Temple university, Warton school.
University of Pennsylvania; stage training at schools
in East; "Gay Paree," 1926, Shubert, specialty and
sketch: Earl Carroll Vanities, 1927. specialty and
sketch; "Bye, Bye. Bonnie." 1928. John Armstrong
and Lawrence Webber, light comedienne; Publix and
Keith at intervals playing dancing and comedy acts.
Screen appearances in Pathe News, dance and exercise
interpretations.
SPECK. HARVEY CARL: b. Cincinnati. Ohio; h. 5
feet 9 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 150 pounds; p.
Mary and Charles Speck, non-professionals; m. Theresa
Francis, professional; hy. golf, hearts and fishing.
Stage experience in comics and with "Tho Spider."
specialties, also with four Publix units and for Keith
vaudeville for six years, in comedy. Name of act:
Bayes and Speck.
SPECHT. PAUL L.: Master of ceremonies; b. Sink-
ing Spring. Pa., March 25. 1895: h. 6 feet and one-
half inch; brown hair and eyes; w. 180 pounds; p.
Hettle E. and Charles G. Specht (father church organ-
ist, veteran band leader and music teacher) ; e. Spring
Township high school. Perkiomen school. Pennsburg.
Pa.; stage training in amateur theatricals in Reading,
Pa.; and preparatory school ; married non-professional;
hy. his farms in Pennsylvania. Seven years profes-
sional experience; played Keith, Loew. Pantages. Fox
and Independent vaudeville; five months presentation
work at Capitol. New York City, where he also organ-
ized and coached other stagehand units for Loew
deluxe picture theatres; played Stanley houses; with
first American Jazz orchestra to play Coliseum arid
Alhambra variety theatres in London; director of stage
band and acting master of ceremonies at Colony. New
York; recorded DeForest Phonofllms in 1923-24.
SPRING. J. GIBBS: r. n. Joseph G. Spring. Jr.:
b. Chicago. III.. July 30. 1899; h. 5 feet 9 Inches: light
hair and light blue eyes; w. 198 pounds; p. Selena ID.
and Joseph G. Spring, non professionals : e. nyde Park
high school: no stage training; m. Sylvia Gustafson.
organist: hy. mechanics — automotive and electrical.
Stage experience consists of one summer season with
Chautauqua, music and dramatic in "Taming of the
Shrew." Theatro experience of about four years play-
ing pictures and organ solos. Associated with Or-
pheum Circuit. National Theatres Corporation. Schoen-
stadt & Son. Lubliner & Trinz and at present with
Polka Brothers theatres. Is also a "singing organist"
and specializes on novelty organ solos and screen syn-
chronization. Studied organ under Arthur Gutow, De-
troit. Also did some traveling in organ dedications.
TANGEMAN. FRED: Organist: b. Union City. N.
J.. March 9. 1901: h. 5 feet 8 Inches: gray eyes and
blond hair; w. 150 pounds; p. Nettle Johner and
William Tangeman, non- professionals; e. Union Hill
high school. Union City. N. J. ; m. Edna Sundberg,
non-professional; hy. gardening, golf. Studied organ
with Herbert Slsson and Emll Velazco. Organist
for three years at the B. F. Keith State and Capital
theatres. Union City, N. J. Featured organist at the
Regent theatre. Elmira. N. Y. Played leading theatres
of Jersey City. Including Cameo. Fulton, Central. Capi-
tol. Ritz and State.
TERRY. LEO: Organist: b. Alton. 111.. February 19.
1892; h. 5 feet 7 Inches; dark brown hair and brown
eyes; w. 145 pounds: p. Jcanette (Roach) Terry' and
DeWItt C. Terry, non-professionals; married non-pro-
fessional; has threo children: e. St. Louis University.
St. Louis. Mo. Started playing piano in picture show
in 1908 for Joseph Mogler. St. LOTtU, 1908-10; then
at Lafayette theatre. St. Louis. 1910-12: James Cor-
nelllus' Lyric. St. Louis. 1912-18; Introduced organ
accompaniment to pictures in St. I,ouis in 1912 at
Frank R. Tate's Strand and Columbia theatres where
employed as first organist from 1916 to 1922; opened
V. T. Lynch's Tiffin theatre. Chicago. November 1.
1922. as solo organist and remained until September.
1924. when engaged by National Theatres Corporation
to reopen Stratford, another large neighborhood theatre
In Chicago; featured organist there nine months until
transferred to new Capitol, where featured organist 11
months, until May. 1926: engaged by Great States
Theatres (Ralaban & Katz) to open 3.000-seat theatre
in Joliet. 111., and act as guest organist in other Great
States theatres in cities around Chicago; with Great
States 8 months and later a return engagement for
14 months: opened Piccadilly. Chicago, as solo organist
and remained three months, then re-engaged by Great
States; re-engaged for Piccadilly for ten-month engage-
ment. Now at Pantheon. Chicago.
THOMPSON. ART: Organist: r. n. Arthur N. Thomp-
son; b. Lowell, Maw.. July 12. 1904; h. 5 feet 6H
Inches: brown hair and gray blue eyes: w. 158 pounds:
p. Rose M. and Frank W. Thompson, non-professionals;
hy. golf, tennis and driving. Featured at Ritz theatre,
Clarksburg. W. Va.
THREE BERNIE BROTHERS (novelty dancers):
See Bernie, Harry.
TOMPSETT, GREENVILLE E.: h. Dowagiac. Mich .
December 27. 1895; h. 5 feet 6 Inches: brunette hair
and brown eyes; w. 130 pounds: p. Grace B anil James
O. Tompsett, non professionals ; e. South Rand. Ind..
and Notre Dame. Indiana; not married; hy. writing
rommuity singing parodies, golf, architecture and
writing of fiction. Has spent six years with the
Oriiheum circuit Palace and Granada theatres, and two
with Radlo-Kclth-Orpheum Granada theatre of South
Bend. Ind.. featuring both straight and community
singing solos. Community singing is written by htm-
•elf feautrlng Topics of the Day.
TRACY and DUNCAN (name of act): See Tracy,
William H.; Duncan, Francis K.
TRACY. WILLIAM H.: b. Chicago, 111.. September 6.
1903; h. 5 feet 8 inches; w. 165 pounds; p. Mary and
John Tracy, non-professionals; e. Harrison high school,
Chicago, and Notre Dame university; not married; hy.
baseball, football, golf and aviation. Stage experience
for six years as a special act in picture houses.
Offering: piano act, harmony and comedy.
TUCKER. BERT: Dancer; r. n. Albert Edward
Tucker; b. Hartford. Conn., February 5. 1905; h. 5
feet 2 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 125 pounds;
p. Sophie and Louis Tucker; mother a professional:
e. Mount Pleasant Military Academy. Westchester
Academy. Peekskill Military Academy. Stanford Military
Academy; took lessons in dancing from Billy Pierce
Studios; not married; hy. comedy and singing. Stage
experience with his mother in "Le Maire's Affairs";
started alone August 16. 1924. with Paul Ash at
Oriental. Chicago: then did all Balaban & Katz houses
with own act. "The Kitchen Kabaret"; played vaude-
ville for Western Orpheum circuit; went out with
Publix unit, also worked clubs and cafes in between;
now playing for Publix again.
TURNER. RAY: r. n. Raymond T. Turner: b.
Chicago. 111.. January 3. 1904: h. 5 feet 7 inches;
dark brown hair and blue eyes; w. 135 pounds: p.
Constance L. and Frank M. Turner, non-professionals;
e. Fenger high school. Chicago, and Sherwood Music
school: received organ instruction from Arthur Dunham
of Chicago: m. Zenobia A. Cain, non-professional: hy.
motoring. Theatre experience as follows: Organist for
three years at the Woodlawn (now Maryland) theatre.
Chicago: later at North Center theatre. Chicago for
Karzas; also organist at the Highway. Metroi>olitan,
McVickcrs (broadcast through WBBM. Chicago) thea-
tre. Now at RKO Orpheum. Sioux City. Iowa.
VALLEE. RUDY: Master of ceremonies: r. n. Hubert
Prior Vallee; b. Island Pond. Vermont. July 28, 1901;
h. 5 feet 11 inches: light brown hair and blue eyes:
w. 145 pounds: p. Kathryn L. and Charles D. Valce,
non-professionals; e. Westbrook high. Westbrook. Maine.
University of Maine and Yale University; not married:
hy. driving a car and broadcasting. Stage experience
started by organizing a dance band at Yale University,
then played abroad in London. England. Then fea-
tured at the following: the Heigh-Ho Club of New
York City. RKO Circuit, as master of ceremonies
at the I'ublix Paramount. New York City, where he Is
at present, and also at his own club, the Villa Vallee.
New York City. He appeared as feature player in
the following screen productions; "Campus Sweetheart."
for RCA. "Vagabond Lover." for RKO and Para-
mount's "Glorifying the American Girl." Toured with
his "Connecticut Yankees." then hack to Brooklyn
Paramount. Again at New York Paramount theatre.
VAN, VERA: Dancer and singer: r n. Vera Geraldine
Webster: b. Marlon. O.. February 20. 1911: h. 5 feet
2 Inches; golden blonde hair and blue eyes; w. 108
pounds: p. Florence E. and Carl Webster, non- profes-
sionals; e. private tutors and private schools, all in
IiOs Angeles. Cal. ; not married; hy. swimming, tennis,
horseback riding, reading, the study of astronomy,
science and the different languages. Stage experience
as follows: first appearance at the age of S1^ years
touring with a child dance act until 8^4 under direc-
tion of Aubrey Waters Holliday of Akron. Ohio. Next
three years as half of a sister team doing west coast
vaudeville as LaVonnc Sisters. Season of 1922-1923
with own hand of 12 as Vera Webster and her Dixie
Revellers. Season of 1924 as female half of team of
Ward and Webster, doing vaudeville. Discovered hy
Farco In 1925. and given professional name of Van:
featured in "Ideas" by Fanchon and Marco for three
years. Next took Ingenue leads In musical stock for
four months under direction of Wilbur Oushman. Sum-
mer of 1928 featured singer with Rene Williams orches-
tra at Princess theatre. Honolulu. Hawaii. Signed
with Publix theatres Aug. 23. 1928. to open In Chi-
cago as featured singer, first production being "All
Aboard." hy Jack Laughlin. "Bits of Broadway." by
Will Harris. "Out on Deck." by Lon MrDeTmott.
Ingenue lead, the featured singer of "Circus Cabaret."
by C. A. Nlggemeyer. At Saenger theatre. New Or-
leans. La. Screen experience: several kid parts under
direction of Alan Dwan and Victor Hugo Halperin.
and In Douglas Fairbanks' "Robin Hood."
VAN ANTWERP. JIMMIE: b. Shawnee. Okla., No-
vember 30. 1902: h. 5 feet 8 Inches: brown hair and
eyes: w. 195 pounds: p. Martha and L. C. Van Ant-
werp, non-professionals; e. Shawnee high school: hy.
farming muskrats and chickens. On the stage for ten
years as a comedy "Ruhe." Title of act: "Fauntleroy
and Van."
VELAZCO. EMIL: Organist; r. n. Emll Velazco
Trachsel: h Mexico City, Mexico. Oct. 20. 1898; h. 5
feet 7T4 inches: brown hair and gray eyes; w. 130
pounds: p. IX .i and Arthur Emil Trachsel. non-pro-
fessionals: e. San Diego high school, and Chicago
Musical College: not married: hy. tennis and com-
position. Started his career as a theatre organist In
1920. Became featured organist In the Stanley. Para-
mount and Publix circuits, then east to open the Roxy
theatre. Established his famous organ school in New
York City In 1926. broadcasting from his own studio or-
gan over Columbia chain WADC and WOR. His com-
positions have made him equally famous having over
35 published numbers on the market. His most
elaborate composition is a concerto for orchestra anil
organ called Kaleidescope. Possibly most prolific re-
corder of organ records in U. S. using his own name
for the Columbia Phonograph and nom de plume for
the Okeh and Harmony Records.
VESTOFF. FLORIA: Dancer, b. Moscow. Russia.
April 2; h. 5 feet 3 Inches: blond hair and blue eyes;
w. 120 pounds; p Gene and Oenriclt Vestoff. profes-
sionals; e. Wadlelgh and Professional Children's: ry.
tennis, horseback riding and dancing. Stage career
started at the age of three, singing and dancing In
parents' act. Left the stage at the age of 8 and
returned at 16. dancing In vaudeville with Olga and
Mlshka Her first Publix Unit was "Showland":
6 months with "Ballvboo," musical comedy at the
Hammersteln theatre. New York City. Now touring
In a I'ublix unit.
WAGNER. HARRY: r. n. Harry Lamont Wagner: b.
Anamosa. la.. Sept 12. 1894 : h 5 feet 1H4 Inches:
dark brown hair and eyes; w. 185 pounds: p. Jennie
Mary Moss and Lamont Sterns Wagner, non -profession-
als: e. Washington nigh. Cedar Rapids. la : m. Clara
Marie I<ar*on. non-professional: hy. hunting. Ashing,
swimming and golf. Organist, singer, producer, orches-
tra leader and pianist. Ills first position as organist
Bernie
Cowham
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who came to the Big
City and made good.
Still squeezing tunes
out of the Wurlitser
at the
R. K. O. Theatre
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Jack Meyer
Organist
and
Song Master
FOX CIRCUIT OF
THEATRES
HAYES
WATSON
Solo Organist
WARNER THEATRE
Atlantic City
N. J.
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ORIGINAL M/A£ NOVELTIES
OR^PHEUM THEATRE GREEN flAY.Wtf.
was taken and held with no instruction whatsoever on
the organ. He then took instructions from various
teachers, including Florenz Ziegfeld. Opened Fischer's
theatre in Oshkosh. Wis., as organist, master of cere-
monies and producer, and opened the Allen theatre.
Racine, Wis., in the same capacity. Had sung his
organ si>ecialties since 1912.
WARD. BETTY: of Ward Sisters, dancers and sing-
ers; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., May 27. 1910: h. 5 feet 3
inches; brown hair and hazel eyes: w. 101 pounds;
p. Mary Winahan and John A. Ward, non-professionals:
e. Miami high school: not married; hy. reading. Stage
experience played Radio-Keith-Orpheum for two years
in a big act owned hv John H. Harris of Pittsburgh.
Pa., in 192" and 1928. In 1929 had own act and then
signed for Publix.
WARD. HELENE: Dancer and singer: b„ Pittsburgh
Pa.. March 6. 1912; h. 5 feet 2 inches; light brown
hair and blue eyes: w. 100 pounds: p. Mary Minahan
and John A. Ward, non-professionals; e. Miami high
school ; not married ; hy. reading. Stage experience
played Radio-Keith-Orpheum for two years in a big act
owned by John H. Harris of Pittsburgh. Pa., in 1927
and 192S. In 1029 had own act and then signed
for Publix. With Betty Ward as Ward Sisters.
WARING. FRED: b. Tyrone. Penn., June 9. 1900;
b. 5 feet 8 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 142:
e. Tyrone schools, Pennsylvania State University and has
stage training in vaudeville, musical comedy and pic-
tures; p. Jessie C. and Frank M. Waring, non-pro-
fessionals; not married; hy. golf and jai alai. Stage
experunce consists of seven years as headliner for
Keith-Albee and all de luxe comedy presentation
houses. One season with "Hello Yourself" musical
comedy as starring attraction 1927-28. Four months
at Les Ambassadeurs in Paris where he also played
two concerts in Salle Playel Hall. Starring attraction
in "Syncopation." a talking picture. Produced and
starred in "Rah Rah Daze." college musical opening
at Mason Opera House. Los Angeles. March 25. 1930.
Also "The New Yorkers." New Y'ork City company,
and Loew's Deluxe Theatre.
WARREN AND GILL: Song and dance; r. n.
Samuel W. Warren; b. January 12. 1906: h. 5 feet 10
inches; black hair and brown eyes; e. 135 pounds; e.
Central high school: mother. Maggie Warren. Four
years of stage experience. West Coast. Fanchon and
Marco, Keitn-Albee-Orpheum, Publix.
WASHINGTON. GEORGE DEWEY: Colored bari-
tone; r. n. same: b. Rock Island. 111.. May 1. 1898:
h. 5 feet 10% inches; black hair and brown eyes; w.
178 pounds; p. Cordelia Alicia and James Walter Wash-
ington, non-professionals; e. Summer high school. Salt
Lake City, Utah: m. Marie Frances Bonita Fuller,
non- professional : hy. detective stories. Seven years of
stage experience: first start in picture hous? under
Paul Ash six years ago. and under his supervision
and guidance since; chiefly with Publix. Screen experi-
ence in 8 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Movietone productions.
For the past five months in the leading theatres and
cafes in London. Paris and Ostend. Belgium, then
returned to Publix for an extended contract.
WEBER. LEO: Organist; b. Boston. Mass.. July 19.
1903; h. 5 feet 8 inches: brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 150 pounds: p. Isabel and John Weber, non-pro-
fessionals; e. Salem. Mass.. high school and F'Aelten
Conservatory of Boston; not married; hy. driving. Fea-
tured organist at the following theatres: Salem theatre.
Salem. Mass.; Leroy theatre. Prudence. Branford. New-
ark. Stanley. State, and Loew's. of Jersey City; Loew's
83rd. New York City; Texas. San Antonio: Metropoli-
tan, Houston. Texas.
WELCH, RUBE: b. Charlotte. N. C. 1878. Started
stage career at Niblo's Garden in New Y'ork City with
Daniel E. Bandmann in 1888; been in show or pic-
ture business ever since: has written for RKO "Bar-
num Was Wrong." "Off to Peoria." "Who's Got the
Body" and "A Peep on the Deep"; also for Clark
& McCullough, for Simple Simon Comedies. "Hot
Shivers," and "A Shocking Affair." While with
Paramount has written for Irene Bordoni, Ben Blue.
Marion Harris, Gina Malo. Dane & Arthur. Al St.
John, and twenty-seven others. Spent seven years in
England, four of those were with Charles B. Cochran;
b en around the world twice and has crossed the
Atlantic fifty-four times: at one time was lessee of
the Royal Allien Hall. The Cirque De Paree. Paris,
and Tlit' Bull Ring at Barcelona. Spain; built the
Columbia Theatre in Portland. Oregon: had Fischer's
Theatre. San Francisco, at time of earthquake, and
had the first picture theatre in Los Angeles: has
written 179 black outs: married to Peggie Cunard.
English character soubrette.
WELCH. W. REMINGTON: Organist; b. Merid-n.
Conn.. November 7. 1896; h. 5 feet 11 inches: black
hair and brown eyes; w. 160 pounds: e. West high
school. Rochester, N. Y. : m. Sigma L., non-professional;
hy. baseball. Has appeared at the organ for the
Rialto. N. Y.. and McVickers and Tiffin in Chicago.
WEST. BOB: Organist; r. n. Robert Earl West; b.
Chicago. May 24 : h. 5 feet 10 inches; brown hair and
blue eyes; w. 165 pounds; e. De Paul University. Stage
experience started at the age of nine years in vaude-
ville. With Rennie Davis, concert stage, bands and
orchestras as pianist. Then formed dance bands under
the name of Linden and West, in Chicago, and made
Keith vaudeville tour. Featured organist at Mid-West.
Crawford and many other Asher Brothers theatres in
Chicago. Under contract with Publix: was featured
organist in the following houses: Denver theatre.
Denver. Colo., for three seasons; Metropolitan theatre.
Houston. Tex., and the Paramount theatre. Brooklyn.
N. Y. Now at Fox theatre, Brooklyn. N. Y.. with
guest organist turn to follow.
WHITE. DENNY: Dancer and singer; r. n. Dennis
J. White; b. Milwaukee. Wis.. January 25. 1904; h. 5
feet 9 inches; black hair and brown eyes; w. 153
pounds; p. Mary and James White, non-professionals;
not married; hy. horseback riding and all outdoor
sports. Stage experience of seven years, which started
in vaudeville in 1923. With Keith circuit in "City
Chap." with Hal Skelly in 1926. with Balaban and
Katz and Publix Units in 1927. with Radio-Keith-
Orpheum in 1928 and returned to Publix in 1929 and
also in "Vacation Days."
WHITE. EDDIE: Master of ceremonies: r. n. Michael
Weintraub; b. Philadelphia. Pa.. May 18. 1898; h. 5
feet 9 inches: black hair and brown eyes: w. 118
pounds; p. Pauline and Jack Weintraub, non-profes-
sionals; e. Southern high school, Philadelphia, Pa.; m.
-Mildred Kropnick. non-professional; hy. baseball
basketball and fights. Started vaudeville in 1918 and
with Keith circuit and Pantages in act called "I
Thank You." Then as master of ceremonies at Logan
theatre. Broadway, and Metropolitan, all in Philadel-
phia. Master of ceremonies at the Earle. Philadelphia.
Screen experience in one Vitaphone short. Now touring
RKO.
WHITE. LEW: b. Phialdlphia. Pa.. May 18 1899-
studied organ under Dr. Alexander H. Matthews; studied
violin at the age of 5 years under his father. Herman
White, prominent Philadelphia music teacher. At the
age of 10 he was sent abroad to study piano and theory
under the great German master. Heinrich Pfitzner.
Later entered and graduated from the Philadelphia
Music academy. Spent several summers at Bar Harbor
giving recitals and studying under the various cele-
brated pianists. Studied organ under Dr. Alexander
H. Matthews of the University of Pennsylvania. His
career as theatre organist started in 1918 culminating
in the post of premier organist for the Stanley Company
of America. Toured the country for eight seasons as
guest organist at the most prominent theatres. Through-
out this period. Le was associated with the Meyer
Davis Orchestras, engaging in concerts at the Bellevue-
Stratford. Philadelphia; Waldorf Astoria, New York
City: New Willard. Wash.ngton. D. C. , and at many
socially prominent homes Has had the pleasure of
playing at the homes of Pierre Dili ont. E. T. Stotes-
bury, Mrs. Richard Cadwallader. Mrs. Marshall Field
and numerous others. In the capacity as piano-accom-
panist, he has accompanied such distinguished artists
as Hans Kinder and Sacha JacoDson. Opened the
world's largest mot. on picture. The Roxy. as chief or-
ganist. Also a member of the famous Roxy Radio
Gang.
WILD. OSCAR: Organist; r. n. Lloyd Hill; b.
Swansea. Wales. October 15. 1898; h. 5 feet 10 inches:
brown hair pnd blue eyes: w. 185 pounds; p. Zella and
Charles D. Hill, mother concert singer: e. Dallas high
school, Carnegie Technical. Pa.; hy. golf and bridge.
Stage experience started playing piano in picture houses
in 1014 and gradually started playing organ. With a
dance orchestra fcr several years and then back to the
organ. He has been in most every part of the country
with Paramount. I^iblix and Loew, and has been with
Loew for the past five year*
WILLIAMS. DOROTHY: Dancer and singer; b.
Scranton. Pa.. August 22. 1909: h. 4 feet 11 inches;
brown hair and eyes; w. 101 pounds; p. Mattie and
Thomas Williams, non-professionals; e. Administration
Building; not marred; hy. fishing and golf. Stage ex-
perience with George White's Scandals. Publix presen-
tations and vaudeville. Screen experience with Wag-
ner Brothers Vitaphone production. Took Hannah Wil-
liams' place in "Sweet & Low." musical comedy, when
Hannah Williams was married to Roger Wolf Kahn.
WISNER. HELEN: Singer; r. n. Helen Mary Wies-
ner; b. Uheling. Neb.. July 12. 1908; h. 5 feet 3 inches;
brown hair and green eyes; w. 101 pounds; p. non-pro-
fessionals; e. West Point high school. Omaha university
and Northwestern university: not married; hy. animals
(pets). Stage experience of four years In Publ.x units
as singer. Title of act: "Wisner Sisters."
WISNER. SALLY: Singer; r. n. Clara Alice Wiesner;
b. Dodge. Neb.. September 30. 1909; h. 5 feet 3 inches;
blonde hair and green eyes; w. 103 pounds; p. non-
professionals; e. West Point high school and North-
western university: not marred: hy. animals (petsl.
Stage experience of four years in Publix units as singer.
Title of act: "Wisner Sisters."
WISNER. SISTERS (name of act): See Wi>ner
Helen; Wisner. Sally
WONDER. BETTY: Dancing and singing; r. n.
Elizabeth Marine Wunder: b. Havre. Mont.. August 25.
1912: h 5 feet 4 inches; blonde hair and blue eyes;
w. 112 pounds; p. Elizabeth and William Wunder.
non-professionals: e. Los Angeles. Cat. high school;
hy. painting, sewing and cross word puzzles. Stage ex-
perience started in vaudeville in Los Angeles in a
danc.ng and singing act with her brother as ' Betty
and Tommy Wonder." In presentation with Fanchon
and Marco for three years, with Publix for three years,
and with Balaban and Katz for three years. Also in
vaudeville with Keith. Gus Sun. Louis. Screen experi-
ence: played bits in Paramount Pictures. Universal.
Principal and Century.
WONDER. TOMMY: Dancing and singing: r. n.
Tommy Wunder; b. Havre. Mont.. March 7. 1914; h.
5 feet 2 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 103 pounds;
p. Elizabeth and William Wunder. non-professionals;
e. Holy Name Cathedral. Chicago: hy. seeing shows,
dancing and pets. Stage experience in vaudeville and
presentation for nine years, in a dancing and singing
act with his sister as "Betty and Tommy Wonder."
Screen experience with Century lectures as Baby
Pegg's leading man. also with Paramount. Fox and
others.
WRIGHT. KEN: r. n. Kenneth T. Wright: b.
Hutchinson. Kan.. May 26. 1907: h. 6 feet 24 inches:
blue eyes and medium brown hair: w. 160 pounds: p.
Hasseltine Turner Wright and L. R. Wright: e. Great
Bend. Kan., high school; hy. mechanical and elec-
trical work, organ tuning, writing and music. Began
organ work with Midland Circuit out of Hutchinson.
Kan.; solo organist, presenting original microphone
novelties, community singing, and new style "mike"
novelties recently inaugurated, and originated by him.
WRIGHT. KEN : Organist: r. n. Kenneth T. Wright:
b. Hutchinson. Kan.. May 26. 1907: h. 0 feet 3 inches;
medium brown hair and blue eyes; w. 160 pounds; p.
Hasseltine T. and L. R. Wright, non-professionals; e.
Great Bend high school. Great Bend. Kan., and pri-
vate Instruction In theatrical organ: hy. working on.
G. Howard Scott
El
Solo and Radio Organist
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tuning and adding new and original effects to organ,
composing music, mechanical and electrical work, and
recently perfected microphone arrangement for organ
presentation. Stage experience in the following pro-
ductions, having taken the lead in each of them:
"Sunshine," musical comedy; "Clarence" and 'The
Lottery Man," by Booth Tarkington. One of the first
to use a microphone at the organ console to bring one
closer to the audience, talking to them and singing
original novelties.
ZASTRO and WHITE (name of act): See Zastro,
Roy: White, Denny.
ZASTRO. ROY: Dancer; b. Milwaukee. W,s.. May 8.
1905: h. 5 feet 10% inches; blonde hair and blue eyes;
w. 140 pounds; p. Alvina and Henry Zastro. non-pro-
fessionals; e. North Division high school, Milwaukee;
not married. Stage experience with Keith vaudeville
flash dance act. in "City Chap." musical comedy year
192G and Publix stage presentations. Arabian Nights"
and "Vacation Days" units. Dancer, ballroom, high
kicks, buck and soft shoe acrobatics.
ZELAYA. DON: Performer; last 24 years in vaude-
ville for Publix, LoeWs and Keith.
ZIMMERMAN. HENRY: Organist; b. Chicago. 111..
March 2. 1907; h. 5 feet 8 inches; brown hair and
eyes ; w. 135 pounds ; e. Lindbloom high school ; not
married; parents non-professionals; hy. books, swim-
ming, tennis. Relief organist at McYickers at 17 years
old: thence to Stratford. Marshall Square, Piccadilly,
and ltKO Belmont theatre as soloist.
SONG WRITERS
AKST. HARRY: b. New York, New Tork; Aug-
ust 15. 1894; h. 5 feet 8 inches; brown hair and eyes;
w. 150 pounds; p. Esther and Maurice Akst. non-pro-
fessionals; e. Morris high school; m. Rose Witherspoon.
professional; hy. handball and golf. Stage experience
of eight years with Nora Bayes. musical comedy and
vaudeville. Song writing experience: "Home Again
Blues." "Baby-Face." "Dinah." and "My BouQUet of
Memories." In 1929 went under contract to Warner
Bros, and First National.
BAER, ABEL: b. Baltimore. Md.. March 6. 1894:
h. 5 feet 9% inches; black hair and gray eyes; w. 174
pounds; p. Hyman and Fannie Baer. father composer;
e. College of Physicians and Surgeons in Boston; m.
Lillian Scheffreen, and has one child. He studied to
be a surgeon, but his musical talent prevailed, and he
became a musician. Played piano in motion picture
houses, directed orchestras and hired entertainers in
cafes, accompanied vaudeville headliners. and even-
tually became composer. Wrote the music for the
following: "All That I Need Is You." "Where the
Dreamy Wabash Flows." "Blue Hoosier Blues."
"Mamma Loves Papa." "June Night," "When the One
Tou Love Loves You." "I'm Sitting in a Pretty Lit-
tle City." "I Miss My Swiss," "Hello. Aloha." "Lucky
Lindy." "When You're With Somebody Else." "High
Upon a Hilltop," "Mother's Eyes" and "If You Be-
lieved in Me." Also wrote the numbers for the fol-
lowing shows: "Chauvre Souris." "Old Bill." "Lucky
Star." "Romance of Rio Grande." "Happy Days."
and these talking pictures. "Lucky Boy." "Girl From
Havana." "South Sea Rose." "Love. Live and Laugh."
"Paramount on Parade" and "Frozen Justice."
BALLARD. PAT: b. Troy. Pa.. June 19. 1899; h.
5 feet 6 inches: brown hair and green eyes; w. 130
pounds: e. Troy. Pa.. University of Penn. Philadelphia.
Pa.; m. Cora Wolf, non-professional; p. Lucilla Ken-
yon and Frank Ballard; hy. collecting antique furniture
and royalty checks. Magazine writer on college life
and college humor. Author of "Rah Rah Daze" and
many others. Ten years' experience in the musical
field. Wrote the following songs: "Any Ice Today,
Lady." Shapiro Bernstein; "So Beats My Heart For
You." DeSylva. Brown & Henderson: "In the Mood."
DeSylva. Brown & Henderson; "What's the Use of
Lovin'." DeSylva. Brown & Henderson; "Baby. You're
Doing Me So Much Good," DeSylva. Brown & Hen-
derson. Songs for Sono-Art World Wide's "My Melody
Girl."
BARRY. BILLY: b. Boston. Mass.. June 4. 1904 :
h. 6 feet 1 inch; dark brown hair and blue eyes; w.
187 pounds: e. Milton. Mass.. University of South
California; p. Helen Marion and Peter G. Barry:
hy. golf, ice hockey, football, skiing, tennis. Is an
entertainer, author, composer; and has been an
entertainer all through his musical career. Wrote
the following songs: "Singing A Love Song That
Nobody Hears." Denton & Haskans: "Little Sweet-
heart of the Mountains." Universal Music Company;
"Cherie Baby." Harry Bloom. Incorporated.
BERG, HAROLD: b. Saginaw. Mich.. May 3. 1900:
h. 6 feet; dark brown hair and eyes: w. 160 pounds:
p. Millie and Meyer Berg; e. Central high school.
Detroit. Michigan; not married; hy. golfing, swim-
ming and dancing. Co-writer of "Freshie" theme song
Harold Lloyd production entitled "The Freshman." and
also co-writer of "If It Wasn't For You I Wouldn't
Be Crying Now." and "My Little Home." Vitaphone
Varieties: "The Jazz Rehearsal." "The French Boudoir"
and "Contrary Mary." Went under contract to War-
ner Bros.. First National in 1929.
BROWN. NACIO HERB: b Deming. N. M.. Feb-
ruary 22. 1896; h. 5 feet 9% inches; brown hair and
eyes: w. 170 pounds; e. Los Angeles: married; hy.
yachting, golf. Stage career: Orpheum Circuit and
music business. Entered the picture field In 1929;
composer of "Pagan Love Song." "Broadway Melody."
"You Were Meant For Me." "Wedding of the Painted
Doll." "Singin' In the Rain." "Doll Dance." "Should
I." "Blondy." "Chant of the Jungle." "Avalon Town."
"Moonlit Waters." "The Sneak." "The Rag Doll."
"When Buddha Smiles." "Coral Sea." "The Song
Writers Revue." Metro Movietone Acts.
BRYAN. ALFRED: b. Canada. September 15. 1878:
h. 5 feet 10% inches; brown hair and blue gray eyes;
w. 156 pounds: p. Mary MacDonald and John Bryan,
non-professionals: hy. athletics. Has written the fol-
lowing songs: "Joan of Arc." "I Didn't Raise Mv
Boy To B? a Soldier." "Peg O" My Heart." "I'm On
My Wav to Mandalay." "Come Josephine In My Fly-
ing Machine." "Daddy. You've Been a Mother to Me."
"Wee-wee Marie." "Brown Eyes Why Arp You Blue?"
"Red Lips Kiss My Blues Away." "My neart Is Bluer
Than Your Eyes." "My Song of the Nile." "Sahara
We'll Soon Be Dry Like You." "Blue River."
"Japansy." "Thru Mv Window of Dreams." 'You'll
Do the Same Tblng Over Again." "Are You Sincere."
"Cheer Up Mary." "Good Luck Mary." "When the
Bees Are In the Hive." "Sweet Tattle Buttercup."
"Hiawatha's Melody of Love." "Rainbow." "Yo Te
Amo." "Somebody Mighty Like You," "Who Paid
the Rent for Mrs. Rip Van Winkle." "High Cost of
Loving." "Smother Me With Kisses and Kill Me
with Love. " Also the songs in the following pictures:
"Footlights and Fools." "Paris." "Girl from Wool-
worths." "Broadway Babies." "Her Private Life."
"Hard to Get." "No. No. Nanette." "Show of Shows."
"Twin Beds." "Isle of Lost Ships" and "Isle of
Escape."
BURKE. JOE : h. Philadelphia. Pa.. March 16. 1890:
h. fl feet 7 Indies: dark brown hair and hazel eyes: w.
175 pounds; p. Margaret C. Burke and James Burke.
non- professionals; e. Philadelphia Catholic high and
University of Pennsylvania; m. Mary L. Durney. non-
professional; hy. golf and handball. Has written the
following popular songs: "Yearning." "Oh, How I Miss
You Tonight." "She Was Just a Sailor's Sweetheart"
and "Carolina Moon." Screen songs: "Tip Toe Thru'
the Tulips" and "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine"
for "Gold Diggers of Broadway." "If I'm Dreaming"
and "After Business Hours" for "Sally." "Like a
Breath of Springtime" for "Hearts In Exile." "Watch-
ing My Dreams Go By" for "She Couldn't Say No."
and "When the Little Red Roses Get the Blues For
You." "Girls We Remember" and "Sing a Little
Theme Song" for "Hold Everything."
BURTON. VAL: b. London. England. 1897; h. 5 feet
10% inches; dark brown hair and eyes; w. 168 pounds;
p. Lilyan Burton and Henry Burton: e. Oundle College,
Junior and Senior. England: m. Pearl Steuben, non-
professional: hy. gardening, philatelies and aeronautics.
Employed by Tiffany Productions, Inc.. as composer.
Experience in the music field as writer and composer
of Service Reviews during War. composer and writer for
C. B. Cochran in London with Herman Darewski. and
composer of music and lyrics for all of the Ceballos
Reviews. Warner theatre in Hollywood. Co-composer of
music and lyrics of Hollywood Music Box Review of
1929 and composer of score of "Resurrection." and
"College Days." now in production at Tiffany studios.
Has written the following songs: "Waiting for the
Springtime." Villa Moret. "Lady of the Mornin."
Sherman and Clay, and "Singing a Vagabond Song."
(Berlin I theme of Richman picture. "Putting on the
Ritz" for United Artists and Tiffany Producing Com-
panies.
CALDWELL. ANNE: b. Boston. Mass.: e. public
schools of New Bedford and Fairhaven and the
Friends Academy at Bedford: she has 25 successful
productions to her credit, among them being the
lyrics for "Stepping Stones," "Criss Cross." and "Jack
O'Lantem" for Fred and Dorothy Stone. She wrote
the librettos and lyrics for "Good Morning. Dearie."
"Night Boat" and others for Dillingham. She went
to Hollywood to write the book and lyrics for "Dixl-
ana" an HKO production, and is co-author of "Half
Shot at Sunrise."
CHASE. NEWELL: b. West Roxbury. Mass.. Feb-
ruary 3. 1904: h. 6 feet; black hair and brown eyes;
w. 195 pounds; p. Bertha N. and Frank Chase, min-
ister and author: e. Roxbury I*atin School. Huntington
School. Boston. Boston University. New England Con-
servatory of Music: not married; hy. hunting. Studied
piano and pipe organ since the age of eight, has been
church organist and choir director. Played piano and
led dance orchestra in Boston, then became assistant
to S. L. Rothapfel (Roxy) at the Capitol theatre. N.w
York. Was with Irving Berlin. Inc.. as coach and
pianist, same with DeSylva. Brown and Henderson,
and featured artist with National Broadcasting Com-
pany. Composed "Syncothots." group of numbers
published hy Sherman A Clay. "As Ixmg as You Be-
lieve in Me." "Oh. Baby. "Taint No One But You."
"If I Were King." ' Never Say Die." "Music In the
Moonlight" and "Just a Kiss in the Moonlight."
CLARE. SIDNEY: b. New York City. August IS,
1892: h. 5 feet 7% Inches: black hair and brown
eyes: w. 175 pounds: p. Yetta and Jacob Clare; e.
High School of Commerce: hy. golf, baseball, football
and fights. Has been in vaudeville for fifteen years.
Screen experience with RKO as song composer.
CLARK. JIMMY: b. Brooklyn. N. Y. November 13.
1886: h. 6 feet: brown hair arid eyes; w. 170 pounds:
p. I. Belle and S. James Clark; e. Englewood high
school. Chicago. 111. : m. Harriet Mayer, professional.
At present is employed by M. Witmark and Sons as
special service manager. Has had 15 years' experience
in thp music field with the following companies:
Irving Berlin. Inc.. Shapiro Bernstein. Inc.. and M.
Wltmark and Sons. Wrote the following songs: "I've
Got the All Dressed Up and No Place to Go Blues."
for Berlin: "Sittin* on the Curbstone Rlues." for
Clarence Williams, and "One Wonderful Night." and
"The Arkansas Mule." for Bobbins Music Corporation.
CLARKE. GRANT: b. Akron. Ohio. May 4. 1891; h.
6 feet: brown hair and blue eyes: w. 157 pounds: p.
Marv and William Clarke, non-professionals: e. Akron
high school. Akron: m. Fay King, professional. Stage
experience four years in Belasco Stock. Song writing
exp rience: "Avalon Town." "Wearv River " "There's
a Little Bit of Bad In Every Good Little Girl." " Sec-
ond Hand Rose." "Get Out and Get Under." "Tired of
Me" and "Everything Is Peaches Down in Georgia."
Since coming to Hollywood he has written: "Am I
Blue." from "On With the Show." all the numbers in
Ted Lewis' picture. "Is Everybody Happy." Including
"Wouldn't It Be Wonderful." "I'm the Medicine Man
for the Blues." "Sacred Flame." "Mv Strongest Weak-
ness Is You." from "So Long Letty." "Come Back to
Me." from "Song of the West."
CLEARY. MICHAEL H.: b. Wevmouth Mass . April
27. 1902: h. 5 feet 10 inches: dark brown hair and blue
eyes; w. 190 pounds; p. Man- and Dennis H. Cleary.
non-professionals: e. Braintree high school. Braintree.
Mass.. and U.S. M A. West Point. New York: not mar-
ried: hy. tennis, bridge and swimming. Song writing
experience: First experience in writing scores for annual
musical shows given at West Point. First professional
experience was writing "Is There Anything Wrong in
That" for Helen Kane. Then followed rapldlv three
numbers in Earl Carroll's Vanities. 7th edition, several
popular songs and finally scores for Warner Brothers
Vitaphone productions. These Include "Little Johnnv
Arlo Hults
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Jones." -Forward Pass." "Lilies of the Field. Tiger
Hose." "No. No, Nanette." "Show of Shows. and
Helen Kane's song in "Paramount Parade. Went
under contract to Warner-First National in 19Z8.
COHAN PHILIP: b. Meriden, Conn., April 17.
1905- h 5 feet 11 inches; black hair and brown eyes;
w 150 pounds; p. Margaret and Herman Cohan; e.
Meriden high school, and University of Pennsylvania;
not married; by. popular musical compositions and
golf Employed bv Paramount Famous Lasky Corpora-
tion as assistant "manager of music productions at the
eastern studio. Experience in the music field doing
professional dance hand work. Wrote Crashing the
Golden Gate." for Earl Carroll's "Sketch Book, which
was published by Robbins.
COHN CHESTER: b. San Francisco. Cal.. April 14.
1895- h 5 feet 7 inches; brown hair and blue eyes:
w 160 pounds: p. Minnie and David Cohn: e. Lowell
high school of San Francisco. Cal.. and University of
California; m. Grace De Mar. professional; hy. golt.
Emploved bv I-eu Feist. Incorporated, as assistant man-
ager at the Chicago office. Has had 15 years of
eiperience in the music field. Wrote the following songs
for Feist: "Why Should I Cry Over You." "Sunday."
"You Don't Like It. Not Much." "Too Busy. Sweet-
ness " "Mv Suppressed Desire." "The Talk of the
Town." "Don't Mind the Bain." "Crying for \ou.'
"1 Want You All for Me." "What'll You Do." "You'l!
Itecognize Mv Baby." "I'm So Ashamed," 'Gotta
Have Mv Daddy Blues." "Oh. What a Gal." and for
Foster "Kentucky Lullaby" and "Out of My Dreams."
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non-profes-
Coffee.
Sandwich and You," "My Dream of the Big Parade.;'
"Just a Girl That Men Forget," "My Kid and
Ixmesomest Girl in Town.
COSLOW, SAM: b. New York City. December 27.
1902; h 5 feet 9 inches: black hair and brown eyes;
w 155 pounds; p. Betty and Harry Coslow, artist; e.
Erasmus Hall, Brooklyn; m. Dorothy Addison, profes-
sional has one child. A natural inclination for music
started him playing by ear. Wrote songs for vaude-
ville sketch for himself, became Victor recording art-
ist, and went into partnership in music publishing,
establishing the firm of Spier and Coslow, New York.
Wrote the following compositions: "True Blue Lou.
"Was It a Dream." ' Grieving for You. Hello.
Swanee Hello." "One Summer Night," ' Animal
Crackers." "She's Still My Baby." "You Want Loym'.
I Want Love." "Wanta. Wanna Eat," Sweet Onion
Time." "Positively. Absolutely," "Do I Know What
I'm Doin'," ' Sweeping the Clouds Away, "If I Were
King" Shows: "Artists and Models." 1 assing
Show" and "Topsy and Eva." Pictures: The Dance
of Life." "Why Br.ng That Up." "Illusion. Para-
mount on Parade," "Honey" and 'Thunderbolt.
DOLAN BOBBY: of O'Keefe & Dolan; b. Hart-
ford Conn.; p. Lawrence Dolan; e. Loyola College.
Employed by l'athe studios. Culver City. Cal.. as com-
poser. Began as pianist with George Olsen and baud.
Left the New York hit "Follow Thru" to go to Holly-
wood with his partner. Walter O'Keefe. Among the
songs he has written are "Little by Litt e. My Idea
of Heaven." "At Last I'm in Love." One Never
Knows." ' Bed Hot Rhythm." "Sex Appeal and Out
of the Past." All published exclusively by DeSylva.
Brown and Hunderson.
DUBIN AL.: b Zurich. Switzerland. June 10. 1S9U
h 5 feet' 10 inches; blad; hair and gray eyes
pounds; p. Minna and Simon M. Dubin. no
sionals; e. Perkiomen Seminary, Pennsburg. V*,, — .
Helen McCloy. professional; hy. collecting first editions,
reading poetfy and outdoor sports. s.onS /"i'10.8. J„V
perience Includes Perkiomen Seminary s Alma Mater.
Arnex Revue (Soldier Show in France) and the follow-
ing popular songs: "Memories of France Hinky Din
Parlez Yous." "All the World WiU Be Jealous^of_Me.
■Only An Irishman's Dream." "A Cup
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Screen songs include "Tip-
Toe Thru the Tulips with Me" and "Painting the
C&dT Witl, ""sunshine." from,, the "Gold Digged of
Broadway." "If I'm Dreaming/' 'Sally After Busi-
ness Hours That Certain Business Begins, from
"stllv" and "When the Little Red Roses Get the
Blues" for You" and "Girls We Remember' from Hold
Everything."
EDWARDS. GUS: See Edwards. Gus. director.
FREED ARTHUR: b. Charleston. S. C. September
9 1896- "h 5 feet 8 inches: dark brown hair and
iiue eve's; vv. 170 pounds; e. Phillips Exeter Academy:
hy. go'lf: married. Writer of songs, producer of stage
productions. Entered picture business in 1929; com-
poser of "You Were Meant For Me " ' Broadway
Melody?" "The Wedding of the Painted Doll. " ;;The
Pagan Love Song." "Singin' in the Ram, The
Song Writers Revue." Metro Movietone Acts.
GILBERT L. WOLFE : b. Odessa. Russia. August
-!1 1SSG- h 5 feet GV4 inches; brown hair and eyes;
w ' 173 pounds; p. Mary and Alfred Wolfe, non-profes-
sionals; e. public schools at Philadelphia, la.; m.
Kathrvn W.. and lias four children. Musical career
began' when he composed school songs, and later ed
bv writing parodies and comedy songs for Nat Wills.
Joe Welch. Roters Bros, and other vaudeviUe perform-
ers of the time. First song. "The Man With the
Pick and Shovel." which was published by a, negro
company headed by Bert Williams. Next wrote Wait-
ing for' the Robert E. Lee." "Hitchy Koo and others
which led to contract with F. A. Jills, publisher of
George M. Cohan's songs. Appeared in vaudeville all
over the country. Collaborated on words and music of
"Mammv Jinny's Jubilee." "My Little Bream Girl.
"Down Yonder." "Lily of the Valley." . Sweet Ade-
line " "Oh. Katerina." "I Miss My Swiss -Don t
Wake Me Up. Let Me Dream." "Lucky . Lindy Ra-
mona." "Jeannine. I Dream of Lilac Time If You
Relieved in Me." and many others. Wrote for the fol-
lowing pictures: "Lilac Time." "Ramona South
Sea Rose." "Lucky Boy." "Love. Live and Laugh.
"Romance of the Rio Grande." "Girl from Havana.
"Nix on Dames." "Happy Days." "Three Sisters.
"Frozen Justice."
GLOGAU. JACK: b. New York City. N. Y.. Decem-
ber 31. 1886: b. 6 feet; dark hair and eyes; W. 207
pounds- p Rae and Joseph Glogau: e. DeWitt Clinton
high school. New York City; m. May Levy, non-profes-
sional. Employed by Shapiro Bernstein and company.
Incorporated as general manager. Has had twenty-
four years' experience in the music field, in every de-
partment including pianist, mechanical, printing, and
hannonv arrangement, etc. Wrote the following songs:
"Shores of Italv." and "Wake Up America." for Feist;
"Moonlight Lane." and "Fashionette." for Shapiro
Bernstein and manv others. Also wrote the songs for
VIOLET LOVE
"THE PERSONALITY SINGER"'
Featured in many of
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Boris Morros Milton Fcld. and Boh Wcitman.
FRANK JUDNICK
the picture "Talk of Hollywood." which was produced
by Excellent Picture company.
GORNEY, JAY: b. December 12, 1896; h. 6 feet 6
inches; black hair and dark brown eyes; w. 154
pounds; p. Frieda and Jacob Gorney; e. Cass high
school, Detroit. Michigan, and University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Michigan ; m. Edelaine Roden, non-pro-
fessional; hy. anagrams, theatre, and golf. Employed
by Paramount Lasky Corporation. Long Island Studio,
as composer and musical director. Has had 15 years
of experience in the mus.c field. Composed the music
for the following musical comedies: "Top Hole." "Earl
Carroll's Vanities." "Greenwich Village Follies."
"Merry-Go-Round." "Sweetheart Time," "Artists and
Models," and Earl Carroll's "Sketch Book." Wrote
the song entitled, "What Wouldn't I Do For That
Man" for the play "Applause," and the songs for
"Glorifying the American Girl." and "When I Am
Housekeeping For You." and "What Makes My Baby
Blue." for the play, "Battle of Paris," and "It Can't
Go On Like This," for "The River Inn."
GOTTLER. ARCHIE: b. New York City. May 14,
1896: e. City College of New York City. Some of the
songs are "Breakaway," "That's You. Baby," "Walk-
ing With Susie," "Big City Blues."
GREEN, JOHN W.: b. New York City, October 10.
1908; h. 5 feet 11% inches; brown eyes and brown
hair; w. 165 pounds; e. Horace Mann school. N. Y'.,
and Harvard University. Musical training at Harvard,
in school and with Herman Wasserman ; m. Carol
Folk, non-professional; p. Irma E. Jellink and Vivian
Green; hy. motion picture photography. Was an ar-
ranger for Roger W. Kahn. Guy Lombardo. Jacques
Rinard. Hal Kemp. Composer arranger and musical
advisor for Paramount; composer of "Coquette," "Body
and Soul," and "I'm Yours"; soloist with Leo
Reisman, New York. Paramount theatre; organizer of
the wellknown Harvard Gold Coast Orchestra; mem-
ber and arranger for the Harvard University Band;
accompanist to Gertrude Lawrence, Bobie Arnst and
Ethel Mermin.
HARBACH, OTTO: b. Salt Lake City. Utah. August
18, 1S73; p. Sara and Adolph Hauerbach. non-profes-
sionals; e. Knox College, B. A. degree in 1S95. M. A.
in 1898, post graduate work at Columbia University.
1901 ; m. non-professional. Among his notable suc-
cesses are the following plays and lyrics: "Up in
Mabel's Room" (1919). "Mollv Darling" (1922). "Wild
Flower." "Jack and Jill." "Kid Boots" (1923). "No.
No, Nanette," "Rose Marie." "Little Mouse," "Betty
Lee" (1924). "Tell Me More." "Sunnv." "The City
Chap." "Song of the Flame" (1925). "Kitty's Kisses."
"Wild Rose." "Criss Cross." "The Desert Song"
(1926), "Lucky" and "Golden Dawn" (1927). Col-
laborated on original musical comedies and operettas
for First National and Warner Brothers' Vitaphone
productions during 1930.
HARBURG. EDGAR Y. : b. New York City. New
Y'ork, April 8. 1897; h. 5 feet 7 inches; dark brown
hair and brown eyes; w. 160 pounds; p. Mary and
Lewis Harburg; e. Townsend Harris Hall and College
of the City of New York; m. Alice Richmond, pro-
fessional; hy, light verses, tennis, swimming and chil-
dren. Employed by Paramount Pictures as lyric writer.
Wrote the lvrics for Earl Carroll's "Sketch Book."
and "What Wouldn't I Do For That Man." for the
play, "Applause." for Paramount.
HESS. CLIFF: b. Cincinnati. Ohio. June 19, 1891;
h. 5 feet 9 inches: brown hair and blue gray eyes; w.
160 pounds; p. Elizabeth and FYank Hess; e. Wood-
ward High of Cincinnati, and Mihlenberg of Columbus.
Ohio; m. Dorothy Holmes, professional: hy. golf and
Mississippi River Steamboats. Employed by Remick
Music Corporation as writer. Experience in the music
field as follows: from 1913 to 1918 secretary to Irv-
ing Berlin. 1918 to 1922 for Leo Feist. Inc.. from 1922
to 1927 recording manager Vocalion Records, and after
1927 Remick Music Corporation. Wrote the follow-
ing songs: "Huckleberry Finn," and "Freckles."
HOWARD. FRED: b. San Diego. Cal.. September
30. 1890; h. 5 feet 10 inches; brown hair and eyes; w.
135 pounds; p. Lucy and William Howard: e. San
Diego high school, and the University of California;
hy. fishing and golf. Has been in the music field since
1920 as a singer musical comedy producer and song
writer. He has written the following songs: "Havana."
(Jack Mills. Inc.) "Tennessee Lullabye" (Jack Mills.
Inc.) "Under the Jungle Moon." (Head Westmore Co.)
"You're a Naughty Baby." (Helf and Hagcr Co.)
"Somehow. Sometime. Someday." (Remick Co.) "Grin.
Darn You, Grin." (Associated Music Corp.) Joined
Fowler Studios as a song writer.
H U BB ELL. RAYMOND: b. Urbana, Ohio. June 1.
1879: h. 5 feet 10',4 inches: brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 165 pounds; p. Kate Stone and Horace H. Hub-
bell, non-professional; e. public schools; m. Estelle M.
Persch. non-professional; hy. symphonic music. Wrote
the following: "Fantana," "Knight for a Day." the
score for six Hippodrome plays, the song "Poor But-
terfly." "Midnight Sons." "Mexicano," "The Kiss
Burglar." "The Runaways." "The Jolly Bachelors." the
score for "Better Times." "Yours Truly." in 1927,
and music scores for Ziegfeld Follies for seven seasons
between 1911 and 1925.
JASON. WILLIAM ROBERT: b. New York City:
h. 5 feet 8 inches; dark brown hair and blue eyes; w.
200 pounds: e. Stuyvesant and Princeton: hy. collect-
ing manuscripts and etchings. Employed by Paramount
and First National doing scoring. Eleven years experi-
ence as musician, composer and director. Wrote the
musical scores of "Resurrection," "College Days" and
"Trooper 3," published by Campbell, Connelly.
JEROME, M. K.: r. n. Maurice Jerry Kraus; b. New
York City. July IS. 1894: h. 5 feet 8 inches: dark
brown hair and blown eyes; w. 160 pounds; p. Sara
Kraus and George Kraus. non-profess.onals; e. De-
Witt high school. New York City: m. Raye Meyers,
non-professional ; hy. golf and music, ne has written
the following songs: "Just a Baby's leaver at Twi-
light." "I'm a Jazz Baby." "Old Pal Why Don't You
Answer Me." "Bright Eyes." and "Dream Kisses."
Also the following picture songs: "Toujour." and
"That's How Much I Need You." for "A Most Im-
moral Lady." "Help Yourself to My Love." "Only the
Girl." "Everybody's Darling." for the "Painted Ansel "
"Wero You Just Pretending." "Japanese Ballet and
Finale." for "No. No. Nanette." "Stralcht Place and
Show" for "Little Johnnie Jones." "Oh— What I
Know About Love" for "Girl from Woolworths." and
"Little Cavalier," from "Evidence " Also George Car-
panttar Bomber entitled. "If I Could I.earn to Love
As Well As I Fight." for the "Show of Shows."
Vitaphone Varieties: "And How." "Peter Minuet" and
1931
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"Contrary Mary." Went under contract to Warner
Bros. First JSational in 1928.
JESSEL, GEORGE: See male players' biographies.
KEDDEN, JOE: b. Atsoria, L. L, August 10. 1S98;
h. 5 feet inches; dark brown hair and brown
eyes; w. 161 y% pounds; p. Sophia and John Kedeu;
not married; hy. hunting, and writing stories. Em-
ployed by Helen Kane a» miter and pianist tor Para-
mount Pictures, Victor Itecords. It. K. O. vaudeville,
musical comedy, and -National Broadcasting company,
also staff writer ior Shapiro Bernste.n company, Mus.c
Publishing Company. He has written songs lor Helen
Kane, Alice Bouldon. star of "Head's Up," Fiances
Williams, star of "Scandals." and Violet Carlson, star
of "Sweet Adeline." Has also written the following
songs: "You're My One Exception," "Pass the
Sugar," and "I'd Go Barefoot All Winter Long. If You
Fait tor Me in the Spring," for Shapiro Bernstein
Company, ' Mousie in the Piano," "Exquisite," and
many others.
KALMAR. BERT: b. East Side of New York. His
first ambitions were toward magic, and after much
practice he was able to obtain bookings in vaudeville
as a magician. He also did other turns in vaudevi.le
and while writing lyrics for the team of Kalniar and
Brown he became interested in song writing. He or-
gan,zed a song publishing house aud he and his part-
ner. Harry ltuby. worked in New York from 1918,
when they launched their famous song, "So Long.
Oolong." Their last production on Broadway was "Top
Speed." Signed by ItKO, Kalniar aud Ruby wrote
' I'he Cuckoos" and then the screen story and songs
for the Amos 'n' Andy's talker. Check and Double
Check."
KELSEY, CARLTON: b. Twickenham, Surrey. Eng-
land. May 7, 18*5; h. ti feet 2 inches: brown hair
and blue eye9; w. 176 pounds; p. Elizabeth Lewis and
Horace Wilson Kelsey; e. Horace Mann School in
Boston and New England Conservatory of Music in
Boston, also University of Illinois in Champaign, II-
l.nois: hy. golf, polo, and point to point riding.
Employed by Tiffany Productions, Inc.. as general
musical director. Conductor of tlie following: "Follow
Thru." "Hollywood Music Box Bevue," (1929) "Good
News," "Lucky." ' Happy." "Padlocks." "Greenwich
Village Follies," "Sky High." "The Student Prince. '
"Vogues and Frolics," "Her Boy Friend." "Blossom
Time," "Good Morning Dearie." "The Blue K.tten,"
"Irene," "Boly. Boly Eyes." "Fiddlers. Three." "Flo-
Flo- Flora Bella," and a year as featured conductor at
the Capitol. Springfield. Mass. (Paramount). Com-
posed or co-composed the following musical shows:
"Hollywood Music Box Bevue." (Harris) "Sky-High"
(llarr.s) "Artists and Models" (20 Harris) 'Passing
Show" (25 Harris) "Josephine," "Playmates." "Go
West Young Man" and "Genevieve." all at the Harris.
Also several individual numbers published by Irving
Berlin, Inc. Wrote the songs for the following pic-
tures: "Framing of the Shrew." and "Oft in the
Silly Night." lor Paramount and "The Minstrel Man."
for Universal, all music published by Berlin.
KERN. JEROME: b. New York City. January 27,
1885; p. Fannie and Henry Kern, nonprofessionals ;
e. Newark. N. J., high school, and New Y'ork Col-
lege of Music; m. Eva Leale, non-professional. Has
composed scores for "Very' Good, Eddie" (1915).
"Theodore and Company" (191G). "Have a Heart."
"Love O' Mike." "Oh. Boy." "Leave It to Jane"
(1917). "Oh. Lady. Lady." "Bock-a-Bye Baby" (1918).
"Head Over Heels." "She's a Good Fellow" (1919).
"Night Boat." "Sally." "Good Morning. Dearie"
(1920). "Cabaret Girl" (1922), "Stepping Stones"
(1923), "Dear Sir" (1924). and "Sunny" (1S25).
KLAGES. RAYMOND VV.: b. Baltimore. Md.. June
10. 1890; h. 5 feet 11 inches; brown hair and brown
eyes; w. 190 pounds; p. Laura Virginia and Henry E.
Klages; e. Baltimore high school. City College. Balti-
more, Md. ; m. May E. Tierney. non-professional: hy.
golf. Wrote lyrics for the following mus.cal comedy
productions: "Sally. Irene and Mary." "Passing
Show" (1929). Earl Carroll "Vanities" 1920-27; "Say
When." Harry Carroll's "Music Box Revue," Holly-
wood, Cal. Wrote the following songs: "Who'll Take
My Place." Broadway Music Corporation: "Once In a
Lifetime." Robbins Music Corporation: "Blue Shadow."
Robbins Music Corporation; "Hugs and Kisses." Rob-
bins Music Corporation: "Doin' the Raccoon." Remick
Mti sir Corporation; "Cheer Up. Good Times Are Com-
ing." Bobbins Music Corporation. Wrote songs for the
following pictures: "Marianne." MGM; "So This Is
College." MGM: "Hollywood Revue." MGM: "Shan-
nons of Broadway." Universal; "Cheer Up and Smile."
Fox.
LEWIS. SAM: M.: b. New York City. October 25.
188G; h. 5 feet 7 inches: w. 134 pounds; p. Lutha and
Max Lewis; e. Ninety-Six Street high school: married,
non-professional: hy. reading books and meeting peo-
ple. Employed by Remick -Music Corporation as lyric
writer. Wrote the following songs: " Mother's Rosary."
"My Little Girl." "When You're a Long Long Way
from Home." "Sitting on Top of the World." "Little
Spanish Town." "Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old Tucky
Home." "Laugh, Clown. Laugh." and "K.ng for a
Day."
LINK. HARRY: b. Philadelphia. Pa.. Jan. 25. 1890:
h. 5 feet lOVfc Inches: black hair and green eyes; w.
157 pounds; n. Mrs. E. E. and .1. H. Link: e. Whar-
ton School of University of Penn; m. Dorothy Dick,
non-professional: hy. golf, baseball and children. Em-
ployed as partner of Santly Brothers. Inc.. as manager
of radio, exploitation and merhanical department. Ex-
perience in the music Held began as general manager for
Watrrson, Berlin and Snyder, having been with them
for three years, then with Waterson four years as man-
ager of the Philadelphia office, then in New Y'ork as
song writer for one year, and then made general man-
ager of Santly Brothers. Inc. Wrote the following
songs: "Hello. Suwance." "I'm Just Wild About Ani-
mal Crackers." "I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling.'
"I've Got a New I>ove Affair" and "Gone."
MAGI DSON. HERB: b. Braddork. Ta., January 7.
1900; h. 5 feet 5 inches: brown hair and eyes; w. 125
pounds: p. Ida and Harry Magidson. non-professionals;
e. Braddock high school and University of Pittsburgh;
m. professional; hy. magic. Song writing experience:
for the music Arms of Ager. Yellen and Bernstein:
Shapiro Bernstein. He has written the following songs:
"I Gotta Have You " "H'llo Baby." "One Minute of
Heaven." "Huddlin- " for the picture. "The Forward
Pass": "The Day You Fall in Love" for "Tiger Rose":
' I'd Like To be a Gypsy." for "Lilies of the Field":
"My Paradise." "Go Find Somebody to Love." "She
Was Kicked on the Head by a Butterfly," for "Littlo
Johnnie Jones"; "The Dance of the Wooden Shoes '
and "Dancing on Mars" for "No. No. Nanette""
"Singin' in the Bathtub" for "Show of Shows" and "I
Better Not Try It. 'Cause I Might Like It" for "Para-
mount on Parade." Went under contract to Warner
First National in 1929.
,„M-ESK,LL' JACK: b. New York City. March 21.
189o; h. 6 feet; brown eyes and black hair; w. 155
pounds; p. Katherine and John MeskiU; e. Morris high
school. College of the City of New York; m. Bertie
Weiss, non-professional; hy. traveling, fishing. Has
been under contract with many music and picture
companies as author and lyric writer, ten years' ex-
perience in music field. Wrote the following songs:
There s Danger in Your Eyes. Cherie." "Were You
Sincere. "Tonight or Never." "One Little Raindrop."
• Daru Ya' Smile." "Blue Hoosier Blues."
,,,'.. "No Women," "Dream Avenue." "Loose
Ankles, "Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams." "Are Y'ou
Bluer' "O Gee Georgie." "For Your Caresses." "I
Do. Do You," "Burning Sands." "I'll See You Thru "
Here Comes Emily Brown." "So I Took the Fifty
Thousand Dollars." "Sleepy Hollow Home." and others
VI rote songs for Fox Films, First National. United
Artists.
MITCHELL. SIDNEY: b. Baltimore. Md., June 16;
e. Baltimore Polytechnic College and Cornell Univer-
s."£ ,. Song3: "Breakaway." "That's You Baby"
Walking With Susie." "Big City Blues." "Look
What lou ve Done to Me." "Doing the Boom Boom."
and 'So Dear to Me." Went under contract to
Warner Bros.
MORET. NEIL: r. n. Charles N. Daniels: b. Leaven-
worth. Kan.. 1878; h. 5 feet G inches: dark hair and
blue eyes; vv. 135 pounds; p. Agnes Tholen and Alfred
L. Daniels, non-professionals; e. Kansas City Mo ;
m. Pearl Hamlin. non-profess,onal; hy. art He is a
composer of music.
O'KEEFE. WALTER: Of O'Keefe & Dolan: b. Hart-
ford. Conn.; p. Michael O'Keefe; e. England (prep
school) and Notre Dame. Employed by Pathe Studios
Culver City. Cal.. as author and librettist. Began as
master of ceremonies on Broadway. New York C.ty with
Texas Guinan's night club in New York. Left Barney
Gallant's night club to come to Hollywood with his
partner Bobby Dolan. Among the songs he has writ-
ten are song for Pathe: "Little by Little." "At List
I'm in Love." "My Idea of Heaven." "Red lint
" Rhythm. One Never Knows." "Out of the Past."
"Sex Appeal." and many others. DeSylva. Brown and
Hendeison being exclusive publishers of these numbers.
PERKINS. RAY: b. Boston. August 23. 1896: h. 5
feet 7*4 inches; light hair and hazel eyes; w. 155
pounds: p. Margaret Judge and James La mount Per-
kins, non-professionals; e. Polytechnic Preparatory
School. Brooklyn, N. T., Columbia University. 1917; m.
Dorothy Marie Porter, non-professional; hy. riding,
tennis and garden. Composer of Greenwich Village
Follies. 1928. incidental music to "The Spider." 1927.
and numerous popular songs. Writer of songs in the
following screen productions: "Show of Shows." "Un-
der a Texas Moon," "Smiling Irish Eyes." "Fast
Life." "The Man and the Moment." "The Great
Divide" and others. Joined Warner Bros. In 1929 as
manager of song department at Warner Bros, and
First National studios.
PERRY. SAM A.: b. Odessa. Russia. March 28.
1884: h. 5 feet 10 inches: brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 190 pounds: p. Catherine and Abraham Perry: e.
Odessa IRussia) high school and college: m. Lillian
Louise Oliver, non- professional : hy. swimming, golfing,
tennis and pool. Employed by the Universal Pictures
Corporation as chief staff composer and assistant
musical director. His experience In the music Held is
as follows: Traveled through Europe as concert pian-
ist, musical director of vaudeville shows, also mu-
sical shows, director of the light operas of Vienna.
Austria. He wrote the following songs: "Dreamy
Lotus Land." "Cheerio." ""Sweet Hawaiian Girl of
Mine." "She Didn't Say Yes. She Didn't Say No."
"Red not," "Rainbow of Love." "Love's First Kiss."
"Always In My Heart." "Sweet Hawaiian Baby."
"Creepy Blues." "Oh. I"romlse Me That You Will Never
Cry." "My Hawaiian." "Two Blue Eyes." Also wrote
the aongs for the following pictures: "Juggling the
Piano." "Chinese Patrol." "And Then Y'ou Came."
"Patsy." and "Police on Parade." and various in-
struction hooks for Bobbins Music Corporation, over
two dozen original scores and over 300 original com-
IKisitions for Universal lectures Corporation, and over-
tures to "Undertow." " Night Ride." "Shanghai Lady."
"Rambling Kid." and complete score with songs for
"Song of the Caballero."
PINCUS. HERMAN: b. New York City. December
23. 1905: h. 5 feet 8% inches: light hair and brown
eyes; w. 180 pounds: p. Rebecca and Charles P.ncus:
e. Chelsea. Massachusetts, high school and Yonkers
high school of New Y'ork. also New Y'ork University:
hy. baseball and football. Experience in the music
field as special material writer, radio dialogues and
columnist on music. Wrote the following songs:
"I'm Nuts About Nuts." "Shadows In the Moon-
light." "My Big Moment." "A Memory at Dawn,"
' Singing a Love Song That Nobody Hears.'" " Cherie
Babee." '"Little Sweetheart of the Mountains." "Whcie
the Silvr'v Swanee River Flows." A World of BPss."
ROBIN. LEO: b. Pittsburgh. Pa.. April G. 1899: h.
5 feet 7 Inches: brown hair and blue eyes: w. 150
pounds: p. Fannie and Max Robin, non-rrofessionals ;
e. grade schools of Pittsburgh. East high school of
Cleveland. University of Pittsburgh: not married: hy.
writing verses. Was given an opportunity when Buddy
DeSvlva recommended him for a job with the Green-
wich Village Follies, which he was too busy to handle
himself. Has written lyrics fo-- about 2"0 numbers,
most of them musical comedy. Most popular numbers
are: "Hallelujah " "Paree." " Louise." "Jericho."
"True Blue Lou." "Lulu Belle." "My Cutey's Due at
Two to Two." Has also written lyrics for numbers in
" Hit the Deck." (stage) "Hello. Yourself " "Green-
wich Village Follies." "Judy." ".fust Fancy. " "Allez-
oop." "Mister Cinders." "Bubbling Over." and Para-
mount Pictures, including "Close Harmony." "Para-
mount on Parade" and "Innocents of Paris "
ROSE. VINCENT: b. Palermo. Italy. June in. 1880;
h. 5 feet 0 inches: brown eyes and black hair: w.
148 pounds: p. Antoinette and Salvatore Rose; e. pub-
lic and high school, music college: m. Amelia Sora-
via non-professional: hy. fishing, hunting and golf.
Had own orchestra for 12 years: now freelance com-
poser and pianist; composer of popular songs, has had
20 years experience In the musio field. Wrote the
following songs: "Avalon." "'Oriental Love Tales,"
"Linger Awhile."' "When I Think of You." "Worried."
DANNY
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"Mavtime." "When We Are Together." "Mummy
Mine. I'll Keep on Loving You." "Were You Sin-
cere." "Lovely Little Silhouette," "Havana." "When
You Fall in Love. Fall in Love with Me." "With the
Help of the Moon." "Are Y'ou Blue." "For Y'our
Caresses." "I Do. Do Y'ou." "I'll See You Thru."
"Sleepy Hollow Home." "Beneath Venetian Skies."
and others; wrote songs for "Sketch Book" and other
Darl Carroll shows; was under contract to Radio pic-
tures; also has been under contract with Harms, Al
Jolson and Buddy DeSylva.
RUBY. HARRY: r. n. Harry Rubinstein: b. New
York City, January 27. 1895: h. 5 feet 11 inches;
brown hair and eyes; w. 146 pounds: p. Tobia and
Barnett Rubinstein, non-professionals: hy. baseball. Al-
ways admired Bert Kalmar in vaudeville and his first
job was under Kalmar in a music publishing house.
Five years later Kalmar and Ruby wrote a song to-
gether. It was So Long Oolong." This was followed
bv "Who's Sorry Now," "Sunny Tennessee" and others
too numerous to list. Eight years ago they worked to-
gether on their first musical show in New Y'ork. Went
to Hollywood to write musical shows and song numbers
for the talkies. Their first important work was "The
Cuckoos" for RKO. Also wrote the screen story and
songs for "Check and Double Check." Amos V Andy
film.
SANTLY. HENRY W.: b. New York, October 23.
1S90" h 5 feet 9 inches; brown hair and eyes: w. 145
pounds; p Esther and Harry Santly; ,e. DeWitt Clin-
ton high school of New Y'ork; not married: hy. golf
and radio singers. Vice presdent of Santly Bros. Inc.
PAT LANE
Versatile
Master of Ceremonies
WARNER BROTHERS
CIRCUIT
Many Thanks — Harry Kalmein, Clem
Murphy and Joe Lefkowitz
Has about sixteen years of experience in the music
field. Wrote the following songs for Feist: "Will You
Remember Me." "What Good Is Good-Morning." "We
Danced Till Dawn." for Berlin. "Put Your Arms
Where They Belong": for Jack Bobbins. "Marie." and
for Remick, "Don't Leave Me. Mammy."
SANTLY. JOSEPH H.: b. New York, August 21,
1886: h. 5 feet 7 inches: brown hair; w. 130 pounds;
p. Esther and Harry Santly; e. DeWitt Clinton high
school. New York City; married; hy. golf, tennis, fishing
and horses. President of Santly Bros. Has had thirty
years of experience in the music field. Worked for
M Witmark in 1900, also for Helf and Hager, Maurice
Shapiro. Leo Feist J. H. Remick and Company, and
Irving Berlin. Inc. Wrote the following songs for
Feist. "Hawaiian Butterfly," "Mother, Dixie and Y'ou,"
and "Friends," for Remick "Yes. Yes In Your Eyes."
"Taimiai Trail," and "Joy Bells."
SANTLY, LESTER: b. New York City. April 2,
1894; h. 5 feet 9M inches; brown hair and eyes: w.
105 pounds; p. Esther and Harry' Santly; e. DeWitt
Clinton high school: m. Agnes Helene West, non-pro-
fessional; hy. golf, bridge, and football. Secretary and
treasurer of Santly Bros. Has had sixteen years of
experience in the music field. Wrote the following
songs: "I'm Nobody's Baby," "Heart of Wetona."
"Heigh-Lee Heish-Lo." "All That I Need Is Y'ou.
"Looking Good but Feeling Bad." "I'm Gonna Dance
With the Guy Wot Brung Me."
SCHUSTER, IRA: b. New York City. October 13.
1889" h 5 feet 5 inches; dark brown hail and gray
eyes" w 108 pounds; p Sarah and Moses Schuster;
m 'Minnie, non-professional. Employed by Warner
Bros, as manager. He has written songs for Wit-
mark and Sons.
SCHWARTZ, ART: r. n. Arthur A. Schwartz; b.
Newark. N. J.. February 17. 19<i2; h. 5 feet 4 inches;
black hair and brown-green eyes; w. 125 pounds; p.
Martha and Samuel C. Schwartz, non- professionals; e.
Central high school. Newark. N. J.. Billings Poly.
Institue. Billings. Mont.; m. Anne G.. non-prof ess.onal,
hy. work.
SHERW1N, STERLING: Writer of sketches and
stories, and is a member of the American Society of
Authors. Composers and Publishers. He has written
"•Melancholy Mama." "So Sweet," and many others.
Collaborated with Al Dubin on "Votes to Men, a
musical farce play that was produced in 1930 Has
written for Paramount. World Wide Christie and
ottnrs. Songs have been published by Harms, Sherman
and Clay publishers.
SMITH EDGAR : b. Brooklyn. N. Y.. December 9.
1S57 • e Pennsylvania Military Academy at Chester.
Pa. 'He is under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as
music writer.
SPIER LARRY: b. New Y'ork City. April 3. 1901;
b 5 feet 10 ',4 inches; brown hair and gray eyes; w.
170 pounds; pT Hoitense and David Spier; e. Townsend
Harris high school and City College of New York; m.
Mildred Lew, non-professional; hy. writing and pub-
lishing songs. Employed by Paramount as executive
in charge of Famous Music Co. Has had sixteen
vears of experience in the music field. Wrote the fol-
lowing songs: "Memory Lane." "Was It a Dream
"Some Day " "A Night of Love." "Haunting Melody.
"One Summer Night." "I Never Knew What the
Moonlight Could Do." "You Want Lovin . When the
Real Tiling Comes Your Way," and many others for
Paramount.
STAFFORD. ALBERT A.: b. Buffalo. N. Y.. Octo-
ber 25 1900; h. 5 feet 6 inches: light brown hair and
blue eyes" w 135 pounds; p. Mabel and Lewis Staf-
ford" e Edson high school, in Canada: m. Mary,
non-professional: hy. song writing, music publishings
and revising. Experience in the music field consists
of six vears in publishing and four years in leading an
orchestra. Wrote the following songs:__ "Azila Night.
"Somebody's Lonesome" and "Lovins."
STRAUS. OSCAR: b. A'ienna, Austria, 1870; e.
in Vienna: m. non-professional. Was conductor in
Vienna and Berlin until 1900. when he retired to
devote his entire time to composition. Among his
better known works are: "A Waltz Dream." "The Last
Waltz." "Teresina." "The Chocolate Soldier." "Die
I.ustigen-Nibelungen." "Naughty Riauette." "Cleo-
patra" and "Konegin." Went to Hollywood to write
original operettas for First National.
TIERNEY. HARRY: b. Perth Amboy. N. J., May 21.
1894 - h 6 feet; dark brown hair and brown eyes: w.
1G5 pounds; p. Catherine Elizabeth Morrissey and Pat-
rick Henry Tiernev; e. Perth Amboy high school.
N. J., and Virgil Conservatory of Music in New York
City: m Ava Maria Lowry. non-professional; hy. all
sports, especially golf and tennis. Employed by RKO
studios as composer. He is the composer of the
music for "Follow Me." "Irene." "Up She Goes."
Dick Betts
' 1 Playing and Si?iging
His W 'ay Into the
Hearts of His
Stamford Audience"
PUBLIX
PALACE THEATRE
Stamford, Conn.
"Kid Boots." "The Royal Vagabond." four editions of
Ziegfeld's Follies and "Rio Rita." Also for Shuberts
Winter Garden shows. Also for the following pictures:
"Rio Rita." and "Dixiana." for RKO films and "Half
Shot at Sunrise."
TIOMKIN, DIMITRI: b. Petrograd, Russia; h. 6
feet; black hair and brown eyes; w. 165 pounds; e.
University of Petersburg and Conservatory of Music;
in. Albertina Rasch. professional; hy. swimming and
shooting. Employed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as com-
poser. First concert pianist to play "Rhapsody in
Blue." Wrote music for "Lord Byron of Broadway."
also special numbers for "Battle of the Ladies." Com-
plete score for Morris Gest's "Aha." Went on concert
tour to Havana, Cuba.
VERNON, DUKE: r. n. Bladimiz Dukilsky; b.
Pskoff, Russia, October 10. 1903; h. 5 feet IIV2 inches;
dark hair and brown eyes; w. 170 pounds; e. in
Russia at college and Vier Conservatory of Music.
Specialized in music composition; hy. swimming and
fencing. Appeared in "Zephyr and Flora" ballet pro-
duced by Diaghilew (1925), Monte Carlo, Paris. Lon-
don. Berlin. Barcelona; two symphonies played in Paris
also by Boston Symphony, musical comedies in Lon-
don. "Yvonne" (1926). The "Y'ellow Mask" (book
by Edgar Wallace. 1927-28). "Open Your Eyes." (1929-
30), four numbers in the current "Garrick Gaieties,"
N. Y. Entered motion picture field in April. 1930.
Wrote music for "Laughter" (starring Nancy Carroll).
"Honeymoon" (Erich von Strobeim). "Follow Thru"
(arrangement), also two shorts (Alice Boulder and
Muriel D'Or).
VINCENT, NAT: b. Kansas City, Mo.. November 6,
1890; h. 5 feet 10 inches; black hair and eyes; w. 140
pounds; p. Madge Morgan and Nathaniel Vincent; e.
Erasmus Hall. Brooklyn, N. Y., and Betts Military.
Stamford. Conn. ; hy. master musical works, golf, air-
planes, speed boats and outdoor sports. Experience in
the music field since 1911. Has written the following
songs for J. H. Remick Co.: "Railroad Rag." "La
Veeda" and "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles"; for Leo
Feist, Inc., "I know What It Means to Be Lonesome";
"Naughty, Naughty, Naughty" (Shapiro Bernstein Co.,
"Old Bill Bailey Plays Ukelele" (Broadway Music
Corp.), "Pucker Up and Whistle" (Fred Fisher. Inc.).
"You Can't Fool an Old Horse Fly" (Harry Von
Tilzer). "Liza" (T. B. Hanus Co.) Joined Fowler
Studios as song writer.
WARD, EDDIE: b. St. Louis. Mo.; h. 5 feet
10 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 149 pounds:
p. Jeannette and Edward Ward, professionals: e. Mc-
Kinley high school and Beethoven School of Music:
not married; hy. horses. Song writing experience:
Wrote show in London for Jack Hulbert's "Clowns in
Clover," wrote all Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike) num-
bers, all specialty numbers in "Lady Be Good" and
"Sunny," conducted Irene Bordoni"s plays, also the
plays for Maurice the dancer and Moss & Fontana.
He wrote the following songs: "Who Takes Care of
the Caretaker's Daughter" and "Dreaming of a Castle
in the Air." Also wrote the material for the follow-
ing pictures: "Paris." "No. No. Nanette." "Isle of
Escape," "Show of Shows" and "Lady in Ermine."
Went under contract Warner-First National in 1929.
WARREN. CHARLES E. : b. Brooklyn. N. Y.. De-
cember 27, 1894; h. 5 feet 4 inches; brown eyes and
dark brown hair; w. 130 pounds; p. Marie and An-
thony; hy. driving, golf, baseball, football and boxing.
Was manager for Clark & Leslie, music publisher,
assistant manager for Remick Music Corporation, man-
ager for Donaldson, Douglas and Gumble. manager.
Remick Music Corporation. Vaudeville, actor in musi-
cal comedy. Wrote the following songs: "Can't We
Be Sweethearts All Over Again." "The Boogey-Man."
and several songs published by Shapiro. Bernstein.
WARREN. HARRY: b. Brooklyn, N. Y'.. December
24. 1893; h. 5 feet G inches; black hair and brown
eyes; w. 160 pounds; p. Marie and Anthony Warren;
e. Commercial high. Brooklyn, N. Y'. ; m. Josephine
Winsler. non-professional: hy. football, baseball and
golf. Employed by Remick Music Corporation as staff
composer. Has had eight years experience in the
music field. Wrote the following songs: "Away Down
South in Heaven," "I Love My Baby." "Old Man
Sunshine." "Where the Shv Little Violets Grow."
"Here We Are" and "Wobbly Walk."
WASHINGTON. NED: r. n. Edward Michael Wash-
ington; b. Norfolk. Va.. August 15. 1901; h. 5 feet 7
inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 125 pounds;
p. Kathryn and Michael Edward Washington, non-
professionals; e. Norfolk high school; 111. Anne Har-
rison, professional ; hy. horsemanship, golf, tennis and
swimming. Stage experience as master of ceremonies
and producer of acts. No screen experience. Music
experience: interpolated numbers in seventh edition of
Earl Carroll's "Vanities." Wrote the score for the
following films: for First National. "Forward Pass."
"Little Johnny Jones." "No. No. Nan tte" : for Warner
Brothers. "Tiger Rose." "Lilies of the Field." "Show
of Shows" and "Hello Baby." and also numerous popu-
lar songs. The co-writer of book music and lyrics of
unpublished musical play. "The Rainbow Rhapsody."
Went under contract to Warner-First National.
WHITE. ELMORE: b. New York City. June 6. 1889;
h. 5 feet 8 inches: gray eyes; w. 1G5 pounds: mother.
Bessie White; e. Erasmus high school: hy. golf, foot-
hall, fights, horse racing. Experience with Shapiro
Bernstein. Remick. DeSylva. Brown and Henderson.
With Warner Brothers (DeSylva. Brown and Henderson
Music Corp.), professional manager. Wrote the fol-
lowing songs: "When He Gave Me You. Mother of
Mine." "I Know." "Niobe." "Gee But I'm Lone-
some for Y'ou."
WHITING. RICHARD A.: b. Peoria. 111.. Novem-
ber 12. 1S92: h. 5 feet 7 inches; brown hair and gray
eyes; w. 130 pounds: p. Blossom and Frank K. Whit-
ing, composer: e. grammar school in Peoria, then
Harvard Military Academy. I*os Angeles: m. Eleanore
Y'oungblood. and has one child: hy. golfing. Began
hi9 career as sheet music clerk in Los Angeles music
store. Gained recognition as comiioscr and was placed
under contract by Jerome Remick. where he remained
for years, living in Detroit. Composed music for the
following popular songs: "Till We Meet Again."
"Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose." "Where the Black
Eyed Susans Grow." "Sleepy Time Gal." "Japanese
Sandman," "Ixmise." "Honey." "Sweeter Than
Sweet." "She's Funny That Way." and "Alma
Mammy," Also composed numbers for the following
shows: "George White's Scandals." "Chatter Box
Revue." "Overseas Revue." "Innocents of Paris."
"Close Harmony." "The Dance of Life." "Sweetie"
and "Let's Go NatiTe."
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BERMAN. BEN: b. Chicago. 111.. December 29. 1897 ;
h. 5 feet 6 inches: black hair and dark brown eyes: w.
145 pounds; p. Libbie and Victor Herman; e. Poly-
technic High, Los Angeles; m. Mollie Solomon, non-
professional. Employed by DeSylva. Brown and Hen-
derson. Inc.. as Pacific Coast manager. Experience in
the music field seventeen years.
BOSLEY. SIG.: b. Chicago. 111.. December 9. 1888;
h. 5 feet 6 inches; light hair and blue eyes; w. ICS
pounds; p. Bertha and Emanuel Bosley; e. Springer
high school. Chicago 111. ; m. Alice Coons, non-profes-
sional. He has had nineteen years of experience in the
music field, seven with Shapiro. Bernstein & Co., three
with Jos. YV. Stern & Co.. and eight with Forster Music
I*ublishing, Inc.
BR EG MA N, JACK J.: b. Russia. October 29. 1898;
h. 5 reet 7 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 170
pounds; p. Mr. and Mrs. .1. Bregman: e. Townsend
Harris high school: not marr.ed: hy. golf. General
manager of Bobbins Music Corporation. With the
concern for the past seventeen years.
CASTLE. CHARLES: b. San Francisco. CaL. March
26. 1892; h. 5 feet 4 inches; black hair and brown
eyes; w. 133 pounds; p. Sarah and Max Castle; not
married; hy. golfing, fishing and hunting. Has had
experience in the music field representing Ager. Yellen
& Bomstein. Harms. Inc.. and Waterson. Berlin &
Snyder, and Bobbins Music Corporation.
CHANDLER. WILLIAM: b. Philadelphia. Pa.. Janu-
ary 7. 189(1; h. 5 feet 7 Inches; black hair and gray
eyes; w. 100 jxninds; p. Bessie and Samuel Chandler;
e. public school of Philadelphia. Pa. ; On. non-profes-
sional; hy. working. Employed by the Bobbins Music
Corporation as profess. onal manager. Has had sixteen
years of experience in the music field.
OE SYLVA. BUDDY: b. New York City. 1897: e.
Los Angeles high school; Is married. "Al Jolson heard
Buddy sing 'N'Everythlng,' thought his voice was
rotten but the song good, discovered he had written
it. bought it and took him to New York to do some
more." Wrote "California. Here I Come," "Alabamv
Bound," "April Showers," and others which made
Jolson popular. Worked on a couple of Zlcgfeld shows
and others. Teamed up with I*ew Brown and Bay
Henderson and they wrote "Manhattan Mary." They
also wrote George White's "Scandals of 1925,'' with
such songs hits as "Black Bottom." "Birth of the
Blues." "This Is My Lucky Day": wrote "Hold
Everything." "Good News." "Three Cheers." "Fol-
low Thru." Organized their own publishing firm to
print theirs and others' songs. Signed hy Wlnfleld
Sheehan for Fox Movietone. Wrote and produced
"Sunny Side I'p." which glorified Janet Gaynor.
Charles Farrell. El Brendel and Marjorie White. Wrote
"Flying High." Under contract to Fox Movietone as
producers, first picture under new contract being musi-
cal comedy "Just Imagine."
FLAHERTY. PATRICK J.: b. Washington. D. C.
March 8. 1897: h. G feet 2 inches: black hair and
blue eyes; w. 210 pounds: p Mary L. and Michael J.
Flaherty; e. Dean Academy. Franklin. Mass.; m.
Dorothea Fugazy; hy. football, baseball and flying.
General manager of Sterling Songs. Inc.
GIBLIN. DICK: b. San Francisco. Cal. . December 10.
1900; h. 5 feet 34 inches; brown hair and dark blue
eyes; w. 125 pounds: p Mary Biggs and William
Gihlin: e. St. Ignatius. San Francisco. Cal.. Notre
Dame. South Bend. Inil. : m. Msrgaret Wilson, profes-
sional: hy. horseback riding. Employed by DeSvlva.
Brown and Henderson. Inc.. as assistant to Ben Ber-
tnan. Exiierlence in the music field nine years. lie
never has written any songs.
GOLDBERG. BEN: b. Boston. Mass.. January 23.
1905; h. 5 feet 9 inches: red hair and blue eyes; w.
105 pounds: p. Ethel and John Goldberg; e English
high school of Boston: hy music. Employed by the
Bobbins Music Cori»orat on as New England representa-
tive. Has had twelve years of extierlence In the music
field
GOLDENBERG. JEANETTE: h. Philadelphia. Pa.
March 15. 1904; h. 5 feet 0 Inches: black hair and
dark brown eyes; w. 135 pound*; P. Bae and Mycr
Miller; e. Downey high. Downey. Cal.: m. Al Golden-
berg, non-professional : hy. teaching radio singers; De-
Svlva. Brown and Henderson songs. Employed by De-
Sylva. Brown and Henderson. Inc.. as secretary to
Berman. In the music field for ten years.
H0CH. HARRY: b. New York City.. December 1.
1893: h. 5 feet 7 Inches: brown hair and eyes: w 100
pounds; p. Marie Philipplna Wllkens and Harry Booh;
e. Boys' Commercial high school; m. Ilosalic Itudden.
Has had nineteen years of experience In the music field.
Wrote the following songs: "Some Day We'll Meet
Again." "I Wonder If You Still Care for Me." "Stolen
Kisses" 'There Must Be a Way to Love You." "The
Golden West and You" and "At the Blver's End "
HOROWITZ, WILLIAM: b. New York City. January
8. 1890; h. 5 feet 4 inches: dark hair and blue eyes:
w. 100 pounds: p. Dora and Jacob Horowitz; not mar-
ried: hy. master of ceremonies at benefits and on the
radio. Employed by Donaldson. Douglas and Gumble.
Inc.. as western manager. Extierlence In the music field
In every branch for nineteen years. Formerly with
Witmark, T. B. Harms. Broadway, Waterson and
In business for himself under the name of Berlin and
Horowitz. Inc.
KEIT, JEROME. H.: b. New York City. July 4.
1880: h. 5 feet 5 inches: black hair and brown eyes;
w. 100 pounds: e. DeWitt Clinton High School, of
New York and Columbia College: m. Lillian Slmonds,
non-professional: hy. golf, his two sons, and picking
song hits. President of Bemlck Music Corporation.
Experience In the music field twenty-six years with the
above firm.
KELLY. NEWTON S. : b. Greenville. Texas. Decem-
ber 27. 1891; h. 6 feet: brown hair and blue eyes; w.
190 pounds; p. Isabella and Patrick James Kelly; e.
Greenville high school: m. Wava Bailey, non-profes-
sional; hy. singing and boxing. San Francisco repre-
sentative of Bobbins Music Corporation. Experience in
the music field consists of twenty years entertaining
and two years as a representative.
KELTON. FRANK B. : h. Warsaw. Poland. July 4.
1899; h. 5 feet 7 Inches: brown hair and blue eyes;
w. 145 pounds; p. Ethel and David Kelton: e. Pade-
revskt public school. Warsaw. Poland. De Witt fTnton
high school. New York City: not married; hy. 100 per
cent promotion and exploitation. Promotion manager
of Bobbins Music Corporation. Has bad n ne years
of experience in the music field. From 1921) to 1923
with the Jack Mills Music Company, from 1923 to
1928 with Harms. Inc.. and from 1928 to 1929 with
Famous Music Corporation, then to Bobbins Music Cor-
poration, and now is general manager for Davis, Cools
and Engel. Inc.
KESSELL. HARRY: b. Kansas City. Mo.. December
29. 1897; h. 5 reet 8 inches; dark ha.r and b.ue
eyes; w. 1S5 pounds; p. Bessie and John Kessell; m.
Phoebe Larson, non-professional ; hy. golf. Employed
by Leo Feist. Incorporated, as manager of the Kansas
City office. Has had fifteen years of experience in the
music fie.d. and has written some songs.
LEE. HAROLD: b. New York City. August 10. 1901;
h. 5 feet 10 inches' blond hair and blue eyes; w. 170
pounds; p. Anna and Henry V. Lee; e. DeWitt Clin
ton high school and Columbia College. New York City;
m. Olga Gabler. non-profess.onal ; hy. golf, music, base-
ball and football. Present employment, in business
with his father, as manager. Experience in the music
field with Sherman Clay and company, as Chicago rep-
resentative, and with M. Witmark and Sons, as mid-
western representative.
LERNER. SAMUEL M.: b. Bumania. January 28.
1903: h. 5 feet 24 inches; p. Sarah and Abraham
Lerner; e. Detroit Central h.gh school and College of
the City of Detroit; not married; hy. writing song~.
discussing theatricals and football. Employed by Fa-
mous Music Company. Experience in music field, song-
writing, special material for acts, and nearly two years
in employ of DeSylva. Brown and Henderson. Inc. He
has written the following songs: 'The Pump Song."
published by Shapiro Bernstein: "By the Sign of the
Rose" and "Nobody Worries 'Bout Me." Leo Feist.
Inc.; "WsltH You See Cecelia," Clarence Williams:
"Lovely One." "Love Plays a Game." 1 .My Conver-
sational Man" and "An Out-or-the-Way Little Love
Nest." published by DeSylva. Brown and Henderson.
Inc.. also "In the Hush of the Night." "I Fell in
Love with You." and "Slow Caravan." by Geo. and
Arthur Piantadosi. Inc.. and "Funny What a Little
Kiss Will Do!" by Joe HLUer music company.
LEWIS. EDDIE: b. August 12. 1886; h. 5 feet 5
inches; black hair and brown eyes: w. 1G7 pounds:
p. Lottie and Joseph Lewis; e. various schools at
different towns; m. Charlotte Cook, professional; hy.
golf, swimming, boxing, and reading good books. Owner
of Grossman and Lewis. Has had 21 years of experi-
ence in the music field. Wrote "Carolina Sunshine."
and other songs.
L0TTMAN. GEORGE D.: b. New York City. Oc-
tober 4. 1899: h. 5 feet 7 Inches; brown hair and eyes:
w. 155 pounds; p. Freda and Harry Uittman; e. De
Witt Clinton high school and Columbia College: m.
Betty, non-professional. Employed by Bobbins Music
Corporation. Bogcr Wolfe. Kalin. B. A. Holfe. and
Bichmond Music Corporation as general freelance pub-
licity and Advertising man. Has had 11 years of ex-
perience In the music field.
McCAULEY. E. J.: b. Troy. N. Y.. February 25.
1880: h. 5 feet 84 Inches: light hair and blue eves:
w. 201 pounds: p. Alice and John McCauley : e. Troy
high school and Troy academy: m. Edna Jones
Clawell, non-professional : hy. fishing and all outdoor
sports. Employed hy Itemick Music Corporation as
general manager of branch offices. Extierlence in the
music field of 25 years with Bemlck company.
Mclaughlin. Charles g..- h. New York citv.
July 28. 1902: h. 54 feet 8 inches: dark brown hair
anil brown eyes; w. 132 pounds : p. Marianne and Pat-
rick Mclaughlin: e. LaSalle Academy of New York
City; not married: hy. all -ports and singing. Em-
ployed by the Bobbins Music Conioration as salesman.
Has had eleven years of experience In the music field
MILLER. ROBERT: b. New York City. April 20.
1892: h. 5 feet 11 Inches; brown eyes and black hair:
w. 210 pounds: p. Rose and Isador Miller: e. public
school 33: m. Bae Perlman. non-professional: hy. golf,
fishing, swimming and pinochle. Eighteen years in
music field. With M. Witmark and Sons, radio and
orchestra mansger.
MORRIS. EDWIN H. : b. Pittsburgh. Pa.. Do in
ber 18. 1906; h. 5 feet 10 Inches: blue eyes and black
hair: w. 150 pounds: p. Uda and Sam Morris: e. St.
Johns Manllus high school, college work at Syracuse.
N. Y*. ; m. Carlyn D. Nathan, non-professional: hy.
boats, golf. With Warner Bros., as vice-president of
Music Publisher's Holding Corporation.
PARRISH. CLARENCE F. : b. Mt. Sterling. Ohio.
November 11. 1896; h. 5 feet 8 inches; brown hair and
blue eyes: w. 190 pounds: p. Flora and Elmer Parrish;
e. Ijake high school. Chicago. 111. ; m. Hose May. non-
professional: hy. golf, football and music. Employed by
M. Witmark A- Sons as western manager of standard
and educational departments: also handles sales. Ex-
perience In the music field as professional, radio
pianist, salesman and exploitation.
PINCUS. GEORGE: b. Chicago. Illinois. June 12.
1902: h. 5 feet 10 Inches: brown hair and blue eves;
w. 150 pounds; p. Rebecca and Isaac Plncus: e. Mar-
shall high school: m Florena Conn, non professional :
hy. bridge, playing songs, and golf. Employed by Leo
Feist. Inc.. as manager of the film department. Has
had thirteen years of music field experience and wrote
the song entitled. "When I Found You."
PRAGER. BERNARD: b. New York City. September
5. 1897; h. 5 feet « inches: black hair and blue eyes;
w. 150 pounds: p. Sarah and Joseph Prager; e public
school and Morris high school of New York City; m.
Meryle I«aventhal. non-professional. Employed by
Bobbins Music Corporation as sales manager. Has had
nineteen years of exiierlence In the music field. Started
in 1912 with Jos. W. Stem & Co.. as errand bov.
and made his first trip "on the road" when 16 years
old.
PRESS. MORRIS: b. New Y'ork City. August 16.
1901: h. 5 feet 74 Inches: black hair and brown eyes:
w. 150 pounds: p. Ida Herbert and Charles Press;
e. Brooklyn Boys' high school and New Y'ork Uni-
versity: not married. Employed by Paramount Publix
as head of the music department at the Paramount
home office. Also home office representative, con-
tacting studios and various musical activities of Para-
mount, including Famous Music Corporation. For-
merly connected with the history department of New
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York University, then employed as secretary to Dr.
Hugo Biesenfeld, then assistant to Nathaniel Finston.
ROBBINS, JOHN J.: b. Boston, Mass., September
15, 1894; h. 5 feet 5 inches; brown hair and gray eyes;
w. I(i5 pounds; p. Ida and Harry Bobbins; e. Worces-
ter high school and Rindge Manual Training School
at Cambridge, Mass. ; m. Rose Jacobs, non- professional;
by. publishing hits. Vice-president of Bobbins Music
Corporation.
ROCKWELL, WILL: b. New York City. May 8.
1895; h. 5 feet 10'A inches; dark brown eyes and
black hair; w. 155 pounds; p. Francis: m. Helen Cols-
man, professional; by. "plenty of radio plugs and
prize fights." Seventeen years experience in every de-
partment in the music field. With Harms, Inc., as
professional manager.
SANDUSKY, JOHN W. : b. Odessa. Mo., May 13,
1903; h. 5 feet 10'^ inches; dark brown hair and gray
eyes; w. 180 pounds; p. Nora Jane and Arthur San-
dusky; e. Odessa, Mo., high school: m. Laura Carr,
professional pianist: by. making new acquaintances.
Employed by Bobbins Music Corporation as repre-
sentative for Kansas City and St. Louis, Mo. Experi-
ence in the music field, professional drummer, member
of A. F. of M. , also represented A. J. Stasney Music
Co., for two years.
SCHUSTER. IRA: b. New York City. October 13.
1889; h. 5 feet 5 inches; gray eyes and black hair;
w. 175 pounds: p. Sarah and Moses; e. public school
188; m. Minnie Newman, non-professional; hy. golf,
swimming, fishing, boating, poker. Twenty-one years
experience in the music field. With M. Witmark and
Sons, professional manager. Wrote the following songs:
"Ten Little Fingers." Feist; "Keep Your Eye on the
Girl," Feist: "The Navy Took Them Over," Feist;
"You Know You Belong to Somebody Else," Berlin;
"Alone Because I Love You," Witmark.
SERWER, SAM: Music publisher; b. New York
City, 1893: h. 5 feet 8 inches: brown eyes and black
hair; w. 145 pounds; e. Townsend Harris Hall. City
College, New York; m. Mildred Jacobs, non-profes-
sional, hy. golf, piano, singing, wife. Experience with
Warner Brothers, Music Publishers Holding Corpora-
tion, director of publicity and advertising and music
activities in Warner Bros, theatre. Twenty years in
the music field.
SKINNER. AL: b. Meredosia. 111.. April 25. 1906:
h. 5 feet 8V6 inches; brown hair and blue eyes; w. 168
pounds; p. Minnie and C. M. Skinner: e. Meredosia
high school; not married; hy. music and golf. Em-
ployed by Bobbins Music Corporation as manager
of the Detroit (Mich.) office. Has had six years'
experience in the music field playing and leading a
band and two years publishing business.
SPITZER. HENRY M. : b. New York City. Octo-
ber 17, 1897: h. 5 feet 10 inches; hazel eyes and
brown hair; w. 185 pounds; p. Bosalie and Dr. Arthur
Spitzer; e. De Witt Clinton high school. New York
University: is married; hy. the music business. Eight
years with Witmark and Sons. With Harms, Inc.,
and Famous Music Company, as general manager.
STONEHAM, BILLY: b. Chicago. 111.. March 19,
1890: h. 5 feet 7 inches: sandy hair and blue eyes:
w. 175 pounds; p. Annabelle and William Stoneham ;
hy. theme songs. Experience in the music field 21
years.
VERNON. VINTON: b. Emporia, Kan., October 23.
1899; h. 5 feet 10 inches; blond hair and blue eyes;
w. 148 pounds: p. Carrie House and O. V. Vernon;
e. Glenville high school, Cleveland, Ohio, and Colgate
University at Hamilton. N. Y. ; m. Katherine Lit-
tle, non-professional; hy. tennis and writing. Employed
by Tec-Art Studios as head of music department.
Experience in the music field as leader for five years,
from 1921 to 1926, of Vernon-Owen Hotel Winton or-
chestra, of Cleveland, Ohio, modern organization. Gen-
nett Records, Keith and Loew circuits.
WARSHAUER, IDA: b. New York City. Jan-
uary 24, 1894; blond hair and blue eyes; w. 108
pounds; p. Hannah Warshauer; e. public schools in
New York City; m. Hurry Beauman, non-professional.
Employed by Sherman Clay and Company as manager
of the New York office. Experience in the music field
eleven years.
WHITE. ELMORE: b. Coney Island. New York.
June 6. 1888; b. 5 feet 8 inches; brown hair and gray
eyes; w. 165 i>ounds; p. Bessie Rauscher; e. Erasmus
high school, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; not married; hj. golf,
boxing bouts, football, billiards and tenors. Employed
by DeSylva. Brown and Henderson, Inc., as profes-
sional manager. Has had four years' experience in the
music field. He has written the following songs:
"When He Gave Me You, Mother of Mine." and "I
Know," for Bemick, and "Lonesome" and "Niobe." for
Fischer.
WILCOX. PHILIP GORDAN: b. Osage. Iowa. Janu-
ary 23, 1896; b. 6 feet; brown hair and blue eyes; w.
215 pounds; p. Sarah Baker and Bev. Sheldon D. Wil-
cox: e. West high school, Des Moines, Des Moines
University, of Des Moines, and Iowa State University,
of Iowa City, Iowa; m. Edna Johnson, professional
formerly ; hy. motoring and poker. Employed by
Bobbins Music Corporation as western promotion man-
ager. Has had experience in the music field as fol-
lows: 1919-1920 with Leo Feist, as Minneapolis repre-
sentative: 1921-1925 with Edw. B. Marks, as Chicago
manager; 1926-1927 with Forster Music Publishing Com-
pany as promotion manager, and since 1927 with
Robbins.
WILSON. CHICK: b. Blue Ridge. Ga.. February 19.
1900; h. 5 feet 8 inches; brown hair and eyes; w. 135
pounds; p. Sarah A. and C. E. Wilson; e. grammar
school at Atlanta, Ga. : m. Blanche Vogel. non-profes-
sional; hy. radio broadcasting, reading and golf. Em-
ployed hy Robbins Music Corporation as Southern
representative, headquarters at Atlanta. Has had ten
years' of experience in the music field, having been
with Stasny. Hearst of Canada, and Spier & Coslow,
then to Robbins.
WINGE. CARL: b. New Y'ork City. August 26. 1891;
h. 5 feet 10 inches: brown hair and blue eyes; w. 140
pounds; p. Annie Dorothy Dahlman and John Alfred
Winge; e. Stuyvesant high school of New York City
and University of Washington extension division: m.
Dorothy Dunstan, professional; hy. football, golf, swim-
ming and fishing. Employed by Bobbins Music Cor-
poration as Northwestern representative. Experience
in the music field as composer and lyric writer. Wrote
the following songs: "Sleepv Bve," "Song of the
Waterfall" and "Can It Be True."
WINKLER. DANIEL M.: b. San Angelo. Texas.
August 26. 1892; h. 5 feet 10'/4 inches: brown eyes
and black hair; w. 175 pounds; p. Bertha Winkler
and Charles Winkler: e. De Witt Clinton high school.
New York City: hy. golf, swimming and all outdoor
sports. Eighteen vears experience with leading popu-
lar publishers. With Bemick Music Corp., as execu-
tive vice resident.
ZOEHRNS. CARL: 1). Chicago. 111.. August 3. 1898;
h. 5 feet 10 inches; light hair and blue eyes; w. 160
pounds: p. Adaline and Carl H. Zoehrns: e. Lane
Technical high school, Chicago, 111.: m. Marie Keefer.
professional : hy. outdoor sports. Employed by Bobbins
Music Corporation as manager. In the music field
sixteen years. Wrote "Dream Daddy." "After All"
and "Nine o'Clock Sal."
PRESENTATION ACTS,
THEATRE PERFORMERS
A
Abbot. Don, Singer
Abbott Dancers. Ballet Dancers
Abbott. Muriel, Dance Instructor
Aber Twins, Dancers
Aces & a Queen Acrialist Quintet
Adams, Billy, Comedian
Adams, Dorothea, Singer
Adams & Rasch, Comedy Songs
Adler & Bradford, Adagio
Adler, Larry, Instrumentalist
Ails, Roscoe, Comedians
Ali. Ben, and His Blue Devils, Acrobats
Allen, Lester, Eccentric Dancer
Allen & Canfield, Comedy Team
Allesandro, John, Tenor
Allison Troupe Tumbling Acrobats
Alton, Bob, Dance Instructor
Ameros & Jeanette, Dancers
Amiet. Lolita, Blues Singer
Andelin, Willard, Baritone
Anderson, The, Acrobats
Andre & Co., George. Adagio
Andre & Duval, Apache
Annie, Judy & Zeke, The Hill-billies, Comedians
Apollon, Dave. Dancing Entertainer
Arbuckle. Corinne. Songstress
Arconas, The, Acrobats
Arcuri, Ralph, Singer
Armstrong & Blondell, Comedians
A maul Bros., Novelty Acrobats
Arnold, Phil, Fast Tap Dancer
Arthur's Canadian Rockets, Jack, Dance En-
semble
Arthur, Jack. Dance Instructor
Atkins Sextette, Tommy, Musical Comedy.
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Baby Rose Marie, Singer
Badger & Meuser. Singers
Bailey, Jlomny. Prima Donna
Baird, Raymond, Saxophonist
Baker. Phil, Comedian
Ball, Arthur, Singer
Ball, Marguerite, Dancing
Banjo Band, Musical
Banjo Buddy, Instrumentalists
Barchi, Pietro, Opera Tenor
Bard & Avon. Singers
Baritte, Lueile, Acrialist
Barns, Charles, Entertainer
Barrie, Gracie, Singer
Barstow, Dick & Edith, Dancers
Barto and Mann, Comedians
Basquette. Lina, Dancer
Bays & Speck, Singers
Beach, Drena, Dancer
Beashy, Irene
Beatty, George, Singer
Beck. Ed & Morton, Singers
Bee, Master Jay, Dancer
Beemis & Brown, Dancers
Belcher Dancers. Ernest. Dance Ensemble
Belcher. Ernest. Dance Instructor
Bel fords. Six American, Risley Acrobats
Belkin, Beatrice, Singer
Bell & Coatcs, Harmoni/ Singers
Bennett Brothers. Tap Dancers
Bennett, Joe. Dancer
Benny & Western, Dancers
Berbe Ai Barte, Tango Dancers
Bergman & Co., Henry, Song & Dance Revue
Berke. Dorothea. Dance Instructor
Bernard. Bobby, Singer
Bernard, Fred, Entertainer
Bernie Bros., Dancers
Bernler, Peggy. Musical Comedy
Bernice & Emily. Acrobatic Dancers
Bernoff & Josephine. Adagio
Berry Bros., Colored Dancers
Besser & Co., Joe, Comedy Sketch
Billie & Trixio, Jazz Dancers
Billy The Duchess. Midget
Bissett Dancers. Mack. Dance Ensemble
Blackstone. Nan. Entertainer
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Blair, Cecile, Dancer
Blair, Pop. Singer
Blake, Gladys, Singer
Bledsoe. Jules, Singer
Block & Sully. Singer
Bloom. Al & Gussie, Dancers
Blue, Ben, Dancer
Bob, Bob & Bobby, Animal Act
Bolger, Ray, Dancer
Booth, Helen K., Singer
Booth, Wade, Baritone
Boreo, Emil, Comedian
Bourgeiose, LaNorma, Dancer
Boyce, George, Dancer
Boyd, Mertzy. Blues Singer
Boyd & Wallin. Aerialists
Boydel, Jean. Comedian
Bowman, Grace, Singer
Bowman, Patricia, Dancer
Brady, Fay, Comedienne
Brady, Florence, Singer
Brazilian, Miachua. Wire-Walker
Brice, Lew, Comedian
Britton, Frank & Milton, Comedian & Musicians
Broadbent, Ida, Ballet Dancer
Brooks, Eleanor, Dancer
Brown, Al
Brown & Bailey, Dancers
3 Browns, Singing and Dancing
Brown. Tom, Saxophonist
Browning, Joe, Comedian
Browning, Jr., Joe, Comedian
Buck & Bubbles. Colored Comedians
Burke, Helen, Dancer
Burns & Kissen, Comedu Singers
Bushey, Dorothy. Dancer
Bushman, Jr., Francis X., Sketch
Byrne, Gypsy, Singer
Cafery & Miller. Dancers
Caligary Bros.. Comedy Dancers
Calvert. Charles, Comedian
Cannon. Archie. Tenor
Caperton & Biddle. Adairio
Capps, Kendall, Dancers
Caprice Sisters, Dancers
Carey, Dennis, Singer and Dancer
Carlson, Violet, Dancer
Carlton Bros., Four, Dancers
Charlton, Chris. Magician
Carr. June, Comedienne
Carr, Jeanne, Tap Dancer
Carroll, Lou
Carpenter, Billy Uke. Songs and Chatter
Carter, Babe
Carter Bros.. Song & Dance
Carter. Rose Marie, Dancer
Ca^enaugh, Jack
Chadbourne. Mort. Character Dancing
Chamberlin & Himes. Comedy Dancers
Chang, Anna, Chinese Songstress
Chantel Sisters. Instrumentalists
Charlton & Shields
Chase, Charles, Novelty Dancer
Chilton & Thomas, Charleston Dancers
Christian, Bobby
C irillino and Fortunello, Acrobats
Clark. Eddie. Blackface Comedian
Clark, Eva. Singer
Clifford & Elmore
Clifton & Brent, Comedy Dancers
Clinton Bros, Dancers
Coe, Jerry, Instrumentalist
Cohen, Sammy, Comedian
Colburn, Claudia. Sony & Dance
Cole & Snyder, Comedians
Coles. Joyce. Dancer
Coll, Bud & Eleanor. Adagio
Collegiate Chorus. Tap & Soft Shoe Dancers
Collette Sisters. Musical Comedy
Colman. Red, Eccentric Dancer
Condoes Bros., Tap Dancers
Connor Twins, Dancers
Coombs. Boyce, Singing Comedian
Cooper, Betty Jane. Dancer
Cooper. Una, Acrobatic Dancing
Cooper & Lathrop Bros.. Betty Jane. Dancing
Revue
Corcoran, Red. Banjoist
Cori, Lenora. Soi>rano
Corway, Ferry. Slusical Clown
Coscia and Verdi, Comedians
Cottam, Clyde. Comedy Dancer
Covey. Edna, Comedu Dancer
Cowans, 4, Novelty Dancers
Cowan. Will. Tap Dancer
Craig. Richy. Comedian
Craft & McAuley, Whirlwind Dancers
Crane, Cliff. Dancer
Crandall & Marley
Crandell, Margot, Dancer
Crawley, Wilton, Colored Musician
Cristy and Nelson, Acrobats
Cropper, Roy, Operetta
Cui ry & Brown, Comedy Dancers
Cully & Claire
Cummings, Don, Entertainer
Cunningham. Daddy, Sinner
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Dale. Ted & Jack, Danctis
Dancing De Wee. Musical Co)nedy
Darling Twins, So*0 «£' Dame
Darrell, Bert. Dancer
Dawson. Lillian, Singer
Dean Bros., Dancers
De Carlos & Louise, Dance Team
Decker, Nancy, Singer
Delaroff, Jenny, Dancer
Demons. Thred Adagio
Dennis Sisters, Harmony Singers
Dennison, Loretta, Instrumentalist
Deno & Rochelle, Apache Dancers
De Pace, Bernardo, Mandolinist
De Voll, Lorette
Dickson. Art. Scotch Songs
Dixon. Dorothy & Harry. Comedy Dancers
Dolores & Eddy, Dancers
Donahue & Co., Red, Animal Act
Donatella. Jerry, Accordionist
Donitella. Larry & Harry, Dancers
Doro, Grace, Pianist
D*Orsay, Fifi, Singer
Dove, Johnny. Dancer
Downs, Al
Douglass & Co., Milton, Song & Dance Revue
Druscilla, Dancer
Duffin & Draper, Dancers
Dugan & Parker, Dancers
Duncan, Lee & Rin-Tin-Tin, Animal Act
Duncan Sisters, Musical Comedy
Dunn. Johnny, Song it- Stories
Duval. A., Magician
Dynamos. Three, Acrobats <£ Dancing
Eagle Feather, Chief, Dancer
Earl & Bell. Singing Instrumentalist
Earle Rockets. Dance Ensemble
EasUT & Hazelton, Adagio
Eddy. Jack
Edgecomb Four. Tap Dancers
Edwards, Danny
Edwards. Cliff. Uke Player
Edwards, Irving, Comedian
Edwards. Rubber Leg, Eccentric Steps
Edwards' "20th Century," Gus, Song & Dance
Revue
Elcota & Byrne, Xylophonist
Electric Duo, Dancing (Pirls
Eline, Grace & Marie, Comediennes
Embassy Trio, Singers
Emerson & Baldwin, Comedy Jugglers
Emilie & Romaine, Adagio
Emmy's Pets. Karl. 1 m'wl Act
English Tivoli Girls, Dance Ensemble
Etting. Ruth, Singer
Evans & Carter
Evans, Fred, Dance Instructor
Evans, Lee Barton, Tenor
Evans & Mayers
Evans & Perez, Acrobats
Fagan. Sybil. Whistler
Falls. Archie and Gertie. Acrobats
Fanchon & Marco. Ballets
Fawn & Jardon. Adagio
Faye, Olive, Dan-<r
Faye, Vivian, 7'oe Dancer
Feiler. Zina
Ferguson, Jimmy, Colored Entertainer
Fiertag. Luella, Singer
Finn, Red
Fisher. Bob. Comedian
Fisher, Gertrude, Acrobatic Dancer
I'i-ll.l. Mail;, Singing Ihnctoi
Flash. Serge, Juggler
Flippen, Jay ('.. Comedian
Florence & Jane. Daman
Ford, Ruth. Impersonator
Ford & Price, Wire-Walkers
Foster, Frank, Animal Act
Foster Girls. Ballet
Four Cheer Leaders, Songsters
Four Dictators, Comedy Singers
Foursome, The
Foxettes, Ballet Danctrs
Foy. Gloria, Song <£ Dance
Freda & Palace, Comedians
Fredericks. Chester
French's Aeroplane Girls, Jim, Roller Skaters
Friedland, Anatole, Singer
Frondi & Catita. Singers
Froos. Sylvia, Songs «£• Steps
Gaby & Co.. Frank, Ventriloquists
Gale. Al. Singer
Galenos. The. Tumbling Acrobats
Gambarella. Marie, Ballet
Gnmby Girls. Dance Ensemble
Garrity, Julia. Blues Singer
Gaskins. Pauline. Musical Comedy
Gatanos, The. Apache
Gaudsmith Bios., Acrobats
Gay Sisters, Singers
Gaynor & Byron. Roller Skaters
Gearhart. Baby
Cellis. Less. .-tcrobafjt
Genning, Alfrida. Singer
George Foursome, Adagio
Geraldini & Joe, Entertainers
Gerber Billy. Male Impersonator
Gctz. Coleman, Songs
Gier-dorf Sisters. Singers
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Feature Act
Noiv Touring
R. K. O.
Wrber-Simon
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Win. Morris
New York
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Gilbert, Bobby, Instrumentalist
Gildea, Jimmy, Comedian
Gillan, Marjorie, Dancer
Gilroy, Agnes, Dancer
Gitz-Rice, Lieutenant, Composer-Pianist
Givot, George, Comedian
Glanville, Ruth. Saxophonist
Glason, Billy, Comedian
Glasscock, Fred, Dance Instructor
Gluck-Sandor Girls, Dance Ensemble
Gobs, Three. Colored Dancers
Gomez & Veloz, Ballroom Dancers
Gordon, Helen, Singer
Gordon. Myrtle, Blues Singer
Gordon & King, Songs & Steps
Gould Girls, Ballet
Graham, Zelda
Gray, Bee Hoe, Entertainer
Gray, Helen, Acrobatic Dancer
Gray. Otto, and His Cowboys, Band
Gray & White, Dancers
Green, Margie, Acrobatic Dancer
Gregory, Charles, Entertainer
Griffiths, Edith, Pianist
Griffiths, Grace, Singer
Griffin, Joseph. Tenor
Gus & Will, Dancers
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Haig, Hal, Dancer
Haines & Co., "Chick," Comedy, Song & Dance
Sketch
Hale, Chester, Dance Instructor
Hale Girls, Chester. Ballet
Hale, Joe & Willis. Comedians
Hall, Adelaide, Colored Entertainer
Hall, Georgia, Songstress
Hall. Willard, Singer
Hamilton, Frank, Comedy Singer
Hamilton, Maxine, Musical Comedy
Handers & Mills, Comedians
Hanlen, Jack, Dancer
Hardy, Marcelle, Personality Dancer
Harm & Nee, Harmony Singers
Harrington & Green, Colored Singers
Harris, Lydia, Blues Singer
Harris Twins, Dancers
Harris & Van, Colored Comedians
Harry & Jerry, Dancers
Harum & Scarum Girl Acrobatic Tumblers
Hassen's Blue Streaks, Ali Ben
Hatt & Herman, Acrobats
Haug, Hal, Instrumentalist
Havel. Arthur & Morton, Jugglers
Havel, Electa. Singer
Hawks & Mack. Entertainers
Hayes, Lucille, Singer
Haynes, Mary, Comedienne
Healy & Clifford
Healy, Ted, Comedian
Hector & Pals, Animal Act
Heinz, Harry. Chatter & Songs
Heller, Jackie, Singer
Heller & Riley, Musical Comedy
Henlere, Hershel, Instrumentalist
Henry, Donald, Boy Tenor
Henshaw, Bobby "Uke," Instrumentalists
Herman, Johnny, Singer
Hermann, Louis
Higgie, Will, Dancer
Higgins, Peter, Singer
Hill-Billies. Annie. Judy & Zeke, Singers
Hill, Charlie, Comedian
Hillis, Tony, Singer
Hillyer, Irene
Hilton & Garon, Comediennes
Hirsh-Arnold, Dancer
Hober, Beal, Singer
Hollis, Mable. Blues Singer
Hope, Bob, Monologist
Hotonga. Chief, Singer
House, Stanley, Comedy Singing
Houston, Jean, Acrobatic High Kicks
Howard & Lind
Howard Fine & Howard, Comedians
Howard, Paul, Acrobatic Dancer
Howe, Buddy, Tap Dancer
Howe, Michel
Hubert, Jean & Fritz, Novelty Dancers
Huc-y. Charles, Whistler
Humbert, Don
Hume. Harry, Comedian
Hutchins, Harriet & Bill, Singers
Hutchins & Holloway, Harmonica Players
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Irving Trio, Lester, Adagio
Ishawaka Troupe, Japanese Acrobats
Ivan, Lo, Dancer
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Jack and Bob, Banjoists
Jack & Jill. Child Acrobats
Jackson. Bobby. Eccentric Dancer
Jackson. Wally. Eccentric Dancer
Jan & Jalna. Singer
Jason & Harrington
Jason, Robeson & Blue
Jian. Vina, Singer
Jennier, Walter & Buddy. Animal Act
Jennings, John & Mary, Ballroom Dancers
Jerome, Xylophonist
Jerry, Dancing Accordionist
Jewell, Nell, Singer
Jockers, Al, Singer
Johns & Mabely, Singers
Johnson, Baby Dot, Entertainer
Johnson, Grace, Singer
Johnson, Jelly Bean, Dancer
Johnson, Joe
Johnson, Virgina. Soprano
Jolley. Charles, Singer
Jones, Peg, Dancer
Joyce, Jack
Judnick, Frankie, Accordionist
Jue Fone, Chinese Tenor
Jules & Clifton Comedy Acrobats
Justine, Dorothy, Tap Dancer
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Kalar, Phil, Singer
Kane, Babe, Entertainer
Kane, Helen, Singer
Karavaiff, Russian Dancer
Karlan, Entertainer
Karnes, Virginia, Singer
Kavanaugh, Stan, Juggler
Kaye. Muriel, Dancer
Keating, Fred, Magician
Keden, Joe, Instrumentalist
Kenne, Lew, Dancer
Kelo Brothers
Kennedy, Ginger, Singer
Kennedy, Helen, Singer
Kent, Lee, Uke Entertainer
Kentucky Jubilee Company, Harmony Singers
Kerenoff &. Maree, Adagio
Ketch & Wilma, Ventriloquists
Kevan, Lee, Singer
Kimiwa Japanese Troupe, Acrobatic Novelty
King and King, Dancers
King, Rose, Comedienne
Kirkland, Paul, Comedian
Kitaros, Three, Acrobats
Klein, Jack, Jazz Singer
Kleist, Paul, Singer
Klicks, Les, Marionettes
Kluth, Art
Koehler & Edith, Roller Skates
Kosloff Girls, Ballet
Krevoff, Sammy, Dancer
Kutznetzkoff-Nicolini Trio, Singers
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Lambert Eddie, Koke Comedy
Lamb, Gil, Dancer
Lamberti, Entertainer
Landry, Cy, Comedy Dancer
Lane, Laura, Singer
Lang & Haley, Comedians
Lang & Hughes, Singers
Lang, Jeannie, Entertainer
Lang, Nick, Singer
Langdon, Harry, Comedian
La Mour Trio, Acrobats
La Pierre, Anita, Singer
LaSalle, Bob, Comedian
LaSalle, Mildred, Blues Singer
LaSalle & Mack, Comedy Acrobats
Lassiter Bros., Acrobatic Tumblers
Lathrop Bros., Tap Dancer
LaTonge, Lillian, Dancer
LaVere, Earl, Comedy & Accordionist
LaVier, Jack, Acrobats
Lax. Mirian, Singer
Leaf, Morris, Comedian
Lee Bros., Dancers
Lee & Gould, Comedy Singers
Lee, Luella, Dancer
Lee, Virginia, Singer
Lees, Four, Eccentric & Soft Shoe Dancers
Lenore, Gypsy, Acrobatic Dancer
Lett Sisters & Louise, Harmony Singers
Lewis & Dody, Singers
Lewis & Kellogg, Dancers
Lewis, Edwin, Singer
Lewis, Katherine
Lewis, Sammy, Novelty Steps
Lewis, Sid, Comedian
Lewis, Ted, Entertainer
Lillie, Beatrice. Comedienne
Lime Trio, Acrobatic Novelty
Lisle, Billy de. Juggler
Lloyd & Byrce
Loder, Lotti, Singer
Logan, Francis. Dancer
Loomis Dancers. Ray, Dance Ensemble
Loomis, Ray, Dance Instructor
Loomis Twins, Singers & Dancers
Love, Violet, Singer
Louis & Fermine, Dancers
Lubin, Larry & Andree, Comedy Singers &
Dancers
Lucille Sisters, Singing Impersonators
Lucky Boys, Risley Acrobats
Luster Bros., Acrobats
Lynd, Helen, Impersonator
Lyndon & Farman, Comedy Dancers
Lyons, George, Harpist
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MacDonald, Scotty, Entertainer
Mack. Henry, Singer
Mack, Mirth. Dancer
Magill, Eddie, Singer
Major, Jack. Whistler
Malinoff Trio, Adagio
Mall, Paul, Blackface Comedian
Manahan. Tommy, Eccentric Dancer
Manahan & Girls, Tommy, Song & Dance Revue
Mandel, Eva, Blues Singer
Mangean's Internationals, Acrobats
Mann, Jerome, Impersonator
Mann, Syd, Singer
Manning & White, Dancers
Marcel, Sugar, Singer
Marcello Trio, Adagio
March, Nils, Female Impersonator
Marinelli Girls, Six, Acrobats
Mario, Besba & Barte, Adagio
Marion, Sid, Comedian
Markel & Faun, Dancers
Markert, Russell, Dance Instructor
Market Girls, Ballet
Marks, Joe, Comedian
Marks, Ted, Dancer & Whistler
Marks. Tim. Mouth Organ
Marseilles, Maurine, Dancer
Martin, Freddie, Dancer
Mason, John, Colored Comedian
Mason, Tyler, Blackface Comedian
Massart, Lillian, Entertainer
Massine, Leonide, Dancer
Masters, Harry & Grace, Dancers
Masters & Gautier. Comedians
Mathews, Eddie, Dancer
Maureen & Sonny, Dancers
Maxwell, John, Female Impersonator
Mayfair, Mitzie, Acrobatic Dancer
Mayo, Skeets, Dance Instructor
Mazzola Trio, Aerialists
McCann Sisters, Song & Dance
McCloy, June, Singer
McConnell, Lulu, Comedienne
McConnell & Co., "Lulu," Comedy Sketch
McConnell & Moore, Jugglers
McCullough, Carl. Comedian
McCullen, "Babs," Dancer
McCune Sisters, Musical Comedy
McFarland, Helen, Dancer
McGill, Eddie, Singer
McGrath & Leeds, Comedians
McKenna, Eddie, Dancer
McKenzie & Bishop, Comedy Singers
McQuarrie Harp Ensemble, Harps
Meehan & Newman
Melfords. Three, Acrobats
Melino & Co., Frank, Acrobatic Dancers
Melvin Bros., Three, Tumbling Acrobats
Merio & Deshma, Classic Dancer
Merman, Ethel, Musical Comedy
Merritt & Norman, Adagio
Meyers, Bill, Singer
Meyers. Dot, Song & Dance Revue
Meyerson, Elsie & Band. d'Ws' Band
Miachana, Wire-Walker
Middleton, Lucille, Dancer
Midnite Trio, Entertainer
Miles, Mary, Dancer
Miller, Ned, Singer
Miller & Peterson, Dancers
Miller & Woods, Singer
Mills & Shea, Comedy Acrobats
Milo, Whistler
Mike & Herman, Comedians
Minnevitch & His Harmonica Rascals, Borrah,
Instrumentalists
Mitchell Brothers, Instrumentalist
Moffis, Bebe, Acrobatic Dancer
Morris, Joe, Comedian
Morris & Campbell, Comedy Sketch
Monge Troupe, Acrobats
Montgomery, Richard. Colored Singer
Moore, Clarence & Lobo 2nd, Animal Act
Moore & Lewis, Comedy Dancers
Moore, Patty, Novelty Steps
Morarity & Burns, Dancers
Morgan Trio, Dancers
Morganer, Large, Tumbling Acrobats
Morgney, The Large, Acrobats
Morrell, Clarke, Singer
Morrell, Yvonne
Morris, Babe, Dancer
Morris & Rapp, Comedy Team
Morrison, Dorothy, Singer
Moss & Fry, Blackface Comedy
Mulchay, Gus, Dancing Harmonicaist
Mulroy, McNeece & Ridge, Dancers
Murphy, Senator, Comedian
Murray & Alan, Comedy Singers
Muses, Three, Violinists
Myers, Billy, Singer
Myers Lubow & Rice, Dancers
Myrio-Ayres Quartette, Adagio
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Nagle & Co.. Bert, Felix Cat Impersonators
Nazarro, Jr.. Nat, Comedian
Nealy, Arthur, Singer
Neiman, Hal, Singer
Nell, Gay
Nelson, Bob, Comedian
Nelson, Eddie, Comedian
Nelson, Nell
Neville. Dorothy, Singer
Newall, William, Singer
Niblo & Spencer, Comedy Skit
Niemeyer, Joe, Comedian
Nilsson, Walter, Cyclist
North, Jack, Monologist
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Norton & Haley, Comedy Sketch
Norvo, Red, Comedy
Novelle, Toots, Novelty Acrobat
Novello Bros., Whistling Clowns
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Ober, Dillon
O'Connors, Four, Dancers
O'Day. Nell, Musical Comedy
O'Donnell, Vincent
Oliver. Vic. Singer
Olivette. Nina, Comedienne
Olsen & Girls. Ralph. Dancing Revue
O'Neill Sisters. Singers
OnWah Troupe. Acrobats
Original Honey Boys, Minstrel Singers
Orginska, Nina. Dancer
Osterman. Jack. Monologist
Owen & Anderson, Songs
Packard. Helen, Dancer
Paige, George. Dancer
Page. Lucille. Dancer
Pansy, Animal Act
Papila, Frank, Accordionist
Parker and Mack. Acrobats
Patricola, Pat. Dancer
Payne. Johnny. Pianist
Pearl Twins. High-Kicking Dancers
Penner. Joe. Comedian
Pepito & Carthe. Jazz Steppers
Pepper, Jack. Dancer
Peppino & Rhoda, Ballroom Dancers
Pererson, Carlos, Dancer
Perkins, Johnny. Comedy & Songs
Perlee. Mildred. Dancer
Peterson Girls. Dance Ensemble
Peterson. Lucille, Singer
Peterson, Marie, Dance Instructor
Pettit Sisters. Aerotiatic Dancers
Pettit Sisters. Singers
Petty. Ruth. Singer
Phelps Twins, Songs & Steps
Pike. Raymond. Dancing Juggler
Pitta, Naomi. Singer
Plasencia. Flavio. Tenor
Ploner. Louise, Singer
Ponce Sisters, Harmony Singers
Pops & Billy
Porter, Ruth, Dancer
Powell, Jack. Blackface Comedy
Powers, Stella. Singer
Powers & Lax, Singers
Premier Trio. Harmony Singers
Price. Mary. Comedienne
Prosper & Merritt. Acrobats
Pruitt, William. Singer
Purl. Billy, Comedian
Quren. Queen & Queen. Tap Dancers
Quinlan, John. Singer
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Ramey. Eugene. Singer.
Ramon & Virginia, Adagio
Rand. Al & Jack
Randall. Billy. Dancing Violinist
Rasch. Albertina. Dance Instructor
Ray. Jimmy. Dancer
Raycelle. Marie. I'ianist
Raymond. Master Buddy. Dancer
Reed & Duthers. Dancers
Reid. Margie. Singer
Remoe and His Midgets. Paul. Midgets
Renoff & Renovc. Adagio
Retter. Dezo. Comedy Wrestler
Rhythm Dancers, Three, Colored Entertainers
Richardson, Jazz Lips. Dancer
Richmond. Jack. Singer
Rinao. Renie, Comedienne
Rio Bros.. Dancers
Rio. Maurine. Dancer
Rio. Sonny, Dancer
Robbins. A.. Comedian
Robbins Family. Novelty Dancers
Robinson. Bill. Colored Dancer
Robinson, Bob. Singer
Roche. Doris. Singer
Rockets. Stanley. Ballets
Rogers. Edith. Instrumentalist
Rogers. Ginger. Singer
Rogers. Roy. Tumbling Acrobats
Rogge. Florence. Ballet Mistress
Rolls. Billy
Rome, Al. Dancer
Rome & Dunn. Singers
Romeros. Violinist
Rooney. Ed & Jennie. Aerialists
Rooney II, Pat. Dancer
Rooney III, Pat, Dancer
Rooney. Sunny. Singer
Rose, Harry. Singing Comedian
Rose & Carroll. Singer
Rose & Roberts, Dancer
Rosedale, Lillian. Prima Donna
Ross & Edwards. Comedy Singers
Rons A Gilbert, Comedy Singers
Ross. Joe, Dancer
Roth. Al
Roth, Ann, Singer
Roth Bros.. Strong-arm Acrobats
Roth. Lillian, Singer
Rotuno Bros., Dancers
Roxy Ballet Corps. Dance Ensemble
Royal, Helen & Charles, Midgets
Roye, Harry, Dancer
Rozelle, Charles, Comic Entertainer
Rubin, Pedro, BaUet Master
Rubinoff. Dave, Violinist
Russell & Johnson. Acrobats & Dancing
Russell & Marconi, Violinist & Accordionist
Russell. Paul. Singer
Ryder, Rosemary, Dancer
Sally & Ted. Dancers
Santiago. Jose, Dancer
Salt & Pepper, Harmony Entertainers
Samuels, Al & Ray, Dancers
Sanborn, Fred "Pansy," Xylophones
Sarche. Bee, Entertainer
Sarg, Tony, Marionettes
Sarkis. Sally, Dancer
Savoy, Harry. Comedian
Schichtl. Marionettes
Schofields. Betty. Ballets
Schreck. George. Playlet
Sedley & Co.. Roy, Song <£ Dance Revue
Sedley. Roy. Comedian
Seed & Austin, Comedians
Seifert, Frank
Senter, Boyd. Clarinetist
Serova Girls. Ballets
Shannon's Playtime Frolics. Acrobats
Sharier. Eleanor
Sheffield. Gertrude. Dancers
Sheldon. Gene, Entertainer
Sherman. Hal. Dancer
Shevlin. John. Singer
Shive Dancers. Meredith, Dance Ensemble
Sholdon, Gene. Ban joist
Sibley, Olive. Singer
Sidare. Hal, Dancer
Sigaloff. Eugene. Dancers
Silver Haired Lady, Novelty
Singer's Midgets. Lilliputian
Six Crackerjacks, Novelty Dancers
Skelly. Monica & Ann. Song & Dance Revue
Skylarkers. Four, Singers
Slate Brothers. Dancers
Small. Melba, Dancer
Small. Paul. Singer
Smeck. Roy. Ban joist
Smith. Alma. Colored Dancer
Smith & Co.. Comedy, Song & Dance Sketch
Smith & Hadley
Smith, Jolly & Smith, Singers
Smith. Kate, Singer
Snyder. Billy. Chatter <£• Songs
Society Steppers, Three. Dancers
Sonny & Eddie. Dancers
Sorel Girls. Felicia. Ballet
Spangler. Jack & Kay. Song & Dance Revue
Spears. Patti, Singer
Spurr. Horton. Dancer
Stadler & Rose. Comedy Doll Dance
Stanley. Aileen. Dancer
Stanley & Birnes. Dancers
Stanley & Lee. Dancers
Stanley & White. Comedy Dancers
Stanley. Pat. Tumbling Acrobats
Stanton. Will. Drunk Comedian
Steele. John, Singer
Steel & Winslow
Sterling & Silver. Dancers
Stever. Frank, Singer
Stewart, Gertie. Dancer
St. John, Gladys. Singer
Stickney. Robert. SUN Dancer
Stimson. Helen. Dancer
Stone & Trotter. Dangers
Stone. Maxine. Dancer
Stone-Vernon Four, Adagio
Stone-Vernon Four. Adagio
Strong. Ben
Stroud Twins. Dancers
Sully & Thomas. Comedy Chatter
Sunkist Beauties. Dance Ensemble
Sunset Four. Harmony Singers
Sunshine. Marion. Comedienne
Sunshine Sammy. Song <£- Dance
Suter. Ann, Singer
Suzette & Jose. Ballroom Dancers
Swifts. Three. .-Icrooaf*
Sylvia & Bernice. Acrobatic Dancing
Sylvia & Clemence, Dancers
Symphony Four. Musical
Talbert & Fisher. Harmony Singers
Taylor. Billy. Eccentric Dancer
Taylor. "Dub." Harmonica & Xylophone
Taylor. Irene. Blues Singer
Taylor & Lake. Harmony Singers
Ted & Sally. Dancer*
Telaak & Dean. Comedy Chatter
Tremaine. Bobby. Dancer
Thompson, Bobbie. Dolly & Marie. Dancers
Thompson. Will. Singer
Three Aces
Three Co-Eds
Tiffany Twins. Song <£- Dance
Tilden, Sally. Entertainer
Tilden. Sophie, Blues Singer
Torney, Dancers, Ballet
Toto, Comedy Clown
Toumbler. Loraine, Singer
Trado Twins Dancers
Triesault, Ivan, Dancer
Tucker, Bert, Dancer
Tucker, Charley, Instrumentalist
Tucker. Sophie. Blues Singer
Tumbling Clowns. ,4ero6afs
Turner, Lilyan. Dance Instructor
Tweedie, Tinah
Two Black Dots, Dancers
Tyson, Anne, Singer
Vale & Stewart, Dancers
Val, Marie du. Singer
Van. Vera, Entertainer
Van Duzee, Harold, Singer
Vanessi. Rumba Dancer
Varsity Four, Harmony Singers
Vee. Evelyn. Singer
Vercelle & Male Dancing Sextette, Louise and
Katherine, Revue
Vernon, Barbara. Entertainer
Vernon, Lucille. Eccentric Dancer
Vernon. Walter
Veronica. Betty, Singer
Versell Sisters, Dancers
Vestoff, Floria. Dancer
Vestoff. Val & Marion. Dancers
Voljanin, Mischa. Dancer
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Wahl. Walter Dare. Comedian
Wainright Sisters. Singers
Walders. Darlene. .4rrobafi'e Dancer
Waldron. Jack. Comedian
Walker, Al & Louise. Dancers
Wallace & Cappo. Dancers
Wallace Five. Earle. Adagio
Wallace Sisters. Song <£- Dance
Wally & Zella. Tap Dancers
Walmsley & Keating. Comedy Team
Walton, Lady Alma & Virginia Lee. Singers
Walton. Jules & Josie. Dancers
Walzer & Dryer. Comedians
Walzer, Mabel. Com medienne
Ward. Ada, Colored Singer
Ward & Devereaux. Singers
Ward, George, Dancing
Ward Sisters. Dancers
Warner. Helen. Singer
Warner. Henry. Singer
Warren & Gill, Song «£• Dance
Washington. George Dewey. Baritone
Watson. Milton. Tenor
Weaver. Alice. .4rro6ati'c Dancer
Webb. & Co., Freddie, Comedians
Webb. Betty
Webster & Marino. Comedy Dancers
Wedanos Wonders. Acrobats
Weisner Sisters, Harmony Singers
Weiss Trio. .4cro6afs
Welford & Newton. Comedy Dancers
Wellington Sisters. Singing <£- Dancing
Wells. Winlhrop & Stanley, Dancing Comedians
West. Buster & John. Dancers
West. Lake & Kane
White Bros., Colored Entertainers
White, Davy, Dancer
White, Marie, Toe Dancer
White, Thelma. Comedienne
Whitman. Alice
Whitmore. Doris. Entertainer
Whitney, Marjorie, Dancer
Whittier. Charles. Colored Shuffle Dancer
Willaford. Harry, Singer
Wilier, Frances
Williams & Ross, Dancers
William Sisters. Dancers
Willie. West & McGinty, Comedians
Willis. Cy. Comedian
Willis. Francis. Dancer
Wilson. Gail Gloria. Dancer
Wonder. Betty. Dancer
Wonder, Tommy. Novelty Steps
Wong, Joe, Chinese Entertainer
Wood. Britt. Entertainer
Woodruff. Charlotte. Singer
Worthy & Thompson, Dances
Wray. Gil, Singer
Wright & Douglas. Comedy Novelty
Wright, Helen. Singer
Wynn. Buddy & Mae, Dancers
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Xenia, Classic Dancer
Yacopis. The Great, Acrobatic Dancer
Yates. Hal. Singer
York. Chic. Comedian
York. Helen, Prima Donna
Zastro & White. Dancers
Zeck & Stewart
Zelaya. Comedian
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ACTS BY CLASSIFICATION.
ACROBATS
AH, Ben and His Blue Devils
Allison Troupe (Tumbling)
Andersons, The
Arconas, The
Arnaut Bros. (Comedy)
Belfords, Six American (Risley)
Cirillino & Fortunello
Cristy & Nelson (Comedy)
Dynamos, Three (also Dancing)
Evans & Perez
Falls, Archie and Gertie
Galenos, The (Tumbling)
Gaudsmith Brothers
Gellis, Less
Hassen's Blue Streaks, Ali Ben (Tumbling &
Risley)
Harum & Scarum (Girl Tumblers)
Hatt & Herman
Ishawaka Troupe (Japanese)
Jack & Jill (Child)
Jules & Clifton (Comedy)
Kimiwa Japs
Kitaros, Three
La Mour Trio
LaSalle & Mack (Comedy)
Lassiter Bros. (Tumblers)
LaVier, Jack
Lime Trio
Lucky Boys (Risley)
Luster Brothers
Mangean's Internationals
Marinelli Girls, Six
Melfords, Three
Melvin Bros., Three (Tumbling)
Mills & Shea (Comedy)
Monge Troupe
Morganer, Large (Tumbling)
Morgney, The Large
Novelle Brothers (Novelty)
Novelle, Toots (Novelty)
OnWah Troupe
Parker & Mack
Prosper & Merritt
Rogers, Roy (Tumbling)
Roth Bros. (Strong-Arm)
Russell & Johnson (also Dancing)
Shannon's Playtime Frolics
Stanley, Pat (Tumbling)
Swifts Three
Tumbling Clowns
Wedanos Wonders
Weiss Trio (Strong Man and Comedy)
AERIALISTS
Aces & a Queen (Quintet)
Bartte, Lucile
Boyd & Wallin
Mazzola Trio
Rooney, Ed & Jennie
ANIMAL ACTS
Bob, Bob & Bobby (Jugglers & Dog)
Donahue & Co., Red (Trained Mule)
Duncan, Lee & Rin-Tin-Tin
Emmy's Pets, Karl (Trained Dogs)
Foster, Frank
Hecter & Pals (Trained Dogs)
Jennier, Walter & Buddy
Moore, Clarence & Lobo 2nd
Pansy (Trained Horse)
BLACK FACE
Clark, Eddie
Mall, Paul
Mason, Tyler
Moss & Fry (Comedians)
Powell, Jack
CLOWNS
Arnaut Bros. (Whistling)
Cirillino & Fortunello (Acrobatic)
Corway, Ferry (Musical)
Novello Bros. (Whistling)
Novello, Toots
Toto (Comedy)
COLORED ENTERTAINERS
Berry Bros. (Dancers)
Buck & Bubbles (Comedians)
Crawley, Wilton (Musician Contortionist)
(;<>lis, Three (Dancers)
Hall, Adelaide (Singer, Dancer)
Harrington & Green (Singers)
Harris & Van (Comedians)
Johnson. Jelly Bean (Dancer)
Kecne, Lew (Dancer)
Mason, John (Comedian)
Midnight Trio (Dancers)
Montgomery, Richard (Singer)
Rhythm Dancers, Three
Richardson, Jazz Lips (Eccentric Dancer)
Robinson, Bill (Dancer)
Smith, Alma (Dancer)
Sunshine Sammy (Dancer)
Two Black Dots (Dancers)
Ward, Ada (Singer)
Washington, George Dewey (Singer)
Whittier, Charles (Shuffle Dancer)
COMEDIENNES
COMEDIANS
Adams, Billy
Adams & Rasch (Comedy Songs)
Ails, Roscoe
Allen, Lester
Allen & Canfield
Annie, Judy & Zeke, The Hill-billies
Armstrong & Blondell
Baker, Phil
Barto & Mann
Bays & Speck
Beck, Ed & Morton
Besser, Joe
Boreo, Emil
Born & Lawrence Brice, Lew
Britton, Frank & Milt (Musicians)
Browning, Joe
Buck & Bubbles (Colored)
Burns & Kissen (Singers)
Calvert, Charles
Chase, Chaz
Clark, Eddie (Blackface)
Cohen, Sammy
Cole & Snyder
Combes, Boyce
Coscia & Verdi (Instrument)
Craig, Richy
Donahue & Co., Red
Edwards, Irving
Fisher, Bob
Flippen, Jay C.
Freda & Palace
Getz, Coleman
Gildea, Jimmy
Givot, George
Glason, Billy
Hale, Joe & Willis
Handers & Mills
Healy, Ted
Hope, Bob
Howard Fine & Howard
Hume, Harry
Jackson, Wally
Kavanaugh, Stan
Kirkland, Paul
Lang & Haley
Langdon, Harry
LaSalle, Bob
LaVere, Earl
Leaf, Morris
Lewis, Sid
Mall, Paul (Blackface)
Marion, Sid
Marks, Joe
Mason, Tyler (Blackface)
Masters & Gautier
McCullough, Carl
McGrath & Leeds
Mike & Herman
Moore & Lewis (Dancers)
Morris, Joe
Morris & Rapp
Moss & Fry (Blackface)
Murphy, Senator
Murray & Alan (Comedy Singers)
Nazarro, Jr., Nat
Nelson, Bob
Nelson, Eddie
Niblo & Spencer (Comedy Skit)
Nicmeyer, Joe
Novelle Brothers (Pantomime)
Penner, Joe
Perkins, Johnny
Powell, Jack (Blackface)
Purl, Billy
Retter, Dezso
Robbins, A.
Rose, Harry (Singing Comedian)
Ross & Edwards
Rozelle, Charles
Savoy, Harry
Seed & Austin
Sedley, Roy
Snyder, Billy
Stanton, Will (Drunk Comedian)
Sully & Thomas
Taylor, Dub
Telaak & Dean
Wahl. Walter Dare
Waldron, Jack
Walmsley & Keating
Walzer & Dryer
Webb & Co., Freddie
Wei ford & Newton
Wells & Winthrop
Willie. West & McGinty
Willis. Cy
Wright & Douglas (Novelty)
York. Chic
Zelaya, Don
Bernier, Peggy
BoydeJ. Jean
Brady, Fay
Carr, June
Eline, Grace & Marie
Haynes, Mary
McConell, Lulu
Olivette. Nina
Price, Mary
Renie, Rinao
Walzer, Mabel
White. Thelma
Hilton & Garon
King, Rose
Lillie, Beatrice
Lynd, Helen
Sunshine, Marion
Suter, Ann
CONTORTIONISTS
Circillino & Fortunello
Crawley, Wilton
Gray, Helen
Lime Trio
Onwah, Troupe
Retter, Dezco
CYCLIST
Nilsson, Walter
DANCE ENSEMBLES
Abbott Girls
Arthur's Canadian Rockets, Jack
Belcher Dancers, Ernest
Berke Dancers
Bissett Dancers, Mack
Earle Rockets
English Tivoli Girls
Evans Girls
Fanchon & Marco
Foster Girls
Foxettes
Gamby Girls
Gluck-Sandor Girls
Gould Girls
Hale Girls
Hirsh-Arnold Dancers
Kosloff Girls
Loomis Dancers, Ray
Markert Girls
Peterson Girls
Rasch Dancers
Rockets, Stanley
Roxy Ballet Corps
Roxyettes
Schofield's Betty (Dancers)
Serova Girls
Shive Dancers, Meredith
Sorel Girls, Felicia
Sunkist Beauties
Torney Dancers
DANCE INSTRUCTORS
Abbott. Muriel
Alton, Bob
Arthur, Jack
Belcher, Ernest
Berke, Dorothea
Rogge, Florence (Ballet Mistress)
Evans, Fred
Foster, Alan K.
Gambarella, Marie
Glasscock, Fred
Gould, Dave
Hale, Chester
Hale. Chester
Loomis, Ray
Markert, Russell
Mayo, Skeets
Peterson, Marie
Rasch, Albertina
Rubin, Pedro
Schofield, Betty
Turner, Lilyan
DANCERS
Aber Twins
Adler & Bradford (Adagio)
Allen, Lester (Eccentric)
Ameros & Jeanette
Andre & Co., George (Adagio)
Andre & Duval (Apache)
Apollon, Dave (Russian)
Arnold, Phil (East Tap)
Beach, Drena
Bee, Master Jay
Bemis & Brown (Comedy)
Bennett Brothers (Tap)
Bennett, Joe
Ball. Marguerite
Barstow. Dick & Edith (Toe)
Barto & Mann (Comedy)
Basquette, Lina (Ballet)
Benny & Western (Comedy)
Berbe & Barte (Tango)
Bernice & Emily (Acrobatic)
Bernie Brothers (Tap)
Bernofl & Josephine (Adagio)
Billie & Trixie (Jazz)
Blair, Cecile (Acrobatic)
Bloom, Al & Gussie
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Blue. Ben (Eccentric)
Bourgeiose, La Norma
Bolger, Ray (Eccentric)
Bowman. Patricia (Ballet)
Boyee. George
Broadbent. Ida (Ballet)
Brooks. Eleanor
Brown & B3ily
Browns, 3
Burke. Helen
Bushey, Dorothy
Byrne. Gypsy
Cafery & Miller
Caligary Bros. (Comedy)
Caperton & Biddle (Adagio)
Capps. Kendall (Tap)
Caprice Sisters
Carlson. Violet
Carlton Bros.. Four
Carter. Rose Marie
Carr. Jeanne (Tap)
Chadbourne. Mort
Chamberlin & Himes
Chase, Charles (Eccentric)
Clifton & Brent
Chilton & Thomas (Charleston)
Clinton Bros.
Coe. Jerry ( Leg-o-Mania)
Connor Twins
Cooper, Betty Jane
Cooper. Una (Acrobatic)
Coles. Joyce
Coll. Bud & Eleanor (Adagio)
Collegiate Chorus (Tap, Soft Shoe)
Collette Sisters
Colman. Red (Eccentric)
Condos Bros. (Tap)
Cottam, Clyde
Covey. Edna (Corned)/)
Craft & McAuley (Whirlwind)
Crane. Cliff (Eccentric)
Cowan, Will (Tap)
Cowans, 4
Crandell. Margot
Curry & Brown (Comedy)
Dale. Ted & Jack
Darling. Twins
Darrell. Bert
Darrow. Bert
Dean Brothers
De Carlos & I-ouise
Delaroff. Jenny
Demons, Three (Adagio)
Deno & Rochelle (Apache)
Easter & Hazclton (Adagio)
Electric Duo (Girls)
Fawn & Jardon (Adagio)
Faye. Vivian (Toe)
Fisher. Gertrude (Acrobatic)
Ford. Ruth (Comedy)
George Foursome (Adagio)
Gomez & Velo7. (Ballroom)
Gray. Helen (Acrobatic)
Green, Margie (Acrobatic)
Haig. Hal
Hardy. Marcelle (Personality)
Harris Twins
Harry & Jerry
Howe. Buddy (Tap)
Irving Trio. Lester (Adagio)
Jackson. Bobby (Eccentric)
Jackson, Wally (Eccentric)
Jennings, John & Mary (Ballroom)
Justine. Dorothy (Tap)
Lamb. Gil
Lathrop Bros. (Tap)
Lees. Four (Eccentric. Soft Shoe)
Malinoff Trio (Adagio)
Manahan. Tommy (Eccentric)
Marcello Trio (Adagio)
Mario. Bcsba & Barte (Adagio)
Mayfair. Mitzie (Acrobatic)
Melino & Co.. Frank (Acrobatic)
Mi rio & Deshma (Classic)
Mcrritt & Norman (Adagio)
Mcl'arland. Helen
Morgan Trio
Mulroy McNei ce & Ridge
Myers Lubow & Rice
Myrio-Ayres Quartette (Adagio)
O'Connors. Four
Page. Lucille
Patricola. Pat
Pearl Twins (High-Kick)
Peppino & Rhoda (Ballroom)
Pettit Sisters (Acrobatic)
Price, Mary-
Queen. Queen & Queen (Tap)
Ramon & Virginia (Adagio)
Renoff & Renova (Adagio)
Rooney II. Pat
Rooney III, Pat
Robinson. Bill (Tap)
Rhythm Girls. Three (Tap)
Romeros
Sarkis, Sally
Society Steppers, Three
Stadlcr & Rose (Comedy Doll)
Stanley & White (Comedy)
Sterling & Silver
Stimson, Helen
Stone & Trotter
Stone-Vernon Four (Adagio)
Sylvia & Bcrnice (Acrobatic)
Taylor, Billy (Eccentric)
Vanessi (Rumba)
Vernon, Lucille (Eccentric)
Versell Sisters
Wallace Five, Earle (Adagio)
Walders, Darlene (Acrobatic)
Weaver. Alice (Acrobatic)
West, Buster & John
Webster & Marino (Comedy)
Wilson, Gail Gloria
Wonder, Betty
Wynn, Buddy & Mae
Xenia (Classic)
Yacopis. The Great (Acrobatic)
DeWees. Dancing (Novelty)
Dixon, Dorothy & Harry (Comedy)
Dolores, Eddy & Douglas
Dove. Johnny
Druscilla
Duffin & Draper (Eccentric, Ragdoll)
Dugan & Parker
Eagle Feather. Chief (Indian)
Edgecomb Four (Tap)
Edwards. Rubber Leg (Eccentric)
Emilie & Romaine (Adagio)
Faye, Olive
Florence & Jane
Froos, Sylvia
Gaskins, Pauline
Gatanos. The (Apache)
Gillan, Marjorie
Gilroy, Agnes
Gordon & King
Gray & White
Gus & Will (Comedy)
Hanlen. Jack
Higgie. Will
Houston, Jean (Acrobatic High Kick)
Howard, Paul (Acrobatic)
Hubert. Fritz & Jean (Novelty)
Hutchins, Harriet & Bill (Comedy)
Ivan, Lo
Jackson, Wally (Comedy)
Johnson, Jelly Bean (Eccentric)
Jones. Peg (Tap)
Karavaiff (Rusxian)
Kaye. Muriel (Toe)
Keene. Lew
Kerenoff & Maree (Adagio)
King & King (Tap)
King. King & King (Tap)
Krevoff, Sammy (Russian)
Landry, Cy (Comedy)
Lassiter Brothers (Tap)
Ix>e Brothers
Lee, Luclla
Lenore, Gypsy (Acrobatic)
LcTonge, Lillian
Lewis & Kellogg
Lewis. Sammy
L>gan, Francis
Loomis, Ray
I.oomis Twins
Ixmis & Kermine
Lubin. Lowry & Andree (Comedy Dancing)
Lyndon & Farman (Adagio)
Mack. Mirth
Manning & White
Mario. Desha & Barte (Adagio)
Markell & Faun (Comedy)
Marks. Ted
Marseilles. Maurinc
Martin. Freddie
Massine, Leonide
Masters. Harry & Grace
Mathews. Eddie
Maureen & Sonny
McCullen, "Babs"
McKenna. Eddie
Mel ins, Frank (Comedy)
Middlcton. Lucille (Fan)
Midnight Trio
Miles, Mary
Mills & Shea (Comedy)
Mitzie & Valenti
Moffis, Bebe (Acrobatic)
Moore & Lewis (Comedy)
Moore. Patty (Novelty Steps)
Molarity & Burns
Morris. Babe (Acrobatic)
Morrison, Dorothy
Niemeyer, Joe
Oginsha. Nina (Ballet, Toe)
Packard. Helen
Paige, George
Paul & Ferral (DeWees)
Pepito & Carthe (Jazz Steppers)
Pepper. Jack
Pererson. Carlos
Perlee. Mildred
Phelps Twins
PSrter. Ruth
Ray. Jimmy (Strut, Jazz)
Raymond. Master Buddy
Reed & Duthers
Richardson, Jazz Lips (Eccentric)
Rio Brothers (Jazz)
Rio, Maurine
Rio. Sonny
Robbins Family
Rogge, Florence (Ballet)
Rome, Al
Rose & Roberts
Ross, Joe
Rotuno Brothers
Roye, Harry
Ryder, Rosemary
Sally & Ted (Adagio, Comedy)
Samuels, Al & Ray
Santiago, Jose
Schofield. Betty (Ballet)
Sedley, Roy
Sheffield, Gertrude
Sherman, Hal (Eccentric)
Sidare, Hal (Acrobatic)
Sigaloff, Eugene
Six Crackerjacks
Slate Brothers (Jazz Tap)
Small. Melba
Sonny & Eddie
Spurr. Horton
Stanley, Aileen
Stanley & Burnes
Stanley & Lee
Stewart, Gertie (Eccentric)
Stickney. Robert (Stilt)
Stone. Maxine
Stroud Twins (Tap)
Sully & Thomas
Suzette & Jose (Ballroom)
Sylvia & Clemence
Taylor. Irene (Acrobatic)
Termaine. Bobby
Thompson, Bobbie, Dolly & Marie
Tiffany Twins (Acrobatic)
Trado Twins
Triesaull, Ivan
Tucker, Bert (Tap)
Two Black Dots
Vale & Stewart
Veronica. Betty
Vestoff. Floria (Acrobatic, High Kick)
Vestoff. Val & Marion
Voljavin. Mischa
Wallace & Cappo
Wallace Sisters (Acrobatic)
Wally & Zella (Tap)
Walton. Jules & Josie
Walzer & Dyer
Ward, George
Ward Sisters
Warren & Gill
Wilford & Newton (Comedy)
Wellington Sisters
Wells & Winthrop (Comedy)
White, Davey
White. Marie (Toe)
Whitney, Marjorie
Williams & Ross (Comedy)
Williams Sisters
Willis, Francis
Wonder, Tommy (Novelty)
Worthy & Thompson
Zastro & White
ENTERTAINERS
Apollon, Dave (Dancing)
Bernard. Fred
Blackstone, Nan
Brans, Charles
Chang, Arrna
Collette Sisters
Cummings. Don (Lariatist, Dancer)
Geraldine & Joe
Gray, Bee Ho (Lariatist, Comedy)
Gregory. Charles
Hawks & Mack
House, Stanley
Johnson, Baby Dorothy
Kane. Babe
Kennedy. Helen
I-amberti
Lang. Jeannie
Lewis. Ted
MacDonald. Scotty (Scotch Entertainer)
Marie, Baby Rose
Massart. Lillian
Morrison. Dorothy
North. Jack
Randall. Billy
Richardson, Jazz Lips (Colored)
Rogers, Ginger
Rozelle. Charles (Comic)
Salt & Pepper (Harmony Entertainers)
Sarche, Bee
Sheldon. Gene
Silver Haired Lady (Xovclty)
Tilden. Sally
Van. Vera
Vernon. Barbara
Whitmore, Doris
Wong, Joe (Chinese)
Wood. Britt
Karlan (Persian Paper Wizard)
IMPERSONATORS
Byrne. Gypsy
Ford. Ruth
Gerber, Billy (Male Impersonator)
Lucille Sisters (Singing)
Lynd, Helen
Mann. Jerome
March. Nils (Female)
MnxwelL John (Female)
Nagle & Co.. Bert (Felix Cat)
Rose & Roberts
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INSTRUMENTALISTS
Adlcr, Larry (Harmonicaiat)
Baird. Raymond (Saxophones)
Banjo Buddy
Brown, Tom (Saxophonist)
Capps, Kendall (Saxophonist & Banjo)
Chantcl Sisters (Piano)
Coe, Harry (Accordionist)
Coe, Jerry (Accordionist)
Coe, Larry (Accordionist)
Corcoran, Red (Ban joist)
Crawley, Wilton (Clarinet & Saxophone)
Dennison, Loretta
Dennison, Loretta (Xylophone)
De Pace, Bernardo (Mandolinist)
Donatella, Jerry (Accordionist)
Doro, Grace (Pianist)
Earl & Bell (Singing Instrumentalists)
Edwards. Cliff (Uke)
Elcota & Byrne (Xylophonist)
Gilbert, Bobby (Violin)
Glanville, Ruth (Saxophonist)
Gray, Otto and His Cowboys (Band)
Griffiths. Edith (Piano)
Haug, Hal
Hcnlere, Hershal (Pianist)
Henshaw, Bobby "Uke"
Hutchins & Holloway (Harmonica Players)
Jack and Bob (Banjo)
Jerome (Xylophonist )
Jerry (Danchig Accordionist)
Judnick, Frankie (Accordion)
Keden, Joe (Piano)
Lyons, George ( Harpist)
Marks, Tim (Mouth Organ)
McFarlane, Helen (Dancing Xylophonist)
McQuarrie Harp Ensemble (Harps)
Meyerson & Band, Elsie (Girls' Band)
Minnevitch & His Harmonica Rascals, Borrah
Mitchell Brothers (Instrumentalists)
Mulcahy. Gus (Dancing Harmonicaist)
Muses, Three (Violinists)
North, Jack (Ban joist)
Papila, Frank (Accordionist)
Raycelle, Marie (Piano)
Payne. Johnny (Pianist)
Pettit Sisters
Randall, Billy (Dancing Violinist)
Rogers, Edith (Violinist)
Romeros ( Violin )
Rubinoff, Dave (Violinist)
Russell & Marconi (Violin, Accordion)
Sanborn. Fred "Pansy" (Xylo])honcs)
Senter, Boyd (Clarinetist)
Sholdon, Gene (Ban joist)
Smeck. Roy (Banjoist)
Symphony Four
Taylor "Dub" (Harmonica. Xylophone)
Tucker, Charley (Violinist)
Zelaya (Pianist)
JUGGLERS
Bob, Bob & Bobbie (Comedy)
Caligary Bros.
Emerson & Baldwin (Comedy)
Flash, Serge
Hale. Joe & Willie
Havel, Arthur & Morton
Kavanaugh, Stan
Lisle. Billy de
McConnell & Moore
Pike. Raymond (Dancing)
MAGICIANS
Charlton. Chris
Duval. A.
Keating, Fred
MARIONETTES
and
PUNCH 8i JUDY
Klicks, Los
Sarg, Tony
Schichtl Marionettes
MIDGETS
Billy The Duch( :is
Rimos and His Midgets, Paul
Royal, Helen & Charles
Singer"s (Lilliputian)
MONOLOGISTS
Browning, Joe
Browning, Jr.. Joe
Coombs, Boyce
Hope. Bob
Murphy. Senator
North. Jack
Osterman, Jack
Sedlcy. Roy
Ztlayo
MUSICAL COMEDY
Atkins, Sextette, Tommy
Bernier. Peggy
Chamberlin & Himes
Collettc Sisters
Dancing De Wees
Darling Twins
Duncan Sisters
Eline, Grace & Marie
Gaskins, Pauline
Hamilton, Maxine
Hardy, Marcella
Helltr & Riley
Lubin, Larry & Andree
McCune Sisters
Merman, Ethel
O'Dav, Nell
Rogers, Ginger
Spangler, Jack & Kay
Stanley & Birnes
West. Buster
REVUES
Bergman & Co., Henry (Song, Dance)
Cooper & Lathrop Bros.. Betty Jane (Dancing)
Douglass & Co., Milton (Song, Dance)
Edwards "20th Century," Gus (Song, Dance)
Manahan & Girls. Tommy (Song, Dance)
Meyers. Dot (Song, Dance)
Olsen & Girls, Ralph (Dancing)
Sedley & Co., Roy (Song, Dance)
Skelly, Monica & Ann (Song, Dance)
Spangler, Jack & Kay (Song, Dance)
Vercelle & Male Dancing Sextette, Louise and
Katherine
ROLLER SKATERS
French's Aeroplane Girls, Jim
Gaynor & Byron
Koehler & Edith
SINGERS
Abbot, Don
Adams, Dorothea
Adams & Rasch (Comedy)
Allesandro, John
Amiet, Lolita (Blues)
Andelin. Willard (Baritone)
Arbuckle, Corinne
Arcuri, Ralph
Baby Rose Marie
Badger & Meuser
Bailey, Ilomay (Prima Dcnna)
Bali, Arthur
Barchi, Pietro (Opera Tenor)
Bard & Avon
Bairie, Gracie
Bays & Speck
Beatty, George
Beck, Ed & Morton
Bee, Master Jay
Belkin, Beatrice
Bell & Coates (Harmony Singers)
Bernard, Bobby
Bernier, Peggy
Blair, Poo
Blake, Gladys
Bledsoe, Jules
Block & Sully
Booth, Helen K.
Booth, Ward (Baritone)
Boreo, Emil
Born & Lawrence (Comedy)
Bowman, Grace
Boyd. Mertzy (Blues)
Boydell, Jean
Brady, Florence
Brooks. Eleanor
Browns, 3
Buck & Bubbles
Burns & Kissen (Comedy)
Byrne, Gypsy
Cannon, Archie (Tenor)
Carey, Dennis
Carlson, Violet
Carpenter, Billy (Uke)
Chang, Anna (Chinese)
Clark, Eva
Codee, Ann (French Personality Singer)
Collette Sistprs
Combes, Boyce
Cori, Lenora
Cropper, Roy (Operetta)
Cunningham, Daddy
Darling Twins
Dawson, Lillian
Douglass, Milton
Decker, Nancy
Dennis Sisters (Harmony)
Dickson, Art (Scotch Songs)
D'Orsay. Fifi
Dunn, Johnny
Embassy Trio
Etting, Ruth
Evans, Lee Barton (Tenor)
Fiertag, Luella
Fisher. Mark
Four Cheer Leaders
Four Dictators (Comedy)
Friedland, Anatole
Frondi & Catita
Froos, Sylvia
Gale. Al
Garrity, Julia (Blues)
Gay Sisters
Gaskins, Pauline
Gclning, Alfrida
Gerity, Julia
Getz, Coleman
Giersdorf Sisters
Givot, George
Gordon, Myrtle (Blues)
Gordon & King
Gordon, Helen
Griffin, Joseph (Tenor)
Griffiths, Grace
Hall, Georgia
Hall, Willard
Hamilton, Frank (Comedy)
Harm & Nee (Harmony)
Harris, Lydia (Blues)
Havel, Electa
Hayes, Lucille
Heniz, Harry
Heller, Jackie
Henry, Donaid (Boy Tenor)
Herman, Johnny
Higgins, Peter
Hill-billies, Annie, Judy & Zeke
Hill, Eddie
Hillis, Tom
Hober, Beal
Hollis, Mabel (Blues)
Hotonga, Chief
House. Stanley (Comedy)
Hutchins, Harriet & Bill
Jan & Jalna
Jean, Vina
Jewel, Nell
Jockers, Al
Johns & Mabely (Old Time Songs)
Johnson, Grace
Johnson, Virginia (Soprano)
Jolley, Charles
Jue Fong (Chinese Tenor)
Kalar, Phil
Kane. Helen
Karnes, Virginia
Kennedy, Ginger
Kennedy, Helen
Kentucky Jubilee Company (Harmony)
Kevan, Lee
Kirkland, Paul
Klein, Jack (Jazz Singer)
Kliest, Paul
Kutznetzkoff-Nicolini Trio
Lane, Laura
Lang & Hughes
Lang, Nick
Lapierre, Anita (Soprano)
LaSalle, Bob
LaSalle, Mildred (Blues)
Lax, Mirian
Lee & Gould (Comedy)
Lee. Virginia
Lett Sisters & Louise (Harmony)
Lewis & Dody (Comedy Songs)
Lewis, Erwin
Loder, Lotti
Logan, Francis
Loomis Twins
Love, Violet
Lubin, Lowry & Andree (Comedy Singing)
Mack, Henry
Magill, Eddie
Major, Jack
Mandel. Eva (Blues)
Mann. Syd
Marcel, Sugar
Masters & Gautier
McCloy. June
McGill, Eddie
McKenzie & Bishop (Comedy)
Meyers, Bill
Miller, Ned
Miller, Woods
Montgomery, Richard
Morrell, Clarke
Morris, Babe
Morrison, Dorothy
Murray & Aian (Comedy)
Myers, Billy
Nealy, Arthur
Neiman, Hal
Nelson, Eddie
Neville, Dorothy
Newall, William
Oliver, Vic
O'Neill Sisters
Original Honey Boys (Minstrel)
Osborn, Will
Osterman, Jack
Owen & Anderson
Penner, Joe
Pepper, Jack
Perkins. Johnny
Peterson. Lucille
Pettit Sisters
Petty. Ruth
Phelps Twins
Pitta. Naomi
Plascncia. Flavio (Spanish Tenor)
P loner, Louise
Ponce Sisters (Harmony)
Powers & Lax
Powers. Stella
Pruitt. William
Quinlin, John
Ramc-y, Eugene
Raymond, Master Buddy
Reid, Margie
Richmond. Jack
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Robinson. Bob
Roche, Doris
Rogers, Ginger
Rome & Dunn
Rooney, Sunny
Rose & Carroll
Rose, Harry
Rosedale. Lillian (Prima Donna)
Ross & Edwards (Comedy J
Ross & Gilbert (Comedy)
Roth, Ann
Roth. Lillian
Russell, Paul
Sedley, Roy
Shevlin, John
Sibley, Olive
Skylarkers, Four
Small, Paul
Smith. Joily & Smith
Smith, Kate
Snyder, Biliy
Spears. Patti
Stanley, Aileen
Steel. John
Stever, Frank
St. John. Gladys
Sully & Thomas
Sunset Four (Harmony Singers)
Sunshine Sammy
Suter, Ann
Symphony Four
Talbert & Fisher (Harmony Singers)
Taylor. Irene (Blues)
Taylor & Lake (Harmony Singers)
Thompson, Will
Tiffany Twins
Tilden, Sophie (Blues)
Toumbler, Loraine
Tucker, Bert
Tucker, Sophie (Blues)
Tyson. Anne
Val, Marie du
Van. Vera
Van Duzee. Harold
Varsity Four
Vee, Evelyn
Veronica, Betty
Wainright Sisters
Wallace Sisters
Walton, Lady Alma & Virginia Lee
Walzer & Dyer
Ward & Devereaux
Warner, Helen
Warner, Henry
Warren & Gill
Washington, George Dewey (Baritone)
Watson, Milton (Tenor)
Weisner Sisters (Harmony Singers)
Wellington Sisters
Willaford, Harry
Williams Sisters
Woodruff. Charlotte
Wray. Gil
Wright. Helen
Yates. Hal
Yorks, Helen (Prima Donna)
SKETCH
Besser & Co., Joe (Comedy)
Bushman, Jr., Francis X.
Haines & Co.. "Chick" (Comedy, Song, Dance)
McConnell & Co.. "Lulu" (Comedy)
Morris & Campbell (Comedy)
Norton & Haley (Comedy)
Smith & Co. (Comedy, Song, Dance)
Willie, West & McGinty (Comedy Pantomime)
SONG AND DANCE
Carter Bros.
Colburn, Claudia
Darling Twins
Foy, Gloria
McCann Sisters
Sunshine Sammy
Tiffany Twins
Tucker, Bert
Wallace Sisters
Warren & Gill
Wellington Sisters
VENTRILOQUISTS
Gaby & Co.. Frank
Ketch & Wilma
WHISTLERS
Arnaut Bros.
Fagan. Sybil
Huey, Charles
Major, Jack
Marks, Teddy
Milo
Novello Bros.
WIRE- WALKERS
Boyd & Wallin
Brazilian, Miachua
Ford & Price
Miachana
MASTERS OF CEREMONIES
Agne. Charles
Albert!. Oliver
Ash. Paul
B
Baird. Ray
Barrie, Stuart
Belasco. Al
Bell. Jimmv
Bergner. Carl
Bergman. Henry
Black. Ben
Black. Zizz
Bower, Jay
Bradfleld. E. Max
Breese. Lew
Britton. Frank
Britton. Milt
Buck. Verne
BufTano, Jules
Burnett. "Tiny"
Busee. Henry
Calloway. Cab
Carr. Joe
Christie. Harlan
Christy. Joe
Claire. Ted
Clark. Hughle
Cooke. Russell
Cooke. Ted
Coons. Llndy
Cowan, Lynn
Crafts. Charlie
Craig. Dare
Crawford. Jack
D
Davis. Charles
Deitrich. Roy
Delbridge. Del
Dooley, Jed
Eddy. Wesley
Edwards. Irving
Ellington. Duke
Evans. Al
Evans. Charles
Fairbanks. Bennie
Fay. Frank
Fisher. Mark
Ftanklyn. Milt
Fredericks. Chester
Friedland. Anatole
Frohman. Bert
Galvan. Don
QU, Don
Gillette. Bobby
Gray. Otto
H
Davidson. Cecil
Daris. Benny
Heldt. Horace
Henkel. Ted
Henshaw. Bobby "Cke"
Herman. Sam
Hertz. Mel
Hope. Bob
House. Stanley
Hyde. Alex
Ince Vic
Ingram. John
Inslrillo. Vic
Irwin. Charles
J
Jackson. Bobbie
Jenks. Frank
Johns. Brooke
Joyce. Teddy
Kahn. Art
Kaley. Charles
Kaufman. Sam Jack
Kayser. Jack
Keating. Fred
Keese. Alex
Kelly. Jack "Peacock"
Kern. Herb
King. Hermie
King. Teddy
KoslofT. Lou
Krueger. Bennie
Kvale. Al
Lambert. Eddie
Lamp**. Del
Lampkln. Phil
Landrvy. Art
Lane. Pat
l>eary. Ted
I<easch. Paul
Lewis. Ted
Loughton. Eddie
Lopez. Vincent
Lowe. Sol
Lowry. Ed
Lyman. Al>e
Lyons. A I
M
Mack. Austin
Mack. Freddy
Mack. Ted
Madson. Maddie
Magill. Eddie
Martin. "Slim"
Masters. Frankie
McDonald, Brian
McKenna. Jane
McKenna. Joe
Meier. L. Carlos
Melan. Lee
Melson. Charlie
MerofT. Bennie
Meyers. Billy
Miller. Dave
Mills. Jay
Mitchell. Al
Morey. Al
Morgan. Gene
Murray. Ken
N
Navara. Leon
Nazzaro. Nat
Nelson. Ozzie
Nolen. Bob
Osborne. Will
Osterman. Jack
O'Hara. Ray
O'Rourke. Eddie
Page. Buddy
Peabody. Eddie
Pepper. Jack
Perry. Eddie
Perkins. Johnnv
Pollack. Ralph
Powell. Dick
R
Rawlinsnn. Herbert
Rea. Joe
Rich. Larrv
Itiley. George J.
Rodemich. Gene
Roesner. Walter
Rogers. Allen
Rolle. Willie
Rose. Harry
Ross. Ben
Sacco. Tommy
Sanderson. Everett
Santo. Don
Sarli. Jean
Sauer. Eddie
Schooler. Dave
Selby. Norman
Sheldon. Gene
Shumatona. Chief
Silk. Vince
Specht. Paul
Spor. Paul
Stanley. Eddie
Stanley. Jack
Stevenson. Dean
Stroud. Charles
Swanee. Frank
Sweetin. Owen
T
Teal. Ray
V
Vallee. Rudy
w
Watson. Monk
White. Eddie
Whitmer. Ken
Wllkens. Don
Williams, ta
Wohlman. Al
Wolf. Rube
Adrian. Louis
Albert. Don
Ash. Paul
B
Balrd. Ray
BakaneinikofT. Constantln
Bangs. Herbert
Baron. Maurice
Baum, Oscar
Benavle. Samuel
Bloom. Leon
Blumenthal. Morris
Brader. Harry
Bradfleld. M.n
Breeskln. Ellas
Brown. Pete
Bunchuk. Yaaha
Brtssette. "Dolly"
Calloway. Cab.
Carbonari. Gerard
Chantnskv Louie
Cherniavsky. Joseph
Cone. Marvin
Coon. Carlton
D
Davidson. Cecil
Davidson. Walter
Davidson. Walter J.
Dolin. Max
Downing. Joseph
Dumont. Adolph
Emerson. Howard
Ellington. Duke
Fabello. Phil
Fa ret. Jules
Felice. Don
Forbstein. Leo
Fraslk. Art
Frohman. Louis
Gil. Don
Goldkette. Jean
Green. Bert
Gress. I-ouls
Gundllng. Arthur
Oygl. Ota
H
Haas. Sam
Hand. Armln
Hauser. Ernest
Henchel. Jimmy
Henkel. Ted
Henlere. Hershal
HUbloom. Maurie
Hill. Eddie
Hollander. Emll
Hollowell. Bert
Johnston. Orrille
Jones. Bill
Jordon. Joseph
MUSIC CONDUCTORS
K
Kahn. Russ
Kern. Eddie
Kiefer. Tom
King. Wayne
Koestner. Joseph
Kornspan. Adolphe S.
Leonard!. Leonid
Leonhardt. Billy
Levy. Harold
Lewis. Ted
Lewis. Joe
Litchter. Joie
Littau. Joseph
Lopez. Vincent
Ixive. Dave
Lowe. Sol
M
Marcelli. Vldenco
Meerte. Maurice
Mendoza. David
Miller. Dave
Manning. Charles
N
Nastrie. Jerry
Nelson. Ben
Nichols. Ray
Parker. William
Paul. Edward
Payton. Dave
Perrigo. Eddie
PesUkl. David
Philipplni. Don
Previn. Charles
Potter. Frank
R
Rappe. Erno
Reiser. Alois
Resener. Ed
Rich. Louis
Romanelli. Luigi
RubinofT. Dave
Russo. Dan
Reisman. Leo
Ross. David
Rublnl. Jan
Rolfe. B. A.
Rodwell. Clayton
Rusfo. Dan
Sanders. Joe
Santrey. Henry
Sauer. Eddie
Schmitt. Fted
Severl. Gino
Sharpies. Winnie
Sherman. Maurie
Short. Albert
Silverman. Dave
Singer. Ruth
Smason. Dave
Sobolewskl. Maxim
Sparnon. Ken
Spltalny. H. Leopold
Spltalny. Maurice
Sprigg. Jack
Stiska. Karl
Straub. Herbert
Stuliale. Nick
Sweeten. Claude
Sweeten. Owen
Swerllng. Ruby
Taft. • Slim"
Talbot. Irving
Tours. Frank
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Ungar. Bert
Van Gilder. Leon
Violin. Mlsha
Vitale. Mike
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Webster. Cliff
Weisenhreund. Joe
Weper. Fred
Werner. Edward
Whiteman. Paul
Wild. George
Williams. Bert
Winter. Calvin
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Young. Victor
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Zlmm. Paul
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Aarons. Ann
Abbaliello. Anthony
Abel. Earl
Abel, George
Adelman. Wynne
Adler, Don
Agnew, Adelyn E.
Adler. Don
Akin. .luanita
Albanese, F.
Alders. Eugene
Alexander, Joe
Alfreds, Florence
All. Arthur
Allbee. Allen
Allen. E.
Allen, Muni
Allen. Myrl
Alwaise, Fred
Amos. Charles
Amstein. Edgar
Anderson. Harold
Anderson, Chrystal H.
Anderson, Kenneth
Anthony, Jean
Ariza, M.
Armstrong, Bernie
Armstrong, Ixmise
Arnold. M. It.
Aptihaker. Charlotte
Astorion. Anthony
Atkinson, Ruby
Aurand. Ted
Aurandt. Richard
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Itaatz. Edw. A.
Bach, Hichard
Bader. Caroline
Baggot. Ron
Bailey, no
Baker. Don
Baker, l.ew
Baker, Lucille
Baldwin, .1. Gordon
Ball, Earl
Ball. Claude B.
Hull. Iteginald
Ballard. Norma
liallou. Billy
Baucom, Grace
Rannenberg, Albert
Baraldi. Larry
Barber, Dorothy
Barnes, Barney
Barm s. Hilly
Barrie, Stuart
Barrett, ltutb
Bartlett. Addie Belle
Bassett, Margaret
Bates. Anna
Hates. Murray N.
Battersby. Violet M.
Haurrie. Chas.
Btuerle, Ddna M.
Headier. Hugh A.
Heal. Ray
Beebe, Birdie E.
Hi ck. Fred
Heck. Otto
Hecquer. Bene
Beech. Harold F.
Beig, Mrs. Carmel
Belkin. Bettv
Bennett. Bill
Berentson. Bobert
Bernard. Ted
Herns. Edna A.
Bernstein. Arthur
Berry, ltamon
Beswlek, n.
Bitterly. Lewis
Bettincourt. Leo
Belts. Dick
Betty and Jean
Bieck, Elmer
Biene. Marcel
Biggs. Anita
Billings. Bob
Kinder, Wiiford S.
Blederman, Lee
Binxemer, JnoE.
Blmham, Beatrice
Bishop. A. Itussell
Bishop, n.
Bishop. William
Blackmail, Alice
Blair. Adele
Blauck. E. K.
Bliss. Georgia
Block. I,eon
Boek. Ted
Bodenslein. Mary
Hoisclair. Steve
Holich. Harry
Bonawitz. Carl
Bonder. Lou
Bonneville. G.
Bonslad. George
Borcch. Stanley
Bolton, Horace C.
Bosch. Clarence
Bowon. Charles
Boynns. Frank
Brand. Frank
Brem, Frank
11 rei n. Pat
Brook. Arthur Scott
Brown. Albert F.
Brown. William
Budd. Annaln-l
Burch. Harvcv C. A.
Burn«tein. Eiina
BnrralL w 11
P.iishnill, Marie
ll'ivirge. I/, is
Bonny. Mr.
Boucher. Frank
Bousclair. Stan
Bradley. Brad
Breidenbaeh. Clara M.
Breitenmosser, Don
Bridwell. "Mac" C.
Briggs, Madge
Brigham, Chester
Brinckley, Shepherd
Breglio. Bene
Brite. Joe
Broad, Mabel
Brotman. Barney
Brown, Art
Brown. Sara w.
BrucS, Bemlce I.
Bruce. E.
Brunner, M.
Bryman, Ida
Buchta. Miss Lee
Buckholtz, .Margaret
Bunting, E. Frank
Burch. Ed.
Burkitt. L, J.
Burt. Ray
Butler. Ellis
Butz, Myra
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Cady, Stanley W.
Caldwell. Mrs. Jane
Campbell. Ted
Caparoli. Bertha
Carhaugh. E. O.
Carleton, Mrs. Dink
Caniathan. Boy E.
Cato. Boy
Ceiga. George E.
Chaulmaux, Mr.
Chamberlain. Henrietta
Cbandish. I,eslie
Chappell, Milton
Charette, W.
Charles. Milton
Cheetham, Jessie
Churchin, Mina A.
Cimler. Bill
Clark, Grace
Clark, Merle
Clarke, Bob
Clarke. Ida V.
Clauser, G. It.
Clement. Harry B.
Clement, Jessica
Clemmons. T. It.
Cobb. Harold
Cocker. W.
Cohen. B. L.
Cohn. Vera II.
Colgan, James E.
Collier, Mrs. Frank
Collins, L. E.
Comstock, Lou
Comstock, Verne
Conkling. Ethel
Cook, Maurice
Cooper. Ronald
Copland. Italph
Cordray, Bob
Cordon, Don
Corsen, Paul
Coutre, F. A.
Cowdry, William J.
Cowham, Bernard
Cox, J. T.
Cox. Lucy
Craig. C.
Crawford. C. H.
Crawford. Jesse
Crawford. Mrs. Jesse
Crawford. Tim
Cristole. Basil
Cronin, Mr.
Crosby, Tom
Croson, F. C.
Crosson. Arthur
Crystal. Hazel
Culliam, Blossom
Camming*, IthodeUa
Cuaack, Phil
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Dalton. Bill
Dana. Chester A.
Daniel. Mary Ellin
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Daniels. Marpliarita
Danlelaon, "Win"
Dark. Hob
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Davis. E.
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Davis. Milton
Davis. Opal
Davis. Paul
Dawley. Walter
Dawn. Julia
Dayton. Faith
Dayton. Gilbert It.
Dcffry. Jr.. Harry
Deeman, Billle
DeBaaf, Manuel
Del. Orifice, Vera
IVIasscaux. M.
Delorieick, ,T.
De Mar. Mrs. Chailes
Demmlng. Hob
Demons!. C. H.
DemrKcy. Mrs. Jack
I>eOtto. Joe
DePalma. John
De Bacbeda, Edna
Devlne. Johnny
DeVlieger. Thurlow
Dial. John
Diamond, Rose
niehl. Jacob
Dllle. Mary
Dollinger, Ed
Doudlohn, W. L.
Dougherty. Egon M.
Dovvd, Gertrude
Dreisbaeh, Miss Lee
Drews, Leon F.
Driggs, Collin
Duff. Elizabeth
Duguid. William
Dunn, Adele
Duusiedter, Eddie
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Eardley, M.
Eddington, Ban
Edwards. Lillian
Efteusack. Gertrude
Eitel. Madelin M.
Ekedahl. Mayone
Eldin. Mayaret
Ellicott, E. D.
Elliott. Marie
Ellis, Mr.
Ellsworth. Lynn
Ely, Jane D.
English, Weudall
Eppling, Ruth
Erdley, Marguerite
Erwing, Mary
Esearpcnter, J.
Espinosa. Don Pedro
Esterlv. Paul
Estes, Earl
Estes, M.
Etrossman, Edwin E.
Evans, A.
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Fairbeirn, Virginia
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Faisey, Harry
Fa 11c, A. G.
Falkner, Veno
Fallon. Mary
Farley, ltutb
Farney. Francis B.
F&rrell, Miss Frances
Fat ley, Cecil .1.
Faulkner, Geibel
Fnv. Arthur M.
Fay, Romelle
Feible, Fred
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Felio. Leslie F.
Femr. John
Kenton. Fred D.
Fieg. Al V.
Fielder, Itussell D.
Fiermer, Edw.
Kiefs. Clark
Fisher, O. L.
Fischer, V. .1.
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[rjandorf, Walter
Fleming, Mildred
Flint, Louis It.
Floodis, It. M.
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Forest, Al
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Forster. Paul
Fosse. Miss a.
Fossler, Dean
Fought. F. A.
Fox, Charles
Frank, Lester
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Franey, Francis
Prankenberg, Mildred
Franz, Armin
Frazee. Hoy
Fread. Belt
Frechette F. Louis
Frederick. Amy
Fredericks. Harrison
Freid. T,en
Fried. S.
Friedman, Miss B.
Friedman. Hal
FUnk, Dwiuht M.
Furbnah, Frank
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Gabrelow, Harry
Gagnon, .1. Ed.
Gaige. Charles
Gale, Maud
Galey. Ann
Gallagher, Frank
Gallagher. II.
Gamble, Fred W.
Gannon. Hazel
Garside. Phillip
Garf. John
Gcddis. G. raid
Gels. Hy C.
Genthon. E.
George. Bernard L.
Geyer. Vernon
Gilbert. Grace '
Gillespie, Catherine
Gilroy. William J.
Giassuer, Joseph
Gleckel. Rose
Glen. Irma
Glover. H S.
Goebel. Adolph
Goff, Glenn
Goldthwa.tc, E.
Gould, Betty
Graap, Margie
Grabial, Hildred
Gragg, Cons
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Grant, Leila
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Graven, Catherine
Graves. Cy
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Gray. Ted
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Grierson. Tom
Gross, Elsie Bobbins
Gruenberg, Herman
Gruner, Henry
Gutow. Arthur
Grayson, A.
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Greene, Alma
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Gress, Willard
Griffin, Agnes
Griffiths, Miss Jessie
Grist. Mrs. W. W.. Jr.
Griswold, Phyllis
Gross. Eugene
Gross, Ilarley W.
Gross, ltose
Grouthel. Mr.
Grove. E. M.
Gruis, Hay
Gunderman, John. Jr.
Gundeium. Al
Guthoerl, Irma
Gutow. Mrs. Arthur
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Haase. Marion
Hablger, Mary
Hackett, Mrs.
Haegele, Frieda S.
Haines. Chauucey
Haley. Ituth
ITalperin. Antrie
Hall. Florence
Ilallet, F.
Ilallner. Charles
Hamilton, Bob
Ilallivau, Marty
Hammond, Betty
Hammond, Harvey
Hammond, John
Hammond, Vernon
Hamilton. Wade
Hammond. Jake
Hampel. Vera
Ilanifv, Irene
Hanley. K. L.
Hanscom, .leanette
Hanson. Eddy
Hansen, W.
Hanson. Mrs. E. J.
iTardy. Daisy Ward
Hardy, Harry
Ilarols, Mary E.
Harrington. D. IT.
Harrington. II. It.
Hart. H. E.
Hartigan. ltichard J.
Harting, II.
Hartsough, Baron
Harwood. Evelyn
Haskell, Miss Hoe
Haven. Doris C.
Hawthorne, Harlow
Hay den, Everett
Hayes. Arthur
Hegner. E.
Heidelberg. Lou F.
Heidemann. Paul A.
ITeiney. list her M.
Helmerk, Dorothy
Henderson. Bob
Henderson, H. E.
Henderson. Russ
Hendryx. Kathryn
Henke, Robert
Hennebey, William
Henser. Elaine
Ffepn, Lucinda M.
Herbie, Mr. and Mrs.
Berth. Milton
Hertz. Mel
Hcyman. Mildard
Bllbloom. Mrs. Maurie
Hilbert, Esther
Hill. Bettye
Bill. Llo-d (Will Oscar)
Hinette, A.
Hirsch. Hazel
lloadley, Les
Hoffman. Glenn
Hoffman. .1. P.
Hoffman. P. R.
Hoffman, William
llolhrook. Priscilla
Holchan, Thomas H., Jr.
Holt, Owen
Holt. Leah
Hooper. K.
Hopper. Rvron
Horlsh. Jack
Horning. Alfred
lloudc. Ernest L.
House. Eddie
Housh, Irma Helnze
Howard. Chris
Hoyt. Hattie
Hrussel, Kathryn
Huff, Leslie
Huffman. J. Virgil
Units. Arlo
Hill. Lloyd (Wild Oscar)
Huffman, Gray
Hughes. James
Hughes, Inez
Hunt, Grace
Hupp, Russell V.
Hustler, Horace
Hutcheon, Mrs. Lester W
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Inkman, Barney
Ireland. Zillah A.
lrisey, Harry
Irving, Frank
Isliam, Don
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Jackie and Jean
Jacob, Hetty
Jacobs. Anton C.
James. Arthur
James, Carlton A.
leffery, Charles B.
Jenkins. Harry
Jensen, Russeil
Jerscheid, Margaret
Jessmine, Louise
John, Leta Mae
Johnson, Dorothy
Johnson, George
Johnson, Elmer M.
Johnson, Harold
Johnson, Julius
Johnson, Margaret M.
Johnson. Mel
Johnson, Ted
Johnson, Warrne
Johnston. Mercie
.lolles, Harold
Jones, Gertrude
Jones. Joyce. M.
Jones, Mary Adelaide
Jones. Ralph
Jordan. Henrietta
Jueille, Don
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Kaber. Bertie
Kaderley, Jackie
Kaderley, Katharine
Kamern, Henrietta
Kandlik. Bess C.
Kandlik, Rose M.
Kaplan. Lillian L.
Kaufman. Rosalind
Kavauagh. Edna
Keates. nenri A.
Kech, Viola
Keefe, Rose Elinor
Kees, Alex W.
Kelly, .lack
Kelt, Jack
Kennedy. Roger
Kennedy. Weudall
Kern. Herb
Kernal. Lil
Kershner. Russ
Kestner. M.
Keuhn. Mary
Keunner. G. A.
Kimble. Alma
Kingsley. Emma
Kinsley, Frederick
Kindig. L. K.
Kirchmeyer. George
Kirkman. W. Carroll
Kirkpatrick. David S.
Klaiss, Billy
Klaiss, Viola
Klipper, Alex
Klaproth. Theo.
Klasselte. William
Knight, James
Knops. Mrs. L.
Know. William
Knox. Billy
Knnppe. Floyd C.
Koch. Herbie
Koch. Herbie
Koenigmann. Harry
Koepell, EmU
Kohl. Estelle
Koppitch. Carl
Korri. Oscar
Koster. Ted
Kraber, Ethel
Koury. Rex
Kroesen, Irma
Kromar. Frank
Krone, "V."
Krone,, Jan
Kukenwald. Carlos J.
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KiCntint. C. R.
I-jiKarr. Hay
I-ahnim-. Erwln
I^iille. Vic
lilinio, N.
I.am\ Edith B.
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Lancaster, William
Langley, Mrs. Era
Lanterman, Frank
Larsen, Larry
Larsen, William
Latch, George
Laughlin. Kenneth
Lavrer, Frank
Laviettes, Harry
Lawson, Doc
Leaf, Ann
Lee, Harry J.
Lee, Leonard
Lee. E.
Lechman, Joseph
Lehr, John
Leibert, Dick
Leigh, Leonard
Leo, Helen
Lesieur. Leo
Lester, Mrs.
Leverenz, Clarence
Levstone, Harriet
Lewis, Dick
Licato, Mildred
Lindsey, N.
Lipschultz, Sylvia
Little. Miss L&vcrne
Locket t, Clara
Lohman. Louis
Lord, Wesley
Losh, Viola M.
Ludwig, Norbert
Lurey, Jules
Lyon, Harold
Lohman, Lou
Longenbach, Hal
Longfellow. Helen D.
Lucet, Tom
Lusch. Marie Hane
Lyle, Gladys
Lynch, James J.
Mc
MaeAhan. Robert
McClelland. "Bush"
McClellted. Bess
McClucn, Vera
McCormick. ClifTord C.
McCurdy. Marsh
MrEirov. Marv
McFall. H. II.
McGee. Elsie
McGee. Robert
McGingan. Frank
MoGorern, Don
McKay. Edna
MoKibben. F. w.
McLain, Lin
McLaughlin. Kenneth
Mc Mantis. M. C.
MeNamara. Ilay
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Macnmbcr, Harold
Madclcy. Eleanor
Maehl. Charles G. W.
Maffle. Cornelius
Maglnn, Rose
Magoon. Frances P.
MaKUire. E.
Mahley. Frank
Makle. Edith
Malerieh. .laek
Mallcry, Dorothy A.
Malotte. Albert Hayes
Malotte. Stanley
Mansfield. C. E.
Mansfield. Eddie
Manwlller. W.
Mareh. Helen
Marlin. Max
Mametio. Josephine
Martel. Arthur
Martin. C. S.
Martin. Jack
Martin. Katherinc Frenel
Martin. Vivian
Masepohl, Carlton
Massino, Erminia
Mathews. Matliew H.
MauroCottone, Dr. M.
May. Edward
Mayer. Norma
Mayer. Rose
Mayer. Viola
Mead. Leone
Meeder. William H.
Meek. Edward
Meier. L. Carlos
Meikel. Eddie
Melgard. A I
Melgeir. Art
Melody, Ann
Menard. E. O.
Mendsen. Charles
Meredith, S J.
Meyer. Herman F.
Meyer, II. Whiteside
Meyer, .lack
Meyer, Marie
Meyn. Ted
Michaels. Alvinia C.
Michal. Leah
Miller. B.
Miller. Donald
Miller. H. Fred
Miller, Haryey
Mills, M. M.
Minor, C. Sharp
Mismas, Frank
Mitchell, Alma
Mitchell, Arthur C.
Mitchell, Johnny
Mitchelle, Dliza
Mitler, Bessie L.
Mohler, Grace
Monaco. May Mullini
Moore, Bob
Moore, Don
Moore. Francine
Moore. Hilda A.
Moore. Morrill
Morgan. Mrs. Era
Morris, Miss E.
Morrow, Fred
Motely. William J.
Mulraney, A.
Murie. John
Murphy, Grace
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Murray. Lyn
Murtagh. Henrv B.
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Myers. Boy
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Nelson, F. LeRoy
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Newman. Richard
Neville. Winston
Newcomb. Esther
Newmann. Richard
Newton. James R.
Nicholsen. Maurice
Nicklas. Oliver S.
Niland. Bessie E.
Nixon. Herbert
Norrie, Gwen
Norton. Harry
Nystrom, Harvey
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Ogbam. Owen
O'Hara. James
Olson. Carl
On. Marjorie
Oscar. Wilo ( Lloyd Hill)
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Paddock, Edwin E.
Pane, Helen E.
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Palese, Roeco W.
Parker. Carl C.
Parks. Henry Francis
Parks. Ruth
Parmentier. C. A.
Pasche. Mrs. Erma L.
Patterson. Dlllin
Paxton. Charles
Payne. Marion
Payne. Marion P.
Payne. Norton H.
Pearce. Dorothy
Pearl. "Hal"
Pearl. Harry
Peralta. Mazie
Perl. Harold
Peter. Mrs. K. L.
Peters. Ruth
Peterson. Sirge
Petizilka. Rose
Petz. George E.
PflUf, Martin
Pflzenmayer. Henry
Phillips. John J.
Piatt. Edith
Pickett. A. O.
Pico. L. J.
Piopcnberg, Carl
Piercy. Denzel
Pictrangclo, Marcelle
Pinhero. Stanley
Pirada, Robert
Plaeky, Rernadine
Plunkett, Cyric
Ponard, Hul>ert
Pond. Billy
Poole. Harry
Poplet. Harry
Porter. Vivian J.
Possa, Charles
Power. G.
Prado. Robert
Probst. Mary W.
Pryor. Louise C.
Pubsly. Arthur
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Radcliffe, G.
Ramsay, Harold
Randall. Esther
Raphael. Dena
Raso. Bob
Itead, Haden
Read, Harry
Reibel, Lee
Reider, Harold
Rexer. Frances E.
Reynolds, Hazel B.
Rhoades, Winnie
Rhodes. "Dusty"
Rian. Gertrude
Riccobone, Ted
Rich. Jimmy
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Richmond. Lloyd
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Rider. Harold
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Ridley. Henrietta
Rieck, Miss
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Rives, Ada
Rivett. Arthur
Robbins, Mrs. Carrie
Roccobons, Ted
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Rogers, Emma
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Robkar. Eleanor
Roller. "Rhythm"
Ronfort. Dr. G. W.
Ron and Don
Rond. Carl
Ronstrom. Mabel
Ropp. Pearl
Rose. Fred
ltosser. Emilv L.
Rost. S. E.
Rowan. Kloise
Rowe. William A.
Rowell. P.
Rowley. Harold
Rowson. Lulu E.
Rubin. Fred
Roland, Blab op
Runck. Myrtle
Ruschka. George
Russell. Eddie
Ryan. Alice
Ryan. Maude L.
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Saffcr. Robert
Salb. J
Salvo. I^onard M.
Sams. W. It.
Samson. Frank
Sanders. George A.
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Sater. Ancnjean
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S breiner. Alexander
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Seifcrt. Waller J.
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Sellers. Preston II.
Serls. Grace
Sbaplin. nelen M.
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Shirk. Herbert
Shnstclc. Marie
Siegel. Arsene
Skinlile. Margaret E.
R'osser. Milton
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Smlih. Fleming
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Smith. Ix'nnard
Smith. McNeil
Smith. Winfred
Snyder. Helen F.
Soetje. Edward
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Stoves, Joseph
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Slross. Marie
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Schade. J.
Schafer, Wolfrann
Scberrer. E.
Schiedhach. Barbara
Schmidt. Otto
Schmlilt. Ruth V.
Schneider. Roy E.
Scbnltzer. Mr.
Scbraeger. Rudolph N.
Scbwartzwalder. J. N.
Schwarzrock, F.
Scott. Martha
Beaver, Max
Sol by. Nelson
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Shelley. Raymond. Jr.
Shelly. Glen
Shevelbine. W. A.
Shifter, Jack
Shook, Hettie
Shulz. Herb
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Sofleld. S. B.
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Stambaeh. Mr.
Stambaugh, S. L.
Stamwitz. Margaret
Standt. J.
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Stangoorg, John
Stamziola. T).
Steiger, Rudy
Steinberg. Morris
Steinhouse. Max
Stern, Rernard
Stipek. Helen
Stokes. Kathleen
Stone. Walter
Straub. Charles
Street. Emma
Stoudt, J.
Stewart. George
Stewart. W. Suhr. Ruth B
Stuart. J. C.
Sullivan. G.
Sullivan. Joe C.
Sullivan. Lulu
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Sutton. Larry
Swingen. .limmie II.
Swinsky. Rosamund
Szold. A. W.
Tangemann. Fred
Taylor. Edna II.
Taylor. Jack
Teague. Francis
Terry. Leo
Terry. Tom
Thane. Hugh
Thomas. Frank
Thomas. Jim
Thome. Ethel
Thompson. Elsie
Thompson. William
Tomlisctt. Greenville
Tondra. Harry
Turner. Ray
Tanner. N.
Tauher. Charlotte
Taylor. Art
Taylor. Betty Lou
Taylor. Earl
Taylor. Dlmer
Templeton. S.
Testa. Felix
Thatrber. A.
Thomas. Jerrv
Thomas. John R.
Thompson. Morris A.
Thnrne. Lillian
Thurston. Dave
Thurston. Jack
Tierno. M.
Tobias. Earl
Tompson. Malcolm
Tooley. Marshall
Townsend. Valencia
Trernhl.iy. Wilfred
Tripp. Charles
Tube. Georgia N.
Tuchand. Ralph
Turner. Nev
Vint. George W.
Voss, Fred
Vosteen. Arthur
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tTnger. Itlanehe
Usselman. B. M.
Van de Boron, Charles
Van Der Ave, Charles I.
Velazco, Emil
Viets. Harrison
Vlach. George
Vosurgb. John
Van Epps. Jack
Van Inman. Robert
Van Wye. Helen
Vandell. Edna
Vanderborn. Charles
Veach. George
Vero. Joe
Vincent. Elmer
Wack, Frances
Waite, Estelle
Walker, Arthur
Walker. Harry
Ward. "Jack
Warren, Howard
Watson, Hays
Weaver, Eddie
Webb. Doc
Webb. Louis A.
Webber. Buddy
Weber. Leo
Wei gel. Charles
Weimar, Lou
Weiner, Jean
Welch. W. Remington
Welles. H. Manning
Wellner, Gahe
Werner. Marguerite
West. Bob
White. Mrs. B. W.
White, Frank
Wbite, Mrs. George
White. Lew
White. Pearl
Widener. Ken
Widener. Mrs. Ken
Wild. Walter
Wilkins. Ron & Don
Williams. Charles
Williams. Don
Williams. Evelyn
Williams. Sammy
Woodbury, Lee
Woodring. Marjorie
Wright. Kenneth T.
Wright. Mr. and Mrs.
Wyant. Helen
Wagner. TTarrv
Wagner. W. E.
Wahle. llernice
Walker. Miss Jesse
Wallace, Oliver
Wardle, George K.
Warner, Billy
Warren. Dlaine
Washburn. Blanche Peggy
Way, J. B.
Weaver. Edythe
Webb. E. C.
Weber. Mrs. William R.
Weherbauer. A.
Weffer. Buddy
Weesheepl. Joe
Weidner. Earle
Weir. Lou is
Welch. M.
Wendnll. Eleanor
Wemtz. Irene
West. Oaklev
Westhrook. Miss
Wheeler. Stanley D.
White. Edward
White. James T.
WhitfordT William O.
Whlttleok, V.
Widner. Earl
Wiener. Miss Jean
WMlcnx. Hugh
Wilda. Alyse
Wiley. L. II
Wilkens. Iris
Willey. Earl
Williams. Earle
Williams. Grace If.
Williams. Bonny
Williamson. J. S.
Williamson. Ralph
Wi'snn. Charles
Wilson. John T.. Jr.
Winborn. Robert
Winters. Donald
Winters. Johnny
Woehner. Laura
Wohlfath. F. A.
Wolk. Jennie
Wood. Katherlne
Wood. L.
Worlev. William
Worrall. Hazel
Wright. Barbara
Wright. Bart
Wright. J. E.
Wright. Warren
Write. Carl
Yates. Warren
Young. Dale
Yale. Ralph C.
Yoakam. W. G
Young. Irving D.
Yount, George
Bellinger, Ervin
Zimmerman, Harry
Zlocky. Beth T.ucile
Zuber. F. J.
Zukor. BUI
/.wary, Margaret E.
Zullman. Eddie
SLIDE COMPANY PERSONNEL
A. B. Slide Company
636 South Figueroa
Los Angeles, Cal.
OWNER AND MANAGER
Paul Bertin
Fuller Slide Studios
J 584 West Washington Boulevard
Los Angeles. Cal.
OWNER AND MANAGER
R. R. Fuller
Kae Studios
125 West 45th Street
7^.ew Tori; City
PRESIDENT
Milton Kae
SPECIAL SERVICE MANAGER
Doris Kae
ART DEPARTMENT
Lucille S. Clarkin
SPECIALIZE IN
Song slides, effect slides, and organ presentations.
Founded January 1, 1928, by Milton Kae.
L. A. Lantern Slide Company
5230 Longfellow
Los Angeles, Cal.
OWNER AND MANAGER
Margaret M. Kain
National Studios, Inc.
226 West 56th Street
?iew York City
PRESIDENT
Murray Rosenbluh
VICE-PRESIDENT
Herman A. Rosenberg
SECRETARY
JuLE BaUCH
SERVICE AND SALES PROMOTION MANAGER
H. W. Warren
SPECIALIZES IN
Lantern slides, super orgologues, wide screen color-
tone effects, photographic enlargements for lob-
bies, black and white or colored and portraits.
In 1928, National Photographers, Standard Slide
Corporation and Excelsior Illustrating Co., cater-
ing to theatrical and commercial enterprises,
merged into National Studios, Inc., at the same
time acquiring Animated Products Corp., Novelty
Slide Co., Manhattan Slide ii Film Co., Com-
mercial Slide & Film Co., all of which were
long established concerns.
Pacific Stereopticon Company
J 06 West Third Street
Los Angeles, Cal.
OWNER AND MANAGER
George A. Robinson
Quality Slide Company
6 East Lake Street
Chicago
PRESIDENT
Harry S. Block
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
H. C. Lahann
SPECIALIZE IN
Song slides, advertising slides, window flashers,
trailers and film slides. Founded in 1915.
Radio Mat Slide Company
1674 Broadway
New Tori; City
PRESIDENT
W. C. VoiGHT
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
George M. Sachs
SPECIALIZES IN
Slides and mats for immediate use in projectors.
One of the oldest and best known slide com-
panies in the United States.
West Slide & Photo Service
Knickerbocker Building
Los Angeles, Cal.
OWNER AND MANAGER
G. West
Workstel, Inc., Maurice
J 5 J West 46th Street
New York City
PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
Maurice Workstel
SECRETARY AND MANAGER
Walter Smolin
VICE-PRESIDENT
Paul Workstel
CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER
Murry Collins
ARTIST
Allen H. Farnhavi
DESIGNER AND LETTERER
Joe Pirolo
SPECIALIZE IN
Theatrical and commercial photography.
Founded in 1915 by Maurice Workstel.
OPERATION
COSTS
WHAT IT COSTS TO OPERATE
AN 800-SEAT MOTION
PICTURE THEATRE
Rent $125.00
Film 200.00*
Sound equipment 50.00t
Advertising and signs 50.00
Payroll 165.00*
Electric light, power and heat 50.00
Incidentals and petty cash 15.00
Miscellaneous and supplies 10.00
Trailers 10.00
Maintenance (approx.) 10.00
$685.00
*Based on approximately 25 per cent of gross
receipts.
t/ncluding write-off, service charge and maintenance.
^Including manager at 550, and projectionists at
$60.
WHAT IT COSTS TO OPERATE
A 1500-SEAT MOTION
PICTURE THEATRE
Rent - $500.00
Film 750.00*
Sound equipment 100. 00t
Advertising 110.00
Payroll 325.00
Electric light and power _ 75.00
Incidentals and petty cash 40.00
Miscellaneous supplies 15.00
Trailers 15.00
$1930.00
Advertising
Advt. — Newspapers - -$ 60.00
Window cards 20.00
Programs 20.00
Lobby cards, etc 10.00
$110.00
Payroll
Manager $ 65.00
Assistant „ _.. 30.00
Operators 100.00
Porters -. 40.00
Ushers - 30.00
Cashier ~ 25.00
Doorman 20.00
Extras 15.00
$325.00
•Based on approximately 25 per cent of gross receipts,
flncluding write-off, service charge and maintenance.
RadiO-
Mat
TALK from your screen
WITH your quickly
TYPEWRITTEN MESSAGES.
WHITE, AMBER or GREEN.
Accept no substitute.
is ihl Stationery of the Screen
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» WORB4STEL '
EFFECT PLATES
A complete Library of over
200 original designs
including:
just off the press,
this up-to-date catalog
of E-FECT PLATES -
Theatres keen for mod-
ern, artistic screen and
stage presentation will find
this feature .a most progres-
sive innovation. For two years
we worked to assemble this
catalog of original designs
to link with feature pictures,
short subjects,
trailers, organ
solos and stage
shows. The
subjects were
painted by fin-
ished artists
and brilliantly
hand colored to
produce spec-
E-fects from Your Own
Design
We make a specialty of plates
to individual order. Simply send
us a pencil sketch of your idea.
We will make the original draw-
ing. Prices for this work on
request.
tacular screen effects. The
standard Brenkert F-7 or simi-
lar projector machine is all you
need. Our catalog gives com-
plete specifications for the use
of these E-FECT PLATES.
Numbers of first run houses
throughout the country secure
their plates
from
us
each
week. W e
would like you
to see this cat-
alog. Send for
a copy at no
cost. Write on
your business
letterhead.
Workstel Studios
Photographs - Enlargements
151 West 46th Street
Displays • Lantern Slides
New York, N. Y.
Autumn Scene
Venetian Scene
Woodland and
Water
Woodland Scene
Ice Cave Design
City Skyline
Curtain
Spanish Scene
Spanish Singer
Spanish Dancer
Spanish Couple
Golfers
Flowers and
Trees
Swamp Scene
Vase with Lilies
Easter Effect
Futuristic Effect
Window and
Mountain
Rose Border
Hunt Scene
Rose Arbor
Love Scene
Birds and Trees
Fantastic Design
Winter Scene
Cabin- Woodland
Tropical Scene
Shawl
Lady and Fan
Southern Scene
Water Scene and
Marine
Flowers and
Palms
Garden Scene
Arch
Vase with Roses
Lilies and Candles
Music Notes
Organ Back-
ground
Microphone
Moon and Stars
Silhouette
House and Lawn
Music Back-
ground
Cotton Field
Two Black
Crows
Crazy Quilt
Fast Life
Harold Lloyd
Landscape
Skyline of
Chicago
Falling Leaves
The "Mighty"
Birthday Cake
Mystery Scene
Pilgrims Landing
Santa Claus
New Year
Interior Prison
Ship
Interior of Log
Cabin
Lace Effect
Washington-
Flags
Singing Cartoon
Entrance to
Castle
Irish Background
Window Effect
Futuristic Build-
ing
Stock Market
Effect
Racing Cars
Skyline of Paris
Desert Scene
Ghost Scene
Street Scene
Doll Scene
Calendar
Sherlock Holmes
Football Scene
Mountains
Rose Bush
Fancy Curtain
The Makeup
Curtain
Picture Frame
Church Scene
New Year
Interior Theatre
Washington-
Drapes
Open Book (with
your name)
Prizefight Ring
American Flag
News Back-
ground
Aeroplane
Maine College
Futuristic Back-
ground
Church Window-
Mirrors
Blacksmith Shop
Open Book (your
theatre presents
— at top)
Subway Train
Clutching Hand
Mothers Day
Devil
Mountain Scene
Organ Pipes
Hearts
Moon
Registering Slide
Polo Background
Organ Pipes
Patriotic Scene
Court Scene
Playing Cards
Gateway
Tree Effect
Animal Crackers
Western Scene
South Sea
Harbor
Roulette Wheel
Woods and River
Design
Shipping in
Harbor
Mountains —
Sheep Grazing
Football Stadium
Church Doors
Diary
M Tolson
Rural Scene
Baseball Scene
Sound News
Patriotic Back-
ground
Navy Scene
Music Back-
ground
War Memorial
Country Road
Liberty Bell
Love Scene
Train Scene
Palace Entrance
Scales of Justice
Battleground
Opera Setting
Animal Crackers
Country Scene
Fireplace
Monte Carlo
Sun and Clouds
Schoolroom
Scene
Sunken Garden
Palm Trees
Fall Harvest
Scene
Church at Twi-
light
Hallowe'en De-
sign
Russian Back-
ground
Futuristic Organ
Design
Thanksgiving
Turkey
Russian Winter
Design
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SONG WRITERS
Ager, Milton
Ahlert. Fred
Akst, Harry
Alter, Lou
Atteridge, Harold
Art, William
B
Baer, Abel
Baravalle, Victor
Barry, Billy
Ballard, Pat
Berg. Harold
Berlin, Irving
Brennan, J. Keirn
Brockman, Jimmy
Brooks, Marty
Broones. Martin
Brown, Lew
Brown, Nacio Herb
Bryan, AI
Bryan, Vincent
Buffano. Jules
Burke, Joe
Burke, John
Burton, Eugene
Burton, Val
Cadman, Charles Wakefle)
Caldwell, Anne
Clare, Sidney
Clarke, Grant
Cleary. Michael
Conrad, Con
Coots, Fred
Coslow, Sam
Cugat, Xavier
D
Daugherty, Dan
Davis, Benny
DeSylva. Buddy
Dolan, Bobby
Doll, Ray
Donaldson, Walter
Dreyer, Dave
Dubin, AI
Duke. Vernon
E
Edwards. Gus
Fain, Sammy
Fields. Dorothy
Fisher, Fred
Freed, Arthur
Friml, Rudolph
Gay, Byron
Gershwin, George
Gilbert. L. Wolfe
Gottler. Arch
Green, Bud
Green, George
Green, John W.
Greer, Jesse
Grey, Clifford
Grossman. Bernard
o
H
Rammerstein. Oscar. 2nd
Handman. Lou
Hanley. James
Harburg, Edgar Y.
Henderson, Ray
Hubell, Raymond
Jason. J.
Jackson, Howard
Jerome, M. K.
Johnston, Howard
Kahal, Irving
Kalmar, Bert
Kelsey, Carlton
Kern. Jerome
KerneU. Billy
King, Jack
King, Robert (Maryearl)
Klages, Ray
Klauber, Marcy
Klein. Saul
Lesoir. Jack
Lamkoff. Paul
Leslie. Edgar
Link, Harry
Lange, Arthur
Leslie, Edgar
Levant. Oscar
Lewis, Sam
Lischoltz. George
Little. George
M
McCarthy, Joe
MacDonald, Ballard
Madigson, Herb
Malotte, Albert
McHugh, James
Mencher, Murray
Meskill. Jack
Messenheimer. Sam
Meyer. Abe
Mitchell. Sid
Moll, Billy
Monaco, Jimmy
Montgomery, Reggie
Murray. Dennis
N
Nelson Ed
O'Flynn, Charles
O'Keefe, Walter
Parker, Dorothy
Pease, Harry
Perkins, Ray
Pincus, Herman
Powers, Richard
Rich, Max
Riesenfeld, Dr. Hugo
Robins, Leo
Robinson, J. Russell
Romberg. Sigmund
Rose. Billy
Rose. Vincent
Ruby, Harry
Ruby, Herman
Rugby, Harry
Sacks, Sig
Sehertzinger, Victor
Schwartz, Jean
Seymour, Tot
Shay, Larry
Silver, Abner
Silver, Doris
Sizemore, Arthur
Spier, Larry
Stahlberg, Frederick
Stamper, Dave
Starr, Henry
Stept, Sam H.
Stoddard, Harry
Stothart, Herbert
Strauss, Oscar
Tandler, Adolph
Tierney, Harry
Tiomkin, Dimitrl
Tobias. Charles
Trent, Jo
Tresselt, Frank
Turk, Roy
Valentine, Buddy
Velazco, Emil
Vernon, Duke
Vernon, Vincent
Violinsky, Sol
Vodery, Will
w
Wagner. George
Ward, Eddie
Warner, Harry
Warren, Harry
Washington. Ned
Wayne. Mabel
Wendling. Pete
Whiting. Richard
Williams. Charles
Williams. Ted
Wineland. William
Woods, Harry
Tellen, Jack
Youmans, Vincent
Young, Joe
z
Zahler, Lee
MUSIC PUBLISHERS
AGER, YELLEN y BORNSTEIN, INCORPOR VTE )
745 Seventh Avenue, Hew Tork City
ALFORD MUSIC COMPANY
Care E. B. Marks Music Company, Hew Tor); Ci y
ALFRED y COMPANY
1658 Bro.duiay, Hew Tork City
ASCHER, EMIL, INCORPORATED
315 Fourth Avenue, Hew Tork Ciy
AUSTIN, GENE. INCORPORATED
745 Seventh Avenue. Hew Tork City
ATLAS MUSIC CORPORATION
Care Harms, Incorporated, Hew Tori; City
BECKE, SAMUEL
1139 Angelina Street, Los Angeles
BELWIN SONGS, INCORPORATED
745 Seventh Avenue, Hew Tork City
BELWIN, INCORPORATED
43 West 23rd Street, Hew Yorlt City
BENICHE DONNEL EDITION
Care E. B. Marks Music Company. Hew Tork City
BERLIN. IRVING, INCORPORATED
1607 Broadway, Hc"> "fork C ty
BERLIN, IRVING, STANDARD MUSIC CORP.
1607 Broadway, Hew Tor); Cry
BERSTROM MUSIC COMPANY
Care E. B. Mar\s Music Company, Hew "fork C.ty
BIBO-LANG, INCORPORATED
1595 Broadway, Hew "fork City
BIRCHARD. C. C. d COMPANY
221 Columbus Avenue, Boston. Mass.
BLOOM. HARRY. INCORPORATED
1587 Broadway, Hew fork City
BOOSEY y COMPANY
113 West 57th Street, Hew Tork City
BOSTON MUSIC COMPANY
II East 44th Street. Hew fork City
BOSWORTH y COMPANY
125 West 45th Street, Hew York City
BOUSQUET y COMPANY
Care E. B. Marks Music Company, Hew fork C.ty
BRADFORD, PERRY, INCORPORATED
1547 Broadway, Hew "fork City
BRAINARD, S., SONS
Care E. B. Marks Music Company, Hew fork C.ty
BROADWAY MUSIC CORPORATION
1600 Broadway, Hew "fork C ty
BROCKMAN MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
845 South Broadway, Hew "fork City
BROWNE, TED, MUSIC COMPANY
Woods Theatre Building, Chicago
BOND, CARRIE JACOBS, tr SON
II East 44th Street, Hew Tor\ City
CENTURY MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
235 West 40th Street. Hew T r\ Ci-y
CHESTER MUSIC COMPANY
Care E. B. Marks Music Company, Hew Tork C.ty
CHURCH, THE JOHN, COMPANY
113 West 57th Street, Hew York City
CINEMA MUSIC COMPANY
Care Belwin, Inc., Hew "fork City
CRAWFORD MUSIC CORPORATION
145 West 54th Street, Hew fork City
CUNDY-BETTONY
Care E. B. Marks Music Company, Hew fork City
CURTIS, L. B.
1591 Broadway, Hew fork City
DAVIS. COOTS y ENGEL, INCORPORATED
719 Seventh Avenue, Hew "fork City
DENTON y HASKINS MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.
1595 Broadway, Hew Tork City
DE SYLVA. BROWN S HENDERSON. INC.
745 Seventh Avenue, Hew fork Citv
DITSON. OLIVER, COMPANY
178 Trcmont Street, Boston, Mass.
DONALDSON. DOUGLAS y GUMBLE. INC.
1595 Broadway, Hew Tork City
DAVIS, JOE. INC. (formerly TRIANGLE)
1568 Broadway, Hew Tork City
DOBLINGER. LUDWIG (VIENNA)
Edwin P. Kalmus, Hew Tork City
EHLER y COMPANY
Care E. B. Marks Music Company, Hew Tork City
EULENBERG, ERNST
Care E. B. Marks Music Company, Hew Tork City
FAMOUS MUSIC CORPORATION
719 Seventh Avenue, Hew Tork City
FEIST, LEO, INCORPORATED
Main Office, 56 Cooper Square, Hew Tork C.ty
Professional Office, 51st and Broadway , Hew Tork City
FILLMORE MUSIC COMPANY
528 Elm Street, Cincinnati. Ohio
FISCHER, CARL, INCORPORATED
56 Cooper Square, Hew Tork City
FISCHER, J., y BROTHER
119 West 40th Street, Hew Tork City
FLAMMER, HAROLD. INCORPORATED
113 West 57th Street, Hew Tork City
FORSTER MUSIC PUBLISHER, INCORPORATED
218 South Wabash Avenue. Chicago
FOUCRET EDITION
Care E. B. Mar^s Music Company , Hew Tork City
FOX, SAM, PUBLISHING COMPANY
Main Office: The Arcade. Cleveland. Ohio
Hew Tork. Office: 158 West 45th Street
FRANKLIN. JOHN. MUSIC COMPANY
254 West 47th Street, Hew Tork City
GAMBLE HINGED MUSIC COMPANY
67 East Van fiurcn Street, Chicago
GARDNER. CARL
Care E. B. Marks Music Company. Hew Tork City
GAUDET
Care Crawford Music Corporation. Hew Tork City
GREEN y GREEN. INCORPORATED
745 Seventh Avenue, Hew Tork City
GROSSMAN. LEWIS MUSIC COMPANY
601 Woods BuVding, Chicago
GORDON, HAMILTON S . INCORPORATED
141 West 36th Street. Hew Tork City
GUSMAN, MEVER, INCORPORATED
745 Seventh Avenue. Hew Tork City
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J. HAMELLE
Care E. B. Marks Music Company , Hew York City
HANDY BROTHERS MUSIC COMPANY
J 545 Broadway , Hew York City
HARMS, INCORPORATED
Main Office: 62 West 45th Street. Hew York City
Professional Office: Strand Building, Hew York City
HARRIS, CHARLES K.
1531 Broadway, Hew York City
HATCH MUSIC COMPANY
Care Boston Music Company, Hew York City
HATHAWAY, FRANKLIN EARL, INC.
218 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago
HAVILAND, F. B., PUBLISHING COMPANY
128 West 44th Street, Hew York. City
HAWKES f/ SON
Care Belwin, Inc., Hew York City
HILLER, JOE, MUSIC CORPORATION
540 Smithfteld Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
HULL, J. P.
Care E. B. Marks Music Company, Hew Tori; City
HUNTZINGER, R. L.. INCORPORATED
113 West 57th Street, Hew York City
ITALIAN BOOK COMPANY
145 Mulberry Street, Hew York City
JACOBS, WALTER, INCORPORATED
120 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass.
JENKINS, J. W., SONS MUSIC COMPANY
1013 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Mo.
JUNGNICKEL, ROSS, INCORPORATED
165 East 35th StTeet, Hew York City
KALEIDOSCOPE EDITION
Care E. B. Marias Music Company, Hew Tori; City
KALMUSIC FILMUSIC EDITION
209 West 57th Street. Hew York City
KALMUS, EDWIN F.. INCORPORATED
209 West 57th Street, Hew Yor\ City
KAMMEN, J. 6r J.
Care E. B. Marl;s Music Company, Hew York City
KAY is KAY MUSIC PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION
254 West 47th Street, Hew York City
KENDIS y SAMUELS. INCORPORATED
145 West 45th Street. Hew York City
KING. CHAS. E.
Care E. B. Marks Music Company, Hew York City
KORNHEISER, PHIL. MUSIC COMPANY
745 Seventh Avenue, Hew York City
LAFLEUR, J. R.
Care Belwin, Inc., Hew York C'ly
LARWAY. J. H.
Care E. B. Marks Music Company, Hew York City
LEDUO. A.
Care E. B. Marks Music Company, Hew York City
LEE. BERNARD y MAGIDSON
1595 Broadway, Hew York City
LEWIS MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
1547 Broadway, Hew York City
LINCKE. PAUL
Care E. B. Marks Music Company. Hew York City
LIPSKIN. M., y SON
Care Belwin, Inc., Hew York City
LORENZ PUBLISHING COMPANY
Dayton, Ohio
LYON y HEALY
Care E. B. Marks Music Company, Hew York City
Main Office: Jackson and Wabash Avenue, Chicago
MALOOF MUSIC COMPANY
92 Washington StTeet, Hew York City
VIANUS MUSIC COMPANY
145 West 45th Street. >Jew York City
MARKS. EDWARD B.. MUSIC COMPANY
223 West 46th Street, Hew York City
MASTER MUSIC. INCORPORATED
745 Seventh Avenue, Hew York City
MELROSE BROTHERS MUSIC COMPANY
177 Horth State Street. Chicago
MERCURY MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
1658 Broadway, Hew York City
METRO MUSIC COMPANY
Care E. B. Marks Music Company, ,\ew Tori; City
METZLER y COMPANY
Care E. B. Marks Music Company, Hew York City
MILLS MUSIC, INCORPORATED
148 West 46th Street, Hew York City
MILLER MUSIC, INCORPORATED
62 West 45th Street, Hew York City
MORRIS. E., MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
1658 Broadway, Hew York City
MORRIS. JOE, MUSIC COMPANY
1599 Broadway. Hew York City
MUSIC BUYERS CORPORATION
1520 Broadway, Hew York City
NATIONAL MUSIC COMPANY
218 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago
OLEMAN MUSIC CORPORATION
745 Seventh Avenue, Hew York City
PAGANI c' BROTHER
Care E. B. Marks Music Company, Hew York City
PAULL-PIONEER MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.
119 Fifth Avenue. Hew York City
PAXTON. W.. y COMPANY
Care E. B. Marks Music Company, Hew York City
PENNINO, FRANK
1983 East 2ird Street, Brooklyn
PETERS EDITION, THE
152 West 44th Street. Hew York City
PHOTOPLAY MUSIC COMPANY
1520 Broadway, Hew York City
POND. WM. A., y COMPANY
18 West 37th Street, Hew York City
RED STAR MUSIC COMPANY
729 Seventh Avenue, Hew York City
REMICK MUSIC CORPORATION
219 West 46th Street. Hew York City
RICARDI, G., y COMPANY
14 East 4ird Street, Hew York City
ROBBINS MUSIC CORPORATION
799 Seventh Avenue, Hew York City
RODEHEAVER PUBLISHING COMPANY
Care E. B. Marl;s Music Company, Hew York City
ROEHR. A. G.
Care Music Buyers Corporation, Hew York City
ROSEY, GEORGE, PUBLISHING COMPANY
Care Manus Music Company, Hew York City
ROUART LEROLLE y COMPANY
Care Manus Music Company, Hew York City
ROSSITER. HAROLD. MUSIC COMPANY
325 West Madison Street, Chicago
ROSSITER, WILL
30 West Lake Street, Chicago
RUBANK, INCORPORATED
Care Belwin, inc.. Hew York City
RUHLE, ROBERT
Care £. B. Marl;s Music Company. Hew York City
S. F. S. MUSIC COMPANY
Care Belwin. Inc., Hew York City
SALABERT EDITIONS. FRANCIS
Care Crawjord Music Corporation. >Jti» Tori; City
SANDERS-WEISS, INCORPORATED
1658 Broadway, Hew York City
SANTLEY BROTHERS. INCORPORATED
755 Seventh Avenue, Hew York City
SCAPER. ALBERT
Care Belwin, Inc., Hew York City
SCHIRMER. G., INCORPORATED
3 East 43rd Street. Hew York City
SCHLESINGER SCHE VERLAG
Care Belwin. Inc., Hew York City
SEITZ, R. F.
Care E. B. Marks Music Company. Hew York City
SHAPIRO BERNSTEIN y COMPANY
47th Street and Broadway, Hew York City
SHERMAN. CLAY y COMPANY
Kearney at Sutter Street. San Francisco
SIMON, WALTER B.. INCORPORATED
704 Olive Street. St. Louis, Mo.
SKIDMORE MUSIC COMPANY
218 West 47th Street. Hew York City
SMYTH y COMPANY
Care E. B. Marl;s Music Company, Hew York City
SONNEMAN MUSIC COMPANY
605 Eighth Avenue, Hew York City
SOUTHERN MUSIC COMPANY
1501 Broadway, N.ew Tori; City
SANDERS. GEO. H.
2935 Ocean Parkway. Brooklyn
SHUTT, ALBERT
1226 Jackson Street. Kansas City. Mo.
STERLING MUSIC, INCORPORATED
729 Seventh Avenue, Hew York City
TESIO. MESSRS. P.. y SONS
Care Sonneman Music Company. Hew York City
TREMONT MUSIC COMPANY
Care Mills Music. Inc.. Hew York City
VANDERSLOOT MUSIC COMPANY
Care E. B. Marks Music Company, Hew Tori; City
VICTOR MUSIC COMPANY
Care Belwin, Inc., Hew York City
VILLA MORET. INCORPORATED
Pantages Building. San Francisco
VOLKWEIN BROTHERS
Care E. B. Mari;s Music Company, Hew York City
VON TILZER, HARRY, MUSIC PUBLISHING
COMPANY
1587 Broadway, Hew York City
UNIVERSAL MUSIC. LTD.
745 Seventh Avenue, Hew York City
WALSH HOLMES y COMPANY
Care E. B. Marks Music Company. Hew York City
WEIL, MILTON. MUSIC COMPANY
54 West Randolph Street. Chicago
WHITE-SMITH MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
40-44 Winchester Street, Boston. Mass.
WILLIAMS. CLARENCE, MUSIC PUBLISHING
COMPANY
1547 Broadway, Hew York City
WILLIS MUSIC COMPANY
137 West 4th Street, Cincinnati, O.
WITMARK, M., y SONS
1659 Broadway, Hew York City
WAGNER y LEVIEN
Care E. B. Marks Music Company. Hew York City
YORK MUSIC COMPANY
Care Broadway Music Corporation, Hew York City
YOUMANS- VINCENT MUSIC COMPANY
67 West 44th Street, Hew York City
Y. YVES
Care Manus Music Company. Hew York City
ZIMMERMAN, WILHELM
(Leipzig, Germany)
Care E. B. Marks Music Company, Hew York City
MUSIC COMPANY
PERSONNEL
Gene Austin, Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
Hew York City
PRESIDENT
Gene Austin
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
M. L. Bloom
LYRISTS AND COMPOSERS
Gene Austin
M. L. Bloom
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular
FOUNDED in 1927 by Gene Austin and M. L.
Bloom and has branches in Chicago and Los
Angeles.
Irving Berlin, Inc.
1607 Broadway
Hew York City
PRESIDENT
IrfviNG Berlin
VICE-PRESIDENT
Max Winslow
TREASURER AND SECRETARY
Saul H. Bornstein
GENERAL MANAGER
Gcorge Joy
PROFESSIONAL MANAGER
Murray Ritter
BAND AND ORCHESTRA MANAGER
Leo Lewin
PUBLICITY AND SPECIAL SERVICE MANAGER
Ben Bloom
PRINTING DIVISION MANAGER
Murray Soloman
AUDITOR
Abraham Schwartz
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular and standard.
FOUNDED by Irving Berlin. Max Winslow and
Saul H. Bornstein in 1919.
Boosey & Co.
113 West 57th Street
Hew York City
PRESIDENT
E. C. Mills
VICE-PRESIDENT
E. F. BlTNER
VICE-PRESIDENT
Walter Fischer
VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Michael Keanf.
TYPES OF SONGS
Standard, ballad, choral and part songs. Orchestral.
FOUNDED in London, England in 1816 by Thomas
Boosey.
Davis, Inc., Joe
1658 Broadway
Hew York City
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Joe Davis
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular and spiritual.
FOUNDED by Joseph Davis.
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Davis Coots & Engel, Inc.
719 Seventh Avenue
Hew YotI{ City
PRESIDENT
Harry Engel
VICE-PRESIDENT
E. C. Mills
GENERAL MANAGER
Frank Kelton
PROFESSIONAL MANAGER
Jack Richmond
RADIO AND ORCHESTRA MANAGER
Eddie Kelley
SPECIAL SERVICE MANAGER
Louis Goss
LYRISTS AND COMPOSERS
Benny Davis and J. Fred Coots and songs sub-
mitted by freelance writers.
FOUNDED in 1929 by Benny Davis, J. Fred Coots
and Harry Engel.
DeSylva, Henderson & Brown, Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
Hew Tor); City
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Robert Crawford
PROFESSIONAL MANAGER
Elmore White
BAND AND ORCHESTRA MANAGER
Frank Marvin
SPECIAL SERVICE MANAGER
Sam Wigler
ASSISTANT SPECIAL SERVICE MANAGER
Al Soloman
LYRISTS AND COMPOSERS
Bud DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson.
TYPES OF SONGS
Ballads and novelty songs for Warner Bros, popular
and theme songs.
FOUNDED in 1927 by Robert Crawford, and has
branches in Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chi-
cago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
Denton & Haskins, Inc.
1595 Broadway
Hew Torfj City
PRESIDENT
Joseph J. Denton
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
William R. Haskins
TYPES OF SONGS
"Hot" orchestra songs, popular, instrumental, stand-
ard, synchronization for motion pictures.
FOUNDED by J. J. Denton and William R.
Haskins in 1900.
Donaldson, Douglas and Gumble
1595 Broadway
Hew Tori; City
PRESIDENT
Walter Donaldson
VICE-PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
Walter Douglas
SECRETARY
Mose Gumble
SPECIAL SERVICE MANAGER
Jim Durkin
LYRISTS AND COMPOSERS
Walter Donaldson and Edgar Leslie.
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular and theme.
FOUNDED in 1928 and has branches in Chicago,
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia,
and Detroit.
Leo Feist, Inc.
Mam Office
62 Cooper Square
Professional Office
1629 Broadway
Hew Tor\ City
PRESIDENT
E. F. Bitner
VICE-PRESIDENT
E. C Mills
TREASURER
Walter S. Fischer
GENERAL MANAGER
E. F. Bitner
SECRETARY
Walter Fischer
GENERAL PROFESSIONAL MANAGER AND
EXPLOITATION MANAGER
Rocco Vocco
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER AND
ADVERTISING MANAGER
J. A. Decatur
SPECIAL SERVICE MANAGER
Nathan Feist
BAND AND ORCHESTRA MANAGER
Lee Orean Smith
RADIO DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Johnny White
LYRICISTS AND COMPOSERS
Independent policy of considering songs submitted
by all writers.
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular, theme and musical comedy, and publishes
for RKO and Pathe.
FOUNDED in 1897 by Leo Feist. Branches in all
principal cities.
Fischer, Inc., Carl
52 Cooper Square
Hew Tor\ City
PRESIDENT
Walter Fischer
VICE-PRESIDENTS
E. C. Mills
E. F. Bitner
GENERAL MANAGER
W. Kretchman
TYPES OF SONGS
Standard and educational, also band and orchestra
music.
Famous Music Corporation
719 Seventh Avenue
Hew Yor\ City
PRESIDENT
Adolph Zukor
VICE-PRESIDENT
Henry Spitzer
GENERAL MANAGER
Larry Speir
PROFESSIONAL MANAGER
Abe Frankl
SPECIAL SERVICE MANAGER
Miss Richmond
LYRISTS AND COMPOSERS
Leo Robin, Richard Whiting, Sam Coslow, Larry
Spier, George Marion, Jr., Newell Chase, Jay
Gorney, E. Y. Harburg, Sammy Fain, Irving
Kahal, Pierre Norman and John W. Green.
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular and theme, and publishes music for Para-
mount-Publix.
FOUNDED in 1928, and has branches in Los An-
geles, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, and
Philadelphia.
Fox Publishing Company, Sam
Main Office
The Arcade. Cleveland, Ohio
Hew Yor\ Office
158 West 45th Street
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Sam Fox
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular, educational, standard, instrumental, syn-
chronization and incidental music for motion
pictures.
FOUNDED by Sam Fox in 1906.
Freed & Powers, Ltd.
Main Office
1611 Cosmo Street
Hollywood, Cal.
PRESIDENT
Arthur Freed
VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Richard J. Powers
EASTERN REPRESENTATIVE
Alfred Porgie
SALES MANAGER
George Wagoner
TYPES OF SONGS
PoDular.
Meyer Gusman, Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
^(ui Yor([ City
PRESIDENT
Meyer Gusman
GENERAL MANAGER
Kip McKee
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular
FOUNDED by Meyer Gusman in 1930.
Harms, Inc.
Main Office
62 West 45th Street
Professional Offices
Strand Building, 47th and Broadway
Hew Tori; City
PRESIDENT
Max Dreyfus
VICE-PRESIDENT
E. H. Morris
GENERAL MANAGER
H. M. Spitzer
PROFESSIONAL MANAGER
Will Rockwell
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular and theme.
Kornheiser, Inc. Phil
745 Seventh Avenue
Hew Tor\ City
PRESIDENT
Phil Kornheiser
VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
George Piantidosi
PROFESSIONAL MANAGER
Bernie Pollock
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular.
FOUNDED by Phil Kornheiser in 1930.
Marks Music Company, Edward B.
223 West 46th Street
?^eit> York. City
PRESIDENT
Edward B. Marks
GENERAL PROFESSIONAL MANAGER
L. Wolfe Gilbert
GENERAL SALES MANAGER
William Wiemann
BAND AND ORCHESTRA MANAGER
Maurice Clifpord
FOREIGN CLASSIC AND STANDARD
DEPARTMENT
Paul Klepper
SPECIAL SERVICE MANAGER
Herbert Marks
RADIO MANAGER
Paul Jonas
ORGAN AND SLIDE MANAGER
Joe Kempner
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular, classic, standard and foreign.
FOUNDED by Edward B. Marks and Joseph W.
Stern in 1894.
Master Music, Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
Hew Tor\ City
PRESIDENT, ATTORNEY AND INCORPORATOR
Benjamin Abraham
VICE-PRESIDENT
Charles M*duro
VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Ben Edwards
SECRETARY
Herman Fechtman
TREASURER
Spyros Millissaratos
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular and Standard
FOUNDED by Benjamin Abraham and sponsored by
Charles Maduro. Formed in 1930, primarily to
sponsor Charles Maduro's compositions.
Miller Music, Inc.
62 West 45th Street
Hew Tor\ City
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Charles Miller
PROFESSIONAL MANAGER
Harry Hoch
BUSINESS AND SPECIAL SERVICE MANAGER
H. L. Downing
TYPE OF SONGS
Popular, standard, educational and production.
FOUNDED by Charles Miller in 1930.
Mills Music, Inc.
138 West 46th Street
Hew Tori; City
PRESIDENT
Jack Mills
VICE-PRESIDENT
Irving Mills
GENERAL BUSINESS MANAGER
George A. Friedman
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SPECIAL SERVICE AND RADIO MANAGER
Leo Diston
PUBLICITY AND STAFF LYRIC W RITER
Mitchell Parish
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular and Standard
FOUNDED by Jack and Irving Mills in 1919.
Morris Music Company, Joe
J 587 Broadway
New Yor\ City
PRESIDENT
Joe Morris
GENERAL MANAGER
Archie Fletcher
PROFESSIONAL MANAGER
Jack Coombs
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular
FOUNDED by Joe Morris.
Music Publishers Holding Corporation
321 West 44th Street
\ew Tori; City
(Holding corporation for Warner Bros, music sub'
sidiaries, including DeSylva, Brown and Henderson,
Inc., Harms, Inc., Remicl; Music Corporation, and
M. Witmarl; and Sons)
PRESIDENT
Max Dreyfus
VICE-PRESIDENTS
E. H. Morris
Robert Crawford
Oleman Music Corporation
745 Seventh Avenue
?iew Tor\ City
PRESIDENT
Abe Oleman
MANAGER
LoN MOONEV
TYPE OF SONGS
Popular
FOUNDED by Abe Oleman in 193).
W. A. Quincke & Company
430 South Broadway
?iew Kor\ City
Los Angeles. Cal., Walter A. Quincke and Will
LlVERNASH.
Melbourne, Australia. George Sutherland.
Amsterdam, Holland, G. Alsbach.
London, England, Fred Day.
LYRISTS AND COMPOSERS
Clinton Scollard, Earl Towner, Mary Carr Moore,
Mabelle Dyer, Emmy Matt Rush, Grace Adclc
Freebey, Myra Caine Grant. Hyman Schachet.
A. S. Lobmann, Dean Collins, Opal McDevitt,
Ethel Lawson, Wm. M. Hamer. H. J. Tandler,
Anton Lada. Billy C. Owens. Jack B. Tcnncy,
Bradley Wright. Armsby M. Watson, Helen
Stone, Will Livernash, Clyde McCoy.
Bob Palms. Lyle Gould. Alfonso Taglia. Hcnrv
Francis Parks. Jamie Erickson. Elmer Olson, Her-
bert Marple, Katharine Bainbridgc, Walter A.
Quincke, Louis Danz, Hugo Davise. Henry Ed-
mond Earle. Juan A. Aguilar, Errol Collins,
Anna Priscilla Risher. Wm. Berwald, Perry
Burton Arant, Miltona Moore, Siona Bcrngarten,
Henry B. Murtagh. Byron Gay. Eugene Montelle,
Edwin A. Hayward. Cecil Teaguc.
TYPES OF SONGS
All types of popular and standard.
FOUNDED in 1908 by Walter A. Quincke, and has
branches in England, Holland and Australia.
Radio Music Company
711 Fifth Avenue
N.eio Tor); City
PRESIDENT
E. C. Mills
VICE-PRESIDENTS
E. F. BlTNER
Walter S. Fischer
GENERAL EXPLOITATION MANAGER
Rocco Vocco
HOLDING CORPORATION
Leo Feist, Inc., Carl Fischer, Inc.. Booscy ty Co.,
Davis, Coots W Engel. Inc., Nacio Herb Brown,
Inc., and Radio Music Company, Ltd.
Red Star Music Company, Inc.
729 Seventh Avenue
N.eui Tori; City
PRESIDENT
William Fox
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Jav M. Witmark
l. Kaplan-
professional MANAGER
Jack -McCoy
ASSISTANT PROFESSIONAL MANAGER
Jules Von Tilier
SPECIAL SERVICE MANAGER
B. Gohlieb
COMPTROLLER AND BUSINESS MANAGER
N. Brower
LYRISTS AND COMPOSERS
Charles Wakefield Cadman, James Hooley. Dave
Stowper, Cliff Friend, Harry Pease. Gene Swart:,
George Little, Byron Gay, Joe McCarthy, Wm.
Kernell, Jimmy Monaco, Ed Nelson, Fred
Strauss, and John Burke.
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular, Motion Picture. Musical Comedy and
publishes all music from Fox Film Corporation.
FOUNDED in 1929 by William Fox Film Corpora-
tion, and has branches in all principal cities.
Remick Music Corporation
217-219 West 46th Street
7\ew Tori; City
PRESIDENT
Jerome Keit
VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Daniel M. Winkler
PROFESSIONAL MANAGER
Charlie Warren
BAND AND ORCHESTRA DEPARTMENT
Abe Holimann
SLIDES AND SPECIAL MATERIAL
Cliff Hess
OFFICE MANAGER OF CHICAGO BRANCH
Bobby Mellin
MANAGER OF LOS ANGELES AND PACIFIC
COAST
Bobby Gross
LYRISTS AND COMPOSERS
Sam Lewis, Joe Young. Harry Warren, Gus Kahn,
Billy Rose. Lew Pollack. Mort Dixon. Cliff
Friend. Al Brvan, George W. Meyer. Jay Gor-
ney, E. Y. Harburg, Conrad Mitchell, Gottlcr,
Leo Robin. Richard A. Whiting, Howard Diet:,
Jesse L. Deppen, Nat Shilkret, Abner Silver,
Jesse Greer and Ray Klages.
TYPES OF SONGS
Theme and popular, and publishes music for Para-
mount, First National, and Warner Brothers
Company.
FOUNDED in 1900 by Jerome H. Remick.
Robbins Music Corporation
799 Seventh Avenue
\ew Tori; City
PRESIDENT
D. Bernstein
VICE-PRESIDENT
J. J. Robbins
SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT TREASURER
J. J. Bregmas'
TREASURERS
E. K. Severn
J. T. Mills
SALES MANAGER
Bernard Prager
PROFESSIONAL MANAGER
Arthur Piantadosi
GENERAL MANAGER
J. J. Bregman
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES
Stephen Levit:
Bernard Prager
TYPES OF SONGS
Theme songs for MGM and popular songs.
FOUNDED in 1909 by Maurice Richmond and J. J.
Robbins, and has branches all over the world.
Santly Bros., Inc.
755 Seventh Avenue
}\ew Tor\ City
PRESIDENT
Joseph Santly
VICE-PRESIDENT
Henry Santly
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Lester Santly
EXPLOITATION AND MECHANICAL MANAGER
Harry Link
ORGAN AND SLIDE MANAGER
Miss Riva Kaye
LYRISTS AND COMPOSERS
Joe Lester, Henry Santly, Harry Link, and
Fats Waller.
TYPES OF SONG
Popular.
FOUNDED April 4, 1929. by Joe Lester, Henry
Santly, and Harry Link.
Shapiro. Bernstein & Company
Broadway and 47th Street
?\ew Yor\ City
PRESIDENT
Louis Berxstein
VICE-PRESIDENT
Elliott Shapiro
GENERAL MANAGER
Jack Glogau
PROFESSIONAL MANAGER
H\rry Tinney
RADIO MANAGER
Joe Whalen
SPECIAL SERVICE MANAGER
H^rry Blair
SALES MANAGER
Thomas Hughes
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular and book.
FOUNDED by Maurice Shapiro in 1890. Branches
in all principal cities.
Sherman. Clay & Company
Main Office
Kearney and Sutter. San Francisco, Cal.
\ew Tori; Office
745 Seventh Avenue
PRESIDENT
Philip T. Clay
VICE-PRESIDENT
Frederic R. Sherman
GENERAL MANAGER
E P. Little
NEW YORK MANAGER
Ida Warshauer
CHICAGO MANAGER
Bob Schafer
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular and standard and books.
Southern Music Publishing Company,
Inc.
Paramount Building
\ew Tori; City
Subsidiary of Victor Talking Machine Co.
PRESIDENT
R. S. Teer
PROFESSIONAL MANAGER
Eddie Woods
OFFICE MANAGER
R. B. GlLMORE
TYPES OF SONGS
Novelty
FOUNDED by R. S. Teer as the United State*
Publishing Company in 1927.
Sterling Songs, Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
?\ew Tori; City
PRESIDENT
I. P. Wener
VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
Patrick J. Flaherty
PROFESSIONAL MANAGER
Fred Cohn
SPECIAL SERVICE MANAGER
Oscar Roye
BAND AND ORCHESTRA MANAGER
Joe Lane
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular
FOUNDED by Pat J. Flaherty in 1930.
Universal Music Company
745 Seventh Avenue
.\eio Tori; City
PRESIDENT
Frank Goodman
VICE-PRESIDENT
Lou Handman
PROFESSIONAL MANAGER
Marty Goodman
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LYRISTS AND COMPOSERS
Lou Handman, William Tracey, Ben Ryan, Bobby
Heath, Walter Doyle, Al Cameron, Pete Bont-
sema, Jack Little, Herman Pincus and Frank
Goodman.
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular and theme.
FOUNDED in 1929 by Lou Handman, William Kent
and Frank Goodman.
M. Witmark & Sons, Inc.
1659 Broadway
VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
E. H. Morris
PROFESSIONAL MANAGER
Ira Schuster
EASTERN CONTACT MANAGER
Jimmv Clark
BAND AND ORCHESTRA MANAGER
Bob Muller
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular, scenic, classic, theme.
FOUNDED by M. Witmark in 188?. Branches in all
principal cities.
Vincent Youmans, Inc.
40 West 40th Street
J^ew Yor\ City
PRESIDENT
Vincent Youmans
VICE-PRESIDENT
Mrs. Lucv G. Youmans
SECRETARY
Vincent M. Youmans
TYPES OF SONGS
Popular and musical comedy.
FOUNDED in August, 1927, by Vincent, Vincent
M. and Lucy G. Youmans.
SONG HITS FROM PICTURES
TWENTY-TWO BEST
SELLERS
MAY, 1930 — MAY, 1931
A Cottage for Sale
Betty Co-ed
Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
I'm Alone Because I Love You
Em in the Market for You
Em Yours
Just a Gigolo
Little Thing in Life
Little White Lies
Please Don't Talk About Me
When Em Gone
Stein Song
Three Little Words
To Be with You (One Hour
Tonight)
Walking My Baby Back Home
When It's Springtime in the
Rockies
When the Organ Played at
Twilight
When Your Hair Has Turned to
Silver
Whistling in the Dark
Would You Like to Take a Walk
You Brought a New Kind of Love
to Me
You're Driving Me Crazy
You're the One I Care for
AFRICA SPEAKS Columbia
Leo Feist, Inc. (Radio Music Company)
African Serenade
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Universal
Universal Music, Ltd. (formerly Handman, Kent &
Goodman)
All Quiet on the Western Front
ANIMAL CRACKERS Paramount
Famous Music Corporation
Why Am I So Romantic
BE YOURSELF MGM
Robbins Music Corporation
Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love
When a Woman Loves a Man
Kickin' a Hole in the Sky
Warner Bros.
Fox
BIG BOY
M. Witmark and Sons
Little Sunshine
Tomorrow Is Another Day
Liza Lee
Hooray for Baby and Me
BIG PARTY
Red Star Music Company
Bluer Than Blue Over You
Good for Nothing but Love
Nobody Knows but Rosie
BIG POND Paramount
Famous Music Corporation
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
Livin' in the Sunlight
Mia Cara
BLAZE O' GLORY Sono Art
Shapiro, Bernstein and Company, Inc.
Wrapped in a Red, Red Rose
Dough-Boy's Lullaby
Put a Little Salt on the Bluebird"s Tail
BLUE ANGEL Paramount
Famous Music Corporation
Falling in Love Again
BORDER ROMANCE Tiffany
Bibo-Lang Music Company
You to Adore
BRIDE OF THE REGIMENT First National
Harms, Inc.
Brokenhearted Lover
Dream Away
When Hearts Are Young
BRIGHT LIGHTS First National
M. Witmar\ and Sons
Nobody Gares if I'm Blue
Every Little Girl He Sees
Song of the Congo
CALL OF THE FLESH MGM
Robbins Music Corporation
Lonely
CALL OF THE WEST Columbia
Ager, Tellcn, Bornstein Company
Sittin' on a Rainbow
CAMEO KIRBY Fox
Donaldson, Douglas and Gumble
Romance
Home Is Heaven
After a Million Dreams
CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD Universal
Universal Music, Ltd. (formerly Handman, Kent
& Goodman)
For You
You, You Alone
Maids on Parade
CHASING RAINBOWS MGM
Ager, Tel/en, Bornstein Company
Happy Days Are Here Again
Lucky Me, Lovin' You
Everybody Tap
CHEER UP AND SMILE Fox
Red Star Music Company
Where Can You Be
Scamp of the Campus
You May Not Like It
Shindig
When I Look Into Your Eyes
COHENS AND KELLYS IN SCOTLAND
Universal
Edward B. Marks Music Company
March of the Siamese (Instrumental)
CRAZY THAT WAY Fox
Red Star Music Company
Let's Do
CUCKOOS, THE RKO
Harms, Inc.
I Love You So Much
Dancing the Devil Away
CZAR OF BROADWAY Universal
Universal Music, Ltd. (formerly Handman, Kent &•
Goodman)
That Homestead Steady of Mine
Collegiate Love
Melancholy
Bros.
DANCING SWEETIES War
M. W\tmar\ and Sons
Kiss Waltz
Hullabaloo
DANGEROUS NAN McGREW Paramount
Famous Music Corporation
Dangerous Nan McGrew
I Owe You
DEVIL MAY CARE MGM
Robbins Music Corporation
Charming
Shepard's Serenade
If He Cared
DIVORCEE, THE MGM
Edwards B. Marias Music Company
Won't You Give in
DOUBLE CROSS-ROADS Fox
Red Star Music Company
My Lonely Heart
DOUGH BOYS MGM
Robbins Music Corporation
Sing
EYES OF THE WORLD United Artists
Leo Feist, Inc. (Radio Music Company)
Love Alone
FLORADORA GIRL MGM
Edward B. Mar\s Music Company
My Mother Was a Lady
Also seven other old-timers
FOLLOW THE LEADER Paramount
Famous Music Corporation
Satan's Holiday
FOLLOW THRU Paramount
Famous Music Corporation
A Peach of a Pair
It Must Be You
FORWARD PASS First National
Jerome H. Remic\ Music Company
H'lo, Baby
Huddlin'
One Minute of Heaven
I Gotta Have You
FREE AND EASY MGM
Robbins Music Corporation
The Free and Easy
It Must Be You
FROZEN JUSTICE Fox
DeSy/ua, Brown and Henderson, Inc.
The Right Kind of Man
GIRL FROM WOOLWORTHS First National
M. Witmarl^ and Sons
Someone
You Baby Me. I'll Baby You
Oh What I Know About Love
GLORIFYING THE AMERICAN GIRL Paramount
Donaldson, Douglas and Gumble
There Must Be Someone Waiting
GOLD DIGGERS OF BROADWAY Warner Bros.
M. Witmarl; and Sons
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
Tiptoe Thru the Tulips with Me
In a Kitchenette
Song of the Gold Diggers
What Will I Do Without You?
Go to Bed
And Still They Fall in Love
Mechanical Man
Poison Kiss of That Spaniard
Keeping the Wolf from the Door
GOLDEN CALF, THE Fox
Red Star Music Company
Maybe Some Day
Can I Help It?
I'm Telling the World About You
You've Gotta Be Modernistic
GOLDEN DAWN Warner Bros.
Harms, Inc.
Africa Smiles No More
In a Jungle Bungalow
My Heart's Love Call
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GOOD INTENTIONS Fox
Red Star Music Company
A Slave to Love
GRAND PARADE Pathe
Ager, Tellen, Bornstein Company
Molly
Moanin' for You
Alone in the Rain
GREAT GABBO Sono Art
Sherman. Clay and Company
I'm in Love with You
Web of Love
Icky
New Step
Every Now and Then
HAPPY DAYS Fox
DeSylva, Brown Henderson. Inc.
Mona
I'm on a Diet of Love
HARMONY AT HOME Fox
Red Star Music Company
A Little House to Dream
HELL HARBOR United Artists
Leo Feist, Inc. (Radio Music Company.)
Caribbean Love Song
HELLO, SISTER
Shapiro BeTnstein and Company
What Good Am I Without You
Sono Art
HIDE OUT Universal
Universal Music, Ltd.
Can It Be
Just You and I
HIGH SOCIETY BLUES Fox
Red Star Music Company
Just Like a Story Book
Eleanor
I'm on the Market for You
High Society Blues
HIT THE DECK RKO
Vincent Toumans, Inc.
Keepin' Myself for You
HOLD EVERYTHING Warner Bros.
DeSylva. Brown and Henderson, Inc.
When the Little Red Roses
Sing a Little Theme Song
To Know You Is to Love You
Take It on the Chin
Physically Fit
Isn't This a Cockeyed World
Girls We Remember
You're the Cream in My Coffee
HONEY Paramount
Famous Music Corporation
Sing You Sinners
Let's Be Domestic
In a Little Hope Chest
I Don't Need Atmosphere
HOT FOR PARIS Fox
Donaldson. Douglas and Gumble
Sweet Nothings of Love
I'm the Duke of Ka-Ki-Ak
If You Want to Sec Parce
HOT HEIRESS First National
Harms. Inc.
Like Ordinary People Do
You're the Cats
IS EVERYBODY HAPPY Warner Bros.
M. Witmarl( and Sons
I'm Blue (or You. New Orleans
Wouldn't It Be Wonderful
Medicine Man for the Blues
Samoa
In the Land of Jail
ISLE OF ESCAPE Warner Bros
Harms. Inc.
Drink to the Isle of Love
My Kalua Rose
IT'S A GREAT LIFE MGM
Irving Berlin. Inc.
I'm Following You
Hoosier Hop
I'm Sailing on a Sunbeam
JAZZ CINDERELLA Chesterfield
Bibo-Lar.g Music Company
True Love
Too Good to Be True
KING OF JAZZ Universal
Ager. Tellen. Bornstein Company
A Song of the Dawn
A Bench in the Park
I Like to Do Things
Musical Charms
Happy Feet
Leo Feist. Inc. (Radio Music CompanyJ
It Happened in Monterey
Ragamuffin Romeo
My Bridal Veil
KISS ME AGAIN First National
M. Witmarl{ and Sons
Kiss Me Again
LADIES IN LOVE Chesterfield
Bibo'Lang Music Company
0 How I Love You
LEAVE IT TO LESTER Paramount
Famous Music Corporation
I'm Yours
LET S GO NATIVE Paramount
Famous Music Corporation
Let's Go Native
It Seems to Be Spring
1 Got a Yen for You
LET S GO PLACES Fcx
Red Star Music Company
Fascinating Devil
Boop Boop a Doopa Doo Trot
Snowball Man
LILLIES OF THE FIELD First National
M. WitmarJ( and Sons
I'd Like to Be a Gypsy
LORD BYRON OF BROADWAY First National
Robbins Music Corporation
Should I?
The Woman in the Shoe
A Bundle of Old Love Letters
Only Love Is Real
LOVE AMONG THE MILLIONAIRES Paramount
Famous Music Corporation
Love Among the Millionaires
Believe It or Not, I've Lost My Mind
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT Chesterfield
Leo Feist, Inc. (Radio Music CompanyJ
Love at First Sight
LOVE COMES ALONG RKO
Harms. Inc.
Until Love Comes Along
LOVE FINDS A WAY Pathe
Edward B. Marlrs Music Company
A Kiss Before Dawn
LOVE IN THE ROUGH MGM
Robbins Music Corporation
Go Home and Tell Your Mother
I'm Learning a Lot from You
I'm Doing That Thing
One More Waltz
LOVE PARADE Paramount
Famous Music Corporation
Dream Lover
My Love Parade
March of the Grenadiers
MAMMY Warner Bros.
Irving Berlin. Inc.
To My Mammy
l et Me Sing and I'm Happy
Across the Breakfast Table
MAN TROUBLE Fcx
Red Star Music Company
Pick Yourself Up. Brush Yourself Off
MANY A SLIP Universal
Universal Music. Ltd. (formerly Handman, Kent &
Goodman)
There Must Be Somebody for Me
MARIANNE
DeSylva, Brown & Henderson. Inc.
Marianne
Mi M
MGM
MASK AND THE DEVIL
Edward B. Marias Music Company
Frasquita Serenade
Also known as. My Little Nest of Heavenlv
Blues
MATRIMONIAL BED
M. Witma-rJt and Sorts
Flcur D' Amour
MAYBE IT'S LOVE
Jerome J. Remicl; Music Company
Maybe It's Love
Brcs.
Warner Bros.
Columbia
MELODY MAN
Irving Berlin. Inc.
Broken Dreams
MEN WITHOUT WOMEN Fox
Red Star Music Company
The Hills of Old New Hampshire
MERRY-GO-ROUND Universal
Universal Music. Ltd.
Let's Go on a Mcrry-Go-Round
MILLIE RKO
Leo Feist. Inc. (Radio Music Company,)
Millie
MONTANA MOON MGM
Robbins Music Corporation
Montana Moon
The Moon Is Low
MONTE CARLO Paramount
Famous Music Corporation
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Give Me a Moment, Please
Always, I'm Always
MOUNTED STRANGER Universal
Edward B. Mar^s Music Company
Wonderful Star of Love
MOVIETONE FOLLIES OF 1930 Fox
Red Star Music Company
Here Comes Emily Brown
I d Like to Be a Talking Picture Queen
Doing the Derby
Cheer Up and Smile
Wa
Bros.
MGM
Trem Carr
United Artists
MY MAN
Mills Music, Inc.
I'm an Indian
NAVY BLUES
DeSylva. Brown & Henderson. Inc.
Navy Blues
NEAR THE RAINBOW'S END
Shapiro. Bernstein and Company. Inc.
Ro-Ro-Rolling Along
NEW YORK NICHTS
Irving Berlin, Inc.
A Year from Today
NIGHT WORK Pathe
Shapiro. Bernstein and Company, Inc.
Tired of My Tired Man
NO. NO. NANETTE First National
M. Witmarli and Sons
Deep in Your Heart
As Long as I'm with You
Dance of the Wooden Shoes
King of the Air
Dancing on Mars
NOT DAMAGED Fox
Edward B. Marias Music Company
Sugar Foot Strut
Red Star Music Company
Whisper You Love Me
Nothing's Coin" to Hold Us Down
OH. SAILOR BEHAVE Warner Bros.
DeSylva. Broun & Henderson. Inc.
When Love Comes in the Moonlight
Highway to Heaven
Leave a Little Smile
ONE HEAVENLY NIGHT RKO
Leo Feist. Inc. (Radio Music Company.)
Heavenly Night
Along the Road to Dreams
ONE MAD KISS Fox
Red Star Music Company
Behind the Mask
Lament
Oh. Where Are You?
One Mad Kiss
Only One
Monkey on 3 String
El Florero Espanole
I Am Free
In My Arms
OTHER TOMORROW
Edward B. Marias Music Company
Down South
Kiss Before Dawn
PAINTED ANGEL. THE
Jerome H. RemicJ( Music Company
Only the Girl
Help Yourself to My Love
Everybody's Darling
PARAMOUNT ON PARADE
Famous Music Corporation
Sweepin' the Clouds Away
Any Time's the Time to Fall in Love
Edward B. Marias Music Company
Apache Dance
PARDON MY GUN
Shapiro. Bernstein and Company, Inc.
Deep Down South
PARTY GIRL
Shapiro. Bernstein and Company, Inc.
Oh How I Adore You
Farewell
First National
First National
Paramount
Pathe
Tiffany
PLAY BOY OF PARIS Paramount
It's a Great Life If You Don't Weaken
My Ideal
PLEASANT SINS
Edwards B. Marljs Music Company
Hello. Margot (pickup song)
In Each Other's Arms
Gin and It
POINTED HEELS
Shapiro. Bernstein and Company, Inc.
Aintcha?
Superior (British)
Paramount
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PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ United Artists
Irving Berlin, Inc.
Puttin' on the Ritz
With You
There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie
Alice in Wonderland
Santly Brothers
Singing a Vagabond Song
QUEEN HIGH Paramount
Famous Music Corporation
Seems to Me
Brother. Just Laugh It Off
I'm Afraid of You
REMOTE CONTROL MGM
Robbins Music Corporation
Just a Little Closer
Universal
(formerly Handman, Kent
RESURRECTION
Universal Music, Ltd.
Goodman)
While the Volga's Flowing
Song of the Gypsy
To Your Eyes
Baby's Lullaby
RICH PEOPLE Pathe
DeSylva. Brown & Henderson, Inc.
One Never Knows
RIO RITA RKO
Leo Feist, Inc. (Radio Music Company,)
You're Always in My Arms
Rio Rita
If You're in Love You'll Waltz
Sweetheart, We Need Each Other
Ranger's Song
Kinkaj'ou
Following the Sun Around
ROGUE SONG, THE MGM
Robbins Music Corporation
When I'm Looking at You
The Rogue Song
The Narrative
SACRED FLAME First National
Jerome H. Remicl; Music Company
The Sacred Flame
SAFETY IN NUMBERS Paramount
Famous Music Corporation
My Future Just Passed
Do You Play, Madame
Bee in My Boudoir
SALLY First National
Harms. Inc.
Sally
If I'm Dreaming
Wild Rose
Look for the Silver Lining
All I Want to Do Do Do Is Dance
SAP FROM SYRACUSE Paramount
Famous Music Corporation
I Wish I Could Sing a Love Song
SEA BAT MGM
Robbins Music Corporation
Lo Lo
SEE AMERICA THIRST Universal
Universal Music, Ltd.
cy Goodman)
Let's Take the Whole World for
Do Ya, Don't Cha, Won't Cha?
(jormerly Handman, Kent
Ride
SEEING STARS
Edward B. Mar^s Music Company
Dancing Butterfly
SHANGHAI LADY
Bibo-Lang Music Companv
I Wonder If It s Really Love
SHE COULDN'T SAY NO
M. Wxtmarl^ y Sons
Watching My Dreams Go By
Fool Woman Like Me Darn
SHOW BOAT
Edward B. Marl(s Music Company
Down South
SHOW GIRL IN HOLLYWOOD
DeSylva. Brown Henderson, Inc.
I've Got My Eye on You
Hang Onto a Rainbow
In Hollywood
SLEEPINC; CUTIE
Edward B. Marias Music Company
Wonderful Star of Love
SO LONG LETTY
Jerome H. Remicl Music Company
My Strongest Weakness Is You
One Sweet Little Yes
SO THIS IS PARIS GREEN
Bibo-Lang Music Company
La La Mama
SONG O' MY HEART
Red Star Music Company
Song o' My Heart
I Feel You Near Me
A Pair of Blue Eyes
Rose of 'Tralee
Universal
Uni
Warner Bros.
Universal
First National
RKO
First National
Paramount
SONG OF THE CABALLERO Universal
Universal Music, Ltd. (jormerly Handman, Kent
Goodman)
Mi Caballero
SONG OF THE FLAME First National
Harms, Inc.
One Little Drink
When Love Calls
Palace Song
Liberty
Passing Fancy
Harvest Song
SONG OF THE ISLANDS
Edward B. Marias Music Company
Song of the Islands
SONG OF KENTUCKY, A Fox
DeSylva. Brown & Henderson, Inc.
Sitting by the Window
A Night of Happiness
SONG OF THE WEST Warner Bros.
M. Witmar\ and Sons
Come Back to Me
Vincent Youmans, Inc.
The One Girl
West Wind
SONS OF THE SADDLE Universal
Universal Music, Ltd. (formerly Handman, Kent &
Goodman)
Trail Herd Song
Down the Home Trail
SOUTH SEA ROSE Fox
DeSylva, Brown Henderson, Inc.
South Sea Rose
SOUTHERNER, THE MGM
Vincent Toumans, Inc.
Without a Song
SPRING IS HERE First National
Harms. Inc.
Yours Sincerely
With a Song in My Heart
SPORTING YOUTH Universal
Edward B. Mar\s Music Company
Dancing Butterfly (Instrumental)
STORM, THE Universal
Universal Music, Ltd. (jormerly Handman, Kent ^
Goodman )
Pierret and Pierrote
Fox
First National
Tiffany
Fox
Fox
SUCH MEN ARE DANGEROUS
Red Star Music Company
Cinderella by the Fire
SUNNY
Harms, Inc.
I Was Alone
SUNNY SKIES
Bibo-Lang Music Company
Wanna Find a Boy
Must Be Love
SUNNYSIDE UP
DeSylva, Broum 6s? Henderson, Inc.
Sunnyside Up
Aren't We All
If I Had a Talking Picture of You
Turn on the Heat
SWEETHEARTS ON PARADE Columbia
Leo Feist, Inc. (Radio Music Company)
Sweethearts on Parade
SWEETIE Paramount
Shapiro. Bernstein and Company, Inc.
He's So Unusual
SWING HIGH Pathe
Bibo-Lang Music Company
Must Be Love
Shapiro. Bernstein and Company, Inc.
Do You Think I Could Grow on You
There's Happiness Over the Hill
Sherman. Clay and Company
Shoo the Hoodoo Away
With My Guitar and You
TALK OF HOLLYWOOD Sono Art-World Wide
Leo Feist, Inc.
Sarah
No, No, Babie
Daughter of Mine
They Say Goodnight in the Morning
I Got It From Mv Daddy
TANNED LEGS
Harms, Inc.
You're Responsible
With Me— With You
THEIR OWN DESIRE
Robbins Music Corporation
Blue Is the Night
THEY LEARNED ABOUT WOMEN
Ager. Yellen. Bornstein Company
A Man of My Own
There Will Never Be Another Mary
Harlem Madness
RKO
MGM
MGM
MGM
Paramount
Does My Baby Love
He's That Kind of Pal
Aintcha Baby
TI?,E^,ROSEl , Lanier Bros.
M. Witmar\ and Sons
Day You Fall in Love
TOP SPEED Fim National
Harms, Inc.
Looking for the Lovelight in the Dark
As Long as I Have You
Knock Knees
TRESPASSER, THE United Artists
Irving Berlin, Inc.
Love, Your Spell Is Everywhere
TROOPERS THREE Tiffany
Shapiro. Bernstein and Company, Inc.
As Long As You Love Me
UNDER A TEXAS MOON Warner Bro3.
M. Witmarlj & Sons
Under a Texas Moon
I Want a Bold Caballero
Esla Noche de Amor
UNTAMED
Robbins Music Corporation
Chant of the Jungle
That Wonderful Something Is Love
VAGABOND KING
Famous Music Corporation
Only a Rose
Song of the Vagabonds
Some Day
Vagabond King Waltz
Love Me Tonight
Little Kiss Each Morning
VAGABOND LOVER RKO
Harms, Inc.
I Love You, Believe Me, I Love You
Then I'll Be Reminded to You
Mills Music, Inc.
Nobody's Sweetheart
VIENNESE NIGHTS Warner Bros.
Harms, Inc.
I Bring a Love Song
You Will Remember Vienna
Here We Are
Regimental March
I'm Lonely
Ja Ja Ja (Yes Yes Yes)
WAY OUT WEST MGM
Robbins Music Corporation
Singin' a Song to the Stars
WER WIRD DENN WEINNEN
British International
(Made in Germany)
Edward B. Marias Music Company
No Use Crying
WHAT A WIDOW United Artists
Vincent Tfouman, Inc.
Love Is Like a Song
You're the One
Say, Wee Cherie
WHAT MEN WANT Universal
Universal Music, Ltd.
My Baby and Me .
What a Perfect Night for Love
WHITE HELL OF PITZ PALU Universal
Universal Musk, Ltd.
Loving You
WHOOPEE Ziegfeld-Goldwyn
Donaldson. Douglas and Gumble
My Baby Just Cares for Me
She's a Girl Friend of a Boy Friend of Mine
Leo Feist. Inc.
I'll Still Belong to You
WHY LEAVE HOME Fox
DeSylva, Brown rV Henderson, Inc.
Look What You've Done to Me
WILD COMPANY Fox
Red Star Music Company
That's What I Like About You
WOMEN EVERYWHERE Fox
Red Star Music Company
Beware of Love
One Day
YOUNG DESIRE Universal
Edward B. Marl(s Music Company
Hello Margot (pickup song)
YOUNG MAN OF MANHATTAN Paramount
Famous Music Corporation
I've Got It
I'll Bob Along with a Bob-o-Link
ZWEI HERZEN EM WALTZ TAKT UFA
Harms, Inc.
Two Hearts in Walts Time
Song of Vienna
You Too
I Sec Vienna in Your Eyes
1931
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intention of parties and, it may be, of some good
results.'' Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co. v. United
States, 226 U. S. 20, 49.
Upon examination of the record we cannot say
that the decree of the court below is inconsistent
with the stipulated facts or with proper regard to
what that court held in respect of the facts.
The challenged decree must be affirmed.
(*)Eighteenth. The parties hereto agree that be-
fore either of them shall resort to any court to
determine, enforce or protect the legal rights of
either hereunder, each shall submit to the Board of
Arbitration (established or constituted pursuant to
the Rules cf Arbitration filed with the American
Arbitration Association, 342 Madison Avenue, New
York City, bearing date May 1, 1928, and identified
by the signatures of the Contract Committee ap-
pointed at the 1927 Motion Picture Trade Practice
Conference, a copy of which will be furnished to
the Exhibitor upon request in the city wherein is
situated the exchange of the Distributor from which
the Exhibitor is served or if there be no such Board
of Arbitration in such city then to the Board ot
Arbitration in the city nearest thereto (unless the
parties hereto agree in writing that such submission
shall be made to a Board of Arbitration located in
another specified city), all claims and controversies
arising hereunder for determination pursuant to the
said Rules of Arbitration and the rules of procedure
and practice adopted by such Board of Arbitration.
The parties hereto further agree to abide by and
forthwith comply with any decision and award of
such Board of Arbitration in any such arbitration
proceeding, and agree and consent that any such
decision or award shall be enforceable in or by any
court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the laws
of such jurisdiction now or hereafter in force; and
each party hereto hereby waives the right to trial by
jury upon any issue arising under this contract, and
agrees to accept as conclusive the findings of fact
made by any such Board of Arbitration, and consents
to the introduction of such findings in evidence in any
j'udicial proceeding.
In the event that the Exhibitor shall fail or refuse
to consent to submit to arbitration any claim or
controversy arising under this or any other Standard
Exhibition Contract which the Exhibitor may have
with the Distributor or any other distributor or to
abide by and forthwith comply with any decision
or award of such board of Arbitration upon any such
claim or controversy so submitted, the Distributor
may, at its option, demand, for its protection and
as security for the performance by the Exhibitor of
this and all other existing contracts between the par-
ties hereto, payment by the Exhibitor of an additional
sum not exceeding $500 under each existing contract,
such sum to be retained by the Distributor until the
complete performance of all such contracts and then
applied, at the option of the Distributor, against any
sums finally due or against any damages determined
by said Board of Arbitration to be due to the Dis-
tributor, the balance, if any. to be returned to the
Exhibitor; and in the event of the Exhibitor s failure
to pay such additional sum within seven (7) days
after demand, the Distributor may by written notice
to the Exhibitor suspend service hereunder until said
sum shall be paid and/or terminate this contract.
In the event that the Distributor shall fail or refuse
to consent to the submission to arbitration of any
claim or controversy arising under this or any other
Standard Exhibition Contract providing for arbitra-
tion which the Distributor may have with the Ex-
hibitor, or to abide by and forthwith comply with
any decision or award of such Board of Arbitration
upon any such claim or controversy so submitted,
w ithin the number of days specified in Article Twenty-
second opposite the name of the City in which such
Board of Arbitration is located, the Exhibitor mav
at his option terminate this and any other existing
contract between the Exhibitor and the Distributor by
mailing notice by registered mail within two (2)
weeks after such failure or refusal, and in addition
the Distributor shall not be entitled to redress from
such Board of Arbitration upon any claim or claim?
against any exhibitor until the Distributor shall have
complied with such decision, and in the meanwhile
the provisions of the first paragraph of this Article
Eighteen shall not apply to any such claim or claims.
Any such termination by either party, however,
shall be without prejudice to any other right or
remedy which the party so terminating may have by
reason of any such breach of contract by the other
party.
The provision of this contract relating to arbitra-
tion shall be construed according to the law of the
State of New York.
U. S. Court Holds Contract
Is Divisible
The following decision handed down by
the United States Circuit Court of Appeals
for the Fourth Circuit in Lynchburg, Va.,
is considered one of the most important
legal developments of the year because it
holds a distributor is not required to pro-
ceed first to arbitrate, as provided in the
standard exhibition contract, before bring-
ing action against an exhibitor for breach
of contract. In other words, it stresses the
fact that the contract is divisible, an argu-
ment not recognized by the general ex-
hibitor body.
Distributors anticipate the Lynchburg de-
cision will be followed by similar findings
in United States District Courts throughout
the country. This decision, text of which
is appended, is declared by Gabriel L. Hess,
of the Motion Picture Producers and Dis-
tributors of America, Incorporated, to be
the first of its nature to be passed upon
by any federal court of appellate jurisdic-
tion:
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
FOURTH CIRCUIT
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation,
Apcllant,
vs.
National Theatre Corporation,
Appellee.
No. 3090
Appeal from the District Court of the United States
for the Western District of Virginia, at Lynch-
burg.
(Argued January 22. 1931. Decided April 13. 1931.)
Before Parker and Northcott, Circuit Judges, and
Watkins, District Judge.
John L. Abbott (A. D. Barksdale and P. H.
Hickson on brief) for Appellant, and Broun 6?
Price and A. C. Hopwood for Appellee.
Northcott. Circuit Judge:
This is an action at law in trespass on the case in
assumpsit, brought in the District Court of the United
States for the Western District of Virginia. The
appellant, plaintiff below, and which will be here
referred to as plaintiff, filed its declaration again.-:
appellee, defendant below, and which will be here
referred to as defendant, alleging a breach of contract
for the distribution of certain motion picture films,
or photoplays, which the plaintiff furnished, and for
which the defendant agreed to pay. The defendant
demurred to the declaration, alleging, among other
things, that the plaintiff could not maintain the action
because it had failed to comply with a condition
precedent to suit, in that it had not submitted the
matters in controversy to arbitration as provided in
the contract.
The plaintiff contended that:
(1) An injunction of the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York, en-
joining this plaintiff from proceeding to act under
the arbitration clause of the contract, constituted vis
major which relieved the plaintiff from complying with
such provision of the contract before instituting the
action.
(2 The defendant had waived its right to require
plaintiff to comply with the condition, and that the
defendant, by its conduct, relieved the plaintiff from
submitting the controversy to arbitration.
(3) The condition could not be complied with,
because the boards to which the matter was to re-
submitted for arbitration had ceased to function.
The court below held with the defendant's conten-
tion, sustaining the demurrer and striking out plain-
tiff s bill of particulars, and it is from this action
that this appeal is prosecuted.
The United States brought suit in the District
Court of the United States for the Southern District
of New York, attacking the contract in question or
a similar one on the ground that it was in violation
of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. In an able opinion.
Judge Thacher of that court, held the arbitration
clause of the contract to be unlawful as being in
violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (United
States v. Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation, 34
Fed. (2) 984). and entered a decree enjoining the
Para mount Famous Lasky Corporation, plaintiff here,
from acting under the arbitration clause in the con-
tract sued on. The opinion and decree of the Dis-
trict Court was affirmed by the Supreme Court of
the United States (Paramount Famous Lasky Cor-
poration, 282 U. S. 30). In the decree, however,
the court clearly shows that its action was directed
at the arbitration clause alone, and was not in-
tended to affect the rest of the contract, and among
other things, the decree provided:
"Nothing contained in this decree shall be con-
strued as prohibiting any defendant .... from
performing and/or continuing to perform, or en-
forcing and/or continuing to enforce, by any law-
ful means, any contractual obligation, the per-
formance or enforcement of which is consistent
with the provisions of this decree."
The questions raised on this appeal are:
1. Is the plaintiff required by the contracts to
submit the controversy here to arbitration before it
can maintain the action, notwithstanding the injunc-
tion?
2. Does the injunction of the United States Dis-
trict Court for the Southern District of New York
enjoining the plaintiff from proceeding to act under
the arbitration clause of the contracts, constitute vis
major which relieves the plaintiff from complying
with the provisions of the contract of arbitration^
before instituting the action?
3. Has the defendant waived its right to rely on
the failure of the plaintiff to propose arbitration be-
fore this action was brought?
4. Whether or not the contracts sued on are
entire and indivisible.
The judge below sustained the demurrer on the
ground that the arbitration provision was a condi-
tion precedent to the bringing of any suit on the
contract, notwithstanding the injunction, which pre-
vented arbitration, and based his opinion upon a
number of authorities holding that where the condi-
tion precedent to the bringing of suit was prevented
from being carried out by some unlawful act of the
parties seeking to set up the injunction as a reason
for not carrying out the condition, the excuse or
reason could not be availed of by the parties seek-
ing to bring the action. An examination of the
authorities relied upon by the court below shows that
the act of the party making it impossible to carry out
the condition precedent to suit, was either a subse-
quent act or at least not the act itself of incor-
porating the unlawful condition in the contract sued
upon. For instance, in 3 Williston on Contracts
Sec. 1939, quoted by the judge below, the statement
of the author unquestionably refers to the failure of
the party to pay a debt, the thing happening after
the contract was entered into. In Patton or Shaver
v. Elk River Navigation Co., 13 W. Va. 259, the
injunction was granted on account of the acts' and
default happening after the contract was entered into
In United States v. Van Fossen, 28 Fed. Cas. 357,
and a line of similar cases cited by the judge below
(Taylor v. Taintor. 16 Wall, 366, 370. United
States v. Marrin. 170 Fed. 476). it was the volun-
tary act of the man enlarged on bail in going into
another jurisdiction where he was arrested and hi*
own fault, that prevented him from answering on
his bond. These cases are easily to be distinguished
from the instant case, where a clause of the very-
contract itself entered into by both parties has been
declared unlawful and enioined. Certainly, it cannot
be said, especially in view of the clause in the decree
above quoted, exempting the rest of the contract from
the taint of unlawfulness, that the whole contract is
void, and that in case of breach by either partly no
remedy could be had.
The record also shows that, because of the injunc-
tion secured by the United States Government, the
machinery for arbitration set up in the contract had
ceased to exist, and the rule that an act of law, due
to the act or default of one of the parties, cannot be
relied upon as an excuse for his non-performance of
the contract, has no application to the facts in tins
case.
^People v. Globe Mutual Life Ins. Co., 91 N. Y.
Kansas Union Life Ins. Co. v. Burman. 141 Fed
848.
Moller v. Herring. 25 5 Fed. 670.
See, also,
3 Williston on Contracts, p. 3295.
It would, therefore, seem, in view of the cases
herein cited, that the proper rule of law is that
where the obligation itself is unlawful and cannot
be performed, such performance should be excused,
provided the contract is divisible and the remainder
of the contract is lawful. It is certainly an anomalous
situation in which this plaintiff finds itself under the
ruling of the court below. It is enjoined from per-
forming a condition precedent but no relief, is ac-
corded it, because it does not perform the condition.
Again we think that the learned judge below was
in error for another reason, and that is. that the
contract, as far as it related to the lawful and un-
lawful parts, was divisible. That this was the
opinion of Judge Thacher. in the case of United
States v. Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation,
supra, is shown by the excerpt from his decree
That such a provision, as the one in question here,
is separable from the rest of the contract, is borne
out by a number of decisions.
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania Co.,
129 Fed. 849.
Atlanten case, 232 Fed. 403.
United States Asphalt Co. v. Trinidad Lake
Petroleum Co., 222 Fed-. 1006.
The Eros case, 251 Fed. 45.
As to the arbitration clause see:
The Fredcnsbro, 18 Fed. (2) 983.
Daniclson v. Entre Rios Rys. Co., 22 Fed. (2)
326.
The authoritative rule as to separable or divisible
contracts is laid down by Lord Mansfield, in Boone
v. Eyrne. 6 Term Reports 575. as follows:
"Where mutual covenants go to the whole of the
consideration on both sides, they are mutual cove-
nants; but where the covenants go only to a part
and where a recompense may be had in damages,
it is a different thing."
It has been expressly held that where agreements
in restraint of trade were unlawful in part, they
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were enforcible as to the parts that were not un-
lawful, and this holding runs back to the earliest
authorities.
Mallan, ct. al. v. Mav, 11 M. & W. 653, 12
L. J. Ex. 376.
Price v. Green. 16 M. 6? W. 346. 16 L. J. Ex.
See, also,
Daniels v. Tearney, 102 U. S. 415.
Chicago Vc. Co. v. Pullman Vc. Co.. 139 U. S. 79.
McCullough v. Virginia, 172 U. S. 102.
In view of our conclusion on these points, it is
not necessary to discuss the question raised as to
whether the defendant had waived its right to rely
on the failure of the plaintiff to propose arbitration.
The action of the court below in sustaining the de-
murrer was erroneous, and the judgment is ac-
cordingly
a Reversed.
Following is a digest of the case of Columbia Pic-
tures Corporation v. Bi-Mctallic Investment Company.
This action was decided in the U. S. District Court,
District of Colorado on August 8, 1930. The de-
fendant agreed with the plaintiff to take a certain
number of motion pictures for his theatre but failed
and refused to accept, exhibit or pay for a part
of the pictures contracted for, whereupon the plain-
tiff sued for damages.
The defendant set up as its defense that the
Standard Exhibition Contract is illegal, being in vio-
lation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and that the
use thereof by the distributors of motion pictures was
in furtherance of a conspiracy in restrain of trade.
In its argument the defendant relied upon the
decision in the case of United States v. Paramount
Famous Lasky Corp., et. al., 34 Fed. 2d 984, in
which Judge Thacher held that the Eighteenth Clause
of the Standard Exhibition Contract providing for
compulsory arbitration was evidence of a conspiracy
among the distributors. In the Colorado case, the
court held that the case of United States vs. Para-
mount, et. al., did not apply. The action was
brought to recover an agreed amount which the de-
fendant owed to the plaintiff as license fees for
pictures which the defendant refused to take and
pay for in violation of its contract for the delivery
of certain pictures. The court held that such an
agreement is not illegal. Eliminating the Eighteenth
Clause of the Standard Exhibition Contract, th;
Contract is one which the parties might lawfully enter
into, and even granting that the arbitration clause is
illegal, the court held that in the present action, being
one for the recovery of an amount due by the de-
fendant to the plaintiff, it was not necessary to a
decision of the case to take the arbitration clause
into consideration.
In the case of Metro-Goldwyn-Maycr Distributing
Corporation as plaintiff v. Bi-Mctallic Investment
Company, the court held that "by its refusal to ar-
bitrate in any manner, the defendant cannot deprive
the plaintiff of its right to sue upon the contract.
Results of "Film Daily"
Golf Tournament
Representatives of the film industry in
the East joined in making the 19th Film
Daily golf tournament one of the most suc-
cessful of the series. The dinner funfest was
voted the most enjoyable in seven years of
the event. More than 100 braved a steady
rain that drenched the golfers through the
morning play of the tourney, which was
held at the Fenimore Club at White Plains,
N. Y.
Other tournaments may have had a larger
attendance, but the fact that the number of
players reached a total of 120 before the
day was over, with many more at the din-
ner, was a credit to those who participated
and to those who were in charge of the
affair, headed by Jack Alicoate and Bruce
Gallup, who has been overseer of the handi-
cap and awards throughout the nine years
of the tournaments. Those on the commit-
tee were Al Lichtman, Jack Alicoate, Bruce
Gallup, ("Red") Kann and Don Mersereau.
Following is a list of the prize winners:
Low Net, Afternoon
Winner, William Rabell. Leg on Film
Daily cup and permanent possession of Steb-
bins, Leterman (i Gates cup.
First runner-up, Tom Gerety. J. P. Mul-
ler Advertising Agency cup.
Second runner-up, Ed Curtis, Herb Fecke
and D. C. Ferguson tied. Ufa special cup.
Low Gross, Afternoon
Winner, Mitchell May. Motion Picture
Herald cup.
Runner-up, Arthur W. Stebbins. Du
Pont Class A cup.
Low Net, Morning
Winner, Paul Burger. National Theatre
Supply Company cup.
Low Gross, Morning
Winner, Arthur Cohen. William Massce
cup.
Runner-up, George Blair, Jr. Malcolm
Laboratory cup.
Other Awards
M. P. Daily cup — given for low net, after-
noon. Winner, Harry Brandt.
Birdies — Mitchell May, Eastman Kodak
trophy.
Low gross exhibitor — Henry Segal, Elec-
trical Research Products trophy.
Putting — Winner, Vic Brady, RCA cup.
First runner-up, Sam Azurtine, Continental
Theatres Accessory cup. Second runner-up,
William Brandt, Asosciated Publications
cup.
Driving contest — Winner, John Osten-
dorff, Jack Cosman cup. Runner-up, Arthur
S. Dickinson, Craft Film Laboratories cup.
Best dressed golfer — Al Lichtman, Nat
Lewis prize.
Low gross member of M. P. Club — Ar-
thur W. Stebbins, Al Lichtman plaque.
Booby prize — Joe Fleisler.
Best team match play — Winner, Motion
Picture Club team (Henry Segal, J. D. Wil-
liams, Ed Curtis, Jack Guttfreund), T. F.
Albee cup.
Prizes for 3 5 flight winners and runners-
up also were awarded.
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
457
GENERAL INDEX
Academy of Motion Picture Arts ami Sciences 101
Technical Bureau 102
Contract 102
Acts by Classification. - 440
Advanc e Trailer Service Corporation 334
Advertising and Publicity _ _ 330
Affiliated Businesses _ 255
Costume Compan.es 255
Independent Casting Agencies. 255
Portrait Artists — Still Cameramen _ „ 256
Theatrical and Motion Picture Agencies 25K
Laboratories _ 257
Makers of Cosmetics and Makeup 257
West Coast Publishers and Itepresentatives of
Newspaper and Motion Picture Pub]. cations 257
Song Publishers 258
Alexander Film Company 314
Amer-Anglo Corporation 334
American General Film Corporation 334
AHikino Corporation - 334
Artelass Pictures Corporation 334
Associated British Cnemas. Ltd 14
Atlantic Film Corporation 314
B
Balaban & Katz 36
Big 4 Film Corporation 14. 334
Bills in Legislatures 67
B. I. P. (Export) Ltd 14
Bray Productions, Inc 334
VVm. H. Bristol Talking Pictures Corp 334
British International Pictures. Ltd 14. 3(!
J. E. Brulatour. Inc 334
Caddo Company 14
Cameo Broadcasting and Recording Studio 334
Casting _.: 203
Celebrity Productions. Inc 334
Character Men 206
Character Women 208
Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corp 334
Children _ 211
Cinema Patents Company. Inc. 3(4
Columbia Pictures Corp 14. 38. 331
Corporate Structure 14
Associated British Cinemas. Ltd _ 14
Big 4 Film Corporation 14
British International Pictures. ltd 14
B. I. P. (Export) Ltd 14
Elstree Film Laboratories. Ltd H
Pathe Freres Cinema, Ltd 14
Caddo Company 14
Columbia Pictures _ 14
Darmour Productions 14
Walt Disney Productions. Ltd 14
Eastman Kodak Company 14
Educational Film Exchanges. Inc.
Electrical Itesearch Products
Film Fire Prevention Co..
15
15
15
First Dlv.sinn Pictures. Inc IS
First National Pictures. Inc 15
Fox Film Corporation 15
Fox Theatre! Corporation 15
Hughes-Franklin Theatres Company. Ltd. 15
Iioew's. Inc 15
Mctro-Goldwyn-Maycr 15
Multicolor. Ltd 15
Paramount Famous La sky Corp 15
Pathe Exchange - . 16
Radio Corporation of America 16
It. C. A. Photophone 16
11CA Victor Company. Inc 16
Radlo-Kclth-Orpheum Corporation 16
ItKO Pathe Pictures 16
Recording Lnlwratories of America 16
Charles H. Rogers Production. Inc. 16
Ross Federal Service. Inc IT
Sono Art-World Wide Picture. Inc . 17
Syndicate Pictures Corporation IT
Talking Picture Epics. Inc 17
Tec-Art Studios of California. Inc 17
Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation 17
Universal Pictures Coritoratlon 17
TTniversum-Film Aktlcngcsellschaft (UFA) 17
VanBeuren Corporation IT
Wafllms. Inc _ 17
Wardour Films. Ltd 17
Warner Brothers Pictures. Inc 17
Costume Companies 255
D
Darmour Productions 14
Daylight Saving S6T
Deaths of a Year 371
Director! 213
Disc Prints Decrease 204
Walt Disney Productions Ltd . 14
Distribution 2(1.1. 207
DuPont Pathe Film Manufacturing Corp. . S35
Eastman Kodak Company 14. SI). 33.1
Educational Film Exchanges. Inc. 15. 335
118.000 Stockholders 18
Electrical Research Products. Inc - 15. 835
Elstree Film Laboratories. Ltd. 14
Exchange Oi»eratlon 207
Equipment Index 301
Equipment Exports 307
Exchanges In Canada 300
Exchanges In the United States 208
Exh.bition 347
Exhibitor Organizations - 35G
Exhibitors Contract 349
Famous Players Canadian _ 18
Fan and Trade Press _ 404
Feature Comedians 208
Feature Comediennes _ _ 212
Feature Men 203
Feature Women 209
Feminine Players _ 117
Film Boards of Trade _ _ 356
Film Daily Golf Tournament 456
Film Exchange. Inc.. The _ 336
Film Exports - 308
Film Fire Prevention Co 16
Financial Earnings 20
Financial Growth 13
Financial Reports _ 36
Consolidated Film Industries 36
Eastman Kodak 36
Paramount _ 37
Pathe - 40
UFA - 40
Universal ~ 41
Pinancal Statements (Balance Sheets) 36
Italaban & Katz _ 36
British International Pictures. Ltd 36
Columbia Pictures 38
Eastman Kodak 39
Fox Film Corporation 40
l/ocw's Incorporated 40
MGM - 42
Parainount-Publix 42
Pathe - 53
Radio- Kelth-Orpheum 53
Warner Brothers Pictures. Inc 58
First Division Pictures. Inc 15. 336
First National Pictures. Inc 15. 336
Fit zpat rick Pictures, Inc 336
Foreign Notes 301
Foreword _ - 7
Fox Film Corporation 15. 40. 42. 54. 3.16. 338
Fox Hearst Corp 338
Fox Movietone News 336
Fox Theatres Corporation 15
Fox West Coast Theatres 338
Gaumont British Corp. of Canada. Ltd.
H
Hanson. Oscar. Inc
Heavy Men
Hughes-Frank]. n Theatres
338
. 338
. 205
15. 338
Independent Casting Agencies 255
Independent Production 2!'4
Industrie] Film Producere-Dlitrlbutori Personnel 314
Industry at a Glance ■• 9
Ingenues ~ 210
Inspiration Pictures. Inc. 338
Instructional Film Chart JJJ
Interrelated Subjects 369
Juveniles 204
Klnograms Publishing Company. 338
Laboratories 2-17
leading Men 203
Leading Women - 210
Ugal Notes 373
Loew's Incorporated - 15. 40. 42. 338
M
Male Players _ 147
Manufacturers of Cosmetics unci Makeup 257
Martin Johnson African Expedition Corp 339
Mascot Pictures Corp ... 330
Masters of Ceremonies ... 443
Mclkon Motion Picture Laboratory ... 33!)
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer 1.1 42. 330
Monogram Pictures Corporation .. 340
Motion Picture Companies . 334
Motion Picture Dollar 82
Motion Picture Editors 409
MPPDA Activities . 370
Music and Talent 419
Music Company Personnel 440
Music Conductors . 443
Music llibllshcrs . 448
Multicolor, Ltd 15
N
Paramount Famous Lasky Corp 15
Paramount PubUa Corporation 42. 340
Pathe Exchange ic, 53
Pathe Freres Cinema. Ltd _ 14
Pathe News 342
Players by Classification " 203
Feature Men _ 203
Leading Men _ 204
Juveniles _ 204
Heavy Men 205
Character Men _ _ 206
Feature Comedians _ 208
Character Women 208
Feature Women ' 209
Ingenues _ ' 210
Leading Women 210
Children _ 211
Feature Comediennes " 212
Second Women " "*"*" 212
Plaque Awards _ 31J4
"Bud" Pollard Productions 334
Portrait Artists— Still Cameramen _ 256
Powers ( ineplione Equipment Corp 342
Presentation Acts 436
Production _ 139
I*roduction Code , „,.,,, 7,' 70
Production Forecasts ._„., gj
Production and Studio Executives (Biograpii.es) 105
Protection 349
Public Relations , 372
R
Radio Corporation of America in 34T
Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation is 68* 343:
RCA Earnings ' jg
RCA Organization Chan "" ig
H. C. A. Photophone. Inc iQt 342
RCA Victor Company. Inc ' nj
Recording Laboratories of America. Inc 16. 343
Releases Prior to 1930 276
RKO-Patbe lectures. Inc in, 342
RKO Radio Pic tures. Inc _ , 343
Charles It. Rogers Production. Inc 16
Ross Federal Service. Inc ,7
Roxy Theatres 343
Sales Percentages _ 300
Second Women 212
Service- on -Sound Corp . 343
Silent Pictures """"] 293
Slide Conu>am Personnel 441;
SMPE Progress Report 379
Aims and Accomplishments 3gc;
Song Hits from Pictures 452
Song Publishers 258
Sono Ait World Wide Pictures. Inc 17. 34S
•sound 3g8
Sound in Production 93
Sound Location Costs _ L..82
Sound Pictures. Inc 343
Sound Survey of C. S. Theatres 12
Strong Working Capital 53
Studios Investments 71
Studio Personnel Roster 72
studio Slanguage 33
smi, licit,. Pictures Corporation 17.343
Talking Picture Epics. Inc 17. 343
Tannenbaum. Inc.. J. C 344
Tec-Art Studios of California. Inc 17
Technical and Supplementary Subjects 377
Technicolor Motion Picture Corp 17. 314
Ten Best Directors of 1929-30 294
Theatre Circuits 350
Theatro Construction Costs _ 348
Theatre Operation Costs 44G
Theatres Throughout the World (Charts) 313
Theatrical and Motion Picture Agencies 256
Tiffany l*roduct ions Inc 344
Trade Publications 403
Trans-Lux Theatres Corp 344
True Story Pictures 344
22 Best Sellers 452
2.000 Key Theatres 358
u
UFA Films. Inc
Universum-FIlm Aktlenge.sellsehaft
Universal Pictures Corporation
United Artists Corp.
Unseen Workers
„ S44
17
17. 54. 315
_._ 344
T2
VaQ Itcuren Corporation
Visiigrapliie. Inc.
17. 316
346
w
National Board of Review
NBC Gross
National Screen Service Corp
New Leading Players
373
42
340
25a
Wafllms. Inc. 17. 346
Wardour Films. Ltd 17
Warner Brothers Pictures. Inc. 17. 58. 346
Warner Brothers Theatres 346
West Coast Publishers and Representatives of
Newspaper and Motion Picture Publications 2.17
Western Electric Company. Inc 316
Writers 225
458
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1931
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
Adams
Adams
Adams,
Adams.
Aalby Sisters
Aaronson, Charles S
Aaronson. Irving
Aaronson's Commanders
Abbott, Al
AI)bott. George
Abel. Earl -
Aliel. Sydney E
Ackroyd. Jack
Adair. Alice
Adair. Kobert
Adams. Carl B.
Adams. CI eve
vl.ui.- Dorothea
Adams. Dorothee
Ernie
Jack
J i m my
.Margaret
Adelstein. Natalie
Adler. William K
Adler. William S
Adolphi, John G
Adoree. llenee
Adrian. Iris
Adrian. Louis
Agnew, Charlie
Agnew. Frances
Anew, Robert
Abeam, Thomas J
Ahern. Gladys
Ahem. Will
Ahlert. Fred A
Ahlgren. Frank Richard
Alio. Betty
Ainslee. Marguerite
Ainslee. Marion
Ainsworth. Cupid
Akst. Harry*
Alba. Maria ..
Alberni. Luis
Albers. Hans
Albert!, Fritz
Albertson, Frank
Albreiht. Dan
Albright. Bob "Okla"
Albright. Wally. Jr
A Ida. Mine. Frances
Alden. John
Alden. Mary' -
Alderson. Erville
Aldine. Jimmy
Aldrich. Meeka
Alexander. Ben
Alexander. George
Alexander. J. Grubb
Alexander. Katherine .. ..
Alexander. Richard
Alexis. Demetrios
Algier. Sidney H
Alicoate. Jack .....
Allan. Hugh _
Allen. Alice
Allen. Don _.
Allen. ELsie
Allen. Florence -.
Allen. Fred
Allen. Fred
Allen. Harry'
Allen. Kicca
Allen. Sam
Allen. Theresa
Allister. Claude
Altingen, Heinz
Alton. Maxine
Akarado. Don
Altarez. Louis
Amann. Betty
Ames. Floyd
Ames. Lionel
Ames. Bobert
Amos
Anderson. C. E.
Anderson. Doris —
Anderson. Freddy
John Murray
Anderson.
Anderson. Lynn
Ardell. Franklvn
Arlen. Richard
Arliss. George .
Armetta. Henry
ArnUda
Armltage. Albert
Armstrong. Bemie
Armstrong. Robert
Amst, Bobbe . ..
Artaud. Antonln
Arthur. George K
Arthur. Jean _
Arthur. Johnny
Arthur. Julian
Arzner. Dorothy
AihurT. Arialyn
Ash. Paul
A«h. Sam
Ashhaugh. Don
Ashcraft. James M
Asher. Max
UhaT, Roland ITIIIIaid
Ashler. Mary ..
117
4(15
419
147
147
213-225
41!l
320
147
117
147
409
3211
117
41'.)
147
147
147
117
330
105
330
213
117
117
419
419
225
147
225
117
147
147
409
117
117
225
117
431
117
147
147
147
147
409
147
117
117
147
117
147
147
117
147
147
225
117
147
147
105
405
147
117
147
117
117
147
147
147
117
147
117
117
118
225
148
148
117
148
148
148
148
148
225
148
213
148
Anderson. R. E
320
Anderson. Robert
148
Andra. Fern -
„ 117
Andrews. Del _ _ _
213-225
Andriot. Poupee
117
Andy - -
148
Angelus. Babe
117
Anthony. John
148
Anthony Walter
225
Apfel. Oscar C
148
Arehalnhaud. George
213
Archer. Patricia
117
Anlath. Fred & Co
148
148
148
148
148
117
409
419
148
117
148
148
117
148
2215
213
117
419
148
405
105
148
226
117
Ashton. Herbert
Ashion. Sylvia
Askam. Perry
As Per, Ferdinand
Astair. Marie
Aether, Nils
Astor. Gertrude
Astor. Mary
Atchley, Hooper
Ates. Hoscoe
Atkins. Sextette. Tommy
Aubrey, Junmie
Auburn. Joy
Auer. Misclia
Ault. Marie
Austin. Leslie
Austui. Ralph
Austin. William
Autrey. Max Munn
Aylesworth. Merlin Hall
Ayres. Agnes
Ayres. Lew
B
148
117
148
148
117
148
117
117
148
148
148
148
117
14S
117
148
419
148
235
320
117
118
Hachman. J. G
tV-
ltaclanova. Olga
i i i
Bacon. Irvin
if o
Bacon. Lloyd
Bader, David
40i>
Badger. Clarence
j -if
Baer, Albert
Baer. Fred
•■■•■•
Baggot, King
148
•» i'u
Baker. Betty
117
Baker. C. Graham
1 11-
Baker. Colley S
\i it
Baker. Eddie
"**
•>]!'■
Baker, Lorin
148
Baker, Melville
—
Baker. Nellie Bly
117
Baker, Sam
Baker. Opal
11"
Bakewell. William
148
lialdinger, Wilber H
Baldwin, Earl
•'•Mi
Balhous, Karl
iriM
Bahn. Chester B
Bailey. G. Rex
iii-
Bailey. William Norton
14S
Bailey, & Baraum
148
Baird. Ethel
Baird. Raymond
419
Ballard. Elmer
152
Ballard. Pat
431
Ballentine. E. W
I'M
Ballet. Albert ina
Rallou. Marian
117
Balshofer. Fred J
Balsly. Lee D
320
Bancroft. George
152
Bankhead. Tallulah
117
Banky. Vilma
117
Bannister. Harry
152
Banthim. Larry
Banton, Travis
235
Banyard. Beatrice
Baral. Robert
anu
Baraville. Victor
i "-
Barber. Jimmie
7 1 ,!
41"
Bard. Ben
Barker. Ambrose
Barker. Reginald
•Vi -i
Hames. T. Roy -
IdJ
Barnett. Grace Ijeone
409
Barnett. Vincent
152
Baron. Paul
152
Barraud. George
152
Barrie. Judith
117
Barrios. Jean
117
Harris. Harry
152
Barriscale. Bessie
117
Barrows. Henry
152
Marry. Emily
117
Barry. Francis T
320
Barrv. I.eon
152
Barry. Phil
431
Barry. Tom
221;
Barry. Wesley
152
Barry & Wli it ledge
152
Barrymore. John
152
liarrymore. Lionel
152
Battels. Louis John
152
Barthelmess. Richard
152
Rarthory. Gisella
118
Bartlett, Edwin
153
Bartlett. Hedda
117
Bartlett. J. I»
1.53
Bartlett. Randolph
226
Barton. Buzz
153
Bart ram & Saxton
153
Baruch, Sydney Norton _
320
Bary. Gerard
152
Bary. Jean
409
Baskin. Alice Haines
409
Rasouette. Llna
117
Bates, Les
153
Bates. Pauline Cooper
409
Batie. Franklin
153
Batsel. M. C
320
Batten. John
153
Baudin. Henry'
153
Bauer. Russell O
409
Baugh. Jay B
409
Baumelster. Ernest
153
Baxley. Jack
153
Baxter. George
153
Baxter. Warner
153
Baveo. Al
419
Beale. Frank
153
Beall. Harrv Hammond
330
Bean. Margaret
409
Beard. Mathew
153
Beaton. Watford
405
Beatty. May
Beaudine, Harold
Beaudine, William
Beaumont. Harry
Beaumont , Lucy
Beaver. Louise
Beihtel. William
Beck, John
Beck, J. Emmett
Bedford, Barbara
Beebe. Ford 1
Beebe. Marjorie
Beecher. Sylvia
Beery. Noah
Beery'. Noah, Jr
Beharano. Julia
Behn. Harry
Bela. Nicholas
Bell. Miriam Reynolds
Hell. Monta
Hell. Rex
Bell. Spencer
Bell & Coates
Bellamy. Madge
Bellew. Anita
Bellew. Cosmo Kyrle
Belmont. Baldy
Belmont. Gladys
Belmore, Daisy
Bemis, Charlotte
Belmore, Lionel
Bender. Harry
Benedict. Brooks
Benedict. Kingsley
Benge. Wilson
Benham. Elsa
Bennett. Alma
Bennett. Barbara
Bennett. Belle
Bennett. Billie
Bennett, Constance
Bennett. Enid
Bennett. Gertnide
Bennett. Joan
Bennett. Joseph
Bennett. Mickey
Bennett. Spencer G
Bennett. Waldo 11
Bennison. Andrew
Benny. Jack
Beranger. Andre
Beranger. Clara
Beranger. Frances
Berg. Harold
Bergen. Edgar
Berger, Ludwlg
Bergren, Edgar
Berman, Ben
Herman, Bobby Burns
Berman. Pandro S
Bern, Paul
Bernie. Harry
Bernstein. Isadore
Bernt. Reinhold
Berraud. George
Herrell. George
Berry. Ramon
Hert ram. William
Besserer, Eugenie
Betts, Dick
Betz. Matthew
Bevan. Billy
Bey. Erik
Beyer, Charles Walter
Beyrer. Charles
Bianchetti. Suzanne
Hibber. Otto
Biblyn. Charles
Bickel. George
Bickford. Charles .
Biddle. Earle Vernon. Jr.
Biebrach. Rudolph
Bienert. Gerhard
"Big Boy"
Billdrew. A. C. H
Billings. George
Billings. Robert
Biltmore Trio
Bing. Herman
Birmingham. Ala
Biro. Lajos
BischofT. Samuel
Black. Ben
Black. Buck
Black. Maurice
Black. Sam
Blackmer. Sidney
Black-well. Carlvle
Blair. Cecille
Blanche. Rose
Blandick. Clara
Blane. Sally
Blanka. Valeria
Blawis. John S
Bletcher. Billy
Blinn. Genevieve
Block. Alfred
Block. Ralph
Bloecher. William
Blondell. Joan
Blue, Monte
Blum. Al anil (iussic
Blum. Sammy
Blumenstock. Mort
Blystone. John G
Blvstone. Stanley
Blythe. Betty
Boardman. Eleanor
Boardman. Virginia True
Boasherg. Al
Boehm. Entire
Boelncr. Wlllard
Bohr. Jose
Boland. Eddie
Roland. Jack
Bolder. Robert
Boles. John
.. 11S
213
213
213
118
118
153
153
153
118
226
lis
118
153
153
118
226
153
409
213
153
153
153
118
118
153
153
118
118
419
153
153
153
153
153
118
118
118
118
lis
US
118
118
118
151
154
213
409
226
154
154
226
118
431
419
213
154
435
154
105
105-213
419
226
151
154
154
419
213
118
419
154
154
154
154
409
118
154
154
154
154
419
154
. 154
154
118
154
41!)
154
154
154
226
105
409
154
154
405
154
154
419
421
118
118
118
409
154
118
226
105-226
330
118
151
121
154
213
213
154
118
118
lis-
105-226
226
... 154
154
154
213
154
154
1931
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
459
Bole slavsky, ltiehard
213
Boiey, Mary
118
Bolton, Guy
226
Bolton, Helen
11S
Bond, LjlJian
118
Bond, Ward
.'. 154
Bonder, Lou
421
Bondireff, Alexei
154
Bomllus, Myrta
118
Boiiiht, )'■-> .'
118
Bunomo, ,| 06
154
Boot )i . Kdwina
118
Booth, .John Hunter
226
Bordeaux, Joe
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